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THE MORXIXG OREGONIAX, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 191S. "
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ITS A MOURNFULWAKE ON THE RHINE.
BY FRENCH ARMY
General Mangin's Troops Go
Forward Two antf.One-Half
Miles East of Oise.
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Advance Is Made Over Difficult Ter
rain and Despite Furious Resist
ance Foe Is Hurled From
Plateau Xcar Tartieres.
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by the French after a violent struggle,
which proved very costly to the enemy.
General Mangin's offensive fore-
stalled a German attack, which, officers
taken prisoner say. had been prepared
for 7:30 o'clock this morning. The ex
tremely heavy artillery preparation
during the. past 24 hours by the French
served as a warning' to the Gerraani
that the French had an attack in
anticipation, and two fresh divisions,
one of Jaegers and the other of men
from Baden, were brought up during
the night In lorries to attempt to de
fend the German line.
ly on the heights north of the Aisne,
around Fontenoy. is sweeping the Ger
mans off the high' ground south of
the Oise. obliging tbem to retreat
across the river or retire eastward. In
either event the success of the move
ment will expose the region about
Noyon to artillery attacks from the
south, the southeast and the southwest.
Germans Fighting Hard.
The Germans are fighting hard
against this danger, relying principally
upon machine guns, as in the Thies
court region, thus indicating; that come
of their artillery already is across or is
on the way across the river Oise. The
count of prisoners and an inventory of
the booty taken is incomplete. One
corps in this operation has counted
1500 prisoners up to noon, and had im
mense quantities of captured war ma
terials of all sorts.
LOXDOX, Aug. 20. Reuter s corre
spondent telegraphing today from
French Army Headquarters, aiys:
"General Mangin's operations of the
past two days prepared the way for a
fresh advance today. The attack began
at 7 o'clock this morning on a front of
10 miles from Pimprex, on the right
bank of the Oise, to Fontenoy.
Bombardment Warns Enemy.
"Yesterday's heavy bombardment ap
parently warned the enemy that an at
tack was coming, for during the night
fresh enemy divisions were brought
op from a long distance in the rear In
motor lorries, and Jaeger divisions, the
'captors of Mont Kemmel. were shifted
from the Soissona region to help meet
the' shock of General Mangin's men.
"These reinforcements seem to have
been of little avail. After three hours
of attack the French had advanced an
. average of 2H miles along the whole
front, and thousands of prisoners were
beginning to flow back. The German
infantry fought stubbornly and left
considerable dead on the ground, but
their artillery fire was feeble and vir
tually no airplanes took part.
Whole Front Line Passed,
"The whole German front line was
passed one hour after the attack be
gan. Soon after 5 o'clock the French
infantry was signaled on the far aide
of the Audignicourt ravine, on the road
leading across the plateau.
"At the same time the village of Ca
sines. in the Bols de la Montagne. was
reached on the left, and the troops were
entering Tartieres. north of the Aisne
on the right. The most difficult part
of the operation was the passage of
Audignicourt ravine, along- whose
northern edge ran the main German
line of resistance.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMT IN
FRANCE. Aug. 10. (By the Associated
Press.) The attack' today of General
Mangin's forces from Fontenoy on the
Aisne to Pimpres on the Oise was pro
gressing favorably when this dispatch
was filed.
At noon the line had been advanced
to the road east of Carlepont to the
Calsnes wood and Bellefontaine. and
south of Lombray and Blerancourdelle
to Vesaponln. and then southward to
the east of Tartieres and to Osly,
Prisoner! Fearing la.
Prisoners continued to arrive at the
rear to add to the several thousand
captured before noon, and the gain In
territory at 1 o'clock had been from one
to miles. The enemy was resisting
with the greatest vigor at vital spots.
Where the fighting is thickest the
. ground is covered with German dead.
The artillery preparation, which was
most violent, began yesterday morning.
ana the enemy, anticipating an attack.
hastened to reinforce his lines, sending
up two of his best divisions which were
held in reserve. These divisions ar
rived during the night In motor lorries.
An hour and a half after the order
as given to attack, lnfantrvmen wr
passing Audignicourt and Vasens and H0L LAND TO GET CEREALS
and were followed immediately by bat- "ULLHIHU I U UL I OtnUHUO
tertes of three-inch guns. The first
line of defense waa then breaking.
. Gaa Fcila to Bait.
The Germans on retiring filled the
ravine with mustard gaa. This, how-
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BOAT IS RAMMED
NORRIS LEADSJN NEBRASKA
Republican Seems Likely to Win for
Senate In Primary.
LINCOLN. Neb., Aug. 20. Primary
first returns on the Nebraska state
wide primary election showed G. W.
Norris, Republican, well in the lead for
the nomination for United States
Senator. John H. Morehead. Democrat,
for the same office, is leading his four
other party rivals.
Kieth Naville. Democrat, for Gover
nor, has outdistanced Charles W.
Bryan in the returns thus far. Samuel
K. McKelvie, Republican, for Governor,
apparently has a walk-away.
Captain of American Vesse
Declares Hun Craft Sunk.
TANKER'S FIGHT RELATED
VARDAMAN SEEMS LOSER
Harrison Leads for Senator in Mis
sisslppl Primary.
JACKSON, Miss.. Aug. 20. Early re
turns from today a Democratic pri
mary in Mississippi showed Congress
man Pat Harrison leading in the three
cornered contest for United States Sen
ator over James K. Vardaman. the in
cumbent, and ex-Governor E. F. Noel.
Recently President Wilson, in an
swer to a recent inquiry aa to Senator
Vardaman'a record, said he would re
gard the, re-election of Vardaman as
"a condemnation of my Administration
by the people of Mississippi."
Tea Thousand Tons Will Be Shipped
on Steamer Xleuw Amsterdam.
ever, proved only a temporary trouble.
the entire ravine being turned in
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. At the re-
quest of the government of the Nether
short time and the French troops pro- I lands, the war trade board has granted
permission for the steamship Nieuw
Amsterdam to take a cargo of 10,000
tons of cereals to Holland.
The permission waa granted, an an
nouncement tonight said, after an
agreement had been made whereby the
Nieuw Amsterdam on lta next trip from
this country will carry a cargo for the
Belgian Relief Commission.
ENRICO CARUSO IS WEDDED
greasing toward Blerian court, eight
miles southeast or Noyon.
Farther to the right Tartieres. 2
mues soumeast or Morsaln, waa en
tered at o'clock and columns of pris
oners began to appear upon the plateau
to tne rear.
The artillery reaction was very weak
over tms part or the front.
French aviators, flying way down
under the low-lying clouds, kept the
stait regularly informed aa to the prog
ress ot the attack and harassed the
enemy with machine-srun.fi re. - No Ctr.
man filers tried to Interfere with their I Opera Singer Marries Daughter of
work, t ew were seen In the air dur-1 . . ,
ing the morning, iromineni ntw tors sawyer
Haas FIjckt Desneratelv.
The Germane made m. desperate de-1 NEW YORK, Aug. 20. Enrico Ca
fense in the hilly and wooded region I ruso, the grand opera ainger. today
outn or tne oise around Carlenont. I obtained a license to wed Miss Dorothy
Casines and Lombray, where they held Rark Renlamln. daughter of a New
strong positions which were prof uselr I Vnrlr mtunt attomev. and a few hours
""' iuic iirers. xne iOur-A- later was married in the Marble Col
leglate Church In Fifth avenue. Mrs.
John S. Keith., of this city, was matron
of honor, and the best man waa Bruno
Glrata. the tenor's secretary.
Mr. and Mrs. Caruso will remain in
this city.
Verre and Croisette farms were taken
DANCING
Officer of British Ship Declares Be
lief Twenty-Sixth Shot Fired Hit
and Destroyed Submarine
'" Off Atlantic Coast.
AX ATLANTIC PORT, Aug. 21
German submarine late yesterday
aelsed the big fishing trawler Triumph.
The crew,' which has reached shore
safely, aald they believed that the Ger
mane Intend to use the trawler as a
raider. The fishermen reported that
the U-boat Is "playing havoc" with the
fleet of fishing vessels on the Grand
Banks.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. The badly
damaged bow of his steamship is of
fered by the cap'tain of an American
vessel aa confirmation of his statement
that he rammed a U-boat August 7 off
the Virginia coast. The captain be
lieves he sank the submarine.
The Navy Department, in giving pub
licity to the Incident, says the encoun
ter took place at about 9:30 P. M. on
August 17 near Winter Quarter Shoal,
off the Northern Virginia coast. The
captain said the submarine waa struck
on her port bow, bringing her alongside.
The submarine crew hailed in strong
German accents, saying they were
friends, the captain said, but he re
plied they were no friends of his. He
kept on his. course, he said.
Tangible Evidence Offered.
In making the announcement the de
partment did not name the ship. Be
cause of the American, skipper's cir
cumstantial report and the tangible
evidence furnished by the damaged
bow, the story is given credence not ac
corded most of the accounts of subma
rine destruction reaching the Navy.
AN ATLANTIC PORT. Aug. 20.
John Crosby, chief mate of the Brit
ish tanker which is said to have sunk
a U-boat recently off this coast, in de
scribing the incident today said: 1
Our 26th shot struck the submarine.
She did not blow up with a bang.
What she did was to swing around
slowly and drift broadside on. We did
not slow down, but made for port as
swiftly as we could travel. I am sure
our shot destroyed the- enemy craft.1
PARIS, Aug. 20. (Havas Agency.)
Newspapers of Oporto, Portugal, report
that an unidentified steamer outbound
from Bordeaux sank a submarine near
the Spanish coast.
BOSTON, Aug. 20. Captain H. Thor-
bjornsen, of the Norwegian steamer
San Jose, sunk by a German sub
marine off the North Atlantic coast
Saturday, told today how he had
protested against the destruction ot
his ship on the ground that it
was under charter to the Norwegian
government.
Ex-Liner Captain on U-Boat.
The U-boat commander asked that
the charter be produced. There was
no copy aboard, although the. captain
exhibited a letter showing that the
San Jose had been chartered by the
government of Norway.
After reading the letter Captain
Thorbjornsen said, the German con
ferred with another officer of the sub
marine, who said subsequently that he
was formerly in command of one of
the Hamburg-American liners and had
residad in the United States before the
war. Then tne captain was lniormea
that if he could not establish proof of
his statement the vessel would be
sunk.
HUNS RETIRE 3 TO 4 MILES
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improved in the last few days, and last
night the positions of the enemy west
of Bray were successfully raided.
It is possible the enemy may think
that if he could arrange to leave a
broad space, say of two or three miles,
between the British lines and his own.
holdine the latter with fairly strong
forces, but keeping the greater part of
his armies well to the rear, he would
have a better chance to defend him
self against the combined operations
of the infantry and tanks, the effect
lveness of which he apparently has
learned to respect.
British Follow Closely.
If this is part of his plan, he seems
not to have reckoned that the British
would follow on his heels so closely.
The Merville withdrawal, however, is
the most significant development in. a
Ion it time, for the enemy has been hold'
insr onto this salient as a sort of
Jumping off place for the continuation
of his Flanders operations ana in noia
ing -it has suffered greatly, especially
from the auiea artillery, xne mma
tlve having passed from the Germans,
the position ceased to be of value to
them. '
Merville, ot course, has been entered
and the allied patrols by this time have
operated some distance beyond it.
Every day now some new documen
tarv evidence comes to light showing
either a weakening of the morale in the
German army or the anxiety of its
leaders.
What we've always wanted
Shipyards and kindred manufacturing have given the Northwest a taste
for real industry. We are thinking more than ever before in terms of big
business. Portland has seen the result of pay-rolls. Let's plan to keep
them permanently !
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Important matters get the careful attention of our officers. Our facilities
have been found adequate for handling accounts of increasing number and
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PLANS OF FOGH BIG
Smashing Blow May Continue
Right On Until Winter.
FALL' OF NOYON POSSIBLE
Breakdown of Enemy's Defensive
Iiine Over Front of Scores of
Miles In Prospect Roye
Pocket to Be "Picked."
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Interpreted
at first as a local operation intended
primarily to enable the allies to retain
complete possession of the initiative on
the Picardy front, the rapidly developed
success of the French east of the Oise
tonight was accepted by military offi
cers here as a definite and fully pre
pared effort having a specific part in
the larger strategic plans of General
Foch.
Latest advices tonight describing the
advance of the French tenth army for
two and a half miles on a front of more
than 15 miles were taken as conclusive
evidence that the major, plan of the
Generalissimo is far more comprehen
sive than has been supposed.
It is believed to include a series of
actions which will occupy every mo
ment until the arrival of Winter rains'
makes the plateaus of Picardy and the
plains of Flanders impassable.
Most observers agreed that the tm-
mediate objective of General Mangin's
forces appeared to be the "picking" of
the Roye pocket, with the subsequent
control of the important supply lines
between that city and Noyon.
For the larger objective toward which
efforts of the allies are being bent was
seen the capture of Noyon and a re
sultant breakdown of the German de
fensive line over a front of scores of
miles.
Activities of the British army east
of Arras, around the Merville sector,
are thought to be linked up with this
larger plan. Some strategists foresee
in the near future a more important
thrust by these forces, completing the
cycle of offensives from Rheims to the
sea.
Living Cost Data Sought.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. Country
wide investigation of the cost of liv
ing was started today by the bureau
of labor statistics to obtain data for
use in making wage adjustments. Six
agents began the inquiry in Baltimore,
calling on representative families in
different parts of the -city-
Information will be gathered from
families regarding their annual expen
ditures for food, clothing, housing,
fuel, furniture and miscellaneous expenses.
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Bt AIR STATION IS BOMBED
Large Force of Enemy Planes
Beaten Off by Yankee Craft.
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LONDON. .Aug. 20. News has been
received here to the effect that one of
the American naval air stations In
Italy was recently attacked by a large
force of enemy airplanes, which dropped
more than a dosen heavy bombs, none
of Which did any damage.
American airplanes and anti-aircraft
guns beat off the enemy machines.
Auto Damaged by Streetcar.
An automobile driven by O. W. Mort
ality, of Oregon City, was badly dam
aged last night when a Depot and Mor
rison streetcar waa In collision with
the machine at Twelfth and Morrison
streets. No one was Injured, although
the car was shoved against a telephone
pole and the occupants thrown to the
sidewalk. Mortality reported that he
waa going east on Morrison street when
the streetcar crashed into the rear of
his machine. i
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Lotion will instantly relieve stop
the itching. Irritation, swelling and In
flammation of mosquito and other
Insect bites. Santlseptlc is indispen
sable for skin comfort and for relief
from prickly heat, heat rash, chafing,
hives, sun and windburn. Unlike any
other preparation. Neither sticky nor
greasy. .Keeps skin cool, sort and .clear.
It is a .remarkablo soothing and heal
ing lotion. Men use it after shaving I
and women for the complexion and for
baby s skin.
Santiseptic Is easily procured at
drug and department stores, a good
sized bottle costing but SOc If
your druggist cannot supply it, send
his name and 25c in coin or stamps to
the manufacturers, the .sbencott Lab
oratories, Portland, Or., for large in-1
troductory bottle postpaid. Adv.
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