TODAY7" 4,600 SUBSCRIBERS (23,003 HEADERS) DAILY Only Circulation in Salem Guar anteed by tho Audit Bureau of Circulations FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHK8 SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY KEW8 SERVICE WEA BeOukHTTriis) Oregon: Tonight showers. cooler east portion; Fri day fair; modir st e w e s t i r tr Kinds, FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO.' 187. SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1918. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS ST AN US FTVE CENTS I r Foch Surprises . iVea' Utrensive Near Amiens in M$a&k Today On 25-MileFront "HeiVes Offering Slight Resistance "Whippets Good Battle Reported Going Well For The Allies And Many Villages Are Taken. New Small Tanks Very Swift Run Down And Terrorize Bodies. Many Prisoners Taken. Air Swarms With AlW Battle PIane$.-erman Trooos Mixed. . British Force Teutons Back 0 Get Thousands of Prisoners Greatest Penetration Made At Most Vital Point In Whole New Battle Front. Are Now Within Two And A Half Miles Of Rosieres, An Important Railroad Cen ter and Junction Of Two Main Railroads. British Dominate These. By William Philip Simms (United Press Staff Correspondent) ." With the British Armies in France, Aug. 8. Franco British troops attacked at dawn this morning between Morlancourt and Moreuil, on a front of about 15 miles astride the Somme. Several important villages have been reached. The battle generally appears to be going well for the allies. Several hundred tanks led the way, fast "whippets" supporting. . The "whippets" raced and dodged across the fields, terrorizing and running the Germans down. The French are attacking in the region of Moreuil. Reports received here from that front are extremely op timistic, stating that the Germans are offering only slight resistance. A bombardment of but three minutes preceded the, British attack. The French attack by agreement was made a few minutes later, the artillery smothering the territory south of tthe Amiens-Roye road beforehand. The attack was begun in fine weather, but rain is now threatening. Prisoners declare the attack was a complete surprise. A number of guns are reparted to have been captured. Up to 8 o'clock but a few airplanes had appeared. Among the prisoners were Wurtemburgers, Bavarians and others from half a dozen divisions, indicating the confusion in the German lines. " As this is cabled all first objectives are believed to have been attained. Many prisoners are coming in. Swarms of. a'lied battle planes are engaged in the attack. A thick haze made flying difficult in the early hours of the battle, but this was ad vantageous to the other branches of the service. All tanks kept their noses well up against the steel wall of the creeping barrage. The country is hilly but mostly free trees an ideal ter rain for the tanks, which crossed the Avre without trouble and led the in fantry in'o battle. As I write this the Franco-British troops are still blasting their way forward with uiaei(no guu and cannons. Advance Five Miles London, Aug. 8. (0 p. m.) Britiat troops have reached Harbonnieres (an advance of abuiit five miles and I half) it was learned this afternoon. Several thousand prisoners are report ed to have been -aken. Harbonnieres is seven miles east of Villcrs-Bretocrioux and two miles nortt and slightly west of the important rail way nr.d highway center of Rosieres. Hosiercs is the junction point of the great east and west railway line which divides the two crown princes' armrei and the first north and south railway connecting the Albert and Moutdidiu regions. 'fie British thus have made then greatest penetration at the must vital in the whole of the new battle front. By. Ed Keen (United Press staff correspondent) London, Aug. 8. (3:42 p. m.) The situation o'n the west" front is consider ed now morc favorable for an allied vic tory in the 'field than at any time since the beginning of the war. The period of anxiety has definitely passed. The allies soon will have a great superiority in men and material to fur ther assist in retaining the initiative. By Lowell Mellett (United Press staff correspondent) With the Fiench Armies in the Field Aug. 8. (1 p. m.) British and French troops attacked at dawn todav in the Somme region, between Montdidier, on a front Albert and of about 25 miles. The advance is progressina sat isfaotorily. The British attacked in the direc tion of Ciresy and Marcelcove; the French toward Auberivecourt aud Dou- ruin. Enemy resistance was Moreuil and Morizel. bitter about The French attacked at 5 a. m. after forty minutes artillery preparation. Three hours later all first objectives I were auaineu- orwsing satisfactorily." j A most significant feature of the Albert and MonidU'.ier are about 20 j Picardy operation is that it is evident miles apart in an airline. The battle jly being carried out principally by tbn front between the two cities is consid- 1 British, with the French cooperating, eroble more, owing to the w?stward 'The most recent tnfrmation. showed 5a:ient toward Amiens. that the British line extended onlr as Ciresy is on the south bank of thejfar uuth as Hangard. on the Luce Smme canal, six miles directly eolith j river, about nine miles southeast of of Albert Marcclcave is five miles Amiens. Tho line from there to about ;Grivesne was held by the French while (Continued on page two) lAmeriins held the sector from Grives- Germans With ..,..:. , . ,r HINDfNBURG MAY BE Any Material Advance Will Sever Two Crown Princes Armies By J. W. T. Mason. (tilted Press War Expert.) Now York. Aug. 8. Murshal Focli's new drive, begun this morning east of Aisne, is for the purpose of creating a new salient beyond the Avre river and at the' same time encroaching uuon the principal railway which feeds reserves into Von Hindenburg's southern front. Von Hindcuburg has undoubtedly weakened 'his lines between Montdidier and Amiens for the purpose of securing reserves to prevent his Hoissons and No. 1, of Marion eounty. It is estimat Rhiems flanks from being crushed in. ' ed that it will require one and one third At the same time, the kaiser's general more registrars than for the first rcgis slaff is now primarily concerned with tratioii, June 5, 1917. At that time the trying to get its retreating army over registrants in this division numbered the Aisiie and in position to defend the about 2,000 while for the coming regis- Chemin-dcsDnmes. An opportunity, therefore, unique since tho first battle of the Maine has offered itself to Mar - shal Foeh to strike along a new sector of the western front, while elsewhere, tho Germans are in retreat and on 'the defensive. , The area selected far the new offen sive offers the most promising probabili ties of any along the west front. The great railway line running eastward be hind the German front, from; Amiens, is the dividing line between the armies of the German crown prince in the south and Crown Prince' Rupprecht's forces in the north. If the British ami French troops sue,- in (Continued on page seven) - ALLIES ARE MAKING DOUBLE DRIVE ONE OF THESE IS IN PICARD Y New Offensive On Front Of Ten Miles Progressing Favorably. The allies apparently began a double drive on the Picardy and Aisne-Veslo ronts today. While 'French and American troops renewed their attacks. on a big seals against the crown prince's armies, driving toward the heights between the Vesle and Aisnc, British and French suddenly smashed against the tip of the huge Picardy salient, south east of Amiens. Progress was reported in both drives Staff dispatches from the Aisnc-Velse front announced that American and Fiench troops had crossed the Soissons Rheims highway north of the Vesle and were steadily pushing on toward the dominating heights which . form the German defense line south of the Aisne Counter attacks were broken up by al lied artillery fire. This at'ack apparently centers on the front between Biaisue and Fisnies, where progress was reported in last night Paris, communique, but is spreading, as the 'dispatch said that more bridging material was being rush :d up and new crrssinfcs established. The extent of the Picardy attack reported in the French official state- , ment is not yet known. That it is on a major scale is indicated bv the an nouncement that it is developing un der favorable-conditions. The attack began at 5 o'clock this morning. The communique was issued at noon. ' . The British war office report, receiv- ied shortly after the Paris communioue. ) indicated that the Fieardy attack may jbe between the Somme and Avre riv ers a tront of more than ten miles. This report said the attack is ' ' pro- URGED :T0 PREPARE May Require More Officials To Classify The 3,000 Registration of Marion The local exemption board has receiv ed notice from the adjutant general's office to male? preliminary arrangement at once in order that registration may take place npon the date selected by congress, probably September 5th. This refers to the registration of men be tween the ages of 18 and 21 and 31 and 43. The local board is requested to at once appoint a registrar or registrars for the different registration places in Division tration it is estimated the number will run more than 3000. Local boards have , been instructed by Adjutant General Williams to begin re-classification of men who are now in class 2, who have no childicn and where the wife has some means of suppoit aud where the remove of the resist rani Yvi(l not deprive the wif.of reasonable and adequate sup port. In classifying fiom (hiss 2 to Class I, IjC.'iI b inrdj are to if lie into cin:iar atlm source of income for the wi'.i such ;u ittcciHn.f !!'. property, her c,.i! lugs whi'o employed or which ?ho e;m readily be oinjil lyod, piu; the aHutino"' and g(v runant nlio ranee. All lcri.'. itriuita re -classified tcio Class 1. have :!: j right , f .v cnl. nes to a point west of Muntdidier. The Paris coinniiHiiqiie may indicate that additional Britisji 'forces havo been thrown into the line here enough to prepondeiate over tho 'French. The fact that tho Americans were not men tioned in this attack or in previous ad vances around Montdidier may mean that they have been drawn out of the line to participate in the Marnp fight ing. Further allied success in Flanders was reported by Field Marshal flaiy last niijht. He announced that British troops ad vanced tueir lines more than half a mile on a five mile front between the Clarence and the La we rivers. ABE MARTIN "If th' Belgians have felt th' warl,pPn deposed can there be real peace," any wor.-o'n a ten t-eut sack o' coi'ii;nealll5orah said. "What kind of a peace I pity 'em." said Mrs. Lafe Bud t 'day.; Lnde Lz Fash, ninety gome, has ac- eepted a position as rear admiral on a tractor plow till peace looms jp. jjjjj jUJ HOLD OF ALLEGED PACKERS TRUST Would Take Control Of Stock yards Storage and Ware houses. ALSO REFRIGERATOR CARS AND ICE PLANTS Commission Says Trust 'Con trols Industry And Many Unrelated Ones. B By Robert J. Bender. (United Press staff correspondent) Washington, Aug. 8 Moving to break the power of the co-ealled "packers trust" the federal trade commission has recommended to President Wilson timt the rail administration bo given a mo nopoly in transportation and distribu tion of meats. The report of the commission made public by President Wilson todav, urges that t'ie far reaching packers, influence on American business can be emasculat ed by transferring from the packers to the railroad administration the follow ing: t slock yards in the country; all so- called branch houses, storage, houses and warehouses of the packers, used in the refrigerator cars now owned by the pack refirgeraor cars now owned bv the pack ers and all icing plants located along the railroads throughout tho country. This would leave the packers the lone business of slaughtering and skinning. Through control of tlie transportation, storage and distributing facilities, the ruilruad administration would brean the alleged priorities the packers "trusts grants its members now in all phases of the business. Incidentally the control oi r. trigcraior curs cunsiiiuies u siue swipe at tho California cannurs' "trust". Tho federal trade commission in its report to tho president "made at his written request last year" leaves it up to congress to pass tlio necessary legislation which will enable the rail road administration to take over the packers' facilities. The commission charges in its report that t'ie f'v'e great packing concerns in this country Swift, Armour. Morris. Cudahy, and Wilson "have attainod such a dominant position that tuey con trol at will tho market in which they buy their supplies, the market in which they sell their products and hold the fortunes of their competitors in their hands. To break this power, the commission choto what it regarded as a simple and non-spectaculnr remedy. It holds that since cattle cars are a necessary part of the equipment of a railroad, sum cars should bo under federal ownership and operation nu available to nil alike. It holds that a stock yard is nothing more than a depot for cattle the same as a passenger or freight depot for peo ple and there fore should be a part of clio railroad facilities, subject to the use of all alike. Declaring that the ownership by the five great packing interests of refriger ator cars "furnishes one of the most powerful means for control, manipula tion and restraint," the commission re commends that these cars be taken over by the railroad administration. Like All Other Freight. Branch houses, cold storage houses and warehouses are now provided by com mon carriers for various sorts of freight except meat and perishables, therefore the packers' warehouse should logically come under railroad operation,, the com. mission says. Having acquired these facilities, the railroad administration could then es tablish at the terminals of all principal ruilruad points of distribution and con sumption central wholesale markets and iloing,- plants with facilities open to all. The cominis.iiou believes that its sug gested remedies "will strike so deeply it the root of tho tree of monopoly that they constitute an adequate and simple (Continued. on page seven) Must Fire The Kaiser And Enneror Charles Chicago, Aug. 8. "The H'Jhenzol lerns never kept a contract which they found expedient to Dieak, " declared Senator Borah, speaking here before rhe National IViithI association. " When the Germans have .turned their faces to the fatherland and be gun to talk peace we will enlist more men and kep on fighting. Not until the llohenzollcrns and HaKSburss have league would it be with a lloheuzollern , in it! - The dental association cloocs its meeting tomorrow. WHEAT CROP WILL BE 878,000,000 BUSHELS OTHERS ARE NORMAL Corn Estimated At 2,989.000 000 Bushels, Oats 1,428-. oopoo Washington, Aug. 8 Forecasting a total wheat yield of 878,000,000 bush els, the agricultural department today estimated winter wheat would reach 536,000,000 bushels as against the July forecast of 577,000,000 bushels, and that spring wheat would viehl &J2.000 000 bushels. The corn yield is estimated at 2,989,000.000 busheLs, oats 1,428,000,000 bushels, barley, 2:12,000,000 bushels and rye 76,700,000 bushels. These figures would indicate a yield per acre of 1J.3 bushels for winter wheat, 14.3 spring wheat, 14.9 for all wheat atid 20.;t bushels for corn, 32.1 for oats, 25.5 for barley and 14.1 for rye.. Tho condition of spring wheat was given as 7B.fi compared a year ago and . 75.9 for the ten-year average at this time. Condition of corn was given as 78.5 compared with 78.8 last year and 78 the ten-year average. The Juts condition Was. given , as 82-8 compared with 87.2 a year ago, barley 82 as compared with 77.9 a year ago. While potatoes promise a yield of FRENCH ANH YANKEES ADVANCE STEADILY OVER VESLE HEIGHTS Grave Of Quentin Roosevelt . Is Found By Lieutenant North ' ' .By Fred S. Ferguson (United Press staff correspondent) With the American Armies In France Aug. 8. (7:50 a. m.) American and French troops, crossing tno Soisaons RheLinB highway, are driving on the heights between the Vesle and the Aisne, Desperate counter attacks broke down under fierce allied artillery fire. The allies are holding all the positions they have gained and are steadily pushing on. Heavy fighting is going on along a wide front north of the Vesle. Additional bridging material is be ing rushed up and new crossings are being established- The weather has cleared which is regarded as favorable to the allies. American airmen have found the jjrave of Lieutenant Quentin lioosevelt who was brought down in an aerial battle back of the German lines before the counter offensive started. The grave was marked with a wooden cross. It was located at the edge of Chainery wood (about four miles ens; of Here- en-Tardcnois.) The grave was found by Lieutenant DETAILS OF DOUBLE iKAiSUHM E William frnno Ifi'lic iiiiuuiu vi uuv iuug vvu jauu Daughter-In-Law And Then Himself. (Capital Journal Special Service. Dallas, Or., Aug. 8. William Crane, a 1'ulk county rainier residing on a f'.rm in the McTimmondi Valley dis trict In the r .luthwesti' n jurt of th county killed bis sou, James and ilaughtcs-iu-law, Mrs. Claud ''ran.' and then turned the gun on himself and ended his own fife Monday aftorrion. The shooting is supposed to have been caused by a quarrel between the two men but no motive can- be given for the killing of the woman. Claud Crane was absent from the house at the time of the shooting having gone to a pas ture at one end of the ranch with a herd of goats. When he returned home he noticed an automobile belonging to the family in front of the house ith the engine running. Cpon making an investigation he found his brother lving behind the car with a bullet through his right knee and another through bis stomach. The man was still alive and upon being revived stated that "dad did it". This is all the information Claud Crane was able (Continued on page seven) 391.000,000 bushels as compared with 362.000,000 bushel, the average yielij betwe?n 1913 and 1916. Sweet pota toes are expected to yield 84, 500,000 bushels, as compared with 63.oOO.000 during tho 1912-16 period. Eice is ex nectcd to yield 41,600,000 bushels and hay 99,300,000 tons. LOSSES LESS IN JULY London, .Aug. 8. Losses of merchantmen during July were' less than in June, Sir Leo Money, parliamentary secretary to the shipping industry, an nounced in the house of com mons this afternoon. TO NAME LOAN AMOUNT . Cincinnati, Aug, 8. The amount of the next liberty loan will De designat ed immediately upon my arrival i Treasury McAdoo here totlay en route from a California health resort to tho capital. " I'm feeling fine," lie said. "I have recovered niy voice and am again in shape to go to the mat with 'em." Worth of the nerial squadron of which young Boosevelt was a member. The bocha,. airmail had marked th Kiittc vviwi u tiuwuii wiinii nua tint ed ill English: "Lieutenant (Juentin Roosevelt, bur", ied iby Germans, July 14,1918. " Constant seuroh for the grave had been in progress for several days. It will be marked carefully and will bo appropriately honored by Ameriraa airmen. ' The Americans late yesterday reach ed the railway and main highway north of the Vesle. They crossed the river on foot bridges improvised from the trunks of fallen trees lashed together. The Yuiikees waded through the marshes on the south bank and charg ed up the high rrorthcrn bank in the i face of heavv machine irun aud artil- llery fire. The Germans counter attack led immediately, but were completely repulsed. I The advance yesterday was made la I the midst of a heavy rain, but when 'the attack was resumed on a large scale this morning, the weather had I eli aied. ! 1 I BANDITS LOOT BANK dmljluriapolis, Ind., Aug. 8 Three bandits shortly after noon today held up the cashier of the Sou'h Side lank here and escaped with $20,000, M'ADOO WANTS FLAT TAX OF 80 PER CENT R PROFITS m rr tin. in f-. iays inn wosua dtcp rroni ecring And Much Simpli fy System Chicago, Aug. S. Secretary McAdoo favors a flat tax of 80 per cent on war profits to cure profiteering. His posi tion was expressed in a t 'logram to Chairman Kitchin of the house ways and means committee, made public here today. "The adoption of an 80 per cent war profit tax would render unnecessary and, I believe, undesirable, any in crease in the existing excess profits tax rate," said McAuoo's telegram. "It is my strong conviction that tax ation of genuine war iprofi's is the on ly way to reach real war profiteering and that it is the same time a thor oughly justifiable measure upon eco nomic grounds, as well as a certain and indispensublo producer of a large; part of the required revenue." American producers should ba con tent with one fifth of their wa.- prof its, McAdoo said, especially since men yatejinardiiig their liberty are working for V.9H per year t nd giving their blond iu the bargain. After a survey of Chicago's railway terminal situation. McAdoo was on his wav to Washington today.