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Arizona republican., 1917-12-30
TWO TROPHIES T0
 BE SHOT FUR AT
 RIFLE CLUB RANGE

Roy s. Goodrich of this city has do- mated the Phoenix Rifle club his star gagged Springfield rifle, to be shot for in open competition under the super vision of the club. Only novice mem bers and non- members who are nov ices with a rifle and who do not at present own a Springfield rifle can compete. Any non member who might win the trophy will also win a years dues to the club, which is part of the donation by MT. Goodrich.
 The match will be shot this morning at o'clock on the Phoenix Rifle range east of the city on Mcdowell road. The regular novice course will be used. This is, five shots prone and five shots kneeling at 200 yards on the 'B' tar get. Springfield rifles must be usen and present members who own Spring fields will allow their guns to be used. Ammunition must be purchased by the contestants and will be for sale on the range There will be no entrance fee Two sighting shots will be allowed and must be taken.
 This beautiful trophy, to be shot for in the morning, and the H. H. Howard medal for the pistol match, to be shot for at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, should make today the banner shoot for the year. and secure the biggest attend ance on anyone days series of match es ever held by the club.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30
SIGNIFICANCE IF
 SERVICE GAUGED
 BY APPLICATION

Frequently in our language a cer- tain word or phrase comes into such general use that in the course of a generation it becomes 'hackneyed,p and ceases to have any value at all, and so eventually falls into the discard. | On the other hand, certain expressions | gather new meaning at every turn.
 Take the word service, for ex- ample" remarks the Phoenix branch manager of the Goodyear Tire & Rub Der company. Ask a hundred people what they think it means, and see what answers you get. You can't keep the word out of merchandising, for no matter what commodity a man is buying, he wants to know what kind of service it will give. This service is where our service stations come in The dealers in charge of these sta tiOns render another kind of service at little cost, in addition to that rend- cred by the tires, themselves
 Tn the factory a certain mileage is built into the tire. The service is there-but unfortunately, some motor ists do not heed the simple conserva- tion rules that permit the tire to de- liver its full quota of mileage, and are too busy to make the simple re-
 
 run. So the service station man ad- vises the motorist on the subject of tire care, corrects imitation pressures. 1 sees that all tread cuts are properly treated with tire putty, inspects the | car for wheel alignment and furnishes the proper accessories for emergency road repairs.
 These men are daily adding thou sands of miles to the nations tire mile age, irrespective of the kind of tires used, clipping millions of dollars from the annual tire bill. and complying with the governments injunction to conserve our resources
 It IS easy to give your tires a wrong | deal. They are only rubber and fabric. Yet they take abuse that would quick iy put steel rails out of business. | Given chance to let the miles work out of them, they often furnish many agreeable surprises to the motorist.
 Motorists who drive in the Good year service stations located most | conveniently, and ask to be shown how to give tires a square deal, will get more miles and greater riding satisfac- tion than ever before. This is where service comes in-and our service sta- tlons are equipped for just that
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30
SERVICE BUILT
 |S BUICK BASE

From the very start the Buick car has typified dependability and effi- ciency-tWo qualities that are abso- ,lutely essential in business circles. Ever since the infancy of the motor car industry the Buick Motor con- pany has worked steadily along these lines. And during this long period of years it's patronage has been built up among the class of business people who place these qualities before everything else.
 Even the finer distinctions have been analysed by the Buick company in order to give buyers just what they need, and among the latest Buick models will be found cars to suit practically all individual re- quirements. There afe open cars and closed cars; roadsters for two or three and larger cars for five and seven passengers; fours, siXes and big sixes-each model designed for a particular purpose, and each one fill ing that purpose in a wholly con- petent manner.
 Now and then there may be at tempts at imitation of the Buick product. This is because the Buick is a success. People do not try to initiate failures.
 But the decision as to the merits of a commodity rests with the pub | lie, who judge it from the standpoint of utility. Their decision is not a nasty one. They scan it's record over | a period of years and judge each model individually, and all models collectively. This is one of the great est guarantees of progress in legiti- mate business-the weighing of re- suits by the public.
 For this reason, every product is soon put in a class by itself. There is no effective way of counterfeiting i it, because there is no duplicating the experience of years that has made | the product what it is.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30

for eight years. The first period of training for the infantry is. 250 days, for the cavalry field and heavy artil- lery 2S1 days, and for the coast artil- lery, garrison and engineers 295 days.
 The peace strength in 1915 was giv- en as 22,5O0 in the volunteer enlistment branch and $500 conscripts.
 'The total military enrolment in Sweden is 5000 from a total popula- tion of 5,50O,O0O, residing in an area about equal to the combined areas of Colorado and Oklahoma.
 'The army is equipped with Mauser rifles, while the artillery weapon is a 7.5 centimeter Krupp quick k-firing gun.
 "Swedens naval strength is not par ticularly formidable. Of its sixteen principal warships, some of which date as far back as thirty years ago, only three have a displacement of as much as HOO tons. These three are thor
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30
RAW MATERIALS SCARCE

Some impression as to the difficul- ties that our large corporations are ex- periencing in the matter of obtaining sufficient raw materials to maintain their production schedules, may be gained from the fact that the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company has main- tained for more than a year, an or ganized crew of fourteen men, riding over the country, spotting cars of ma terials and riding them into Akron. In spite of the mary difficulties in mar shalling the necessary materials, this company has kept it's production in line with the needs of the great rubber consuming world.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30

oughly modern, however. the Sevriges keel being laid down in 1912, while the Gustav V and Drottning Victoria, be- gun in 1915, had not been completed al the beginning of this year All three of these vessels are similarly armed, with four 11-inch guns and eight 6-inch rifles. Their speed is 22.5 knots. de- veloped by engines having an indicated horsepower of 20,000.
 "The auxiliary Swedish warships in- clude eight destroyers, five torpedo gunboats of ancient lineage, thirty three torpedo boats and fourteen sub marines. The active naval personnel is about 5000 officers and men.
 "The Royal Coast artillery is a branch of Sweden's military service numbering 1900 officers and men.
 Do not wait till tomorrow-phone that WANT AID. to The Republican
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30
TRYING TO LOCATE BALLOON
Republican A. P. Leased Wire1

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Dec. 2s.- Officials of the army balloon school here were making efforts by tele- graph and wireless tonight to locate an army balloon commanded by Cap- tain McCullogh and carrying six stu deLt aviators which left here at midnight last night. Another balloon leaving at the same time, commanded by Captain Cole and also carrying six students, landed eighty miles from Fort Mcintosh late this after noon. The missing balloon, officials believe, may have been forced to land in Mexico.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30
HALF MILLION MEN
 IN SWEDEN'S ARMY
Geographic Bulletin)

Like practically all European coun- tries, the military system of Sweden is based primarily on universal service but there is also the nucleus of a pro- fessional military organization which serves as a training corps for the men who are called to the colors each year and who are liable to service for a period extending over tWenty-three years-from 20 to A years of age, in- elusive.
 "The first division in the universal service scheme is known as the first uppbad' or category and is for eleven years; the second is for four years and the last (the landsturm or reserve) is
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-17
x 4 X X X X X X X x X X X x

Washington, oct. 17.-An effort by
proGermans in the southwest to intim-
idate banks aiding the second Liberty
loan was reported to the treasury de-
partment today. This was met with a
threat to remove government funds
from banks not given their hearty CO.
operation to the bond sales. At the same
time direct drive Tor subscriptions
from the German element is under way
Minneapolis reported that German
born farmers are buying bonds and one
Texas bank stated a recently natural
lied Teuton doubled his 81 900 shbscrip-
tion following a shower of congratula-
tions.
The Liberty loan situation is criti-
cal today, the treasury department feels.
With only a fifth of the five billion
dollar goal subscribed, only "the hard
est kind of work, /" it was officially
stated, can bring success in the remain
ing ten days of the campaign.
The nation must now subscribe at
the rate $400, 100000 day to reach the
goal. So far the average uaily sales
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-17
SOCIALISTS WILL
! OPPOSE PROPOSED
GERMAN WARLOAN
Government viii Ask Credit
Of Ten Billion Marks In
December
CHANCELLOR MICHAELISlS
TO BE FORCED TO RESIGN
On This Condition Only win
Socialist Party Uphold
Government

Amsterdam, Oct. 1.---German social
lists will vote solidly against the war
credit of ten billion marks at the next
session of the reichstag, in December,
unless Chancellor Michaelis resigns, ac-
cording to quotations from German,
socialist daily reaching here today.
The decision of the socialists to hold
their war credits vote as club against
Michaelis was reached at the congress-
of the majority socialists now taking
place at Wurzburg, Bavaria.
A resolution urging the reunion of
the two socialist factions in Germany
for the purpose of conducting a more
concerted peace propaganda was adopt
ed by the congress.
DIR. David, in pleading for the reunion
of the Scheidemann and Haase fac
tions, justified the support of the war
credits hitherto by the majority fac
tion on the ground that failure to have
done so would have played into the
hands Of Germany 5 enemies. DR.. David
delivered scathing indictment Of the
fatherland party anu the propaganda Of
tAAc 4du-QcIudulol5 III RoutTdis l1h
charged that the Pan-Germanists were
about the only obstacle to peace and
that they were more interested in war
In conclusion, he demanded that Ger
many follow the example Of Austria in
formulating her peace aims, especially
as regards Belgium.
For some time there have been signs
that the two socialist factions in Ger
many, the majority led by Philip
Scheidemann and the minority led by
Hugo Haase, one of the reichstag mem
bers to be tried for alleged completely
in the recent naval revolt at Wilhelms-
haven, would reunite their forces for
a common assault against the govern
ment.
The apparent plan of the government
to wreck the organization of the indie
pendent socialists and the charges brot
against Haase, Voghter and Dittmann,
whom the kaiser has ordered to be
tried, seem to have played decisive
part in the probable reunion of the
two socialist factions.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-17
AMERICAN ESCAPES
FROM GERMAN CAMP
AND REACHES SWEDEN

Lubbock prisOn-and all doing fairly
well, all things considered.
Fed up with all the good things fel-
low Americans could offer him here
after all the starvation days
of his prison cump fare and six very,
very meager days Of Spartan-like ra-
tions withUuv water while he hid
the utter darkness of the vessel which
brought him here, Smith blossomed out
today into the world IS greatest expon-
ent OF happiness.
He laughed away his tribulations and
hardships in the camp and in escaping.
:" How did we come to iand in Ger
man prisonP Well, we--that is the bunch
we Just mentioned--all met in Bal
timore last winter. We had good many
drinks one day and in wandering
around we saw a sign 'men wanted to
ship to Liverpool on a British steam
er.' On the spur OF the moment and
the inspired daredevil spirit, we join
ed.
"Our outbound trip was fine bust
ness. But coming home our ship was
captured by the German cruiser Moewe.
We were all herded aboard her and
taken to Kiel. There we were put ashore
with 500 others.
'fLater we were transferred to pri-
son camp"
Smith stopped to chuckle reminis-
Gently.
~ spent fourteen days in dark cell
for one previous unsuccessful attempt
to escape,'' he remarked.
And he laughed again, louder than
ever.
''You know, our gang of fellows who
Joined up that winter day in Baltimore
often wished in camp that Baltimore
had gone dry last November.
81 was loading German ship with
fertilizer when my chance came to es-
cape," said Smith. ~ hid myself in
the smelly hold-and here am. didn t
have any water for six days-but I'm
here -
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-17

Cormick was the guest of honor, the
luncheon marking his farewell.
Mccormick emphasized the impress
sion he had obtained throughout his
travels in France, England and Italy of
the democratic solidarity of the allies.
He assured France of the determine
tion of the entire American nation to
fight with all its power to victory.
In speaking of the entire American
nation" he advised, "I include the
splendid loyalty of a majority of the
Americans of German blood, who are no
less patriotic than those of other ex-
traction. From the lips of American Of
ficers with names as German as that
of Hindenburg, 1 have heard described
with loathing and bitter anger the de-
liberate killing of heroic nurses by the
German aircraft.
"These are bad tidings for the
kaiser.
"The morale of the German officer
prisoners is now lower than it was two
months ago."
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-17
(By william q. shepherd)
-nited Press staff Correspondent

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
Stockholm, Oct. 1.-THE first Am.
erican to escape from German prison
camp housing prisoners taken by the
German raider 5ioewe, reached here to-
day after six waterless days cancelled
in the hold Of ship arriving from
Kiel.
He was Willet Charles Smith of Nor
walk, Conn.
"None of the American prisoners at
Lubbock have died. Smith declared,
"but their lives were only saved by
packages sent from kind hearted Brit
ishers via Gerne.
"Our guards at Lubbock weren 7 for
the war. They would say ito hell with
the kaiser This is a rich mans war
in Germany. We want it ended. +"
Smith was the .happiest man in the
world when he reached Stockholm and
freedom.
"You can tell the folks back home, "
he told the United Press, "that Barney
Boyle of Des Moines, Bill Fitzgerald
of New York, Oscar Bird, of Charles
ton, W. Va, and Walter and Harry
Mason, both of Baltimore, are still in
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-17
Edgar nj. Rowland Writes
to Folks In Salem

Edgar M. Rowland, Salem boy who
is now stationed at Camp Greene, near
Charlotte, N. c., writes home as fell
lows:
"The camp here is so large that one
can easily get lost in it. Today is Sun
cay and / am doing bunk fatigue. Havs-
MT had any straw for my tick until
today l got desperate and went to the
stables and got it.
"The nights are pretty cool here and
we have our stoves up and in the even,
ings you will always find fire in
them.
"The people here were at first rather
afraid of the western boys and expect
ed them to be wild and woody and to
do things in cowboy like style, But
now they like us and think we are prst-
ty fine.
81 am going to church Sunday. The
people are very kind and always invite
the soldiers for dinner on Sundays.
There is no place to drill only in the
company streets Our work of training
will begin soon.
con our trip down we saw mostly
desert until we came near New Or
leans into the sugar cane country and
miles aId miles of cotton. Saw lots Of
Ne2icans through Texas, and then came
the regroes. At Ell Paso the ladies OF
the Red Gloss gave us our breakfast
" We arrived at camp at noone of De-
tobef 9 Al erto truck company moved
us ard they had to do it in a hurry
as there was nine other trains to be
urlcedrd. W. have IL bands here and
lots of nufi, and eight Y. M. c. AS
anl all c:owded full on Sunday. On
week Gays they are full of boys writing
letters Ii me-"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-17
Russia Fights Hard.

London, Oct. 17.-Russia is making
desperate resistance to the German
naval encroachments in the Baltic and
has already taken toll of at least six
German naval vessels, according to
Petrograd dispatches today.
A continuous battle around the group
of islands at the head of the gulf of
Riga was reported, with the Germans
slowly making progress. They were re-
ported today in control of practically
all of Oesel island and in complete com
mand of Runo and Abro islands.
Petrograd reported the sinking of the
Russian destroyer Grom in a running
fight Sunday between a German dread
naught and convoy of destroyers and
various Russian naval forces. The
German fleet later retired.
Berlin claims were that the whole
island of Oesel had been occupied, but
it was added that small portion of
the enemy in the SworSe peninsula was
still opposing the complete subjuga-
ton of the island. The official state
ment also announced a naval engage
ment with Russian destroyers and gun
boats, which resulted favorably to the
German forces"
Petrograd related the injury to a
German dreadnaught BY mines and ad-
mitted that Russian main forces had
completely lost touch with troops on
Oesel. Late in the afternoon another
statement said the enemy continued
to develop his success" pressing back
our troops covering the mole"
All land communication had been in
terrupted, it was stated.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-17
BY william Philip simms,

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent.)
With the British Armies in Flanders,
Oct. l7.-While Haig's guns and men
break the German hold on Passchen-
daele ridge, the Germans are striving
desperately to throw against the ever
encroaching advance the barrier which
the Belgians successfully invoked to
stop the Teutonic hordes of 1914.
The enemy is working night and day
rushing to completion a dam two miles
aboye Newport, by which they hope to
flood the ground beyond Passchendaele
ridge.
The very desperation with which
they are carrying out this plan, coupled
with extreme "jumpiness, which the
Boche shows every hour Of the day, is
due to the knowledge that the German
troops cannot hold Passchendaele ridge
much longer if the British continue
their push.
Prisonered German officers, exam
ined today, admitted as much. One
said, however, that plans had been laid
so that if the Germans were forced to
relinquish the, high ground, they would
retreat five miles further to prepared
positions.
One evidence of how the enemy is
"rattled" comes in the failure of his
fayorite mode of defense -counter-at-
tacks. They have been few and far
between and have been absurdly weak.
One of many proofs that the German
artillery is disorganized was furnished
on one sector, full report of which was
received today. There a German bonn
bardment which lasted SO hours did not
cost the British single casualty. /
saw this bombardment. At least forty
thousand shots must have been fired at
a cost of 81 ,250, ,000-not including wear
and tear on German guns. This latter
item, as United Press dispatches have
heretofore detailed, is not inconsider-
able. with Germany as short of metal
as she is now.
By a strange twist of fate the British
gas is now working havoc with the
enemy throughout all this "Ypres sec
tor''-exaetly the same portion of the
great western battle front where the
Germans first used this devilish CON
trivance of war.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-17
CAPTAIN
TRAPPED THE RAIDER
Master Of Sunken Schooner
R. c. Slade Dave De-
sired Information"

San Francisco, Oct. 17.-Captain Ha-
dor Smith, master of the American
schooner R. c. Slade, armed with Il
knowledge of the vagaries of the South
Pacific IS currents, ended the career of
the German commerce raider Seeadler-
This was revealed today following the
arrival of Captain Smith, whose vessel
was the first victim of the raider in
Pacific waters.
After the Seeadler had sunk the
Slade and the schooners Manila and A..
h. johnson, Count Luekner, the raid
ers' commander, told Captain Smith the
Seeadler's crew had been at sea for
G, yht months and he wanted to land
them for "a little shore leave" on
scine Pacific atoll. Captain Smith told
Count Luekner how to make landing
on Moepha island.
Bun closs irto shore" he said, and
the count did. Inside Of 48 hours the
changing currents of the south seas had
cast the Saeadler on the coral reef, a
total loss.
But Count LacRneI kept his promise
os "picnic" fer his men. The hold
OF the Seeadler disgorged countless bot
ties Of champagne and kegs of beer,
and there followed drunken party the
like of which Smith has never seem
After several days on the atoll, Luck
ner, with a picked crew, set to sea IN
motor boat and later the remaining
members of the raiders crew captured
the French schooner Luteee.
Smith left the island in small slooP
with some of his men and ten days
after reached Pago-Pago.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-17
Big Reward Offered
For Seattle Slugger

Seattle, aWsh., Oct. 17.--An addition
al reward of $1,000 was posted by
Mayor Gill today for the arrest and
conviction of the woman slugger who
has been terrorizing this city by
fiendish assaults on women in their
homes during the last few weeks.
Rewards of $500 have been posted by
Sheriff Stringer and the county COM
Women will hold mass meeting this
afternoon to discuss means of protee-
tion, and the mayor has advised the
women to arm themselves and to bolt
doors against strangers.
The slugger has claimed nine victims
in the last two weeks.
All city firemen have been commits
stoned special policemen and with vol
unteer city patrols are cooperating with
the police in nightly searches for the
slugger.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-17
tide HAS TURNED"-MEDmL
By w. s. Forrest,

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
Paris, Oct. 17.- "The tide has
turned; there will be more atrocities;
there will be terrible battles, but
despite events in Russia the Austro-
Germans everywhere are being driven
back and from the Carso to the chan
mel they are no longer able to attack. !"
This was the estimate of the war to-
day by Representative Medill McCor-
mick of Illinois, presented to guests at
a luncheon at the Palais Dorsay. Nc
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-17
Rritish Artillerx Active.

London, Oct 17.-Resumption of
heavy British artillery, coineident with
clearing weather, added to the public 8
belief today that the British command
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-17

Three-cent postage stamps NOVEMBER s
9, the first since September ~, 1855
Will Uncle Sam change back to the
old color, tooi That was green, II
you remember,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-17
ToDAY'S LIBERTY LOAN
SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Today's

\ Today's
x Subscriptions Total
! New York 500, ,627, 900 $S47, ,629,95o
X Quota 81, 500, ,0O0,00O)
X Chicago - 2O,00O,000 7s,OOO,OOO
X Quota $1SO,95O,OOO)
X Buffalo ...- 2,1O0,15O 19,494, 100 ;
X Quota $55,600,5O0)
x S. Frisco 100000 3S,3OO,OOO !
X Quota $55,00O,0OO)
4 Seattle So. 667,SOO 4,S4O,OOO /
X Quota $13,000,OO0) /:
4 Tacoma So 69,7OO S19,75O
X Quota $S,SOO,OOO)
X Portland, Or. 373,o50 4,677, ,74O :
X Quota $16,50O,OO)
X