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TODAY'S (th.-s IS ayV ji&JBiCRIBERS "iOQQ EEADESS) DACLT Only Clrcntatiaa la Salem Guar anteed Ij the Audit Sotmi ot CircuUUoui Oregon: Tonight and Wednesday fair: light frost tonight iu the east portion: cooler Wednesday in the east por tiou; moderate westerly winds. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS SESTICB 4 jln ; In : FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 102 SALEM. OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 00, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS ASH Siw STANDS FTV rvf a i u v 'ill i it u ii ti ii it r - ami L L J NINDENBUROiS HELD BY ALLIED DEFENSE AND LOSS! HEAVY 'Eliis Has Beea Bad Day For .Gem ;ommander--Allied Lines Held .firmly Yesterday id i Night, and Today French ad British Are Couniaitaddsg With Success French Have Retaken Locre asd Enemy Is In Pocket By William Philip Sunms, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) With the British Armies In Flanders, April 30.---Hin-denburg has had one cf the worst days since the com mencement of his offensive. After repeated onslaughts throughout yesterday and far into the night, the allied lines are intact, save between Monts Rouge and Scherpenberg known as "Hyde Park corner" where the situation is somewhat obscure. As this is cabled, it is doubtful if the Germans are hold ing the crossroads whifh they captured Monday, as a magnificent French counter attack, retook Locre and the Locre hospice, putting the enemy in a nasty pocket". . FrqTipn.ritish troops advanced their line to Nut road -tween Monts Kemmal and Scherpenberg. '"I" "wlctvs and counter attacks are occurring with hellish regularity in the hills and plains around Ypres. Von Arnim put in about five fresh divisions (60,000 men) Monday. Today their freshness was considerably .worn off. ...... '- ' '' V. The allies everywhere claimed great execution. The British .Twenty-Fifth, Forty-Ninth and Twenty First .divisions repulsed at least ten attacks. The Twenty-Fifth alone had smashed up three by 10 a. m. and four .by noon. By Witfiam Philip Simms (United Tress staff correspondent) With the British Annies in Flan ders, AprU 29 (Night) The German Hrtittery is roaring frclm Ypres to Mct cren, but lciw flying aviators have brought in report thatJh.e p'Uaelffer j.'T i ui wuurv. want ' tn iv Illuming wueu ..wave tffter wavo broke (town. The German high command ordered ill men to take the nest cf hills from Kcinimel to Dps Cats, (a distance of five and a half indies ciasit to weijt) at all coats likewise Ypres. But as this is cabled neither the British nor tho Trench, have yielded ground, despite on of the nice furious onslaughts of flie war. Monte Rouse and Noir (two miles west of Mont KemmeJ) are well nam ed. On their slopes the Germans lie thilck, weltering in their own blood :a gruesome tetstiiaonial to French to uiffiity. (The French word "Rouge" mans red or bloody; "noir" mcaus foul or horrilble.) Further nlorth, around Voormezeelc (loss than two milea south of Ypres), tlie fiat ftiellds ere full of terrible Bights. Here tho British divisions caught the etonmers with artillery and machine gun fire, dcwiiimating the enc ny, who fonghit well and with courage. The farms ore strewn with cadavers. On the whole it has been a day of heavy losses for Crown Prince Rup preebt without commensurate gain. The German1 command wants these Flanders hill because they command (Continued on pago two) 4t 4t 4c b 4e 4t 4t b l r r r r P t Abe Martin . . J SPBOAL fi.M Who remembers when tra used t' Jinock bond holders! "What I don't nn dcrstand about this war," said Mr. Til ford Moots, t'dayt""is wljy (offee haint gone up." 7 FoffOWiu j t3 :i 4- & iA. lt ' .1, tA. -P " l" "T" "X" 'J BRITISH REPORT HEAVY LOSSES DUEINO APEIL . London, April 30. Brit!i asuilty U.siiuUialKWT' during ir showed 1683 o-fficO:vg killed, 4S41 wounded and 459' miasinu; 81H9 men killed, 35 304 iwounded, and 614 missing. Tho toihal of 53,290 casualties lis t.h Sargest mnee January when they were 74,038. The Mi.kM -casualties were 14,588 sje and the Fotbruary 19,492. It Is Mlevfid' tlint neither the March nr jpri.l asnn'itiea lists in- elude .bb'O total resulting from ' the Gtvflman drive. The figure given. 814- men niis.ing, is out of all proportion to the) nfltirtbec. of officers re- - ported passing and may be an error in coibling. . j(c ijc sft )c ( 3ft flc !jc CASUALTItS REPORTED BY PERSHING TODAY IKRHFTY EIGHT Tei Are Dead, Forty-Seven .Woonded and One 'Re jported Missing Wellington, April 30. Fifty ight casua.Ifti'n lifted by the war depart ment today whowed two. deaths in act ion, twio-froim accident, six fiom dis ease, five saverely wounded, 42 slightly w-oimiJed, nd one mling in action. The lint follows: Killed in action: Captain Bii chard Laurence Jett, Pri vate Herbert G. Raymond. Died of aiwidcnt: PrivaAeu Eldridge Cope, William W. of disease : Caritfiin Charles A. Chambers, Pri va'w Orris Parlmucrgetit. 1'rcston X9!, Gliiren.' Everett Brown, James Batos, Buy L. Weber. , everoly wounded: Sergeant Tbomas J. Curtin. Gerald S. Pattan, Private Michael F. Davig, Leonard F. Hykvia, John Levi Smith. Miaaiajf in option: Private Arseno Gergeron. WW dpa.rbmenit corrections: Name of Llieuteuant Thomas J. Mooueyr praviously reported dtad in ac.tron, njim fcelieved to.be error in cable Priwtta Jess M. King, previously reported detid of gunshot wounds, now reported slightly wounded. Liautenaui John W. Morris, previous ly rflsiti?! wounded, severely, now re ported prrtfoner; unwiounrled. The stgtftly wounded liat shows three lijrtenant injured: Rdbert' D. Cocj-e, - Rufus B. Cram, Fraaois Wocthington Hioe. French General Order Salutes' Americans With tie American Armies in Northern Fraaee, April 28. The following general order was isjired by the French gen- eral commanding the forces in that sector from which the Americans departed for I'icar- d.v: "American troops are leaving for battle. Officers, nou-coiu- missioned, officers and soldiers of the army corps salute a(c their brothers in aruis whose 'bnavory they have admiivd. They ti nsrratu'ate them on be- imj about to write in the bnt- tie of nations the fiist page of the hijtorj- of the sons of the great republic, who have ccmie to fight on the soil cf Frame for tb triumph of liberty. This page "S'iLl be glorious."' 8 LOSE ST OF WILSON Leaders Admit That All Ef forts to Hamper Govern ment Have Failed By L. C. Martin (United Pre:, s'aff correspondent) Wa-iliinjtoii, April 3D- With the passage, by the senate of the Overman "empowering" bill, a clean cut vic tory for President Wilson, republicans today declared thoy have yielded their last ground. As the men wire proceeded to the house today ,where it will be passed without long debate or tremendous op position, republican, leaders indicated they would fight through the summer ajiiil earning wtatcr Ibeforc granting further broad and unspecified powers to the president. Senator Gallinger, 'niinoritv leader, decnlared twk) adminis tration measures that authorizing the geA-ernmcnt oonaimudwr real and per sonal property when necessary and that authorizing the igoverament to buy, sell or tor all grhlns and famivj procluctsr-rnust not be pressed by the denwcral'-f". r""lf the majority insists on the bulls, " sand ualhnger, "you may as well send home fer your winter clothes, because congress will stay right here until tho next sersion in December." The democratic margin ot eontroi is so slim in tooth houses tliat Gallinger 'a warning was taken seriously by demo cratic leaders who already have plans under way for an afieablc agreement on the two bills in question as well as flthor legislation. ' The administration victory on the Overman bill was clean cut- On the final vote. 63 to 13, those who oppos ed the lill were: RepiibKeaim Bratidcgec, Cummin I, Dillinham, France. Gallinger, Harding, Johnson (California), Kncx, Poindex ter. Shemman, Sterling, Southcrland. Democrat1 Reed. Seventeen New Vessels Float ed During Month of April Portland. Or., April 30, With th launching tcday at noon of the Com mandant Challes, f if ih steam auxiliaiy schooiv'r launched at the Portland plant of the Foundation company, since March 20, seventeen new vessels have been floated by Oregon shipyards during April. This is the best record for any month since the shfp building boom in this district. Miss Francos Iirury, daughter of F W. l)rury, assistant manager of the Foundation company, i-.ti rue eponsor of the Commandant Challes, which was built for the French government. A launching of special note was that late yesterday by tlus Coast Hhipbuild ing company. The vessel, christened the Barabos, was the first of flie Ferric typo to be launched in this district, and the first vessel turned out bv the Coast plant. Contracts for itight such vessels are held by the C'asompany for the Emergency Flee:, Corporation. ' Little Miss Elizabeth Pennell, daugh ter of H. E. Pennell, was the sponsor. It was nearly all she could do to handle tho big sizzling bottle. She is five veers old. The 17 vessel? were launched by elev en yards, including one at Astoria and two on Coos Bay. All but four of the vessels are for the Emergency Fleet Corporation and all but two aw wood en vessels. . The Barabos is 'Jhe first of eight ships of Ferris design to be "built here. They wm oe sow) ton dead weight vr j50 tons less carrying capacity than the Hough type. OREGON SHIP YARDS HAVE RECORD MONTH RUSSIA PREPARES TO ENTER WAR AGAIN Pan -Executive Council Is Stirred by Receipt of Many German Uldmatums By Joseph Shsplen ( 1'niited Press Staff Correspondent) Petrogrnd, April 21. Russia is pre paring in a most serious manner to re enter the war bo far as possible under the present circumstances. The pan-execujive council at Moscow on the eve of the receipt of the ''forty second ultimatum" from Germany, ad opted War Commissaire Trotsky's plan ui uiu :r:(.v imuiury naming lor at! j uieu iruui iu iu to una consenpnon or all workers and peasants. Those not be longing to these classes will be forced to train but will no be taken into the army until necessary. Old specialists in military apparatus and the best general officers have al ready been eailed into service and the elective committee systems in the army hnvc been abolished, only th civil commissaire8 being regained. The new plan is expected to yield a large army within ten months. The opposition charges that the soviet government is aiming at its own preser vation, rather than the defense of Rus sin. British, American and Japanese rep reseiilatives amended th meeting. All parties agreed that Russia's slogan now is: "Return to the war as soon as pos sible." . v GERMAN CHECK AT YPRES MOSTDECISIVEOFCAMPAIGN Berlin Already Rejoicing Over Expected Speedy Capture of Channel Ports By J. 'W. T. Mason (Written for the United Press) Now York, AprU 30. The German check before Ypres is the mcst decisive Von ilinitenbui'g has sulfered since the beginning of his efforts to reach the Flanders plains preparatory for a neiv major advance to the channel ports. The aibility of the allies to with stand the shock of the Geiman massed a)taks without cttilling upon their re serves has now been demonstrated. Hindeniburg will try perhaps two or three liinies more tc 'break through. If, however, the northern front holds fast as it has done in the paslt 24 hours the German army must begin its process of recuperation, faced with defeat at a long distance from the channel. The quick termination of yesterdays asault oai the outer defenses of Ypres demonstrates more than any other Oc- BACKS TO WALL T Defense of Ypres and Chan .. nel Ports Bravest In An nals of History By Carl D. Groat (United Press Staff Correspondent; Washington, April 30. Actually lighting with their backs to Jio wall, th.! finish mid French in Flanders are nrking a defense comparable to the bravest in history, army men her.'; said today. That they will be able to halt the bochc before Ypre appeared to ex perts almost incredible but iu anv even. Jlv will get this vantage point only at itlie price of thousands of wasted lives I Army men said that tho Ypres strtig glo is one of the most serious crisis of' the war. It is using up so much man I power thai replacement of troops is a ' big problem. This replacement is largely up to America, which is counted on, iu tht , long run, 10 iurnisn n preponderance 01 i forces which will overwhelm the enemy i u is Know rnai trie American troop transport has been beyond original plans but that the maximum has not yet been leached. This, it is expected .will be touched in the n.nxt few weeks. Pinning their hopes on ultimate, de cisive victory in France, the German! a.-t disregarding the other war front American officers say opportunities an opening up for alii, d offensive action iiu both Italy and Macedonia. Bulgaria's position is particularly vul nerable, it is said here. The allied armies in .Macedonia nave oeen strengthened' by the re-organiied G.ek army, which I v . - J J ., 1 . . 11 . I jCUfl lv cirumru VU iwr VUJUHUV? UBMbC- ance in offensive operations. , Germany, officers here say, would . (Continued on page two) ON ALLIED SIDE Either that, or Russia must become the object of contention and division fo- the other powers. If the allies hold until nex; spring Russia will be able o strike witji new fresh millions and the doom of Ger main will be scaled. COUNTER REVOLT REPORTED By Ed L. Keen (L'nited Press Htaff Correspondent) London, April 30. Tht only scraps of lews tending to bear out the rumors of a Iiutaiun counter revolution so far are the reports from Zurich, regarding tht arrest of M. Puliloff and Baron Von I'em Buscke-lladenhausen 'a strange wir.dcss to General Von Mirbach. A Zurich dispatch says it is learned froin Petrograd that M. Pituloff presi doi.l of the International bank at Vich iii Giadsky, has been arrested on a cluitgo of financing a monarchist count-'i- icvolution, Putiloff is said to have escaped., I'm' Di i ;ish admiralty has made public a wiivlcss dispatch from Berlin stating that Busche-llanedhauscn, the under sec retary for foreign affairs, sent a wire less to Mirbach, the new German ambas; sador to Russia asking him to repor'i concerning tho monarchist restoration in Petrogrnd. Busclic-Hadenhauson said he had re ceived a letter from Pepograd dated ApriflS, stating that a monarchist proc Initiation was imminent and that Mich ael Rodzinnko, Michael Alexicff, Alex (Continued on page two) eurreuce of the past fivo weeks that Hinden'burg fears the approach of ex haustion of his offensive, power. At no other time since the German advaneo began, has Hindeniburg directed tbsj cessation tif a large scale attack before snme slight adviaultag has been won. This time tho Germans were halted in their track and tho effect on Teutonic morale must bo knmiediiate.Gcneral Von Arnim, commander of the German forces succeeded General Von Khick clarly in the war when the latter was removed alflter hi flamous drive to PariB overran itse'f and contributed to tho German repulse at tho battle ot the Marne. The tradition of del oaf to which Von Arnim succeeded has now been emphatized before Ypres, and his own removal may shortly be expected if the allies' fines continue to hold. Rejoicings in Berlin t tho expected capture cf the channel ports will cause Von Arnim 's failiuo to produce a more profound reaction than other wise. Tho criticisms of Hindouburg which have begun among a daring mi nority at home beiaose of his slaugh ter ot German man penver will now H ive innreiaif'lng we)ip;ht. IlirHcniburg cannot afford to stand BtiJl. When that conditicm is forced on him, the fact of Germany's ultimate defeat must become increasingly evident to the German people. , German Diver Is Forced To Submerge After Running Battle Washington, April 30." A. 8. Ed wards, Augunta, Ga-, member 4of the gun crew, and two -members of the ship's crew, were killed March 21, when the American 8trani3hip Chincha had a running 'fight with n large ene my submarine. The lMoat after thirty shots had been exchanged, wa forced to sub merge, the navy department announc ed. The Chincha had her fiist cxper- ienre with U-bcats when she was at tacked January J8. .. Tho. submarine .was sighted on the afternoon of March 21, says tho navy department statement, and about two minutes later both the Chincha and tho diver began firing. Tho fourth C boat shot struck the Chincha aft and killed Edwards and two members, of tho ship's crew. E. O. Arnold, chief boatswain's mate in clargo (if the aimed guatd, said the submarine was of a large type having two conning towers and mounting two five inch guns. The first encounter on January 18 described by E. E. Nord'piint, who was then in chargo of' tho armed guard, lasted about an hour. The men who sk-hfted the submarine and are mentioned in the reports arc: E. Nordqixtat, Superior, Wis.; El mer D. Arnold, Canrnel, Ind.; Allen 8eth Edwards, killed, Augusta, Ga.. and Jack Wciman, Casta lia, Ohio. SIXTEEN GIRLS OFSMITH COLLEGE 1 Under Leadership of Mrs. Barrett Andrews Doing Great Work CLOSE BEHIND FIGHTING LINE UNDER SHELL FIRE Driving Ambulances and Of ficers' Cars and Aiding ' Wounded A City in France, April 24. Sixteen American girls of the Smith College unit attached to tho Red Cross are the hero ines of the recent fighting along thf Somme. Ihey are now aiding refugees am wouniieu in a certain town behind tht French lines, under the leadership of Mrs. Barrett Andrews of Xw York. Tht girls have been under Bbell fire and have been bombed several times. They have saved tho liv.es of numerous aged French wonicu and children remaining in towns of the evacuated areas, as long as possible to nssist tho helpless (sev eral words deleted by censor) numer ous French women and girls also. . They are driving ambuluncei and of ficers' cars, giving one of the most im pressive demonstrations of women's work iu the war. The Smith College unit was stationed in Grecourt (four miles southwest of Hnm) on March 20.. The following day the windows rattled nnd the houses where thoy were billeted were shaken bv the opening of th Gorman bombardment. The next day the civihuns began evacuating the town The, girls were advised to lean?, but Instead "they sent two automobiles ti ncarby'towus with food and niillC'Thoy' were prepared to leave in the .evening w.ien their officers, who had been without food for two davs, came in They stopped to servo the officers. As stragglers began pouring m in the midst of tho enemy shelling, the girls contin ued cooking and serving food. The next day tl'fl girls went to Royc (13 niilcf southweo; of Ham) which -also was be ing evacuated. They then continued on to Mont Bidier (11 miles southwest of Royc), where they established a tern porary baby hospital. Ther.o they cared for children and blind, aged and infirm persons. They bought all the supplies possible and set up a hotel, From a, stove in the court yard they served hundreds of refugees for two days and nights, practically without rest. Fi73 girls went to Amiens (twenty miles northwest of Montdidier) at the request of -.Jic Red Cross, but aerial and artillery bombardment compelled them to leavo that place. Then they gather in this Irench town, where they ore busv visiting hospitals, meeting wound ed at the station and serving hot food and cigare jlcs. They have f.'d more than 3,000 men, women and children m the past ten days. INVESTIGATION OE HIS PRESS BUREAU Resents Charge That He Has Given Public Anything But Reliable News New York, April 30. Demand for an inveitigation of the committee on pi Vie information was made by Geo. Creel, its chairman, in a letter address ed to Fiank P. Glasa of Birmingham, president of the American Newspaper Publisher association, which became public hero today. Creel's letter wat written in answer to charges made by Hopewell Rogers, business manager-of the Chicago Duily News, in his address last week as re tiring president of tho A. N. P. A. Roger referred to the committee as a " depantmenit cf the government, on tho ono hand, dealing out misinforma tion, and on tho other withholding new until it has reached the public through the bulletins of the enemy," and also referred to "the incompetent and dwtoyal head otf the head of the department who glories in our iinprc paredncss." In hi letter to Glass, ( reel said: "I iiwist that the American Newspa per Publishers association is compell ed by every dictaito of patriotism to prove or dwprove 4he charges that Mr. Rogers made as it president." Creel also Announced that he had (Continued on page two) HERO! S Or NOU 1ER1CANS0LDIERS ARE IN HIGH SPIRITS GROlVIWGTIi New National Army Uts Are Aniving Constantly at Front ARTILLERY IS AfflVE IN TOUL SECTOR FRONT German s Apparently Trying m to Force Americans to Mass Forces There By Frank J. Taylor, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) With the American Army in Lor raine, April 30. National army men arriving from American training-' camps are bringing high spirits and ad ditional numerical slrength to tho forces in this region. One group, organizing and restincf in a tranquil rear area, is composed of clean cut, strong, healthy and.unboast ful but confident men who aro now eager to get at the Germans. Their spirit is shown in a remark of their general, who said, slangingly: "The Germans havon't got our goats: but we'll get their 's. The national army will how 'em when it gets iuto action." The men are enraptured with France and there is much fraternizing with the inhabitants. Some of tho men aro already engaged to French girls, and will tuke them back . homo when tho war is over. It is the unconquerttblo force - and spirit if the newly arriving national army that furnishes tho cloment which the ul!io; need to overwhelm the German's, army'leadcY ssyC Move Against Americans. With the American ! Armv in Lor raine sector, northwest of Toul is tak en to mean that the boch.es are seeking to force a concentration on the Amer ican front there to hamper American participation in tho big battles to tho north.. The Germans began a violent bombardment of the American positions Sunday n.oining evidently fearing an attack. The American anny artillery took up the challenge and the duel con tinued for several hours being partic ularly viflent from 8 a. m. to midnight. All this time rifle and machine guns : on both sides were busy. Germans Have Stooped For "Breathing Spell" - The defeat administered in Flanders by tho coni-Wncd British and Trench ha com- 4 polled the Geranans to resort to another "brenltihlin-g spell." " The enemy opened the bat- tii-aliy the entire iiorUier'i intense bombardinon.t on prac- tie early yesterday with in- frcnt. After several hours' pro- pa:aition, the infantry was sent forward on tho ten mile line. between Meterc and Zille- beke. All day (ind far into tho t- night the Germans hacked and ije buffeted at tho allied posi- jc Hons, The British, mowing down wave after wave of the at n't tacking force, refused to givo nn inch. Thn French, forced to j 1)1 A son gromnd near Locro se je launched counter attacis until they had regained all the ter- 4s rjtory. Tcday Huig announced that the northern battle front was if "comipaiiatively quiet." Thus tho most dewporato assault at- M tempted by the Gej-mans in eeveral days ha failed. Tho bombardTnerot of Brit- $ ish positions between Lens and Arras yesterday, which was conducted sinuiltianeciuy with if tho cannonading in Flanders, Jailed to develop any infantry Ht action. if The allies appear to retain if the initiative is Picardy as if .shown by Haig's announce- meat that the Britain yeater- day advanced their lines slight Iv'east of Villens-Bretonneux. This village, which m about if eight miles east of Amien, has changed hands several times. BAKER GETS THE COIN. Baltimore, April 30. Secretary of War Newton I. Baker, in an addrea to financiers, merchants and manufactur era at a luncheon given In his honor at the Emerson hotel Yesterday so stirred tnc representative men of Baltimore hf his recital of deeds of heroism and sets sacrifice as seen and heard by him dur ing his visit to the battle front in France and Ituly that in forty minute subscriptions poured in to the extent ot 19,221,600.