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FORTY-FIRST YEAR- NO.
WHSlilDED
ON MONT KErm BUT
REFUSE-TO
Carman Storm Troops Wedge Between British and French
. Flanks, Then Turned South Surrounding French-A!pin-
ers Caught In EnSIading fire Pay Terrific Price for
Gains-German Lines Apparently Now West of Kemmel
' But Winner Is Still In Douht- ..."
By William Philip Simms,
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
With the British Armies in Flanders, April 26.
French troops are entirely surrounded on Mont Kemmel.
,They are still fighting.
After eight hours fighting yesterday, German storm
troops' finally wedged their way between the French and
British flanks, and crossed the Kemmel-Ypres road where
he terrific allied fire held them up for two hours. Then
they turned southward and poured down the valley to the
west of Kemmel hill surrounding the French, who are
Btill fighting atop the heights.
Although the Germans have' reached the crest of the
lull the remnant of the French garrison is still there. The
French also hold the village.
.- In night fighting at Mont Des Cats (five miles west)
the French raked the slopes with machine guns and held
out against terrible odds, preferring death to capture.
Today the German lines apparently run west of Kem
mel but the ultimate winner is still a matter of doubt.
Similar fighting surged about Villers-Bretonneux, the
British,, fighting like lions, retaking the town, atop a
ridge, much in the same fashion as the Germans got
f Kemmel, working around the sides until it was sur
rounded. '
As the French held out in Flanders, -the Germans held
out in the town east of Amiens.
In the Kemmel fighting, the Anglo-French made a sav
age counter attack, both allied flanks enfielding Von
1 Eberhardt's Alpiners, turning the green flower fields of
the valley into a sizzling hell. The Germans paid dearly
for their gains. - - -
Mont Kemmel is a steep hill more
.Winn 400 feet high, lying a,bout fcur
utiles and a half south and west of
iYpres. Its comparatively fLat top is
oval,-being nearly half a mile from
Houtfiwesfc to, northeast and hnlf that
disbanc from southeast to northwest,
Irs slopes extend outward into the foot
Kills from a quarter to Dialf a mile.
The little village cf lvenimel He just
at the northeast edge of the height.
Just southeast of Mont Kemmel is the
hamlet of Relievo .and south of the
hill i tho village of Linderhoek.
British Retake Town.
London, April 20. The British were
. again in possession of Villers-Bretonneux
today. . ' ,
The village was recaptured by Aus
tralian and Knglisli troops in a surprise
attack last night, which netted 000 pris
oners, Field Marshal Haig reported. The
British lines at that point have been
(Continued on page three)
Abe Martin
"We'd be gittin up in time t' see
oroe spies shot if they woz shaotin'
fiiiy," eiid Lafe Bud, when th' more
daylight' law went int' effect. It looks
like th girl that's built like t radish
ts goin' t'.have another season o' popularity.
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SURKENDER
COMMISSION GIVES
lit
Elwood Schwerin Who Swam
Through Surf atBolinas,
Is First of All
Pittsburgh, Pa., April 20. Tvvenly six
acts of heroism were recognized by the
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, in
spring session her.3 this afternoon. Five
silver medals and twenty one bronze
medals were awarded. Several money
awards were made, including benefits
to the dependents of two who lost their
lives.
One of the outstanding cases. was that
or r-iiwooa w. senwenn, now a sauorl
.1 . rr ci c ci-1 t.i . . . 1
uu me u. o. o. ncnurz. wncn me steam
er llanalei grounded on i.-.as, Cal..
November 23, 1914, Schwerin swam with
a 2,000 yard rope through high and
treacherous seas in a brave attempt to
save l2 persons from drowning. Largely
as a result of his efforts all but 23 were
rescued. Schwerin at' that time only 21.
was a passenger on the llanalei. He was
awarded a silver medal.
T1.V3 awards included the following:
Benjamia Smith, 36, Newport, Ky.,
saved Hattie B. Phips, 32, from being
killed by a' train at Cincinnati, Ohio,
March Hj 1917.Bronze medal.
Kusan Brittingham, Augusta, Ga.J sav.
ed Margaret O'Leary from drowning at
Augusta, oa June 0, 1916. Bronze med
nl.
H. Bunyan Samuels, 18, Augusta, Ga.,
saved P.eter Bazanos, 12, from drowning
at Bonevillc, Oa., on May 16, 1915,
Bronze medal.
Frieda Nahm, 23, a teacher of "Maple
wood, Mo., saved Martha K. Baskett,
from drowning at Merimac High
lands, Mo., June 13, 1914. Bronze medal.
llarcella Marrow, 51, Cincinnati, Ohio,
was awarded a bronze medal and dis
ablement benefits of fauo and $.0 a
mouth for saving Maris Auwbrey, aged
4, and attempting to save Leilen Auw
brey, aged 1, from burning to death at
Ciiu-innati, on February 9, 1917.
Hhirley fitarkey, Ravenswood, W. Va.,
was awarded a silver medal and $300
(Continued on page two)
! Mont Kemmel Falls
Into Hands of Germans
London, April 26. The Ger-
mans have advanced 2,000 yards
oa a 1,200 yard front in the
Kemmel sector, eapturing the
"very important ground of
Kemmel hill,?' Major General
Kadcliffe, director of military
operations, announced this after-
noon.
"It is possible to hold Ypres
even with the enemy on Mont
Kemmel," Radeliffe declared,
''but it will bp inconvenient,
aud we hope to get him off."
"la tht Lys secter the net ra
; suits of the engagement has
been highly satisfactory. As us
ual the Germans used a lot of
troops, with very heavy losses
and gained absolutely nothing."
"The west front reserves are
now in the hands of General
Foch," Badeliffe said, "in
whom everybody has complete
confidence.
So far he has employed ouly a
small proportion of his reserves
This is a good augurv of the fu
ture." El
PLANS HAVE FAILED
Foch Still Follows Plan of
Letting Him Sacrifice Men
for Small Gains
By J. W. T. Mason
(United Pr,?ss War Expert)
Nen York, April 26. Von Hineu
burs' renewed pressure on the front be
tween i urea and Hazebrouck. after the
recent heavy German casualties is still He appropriated $3,200 from his pr.
am'het indication of the growing real- sent wife, who, police think, was to havo
Izatiou in Germany that the present sit- been his next victim. v
uution iu ,the west is not exerting its An illegitimate child 'pf , a Prussian
expected influence on the end of the junker, bchmidt was trying to accjimu-
t-, late money to return to Germnny and
By securing a footing on Mont Kein- live as an aristocrat, developments to
piel, the Germans have added difficul- day indicated.
ties to the BritUh defense of the Ypre?
(Continued on page six)
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SALEM, OKEGGON, FRIDAY. APRIL 26,
MAN POWER AND SHIPS ARE
THE TWO VITAL NECESSITIES
America Must Expect LongforredndUinsfghTny,,ek8be"
and Bitter Struggle On West
Front Says Official
By Robert J. Bender
(Uaited Press staff correspondent)
Washington, April 26- "America
must expect a long and bitter struggle
on the west front. It may be months
before a decision in the Woody fight
ing there is realized.
"Today the allies are outnumbered
bv their foe. The situation is Berious.
The duty of tho American government,
the laboring man, and the people at
home is to make haste 'now. A success-1
ful outcome is assured." This sumniar-
izes a remarkably trauk discussion ot
the allied war situation by iu. Detiil-
ly, i rencn deputy nign commissioner
to the United States who has just ar-1
rived' here from France with French
of f icers. who were in the thick of the ' has been folowcd by the virtual strip
German onslaughts in the west. I ping of the Russian front forces. Two
Having - tailed in their original in-
tention of separating the French and
British lilies, the Germans, they ay,
are low prejxiring for a long, continual
p k
One of Surviving
Wives of Murderer
Arrives at Detroit
Detroit, Mich.,. April 26.-One of Hel
mutli Schmidt's living wives arrived
here today from New York to try t at
tach one of the "murder plants" which
she herself succeeded in escaping. She
is Mrs. "Emil Brown."
She left for Royal Oak shortly before
noon, to look at his property there, hop
ing to recover equity for the $3,500
which she says he stole from her. A
ti.;,..i i;, ,..;f h,,K,.ri ini.,j ;
' New York today. Schmidt is said to
have obtained $1,400 from hor.
That was a corking stunt the Lril'sl.
pulled off atthe Hun "sub" baser;.
'ry,rA5 - - .r' .JQG-
.' vmm i it i in
IE5T Wl i ORQIT
1918
TaiKuig witn tnese men wno nave
actually witnessed the recent biUles
in, France, ne is impressed by th tre
mendous earnestness with which they
seek to drive homo tho vast effort nec
essary by America now. At the same
time the ccmipkjte confidence they have
in the future is clearly conclusive of
the Oeianan failure to crack the morale
of French troops or people
Man power is the first vital demand
on America, M. DeBilly declared. Eng
land is rushing great reserves to
Fiance and the French aro mustering
all the reserves they can. The great
reservoir, however, is the United
States. Troop shipments from here
must be hastened tb the utmost, he
jsaid.
. All uerman ooimers lu west
Geimany is preparing to throw ev-
ery goed soldier sue nas inio xne west
front battle line, according to Frenett
Information. The collapso ,f Kussia
moro divisions have been recently seni
, to Pcardy. There are no great German
I r -
I (Continued on page two)
Nafi(p Demanding
Official News of Its
Men On West Front
Washington, April 6. The nation's
insistent demand for official news about
its fighting men, straight from Ameri
can eources, without camouflage, was
voiced today by the house military com
mittee members to the war council.
Harrasscd by harrowing appeals for
fduts about the Jov.ed ones of constit
ments, congressmen questioned the com
mittee as to the Seicheprey battle and
sought to have either General Pershing
or the war department issuo at once a
daily communique telling all facts be
fore Germany gives them h.er own ver-.-ioii.
Representative Anthony, Kansas, led
tli- assault to get a frank showdown
dailv.
' 1 W'o feel that ' the American people
sn.'uia ue nolo lo aepena on ineir own
7iir department for news and not upon
the official German statement , which
fii.. far appears to have been accurate "
ho sajd. before the war council in session.
PRICE TWO CENTS
CORN BELT GIVES
PROFJSE OF A BIG
YIELD THIS YEAR
Favorable Weather Enabling
tarly rJowmg Will In
crease Acreage
IOWA'S 11,000,000 ACRES
TO BE INCREASED SOME
Nebraska Acreage To Be
Above Normal-Kansas
Not Yet Heard From
Des Moines. Iowa. Anril 2(1. Fncnr.
able weather conditions thist spring en
abling early ploughing, indicates that
Iowa's corn acreage will slightly ex
ceed the eleven million acre planting
mat year.
While the seed Hihmf.in u uriom
in somn rart it will h
id up within the next ten "days, when
iiiKuimiig win oegin, ,if tno thermome
ter rises.
This waa the Aninion tndnv TTfiwr
C. Wallace, of Wallace's farmer, the
wauiiig corn expert in tne imuaie west.
"Iowa, will sliirhtlv exceed hnr inm
production of last year if present In
dications eount," Baid Wallace to the
United Press toilnv. ' 'Whiln thormnm.
oter condition have not been ideal,
the dryness of this spring enabled the
Iowa farmer to do his ploughing early,
which will discount the nrnbahlB Inhnr
shortage this summer.
A snort, war spell will bnng tho
ground to the proper planting condi
tion and the seed will be set within
tne next fortnight."
A surplus of 50,000 bushels of good
seed core is expected hero iu a few
days and will be distributed to dis
tricts wheTA f,rnirH --hiivft fiulpl hrt
seed grading ar whore a second plant'
ing migni DO necessary.
Nebraska Looks Good '
Lincofn, Neb., April 26. The seed
corn situation in Nebraska is well iu
hand and Nedvrnska's corn acreage this
year will be normal or probably a lit
tle above normal. This ig the statement
today Cif Vice Chairman Goorge Coup-
land, of the stato council of defense,
who is the head of tho council 'a agri
cultural department.
"The situntion is well in hand and
the council is now assembling a re
serve stock of seed corn in tho event
Continued on page two)
WILL BE NO STRIKE
COMPANIES ACCEPT
President of Telegraphers'
, Union Says Companies Try
ing to Force Strike
Chicago, April L'0. If telegraph
'ionipanics accept the rules of the fed
eral war labor board there will be no
nation wide strike; next week, Presi
dent S. J. Konenkam,p of tho telegraph
ers' union stated tolny.
However, antiritinfr the compan
ies "would refuw to team with the
union and government in war work,"
ho said, detailed instructions have been
issued to govern members in case a gen
eral lockout folkws next Sunday's
open meetings of union members. Or
ganization lists have been secret here
tofore, members fearing discharge
should their union affiliation become
known.
The instructions direct to aelegraph
ers, if discharged after "organization
Sunday. .'5' to offer to remain on duty
tranae,t the government' , war
business. Stride: .committees are (au
thorized iu every city.
"The companies appear to want to
force a strike," faid Konenkamp. "It
mny toe necessary to give them what
they want. If a strike should become
n,wesary it will be directed at com
panies who refuse to subscribe to
1'resident Wilson's expressed policies
toward unions. It will not be a strike
but merely an. extension -of the lock
out system inaugurated by tho Western
Union and Postal Telegraph compan
ies who have already discharged 150
union operators, iu fuce of a short
age which is hampering war business"
Thirty thousand persons would' be
directly affected by a nation wide' tel
egraphers strike, it is estimated.
GAVE AID TO BELGIUM
Washington, April 20. A further
kredit of $3,250,000 wu extended Hel
gium today, bringing the total to that
government to $107,50,000 and the
grand total to the allies to $3,iW8,850,
000, the treasury announced.
ON TRAINS AM)
STANDS FT VB CUNT
HAD PUSHED LOAN
PAST TWO BILLION
DAY
Liberty Loan Day Being Ob
. served and Great Results
Are Expected
SUM WAS $1,956,776,650
AS DAY'S DRIVE BEGAN
Coast District Expects to
Reach Minimum, $210,
000,000 Today
Washington, April 26. The third
liberty loan, rounding into the hone
streVh today, swept past the $2,000,
000,000 mark s natriotic celebrations
throughout the nation marked the pass
in of liberty day. .
Prcuidemt Wilaou reviewed a parade
of liberty bond buyers from the front
cf the white house during the after
noon. Some 50,000 Washdnfrtomans, in- -cludiag
hundreds of wr workers and
fifty newly drafted nwft were in line-
As the president paid his resneets
to the 'bond, buyers, his sac-rotary, Joa-
epn r. lumunty, sitting ot his uesli
heard the Star Spangled Banner by
long distance from Uimnha sung by pa
triotic; citizens celebrating the holiday.
Treasury officials early in Wio after
noon reported tho nation gathering
its eiLCTgiios for the rJosmg eixfet days,
and were confident tlbe country's Hd
great wr loan will not fail at the"fin
al test.
This District Still Shy
San Frameisco, April 2t!--The twelfth
fedeial reserve district tww subscribed
$159,208,800 to the third liberty loan
at neon todiay, on the basis of return
made through the federal rcenve bank
here. . . ,
Subscriptions by a'&tcjs are as fol
lows: ' '
Arizona $1,512,500
Washington $22,000,000
Oregon $20,317,700
ta.h $0,739,750 -Idaho
$5,921,150 '
Nevada $1,961,450 .
Northern, California $62,116,050
Southern California $36,100,200
Hawaii $2,030,000 " '
Idaho is the second slnte in the dis
trict to Tiiport actual subscription
piiali to (Bio total number received iu
tho second ampaigu Already 30,74'J
(Coutinutid on page six.)
C0AST01LUSFRSARE
TACING SHORTAGE O F
50,0G0 BARRELS DAILY
Every Industry May Be Mors
or Less Homered fey
This Condition
Hau Krawiiseo, April 20. l-icl oil
consuiners on the Pacific, coast are
facing a total estimated shortage of
50,000 barrels of oil a day witluii the
next year, Vice President K. R. Kings
bury of the Standard Oil company told
tho United Press today.
This statement wus borne out by
Professor 1). M. 'ft'ohwm, federal fuel,
oil administrator for California.
The oil shortage niay seriously ham
per the production of new print pa
per in tlio Pacific northwest, they
said, and prtiHieally every industry
listed in tho federal fuel administra
tion 'g priority list o non-eMseiitiat
mny have to run on curtailed supplies.
Nineteen milium ban-els of fuel nil
are now in. storage in California. In
cluding this supply, the avnilnblo nut
put during the next twelve luvnths
will be approximately .17,01 0,000 bar
rein, figuring tliut production remains
stationary. Estimated consumption in
the next twelve month figuring on no
inrrcao over tin, past year 14 96,000,
000 barrels.
"However,'' said Profrssnr Kolsou,
"ti e problem in one of iuc-raised con
siinuption, Stationary "prod'tetioa and
curtailed distributing facilities."
Ooverttrifciit eommandeerrnjr of oil
tankers has suriously; hainperol distri
bution of Pacific coast oil supplies, he
said. .'''
"Production is tar more likely tO
dnelioe than remain stationary," said
Kingt-bury., "The amount of oil con
sumed is "more likely to inereaso. There
fore, within 12 montJis, all oil stceM
jabove ground will bo exhausted an I
there will be a shortage or approxi
mately 50.000 barrels a day."
Paer manufacturers, however, were
not greatly perturbed over the oil
(Continued on page tno)
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