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About Eugene daily guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1904-1924 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1918)
Tig TwoT EUGENE DAILY GUABD TOffnesday Evening, August 21 Hi BRITISH FIND HUN LIS FADE UNDER iT 3nemy Believed Following Pro gram of Deliberately Retir ing Rather Than Waste Fast Dwindling Forces. . (United Pratt Stiff Ctrrtapiadeit) By LOWELL MELLCTT Will th British Arm? la France, Asg. 20. (Night.) Whether it is be came the men's fightta- spirits ara font or because tht higher command art deliberately following a progrun, lnvolv lug retirement wherever ;bey art rushed, the Britlih are finding mat en various part of their line the Germens fir war vita aa unexpected readlneaa that la like shsdow fighting at timet. All wlthdrswslt o far bare been ex plained by the Germana aa a deiire to shorten their line, inasmuch aa tbia baa been the actual effect. In tone in Instance!, though it baa left the Germana In leal aatiafsctory potitiona than those ibandoned. In an htereatinf feature of the ad ranee today in the Merrills region where the German officers teem imbued with the idea of getting their forces safelj out of the path of tht Brltiah, it that theat baches ar part of tht army of General von Bernhardt who, aa a writer, wat prepondent of the idea that only to riant is to advance. Borne light on the bocbtt' spirit, or lack of It, was gained sight before laat, when a certain German regiment, hav ing retired too far waa ordered to at tack Bulaieux (north of Albert). The regiment refuted, preparing a written potest and eroding it to the commander. Th latter telegraphed back, repeating oie oroer. xne regiment attacked hair learteaiy and loat heavily. Some 23 men of thit regiment are all that re. vain. The advance in Flanders wss along i iroui oi more man eight miles ex tending north and aouth of the Lye. The Brltlth occupied L'Empinette. Vierhouck md La Couronnr, and progressed east r aiernue. In tht Arret region there wit lortl Fighting on both tidti of tht Scarpe, the Brltiah pnabiag forward a abort die. 'anee east of Fampoox. pointa where trouble waa anticipated from machine gun neata. (Mira'moi,t wood ia three milea further north and mile and a half eatt of Bucquoy). Conditions for the attack were Meat No amoke barrage ever equalled the ef fectiveness of the fog. So far at the tanks were concerned the crews were able to see as far as necesaary, while tht tanks thcmtelTet were hidden from the Germans until too lata to make any effective retittanet. BITJBH B TRIES HXAVT TLOW ON FRONT 07 TEN BOLES NOSTH OF ANOSE (Continued from page one) aurst upon them through a camouflage of milt which lay thickly over the ragged t,wef kttiflM. and clinging to tho rfvttnd, while tankt, cavalry and Infan try puahed their way over and around tht treschet tnd new wire entanglements. The British had made good progrett before the tun suddenly brokt through Ibt niat at B o'clock, revealing the baches had been cleared out of moat pointa on thit aide of the high embank ment of the Arras-Albert railway. A tingle, craeh of artillery preceded the advises. , Ctadltlttt Art Idtal No reports have been received frcm Mtrasaont and Logeaet woocTs, two high Advance Three Miltt. London, Aug. 21. (1:15 p. m.) The Britlih ia their new tttack between Ar- rat tnd Albert, ire reported to have pogreeted three milet In tht center, reaching Ach'.et-lt-Grand (three mtiet nortbwett of Bapaume). At other pointt in tht lint Byng't men htrt gont tbead two milea. Informa Hon it indefinite, but Beaucourt-Sur Ancre, Acheit-le-Petit, Moyenneville and Conrceliet art resorted to htvt been oceupld. The attack la reported to have been a complete turpritt and to have been made without any artillery preparation. Hal Reports Stoetttti. London, Aug. 21. Tht Britiah tttack' ed on a wide front north of the Ancre thit morning. Field Mtrahtl Htlg re ported today. Satisfactory progrrat it being made. The attack waa made at 4:45 thit morning. Further progrees waa mada laat night and tbia morning on widely aeparated aectora of the Flandert front. ' attacked at 4:45 tbb morning a wide front north of tht Ancre." the ttatement laid, "flatiefactory pro greaa-wae made. Yesterday afternoon atrunx boatile attacka accompanied by heavy bombard menta were made againat our new post tlona south and north of the Scaroe. ney were completely repulsed. . Wt Improved our positions aliebtlv in the neighborhood of Fampoux, taking xew prieoners. "Wt advanced our lint laat night be tween teatubert and the La we river and art in possession of La TonreL Early thit moraine tht Enelith car. rien out a tucceaaful local operation In V. - T . nocre tenor on a rront or over a mile. All objectiret wert ttken and a onmner or priaooert captured." ByRf'l Rsetrd Bright. London, Aug. 21. The Britiah ad. vanes north of the Ancre this morning wee nine ny ine tnird army under Gen eral Byng, according to deapatcbes re ceived Sere. General Byng's third army held the lint between Arraa and a point near St. Quentln at the opening of the Gcmen offensive, March 21. Ht withttood tht enemy't ttitultt until Gough's fifth army gavt wty when he wit compelled to ro ars, . . Byng, In his stttck at Cambral laat yetr, wat tbt flret general ever to em ploy tanka euccesafully. He :s recognis ed aa one of the gretteat fielu command- era in the war. Nyssa, Oregon, Man Listed Among Canadian Wounded Ottawa, Out, Aug. 21 Anions Amer icans mentioned in todsy's Canadian css- ualty liat are: - J. Stanley, Elder. Mont.: K. O. Selden, facoma, ween.; H. H. Walker, Holt Wy.i D. McDonald, Nyaaa, Or.; A. John. aon, San Franciaco; J. .A- Keenkne, Berkeley, Cel.; E W. Villemeuve, Sedro wooley. Wash.; R. S. Smith, Spokane, Wash. MEN WANTED FOR ORDNNCE COURSE Those Above and Below Draf Age Eligible for Instruction at Fort Hancock. Applications for admiaaion to tbt course in ordntnet ttoret accounting and gen cral ordnance courses given at Camp Hancock, Georgia, are deaired by tin war department, according to a letter re ceived at the nnireraity from Captain W, C. North, of the Ordnance Reserve Corpt. Appiicanta, the letter acta forth, tnouid Dave a high school educr.tUn or itt equivalent tnd a college training is desirable. Men abort and below the draft axe are eligible to tneae couraea, aays tht letter to the university regielrtr. A sun- ply of application blanka baa been sent to the university, where in ordnance atorea accounting course waa conducted during the greater part of the laat col lege year, and prospective appiicanta are rcnueated to write Rogtitrir A. B. Tif fany for thett blanks, which can be filled out and forwarded to. the office of the chief of ordnance st Washington, D, CLEAR TO TEUTONS Germany Informed Ships Sunk by U-Boats Will Be Replaced From Interned Tonnage. Madrid, Aug. 21. The ministry of the interior issued a statement to the newt papers today announcing that Spain had eent n note to Germany, declaring if there srt any further submirint tinkingt .: iianith veaaela. Spam wiU temporar ily repltct tbenf from German tonnaxe interned In Spanish bar bora. That such a note had bten tenl wat reported eeveral daya ago, but the Span- iah authoritiea denied it. The foreign minlatry today denied the rumors that Germany has broken off diplomatic relatione with Spain. "The deciaion ia but a natural, obli gatory defense of our essential inter- eete," the minlatry atated. "We cannot further risk prejudicing our national dig- nity and life. We feel assured that Ger many will -recognise the decision agrees witn loyal neutrality." The atatement also declared that the final statue of German veaaela comman deered in the future will be settled "when peace is negotiated.'' FRENCH IN NEW DRIVE HAKE GAINS (Continued from page one) Hardly a Drugstore in the Land ; That Does Not Sell This Remedy Oa th Market Half a Century. Whin you art) in perfect health, ansa arc enjoying a strong; and vigor, sen vitality, it it than that your blood b frts from all impurities. Tog thould be very cartful and jre heed to the) slightest Indication of impure blood. A aluggieh circular J to often ladies tod by aa impaired appetite, a feellnr of laasituda and a general weakening of the system. It t then that you should promptly tako a few bottles of 8. 8. S, tho (rest blood purifier and strong thenar. It will cleanse tho blood thoroughly and build op and strengthen (ho wholo ayttem. S. 8. 8. ia told by all drua gists. Valuable information about tho blood supply can bo had free by writ. in to tho Swift Specific Co, 14 Swift Laboratory. Atlanta. Ca. SAFETY for your Wr Savings SUmpa and Liberty Loan Bonda ia essential. If they are lost or destroyed, unless registered, you .ay never recover your money I , PROTECT VALUABLE PAPERS i Don't risk possible loss of your bonds and valu-x , able papers when you can rent a small SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX at this bank for $2.00 a year and have ABSOLUTE PROTECTION! U. S. NATIONAL BANK, " . Chtcking Accounts. EUGENE LOAN & SAVINGS BANK Savings Accounts. Fontaine and Cainet. Ht is ilio bel'evcd to have taken hill 156 and reached the table land north of Vasaena, occupying Veurcsin (two mllca and a half north weat of Soiaaone) Epagny (sir miles northwest of Soiasona) Vnlpriea fern snd all lines southward to Pommieres (two miles weet of Soissnns). The number of prisoners which waa reported more than two thousand yes terday. Is steaedily increasing Ludendorff is reported to have wired urgent ordere to Berlin for training the claaa of 1920. Preparation of thett youtht of 18 must be finished in 10 or 12 weeks. 8nch in order meant ont of two thingt: Htat Sivias Manpower. Either the Germana are al'll planning for a tremendoua, desperate offensive tbia autumn, or the manpower critic it even more terioui than appears. Military writera are inclined to the? former belief. They expect the Germana to attempt a big drive this fall unless roch, meanwhile, kecpt them too buty, Tht sctions of tht Germsns in the lest few weeke, since the failure of the Slame operation snows they desire to tavt their manpower even it tht expense of loainx territory. Altaongb tbey ire pntling no a atiff fight at vital points, on the whole tbey srs surrendering territory more freely then heretofore. Likewise they srs reducing salients snd shortening their fronts whenever it Is possible. There are other indications tbst the enemy intends to nurse along as many at their reserves s possible snd then will hnrl In every ounce of his power In a gigantic gamble, rU10VERITYof OREGON RFally equipped liberal culture end scientific departments. Special 1 IroleisMj ia Commerce, Journalles. Architecture. Law. Medietas I . eeBaanaaMeeB.j wars. J " Petes ar la War heM Arte. FkyetralTreiaualeaa Flee Atts. tf.M .1 1 111. Illi.l aatf a I. m. ww p. aeM C- evaa a .iitKQii, II awHr.aiaili nia, OnSil.l ani l: I L- " r- -i r.iai -leuii im. f I -J Sim I I I tanmtait.sitee. I (A - avae. Owsae. Sa. taliiia teaaa lpf I fiilnt Reported Officially. Parle, Aug. 21. Tht Frtneh contin ued to progrees on the whole front be- tween the Oist and tht Alsnt laat night. capturing Carlepont and Cuts, the wsr office announced today.' The Germans have failed to counterattack on this front. French troops also sdranced west of Laealrny la thirp fighting. "Between the Oist tnd tht Altnt, there waa no change in the aituatioa laat night, the taemy filling to react." tht commuaiant laid. "The French continued to pro greet on tht wholt front, and ctptured Carlepont and Cuts. "Weet of Laitlgny, in tht sharpest fighting, tht Frtneh progressed. "In the Champagne German raids were reported-" 4 ATTENTION. Y0UN6 MEN General Crowder hat authorised t and requested the aewtptptrs of tht country to publish tht following during thit week: "All milt persons who hsvs reached their 21at birthday alace June fifth, 1618. and oa or before a) Aagutt 24th. 101 S, moat register e) on Augutt 24th, 1U1S. e "Thett men should consult with local draft beardi aa to how and where they thould regie! ar." IN VALLEY, IS VIEW OF STATE EIHEER C. H. Lewis Speaker at Meet ing in Connection With Pro posed 30,000 Acre Project Near Eugene. Etttt Engineer C H. Lewie, speaking at a meeting of farmers, who ars Inter ested in Willamette valley irrigation sud the proposed 30,000 acre project, at the Danebo school house Tuesday night, went on record without qualification as being in favor of irrigation. He ssid that the experiments of the Oregon Agri cultural college had proven beyond quea tion that the application of a limited amount of water during the dry seaeon increased the yield of land from 100 to 300 percent and that any type of soil may be successfully irrigated by slightly varying the method according to tbs cbartcter of tht toil. "The queetion of the plentitude of wa- ter supply for irrigation in thia district is settled," said Mr. Lewis. "The only question remaining before you art, what you need, whit you wtnt ami how to go about getting it and to my mind you un doubtedly need it. Mora Rainfall at Baker. "For two yeara before being appelnted state engineer in 1905 I wee with the United States reclamation service In the eastern part of the state. Now the rain fall in the Willamette valley during the summer the growing tetaon for cropa ia actually leat than the rainfall at Ba ker. The heavy rains here fall durlrs the winter seaeon when tbey are not needed. At Baker the people know they need ir rigation, though there is more humus, the water-holding formation of aoil. there than here. If people only underatood the possibilities of irrigation in the valley. they would know that they needed it hers. On louking over a topogrophiral man ons finds that irrigation in tbs Willam ette valley hss really been thoroughly uu aui-vesaiuiiy cesieo. .inert are more i irrigation projects in tbis vsL'ey thsn m I any other part of the state, but owing to the magnitude of the valley and the I amallneas of the projects the majority of -tht people here do not know of them. . Value of Water Knowi. "Thote at Hilltboro and Forrtt Grove , art typical. At thote places srs bix milk ' condensers, snd the dairymen have rcc-! ognized the value of having clover crow ing throughout the whole summer to be cut snd fed green to cows. In these' placet the farmert have diverted little' atreamt from the foothills over limited tectlont of the land at email expense." I Mr. Lewia brioflv emlnineH th. i-.:. Cation laws which have been adopted by the various atates. He touched on the fault of the flret California laws which caused some failures among the firal pro jects attempted under them end that 'in framing the '-Oregon irrigation district law the legislature had been guided by theae failures, snd that Oregon now has the beat irrigated district law in existence. Now, before any project ia aUrted, ap plication must be made to the atate engi neer a of i ice. No conatruction work can be atarted until the plans sre approved by the stste engineer. The bonds must be approved by the atate engineering com mission. The atate engineer must pesa on the feasibility of the project and must ! convinced that there is enough land val uation to justify to support the bond la- sue. Finally, npon completion ef the work. It must be accepted by the atate engineer. This atate aunervision and no. liclng prevents any all-advised and inade quate plana being attempted and pro tects the farmera at all times. Roughly Ontllntd Prelect. Mr. Lewia aald that he bad roughly outlined a project for Irrigation in thia district yeara ago. On looking over tr.e topographical mapa he found, what he would not otherwise hive eutpected, that I canal taken ont of the Willamette near Eugene would follow the footbillt cround on a grade and cover ill tbe territory In thit vicinity. "In fact, I aort of queered myeelf for a while after Nhienln. rnm ... . Orej in, by pushing thit irrigation idea which I saw wit to badly needed, and hid to quit it. I am very glad to see it being brought up now from another angle." According to the opinion of the tta'.e engineer there le ample water carried by the Willamette. The only thinx to tuar.l am Inst it infringement on tbe rightt of the power planta at Oregon City. The may be aecomplithed by utilising Waldo Lake or by storing the flood water it some point shore. Ralph Scheeloch of the Clark-Kendall company, irrigation bond buyers, answer. ea tne questions of tbe farmert at length, with figures bated oa the etti mates of ths company engineer! who have bee working in thia district for several months. He placed tht cost of ths project which wonld furnish hrlga Hon snd drainage for 80,000 scree st fftO in icre which, according to both Mr. Lewis and Mr. Schneelorh. is from f 10 to 10 lest thin tht cost of water in ea.tern Oregon and in Idaho. The cost of such a project ivoo'd be met by the farmers by bonds bearing A' per cent interest, a figurt ttt by !sw, miKuraig in irom net to lorry yean, i i jilt would mikt the cost oMhe eystem S3 per year pint tht traall maintenance expenee. According to Mr. Lewie' belief, based on extensive obeervationt among irrigated dietrlrta, thia would be Justified three timet ortr, tinct It wonld mikt possible the growing of permanent hay crops, clover or alfalfa, snd ths buTdlng up of impoverished lands by odentlfie rotation of crone. WANTED Krarfrtta Blackberries, 6c per lb. Cask. Oatee Nratshtd free. Wm meet say competition, J. W. MirVATK. tf Ortfea Rltetrle Fremiti Depot Bhetreada. tho taolce of tht amoks, it B) Kl TT m m TOO The time for increasing the subscription price of The Guard is drawing near and if you have failed to take advantage of the opportunity the loss is yours. The rate is now $3.00 per. year, by mail, inside ane County and $4.00 outside Lane County. The in crease to $4.00 and $5.00 is necessary to meet the in creased cost of production and even this is not suffi cient to cover all the additional expense of maintain ing a metropolitan newspaper in a small field. But we are going to play fair with you by giving you time in which to save money for yourself. Here is our proposition: If your subscription is in arrears you may pay up to date and one year ii advance at the old rates. $3.00 in the first mail zone (in Lane county) and $4.00 in all other zones (outside of Lane county). If you are already paid in advance you may pay still another year at the old rate. New subscriptions will be accepted on the same basis until the new rate is put - into effect. In this way you will have an oportunity to save money, for the new rate will be $4.00 per year in the first mail zone (Lane county) and $5.00 per year outside of Lane county. . The earlier you send in your remittance, the sooner you will be satisfied with your self. - The Eugene Daily Guard
