Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, October 26, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text4,700 SUBSCRIBERS 2i,00 HEADERS) DAILY Only Circulation in 8al Guar anteed by the Audit Boreas of Circulation FULL LEASED WIRE D1SPATCHE8 SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS SEKYICB . Origoa: Tonight ami Sunday, rain; moderate southeasterly wiml. - 1 nun FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 2M. SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1918. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NrW3 STANDS FIVE CT4 n m of nfl!i- mi ;. i h i l W IF Ml M T ' 0 Li -a$ Turbulent Scenes In The Hun Reichstag This Week fay Deputies Attack Gov ernment And Make De mands On Rulers. Washington, Oct. 2G. Turbulent oeues were being enactod in the reich stag this week' where. Polish, Danish 'end Alsatian deputies are demanding tfrecdom from Prussianism. according' to- diplomatic cables here today. Taking the cue from the outspoken Owens and Jugo-S:ars..of Austria, the oppressed peoples of Germany are join ing in a campaign against the domina tion of the central; empires. Violent speeches are being made in both the troichstas and the rcichstrath, cables declare. Deputy Styobel, a Pole, claimed the lrht of Prussian Poland to independ ence; ' -i - - - . "The German formula that every-, where the ermau stake is struck is - ttarman ground mint be put aside," tijyobel declared. "Wilson is hiimani ty'a benefactor and is moved by the Wrongest feeling of justice which lies fcC:"men'g hearts. German rule has not ieeiu so administered as to allow the rotes to live there in comfort."- Deputy Hanson, a Dane, said the itherri Schleswig question should be :nttled according to the wishes of the tanish people there. Deputy Ricken, Alsatian, created the greatest sensation, the cables declared. ffil REALIZE J see Chancellor Payer So In 1 forms Members Of . Reichsiag. . . - Amsterdam,. Oct. 26. ico Chanccl :rvVon I'ayer, addressing the reichstag ! .Wednesday, declared the Berinan gov ernment has no use for any ofiaeial iio favors a peace of force over a pnce of justice, accordiug to dispatch received here today. "Our enemies distrust our sincerity - i)r peace, mainly on account of past -events," Von Payer said. "For that reason, .we, cannot take stniss their doubts, mainly on a vbg amiss their doubts. Our present great est need is an unequivocal, honest, wfraightfonvaid policy. ' , . " We have no use for any govern ment official favoring a pfaee of force avtt a peace cf justice. . DIPLOMAT DIES. . Washington, Oct. 26. Charles B. Fen iell, secretary of the American Stock- , liol-m-leghtion, a native of Kansas City, died 6f pneumonia, the state depart- nient was officially advised itoday. fr 3 ABE MARTIN X A never fsilin' sijn o in tin' titer's a circus ' o!e age is fer- in town. Die- Biry-is r.boiit as beroimn as goggles t i fort to check the flames which threat tV general tun o people. Jm to invale Hollywood. Ml :W nil Bpcaking-for the Alsatian deputies he said: . - ; ' ' Alsace-Lorraine deputies consider that the charge of obtaining for their country complete autonomy, has, bw Tng to the course of events, become1 in sufficient," Denmark Justified . Copenhagen, Oct. 26. "Denmark is justified in her demand for a plcbe scite in Sehe-lswig-Holstei'n," George Ledebour, socialist, declared in an ad dress in the reichstag, according to ad vices from Berlin. During the sitting announcement was made of the receipt of President Wilson's answer-to Foreign Minister Solf's last peace note. The fitting was at once interrupted and sectional dis cussions were held. Demand for Republic The Hague, Oct. 26. -In his first speech in the reichstag since his release frora prison, . Herr Dittman, socialist, demanded a German republic, it became known here-today. . v ' ' Independent socialists echoed the demand at meetings throughput the empire. - '' : i Will Delay Answer London, Oct. 26. The Gorman war cab inet hn decided not-to answer Presi dent Wilson's last communication un til the entente allies gHate their con ditions for ah armistice, according to edvieea from. Berlin to-Zurich, a en: tral News dispatch said today, , Telegraph. Wires f Broken By Storm ".".'-.-'" -; The (Sipital Journal, in com- !: mou with all coast papers is short of telegraph news today. Practically all wires to the east are down because of the great storm prevailing over the inter- mountain region. .. Efforts to et the news thru today have accomplished little. , HSooney Petitions Supreme Court To Review Decision Washington, Oct. 26. Thomas J. Mooney, San Francisco labor leader, to day petitioned the United States r prenii) court to review the decision ot the California state supreme court up holding his conviction of murder in con nection with the preparedness day pa rade dynamiting. Mooney's petition contends that' hi was deprived of his liberty and that he is about to be deprived of his life iu violation of the 14th amendment to the federal constitution. The petition also claims that Mooney originally was con victed by the use of perjured testimony by the California state courts which consistently denied granting hiui a new trial. - Mooney's petition contends that the state supreme (ourt did not rule on the point that he is being deprived of his liberty in violation of the 14th amend ment. If the United States supremo court grants Mooney's petition, it will mean merely that the court eonscnig to hear the cast on its merits and not that Mooney be set free immediately. five Thousand - Printers Are Oa Strike New York, Oct. 26. More than 5,000 printers and assistants are out on strike today and virtually every printing presj in the city, except those of daily newspapers, is idle. A delay jn the publication of all weekly and monthly periodicals printed here is certain. Commissioners from Washington have heard both sides and it ig expected- a decision will be rendered next week. The printers are asking a 35 per cent increase in wages, which aver ages $31 a week, i Lookout Inn Burned ' At Los" Angeles Today Los Angeles. Cat., Oct. 28. Lookout Ina'was completely destroyed by fire burn in? on the Outskirts of Hollvwood (at, today. Powdennen with dynamite re btin rushe.I to descent in an ef- INFLUENZA EPIDEH I C ON PACIFIC COAST NOT YETC0NTR0LLED Over One Hundred Thousand Cases Now Reported Within Three States. JNFLtTENZA IN OREGON. Portland, Or., Oct. 2,6. There are about 5,000 Influenza cum in Portland, making a total of 6,955 in the state. There have been 115 deaths reported in Portland and 75 outside Port land, making a total of 190 in Oregon attributed to influenza and complications. San Francisco, Oct, 26. With approx imately 100,600 oases of Spanish influ enza reported in ttte thvee, coast states and hundreds more being reported hourly in the larger cities, the epidem ic has not yet reached its crest, ac cording to statistics gathered today by the United Press.-- . The number of deaths is variously estimated in Washington, Oregoii. .tnd California between 2000 and 3000. Ex act figures are not available. Health authorities in most of the coast cities look for a slight increase in the number- of cases, although they agree that the situation looks (better today than it lias fo the last week. With 600 nw;ases te.ported ia-San Francisco lip to 10 o'clock -this morn ing, San Francisoe 's total . number of cases today wise xpected to pass the 13,000 mark. Eleven deaths were re ported herein two, hours today. Health Officer Hassler said the epidemic- was being controlled through the use of the influenza masks. - . . The number "of 'caseg in Seattle, was on the increase today. The total num ber of cases has reached 679s with 298 deaths. . ; r , Tacoma reports the number of cases increasing. Eighty four new cases were reported at Camp Lewis this morning. Las Arigelcg health authorities be lieve the worst of the epidemic is past. In the last 24 hours S46 new cases were reported, a decrease of 171 from the preceding 24 hours. The total num ber of cases since October 1 is 10,608 with the death in the southern Cali fornia city 4 17. Los Angeles schools will probably re-open November 6. Ninety per cent of the children at the Sherman Indian school at River side have had the disease Approxi mately 10C0 cases have been -reported in Riverside. Physicians there believe the "peak of the load" has not yet been reached. . , . Mayor Baker of Portland is consid ering closing the stores in an effort to check the disease. One hundred and seventy new cases were reported in Portland this morning. -Stoek'tpn had " ISH new eases, and four deaths this morning, bringing'W total number of cases up to 1561. Since the beginning of the epidemic Long Beach has had 1400 cases with 42 deaths, California has 'approximately 60,000 cases and' Washington state 21,000. Epidemic In Portland ' May Close All Business Portland, Or., Oct. 26. With a rec ord of 1771 Spanish influenza cases and ninety deaths, and with the epidemic still on the upgrade, Mayor Baker to day threatened to close all stores if they continue to disobey the spirit of the restrictions now in force. The city will not at present -force all persons to wear masks, but it is watching the effectiveness .of this measure in other cities. The mayor asked all department stores to limit their advertising to es sentials, to do away with special -bargains and requested the general pub lie to stay at home. The city health officer ordered the removal of all side windows in street cars. If street car blinds are pulled down arrests will follow. BLIND TO TEACH BUND. Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 26. Helen Keller, famed blind woman, is going to France as soon as she can to help cheer the soldiers blinded in the war. 'If I can carry a message of hope and cheer to the blind soldiers," Miss Keller declared today, "I shall be the happiest woman in the world." i PRINCESS SOPHIA SAIDfOBEVRECK Id IYI CANAL Two Hundred Passengers Were Aboard Ill-fated NO DETAILS RECEIVED AT VATiCOUVER OITICES Stealer Went Ashore On Treachsrcus Vacdsrbiit Reef Is Report. Vancouver. R C. Oct. 26. A ronnrt -.avj xr..... iu- ' .,wucu .,Cr,vla.lU ,that the r Canadian Pacific ateameT rriucess oopius naa own iost ana, that the loss of life is believed to have been large. 1 , The big C. P. It. coasting steamer left Skagway on Wednesday night at about . T , u i' the. national war labor board was sought down Lynn canal at a a- in. when she ... , , , r . , todav on Tom Mooney's behalf when Apparc'ntlr the weather has been bad there, because: it was. known on Frida afternoon that her passengers were I .mi i j A private message via ... Ketchikan reaching Vancouver this afternoon says the vessel and many passengers wer lost. When last heard from last night, Captain Locke is said to have sent word that ' the main steam pipe had broken, The vessel was holding on the reef, but he then said that it was too rough ' for . the small steamers which were standing by to take the passen gers off. Captain Locke did not regard the outlook at that time as serious. " . ' j I board There were 268 passengers a and fifty of a crew. Almost all the passengers were Klondikers 1 on , their way out f6V the winter. Seventeen-' years ago the steamer Islander, southbound from Skagway to Vancouver, foundered near the place where the Princess Sophia struck. Fifty seven persons, including Captain Foote, the raster, perished. The big' Bteamer. bearing a heavy passenger list of Klondikers coming out for the winter, with . their earnings made in the first mailed to the quartermaster's office years of the rush, crashed against a in Portland. It is audited after the partially submerged iceberg. Tho Is-1 usual If jvernment delays in clerical lander sank within a few moments, and business, and then a requisition is sex' many of the victims of the disaster! to the packers here to be signed. Thein died in their staterooms, being unable lit is reiurned to tho quartermaster's to get on-deck before the boat plung-joffice in Portland and after another ed. ' usual delay, the check is received. Kv- Treacherous Passageway. Seattle, Wash., Oct. 26. Lynn canal, work and now there is naturally great in which Vanderbilt reef, on which theer delays. While there is the assurance Princess Sophia grounded, is. located that the big allotments have been made is about 70 miles long and from n, for the shipment of 10,000,000 prunes quarter to half a mile wide. Precipitious from the northwest, the shipping in cliffs wall tho treacherous passage-'structions have not been received. This way, Skagway is at the northern end or the canal, innumerable rocks ana reefs make the entrance hazardous, From Juneau to Skagway, is a moun- tainous waste on either Bide, barren of habitation. The Princess Sophia was built in 19 1 and has since been operated in , Alas kan wators as a freight and passenger teamship by the Canadian Pacific Rail- way company. The vessel is of 2.320 gross tons, with a length of 245 feet and a 44 foot beam. Her passenger cap- acity is 500. The Princess Sophia was in charge of Cantain F-. B. Locke, of Vancouver. B. C, at the time of her fatal mishap nn.. - . 1 1 1 : L.i if . .... The Vessel plies between Vancouver,' B. C. and Skagway and does not come to Seattle. No pawr lists are kept at Seattle but it i. probable that manyl Seattle people were aboard Rep ort Is Current Turks Surrender London, Oct. 26. The Turkish min ister to Switzerland has' handed the 'British and French ministers to that country an offer "of peace virtually amounting to surrender, according to a dispatch to the Daily Mail. Mission is Secret Zurich, Oct. 26. Prince Frederick T.nhknwitr. and Karon Xndhernv. who j represent the strongest anti-German : tendencies at Vienna have left that tar Switzerland charired with a v.... nH j .. ;i, ... 'given, according to the Nenste Journal lof Vienna'. :, Ml wi SHIPYARD WORKERS TIMID STRIKE Have Grievance Because Of Saturday Half-Holiday - Award. San Francisco, Oct. 26. In the face of warning from the war board that they "would become subject to class one of the new draft and threats of tho Iron Trades Council that they would be! forced to surrender their charter as a bona fido labor body, the Ooaland local of the boilermakers, shipbuilders and helpers have voted to walk out of East Bay shipyards November 2 if the Ma cey award reprt was not in by that timo. . . ' ; ; " . ;; Representatives of the Oakland union declared today that their action would be concurred in by the Pacific district council of boilermakers, listing mem bership of 58,000 shipyard workers from Vancouver,. B...C, to Ban Pedro, Cal, -The trouble arises over tho proposed Saturdav afternoon off, insisted on b the Oakland boilermakers pending the larrival of the Maeey award. It has )(c1 aggravated bv the delay in tho report of this award from Washington. The unions involved have been wa:tme word from it since December 1, 1917. To Save Money. San Francisco, Oct. 28. The aid of Su iar"M' "ffrl ?U "at Fe.derat.on of Labor " , u.e w, .aoor noara resolutions adopted by the federation a8'il''S "cw tnal:for Mooney,. .'r-, MANY ARE DELAYED m a s i-n I hitniP!ifc Tft hrmv At"! "Par wK.j.aieais 10 Army Ana ray IVlaV Kft KW!PlVWl In lP!l 1 . j WW- . ... s. Although about 330,000 pounds of prunes have been shipped to the army in Texas and Illinois, the packers will get no money from the shipments for .ten days or more. After the shipments are made, a bill for the prunes is en in days before the war, tho govern ment moved slowlv in the clerical business, is with the r-nglish govern ment ana nere again m slowly. ' ' D 'i L 1J wjf i 1 I I l&'l Ullice vvuu nail uuv im.iiu Inun- filake Important Gal!!?.' in MP"'"'11 antl no experience as I banking inspector. London, Oct. 20. The British, aided bv Americans, have crossed the Valen- ciennes-Avesnes railway last night 'a report from Field Marshal ilaif says, They have captured Sepnicries village, which lies just east of that, important line. Qucrcnaing, west of the railway, also was taken. Nine thousand prisoners aud 150 ........ (..... n ....... .1 a,. . guns have been counted so far, as the"0 ProM,nt,M,artl u wn!!fr ba? for three days of forward push- ing. ; A seven mile stretch of the Valcn- noy to the east of Main, is in British! n8nd, Northwest of Valenciennes the Brit- ish captured Bruille, Stamand and Bur-1 ARTIST COURT MARTIALED San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 2fl.T-Find-iugs of a court martial which yestcr dv tried Mnnrice Becker. New York itrtiut And AnrtnnniKt. nn chnrcrpa nt desertion at Camp Bowie, Fort Worth,! Governor That man Martin has were expected to be made public to-.jbP"i around again. 3ftv, t SargefitYes, I met him on the Despite Becker's plea, made through his attorneys, that he has always been conscientious objector, the court held, th evidence nf the defendant to be I : t , l, I, n t ...ni.i,,.. I !M taI. aware, later fleeing to Mexico. He was!- IrscsaJly arrested Laredo, Texas. I STATE BMS ARE HIT BY PARTISAN POLITICS OF PRESENT REGIME Only Withycombe Republicans Some Of Them Ignorant Of Banking, Recognized . When petty, partisan politics hits the state banking department it is time for the peoplo of Oregon to sit up and take notice. This is the opinion of persons who are familiar with the power and influence which may be wielded by the state banking department. No other depart ment in fhc state government could bring so much pressure to bear upon every state bank as the banking de partment, because the bank inspectors pass upon all the, notes and securities held by every state bank. The superin tendent of banks , says whether the, notes and securities are good or bad, so there is great opportunity for him to do mischief if he should desiro to bring pressure to bear upon a bank. But has anybody been playing poli tics with the state banking depart ment I ; ! They certainly have- . Business considerations cut no ice when the -question of partisan politics is concerned, as shown by tho actions of Governor Withycombe as chairman of tho slate banking board. When 8. O. Sargent, who is now in spector for the federal reserve bank ing board at Washington. D. C , was superintendent of banks for Oregon, a vacancy 'eenrred among ,th,rbuk . in spectors in the department. Alexander Martin, a prominent banker of Eu gene, had recently sold his banking in terests and one day he tojd Mr. Sargent that he would like to have the position as bank inspector for tho sake of ex perience. As U is very seldom a man of. Mr. Martin's banking experience Acan be obtained to fill a bank inspector's job, Mr. Sargent jumped at tho chance to oargent iook ine matter P witB h8 members of tho state bank- boar? wh0 are Governor Withr combe, Hecrctary of State Ulrott and Stato Treasurer Kay, and told them that he would not for a minute pre sent Mr. Martin's name unless he was entirely satisfactory becauso it would seem very strange for a man of Mar tin's ability and experience to be re jected for Buch a position. All three members of the board said Martin was entirely satisfactory and Mr Sargent was very much pleased over being able to add Martin to his of fice force. On the day of tho meeting of the banking board, as Mr. Sargent entered the meeting State Treasurer Kay call ed him to one side and informed him he would have to go back on his prom ise to , vote for Martin for bank in spector Sargent wanted to know' why. Kay told Sargent that Governor Withycombe had learned that Martin was a democrat and that the governor would not support him and the gov ernot had asked Kay not to ote for him. It was too late for Sargent to change ,H.,, ...Aun'liis plans, so ho proceeded to nominate oners muvtp , . ... ,l. mi. .. j Kay voted against him and Olcot for him.' Governor Withycombe and Kay then appointed a young man in Sar- IF. l. r. Jl li,tl lw,..l, I Was that sacrifice good business on the altar of petty polities f ; But there is more. A little later another vacancy occur red in the force of bank inspectors Again Mr. Martin told (Superintendent Sargent ho would liko to have the place. Sargent reminded Martin of his former experience and said he would unlc, Martm himself would peMonally see the membew of the board nd obtain their promise ot sup- 1.Mflrt1in,,5ia. thB' Ho "awu8".thrce,of them, including Governor Withycombe, nd P'te& to Sargent that all of them were agreeable to his appoint- incut, nil riiiL. fc.?tw (r,uis wm uc nwu:u present Martin's name at the next board meeting. A day or two before the date set for the board meeting Sargent went in to consult Governor Withycombe. in sub stance, tho following conversation took place isirocts or rortiana ana no spone arjoui the vacancy and said he would like to have the place. 1 told hiin I. would not present his name unless he obtained the I nmmiiA nf tho ftieiiihera of llie hnj! r.f 'vComtlnued on psgs two) AM" iiy... ANGLO-FRENCIIOr FimtEFEfliiT MAKE IMPS Advancing Annies Have Csp . teed Elasy VCagss Since HlorCuigi AMERICANS CLEAR v EOUGOYIX FCriST Allied Forces Are iizzj London, Oct. 26.-The allies are now attacking in every theater ot the world war. ' The Italian and Mesopotamian fronta have become active, in exjunction with tho offensives an the west front in France and Belgium, the Balkan end' Asia Minor fronts and the norjnorn and eastern fronts in Bussia. General Diaz, directing a combined assault by- the Italians, British and French in the Brenta-Piave sector of the' Italian front." he scored important initial successes, capturing several im portarM "'n'etjfhts and" some Wands ia the I'iave, in addition to taking near ly. 3000 prisoners. '. .. ; In tho Mesopotamia, General Mart shall advanced astride the Tlgriso tirnl the Adhnim rivers. He has driven the. Turns out of Tauk, in tho latter region and is withjn four miles of tho import ant town of Knrkuk, lt!8 miles direct ly north of Bagdad. Along the- Tigris he is attacking the Turks near Fatah. The French war office announced to day that the Austro-Qcrnians are bomg driven back on front of nearly fif ty miles between Parfichia and Kra lievo, in Serbia. j French artillery and patrols art act ive along the Ttonube. The allies have won new and im portant successes in every idouo of the west front, from the Dutch frontier to the Verdun region. The British and French have begun a new drive between the Lys and Esciiut on a 15 milo front. French Attack on Wide Front J(jndon, Oct. 26. liritish and French troops are attacking tootweeu the Lys and tho Kseaut (Scheldt), cast if Courtrai (a front of about fifteen miles,) Field Marshal Haig announced today, in a special communique on Bel gian operations. The British have captured Ooteghem and Ingoygliem (seven miles west of Audenanle). The French have reached Zulto (nine miles northwest of Audo narde.) ' "The French have carried Chateau ZultD and have reached the fringo of the village, of that name," the state ment said. 'They havo occupied Blauwpoort and are progressing along the Waereghetn-Anscghom road. "The British have occupied Ingy ghem and Ooteghem and aro advancinjj toward the Escaut. "HrWish and French are attacking between the Lys And the Esiaut, easi of Courtrai." YANKEES CLEAR FOREST By Fred S. Ferguson (United Press staff correspondent) With the American Armies in Franca Oct. 26. The Americans have cleared the Germans out of the importauti Bourgngnc forest, north of Grand Pro, driving a sharp wedge into the enemy lines. .,. ,; , .... ,. . : j . , The forest was taken in short rush es, the doughboys then swinging cast ward behind the German lines and threatening to cut off the bocho north west of Grand Pre. The attack in the Grand Pre region followed that of yesterday, farther, to the eastward, in which the Americans advanced nearly half a mile near Bauf thcville, occupying the ' high ridga north of that village. Tae positions were taken after several assaults against numerous machine gun nests. One hundred' land seirty prisoners were takeu. Bourgogne forest extends from a point west of Grand Pro to a point about two miles and a half north of that village. Bantlievillo is about ten miles cast of Grand Pre. The high ridge referred to extends from the northern , (Continued en page thrcej