. ... WI'ATIII'lt Fair; l'8n frost south and oast portions the tarly morning: 8ALK.M, OUKGON, Fill DAY MOIt.M.XU, APRIL A, JOIN Will DAILY EDITION t I v YANKS HOLD PLACE SOUTH OF VERDUN i. Sector on Meuse Heights Heavily Bombarded by Ger mans and American Listen ing Post Later Raided STRONG FIRE HALTS FURTHER PROGRESS . - Boche Constructs Electrical y-Lighted Dugouts Dur ing Inactivity . WITH 'TIIKAMKKICAX ARMY IN FRANCE. April 4. American forces are now occupying a sector no the Meuse heights, south of Ver-, dan. This announcement wan re Ipwwd for publication tonight. si multaneously with a statement that tli enemy raided on of the Amerl ess listening posts In this sector sfter a heavy bombardment. ' The raid wan made galnst one of the fw positions In thin region where" It Is feasible, because of rthe terrain, to conduct operations wlth- , ont heavy Ioks to the attacking forces. ' Bombardment. Precede Raid. I Th enemy first vigorously bom barded the American first line and ' fotnmunleatlon ' trenches flg-xagglna op the hillside, and then sent over, a raiding; party, which swarmed about the listening- post. , FnrtSr progress of -the enemy m halted by a strong: fire from the American first and second IHies, and as a -consequence, the enemy can hirdljr claim, success. Because of the topography of the Mease heights region, there has been little severe righting there for many months,' and the opposing forces ' took advantage of the Inactivity to J tonstruet fine dugouts, many of them being lighted by electricity. Each side enjoys the advantage of excellent observation posts and tbells echo among the Tsurroundtnr hills, which are covered with spring flowers. ' Enemy' Airjftyne Patrolling. The ether American sex-tors were reported quiet todv. The Germans I Continued on page 2) r - mmm mmm They guidm the feet through the growing period. 'At lfi! m tka cImUV iacl ar 11 ni alnrnt 01. Tk n4 bottf n Mk 4 plaatk. For thi fmmtm BuMcf Howm Shoes r nuwU wid U vacy, with plnr ol room in th kta for Um crawl of Um Iom. rt Twlv4 YorU At nis art Ui arck is almost com' Wd and the pi on the bed. ball and Ut ( a toe are wD developed. -Aa m reaull the toes sro tapered. The abeae fit the bed more ctaaely end hug the arch mere anugty. ' The true meen iog ot Sf.apins LaaU is aow ia evideace. Put your children in Buster Brown Shaping Last We cany these shoes and Girls of all ages. Storeloses 5:4S p. m. 1 WAR IS COSTING AMERICA BILLION EVERY MONTH More Than Half of Amount Is ' Going for Loans to Allied I 1 Nations i TAXATION NOT BIG ITEM Revenue Sources Contribute But One-Sixth to Entire Amount WASHINGTON'. April 4.-Nlne Ml Hon dollars is the approximate cant to the United States of one year of war. , More than one half has gone In loans to allies which w'll be repalu eventually; over one-third has been Pnt for the army and military es tablishment; one-tenth for the navy, and one-fifteenth for shin bulbllns ; .Just one-sixth of thl hie war THf has been raised by taxation and oth er ordinary sources of revenue, and tne balanc has come from sale of wierty bonds and certificates of In debtedness. Knormona as these war cxpcndl- lures may seem to those whose gov ernment In peace tlnieu cost be tween. $700,000,000 and tHOO.OOrt.- 000. they are less than Great Url tain's and ere only about two-thirds of estimates made by officials loss than ft year ago. Slow progress of the shipbuilding program and the retarding of the outpouring of wir t-iipplies are regarded ly officials a the chief reasons why expanse did not equal estimates. I II II Ion ft Moii'biv font. Government expenses now are run ning about a billion dollars a nntth, with somewhat less than half goln4 to allies, who spend the greater pa-t cf their loans for war surplles Ijx this country. Since the declaration of war April , 1197. the government s actual ex penditures have been more than $!),- S00.000.000. Abont $800,000,000 ? this I'ira would have been spent for normal activities even if the United ; States had not entered the war.: Ordinary expenditures under wh-lrh the treasury classifies all outlays for operation of the governmental ma chinery and war enterprises, since the declaration of war have been ap proximately $3,08 4,000,000. Aetinl payments to , allies - r mounted to about $4,743,000,000. K-Vnue Comparatively Small. Income from internal revenue, . (Continued on page 2) Eg ht Yan, Riftil hero Is wnoro la lru tka pins' ft Um loo kfina. T1m externa oi olar lias caod Um lot to disappear. Waving a mora or leas aiim loot witich is loo frvquaaily twiaod by short snoas. So pUntx el length is flra Ue growias; loot. THe hmmi ie bogged. Ike area is sougged, sad the loot avows shapely. Sixttcn Yan At this sg the arch is nabbed, the loot is neatly tapered, shapely, without biemith. The greco and elegance of . the aniahed loot is a continual delight, well repaying the cere and thoughtful 3 ' rtees el providing ouster Ittowa soap. lag Last sat in all leather for Boys - f Eight O'Clock Saturdays GIGANTIC HUN EFFORT N07 IS FORECAST Renewal of Teutonic Assault believed to Indicate Great est Effort Will Be Put Forth After Rest SECOND PHASE OF BIG OFFENSIVE NOW DUE Battle Similar to That at Ver- dun Expected Blow in Italy Looms WASMI.VfJTO.V. Anrll 4. Renew al nf thn Orman hshuuU against the MrlllKh sml Krrnrh Un"g In plranly Wuly indlr-aled to military olnerv- rs hrrrt that (ho Oprmans havlns gatherffl strength lurlne the lull ot th last few day a. tnlKht now be ready to launch their greatest f-j fort. Some officer think the allied-1 commanders realize that onlv the first phase of the Mantle battle has paused and that this probably ac counts for the fact that no Extensive ounter movement has been under taken ret. It la pointed out that the previous record of the (lerman high com mand argues against any possibility that it would be content with the. minor strategic advantages already gained by their costly enterprise, or H h th abandonment of its plans without further attempts to force apart the French and llrltlsh armies. The battle at Verdun continued for months before the German admitted ihut their object waa unattainable. IMolls Are Withheld. Under the new publicity policy. the war department had nothing; to add to reports from abroad as to the situation at the front; Casualty fists from France again were with held. Major General March, acting chief of staff, aald he had cabled Secretary llaker for specific Instruc tions in this regard. Publication of the new censorship rules promulgated by General Per- hlng caused considerable comment. On the face of these regulations, it was'plaln that the public Is to hear very little of what American troops are doing until long after the fact. The official communin'eg.wlll be the only sourecvof information from the actual front. - Fch's Command Approved. A new Interpretation was placed, today on the apoplntment of General Foch "as supreme commander of all allied and American forces In France. The plan for a generalis simo. It was stated, had been ap proved long ago by the supreme war council, but It was not regarded. a urgent that the appolntmentrs.hould be made at once until the big offen sive started. WASHINGTON, April A. Tndlea-' tions that the Austrian are waiting only for favorable weather to lattvh another attack upon the Italian front were reported today In an official dispatch from Rome. Wow In Italy Kipecterl. "Some military critics," says the dispatch, "are of the opinion that Austria intends to wait the. results of the offensive In France before undertaking to deliver the 1 blow against Italy but great preparations are carried on. by the Austrian wlm- out interruption and all the forces formerly "operating in Rumania, tin der Mackensen have now been placed at o:r front. "IUan aviators report that the Austrian are transferring large bodies of troops from the Plave line to the mountain zones. -Evidently the Austrian commands has realized ithe Impossibility of breaking through the Italian resistance along the Plave and regards the mountain line more suited for the invasion of Italy. - "lately the Austrlans have under taken the construction of new fortlfl cations along the Llvenza and the Tagllamento rivers, adopting -a new system consisting of points of sup port at several bridgeheads employ ing in this work Italian prisoners and the civilian population of the Invaded Italian provinces." A mien Still U ObJrW. LONDON. April 4. Today, exact ly a fortnight after tho opening. of lb)rreat German offensive and aft;r a lull of several days in heavy fight- hi, the enemy has opened a renewed offensive as was expected, his thrunt is again toward Amiens, in tin at tempt to divide the NrlUsh and tho French armies and tkus; reach the sea. No news of the latest thrust is Available, except the brief reports In the official communi'jues. The fa.'t that the attacks were preceded !y heavy artillery preparation maicafes that the enemy again nas nis oi? Suns in position. All the German aitacss innny wrc repulsed, except at two points, name ly, on the Somme, where the enemy gained a little ground in the dir tlon east and west of llamel. and it th angle of the Avre and Luce, where he penetrated: siignuy into tnc (Continued on Tago 2,). BERLIN HIT BY- MANY CRIMES; ALARM GREAT Daily Robberies Average Oyer 300 ; Increase Pig From War Conditions DESERTERS ARE BLAMED Burglar Bands Prey on City Police Protection Held Inadequate . NEW YOltK. April 4. r llurglarlen and robberies In lterllit average more than 300 dally and great alarm nas iecn caused in uie (ierman cap ital by sensational Increase In crime resulting from war conditions. The Merlin Tageblatt on March 10 published an interview with the di rector of a large insurance mm party, who said that 300 burglaries and robberies were reported dally to the Insurance companies. Hut the number, he aald. ;is much hlglAr. as many households and stores were not insured against this class of crime. Manv of the thefts are committed by deserters from the army, while mere are aiso uurgiar bands com posed of former convicts and de sorters. Prer.ent conditions In lierlln greatly favor the burglars. The num ber of policemen and detectives Is In sufficient and inadequate lighting of the streets It uf advantage, to the criminals. PEACH CROP IS DAMAGED toLY Loss in Some Orchards 90 Per Cent Loganberry Crop May Be Reduced Some. Marlon county orcharding are of the opinion that the pearl crop of most of the orchards in this soction of the Willamette valley ylrt uaiiy nag been destroyed by recent low temperature. The T. B. Jones and V. N. Derby orchards are said to have been so hard hit that the probable loss Is estimated at 90 per cent ot the normal crop. Louis burning oil for thro nlrht in hla orchard and has escaped serious dam age. Monday night the temperature in this section dropped to 29 de grees, Tuesday night the register was 25 and Wednesday night 26. Logan berries have Buffeted, but prunes gre not far enough advanced for injury by frost. Fruit Inspector Van Trump has been out In the prune sections dur ing the past day or two, and ao fa as hehas observed is of the opinion that no material - damage has been done to the prune crop by the re cent frosts, as the buds are not suf ncientiy developed to be mucn at fected. As usual the frost drained Into the "pockets" among the hill and along the river bottom, and there Is no doubt that peaches bloom upon the-bottoms have been ""Will Ul Wl V IVIIIal iimi V seriously hurt. However, ho believes tho . rr ,hri i. totally dstroyed. as there Is usually a certain percentage or bloom that re sists the frost and the fruit that re mains will be of largo size and finer quality. The inspector noticed also . that loganberries had been severely ,dain aged so that tho crop will be re tarded for a week or two. and more or less reduced. He states that there Is prospect of a large Increase In the acreage of loganberries, the growers being encouraged by the prospect of an established local market in ad dition to the metropolitan market. lie finds the commercial orchards generally In good condition, but! there are many family orchards In the country that are seriously In need of Attention and drastic action will have to. be taken If they are not properly sprayed. , Journal Article False Says B. . Robertson Hen K. Hobertson of Turner brands as absolutely false an article that was published about him in the Cap ital Journal of Wednesday in whim the thai go wa.t made that Mr. Rob ertson Is not a subscriber to Liberty bonds and idoes not support ttyn He I Crofc or any other of the patriotic causes. (1 , Moreover, Mr, Hobertson says he knows who carried the false infor mation to the newspaper, and thst itwavdotc for the purpose of de tecting him for tUe Hepubliran noin (nation for county rommiisioner for which he is a candidate. "1 own a liberty bond." said Mr. Robertson yesterday, 'a'nd most of jiny family, including my wife and slslers. are members ' of the Hed Cross. The article that was printed In the Journal is false from top to bot tom and was reported to, tho paper by certain persons of whom I know for the purpose of defeating me at Jbo primary election. m PRO-GERMAN IS HANGED TO TREE BY MOB Illinois Man Forced to Parade Bare-Footed Through Streets and Kiss American Flag at Intervals ATTEMPT AT RESCUE BY POLICE IS FUTILE R. P. Praeger Escorted From Place of Hiding by Mob of 350 Persons OUJNHVILI.f' HI. Allrii . ItoN rt It. IVnrger, mII to of ;r limn Mtriitirt, mm liMiucel to m trv or miie w.uUi vt the illy limit to. night liy tiHl of 3."MI peraons which utujitfftl him trim the luemetit f tiie city hall here, where he hiul lieeii in n Mimic. i rager Mt arrunrxl of innkiiiK illsloyal remark h In recent alilreM to miners at Marytllle, I1L i rTT flarir m tnr nitoit ta taken by members of the tr MIiy. lUr committee and forrewl-Jo par. Mde lMtrefMrtel through the alerts. kJkmmjc the American flaff at Inter VmIm. The tiollcn rraeue! him ami Itiok him to the city hall for ar keeping. I4iler In tlie nJtfht crrtmil SXh. rreil In front of the hall and demand ed Praeger Ih aurrrn'lerexl to them. Mnyor Mlgel arprel on the) ateps ami counMllel rafmires hut the de mands Increased ami the police then tKk I'raegrr to the iMwement where he wits concealed lirneath a pile of tllina. AVhrn thy demonst rants discovered the man waa not to be delivered to them .they rushed pat m rordon nf officer and after a abort search, d railed rraeger from hidlntr. I tare. fMtted, he was led througi the streets at the end of a rope ami later waa hanged. ; One of the mob Is said to have shouted to the police as the party and ptlMoncr pasNed down the street: "In the morning you will find the body linnging to one of the telegraph poles on the rock road." The police did not follow Immetll. alely, hut an hour later, arrompanU ed by Coroner Ixm-e. vUltrvl the scene of the hanging. lraegera body was found dangling from the limb of a tree fully clothed, but without ahoe. The body was taken back to Collins lllle. The local ftollce lsMuel a atatement lute tonlghfVn whkli they said I'rae. ger denleI Uiat he was disloyal, lie admitted he waa bom In ermany but that he hail his first naturaliza tion itajtcr him I Intended to. become an American citizen. f t'ollinsville U a city of 4000 pop. tilation, 12 miles eaut of SU Louis. Li Given Count Czerhin Satisfies All Circles Taris. April 4. A Havaa dispatch from Home, says: ' "Political circles are unreservedly satisfied by Premier Clemenceau glv- s. 4. - a nR tth,lf,,p to, ( "nt ,r'(rn,,n- ,th Auslro-llungarlan ferelgn minister. ll now is nopu inai mr? irprnii oi at possible agreement with Austria and separate pace Is forever dissipated In the repeated shameless bad faith shown by her statesman Austria is regarded as more than- ever Ger ninny's slave. Hy her Cermany sue eeeded In making, war and by her Germany now Is trying to make poare." ' . ' Allies Grateful for Food Conservation in America WASHINGTON. April 4. Cable grams expressing mantes or me French, llrltlsh and Italian-govern ments for th willingness (of the American people to reduce their whrat consumption In order that the allies and the soldiers may lw fed. were reerlved by the food adminis tration today from the food minis ters of the'allll countries. The messages were In response to one sent from here last Friday an nouncing the action of r.Oft leading hotelmen In -pledging their estab lishments to cut wheat off tVcJr menus until the next harvest. aMS-aMSMaMaaaaaaBaBMBMaMS German Forces Occupy Putivl, Near Railroad t MOSCOW. Wednesday. AprlU2. (Hy The Associated Press) In or der to assure, posscssionf of Kiev Yorojba railway, the Germans have bccudI'm! Putivl. ten miles north of the railroad In Kursk government An energetic defense is being organ Iced at Kharkov and Rkaterlnoslav but, owing to tho Insufficiency of the forces, it Is virtually Inevitable that the two towns will fall Into the band of the Germans. It Is believed the German will continue hostilities until thev have occupied Cholm. Volhynla. Podolla and other provinces claimed as- be longing to Ukraine. . HARRY VK.DKROTir, ex altel ruler of Sali Elk who WHKMjiKtalled last night as lieaj of order for ensuing year. vv ELKS DELEGATE- MR. HUCKESTEIN Will Represent lodge PortlandNew Officers Are Installed at August Huckesteln. Salem post master, was last night "delegated by the Salem Klks to represent the local lodge at a convention lo Portland on April. 13 and 14 called for the pur pose of forming an Elks' state or ganization. The lodge clothed Mr, Huckesteln. with power to act. The recently elected officers of the F.Uem lodge were Installed last nigh:. Tnty are: Kxalted ruler, ilnrrr J I Wenderoth; esteemed leading knight. i;. Huckesteln. Jr.; esteetned loyal knight. J. A. Itmjamin; esteemed ecturing knight. A. I Downing; secretary, H. J, Wledroer; treasurer. Chester M. Cos: tiler. Klmer Giles: tuotee for three years. II. If. Olln geri delegate to grand lodge. Walter K. Keyes; alternate, r. T. Wngnt man. Appointive offices were filled by Exalted Ruler Wenderoth aa follows Esquire. 'Ardee Wallace; chaplain. .'rhn W. Todd; Inner guard. O. L. KUher; organist. Delbert Burton; chairman of .orchestra, C J. Klrth. Committee appointments are: ni brother committee, August Hucke steln. P. H. D'Arcy. 8. M. Endlcott; entertainment, Charles R. Archerd. e CanflaM. Dr. C. H. O'Neill; fin ance, ueorge II. Rimes, rrea J. Smith. O. J. Myers; sick and relief. A. H. Moore, E. A. KutU. Merrltt Davis: Investigating. R. A. Crossan. toy Tlurton. II. A. Talbott: war re- l.ef, Louis Lachmund. John Maarer, W. W. Moore: Walter E. Keyes. C. Van Patten: Elklet..H. 8. Poeahardt. Arthur 8. Benson. George L. Snyder. Ford to Turn Out Three U-Boat Chasers Each Day WASHINGTON. April. 4. With the first of the eagle-boats, the new type super-submarine chasers for the navy, scheduled for launching in June, Henry' Ford, the builder, has assured Secretary Daniels It would be possible under great stress to turn the craft out at the rate of three a day.' Next Monday Mr. Daniels will nspect the Ford plant near DetoriL University of Oregon Unfurls Service Flag Et'GENE, Or.. April 4. At the end of a solemn dedicatory aervlce the great star bedecked service flag representing the 151 University of Oregon men-now serving their coun try was unfurled before Johnson hall early this afternoon, the university battalion standing at attention and the band slowly playing the national anthem. CHINESE KILLED BY AUTO TRUCK "J. W. Hing Run Over by Heavy Vehicle and Dies Two Hours Later J. II. I fins:, a prominent Chinese resident, was struck by an automo bile and received fatal Injuries yes terday afternoon' about & o'clock on Court street, at the alley Intersec tion near Roberta" grocery store. The wheels "paused over his chert aad he died of Internal Injuries about 1 o'clock last night at the Salem hos pital. He was 4 4 years old. A wife and seven children are leil suddenly lereft. At one Mine Hing amassed considerable money with a hog farm near 'the state hospital Later he Invested In a hop ranch and lost heavily. !! expected to leave soon to work in a fish ran nery. Ho was hoping to have enough money to rent a farm. Ulna was one of th lxst known Chinese, ia the rentral Willamette valley and enjoyed, the confidence of all of his acquaintances. Not blame Is attached for the ac cident. Bystanders said that as Hing started across the alley entrance the truck driver slowed up to allow him to pan. Instead he stepjwd back and the driver started ahead, when Hing stepped In front of the trnck The truck was driven by a' man named'Slocnm who is In the employ of too Larnier Transfer company. BIG BLOW DELIVERED BY HUMS 100,000 Germans Make Ter rific Attack Against French Along Front of Nine Miles but Succeed in Gaining but Small Territory ARTILLERY OF FRENCH MOWS DOWN MASSES Eleven Hun Divisions Identi fied by Prisoners; Teutons Strike at British' line for - Slight Gains f PARIS. April 4. German troops numbering well over a hundred thou sand delivered a terrific attack to day against the French along a front of nearly nine miles from Grlvesnea to north of the Amlens-Roye road. They were met with a storm of fire from the French guns and. although the assaulta were repeated time af ter time, they succeeded In gaining only a small section of ground. The French retained Giivetnes, but the Germans occupied the vl'- lares of Mallly, Ralneval and Morl stb French Counter Attack. The announcement by the war of fice tonight ot this new offensive also aays that by a powerful conntar- . attack the French made progress at mis point. The text of the statement reads: "The battle waa resumed this morning with extreme violence In the egloa north of Montdldler and atlil continues. On a front of abont IS kilometers from Grlvesnes as far, as north of the road between Amiens snd Roye, the Germans attacked with enormous forces, showing a firm do- tetmlnatlon to break through our . front at any cost. Up to the present we have Identified by prisoners elev- - en enemy divisions. - Hans Mowed Down. "Our troops with Intrepid courage' rerlsted he Jhock of the assailant masses, who were mowed, down by oar artillery fire. . . . Despite their efforts, ten time repeated, the Germans succeeded, at . the cost of Sanguinary sacrifice. In , gaining only a few hundred meters . of terrain and occupying the nftagts' of Mallly, Ralneval and Moriset. the neighboring heights of which we hold. Grlvesnee Is HeldL 'Grlvesnes. which waa attacked with particular violence, remained In . the hands of our troops, who, after having broken down alltbe assaults. counter-attacked with vigor and re alised progress at this point. -.Between Montdldler and Lassig- ny there was great activity by the two artllIef1es.M . 'Belgian communication: The enemy continuea sneuing onr com munications, our artillery rrpiymg. The activity of both artilleries was lss Intense along the whole front. Itrong German patrols, attempting ' i surprise our advance posts near St. Georges and east of Merckem. were repulsed LONDON. AprU 4. Field .Marsh al Halg'a report tonight from Brit ish headquarters In France says: After heavy artillery preparation the enemy launched a strong attack this morning on the whole front be-. tween the Somme and Avrt rivers. On the right and center of the Brit ish lines the attacking German in fantry were repulsed, but on tb left the weight of the aaasjult succeeded in pressing back our troops for a short distance In the neighborhood of Harael on the south bank .or the Sort me. The fighting la continuing in this area. I Albert Attack Kepulaert. "Early In the afternoon the enemy also attacked our line wejt of Al bert and waa completely repulsed. "During the last few days there has Seen heavy fighting south of the River Luce. A.Canadian cavalry brl-. gade greatly distinguished Itself In many successful actions, both mount ed an dismounted." ' (B T Aixinit4. l-rrt After several days' of comparative' inactivity along the battle front In Plcardy, bitter fighting has been re sumed along the western Sector' of the salient in the 'lines of the en tante allies. Attacks by the Germans against the British and French are admitted to have yielded s6tae gains to the Invaders In the critical sectors Just to the east of tho city of Arnjens. The fighting, according to latest reports, has been. heaviest In the neighborhood of llamel, where-the .(Qontinut4 on page S) i