Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, June 12, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTODAP WEATEE Oregon: Tonight and Thursday pro bably shower; not so warm to night except near the coast; moder ate winds, mostly southerly. llMERl'LlTTLti 4,600 SUBSCRIBERS - (23,000 READERS) DAILY Only Circulation in Salem Guar anteed by th Audit Bureau of Circulation : FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS SEEVICE FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO BIG GERMAN 0 STOPPED Ell CLEAREDWOODOF if! DEFENDERS Marines Drive Germans From Last Hold On Belleau Forest AFTER TERRIFIC LOSSES THE SURVIVORS FLED Prisoners Taken by Marines Express Joy at Being Captured By Lowell Mellett, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) With the American Armies in France, June 12. American marines have en tirely cleared the . important Belleau wood five miles west of Chateau-Thierry of enemy forces, it was established today. The German defenders were slaugh tered in great numbers and those who survived fled in disorder. The American artillery preparation began at 3:30 yesterday morning. An hour later the marines attacked the (jeruians. who still held the northern portion of tho wood. They were under orders to push though to the north eastern limits of the' wood. They car ried out their instructions to tho letter. In addition . to Inflicting heavy casualties, the marines took at least "!)0 prisoners, including ten officers, and captured two three inch field pieces and some minewerfeTs. Their own casualties were light, with the exception of those suffered at one point where a ninchine gun nest held out for some time. While this fighting was under way the Germans launched an attack at five a. m. against tho American units holding Bouresches on the right. The assault was completely repulsed, great masses of the enemy being broken up by artillery and riflo fire. Prisoners taken by the marines aro the gladdest lot I 've seen yet. Man of them are extremely youthful and look well cared for, though some of them said they have had little to eat lately. AJ1 are members of a Prussian unit, though drafted from all parts of Germany. Several who served on the Bussian front said they liked it better there than on this front. Many of the German regiments, they paid, are recruited from Jews. These ere unwilling to fight and are com gelled to go into oat tic by machine jjuns placed in the rear of their lines. After they have entered the fighting line they are chained to guns and wagons. A captured officer said it was un derstood by himself and others that less than 200,001) Americans are in France He was surprised to learn that the Americans had been here sev eral months. - THINE DRIVE AT AN END. I.,'..-. '. f-P--! By Henry Wood With the French Armies In Thc Field, (Continued on page six) HA IIIINIIIMimillll millllimmilllimillimiHlllHUHIIimniim Illllimillllllim I War Summary of United Press 1 I iiiiiiiimimuiimuMii i!!!Hi!!!i!iiii!i!iMiiiiiiii!iminiiiiimiimiiiii I I 1410th Day of the War; 84th Dav of the Big Offensive gHiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiS Oiss Front. The Germans are con- j ing Bouresches on the right was re tinuing their pressure at every point! pulsed. aloug the entire front from Montdidierj to the Dise.. Not only did the French Picardv Front. American artillery hold the, without appreciable gain yesterday evening and last night, but! improved further on the western flank bv continued counter attacks. - . ' j Lorraine Front. Ninety twn Ameri- Marne Front. A new battle is raging cans received the war cross for gallant southwest of Soissons, where the Ger-jry in action, mans struck on a foor mile front be- tween the Aisne and the Villers Cotter- eta forest. The Germans have failed to, progress. American Cannes, in their attack yes terday morning northwest of Chateau Thierrv, completely cleared the boches out of Bellaa wood, it was establish ed today. A simultaneous German at tack against other American nnita hold- . 138 QAkjCjlU, WXVrAJWry " .. IE0I0I8ET BY FIERCE RESISTENCE Senate 0 sed to fpen Diplomacy! Washir. S June 12, The senate to. f went on record against o "riplomaey. By a vote of 01 it rejected the Borah ame nt for public consid.crati treaties. The ena this action ac cepted the Rent's own con struction o- - peace terms speech of January 8, when he told congress he favored ''open covenants of peace, openly ar rived at", that henceforth dip lomacy "must proceed always in the open." Washington, June 12. Presi dent Wilson is opposed to the Borah "open diplomacy" reso lution, Senator 'Hitchcock an nounced today in tho senate. Hitchcock read a letter from the president, written to Secretary Lansing March 12, just after Bo rah had introduced his resolu tion providing for open consid eration of all treaties by the seuate. The president iu his let ter said that when on January 8, he advocated open diplomacy he meant that all treaties, after ratification, should tv) inade public. H0 did not mean open consideration by the senate, he said. a ' lit CHARGES AGAINST CZAB. Petrograd, June 10. That the former czar and tlw kaiser form ed a verbal alliance against Great Britain and Trance during a conference at Potsdam, will be ' charged iu the forthcoming trial of the former, it was reported her today. Tlw czar also is said to have promised the kaiser a free hand in Turkey? The soviet members have charge of the pending trial. 15 DAY'S LIST TOTALS 127 One Oregon Boy, Edwin H. Olson of Springfield, Died o(Disease Washington, June 12. General Per shing reported 127 casualties to the war department today, as follows: Fifteen killed in action; nine dead from wounds; eighteen dead from dis ease; one dead from airplane accident; seventeen dead from accidents and other causes; sixty wounded severely; six wounded, degree undetermined, and one missing in action. Lieutenants Wilrner Bodenstab, Ton- ikers, X. Y., Max Buchanan, Brockton Mass., and Malcolm M. Johnstone, Ar- liugtou, Wash., were Kineu in uaiue. Captain Leonard K. Hart, Shawnee, Ohio, died of disease and Lieutenant Richard B. Be.-d, Van West, Ohio, died of airplane accident. Captain Don L. Caldwell, Greeufield (Continued on page three) pounded German rear communication line in ihe Montdidicr regiou. Two Montdidicr region, were repulsed. enemy raids Flanders FrontNormal artillery fir- ing waa reported. Italian Army. Two small Italian tor- tvoAh Koam -unit twn of the bi?f?est Austria! dreadnaughts off the Dalma- -r : T nan isianus JMonuay uiui ij.uk. -u mo. - - - , resulting pursuit they badly damped railroad men m the event of a telegraph- 8 r 13 n""1'-t"T """" g"vrn (Continued oa page three) PLACES NUMBER ON NON COMBATANT LIST Pretended to Surrender As Decoy-But Will Not Do It Again By Lowell Mellrtt ; (United Press 'staff eorres;ondont) With the Americans on the Marne, June 12. (4:30 p. m.) The possibility cf a German advance in t'us sector has been practically eliminated through j consolidation of the ne positions i nor h and east of Belleau vood. Tho marines now solidly hold 110 i wood, the last machine gun stromrhold at its edge being taken at the point of tho bayonet at 10 o'clock this morning. The attacking party found the -group Of boulders filled with dead and wound ed Prussians. The total prisoners taken in the wood .nd contiguous territory now has reached well above 400, with 62 ma- ehihie (ima, four tretiich mortars, a I great number of rifles and a large Continued on page three) RUSSIA MUST RETURN TO OR BE BLOTTED OFF WORLD'S MAP BRAZILIAN STEAMER TELLS OF SUBMARINE Says American Transport forced German U-Boat to Submerge New York, June 12.-Enemy submar-' iues now aiteinptiui? to biuckauV) the American coast are becoming increas ingly bold in their operations, accord ing to information in shipping circles today. A Brazilian steamer arriving at an Atlantic port, reported it was pur sued by a U-boat off Jersey but a Unit ed States transport opened fire on the pirate and made him submerge. At another Atlantic pore, sailors of a British vessel described an encount! ,or with two submarines in which one of tliein was rammed by the Britisher and possibly destroyed. Some of the Pinar De Kio crew insist ed the submarine which attacked their ship Saturday was accompanied by a 0000 ton steamer with one funnel, paint ed light grey. This may have been a "mother ship" or a captured freighter which the Germans are looting at their leisure. Ther.j were reports of another mys terious "mother ship" off the New England coast. Boston harbpr was clos ed for a while. . Report Not Credited Washington, June 12. The captain of a Brazilian steamer which arrived at an Atlantic port brought the lniorma tion that an American transport fired several times on a German U-boat off 'the coast. ThiB fact, forwarded to the navv department today, elicited the staement that this was the only source ! heportiug the incident and that it was quite UM.ciy llie j-iruig tto la.guv 'w tice. Incidentally, the American naval head quarters abroad has cabled the depart ment asking if it cannot slop cumula tion of skippers and sailors yarns" about sinking of submarines in places when? the evidence of destruction is, to say the least, extremely doubtful. Telegraph Strike Seems More Probable Chicago, June 12. Following an endorsement by the Order of Railway Telegraphers on the attitude of the Commercial Telegraphers Union in its controversy with th . commercial tele graphers companies President 8. J. Ko nenkamp of the telegraphers union will leave Chicago today for St. Paul to con fer with officials of the American fed eration of Labor. The railroad telegraphers formally azreed that they will r.?fue t. handle j commercial company telegram. There i tin lilrplihnAfl nf ft walkout hr the meut employes. oiTPir fT-i?nrxT- nnrTYMTTStriAY. JTTNE 12. 1918 ITALIANS TORPEDO TWO DREADN AUGHTS OF AUTSRIAN FLEET Torpedo Boats Pass Through Line of Destroyers ana Get Results . Koine, June 12.-Two small-Italian torpedo boats, defying an entire Aus trian battle fleet, sank twn of the lar gest dreadnaughts in the Austrian navy Monday morning aud returned safely to their bases, it was officially announc ed today. The daring exploit occurred on tne Dalmatian islands, on the Austrian side of the Adriatic. In the pursuit which followed, an Austrian destroyer was badly damaged. Two torpedos wene fired at the first ship in the line and one torpedo at the ship immediately following. The Austrian dreadnaughts were of the Viribus Unitis class aud were sunk June 10. Thp torrvdo boats, under command of Captain Rizzo and Luige D'Milazzo passed boldly through a line of enemy destroyers and attacked the two lead ing ships of a battle squadron, which was steaming in fleet formation. A short time ago a mysterious Ital ian craft Bince described as an elec trically propelled "sea tank" pene trated the defenses of Po'a harbor and sank an Austrian drcadnaught of the -Viribus llnitis class. This class originally consisted of four vessels. Thev are of twenty thousand tons displacement, carry twelve twelve inch aud twelve five inch guns and A1 of the men wsre members of bat hav.? a compliment of 902 to 968 men. tery A g,cmd Field Artillery. As Soon As BoMeviki Are Out Russia and Ukraine t . ; . Will Unite By Joseph Shaplen (United Press Staff Correspondent) . Stockholm, June 12. The action of the Bolsheviai in putting Moscow un der martial law, is probably due to the uncovering of a plot which was brew ing when I left Russia, which aimed at the overthrow of tie. Bolshevik! by sim ..i.. ...!..:. Hf,N,n ..J Pol. """"7 U'"""'B i'riuee K-opotkin, K. Savinkoff, and a number of cadet party leaders were involved in the plot, Plans for the formation of a Kussian army of worxnien ana peasants were outlined to the United Press representa tive in a recent interview given by General Pfcrsky, formerly commander of the Russian forces at Riga, but now military chief of the Petrograd district. ' ' We are taking all measures possible for the defense of the country," he said, "as G.Tmanv can break thp Brest peace treaty whenever she wishes. We have not yet fully developed a plan of. training workmen and peasants, but in some places a tentative plan is lit full operation. "Universal military service Is impos sible at present. It will be possible only when order is restored. When the people are fully awakened and order has been re-established, we hope to organize ef fective resistance and regain Russia's sovereignty." The new Red army is worthless and evervbodv in Petrograd realizes this. The return of Russia to the was Is in evitable. Either this or Russia will be- (Coatinued on page three) Abe Martin Our idee of a cinch is atandin' on a biff, flat backed eircut boss without fall in' off. One good thing about bein' ingle," said Marne Moon, t'day, "is . . . . ... i that you kin be prominent without be i"' accused 0' negleetin' your child Gomsers May Go To Europe to Step Labor Troubles St. Paul, Minn, June 12. President Samuel Gonipers of the- American Federation of LaboT ia seriously considering a, trip abroad to fight forces threatening a division of labor bodies in tne allied countries. His decision may be known while the annual meeting of the federation is in gesion here The American labor mission, recently returned from Eng land, suggested Gompers as one of two men to remain in Europe for tho remainder of the war, welding laborers together in a "win the war" spirit. German atrocities in Belgium were made vividj to delegates to the federation convention to day by Professor A. G. Van Hecko of the Belgian labor mis sion. "Belgium will never sub mit to German domination, asserted Van Heeke, amid cheers. . Other missions and commit tees made their reports today. Private Was Killed and Several Wounded Vromnnt. Menlo Paik, Cat. to,..,, . , - June 12. Private Henry nuzio was ..... ed and Sergeant James Gardner, Cor poral Walter Banack, and Privates Claude Alnutt, Luther Wlsh and John Peterson in the hospital today severely iuiured as the result of tho explosion of a new six inch howitzer late yesterday Thfl caus of the explosion, which f curred duringHarget practice, is un known and although an immediate in vestigation was ordered by Major hen eral Morrison, doubt wag expressed if it WOUld bo BUCCeSSIUI in ui-iciiuiiua THE WAR FEW WOUNDED LOSE. THEIR ARMS OR LEGS Cases v of Amputation of Limbs Show Small Per centage In War Chicago, Juno 12. Figures showing tho relatively small number of Cana dian soldiers suffering major amputa tion because of war injuries surprised American medacal men hero. The Am erican Association of Industrial Physi cians and Surgeons, advance guard or the American Medical association got secretary oft the invalided soldiers' com secetary of the invahded soldiers' com mission of Canada. "With 30,000 soldiers disabled," Kidner aaidi, "we have had less than 1500 amiputiUions of legs or arms. Be tween fifty and sixty have been blind Ad. That's no more than were blinded in tho Halifax explosion alone." Surgeon General Gorgas asserted 75 per cent of the American wounded get back to the trenches. "The world has never seen a better or cleaner army," he said. "Immoral lty- and drunkenness are uncommon. German poieon gas, he said, is over-1 come by an American antitoxin. Tho sixty ninth annual moeting of tha American Medical association open ed last night. Marine Casualties Are Announced Today Washington, Juim 12. The marine casualties announced this afternoon were: Killed in action: Captain James McCoy, Fall River Mass. Sereeant James C. Wertz, Burnliam, Penn. Privates Frank H. Snow, Anniston, Alabama. Leon W. Hunt, Tyre, Mich. Robert B. Decatur, Plainville, Ohio. Henry Kieehner. Bernardsvillc, N. J. John Mefolk Collins, not identified. Died of wounds: Hergeant Max Kraus, Berlin, Wis. Privates Victor J. M. Boska, Charles' town. Mass. .Jerome A. Pierce, Spirit Lake, Idaho. AUSTRIA WANTS PEACE ' Washington, June 12. Baroa Burian, A ustro-Hungarian for eign minister, in an interview .published by the Tageblatt, de clare Austria still is ready for a "peace by understanding" on the toaaia of no annexation. "But we will make no new offer to the enemy as long a their statesmen maintain their present atandpoint," ho con cluded. - PRICE TWO CENTS $848,300,000 NEEDED TO PLACE RAILROADS 00 D RUNNING Locomotives, Freight and Passenger Cars to Cost $482 4 1 7,000547,000,000 to Eliminate Grade Crossings Of the $18,000,000 For Extensions the Southern Pacific Gets $1,125,000 -Will Spend $200,000,000' For . Motive Power-$200,030.000 More For Cars Washington, June 12. Improve ments, additions and betterments in national railways in 1913 will cost $840,300,000. The railroad administra tion today approved such a budget covering all expenditures except la bor and fuel for the present year. To meet the war demands upon ter minals, yard sidings aud industry tracks, $98,601,000 has been approori- ated. In this same line $18,237,000 has been listed for construction of exten sions and branches and unfinished lines, which, will tap new resourcos. The east coast will be improved with coal and ore wharves costing $7,021, 009. In tho equipment expenditures, loco motives and freight and passenger cars, most of which have already been bought, are listed to cost $4a,4l7,ooo. Tho motive power will require approx imately 'JOO,000,ooo of this sum. An other $200,000,000 will go for freight and passenger cars and miscellaneous eKiuiimieut will make up $80,000,000- The war demands have called for an excessive expenditure for freight build ing a!o expenditures for freight sta tions and equipment will be about $.'0,, 000,000, Passenger station improve ments will require about a,uuu,uiiw. Improvements for the promotion or safety and the reduction of accidenti will consume about $100,600,000. Cf this $47,000,000 is taken up for the elimination of grade crossings, - track elevations, tunnel improvements and the construction of crossing signals and the remainder is used in itne cnangej of grade, building of trestles and con struction of aubways. The purchase of rails and other tracx materials win email an expeuuume u. $31,5.r)0,000. Most of the steel required for this work Is under contract. Offi cials stated ithey expected to receive all of the steel necessary for tho con templated betterments. ' " ;' , To facilitate tne movement oi i""" ( Continued on page seven) FRENCH FORCES DRIVE GERMAN INVADERS BACK fierce Counter Attacks Gain Ground As Well As Num erous Prisoners London, Juno 12. French forces op posing the German drive oeiwei-n Montdidier and the Oise yesterday counter attacked on tho western flank pushing tho enemy back a maximum depth cf about two mile on a seven and a half mile front. A similar counter thrust in tne cen ter hurled tho enemy back about a mile on a front of about four miles. Tho enemy progress was connneu eu- H( H Public Spirited Women Boost Big Bargain Day j Arc Sending Invitations to Friends and Relatives to Come to Salem and Visit Them on Bargain Day, June 15-Merchants in High Spirits Over Pros pects for Day of Big Business HH Next Saturday is Bargain Day, and tho Bargain Day fjver is becoming more and more prevalent as the Day of Big Business approaches. Not only are the merchants working .tooth and nail in preparation for the event but the women are also backing up th movement by sending invitations to heir friends and relatives to bring their families and visit them on this day of all dayt for economical buying. This i one of the most encouraging development for the promotion of a successful day for whenever the women nf ft community stand baek of a project that project Is sure to bo a sueeesa. The ending of these inwations u a nnt in th Horht direction and it is to b. hoped that other wiu "get tne habit" and that' nearly every horn ia ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS 147 GRADUATE FROM SALEM HIGH SCHOOL ITS LARGEST CLASS Armory Selected As Place for Holding Exercises Friday . Evening , The annual graduating exercise- of the Salem high school will. b held, at the armory Friday, evening of this week beginning at 8 o'clock. Notwithstanding the many young men who have volunteered, from the school for army and navy service, th ' class thi! year number 147, the largest " in the historr of the school. Last year it was 137. The class this year Include 04 boys and 83 girls. - , Instead of several student taking active part in tho evening' program, it, wa decided to limit une numuiw i -three, one to bo chosen by the clas one by the faculty and the third ae cording to highest rank in ftudic for , the past two years. i The class elected Philliips Elliott, the leachers chose Ruth Bedford ami on tho ibasis of stholarshrip, Hermogene Carbonell won by a close margin- Th speaker of the evening will be Dr. U. G. Duliack of the University of Ore gon. who will speak on "Live and Lot Live." - . . - The program for the evening it as follows: 1 Invocation Dr. F.dwiu Sherwood. High school chorus "America Trl- (Continued on page six.) tiroly to the eastern winif, where they crossed tho OiBP near Kibocourt and apparently compelled the evacuation of the deep salient extending north ward totwnrd Noyon. On tho Marne front, American fore es captured Belleau wood and took 300 prisoner yonterday morning, tho .French war office announwa- Tha principal .Frown amance w .niado between St. Maur end Rubes court, whero they reached the southern outskirts of Lo Fretoy, captured U heights between Courcelle aad Morta- mer mile and carried meir mwi -and a half to the cast of Mery. (Coutiud on page two) 1 1 I HHWMMMMHf Salem will entertain out ot town friend on Bargain Day. One of the leading merenunn, m sr.iaking of last year's Bargain Day, said: "Bargain Day had many pleas ing features but what pleased mo most was the large number of children who came with their parents and the' general fcel-at-honv! air that seemed to prevail everywhere. It is to be hoped that even more of the out of town visitor will bring their families with them thia year. That they will not on,y com toT the bargains thai will be offered but for a day's outing as well. They may rest assured that the people of Salem will do their utmost to make their visit enjoyable as well a profitable." ORDER (Oontipuod OH paga two) i-