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TODAYS WEAHSl 4,600 SUBSCRIBERS (23,000 BSADEBS) DAILY Only Circulation in Salem Guar anteed by tie Audit Bureau of Circulations . FULL LEASED WIRE' DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS SEE VICE Oregon: Tonight a ad Wednesday fair; nearly sta tionary tempera ture; light vari able winds. SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 137 Ml III It jd II I i ..0k. M I 'I h I I H El VWtl I Ay B v JT rjrJ(' vVJr 1 1 ir I tilt" GERMANS HEAR' OISE RIVER AFTER 10 DAYS' DRIVE Enemy Had Also Reached Aronde River, Eight Miles From Compiegne ON WEST WING FRENCH 'DCTWlf CAMP PTJAlP lEl lAA b)mh llKuUl. 5 c Berlin .Claims Capture o. Eight Thousand Prisoners and Some Guns Paris, June 11. German forces last night penetrate! to within one mile of tiio Oise. river at Ribpcourt. the French war office announced todsiy. The ene my also reached the Aronde river, with iu four miles of Compiegne, represent ing a maximum advance of more than Si-veil miles, but wcro hurled back at this point. Tho 'French not only held the Ger nnns on tho west wing, but re took tho town of Mery. "On the left the French resistance prevented the Germans from taking Le Ployron and Courceiles. The French recaptured Mery. ' "In the center the principal Ger man effort tras on the front from Bel oy to MarquLglwe, ( a front of about five miles.)., A heavy German attack Succeeded in reaching the Aronde riv er (three miles south of Marqueglise) but the French hurledi the Germans back on the whole front and the French positions were re-established south of Belloy, St. Maur and Vaudelicoiirt. "On the right thero was violent (CoutiiuAif on page two) iiuiiiiiitiiinHiiiMliiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!! 1 War Summary of United Press iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiitiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 1409th Day of the War; 83rd Dav of the Big Offensive iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Picardy Front. The new German drive between Noyon and Montdidier which is developing the most savage and sanguinary fighting of the war' is now regarded as Hindenburg 's supreme effort to split the allied armies, reach Paris and force a dt-fision on tho west front before America's full strength is thrown into France. More than a quarter of a million of Germans has be.en thrown into thP at tack on the comparatively narrow front up tn midnight and reserves were being fe4 in constantly. The French, forewarned apnrently were in better position to oppose this drive than any previous phase of the big offensive. By constant counter at tacks and aided by heavy artijlery con centrations, the French have inflicted appalling losses on the advancing Ger mans. Today 's French communique show Jt a resumption of the enemy's progress,! particularly on ine east wing ana oni the center. On the west wing the Fronch ; not only held, but recaptured the vil lage of Mary. ' The greatest German advance since! the position last reported by the French was irom vannecianconn, live miles M H SALEM'S SECOND ANNUAL BARGAIN DAY, JUNE 15TH MERCHANTS DECIDE tJPON DATE FOB BIO MERCHANDISING EVENT AND ARE LATINO FLANS FOB MAKING IT AN , EVEN MORE PEONOUKCED SUCCESS THAN IT WAS A TEAR AGO. A Bargain Day that will actually of fer a thousand bargains is offered the jieoplp of Salem and surrounding coun try next Siturday.. Ii fact, it will be almost impossible for anyone te i!p into any of till lead ing stores of the city next Saturday vith.jul srtijg hundreds of bargains staring them in -the face. - The city s well as the country cus tomer who bf.ppens to be shopping Sat' urd;y jusr : n!.tt get away from th? bargains They vill.be there in the dry goods stcres, each of which will go just oi.e beMcr rliu an ordinary bargain sale. v . . . ' . Th; bargain will be there in bs shj sti-.vj and even in the hardware stores. Ev?n the men cannot get away free the Ljrjina offered everywtu-w The grocers will, have- offerings, but niioa tht prices freight rates o.c along witii the fish markets and tho KERENSKY LEADER ARRIVES IN SEAnLE Former Vice Premier of Rus sia May Be Coming Onlm- - portant Business Seattle, Wash., June 11. Somewhere between Victoria, B. C, and Seattle Former Russian Vice Premier Konova loff is nearing America on board the Suwa Maru, a Japanese liner, due to dock here late today. Russian fo'Jjw ers cf Kerensky here with whom lie served, generally professed lgnorauc of luiaovaloff s coming, Confirmation lowever tauie from Washington, D. C. nd the Russian consulate here. Konovaloff was one of three ill fat ministers falling -into bolsh,?viki rT ids after Kerensky's downfall. The er two were assassinated, but he war. Siinsoned iu Petrograd until a serious illness caused his release. He then fled to China. The former vice-president, who next to Kerensky, was the strongest man in Russia directly after the czar's abdic ation, wi'u probably visit President Wil son. Kenovaloff's coming' is significant when linked with the expected return July 1 of Jean Seokine, courier, with advices from the Russian ambassadors in Pans, London and Madrid. That the representatives of the old Kerensky regime are trying to-stir up action to r..s,tor, themselves and save Russia at this critical time is the interpretation placed upon those events by diplomatic observers. To Restore Czar. Bern, June iL The reported move msut iu Russia for restoration of the czar is increasing according to reports reaching here today. People are praying in the churches for his return, it is se.id A newspaper published Becretly in Pet rograd uiges his restoration. Several attempts have baen made on the life of Nikolai Lenine, the bolshe vik premier. The latest one occurred June 2, it is reported when the driver of his coach was shot by a hidden as- (Continued on page two) southwest of Noyon, to Antoval, a mile west of Ribecourt and the same distance from the Oise, a distance of three sales Practically the sam0 progress was made at some points in the center, notably from Marqueglise t the Aronde river, but the French drove the enemy lack same distance north of the Aronde. The Americans west of Montdidier momentarily .expect the battle to en velop their sector. A suspicious lull was reported from that region. British forces advanced nearly half a half mile on a front of a mile and a lhalf near Albert. Ma me front No report. Flanders Front. The British mack successful raids east of the Nienni forest, - . Lorraine Front. Heavy rains com- pelled a cessation of aerial operations, Both artilleries are active. ' r- Jiwiia. Neutral renorts sav the sen- Ument for restoring the czar to the throne is growing. that certain at -wheat. . -f?cri(i are just a 'staple V ii cftMiot misj the bargains Sa:at l:iy. (,. if yo! uok for a nice ija:-! urac in a garax or even in a miis'j sti re Ihe Ji-r.r.nre store. have thctn al'inu with the f t-h carkets and vhe mrviiig piotura istitre, too- l:i fa', the ur:cn who does not b lievc in bargains had better stay home b aiiS'1 jvsrything in town except tao hjjVj nhd losreffite will be on hand vrHli the special oltriugs. Saturday will for insay a 'Jay be remembered as A'. d.iy of a thou.asd bargains. The bir- gain hunter will act be obliged to hunt for bargains they just cannot get away from them Ami all this is offered Salem an vicinity just wheu ihe prices of abt: U've.-ythiKg on the market is guing ill (Continned on page two) SEVERELESSOII IN ECONOMICS AT Diversion of Forty Per Cent of Earnings to War Neces sities of Nation WAR COST THIS YEAR. WILL BE $24,000,000,000 Retailers Will Be Urged Not to Deal In Non-Essentials During War Washington, June 11 The Auicrkan pecple and business must prepare for a severe lesson in economies diversion of neariy forty percent of their earn ings to war needs and conversion of non-essential industries to war work. Today the total earnings of the na tion's workers, manufacturers, retail ers and other trades ana ouaiucss amount to $1)0,000,000.000. The war 'this year, Secretary MeAdoo estimates, will cost $24,000,000,000 Fuel administration officials an nounce that a fifty per cent curtail ment in non-war industry is essential, to save fuel. This will Ibe nnade as grad ual as possible. Fifty to sixty million tons of coal must -be saved tms year by enforced curtailment, it was declar ed. A tentative list of nonpar industries has been prepared for guidance of the war ginvernment in cutting industry. Changes' are necessary from time to time. Coal, production is dropping otf, the decline for last woek being one mil lion tons below that of the previous week. It is more than one million tons below the weekly production necessary if the 600,000,000 ton production this year is obtained, f " " -s - ' ? - ? The government is developing an elaborate campaign of education to ef fect a patriotic refusal on the part of the people to ibuy non-essentials. Un officially, it favors the abandonment of the zone tax on newspapers and other periodicals and tin increased price for newspapers and periodicals that these medium may aid in the ed ucational work and not lose their pres ent income from advertising of ar ticles not vital to the war. The retailers of the country will bo urwd not to deal in non-essentials. Another year of the war and the drain of laibor for war work will make non-essential industry virtually im possible anyhow. Periodicals would do well to prepare to get more out of sub scriptions and less out of advertising, officials believe. Taxes will get eighty per cent of the "big. fellows' earn ings. This will enforce economy in lux uries. The man whose earnings are be low $5000 a year cannot be called up on to turn half his earnings to war needs Ibut his average will be approx imately twenty per cent. MAL DM .ENTERTAINPIG CLUB Two Hundred Members Will Be Taken to Circus Next Thursday .There are going to be 200 or more bovs and eirls of Marion and I o!k counties who will have an especially good time next Thursday when tb big Mells-Floto circus comes to the city. The United States National Bank which has always taken an- especial pride in its ''Boys end Girls Pig Club" is today sending out invitations to each and every of its little members an in vitation to attend the circus as its pucsts. The bank hag made arrange meats with the circus people to reserve 200 seats in a body for its little club members and these are being invited by a special letter to each, to be at the bank at I o'clock Thursday afternoon, from which place they will start in a bodv for the circus grounds, The party will be in charge of George W. Eyre, who is a sort of father to all the club members, and ne will be assisted in looking after tht young folks by a couple of Salem ladies. Every youngster remembers circus day but it is a safe prediction that the members of the Boys and Girls Pig Club will hold this one circus day in remembrance as long as they live. It will be a great treat to the guests but it is doubtful if they will derive as much pleasure from it as will the bank folks who engineered the scheme. This, partly because it is better to 1, give than 1 , i i . j i i. receive, miu iafiir ue- cause the doing of thing that brings pleasure to others always brings as great or creater pleasure to those who do it LOOMS HAND HINDENBURG PAYS GHASTLY PRICE fOR SMALL ADVANCE French Were Prepared Tor Present Drivg and Are Ex acting Heavy Toll By J. W..T. Mason v (United Press War Expert) New York, June 11. Von Hiudenburg is showing a bloody determination to pay General Foch'fc ghastly price for th0 capture of Compiegne. The slow advance of the Germans in the center of the Montdidier Noyon of fensive is causing the movement to ward Comniefne to assume the nvruiniil- :! ..v. II... T.-V..1, 'f,.,l i on Von Hiudenburg during the advance to the Marne. This means that General Foch is master of the situation so far as future consideration of strategy is concerned. If Compiegne falls into Ger man possession; Von Hindenburg will have b.?en forced to turn his former Montdidkr-Noyon positoin into a sharp wedge, which will adit peniaps fifteen miles to the German front. At six thousand men per mile, the new line will requir.3 ninety thousand more Germans than formerly for its pro tection. That is, 90,000 more Germans will be removed from Von Hindenbnrg 's reserves and placed in the or?ii battle line. The relinquishment of Compiegne lo Von ltiudcnburg might bo well con sidered worth tliis result plus German casu.iity toll which tha French arc ex acting. There is cveiy reason to believe, that in no other sector since Von Hindcn burg's spring offensive began have ihe German casualties been so high pro portionately to the number of men in volved as during the present drive to ward Compiegne. The French have heavy masses of troops in this area and tha ground is excellent for defensivt fighting. The situation, therefore, could not be better for the furtherance of General Foch's determination to ex haust Germany's reserves" in exchange for the slow abandonment of territory Von Hindenburg mav eome to a sud den realization of the recklessness of hi:i blind search for fruitless succuss and ciny halt the Compiegne drive before it progresses mueli farther, Hut the nam- age already done to him this week has been very great, (jeneral i ocn can wen afford to give up the f.cw villages thai nave fallen to the Germans but Von Hbdcubuig cannot afford tn odd I'ioh to hi ! oiloction of German cemeteries. As these new graveyards ar,"! being fill ed ' with dead Germans. Secretary of War Baser announced that 700,000 Am cricans already have been scut over seas lo continue the war against tier mai.y. von ninaenourg ana ine Kaiser au see no answer to that face but the grim' spectre of final defeat, for Hoheu Kolleiiiimii. Rrst Large Call For Limited Service Men Washington, June 11. The first large call for limited service men was sent out bv Provost MariMii uencrai Orowder todav. The call is for nine thousand! limited service men who will be sent to the northwest to cut spruce for the airplane factories, Every state in the union, excepr Maine. Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas is affected. The men are to en train the latter piart of June at various date. The call is for 6626 laborers, 550 clerks, 600 carpenters, 300 clorlis and those trades such as auTOmoone unv- era. railroad engineers, firemen, con ductors, brakemen, locomotive repair men, telegraphers, track builders, steamfitters, surveyors, mechanics, draftsmen, pile driver foremen, station ary engineers and the like. Marion county's quota for limited service draft district one, fifteen and on Volunteer, district two, twelve. , Polk county's quota, d. Abe Martin "I haint sold i fishin' pole since th' town went dry," ' said W.?sley Tape, t'dar. Tk' fellerlhat baint criticised don't cut much ice. PASSENGER LINER GETS SUBMARINE One ,U-Boat Positively Sunk and Another Believed In jured or Sunk An Atlantic Port, June 11. Throo suumarines wen? attacked and two prob ablv sunk m European waters oy i - i: ...Ail. .,,.,- r.ito tn I this poit, according to reports made when tbe essci docked today. The steamer with 176 passengers left an CiijMi poit a week ago Saturday The first U-boat was probably de stroyed tho nifcjkt of June 1, the day f departure Horn Europe. All the pas- se:.g"rs w..'ie al dinner, iney wcre-noi ul ..wed on die. It was sunk by a deptu bomb, the capiain of tho liner said. in the .c.t morning, Sunday, at v ni,, a : iibuiei sihle disguised as a fisli- nir boat sniu'oachcd close to the liner so uer .'.'ngines coum uemu. teanier was too close for her guns it-, lf. used. She tried to ram, but miss ed six feet wido of the mark. The U boat and liner then drew farther opart nd the liner 's gunners opened fire from the stern striking the conning tower and ripnuig it awuy. The submarine vanish ed. Two .hours later, it was stated, a con- (Continued on page three) RECORDJOR HAY Over Quarter Million - Men Sent Across, Ocean Dur ing Last Month i By Carl D, Groat (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, June 11. -Piling up record in May for troop transport the nation sent across around a quarter of a million men. This brought the shipments past tho 700,000 mark, as officially wsvealed by Secretary of War Baker. In a few more weeks lie wil be able to announce im passing of the million mark and it i assumed he will withold his next state ment until ho has reached this tound number. The secretary had Intended waiting a while longer before making his an nouncement, but under the inspiration of a talk to French blue dovils hero he decided to publish th?se figures. Men in charge of transportation do clam the U-boats have had absolutely no effect upon June shipments. Their coming only made these men grit tlwif tocth and say "go ahead." And this ii wiiat they are doing. Their theory wai that any relaxation in troop and supply h asportation would be a confession of weakness, -merely playing into Ger many's hands. However, more June tonnage is taken up with supplies than was the case is May. This means that the June trooy figures probably will be somewhat lowi than May figures. FOR POSSI FROM ENEMY LIN E S Our Artillery Heavily Gassed German Positions During Sunday Night By Fred S. Ferguson (United Press staff correlKndent) With the Americans West of Mont didier, Juno 1). The Americans with in the hadow of the new German drive are waiting, ready for any blow that may fall. There is an ominous quiet in the re gvon of Cantigny, along the line held by the Americans. Our artillery heav ily gassed the German positions Sun day night but the lull fell again yes terday. With the roar of the heavy firing in the Montdidier legion.alwaysreach ing them, the Americans here are con stantly on the alert) for some evidence of the Hun attack spreading westward to include this sector. American patrols are continually act ive and some prisoners arS'brought In almost daily. Sergeant Burns, of the signal corps, went on a personally conducted" tour of the boches' front trenches. He shot every German he ran across and returned safely to bis own (Continned on page three) 26 HIED IN ACTION AND 13 OTHER DEAT HS TOTAL CASUALTIES 1 30 48 Severely Wounded and 43 Degree cf Wounds StUl Undetermined Washington, June 11. One hundred and thirty casualties were reported to the war department tossy, divided as follows: Killed in action 26; three dead from wounds; seven dead from disease; three dead from accident; forty eight . - aumie,i severely. Fortv three wound ed, degree undetermined. Lieutenant Edward Hiues, Jr., Chi cago, died of disease and Lieutenant Eitmund Cordy. Xew York, and James J. Lewrence, Atlanta, were wounded sverely. Captaiu Jflin T. Ccstello, Ringham tou, N. Y., previously reported severe ly wounded is Vow reported slightly wounded. The list follows: ' Killed in Action Corporals Elinor B. Donmiel, Lancas ter. Pa. Tulmadjje W. Gerald, Galivants Fer ry, . C. Mechanics (Vil C. Abels, Haven- wood, W. Va. William A. Purccll, Philadelphia. Privates James A. Burns, Mausau. Wis. I.eon Camnbell, Athens, Pa. Frank Caralunas, Tamnuqua, Pa. Cecil C. Craig, Phillips, Okla. Paul F. Cross, Sheliiyville, Ind. Joe F. Frentzel, Cnnton, Ohio. Charles B. Hackney, Knoxville, Tenn Paul L, Hargroaves. Jamaica, N. Y. Zeed S. Honaker, War, W. Va. Foreat O. Johns, Ticonic, Iowa. Archie Lackshire, Sawyer, Wis. William C. Lindsey, Ottumwa, Iowa Cirenus E- McCary, Chief, Mich. (Continued on page three) German Army Makes i Supreme Effort Now; Entire Strength Inaction ' By Lowell Mellett ' (United Press correspondent) Paris, June ll.-The gigantic " Gemnan attempt to Teach Par- is continued today. M. Hutin, the French mill- tary eritic, declares the enemy gained seven miles in two days in tho direction of Compiegne. French troops marvelousiy re- mated the enemy advance. In the center by the use of many tanks and by throwing in new divisions, the enemy hopes to gain a decisive success, but iboth General Foch and General Petain know the positions be- yond which the Germans can- not advance. The whole German strength wow is in action in the belief " that the supremo miomcnt when a German victory can be achiev edi is at hand. Tho cu'.my hopes to finish the war before the end of this month and it is be lieved a huge German naval of fensive and a new effort on the British front may be tried. Dewpite tho desperate enemy rushes, M. Hutin declares, the kaiser cannot prevent the Am ericans from entering the great battle with growing force and enthusiasm. The military expert of the Echo Do Paris says the public is not fully aware of the im portance of the American fac tor, which is far from a remote and Uncertain hope, but is an actual and sure reality. ) Need for Officers Has Become Imperative Washington, June 11 The amy's need for officers has become so great that the next series of training camps agaiu will be opened to civilian can didates. The fifth training camps win bo located at the permanent replace ment carnipe instead of with the divis ions. The artillery especially is short of officers. The plan that has .been prac tically decided upon is to admit 1100 civilian candidates and 1200 from the rank to the artillery offices' trainng camp each month. Only ni-n from civ il life whoi are above aratt a?e win be accepted a candidates. Those with technical educations are being sought. LOYALTY 18 BEWABDED Chicago, June 11. Jailed af ter conviction on a minof charge, iFrank TayloT adminis tered a thrashing to a cellmate who .maligned the United States Federal Judge Landis at once recalled Taylor to court and vacated his sentence of one year. Freed, Taylor hied him self to a British recruitiuj sals sion end enlisted. ... PRESEfJT BATTT E MAKING RECORD FOR SLAUGHTER Germans find French Resist ance Very Firm at Every Point Attacked J COUNTER ATTACKS CAUSE ENEMY LOSS Jany Boys Among Prisoners Taken Show German Mail Power Waning . ! 1 By Henry Wood V (United Press Staff Correspondent) With The French Armies in The Field, June 11. The Germans engag ed betwen 20 and' 30 divisions (240,-. )00 to 360,000 men) in the new drive up to midnight, feeding battalion after battalion with prodigality, nncquallud in any previous phase of the effecsive. Heroic French resistance which neces sitated this constant feeding changed ' completely the entire character of Ger man tactics from those which largely insured the success of previous drives. By counter attacking locally at every point on the entire front from Mont- Jidicr to Noyon, almost every minute, tho French kept the Hun first line troops almost constantly engaged, thus preventing them from being superseded by recurriug waves of fresh troops. Iu every counter attack the French succeeded in taking prisoners along the entire battlo front, who unanimously declare the German losses are frightful. French troops participating in these innntfti nttfii.ks nla find hpnna nf bnehja dead everywhere. French cavalrymen, fighting afoot on tho summit of LP Plemont plateau, who succeeded in escaping after th,eir post- " tion had been entirely surrounded, de claved that previous to their departure tlAir pitnttlajail t!nltnnn iilfantrv II. eaults. ' Great Artillery Duel The battlo Is accompanied by one of the .fiercest artillery duels of the war. - Owine to the Germans' slow advance. tli.ey have been able to bring up their light guns but the heaviest are still fir inn from their original positions which are constantly under French bombard ment. Despite the incredible amount of m- ttiial engaged" and the unequalled mus ses of men constantly fofl in, the wer-. mans, at the most extreme point of their advance last night, have averaged only flvfl kilometers (about three miles) pen etration a day. The French airmen continue to main tain an incontestable superiority, con stantly bombing and machine gunninjr German columns and inflicting the heaviest losses, which the aviators themselves arcs able t see. The railway station at Koye was observed in flames, following a bombardment. Battle Becomes Slaughter The new German drive is rapidly be coming' the fiercest and most cruel bat. tlo of the war. Into it Hie Germaue apparently are determined to throw their last reserves, in a supremo cuor to separate the alied armies and reach Paris before America's full participa tion wrests from then the l"8' hopes of victory. - Already the steady flow Of American. Italian and British reserves in France, coupbd with the terrific, losses inflict ed on the Germans since March 21 prae- ticallv has wiped out the numerical su periority with which the Germans open ed the offensive. it is certain that if the allies hold out two months lonfvcr the Americans, at the present rate- of arrival will give them an iucontcstlblo and crushing su periority. As a consequence, the French are re sisting in the battle with extreme en ergy, equalled only by the- prodigality with which the Germans are rushing up their lust reserves. Both Sldee Were Beady. No longer is it a secret that the French expected the present attack end were as fully prepared as effectives end material would permit. It is likewise) known that the Germans knew that the French expected the attack yet facing the heav losses which such situation necessarily must ntail; the enemy un hesitatingly attacked. - - : On both wings, where the French ere doggedly holding out, villages like Cour fiano.ik1 tiiknrt AUArY few CCill'S UUu hours, day and night, since the. battle began. The last carrier pigeons from L Plemont, which was completely eu- circ'.'d, brought word that the irenen were still holding out, auneugn iney now possibly have been submerged. -Center of German Attack. -The Germans stil are making their greatest effort in the Matz valh-y for the purpose of reaching the Oise above Compiegne, thus forcing evacuation of the entire Noyon salient, where, at th (Continued oa pg: two)