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ptT-i.:U2IITH VKAII rM?y?rS '
H Sjpji llj BtLUlM II HIED FORCES HUG H TO
OESTiiUCM-FMCH IKE MIGHTY GAIN, CAPTURING THOUSANDS
CLEVER TOTS
GATHER COIN
FOR BELGIANS
Tfillion Park Fete Regular
Kid Carnival and Many Lit
tle Hearts Overseas Will Be
Made Happy
PARENTS ASSEMBLE IN
ADMIRING HUNDREDS
fe;tab Kidd and Bill Hart
Invade Grounds Pretty
Dances Staged
Ther called It a Belgian fete. It
looked like a kid carnival.
Wlllson jark. gaily decked with
flags, parasols- and brilllant-hued
streamers yesterday afternoon and
eventnc was thronged with young
iters riding ponies. Investing in Ice
cream cones & and simply playing.
While : the boys and girls parted
with many a penny for the benefit
of orphaned Belgian children, their
parents patronised the oriental tea
garden, where the Misses Esther Sun
and Eunice Huie In native Chinese
costumes served refreshments, or
tlslted the fortune telling- booths.
Many even essayed to swat the kais
er and early In the afternoon he
Darted with an ear. while the crown
nrlnee. who' stood beside him lost
a large section of his nose.
The opening event of the fete was
a parade under the direction of Mrs.
T. A. Livesly. j Over a hundred tots
la every sort of costume imaginable
crowded into line and marched
around the block while a host of ad
miring parents reviewed them from
the curbing; . All was merriment as
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A Pretty Collar
Helps Ever So Much
Oar Women's Neckwear Department Is always a,
popular corner because of the many new and novel crea
tions constantly coming to the front.
Just now we are showing 'a splendid line of Or
gandie, Pique, Georgette Crepe and Wash Satin Neck
wear; also the popular Plain or Lace trimmed Net
Fichus. See them; they are modestly priced.
AUTO VEILS A
The kind with the elastic-they are easily adjusted
and are meeting with high favor. Various colors.
10c to 70c
FANCY RIBBON ' al of these
The assortment of patterns and quality of these
Ribbons is above the average, at yard. .... .13c to BOc
Kimona Silks
Decidedly New Patterns
The Yank is clever but it takes a Jap or Hindu to design
such patterns and .colorings as these. Everyone Is de
cidedly Oriental and! when you see this SOAZZARE de
sign you 'see something that la distinctly new even in
Orientals. '
Then the BUTTERFLIES -a. veritable flutter or
them that flit right into favor the moment you see
them. Also plain colors in Old Rose, Choral and Cherry.
These come 29 to 36 Inches wide, priced at yard.
$1.40, f 1.SO,
NEW GOODS ARRIVING
TO SEE THEM
WILSON PUTS
SKIDS UNDER
JIM VARDAMAN
Letter of Condemnation Tak
en at Reason for Defeat
by Politicians
MISSISSIPPI CHANGES
Representative Harrison Run
ning Far Ahead of Anti
Administration Man
JACKSON, Miss., Aug. . 20. Re
turns from the central ana southern
portions of the state showed Repre
sentative B. P. Harrison running far
ahead of Senator James K. Varda
man In the' Democratic primary. K.
F. Noel, a former governor wu
third.
Vardaman lost his home city. Jack
son, and was beaten in jus ward izi
to 28. Warren county in which
Vicksburg Is situated, gave Harrlsop
1238: Vardaman 104.
Politicians- expressed the belie'
that President Wilson's letter stat
ing that he "could not but regard
Vardaman's election as a condemna
tion pf my administration by the peo
pleoFMiBSissippi" had a strong bear
ing on the vote.
Both the other candidates put em
phasis on loyalty, Vardaman head
quarters tonight insisted the vote
from the -northern section ; of the
state at least would make a second
primary necessary.
"LIGHTNING PROVES FATAL.
HELENA, Mont.. Aug. 20. Mrs.
Annie Perkins and her daughter
Helen, -aged 10, wore killed here to
night by lightning as they were rid
ing in a buggy. The horse also was
killed.
$i.60, f 1.75
DAILY WE INVITE YOU
' i A
lANGI'S MEN PENETRATE LINES ON
FIFTEEN MILE FRONT FOR DEEP GAINS
AND BAG OVER 8,000 AS PRISONERS
East of Oise Numerous Vil
lages Also Fall to Doughty
French, According to Of
ficial Communication
OFFENSIVE FORESTALLS
CONTEMPLATED ATTACK
Extremely: Heavy Artillery
Preparation Precedes Ti
tanic Advance
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. In
terpreted at first as a local oper
ation' intended primarily to en
able the allies to retain complete
possession of the initiative on the
Picardy front, the rapidly devei
oped success of the French east
of the Oise tonight was accepted
by military officers here as a def
inite and fully prepared effort
havimr a Specific part in the lanr-l
er strategic plant of General Focn.
Latest advices tonight descnb-
iflff the" advance of the French
tenth armv for two and a half
miles on a front of more than fif
teen miles were taken as conclu
sive evidence that the major plan
of the allied generalissimo is far
more comprehensive than has been
snpposed. It is believed to in
elude a series of actions which
will occupy every moment until
the arrival of winter rains makes
the plateaus of Picardy and the
plains of landers impassable.
Most observers agreed that the
immediate objective of General Man-
gin's forces apepared to be the "pick
ing" of the Roye pocket, with the
subsequent control of the important
suply lines between that city and
Noyon. For the larger objective to
ward which efforts of the allies are
being bent was seen the capture of
Noyon and a resultant breakdown of
the German defensive lino over a
fioDt of scores of miles.
Activities of the British army east
of Arras, around the Merviile sector.
are thought to be linked up with this
larger plan. Not a few strategists
foresee In the nar future a more
important thrust by these forces.
completing the cycle of offensives
from Rheims to the sen.
LONDON. Aug. 20..-r East of Arraa
alone the Scarpe river the British In
sham fightinc advanced their line
slightly to the east of the village or
Fampoux, while farther north.
astride the Lys river the British have
reached L'Epinette and north or
Merrille have captured the villages
of Vierhoek and La Couronne. ic
coiding to Field Marshal Halg'r
communication from headquarters
tonight.
It is possible the enemy may think
that if he could arrange to leave a
broad space. ..say of two or thrc?
miles, between the British lines and
his own. hr lding the latter with fair
ly stronr forces but keeping tne
greater part of his armies well to the
rear, he would have a better cnancf
to defend himself against the com
bined operations of the infantry and
tanks, the effectiveness of which he
apparently has learned to respecr
If this is part or nis plan, ne seems
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Enrico Caruso Captures
Bride From Family of
Ft Pttnt fjnavTtoy returned to the street the car
Lastern ratenz Lawyer w,mi,- Th.r. u no tlew to ue
. NEW .YORK. Aug. 20. En
rico Caruso, I the grand opera
singer, today obtained a license
to wed Miss Dorothy Dark Ben
iamin. daughter of a New York
natent attorney, and a tew
hours later was msrried in the
Marblo Colleclate church on
Fifth avenue. Mrs. John F.
Keith of this city was matron
of honor, and the best man was
Bruno Girata, the tenor's secre
tary- Mr. and Mrs. Caruso will
WM SUMMARY 1
( By The Associated Press
From Soissons to the Belgian bor
der the German armies in various Im
portant sectors are being put to the
tost by the French and British. Ant!
It is a test that seemingly bodes ill
for the Teutonic arms, for nowhere
have they been able to sustain the
shocks '
Northwest of Soissons from the
Alrne. to the Oise. north of
the Oise to the region 'around
the reg!n around Hoye; in the Ar
Koye; in the . Arras sector
and norttfward on the famous
Lys salient the Germans ev
erywhere have been compelled to fall
back under the pressure .of the
French and British troops.
In a new offensive launched by
the French General Mangin over' a
front of aproximately fifteen and
half miles from Ballly, on the Oise.
to the Aisne near Soissons. the
French in bitter lghting have car
ried forward their line to an average
depth of two and a half miles, and In
the first phases of the battle had
turned to French possession numer-
us enemy held vlllazea and farms
In addition more than 8000 Germans
1X3(1 nea neraea tenind the line pris-
oner.
At last reports Mangin's men wen
still hard after the enemy and unof
ficial accounts placed the French on
various sectors well In advance of
the positions outlined in the French
official communication.
Along the Scarpe. east of Arras.
kept up their harrasslnr tactics
against the enemy who had been com
pelled to fall back eastward along
the Scarpe river. The Germans re-l
listed vigorously bat all to no pur
pose and the British advand their
lines to the east of the villa r of
Fampoux. Although Hale claimed
only a slight forward movement
here, particular significance attache
to It by reason of the fact tht the
Germans have been driven back until
they are virtually upon the old battU
ltne as It stood In December. 1917.
Northward the Lys salient again
has If an narrowed down by the op
erations of the British who. north
or Merviile. have taken the villages
Vlerhoek and LaCouronne and also
reached the "hamlet of L'Epinette.
This pain represents a forward move
ment of about a mile and a half and
places the British astride the road
running southeastward to EBtalres.
The new victories of the allies are
highly Important. The advance of
the French northwest of Solssnns.
taken in conjunction with the suc
cessful maneuvers on the Lasslgny
sectors, and south of Roye, where
3euvral2nes has been captured.
seemingly means that the enemy
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TWO SILVERTON
AUTOS STOLEN
Mc&U'sStudehakerandFord
Car Are Taken From ten
ter of City
A 7-nassencer Studebaker suto-
moblle belonging to Gordon II. Mc
Call of Silverton was stolen from
State street In front cf the Gray-
Belle about 10:30 last nlsht. Mr.
Meruit who is manager of the Sil
verton Lumber eoni!anY. was In Sa
lem with his family to attend the
band concert. Just after the concert
thev went to the Gray-Belle and were
in the eonfetclonery establishment
only about 15 minutes, hat when
Identity of the thief. Mr. Mccair
i hired another car and the party re
turned to Silverton.
Another Sllveiton car was stolen
about 11:30 when unfcnown persons
made off with a Ford which was
tandlne on Liberty street In front
of the Commercial ciud. several
vownc men rrom suTpnon na come
to Salem In the car which Is the pro
perty of one of the Silverton gar
ages.
THE WEATHKR.
rind'.
Rapid Development of French
Success East of Oise Taken
as Part of Large Strategic
Plans of Foch
PICKING OF ROYE
POCKET IN SIGHT
Capture of Noyon and Break
down of G ennan Defensive
Is Also Seen
PARIS, Aug. 20. The French
forces fighting east of the Oise,
on. a front of about 15 miles
nave advanced to an average.
depth, of about two and a half
miles and captured numerous vil
lages, according to the French of
ficial communication issued this
evening. More than 8000 prison
ers have been taken. .
South of Roye. the town of
Beuvraignes has been occupied by
tne French, after bitter fighting.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE. Aug. (B The Asso
ciated Press.) (1 p. ru-1 The at
tack of General Mangin's forces from
1 ontenoy on the Aisne to Plmpres
cn tne Oise wax progressing favor
ably when this dispatch was filed.
prisoners wero continuing to ar
rive at the rear to sdd to the several
thousaud captured before noon and
the gain In territory at 1 o'clock has
been from one to two and a half
miles. The enemy was resistinn: with
tne greatest vigor at vital spots.
Where the righting Is thickest the
ground Is covered with German dead
The artillery preparation, which
was most violent, began yesterday
morning, and tne enemy anticipating
an attack, hastened to reinforce his
lines, sending up two of his best di
visions whlcb were held la reserve.
These divisions arrived darlne the
night In motor lorries.
An hour and a' half after the or
der wasvjlven to attack. Infantrymen
were passing Audlgnlcourt and Vas-
ens and were followed immediately
by batteries of three-Inch guns. The
first line of defense was then break
ing:
The Germans on retiring filled
the entire ravine with mustard gas.
This, however, proved only a tem
porary trouble, the entire ravine be
ing turned In a short time and the
French troops progressing toward
Bleranrourdelle. eight miles south
east of Noyon. .
Farther to the right Tartleres, two
and a half miles southeast of Mar-
said, was entered at 9 o'clock and
columns or prisoners becaa to ap
pear upon the plateau to the rear
Tne artillery reaction was very
weak over this part of the front.
French aviators, flying way down
under the low-lying clouds, .kept the
staff regularly Informed as to the
progress of the. attack and harassed
the enemy with machine gun fire.
SwoVr rw.'nTn
the air during the morning.
The Germans made a desperate de
fense in the hilly and wooded region
south of the Oise around Carlepont
Caisne and Lombray. where they
held strong positions which were pro-
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Walla WaUa Convicts
Mutiny After Shooting
of a Fellow Prisoner
WALLA WALLA. Wssh..
Auc. 20. Convicts In the Wal
la Walla penitentiary are In.
mutiny tonlxht. having been
aroused by the shooting of Fred
(Tlrer) Johnson by Gnsrd John
Davidson today. The noise
made by the convicts can be
hesry for several-blocks. Of
ficers state thst th convicts
tan not break nnt. as they sre
locked in their cells. A similar
disturbance lat year, ld'by
Johnson, required several days
to subdue.
Coroner Mrrartlu. S'ter aa
Investigation, completely exon
erated Guard Davidson,
r ,
WAR WON THIS
YEAR. BELIEF
OF CLEMENCEAU
Complete Triumph of Allied
Anns Predicted by Pre
mier of France
TALKS TO "JAMES, HAM"
Showing of American Troops
Has Amazed France. Is
Another Assertion
PARIS. Aug. 2S It Is the belief
or rTnir cmneaera that a com
plete trtamph will be wiB daring the
present year by the arms of the al
lies and that the war will have end
ed before another year Las passed.
accjrdln to Senator J. Hamilton
Levis of Illinois, who had a lenxthy
font i-rsat Ion with him. The gist of
the rfum ratio, with the consent of
X. Clemeneeaa. has been give to
1 be -Associated Press by Senator
Lewis.
Premer Clemcnreaq paid high trib
ute to President Wllsoa as a coa-
strnrtlve leader and said he was
greatly Impressed by Secretary Ba
ker as a man of great resource. The
premier na'd when American troops
arrived, uncertainty existed as to
whether they could bring their un
doubted courage Into Immediate ac
tion after having beff trained to a
life of peace, but the first showing
t the American troops had amazed
France with their bravery and solid
perfection.
The premier declared that the
Work of the American troops on the
battlefield did more to tetroilte Ger
many than any other thing the ene
my has met.
GREAT RECORD
BY AMERICAN
Ensraees in Over 15 Raids
Over German Lines Dor
. inff Three Weeks
WASHINGTON. Aug 20 Lieuten
ant Edmund G. Chamberlain, an avi
ator of the United States marine
corps. In thwe weeks took part la
IS bombing raids over the German
lines carried out by a British a
Squadron to which he has recently
been stUched. the navy department
announced.
Chamberlain went through five
raids In one day without mishap, and
on all occasions, according to the
report of the eommaader of the
squadron to marine corps headquar
ters, rendered conspicuous service
and proved his. capability as a war
pilot.
While returning from one rat
over Bruges. Chamberlain was shell
ed continuously for 4 5 minutes sad
while six British machines were put
out or action he came through "un
disturbed and "full out for another
job. the British commander report
ed. Chamberlain's home Is la San
Antonio. Texas.
YOUNG DRAFTEES TO FIGHT LAST
Committee Includes Amendment to Manpower BUI to
Preserve Nation's Youth
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. Both
senate and house will begin con si -l-eratloa
of the manpower bill extend
ing the army draft age limits to IS
snd 4i years tomorrow. The house
military affairs committee todxy
closed Us hesrlag and the bill will
be reported tomorrow with an amend
mcnt adopted by a vote of 9 to 7 to
defer service or youths IS to It vests
of sge until all others are called. Aa
agreement was seeureed with Speak
er Clark and with Representative
Sims. In charge of the pending water
power till, to give the manpower set
right of way Thirsday. Chairman
Dent of the hruse committee believes
it can be rasscd in a single day.
Passage of the b'U by the house
Thurrdsy and by the senate by Sat
urday Is planned by leaders. Con
tests are expected In both branches.
In the aenate debate la expr1d on
the "work or flcht amend meut, lu
the' house a contmversv la brewi. 4
EAST FRONT
IS RAPIDLY
RE-FORMG
Assistance Wffl Reach Cze
ch o-S Ionics fa Tine to
Thwart Moves of German
Prisoners and Bolsheviki
LOYAL RUSSIANS JQIN
WITH ALLIED INVADERS
Lettish Troops May Hive Be-,
come Mercenaries for Red
Ha Rulers .
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. Icfor
formatloa reaching Waslhagtoa to
day Indicated that assiitaare be ins
seat to the Caeeho-Slovaks la th
Baikal rtgiea of Siberia wIU reach
them la time to thwart the effort
of the Genaaa-Awtrtaa 'prlsoaers.
aad the BoUhevlkl. It was learned
arms sad ammunition to the Csech
aad that heavy artillery Is lacladcl.
A high offlcUI la the st.te derail
ment s-11 this was part of tb Ms-
ger prozraa now being work-1 oat.
The program to re estar Uth the
eastern froat tufa Ue aid of hund
reds of thoutssds of loyal Russians
Is progressing far mere rapidly tha
was expected. The Trans-Siberia
railway will play aa Important part-
That Germany appreciates the lm
portancr of the moves la shown la a
dispatch printed la aa FUsea news
paper reported from Amsterdam to-
troops had blowa up "the Baikal
tuaneL" It was pointed out by offi
cials here that there are so leas tba
32 Baikal lasaels. all of them hewn
oat of solid rock so that army at
tempts to blow up one of them woul.t
simply delay transportation for a
short time. ,
Members of the American engls-
er com nai mi on are la ine vinnuj
or Lake Baikal and have been repair
ing bridges that were destroyed
damaged, aad doubtless they win b
sble to repair any of the temporary
damage that might be done to the
tanneL
Officials here are Interested la the
report from Berlin today that Let
tish troops battled with rioters la
petrograd. It was polated oat that
at the time of the Russian deMacl
trained, was the only body of troop
to retain Its standing In Rut. It
1 known that Lettish troops fenced
the guards for Lenlne and Tretky
when they were la Moscow sad It is
assumed that they have become mer
cenary troops la the hire of Bolshe
viki leaders. In no other way can
their presence- la Moscow and Petro
grad be accounted for. as they have
been bitterly hostile to Genua ay un
der whoe rale they have suffered-
The suggestion Is made that ther
were compelled to sell their service
as. surrounded by enemies, they war
unable to o'-sla a living ta
other way.
any
Bill Expected to Pass Soon
defer calling boys of IS and 19 years.
mandatory provision which Secre
tary Baker. General March and Ca-
eral Crowder have vigorously op
posed. With both senate and hosse
committees pledged to lowering t&e
mlrhrum sg to 18 years. It apiesr-
rd the age limits will be flxcxd s
recommended by the war depart
ment. AHer a stormy executive sessloa
In "which Representative Kahn of
California 14 a fight which he prom
ised to renew on the house floor, to
retain the administration measure'
provisions patting the order of calls
for all men wlthla the president's
discretion, the committee voted 9 to
7 to write In s neidmeut offered
by Repreeentstu' V'Kenxls cf Illi
nois. Republican. rrvtdlng thi 'l
men Zn years snd aS-v s.'.l te
call4 b- 'ore those of 19 and 18 wlla
the H -year-old youths to be cs'led
remain In thla city.
Fair and warmer;
gentle
over the committee's ameaducat tot
(Continued cn pate )
mostly westerly. ,