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Newspaper Page TextTODAY'S WEATHER i,dOO subscribers (22,000 READERS) D ALL ST Onlj Circulation in Salem Guar anteed by the Audit Burma ol Circulation! FULL LEAitU VViKii DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VA1 -. LEY NEWS SERVICE Oregon: Tonight and Sunday fair, gentle winds mostly easterly. FORTY-FIRST YEAR- NO. 81 SALEM, OREGON SATURDAY APRIL 6, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS OV TRAINS AND KW STANDS FTvTI OB NT 0 ... APE SOl fffi BATTLE RAGES Masses of German Troops Are Being Hurled Against British 1 Lines Losses Have Been Stupendous But Issue Still In DoubtViolent Artillery Duel All Along Front South of Somme Presages Infantry Assaults Heavy Rains In crease Difficulties of German Attackers By William Philip Simms (United Press Staff Correspondent.) ' 1 With the British Armies in France, April 6. Heavy fighting is developing for possession of the Amiens rail way embankment in the region of Albert and the valley of the Ancre and astride the Somme. Just outside Corbie (on the north bank of the Somme, eight miles due east of Amiens), particularly desperate assaults are being made. The Germans are hurling great masses of troops for ward. At 5:30 this morning the enemy was seen advancing in waves west of the Vaire wood (a mile and a half east of Corbie). Fighting is continuing southward from the heights. Vast numbers of Germans are falling on British bayonets or are being shattered by British guns. At the time this dispatch is filed, it is too early to give the defiinite results of the battle. 1 Basle, Switzerland, April 6. "It is true that we have made a continued and tubstantial advance, but we have left nehlnd mountains of dead," the Dres den NeuBtenachrichten declares, In cop es received here today. Paris, April 6. Violent bombardments ,.long the Avr, especially near Monchel linear Montdidler) were reported in the ffrench official communique today, there were no infantry engagement! in (this region. By William Philip Simms (United Press Staff Correspondent) With the British Armies in France, April 6. The fighting is speeding up tonight. After fairly important clashes yesterday and today, the Germans occu py a wedge-shaped ridge at the con fluence of the Noye and Avre, from where the main line of the Paris-Amiens railway is in plain sight, a mile and a half away. This position overlooks truck gardens, which supply Amiens and part of Paris. The Germans also hold a wedge be tween the Avre and the Luce, and an other between the Luco and Somme. At 8 o'clock Friday morning, south east of Albert, after two hours' heavy bombardment, six divisions of German infantry (72,000 men) attempted to storm the railway embankment. Der jiancourt was the center of the attack. The fighting is continuing. Like the fighting to tne southward, this is an" effort to gain high ground which Hindenburg desperately needs be fore the next "kiekoff." The German artillery is increasing ly active in the back areas of this re gion, showing that heavier pieces are Salem King's Products Go To Feed Country's fighters Dehydrated Potatoes Are Now Being Shipped Cut From Big Local Plant By C. W. Cowgill A recent visit was -paid the Sal em -Kings ProdiK-ts Go's plant in Salem. ty a government inspector, whoso Wm eannot be mentioned just at the present tun?, for good reasons, and liis viait to the plant was immediate ly followed by other inspectors from Ithe quartermaster 's department of the fcirmy, with the result that, ear loads rf dehydrated potatoes are now going forward from Galem, for the use of the ttrmy now in France. The Salem-Kings Products Co's tlan-t is the netwert plant that has been established in Salem, the corner stone iiaving l..n laid only last October, Jnnd the I 'ant, as it now stands, includ ing the land on which it is situated, fn the outskirts of Salem, represents JnR told an expenditure of about $300,- FHM), and this company decided to place ats plant in Silera, after considering propositions from other towns in the "aUey, upon the recommendation ot Jthe Salem Commercial club. Without going into details as to- the extent of Jke plant, its boiler house be fog situated on the banks of the Wil coming, up. A few shells in Amiens, pre viously only bombed from the air will expose its famous Cathedral to the same fate as that of Rhoims. r0CH is CONFIDENT, By Henry Wood (United Press Staff Correspondent) With the French Armies in the Field, April 4. "The German offensive has been completely checked; the future will give us the full measure of the victory which we have alrcaay attain ed." These words were addressed to nows paper correspondents by General Foch who received them in his headquarters at the front, where he is already hard at work at his newly created task of co-ordinating British and French and American military effort on the west front. The veteran hero of the Marne, Yser and Somme appeared in the high est spirits, radiating a degree or con fidence that was eontagious. Turning to the wall, where there was a huge colored map showing the daily Gorman advance since March 21, Foch said: "You see, since March 27, the abso lutely fresh advance by the Germans (indicating fragmentary gains) and here we are: "It is already April 4 and the Ger man offensive, after surging forward has encountered an obstacle and, having dashed against the breakwater has ex hausted its force on the beach." Foch was surrounded by his own brilliant and brainy staff of French (Continued on page three) lamette river more than 200 feet dis tant from tie main building, thus eliro inating all danger of fires, the hot air necessary for the secret process of de hydration of vegetables and fruits, ii blown through the tubes provided for the pur,ce, into the huge evaporator, cr dryej, the vegetablesor fruits beinj placed on large trays or screens and automatically ran through the evap oator, coming out at the end, with the 'finished .products ready for the auto matic, packing machine, reeentlv in stalled at an added expense, fully jus luiitxi vt -me saving maae over tno method of weighing and packing bj hand. 'The Government Contract ward United H-ates Senator Charles L. McNary, about six weeks ago wired Manager McDaniets of the Salem Com- jmercial club, that the government was asking lor tids on dehydrated pota toes, onions, carrots and" turnips. At one the matter was taken up by Manager Walker of the Salem-Gings Products Co- in Salem, by wire, and by letter, with General Goethals. ouar- ' tennaster gencl of the amy; Mason Wittenberg, president of the Wittenberg-King Co., the parent company, in Portland, went on to Washington, and I after testing the products of the eem- ' (Conynned on page four) AMERICAN ARMY III FIGHTING LINE AS BATTLE RAGES first Anniversary of Entrance Into World War finds Our Soldiers Busy By Fred S. Ferguson (United Press staff correspondent) With the American Army an France April 5. With tho bajttle again in full swing, the American anmy ia unusual ly busy on the anniversary of Ameri ca's entrance into the war. Much of this carauat be described, for military reasons. It probably will be several days before much can be sent regarding the activities in Picar dy, but there has been no lot up since the movements previously described. Meantime, other occurrences which canmuj, be (mentioned havo materially augmented the allies' strength. Amoricans heretofore looked with misgiving on the tiny freight cars, but nape tnoy can uecome accustomed to traveling in tiheim. The Toul front is quiet, with normal artillery fire. One German was killed in a patrol encounter Thursday night. Opinion of Military Washington, Apiril 18. fYance and Britain at 'bay before Amiens will stand alt tub boo he and -turn him back, in the opinilon of military men today. That strmng defense" -"e before the city is assumed. The military men say that protection of this strategically im portant center wall be defense of men fighting1 for their very existence. The fall of Amiens, the experts add, would be more tragical , than the cap ture of Pari at least from a military standpoint- Because lof its important rail lines, Amiens is vital to the allies. Its loss would mean hacking the French and British in twain and ruining the present supply lines. In view of this situation, the allies may be counted on to battle mere strenuously than ever, tho authorities say. Lacking full information of the allied strategy or disposition of the allied resorves, the experts, were un able to predict the course of events, but they did vouchsafe the confident guess that tho German will be halted. Franco and Britain ihave been gath ering their resorve strength hastily.' Whether this rcsorve will be used only to stem the Teuton tide is not now evi dent, but ib is sufficient strength to accomplish at least that, and it may be large enough to hurl back the Ger-1 .... The latter is a moot question here. Sonne authorities say that the allies' have waited too long to make an ef fective counter offensive, others rely ing on tho ability and strategy of Gen eral Foch declare . that he haa some tricks inj tho sack which will surprise the world. la any case fresh American strength i jg aujy iiwQCHl ana is uenig auutru lu , . 1 1 1 i . - . 11.1 . .. the struggle as fast as it is humanly possible to do it, authorities declare. Celebrate Anniversary London, April 6. "Tho fact that American troops daily are taking their "place in the battle line increases more 'than ever the confidence with which i'we inaUently look forward to tho tri umph of our united efforts in the de ifen.se of the rights and liberties of KuviliTation," King George wired to day, in replying to felicitations from (the guests of tho lord mayor, at a lunch eon to Britishers and Americans, in valeibration of America's entrance into the war a year ago. I American Ambassador Page and For eign Secretary Balfour were the prin cipal speaKers. The menu conformed to the strictest war rations. A grenadier guards band played American music- The lord may or and other dignitaries wore grand (Continued on page nine) be Martin t Children never appreciate ther mother till they git onto ther father. Bubber heels have certaisry spoiled th' ole ax iom, "Forewarned is forearmed." STIRRING APPEAL TO SHIP WORKERS TO SUPPORT U. S. Quarter Million Workers Take Part In Flag-Raising Exercises Today CHAIRMAN HURLEY SENDS OUT PATRIOTIC MESSAGE First Anniversary of Entrance Into War Observed Tnrough out Country Washington, April 6. Shipbuilders in America's "victory shipyards" on all coasts heard today a stirring appeal to hold open the seas for civilization." More than 250,000 workers in 132 yards participated iu national flag rais ing ceremonies and received a personal appeal for added efforts from Chair man Hurley of the shipping board. The American flag and the new United States shipping 'board flag, wore un furled at each yard amid impressive de monstrations. (Singing of the national hymns with patriotic addresses was followed by the repetition en masse by all workers of the pledge: I pledge allegiance to my flag, and to the republic for which it stands ono nation indivisible, with liberty and justico for all." Hurley's message, addressed to every man of you," follows: "At this hour of national peril, when the forces of despotism, long gathored, are hurling themselves against us. I call upon you, the shipbuilders of Am erica, to put forward all your might to our common purpose.. It r was a evil thing that the phrase was coined that we do our bit. Tho nation of which each member today merely does his bit is lost. Doing 'our bit is too small a bucket to bail back the sea. The tide of despotism is too great for such small and unavailing measures. We must do our all. "Apd, therefore, on this day, mark ing the anniversary of our entrance into this war which threatens civilization, it is fitting that I appeal to you for the large and full measure of your help. And I ask you as far as is possible that you consider that my appeal is personal to yourcel?, each man of you in the shipyards of Amorica. And I ask you to scrutinize yourself and to put to your self the question, each man of you, whe ther you yet work to your highest limit. For your brothers and your sons and (Continued on page four) PRESiDEHT WILSON WILL DISPOSE OF EARLY PEACE TALK Will Review Troops Today and Make Speech at Balimore Tonight By Carl D. Groat (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, April 6. President Wil son today will dispose uncompromisingly or all present peace talk. Surrounded by soldiers of the Camp Meade cantonment in a thrilling liber ty loan meeting at Baltimore, he will make his long heralded "war talk." While war and peace almost inevitably mingle, the president will point out mat the only path now to peace is by beat ing back the conquest-crazed Teutons pounding at France 's heart pot Amiens. That he may have something to say of Count Czernin's recent peace chat ter and the revealed secret diplomatic Austrian peace maneuver with entente agents in Switzerland is deemed likely. And that he knows fully of Austria's attempts to gain peace terms for pre rentatioa to Berlin is considered prob able in view of French Premier Clemen- ccau's reference to Austrian importun ities at Washington and elsewhere. Wilson, sworn opponent of seeret dip loinacv and advocate of the "daylight" brand may quite likely reveal tne true! rature of the Austrian schemes. While he was once credited with believing that Austria could be weaned from Germany, recent events have indicated to him and to state department offi cials that Austria is now only a pawn in German military mei'i hands. That she was a pawn when her secret diplo- (Continned on page eight) MANY TOWNS SUBSCRIBE FULL BOND ALLOTMENT Third Liberty Loan Campaign Opens Throughout Nation Today Washington, April 6. Twenty five towns have already subscribed their liberty loan quotas, telegrams to treas ury hpaedquarters at 10 a. m. today an nounced. Wires of confidence were ar riving "like a snowstorm, ' officials reported. Madera, Cal., April 6. Madera coun ty, California, with a population of 11,000 early today claimed the distinc tion of being the first county to go "over the top" in the liberty loan drive. v County Chairman David B. Hanhart telegraphed tho United Press that $209, 000 had been subscribed, as against a county quota of $171,00. There were 1314 mibajprtbers repreueiif.ed in tho amount. Atlanta, Ga., April 6. More than ilfty counties and cities of the sixth federal reserve district have over sub scribed their liberty loan quotas, ac cording to an announcement by Chair man W. O. Wadlaw, of the district, one hour after the campaign- had been launched In the south. Washington, April 6. America's third giant drive for liberty dollars opened throughout the nation today. Bumper billions ira war money will be subscribed during the 28 days' cam paign officials here confidently pre dicted. Headed by President Wilson and his war government officials, ' .public lead ers had put party scores behind them to stump for the loan. Tawms and cities throughout the country had planned impressive cere monies and a whirlwind selling start. The honoir flag to be awarded to towns exceeding their quotas in subscriptions lend added stimulus Patriotic societies and organizations of every kind, including suffrage, boy scouts and the labor unions were arm ed to push across the big total. The presdent was to open up at Bal tmoro n ranging war message warning against false peace lures and voicing a ster,n call for relentless press ing of tho war. Thousands were ex pected to take part in the public cere- ATTEMPT TO INJECT POLITICS INTO HOME GUARD ELECTION Governor Withycombe Is Charged With Eff orts to Use Organization In Campaign Enough politics fa being mixed up in tho organization of tho three Salem ! companies for the Oregon Guards to I run an old-time political convention. In stores, offices and on the streets men are talking about it. On one side men are chuckling over the manner in which they have broken the "slates", and the "frame-ups'" that the other faction has attempted to put over, while on the other side here is chagrin be- j cause well laid plans have gone awry, j Back of all the manipulation and maneuvering was a scheme to get con- . trol of all three companies and use them as a political influence for the benefit of Governor Withycombe in liia cam- j paign for re-election. I This fact is openly asserted by men in the companies who joined forces to smash the slates which were mado in an effort to put certain selcted men in all tho important offices in the three companies. Discovery of this scheme angered many of the men, who declared that if it was allowed to go through it would disrupt the whole organization oven before it was completed. At the meeting when officers were to be elected for Company D, Kcv. E. M. Burke, pastor of the Unitarian church, took the floor and denounced tho efforts to use the Oregon Guards as a political football for anybody. He I cnargeu noi oniy mai pontics were Do ing dragged into the organization, but he called it "rotten politics." He made a stirring, patriotic speech which rout ed those who bad sought to control the election and broke the slate to mash. The effort to manipulate the organiza tion and inject politics into it is laid at the door of Major Woolpert, Captain Arnold of E company, Second Lieuten ant A. L. Morelock of E company, and and one or two other hpanlsh Amer ican war veterans. Morelock is an em ploye at the state penitentiary and the others are said to be strong partisans of Governor Withycombe. In the first place Company D was nrfanixpd from memtipm lit thn Rnfl.nlHh j i American War Veterans, the Tia Juana I camp and tho Salem Bifle Club. The Tia j JunnA eamn is eomnnsed nf men who I , , served on the Mexican border. Agreement was reached that the cap taincy of the new company should go to a Spanish war veteran, the first lieu tenancy to . Tia Juana member, and the second lieutenancy to a member of the Bifle elnb. As a result, Woolpert was chosen captain, A. A. Hall first lieuten-1 ant and A. B. Wilson secoad lieutenant . FACTS ABOUT THE NEW LOAN - Interest rate, 4 1-4 per cent, payable seriii-annually on Sep tember 15 and March 15. Size of loan, $3,000,000.0u0, with over subscriptions. Bond denominations, $50; 1D :00; J1.000; $5,000 and 10,OJ0 Maturity of bonds, tun yi.-iir dated from i'.ay V. 1918. Taxation, carry same exemp tions as second loan. Selling campaign, twenty tight days, ending May 4. Terms of payment, five per tiEnt on application, twenty per eent on May 28, thirty five per cent July 18, and forty per cent August 15. Secretary of the treasury authorized to purchase during the first year an amount equiv alent to one-twentieth of the or iginal issue and each subsequent year one twentieth of amount outstanding at start of year, un til ono year after the close of the war. This provision is de signed to maintain the bonds at par or higher value. monies preceding his address and to hear him. Secretary McAdoo, generalissimo of the campaign will address a huge gath ering nt Philadelphia, where a replica of the stotuo of liberty will be unveil ed. Secretary of the Navy Daniels, who will spend a large slice of tho money taken in by the loan, will start thiugs at Cleveland. St. Iiouis declared a legal holiday. Billy Sunday opened tho Chicago cele bration. Opening day found every city, town and countryside placarded with liber ty .K)stors, stirring appeals by the coun try's most popular artists told the loan story from Millions of billboards, street cars, newspapers and magazines. Each state, county and municipality was organiaod. Banks, merchants, post, men and local organizations and au thorities, Carefully tutored by head- (Continued on page six) Captain Woolpert then appointed Morelock as firt or top sorgoant and filled most of the othir places with Spanish-American war veterans, thus giving thorn control of the company. About this time authorization was received from the adjutant general to organizo a battalion, and it is charged that the littlo crowd of Spanish-American war vetcrnna who were running things planned to secure control of the entire battalion. ' The second company, which would be kirbwn as Company E, was to be formed from a nucleus to be taken from Com pany J J, and at nia suggestion, cap tain Woolpert was authorized to ap point a nominating committee to nomin ate officers for Company E. He appoint ed a committee of 10 men, a majority of whom were Spanish-Amorican war veterans. , This committee attempted to nomin ate two sets of officers, one for Com pany E and the other for Company F, (Continued from page eight.) FOCIl'S CONFIDENCE DOES ftOT SIGNIFY ALLIEDOFFEHSIVE Hindenburg May Be Enticed to Further Slaughter of . Troops on West Front By J. W. T. Mason (Written for the United Press) Now York, April 6 General Foch's confidence in the ultimate outcome of the combat in western .France should not be interpreted as necessarily mean ing an early assumption of the offen sive by the allies. There is still room for much defensive enticement of Von Hin denburg into further slaughter of his troops. It is becoming increasingly evident that General Foch plans to let Von Hin denburg wear himself out in this man ner before attempting even a large scale counter attack. Local operations to pro test the Amiens-Paris railway may com pel General Foch to drive forward for short distances, but this is all that can reasonably be expected for the time being. (Contirued on page four) GERMANS HURL MASSED INFANTRY AGAINST BRITISH Would Open Road to Amiens nr www Witnout lYaitEg For Heavy Guns FIGHTING IS GENERAL ON TWENTY-MILE FRONT Hindenburg Now Evidently Attempting to Gain High Ground for Drive While a wait in 2 heavv of big guns before vesummir his tfriv against Amiens, Hindenburg is battering mianiry against tho British left center, between the Snmm and Ayette. Haig reported heavy fighting every where along that twenty mile front yes terday and last night, with a resumption of the attack his morning. a unitea I'ress dispatch from William Philip Simms; describing this fighting, told of an attempt by the enemy to storm the embankment of the Aniienw Albert railway southwest of the latte city with a force of Vii,0U0 men. This particular thrust centered around Dcr nancourt, two miles south of Albert, and probably extended to the south of Mor lancourt, which is four miles north of the Somme and about mid-way between that river and Albert. This fighting was continuing when Simms filed his cuble today. It was this very railroad embankment which Simms doclnred the British hoped the Germuns would attempt to storm, in dicating Haig had particularly strong defensive positions there and can exact M nmiaiiu 11 if linrv .1 1 1 f m m on n 1 1 u Ir. ing force. Simms said this fighting around Al bert, like tne'flghting south ' of the Somme, is an effort by Hindenburg to gain high ground before resuming the offensive on a major scale. Haig reported that in the fighting south of the Somme, the British improv ed their positions by counter attacks. The French conmunique described vio lent artillery duels in this region, but no infantry combats. Henry Wood, in describing the can nonading alluded to by the French war office said that while such a bombard ment usually precedes an attacK,. the Germans apparently plan a "vastly greater artillery concentration" before risking the main drive toward Amiens. Tho Germans, Wood said, are handi capped in this artillery concentration by the heavy rains which have been fall ing since Thursday and which have turn ed tho shell pitted battle field back of the enemy lines into a morass. But the French, with their railways, have already completed their counter concentration. In their offensive against Amiens, the Germans havo approached to with in eight miles of the city, on the south 'oast, it is indicated by Simms' dispatch. !llo mentioned the enemy's occupation of a "wedge-shaped ridge at the eon .fluence of the Noye and Avre, from where the main line of the Amiens-Paris. railway is in plain sight, a mile and a half away." The Noye and Avre con verge five miles southeast or Amiens, exactly half way between that city and Moreuil. A point a mile and a half east of the Amiens-Paris railway which is one of the enemy's objectives, would locate the ridge three miles southeast of the confluence. This is the nearest approach to Amiens yet reported. Simms reported the Gormaas alse hold ing a wedge between the Avre and the Luce north of Moreuil and east of the ridge referred to and another between the Luce and the Somme prob ably with the point before Villers-Bre-tonneux, ten miles east of Amiens. Tho French communique said that raids in the region of Zuzey and Vaux-Les-Palameix, between Verdun and St. Mihiel, where the Americans havo takem over new sectors, fell down last night. ' There was also heavy cannonading in this reeion and on the Toul front, where the original American sector is located. A United "rcss dispatch from tat American front said there had been n let-up in the troop movements towards tha fiarmnri nffpnmVP. Tront. BERG EE EFFIGY BURNED Edgerton, Wis., April 6. Edgerton closed a big patirotic rally last night by burning Victor L. Borger, Milwaukee socialist in effigy. FIGHT IN 'FRISCO San Francisco, April 5. Ed Petros key, now of the marine corps, and "Spud" Murphy will furnish the main, ' went for tonight's fight card here. It has been five years since Petroskey Ut fvnght in &an Francisco.