TODAY WEATER Oregon: Tonight Friday showeis; , cooler north and east portions; gen (! south westerly wiads. 4,600 SUBSCRIBERS (23,000 READERS) DAILY Oily Circulation in Satan Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulation FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS SERVICE FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 133 SALEM, OREGON, THVRSDAY, JUNE 6, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS ox trains mi mnn stand ny a osntw f 'WILLI Mi !sfi) (! fip' (! HIT r ilDf tJiito "III . , mM - - - GERMANS HELD tnoniiE BY DEADLY EIRE American Machine Gunners ' Backed by French Iafantry BATTLE E!AY BREAK OUT WITH RENEWED INTENSITY Enemy Has Been Driven Back With Loss at Several Other Ponds 8y Henry Wood (United Press staff correspondent) With the French Armies on the Atarne. June 6. American machine gunners, supported by French infantry, a e still holding the south bank of tie ASarne between Chateau-Thierry and Jaulgonne (a, distance of about seven miles.) As a result of the Americans' dead ly marksmanship the Germans have re frained from occupying the southern portion of Chateau-Thierry, where they would te constantly uudtr the Ameri cans' firs. One of the mcst famoim French gen erals is unstinted in hi praise of the efficiency, coolness tynd 'bravery of he Yankee machine gunners, who have icaveretl themselves wBtli glory siuce fhey entered the line. Despite the (present stabilization of the Marne "battle front fnem Chateau Thierry to Noyoj . there is no indica tion on the part of the Germans either to entrench or to fortify themselves, which might 8bow an intention to rest on their present line. Consequently, the battle may be re sumed with increased intensity at tiny moment. The Germans have brought up artillery and hare relieved the decimal ed divisions. In the meantime, the ntlies have been steadily strengthen- (Continued on page three) Americans Are Holding Crossing of The Marne With Machine Gun Fire Story of First Big Battle Won by Famous Marines On French ScH By Fred & Ferguson (United Pre staff correspondent) With thT Americans on the Marne, June 6: Two enemy attacks have been repulsed by American marines on the Marne battle front. A German battal ion swarmed forward against the ma rines ' position in Neuilly wood last night under cover of bombardment. Th,3 boches were met by a counter bar rage from the American artillery and a storm of machine gun and rifle fire. The battalion, badly cut np, fled in dls ' order. No attempt was made to renew the attack. . This afternoon the marines shot np a Hun patrol which attempted a raid. Then thpy rushed a German machine gun position behind a haystack, kill ing seven and capturing one of the crew. They brought In the gun. Fighting with machine guns mount ed in the windows of Chateau-Thierry, Americans today held the crossing of the Marne. They ouUhot and outgamed t lie- enemy. "We had the time of our lives," enid some of the men in this battle who came back to; rest. - "We had fceard that trench warfare was dull aad uninteresting but this is the life' Many of the Americans were green at the. business, 'hut they shared with the veterau United States marines the jflory of stopping Germany 's advance t the Marne. Bitter Three Days' Fighting For three days, the battle was most bitter. The Marne rung through Cha teau Thierry, dividing the town. One Hide was held by the enemy; the other by American and French. After two d-iys of constant travel the American rMerves arrived at the great ert battle in history riding in Fords. Within two hours they were in the thick . of it. Their guns were dumped from the Fiird wagons and hastily mounted Ui tiie streets and in the house of ChsV teau-Thierry. Then for three days they leM the 4ridg and prevented the Ger mans from getting pontoons across. Despite our withering fire, the ene my came on repeatedly from the oher side tf the stream. Our machine guns were going constantly. Offteers aided in picking off the boches with their riolvori. Then the enemy mounted SUB BASE HAY RELOCATED Wl DELAWARECOAST P-rnan Spies Actively at lwork Along Coast Are Vg Also Suspected cdiALED RADIO I s TION SEARCHED FOR Two Big Passenger libers Arnve Safe From Havana and Panama Looting for Spies Lewes, Del., June 6. Secret service men today started a s?arch. for spies who are believed to be active along the Delaware capes in communication with the German submarines. One TJ boat, according to stories told by sea men who were captured and held pris oner aboard, had wireless communica tion with some point and It is believed it may have been In touch with Prus sian agents ashore. A concealed radio station la beinar hunted. A woman Is suspected of ruing Involved. The port of Lewes has been ordered closed for 24 hours. By Carl D. Groat (United Press staff correspondent) Washington, June 6. The navy to day was making a search for a possi ble secret Herman submarine base on this coast. Sinking of the Norwegian steamer Eidsvold was tne latest U-boat inci dent in official cables up to early to day. This slinking occurred Tuesday off the Virginia capes and the crew wa psfked up- There are sufficient boats in 'the coast patrol to maintain ordinary vigil but to dog a submarine effectually with the resources on hand is a large problem. Officers, however, declare it (Continued on page three) machine guns in the windows on their side of the river, right opposite the Americans, aad opened fire. One group of Americans had guns in an old mill directly over the water and boches were just across. For two days they fought, trying to dislodge each other. German bullets whizzed into the win dows and plumped into the walls of the room, but the Yanks' shooting finally won, inflicting heavy casualties and silencing the German guns. Our guns in this mill also command ed a wheat field at the edge of town, thru which the enemy repeatedly at tempted to advance. At "times as many as nine waves cf skirmish dines were visible in this field. As the American machine guns opened fire, every Ger man would duck out of sigrt in the wheat, then elowly, line by line, their heads would appear, then their shold ders, as they tried to resume the ad vance, and the bullets again whipped amidst them, reducing their numbers. They endeavored repeatedly to reach the river by this means and each time they were driven iback. Meantime the hottest fire was pour ed in on the Americans- The enemy held hill 204, overlooking our positions and made the most of the situation, but the Americans stuck. Those guarding the 'bridge maintained a sweeping hail of bullets at its approaches and pre vented" the baches from crossing until it had Ibeen blown up, then they pour ed in "a stronger fire, preventing ene my engineers from throwing across their pontoons. Correspondent Visits Field Autotmobiling past batteries firing at the Germans, through endless lines of stpply trains and other vast moving (Continued on page three) - CttrWtorinA Pi! arine Raid ISWWUMU 1UW 1MUU - $ Booms Enlistments ', Washington, June 8. German TJ-boats off the Atlantie eoast have so increased the induction into the national army that special orders are going out from the provost marshal gen- eral's office today prohibiting the acceptance of limited serv- ice men unless they are able to present waivers from the surg- eon enprftl'a nf ficjt. i FUTURE DRIVES OF HINDENBURG WILL LACK !N POWER German Reserve Force Be lieved Reduced Now to Less Than 400,000 By J. W. T. Mason . (United Press War Expert) New York, June 6. Whatever sectors Von Kindenburg may choose for his next sacrificial offerings of German manpower, the future onslaughts cannot develop the power of those that have passed, because Germany's reserve for. ccs now have been depleted to a high ly serious degree. Since the beginning of the German spring offensive on March 21, 6n Hin denburg has lost at least half a mil lion of his reserves. These have b'eeii used up both by furnishing new mon to replace casualties and by taking over the active protection of the extensions of the German front. It is improbable that Von Hindenburg now has in re serve more than 400,000 troops and the number may not exceed Sl'0,000. This is enough for another effort t shelter the allies' line, but it is not enough to permit any degree of pes sistence in such an attempt. Each fail ure lo break through or to reach a vital point' now becomes a dangerous handi cap to Vou Hindeuburg, if he gains a few miles of territory. Every extra mile of frontags taken over by Vou Hindcnburg requires the withdrawal of six thousand men from the German re serves for its protection. And yet, how ever, strategically wise it may be for Vou Hindenburg to begin to shorten his line at non-essential points, he fears to do so because of the effect a retiring movement would have upon Germau op inion at hand. Every extra n,ile of entrenchment requires a similar weakening of Gen eral Foch's reserves, but the ultimata effect is far different for the allies because they are rot yet on tne defen sive. The depletion of Von Hiuden burg 'a reserves iu order to guard ai extentlon of the front means a weak ening of Germany's final effort to win the war by offensive tactics. But it would suit General Foch's tactics per fectly, if all of his own mobile reserves were tob used to man new milos of trenches, provided a similarly fixed duty were enforced upon all of Von Hindenburg 's mobile reserves. This Family Bound to Fight For Freedom Portland, Or., June 6. Eex G. Swaggert was accepted by the army today, but Bex. nehieved enlistment by a hair 's breadth. On April 1, Bex and his fath- er appeared to enlist. The father was successful but the boy was 3-4 in too short. The recruiting officer recom- mended certain exeroises to Bx, saying he might grow tallct in that way. Bex had grown the required distance when he appeared to- day. Mrs. M. E. Swaggert, aged 72, his grandmother, appeared with him. "I wanted to be jure Bex got in," she said. ."Two other of my grandsons have enlisted." ri Details Are Received of Aw ful Execution of American Machine Guns By Henry Wood. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) With the French Armies on the Marne, June 6. Details of the virtual annihiliation of a German battalion which caused the Marne on a foo bridge defended by American machine gunners were announced in a French official rote today. After the battalion had succeeded it crossing the river, said the announce ment, it found shelter under an em bankment. French artillery inflicted such losses on the enemy that the Ger man commanders on the other side of the river attempted to relieve the bat talion on Moaday night. French troopa met the Gi.rman attack, but six Ger man machine guns were trailed on th) polius, prev.rting them from hurling the enemy back. American uuchiitt; guns went into action at this tincture sid qjickly ilenced the Gt.ieS ,m thine guns. Then they la!d down u:h a tremendous machine gui barrage lhi-t tie French infantry was enabl.-l to force the enemy battalion to take to boats. The American machine eons and French riflemen riddled the boats, only (Continued on pugr two) MiiuttiiiniiiuiuiiiiimiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiuiiniiiiiituiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiuiiiiiiiitiiiuiiiiHiit I War Summary of United Press iiiuiiiiiiHinHiitmuiitiiiiiniiHtiuimiiiiiiuiniiiiiiiiuniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiuii 1 1404th Day of the Wan 77th Day of the Big Offensive inniiniiinuiiiiiiinijniiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiininiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiitiis Marne frotot The allies not only are holding the Germans on the Marne front, but have assumed the initiative, driving thc.ni feaclt at two points be tween the Oiso and Marne yesteiday. Enemy artillery heavily bombarded the allied lines wet of Bheiuis and in the Neuilly-La-Portrie sector, where Americans recently stopped the Huns. British end French military experts believe the Germans soon will resume their drive, probably eatending their attack westward to Montdidier, where other Americans are in the line. Picardy front Spasmodic bombard ments and raiding operations contin ued. -I Flanders front The Brisish took prisoners in a few rai s and lost pris- oners in other raids. Engiand English , newspapers be lieve the U-boat raids along tho Amer ican coast are designed to scare the United States into recalling destroyers and patrol boats from Europeau waters but are confident this will not be ac complished. They discuss the probabili ty of a bombardment of an American coast town. The big steamer Kenilworth Castle, inbound from South Africa, made port afteT being torpedoed o struck by a mine. Some passengers were lost when a lifeboat was overturned. Germany A prominent Dutch citi zen, returning from Germany, said al lied air raids on the Bhine towns have FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN GO INTO CAMP Last Call Wasls&ed Yester day For Two Hundred Thousand More . Washington, June 6. Four hundred thousand Americans will enter training camps this month. With a call for 200, 000 drafted men today, covering the closing days of the month, the total was brought above 300,000, and calls ex pected this month will reach the 400, 000 figure, it is estimated now. This unexpectedly large eall is a di rect result of the speed up process in sending troops overseas;"; - The war department is developing plans fot the first "combing out" with in classes three and four. Tho proposal is to weed out men for class one whose claims, to exemption are not sound. It became known today that President Wilson is carefully studying compul sory labor laws of Maryland and Mew York. It is believed this Is a forerun ner of extension of the work or fight order. Since draft registration day on June 5, 1U17, one year ago, when the draft machinery was put into operation for the first time, a total of 1,595,708 men have been called to the colors in this country under the selective service law, including those called this month. These figures are made public in an announcement by Provost Marshal Gen eral Crowdcr at Washington, in which he gives the warmest praise to local and district draft boards. His interesting statement and rowcw of the first year of the operation of the draft follows in part: 'One year ago occurred the first reg istration for military purposes of the young manhood of the nation. Ten mil lion men responded in a single day, This accomplishment wa uoimB snott of marvelous. The task of utilizing this enormous force seemed unachievable But the work of classification of this great mass of man power in such a way as to permit of its organization and moulding into an elfcctive army was entrusted to 4,663 local boards and 154 district boards constituting force of nearly 15,000 of the leading citizens of every community, who, assisted m their work by more than 100,000 equally pat riotic volunteers, have performed a (Ooutiud on page two) Merciless Economy to Reduce War Bill Washington, June 6. By s new poli cy of merciless and natkn wide econo my, ths government plans to cut Am erica's gigantic war bill. As this an nouncement wa sent out to the coun try yesterday iby Chairman Baruch of tne war industries Doara . aa appeal went forth for voluntary savings in clothing and other wares. Announcement was maue mat rue public is to be protected from high price brought about by heavy govern ment purchases. Whenever prices soar from this fauae, immediate price fixing mav henceforth be expected,- it was stated. Places of lumber and finished cotton goods were under consideration by ths war industries board te'day. j created a panic among the Inhabitants, driving seme insane, according to an Amsterdam, dwjatch. Aastiia-Hungary Socialists warned the government of trouble unless the food situation is improved. Italy Tho food situation is greatly improved, grain receipts during April and May being far- above normal. Bussia Bolshevik forces defeated ftenuan and Turkish forces in tho Cau casus, capturing Kara, Several towns in Ukraine also were captured. L W. W. Activities In Minnseota Bared Chicago, Juno 6. ri. W. W. activities in Minnesota after the declaration of war, aa viewed by Major Lrfui Bauer, Crosby, Minn., were described in the I. W." W. trial here today. Bauer, on the witness stand,, muiied several of tho defendants and said I. W. W.'s had openly opposed the draft and advised others to avoid it. Atlthur B. Cheatham, Eureka, Cal, another Witness, asserted Boy Brown, one of the defendants, had made de rogatory remarks regarding the flag and the men who had registered a year ao. He also connected the organiza tion with strikes in the Eureka district Hats off to the new men who register ed on Wednesday. ON CASUALTY LIST PUBLISHED TODAY wvea,Were Killed fa Action, Inreeleadrrom Wounds Received Washington, June 6. The casualty list issued by the war department to day contains thirty four names: divid ed as follows: Killed in action, 7; dead from wounds 3; dead from disease, 4; dead from ac cident, 3; wounded severely, 12; wound ed, degree undetermined, one; wounded slightly, 3; missing in action, one. Lieutenant A. P. H. Sage, Memphis Tenn., died of wounds. Lieutenants William D. Hill, Cloburne, Texas, and Bernard u. wolcott, Birmingham, N, Y, were wounded severely. The list fsllows: Killed in action: Corporals William H. Delancy, Troy, JN. I. William F. Hatcher, Oxnard, Cal. Privates Boy Heaton, Omaha, Neb. Bichard Ellin, Janesville, Wis. Charley F. Kirby, Wapapella, Mo. Carl A. Parr, Nicholson, Pa. August Schuster, Erie, Pa. Died of wounds: Lieutenant A. P. H. Sage, Memphii Tenn. ' Corporal Sanford C, Eichorn, Elmore, Minn. Private Archie Swann, Herbert, Sank,, Canada. Died of disease: Corporal Carl H. Bartell, Dundee, 111. Privates James T. Baker, Novinger Mo. Walter Grecnf Homervillc, Ga. . , David Strombcrg, Chicago, (Continued on pag5 two' t Abe Martin J Th' eannin' factory is advertisin' fer experienced ole mn. A bootlegger fell down th' court house stairs t'day, an' it took nine doctors t' piek th' glass out o' him. SHARP FIGHTING - - BETWEEN PATROLS " IN YAME SECTOR iOicial Communication Gives Details of Recent Operations Washington, June .6. Sharp fighting between American patrsls and German forces .in Lorraine has been going on nightly siuce Sunday, General Perilling reported today. Sunday night and early Monday morning a Yankee patrol bat tied with twice its number of Germans, blazing away for nearly an hour with rifles, pistols and grenades until their ammunition was exhausted and they were forced to retire. . Tuesday night an American patrol penetrated to a point beyond the en emy's second line in Lorraine, with drawing sucessfully after inflicting con siderable losses ou the enemy in kill ed and wounded.. The communique follows: "June .Section B: Ou the morn ing of June 6, Lieutenants Campbell and Meissner forced down an enemy biplane east of Pont-A-Mousson. "Between April 14 and May 31, Lien tenant Douglas Campbell brought down six hostile airplanes of which the de struction has been confirmed. During the same time Captain Peterson and Lieutenant Bickcnbacher each brought down three of which destruction has been confirmed and forced down two more concerning which confirmation has been asked. 'During the night of June S to June 3 ono of our patrols operating in Lor raine and consisting of about forty men encountered a hostile patrol of double size, drawn up in skirmish formation along a line parallel to that of our own patrol. Both patrols opened fire with rules, pistols and grenades and auto matin rifles and each tried lo outflank the other. Our patrol in spite of being greatly outnumbered, held its ground for three quarters of an hour, inflicting losses on the enemy and retired only when its ammunition was almost ex hausted. Our casualties were very light. "Dnring the night. of June 4 to 8 one oi our patrols operating in Lorraine penetrated tlie enemy's position and ad vanced behind the second line trenches. It inflicted on the enemy losses in kill d and wounded and withdrew success fully undor cover of barrage from our Btokes mortars. "A French report of the work of an American machine gun battalion, which has recenty been in action at the Chateau-Thierry, includes the following r (Continued on page three) - British liner Had Narrow Escape An English Port, June 6. The Kenil worth Castle, with 332 pasengers aboard, arrived here today from a South African pott in a damaged condition, ii, is not known whether she was at tacked by a submarine or struck by a mine. Two explosions followed a collision with some heavy object. Some of the crew and passengers were lost. One lifeboat, in which there were a number of nurses, overturned. The inrush of warer drowned some of the crew. The collision occurred shortly after midnight and the Kenilworth Castle be gan going down by the head, the. fore compartments filling with water. The bulkheads held, however, and the ves-. vcl regained an even k,-el, although her bow was torn and twisted. Four lifeboats took to tho water. Sev eral of tlioe wl'o were thrown into the M-n when one boat overturned were re cued by destroyers. Tho Kenilworth Castle displaces 12, tons, was built in 1904 aud is B70 ftcc long. She is owned by the Union Castlo Mail Steamship company and is regUtorv'd at London. . j. . w m m n m x ; SAI FM'S SKI UN ay auuiii ssuwiv - BARGAIN DAY, JUNE 15TH MEBCHANTS DECIDE TOON DATE FOB "BIO MEBCtHANDISINO EVENT AND ABE LAYING PLANS FOB ' MAKING IT AN EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED SUCCESS THAN IT - WAS A YEAR AGO. Atm tlMlnm'a u.nn antltUtl hnriMLin' day approaches, the more the merchants of the city realize the necessity of get ting their stocks in shape for the big business that is sure to be done on that day, Saturday, June 15. Judging by the big rush on Dargaiy day of one year ago, the prudent ones are already arranging for additional help as many remember the big onrush of customers from both Polk and Mar ion counties, who wre here to take ad vantage of the many bargains. The list of the energetic merchants participating in the second bargain da . published in last evening's Capital Jour nal was materially increased today BATTLE IN AIR RAGES FIERCELY DAY AND NIGHT Three hundred ,and -Thirty-' Ta German Pta Downed In Three Weeks MILLION POUNDS OF EOMBS ARE DROPPED German Airmen Still Rgfct Hard But Are Being Grad ually Overcome , By William Philip Sinuus ( United Press Staff Correspondont) With the British Armies in France, Juue 6. Just as events on the ground are shaping themselves for the final craV which must inevitably decide the fate of the world, the aerial offensive is daily waxing fiercer. The mutual struggle for mastery of the air since 1914 a stupendous battle miles above the earth has scarcely ceased day or night. British airmen brought down 339 Germans in less than 'three weeks, np to June 2, of which wore totally destroyed. In many cases enemy planes spinning from the sky toward the ground like rockets, crashed and burn-.-d until only black smudges were left. Sometimes, in their agony, pilots and obsrvers leaped from their flaming; planes in mid-air, whirling over and over and landing far from the wreck of their machines. . " During the same period, S26 tons of high explosives wore dropped behind the German lines or well over million pounds. The Zeebrugge mole, the Brug es docks and railway stations and mu nition works in cities far insids Ger' many like Mannheim, Landaur Karl ruhe and Cologne were attacked re peatedly and set afire again and again. In one day, British airmen, often mere boys, .shot 84 Prussians from the sky and dropped tons of bombs on enemy military centers, going as far as Brags. Disdaining the anti-aircraft shells . which burst . about them, and swooping low to the ground, they start ed a disastrous fire along the water front: The next day the same aky rider charged a number of German air fleets, domotishing twenty six craft, the wrecks falling in .somersaults to h ground. Elsewhere they dropped fifty thrcs tons of high explosives, going as far as Karlsruhe, wharo, during a ferocious attack by boche planes, they bombed trains, railways and war works. The bombing squadrons were protected so perfectly by a fighting patrol that only one British plane failed to return. It was swn landing near Karlsruhe, nndof control. Some vital parts had been hit. These two exploits occurred during the last two days and nights of May. On June 1, I saw an air battle con tinue hotlv after 25 planes had been brought down in duels, high up in th blue haze. The same night twenty seven tons of bombs were dumped on the Zee brugge mole and other "tender" spois in that vicinity. Meanwhile German war planes have been more daring than ever before. Many towns and villages behind the al lies' lines have been bombed. Hospitals seem to bo the worst sufferers. Several hundred patients, doctors, sisters and attendants have been killed outright, some have been burned alive and many have been wounded. The most pitiful eases, perhaps, wer (Continued on page two) .... t . i . i H iit.444tm t ) ANNUAL : X Other houses, aware that tho crowds will trade where bargains are advertis ed, have signified their intentions of. joining in with other merchants t make Saturday, Juno lo, the groatest bargain rush day ever held in th city. The fame of the annual bargain day has travelled to the uttermost parts o? Marion and Polk and already several merchants have heard from customers quite a distance from Salem saying "esunt on us". They remsfcber thf royal treatment given them by th lo cal merchants as well as the realization . (Continued on paga three .,.