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lODAr 4,690 SUBSCRIBERS (,000 BEADEB8) DAILY -Only Circulation In Salem Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations FULL LEASED WIRE , DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS SEE VI 03 O-.goa: Tonight and Saturday fair, moredate Wester ly winds. FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 157 SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1918 KKU'h I'Wti ENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS Ml SOT GERMAN WMM AMERICANS AID TRALIAN ASRTONGATTACK White Civilians Celebrate Armies of Liberty Strike - Telling Blows FOUR-RULE PICARDY FRONT IS ATTACKED Allied Forces Penetrate En emy Lines More Than Mile la Depth London, July 5. While citizens of allied countries formally celebrated an Independence Day the soldiers of those nations advanced on thre fronts, mak ing Important gains and taking more than 2000 prisoners." In Plcardy Australian and American troops, supported by tanks, attacked en a front of about four miles, between ViUers Bretonneux and the Somme yes- tnoay jniirmng, 'advancing a maxi- mum distance of more than a mile and capturing the village of Hamel and the woods of Hamel and Vaire. At the same time Australians ad vanced 500 yards on a front of three quarters of ft mile east of Ville-Sur- Ancre. In th2se two operations, moreJ than 1000 prisoners were taken. French troops, In two attacks be. tween the Oise and Aisne. advanced i nearly a mile on a three mile front, taking. 1066 prisoners on the eve of the "Fourth." The Italians-, made further gains on the lower Piave, on bcth sides of the! Brenta river and on the Asia go pla-l teau. Nearly 500 prisoners were taken ( in thjjse engagements. - : (Oontiaucd on page two) s fOREIGN-BORN CITIZENS HONOR ADOPTED COUNTRY Celebrations Yesterday Fea tured Fealty of Adopted Sons and Daughters ' By Robert J. Bender (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, July 0 America todav U fompleting its greatest propaganda effort of the war. . following the "pledge of allegiance by I ha foreign born of this country" yj:,terdiiy at Washington 'g tomb and the gigantic parades throughout the na tion, slaved in testimony of the faith of. many nationalites in the cause of (the a'iiis, the news of the event is be ing ftnt into every corner of th,e world. Throughout the night and today the eablos, wireless and every means of com munication at the disposal of the gov . (eminent are being utilzed to send to all French School Children Celebrate July 4th By Frank J. Taylor (United Press staff correspondent) . With the American Armies iu France July 4. (Delayed) French school children, decked with flowers and car rying flags invaded American 'head quarters this morning, bringing Fourth of July greetings. General Pershing kissed the daugh ter of a French general, commanding the region, and made a brief speech. "Since w arrived in your city we have come to think' of this as a corner of America," he said. "The same ap plies to every city, village and hamlet we have occupied in France. . "Today constitutes a declaration of independence; a solemn oath that the litteriy for which France has long been lighting will be attained," Similar cerenioaif were held ele-where. Ml ATTACKS UPON Patriotic Exercises at Salem Cannery Patriotism -was the keynote to the noon meeting yesterday at Hunt Bros, cannery on Di- vision street when the 400 em- ployes saluted the flag a.s Am- erica was sung, aind as a mark of appreciation to the work- era who gave up their, holiday if to assist in saving the fruit crap, ko creaiu, was, served iu the afternoon under the direc- tion of Manager W. G. Allen and Superintendent L. E. Ab- bee. The noon "sing" is a regu- lar feature, the girls, in their neat uniforms anil white caps' making a striking yicturci .when icallett ito attention by the medio w notes of the bugle. if The men employes also take ipart in the service, and a wrist wfttch was recently presented to Gustav Anderson, leadeT of the music, by fellow workers, who assembled to wish him i God speed upon his enlistment in the army. '.Germany Tired of Being Raided . Amsterdam, July 5.-Bumors were being circulated here today that Germany is considering a proposal to the allies that a- mu- tual agreement i be . reached ' against bombarding towns but- " side the war zone. The sentiment in favor of such a move is said to lv strong in Germany. iFmland May Flight On German Side Stockholm, July 5. Finland is reported on tho verge of declar ing war against the allies. Finnish troops, in co-operation with 50,000 Germans, are reported t be ready to carry a campaign into the Russian Mur man district, where allied forces, including a few Americans arc guarding military supplies. neutrals and belligerents the pledges of the foreign born here, the president 's address at Mount Vernon and details of the great Fourth of July celebra tion in the United States. Messengers arc carrying the news iu t') Russia and isolated corners of the fclobe. At every point of access the word is being carried into Germany and Austria. Allied airplanes aro dropping the president's speech and the resolu tions of foreign born citizens here, over the encmy lines. route to Mount Vernon yesterday President Wilson talked personally with ovcry representative of tho 33 groups of foreigners represented on the jour ney. He told each the purposes Amer ica has in fighting the war through to a finish and held out the pledge to them of equal voice in the deliberations which will come with peace. It was a move designed to stiffen the morale of all the ,fighting forces, In this connection it is now permissible to state that previous to the recent Austrian offensive, Italians, Czechos Slovenes, and other nationalites were given the cable and wireless to flood It aly with mesages assuring the peopl? there that America is behind them to he last. Letters were sent over by the thousands and for days the cables wre jammed with these messages. To them today is attributed the remarkable change iu morale of the Italian troops and the wonderful "come back" stag ed on tlia Piave. Independence Celebrates at Kings Valley (Capital Journal Special Service) Independence, July 5- Independ ence was deserted yesterday. Kvery- 'TOdy going to Kings Valley to enjoy tne fourth. Besides a long train of 'picnickers, nianv went in their auto mobiles to participate in the pleasures. DELAY INDICATES BURG NOT CERTANJ)F ISSUE Belief Expressed That Kaiser Is Being Appealed To To Stop Slaughter By J. W. T. Mason (United Press War Expert) New York, July 5. Von Hinden burg's delay In starting a new exten sive along the west front is strongly indicative of a new lack of confidence at the kaiser's headquarters in the abil ity of the German army to win do cisive results on the battle field. There apparently are powerful influ ences at work trying to persuade the kaiser not to permit Hindcnburg to continue his policy of ruthlessly slaugh tering Germany 's manpower for chimer ical results. A definite acceptance by the Germans of a defensive role is un doubtedly under discussion at general headquarters. Whether this relinquish ment of the initiative shall be acknow ledged at once or only after another fu tile effort to break through the allies' front is a matter which the kaiser must quickly decide. . Ho has refused his consent,, at least to an impetuous offensive undertake like the latest German drives, without due strategic forethought. This much is known from the exceptional long in terval which has passed since the begin ning of tho fourth offensive. Between the commencement of the first and sec ond Gerinnn offensives this year there was a period of 19 days, between the starts of the second and third offen sives, 18 days and between tho openings of the third and fourth offensives, 13 days. It is now 26 days since the fourth offensive began and no signs are yet in evidence that a fifth is in immed iate preparation. This means that Hindcnburg has at tho very least acknowledged his pre vious tactics of hurried drives were wrong. It may further mean that the arrival of America's first million in Fiance has exercised a decisive influ ence on the side of the" conservative mil itary leaders and that authority has been taken from Hindcnburg to sacri fice German armbs at his own blood thirsty will. If Hindcnburg ever intends to strike again ho cannot afford to wait until many more American troops enter the trenches against him. The announcement of Secretary Baker concerning the des patch of American troops overseas show thai moro than fifty thousand weekly are now being sent. It may well be that this fact will make Hindcnburg 's present pause permanent. CHARGEDBY EDITOR Yon Kuehlmann Foreign Min ister, WiO Still Stick to Post, However Amsterdam, July 5. Chancellor 'Hertliug'g suit against the editors of the Deutsche Zttitung bnd Deutsche jUlatter, for charging Foreign Minister 'Kuehlmann with immorality, began iThurailay, according to a llerlin (lis 'patch received here today. The public is excluded. I Doctor Lohan of the Deutsche Zci tung said the articles were published ito oust Kuehlmann and if it were guar-. I antoed that Kuehlmann would retie shortly, he would apologise. The presi dent of the court formallv announced that Kuehlmann would not resign. Kuehlmann and Count Czernin, then Austro-Hunaariaiu foreign minister, I were charged with various act of im morality during the Bumanian peace i negotiations at Bucharest. They were accused of publicly associating with no torious women of the underworld, and Kuehlmann is said to have "insulted . lady of high birth-". Czernin Will Succeed Amsterdam, July 5. Following a corrferenfe between Emperor Karl, Count Czernin and Baron Burian, the Vienna Nene Freie Presse declared that Czernin would be reappointed for eigu minister. TWENTY-THREE LISTED BY PERSHING ON TIECA1LTY LIST Five Were filled In Action and Two Deaths Resulted From Disease". Washington, July 5. Twenty three casualties were reported to ta war de partment by General Pershing today di vided as roilows: . '. Five killed in action; seven dead fron wounds; tw0 deaths from disease) one death from accident and other causes three woundc severely; five missing in action. - killed in action! Privates J. J. Keogh, New Yor. C. Martin, ButU, Mont. F. Blinker,, Tort', Mont'. " -' R. F. Stev.es, Dofljy, Conn. G. L. Zornr, Ktlio, Ky. ' ' Died of woundsfe . Sergeant J. J. Harold, Jr.', New York Corporal L. A. Baribault, Springfield Mass. j Privates Di Creseo, Italy. J. Dudula, Russia. J. Kotlyn, Cleveland, Ohio. O. Bchwemmer, Milwaukee, Wis. V. 8. Snyder, MeadowbrookW. Va. Died of disease! . Sergeant J. W. Raezer, Sari Antonio Texas. Private O. Zona, Italy. Died of accident and other causes: , Privates L. Bornstettcr, Fedora, N.D Wounded severely: Lieutenant A. M. Van Ostrand, Lew 1st on, Idaho. Privates B. J3. Lambert, Rosevillt California. C. A. Olson, Harlington, Neb, THREE ALABAMA - 4T CAMP DODGE Colored Soldiers Were Con victed of Assaulting 17 Year Old White Girl Camp Dodge, Iowa, July 5. On the grounds where four months ago thoy began their mi'dtary training and in vidw of the entire SSth division, throe Alabama negroes-Fred Allen, Robert Johnson end Stanly Trable this morn ing swung from the gallows, paying the penalty for attacking a 17 year old fwihite igirl on the cantonment; grounds I 'here. Nine minutes after nine, three white I privates, enclosed in booths and out of Isight of the troops drawn up in review (formation, sprung the traps that sent tne negroes to tneir uisnonoraiDie ueaui The dooimed men were taken to the scaffolds in automobiles wearing the 'uniforms they ihail disgraced. They woro black nuwks that partly conceal ed their Xal'es, ibut the regulation death cap was not .placed on their heads- They marched on the fallow with a snappy iaunit, guarded on either side i 'by white soldiers. Th"re was not a Whimper (from the men as the noose was adjusted around tludr necks. At. a command from Colonel J. P. Ifarbeson, commandant of the military police and in charge of the execution, the traps were sprung. No military ceremony attended tho j haiiEiuas which are considered a dis-1 honorable death in the army nnd are conducted without, the usual army for malities as in the cases of death by tihootiiig. As oon as death was officially an nounced the regimental bands struck (Continued on page two) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII11II111IIIII!I1II!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!II!IIIIII1IIIIIII1IIIIIIIII War Summary of United Press I iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiKiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiii I 1433rd Day of the War, 107th Day of the Big Offensive iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiinii Picardy front The Germans last night fa'iiled in an attempt to retake Hamel, outh of the Somme, which wns captured by Australian and American j troops yesterday morning. The number 6f prisoners taken in yesterday's op erations on both sides of the Homme is now officially placed at more than 1300. Ow, Cha'mip&ne ami Verdun fronts French patrols brought in prisoners. Vcngc front A small German raid nror-edeH bv a bombardment was re pulsed by American troops Wednesday i morning. I Other American fronts between Toul and Swiss border comparatively quiet yesterday. ! Italian front The Italian advances j Ireland All meetings and proces on the lower Piave yesterday were sions have been prohibited in Ireland preceded by one of the hiavicst bom-jexeet those authorized by British of vardments of the present campaign. ,ficials. EXCESS PROFITS IN MANY LINES SHOWN Treasury Department Sub mits Fignres to Congress ; On Request AVER TWO THOUSAND , PER CENT IN ONE CASE All lines of Business, Jobbing and Retail, Included In - List Submitted ' Washington, July 3 Excess profits as hiigh as 2183 per cent were made by some businesses in. 1917, 'a treas ury department report submitted to the senate today showed.- - The report is a partial answer to the Borah resolution asking data on profit eering. The 2183 per cent example was tha of a food dealer. : The report listed the percentage of excess -in 1917 profits over those for 1916, together wi.h changes in capital and other , fitatisMca relating to the business, but gave no names. Next to the food dealer who made 2183 per cent came a liquor man with a capital stock of $5000 who had an excess profit of 1220 per cent. Another liquor man with $1000,000 capital made 152 per cent. A cold etorage concern, capitalized at 10,000, exceeded its 1916 profits by 472 per cent, Another capitalized at $429,000 made 31 per cent. In - the dairying business excess profits ranged from nothing to 182 per, cent; Iba liking, nothing to 82 per cent; contracting, nothing to 596 per cent; clothing manufacturers up to 181 pw.jMt beeu roceived. Oa3 from Irkutsk cent; tc'lieinimls, as. high as .177 per cent, A flour miller with $90,000 capl tal stock showed an excess profit of 236.24 percent. In 1919 he made $18, 000 profits and in 1917 he made $260, 000. Another, capitalized at $25,000, (Continued on page two) Abe Martin 8ome men aro, born great, others achieve greatness, an' others have ther phots tak,"n with ther chins restiu' on ther hands. If ther's anything in a young husband th installment houses I '11 git it out. The Italian used fire boats to destroy sma:i Austrian bridges. Germany According to an Amster dam report, Germany i about to ask the allies to enter a mutual agreement to refrain from bombing towns outside the war zone. This action undoubtedly is the result of allied rails on various German cities, particularly in the Rhine provinces. The memory of Germany's duplicity on Conpus Christi day prob ably will prevent tho allies even con sidering such a proposal from Germany. Russia iForeign Minister Tchiticher in has protested to Berlin against the Geiman advance beyond the neutral '.one fixed by the Brest -Litovsk trea ty and Germany participating in Cos sack raids. Horror Tales Are ToldBy Escaping CZECH0-S10VAKS MOVEMENT OFFERS NO RESOLUTION Not Generally Believed That Russian People Are Back ing New Uprising Washington, July 5. The spectaculai move of Czecho-Sloyaks in Russia, re sulting in the defeat of the bolshcviki and German forces, holds out litle hope of being either a great of important action. This gallant band of 50,000 Slavs was merely . fighting its way to Vladivos tok whon the battle took place. Russian forces failed to rally around them as had been hoped and investigation shows that they lack the Btrength to serve as a iorce which might eventually set up a government unless the allies help. I his was the sole new development today in the tangled Russian situation Other developments are helding up Pre sident Wilson's decision as to the best course to pursue in Russia. Having onet set forth a tentative plan for aid he i.' now "watchfully waiting" again to se where best econmio assistance may be advanced. Telegraphic communication in Russia is in chaotic condlton, it was stated at tho state department today official com munication and dispatches are as much as three weeks late. Dispatches from Amhanmln.. Vrnntu Hatnd .Tuna 11 nmro dated Juuo 28, stated tlwt all commua ication with Vologda, where Amhassa dor Francis is stationed, aiid Moscow has been cut off. . , Protests To Berlin. London, July 5. A delayed dispatch from Moscow announced that Foreign Minister Tchitcheiin had protested to Berlin against the participation of Gcr; man soldiers in Cossack raids, and against tho German advance from Nik olaeff. Armistice Received. Washington, July 5. Terms of the Ukraino-Russian armistice, recently completed, were received officially at. tho state department today. Liberty Motor Test Proves Successful if. New York, July 5. Threo lib erty 'motors supplied tho power which drov.3 the. first American built Oaproui airplane, which received its initinl test at Min eola Independence Day. The ma chine made 120 miles an hour, greater speed than is attained with Itnlian motors. KERENSKY IS STILL EMEMY OF CENTRAL EMPIRES Refugee From Russia Says';) His Friends ball Members of Entente Alliance 1; Ed L. Keen i Liiite-1 1 :v:,h Staff Correspondent) L( ndon. Julv 5. Alexander Kcrcuskv former Russian premier and the factions against the German armies, he represents, still regard Russia as at . "Kercnsky's own words when he war wit ii Germany and will do every-l',ft London were: thieg in their power to re-establish the " 'KussiaT's future is inextricably in " eastern front." terwoven with tho future of its western This declaration was made to tho Un-,'" and also with the future of tho itd Prist, today by Dr. Davis Bosklof !'"-' (Vmncracies. The western alrtei Kercnsky's private secretary, which ar.d Russia must co-nporate. The Rus may be Kgardcd as tho most authorita-"i" are ready to discharge their ob tiv. ix,oMtion and interpretation of .li?f;tions, but tho support of the allies Kercnsky's attitude. j-s indispensable. ' " ' Iwr.-'iisky denies the right of the bosheviUi usurpers to bo considered as tl.c. ".one of Hflsaia," said Hoskice 'That belongs only to the constituent assembly, which has repudiated the bol shevik regime and the separate peace negotiations of the bolshcviki. "The assembly, although dissolved, still meets secretly, Just before Ker ensky left Moscow, it ropudiat'd the Brest-Litov-fk treaty and asserted that Bussia is till at war with Germany, " Knrenslrv ileclar."s bolshcvism is universally hated by the masses as well! as the other classes. It has lost the sup port of the workmen as well as the peasnuts. Its days are numberid 'If the final blow against the mad Prisoners Into Italy Stories of Atrocities Practiced In Belgium Are Equalled Italians Impressed cto Aus trian Array Were Subject td Every Possible Cruelty and IndignityThe Entire Man hood of the Tren&io Has Been Destroyed by Ruthless Treatment of Population Rome,. July 5. Horror taJe that riv al those which come from; Belgium "are drifting out of the" district where, Aus trians havo boen-figkting. , An Italian soldier today related somo''of the tor rible spectacles of his experience af ter he- had served in the Austrian army and later been taken rrieonr by the Russians. He is now a member of ihe Italian army, where ibis sympathies al ways have teen. "I was forced to take the oath of. loyaity to Austria," he said describ ing his induction into the Austrian army. "When I took a medical exami nation and itthe doctor said: 'Ah, Ital ian, sick are youf I know the euro, the on cure for all you traitors, KttJe lead pills administered through, the - back, you Italian dogs.' " Large numbers were condemned for political reasons. They were sent in groups into Galicia, and throughout the journey were subjected to, insult und coinatant 'brutalities.' Sometimes they were hut in cattlo trucks, guarded by soldiers widh fixed l.ayonuts. "In this manner they journeyed for weeks over tho Hungarian plains, aver tho (Tarpathians and the lowlands be yond, with nothing to drink except a mess tin of dirty soup into which the guards fat for amusement. Attached to Hunrian and German companies in .'..he ratio of ono man f r 'ic'ii pla toon, they lived hideously iu the front lino trciwhes, treate.1 is triitorj in sulted and maltrca'cd bv their Outf.au and Hungarian 'co-n'n lis.' - - "In 19'14 at tho timo of tha Aimtrian defeat in Galicia two soldiers, fatigued frrim ;the tiring march, fell out. When they fc't' to camp 'field pun'shnvmt ' wns ordered for them. This is n bar barous 'torture much praiti-jed in the Austrian army. A stick is fixed in tho ground and has a pulley fastened to tho top. The vicitim's harrU are tound behind his back and cord passing over the pulley hoists him up until ho is standing on tho tipi of his to- Thera he is left. Only- tho stuniycst uitlurt- it for long- I stood it two n iurs nr. see ond time. "At Trent the famous rravtyr Bat tisti was tied to ft cart nnd dragged through the city. Ofri-'rs spat on him and their wives jabb-jl hu-i with hat pins and uimbrellas. A Ozee.h soldier, moved by tho si..lit, shouted: 'Long live liattisti; loiig liberty!' He wns at owe arrested and shot. Plattisti was hanged. "Todny Hie manhood n,f ithe Trentino is destroyed Only two months after (Continued on page three) rt. ! tyranny Russia lias ever known is . en, it is uoeutise the democratic Haines havo to grapple with not only tin) boishevik but tli.o results of theii destructive work-famine, anarchy and iMi 1 vernal chaos. Tho task is colossal, combining the overthrow of tyranny with organization of supplies and re- construction ot the Kussian front German People Are Strongly for Peace Londun, July 5. "The Ger man peoples desire for peace is so strong that sensible accom modation from the allies is bound to lead to its realiza tion," the Berlin Vorwaerts de clares. "Germany is feeling the loss of raw mateiiuls, duo to her over seas isolation."