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GERMAN BLOW FALLS IN
VI
1TY0FL0CRE: IS
fiUE PROGRESS
New and Powerful Attack Is te to South of Ypres
Heavy Bombardment Was flowed by Successive
' Waves of Infantry Iminedia After Dawn - Allied
Troops Believed to Hafe Been "jssed Back In Places
But Are Fighting Brilliantly Tc vly to Give Results
of Latest Offensive
By William Phillip Simms,
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
With the British Armies in France, May 27.The
German blow in Flanders, which got under way early to
day, is reported to have progressed in spots, but it is too
early to know the actual result.
The attack was a powerful local blow by General Von
Arnim's army against Scherpenberg (a mile northwest
of Locre), where the French wrested considerable ground
from the Germans a week ago.
The allied troops are fighting brilliantly.
; The battle for Scherpenberg began with a heavy bom
bardment of the Ypres-Comines canal (half a mile east of
Voormezeele) to the French frontier, (a mile west of
Locre.)
The artillery opened up at dawn and in the midst of a
haze covering the Flemish lowlands, the German infantry
swept forward in successive waves.
London, May 27. "It is understood
we have been pwhed back slightly at
one point iu the neighborhood of
Rheims," the Evening Standard de
clared this afternoon.
Sliding is at the extreme eastern point
of the new German drive, south and
east of the Picardy front.
Rome, May 27. In heavy fighting in
the Tonale region Saturday and Sunday,
Italian forces captured the summit of
Zlgolon, the Marrochi spur, the Presena
lake basin aud Montecello, the war of
fice announced today. The enemy los
ses were heavy, the statement saysr
-while the Italian casualties were light.
The Italians took 670 prisoners, 14
trench mortars and 27 machine guns.
Paris, May 27. President Poincare
visited the families of the virtims of
today's long range bombardment.
(This is the first mention of any
casualties in the long range bombard
ment of Paris, which was resumed by
the Gormans this morning).
London, May 27. The Germans at
tacked suddenly early this morning on
mi entirely new, front, south of th,o Pi
cardy region, at the same time thrust
ing northward toward Yprcs. j
Following a bombardment of great in-1
tensity, the enemy struck on wide fronts
iilong th. thirty-five mile sector be-1
tween Klielms aud Soisons, extending'
PARIS AND MARNE ARE
APPARENT OBJECTIVES NOW
If Prediction Proves True
American Troops Will Be
In Line of Attack
By J. W. T. Mason
(Uuitd Press war expert)
New York,-May 27. Paris and the
Maine are the objectives of Von Hin
denburg if the sstroug German attacks
lietween Rheimg and Soissons reported
by Field Marshal Haig are the fore
runuers of a new ofzeusive agninjt the
Hies.
American troops have been reported
&s undergoing training in this sector
and just behind the front is a highly
important railway line which runs di
rectly into another American sector in
the Verdun . region. If the German at
tacks grow into a serious menace, it is
probable Americans will be called up
on to help stem the enemy advance.
This sector is the most advantage
ous from the allied standpoint, in
which the. Germans ea attack.
The Marne is from 20 to 30 miles
south and parallel to the Rheims-Sois-soim
front and Paris itself it sixty
miles sway. Slight gains by Von Hin
denburg can best ie afforded by the
allies here. Loss of the railway coneon
necting Soissons and Bheims would be
disagreeable for the allies but there are
other communication lines to the south.
If the Germans were to Teach the
Mlarne atill further Inconvenience to
eastward and southward of the Picardy
front. Simultaneously attacks were di
rectly against positions held by the
French between Loere , and Vqorine
ze.dp. .
Soisons is about ten miles south and
west of the former southern extremity
of the Picardy battle front, in the vicin
ity of St. Gobain forest. Blteims is about
:i 5 miles to the east and south, the front
suddenly vering sharply to th.2 eastward
before Suissous. This front includes the
famous Cheuiin Des . Dames sector,
where. American troops have been in the
line some time. '
Vooruvezle is less than two miles di
rectly south of Ypres. Locre is about
five miles to the west and south. Some
of the hottest fighting iu the entire
Flanders offensive has occurred along
this line.
' "Strong hostile attacks, following a
bombardment of givat intensity, were
made early this morning on wide fronts
between Ifheims and Soissons," the
statement said.
"Attacks were also made against the
French lines between Locne aud Voor
incezle. "
British On Picardy Front.
London. May 27. 'British troops are
now operating with the French in the
line south of the present Picardy front,
Field Marshal Haig's ofifcial report, to
day showed. This is th,o first intimation
(Continued on page three)
communication, would be suffered by
the allies, but no critically serious
damage would be done.
Moderate gains by the- Germans
along the southern front would bring
far less consequences than a new ad
vance by Von Hindenburg in the
Amiens or ISazebrouck-Ypres sectors.
The allies can well afford to relinquish
ivrriiory oeiween eoissons anrt Klieims
if in return there is another great
slaughter of German manpower.
So inadequate for German purposes
would be a moderate advance between
Soissons and Rheims that it may be the
movement there will turn out to le
only an attempt to distiact General
Foch's attention while tae real offens
ive is developed e'sewhere. Marshal
Haig's tnrtntion of ..simultaneous at
tacks tcday between Locre anil Voor
mezeele in the Ypres area suggests
this might he the sector chosen for the
major blow.
In such an event the Germans would
be able to work on interior lines or
communication to continue their two
attacks at such widely separated poits,
they would have to 4ise .up an extraor
dinarily large number of men. If a de
cisive victory were not won by these
attacks, the result in loss of man pow
er wculd be appalling. There is every
riaion to believe Geneial Foch has
foreseen all the possibilities in the
present situation. The fact that Von
Hindenburg if making two attacks, 150
miles apart, in itself shows mucin un
certainty as to developments exists in
I bis own mind.
FOURTEEN ARE DEAD
IHREEMISSiNCTWO
No Pacific Coast Men On the
List Nine Killed
In Action
Washington, May 27. Nineteen
names were on General Pershing's cas
ualty list to the war department, di
vided as follows: nine killed in action;
four dead from wounds; one dead from
disease; two wounded severely and
three missing in aiticn.
The list follows:
Killed in Action
Corporals Milton Scarborough, Childs
Md.
Lonnie Simpson, Ready, Ky.
Privates Alexander P. Garrett, Ma
gum, Okla.
Joseph Griffin. Fast Hampton, N. Y.
James C. Hol'and, Rica. Ga.
Eugene Rockwell Oakcs, Sparta, Wis.
Frank John Schmidt, Milwaukee,
Wis.
Walter Schutzman, Ethel, La.
James Wallen, Fairfield, Okla.
Died of Wounds
Sergeant James E. Lee, Troy, N. Y.
Wagoner Norris G. Stokes, LaCrosse.
Iowa. 1
Privates Earlo Symmes, Willow
Creek, Cal.
William J. Oliszewski, Manistee.
Mich.
Died of Disease
Private Menne Ctto Wilts, Wells-
burg, Iowa.
wounded Severely
Privates Arthur O. Anderson, New
Roekford, N. D.
Elmer Samiuelson, Paso Rubles, Cal.
Missing in . Action .
Privates Jerry A. Brown, Columbus.
Ohio.
Charles W. Knowlton, Fairfield,
Conn.
John B. F. Walters) Gadsden, Ala.
IlLUUil UUHIUJ VUI
FROM HOME GUARD
Military , and Semi-Military
Organization of the State
. at Present Time
. For the benefit of thos who are rath
er mixed up as to the difference he-
tween the Oregon Guard and the Home;
Guard, a local military authority sub
mits the following:
The Oregon Guard is organized under
the old military cod'.' of Oregon prior
to the time when the Guard was federal
ized. The three companies of Oregon
Guard now in Salem, Companies E. F.
and b, are on exactly the same military
basis as the old Company M, Oregon
National Guard.
Hence the three companies of the pre
sent Oregon Guard are subject to call
from the governor for service in the
state of Oregon. If called out to sup
press riot or for any guard duty, the
Oregon Military code will stand back of
tht Guard, just the samo as it did back
of the old Company M,
The Home Guard companies that arc
now being organized throughout the
state are simply men sworn iu as deputy
sheriffs and should they do damage to
property or kill in the discharge of
their duty, they are liable to civil ac
tion. There is no Home Guard company
in Salem.
Tim Militnro- Pnlin ; tof !; :
force, composed of men who are paid a j dent . that the four billions now pro
regular monthly salary and give all their vilel bv taxation will not of them;
: i;- i selves sustain the great y enlarged
state. Major Deich of Portland is head
of the Police with headquarters in Port
land. .
(Ooiit)nuA(J on page two)
Abe Martin
airs, i.on rasn, unue, gave sewn
teen stcrlin' silver berry Bpoons t' th'i
Kcd Cross shop t'day. Tilford Moots
hoed up a fifty cent piece in his gar
den t'day, but he wouldn' hav if it
wuzn' ftr th' war.
PEEWIT WILSON
WITS CONGRESS
TO PROVIDE FUNDS
Appears Before Joint Session
and Delivers Strictly
Business Message
MONEY MUST BE PROVID
ED BY JUST TAXATION
Says Spirit of Nation Has
Risen High Since Boys
Went "Over There"
By Robert J, Bender
(United Press staff cornlspondent)
, Washington, May 27. President
Wilson today called upon congress to
sacrifice political expediency and drive
through a tax bill.
Appearing before a joint cession on
Washington's hottest day cf the vcar,
the president found an audience of so
lons distinctly disgruntled at the pros
pect of perspiring over a revenue meas
ure this suinvmer.
It was the second strictly business
message the president has delivered
since we got into the war.
Turning from Ms-manuscript in con
cluding a forceful address to congress
in joint gession, tho president spoke
extemporaneously:
"Just as I was leaving the white
touse," he said, "was brought the
news that Germauy had apparently re
sumed her long exipectej drive on the
west front. Surely you can realize how
that solenin'ized my feeling as I came
to you, and strengthens the purpeso
tihat I have tried to express iu these
Unee." .
, The president's address follows:
"Gentlemen of the Congress:
',"4 .!". w'"1 uuaffeetvd 'reluctance
that I came to ask you. to prolong your
bessiion long enough to provide more)
Bdequate resources of the treasury for
the conduct cf tho war. I have rea
son to appreciate as fully as you do
how arduous tho session has been.
Your labors have been severe and pro
ti acted. You have passed a long series
of measures which required the debate
of many doubtful questions of judg
ment and many exceedingly difficult
questions of principle, as well as of
piaetiees. -
."Too summer is upon us in which la
bor and counsel are twice arduous anl
are constantly apt to be.' impaired by
lassitude and fatigue. The elections
are at lhand and we ought as soon as
possible render an intimate aeeount of
our trusteeship to the people who dele
gated us to act for them in the weighty
and anxious matters that crowd upon
us in these days of critical choice and
action. But we dare not go to the elec
tions until we have done our duty to
tibc full. These are days when duty
stands stark and naked and even with
closed eyes we know It is there. Ex
cuses are unavailing. Wre have either
done our duty or we have not. The fact
will bo as gross and plain as the duty
itself. In such a ease lassitude and fa
tigue seem negligible enough. The
facts are tonics and suffice to freshen
llho labor.
Facts of the Situation
"And the facts are these:
'Additional revenues must manifest
ly be provided for. It wouid be a most
unsound! policy to raise loo large a pro
portion of them (by loan and it la evi-
1 1 .j. . ,t. .:,il. u-a nuiat ,TTi,i,nsl ia t Alv
lllMlgl. L H U. U TC ItH.. ..!.... 'J
look forward. We cannot in fairness
wait until the end of tho liscal year
is at nana to apprise our peopi or i"
taxes thev must pay on their earnings
. . ,. ...
of the present calendar year, wnose ac-
countings and expenditures will then
!be closed. Wo cannot get increased
taxes unless tho country knows that
jthey are to be and practices the -essary
eeonomy to ruf:e thenm avail
.able. Ieiniteness, early drf miteness,
a to what its tasks arc to be is abso
lutely necessary for the succesaful ad
ministration of the treasury: it cannot
frame fair and workable regnlaitions
in haste; and it must rrome its regu
lations in haste if it : not to do its
exact task until the very eve or' its
performance. The present tax law are
marred, more over, by inequalities
which oun'ht to be remedied. Indisput
able facts, every one, and we cannot si
xer or Dims xnem. iv wmie innii n
argument enough.
Wants Fair Taxation
"And yet, perhaps you will permit
me to dwell for a moment upon the
situation they disclose. Enormous
loans freely spent in the stimulation of
industry of almost every sort produce
inflations aod extravagances which
presently make the whole economic
structure questionable and insecure
anil the very basis of credit ia cut
i.mr. Onlr fair, emntabiv distnhtrtert
taxation of. the wuieat incidence and
drawing chiefly frcm the sources which
would be likely to ameoralize credit
by their abundance, can prevent in-
(Continued on page six.)
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Western front The Germans resum
ed their offensive early this morning,
along an entirely new 3o mile front.and
joining the Picardy front on the south
and east and simultaneously struck on
a five mile front siuth and west of
Ypres. on the extreme northern tip
of the Flanders area.
FieJd tarshal iiaig's official re
port merely mentioned the beginning
of these attacks and gave no indica
tion of their progress.
The assault on the new front, Haig
said, was made on "wide fronts.'' be-1
tween Rheims ami Soissons, following 1
a bombardment of great intensity.
He described the assaults as" strong
hostile attacks.'' j
This front includes the famous Chem j
in lies Dames sector, where American j
troops have been in the line lor some
time, mar Craonne." This is about mill-1
way between Rheims and Soissons and j
apparently ould bear the brunt of j
the enemy thrust. !
Haig also states that this attack was
mtado a.gainHt Cdmlbiued British and
French forces, .indicating for the first
time that the Brititli are operating i
south of the Avre. A Loudon dispatch I
said this was a'crpted as further evi
dence of General Foch 's plan of co
ordinating all the allied annies.
The 'northern attack was made be
tween Voormezeele, less than two miles
directly south of Ypres and Locre,
slightly mora than live miles to the
west and south. This sector is held
mostly by French troops. American
troops, however, ctc also known to be
training; in this region, and it is possi
ble that Americans aro figuring in the
defense.
A s'aff dispatch from William rhil
ip Siuiims today said that eaemy artil
lery activity was increasing all along
the British front, particularly in the
Samme and Scarpa valleys and in the
Ypres region.
American front Fred ft Ferguson
cabled from tho Picardy region that
cannonading increased Mere Inst night
and thai unusual aerial activities were
under way, with tho American and
IIC1 SOLDI
L0STW1THM0LDAV1A
DISOBEYED RULES
All Passengers Required To
Be On Deck But All Those
Drowned Were Below
Loudon, May 27. The death of fifiy
seven Americans when tho British
steumer Moldavia was torpedoed in tb,3
English channel Thursday morning, was
due to tho fact that they disobeyed the
rules which require all passengers to
be ou deck while a ship is passing thru
the dnng.r zone, according to a dispatch
to the Express from a channel port to
day. This may result in an official inquiry,
the dispatch stated. Fifty eight men
wore below at the time the ship was
torpedoed, the dispatch said. Fifty fix
were instantly kill."d by the explosion.
Another died before reaching port. Thfl
(Continued on page four)
THIRTY-FIVE BILLION WILL
BE ASKED OF CONGESS
Congress Hangs Back Al
- though Members Know
Funds Are Needed
By L. O. Martin
( VniW Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, May 27. This promises
to be a -$33,000,000,000 congress. Fin
ancial experts today, settting down to
prepare the greatest tax bill in the
country's history nearly 8,000,000,000
estimate that appropriations of this
congress will shatter all records for
any country in the world for a corres
ponding period.
Great expansion of the army program
is chieflv responsible for the stupen
dous total. Nearly 21, 000,000,000 is in
appropriations and authorizations for
the army and its fortifications.
In addition, 200,000,000 is required
for shipping, required to transport men
and supplies overseas.
The navy gets $1,659,000,000, while
th? war finance corporation and the
federalized railroads each get $500,000,
000. Five and a half billions were ap
propriated for loan to the allies in the
bond bill passed this session. Ordinarily
appropriation bills have been consider
ably increased by war rieds so that
they total (2,449,659,00. This makes a
grand total, based on estimates submit
ted to date, of $34,069,659,000.
That this total will be sent up to or
French aviators having all the best of
it.
American airmen are maintaining
their supremacy of the Lorraine front
through sheer ability, Frank J. Tay
lor reported. Ho said the Germans have
larger and better armed planes,
American army The London Ex
press published a dispatch from an
English channel port, suiting that the
fifty seven American soldiers who were
killed in the torpedoing of tho British
steamer Moldavia last. Tluusday morn
ing, lost their lives bivause they dis
obeyed the" rules which require all pas
sengers to be on deck, while a ship is
traversing the danger zone. Tho dis
patch said an official inquiry may re
sult .............
Fiance The long range 'bombard
ment of Paris was 'resumed at 0:25 this
morning, shells dropping m the city
every 15 minutes.
Ireland Webb Miller, cabling from
Dublin, ami that a breaTt may occur at
any time between the Nationalists and
Sinn Feiners.
Rureia A retrograd dispati h to the
London Express, dated May 21, said it
learned from enemy sources that cer
tain German elements are planning a
restoration of the monarchy in Russia
with the Duke if Mecklenburg Schwer
in the governing head of one of the
German states, as czar. .
Austria-Hungary An official state
ment issued in Vienna declared that
as a remit of Emperor Karl's recent
visit to Sofia and Constantinople, the
Austro-Genman allianlfic soon would be
extended to Bulgaria and Turkey.
Zurich advices said tho auti govcrn
meut demonstrations continued in
Pj-aguo Friday, many arrests ' being
made.
Turkey A wealthy Turk, arriving
in Geneva frcm Constantinople, said
that half tho population of Constanti
nople is starving.
FIFTY AMERICAN
ENGINEER'S MARCHED
INTO ENEMY LINES
Found Out Mistake and Fought
Way Back, target ot
Both Armies
By Fred S. Ferguson
(United Tress Staff Correspondent)
Withrthe Americans In Picardy, Msy
27. Fifty American engineers who got
into- the German positions by mistake
at night, fought their way back to their
own lices with the American and boche
Infantry both firing on thcin. .
Owing to considerable gups in the
trenches in some places, it is ensy to
wander beyond the American lines af
ter dark. For Instance a motor truck
driver, headed thrfttigh such a gap,
drovfl half way across No Man's Land
before the rattle of machine guns be
hind him warned hiin that he had pass-
continued on page four)
beyond $.15,000,000,000 seems ceitain,
Nearly every day brings additional es
timates from the war and navy de
partments and other branches of the
government directly engaged in prosecu
tion of the war.
Money appropriated this session is for
the fiscal year beginning July 1918, ex
cept deficiency appropriations to supply
deficits'in funds appropriated last y:ar.
Included in these appropriations are
many "authorizations" which permit
departments to contract ahead, but the
actual money for which will not be
spent in the 1918-1919 fiscal y.'ar. The
fortifications bill, for instance totals
now $4,700,000 in appropriations and
$4,261,000,000 in authorizations, or $8,
901,000,000 altogether.
To meet this bill ITncle Ham raised
more than $4,000,000,000 in bonds and
has hundreds of millions of authorized
bonds still unissued; he has collected oi
ls about to get $4,059,000,000 in taxes
under existing law and expects to bring
this to $8,000,000,000 under the new tax
bill congress is beginning work on. He
has also a couple of billions in sight
from treasury certificates and short
time notes, not to mention war savings
stamps, which will bring in a substan
tial sum, probably approximating a bil
lion dollars.
This would bring total revenues to be
tween $15,000,000,000 and $20,000,000,-
000, providiug bonds still unsold were
(Continued on page two)
RAILROAD RATES
TO BE ADVANCED
IN EFFECT JUNE 25
Increase On Some Freight 25
Per tent and On Some
Still More 1
OPERATING COST IS "
1830,000,000 HIGHER
Some Commodities To Pay
apec.ai Kate rassenger
Rates 3 Cents Mile
Washington, May 27 Twenty five)
per cent rate iucreases on class and
commodity freight rates will no into
effect on June 25. Railroad fares will
bp raised: to three cents a mile June
10. Some heavy commodities largely,
handled will undergo raises of more
than 25 per cent.
This announcement came today from
the United States railroad administra
tion in the wake of the announcement
flat railway men's pay would ba
boosted) mainly in accordance with
the railroad wago board's recommenda
tions. .,
The increases were necessary because
of the need to meet htgner operating
expenses, estimated at from $H.')0,000.-
000 to $860,000,000 more than last
year.
The traffic in heavy commodities,
which form, a lnrso portion of the rail
way luioiniss, will have increases net
based strictly on the 25 per cent rul
ing. Some of Increases
The advances on tlie principal one
follow: ,
Coal 13 te !W cents a ton; coke, 13
to 75 cents a to'i; iron ore, 30 cents a
tout bfSilding stone', two'cents per hun
dred iiwuniila; read stone, sand, gravel
one cent per hundred pounds; brick,
cement and plaster, two cents per hun
dred pounds; limo lVjj cents per hun
dred pounds; lumber, 25 per cent, but .
not more than five couts per hundred
pounds; grain, flour and mUl prod- ,
uct, 25 per cent, 'but not more than
six cents per hundred pounds; cotton
15 cents per hundred pouudsl livestock
25 per cent, but not more than seven
cents per hundred pounds; sugar ' 25
per cent, except to points in middle
west states, rates from ''.he producing
centers will be maintained on tho pres
ent relationship; copper 'oulliou and!
smelter products, approximately $6.50
per ton from the Rockies and Pacifia
coast states to the Atlantic, seaboard.
All exports and innorts will te can-
(Oontinucd onpage twa)
Si FEIN GERMAN
Ireland Seethes With Kebel
ion and Pro-German Activ
ities at Present
By wsdd Miner .
(I'nitcd Press Staff Correspondent)
Dublin, May 27. Discovery that part
of th.-! Sinn Fein-German plot provided
for the releasing of hundreds- of Aus
trian and German civilians now intern
ed in Ireland and for arming them
agnitist the English, has been made by
the British, according to statements et
officii Is today. As a result, deportation
f tliAaA nrLPn ht-3nn todav.
It is declared that the conspirators
planned to arm these alien civilians
with weapons delivered tiy German suu-
marines.
TWnito tlio arrest of their leaders.
Sinn Fein headquarters were active Sun
day. Companies of them drilled at many,
points around Dublin. No secret was
made of this fact at Sinn rein neaa
minrfra where it wns stated that Bun-
day was observed in drilling "and eon- .
tinuing preparations to fight against.
nnnsnsinnon
" Prr.lmblv neveral thousand persons
drilled at various places and no arrests
1. ...... U.K rrnrrl vt ' ' lite Binri
Feiners added. , -
Within ten miles of Dublin, in a
hilly, Isolated district, I came upon
sixty men and boys between- the ages
of 18 and 33, who were quietly assem
bling from various, directions. They
came to the scene on bicycles. When I
saw them, they were quietly marching
-..J .1... - : ..1 1 !- '. K . t-m Inmi.
up aim uown a iicm m - ,
lots. All were in their shirt sleeves
with Sinn Fein colors in bands a their
arms. ''''. '
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(Continued on page two)