0 TODAY 4,600 SUBSCRIBERS (23,000 KEADESS) DAILY Only Circulation la Salem Gnu anteed by the Audit Bom at Circulations FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES " SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAX LET NEWS BEE VICE HtAlMKpr a ceO Oregon: Tonight and Sunday fair; moderate wester ly winds. FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 158 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAIN 3 AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENT 8 Iff Hi i m I'M ! Till AMERICANS Division WON T-' Li General March Says Second Million Will Be Quickly Sent Across MS PREPARING TO RENEW OFFENSIVE Lloyd George Addresses American Soldiers Giving Credit of Fighting Ability Washington, July 6. Two hundred and fifty one thousand American troops are on the battle line in France, the senate military committee members were told at their weekly meeting with the war council. This is approximate ly one-fourth of the American forces sent abroad to date. The Ninth and Twenty-third infant ry, the Twelfth, Fifteenth and Seven teenth fitld artillery were the units responsible for the American success at Vaux, Chief of Staff March stated today in his weekly war summary. These units formed paTt of the sec ond division under Major General Omar Bundy. - General March made this fact public along with the statement that having embarked 1,000,000 men we are now going after the second million. He renewed his prediction that the Germans are preparing for an assault in force, . General March's talk can be sum marized thus: Tho activities of the United States have) 'been so completely reviewed by tho secretary of war dunine the fast w.?ek there is no'liinig lt be, added. i The situation along t)he western fromt has developKl so thait the allies .an? nilVMing a,t the Teutons' lino with with compUte success so far. The nuo9t successful of thes from the Aimori.'an standpoint was the drive aajaiust Vans a well planned Ameri can action. The ninth. nd Twenty Third furn ished the infantry portion, while thp Twelfth, Fiftcnth and Seventeenth field artilfery supported tho attack. The positions have been consolidated ami all cifoiits of the Germans to win liack terrain have failed. On the Italian fiont the situation ia one of ccnip'eite occupation of the south ibank of the- Piave except for one small sector three, and a half miles by one and a, 'IftiW miles in ex tent, near Giisolera. This means, Ithat the Italians have made a suttcefsful advance over a nine (Continued on page three) II BUNDYS ATM PRESIDENT AND SENATE CLASH OVER WIRE LINES Upper House Members Do Not Want to Act During Pres ent Session of Congress By L. C. Martih (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, July 0. President Wil son today clashed with the fenate in question of passing tlv meaftire empow ering him to seize the nation's commun ication lire before congress recessed While Senator Martin, democratic floor leader, was sending a letter to the president, stating "it was absolute ly impossible" for the senate to act on the resolution before recess a presiden tial messenger was ri, route to Martin with another letter from the president, nrging the action before the senate leaves. At the same time, the president auth orized the statement at theW'hife House that he was keenly anxious for th? -senate to act now. Martin's statement to the president was in reply to a Jetter asking Martin to advise the president whether Im mediate passage of the resolution will he impracticable. Tne house passed it late yesterday. ''It is the practically unanimous ver dict of senators that the resolution muff be considered by committee .N- DID ID 0N1MNCH BATTLEFR Captain 1 Irns Only Luss of Passengers Peoria, 111., July 0. "I am a pauper. '1 ' 8. sited in a launch, Captain Herman Mehl looked sadly at (nig sunken steamer Columbia today. Only the pole of the gang plank was visible above the water. "But, I don't care about that," ho said. "If the peo- (plie down in ithcre. Pretty tough, eh!" ' . "We must have struck a BClid oaik log or something else hard. Tho hull is lined with steel, " went on Mehl. "I first knew thait we had run near the shore when a branch of a tree knocked out a wiudow. Then I felt her scrape the bottom, although there was no sudden jar that naturally would coone from hitting a big snag. "I hollered .to Tom, the pi- lot, to get her off. He swung away and she was headed down stream when I weut to the low- er deck and looked ever the side ito see if her hull had dpn- ri up. Just then she listed a little and I knew ehe was bad off. "I shouted to the passengers to get on the upper deck and told Tom to run her ashore, Her bow was down stream. "The wat" Jbegan tto come up over the lower deck and I ' know we were gone. I was in'" waiter up ito my chest but I got through to the top. I tola every lody to get up just s quiokJy ias possible, because I could see that we were sinking fast. It. It was not log before she wenit down, almost .stiraiyht down. "We did everything we could to get the lifeboats' away and to. distribute lifebelts to every person. We made twenty ' or .twenty five trips and we got mast of them off. There may be thirty or forty persons down there. I don't think there are as many as ft hundred. I am sure there are not 200. "I am a pauper. But I don't icare nlbout that. If this only could have been avoided! JPret- ty tou'jh, eh! " . HALL IS MOVED. ' ' San Francisco, July 0. Work men today finished moving a' "cross section, of hell" into Nan Francisco. It is a part of the-war troph ies expositions which opens here tomorrow and consists of a min iature No Man's Land with cam ouflaged German guns on the far side. Across if each day dur irg the exhibit, American sol dvrs and marines will charge behind the big British tank Brittnnia, giving an idea of how democracies war is being fought. fore being brought up in the senate," said Martin today. "For that reason it would be impossible to pa it and have a recess. It will require long dis cussion, in the senate." Martin announce4 that present plans are to recess congress late today until August 12. The recess resolution has been prepared. Senator Borah sharply criticized thf plan to recess tonight and leave the telegraph resolution unacted upon. "Wo would like to know," Borah said, "something about the reported program to rcess aim leave important matters undisposed of. The house pass ed the resolution in great haste, ob viously on. the theory that it was neces sary before a recots. I don't propose to join in any move to abandon this legis lation and have the blame put on the senate if any emergency arises during the re,cess." u Senator Martin, replying, declared passage of the resolution is not neces nary. He said President Wilson now ha authority to take over the lines if the necessity exists. .orah insisted that the house would not have acted with such haste had it not been eonvin&ed of the necessity "Oh, the house often shifts respon sibility that way," said Martin. "It would not have passed the resolution (Continued, on page six) FinYTHOUSAND 01 Fifteen Died On m Field Of Honor Pershing Reports Two Americans Died of Wounds and 17 Are Severely Wounded Washington, July 6. Forty three cas ualties reported by General Per.-hiiig today were divided as follows: Killed in action, 13 died of wounds 2; died of disease, 5; die of airplane accidents, 1; died of accident and other causes, 1; severely wounded, 17; miss ing in action, 2. Killed in action: . Lieutenants T. W. Desmond, Randolph Mass. T. Goodfellow, Peoria, 111. Sergeant J. A. Hampton, Blooming ton, 111. Corporals K. Lemandski, Milwaukee, Wis. . E. F. Murphy, Say'" Pa. K. F. Oldeuberg, Wixon, Mieh.. Privates G. Bell, Hillsdale, Mich. L. Caudle, McCrory," Ark. G. . Doran, Milwaukee, Wis. J. Downey, Chicopee, Mass. T. F. Gilbert, Tampa, Fla. " - " F. M. Lesley, Scottsbuig, Intf. J. Naujokits, Homestead, Pa. P. Bahubik, Gilman, Wis. A. F. Voss, Horicon, Wis. Died of wounds: Lieutenant S. P, McGroaulv, Falls Church, Va. Private C, O'Neill, Cleveland, Ohio. Died of disease: Sergeant E. W. Pearson, Wausau, Wis Corporal C. Gillispie, Grand Rapids, Mich, Privates W, Allen, Brooklyn;,: . J. D. Killcnbach, Williamsport, Pa. W. B. Linster, Aurora, III. ; Di.?d of airplane accident: Private Ernest Adams, Evanston, 111. Died of accident and other causes: Private J. G. Myrick, Portland, Va. The wounded severely included: Privates Ravmond L. Baylc, Stirum, N. D. P. A. Molver, Kalispell, Mont. Note: The emergency address tit Ross T. Hadley, listed as died from ac cident, etc., should read John W. Had ley, North English, Iowa; CITY PAVING PLANT EARNING REVENUE Rented to Marion County It Brings In Sixty-Five Dollars Daily The city of Salem has a $iu00 pav ing plant that is turning in an income of about 05 a day while rented to the county of Marion. The income is basest on a rental of 714 cents per superficial 'square yard of paving put down by tlio county- - Since the city council finally agreed to rent the plant to the county at the price or 7'2 cents a square yard, it has netted the city $825, as the county has already put down 11,000 yards of paving on the Salem-Silverton road. This is about one and one fourth miles. 'But the county expects to pave about 'three and one hair niles on this road and wheri this work ds completed the city will be $2310 to the good. After the work on the SalonvSilver ton roadi has been completed, the coun ty has considerable paving on the new tixidge and on the east approach cf he bridge, about 8500 square yards in all. At the "14 Cents per superficial square yard, this will amount to $262. ")U. Later if the weather conditions permit, the cotinty may pave to some extent on the river road north of Sa lem. However, with the work already in sight, the oity will receive from the county in rent at least $2"j72.5y. The paving on the bridge and approach will be asphaltic concrete, similar to that laid by the city on south Church street. Miss McCormick Will Patrol Forest Reserve Eugene, Or., July 6. Lane county will have a girl fire patrol this season, in the person of Miss Hettm MeCor miok of EuRene, who will patrol trails in the Cascade. national forest to watch for fires. Miss McCormick' n'lll be mounted and will have her beat the same as men patrols. She will work in the up- 'per McKenzie valley, principally be jtw?en the village of Blue River and t'.e Blue River mines. Meat Price Fixed . at $2.40 per Bushel Washington, July 6. Tlv; house today unexpectedly sus- tained an amendment to the ag- ricultural appropriation bul to fix the price of wheat at $2.40 a bushel. The vote was lot) to 106. . This is a compromise with the senate, which has thrvj times insisted on an amendment for $2.30 wheat. Without debate tne senate agreed to the house compromise fixing tho price of wt.-at at ' $2.40 a bushel. This makes ths agricultural appropriation bill ready, for the - president's signature and ends a deadlock .between the house and senate which has (existed Bince April 5. CZAR'S MURDER F! Maxim Gorkey's Newspaper Tells of Death and Burial of Royalists ALLIED COUNCIL WOULD INTERVENE AT ONCE Decision Is likely to Indicate Course Which Will Be Fol - lowed Toward Russia CZAE DEAU-AOMK. Stockholm, July 6. A report that the former czar, the former czarina and their daughter, Grand Duchess Tatlana wcie murdered, Is contained in Maxim Gorky's newspaper Novaya Zhisn, ac cording to a wireless dispatch fiom Pet rograd today. An official funeral service was held In the Trarkoye Selo, the empress for mei residence. A priest prayed, "OH, Laid, accept the souls of Thy servants Nicholas, Alexandria and Tatlana," tho report said. , Washington, Juiy 6. Immediate in tervention in Russia, both military and ecciiomic, has be.?n urgently lccommend od b tho inter-allied war council and Ccueral Foch. The council report is in the hands of. President Wilson has been since July 3 and allied diplomats o .Hev lie will concur in it. Should he refuse, the possibility is held out today that Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan may "go it nloiie" on the locomnvhdal ion of the war council. Already British, French, Japanese' and American murines have landed at Vladivostok, if oevtflnped today. Osten sibly tlioy went ashore following the battle Ivtwcen the bolshevik! and Oeeho-Slovaks Sunday to protect the allied co ts,: ales. With them uri 2.ri00 Dalmatian troops formerly prison; is of war in Russia ami now under the Italian flag, nwaitii'g oflpis from General Foch.. I Tlitti ilio.l an t hri tT him TriviVoi the givatest enthusiasm in eastern Si- (Continued on page seven) , Abe Martin "Please take th' stays out," said Miss Tawney Apple, as she ordered a whale steak, t'day. What's become o' th' uin, red nosed, early riser that had t' take three drink before he could make one stick? AGAIN REPORTED ROM PETROGARD MERRY MAKERS DROWN BY SCORES WHENBOATSINKS Excursion Steamer Columbia Strikes Sunken Snag In Illinois River . SUNK IN FIVE MINUTES HEART-RENDING SCENES 66 Bodies Have Been Re covered and Death Toll Will Be Much Heavier reoria. 111., July 6. The bodies of sixty six victims of the steamer Colum bia had been recovered late this after noon. ' , Fifty-seven of this number had been identified. Nine remained unidentified. Divers reported they had located eleven other bodies. It was believed by officials here that at Kast one hundred of the ex cursionists aboard the Columbia when she sank in the Illinois river five miles south of here shortly before midnight lost their lives. Borne survivors declared the death toll would far exceed that number. Swimmers who braved the muddy watws to fop about the decks of tho steamer believe from 30 to 50 oth er bodies lie aboard the veesel. Professional divers from Chicago ar rived ait Peoria thi afternoon .with their apparatus. They were taken to the wreck ia autonnolbiles. Judge Jee.se Black, chairman f the Red Cross at Pekin, Ml., the home of a majority of the victims, believes the death toll' was between, 50 and 75.. Scorrs of small boats were circling about .the wreck at noon searching for victims. Marry survivors, seme of them in a pttialble condition -from injuries and exposure, were taken to Pekin in automobiles. Throngs of Mourners Soibbing crowds thronged the three undertaking establishments in Pekin where the bodies were removed for identifiaaition. Men and women half crazed by grief rushed from one little morgue to another searching for loved ones. Half the population of Pekin hur ried to We:iley at daybreak and gath ered in hysterical crowds en tho river tank. Several women collapsed. Sol- (Continued on page six) BIG SUITS FILED FOR DAMAGES BY These Agitators Want Four Minion Dollars for Their , Injured Feelings Tomlito( Ariz., July 6. Damage suits aggregating four million dollar) were filed in the superior court of Co chise county here today against a num ber of persons aud firms alleged to '.lave been activo in the deportation of 1200 a!'.esecl I. W. W. from Uisbce last year. T'ic suits have nearly 200 of tho deport ed in.cn as plaintiffs. V'ith one exception the suits ask for the same amount $10,000 actual dam ages and $10,000 punitivo damages. William B. Cleary, one of tho attorneys filing the action, who was among those distorted from Bis.br.'-, asks $.10,000 ac tual and $23,000 punitive damages. C!"rv is now in Chicago assisting in the I. W. W. defense. Six corporations and fourteen mining ii?i:ials and residents of Bisbee and ''ar-en district arc defendants in the oiuplaints, which allege the defendants and others, through employment of V (Mi Brmcd men, unlawfully arrested and imprisoned the plaintiffs and transpoit ei them to Nw Mexico. Ymong the defendants aro the El Paso' aid Southwestern railway, Phelps-Dodge corporation, Copper (ueen Mining com pany, Calumet and Arizona Mining com pany, Khattuck-Arizoha Copper com pany, Walter Douglas, president Phelps l.'f.dfe corporation, M. J. Cunningham esuh'cr Bank of Bisbee; Harry C. V, heeler, ex sheriff now in France who directed the deportation; Grant II. Djwell, manager of the Copper (V-'en mine; Lem Hhattuck, president Hhat-tM-k-Arizona Copper company. forty per cent of the plaintiffs arc members of the I. W. W., according to i. C. biruckmgyer of Phoenix, who ap rvars with Cleary as attorney for the pi: intiffi. A. 8. Embrce, who directed ('t I. W. W. striko at. Bisbee, closing S'tiiie of t'ie state's largest copper mines i. in of the plaintiffs. Ex-Mayjar Mitchel Victim of Accident On Aviation Field OVER ONE HUNDRED MARINES ON LIST OF CASUALTIES F. W. Hubbard, of Medford, Oregon, Among Those Severely Wounded Washington, July 6. The marine corps casualty list today totalled 114 divided thus: Killed iu ac.iion, 6; died of wounds, 15; wounded, severely, 23; wounded iu action, degree undetermined, 52; musing in action., 18. Killed in action; Captains J. B. Burns, Corning, N. Y. H. E. Major, Crescent, Ohio. E. C. Fuller, Philadelphia. Second Lieutenant D. V. Frador, Bridgeport, Conn. Privates Louis Chartier, Chicago. R. T. Wright, Hibbctts, Ohio. Died of wounds: Sergeant H. W. Anderson, Chicago. Major E. B. Cole, Brookliue, Ma3S. Sergeants G. C. Stiue, Lower City, N. D. . F. C. Knight,' Holtoa, Mich. Privates R. E. Dornblaier, George town, 111. J, J. McGrath, Dayteu, Ohio. . D. A, Gruhn, Malcolm, Iowa. P. F. Hartley, Upper Darby, Pa. P. H. Hoover, Lcqnire, Okla. ' v R. Kimball, Newton Highlands, Mass J. E. King, San Francisco.-, B. A. Lemmon, Akron, Ohio. C. D. Marletto, Memphis, Ne.v York. L. R. Sarver, Hem Tom, 111. ' Wounded severely in action Includ ed: Privates J. W. Biggcrstaff, Chicago. L. Flaherty, Hyannis, Neb, F. A. Uhlendorff, Chicago. Corporal J. A. Dargis, Chicago. Privates W. E. Capps, Oak Park, 111. J. E. Clark Bent County, Colo. E. W. Davis Pueblo, Colo. W. Garrioch, Chicago. ' R. C. Hawkins, Tipton,, Iowa. F. W. Hubbard, Medford, Ore, C. Jensen, Avoca, Iawo. O. F. Ledger, Chicago. A. J. Murphy, Chicago. C. fihellv, Chicago. C. E. Wold, Chicago. E. J. Lindbald, Prong, Wash. Private II. E. Nelson, Euumclaw, Wash-. . ' Missing in action, included: Corporal D. I). Foster, McKeesport, Pa. Privates E. G. Applcbeo, Flint, Mich W. J. Applebee, Flint, Mien. L. McV- Babbit, Youngstown, 111. Emil E. Blais, Duluth, Minn. P. Itincken, Wilkeusbury, Ta. H. LindW, Paoli, lud. W. T. Nol'an, St. Louis, Mo. O. Richardson, Goroville, 111. . H. D. Soger, Ligonier, Pa. GAS MASKS WORN HERE BUT NOT IN WARFARE Necessary Appliance In the Works of Pickling Cherries at Fruit Union Plant Gas mayks are being worn in Halcm as well as in tho trenches in Frnnefi And the masks in Halem arc for the same purpose as those worn in France that of protecting the wearer, from ipoinonoiis gases that choke and that bum the membranes of the throat. Tho wearers of gas masks in Halein may be seen any day at work at the j Salem Fruit Union on south High i street- Severul men in certain kimlsl of work wear the masks as a protect- j ion Hnrin.tr -thrf nntiro flflV. This is I necespary as in pickling cherries for shipment, it is necessary to put them in a solution of weak sulphuric acid and tho fumes aro strong from this acid that as a matter of protection, gas masks must be worn. They are not quite as torgo as thosa wonr in the French trenches, but are cf the gen eral sltape of army masks. From 1700 to 2000 barrels of cherries I will be shipped1 this season to a Cali-1 forma house at Kan Francisico. The rherrjcis are placed in a barrel with a weak solution of sulphuric acid to pickle thrni. This has the effect of bleaching thorn to a yellowish white color. Death Results From Fall While Flying In Fast Scout Plane at Gerstner field New York Hears News with Sor row and Flags Fly at Half MaslrMKc Career Was Prominent and Honorable, In Political Activities of Nation's Greatest City Lake Charles, La., July 6. Major John Purroy Miitlchel, who was killed, here itoday, fell from the seat of a 9c-)ut machine while .taking his usual morning spin, according to en announce men! this afternoon. The accident occurred a few mile from the landing place, at Gerstner fio'd. Major Mtithel was flying low when his hnlatihiner' developed a tail spin. Tho piano was crushed, Mitchel being dead when taken from the ruins. Mrs. Miibchel, who was living with her husband in a prorty little cottage near the field, collairetsi when she learn ed of the tiagody. Mitchel was studying aviation pursuit work and he was flying a type of plane capable of a speed of more than 100 miles an hour, radically different from tho machines ho had been using while at San Diego. V Ho made a successful flight yestor- day. No arrangements have been made for the funeral, but it is expected the war department will fake charge of the body and a military escort will be aippolinted to adconapaiiy it ' to New York. ' His Publio Career. New York, July 6. Word was .re ceived here today that Former Mayor John Purroy Mitchel of New York City who entered the aviation service with the rank of major after his term In office expired January 1 last, was kill ed in an airplane accident at Gerstner field, Lake Charles, La. In the last New York mayoralty enmpnigu, Mitchel ran an independent candidate when ho failed to socuro a nomination in the primaries. He was defeated by John F. Hylan after a bit ter campaign. ' ' Shortly thereafter hie joined the army aviation corps and was sent to tho Sau Diego field for training. . ilo was born in Fordhnm, N. Y., July 1(, 187!), tho son of Cajrtain Jumesnd Miry Mitchel. Ho graduated from Col ii'el.in University in 1808 and from there NVw York law school two years later. C:i April 3, 1000, In was married to Mi;. Olive Child, daughter of Franklin I. Child of Boston. Mitchol's first public office was as :I ecial counsel to tho city of Now York, i i which ho was appointed ia December , .. 'V Mo was president of the board of aldermen from 1909 to 19111 and was mtiig mnyor during August a"d .P" ti inlier, 1910. Ho was appointed collec tor of the port of New York in June (Continued on page two-) At the Saii Francisco factory, they aro stemniivt and pitted by hand aud then colored back into tho beautiful Oregon shade and later .may be found as Marischino eherriaB. daintily plac ed on a serving of ice cream or other n fee t io nary offerings. Tho shipment of 1700 to 2000 barrels (Continued on page seven) ALMOST SUNG WROKO ONE. 'Washington, July 8. John McCorinack nearly sang "God Save Ireland" instead of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" ut the start of tho Mount Vr non ceremonies yesterday. The. two pieces open up in much tho sane strain, and the piauist sturtcd off on the wrong one. There was a stir for a moment, but McCormack caught it and started off again. Later McCormack linked arms with Ambassador Reading on tho Mayflower and they went into seclusion for an hour after which they came out smiling and it was rumored the Irish problem had been satisfactorily settled.