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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30
PAIL HANGS OYER
SMART SOCIETY SET
IANATION'S CAPITAL
President and Mrs. Wilson
Have Put On the Social Lid
) and Clamped 1t Tight

ashington, Oct. 30-A pail hangs
i or Washington 3 social elite and gay
butterflies. President and Mrs. Wilson
together with the cabinet wives, have
put the lid upon the usual winter So
cial season.
The White House will be closed ex-
cept for strictly private functions, on
account of the war. The ladies Of the
cabinet have decided to abandon their
customary Wednesday "at homes" For
the first time in history the national
capital s brilliant social calendar is vir-
tually thrown into the discard.
Gorgeous receptions at the White
House and the famous presidential din
ners have all been eliminated under the
stress of war. The diplomatic dinners,
dinners to members of the supreme
court and the other dignitaries, the gilt
tering army and navy reception, the
congressional reception, generally mark
ed by capacity throngs in the White
House-au have been placed under
the ban by executive decree.
Collapse of the social calendar comes
as climax to the general decline in
Washington festivities, which the war
has brought on during the last two
years.
When America was neutral, President
Wilson was first forced to eliminate the
brilliant diplomatic reception owing to
the presence here of diplomats repre-
senting fighting powers. Then he was
compelled to have two diplomatic din
ners instead of the customary one, Civ
ing rise to further embarrassments in
selecting guests.
Now Minister Panaretoff of Bulgaria
is the sand in the social bearings. Recog-
nized by the United States, but not by
any of the other allied powers, any din
ner or reception of a diplomatic nature
is practically impossible because of Pan
aretoff's peculiar position. In view of
these increasingly difficult situations,
the president and cabinet members de-
cided to call off all social events Civ
en- on large scale.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30

lieutenant lifted his voice abruptly herr
to shout: Ready to firel"
1t must have been command to tn,
gunners in tho subterranean chamber
for almost instantly a gun crashed, fol
lowed by swishin2 shsil aimed at the
enomy's entanglements.
The lieutenant di3n Z stop for the
noise. He resnmed;
"-dAybrcAk and myself watched
from an observation post UAen t1e gur
was fired. saw the SheIl--the fIIst fir
ed by an American gun--burst Lear q
party Of Germans. They f!offea : An
like prairie dogs into their holes. By
Georgel 1t was greatl"
Down below at this particular juno
ture there was another trembAn. earth
roar and another American smell went
swishing along. The same American az
tillery sergeant who had pulled tho Ian.
yard for the first American shell was
yanking away busy at his job to-day
and firing the same gun.
The United Press correspondent want
ed to know something about this gun
sergeant.
care you Irish''p the lieutenant yell
ed down the hole
"No," came voice from the depths
"I como from South Bend, Ind"
1 met Keokuk, Ia, boy peeling po
tatoes for supper at the entrance to O
dugout near the front line; South Side
Chicagoan grinding hash nearby. Then
we went forward to a traverse. There
silent, shivering broup Of boys, their
rifles peeping downward from below
their ponchos. They were stopped in the
trench, waiting their turn in No Man 's
and melting snow dripped from the
brims Of their ''tin helmet as the
shrapnel helmets are known in trench
nomenclature.
The sergeant commanding the patrol
"a native of st. Louis spoke:
"This war isn't so damnd bad. The
weather is my chief complaint"
Some Boehe shells were bursting on
d hill, half mile away, Sammy 3 eyes
peered over the top of the parapet try,
ing to see the effects-but the snow
blocked their vision.
81 guess the ensmy is Smelling oul
battery" said the~St. Louisan. ,
In his trenches the Sammy acts al
though he had done nothing his whole
life long. The morale of the American
forces is excellent. Feeding is difficult
but the food is Of the best Just like
the Canadians, the Sammies require re.
straint to prevent them from attacking
1t looks so easy and the waiting is SO
monotonous that they want to be up
and at 'em.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30
WINTER WEATHER
OVER GREATER part
OF UNITED STATES
From Missouri River to ALE.
gheIies October Records
Are Broken

Chicago, Oct. 30.-The entire country,
from the Missouri river to the Alleghe-
nies, was one big shiver today
The lowest October temperature rec
ords in the history of the weather bur
eau were broken throughout this sec
ton, while snow fell as far south as
Ashville, N. @.
The unprecedented snowfall, which
ranged from six inches in Wisconsin, to
trace along the south Atlantic sea-
board, prevented loss of millions of
dollars in winter wheat through freez-
ing. Late crops in the extreme south
west were reported to have been heavily
damaged.
Today's storm was the twelfth which
has swept the country this month and
there is another following on its heels.
This is three times the normal number.
Weather officials said today that this
is "the worst October in the history of
the bureau"
The snow area extended today from
far into Canada south to the Carolinas
and from Iowa east of Pittsburgh Freez-
ing temperatures were reported as far
south as Vicksburgh, Miss.
The coldest cities in the country were
DEVILS Lake, N. D., and Pueblo, Colo.,
which reported a temperature of 10 de-
grees. Other 10 wtemperatures were HUI
on, s. D., Binghampton, N. Y, Sioux
City, Ia, and Valentine, Neb, with 12
and Moorhead, Mimi, and Pierre, s. d.,
with IA. Wichita, Kas., with IA legrees
Salina reported Is, while Oklahoma City
reported 16. Other low Temperatures
were: Arkansas City, II; Des Moines,
Ia, 10; Abilene, Tex, %; Fort Smith,
Ark, %; Chicago, %; Terre Haute, Ind,
26 and Shreveport, La, 30.
The storm is accompanied by severe
winds in several sections, Buffalo re-
porting an 80-mile blow early today.
IT was raining in the east and this was
expected to be followed by low tenn
peratures and snow today and tonight
The central west will get some relief
tonight, but it will be of short dur
alton, as another storm is brewing in
the Rockies and is expected to reach
here in time to maintain the record for
" general cussedness" that October is
piling up.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30
Retail FOOD PRICES
TO Be CONTRACTED
AfTRHET THURSDAY
Retailers Are Net To Be AL
lowed To Make Abnormal
Profits During War

Washington, Oct. S0-The govern
ment will take its first big smash at re
tail food prices when 1t assumes abso'
Lutte control Of twenty basic food pro
ducts Thursday.
This control will take the form Of q
licensing system under the food admin.
istration. Food administrator Hoover ex.
peets to effect material reductions in
the retail prices of the foods involved
by the first of the year. He hopes to do
this by eliminating waste and excess
profits in the import manufacture, stor'
age and distribution Of the twenty pro
ducts
His plan is to see that these foods
reach the small retailer at reasonable
prices, tell the public what the. dealers
paid for the goods and depend on the
public to prevent retailers charging
more than fair profit.
The retailer charging excessive profits
will find himself unable to buy from
the wholesalers.
In this way the problem of control
ling the smallest retailer has been solv-
ed. The wholesaler and warehouse man
under license will be ordered to sell
nothing to any retailer found profit
eering.
This, the food administration pointed
out today, is the only way the problem
can be met, as the food control law does
not give the government jurisdiction
over retailers doing less than 100000
worth of business annually. Retailers
doing that much business will be licens-
ed and controlled. All meat packers, cold
storage men, millers, Gamers, grain deal
ers, will have to get government
license between now and November /
or quit business.
The food administration will see that
all producers have a free outlet and q
ready market for their products, that
all manipulation and speculation in
these foods is stopped at once, that
there is no boarding of supplies, that
there are no unfair or unreasonable pro
fits anywhere along the line. Wholesale
grocers, in conference here last week
agreed to aid Hoover.
Licensed men or firms caught con
spring to prevent enforcement OF the
food control law will be subject to $10,-
900 fine or imprisonment for two years,
or both.
Licensed men or firms caught manip-
ulating the market, specializing, hoard
ing or profiteering, will be subject to
$4,000 fine or two years in prison, or
both.
A special legal department has been
organized by the food administration to
make these measures effective. Those
licensed must make reports to the gov
ernment on certain forms every so Of
ten, telling just what thy have been
doing. If the facts do not tally with
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30
X X 4 X X X X X X X X
By j. w. Pegler

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
With the American Army, Somewhere
in France, Oct. 30.-Under terrible
weather conditions, the American army
is exchanging blow for blow with the
Boche, learning war by contact.
France today is vast stretch of
icy rivulets and mud bogs. Rain and
snow are beating down day after day.
Through it all, the Sammies are man
ming their guns, perfecting their marks
manship by shelling enemy emplace-
ments, while the infantry in some places
actually stands knee deep in almost
freezing water.
The American infantry stand their
watches on the front lines and take their
regular turns at patrols into the bleak,
deadly waste that is no man s land. 1t
is desolate section where the blizzard
ly swirl of snow flakes or sheets of
rain make it often impossible to see
more than a few yards.
Nearby American engineers, constant
ly alert, clustered around a feeble fire
on half demolished farm house, await
hourly summons from across an almost
impossible terrain of repair trenches.
Returning wet through and stupefied
with exhaustion, they throw themselves
on the floor wrap up in blankets and
snatch wink-mostly without an op-
portunity to change their clothing
Accredited American correspondents
on Sunday had their first opportunity
to visit the Sammies at the front-their
gun pits, dugouts and trenches.
We staggered single file across a val
ley to see the gun that fired the first
shot of the war. A young lieutenant
from Indiana told with boyish enthus-
iasm how the first shot came to be
fired. He interspersed his running mar
rative with cryptic commands to his
gunners, working underground.
"The French officer told us it was
impossible to procure horses to haul that
particular gun here until daybreak, "
the lieutenant explained. "He said if
we wanted to drag it up-by manpower
we might beat the oters and thus have
the opportunity of firing the first shot.
"Our men knew it would be a tough
job-but they were. anxious to shoot
that first shell. So they worked through
all that night in the rain and mud. And
they got the gun in position just be-
fore daybreak-"
With hardly a perceptible pause, the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30
ITALIANS FIGHT
INVADING HOSTS
ONONN TE.2''II!ITQRY :
Report That Enemy's4, ~ - =
Troops Are Being :
Paralyzed 81
UDINE IS CAPTURED
BERLIN OFFICIAL REPORT
Washington Military Officials
Believe Crisis Near
at Hand

London, Oct. 30. = Italy's soldiers
are fighting heroically in the valleys
of their own land and this afternoon,
according to correspondents at the
front, are "paralyzing the enemy's ad-
vance groups"
At Arditi, fufiously" repeated as
saults were reported, which wiped out
great bodies of the enemy.
Further to the north, in the noun
tains, the operations are masked in ter
Tible weather. 1t has been raining and
showing in continuous gale for sew
eral days. :
Julius Price, official correspondent
for the British press, with the Italian
army, now in London, told the United
Press today that instant aid must be
rendered to Italy.
"The facts must be squarely faced,
he said. "At all hazards the invasion
of Italy must be stopped.
Italy has never been sufficiently
strong to bear the brunt of an attack
on such overwhelming Odds
However, provided British rein
forcements arrive in time, the invasion
should have poor chance of success.
"'There is not a moment to lose. At
last we have the enemy in the open
with no elaborate trenches--far from
the protecting wall of the mountains.
If the situation is handled with Cador-
ma $ strategic genius, it is quite con-
ceivable that the Austro-G Germans may
meet their Waterloo on the plain of
Truii. -
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30
Roosevelt Injects Ginger
Into MitcheIPs Campaign

New York, Oct. s0.-with Colone
Roosevelt on the stump for Mayor
Mitch, New York s mayoralty campaign
waxed hotter today with election just
one week distant.
Roosevelt told big crowd that every
vote against Mitchell would comfort the
kaiser. The colonel denounced Morrii
Hillquist, socialist candidate, as being
an aide to the Hohenzollerns.
Judge Hylan, democratic candidate
in his speeches challenged Roosevelt to
question his patriotism and threatened
reprisals. Mayor Mitchell, speaking in
Harlem, was heckled by q crowd OF
negroes He announced he would short
ly issue a statement, showing why W,
R. Hearst and the publishers of the New
York Staats zeitung favor Hylan. Hill
quist continued to address capacity
crowds.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30
LWburg Will Soon
Get Out Of Argentine

Buenos Aires, Oct. 30.-Count Lux
burg, formdr German minister of
."spurlos versenkt" notoriety, expects
to leave Argentina on the first boat
which will take him to any neutral
country, it was stated today. The safe
conducts which dispatches have indi-
Gated have been granted by France and
England for the former ENJOYS pas
sage back home, have not yet been re
ceived here. Officials were not clear
on whether these would restrict Lux
burg destination.
Luxburg is supposed to be detained
under guard here.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30

If we can reduce our consumption of
wheat flour by pound, our meat by
z ounces, our fat by ounces, our sugar
by ounces, per person per week, these
quantities multiplied by 100000, 900 will
imneasurably aid and encourage our al
lies, help our own. growing armies, and
so effectively serve the great and noble
cause of humanity in whic our nation is
embarked.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30
FRENc1 COOPERATION PERFECT
BY Henry Wood

UNITED Press staff correspondent
With the French Armies in Flanders
Oct. 30.-The most perfectly co-ordl-
mated "team work :" in the history OF
warfare brought France s veterans .
victory in their latest bite forward In
Flanders.
So perfect was the coordination be-
tween aviators and French guns that
throughout the day Of this advance no
German battery fired more than SIX
shots before it was located by the
French eagues Of the air. accurately
s'ranged'' the distance, wirelessed OF
signalled back and French guns put
| it out Of commission.
This was on Sunday. The day dawn
ed bright, crisp and elear-the alr
more clear than at any time IN two
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30
rremch Beat aermans BACK

Paris, Oct. 30-French forces To-Day
wrenched back from the enemy trench
elements around Caurieres wook when
nowerful German attacks, reported
yesterday, had gained ever 800 yard
front. IL, n4
The official report today said that
further German attacks on the same
position had been thrown back
On the LaChaume wood BezonvauX
sector the war office reported active
artillerying. A German air raid over
Nancy with slight damage and ono
victim was reported.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30
PRIVATE" JOHN ALLEN DEAD

jackson. Miss, Oct. 30.-News was
received here today Of the death Of
"Private John Allen at his home in
Tupelo Allen was for more than 20
years member Of congress from Mis-
sissippi. He retired from public life
twelve years ago.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30

American Front, Somewhere
in France, Oct. 30.-An Ameri-
can lieutenant of the signal
corps, who was working in q
communicating trench, was
slightly wounded today. He has
the honor of being the first
American soldier to be hit in
action.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30
Berlin Official Report

Berlin, via London. Oct. 30-Capturc
of Udine, principal city of the northern
Italian plains, by the advancing Aus
tro-German armies, was formally an.
nounced in the official statement to-
day
"Our whole front is pressing against
the upper course. of the Tagliamento
river" declared today's official state
ment.
we advanced from the Carnic Alps
and reached Venetian SOIL"
On the French front the statement
says:
''On the right bank of the Meuse
we forced the enemy S positions north
west of Bezcnvaux and captured
trenches on front of 1900 meters
(nearly mile.) We maintained these
egainst four counter attacks
The Tagliamento river, on it's lower
course, is the defense line on which
General Cadorna is reported to have
elected to make his stand against the
German invasion.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30
On the French front the statement
Italians Still Retreat

Rome, Oct. 3O.-" Yesterday our
withdrawal to new positions contin-
ued, - today's official statement re-
ported "The Isonzo bridges were de-
stroyed, covering units OBTAINING the
enemy. Our cavalry is in contact with
hostile yanguards. !"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30
FIRST PRISONER DIES.
By J. w. PeRler

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
American Field Headquarters, France,
Oct. 30.-The first verified death from
an American bullet fired by Sammy in
trench warfare, was that Of 19-year-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30
oarmana nriva Russians

Petrograd, Oct. 30.-Teutonic troops
in tbe .jaunzerne sector of the Russian
front started sudden attack yester-
day afternoon and forced a retirement
Of Russian forces, todays official
statement reported.
The Russian official statement indl-
Gates the presence of what must be a
strong force of Germans or Austrlans
still left on the northern front as us
fire was su1lleient to force Rusian
retreat. it had been thought that the
Russian front was stripped Of Austro-
German troops for transfer OF those
forces to the Italian war theater.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30

Amsterdam, Oct. 30.-Emperor Earl
of austria Hungary is now at Gorilla,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30
british FORCES
| DRIVE FORWARD
| ON YPRES FRONT
IHaigs Canadians Are Now
Fighting In Outskirts Of
Passchendaele
FRENCH DRIVE GERMANS
FROM CAURIERES WOOD
Teutons Turns On Russians
and ShOO Them Back Along
Eastern Front
By William Philip simms

Omitted Press staff correspondent
With the British Armies in Fland-
ers, Oct. 30.-British forces today are
on the outskirts of Passchenddske, A
new strike, started this morning by
Field Marshal Haig, brought them
closer to the ridge city
The Canadians again had the post of
honor, storming positions fifteen feet
higher in the village.
The Canadians swarmed up over Nee
cheele spur and advanced to the crest
of Passchendaele ridge crowned by the
town Of Westrooseebeke, as part of GEN
eral Haig's drive.
Holding fast to their new lines, the
Maple Leaf boys threw back vigor-
GUS Bavarian counter-attack. The enemy
was vigorously enfiladed by machine
gunfire from captured Prussian machine
guns and what remnants reached the
British lines were thrown back in dis
order.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30
Haar,a official ...sport

hdd& OtAACAaA - k~As
London, oct. 30-Field Marshal Haig
struck another powerful ground gain
ing blow against the German line IN
Flanders today.
aNorth of the Ypres-Roulers rail-
way we attacked at $40 this morn
ing,'' he reported. "Good progress was
made
The Ypres- Roulers railway crosses
the Passchendaele ridge Just little to
the south of Passchendaele. Haig's
general direction of the drive today
would seem to indicate that the Brit
ish have struck forward out Of Pass
chendaele, directly toward Roulers'
which is only six miles distant frorf
where the British lines were advanced
on the most recent British drive last
week.
The immediate objective of all tho
recent British smashes in Flanders has
been this city of Roulers. 1t Is one OF
the railroad centers on the main line
of communications connecting the HIN
denburg line with the German subma-
rine bases of Osten and Zeebrugge ON
the coast.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30

CONTINUED on page five.'
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30

Westrooseebeke is the town at the
outermost point of the Passchendaele
ridge, approximately three miles north
east Of Poelcapelle and about the same
distance due north of Passchendaele-
From Westrooseebeke the ridge drops
off into the level flats Of Flanders.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-30

CONTINUED on page thresl.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-01-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Young LEFT
today for Walsenburg where Mr..
Young has n position with the C.F.
& |. We wish them success in their
new home,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-01-11
News-Champion

News Champion
Two Crested Butte visitors, Wm.
Studhalter and mother, passed
through Gunnison Saturday enroute
to Grand Junction, where they hope
to arrange things so they may live
in Gunnison. Mr.. Studhalter wants
to buy n small place on the outskirts
of town, where he can conduct q
chicken and hog ranch.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-01-11
Weatheroneter

This is a new instrument, combining
an accurate Thermometer and a Re
liable Barometer SO constructed as to
show the various temperature variations
and weather changes, and to do the lat
ter l 5 to "a hours in advance. The two
instruments are mounted on metal
base, size 13x4 1a inches, finished in
Circassian walnut effect, just as shown
In our illustration. 1t is absolutely
weather-proof and there is nothing
whatever to get out of order.
The Thermometer is of oxidized brass
with 5-inch scale and registers ac-
curately showing temperature for
range of 40 degrees below to 12O de-
grees above zero. The Barometer 10 of
polished brass with easy reading dial.
The sensitive needle registers all
changes for Stormy, Rain, Change. Fair.
Very Dry; so that when the needle
points to Rain, you can look for rain In
from is to "a hours
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-01-11

Paul Nordstrum engineer for the
d. & r. G.. come up from Gunnison
Monday to relieve Fox Gruber for n
few days on the Floresta Branch, ,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-01-11

E. o. Wilson has excepted a posi-.
ton as time keeper for the G. F. l
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-01-11

The Bank Of Crested Butte held
the annual election of officers Tues
day night.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-01-11
Safety CoaIoil and GasoIine
at the Robinson lumber Co.

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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-01-11

Jackson Mooney who recently
went to Pueblo to undergo al opper-
ntirn for Appendicitis, is reported
to be improving since the opperation