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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-29
ATTRACTIONS TONIGHT

PALACE = Frederick Warde in King Lear" with Week ly.
 DREAM = Cleo Ridgley and Wallace Reid ill "The Yel- low Pawn" and Helen Holmes in "A Lass of the Lumberland."
 C0LISEUM-Mary Pickford in The Little American"
 SUNDAY ATTRACTIONS C0LISEUM-Viola Dana in Threads Of Fate" and Fay Tincher il "Bedelia's Bluff and a Weekly. PALACE = Stuart Holmes in The Derelict,' with Weekly and Comedy, DREAM-f'annie Ward in The Year of the Locust" with Bobby Bumps and a Travelogue.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-29
Famous Shakespearian Tragedian Tonight 1t Palace Theatre.

Last night at the Palace theatre,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
Says Boats Were Seen.

san Francisco, April l3.-New warn
ing OF the presence of German subnla-
rlnessln the Pacific was issued 70 ship
ping men today by Captain w W. Gil
mer, commanding fhea Twelfth United
STATES navaI dlstfict' me second warn
ing set tne loeatlon OF the reported sub
marines more definlteiy, asserting they
nave peen seen near the Mexican coast
heports from Feiia6ie sources,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
H|NDENBURG LINE
WILL Be BROKEN IF
ST. QUENTIN FALLS
With French Armies In Its
Suburbs This Now Seems
Certain
GERMANS SACKING CITY
BEFORE ABANDONING IT
Great Pail Of Smoke Hanging
Over City Indicates Its
Destruction
By Henry Wood

Omitted Press staff correspondent
With the French Armies before st.
Quentin, April l3.-Now joined with
the British offensive, General Nivalles
troops today had pressed forward to
point where the southern pivot of
the German retreat was fatally men
aced by their blows
The suburbs of st. Quentin were
reached by the French forces today.
Simultaneously, on the west of the city
the British forces pounded their way
forward.
Final capture of St Quentin and st.
Gobain-now certain-must result in
breaking the first point in the I" Hin
denburg line,' according to French
strategists.
American ambulance corps were fly
ing the American flag today
Fighting lcentered at three points
where there were desperate clashes be-
tween the two sides, interspersed with
tremendous artillery firing. st. Gobain
in the center of the upper Coucy for
est, was being steadily eneircled by the
French attacks, forced northward and
westward by powerful smashes today
While the French infantry fought at
many places hand to hand with the
Germans, the French artillery was
pouring a rain of projectiles onto the
crests dominating st. Quentin, includ'
ing shells from the great French siege
guns.
These guns were being moved fur
ther and further forward today in an
ticipation of duel with the German
'Fbusy Berthas" known to be perma-
nentlv fixed on the Hindenbure
! line.
st. Quentin is being sacked by the
Germans preparatory to its capture by
the French. Great pals of smoke hung
over the town today, visible for fit
teen miles in the desolation every
where about.
French forces advancing from the
south on the city were actually amazed
today to discover one building which
1.-THE Germans had not destroyed. 1T rose
abruptly from the surrounding desola
ton, situated on knoll, and was
hunting lodge, Prince Eitel Friedrich
of Germany has used it as his head
quarters, prisoners said. The same Ger
mans were likewise authority for thu
Statement that much of the utterly
wanton destruction around ST Quentin
had been at the order of this roya
prince.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
SEPARATE PEACE
WILL NOT Be MADE
BY FREE RUSSIA
RulnOrs Of RuSSia'S Willing
ness Are All Of German
Origin
SUSPECT SOCIALISTS
COMING FROM GERMANY
WOrkingmen Want Peace But
Only when the Kaiser Is
DethrOned'

Chicago, April 13.-That there is alb
solutely no chance for the Germans to
get separate peace out Of new Russia
and that rumors to that effect are cir
culated by German or near-German
sources for the purpose of creating
doubt and fear among the allies, is the
opinion of Professor Samuel N. Harper
OF the University of Chicago, one of
the foremost American authorities on
Russia and Russian economic and pOlit-
icai conditions.
Professor Harper prepared the follow
ing statement for the United Press:
There is absolutely no chance for the
Germans to get separate peace out Of
the new Russia. In Russia all are re-
joicing thatswe' have come in to help
defeat Germany. Unfortunately, we viii
need to go through some of the expe-
rienees that Russia and the allies have
had before we, as people, feel as
strongly as they do, that the war must
be fought to an absolute and final vic
tory No anxiety need be felt on this
last point of premature peace with re:
gard to Russia. Let us hope that the
allies have no anxiety on this point with
regard to America
AS was the case q short time ago,
there are again rumors Of Russia, after
recent changes, considering separate
peace with Germany. But just as in the
case of similar rumors current almost
from the very first days of the war
the source OF the rumors is German OF
near-German. For kilograms from
Copenhagen or Stockholm are often
really German sources. Only one dis.
patch from Russia itself has seemed to
support these rumors
Are Against Kaiser.
This was the telegram of the London
Times correspondent, based however, on
articles in newspapers, the names OF
which he did not give. There are, OF
course, irresponsible radical elements in
Russia, as in other countries. Irrespons
ible radicalism has always characterized
the activities of certain group il
Russia. These men are not the leaders
in the new Russia, nor are they the
accepted or acknowledged leaders Of
the wOrkingmen.
The workingmen s leader in the now
duma Kerensly, has come out with {
our newspapers under headline thai
seemed to indicate separate peace
movement in Russia. 1t will be recalled
however, the statement said: eff tht
German people will dethrone the kaiser
then we might consider the possibility
of preliminary conferences.
One of the leading German socialist
has started for Stockholm. 1t has beer
announced that his mission is to get il
touch with the Russian socialists.
has also been announced that he ha
gone with the permission and approva
OF the German chancellor, Real social
ist leaders in Russia Will not be de
ceiVed by this maneuver. They havt
seen many instances in the past wher
there are collusion between imperial Of
ficials and socialist leaders in Ger
many.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
.RUMORS OF DIVERS
|. ON PACIFIC COAST
ARE PERSISTENT
Department Notified From
Many Sources Il Thinks
Reliable
LATEST Is BOATS WERE
SEEN ON MEXICAN COAST
May Be Preparing To Work
On Route From Coast to
VladivOsiOk

Washington, April l3.-Rumors of a
submarine plying off the Pacific coast
are persistent, but thus far have no Of
fetal verification, the navy depart
ment announced today.
At the same time it announced receipt
Of unofficial reports of German raider
in the South Atlantic.
"'The report Of submarine off the
Pacific coast is persistent" said the
department, "and so much so that we
are on the lookout The rumor comes
from various people, but no vessel has
Seen the submarine -
Queries as to the Galveston report
that British ship signaled the sighting
of raider in the Yucatan channel.
elected the information that "we have
had rumor of raider to the south. -
The navy has no confirmation of the
reported sinking Of the British steamer
Treveal off the Cuban coast. Nor had
it any information as to whethtr Ger
many had declared barTed zone
around American Atlantic ports.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
$500 Acres Of Hops
PlOwed Up Because
Of the Slow Trade

Portland, Or, April l3..D Dealers esti-
mate that the plOwup of hop yards in
Oregon this season to date has reached
a total of 1900 acres, and that pros
poets are for greater decrease in the
acreage, unless there is material
change in the market situation-whieh
is not likely,
While some of the yards that have
been plowed up are old ones and have
shown reduced bearing during recent
years, a large per cent of the aban-
doned acreage consists of good pro-
dueeTs.
During the last 10 days there have
probably been total sales of 700 to 500
bales of hops in the Willamette valley
at 4c to sc pound. The latter seems
to be the extreme prive available at
the moment; in fact, dealers say they
are able to secure more than they can
get orders for at this quotation.
A very limited amount of business in
contracts is still available here on the
basis of lOc pound for one years
delivery
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
British Still Advance

London, April l3.-Field Marshal
Haig varied the center of his "pnsh !.
today and, quickly striking toward
Cambria, instead Of around Vimy, sue
ceeded in capturing enemy positions
son q wide 'front.'
We captured enemy positions at
night on wide front from north OF
Hargicourt to Metz En-Coutre and now
hold Sart farm, Gauche wood and
Gouzeaucourt village and the wood,
his official report asserted today.
''There was sharp fighting between
st. Quentin and Cambria before the
positions were captured, = the field
marshal continued "During the night,
i'm a successful raid southwest of Loos,
enemy's dugouts were bombed and de,
fenses damaged. In the neighborhood
of Ploegstrcet hostile raiding party
came under our machine gun fire and
failed to reach our trenches.
A special dispatch from the front re,
ceived by the Times today asserted
that the total of guns captured from
the Germans so far in the British Of
fensive has cached more than 100.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
Minnesota Farmers Buy
A Hundred Autos for
Political Campaign

st. Paul, Mimi. April 13.-0ne hum
drea autos were purchased by the Ma
tional non-partisan league here today
for use in what probably will be the
greatest and the hottest farmers polit-
zeal campaign ever waged in Minne-
sofa.
The ears will be delivered within a
few days and with these and many
others owned by the league, each man
ned by non-partisan league organizer
every farmer in the state will be visit
ed.
The league plans to organize the
state as completely as the North Dako-
ia farmers were organized when they
captured the legislature last year.
"By the time the next political cam
paign arrives the league will have as
members 95 per ceuss of the farmers
of Minnesota, said A. c. Townley,
president of the league, here today.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
DEFENSIVE ZONES
AROUND HARBORS
President Orders These To
Prevent Any Surprise
Attacks

Washington, April 13. Defensive
zones about the great harbors of the
United States and the important coastal
points have been established by order
of President Wilson.
To prevent the danger of surprise at
tacks against New York and other coast
points by German submarines or raiders,
barred zone has been established by
the government extending for dis
tance of from two to 10 miles out in
all directions from the big harbor
points.
The regulations covering vessels
entering the forbidden territory were
put into effect a week ago but news
of the order was made public today for
the first time.
All vessels are prevented from cross
ing the area except at certain times
and only after their identity has been
fully established
The zones include:
Mouth of the Kennebec river; Port.
land, Maine; Portland, N. H.; Boston,
New Bedford, Mass; Newport, r. L.;
Long Island, east, New York, east;
New York main entrance; Delaware riv-
er; Chesapeake entrance; Baltimore;
Potomac river; Hampton Roads; Viii
mington; Cape Fear; Charleston; Sa
vannah; Key West; Tampa, Pensacola;
Mobile; Mississippi; Galveston; San
Diego; San Francisco, Columbia river;
Port Orchard; Honolulu; Manila.
"The barred area in the Mississippi
is between Lucas canal and Bolivar
Point"
with each Of these locations is giyer
the exact line of the sea area, while an
other table shows the designated en-
frances for incoming and outgoing YES
scls).
"The responsibility of the Unite'
States Of America for any damage in
flicted by force of arms, with the oh
! iect of OBTAINING any person or vesse
proceeding in contravention of regula
tion duly promulgated in accordanc
with this executive order shall eeas
from this date" the proclamatio
says.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
.CONGRESSAT WORK
ON BIG BOND ISSUE
SOME OPPOSITION
Mason Argued Bends Be Of
fered To the People and
Not the Bankers
LEADER KITCHIN GETS
HECKLED BY MEMBERS
Gardner Would Give ROOse.
welt Chance to LEAD
Fanatics to Europe

Washington, April 13.-The $1,000
100000 bond issue bill will pass the
house about O'Clock tomorrow after
noon.
After long, dragging discussion OF
the measure throughout today, Reprt-
sentative Kitchin, democratic house
floor leader, obtained unanimous con
sent of an agreement to close the de-
bate after republicans had had for two
hours more and democrats an hour and
half
He also obtained consent to have the
house convene tomorrow morning at IL
o clock, proceed with the debate under
the five minute rule and take a vote
about 2 'cloek.
Kitehin spent two hours OF the day on
his fett answering questions relative
to the bill. The inquiries smacl;ed OF
fear lest Waul street get hand in the
"pie."
/ Members wanted to know why one
fifth of one per cent of the five bill
lions in bonds is allowed for "ex
penses of floating'
Representative Madden of Illinois
said the house ought not blindly to pass
anything the president wanted
/ eve are not passing this bill Il
! help the allies" said Kitchin, "wc ar,
doing it to help ourselves
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
Plan To Use Ships
Taken Fem Germany

Washington, April 13.-Plans to
make the seized German and Austrian
ships a part of the American merchant
marine were discussed today at con
ference between Secretary McAdoo and
Chairman Denman Of tht federal ship
ping board.
1t developed at the conference that
there are three ways by which the
United States may take over the nine
ty German and IA Austrian vessels.
They are:
Seize the ships as prizes of war.
Requisition the vessels under the
right of eminent domain.
Let Americans purchase the ships.
Each of these means were thorough
ly gone into at the conference, but no
definite conclusion was reached, Chair
man Denman said.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
Crews Of Interned
Ships To Be Given Work

Washington, April 13.-Members of
the crews OF German ships seized by
this government after the war with
Germany was declared will be put to
work, it was officially stated this after
noon. If war comes with Austria her
sailors will also not be allowed to re-
main idle.
A total of / 1866 men will be affected
and survey is being made to ascertain
places suitable for their employment
These men will be placed in trades
and occupations to which they are best
adapted. Under treaty and information
al law such individuals can be employed
to perform non-military labor.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
Use Prisoners to Dig Trenches
Orders Are'' 'HoLdatAHCost }"
Bauarian Prisoners Are Bitter

chiefs are scraping all possible men to-
gether to fight against the British on
slaught was graphically detailed by
Russian prisontrs who escaped to allied
lines today. They had been forced to
dig trenches at the point of the Ger
mans bayonets.
Orders have gone out all along the
line of Haig smash to German com.
manders to ''hold at all costs" because
four army divisions are coming to rein
force.
From various sources today it was
learned the Germans were preparing tc
complete the destruction Of Arras with
the great AZ centimeter howitzers when
the British "push' - interrupted.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
Government Says
1t Has Plenty Of Wool

Portland, Or. April 13-Allaying
uneasiness which wool growers have
felt since the declaration of war is
telegram received this morning by j.,
N. Burgess, prominent grower and mem
Der Of the executive hoard Of the Ore
gon Wool Growers association. The
message reads; " Hagenbarth (presi-
dent Of tine national association wires
me that the government has sufficient
wool for the present. Wool market will
open in morning and I see no reason
why prices should not advance. Tell
growers not TO be alarmed"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
America and Japan
to Keep Pacific Clear

Washington, April 13.-Amcrica and
Japan, it was indicated this afternoon
will link hands in suppressing any sub
marine or raider menace in the Pacific
AS Zone Of the allies, Japan will
have the help of this government, a
prominent official intimated to the
United Press.
While for obvious military reasons
the cooperative plans on either ocean
are not fully outlined, it is deemed like
ly that in a general way the procedure
would be the same on both sides, the
United States helping to keep clear the
ship lanes and the American coast.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
AUSTRIAN MINISTER
WILL LEAVE BRAZIL
Has Demanded His Passports
Brazilian War Spirit
Runs High
By H. B. Robertson.
ted Press staff correspondents,

Omitted Press staff correspondent.)
Rio De Janeiro, April 13.-The Aus
trian minister to Brazil today made
formal request for his passports stating
his governments intention to support
its ally, Germany, in the break with
Brazil.
There was no diminution apparent in
the war demands by the Brazilian pop
ulace today, disorders reported at sew
eral points indicating an increase irrita-
ton by the people because the govern
ment delays declaration of hostilities
Sinking Of a Brazilian steamship
named Grupy or Jacuhy was rumored
from several sources today, but coult
not be confirmed.
Death Of Thomas Rundres, reputed tC
be German spy who has lately beer
in the United States, caused a sensa
tional rumor today of poisoning. VIII
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
DON'T OVERLOOK IT.
Amsterdam. April la.-warn.

Amsterdam, April l3.-warn-
ing that Germany should not
underestimate the seriousness Of
Americas entrance into the
war, was voiced by the Berlin
Tageblatt's critic, Captain Per
Jus, in copies received here to-
p v.
Q The United States military
&. 7th must not be shrugged
al said. "We must not
mal same mistake we made
regarS Great Britain's mill
tary 70 Il
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
French Take Trenches

Paris, April l3.--French troops this
morning captured several lines OF Ger,
man trenches south of st. Quentin ana
took prisoners and booty, the war Of
flee statement declared.
''Further gains were made east OF
Coucy La VILE" it said, "many priss..
oners and machine guns being taken.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
Bavarians Are Sore.

Among prisoners taken today were
many Bavarians. They were bitterly
denuneiatory of the German leaders.
The Bavarians claimed they had been
hurried TO the Arras sector to relieve
the Saxons-and had not been told of
what they would have to face. The Ba-
varians insisted it always fell to their
lot to do the disagreeable tasks of
Fighting.
The way in which German army
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
American Promoted

Paris, April 13.-Lieutenant Sweeny'
an American with the French aviation
corps, was promoted to captain today
and given Indefinite leave of absence
to "serve America according to Off
cial announcement.
He will leave for the United States
at the earliest possible moment.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
BY William Philip Simms.
United Press staff correspondent }


With the British Armies Afield, April
13.-Another mile of the Hindenburg
line was captured by British forces to-
day. The positions lay southeast of the
Coieul river. Their possession by Gen
eral Haig's troops more and more
threatens the pivotal point OF the Ger
man line around Arras
Simultaneous with this advance, an
entire salient two miles in width and
nearly a mile in depth, an which the
particular trench was located, came in
to the hands Of the British.
Desperation stalks behind the Ger
man lines. The German army chiefs,
astounded at the tremendous, increas-
ing strength of the British smash, are
using prisoners of war to dig trenches,
thus relieving a few more German fight
crs, while the word has gone out for re-
inforcements. While awaiting those re.
Inducements the enemy is using non
fighting auxiliaries of the army to fill
up depleted ranks of its fighting regi-
manfe
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
TO HELP Av1AroRs

Washington, April. IS. = Two
high ranking officers Of the
British royal flying corps and
the French aviation corps have
been detailed to war department
duty to assist General Squires,
chief signal officer, In building
up the American aviation scrv-
ice as rapidly as possible.
Sixty million dollars is con
tanned in the war budget esti-
mates for the aviation arm.
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
By "GM"
Laps


The lap is one of those rare
human institutions which, tho
constantly being sat upon still
survives.
1t always appears when You
sit down. Nobody knows where
it goes when You stand up. t
was invented by mothers. Moth.
ers have worn laps ever since
Eve evoluted from fig leaves to
furbelowa. Fathers have the
framework for laps but they
lack the connecting links.
Laps are used for many
things among matrons for hold
ing babies and bowls full of
cake batter; among lovers for
holding each other; and among
various classes of persons for
a various number of things.
Some folks haven't room in
their laps for anything but
their stomaehs.
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
MYSTERIOUS A1RsH1P

Portsmouth, N. H., April l3.--
An aeroplane coming from the
harbor was fired upon early to-
day by national guardsmen sta
toned on the Kittery bridge.
The aeroplane then speeded up
and followed the Piscataqua
river until it disappeared from
view. At the navy yard, Of
fieials were at loss to find out
where it had come from.
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
WOULD TAKE SIX YEARS

Washington, April l3.-It
would take over six years to
raise an army of one million, if
recruiting were to continue only
at the rate marking the 10 days
following the declaration of
war.
In that time 1885 men were
recruited.
Previously the average re-
cruiting had been 225 men a
day.
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
British Control Air.

Scores of captured trench defenders
today were transport drivers and as
sistants, chauffeurs, bandsmen and 9TH
er auxiliary service men. They had
been pressed into service around Fam
poux and Hyderabad redoubt, where the
British then smashed hardest, in the
hurried call for every available man to
Withstand the British blows.
One other bit of desperation was in
the repeated--and fruitless-attempt
by German airmen to fly over the Bri-
tish lines and learn where Haig 8
mighty blows might next be expected.
A swarm of British airmen patrolled the
air. Fantastic battles occurred almost
hourly today as the German flyers were
literally swept out of the sky.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
Americans There

Paris, April 13.-section sixteen OF
the American ambulance corps left for
the front today. Included in the de-
tachment were Charles Clark Of Ge'
troit; James Clark of Oberlin, Ohio;
David Guy of st. Louis; Keith Wos
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
FLOODS PREDICTED

Missoula, Mont, April l3.
Big floods throughout the mid
die west are predicted by OBJ
servers of conditions here. The
Milk river in eastern Mon
tana is out of its banks and the
Missouri is rising rapidly. The
heaviest SHOWS in many years is
melting with the wtather unus
ually warm for this season and
all rivers are rising.
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