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FORTY-FIRST YEAR '
AMERfCAN OOPS Olf
WAYT0FR0i,1T0TME
PARTIGR
Roads Lined With Men and Munitions Jack of American
Lines-General Pershing Will Lead ThemWill Co
operate With French and May Join Petain's Men In Op
posing Prive Haig Announces Capture of 109 Machine
Guns at Serre
Ameriean troops are at last assuming a major part in
the wist front battle.
Staff correspondents reports miles upon miles of troops
and munitions transports moving over the roads back of
- the American lines on the Toul sector. The fact that the
"greatest activity" is reported at General headquarters,
as well as the lesser headquarters closer to the front, may
indicate that General Pershing is to take personal com
mand of the American forces participating in the battle,
leaving the Toul sector in charge a subordinate.
The war department, in its weekly war review, de
clared American troops - are relieving veteran French
forces by taking over more of the line to the south of the
German offensive front so the French may join Petain's
men opposing the drive. This was described by staff cor
respondents several days ago.'
But the war department added ''such of our troops as
have received sufficient training will cooperate with the
French and insofar as they are able, will assume a share
of the great burden now so valiantly borne by the French
and British armies." This is the only official announce
ment regarding the main American forces preparing to
enter the big battle, other than that of the Paris war of
:,yfice, that the French government had decided to accept
' Pershing's offer of American participation;"' - -.
The hardest fighting reported by Haig today is in the
Luce and Avre valleys, on the Moreuil-Demuin front,
where he said the Germans had made little progress.
Counter attacks there had alternated with varying
success. The British only recently recaptured Demuin.
A local British success was reported in the neighborhood
of Serre, seven miles north of Albert, where Haig said
109 machine guns were captured. Attempts of the Ger
mans to push westward from Albert were halted in the
outskirts of that city. The enemy has made no progress
here since March 27.
A United Press dispatch from London intimated that
an attempt would be made to obtain conscription in Ire
land with the consent of the Irish people. A half dozen
divisions of the "best fighting material in Irelaiid is idle,"
the dispatch said. This cove would be part of the effort
to increase the British military man power.
A Petrograd dispatch reporting the conclusion of the
Russo-Rumanian peace treaty said one of the provisions
was the exportation to Rumania of the entire wheat sur
plus of Bessarabia--a grain supply which the Germans
h&d coveted.
A United Press dispatch from William Philip Simms,
reporting the recapture of Moreuil and Demuin by the
Germans yesterday afternoon is the important news of
the day regarding actual fighting. It shows a continu
ation of Hindenburg's efforts to drive a wedge between
the British and French forces, which converge in this
vicinity. This is one of the enemy's major objectives. It
also brings the Germans nearer to Amiens and to the im
portant Calais-Paris railway, south of Amiens.
Hangard, one mile west of Demuin, which the Ger
mans had passed in their westward thrust at the time
Simms' dispatch was filed, has been re-taken by the
French, according to the Paris war office. This would
indicate that the allies have stopped the enemy's attack
at this point and are pushing him back upon Demuin
again.
Four Strong Thrusts.
London, April 1. The latest official
reports from the battle front, contained
in Sunday night's war office tooun'sn
iqoes, showed the allies had pushed for
ward at four widely separated joints,
while holding the Germans in check
ekcwLere.
The most important of these allied
s-icressea was the recapture of Moreuil,
tea miles north and west of 5i ontdidier
and only an equal distance southeast of
ths vital eentor of Amiens. fc'ori:u.l was
taken by British and French troops, op
erating jointly. With it they captured
the dense wood to tha north of that
iry. Canadian cavalry participated in
those sections.
Next in importance was a forward
thrust by the French on a line from a
Txiint south of Montdidier to a point
ast of Lassigny, in which "several
villages" lost by the French Saturday
- A 78
EAT BAIT
were re-taken. Demuin, five miles north
east of Moreuil, wa also won back by
the British.
On the northern flank, the British
' counter attacked south of the scarp and
advanced their line to the eist of
Fecchy, two and a half miles east of
Arras, thus relieving the enemy pres
sure against this important city, 'la'g'j
men held this gain despite desperate
, attempts to retake it.
j The French war of fice reported the
luecimation of a German l.atlalim,
'h'ch crossed the Oise near Chauny.
! . T'Lc Berli.i night report merely des
cribed "locai successful buttles he
tween the J. nee and the Avre", a ad de
clared French counter attack west and
southwest of Montdidier "failed with
heavy losses"
(Continued on page six)
SALEM,
ACTIVITY BEHIND
AMERICAN LINES
INDICATES MOVE
Roads For Miles Are Choked
With Every Known
Traffic of War
AS VAST MACHINE MOVES
THERE IS NO CONFUSION
Easter Sunday Saw Only Grim
Preparation For Serious
Business of War
By Fred 8. Ferguson
(United Press staff correspondent)
With the Ameriean Army iu the
Field, Mar. 31. General hoadquartcrs'lof KaMspol, Montana, accompanied the
s wuu a wiuso cioeor to tne lines, is
the scene of tho greatest aetivitv. It is
an activity necessitated by a fighting
iiiBieau or a training army.
There is no confusion despite the
rapidity of movement. Roads for miles
in every direction ore choked to the
utmost with every conceivable traffic
of war.
The United Press automobile today
moved slowly past solid miles of Am
erican fighters and machinery coming
from all directions to join other fight
ing forces bound on the same mission
as those which have already passed
The brown-topped American wagons
and camouflaged guns and caissons are.
streaming steadily over all the roads
in this part of France. Thero is a new
snap and vim in the American army,
which is proud of General Pershing's
confidence in offering it bodily to
General Fock. The only question ex
pressed is in the song, whistled and
sung from tha transport wagons,
v uere q wo go rrom neroT
So far as fighting activity is con
cerned, the, day passed quietly : On the
American -sector. There "was only the
usual exchange of artillery fire..
On .Easter Sunday, the day of resur-
(Continued on pace six)
Long Range Gun For
American Navy
Washington, April 1 The Un
ited States navy department
plans to construct a long range
gun capable of carrying 10;i
miles.
It will be built along the so
called aubcalibro plan.
This embodies creation of a
large gun of big calibre aud
then inserting therein a tubfl
for a smaller calibro shell.
Secretary of the Navy Dan
iels is understood to be very
favorable to the plan and it will
be put- into execution as soon as
possible. On the other hand,
some navy authorities believe
that such a gun is of no military
importance and would involve a
warfare of inhumanity upon civ
ilians which America as a na
tion has never sanctioned.
TRIAL OF L W. WS
BEGINSAT CHICAGO
115 of Them Arraigned To
day In Federal Court Be
fore Judge Landis
Chicago, April 1. With courtroom
seats assigned each of the 115 I. W. W.,
defendants and arrangements for guard
ing tho men, selection of a jury to the
government's' charges of seditious ac
tivity by the I. W. W. was to begin
today before Federal Judge Landis.
The entire week is expected to be
taken up in obtaining a jury. A special
venire of 200 reported today and 200 ad
ditional names have been drawn. After
preparations dating since the L W. W.
raids and indictments last September,
both sides were ready for trial today,
although it was rumored the defense
would challenge the entire first venire
to obtain further delay.
Indicting the Washington administra
tion's interest in the case. Assistant
Attorney General W. O. Fitts came here
today and took general eharge of the
prosecution. The government's array of
(-counsel also included Special Assistant
Attorney General Frank K. Nebeker,
District Attorney Charles F. Clyne of
Chicago and District Attorney Claud B.
Porter of Iowa.
Miss Caroline H. Lowe, an attorney
of Kansas City, Mo., was expected to
aid George F. Vanderveer of Seattle end
Otto Christenson of Chicago for the de
fen gt.
OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL
SALEM RfRiiS OUT TO
GIVE FIRST QUOTA
ROUSSuGSEIID OFF
Grand Army "Boys" Acted As
Escort Fine looking Lot
of Recruits
Salem's first quota in the draft left
this morning at 9:20 over the South
ern Pacific for Camp Lewis, eleven
in all feeing in the party. The G. A.
R. gathered at the court house and es
corted tho men to the station where
addresses were made.
There was large crowd gathered to
bid the boys God speed composed, for
the meat part of relatives and friends
of the departing mem. About 40 mem
bers of the G. A. R. under Commander
Huddekwn were present and marched
from the court house to the station,
tho drafted men following in automo
biles. At the station talks were made by
Mayor Koyes, Judge Burnett, Frank
Davev and Commander Huddelson,
and the quota was ready to leave
when the train arrived. William Auld
local Quota, having been inducted m
by the Marion county exemption board
ait the request of the Montana author
ities. The most noticabla thing about the
affair was the good spirits in which
the men left. Tears were few and de
cidedly infrequent, and these were
shed by tho relatives who remained be
hind. Nickolas Lulay and Cornelius E.
Ruble, who were in tho local quota,
were induated in by the boards at
Sparngler, Pennsylvania, and Roy.
Washing-ton, as they have moved to
those ities since registering in Salem.
The Roll of Honor
Following are . those who left this
morning for Camp Lewis:
,W. W. Miller, Tumor
Horbort FemmoU, Marion
John K. Fromader, Salem
Alvin H. Madsen, Silverton
Gee-rgo Boedigheimer, Stayton
Andrew A. Muuson, Salem
Roy R. Weatherrill, Turner
William H. Meyers, Mill City
Norman B. Purtmefc, Balera
..Paul F- Reick, Macleay. ..
THERE ARE NO CLOUDS
OHiHOFPACIFIC
So Says Japan's Ambassador
to American-Japanese
Society at Tokio
By Ralph H. Turner
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Tokio, April 1. On the eve of his
departure for tho United States today,
Ambassador Ishii, entertained the Am-ericaln-Japanese
Society here and in an
address warned against a renewal of
German attempts to estrange Japan and
the United States.
"At present," said the new ambas
sador, "tho intrigue overhanging the
relations of the two nations lias l-etn
swept away and there is no disturbing
cloud on the horizon of the Pacific."
Viscount Ishii expressed his desire
for a frank exchange of views between
Japan and the United States and said
that he believed his own "short com
ings as a double dealer" enhanced his
chances for success in America "where
Maehiavillian diplomacy is abhorred
and which is no place for international
intrigue."
THE SMITH FAMILY
Washington, April .1. The
Smith family has 100,000 of its
members listed in the war "risk
insurance bureau files.
One thousand and forty of
the Smiths are snrnamcd John,
and 1560 William, 200
John A., and 200 William H
while the Miller and Wilson
clang are represented by 15,
000 men each. There are numer
ous John Browns and John
Johnsons, to say nothing of
J. O'Briens.
Clayton Aloysius Aab headed,
the list and Joseph Zyny closes
it.
The bureau warns that the
"full name and postoffice ad
dress is needed in any corre
spondence. Rumored Irkutsk Is
Captured by Germans
' Washington, April 1. The first offi
cial word of the capture of the strateg
ically important city of Irkutsk, Siber
ia, by the Germans was announced in
the war department weekly summary to
day. Later it was learned that the state
ment that Irkutsk was eaptured wM
included in the statement on the
strength of unofficial reports and that
neither the war nor sate departments
had received confirmation.
1, 1918
SOUTH OF SOMME TEUTONS
FORGE AHEAD; MADE BIG
ATTACK WHERE LINES MEET
Pick Out Point Where French and Bjritish Forces Join,
As Perhaps Weakest and Attack Fiercely Forge
. Ahead South of the Somme, But Are Held North of It
Germany Stakes Fortune On This Campaign
By Can D. Groat
(United Press staff correspondent)
Washington, April 1. American
troops are. relieving veteran French
troope so the latter may join the
French counter offensive on the west
ern line. And "such of our troops as
have received a sufficient amount of
training will cooperate with the French
and, insofar as they are able, will as
sume a share: of the great burden now
so valiantly borne by the French and
British armies."
This was officially stated in the war
department's weekly war summary.
The summary declared unreservedly
that "the enemy has been unable to
force a decision" and predicted he
will be unable to do so just as long as
"the allied armies are able to man
euver with the consistent unity . and
flexibility which they have shown dur
ing the engagements of the last weok"
Concerning the Ameriean participa
tiom, already under way, the statement
said:
. "Our own resources have been plac
ed unreservedly at the. disposal if the
allies and our divisions will be used
if and when needed. Our troops are tak
lng their places in other parts of the
line, thus relieving veteran French un
its for emergency service."
Americans to 'Help
Sujch troops as have received proper
EIGHT FOR SENATOR
III WISCONSIN ENDS
IT'S ALLUPTO VOTERS
Vote for Republican and Dem
ocrat About Even, Gives
Socialist a Chance
Milwaukeo, Wis,, April" .1. Wiiion
sin's bitter three cornered sonatori.jl
campaign in which loyalty to tho nation
at war was one of the dominant is-lies
ended today. Tomorrow the state will
elect a successor in the senate to the
late Paul Husting, democrat, and poli
tical prophets expect one of the closest
contests in Wisconsin's history,
Representative Irvine L. Lenroot,
running on a pro-war loyalty platform
is the republican candidate. Former
Federal Trade Commissioner Joseph Da
vies, with the same war attitude and
demanding undivided support of tho ad
ministration, is the candidate of demo
cratic choice. Victor L. Bergcr, social-
Theist, is seeking election on 100 per
cent for peace platform.
The attitude of the republican and
t'emocratic candidates as opposed tc
Berger's peace plea provided a loyally
issue that divided the stato into bitter
tactions. Tho old party candidates have
not hesitated to accuse Berger and his
supporters of pro-German sentiments.
His election, they declare, would be a
signal German victory.
During the last week of the campaign
Lonroot and Davies apparently have
come to the conclusion that Berger is
certain of defeat, and they have occu
pied their campaigning days by fight
ing each other tooth and nail.
: i. -it-.nnsin has a registered vote of
more than 400,000. It is estimated that
SO per cent would ,be cast tomorrow.
Davies claims election by 34,000 plur
ality; Lenroot by 50,000, while Berger
predicts his success by a heavy margin.
The Germania Herold, one of the
most influential German language news
papers in tho nation, has declared for
Davies and ia working for his election.
Theodore B. Wilcox
Passed Away Sunday
Portland, Or, April 1. 2 Arrange
ments for the funeral of Thoodore B.
Wilcox who died Sunday of acute in
testinal trouble, had not been announc
ed early today. They will await the ar
rival of Theodore Wilcox, Jr., who is
en route from Yale University.
Wilcox was milling commissioner of
the eighth federal grain district and
owner of a doaen flour mills in Port
land and Oregon. He had been sick a
month, having developed the trouble
while on a trip to New York on gov
ernment business.
He Suffered Much.
Xew York, April 1, Captain Archi
bald Roosevelt lay in a trench for four
teen hours suffering great agony after
he had been wounded by a German shell
it was learned today through a letter
from a physician at the front to Dr.
Josiah Hartwell. Captain Roosevelt, the
letter said, could not be moved owing
to heavy German fire.
The thing to do now is to hitch your
wagon to the Stars and Stripes.
PRICE TWO CENTS
and sufficient training will cooperate
"with the latter and, insofar as possi
ble, assume a share of tho great battle
burden, it is declared.
The statement re-echoed the confi
dence which military men here have
consistently voiced sinico the German
'began his tremendous push.
"The period under review," said
the summary, "has naturally been one
of anxiety for the allies. Until the pres
sure exerted by the enemy who put
into action picked shock units, long
and carefully trained in mobile war
fare for the particular tasks they were
to undertake, tho British have been
compelled to give ground.
"Field Marshal liaig, in the face of
grave difficulties, has been able to
maintain his basic . order of battle at
the same time withdrawing his troops
to more secure positions.
"In spite of successes gained, the
largo area of terrain- overrun and the
great number of prisoners and war ma
terial captured, the enemy has been un
able to force a decision.
"Though the allies have been om
pollod to retire and the enemy has oe
cupdoo. gome points of primary strate
gis importance as long as the allied ar
mies are ablo to .maneuver with the
consistent unity aud flexibility which
(Continued from page two.)
GHASTLY SLAUGHTER
WITH OUT RESULTS
HAY ROUSE GERi
Re-taking of Ground Aban
doned by Hindsnburg Has
Made German Cemetery
By J. W. T. Mason .
(Written for the Unitod Press)
Now York, April 1. The initiative
along the new. western battle front has
now almost wholly returned to the al
lies with the Germans fighting prac
tically everywhere on the defensive.
This does not necessarily mean Gen
eral Foch is preparing to put a major
naive into immediate operation. A
policy of caution may suit present re
quirements better than a hasty retalia
tion against Von Hindenburg's ghastly
slaughter of Germany 'a own man pow
er. .
Tho movemont of American troops
from tho Lorraine front to- western
France, does not yet suggest the alliei
have decided to risk the outcome of the
war to tho tost of a new super-combnt
in Picurdy. Present indications that
;he American troops involved in the
transfer are limited to numbu and their
appearance si'lc by side with tlio 1 rench
a.m British w.il bo laru? fur mural
cff.'tt.
The matter of morale among civilians
at home has now become a vital clement
in tho war. More than ever before, the
allies must prepare for silent endurance
while waiting for the reaction in Ger
many to tho gigantic casualties of the
past few days. The next phase of the
western combat may not consist of field
engagements at all. It may be tho re
newal of dissent in the central empires
over the realization that tho sacrifices
to tho Hohonzollern Moloch have not
ended the war.
Tho German sweep over the territory
voluntarily abandoned by Von Hindcn
burg a year ago, will have done no more
than to make that area a German cen c-
te'y, if the morale of the allies holds
firm. Thore can be no major strategic
results from the German success so long
as the war continues. It is for the al
lies, by their steadfastness, to press up
on tho German people a realization of
this fact. Thereafter the house of llo
henrollern will become to the German
f eople the house of blood.
$250,000 Blaze Destroys
Atlantic City Block
Atlantic City, N. J., April 1. A quar
ter of a million dollar fire early today
destroyed a city block, threatened the
hotel district and created a wrall panie
among tho scores of thousands of Easter
vacationists who were routed from their
beds during the early morning hours.
Fanned by a high wind, the flames
soon got beyond control of the Atlantic
City fire department and calls for as
sistance were sent to neighboring cities.
When Fire Chief Murphy of Philadel
phia and a trainload of apparatus ar
rived the hotel section was in imminent
peril of destruction, but a change in the
direction of the wind enabled the fire
men to confine the blaze to the block
where it Htarted Atlantic to Pacifie
avenues, from New Yof to Tennessee
avenues.
ON TRAINS AND TOTW
BTANDS FTVS fWT
nrnnr nniiTiiiA
ritiiitriuiiiiiiu
RETAKES TOWNS
CAPTURED TODAY
Germans Launch Vicious At
tack and Capture Two
Imporant Towns
BRITISH RETOOK THE!
FRENCH TAKE MOTHER
Hangard Remains with French
After Terrific Hand to
Hand Battle
Br William Philip Simula
(United Press staff correspondent)
With the British Armies in France
April I War planes report German on
cup&tion o Moreuil on the Tight bank
of the Avref after heavy fighting.
Tho enemy launched a vicious at
tack Sunday afternoon between Mo
reuil and Demuin, simultaneously en
tering the (owns at 3:30 p. m.
The Germans are reported moving
westward along the. Luce valley, hav
ing passed Hangard.
This is practically the only cnang
south of the Somme, but it is import
ant because it brings the enemy much
nearer to the Oalaut-Pans railway.
south of Amiens.
Tho enemy attacked west of Albert
fcwtieo at dusk. Both timog thoy were
repulsed.
Tho British attack against a r-
man outpost near Aveluy wood, north
of Albert, met with the stubbornest re
sistance and hottest machine gunfire
fron Albert itself, and tho British
were forced to retire.
Other than heavy shelling of ViUers
Brotonneux (nine miles east and sourta
of Amiens, on the Amions-Rosicres
railway) and the usual unceasing pa
trol encounters, tho battle front is com
pnrrttively quiet. ' .
Tha German attack against Arras)
and Vmy ridge, which was a total fail
ure, is known to have coat the enemy
heavily. The first Guards reserve reg
iment lost in officers alone the colonel
and nine others killed and twenty ono
wounded.
Several British battenos fired for
loner neriods over open slights, tha
shells cutting long lanes in the Ger-
(ContUaed on page two)
What Uncle Sam Has
Loaned to Help Win
Freedom For World
wnoi,:nr,,.r, Anril 1 Th United
States has loaned a total of 4,042,-
fiOO TZt 4n rmnm .CTlVftrflTlimitjt inCft
we entered the war and up to and in
cluding March 2i, Socretary MeAdoo
has informed the house ways and
means committee.
Credits totalling $1960,500,000 have
been established, leaving a balance of
$317,?70,2.'50 already authorized as
loanfl DUu not yet ntuiueu over w "
foreign governments in cash. . .
The loans follow:
Credits - Loans
Kstablutned Made
Belgium .. 104,000,000 $ 8fl!00,000
(!,g,a 15.000,000
Franco ... 1,440,000,000 1,405,000 00(1
Britain .... 2,520,000.000 2,480,000,000
Italy . 750,000,000 4S0,(H)O,uuu
Russia 325,000,000 187,723,73(
Sorbin 0,000,000 4,200,00(1
.
Abe Martin I
' What's, become o' th' farmer thai
used t' give each of his children a fresh
cow when they got married! A girl has
t' have a lot o' nerve t' ask her feller
t' tie hor shoe those day.