Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, April 10, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTODAY'S WEATHER 4,500 SUBSCRIBERS (22,000 READERS) DAILY Only Circulation In Salem Guar aateed by the Audit Boreas, oi Circulations FULL LEASfci) WlKh DISPATCHES EPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAJL LET NEWS SERVICE SXULE WHEr4 hou PAY ou Oregon: Tonight frost; Thursday showers west, fair and warmer portion; gentlfl easterly winds. 1 T , inf. I V ftn... W W 'J! 1 FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 84 SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL10, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS " TRAINS HAD rTXWI STANDS FTVB OjBJTT d llkw raid'. Makes Desperate Attempt To Break Through Haiders To ' Channel PortsHot Fighting On French Front But Neither Side Gains first Americans Reach British Front 120,000 Picked Bavarian Troops Hurled Back by British Hindenburg's frenzied efforts to split the British line in Flanders and roll the northern flank back on the .North sea, opening the way to channel ports, had spread into Belgium today, along a 20 mile front. Haig reported the fighting which broke out early yes terday continuing between the LaBassee canal and the Lys river, while the British positions as far north as Ypress-Comines canal were under a terrific bombard ment. The Belgian frontier crosses the battle front at a eharp bend in the Lys, about a mile north of Armentieres. Between the LaBassee canal and Armentieres, Haig said, the British are holding on the Lys and Lawe rivers. The latter stream, flowing northward through Bethune, converges with the Lys at LaGorgue, less than a mile west of Estaires. The Lys flows eastward in a meandering course through Armentieres. British troops, according to their commander, are bitterly contesting the crossings at Estaires and Bac St. Maur, three miles northeast of Estaires. Fighting already has broken out near Armentieres on the new front under bombardment, indicating the Ger mans are losing no time in following up their cannonading with infantry assaults. Thus, the actual fighting has been carried northward into Belgium, probably as far north as the famous town of Ploegsteert"' three 'r&iles' north of Armentieres. The towns made famous by the war which probably will figure in this fighting are Holle beke on the Ypres-Comines canal, and Messines, mid-way between Armentieres and Ypres. The British not only are holding on the southern flank ' of this front, but recaptured Givencliy, two miles west of LaBassee, on the canal, by a counter attack, taking 750 prisoners. South of the Somme Haig says there was only local fighting on the British front. ' By William Philip Simms (XJiuiltod Press staff correspondent) With the British. Armies in France, April 10. The first Americans have m-rived" at the British front, they in clude "infantry, airmen and engineers. I have seen the Americans, who are the forerunners of many more, moving to their places in the lino cheery and full of ginger. ' .From the JLaoassee canal tto the south ward of Armentieres there wag teTrifi; (fighting throughout 'last night. Today oui the loft sector, there was momen tarily no dnf antry fighting, but the ar tiLleries were .mutually blazing away in full chorus- - " Tuesday afternoon and night there was bloody hand to hand fighting around Armentieres and on the high ground about Givenehy and Bethune which was the immediate German ob jective. The enemy attacks failed in K.rt ll Til O'OS - Ten fresh divisions (120,000 men) of the best Bavarian troops were hurled repeatedly against the British on the Ahe Martin i x Vj) V 4mg M What's become o-' th' ole grouch that ently are holding. Hot fighti ng is con didn take no newspapers an' jest turning. k no wed what he knowedf Ever' once in General Von Quart's attack this a while some feller gitg so rich that morning followed a violent bombard he says he'd like t' be poor again an'j llvin' upstairs over a hardware store. I (Continued on page three) high ground around Givenchy last night. Twice they captured the town and twico itho British flung them back in the pitch black darkness wielding bayonets, clubs and Ifists unftil the romnants of the German stomiers re tired beaten. At the ibridgehead of the Lys near Bao St. Maur, which ithe Germans hold, there was similar fighting. At sundown the enemy pressed us back to La(Jroix-Du-Back (one mile north of the river), but the .British counter attached iheavily land drove them back. A big concentration of German guns was freely used in the forward and back areas as probable preparation for German attacks between Armentieres and Messin.es. There are. no details re garding this activity. General Pershing, conferring with General Foch at the front March 28, placing the entire American expedition ary force at the disposal of the allies. IThroa days later, staff correspondents !wibh the American army on the Toul j front reported great forces of all i branches of the service leaving that socttor for the Picardy front. All the I road in that part of France were blocked by moving men and equipment 'it was said. The arrival of the first of these men at the British front, reported in the aibove dispatch, is just eleven days af ter the movement began. It is assumed these forces will te brigaded with the British. Tha fact that these men have arrived at the "British front" probably lo cates some place north of the Somme, as the British and French forces are supposed to converge at Hangard, five miles south of that river. All that por tion of the front from Hangard north to Dinmude, in Belgium, is held by Haig's troops. SOME HOT FIGHTING By William Philip gimms (United Press staff correspondent) With the British Armies in Franee I April 9. The Germans attacked vio lently the British and Portuguese posi tions from .the .LaBasse canal to n ipc-int southward of Armentieres at 8 jo clock this morning. They apparently gained a footing least of LePlatin and Petillon and at Givnnrhv Oti nnr left flunk wft nnnftr- IIIHBORG CANNOT PERMIT HIS ARMIES TO REMAIN AT RUST Baffled He Rages Like Animal In Cage Seeking Place to' Break Oat By J. W. T. Mason (Written for the United Press) New York, April 10. CaDture of the channel porta of Boulogne and Calais, apparently forms the objective of Hin- aann-urg's restless series of new at tacks against the British front that centers on- Anne-ntieres- This is the same area in which the G-ernnans attempted to break through to the channel as an alternative pro gram early iin ithe war when they fail ed to capture Paris. Having failed now to capture Amiens, second only to Paris in innportaiice, the kaiser returns to the ac-ene of his former defeat for a resumption of the dangerous adventure A. spirit of nervous activity is be ginning to reveal itself among the Ger mans such as they have not exhibited before; Hindombnrg seems to realize that he cannot permit his armies to re main at rest. There is evidence of trepidation at the meager value of the German accomplishment during the present drive compared with tho colos sal casualties. Hasty asaults in unrelat ed .sectors of the front are replacing tho former Gorman persaivance in the race or a single objective. (Caattnned on page two) AIR CRAFT PRODUCTION IS FAR FROM SATISFACTORY Senate Committee Recommends It Be Taken From Signal Corps Urges Other Changes and the Encouraging of Aircraft Invention Liberty Motors Not All That Is Claimed For Them Many Suggestions Made By L. O. Martin (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, April 10.- Charging that government officials have "misrepre sented the progress of the aviation pro gram," and "misled the public" the senate military affairs committee today demanded the aircraft production be taken out of the hands of the signal corps and given to "one executive off i- cer appointed by the president ana re sponsible to him." ALLIES WILL MEET FOES' CHALLENGE 10 STAKE IT ALL Kaiser Is Staking His Whole Pile On Victory On West ern Front mm SHIPMENT IS - GEARED TO HIGHEST Ireland Demanding Freedom Is fovited To Help World . Maintain It By Robert J. Bender (United trc-ss staff correspondent) Washington, April 10. With Ger manv staking her all on the western offensivo, the allies and America havo answered that they, too, will stake all and do it now. That was the view Washington took taday of Lloyd-George's address, fol lowing President Wilson's "force" ad dress and his pledge to double quick (Continued on page threw)) The '- committee, through Senator Chamberlain, its chairman, today filed with the senate a report on its recent searching investigation of tho whole aviation program. Its recommondations in brief are: Take aircraft production but of the hands of the signal corps and give it to one man. Surround this man with a "corps of the best aircraft engineers, both Eu- (Continued on pnge threel fMm rv-w Mm - A r IMCLE SAM - "Well nzRis a SCRAP o PAPER-1 LIBERTY LOAN IS GEARED Oil HIGH Ai GAINS SPEED Telegrams From Every Fed eral Reserve District Tell Same Story QUOTA LOST SIGHT OF QUESTION IS HOW MUCH . , Oregon Had Flore Than $14. 000,000 Last igfit of Her $18,495,000 Washington, April 10. The liberty loan drive continued today at top speed. Any doubt that the $3,000,000, 000 minimum would be oversubscribed has vanished and the campaign ins now developed into a run for a maximum sale. Secretary McAdoo, speaking at Ealeigh urged the nation to triple or quadruplo the original $3,000,000,000 figure with twenty million individual subscriptions. Telegrams arriving at the treasury "from virtually every federal reserve district," said that quotas "had been lost sight of" and that efforts were now for oversubscriptions. Boston was to be canvassed today by 7,500 liborty loan solicitors. Seventy-one Canadian officers had been re leased by the British government to stump the, United States and 120 American officers loaned by the wa department will do likewise. Forty-five communities 'today were 'Continued on page thren 4u Oe J ale ite- sfe: "T, -J- -1 - - J - I -1 - , . GERMAN TROOPS MUTINY Amsterdam, April 10. An extensive mutiny occurred Mon iay in the Oerman (military' camp at Beverloo, according to reports received here today from tho ' Belgian front. Ger man soldiers are said to have fired upon their officers, kill ing three and wounding many. Seventeen soldiers have been arrested. 5jc sfc Sjc sc fi fi 3C ALLIED NAVIES MAY STRIKE SOME TEUTON STRONGHOLD May Attack Zeebrugge or Wimemshafen, or Even Heligoland - i Washington, April 10. Pressure for a naval offensive to supplement the costly battling on the-west line is man ifest anew in army and navy quarters, Tnere are those anion e- the navv of- ficials who predicted today that more aggressive sea action will come before July 1, though they did not venture to forecast its magnitude. Such as entertained this view noint. ed out that America has supplemented the British navy with battleships, sub marines, destroyers, and, in fact all typeB of naval craft. This to their minds was significant of a plan for more aggressive steps than simply warding off tho submarines after they got out of their Gorman nests. One official whose insieht into naval affairs is recognized as especially keen, expressed the view that the allied na vies would ettompt a- stroke at Zee br"ggS Wilholmshaven or perhaps, the leurou rtrongtioid, Heligoland. ' Britain can t afford to make a big gaiollo. however," he declared "She has kept the seas clear with her navv and it is true that wore It not for her novrerful naval forces, the Gorman would now be on the hicrh seas. In such iiremri'4nnf es, you can see that she can not risk her vessels. But I do believe you can look for some action before lulv Acting Pecretary of the Navv Roose velt is known to be one of those who lWieves an aggressive rather than a de fensive policy on the seas Is dosirable. Asrninst this view is that of oldsr navy men who think the chance is too great to take. Momnime, Germany is apparently try ing to augment her own naval strenirth by getting Russian craft. All of the lat ter are powerful. lule the advocates of nn allied of fensive are active, there are some indi- (Continued on page two) PRICE FIXING ON COTTONS MAY BE NEXT SAYS BARUCIi Prices Soaring Due To Gov ernment Demand and Labor Scarcity Washington, April 10. Fixing prices on oil cotton goods from army duck down to the housewife's calico apron, appeared likely as a result, of a confer ence today between cotton goods manu facturers at tho price fixing commit too of I he war industries board. outo shortages in cotton products, fast growing moro desporate, have forc ed Chairman Baruch of the war Indus' tries board to take action to increase manufacturing facilities and regulato prices. Agreements with manufacturers are being sought. OUTLOOK IS FLATTERING FROM EVERY VIEW POINT Farms, Mines, and All Indus tries Give Promise of Profitable Year Now York, April 6, 1918, With tho advent of spring there are increasing activities in all directions, especially in pushing the war; and preparations for a more vigorous cam paign aro evident upon all sides. It is now a year gince we declared war airainst Gcnmanv: and, despite the shortcomings and mistakes which in voked a flood of criticism, splendid progress has been made. It must be re momberofl that we entered tnis srrug gle upon a much larger scale at the start than any other nation except Germany. Tho allies entered more gradually, and upon a much smaller .scalo than ourselves- It may not be advisable to trive details, but it is well known that we nave trained and oquipped a large army in an incredibly short period, and nave already trans ported a large portion to the front three thousand miles away, inir navy has been immensely strengthened in both nuntbors and efficiency. Our in- lustries have been successfully mobil ised upon a war oasis; and tho coun try's energies have been concentrated with gratifying speed and success up on winning tho war. Tho result of all these preparatory efforts will sooa be much more apparent than now. It must be remembered that this war is a huge job, for which we were not prepared, either in organization or plans. More or loss Tdundering and waste expendi ture were inevitable at the start. Our army had to be gathered over a wide ly scattered area; men and munitions Wants 20,000,000 to Buy Bonds Jast for Effect On Kaiser if:! KAISER BinrS BONDS. Washington, April 9. Ger-' man properties taken over by the United States will take up a large slice of the third liberty loan. , . A Mitchell Palmer, alien en emy property custodian, today instructed all directors of such properties either to invest avail able surplus funds or declare immediate dividends to be put to such use. Raleigh, N. C, April 9. Twenty mil lion Americans buying three or four times the minimum liberty bond quo ta would deliver a smashing blow at German morale, Secretary McAdoo de clared today. Ho warned against over-eonfidenco and urged full speed ahead. "Lot us not stop when we havo reach ed our quota," the secretary said. "Let us go forward and make the subscrip tion three or four times as great, if it is possible to do it. And let us at the same time make the number of subscrib ers to these bonds three times as great as it was before, "There is no answer that will carry such discouragement to the enemies of America and of civilization as that 20, 000,000 American citizenB had subscrib ed for liberty bonds. We can get the 20,000,000 subscribers if we stay in the fight and make up our minds to do it. If we do this H will mean that the loan will be widely distributed, that it will not drain tho resonrccs of the country and it will mean, in addition, that we shall not have ?3,000,000,000, but a great deal more, to help our gallant men in this supreme test of all times for tho liborty of the world." Prices on cotton fabrics and yarn havo been forced to unheard of levels ly excessive demands of the army and navy. Mills, worked to capacity are re calling salesmen and refusing contracts. Outputs have been contracted for months ahead, it is declared. Uovernnient buyers want restricted profits fi.Ted on goods and manufactur ers want help in expanding their over taxed equipments. Looms are costing three times pre-war prices. Labor is scarce and wages have increased. Thera is no shortage of raw cotton, however. Baruch is rapidly becoming convinc ed that "price fixing must be resorted to, all the way down tho line, accord ing to general belief here. Meat prices mav be fixed as a result of the investi gation of the meat industry now under way at the request of President Wilson. were transported over long distances; whilo much do-lay and confusion wer.s caused by tho breakdown of transpor tation and the hardships of a severe winter. With tho disappearance of these difficulties, there should dovclop a hearty cooperative spirit from the Atlantic to tho Pacific. Party politics should bo patriotically repressed dur ing tho period of the war, and the na tional consciousness concentrated up on one single object, that of winning the war. Germany Loses ty Delay When will Germany waken to. tho bitter consequences of adding the Unit ed States to her long list of enemies! Tho longer Germany delays submission and tho more damage she inflicts upon others, tho mora severe will be the tornis of settlement and the worse her ultimate breakdown. Count Czernin's latest peace talk is merely camouflage intended to conceal tho enemy's grow ing anxiety for peace; the best answer to which, is the president's call for ad ditional men and the announcement in Great Britain that the age limit of army service has been raised The third Iitierty lenn campaign is now on. It should be pushed with ev ery energy. I he lean can ana wiu on easily floated. Three billions is a much smaller sum than expected. The higher rate, i per cent and tho short term 10 vears. will tend to stabilize wieso and previous liberty issue. Though not convertible into higher rat issues they may after six months ownership ba used in payment cf inheritance taxes at oar. The income tax payable next June may almost equal $3,000,000,000; but the country will nave no troum about meeting this test of the war, as (Continued on page tw)