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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-19

ers forced on their own men by forlorn
hope counter attacks. By night it is ex-
pected the total of German prisoners
win reach 100000 Nearly hundred
guns have already been taken.
Identification of - new German di-
visions in the one sector between Sois
sons and Auberives means the Germans
have been forced to mass 100000 new
forces there, not only to take the place
of troops cut to pieces by the French adj
vance, but in an effort to dam the flood
tide of the French assaulting waves.
Every battle front dispatch received
here emphasizes the bloody execution of
the French artillery. Against the ia
vorite German defense methods OF mass
ing men, the hail of the French projec-
ties has been appallingly bloody. Great
gaps are torn in all the enemy lines.
When the French dash forward in infan-
try attacks these decimated divisions
fight desperately, but the tremendous
ly shaking bombardment which they
have understood has its effect in shat
tered nerves. Observers in the fight
ing east of Rheims declare the slaugh'
ter has been as great as in any fighting
of the war.
! But the German losses do not deter
the TeutOnic army chief from massing
more men and throwing them into the
range of the French guns, or in reach OF
the now inspired French assailants
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-19
GERMAN SOLDIERS ARE
REACHING Pans STAGE
Fury Of Artillery Fire and Tremendous h. Weaken
Their Iron Nerve-Ofciak Tell Of Great 81, .es Of Sup
plies Abandoned In Hurried Retreat $4,000 Men
YIassed to Take Place of FOrti6catOns Battered to
Pieces by French Artillery
BY w. S. Forrest,
~ W FOs = OA NN7N3
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENTS

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent)
Paris, April 19.-"Everywhere success was the
epitome of odays official statement detailing the con-
tinued sweep forward of General Nivelle's armies
The great German defensive positions dominating
Nauroy and Moronvilers captured in this sweep
east of Rheims. Smashing blows north of Vaily and
Oste gained more ground northeast of Soissons Desper
ate German attempts create diversions elsewhere along
the front failed All German counter attacks on ground
newly wrested from their hands in the St. Quentin to
Rheims front signally failed,
Today there is fighting along almost the entire French
front. Around St. Quentin, General Nivele reported
great activity Of artillery 1t may possibly be the pre-
cursor of another tremendous infantry assault there
which will sweep the town-long menaced--ino French
hands.
In the Coucy forest further south in the bend of the
fighting 'front.' the statement reported patrol fighting
Still farther along, to the north of the Aisne, the
north of Vailly and Oste In approximately the same
sector in the region of Courtecon due south Of Laon
German machine gun attack was stopped
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-19
WORLD SOCIALISTS
Do NOT WANT PEACE
WITH KAISER LEFT
War Cannot Be Ended While
Engine of Destruction
Remains"
PLEDGES RUSSIA WILL
STAY BY ALLIES TO END
Russian Press Regards Ger
manys Peace FeeIers AS
'IreaCherOuS"

Petrograd, April 19,-Pledgc that
Russia stands answering against
Germany was given today by Foreign
Minister Milukoff in welcoming British
and French labor delegates
''The provisional government, he
soleinnly asserted, twill continue its
part in annihilating German miIitar-
ism, with the greatest intensity. Our
ideal is tc prevent the future possibil-
ity cf war.
~ beg that you win announce TO your
countries that free Russia is doubly
strong"
The Russian press regards Germany y
peace "eelers" as "hypocritical and
treaeherous. = Those two words were
most used in editorials today comment
ing on the activity of the German and
Austrian socialists for a separate peace
with the provisional government.
"Such overtures, 2 the newspaper
Reich declared, twill be no more sue
cessful than the proclamations whick
the Germans threw into Russian trench
es inviting our soldiers to return to
their homes. No one in Russia desires
to strengthen liberty with the aid Of
German bayonets.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-19
GERMANS IN BRAZIL
IN REBELLION IN
THREE PROVINCES
The German Population, Male
and Female IN These,
100000
THEY MAY UNDERTAKE
CAPTURE OF URUGUAY
Are Reported To Be Armed
and To Have Some
Artillery
BY Charles P. Stewart

Omitted Press staff correspondent
Buenos Aires. April l9,-Brazil S
great German popdiation in at least
three states has revolted,
Dispatches frcm Montevideo (Uu-
guy) today asserted the Teutons were
we'll armed-even with some artillery
and plentifully supplied.
Brazil s censorship was down tight
on any details.
The rebellion apparently centered in
the Brazilian states of Rio Grande, Pa
rama and Santa Catharina. The German
population-male and femle-in this
section has been estimated at 100000.
Uruguayan dispatches today declar-
ed the Germans had already attempted
to dynamite the railway bridge at Sam
ia Maria.
The government of Rio Grande prov
ince was said to be concentrating its
strongest and most loyal troops to op-
pose the rebels at Porto Allegro. In the
meantime, the Uruguayan government
is massing its troops on the frontier,
fearing the Germans may invade Uru-
quay.
Officials were quoted in the Monte
video dispatches as asserting their be,
| lief they would be able to withstand
I all raids. The Brazilian Germans were
known to have been preparing to move
against Uruguay. Their preference was
for occupation of Chile-which country
is rich in nitrates and therefore desir
able in war-but Chile was too great
distance from their base.
Brazil has strict censorship in force
now and it was impossible to obtain
complete yerification of the revolt Oh
of what steps the Brazilian government
had taken to quell it.
From the very start of Brazil s eri
is with Germany the greatest appre
hension had been expressed as to th'
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-19
ATTACK
ON SEATTLE WOMAN
Thought To Be Some Jack
the Ripper Who Murdered
Mrs. Wehn

Seattle Wash, April 19.--Police de-
tectives today worked on the theory
Seattle has a "Jack the RippeS" and
that he murdered Mrs. Florence Wehn,
wife of James A. Wehn, local sculptor,
in a ravine two blocks from her home
here after l. o'clock Tuesday night
Captain of Detectives Tenant said
today that fiendish attack had been
made on a woman in another section
of the city Sunday night. In that in
stance the man stepped from the brush,
ran up behind the woman and clamped
hand over her mouth. She was drag
ged to a deserted house that had been
Quilted by fire and there tied and
gagged and her clothing torn to
shreds.
"He told me he would just as soon
kill woman as not, the woman re-
ported to the police. The assailant ran
when he heard the voices of passing
pedestrians.
The bloody end of milk bottle was
found at the scene of the Wehn mur-
der Tuesday night. Her diamond ring
and one Of her earrings were discov-
cred inside her waist.
Detectives have traced Mrs. Wehn 5
movements on the street car which car
ried her toward her home. The con
ductor of the ear says she got off the
car at 10th avenue and West Wheeler
street at 1880 p. M A man got off
the car at the same time. He went
east, Mrs. Wehn went west. Shortly
after midnight the same man boardec
the ear and returned down town. Thf
police are endeavoring to identity
him
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-19
By Robert J. Bender
ed Press staff correspondent)

Omitted Press staff correspondent
Washington, April l9.-The presi-
dent S plan to raise a great army by
seleetive conscription will be fought on
the house floor.
Unswerving in their determination
to force all responsibility for any draft
system on the president, The house mil
itary committee through Chairman
Dent today formally reported the great
Ter army bill, putting it up to the presi-
dent to choose between CONSUMPTION
and volunteering.
Men who are standing behind the
president in his conscription plan said
they will deliver a minority report
(Which will show the country how pol
itics and fear of defeat at the polls
caused the committee majority to cast
off responsibility.
The bill, which will be taken up Mon
day, provides, in the conscription fea-
ture, that all physically able males be,
tween 2l and 40 years are eligible.
Under an agreement reached later
this afternoon by Representatives
1 IKitchin, Mann, Dent and Kahn, there
/ will be eighteen hours of general de
bate with further debate under the
five minute rule.
Favors Volunteer System
While this preliminary action occur
red in the house, Senator McCumbei
introduced in the senate an amendment
to the administration measure pr0pOs
ling to raise the army needed by call
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-19
A Socialist S view.

Washington, April 10 Representative
Meyer London, New York, socialist, IN
cablegram to friend in the Rus
sian duma today urged publication Of
an authoritative statement declaring
Russian socialists do not favor sep
arate peace with Germany.
The cablegram follows:
f'N. s. Tcheidse, member Of duma.
Petrograd, Russia
" AS the only socialist member of the
American congress, hopeful that rciuv-
enated Russia win be a compelling fac
tor for universal and lasting peace,
respectfully urge authoritative state
ment correcting disquieting rumor that
Russian socialists favor separate peace
with Germany
London regards a separate peace be-
tween Russia and Germany as "ineon-
ceivable,'' even if such peace could
be engineered by the socialists of the
two nations. He branded the so-called
socialist conference, now being agitat
Jed, as tingod with autocrocy. He IL
deeply suspicious of the move. He gives
three reasons for this belief.
The first, he says, is that a separate
pbdCG ptbWHtl huSHld anu NGImdIky
would retard the characterization of
Europe; second, that the war cannot be
ended while a tremendous engineer Of
destruction like Germany remains;
third, Russian socialists have been fed
on French revolutionary literature and
would not leave the French to struggle
alone.
Only betrayal by Russian generals ON
the eastern front could bring about a
separate peace, London believes
~ would be willing to give my life
for a conference of all socialists to
bring about universal peace, he said,
but should vote against separate
peace"
"Socialists and liberals are interest
ed in democratizing international rela-
tions so that the people viii determine
war questions without secret diplomacy,
Then, by establishing international and
lasting peace.
fAll the learned socialist democrats
and socialist revolutionists know, GER
tainly viii oppose to the last the idea
of a separate peace. They represent
both extremes Of the revolution and the
moderate element-thc laborers- as
we'll. With them humanity is higher
than nationalism. -
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-19
Nine PAUL REvERES
CARRIED WAKE UP
AAArDInAM aAEQOknE
AM[nlUAN M[OSHh[
Girl Clad In Uniform Rides
Through Streets at
Midnight
new YORK'S BIG PARADE
HAS MANY FEATURES
5000 Engishmen In Line
10000 School Children,
5000 Boy Scouts

New York, April 19.-War spirit
ruled supreme in New York this after
noon.
Thousands of men, women and chill
dren paraded through the downtown
streets behind bands blaring patriotic
airs. Flags waved everywhere. Aero
planes showered appeals for recruits for
the army and navy down from the sky.
Billy Sunday addressed a great mass
meeting at Carnegie hall and threw his
"pep" into urging universal military
service. 1t was a day dedicated to
"waking up America.
Great sections of the parade which
moved down Fifth avenue were form
ed entirely of women and children in
which the yellow banners of suffragists
mingled with the national colors. Early
estimates were that 10000 would take
part in the parade, including various
military organizations which turned
out.
e In Harlem, the Bronx and every Dor.
ough, special exercises of school chill
dren were held.
Thousands took part in the. celebra
tion aside from those actually parti2i
pating in the parade.
The Carnegie hall program was for {
continuous session of rallies over {
stretch of 16 hours
"Do not forget this is our scrap, ;
Billy Sunday told the crowd gathered
there. "The German spy system knows
more about us than we do ourselves.
off it wasn't for the British navy
New York would have been in ashe.
long ago. I am hundred cents on tht
dollar, twelve inches to the foot, six
teen ounces to the pound, 1000 popnd
to the ton booster for universal serv
ice"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-19
Supplies Abandoned.

Further southeast on the Vauclerc
plateau Niyclle described a German at
tack of the most violent character,
lauocbed on Wednesday night at 6
o clock. 1t was checked in bitter fight.
ing. The assaulting waves were forced
TO stop before they reached the French
lines.
LII the Champagne, Nivelle reported
his troops as pursuing their success in
the Moronvilliers region
"Attacks everywhere were success
fH." he said, "our troops carrying
Moat Haut swell and several heights to
the east, including Hill 227 During
the course of the night two German bat
teries were captured.
Between Scissors and Auberives IL
new German divisions have been identi-
fled
"In the region of St. Mihiel Ger
man attack failed" +"
Germany's soldiers are reaching the
panic stage. A week ago first evidence
OF break down in the morale of the
German defenders was observed and re-
ported by British commanders i'll the
drive around Lens
Today, with General Nivelle's French
forces in some places more than five
miles behind the German lines, Official
statements told Of German retreat in
great disorder, of a bombardment OF
big quantities of suppnes, of something
akin to terror among the Germans here
to&ore held stolid by the iron discipline
Of The militarist system.
10000 Prisoners.
The tremendous number Of prisoners
captured by the French drive also at
tests decentralization. of the enemy, due
to their fearful losses not alone in the
furg of the French artillery fire and
the dash of the troops themselves, but
IL the slaughter the German command
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-19
SeLectiUe Consumption Bill
viii Be Fought Hard, But
President Is Determined

ing for volunteers proportionately from
each voting district; resort to draft
is made possible only after the yolun-
teer plan fails.
Senator Swanson, acting naval com
mittee chairman, reported formally his
bill authorizing the requested increase
in the marine corps of from 1900 to
10000 and increase in the navy per
sonnel from $1,000 to 100000.
Both bills are expected to pass quick
ly after they are taken up either late
this week or early next week Other
congressional war steps of today were
introduced Of a bill by Representative
McKeon, Oklahoma, which would pre-
vent sale of explosives throughout the
war, excepting by special license and
introduction of a measure by Represent
ative Ryre, Kansas, making artificial
speculation in foodstuffs punishable by
a fine of from $500 to $4,000 or sent
ence of one to five years, or both.
Want Merchant Ships
Shortly after the McKeon resolution
was introduced Secretary of the In
terror Lane submitted to Representa-
tive Foster, chairman Of the house
mining committee, bill providing for
government supervision over the man
ufacture, sale and use of all explosives
The executive end of the govern
ment continued its war work. AT the
navy department announcement was
made that building of warships is not
to impede commerce ship construction.
! Secretary Daniels issued orders that
no Especial hurry need be attempted
as to building of ships on the second
year Of the program. The department
believes that right now merchant ships
in great number are as essential, If moi
more so. than warships.
Plans to meet threatened food short
age concerned the agricultural depart
ment and Council of National Defense
Secretary Houston today sent out 2
call to heads of various farmers or
ganizations to meet here for confer
ence April 90 when the food products
of the nation are to be organized int
cooperative units to act with the de
Ipartment in determining amounts an'
4 kinds Of planting every farmer in tn
country will be expected to carry out
Those called are: d. O. Mahoney
] American Society of Equity; II. /
fTon4;nrad .n nara thraa
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-19
Defend at Any Cost.
By Henry wood.

Omitted Press staff correspondent
With the French Armies in the Field,
April 19.-" Defend at any cost,'' is the
word which has gone along the German
front where the French are battering in
their great offensive.
What that "cost'' has been without
stopping the French drive or even slow
ing up the forward movement of the
offensive, was apparent today in the
count of prisoners, in the heaps of Ger
man dead and in the Decentralization of
the defenders apparent everywhere.
The German plan seems to be to gorge
the first line of their defenses with
troops. They literally glut the first line
trench. The German earthwork forti-
fications, battered ilfto nothingness by
French guns, are apparently being re-
placed by human bulwarks of massed
men. Into these masses of Germans the
French fire is playing death with fear
full certainty.
$4,000 Men Massed
Tt was learned today that when Mon
days onslaught began by the French,
the Germans had massed thirteen full
divisions (at least 100000 men) along
/ the line of the Scissors Rheims front in
anticipation of the great battle. 1t had
been forecast by terrific French artil
lery preparation.
I The Germans expected the offensive
They prepared for it. But so furious
was the force with which the French
/ struck that during the day German com
manders were compelled to bring up si1
new divisions in an attempt to stem the
advance. Six divisions contain approx
/ imately 10000 men. And still the Ger
mans could not prevent the Frencl
gains.
Prisoners told freely today that thu
German orders were to resist at all sac
rifices Of men and OF supplies. 1t wa
noted that nc counter offensive move
ments of general nature are being at
tempted by the enemy. The Teuton com
manders are exerting every ounce O
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-19
Paul ReUere's S Ride
BY Henry W. LOngfellow.

Listen, my children, and YOU shall hear
OF the midnight ride of Paul Revere
On the eighteenth Of April, in seventy-five;
Hardly is alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.
He said to his friend, If the British march
By land from the town tonight
Hang lantern aloft in the beTfry arch
OF the North Church tower a signal light
One, if by land, and two if by sea-
And l on the opposite shore will be-
Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village and farm,
For the country folk to be up and to arm,'
A hurry Of hoofs in a village street.
A shape in the moonlight bulk in the dark,
And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing a spark
Struck out by steed flying fearless and fleet;
That ALL And yet, through the gloom and the light,
The fate of a nation was riding that night;
And the spark struck by that steed, his flight
Knded the land into flame with its heat.
1t was two by the village clock,
When he came to the bridge in Concord town.
He heard the bleating of the flock,
And the twitter of birds among the trees,
And felt the breath of the morning breeze
Blowing the meadows brown,
And safe and asleep in his bed
Who that day would be lying Dead
Pierced by British musket ball.
You know the rest In the books you have read,
How the British regulars fired and fled
How the farmers gave them ball for ball,
From behind each fence and farn-yard wall,
Chasing the redcoats down the lane,
Then crossing the fields to emerge again
Under the trees at the turn of the road,
Only pausing to fire and load.
So through the night rode Paul Revere
And so through the night went his cry of alarm
To every MiddleseX village and farm
A cry of defiance and not of fear
A voice in the darkness, knock at the door,
And word that shall echo forevermore!
For, borne the night-wnd of the Past,
Through all our history, to the last,
In the hour of darkness and peril and need,
The people will waken and listen to hear
The hurryng hoofbeats of that steed
And the midnight message of Paul Revere
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-19
Kissing Patriotic Duty
Say the Eugene Girls

Eugene, Or, April 49, Kissing is a
patriotic duty-under certain circum-
stances. At least, Eugene girls are
pouting their lips in the most approved
osculatory way to help out their Uncle
Samuel
When Guy Koepp, high school stu
dent, started for the train today to 90
to Vancouver barracks, Wash, to 90
into service of his country, 20 pretty
high school girls stepped up to him
and each gave him kiss and hug.
"If they keep that up" observed
the local army recruiting sergeant, who
was standing near by, Gwen have
more recruits than we can handle'
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-19

silas Noah, aged IS, died at Marsh
field Monday night from injuries re-
ceived when tree fell on him in log
ging camp near that city. He is the
third of three brothers all killed withis
two years in logging camps by falling
trees.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-19
A TRUE AMERICAN

Chicago, April l9.--MarshaIl
Field, III. arrived today from
New York to enlist as a private
in the Third Illinois cavalry,
national guard. Tonight he will
be sworn in as Private Field,
headquarters company.
"I feel that ! am only re-
paying my country for what she
has done for me by enlisting,"
he said. "Everybody my age
should do something either
naval or military at this time.
Field is 90 years old. With
his wife, who will return from
New York in few days, he will
make his home at the Black
stone hotel until called into ac-
tive service. Field is the ulti-
mate heir OF the $50,00O,000
Field fortune.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-19

We have t laugh when we think
how some fellers are goin.' t. look in
crown Eyes have dropped eonsid-
efahiy since women 5 shoes went up"
sad Prof. Tansey day. Alex is purity
cute fer teacher.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-19

Forty men have signed in Oregon City
for cavalry company proposed to pc
raised there.
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