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VOL LVIII. XO. 18,016. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31,' 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FRENCH RIP BOGHE lljlllll Poilus Plunge 21-2 Miles on 1 5 1 -2 Mile Front. MANY VILLAGES CAPTURED General Mangin's Troops Ad vance Over Difficult Ter rain by Hard Fighting. NO YON IS OUTFLANKED Vezaponin Is Seized and At tackers Hurl Enemy From Plateau Near Tartiers. PARIS. Aug. 20. The French forces fighting: east of the Oise on a front of about 15'4 miles have ad vanced to an average depth of about two and one half miles and captured numerous villages, according to the French official communication issued this evening-. More than 8000 prison ers have been taken. South of Roye the town of Beuv- raignes has been occupied by the French, after bitter fighting. .Three Miles Gained. General Mangin's forces advanced three miles at the greatest depth of the front. The French troops cap tured the town of Cuts, two and a half miles northwest of Blerancourt. Noyon 'now is well outflanked and its fall seems near. The text of the official communi cation tonight follows: "South of the Avre we have cap tured Beuvraignes after a bitter strug gle. In the course of our advance yesterday between the Mate and the Oise we took 500 prisoners: "East of the Oise our troops this morning attacked the German lines n a front of about 35 kilometers, from the region of Beilly as far as the Aisne. Plateau Is Gained. "On our left we have reached the southern outskirts of the Ouricamp forest and also the outskirts of Carle- pont and Caisnes. In the center we captured Lombray nd Blerancourelle and gained a foot ing on the plateau north of Vassens. "On our right the village of Veza ponin, Tartieres, Cuisy-en-Almont, Osly and Courtil have fallen into our hands. "On all the fronts of attack we have advanced on an average to a depth of four kilometers. We have taken more than 8000 prisoners today, "The number of prisoners "taken since August 18 between the Oise and the Aisne is piore than 10,000." . LONDON, Aug. 20. According to latest information received here Gen eral Mangin's' line now runs from La Quenotierie, north of Bailly, to Champ de Merlier, to Petit Maupas, to Cuts, to Hill 160, to Vezaponin and to Val priez farm, five miles northwest of Soissons. Germans Fight Hard. The French have captured Veza- ponin and are on the plateau east of Tartiers. From that point the line is uncertain, but the French are pro- ' gressing towards Camelit. The Germans are making stiff re sistance at Hill 160, which is east of Le Mesnil. The advance is over most difficult ground, but the attack i still proceeding. WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, Aug. 20. (By the Asso ciated Press. The operation begun this morning by General Mangins troops between the Aisne and the Oise southeast of Noyon and north west of Soissons, looks this evening to be a splendid success. General Mangin has taken from the Germans eU Cuts and Mont De Choisy the last heights remaining south of the Oise in that region. Close to Oise Now. At Mont De Choisy the French troops are within two and one-half miles of the Oise at Pontoise, the direct road to which is now under fire of the French batteries. Carlepont, to the southwest, is also in the hands of the French tonight and from this place their guns com mand another road to the Oise at Sem pigny, directly south of Noyon. General Mangin with his right solid- STATES TO DECIDE ON SOLDIER VOTE BALLOTING OF OVERSEAS MEN- HELD IMPRACTICAL. War Department Indicates Limita tions on Co-operation to lie Expected From Nation. OREGOXIAN XEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Aug. 20. That ' it will be a nryti-l ImnnnnlhllltV to take the votes of soldier overseas la the sub stance of an announcement made by the War Department. The department announces its will ingness to co-operate with the several states In carrying out any plans they make for taking: the votes of sol diers, but the difficulties pointed out are so serious that.it is manifest that not much will Be accomplished. After sugflgestlng that the states de siring to take the votes of idlers amend their laws or take such other steps as may be necessary- at ne earliest possible 'time,' the department indicates the limitations upon the ex tent of its co-operation. The department will not be respon sible for securing "the vote of any soldier, and it will, not be . possible to take -the vote of any soldier actively engaged in military operations, unless the soldier can . transmit bis vote through the mails as ordinary corre spondence. - Letters purporting to con tain ballots must, be subject to inspec tion of the censor the same as other mail matter." In no case will the department fur niah to state or other officials a list of persons who have entered the mil itary service. Neither will the depart ment undertake 'to deliver ballots to soldiers addressed to .them in care of the department. ... OREGON IS AM0NG FIRST Twelfth Reserve District States Ex ceed Federal Quota. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20. Oregon. Washington, Idaho and . Utah exceed their quotas in the latest offerings of United States certificates, of Indebted ness, while the other states In the dis trict failed to reach their allotments. S. Kelty, assistant director of sales for the 12th Federal reserve district, an nounced here today. Oregon's quota was $3.105,000 , and her subscriptions, 14.104,000; Washing ton. 11.935.000. with subscriptions of 17.049,500; Idaho. $1,328,000. with sub scriptions of $1,478,500, and Utah, $1, 730,000. with subscriptions of $2,587,500. FOOD SflORT AT SALZBURG All Strangers Ordered to LeaTe Aus tria's Famous Health Resort. - WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. Salzburg. Austria's one-time famous tourist cen ter and health resort, is in such dire straits for food that all strangers have been ordered to leave town, according to an official dispatch today from France. COLOR-BEARERS AS OXE SECTIOX OF DRAFT BILL CLOSE TO DEBATE STAGE Man-PovyerLegislation to Be, Speeded Up. PASSAGE THIS WEEK LIKELY Measure , to Be Taken ; Up Both Houses tomorrow. in AGE EXTENSION PLEDGED "Work or Fight?. Provision Appar ently Given Vp by Committee of Lower Chamber ; Protest of Labor Is Heard. WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. Both Sen ate and House will on Thursday begin consideration of the manpower bill ex tending the Army draft age limit to 18 and 45 years. The House military affairs commit tee -today closed its hearings and the bill will be reported tomorrow with an amendment adopted by a vote of 9 to 7 to defer-service of youths 18 to 19 years of age until all others are called. An " agreement was secured with Speaker Clark and with Representative Sims, in charge of the pending water power bill, to give the manpower act right of way Thursday. Speedy Adoption Anticipated. Chairman Dent, of the House commit tee, believes it can be passed in a sin gle day. Passage of thl bill by the House Thursday and by the Senate Saturday is planned by leaders. Contests are ex pected in both branches. In the Senate debate is expected .on the "work or fight" amendment. In the House a controversy is brew- ins; over, the committee's amendment to defer calling boys of 18 and 19 years, a mandatory provision which Secretary Baker, General March and General Crowder have vigorously opposed. Extension Seems- Assured. With both Senate and House commit tees ' pledged to the lowering of the minimum age to 18 years it appears the age limits will be fixed as recom mended by the War Department. After a stormy executive session, in which Representative Kahn. - of Cali fornia, led a fight which he promised to renew on the House floor, to re tain the Administration measure's pro vision putting the order of calls for all men within the President's discre tion, .the committee voted, 9 to 7, to write in an amendment offered by (Concluded on Pace 3. Column 2.) SOLDIERS OF CIVIL WAR, 6000 STRONG, TREAD PORTLAND STREETS ': W't: 'CJ -tftX.; -! fiF i:J ? wr? u rir f: 1 m 1 .t 1i M Ik ' fti : LOXG LIJTE PASSED OFFICIAL REVIEWING STAJTD, MORKISO.V STREET, FROM CONVICT IS KILLED; PRISON IN TURMOIL FRED JOHXSOX ATTEMPTS TO UXBOLT PRISON DOOR. As Leader of Mutiny in Penitentiary ' Two Years Ago Prisoner Caused a Great Deal of Trouble. - WALLA, WALLA, Wash., Aug. 20. (Special.) Convicts In the state peni tentiary started a mutiny about 7:30 to night and the noise can be heard for over, a considerable portion of Walla Walla. The disturbance resulted from the shooting today of Fred (Tiger) Johnson by a guard. . The mutiny is similar to that about a year, ago in which Johnson was a ring leader and which resulted in his being placed in solitary confinement with a number of other convicts. The men are yelling, cursing, rattling their cell doftrs and pounding on the floors and walls with cell buckets and anything else they can get their hands on. As the men are. securely locked in their cells the officers say they cannot get out. Last year several days elapsed before the trouble was stopped. Johnson' was . killed by Guard John Davison while endeavoring to escape. Davison -was exonerated by the Coro ner. . Johnson was assisted by - John Vandell, who murdered E. W. Olson, State Industrial Insurance Commis sioner. Both men have been threatening vio lence for several days. Threats were made by Vandell. this morning that they (he and Johnson) would get the guard before the day was over. A little later Johnson was seen tamper ing with the lock on the door of the ward. He was ordered to step away, and ignored the command. The guard fired. Death was instantaneous. Van dell and the other prisoners fled to their cells, and there was no further trouble. Johnson had been here more than two years, being sent from Spokane after a trial which attracted wide at tention because of his actions in court He nearly killed a Deputy Sheriff. He was given two sentences, one five to 20 years, the other five to 30. They were to be served consecutively. John son was one of the leaders in the mutiny at the prison last year. A few months ago he assaulted Jack Radclif fe, a prison guard, and nearly killed him. He had been involved in other troubles at the institution and was considered a desperate character. WAR SURPRISE TO TRADER Frederick Snilthera Reaches Clvili- , zation After Long Absence. ' MONTREAL, Aug. 20 Reaching civ ilization after an absence of five years among the Eskimos in Grant Land in the Arctic Circle, Frederick Smithern has just learned that there is a war going on. " Smithern is a fun trader. He is pass ing through Montreal today en route for his home in New York. He said he would enlist there in the United States Army. VETERANS IN STEP TO OLD ThousandsMoveSlowly But Proudly in line. : BANNERS AND BANDS INSPIRE Flag-Decked ; Streets Packed With Cheering Throngs. APPLAUSE FOR EACH STATE Not ' a Single Straggler on Whole Route More Than 100O' Dis abled G. A. R. Men Carried in Autos Battle Songs Sung. BT BEN HUB LAMPMAN. Through a patch of sunlight in the park a flag slanted and shone. Then another and yet another, until the shady avenues were bright with the stainless colors. Old fighting., tunes, that have thrust shouting men Into the forefront of battle, sprang from the drums and the whistling fifes. In such manner, yesterday morning, was given to Portland, the privilege of witnessing a rally that summoned some thousands of gallant gentlemen from every state in their Union to march in the parade review of the Grand Army of the Republic Shuffle or limp or tread, the feet that sought step to the tunes, once knew each battlefield of the Civil War., Marching again to gether, with America sworn to a new crusade for freedom, they were cheered thunderously. Six thousand veterans at least, they passed through the deep lanes of spec tators, targets of flowers and praise. The blue lines sagged and swayed, but every head was high and smiling and the Grand Army called to its friends with the bandinage of old camps and old campaigns. Parade la Triumphal March. ' Fit for, Berlin they said they were, again and. again, and "the" crowd never failed to answer that all men are aware of it. But back of the boast -was the memory.-of bayonets that glittered as keenly as any and the joke was but half a jest, at that. Triumphal is a weak word to qualify their progress through, the pity for not even the day when the boys come back from France , will transcend the tribute of yesterday. In ranks of. four the state depart ments of the Grand Army marched be hind their colors. Bands played them on with patriotic tunes, but the vet erans themselves did not lack for the (Concluded on Pa.ye-6, Column 1.) 1 WHILE ENTIRE CITY PAYS HOMAGE. FIFTH TO SIXTH. CALIFORNIA AND 3 PLANES DOWNED; TIME, 20 SECONDS FAMOUS FRENCH FLTER FIGHTS FOUR Hl'XS ; OXE ESCAPES. Lientenant Rene Fonck's Deadly Ma chine Gun Fire Sends Foe to Earth in Flames. ..' PARIS, Aug. 20. Lieutenant Rene Fonck, the famous French aviator, who shot down three German airplanes on August 14, as announced officially Sunday, accounted for all three of them in the record-breaking time of 20 sec onds. Fonck went out escorted by two pa trolling machines. After cruising for 10 minutes he surprised four .enemy two-seated battle psanes flying In Indian file with only a few hundred yards between each. Tlfe French flier fell upon the first enemy machine with his madhine gun. It fell In flames in 10 seconds. Later he got his sights on the sec ond machine with the same result. The third dodged sideways before Fonck could take aim and escaped, but by a swift turn of the rudder he dashed at the fourth airplane and sent it down to Join the first two. Lieutenant Rene Fonck,' recognized as the greatest French air fighter since Captain Guynemer, is credited with brinsrinsr down 60 enemy airplanes. Of these he downed six in one day in the course of two patrols. A little over a year ago Lieutenant Fonck entered the aerial service as a pilot of an airplane regulating artil lery fire. After about 20 days of this service, during which he defeated two German planes which had attempted to interfere with his work, he was put into a squadron of pursuit machines. Eight days later he was officially cited as an ace, having destroyed nis iiitn airplane. He is only 22 years old. ARMY BUTTER DEMAND BIG Total of 1,250,000 Pounds Every Month; Oleomargarine 7 0 0,000. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. The Amer ican Army is using 1,250,000 pounds of butter and 700,000 pounds of oleomar garine every month. A War Department statement today shows that soldiers stationed in this country have about five times more butter than oleomarsarine, while in France the quantities of butter and oleomarganine are about, equal, owing to the greater difficulty in obtaining high-grade butter. WILSON'S VACATION ENDS Executive Party Returns From House Residence to Washington. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. President Wilson returned to Washington this morning after his brief vacation on the Massachusetts coast as the guest of Colonel E. M. House. The special train carrying the party arrived at 8:36 A. M., and the President and Mrs. Wilson went immediately to the White House. NEVADA VETERANS ARE SHOWN. HUNS RETIRE 3 TO 4 MO 111 lillH British in Merville Sector Closely Press Foe, TEUTONS QUIT IRE TOWNS Haig's Men Advance Along Rivers Scarpe and Lys in Pursuit of Enemy. GERMANS MOVE BACK GUNS Britons' Sweep Onward Is Met by Extremely Light Fire From Enemy Artillery. LONDON, Aug. 20. East of Arras along- the Scarpe River the British in sharp fighting have advanced their line to the east of the village of Fam- -poux, while farther north, astride the Lys River, the British have reached L'Epinette and north of Merville have' captured the villages of Vierhoek and La Couronne, according to Field Mar shal Haig's communication from head quarters tonight. WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, Aug. 20. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Field Marshal Haig's forces continued to advance through- t out the day in the Merville sector of the Lys salient. They are closely fol lowing the retiring Germans, who this afternoon seem to have gone back to an. extreme depth of between - three and four miles and are still showing , no inclination to come to a halt. Wire Retards Pursuers. Especially to the south of this sec tor the Germans have left behind them numerous lines of retarding wire en tanglements. The German guns appear to be far behind the infantry in the movement toward the rear. This is indicated by the extremely light artillery fire. In the operations of the last few days on this whole Hazebrouck front, including the line between Outter- steen and Vieux Berquin, 19 officers and 845 of other ranks have been taken prisoner. The largest part of this number was composed, until over come by the advancing British, of rear guards and screens covering the ene my's retirement. South of the river Somme the ene my artillery has quieted down and the situation here for the moment seems to have become calm. Vantage Points Relinquished. By withdrawing their forces in the Merville sector of the Lys salient the Germans definitely have given up one of the points from which a drive for Calais logically would be launched. This is taken to indicate that the Ger man high command has abandoned hope of reaching the coast and now is chiefly concerned with getting the German lines back to a place of great er security. The withdrawal continued last night and today even on a slightly broader front than that of yesterday. The re tirement marked the conclusion and failure of the effort which Germany launched early in the Spring to "fin ish off" the British Army by striking through to the sea. British Push Ahead. Other withdrawals continue and the British, taking advantage of the op portunity, have at various places pushed forward where the enemy has left small garrisons. The British also have battered in the enemy at places where he was not quite ready to re tire, such as between Vieux Berquin and the Hazebrouck-Bailleul railway. Here a local operation gained all the objectives, the British capturing one officer and 181 of other ranks. South of the Scarpe the British still further advanced, while their positions south of the Somme were improved. An enemy attack which developed here yestecday was a complete failure, the Germans suffering heavy casual ties. While the Germans managed to . penetrate the British positions a-, two points they were quickly hurled out and the line was completely restored. Not a single foot of ground was gained by the enemy. Between the Somme and the Ancrc the British lines have been 6teadily (Concluded on Page 2, Column 4.) lCooouJd ea faf 2, Comma l.J.