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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-28
Wheat Sill Drops, Is
Down Two Cents More

Chicago, May 2s.-Trading in wheat
continued featureless today under the
restrictive measures.
July opened four under Saturday S
close at $2.07 and later was still quoted
at that figure. There were no sales In
September during the first quarter hour
Then that future opened at s1.Sl, loss
of 3 cents, but later went to $l.s2.
Corn fell in sympathy with wheat
July opened down Y at $l.46H and
subsequently lost 3 l-8. September open
ed down l and later lost an additional
l to $1.30 3-4.
Oats lost at the start, but later re
covered on good buying. July was of
is at 5sIa, but later gained 3-s. Sep
ItembeE opened i-S off but subsequently,
Kent to SO, gai nof is.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-28

Washington, May 28--Miss Jeanette
Rankin, of Montana, game, but little
nervous made her maiden speech in the
house this afternoon. She introduced
spoke and had passed in less than
live minutes, amid vociferous applause,
an amendment providing that as much
as possible of the food conservation
work under the Lever bill shall be done
by women.
Miss Rankin, after nearly two months
of virtual silence in the house caused a
stir on the floor as she rose, gained
recognition as "fhe lady from Mon
tana,' and handed her amendment to a
page.
The amendment, offered to section
of the Lever bill, that gives $2,500,000
for the conservation of food, for elimi-
I.ation of waste and for increasing pro
duction follows:
Crowded that the secretary of ag-
riculture shall, so far as is practicable,
engage the services of women for the
work herein provided for"
The first of several oyations greeted
the amendment.
Miss Rankin still standing was again
recognized by Representative Hamiin, In
the chair, as "tbe lady from Mon
tuna"
Standing at the center Of the rear of
the chamber, she braced herself upon
the back of the preceding row of chairs,
aud began her first speech. "This
amendment win place women where
they can be effective" she said "By
having in these offices women officials
who understand the home, women can
be encouraged TO conserve food. By
using women we can concentrate the
attention of women in large questions
of the nation. Women must learn to
think of food in carload lots, in transit,
in storage, in the board of trade and in
the national market as well, as in small
portions Of the family table.
'Our higher educational institutions
have been turning out large body of
women who are trained to deal with
from scientific stand
point.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-28

desired that will not be available al
bargain prices.
Prompt and efficient service will alsc
be a feature of the occasion. Many
extra salespeople have been engaged
and patrons will be subjected to no de
lay IN being waited upon.
No doubt remains that thousands o.
cut Of-town Salem people will be her,
on this great buying occasion WORD
has come from all points of the compass
TO the effect that nearly everyone il
planning to come. Weather permitting
Salem will have one of the largest
chowds she has ever entertained; and
even should it rain, the shower of bar
gains prevailing in Salem will cause tn,
people to brave the elements rather thar
miss the opportunity TO buy.
Imperial Furniture Company,
Home furnishings, Vietrolas and Vic
tor records.
The Price Shoe company
Ladies' and men 3 shoes.
Stockton's
General merchandise.
Salem Wooden Mills Store
Mems furnishings, home of Hart Schaf
finer & Marx clothes.
Gale & Co.
General merchandise.
Kafoury Bros.
Ladies furnishing goods.
Buren's
Furniture, carpets, etc.
lille. NJ Buffe
"The French Shop" millinery.
George O. VIII
Pianos, musical instruments, etc.
Scotch Woolen Mills Store
Mon s made to measure clothing.
Ray I. Farmer Hardware company
Hardware, CUTLERY, sfiyerware, etc.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-28

Chicago, May 2S.-The middle west
and south today took up the task of
suecoring the injured and homeless in
the districts Of eight states which were
swept by tornadoes Friday Saturday
and Sunday.
The storm IS toll, according to latest
figures, was 241 known dead, z0.-addi
tional estimated dead and LAS esti
mated injured. Many Of the injured
probably will die.
State, county and municipal officials
and organizations were cooperating in
relief work, while the Red Cross was
centering its efforts on more imme-
diate catastrophe than the great war.
Thousands fmen, women and chill
dren are homeless and practically with
out food or extra clothing. These are
being cared for through official and
private efforts as rapidly as possible,
while the Red Cross and volunteer ply
sicians are ministering to the injured.
The property loss is enormous. [n
addition to the thousands of residences,
stores, factories and public buildings,
destroyed, growing crops have been lev
eled and hundreds of head of livestock
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-28
BREAD THE PRICE
WE MUST PAY FOR
|. PEACE IN EUROPE
Allies VIII Require 5OO,OOO,-
900 Bushels Of Wheat
from Next Harvest
WILL NEED 35O,OOO,OOO
BUSHELS OTHER GRAINS
ALI Other Sources Of Supply
Shut OFF, Says Food Dicta-
tor Herbert Hoover
By Robert j. Bender.

Omitted Press staff correspondent,)
Washington, May 28.-Bread is. the
price of international peace in Europe.
And "the size of the loaf will now
depend absolutely on what can be done
from the North American continent, !
according to Herbert G. Hoover Amer
ica's new food administrator.
The allies, in order to provide the
minimum bread ration, which they are
now giving their people, win require
more than 500,O00,O00 bushels Of wheat
at the next harvest, Hoover said to-
day.
With this appeal before them, the
house and senate resumed debate on
the Gore-Lever food bill, providing a
geenral food survey in the country ana
means of stimulating production.
"With the lower classes in Europe,
bread is the fetish of food" Hoover
warned. "Aud without the loaf-even
assuming that you give them dietetic
sufficiency of something-without the
loaf you could not preserve public tran
guilty. Bread is the price of peace. =
France Has Half Crop.
In addition to the 100000, 900 bushels
of wheat needed, Hoover has informed
congress, the allies will also require
somewhere over 250,000,000 to $780,,
100000 bushels of other cereals"
Therefore, we have a problem here
of furnishing anywhere from 100000
900 to 1,000,000,000 bushels Of grain,
Hoover said.
The bulk of the bread burden is now
on the United States because the allies
crops are short millions Of bushels.
In France alone, Hoover said, the
wheat crop is down 55 per cent, Great
ing a deficiency Of 150,000,000 bushels.
All former sources of cereals for the
allies are now cut off. These were
originally Russia, Rumania, Bulgaria,
Australia, India and the Argentine.
"The whole supply of Russia, Bull
garia and Rumania are absolutely cut
off" Hoover continued. Australia
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-28
FRENCH PUSHING
WEDGE DEEPER IN
CRAONNE SECTION
ssh -
Adopt Plan Of Taking Small
Sections at a Time, Which
Is Successful
MAY FORCE RETIREMENT
TO new Line ON MEUSl
England Looks to America to
Aid In Retaining Supremacy
of the Air
By Henry Wood.

Omitted Press staff correspondent
With the French Armies Near Craon-
ne, May 2S.-Steadily through one en-
tire week a battle has been raging
around Craonne which may ultimately
force Germany's retirement to the
Meuse. The French communiques have
not mentioned the fighting, except Incl.
dentally-but it has eontinued inces.
sanity, bitterl y-and VIGOROUSLY foi
the French.
Already the French troops have. de.
scended from Paon plateau into the val
ley of the Miette. Today they. were
steadily driving two-edged and fatal
wedge into the German lines. 4.
Once this wedge is sufficiently
plunged into the enemy's front the
French can turn either north or south
or in both directions simultaneously.
A successful movement in either direc
tion will be sufficient to force a Ger
man retirement to the Meuse line, to
save the Hindenburg front northward
through Laon, ST Quentin, Cambria and
Douai.
Already the battle has advanced suf.
ficiently to insure this result il it con
Times favorable to tho French. But
several weeks continuous operations
are likely before the decisive moment
in this stroke is reached.
Germans Realize Menace.
That the Germans appreciate the ex-
act degree of the menace was indicated
today in the number and fierceness of
the enemy counter attacks launched
against the French.
The Craonne battle has had no spec
tacuiar mention in the daily official
statements, because the French, instead
of launching immense assaults ON an ex-
tended front, have temporarily adopted
the strategy of capturing small bits of
the line at time, by small and almost
daily attacks around each position.
The past week has witnessed steady
advance of the wedge toward Corbeny.
Meanwhile, the French have completely
captured all observatories dominating
the Ailette valley, by a battle fought
with tactics similar to those being pur-
sued on the Craonne sector.
Further successes reported today
north of the Moronvilliers crest is one
other menace to the German line which
may force their retirement Another
wedge is being driven here into the big
bend in the German front. This is far
behind the present German line against
which the British are battering to the
north.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-28
Germans in America
Would DethrOne Kaise,

X New York, May 2S.-Amer-
X ica's liberty loving Germans or
X ganized a national propaganda
X here today to dethrone the
X kaiser.
X Under the title "Friends of
X the German Republie,'' pro-
X visional revolutionary commit
x tee established headquarters at
X lao East Nineteenth street.
X Everything possible will be
X done, it is announced, to insure
X William Hohenzollern of Berlin
=; the same fate that befell his
!: cousin, Nicholas Romanoff of
+ Petrograd. Mr.. Romanoff is
II hoeing potatoes.
4; Circulars in German and Eng
lish, written by J. Koettgen, are
being mailed to the Germans of
the United States today, urging
them to cooperate with the
movement.
This organization, its leaders
believe, will do more to solidify
< the German population of Amer
e ica behind the United States
2 government in this war, in spirit
s well as in word, than any
\ thing else.
X X X \. X x x X X = x X 4 X X
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-28
EARTHQUAKE SHAKES
THE IMPERIAL VALLEY
No Damage Is Done Other
Than Bad Fright---CoIOrado
Flood Causes Apprehension

Brawley, Cal, May 2S.-An earth
quake so severe, that the shock of il
frightened women and children until
they tainted, rocked this city last night
in the first big quake since more thar
a year ago when great property dam
age was done. Panic reigned for mo
ment at the Sacred Heart Catholic
school, where closing services were in
progress. Women and children faintedt
others fled Order was restored after
the temblors ceased.
Reports from Calexico today describ
ed the earthquake every slight and
ordinary"
The rapid rising of the Colorado riv
er caused far more concern than the
earthquake. Residents expressed nc
fear, however, that combination OF
earthquake and floods might dam
age crops in the valley.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-28

than men in their work. Lyons said
TODAY. "'They do their work better and
are not afflicted with some Of the bad
habits that men have"
The terminal company employs l2O
persons in the local yards. Lyons added
that the number Of women employees
would be increased to 100 and that men
would be employed only to do some Of
the heavier work.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-28
{ 4 + I X + 4 \ + = Z 4 + !
UP TO CHARLIE CHAPLIN

San Francisco, May 2S.-San
Francisco's liberty bond COM
mittee is watching the wires to-
day for a subscription from
Charlie Chaplin.
The committee solicited a
subscription from Mary Pick
ford Mary responded 100000
strong.
Then the committee wired
Charlie Chaplin. "For the hon
or of our sex raise the ante, !"
the committee said,
And as Charlie subscribed
$150,0O0 to the British loan ev-
eryone is confident that the
"honor of the sex" win be vim
dicated.
x X X X \. X X X X X X X X !
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-28
FLOUR AND WHEAT DROP

Minneapolis, Mimi, May 28.-Under
pressure of the most optimistic crop
news of the year, coming from practic-
ally every section of the northwest,
wheat and flour prices continued their
downward trend today. Flour sold at
$l4.25 barrel wholesale. Flour has
dropped 1926 in two weeks. May wheat
has gone down "A cents and July 76
cents.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-28
America Must Aid.
BY Lowell Mellett.

Omitted Press staff correspondent,)
London, May 2S-It may depend on
America whether there will be numerous
repetition of Fridays aerial assassina-
tions of women, children and non-com-
batants in English villages by German
airmen. The frank hope that the Unit.
ed States viii soon send large numbers
of aeroplanes to England to fight Ger
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-28
WolEEN,s WoRK P1EAsEp

Portland, Ore, May 2S.-fifty
women employed by the Northern Pa
eifie Terminal company's yards have
convinced E. Lyons, manager, that NO
men are better workers than men.
"They are more careful and better
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-28
Colorado Flooding.

Yuma, Ariz., May 2s. = Reaching a
stage of 23.4 feet, the Colorado river,
which has been rising at the rate of a
foot a day, today neared the danger
point. Thirty feet Of water will throw
the river out of banks A message from
United States Observer Brandenburg re-
ported extraordinary high water is on
its way to the lower reaches Of the
stream, in the Imperial valley. A dou-
Bile guard is maintained along the lew
ees. Increased water in the river Is ex-
pected to bring the gauge up to 81 feet
tomorrow.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-28
SIMS vIcE-ADMIRAL

Washington, May 2s.-Rear-
Admiral Sims, commanding the
American fleet of destroyers CO.
operating with the allied fleet,
was today formally named vice.
admiral by President Wilson.
X X X X X X X X X X X X X \;
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-28

MILITIAMAN SHOT

Portland, Ore, May 2s.-Roy
F. Coufins, a militiaman guard
ing the plant of the Standard Oil
company. at Oilton, was shot and
seriously wounded early today
by an unidentified prowler
whom Coufins ordered to halt.
The police and military author
tiles are hunting for the in
truder.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-28
AS Austria Sees It

Vienna, via London, May 2S.-"0ur
defenders lines remain unbroken,' de-
clared an official statement today ON
the Italian front fighting, claiming
capture of $4,000 prisoners from the
enemy since beginning of the tenth
Isonzo battle. Furious fighting was re-
ported.
son Saturday." the statement said,
"our counter thrust on the heights
near Vodiee drove off an attack. Near
Kostanjevica the enemy advance was
brought to standstill in front of our
foremost trenches.
Between Jamiano and the sea sew
eral heights changed hands repeatedly
but our defenders lines remain M
broken and firm.
The war office glowingly praised the
bravery and tenacity of the Austre-
Hungarian troops, mentioning several
contingents as performing especially
noteworthy feats OF valor.
"More than $50 officers and seven
thousand men have been prlsonered
since Wednesday, and $4,000 since the
beginning of the tenth lsonzo bat
tie" the statement concluded.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-28
AUSTR|ANS LOSE
SIXTY THOUSAND
IN ITALIAN DRIVE
Trieste Ordered Evacuated by
Civil Population Supplies
Being Removed
NO HELP CAN Be DRAWN
FROM RUSSIAN FRONT
TeutOns Fear Kerensky's
Fiery Appeals VIII STIR
Russia to Acticn
BY John H. Heariey

Omitted Press staff correspondent
Rome, May 2S.-Austria is massing
every man of her reserves for a last
desperate defense of Trieste. Mean
while her troops on the left wing arc
gradually giving way before the ire
sistible Italian.
Estimates from the front today put
the total Austrian losses in dead, wound
cd and missing since may IA, when the
Italian offensive started, at sixty thou
sand men. The enemy is fighting brave
ly under decimating gire and terrific
smashes from General CandoTna Is in
Ifantrymen.
According to word from the CaTso
line today all Austrian reserves are be-
ing concentrated close to Trieste and
the civil evacuation of the city has
been ordered. All supplies arc being
hurriedly transported to inland cities.
Prisoners were quoted today as de-
claring that the Austrian defenso
should be greatly handicapped because
Of lack of adequate reserves. The Rus
sian front has already been drained OK
every possible man consistent with
safety, both to reinforce the dwindhng
man supply on the western and the
Italian fronts. Moreover, it was deelar-
ed that Teuton army commanders are
now apprehensive over what RnssiaEs
troops may attempt against them.
They FEAR Kerensly
The new Russian minister OF war.
Kerensky, is being watched closely. His
fiery appeals to Russia 5 soldiers may
result, the Austrians believe, in some
sudden offensive. For this reason the
Germans and Austrians believe, in some
sudden offensive. For this reason tho
Germans and Austrians have been eom-
PEELED to keep the northern and east
ern fronts fairly well defended.
All prisoners declare their orders
were to resist the italian advance at an
costs All were unanimous in declaring
the hurricane of artillery fire to which
they were subjected, was appalling in
its inflietion of losses. Then came the
overwhelming dashing advance of the
Italian infantrymen.
Desperate and repeated counter at
tacks reported today indicated, in the
belief of war office attaches, that tho
Austrians have not yet given up hopc
Of capturing the yodice sector.
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-28
EIGHT STATESIN
PATHOF CLYCLONE
/. PAY HEAVY TOLL
4l Known Dead and Esti-
matsd This List Will Be
Increased by Seventy
l445 INJURED AND MANY
OF THESE HURT FATALLY
Thousands Are Homeless and
Property Loss Will Run
Into Several Millions
THE CYCLONES TOLL

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CONTINUED on page five.)
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Oregon: Partly
cloudy tonight
and Tuesday
ort Awesterlsr
winds
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-28
THE WEATHER

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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-07-17
UNREsTRAINED sAVAGRY.

Calgary (Canada) Times: Human
nature is a puzzling problem. AS 1t
shows under one set 4 of circum-
stances it may be all that is delight
full; under another set of circum-
stances it may be most repellent.
SUITABLY environed today. the indl-
Ividual is saint; tomorrow with a
different environment he develops
a devilishness rivaling that of his sa-
|tanic majesty.
In the past we have been labor
ling under the delusion that only in
the far southern states were the peo-
pie SO constituted that they were
able to enjoy the lynching or stake
burning of a negro. Now we discover
that whites of the north are quite
las capable of perpetrating such
denominations. The record Of East
ISt. Louis, Illinois, during the past
month in this connection is some
thing of which civilization has no
cause to be proud.
In the most recent riots in that
city not only white men but their
wives and daughters gave themselves
up to the crudest forms of vicious
ness against the negro population.
Imagine white women, who, under
ordinary conditions and in their pro-
per environment would be attending
ladies aid society meetings or serv-
ing the cause of humanity upon
charitable society boards, joining
with a street mob and helping to
tear the clothing from negro girls,
forcing them to run the gauntlet of
abuse and blows in state of nudity.
1t seems impossible, and yet it hap
pened: lin fact, the women led in this
heartless bit of deyiltry and grabbed
innocent colored women from the
protection of the troops to force in
dignities upon them.
or course, there was proyocation,
but none SO great as to warrant the
disregard of law. Nothing that
has been done was sufficient to cause
either men or women to forget that
they were civilized and citizens of
country priding itself upon its recog-
milton of and obedience of constitute
ed authority. 1t just goes to show
that with many of US at our best,
civilization Is nothing better than
veneer concealing the savage still
within. We hate not pro-
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-07-17
The johnson Family /, Ready.

Van Vert, July 16.-The family
of George w. Johnson is ready for
war. Five OF the Johnson boys are
eligible under the selective services
draft.
With the exception OF the young
|est-Clarence, 20-they are six
footers. Clarence at present IL only
5 feet II inches, but has hopes OF
growing to the regular johnson six.
Clyde, Clifford, Cecil and Cyril
range from % to 20 years OF age
and are all more than six feet tall.
Van Vert citizens are anxious to
match this band" against flock
of Germans of equal size.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-07-17
A JUST PROTEST.

Bath (Maine) Times: The pro-
test against the exemption of for
|eigners resident in this country from
the draft is fully justified, in SO far
at least as citizens or subjects of
our allies are concerned. They
might we'll be given the option OF
sharing in the defense of this coun-
try or of going back to the land to
which they claim allegiance. But
all those who share in. the privi-
leges of an American domicile
should manifestly share in the re-
responsibilities of American defense.
ISc far as the allied governments are
concerned the matter could be cas-
lily arranged. As regards the govern
ments with which the United States
is at war, it is not necessary to make
ANY arrangements. The neutrais
|afford more delicate problem, but
they are few in numbers as com
pared with the others. But for them
Jail, If the American flag is good
enough to live under, 1t is good
enough to fight for;