The Statesman receives the
based wire ivpoit of the Asso
ciated Press; the pieiiteKt anl
post reliable piers association
la the world.
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EES
fill 1 G
H WOODS
tines Advanced on Center of
. : Rheims-Soissons Salient-
Germans Literally Shot
From Positions
DEFENDERS PUT UP
STIFF RESISTANCE
Nesles Forest Under Range
of Heavy American Guns
Gains Continue to North
ern Edge of Meuniere
WITH TIIK AMERICAN AR
MY ON THE AISNE MAJINE
FRONT, Aug. 1. (By The Asso
"ciated Press, 8 p. in.) The Amer
ican troops pushed forward their
lincj at certain points Thursday
tin the center of the Iiheims-Sois-ons
salient, notwithstanding the
resistance of the Germans, who
did not give ground on some sec
tors until they actually had been
shot from their positions.
The .'Germans are desperately
elinging to their strongholds at
Xesles and in the Hois Meuniere,;
VAC 1 .11 4- 4 It A
Americans have gained a hold on
the northern edge of the Meuniere
wood. The Nesles forest is under
I the range of the American heavy
gtfflK. ' ' ;..
Aviatsrs report that the Germans
r rushing up reinforcements, in
dadlnxr tank?. The enemy's heavy
pins are pounding the Nesles and
Meonlere woods unmercifully.
(Con tinned on page 6).
MADAM, THE BOY AND
the Child-all have
their inning here.
THOMSON'S
"GLOVE FITTING" AND
LA VICT0IRE CORSETS
We have just received a large ship
ment and our lines are complete. We
are headquarters for these wonderful
corsets, with which Salem's knowing
women every day of the year enjoy
grace, beauty and supreme comfort.
The materials vary from Brocades
.to simple Hatjste, the lines vary from
those of the plumpest to those of the
slimmest of women. Hut the quality
the style the lit are always the same.
Prices range from $1.00 upward.
KNICKERS.'
60c to $2.00
It doesn't necessarily take
a swimming hole to separate
hoy from his pants. But.
whatever may, we have
about 600 pairs of Boys'
Knickerbockers in mixed
fabrics, khaki and cordu.
. roys for his majesty. This
tfords ample assortment for
food selections, Sizes 6 to
16 years.
Arrest Follows Speech of
Returned Woman "Soldier"
r NEW iJoNDONTconn., Aug. 1.
herself to be a second lieutenant in
the motorcycle squadron or tlie medi
cal corps Of thr ITnttc.l uto,.n
abroad. Beatrice Duke. 23 years old,
"uu Hiijs ner Dome is in Newark N
J. was arrested here today and is
beipr held lor appearance before the
United States commissioner. The
young woman who has been wearing
ie iuu unirorni or a male orficer
has admitted. nccnr!ino- in ,, '
f. -v' iuc 1 filt I -
al officers, that she had visited army
cantonments in various parts of the
country. She claimed to have been
twice overseas and exhibited a scar
on her wrist as a result or a wound
received in service. She is said by
the federal officers to be of Austrian
descent.
The young woman was arrested at
the conclusion of a speech at a din
ner in a local hotel where she was
an invited guest and at which seveial
army officers were present.
BILL PROPOSES
DOUBLING TAX
ON CIGARETTES
Ways and Means Committee
Agrees on Portions of New
Revenue Bill
MOVIES MAY COST MORE
Seating Capacity of Play
Houses Made Basis for
Annual Levy
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1. Doub
ling of the present special taxes on
manufacturers of tobacco, cigars and
cigarettes and increased taxation of
brokers, theaters and other amuse
ments, billiard ' and pool parlors,
bowling alleys and capitalization of
corporations, were agreed on by the
house ways and means committee to
day in framfhg the $8,000,000,000
revenue bill. A new tax of one per
cent on retail sales of mail order
houses doing more than $100,000
annual business was adopted. Pull
man seats and berths and passenger
rates will be subject to a uniform
tax of eight per cent. Stamp taxes
were undisturbed.
Chairman Kitchln after the com
mittee adjourned, summarized the
situation as follows:
"We have put a tax of one per cent
on retail sales of -mail order houses
that have above $100,000 annual
business. We have Increased the
(Continued on" page 6).
The Child's Test
Vour child wants shoes that are
easy to wear that don't pinch or
bind the foot.
Hut the shoe must fit snugly In
order to be comfortable.
BiimzMffiii
Shoes
fit the child's foot properiy; lo
calise they are made upon the
Brown Shaping Lasts, which re
produce Nature's perfect lines or
grace and beauty.
They are easy to wear and hard
to outwear? They are good-looking
shoes, i
1
REPLY,
HUNS
GIVEN
BOAST
BY PREMIER
j Lloyd George Answers. Kaiser
in Speech Before National
Manufacturers Union Dep
utation FAVORS FORMATION OF
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Economic Considerations
Touched On Bonar Law
Expresses Opinions
LONDON'. Aug. 1. "No man
should boast untu the battle is ovr
Mit ul! men who know are pleas.d
at the way it is going."
Premier Lloyd George. thus com
mented in addressing a deputation
of 200 members of the National l'n
ion of Manufacturers whom he met
yesterday i for a discussion of aftei-the-war
commercial proolems.
"We must necessarily, in whatever
policy we proclaim." said the prem
ier, "keep In touch and be In com
plete accord, first, with our domin
ions, and. second, with our allies.
There is tt good deal of discussion
about a league of nations. I am cer
tainly one of those who believe in It.
But there are two leagues of nations
already in existence the British em
pire and the great alliance against
the central powers.'
V. S. Policy Important.
Referring to the Paris resolutions
he said:
"Fp to the present time America
has expressed no opinion upon them
and it Is vitally importint that th?
policy of America and that of this
country should bo in 'complete agr?e
ment on economical as well as other
problems.
"An agrcment among the allies
means that the economic fate of the
world will be. in the hands of the
Breat . allied powers (federated to
gether at present."
" After discussing the necessity of
promoting afterwar industries es
sential to the country economically
and milltatlly( the premier contin
ued:
"The longer the war lasts, the
sterner must be the economic terms
we Impose upon the foe. I think the
sooner he realizes that -th"e tetter.
He Is fighting in order to inipoe his
own economic terms on the allies.
He will never succeed in doing so.
I taw Material-; Problem.
"So, far as that Is concerned, we
must be In a position to determine
the? conditions which we regard as
fair, without having them ifiposed
upon us by the will of the enemy.
"If he goes on fighting, imposing
greater burdens on ns. destroying
our young manhood and guilty also
of outrages which shock humanity,
and makes it difficult to r.hake hands
with him when the wai Is over, then
sterner would be the terms imposed
upon him."
Mr. Lloyd George said that among
the greatest differences after the
war would b" the qnestiors of raw
materials and transport. whlh woul i
require a most complete understand
ing with Gieat Britain's allies and
dom'nion3, because "it is most im
portant that you should carry with
you the people who contributed with
you to the common sacrifices."
liCMKoii.x From Ornianx.
The premier, agreeing that the
cxistinu system of control could not
be continued after the war. says:
"All the same, don't despise what
the German has wor from combina
tion. Let us learn our lessons,
wherever they com even from the
Germans." ' '
Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of
the exchequer, followed the premier
In a brief speech in which .he express
ed general agreement with Mr. Lloyd
Gforge. The chancellor pointed out
that some control of raw materials
was needed after the war, in order
to prevent old enemies from organ- j
izing a corner in them. He also em-,
phasized that as a result of the war,
so far as the present British govrn-
I ment was concerned, the principle
i , . i .
"that we are one empire ami mai
there shRll be preference within that
empire is established."
Finances Summed Fp.
Mr. Bonar Law estimated that the
last vote would carry on until the
end of August: that the estimate
world be realized and the balance
would probably last until the first
week of September.
Taking the period Trom April 1
to Jnly 30. there had been under
spending to the amount of 21.500,
000 on the four fighting services:
there had been nnder-spending on
shipuildins. but to the need of tak
ing men from the shipyards for the
army there had been over spend in
on the arrnf. due to the fact that the
ration strength was higher than had
been anticipated.
Mr. Bonnr Law referred with sit
if,rHnn tt, the favorable food situ
ation and the-grent snccess of
continuous borrowing system by
means or sales of war bonds, et.,
which during the last niuo months
(Continued 'on page 4).
Flour Prices for Pacific
Coast Mills Made Known
i
WASHINGTON'. An. l.Flonr
prices for Pacific coast mills were an
nounced todav by the food aJminis
tration as follows: !
Portland. Or.. $9. ST,; San Fran
cisco, $10.15; I .os Angeles. $lO.:ti
and San IMego, 'al.. $10.2? a barrel
Schedules have been furnished to
more than 7500 mills. The price
fixing is in line with the food admin
istration's policy to control flour
milling profits during the present
crop year.
TIIK UKATHFU.
Showers .warmer southwest por
tion; model ale westerly winds.
PROPOSED DRAFT
AGE EXTENSION
UP TO CONGRESS
War Department Recommen
dations to Be Discussed
Next Week
COMMITTEES RECALLED
Quick Action Desired-Baker
Declines to Be Specific
As to Limit
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1. War de
partment recommendations for en
larging the army and for'the exten
sion of) draft age limitations, in or
der to provide new reservoirs of man
power to back up the forces alrady
at the front, will be laid before con
gress next -week. Members of the
two miliary committees have btvn i
ivcalled to Washington by the chair
men, in order to'exiw-dite the bill.
In announcing, following a con
ference with Chairman lH-nt of the
house committee, that his increased
army project was tiitually ready.
Secretary Bakr would not say what
age limits had been settled upon,
nor Indicate fn any way the size of
the army which he is plann'ng.
"I do not want to say what th
ages will be," he said "bec ause the
concurrent action of the two houses
is necessary to secure assent to them.
"Any legislation to ext'.n t the
draft ages is to produce in class one
an adequate number of men for the
enlargement of the military pro
gram
If the ages am revised, they .
will have to le cither Wow 1 or
..
abov.i 31, or both. I think it will be
both."
Ik-nt More- Keticent.
Chairman Dent was even more
reticent but said he was willing to
go either up or down in extending
age? limits of the draft to win the
war.
"My personal pre Terence is to go
up firt." he added.
"The only secifi.? information re
3rding. the new fge limits to be
drawn from Mr. Baker was a state
ment that the limits of 19 to 40 bad
been anient; the suggestions can
vassed, but lejected. In many quar
ters It is believed extension to the
ages of 19 and 26 will b, recom
mended. .
In j.ic ont!ii(5 th original sel-t-Ivn
service bill. Setietary Baker and
bis advisees fixed 1 9 as the proper
minimum, and Mr. Baker has said
(Continued on J age 41.
OREGON QUOTA
OF UNSKILLED
LABORJS 4410
Allotments Must Be Furnish
. ed to War Industries in
Next Two Months
LOCAL FIGURES LATER
State Boards Asked to Set
Number Each District Is
to Provide
WASHINGTON'. Aug. 1. Allot
ments o7 quotas of unskilled labor
to b- furnished by the various states
to war Industrie during the next
two months, under the system of
government recrnitiBg pit Int. c p
eration today under the Initl
States employment service were an
nounced tonight by the department
of labor. Hy assigning c(tiotas of
unskilled laborers to be furnisheel in
each state, the employment service
took the first step in meeting the
shortage of common labor estimated
by reports received today a approx
imating :00.00rt.
The announcement of the slat"
quotas followed a conference here to
day ly representatives of a dozen
war Industries with fficials of the)
department of labor. The estimated
labor needs of each of the industries
was submitted by the representatives
and these estimates will be used In
apportioning the firt i not as.
Among the state quotas announc
ed are the following: Idaho. 11.03:.;
(Continued on page 6).
1
WHILE ALLIES PUSH
S ft a mm
1 noasana mourners
IV ttrt9 f rfflnli'nn
t
WW VIIIIIUUUII
of Emperor William
OYSTKU HAY. N. Y.. Aug. 1.
The portrait of Kurror Wil
I iu in originally presented by
him to ThtHMlore l(CMM-vt-lt.
which was s-izd and mutilat
ed by "vieilantt" at tin- home
of . II. pollute, who had pur
chased it at a fair for $S, was
burned tonight at a celebration
in the viilarje square. Th Clys
ter Bay band and neatly 1
"mourners" turned out for a
parade that preceded the cre
mation. SALEM IS BEST
DISTRICT FOR
FIR MATERIAL
Sonneland Makes Headquar
ters Here to Watch Output
for Government
ALL MILLS ARE VISITED
Cat From Valley Plants Goes
Into Aircraft, Ships and
Bridges
S. II. Sonneland of Portland who
is supervisor of the government pro
duction of fir lumber for tin district
of western Oregon, is now making
bis headquarte rs in Sal in and from
this point is visiting all the mills
that are engaged In supplying mater
ial for aircraft, vessels and bridge
construction. He states that this is
the banner district of the Mate In
the matter of Kovernraent material.
both as to emalitv and auantltr.
... -J
To rie an idea of the amount of
lumber that is KoinK out fmtn this
territory he Rives the following fig
ures as to mill capacity, on the basis
of an eight-hour day:
Albany. 35.000 feet Corvallis. 50
000 feet; Salem. 15.m; Italian.
100.000; Falls City. 10O.O00; Sil
verton. 100.000; SiUer Falls. 450.
000 feet; Mill City. 1S5.00 feet. ,
In addition to these there are a
number of small mills scattered
through the belt whose rut will ag
gregate 150.000 feet.
Under government regulations the
authorities In charge of war con
struction have I he privilege of com
mandeering any proportion of the
output that may be considered ad
aptable to airplane or ship construc
tion. During the month of July the J
Hammond Lumber company at Mill)
City put ont a total t.l thirty-eight
carloads f airplane stuff to t ship
ped to the cut-up plant at Vancouv
er and to eastern factories.
probably the largest product
any mill in the. state.
It is the duty of Mr. Sonneland to
look after the government's portion
of the output, to n-celve monthly re
ports of production and to pass upon
r.M annllrflllon, for Khioments to
reKular markets, as no shipment,
i. i. V,,,., ...en t,- kiii.
have Wn approved by the govern-
An Immense amount, of fir Is be-
inr utilized in the construction offT!? ,n1 r,R,I nniy and
aircraft. It is paid to be considerate
ly stronger in proportion to its
weight than spruce, but "has the dis
advantage of splintering when utruck
by bullets or shrapnel. Where it Is
used It Is wound with heavy cord.
With regard to the aircraft and
shipping construction. Mr. Sonneland
states that It Is going forward ac
cording to schedule so far as the fur-i
nishlng of material Is concerned. He r"r" k . V J . . mpu.Hed.
speaks with admiration or Col. Brice 1 V7,.,hat ,tn? of roodatBrfa can be
P risque and his management or nu,,t un " Nrh America an an In
the lumber rsmpaign. and considers urance against the ever-present dan
him one of the best organiiers ln;fr of harvest failure and the poasl
the county. Me neeessityjor large and emergen-
; cy drafts to Europe. cannot ad
P
t . r I I ' If
Cabinet Told in message
LIMA. Peru. Aug. 1. The Pern-
vlan cabinet has reslgneel.
AKIIlACe 1U. AUg. 1. AI ine.
Peruvian legation tonight It wasj
said no official advice had been re-j
celveel regarding the. resignation ofl
the Peruvian cabinet reported In i
press dispatches from Lima. Minis-
ter Fraye declined to venture an
oninlnn as to the circumstances un -
deriving the governmental crfsis.
. SMIFI.IW I.E.ttllVCl ntf.frT.
NASHVILLE. Tenn.. Aur 2 At
sn rnrlr hou- this rr.nminr Senator
John K. Shields ws leal'nr Cover
nor Tom Cry In the senatorial pri
mary bv a majority of 1500 votes,
with forty-eight counties out of 9
reported. Some of the counties are
incomplete, however.
E TO HE
General Mangin, Commanding French and British Adds U
Successes North of Ourcq Riyer, Taking Village of Grand
Rozoy and Heights Surrounding Town Enemy Cccna
nication Railroad Fiye Miles Distant Combatants at
Close Grips in Plessiere Wood Cramoiselle and Cra
maille Reached
WITH TIIK FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE. Aup l.f hr Tbe
AsM-iatel l'rex0 (ic-ueral JIanjrn, with iUm i'rencu rul , Britkb
trtNip of hi etHiiiiiaii.l, i fighting a never battle north of the Oureq
river an. I i making c-oiiKiilerahle progress. .
After takinjr thf villaire of c; rami Ifozoy, northwest of Fere-en-Tanl.-nois.
the allic-cl tnont advanretl to the Pleiwiere wood, where
the eoiuhataiit are in the cloet of grip and the combat it extra
ordinarily fierce. The heighU north of (Jrand Roxoy have fallen
into the hands ir the allie and at aeveral tioinU th allied troojwt.
have aiirarhed within five miles of the railroad leading to Urn
r.oe he. which U the only railroad that can be used by the Geraana
fir maintaining communication.
With tlu fall of .larknex tonight fighting continued between
the alhe-s and the Gemiaiut on the western aide of the Soiaaona-
ikiirini Miiem. uie.i oirorvera
ooMTvers reponeti mat bodiea or Germana
were rieeinK precipitately ne.rlhward along the road leading froat
Uuneiy, which lies al-.ut mielvray between Sousona and Fere-en-
were
I.
Tardeiioi.
lenois.
The attack by the allied forces, which brought them stieh good
Its during the elay, Marti d at 4 o'clock this morninr with the
resiull
aid of tanks.
The Itritish joined with the French in attacking the wooda.
thickets and villages, each of which Lad been tramformed into a
fortress with the aid of machine guna.
y G o'clock Hill LIT, and the village, of Courdonx, Serrtnar
an. ( rauioiselle had fallen Ufore the determined allied aaaaalU
and prisoner were coming i,u Hy 7 o'clock the advance was fro
walked that the Hritisl, and French Utterie. were able to go for
wanl to new i-wit'ion. The German guna replied fecUr; but thif
...it ra,les.s were numerous. The enemy counter-attacked furi
ously from Uuzancy and Evoe,ue wood, but their effort were frplen
eli.lly held Up by the allie.l infantr'. - V
, "V V,"l,inK !!'nalIh,h:! PW Cramaille. noHhweat of rtre-cii-Tanleneiis,
and the hillocks to the north of it. C -
I'AKIS, Aug. l.-JIn an advance of about two miles on the Aicne.
maille on tfie southwestern t.r r t.- i: . .
! .!r. .l . rlw... - . . .
I WlMflUllll
lite to the
H-rgrft ami Meuniere u-.wwl
EUT.IINATION OF
WASTE IS URGED
Joint Food Resolution Adopt
ed by Allies Made Public
Last Night
NEW YOKK. Aug. 1. The fed
eral food board made public tonight
the teit of a Joint resolution ilnt.t
This In!by th fo' -controllers of the Unlt
tic.n of I , .Sut8' France nd Italy and Great
iniin man rere-ivenj from Federal
Administrator Hoover, now la Eu
rope, with th request that It be gir
en "wide publicity."
The teit follows:
'I .... I . a . ww. . .
.am wnne me in-
f ,.t.h" Vnltt
States renders It possible to relas
j r,'0' restrictions which have
j " - " i-"uiir narusnip upon
our absolutely
riiiiiiiiiimn oi e, m ine consump
tion and handling of foodntufft. as
well as Increased prod action, shonld
be maintained throughout the Euro
pean allied countries and North Am
erica.
. omy oy surn economy andi
elimination of waste that the trans-1
.t. .
port at inn of the necessary men and
supplies from North America to the
minister the food problem on the
basis of nse year's war. We must
i nrfnam for if. lone rnallmiiiiM If
W--W- - .......
; are to insure absolute victory. -
j
'
Deoredations of V -Boats
Carried to Portuguese
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1. The
Portuguese bark Porto was sunk br
a German submarine 550 miles off
: the Atlantic coast July 27. The navy
' departemnt announced today that
the crew of eighteen men had been
landed at an American port by a
British steamer.
After overhauling the bark, the
1 submarine's ere
destroyed It w!th
- ' bombs placed In the cargo of cot-
ton. No further detalla were given,
but it Is assumed that the crew was
permitted to take to the small boats.
The Porto was bound from Savan
nah for Oporto.
e
ELS
FO
reported that bodiea of Germana
"l "c .V4l "Ptonng air htm-
VIP a r....-. . ' . .
-i. i , . . w
Th teit of .tho suuaveat ri;
Nona of th Onreei Mr'tro
In conjunction wflli British naita
drove the enemy from podUoae Mi
which ho had been energetically
elinUnc la the region of pleaaUr
llulea and lbs river. W capcar4
the height north of Grand Rotcm
Ped beyond tbo vniage of Qr
neux and reached CramolseU an J
Cramaille. reallxlar at this perlafaa
advance of about three kllematera.
Six hundred prisoners - refnaiaad 4a
our hands.
-Further south we occupied: CUr
ge and Unealero wood. . im
"North of the DormaJLS- Ilhe I tm
road, we conquered , after. a stob
bom earagement. the vUUxs of Jle
migay. taking about 100 prisoners. . ,
"The total number of Oerusa
prisoners taken on the Kara battle
front and In .Cbampagae do liar the
period between Jnly 15 the data of
the beginning or the German offsn
Rive and Jnly 31 la 13,4tt of whoa
74 are officers."
"Eastern theater. July Jl A Bl
garlaa assaalt detach meot. whick at
tempted a surprise attac against th
British lines, was completely Check
ed. The patrols were very act ire la
the region or 8rka dl Legrn and oa
the Serbian front. In the region wist
or rogradek the enemy violently
bombarded our new posit Ues.'
French aviate, s dropped a ton oi x
plosives on encampment a la th D
voll valley and Brlttih airmen bob-
ea me siauon ai rein."
Iirx.H CALL HOOT FIEHCC ...
BERLIN. Via London. Ang. 1 '
"There has been flerc fithtiac aorta
west of Fene-en-Tardenola," said th
German official communication issu
ed thla evening, "bnt oa U rest of
the front there la nothing to re pert."
"Northeast of Terthea (eastera.
Champagne) th enemy, after strong
artillery preparations, endeavored to
I recapture a point of support wrssted
i . . -
t iron niul jQlr mm 11 waa TfStUM
l with lossea.
! "We carried ont snccesafol attacks
I south of Mont Flcktel aad la tie Ar-
gonne forest.
"The enemy lojt on th froat yes-'
terday twenty fl airplanes la air
fights and from gun fir from: the
ground. -
"Further, a British nq madron of
six big battle planes, on Its war t.
raid Saarhracken. was destroyed ly
six or oar machines be for It vis
able to drop Its bombs. We skat -down
another British battle plane
out or the second sqsadron folio-
"
ALU Ell RESERVES 7RCTITiV
LONDON. Ang 1. For th first
time since the opening of tUl year'
campaign March 21 fresh reserves at
the disposal of th allies considerably
(Coot rased en pag ).