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FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 115
.SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY. 15, 1918
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WILSON RESENTS
SENATOR'S PLAN
TO STIRTROUBLE
Says Chamberlain Resolution
Is Direct Reflection
0a President
ASKS ALL DEFENDERS
OF NATION TO OPPOSE
Attempt of Oregon Senator
to Embarrass, Chief Execu
tive Is Crave Menace
Washington, May 15. President
Wilson today issued a challenge for
expression of confidence from con
gress. In a letter to Senator Martin, dem
ocratic floor leader, he assailed the
I'Uambprlain resolution cwlling for the
creation of a (powerful investigating
fOinimittee amounting virtually to a
"committer ca the conduct of the
war. ' 1
- "The purpese which it unslonibtedly
expresses, wrote the president, "lias
leen expressed agaia and again dur
ing the present session and has always
reined to originate In a rooted dis
trust of those in charge of the execu
tive functions of the government-"
The president declared a vote to fav
w the resolution would discredit him,
ndlcaMeid upon those keek of the ad
ininiatration iu its war work to defeat
(Continued on page six)
INTO SERVICE FOR
CENTR ALE M P I R E S
rts Are Being Made to
. Make Russia a Mere
Province of Germany
By Carl D. Groat
(United Press staff correspondent)
( Washington, May lS.-r-Gerniany is
"seeking to augment her armies by eon
wrirfting Eussiaus of the borderlands,
fclie is striving; to make the rich Rus
sian territory purely anil simply a Ger
man province. These stafciments repre
sent official opinion licre today, back
ed 'by official information.
Both programs are In line with the
Teuton plan of ending the war this
year. By getbing fresh men for the
ewmy, Geniuany hopes to. make a mili
tary decision possible, but, if she. can
not get the borderlands to yield up the
desired cnuhon fodder, she seeks at
least to dominate- Russia utterly, so
that shes ican later 'go before the world
itfith the insidious i lea "we will give
' up the west if wp can hold what we
have in the east."
Both theso plans represent o. very
Marions menace which the allies must
nousider, authorities say.
One said toiliay the wetcrn military
rutuation, plus this tangled Russian
problem, meant that England and
Prance .must drain their man power
mulch farther while the United States
proceeds to throw in a greater force
than we have thus far contemplated.
Moscow is threatened. The boche has
overrun Ukraine, violating the Brest
Litovsk .policy indiscriminately. Ger
many is mokinir demanldg that she be
permitted a free hand in the present
Cusaian capital- The boche is seeking
tr ':rip away the last of tno Russian
army, so he can mould the men into
German soldiers or German war work
ers. He has already put the Russian
Tinricfi out- -of 'business. Hb i syste
matically stamping terror into Ru.'sian
hearts by his Belgian-like atrocities in
Finland "and Russia pnvper.
United States Steel
To Erect Bis Plant
for die Government
Washington, May 15. The war de
partment announcql today that the
mammoth 'United . Stateg Steel Corpo
ration ordnance plant will bo located
lit. Neville Istond- ia. the Ohio river
near Pittsburff.
The east' of the tlant will be about
$00,000,000 and -construction will be
Btiarted aoon.-It will be the permanent
property of tha American government.
The; ateel corporation -will perform
tiii, task of feuiilinir and operating due ,
-ita knowledge of the metal indus-
;,i.i ..j. 4. w nrrrfir. will
be a ?heek.fcw one dollar, which, th
SavwuToent i required to give,
cannot accept services free.
as it
POSTAL BIPLANE
.S.
Army Aviator Flies From
Philadelphia to Washing
ton Today
MANY LUrERS ARE
DELIVERJO PRESIDENT
Another Planbrries Heavy
Mail Cargo K York to
Riiladea
Washington, May 15. Carrying c
heavy load of mni, an army biplane ar
rived here this afternoon from Philadel
phia, completing the first aeropostal de
livery. Many letters and packages for
rrejiaeiit Vinson were Included in its
cargo.
Among them was a letter from the
Aero Club of America, newspapers,
box of flowers and a book.
Marino, Bocabifo, aged 14, delivered
the mai to the White House.
Lands at Belmont Park.
New York, May 15. Carrying mail
from Philadelphia to New York, an
army biplane, piloted by Lieutenant
raid Culver landed at Belmont Park,
Lung Island this afternoon.
The machine arrived at 3:37 and the
mail cargo was on the train for New
lork three minutes later.
The mail carried by Lieutenant Boyle
is being brought back to Washington
and if another machine can be secured
it will be sent at onae on its way. Other
wise it will go by special courier, the
postoffic.e department announced.
The machine at Philadelphia will not
wait, giid will go on with its load. The
New York Machine' is expected to ar
rive in Washington soon.
The nlaiv carrying 182 pieces of mail
for Philadeluliia and 480 pieces for
Washington, weighing in all 144 pounds,
(Continued on page three)
P.
HERO OE MERR I MAC
QN AMERICA AT WAR
Advocates a Greater Navy,
and Is For National
Prohibition
Eiclnnoud P. Hobson, who will speak
Thursday evening at the armory on
"America at War." has for the past
i) y. ars beeu a national character, tust
as tlie hero of the Merrimae and later
as the chief advocate of prohibition iu
the house of representatives.
During all these 20 years, he has
been an ndvocate of not only a navy
?.'cond to none, but one that would in
sure this coiuitrv from invasion and one
that could enforce the Monroe docfrine.
His contention is that if we do not wish
RICHMOND P. HOBSOX.
to become the greatest military nation
in the world, we must maintain the big
gest navy to stand between our shows
and the world's great armies.
Mr. Hobson was born in 1870 in Ala
bama and was graduated from the naval
. hool at AnnaDolis when 19 years old.
He- taea couunueo. ma biuuh-
.France.
At the time of the Spanish American
War his rank wa that of lieufrmant
(Continued on page three)
CARRIESU
TO WHITE HOUSE
GlIIANS trying to
GAIN A FOOTHOLD IN
TAHPICOOIL REGION
Some of Armed Forces There
Germans Lansin? Minim
izes Danger
Washington, May 15. Germans re
cently endeavored to gain a foothold
in the Tampico oil region by purchas
U1K "erne.
Some of the armcl forces in that re
gion are known to be Germans.
lurap two significant tacts ape
kuotwn today to have come to tho at
lenTiou or tUe American novemment
The first is important because it is
a direct effort by Germany to stir no
trouble in the region from which comes
large oil supplies for American and
British use-
The Teuton attempts, it ws indi
cated.have been thwarted. At any rate
the administration 'maintains .Ma posi
tion of friendliness for General Car
rauza and its fee'jng that Mexico
should be permitted to work out it
own destiny.
The recent assassination of the Mex
ican general, Nafarette,; threatened
for a time to complicate the Tampico
situation. He has been sufficiently
powerful to keep the district compos
ed and the oil coming out.
This production is possible through
payment of high taxes on all output.
Great Britain and the United States
have ibeen contented with the taxes
becaue they helped Mexico gt on her
feet while at the same time they made
possible the attaining of vital fuel sup
plies. Secretary Lansing appeared today
before the .senate foreign relations
committee to discuss the Mexican prob
lem, particularly as it relates to the
Tanvpico situation. Members had been
perturbed Iby local press repoits as to
the situa'ion. Lansing in the main min
imized the stories.
Government Takes
Over All Platinum
Washington,- May 15. Platinum has
beea commandeered for war purposes,
the war industries board announced to
day, Supplies iu the hands of jewelers,
manufacturers, wholesalers and import
ers and platinum received by them up
to June 30, must be sold to the govern
ment at $105 a troy ounce. Irridium is(
also requisitioned at $175 an ounce, pal-;
ladium at $135 an ounce.
Jewelers way withhold 25 per cent of
their platinum supply on condition they
waive ajl claims to additional compen
sation from the government. Manufac
tured articles containing platinum may
be held by dealers on the same condi
tions. Commandeering ljecam.3 effective
May 1.
Limited supplies made in the United
States and the increasing demand for
this metal for war work made the com
mandeering necessary, officials .declar
ed. Russian platinum upon which Amer
ica depended, is now availablo to Ger
many. SMALLER CITIES TO
Work Being Sent to Central
States -May Come
West Later
Washington, May 15. The small city
is going to do its bit of war work.
Munitions and supplies, now manufac
tured almost entirely in the great man
ufacturing centers, will hereafter begin
to pour out of factories in the smaller
manufacturing citks. Forced by conges
tion in eai-teni states, officials are at
tempting to push government work east
ward. They have already refused to per
mit r.pw factories to be built in Penn
sylvania. Agents are scouting through the mid
dle west for available plants to take
new war contracts. A survey of power
and equipment in the middle west and
the south is being made for u? of the
war industries board in alloting orders,
Because of congestion, no more con
tracts and new construction will be per
mitted in the district east of the Al
leghenies aud north of the Potomac for
tlie present. Power shortage is holding
up work in some eastern sections. Phil
adelphia is sixty thousand to ninety
thousand kilowatts short of electric-
power now. Buffalo is trying to provide
more power from Niagara Falls.
Hundreds of small factories are idle
in the middle west, due to audita de
crease in civilian needs. They have been
unable to get contracts because rep
resentatives f larger eastern industries
tot on the ground first and took orders
wholesale witnoui regard io amiuj n;
execute. But agents of the government!
are now seeking oat plants "which could
do war werk with alight changes in
equipment and are rcomMeadin tliat
(Ooatianed oa pag5 twp
TROOPS ON MARCH
TO BAM FRONT
II NEW EPOCH
Correspondent Describes the
Scece As American
Armies Advanced
NO
BANDS PLAYED
AND ffO FLAGS WAVED
Only Long Lines of Determ
bed Men Swinging in Grim
Lines to Front
By Fred S. Ferguson
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
With the American Army in The
Field, April . 17. (By Mail. The
march of marches, insofar as America
is concerned, was under way today.
There hawe beeu other marches in
France aud there wiH be more. But to
day the first Americans to throw their
weight into the line ef battle where the
fate of free nations is at stake, w.?rc
tramping over the winding roads of Pi
eardy. :
The march began at daybreak. There
were no bands. There were no brilliant
uuiformd men, or, flying flags. There
wer,' no wives or sweethearts to wave
good-bye.
As the men swung away toward the
batte linefo the music of their own
songs they w'eig puttiug their hands to
the turning of a itt-w page in American
history. A movie camera filmed them
Ivre and there on the road. But French
peasants and laughing children, who
J turned from their play to wave them
good-bye, were the principal witnesses.
This was the mateS from the mobil
ization area in Picardy into the lino of
battle. After the journey from Lorraine
bv train and on feotj there was a per
iod of rest for the soldiers in the vil
lages. They drilled now and then, but
for the most part straightened up .equip
ment-Hind played. They made friends
among the villagers,' picked up new
French words from the children and
staged a crap game or a poker sossion.
After more than a month in th.o trenches
(Continued on page three)
Wants ParKamejits for
All Three Countries
London, May 15- G. M. Barnes'
speech Sunday) advocating parliamenits
for Ireland, Scotland and England,
modeled on America's state legislature
is viewed in some quarters today as a
government 'Mdto" to test public
opinion.
The eaVinct is divided but is tending
to the view that the only chance to
win Ulster is "federal scheme," tho
Daily News said.
The Express sai,d U understands
Barnes' idea was also that of most
the cabinet members, including Pre
mier Lloyd-George.
Barnes is a member of the war cabi
net, without portfolio, representing
British labor. He succeeded Arthur
Henderson.
Abe Martin
Politics makes strange good fellers.
Mr. Lemmie Pters, who graduated with
such signal honors several June's ago,
! arose at tfc' usual Hour tnis mornin,
an' partook of a light breakfast. Ho
chatted in a light rein with members
of his household aa' appeared t' be
more hopeful that th' war would aoea
eci than he has beea at wf tim since
he woz eescrjfte'3.
IF
GERMANY NOW CONTROLS
AUSTRO-HUNGARI AN EMPIRE
Emperor Karl Forced to Call
Upon Kaiser to Sustain
Han In Power
By J. W. T. Mason
(United Press War Expert)
New York, May 15. Internal condi
tions in Austria-Hungary have become
so critical that the governmnt of the
Hapsburas empire has been compelled
to subordinate ituflf to Germiiu control
in what is apparently a final effort to
prevent the breaking up of the dual
monarchy.
The visit of Emperor Karl to the kai
ser's field headquarters and announce
ment that new treaties are being drawn
up between Austria-Huugaiy and Ger
many, mean that K"rl and the ruling
casU at Vienna are auandomng (he sov
ereign rights of their country because
i Lev cannot control tht domestic situa
tion. 1
Hcriaftef the German government
will dictate Austro-Huugurv 's policies
as long as the method of suzerain rule
keeps the Austro-Hungarians from re
volt. The food situatina in the dual monar
chy, as well as the attitude of Vienna
toward the German peace in the east
will be under management of the Ber
lin militarists; and for the. time being
Kmpeior Karl must be regarded as lit
tifi more than m viceroy. This sacrifice
made by the Hapsburgs. the proudest
liiliug house in Europe, can have been
accepted only as a last dsperate ex
pedient to save itself perhaps even
from the fate of the Bomanoffs. The
change of front is all live more humil
iating iu llapsburg pietcnsions because
Karl hud pcviously tried to make him
self independent of the kaiser's influ
ence. It is improbable that German control
of Austro-Hungaiy will be exercised,
so as to compel Austro-Hungnrian for
ces to fight along the west front, ex
cept perhaps as a final gamble with
fate. The Geriiieus realize that they
now control Auatro-Hungarian policies
only because 'of the dangerous ferment
proceedinir -among. the antagrfnistic ole
ments in Kail 's two kingdoms. The
growing hatred of the Germans is one
of the most serious problems Germany
must face in Austria-Hungary, ,
Any slaughter of Austro-Hungarian
troops for Pcrman purposes in Picardy
and Flanders might be the final blow
needed to causo a revolutionary out
break. If German ruthlessness is used
to restoro order in Austria-Hungary,
Russia's example of Begnant anarchy
may bo followed by the llapsburg do
mains, KEHOE FOUND A BUG.
San Francisco, May 15. Mrs. Esther
Kejioc. had to pay her husband $425 ali
mony today, besides giving him pos
session of a peculiar species of bug
which Kehoe had discovered. Mrs. Ke
hoc said bIio earned $200 a month and
saved $2,200 while Kehoe was trying
to invent a way to win the war and
studying the liiHtory of the bug he had
found. ,
vast wmmi
Seattle Firms Awarded Ship
Contract Orders for Car
Lumber Received
Seattle, Wash., May 15 (,'ontracls
for steel ships worth $100,000,000 have
been let to the Skinner & Eddy corpo
ration of this city by the United Btates
shipping boar.d, according to announce
ment made. hei today. This gigantic
order is declared to smash all previ
ous Pacific coast shipping contracts.
The merged plants of the Skinner 4:
Eddy corporation and the Seattle Con
struction & Drydock company will
handle tho. contracts. Details of the
number of ships and tht- size of them
were not announced.
Oregon Oets Big Fir Order
Portland, Or., May 15. Through the
efforts of a ccnimittee of car experts
sent to Washington by the West Coast
Lumbermen 'a, association, orders for
52,000,000 foot of Douglas fir lumber
have been allotted to the mills of (1re
gon and Washington by the govern
ment purchasing board.
Approximately 50,000,000 feet of fir
will be used in freight car construc
tion and 2,000,000 fret goes to the
British admiralty. Thfl orders were
placed with the "fir production boards
of Portland and Seattle. H. B. Van
Duzer, director of fir production for
Oregon, received advices from Wash
inirton. D. C. Monday afternoon indi
cating that one third of the order will
, r ... r : M .1 i
I be placed with Oregon mills and two
thirds in the state of Washington
The car order represent the entire
lumber requirement tor a complete unit
of 15,000 cars and calls for approxi
mately eOjOOO.000 feet of 2 by 8 tfm-
(Ooottnued pit paja three)
President Asks Hughes
to Investigate Aircraft;
Former Rival Accepts
Washington, May 15. Pres
ident Wilson today -called upon
Former Justice Charles E
Hughes fca act as a co-itfvesti-gator
in tho probe of Gutzon
Borglum'g charges against the
aircraft production beard.
Hughes aocopted tho call.
Total Death Roll.
of American Army
Washington, May 1j Today's
casualty list brings thp total to
5,788, according to figures to
the war department, divided as
follows:
Killed in action, 715.
Died of wounds, 175.
Died of disease, 1,044.
Died of accidents, 237
Died from other causes, 63.
Severely wounded, 492.
Slightly wounded, 2,800.
Unclassified, 8.
Missing in action, and prison-
ers, 254.
Total, 0,788.
:c
Submarines Are Being
Gradually Beaten
London, May 15. "On the
whole, the general trend of the
warfare against the submarines
has progressed quite satisfactor-
ily since January 1,"' Dr. Mac-
Namara, financial secretary of
the admiralty, announced in the
house of commons this after-
noon.
MacNainara said that 172
steamers were unsuccessfully
attacked by German submarines
between January 11 and April
30. .
. "News from neutral countries
and the increased bousffuinesv r
and disclaimers of our enemies
are proof of recent successes'.
against tba submarines." Mac-
Nanwira said.
LARGEST CASUALTY
LIST VET REPORTED
IS RECEIVED TODAY
Cadet Stuart Freeman, of
Portland, One of 19 Dead
---39
Washington, May 15. Today's cas
ualty list is one of the longest yet re
ported by General Pershing, containing
a total of 120 sames. Thirty nin,e men
ure New England soldiers missing in
action. The other casualties are: three
killed in ac tion; three dead from wounds
five from disease; one from acicdent;
seven from other causes; six. wounded
severely aud forty e'ght wounded slignt
ly and eight wounded iu action.
' The separate list pf "eight wounded
in action" as apart from the other
wounded, it was explained, was duo to
the fact that no information has lven
received as to the severity of the
wounds of these eight.
When this information has been re
ceived the meu will be properly clas
sified it was stated.
Anion? tlun missinir in action are Cap
tain George C. Freclnnd, Westville,
Conn, and Lieutenant James F. Craw
ford, Warsaw, N. Y
The list:
Killed in action: j
Corporal Patrick Farrdl, Edgewatcr,
N. J.
Privates Hurry J. Clarke, Stronifjiurht,
III.
Joseph Dilley, Tliomsoiwille, Mich.
Died from wounds:
Privates Thomas W. Cole, Bpringvale,
Maine.
Charles Conklin, Grand Haven, Mich.
James Cromie, Brookline, Mass,
Died of disease:
Corporal Robert Carroll Mailer, Dick
inson,1 T.'xas.
Privates John Duhig, New York.
Stanford M. Grant, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Chester M. Maciejewski, Berlin, Wis.
Patrick L .Moriahan, New York. -Died
of accident:
Oadet Stuart Freeman, 341 Twelfth
street, Portland, Oregon;
Died from other causes: -
Corporals Will?tt Brightman, Mont
gomery, Ala. ,
Harry J. Lewis, Buekfield, Maine.
Privates Walter H.- Young, Lynn,
Mas. '
Kenenth Klein, Fort Kont, Me. ""
Alfred Goodwin, South Hiram, Ms.
(Continued oi paj' tares).
GERMANS MASS
FOR LAST GREAT
WAR OFFENSIVE
Every Man and Every Gsa
Empire Can Muster Called
Into Action
Class 1919 Being Heavily
PRISONERS SAY LOSSES
HAVE BEEN VERY HEAVY
Drafted In Order to Fill
Gaps Made by Ales .
'By William Philip Simms
(United Press staff correspondent)
With tho British Armies in Franee,
May 14. There ia littlo doubt that
Germany has embarked on her last
great adventure, in whioh every man,
boy, hjorac and machine will be used in
a desperate endeavor to gain a favor
alblo decision during the present fighl-
The German drafts are refittmg di
visions which are aibout half composed
of returned wounfled and wwruits. The
latter include acme 'boys of 18 years.
Few if any youths of tuts age were in
the line at tho beginning of toe of
fensive, when Hindomburg depended
largely on the class of 1918 which
foiujht with great impetuousity bnt
lacked the stamina to win a victory
A caiiturcd non-commissioned offi
cer of the Sixty Second infantry de
clares that regiment lost fifty per cenl
(Continued on page six.)
CONGRESS WIILKEET
IN KOVEHBER IF TAX
BILL IS NOT PASSED
House Leaders Must Arrange
for This To Get Off
for Election
By L. O. Martin,
(United Press Btaff Correspondent.)
Washington, May 14. Congress and
American business men today eagerly
awaited the result of a conference be
tween Secretary of the Troasury Mf
Aduo, Senator Simmons and Kcpre
sentative Kitchiu to determine wheth
er congress must pass a new war tax
bill this session.
To iconxress this1 weans a session
lasting unit.il Utto in t'he fall an ex
tremely distasteful prospect, in vinw
of tho congressional election iu No
vember. To business it means, according to
thousands of letters and te-lcgrama
touring on congress anil the treasury,
suspense- end uncertainty.
McAdoo in to tell Simmons and
Kitchiu the government must at onco
provide meams for raising muich larger
revenues.
It is therefore considered unlikely
that Simmons and Kitihin will con
vince McAdoo to defer the tax bill un
til the December short session. If they
do, it proibiiibly will bo with the un
derstanding that, congress will mee
in November instead of Iecmber and
t onco take up the tax measure.
While this important confercn-'e is
going ore today, a showdown is to come
iu tho senate on the aircraft investi-
Senator Thompson expects tu
report the Chamberlain resolution au
thorizing the military aftairs com
mittee to investigate aircraft produc
tion and o her phases of. tho war de
partment work. If ho does not reportj
it, Chamberlain and Senator Hitchcock
II csill it up and oWuand its passage. .
Way were a'so cleared todny for
launching soparaue invistigaiion in
to tho $840,000,000 aircraft expendi
tures.
The house military comimttoo today
had a letter from fecreta-ry ci nar
(taker replying to charges ajrainst tna
liberty motor. The text or we icuer
was not made public, but it is known
Baker denied tho hoerty Trvmor was
only a variation of toe rac-sara jnoior
revealing that many features werej
adaptations of the Gorman Mercede
motor.
Germans Lie About
Blocking of Canal ';
BeiKn, via London, M J9. Ex
amination of the British emser Vin
dictive, which wart sunk at the n-
true to Oetend harbor, how that
ho did not contain ewarn'-, Oa Ger
man' admiralty anJveud. ... '
"Oonaaa taafSra snk ' Vidiat-
Ire,'' tht tatmlt S4