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TODAY 4,600 SUBSCRIBERS (23,000 BEADERS) DAILY Only Circulation in SaVta Gaar Mteeil by the Audit Buresi e Circulations FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS 6EBYICB W. TESTIS Oregon: TonJi,t nx and Thursday fair and warmer; gcntlo northeas terly winds. FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 216. SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 11, 1918. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS I III' ttk, .'.v ! i iii ii vi ri 'til I I II I! u li I it - --v . . "W TT 7 ER.1 FIR&I ROM A (EE S FORCED 10 SIM III QUI Wotan Section Is Gone But Siegfried Section Still Re mains Intact CAMBRAI AND LA FERE ARE SERIOUSLY MENACED British Launched New Attack Today Capturing Impor-" tant Ridges. London, &4t. 11 During the last two months the.. Germans. have-., left 00O.OO0 men., on the., battlefields,., of which 300,000 wer dead, the Paris correspondent of the Exchange Tele graph company estimated. Amsterdam, Sept. 11 The Germans are reported to be restoring the fortifi cations of Liege, Bruges and Ghent, ac cording to advices from Belgium today. Twenty thousand of the Inhabitants were declared to have been removed from Maubeuge. ' Liege, Bruges and Ghent are Import ant cities of Belgium. Maugeuge is a fortress in northern France held by the Germans since 1911. Loudon, Sept. .11. (British admiral ty wireless) The Hindenburg line, save where it i$ already ill possession of the British, is under the fire of French or British guns along the whole of its length.. The Germans have been forced back until they have reached ground which is seamed with old trench es and their retirement has naturally slackened. They are compelled to find temporary relief in a partial reversion to the old style of fighting. The Wotan section has gone and it remains to be seen whether the Sieg fried sction, whk'h lies between the Scnsec and LaFere and the Almeriche, which runs further south, will prove more lasting security. At present the British are across the Hinge of the Hindenburg line, south of St. Quentin and from Marquion they threaten lambrni trom the northwest The French are also close to LuFere ami are keeping the Germans upon tho Aisne very busily occupied. BRITISH AGAIN ATTACK. By Lowell Melljtt, (United Press staff correspondent.) With the British Armies, Sept. 11. (Continued on page six) The Tragedy Of Rumania Told By Sad Experiences of Little Na tion Rank With Belgium And Serbia By Henry Wood. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Rome, Aug. 12 (By Mail.) What : est hauDened in Rumania, when the little Dr. Cimino 's story is as follows: Balkan country was forced to accept a German peace because of the Russian debacle, is still an untold tale. W hen the story is written it will rank along with the tragedies of Belgium, of Serbia and of Montenegro, as one of the great chapters of the war. j agination. The defeats, the disasters, From th? moment the Central Empires! the facts that are contrary to the Ger forced upon their diminutive prey the 'man interests and completely unknown terms of a German peace Rumania has .in Rumania while the Germans publish been as though shrouded in a veil. Every ! every day a serros of manufactured eftort has been made by Germany sndnews and falsehood, that a portion Austria to keep Rumania from entering into communication with her former al lies. The tragedy that is still beinz en- acted in the title country, is hiddvrn in mystery and silence. By Dr. Benedetto Cimino. who direct- ed an Italian hospital at Bucharest from the beginning of the war to July, how ever, tho curtain is drawn asid-j for the first tim. and there is revealed the I sinning of the Rumanian tragedy and its nresent status. Blocked up iu Rumania by the Cer- DENBURG LINE LLIED Transport Torpedoed But All Aboard Saved Washington, Sept. 11 Torpedoing of a British liner carrying American troops was reported to the navy de partment today. All aboard were re ported saveM. ' Thig brief statement was issued by Secretary Daniels: "The navy department has received a dispatch from Vice Admiral Sims stating that a British liuer carrying American troops was struck by a tor pedo off the. British coast, but that all the troops and others aboard were rescued. . A muster was held and all aceuonted for." Confirmation of the torpedoing of the Canadian liner Missanable was also received. Be Careful How You Cash Your War Savings Stamps Here is a new one on the War 8av iugs Stamps proposition. It sceins that a lot of people haw bought stamps and carefully pasted them on the cer tificate, but when temporarily hard up, or in need of a little spending money, have thought it a good plan to just tear off 0nc of thu stamps and have the postoffice cash it. But there will be nothing doing in this line. In the first place, no stamp will be cashed unless the law is complied with and this is. that tho postoffice must be notified ten days in advancv-. Then no stamps will be cashed that have been torn from the certificate sheet. This is also the law. If one is So unpatriotic as to go back on the government and cash in War Savings Stamps there is but one way to do it. First notify the postmaster in writing. Then, ten days later, bring in tho whole certificate for redemption. Within the past week several children havo appeared at thv postoffice with a single War Savings Stamp torn from tho certificate and asked the postoffiee to cash. Of course, this was refused, as two of the postoffice regulations were violated. New Revenue Bifl . Is Practically Certain Washington, Sept- 10. Passage of the new revenue bill through the house unopposed and probably unaltered in any of its important provisions, seems practically certain. Despite this lack of opposition, Chair man Kitchin of the house ways end means committee today announced that ho had given up hope of getting the measure through by Saturday, as orig inally planned, because many- members desire to be heard in its favor. The announcement of Representatives Fordney and Moore, leading republi cans of the ways and means committee that they will fight to amend the bill, but will vote for it if they lose their fights, is indicative of the attitude of members of both sides who are oppos- ed to certain provisions in the bill, but not to the bill as a whole. a Famous Reporter man peace, it was only on July 1, last that Dr. Cimino succeeded in securing permission to leave. His account of what took place in the little Balkan ally during thv time when Germany and Austria were inflicting their terms of peace, and since then, is not only gra phic but of the utmost historical inter- People Kept In Ignorance. "No one can conceive what Rumania i is at th present time. The ignorance in which the Germans keep the native j population of all that is happening in j the rest of the world exceeds the im - : the public invariably believes in the end. "The royal family is at Jassy, andj i will remain there throughout the entire jj-vriod of German-Austrian occupation, Bucharest Iwing peopled largely by the enemy officers. "After being obliged to abandon Transylvania, the Rumanian army re- treated rapidly, and it was not long be fore ttr evacuation of the capital be came a necessity. Enemv airplanes bombarded Bucharest without ceasing, IS UNDER GUMS FOURTEEN ARE DEAD FOLLOWING WRECK Of RAI Conductor Is Blamed For Overlooking Train Caus ing Collision. Alliance, Nob., Sept. 11 Fourteen dead and twenty nino injured was the toll when a Burlington passenger train smashed into a work train on the main line at Birdsell Station, six miles west of here, late yesterday afternoon. Nine were seriously injured. - The passenger train was running at a high rate of speed when the collision occurred- Nearly every man in the smoker was either killed or injured when the baggage car telescoped into it. The labor train, with six car of the passenger train, was thrown cleat of the track. Both engine crews jump ed, Engineer Fitzpatrk-k of the passen ger train being tho only one injured. Misunderstanding of the change in time of Mountain and Central time was said to have been the cause of the wreck. The work, train had started out of Birdsoll believing it had an hour to go to Alliance ahead of the passenger. Instead, the, passenger train was approaching around a bend (Continued on page six) ABE MARTIN that . never changes his shirt t ' th' feller thut I never changes his mind. It took th' kaiser almost as long t' git his teeth fixed as it did t' git ready t' lick th' world. ' ' destroying many of the most bei'itiful edifices and lulling and wounding kun dreds of people. "The morning of November 21, the beautiful Princess Cantacuzene who di reefed the hospital of which I was the head entered the operating room and asked whether I wishy,! to leave, ad ding that there were still two trains to leave Bucharest for Moldavia. "I replied that I had come to Bu charest to direct the hospital and that I (.,.clined to leave. While this dialogue Was going on, the church bell which were later carried away by the conquer jers and melted into projectiles rang out to announce the resumption of the bombardment. "I ghall never forget the impression of th? hours that followed. "A few hours before the Germans! oi,enteevd Bucharest, the city was evaeua- ted by every one who wag able to i leave. "The next day the arrests and ox - pulsions began. The first to be siewd weie the government officials, deputies, ministers, former ministers and influen- l nt. 1 . .1 itial persons generally "Tl? enemy took possession of the city so quickly that few had even time to hide their most precious objects. Eacn person was given a card of. ' (Continued on page two)' OW $A Wc believe we prefer th' fellvr GERMANS PLAY GAME OF, PEACE AND WAR AND BOTH AT ONCE Austrian Minister Speaks For reacs While Bolshevik. - Fights Allies By arl D. Groat (United PresJ Staff Correspondent.) Washington, iSept. 11. Germany is playing a 'sinister double game of peace and war, according to information here today. Her peace game is the use of Baron Burian, Austrian foreign minis ter, to put out "get together" feelers. Her war game i9 incitement of the bolshevifci to war on the allies in 'hte north. The peace game offers no prospect of fruition. - Government authorities assured today that theic- is no desire on the part of the United States to listen to any pro posals from the German pawn Austria , at tbis time. The allies and the Unit ed States are in full accord as to prose cution of the War, Hence, it is coitain there will be np listening to the Aus trian suggestion now as there was on a previous occasion, when it appeared for a time that tho Austrians might be isin ivre.' i It is possible! however, that Burian is going on his own accord in suggest ing that the allies and the eenral pow ers try to'-clearaway basic differences as a peace preliminary. But no ono in high authority lieiw believf8 that his talk as quoted in Vienna dispatches was other than German inspired. As for the war game; H is understood that Ger many took the initiative in forcing the bolsheviki treaty whereby the- discredit ed regime in Russia is to undertake war on the allies in the north in re turn for certain protection from Ger many. Like all other German promises, this one appears to be certain to be broken or solely to Teuton advantage, for its terms are balmced heavily heavily against the bolsheyiki. Iu tlvo matter of Burian 's feelor, it p is. held that k p the catspaw tor Ger many in the stSrt of her long expect ed and extensive peace offensive. Bur ian uses soft words to snare the allies, it is held, but all authorities here agree that peace talk is useless with victory in sight that will insure enforcement of right and- elimination of Hohenzol fern horrors. . Von Hintze Summoned Amsterdam, Sept. 11. German For-. C1 ' "' 1NGW1LL Magnates And Players Alike Censure! For Quarreling Over Receipts. By H. C. Hamilton (United Press staff correspondent.) Boston, Mass., Sept. 11 If baseball is to continue after the war it is evi dent, following the sensational demand for more money yesterday, that some ironclad rules and a broader and freer spirit will have to be brought into the game. Newspapers here were demanding that Ban Johnson and Garry Herrmann remove themselves from baseball. The national game has slipped from a point highest in the minds of the sport lover to a spot where it is now recognized merely as a means of en riching a few individuals who could not approach such a sum anywhere out side of the game. The national commission is blame to a great extent "for its action last winter iu naming a sum for first placo clubs to take part in world series Heretofore, clubs taking part in the series have received a sum depending on the patronage. It wa pointed out by the national commission that they could not change this rule without con sulting the American and National lea gues. This could not be done. But they realized yesterday that thousands were waiting to see a ball game while rival crowds of money grabbers were argu ing under the grandstand. It was believed among the fans and without any attempt to hide the feel me that the present world series 1 would constitute the last baseball game to be played under the old nation al agreement. PROSECUTION OF DEBS fWelan.l fHiin. Merit II. The Dnv prnmelit completed its testimony in jlc f.ae against Eugene V. Debs this nmrninir. The court is vet to rule on 'the Question of whether a record ot . . .- .. . , . the indictment and conviction of Wil liam I. Haywood, I. W..W. leader, shall be placed before the jury. NO CONFERENCE TODAY- Washington, Sept. 11. General March called off his conference with corres- nondents today because of press of work. moned to army headquarters to confer with Ludendorff and Hindenburg, ac cording to reports from Berlin today. Messages from Germany also brought wor,j of the death at the front of Prince Albert of Saxe. The Berlin newspaper Vorwacrts flat ly denied reports that Mathias Ehzber ger, member of thv Catholic center par ty, and Philip Scheidemann, the social ist, were to be members of tho new cabinet. It had been stated that they wvre to be in a ministry to be formed by Dr. Solf, present cplonial minister, to replace the Hcrtling regime, (Reports that Emberger and Sehcide mann were to be in tho cabinet gave rise to a belief hat a strong peace cle ment would be felt in the new German ministry.) Dispatches from Vienna quotes Pie man Pasha, the Turkish minister of. marine as saying that an absolute mil itary victory is now impossible. "Conciliation," he said, "is now tho only way out," Vienna messages also quoted Baron Burian, the Austrian foreign minister, as declaring that this country will stand fast and fight a defensive war fare beside Germany. - "Aistria will continue to wage a de fensive warfare by the side of Ger many," said Burian. "All our adver saries need to do is to provido oppor tunity for an exchange of views and then perhaps there will be no further fighting needed to bring us closer ' (This is the first statement approach ing a rvace feeler to emanate from the central powers since their offensive was definitely smashed and they were driven back to their former lines.) Travelers arriving lrere stated that during the last few days thirty days men of the 2oth German reserve regi ment were shot for refusing to go to the front. Situation in Austria Milan,. Sept. 11. According to 800 re patriated Italians the economic and po linear situation in Austria is absolute ly tragic. A repatriated professor said that- the population's preoccupation is to end tho war soon at any cost. Since the battle of tho Piave and the German reverses on thv western front, the hope of winning the war has completely vanished. The professor at (Continued on page six) CALLSJR HAYES Wants To Know If He Made Certain Remarks About Administration Washington, Sept. 11 Joseph P. Tu multy, secretary to President Wilson today wroto Chairman Will T. Hayes of the Republican national committee, to learn if Hayes was correctly quoted as having charged that democratic load erg would end the war with a compro mise to insure their political fortunes. It is ilinldistod Tumulty wrote the letter at the suggestion of the presi dent. Hays is quoted as having said: "Democratic leaders at Washington would not stop at anything that they believed would insure re-election of a democratic congress this fall. "They would even end the war with any kind of a compromise if that would insuro the continuance of the demo cratic party in power." Hays is quoted as having said this at Chicago on Labor Day in a speech to 31 republican committee men. The speech was published in the Topeka Capital, Sept. 5. Havs, who is in Washington, indi cated great surprise that Tumulty should so far credit alleged accounts of what Hays said in Chicago as to wire him. Hays said he would he more than glad to answer the telegram. "I have not received the telegram from Mr. Tumulty," he said. "1 will be very pleased indeed, to reply to if, both as to what I have said at any time as to what I believe the facts to be as to any subject matter which may be referred to in his telegram," The telegram which Tumulty address ed to Hays at Indianapolis reads: "On Thursday, September 8, 1018, the Topeka Capital, published at To peka, Kansas, quotes you as having mado the following statement to the 31 republican state chairmen who met with you in Chicago, September 2: "'The democratic leaders at Wash ington would not stop at anything that they believed would insure the re-election of a democratic congress this fall and a democratic president two years hence. " 'They would even end the war with any' kind of a compromise if that would insure the continuance al the rbnwwrntic iiurtv in Tinwcr.' 'I shall be obliged if you will letjThomas up. Foul, strike one. me Knew u inis in a luncn miviunvii I of your remarks." AMERICANS ARE AGIWP1S OF BIGLEAGUES Win Deciding Game At Bos ton By Two To One Score Today i&AYS TWIRLED HIS v TEAM TO VICTORY Pitcher Tyler For Chicago tubs Lost Pennant In One Bad Inning. By H. O. Hamilton (United Press Staff Correspondent) Fenway Park, Boston, Mass., Sept. 11. Baseball went into wartime re pose here this afternoon as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago Cubs two to one, toking the fourth game and the world's championship for 1918. The game was well played, with the exception of ithe third inning when the Sox reached the left handed GeoTge Tyler, for their only two runs. They were scored without a hit being regis tered. Mays walked to start the inn ng, went to second on Hoopen's sacrifice an dthen Shean drew a pass. On Strunk's infield out, each runner ad vanced a base add both scored when Flack droped Whiteman's line drive. Mclnuis later singled, -but his hit had no part in the scoring. ! The Cubs' run was the result of clean hitting. Flack singled and after reach ing second on an nfield out and third through solen buse, he scored on Merklo 'g singlo. r - . The day wa svety colli and the crowd was much smaller than on the two preceding days. Still there wus a good sized throng present. Thig undoubtedly was tlw Inst ap pearance of major league ball under the national agreainent until after the war. It is practically certain that when the time comes again to renew the pas time it will be under greatly changed conditions. There is no hint of what these might be, but the threatened strike of the playors in this series shows well the trend of tho commer cial pirit now dominating the game. The 19J8 serios wound up with Chi cago victor in two games, while Bos ton won its four, half in Chicigo and half in Boston. It kept Boston's record of championship clean. Boston has never lout a world's title sorie.' Score by innings: Chicago 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 01 Hits 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 03 Boston 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 x 2 Hits ....1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 x 5 Summary: Stolen liases, Flack; sac rifice hits, Hooper, Thomas; left on bases, Chicago, 2; Burton 5; Hit by pitcher M'liin; struck out by Tyler 1; by Mays 1: Base on balls, off Tyler, 5; off Mays, 2; Time of game 1:45; Um pires: ilildebrund dn Owens for the American league; Klem and O'Day for the National league. The Lineup Chicu-'o: iFlack, rf; Hollochnr, ss; Mann. If: Paskert, cf; Merklo lb; Pick 2b; Deal 3b; Killifer c; Tyler p. Hoston: Hooper, rr; rsnean BojntruiiK cf; Whiten.an If; Mclnms, lb; Scott, ss: Thomas :tb; Schnng, c; Mays, p. First Inning. Chicago; Flack up. Hull one. Ball two. Strike one called, Foul, strike two. Flack out, Thomus to Mclnuis on an easy hopper. Hollocher up. Strike one called. Ball one. Foul, strike two. Bull two. Hollocher out, Scott to Mclnms. Munn uti. Strike one, called. Mann out, Scott to Mclnuis. No runs, no hits no errors. Huston: Hooper nn. Strike one call ed. Hooper out, Hollocner to lerkle. Shean up. Ball one. Ball two. Strike one. called. Htrike two. swung. Foul. Ball three. Shean fanned, swinging Strnnk :i. Ball one. Strunk singled over second. Hollocher dropped the bull af ter running back for the pop fly. It was scored a.i a hit. Whiteman up. Foul, strike ono. Foul, strike two. Hall one. Vnnl. Whiteman flew to Paskert. No runs, one hit, no errors. Second Inning. Chicago: Paskert up. Strike one irnnir. I'.-iFkert out. Shean to Mcln i; Mnrkle nn. Strike one. called. Ball nno. Htrikn two. wune. Bull two. Mar kle fanned, swinging. Pick up. Ball one. KtriltA oni called. Bull two. Bull three Pick singled to left. Deal up. Strike one, called. Pick was saught off first, Mtr Mclnnis. No runs, one hit, no errors. Pick was dropped by May after olinut ten ineffectual throws to M Innis to get him. He was finally nail ftt off the lis. VpfnnU ii n. Bull one. Htrike Mclnnis out.. Tyler to ar kle. Sco't up. Foul, st like one. Htrike to.-ft tult. Scott out. Tyler to Merkle Continued on pago three) ENEMY SHELLED AND FALLS BACK FOR ni Germans Are Still Holding Some Strong Positions Scuth Of Aisne. . HEAVY RAINS STOP OPERATIONS AT FROIIT Americans Repulse Heavy Raid Following Intense Barrage In Alsace With The Americans In France; Sept. 11. How a captured American soldiec escaped from a German patrol and ktt the boches at bay by throwing rocks at them, was told here today. ....North of Toul, the American was seis ed and carried off by the enemy squad ron. He suddenly broke away an dashed Into a shell hole. There he seis rocks and pelted the Germans, standing them off until one Jumped upon the American... With a trench knife as' his only weapon, the Yank killed the boch and- sprinted across No Man's Land, reaching his own lines uninjured. By Fred 8. Ferguson. (United Press Staff Corresponded.) With The Americans On The Aisne, pt. 11. Shelled out of his position bet wen Revillion and Glennes by- a heavy bombardment, the Gormans have withdrew to tho high , road between those towns, falling back a little fur ther toward tiro Aisne on our right. Tho enemy -still -holds the strongly fortified height of Le Petite Montange and dominating positions east of the Revillon-Glenses lise. Hevy rains haw nearly halted the operations between th6 Aisne and tha Vesle. -i. REPULSEi HEAVY ATTACK. By Frank J. Taylor. With Thp American Armies In Franc nt. 11. In a sharp fight northwest of Colmar (in Alsaco) tho Americans repulsed a heavy raid following an in tense German barrage, in which more than 200 mine throwers were used against our trenches and 1,000 big cali bre shvlls .were thrown into our Com munication lines and back areas. The Germans came on with flame throwers. The Americans met them and n the course of a fiorcc- fight at elosa range, thw cney was orivcn on. in their retreat the bocli03 hastily threw down a number of flame throwers, rif les and other supplies, which were cap tured by our troops. More than sixty Germans wvro counted ruuning back from the American trenches. They car. ried a number of (lead and wounded. Despite the largo number of patrol operations, tho Germans for weeks havo been unable to take a single American prisoner on the Lorrainv front. Captured Germans say they were or dered to get prisoners immediately or it would be necessary to make a raid as big as a regular attack to sveure the information demanded by the enemy commanders, ' A general oi'dor advises all American units to adopt a policy of killing any one who suggests surrendering. ThU policy originated with a certain unit fighting at Fistnvtte, where gencraT op erations were hampered when some ono, in un American uniform shouted that further resistance was ont necessary and that therefore tire troops should surrender. This was probably a German propagandist. The unit wai advised to kill anyone suggesting surrender and all American troops arc following the snme plan. This means it will go bard with any German propagandist attem- ptingto injure the morulo of our soldieis in battle. German prisoners taken in Alsace report the kaiser's soldiers are eagerly reading all'tvd propaganda pa pers thrown in their trenches, despite the orfder of tho German command for bidding soldiers to read such literature ami offering a iVward for all tracts brought in. The commands are not get ting many, as tho tract, are kept cir culating among the troops. Illinois Voters Hold Primary Election Today Chicago, Sept. 11. Illinois voters went to tho polls today to nominate candidates for the United Staets sen ate and house of representatives. Can didates for state and county offices also were to bo chosen. With three candidates in the run ning, tho contost for the republican senatorial nomination was the eenter of the greatest state wide intesest. Medill MeCormick and George E. Fns congressmen, and Mayor William Hala Thompson of Chieago sought the honor. Tho campaign has been bitter, with the wnr attitude of Thompson the object of persistent attack by hi opponents.