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4 C & T11K OREGON STATESMAN: KATUranyEI-TEMUER. 7. IP1 SPARK OF REVOLT IN GERMAN ARMY (Continued from page 1). M !witiithebritTshTTrmy in FRANCE, Sept. 6. (By the Associ ated Press.) Substantial advances again are reported all along the southern part of the line. The Aus tralians hare crossed the Somme on ft) wide front south of Peronne and hare driven Into enemy territory- St. Christ, Brie, Lea Mesnil, Doignt and Athles wood also have been taken. Progress Is reported east of these places. east' and northeast of Peronne. Over the, whole area from which the Ger mans are retreating on this Jarge section of the front many fires are raging and numerous explosions have been heard. Villages are aflame be tween the British positions and the Hlndenburg line. Here and in the northern areas., the Germans are burning 'quantities of materials. The British have reached the Ath-les-Ham road and are on the eastern outskirts of Bussu. At Nurlu' there has' been heavy fighting. Strong Germans forces, fighting desperately rlth machine guns and trench mor Germans for several hours have been firing thousands of gas shells, so in discriminately as to make it appear that they are trying to get rid of them. A number of fires have been re ported in the area south of the Es-taires-Armentieres road. There have been three counter-attacks , against Hill 63 and the surrounding posi tions. Two of these broke down completely, but during the third, north of the hill, the British were compelled to fall back slightly. Further north the British reached the crest of the important ridge northwest of Wulverghem but were unable to make further progress for a time because of the heavy enemy machine gun and trench mortar fire. Still further north piece after piece of ground Is being regained. The British have reached Canteleux and are pushing on toward Vislalnes. Wsk enemy counter-attacks south of Ploegsteert were easily smothered LONDON. Sept. 6. The British troops south of Peronne are advans Ing approximately seven miles east of the Somme on the general line of Moncy-Lagache, Vraignes and Tin court, all of which villages have been taken by them, according to Field Marshal Haig's comtnunicatlon issu ed tonight, in the Lys sector slight SLACKER DRIVE STIRS SENATE TO THE DEPTHS Strong Terms Are Hurled Against Roundup of Men in New York Citr A" ' CHAMBERLAIN TALKS Sharp Criticisms Hurled at Men Responsible for "Med dlesome" Move tart tiava rmiiuxl th Rritiah tn nnnn Along the whole front,- from the advances also have been made by the southern extremity to the Bapaume- Cambrai road the- enemy artillery fire Is dwindling away, lndicating-f that the Germans are making stren uous efforts to get their guns back of the Hlnrtenburg defenses. , . In the Queant area the British, after severe fighting, occupied -the ridge south of the Moevres and cap tured more Germans posts around HavTincourt wood. South of Havrin court wood the advance north and south of Equancourt met with heavy resistance. Just east of here the whole town of Fins is aflame. This resistance probably was ofrered - to give a chance to the destruction squads in Fins. - ; f I British posts west of the Canal du Hotid, north i of Inchy, have been puihed forward, but patrols on the west. bank of the'canal were heavily t tted noon from the east bank. One ox. the British patrols crawled across a damaged bridge and came upon an enemy outpost asleep. The Brit ish pounced upon. the sleeping Ger mans and captured three. ' In the north, where the British are reported to be making advances, more fires are raging. In many places north of the Sen see river the A TODAY I ALL NEW HlPPdDROME VAUDEVILLE IS British. LONDON, Sept. 6. A British of ficial. communication dealing with the operations of the allied forces in the region around Archangel, Rus sia, Says: 'After further severe hand-to-hand fighting with an enemy force led by the Germans, the allied troops have occupied Obozerskaya, Prison ers to the number of 150 were cap tured and heavy losses were inflict ed on the enemy. "The allied casualties were slight" WASHINGTON, Sept. 6. General Pershing's4 communique for today follows: "Section A North of the Vesle out troops have taken the villages of Longkeval, Merzal and Glennes and and have reached the line ; of Vieil-Arcy-VillerB-en-Prayers Reivil lon. Our patrols are on the south bank of the Aisne canal. , Elsewhere the day passed withont incident." SUNDAY 4 HUN CHASERS .:.t'-'i ';-. THE BOYS FEOM "OVEE THERE" . ;,.. i j, f..y .,4, . Telling What They Are and What They ' " Have Done. BLIGH THEATRE ROME, Sept. 6 " Along the moun tainous front," says the official state ment Issued today by the Italian war office, "our artillery yesterday effec tively shelled the enemy's front lines and rear areas. In the Concalaghl, Posina and the Assa ralley our pa trols engaged enemy exploring par ties ond drove them baek. "North of Monfenera an attempt to raid our advanced lines was ar rested by our; garrison, which after ward, by a counter-attack put the en. emy to flight with losses.: On the lower Plave enemy scouts attempting to cross the river in small boats were driven back by rifle fire" LONDON, Sept. 6. -The military commander in the district of Altona, Prussia, has issued a proclamation warning the populace against dam aging the railroads aus exposing military transports to danger says a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Copenhagen. ' The proclamation imposes the death sentence upon such persons as are found guilty of disobeying the order. ' SALEM NURSES GO TO FRANCE Miss Ruth Perlich Soon to Go Across Miss Anna Berz Already There Salem women who have been af filiated with the nursing profession are feeling the patriotic rail strong ly. Miss Ruth Perlich left Thurs day for Camp Lewis -vhere she will serve as a nurse with the Red Cross, and she expects to go to France as soon as a Red Cross 11 alt is made up at the big camp Lewis cantonment. Miss Perlich was graduated from Willamette sanitarium three year aro. and since that time she has been doing surgical nursing at the sani tarium. She has two brothers in me service in France. Miss Anna Berg, who was the pre decessor of Mrs. Minnie Mack as manager of the Willamette sanltaii 1 t - TaA fmna nnrw in ... - . . , . . . . 1, 111 is uuw m. liv . . " ' vvAMiiAuiiJA, sept, u.-u.niro- 1 - , n r-vitt. another versy over drart slacker roundups ( salem nurse, has been accepted as a brokr- out again today in the senate. Red Cross nurse and will report for dutv about October 1. Miss Mina Cook has been accept ed as a home defense nurse and will aid in the instruction of home nurs Ing classes in Salem and vicinity. Norwegian Woman Seeks $250,000 Balm for Heart SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. .. A suit for $250,000 damages for breach of promise, said to be the largest sum ever sought In an action of this na ture filed in California, was filed here today by Mrs. Olga Olsen aacinst her former husband. Frlta Olsen. Ban Francisco, president of the Norway Pacific Steamship lines. fie couple wre married in London on December. 1912. . They were di voiced In Norway in August, lJ6. by special-permission of the king of Norway, on grounds of incompatibility of temperament. 3'ibseauent correspondence be tween the couple regarding the wel fare of their child, according to the complaint, eventually led to a pro- REFUGEES FROM MOSCOW ARE IN ZONE OF SAFETY Arrive in Sweden With Tale of Difficulties Encounter ed Russia ATHENS, Sept. 6 Predicting suc cess for the entente allies in their conflict with the central powers. Premier. Venizelos in a recent ad dress at Pozani, where he was the guest of the municipality, urged up on the Greek nation the adoption of a policy of radical economy, in or der that Greece might come out of the war with a minimu of debt and in shape to meet the pressing prob lems which would then arise in an economic way. Read the Classified Ads. Senator Smoot of Utah, Republican. 1 called up his resolution proposing an Investigation by the senate mili tary committee of the arrests in New York' and elsewhere. Senator Jones of New Mexico com mended the effort to catch draft slackers. In the midst of th- discussion the Smoot resolution automatically was laid aside under the rules to give place to the pending emergency bill with its prohibition rider. Th res olution goes to the calendar, where it must remain until taken up by majority vote. Senator Celder lead a number of telegrams from men who bad been detained by the New York police, de tailing their experiences. One man said he was held for hours despite the fact that he had fhown military officers his registration card. "I-protest against further contin uation of th methods nsed In this roundup," declared Senator Calder.. "I think the author of this drive should be dismissed frini the pub lic service," interjected Senator Thomas. nosal by Olsen that they remarry, Senator Chamberlain, chairman of This alleged promise the complaint the military committee, resented tne recited, was not kept susgestion that tho resolution be re-J Mrs. Clsen H the daughter of ferred tv any ether than the milt-1 Henry IidenWwrg. head o fa large tary committee, in view or the par ticipation cf soldiers and sailors in the New York raid. He said he was glad to see that the president had ordered an investigation and refer red to the raid as the work of "some meddlesome agent of the llepart- ment of Justice or some other med dlesome person. What he particularly resented. Senator Chamberlain said, w-s the use of soldiers and sailors and the arrest of persons not within the draft age. Senator Jones of New Mexico said soldiers and sailors an- required to arrest deserters, but Senator Cham berlain replied that they had no authority to round up civilians. Senator Brandegee of Connecticut. Republican, interrupted to empha size there is no legal authority or. warrant for the detention and ques tioning of men without writs or oth er court proceedings. The roundup of 4,000 New York ers, Senator Chamberlain continued. with the result of apprehending only few hundred slackers, was a test of New York's patriotism. "There was no necessity for this proceeding," he continued. "The DISORDER IS WITNESSED Attack on Lenin e Occurs While Americans Are Still in Petrograd banking house in London. Olsen is the son cf a wealthy shipowner of Norway. Ninety-Eight Percent Wounded Youths Recover LAST DAYc THE TITLE TELLS YOU, IT'S GOOD MY. OWN UNITED STATES UNDER THE AUSPICES OF 2ND BATTALION OREGON GUARD BIG WESTERN FEATURE SUNDAY LIBERTY Commendatory EVEN the smallest depositor here at the United States National Bank finds the re lationship between himself and this institution SATISFACTORY. That is as WE are en deavoring to make it and as YOU would want it OUR BOYS ARE "OVER THERE" That's the big:, compelling, driving feature of the 4th Liberty Loan. Isn't it ENOUGH? liiiSli PAItlS. Sept. . The chief sur geon of the American expeditionary force has Just completed arrange ments for a hospital barge system to transport American wounded with ... . . tne. least possieie movement, accora ing to the Stars and Stripes, the of ftcial .newspaper of the American army in France. Baiges 12 fOeet long, with a draft of one foot, will be used, fiance's extensive , canal system will greatly facilitate the work,, ,j , The substitution of water trans port for railway travel is expected to save many lives. It is estimated that 80 per -cent of all wounded are able to return to the front within 4i days. 90 pr s cent who reach field ambulances 'recover, 95 per cent re cover. whor leach casualty clearing stations, and 98 per cent recover who reach base hospitals. STOCKHOLM, Sept. . The Am erican refugees who left Moeeow Au gust 26 arrived at Hparanda, Sw den, Thursday, after an uneventful trip through Finland. .The Italian military mission ac companied the Americans from Mos cow. The attack on Nikolai Lenlne. the Bolshevikl premier, who was badly wounded, and Moses Uritsky .commis sioner for elections to the con stituent assembly, who was killed, occurred while the Americans and Italians were in Petrograd. ' They say there was great excite ment and disorder, but that the par ty was allowed to proceed after a slight delay. Major Allen Ward well and Captain William R. Webster of the American Red Cross remained in Moscow with their comrade. Captain Andrews who was too ill to travel. Nearly all the other Americans in Moscow and Pe trograd joined the party. One of the Americans says many French and English are Imprisoned In Moscow and Petrograd and that Tchltcherin. the Bolshevik foreign minister, refused to allow the Brit ish and French to leave. Dewltt C. Poole Jr., acting Amer ican consul general at Moscow, and the Italian consul remained In Mos cow to cooperate with the other con sular officers la trying to get the French and English released. LONDON. Sept. . The news of the grave situation of British resi dents In Russia reached London Fri day and has caused great anxiety. The Dally Express says that the entire British colony la Petrograd is under arrest. Including Consul W oodbouse. Matters at Moscow are still more alarming, according to the newspa per, which says the Bolshevikl there have aeted in frentled hostility to ward the British and French resi dents. It adds that full details have not been received, but that enough is known to cause the worst fears. The government lacks news con cerning the fate of certain officials." Is Killed in Battle draft lin hnt nrantirallv nllt the slacker out of business. I predict J Hiffh German OfHctf ina1. 11 a ruuuuup u uviu iu city of the country, they couldn't get 10,00 men for the army. I re sent any such Prnssianism as is be ing attempted and I venture that the president also will resent It when he gets full information. Referring to the spy bill he pro- TIASKL. Switzerland. Sept. fi (Havas)- The death of Prince Fer- Hfnanri of S"1ms-lIohensolnis-Lich Is announced today by the German newspapers. He was killed in battle posed last spring, extending power hist Sunday while in command of an of military courts-martial. Senator Chamberlain suggested that at that 41 me the department of justice was inactive in rounding tip pio-Ger- mans, but now had beccmc sudden ly active in rounding up slackers.- Senator Poindexter of Washington who yesterday praised the govern ment's activity against slackers, said citizens should regard It as a pleas infantry battalion. ARMY OFFICER KILLED. LOS ANGELES. Sept. 6. Major Charles W. Farber. IT. S. A., retired until recently In charge of army re cruiting here, was killed tonight a the western edge of the city when the automobile he was driving was ure to suffer some inconvenience, in I struck by a suburban ear. Major the searching out of slackers. AUBURN BREVITIES. Prune picking began this week Crops are reported good. Little Rosie Folger of Silvcrton is 1 : . 1 : t 1 . DnAi.in Minor Lewis returned borne Sat urday after an absence of several nonths spent in the harvest fields of Idaho and eastern Oregon Spencer Terry, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Coby Terty. who has been quite ill with pneumonia, is lm proving George Hammer had the misfor tune to fall from his bicycle and break his collar bone Mrs. T. . Hoover and Mrs. Maggie Wiregarver of Iraln. stopped over Farber was born in Ohio in 1S62 He rose from the ranks and was re tired at his own request after thirty years service in 1911. WlliCOX AGAIN AHEAD. MILWAUKEE, Sept. fi With eight precincts mleslng at mid night. Senator Roy Wilcox resumed his lead over Governor Phillpp for the Republican gubernatorial nomin ation. His lead at that hour was 23.1. Wilcox managers are now claiming the nomination for their candidate. Slacker Raidees Refused Admission to Camp Dix CAMP DIX. X. J.. Sept. . Pend ing receipt of orders from Washing ton the ramp authorities refuted to accept officially 800 slacker draft evaders caught In the slacker raids in New Jersey and brought here by agents of the depart mnt of Justice. Officers that the men must be rex ularly certified by their draft boards Some of them are said to have In their possession registration cards marked "emergency fleet classifica tion" which, they claimed, had not been recognized in the rounl-up. Meanwhile the 800 are being de tained. Several are still wearing th evening clothes .they had on when they were seised. One Italian brought to camp a pair of his wife's shoes which he was taking to the cobbler's when he was arrested. Seventeen I. W. W. Men In Dragnet at Spokane SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. C. "teen men. alleged by federal of ricers to be members cf the I. W. W and to hav been engaged in a con splracy against the government, were held to the federal crand iurr 1.t a I nitod States commissioner here to- COME On mjTHE AD'S mm C OiP v!lV;5 1 V .Tiff 'v'i'A S oYoutMMp? If yon do, a classified ad. in The Statesman will pat yon in touch with people who want work They always seardi the want ads. when look ing for employment A want ad. will bring yon so many applica tions that yon can select the one most fitted for the particular kind of work yon want performed. j ; , - I Try a want ad. today. The cost is smaH . One Insertion per word Three Insertions per word One week per word lc 2c The Oregon Statesman 215 S. Commercial St Phone 23 day. They were remanded to Jail in default of 1.00 bond each. Copies of a circular declared to have been found la the possesson f sev eral of the men arrested here Aug. 21. were Introduced by the govern ment. It called upon wage worker to b prepared to join la a general strike to force th release of the Chicago I. W. W. defendants. Thnoi as Mooney. Ro Pastor Stokes. Kate Richards O'Hare and Cornelias Lebane. Political Troubles Cause of Chinese Assassination VICTORIA. B. C. Sept. . Political troubles In China formed the motive which Induced Chung Wong to as sasinate Lang Tua Lang. Chlnene minister of education, here Ut Run- basJaers. It reads: ! cannot bear to sit hear aaf watch my coaatry srih. I have de termined to art with a blood aa4 Ires doctrine. When yoa see this, de got worry on my arrocat. What t i&3 do yon know nothing bat yos hall see." Won coded his own life after U marder. MAKE MANY HAS MASKS WASHINGTON. Sept. f Predict km of aas and gas masks ta the Ua!t ed States has reached the ' pl wher. shipments la great qiaatitws re Wiag made. Major General f bert. chief of the chemical warfare service, said today. Enough re Wing prodaced to ap?ly all t seeds of the American force. Ia- provement la the protective day night, accord! nr to the traatla-! meat of the !iiM k. r..) t a tlon of a note left by. the murderer I marked decrease la gas casaalliea. to one of his partners la the barber I It waa officially stated. t lOl JCK GET INCREASE. SAN FRANCISCO. Sort . Th San Francisco police force as the in Salem as they returned frm the r.result of a metinjE t policemen hrr Grand Army encamtment in Port land and were callers at the W. H. Sneer! home one day recently. Minor Lewis left Wednesday too woik on the West Side Pacific high way. He will carry chains for the suryeyqors. orsa ragg ana family came up from Portland and stored their household goods Monday. CONGRESS OPENS TAX DISCUSSION (Continued from page 1). had been made by American busi ness. American business, he declar ed, is too. patriotic, too loyal, too big to thipk of shirking the financial burdens of the war. The war revenue measure. Mr. Kitchin said Is designed to bring to the government the fundsbsolntely necessary for the war on Germany. places the burden equally and equit today will seek a 820 per month in crease In salary. The i.olcemen aid the cost of living Justified their re quest. LAFAYETTE IIONOREH NEW YOfTK. Sept. C Franklin K. Ine, secretary of the Interior, here to attend the Lafayette and Marne battle celebrations, announced tonlKht he had named a flrinz field in the Mount Desert National nark "Lafayette Fiel 1." Mr. Lane said a monument Is to be created on a mountain stream which overlooks iho field, "on which will he earvt-d the names of fliers who lost their lives to secure world liberty." C ASTORIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years If You Knew of a position where you could gt a permanent place, payinr more than your present salary, ! HOW LONG would it take you to gti there? Your Opportunity may come through a "want ad" in The Statesman. Try one at once. 1 day, lc a word; 3 days. 2c a word; 1 week, 3c a word; 1 months 9c a word J t t f Oregon. "a'asSSSSSaBBSBBBWBSBlSBBnBBW ably and '.he committee hopes It will uays bears the " meet with the approval of the admin istration and the treasury. Signature pf V C V. i' f t j .