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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 .) reg 1 02.0