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FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 93
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1918
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TTLE HAS ARRlVLiI
Result of Extra Pressure
crease Heavily the Casualty ListFrench Reserves
Strengthen British Defense Terrific Bombardment Ex
tends for 5(kMiles From the Somme to Oise French
Push Huns Back On Four Mile Front
' Blocked in the center in his Flanders drive, Von Hin
denburg continues to flail away at the northern flanks of
.Ms wedge. ' '
The only result of this pressure, however, is an ever
growing enemy casualty list, it is shown by Haig's official
report today. The communique indicated that the Ger
man assaults are being beaten back everywhere and that
many of them are being broken up by artillery fire before
they can get under way.
The French are assuming a more dominant part in the
western front fighting.
Not only have their reserves appeared in great force on
Flanders battlefield, but they are taking the initiative
before Amiens. The British, aided by Foch's blue clad
soldiers, stiffened their lines in the north yesterday and
beat back several German attacks with heavy enemy
losses.
French artillery pounded the German positions in
Picardy on a front of more thaa fifty miles from the
Somme to the Oise, in one of the heaviest bombardments
ever laid down by the allies. A United Press dispatch
from Henry Wood, Thursday, said this bombardment ex
tended for miles to. the rear of the enemy positions. ,
Unable to determine from what quarter the expected
essault was coming, the Germans were caught by surprise
when the French suddenly swept forward on a narrow
front of scarcely more than four miles along the Avre be
tween Thennes and Mailly-Raineval. The enemy was
pushed back and the French established themselves in the
outskirts of Castel, a mile and a" half south of Thennes.
This is at the point of the closest npproach of the Ger
mans at Amiens, a distance of eight miles and a half.
The fighting in Flanders, Thursday, appeared to re
sult from an effort by Hindenburg to seize the strong
defensive position along the LaBassee canal, near
Givenchy, so he might establish himself firmly here and
protect his left flank while he pushed westward toward
Hazebrouck. His attempt completely failed.
The British retirement east of Ypre;
Hie extent of which has been vague,
now seema to have been explained by
the German war office. Berlin announc
ved that the British" have been driven
behind the Steenbe-ck. This small
stream flow into the St- Jean river
at the town of that name, a mile cast
of Bixschioote. Its course extends in a
.comparatively straight line betweenn
St. Jean aad t. Juiel, a distance of
.ibout three- miles and a ha'f in a line
from northwest to southeast.
At St. Ju'.ien tho Stee.nbeok is form
ed by tho junction of two branches
of the Haanebeck creek. The western
branch rises about a .mile and a halt
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Dud Pash, who married tJ keep
&ut o' th' army, is tryin t git in th;
beavy artiiiery. Th' more daylight movt
went givc3 th night-hawk a good run
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HE TIDEh
Exerted by Huns Is To In
GENERAL FOCH ABLE
WHEN HESO DESIRES
Continues Policy of Letting
Germans Wear Themselves
Completely Out
By J. W. T. Mason,
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
Kew York, April 19. Participation
ot rrencn troops With the British in
the fighting before Ypres and Haze
brouck does not mean that General
Foch is throwing his reserves into ac
tion before a major counter offensive.
The assistance of the French in this
northern part of the battle front is
doubtless strictly limited. Instead of
being taken from the "arniv of man
euvers" these troops may even have
been removed from other parts of the
line where the German positions are
weakly held. To keep intact the
''army of maneuvers" for action after
the Germans have exhausted ' them
selves is so important that it is prob
able General Foch is resisting all local
pleas for use of the army to stem the
German assault.
Maintenance of the morale of the
troops in the field and of the civilians
at home is necessary if General Foch's
plans for saving his "army of
maneuver" for offensive purposes at
a later time are to continue. The losses
suffered fcy the defenders of the
Ypres-Ilaivbrouck front are undoubt
edly severe, though not nearly as heavy
a the German casualties. It is part
of the game of high strategy that
General Foch seems to be playing, how
ever, to permit these losses to con
timie as long as Hindenburg wants t'
keep op his self destructive assaults.
There is bo doubt of General Foch
ability to stop the German atta.-k'
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PRESIDENT KERR IS
SORE AT THOSE WHO
HOLD UPET4PL0YERS
Would Send AO Who Hold Up
Government To Fight
In Trenches
There is a rule in law that the best
evidence in any dispute is the docu
ment in question itself. Dr. Kerr hav
ing returned from his speaking tour, we
had him read to us the-'exact wording
of his speech at that point and it proves
conclusively that the G. T. did not mis
quote him and that he WAS talking
about ship building and NOT about al
leged food profiteers. Dr. Kerr said:
"Why the delay in ship buildingf We
have lost siuce the war began 11,837,
000 tons of shipping according to the
German report, 14,000,000 tons. We are
short about 300,000 tons. We have dif
ficulty getting even the supplies we
have to -Europe. Just yesterday the tele
graphic reports declared that if ship
ping could 'be had, we would have a
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SKY BIG CLEARED
OF EHEMY AIRSHIPS
ALLIES-CONTROL AIR
Lose Three Where Allies Lose
One 56 Were Wrecked
In One Day
Washington, April 19 Three enemy
planes have been downed for every al
lied airplane lost in tho western of
fensive, said an official dispatch re
ceived hero today.
Enemy planes are brought down
each day -by the score, and nearly 100,
000 pcrunds of explosives are dropped
on the enemy organizations behind
their lines. On March 26, not less than
56 hostile aviators were brought down
and B4. obliged to reheat.. On March
27, eighty aiqilanes used more than a
quarter .million cartridges on the mass
es of Gorman infantry and the men
were mowed dawn by the hundreds.
German radiograms are recognizing
the superiority of the allied airmen in
the following manner:
"In certain regions he penetrated
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BRITISH DEFENSE ONE OF
MOST GALLANT IN HISTORY
Literally They Have Died to
Stem the Teuton Flood
man Casualties at From
Losses Too Are Tremendous French Testing Lines
Washington, April IS. Tho French
are striving hard to relieve the terrible
pressure on their British comrades-in-arms
to the north.
Military men say this is the latest
French move in the Amiens sector, but
up to early today this had not developed
sufficiently to make a radical change.
With the French battling shoulder to
shoulder with the British in the north
other French forces in the Avre region
have succeeded in a coumter attack. Un
ited Press messages from Henry Wood
yesterday, detailing the artillery strug-'
gle, indicated the French .were testing
out the lines for a weak spot while to
day's news indicated they had succeed
ed in a small way against the enemy.
The British defense to date is co
sidered one of the most stubborn and
gallant in all history.
Entente officials here said frankly to
day that had the British pot stood and
died at critical times, the sroggle might
have ended ere now in a Teuton victory.
The British, they said, had yielded only
where further sacrifice of life would
have netted little. Literally they han
dled to the last man af many points
to stem the Teuton. . 0
WHEAT IN FARMERS' HANDS
TO BE SEIZED
It Is Expected Though Con
gressional Action On Prices
Will ISetftMoving
Washington, April li-i-Farmers' fail
ure to release by May 13 approximate
ly 00,000,000 bushols of wheat the sur
plus from the 1917 Cfop.!-i' jcsult in
the government requisitioning it, auth
orities stated today.
Wheat is now flowing into the mar
kets from the farms at Duty about half
the rate it moved in January: Defeat in
the house yesterday of the Gore amend
ment providing a $2.50 wheat price in
stead of the president 's $2.20 price will
encourage farmers to sell.
Farmers marketed less wheat for the
week ending April 6, than during any
week this year, official figures show,
only 2,242,065 bushels reaching country
elevators. In January receipts went as
high as 4,225,306 bushels for one week.
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the Last Man at Points, To
Military Men Estimate uer
400,000 to 500,000 British
The German has sacrificed heavily iu
his onslaughts. Military men estimate
that 400,000 to 500,000 Teuton casual
ties have rusulted thus far. The British
losses, too, are heavy.
- Military men find some satisfaction in
the fact that the British have held well
for two days and there is hopi now that
the French will be. able to create a
diversion in the southern end of the
line.
Secretary of War Baker's letter to
General Pershing, promising speeding of
troops, presages a continuance ot the
policy of getting over all possiblo men
in the shortest possible time by acquir
ing added shipping. Allied sources ex
plained today that at various times in
the past few months tho western de
mands had required priority.
Press dispatches quoting German Na
val Minister Von Capcllu on the submar
ine situation ' showed that Germany is
belittling and underestimating Ameri
can power as to troop supply and de
liberately misinforming the German peo
ple as to the facts which tbey must
face.
AFTER MAY 1 5
There has been a steady decline in movo
ment of wheat to market since early
iu February. Food administration offi
cials estimate that 75,000,000 bushels
of wheat is still being held by farmers.
With holding of tho marketable sur
plus "of this after 25,000,000 bushels
have been deducted for seed and person
al use, is looked on as an unpatriotic
Hoarding. This 60,000,000 bushels, to
gether with tho 75,000,000 or 100,000,
U0CK bushels ' in- terminal viors k1
in transit, woald stretch our domes
tic and allied needs until tho next bar
vest, it is believed.
Forecasting the general requisitioning
of wheat, attention was called today to
instructions recently sent to state food
administrators, warning farmers to mar
ket, their residue of wheat by May
1 in middle and southern states and bv
May 15 in the extreme northern states.
Htate food administrators have been
given full pontr to seize wheat held
with unpatriotic intent.Broad construe
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UNPRINTABLE STORY
WAS NOT SUFFICIOiT
IN COURTOF riORALS
Old Man's Son Fans Dad's
DarKng With His Hat, In
Mother's Presence
Chicago, "April 19. The case against
Professor W. I. Thomas and Mrs. Pearl
Granger was dismissed in morals court
here today when tho city prosecutor's
office failed to substantiate charges of
disorderly conduct against the couple.
At the last moment Assistant Attor
ney Prosecutor H. W. Starr switched
tho charge to breach of the peace after
doscribing the finding of the former
University of Chicago sociologist and
the "army widow" in a downtown ho
tel room. Judge Graham dismissed the
case, merely observing, "I think I shall
discharge the defendants. ','
Attorney Clarence Darrow, attorney
for Professor Thomas, had argued that
there was no city statute covering the
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GERMANY HAS LESS
THAN SIX DIVISIONS
Oil RUSSIAN FRONT
If Allies Win jn West New
Revolution In Russia Is
a Certainty
New York, April 20, Germany has
less than six divisions 72,000 men on
the Russian front, according to semi
official reports received here today
while the invading army which captured
IIelsingfors consisted of about . 40,000
troops. The othor German forces operat
ing in Bussia number less than 100,000
men, It. was authorifarfvoly stated.
Since peace was declared between
bolsheviki and Germany, more than 2,-
000,000 German aad Austrian war pris
oners have been releunrd. On tho otner
hnnd officials here oeclnre, very fet
of the 2,000,000 Russian prisoners ir
Germany and Hungary have found their
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GERMANS DROPPED 1 00,000
SHELLS ON RHEIMS IN WEEK
30,000 Shells Dropped In
One Day Town Is But
Mass of Ruins
Paris, April 19. Kheiiiis is complete
ly in ruins as a result of the German
bombardment.
During the past week 100,000 enemy
shells, i iclmling incendiary projectiles,
havcf alien within the city. jOne day
alone .50,000 shells were thrown.
The liiy is now a wilderness of
scorched and bluckencd stones, with a
few ghastly remains of houses rising
from the Htifling fumes. Streets have
vanished under the shattered- walls.
The Place Rovale theatre and the
law courts like the ancient hotels and
the Maison Pe Musieicns, are a mass
of embers. The arched roofs of the
famous cathedral are splitting and
crumbling. Soon only the pillars will j
remain. i
One of the most historic and pictur
SALEM MERCHANTS SELLING
COTTON GOODS BELOW COST
When Present Stocks Ex
hausted Prices Will Take
the Aviation Route
The South Sea Islander, who dresses
mostly in the famous shredded wheat
skirt, apparently is the fortunate one,
according to the latest reports ot the
dry goods trade "papers. For. within six
months or less, clothing materials made
of cotton and wool will soar towards
some of the high spots hit during the
period immediately' following' the civil
war.
The merchants of Salem are todav
s'lUnjr manv staple goods awav under
the wholesale price, simply because thty
happened to buy when tho price was
lower. But when these present stocks
arc exhausted, the people of this vicin
ity will awaken to regulation war prices .
For instance: American prints calicoj
GEH FOCH IS
SAIFIED-FIIT
HAS HOTCIIAL'GED
British Line Practically the
Same As It Was Ihree
- Days Ago
SIX GERMAN DWEOTS
COULD MOT BREAK LI
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Force of 125,000 Ihrled at
British, Fail, Leaving Great
Piles of Dead
FOCH S3
SATISFIED" .
Milan, Italy, April 19 We
hold the boehe waves, but that
is not ufficinit we wilJ do
(something moro, Genera) Foch
is quoted as saying in an inter
view published by the Corriere
, Delia, Serra today. '
, "Our important reserves are
still intact. We are satisfied
with the progress f events-"
. By William Philip Blmma
(United Press staff correspoindent)
With the British Armies' in France,
April 19. Aside from Haig's with
drawal from ibe Awkward Pasachen-
daele poeket, tho British line today
looks pretty much as it did three days
ago. .
VU Hit- UiUU Jt i w II 1. VI uwi li HU
of Givenchy, as this is cbled, thert
is some Gorman activity. Von unast is
doggedly trying to flank Bethune bub
apparently is unsnecssiul. The-sttell-iug
of the British guns is deadly.
' Attacks are Bepnlsd -
London. April 19. "Determined
and ccstly assaults by the cnaray in,
fighting before Givenchy and else
where cmlv secured a limited footing
at one or two point in our more ad-
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esque cities in Europe has thus been
effaced by German f rightfulness.
Rheims Iti! a population of more than
1OO.UJ0 before the war. It was once a
stronghn'd of tho Romans and pre
served much of the Roman architecture,
including a beautiful triumphal arch.
On the site of thn former Koman forti
fications fine boulevards were built.
The Rh.'ims cathedral was one of the
largest and most wonderful specimens
of Gothic architecture in tho world.
It was built during the Thirteenth
century. It had a facaile containing
the famous "Rose Window" and 500
statues. Its portals were richly adorned
with sculptures. In this cathedral the
French kings were crowned.
Next in importance to the cathedral
was the U rge eleventh century abbey
church of St. Iicmy. Other structures
were the archbishop episcopal palace,
(luting from tho Fifteenth century, in
which was located a museum of sculp
ture and the Hotel De Ville, contain
ing a public museum and library of
more than 80,000 volumes.
Rheims is less than three miles back
of the French lines.
a:e now priced on tho wholesale mai
kct at 22 cents a yard. That is the
luotation today. Regardless of what the
merchants are selling standard calicoes
today, when present . stocks are sold,
the 'eplacing will have to be done our
a. basis of 22 cents a yard, wholesale.; . )
Domestics Soaring.
Another: Hope domestie, Domestics,
ithat good old standby of the ; house-'
'keeper is quoted on today's wholesale
market, at 24 cents a yard. Of course
;it is wiling at a lower price today, but
'when the stores sell out their present
isupplv, they will be obliged to pay 3t
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Hope will then hit regulation war fig
' nres.
I Is it Lonsdale the good housekeeper
needs f Within a few month the mer
chant will b obliired to order his sup-
' plv at 27 cents or more a yard wholo
Uale nnd the housekeeper ean figure
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