VOL. LYVIII. XO. 18,027.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTE3IBER 3, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
LI DEFENDING
Foe Front Crusted to Bits
On Wide Front.
Progress of the War.
0
3-MILE ADVANCE SCORED
CBjr'lhe Associated Press.)
VER a front of 30 miles from the
region of Arras to Pronne. Field
Marsha. Haig's forces have literallj
smashed the German front.
The southern portion of the famous
Drocourt-Queant switch line, which had
been heralded as the Impregnable bul
wark of the German defense In the
north, has given way under the vio
lence of the British onslaught over Its
entire., front from the Scarpa Kiver to
Queant, a distance of about 10 miles.
Monday night the Canadian and Eng
lish troops were pursuing the enemy
some three miles to the east.
Thousands of prisoners have been
taken. At last accounts the enemy
was fighting violently as he gave
grounds toward the Canal du Nord.
8 BILLION TAX BILL
READY FOR DEBATE
Measure to Be Sent to
House Today.
EXCESS PROFITS TO PAY MOST
Canadians and English Dash
Irresistibly Through Ene
my's Field Fortress. '
TANKS LEAD WAY FORWARD
Thousands of Prisoners Are
Captured as Boche Tries
. to Stem Haig's Blows.
By this victory, seemingly, is ended
the menace of the Hlndenburg line
to the south, which the British are
gradually approaching. Already thor
oughly outflanked on the north and
with the French well upon its south
ern base, military necessity apparently
will require that the Germans relin
quish the Hlndenburg fortifications
and realign their front from Flanders
to Rheims in order to avert disaster.
Already the roads to Douai, Cambrai
and St. Quentin are thoroughly in
vested by the British and French
armies, while north of Soissons the
French and Americans are in position
of vantage from which they carry out
turning movements which will out
flank Laon and the Chemln des -Dames
and Alsne line. The situation of the
enemy, viewed from the War Office
Individual Incomes Will Yield
Billion and Half.
CORPORATION LEVY LARGE
Material Increases Are Provided In
Amounts Proposed to Be Paid
by Married Persons With
out Dependents. '
, Added to the troubles of the German
LONDON, Sept. 2. The strongly hlcmraand Jf th "uation tht is
' r I fa t dv nn nv In Flanders in the re-
fortified German system of defense Blon aroud Ypres, where the Germans
known as the Drocourt-Queant line daily are being forced out of their po-
south of the Scarpe River, was carried f'tlons e "rl1 anQ , Arr,""n
on a wide lront today in an attack by pregress is being made eastward in
Canadians and English troops, aided he blotting out of the salient that has
long existed there. The Americans who
took Yoormeseele Sunday now are
well into the region east of the town.
having overcome the strong resistance
of the Germans who endeavored to bar
their way. A few more strides by
Haig's men in this region and Armen-
tieres will be within striking distance.
by tanks, according to Field Marshal
Hair's communication issued this
evening.
The text of the statement reads:
"This morning Canadians and Eng
lish accompanied by tanks, attacked
astride the Arras-Cambrai road and After Armentleres it is but a step to
carried on a wide front that position" Lille.
of the powerfully organized defensive!
system known as the Drocourt-Queant I
Scarp e.
Canadians Advance Swiftly.
The enemy was holding
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. The new
revenue bill, with a levy affecting every
is the most perilous he has yet been in. I individual and business concern in the
country, was approved unanimously to
day by the House ways and means com
mittee.
Chairman Kitchln will introduce it
in the House tomorrow and ask for
consideration Friday. Leaders hope to
send it to the Senate within 10 days
after debate begins.
The final committee estimate of the
revenue to be yielded under the new
bill is JS, 012.792, 000, as against 3,941,
633,000 last year, under the present law.
The largest source of estimated reve
nue is from taxes on excess profits,
Including war profits $3,100,000,000
and the next is from taxes on incomes
$1,482,186,000 from individuals and J828,
000,000 from corporations.
Other Yields Estimated.
The estimated yield from sources
other than incomes and excess and war
profits Includes:
Transportation Freight, $75,000,000;
express, 120,000,000; passenger fare.
(60.000,000; seats and berths, 15,000.000;
oil by pipe lines, 4,550,000.
Telegraph and telephone messages,
$16,000,000; Insurance, $12,000,000; ad
missions (theaters, circuses, etc) $100,-
000,000; club dues. $9,000,000.
Excise taxes Automobiles, . etc,
$123,750,000; jewelry, sporting goods.
etc $80,000,000; ftther . taxes on lux-
Hard fighting has been in progress
between the British and Germans
I ......... .J TArXwn u- h.p. tV. iiiatrallBna
line, wmcu lies souiu oi uie mer ,..,,. withstood violent attacks
and have taken several thousand pris
oners. Between Peronne and Bapaume
th r..rmar . n Un hiT imnAitcil iitronsr
.
his I opposition to the British, but the St.
trenches in strength and made deter-1 Pierre Vaast wood. La Transloy and
friinsrl rocisrance to nnr mu.nn. On Allaines: and Hut-Allalnes all have
fc. f' f .corlt Dn successiuuy carr.eo.
resistance was DroKen, witn great loss On the southern end of the front, the
to the enemv. The Canadians have I French have nude moihar imiturtint
taken Dury, Villers-Lea-Cagnicourt crossing of the Canal du Nord. this "ies cent. $88,780,000 other
and Cagnicourt and have made prog- um M or esle wnlcn ,)lllce, tnem . . -""".
vcftuiv-uui , auu ua i,muc f- wfe I ,-,ti v . j is I certain nrmmr.r Ihed nricen) at 20 . r.r
. r j .1 i I " -u uKiu, iu ami. io-i '
CM ucjum t"e tiim.ca. malninir lunction rint In th finm. CCOt. S181.095.000.
!. T7 i - i t ii.i: I r I
uieir 1CJ.L, x-HKiwu uauaiiumt n ae sector with linea leading from it r:.. Ttvisi tiniNWt.rwM
t A A. 1 11 1 A I . , I
xougni meir way lorwaru uirougnout 10 ol yutniin ana jr ere. Gasoline. $40,000,000: yachts and
the German defenses northeast of ortn ot boissons equally important I pleasure boats, $1,000,000.
I .erpigny. On the right of the at- Prosress BaJ 6een made. Here, where Beverages (liquors and soft drinks)
ccad ciMne di apc I
IN GERMAN PRESS
COMMENTS REFLECT TERROR
THAT DEFEATS INSPIRE.
Foch's Strategy Admitted to Be Per
plexing:; Action to Meet "Pain
ful Eventualities" Urged.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2. Germany'
growing yalization of what the allied
victories in France and Flanders mean
continues to be reflected in the changed
tone of the German press. An official
dispatch today quoted the following
from the Cologne Gazette:
The struggle on the southern front
becomes every day greater and more
formidable. The greatest German of
tensive cannot even be compared to
the present fights. We must not let
the relative calm reigning in some sec
tions deceive. Formidable forces are
gathered there. Are these troops in
need of rest, or are they designed for
fresh fighting, ready to attack on the
first opportunity?"
This paper concedes that it does not
understand Foch's strategy and adds:
'Our staff must take the necessary
dispositions to meet any painful eventu
alities."
Other dispatches comment on the
evolution of the press in neutral coun
tries since the allies took the of fen
sive. As an example, the German Swiss
paper, the New Zurich Gazette, is quot
ed as paying a fine tribute to Marshal
Foch's military genius, saying he not
only is a theorist of deep knowledge,
but also "a leader wonderfully able to
get his methods used on the battle
field."
From the Basel National Gazette this
is taken:
"The German morale will be irreme
diably shaken by the allied victories.
. The belief in Hindenburg and
Ludendorff animated the whole Ger
man policy; it was the secret of its
power. They have been defeated.
The Germans have for generations
been brought up in the idea that they
are the strongest and this belief formed
the basis of their conception of the
universe. If they suddenly find out
that they have been mistaken it is just
as it the floor that supports them gave
way."
L
OCAL LABOR HOSTS
MARCH IN PAGEANT
Nation's Second Line of
Defense Strong One.
Here,
-t ick English and Scottish troops Krenpn. ,, hllv h., th.
-icsseu mrn. ueyuuu luencuun- plateau east of Crecy-Au-Mont and
ez-Cagmcourt in the direction of I Juvigny and the Villages of Leuilly and
2ueant and captured many strongly Xerny-Sorny have been taken, notwith
mortified uoaiti.ns. includes- the vil- anQIng stuDOorn resistance.
, xtm;i I 1 uua, u incy ars continued,
lage of Noreuil. ..,,, ,.. hllf ,. ,., ,
Le Transloy Taken. I the . enemy withdrawing northward
-South of this point also our troops trra the Ve.le River positions he holds
maue prugreaa auu cariy in uie aiier- i Rheims.
soon repulsed a heavy counter attack
SERVICE BEGINS THURSDAY
Mailplanes to Run Between New
York and Chicago.
which the enemy launcheu in great
Etrength east of Vaulx-Vraucourt.
"The English reached the outskirts
of Beugny and have taken Villers-Au-
Flos. There was sharp fighting
throuchont thp dav ahnnt Trans-
,oy. In this locality also hostile KooXrbLof-r
counter aiiacxs were repuisea ana me PID, mall ,ervice between New York
English captured the Tillage. and Chicago will be taken by the Post-
"Between Saillisel and Peronne, office Department Thursday, when two
English and Australian divisions Planes, will be sent over the course.
1, 137.600, 000; stamp taxes, 132,000,000;
tobacco, cigars, J61.364.000; cigarettes,
$165,240,000; tobacco, $104.000,000 ; snuff,
$9,100,000; papers and tubes, $1,500,000.
Special taxes: Capital stock, $70,000,-
000; bfokers, $1,765,00; theaters, etc..
$2,143,000; mail orders sales, $5,000,000;
bowling alleys, billiard and pool tables,
$2,200,000; shooting galleries, $400,000;
riding academies, $50,000; business li
cense tax, $10,000,000; manufacturers of
tobacco, $69,000; manufacturers of
cigars, $850,000; manufacturers of ctg-
(Ooncluded on Pare 4. Column 1.)
WILSON TO TOUR COUNTRY
Fourth. Liberty Loan Speaking Tour
Is Planned.
WASHINGTON, Sept 2. Under the
tentative programme for President
Wilson's fourth liberty loan speaking
tour, the President probably will leave
Washington about September 30 to be
away throughout the ttrfee- weeks of
the -campaign perloa. !
In a swing that may carry hint to
the Pacific Coast, he expects tb make
stops in nearly every section of the
country. The President has promised
Senator Ashurst, of Arizona, that if
possible he will visit the Grand Canyon.
SUPPORT OF ARMY REPLEDGED
Banners Borne Aloft Indicate
Determination to Win War.
BARBED WIRE FAILS
TO STOP YANKEES
AMERICANS CHARGE THROUGH
ACRES OP EXTAXGLEMEXTS.
PATRIOTIC FIRES KINDLED
Portland's Organized Labor. With
Music, Fluttering Flags and Slo
gans of Success, Blazon Forth
Message to Allied Nations.
ISLANDS KEEPING COPRA
Further Exportation From - Philip
pines Prohibited. '
MANILA, P. I., Sept. 2. Further ex
portation of copra from the Philippine
Islands has been prohibited in an order
issued by Governor Francis Burton
Harrison, who said the action was nec
cessary to conserve cargo space and to
assure a supply for the cocoanut oil j
mills here. i
Portland s formidable labor hosts,
comprising the city's quota of the Na
tion's second line of defense, yester
day dedicated themselves anew to the
work before them until the winning of
the war.
Once each year the cycle of time
brings to the toilers of Oregon their
day of rest Labor aay; a day on which
they can review their accomplishments
and look forward with high courage to
the year which lies before them.
It is a day on which labor comes into
its own.
Cheering Message Given.
In Portland yesterday organized la
bor, with martial music, " fluttering
flags and gala air, blazoned forth its
cheering message to a country at war.
And this message was a pledge to their
brothers and sons in olive drab that
the home defense forces will carry on
aa they never did before; that they
will roll up their sleeves and buckle
right down to this business of achiev
ing victory.
Here let it be said that this monster
demonstration of Portland's laboring
forces, in the inspiring street pageant,
was one which kindled the fire of pa
triotism within the hearts of all red
blooded Americana until it flamed
forth Portland's message of hope and
of cheer to the boys who ars turning
the goose-step toward Berlin.
.Twenty Tbouand Im Line. . . j
- Twenty thousand or more men and
women carried aloft their country"
colors as they marched down the city
streets, densely packed' with cheering
humanity, in the greatest soul-stirring
demonstration that the laboring people
of Portland have ever made.
"How many of Portland's working
men have joined the ranks of those who
are now in khaki?" was asked time
and again as that great mass of men
and women marched through the
streets. Practically every organiza
tion scores of them proudly dis
played a service flag.
Perhaps it was a small organization
boasting not more than 100 members,
but their service flag was carried just
as high as those of the larger unions.
And here and there, too, could be seen
the little star of gold that little five
Bethune-Soissons Roadway Reached
by Doughboys in Brilliant
Operation on South.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Sept. 2. (8 P. M.) (By the
Associated Press.) The American
troops reached the embankments of the
Bethune-Soissons roadway late Sunday
night by literally cutting their way
through acre after acre of barbed wire
the work of two great armies. In
gaining the road the Americans passed
over great open places consisting of an
immense network of wire.
The first wire entanglements had
been strung by the French. Then the
Germans came along and for their own
protection erected an additional wire
system.
The American spearhead east of Ju
vigny was driven across the Bethune
Soissons roadway by a great early-
morning hammer blow, and the Amer-
KO-yjUIKS CO
AHEAD flEAR VPRES
Smashing Advance Wipes
Out Lys Salient.
FOE REAR GUARD CHASED
Dolieu, Leverrier, Merville,
Steenwerck and Otrrer Vi
tal Points Are Seized.
leans spread in a great semicircle and ANZACS CAPTURE ALLAINES.
uem uieir oojecuve.
In the face of machine gun and air
plane fire, the Americans began
powerful night assault from the Be
thune-Soissons roadway, which they
reached Sunday. They held the road
way until after dark, despite machine
gun lire from the high points held and
enfiladed by machine guns from the
south in the direction of Terny-Sorny. j
The attack carried them to the De
Castillo trench, more than a half kilo
meter east of the roadway. From
where the De Castille trench crosses
the roadway the Americans had made a
line to the southwest on the outskirts
of Terny-Sorny.
A barrage preceded the infantrymen
in the night assault, the artillery sue-
Australians Push East, Fol
lowing Course of Cologne
River From Peronne.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Sept. 2. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The -French tenth
army resumed its attacks on the
plateau north of Soissons this after-
ceeding in destroying the machine-gun I noon encountering very strong resist-
nests ahead on the hills. The chief in .nit. of which General Man-
came from machine guns on the Bois de Sn's men pushed on to Leuilly, which
Beaumont, to the southward, where the ig only two miles from Vauxaillon and
artillery- had difficulty in shooting f.ye mUes from chemin Des Dames.
tn cm our. oecause ox une aense wooas. i ,
Soon after the American barrage be- further south they captured lerny-
gan, German bombing aviators started Sorny and Fontaine St Remy. The
operations, endeavoring to locate the j f c Pontrogue in the
advancing infantrymen by using the! '
direction of the German machine-gun direction of Chemin Des Dames was
flashes as a guide to the desired tar- j reached and progress continued, ac-
geis. ine oomDing aviators came out i , , ,
in greater numbers than at any time """"'5 """ "i
north of Soissons. WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
Many of the wires which the Ameri- FRANCE, Sept. 2. (By the Asso-
cans had to overcome were new. rep- cjated Press, 4:45 P. M.) American
w . 1 ? , . 1 twopi fighting with the British on
while others were rusty, having stood I , , . , .
ttu (l. . the Flanders front made further
years ago. In addition to the wire en- progress loaay in me voorraezeeiu rc-
tanglements the Americans were com
pelled to overcome a trench system
which ran along the hills like canals.
The trenches ran In every direction and I
most of them were deep, having been
dug by either the French or Germans
during their respective occupations of velle and Steenwerck, three miles
the plateau. onntheast. nf Railleul. have been can-
tured.
BEAVER, OR., HAS BAD FIRE The British, assisted by the Ameri
can troops, continue to advance in the
Town Swept by Blaze Entailing Uoss I Lys salient on the heels of the retiring
of $100,000. Germans, driving the enemy rear
guards, before them. Uolieu and .Le
gion.
The Americans have passed through
Voormezeele in an easterly direction,
overcoming stiff enemy resistance.
Estaires, four miles east of Mer-
(Concluded on Paso 6. Column 1.)
ONE OF THE KAISER'S CHICKENS COMES HOME TO ROOST.
leaving New York at ( M M. The re
turn tri n fmm f--i iri trn lm .laMntil fA,
.... . an capturea uie muge. Saturday and mail wiU be carried each
have driven the enemy from St. Pierre
"East and southeast of Peronne re
f peated German attacks were beaten
off by the Australians with heavy
loss to the enemy. Several thousand
prisoners were captured during the
course of the day.
Progress Made at Lens.
Our patrols have madt further
progress in the western outskirts of
Lens. On the Lys front our troops
4 continue to gam ground ana are m
I close touch with the enemy:
F TT-TTTT ITTTW niTTT"tI A Tf9V TXT
FRANCE, Sept. 2. (By the Asso
ciated Press, 4 P. M.) The British
have pierced the Drocourt-Queant
line. In a fierce battle which has
been raging since dawn and which
will probably prove to be one of the
most important of the war, Canadian
and English troops at last reports,
had at one point driven in about five
kilometers, or a little more than three
miles and were still going.
The fighting was as furious aa any
since the war began and increased in
intensity as the British battled their
vir forward, meetine the ever-jr row
ing resistance of the enemy, who nad
put in every available man and was
rushing up reserves at the rear.
Thousands of prisoner; have been
captured: the roads to the British
rear are literally jammed with them.
Fighting Is Fierce.
There has been fierce fighting in
Dury. which was taken by the British
and Mount Dury, which the Germans
held in great strength, was stormed.
The British went on after killing enor-
Concluded oa Face 2, Columa 2.)
way.
With favorable weather conditions.
the flight should be completed in ten
hours. The distance to be traveled is
745 miles. The starting and landing
fields will be Belmont Park, New York,
and Grant Park, Chicago.
CAPTAIN ROOSEVELT BACK
Wounded Officer Will Be Unfit for
Active Duty for Months. '
AN ATLANTIC PORT. Sept. Z. Cap
tain Archie Roosevelt has arrived here
from France. He was wounded last
April during the capture of Cantlgny.
On the same ship were 18 other offi
cers and 300 men who also have been
Invalided home.
Captain Koosevelts lert arm was
shattered by a machine-gun bullet
while he was leading his men In a
charge. He also is suffering from what
he described as a "bad case of nerves.
His arm is partly paralyzed and it may
be many months before he can return
to active duty.
GARFIELD STATUE ERECTED
Bronze Memorial to Martyred Presl-
, dent Unveiled.
J!
LONG BRANCH. N. J SepL 2.
bronze statue ' of President James A
Garfield, who died here September IS.
1SS1, was unveiled today by Misses L.U
cretla Garfield and Margaret Stanley
Brown, of New York, grand-daughters
of the former President.
Among the speakers were former
United States Senator Theodore E. Bur
ton, who represented Ohio, and Gover
nor Kdge. of New Jersey.
Kuel Administrator Harry A. Gar
field, son of the martyred President,
was present.
Advance Is Unchecked.
Opposition developed near Steen
werck but it was beaten down. The
advance east of Kemmel continued.
The British have gained ground to-
tillamook. Or, Sept, 2. (Special.) verrien have been occupied.
The town of Beaver, Tillamook
County, was swept by fire today with
a probable loss of $100,000. Gilbert
Brothers' store, the Beaver Cheese fac
tory. Bay's Hotel, the Methodist-Epis- I
copal Church and several residences are
i tntal lnea
The fire was started by the burnlne ward Spanbroek Moulin.
of slashings near the church and was I On their entrance into Voormezeele,
spread by a strong east wind. A call the Americans found that all that re-
for help was sent to Tillamook and a maine(i 0f the town were piles of de-
numuer jl men leu immediately ana
late this evening had the blaze well
under control.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
bris, for the shell fire had been so
intense that hardly one brick was left
standing upon another.
As the Americans advanced, the
German rear guards from what little
j .. .1. i 1 :
The Westher. cover remamea, openeu up wiui incur
yesterday's Maximum temperature, 82 I machine guns, but these were quickly
degrees; minimum. 61 degrees. .. , - , - . v ,
today's Fair: senile northateriT wind., silenced. Elsewhere m the same lo-
War.
British smash through Hun line.
Anglo-Americans wipe out Lys
cality, the Americans also advanced
the line, keeping in contact with the
retreating enemy.
Counter attacks by the Germans re
sulted in their gaining little more
than a slight foothold, which in every
case was quickly loosened by British
and American re-attacks.
Foe Back of Canal.
Beyond Vierstraat and Voorme-.
German press reflects realiiation of recent roole the enemv has fallen back east
La Page 1. ... . .. .
Page 1.
salient.
Page 1.
United States steamship Onego sunk; 26 of
crew missing. Page Z.
Allied advance In Siberia continues. Page 3.
French drive east Page 2.
Official war reports. Page 2.
Germans before Mangln's army continue to
stagger back. Page 3.
Official casualty list. Page 8.
Yanks make big gains. Page 1.
Foreign.
defeats.
Kaiser Issues 6edan day message. Page 2.
Gompers welcomed at Jubilee of British la-
cor. Page o.
Murder of Chinese Minister Tang believed
to have been through political cause.
Page 12.
National.
Revenue bill to be Introduced In House to-
day. Page 1. .
Democratic campaign keynote sounded.
Page 4.
wheat price in 1019 to be $2.20 at Portland. I Kemmel villages have been captured.
of the Ypres-Comines Canal. The
British have reached Doulif and La
Creche. Ravelsburg ridge has been
captured after some opposition from
the German rear guards who put up
a fierce though brief fight. Other
advanced troops are on the outskirts
of Neuve Eglise.' Lindenhouk and
Domestic
Roosevelt honors tollers, denounces labor
slackers. Page 4. -
All United States observes Labor day.
Page 4.
Sports.
Ksmagae helpless in Tilden match. Page 14.
Corafoot victor in game with Foundation
team. Page 14.
Private Kenny Hawkes star In great Vancou
ver Barracks field day. Page 14.
Abner Blair and H. Posten high guns in
club shoot. Page 15.
Pacific Northwest.
First conference Northwest district M. E--
Church south ends. Page 7.
Warden Murphy defends honor system.
Page 5.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE, Sept. 2. (By the Asso
ciated Press, 4:51 P. M.) An attack
was launched by the British this
morning in the region north of Peronne.
Allaines Is Reached.
Australians having crossed the
Somme, capturing Peronne,. are
mopping it up. During the mopping
up there has been brisk street fight
ing. They have captured other towns
Deep Interest centers In Idaho primary elec- an(J positions and One f Orce is push
ing nortnwara astnae tne uanai uu
Portland and Vicinity.
Local labor hosts march In pageant. Page 1.
Defense day, which is also fourth anni
versary of Battle of Marne. to be ob
served In schools Friday. Page 12.
Movement of coal at Municipal dock as
sumes great proportions. Page 16.
Approximately 35,000 youngsters assemble
at city icnooii leuay. rago u.
Circus men register for draft. Page 15.
Nord. At last reports it had reached
Allaines on the east side of the canal
and the high ground opposite on the
west bank.
The Canal Du Nord constitutes an
other Boche defense syslem and the
B?tSdlX.Sto British along the waterway have
limited, not eliminated. Page 5.
Weather xeport, data and forecast. Fage 17.
(Concluded on Page 3, Column .)
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