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ritw f fj watt VOL. LYIII. XO. 18,006. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. MUM HARD MTU Uhllllll 111 W IIIIIIU 111! Ill BIG llffl DRIVE Progress of the War. (Br the Associated Press.) The historic battleground between Amiens and Montdldier asraln is the scene of a mighty contest. This tim the British and Frenph are the agsres sors and under their fierce onslaughts in the first day's battle they have pene trated deeply into the German position orer a front of more than 20 miles, reaching from the region of Braches to the neighborhood of Morlancourt. Following short but intensive artll lery preparation and aided by misty weather, the allied attack took the Ger mans completely by surprise and they fled almost everywhere pellmell before the tanks, motor machine-gun batteries. cavalry and infantry sent against them. All the objectives set for the Austral lane, Canadians. Englishmen an Frenchmen were attained In remark ably quick time and at- last accounts Thursday night the allied forces were Man- rifroon Mifoe Wirlo rirnpn making progress. Wherever th Wllk I II iwwii ii.iivw ww ,,, . V...1. V, was , decisively defeated. Thousands of Germans were made prisoner. Large numbers of guns were captured, great quantities of war ma' terials were taken and a score or more of villages and hamlets were reoccu ...... 1 f 1 WluuiuiM 100 GUNS VYUN, SATS LAW were inflicted on the enemy. At its deepest point the penetration of the German line was about 7 miles eastward from Vlllers-Bretonneauz to Framerville. while from two to five miles was gained air along the front I from northwest of Montdldier to the re glon around Morlancourt. The fighting extended north of Morlancourt to the Albert eector. but no official details concerning it have been received. The advance of the allies In the center places them well astride the Allied Smash Winning on Amiens Front. FRANCO-BRITONS ENGAGED in Fos's Line Between Pies- siec and Morlancourt, Berlin Admits Loss of Posi tions to English Between W Ancre and Avre. WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN railroad leadln from Villers-Breton- FRANCE. Aug. 8. The 6lopes or tne neux to the important Junction at V1W of the Avre have been carried Cbaulnes, where lines radiate northeast- and the allies have reached the plateau l"ara "" na uul""'"" beyond. They are making further railway nortnward to progress and overcoming every ob- Bra. a crosse1 when the allies ctacle along the line everywhere. I took Framerville. I Well out on the plains and pressing HtLilLJ. , AUg. ciae x-iiguau i forward. 6eemlnrlv with great rapid have forced their way into German I ity, the present offensive of the French positions between the Ancre and the and British gives promise of seriously Avre, according to a statement issued menacing me enure u rum. ... . - Ti'.r near the sea to Rheims. this eveninjr by the German Var ... . .. , uua c.Kuvua, j Lnder the pressur of the offensive Ullice. I the menace to the channel Dorts seems I . . 1. - n . 1....., . A WAV.lB.lt PARIS, Aug. 9. (9:40 A. M.) The AlrMi. th.r. haT. been to th number of prisoners taken by the northward from the positions where French and British in Picardy now ex-1 Crown Prince Rupprecht ' had formed eeeds 10.000. according to the latest his men for a drive toward the chan Hews from the battlefront. " retrograae movement Dy ne a in fW 1 T" T I UCrinMIIS W S HUl Half 1 UUBVIC " HM Allies Take Enormous Booty. . . .. cousIn on The allies also nave taken an enor- the soissons-Rheims salient badly shat nous booty in guns and material, says I tered and unable to lend him aid, it Marcel Hutin. in the Echo de Paris. I is apparent that Rupprecht will have I to defer nis campaign to cut on tne LONDON, Aug. 8. In aerial fight- cross-channel service. In Wednesday preceding the offen- On the Vesle front little fighting oc iv n Picardv. British airmen SX- curred Thursday, except in the process counted for 22 German machines, 15 VfV11"1" f.?,"!"" !,B 'l! .... . . .1 . . HWIVW -.Mw.w. uuvw. ... I whicn were aestroyea, says me oi- tnceeeant raIn of tnemy gheiis, both fkial statement on aerial operations! the American and the French, troops tonizht. I improved their stands. ll'lTU I'U L' TJUTTTCTT 4TrV TV FRANCE, Aug. 8., 4:30 P. M. (By I U. H. U. DttODntMft ntVUnu the Associated Press.) Fighting I " JTOUUUS DUrpiM J- CI VVIUUJ Laid to Winter Care. 100 OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, their way through the Germans at dawn on a front of over 15 miles be tween Amiens and Montdidier astride th n'v-r Somme. British and French troops this afternoon had reached Auf -spedai.)-Mor. . . . r , , ..... I than 100 pounds of surplus honey per r,UM ilu" " " I colony Is the record of some O. A. C Which this morning belonged to tile bees in tests carried on this Summer. enemy. I The result is attributed almost entirely The Prussians and Bavarians fled winter care by A. L. Lovett. ento before the advancing infantry and m?IOf 1 8t- ,who ,nad8 the tMt?- tet . . . . . colonies, similar in every way but win tanks, leaving many of their guns be- tered ln tna nBUal manner. made no hind them. such record. Plenty of stores, plenty Large numbers of prisoners have of room and plenty of protection make been taken, both by the British and UP'M Iorrau't , , . , , , , . , . . I The successful colonies were win 1uipBuiiv, uu"uuk tered ln a double hive, the upper part eHy have been inflicted on the enemy, fined with stores, the whole protected Thus far, everything has been ac-1 from cold and moisture. A circular eomplished with excessively small describing better, wintering practices , . ... I may be had from the college on re- 17 Men Only Lost. Of one entire British corps, for in- LIVES LOST IN STORM 18 stance, two nours alter tne attacic began, only two officers and 15 men Hundred Believed Injured in Louisl of the ranks were reported as cas- mnm. Damage $1,000,000. calties. The artillery has followed up the lake charles. La-. Aug. 8. The Etorm troops closely and now is hurl-! known dead as the result of the hurrl ing shells down upon the enemy cae whlcn truck southwest Louisiana forces, Which, taken by surprise and Many persons believed to have been in fiercely attacked, must be in a more the path of the storm, however, had or less crippled condition. It IS be- not been heard from, and it was be lieved that reinforcements are on the I Heved the list was incomplete. Yln rfcem The number of injured will probably quest. HUGE FOOD TRUST DECLARED TO EXIST Smash It, Recommends Federal Board. PACKING CONCERNS ACCUSED Three Great Banking. Groups Said to Ba Interested, federal: seizure -urged National Acquisition Proposed of Principal Stockyards, Cold Stor age Plants, Warehouses and Boiling Stock. i WASHINGTON. Augr. . Investiga tion of the packing; Industry of the country by the Federal Trade Com mission culminated today ln an an nouncement that the commission had recommended to President Wilson that the Government commandeer and op erate for the public ' benefit stock yards, cold-storag-e plants, warehouses and refrigerator and cattle cars, and thus destroy what was ' characterized as a monopoly. Monopolistic control of the essential food supply, not only of the United States and its Army and Navy, but also f the entente countries, was charged by the commission against the five great packing companies Swift. Ar mour, Morris. Cudahy and Wilson. Control by Banks Charged. The last-named company, the com mission's report said, la controlled by three of the strongest banking groups in the United ' States Kuhn, Loeb & Co., Guaranty Trust Company and Chase National Bank. Further close affiliation between the packing industry and financial inter ests was reported. The Commission said that in the great financial centers the packers had representation on the directorate of large banks through members of the individual families, or through ' officers, directors or confi dential employes. - The commission's report on the pack ing Industry was the third made in its general investigation of food supplies ordered by President Wilson and Con gress last year. The report was made public through the White House without further com ment than that it had been presented July 5 and bad not been made public because the President desired first to get full information. After detailing the control of the five packing companies over the meat and allied industries, the Commission says this control rests ln the hands of a small group of individuals J. Ogden Armour, the Swift brothers, Morris brothers, Thomas E. Wilson, acting under the veto of a group of bankers, including the Chase National Bank, Guaranty Trust Company, Kuhn, Loeb FRENCH ARE TOLD TO REMAIN FIRM GENERAL PETAIX ASSURES MEN OP ULTIMATE VICTORY. Commander Tells His Forces That America's Entrance Into War Has ' Strengthened Allied Arms. PARIS, Aug. 8 General Petain. commander-in-chief of the French armies, has Issued the following order of the day to the French troops: "Four years of effort, with our staunch . allies; four years of trials, stoically endured, begin to bear fruit. "His fifth attempt in 1918 smashed, the Invader retreats, his man power de creases, and his morale wavers, while at your side youn American brothers have no sooner landed than they have made a baffled enemy feel the weight of their blows. - "Incessantly placed 'In the advanced guard of the allied peoples, you have prepared the triumphs of tomorrow. "Not long ago I said to you: 'Ab negation, patience; your comrades are arriving.' "Today I say: Tenacity, audacity you shall force victory.' "Soldiers of France, I salute your banners illuminated with new glory.' ENLISTING 111 MM AND NAVY SHUT OFF CAPT. MAKESJ3EATH SURE Master of Canada Mara Weights Own Body With Sandbags. A CANADIAN PORT, Aug. 8. Sand bags carried . to the sea's depth the body of Captain T. Tamamoto, master of the Japanese steamer Canada Maru, who ended his life early yesterday be cause. It is . believed, he feared dis grace as a result of the stranding of bis command July 30, according to re ports received here. The captain took his life aboard his boat as she was being towed to drydock. A detailed report said the Japanese skipper carefully planned his end. Dur lng the night he made his will. At 6 o'clock he went to the . side of his boat, weighted himself with bags and fired three shots into his brain. His body toppled over the side and no trace of it has been found. CALL FOR ENGINEERS OUT Men Wanted for Both Domestic and Overseas Service. , SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 8. A call for men not registered in hte' draft,- and draft men who have been given de ferred clasifications, to enlist In- the 472d Engineers was sent out by the Western Department of the Army here today. The 472d Engineers engage in pro ducing military and aerial maps, and are used ln both domestic and over seas service. (ConciudeJ on Page 3. Column 1.) AVIATOR EXPECTS CROSS Letter to Parents In Seattle Says No tice Received of Honor. SEATLE, Aug. 8. Lieutenant John S. Griffith, Seattle, 1 a member of the British Royal Flying Corps, in writing a letter received by his parents here to day, said he had been notified he was to be decorated by King George with the distinguished flying cross. Griffith said he was credited with nine victories. Orders Issued by Baker and Daniels. INDUSTRY TO BE PROTECTED Action Taken Owing to Pend ing Draft Legislation, LEASED WIRE-TAX WRITTEN INTO BILL WAYS AND MEANS C03IMITTEE FIXES 10 PER CENT RATE, VOLUNTEER RUSH FEARED Older Men, With Prospects of Age Limits Extension Looming, ' Might Quit Indispensa ble Occupations. WASHINGTON. Aug. 8 Voluntary enlistment in the Army and Navy will be suspended completely to prevent disruption of industry pending dispo sition of the bill proposing to extend draft ages to include all men between 18 and 45 years. Orders were issued by Secretaries Doubling of Levy on Tobacco Pro posed Instead of Higher Range Previously Agreed On. WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. Tax of 10 per cent on amounts paid for leased telephone and telegraph lines, including press associations and brokerage cir cuits, a horsepower tax on automobile owners and a doubling of the tobacco taxes of the present law, instead of a higher range of rates previously agreed upon, were written into the JS, 000, 000.- 000 revenue bill today by the House ways and means committee. Chairman Kitchin. ln a statement Is sued tonight, replied to the telegram of Secretary McAdoo favoring retention of the present excess profits law and a flat 80 per cent war profits tax as an alternative, according to the greater rewnue likely to be raised in each cor poration's case. Mr. Kltchin's statement Indicates that the committee would retain in substance the dual or alternative system it agreed upon, but would Insist that the excess profits tax. Instead of remaining at the present rates, be Increased, either as the committee has agreed on them or by some compromising adjustment. "We have been trying to work out the Inequalities involved in the alterna tive system and to fix a proper rela tion between the excess profits and war profits tax methods," said Mr. Kitchin. "The committee Is thoroughly convinced that with the alternative war profits tax the excess profits tax rates in the present law are too low. With the ex- YANKEES - IMPROVE POSITION ON VESLE "Ra 1rl inH Tta niol rH rpt! n er tti a f n rt voluntary enlistments be accepted after "" profits rates tentatively agreed to today until further orders. Officers' Camps Affected. The orders also exclude civilians from appointment to officers' training camps until further notice. The orders were issued after a con by the committee and the alternative war profits plan, wo shall catch every body. Incessant Shell Fire Is Braved by U. S. Men. FRENCH AID ON BOTH FLANKS North Fismes Heavily Shelled by Americans. LINE TO BE STABILIZED Hun Retreat to Aisne Indicated by Prisoners' Statements of Posi tions Which Have Been Pre pared to North. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE VESLE, Aug. 8. (By the Associated Press.) Under al most incessant shellfire the Ameri cans struggled forward today to slightly better positions north of the Vesle. French divisions to the east and to the west did their part in straightening the line. This day was not marked by organ- i7or1 of f Qr"lrc onvurViard olnniv thn frkrf FLAG CUT DOWN; 2 CAUGHT but was punctuated by sharp minor f erence between Secretary Baker and Coos Bay Logger Says He Used Rope enSaements i which the American to Bind Roll of Blankets. gunners successfully covered the oper ations of the infantry and the engi neers. Along the entire front there was evident a determination to sta bilize the lines. Whether the battle Secretary Daniels and were made pub 11c after President Wilson had visited the offices of both secretaries late in the day. MAESHFIELD, Or., Aug. 8. (Spe It is not known whether his viBit I clal.) J. W. Ward and Frank Nelson, had to do with the enlistment sltua-1 loggers who left the North Bend Mill tlon. but just before he conferred with & Lumber Company camp on Davis that becan Julv 18 had virtually ended the Cabinet officers there was no indi- Slough yesterday, accused of cutting or whether the Germans will withdraw wiwu ma.t v. oui.u .uAAacv i Luc rupo on ino camp iiagpoie ana Ln u a ture was anticipated. : lowering the flag, were arrested here Hut Mci Needed at Home. today at the Lloyd Hotel. Ward con- Tt was explained that the view of tends he did nt toucn the flag fasten the Government Is that many of the lnss. eison sjaia no cut on tne rope older men are indispensable in their to blnd nis ro11 of blankets. Today beyond the Aisne are unanswered questions. American Force Strengthened. To the Americans already north of present occupations, but the natural officiate went to the camp and took the river there was added consider- result of the debated draft age aues- airiaavits irom several persons who able strength dunne the nijrht and tion is certain to lead to a rush to the ad oeard ne men threaten to tear eai.jy morning, recruiunK oixices. . i .. It is regarded as essential that men greatly needed at home should be pre vented from rushing Into the Army under the mistaken Idea that they are certain to be drafted anyhow and pre f er. to join' the service voluntarily. Baker Issues Statement. The War Department's action was announced in the following statement Issued by Secretary Baker: SEATTLE CALLS FOR LABOR Carpenters at $6.60 Jieeded for War Housebuilding Drive. The line tonight is well fixed along the Rouen-Rheims road from near Bazoches, which still is in the hands of the Germans, to a point well east of Fismes. The Amer icans hold Fismes apparently securely, but the village of North Fismes proved difficult and at midday was subjected to a terrific shelling by the American artillery with the intention of making SEATTLE, Aug. 8. Hundreds of building carpenters, at a wage of $6.60, and hundreds of laborers, warn 14. BO The War Department today has sus- to .5 were caned urrentlr todav bv it untenable ponded further volunteering and the th- iahor committee of the war honso. With that (small nninfc once cleared r'P' n.T drire-. Frederlck Sh"- th. line d run uninterruptedly to- pension will remain ln force until the cooperaun&. chairman. Labor union officers are legislation now pending before Con gress with regard to the draft ages is disposed of and suitable regulations drawn up to cover the operation of the selective system under the new law. This action is taken In order to pre- There is no surplus of skilled or un skilled labor ln Seattle, according to union officials. Concluded on Page 5. Column 1. ) Portland Aviators Commissioned. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Aug. 8. John Tate Kern, of 460 East Twenty-first street and Ern- ward the east. Artillery Used on Foe. The Germans have had strong ma chine-gun positions in Fismes and to the north and east. It was the oppo sition offered by them that resulted in the American determination not to attempt occupation by the infantry, THE WORLD'S CHAMPION LION TAMER'S REPUTATION IS AT STAKE NOW. What tomorrow holds forth for the reach 100. Jl. 000.000, The property loss will total according to conservative enemy cannot be forecasted, but the I estimates. outlook is not a promising one under present conditions. 9LAVI0 Moreuil and the country front ad- CUHVIU joining Villers-Aux-Erables have been orders for Immediate Stabilization taken by the French, while the Brit- LEGION FORMING at Camp Wadsworth Given. WASHINGTON. Aug. 8. Orders for the immediate mobilization at Camp Wadsworth. Spartanburg, S. C. of the Slavic Legion, authorized by the Army apropriation bill, were announced to day at the War Department, providing ish have captured the Dodo and Hamel woods and Marcel Cave after hard fighting, and pushed a considerable! distance beyond. Hard Fighting Experienced. Especially hard flgTiting was ex perienced, and Still is in progress, on I voluntary enlistment of Jugo-Slavs, the left flank of the fighting front in Czecho-Slovaks and Ruthenlans and the neighborhood of Morlancourt. ZmSZZZ an! luT ine weauier neipea in me advance. tria-Hungary. North of the attacked zone the bar SSTJ :;Sthin' GRASSHOPPERS DO DAMAGE rolled forward, and with them the in- Insect Hordo visits Fanners 1 Okanogan Valley. WENATCHEE. Wash, Aug. 8. Dam age estimated by farmers in the Oka- fan try swarmed toward the enemy lines. .These lines were reached and passed as a mist started to roll in. All alons the line, except possibly northward on the left flank, very nogan Valley at about SCO.OOO has been i;ttl rnemv shellintr was experienced done already by a migratory horde of after the attack got well under way. "hLrs . wh,ch, ?v,r l?,e' ", , wheat fields, damaged alfalfa, timothy nearly au me country ireuy d oat, cropat fought over and that now in front Oil More than 60 square miles of terri- ,rf:d,d on p, 2. column i.i ' I tory la said to be infested by. the pesta. $$$$7 porwr Wfo moot i est Goodnough swigger, of loss but to destroy the enemy witn artu- Thurman street, Portland, have been erv I commissioned oecona Liieuienanis in tne I air service. The Weather. I YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 69 decrees; minimum, 07 degrees. TODAY'S Probably fair; gentle westerly winds. War. The testimony of prisoners today continues to indicate that positions be- .nn Vio AicnA Viava Vippn nrpnured bv INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS the Germans and that the present ac tion is to gain time and inflict as much loss as possible on the Americans and their allies. WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. General General petain teiis French to remain firm. I Pershing's communique for yesterday received today reported briefly the crossing of the Vesle River by Amer ican troops. It follows: "Headquarters American Expedi tionary Forces, Aug. 7, 1918. Sec tion A east of Bazoches our troops have crossed the Vesle and gained the Rheims-Soissons highway. Hi3 coun ter-attacks broke down under our fire." WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE VESLE, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 10 T. M. The Vesle was crossed east and west of Fismes late today by ad- Pa.se L Germans hard hit by new allied drive. Page 1. U-boat sinks steamship Merak. Page Germans go wild on learning of outbreak of world war, says Dr. Artnur is. juavis. Page 13. New drive stirs Washington. Page 7. Americans improve position on Vesle. Page 1. Official casualty list. Page 2 Foreign. JTew rovernment established In Northern Russia. Page 3. Berlin report says Russia at war with Eng land. Page 3. Enlistments ln Army and Navy suspended. Page 1. rrowder calls 130.20T to colors. Page S. National. Tax on leased wires proposed. Pags 1. DflmMtir. Packers accused of gigantic monopoly, ditional American infantrymen. West Page 1. nf ricmae Vm AmnriMtic arp hrpalc- t v,.. v.t.r trill ul . ....v.-,, ur. xra-io ,wu 1 " r . . . to Roumanla. Pane 6. i mir up counter-an-ttcno. Bounteous crops forecast for United States. t .-.(. cf tne Americans who . . ... , m J Sports. I had crossea tne river aunng i uesaay Philadelphia wins double-header from Pitts- njght and Wednesday morning, a de- Roy Hanley and" Mik. Morsn. Northwest tachment of infantry crossed the footDa.ii stars, - sign up m juwu. yesle under a Darrage just Derore r.nfnnt nfl fitmdifer teams to clash Bun- noon luubv. i wu utiici ucwu-iimcnu day. Page u. reached the north bank later. Pacific Northwest. Th Germans COUnter attacked the Fewon4 "pL't" n ba"ot th" ye" """ Americans west of Fismes this after- Commercial and siartne. noon, but were scattered by the Amer- High butter prices ln ran and winter jean artillery. In bitter fighting the montns practically cenam. r.m n. i . - -j v.. r market swlnes imward as consequence '"" "" uvciocaa uicn of advrs crop snowing, rag. u. I onets eiiectiveiy. A lew uermans Proposed extension of . Federal regulation , . , ., tu0, weakens stocK market, i-age n. i itv-. .iuUmv.."i ".. Dock charges fixed by commission. Page 14. 1 retired. Port junsaiction to oe m u, tum- . K.lcfro missions counsel, f&so r- i " Mv.w ..v.. -.-..t Portland and vicinity. the American infantry north of the Y. M. C. A. programme In Coast spruce I Vesie IS irom a Knoll nortn OI ta- camps to do a.rectea irom mim zoches. Here a number of German - I . . .... a. a. R. plans are fast taking shape, machine gun companies nave dug in. i-ago n. I r il.. A j4. i i. r ,hn rnr of Teutons renonnr. -I. "lie Ul nic .inciivH ueutuiuieriia legiance to Kaiser, i-age . which crossed the river today rein- Tueater manage. prii nw ana . , v A 4L working agreement or employes. Page 13. 1 iul,-tu njimu.0110 oivug Oregon orait Doaras are tola to speed up. 1 KheimS-bOlSSOnS highway Who are LtH A i.ijLa 11' Page 6 ,--. Weather report, data and forecast. Pace 17. .iCoucluded oa Fage 2, Column 3.) f ED 1 05.2