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LOSS OF LASSIGNY
WILL FORCE RETREAT
TO SOMME CANAL
Samme Bridge At Peronne Has Been Smashed Adding To Dif
ficulties Of Retreat-Germans At Present Cling Desper
ately To Old Somme Line, Using Mustard Gasses and Artil
lery Barrages To Hold Allies In CheckCounter Attacks
' Attempted Are FeebleMeanwhile Vast Military Stores
Are Being Removed From Peronne.
By Lowell Mellett
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
With The French Armies In The Field, Aug 13. With
the enemy throwing gas and heavy shells, and clinging
desperately to such positions as Les Loges wood and the
heights nearest Lassigny, the first phase of the new bat
tle is ended.
When the second phase begins the Germans may be
the prongs of the allies' pinchers. The allies have won the
necessary solid bases and are prepared to squeeze.
FALL OF LASSIGNY EXPECTED.
London, Aug. 13. The fall of Lassigny, expected
hourly, probably will force the Germans to retreat to the
Somme canal line, an additional retirement cf five to ten
miles all along the front according to information re
ceived here this afternoon.
The Somme bridge at Peronne has been smashed, cut
ting off the enemy's supplies from that direction and hin
dering the retreat.
Paris, Aug. 13 (10:1G a. m.) Gcr-,on a front of nearly three miles, ex
nun prisoners taken from Thursday to i tending from the Oise at a point about
..j. .i am , .i,ii. o-jW a mile southwest of Ribecourt to a point
lire oiucers, aracoi nuiou, niuuaiy Jtlbecourt.)
writer of the Echo De Paris, declared! The French occupied the deserted po
today. jsitions
Hulon said mora than 1000 cannon i
and over 10,000 machine guns have been London, Aug. 13. (4:20 p. m.) -The
captured. j evacuation of Boye is expected within
The total of enemy prisoners takon , 48 hoars, according to information re-
stuce Juiy 18 is more than 70,000, Huton ! ce'-ve.l here this afternoon. The allies
6iys. " jsinco the start of their offensive, have
gained between nine and ten miles on a
London, Aug. 13. (1:17 p .tn.) ai:ie front.
The Germans, as the result of Trench!
pressure, are evacuating tho southern j
d3fenr.es of Ribecourt, it wes learned
this afternoon.
The esemy retired from their trenches I
GERMAN TROOPS TO ;
OCCUPY PETROGRAD
That Is Report Coming From;
Copenhagen.Bolsheviki
Falling i
Copenhagen, Ang. 13. German trodps
are marching on Petrograd, intending
to occupy th. city, according to the
Helsingf ors correspondent of the Politi
ken. ' i
Stockholm, Aug. 13. The Finnish
landtag has voted. 58 to 41, to establish
a monarchy in Finland, a Helsingf ors
dispatch announces today. A king will
bt elected in September.
By Joser", Ehaplen
U'nited Press staff correspondent)
( Who arrived today from Russia)
New York. Aug. 13. Evonts are
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Ey John De Gandt
Paris, Aug, 13. (4:10 p. m.) te
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sweeping Russia back into the war.
There is .every reason to hope now that
next summer will bring restoration of
the eastern front. The abrogation of
the Biest-Litovsk peace treaty may be
expected any moment.
That the Cud of the bolshevik! is near
has been pointed out repeatedly in Unit
ed 1'iess dispatches. I have never been
so convinced of it. as I am now. The
big question was who would succeed
them. Germany has felt the inevitable
downfall of the bolsheviki. The late
Count Mirbacli's principal work in Mos
cow was to prepare for the downfall
of the bolsheviki and the establishment
of a government similar to that of Hko
ropadsky in the Ukraine. But Russia's
passion for freedom and unity has frus
trated the schemes of Germany. There
will le no Skoropadsky government in
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H
AS ALLIES
WORK OR EIGHT IS
EDICT OE SENATE
Senator Reed's Amendment Is
Adopted By Military
Committee Today
Washington, Aug. .13. The senate
military committee today agreed to a
nark or fight amendment to the new
army man power bill. It also accepted
flu amendment offered by Senator Heed
Miesoun, providing for the further edu
cation of persons under 1 who may be
drafted into the servieo
The committee lias completed its workijs
on the bill and will report it .Thursday.
Tiio work or fignt amendment is a
modification of that suggested by Sena
tor Thomas, Colorado. It provides that
when any person shall have been plac
ed in deferred or exempted class for
indusrial reasons, he shall not be enti
tled to retain his status unless he shall
continue while phyieally able to work
at Jus regular occupation. Failure to do
so makes his subject to the draft.
The Eeed amendment providing for
the continued education of men uudcr'The cost of holding them is huge as
21 who may be drafted makes it possi
ble for any person desiring such educa
tion to obtain it at the expense of the
iroverumciit at 'the close uf the war.
Such education shall not exceed two!
years. Applications for such educational
privileges must be made withiu six
months after the discharge of the appli
cant. A third amendment accepted by the
committee provides that all soldieis and
sailors shall be eligible for comiiiijsioiis
in cither the army or navy regardless
of their age. They shall be eligible for
admission to officers' schools. Wives of
soldiers or sailor serving in tho war
hall not ''e disqualified for any govern
ment position because of their being
married. This amendment was introduc
ed by Senator Eeed and accepted.
The bill in other respects is the same
as the administration's bill approved
by the war department. No change was
Hindi in the rirnf. nire of 1H to 4;j.
ffii-e nli iectinn In lowering the ace is
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lti tne seuaie. rui me inn is an aunuii- , - n
. . , , ., t . e ped on thorn as they rested on the
tut ration measure and thus far most of 1 , , ... .., ,i,.; ,i.
1, ... . , , , , . , ground and 2.) more were dnveu down
the opposition to such bills has resulted h . j
in vast talk but comparatively fVur 'hostUe observation balloons
V0.tfJ. ... I were shot down in flames. Seven Brit-
. 'Big ariny" men on the republican m
4u liave favored Jowering the age Bonlbin(? operations were carried on
from the start and may be depended on ' ten,ive ,v the Bl.itish. Aerodromes
to support this measure to the limit.
German Officer
Changed Opinion
With the American Armies in
Franco, July 20. (By mail)
Lieutenant Allmanns of the Sec-
ond battalion, Fortieth regiment, $
$ 2Hth division, was a methodical
$ Genua ii who kept a diary of his $
; career s an officer. Here are
if. two entries from his dtary:
$ June 7 In the night of the
"th and Pth, we will relieve he
j front 'i:e- must be a sad out-
fit which allows itself to be
$ thrown out by the Americans.
June 1 The worst night of
uiv life. It is a wonder that the
; fellows were all at their posts
when the Americans attacked.
: The attack, fhank God, was re
lic pulsed. God has mercifully pre-
nerved us.
It was after the next attack
apparently, that the lieutenant
if ciased keeping his diary.
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Amsterdam. Aug. 13 'Chancellor
i Vi Hertlinj; and Foreign Minister Vjin
jHintze have gone to German heari'piar-
Iters it was learned todav.
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST
HINDENBUR6 FACES
SERIOUS PROBLEM
ON SOMME ERONT
Must Maintai Present Un
satisfactory Position Or
Make Undignified Retreat
By William J'hilip Simms,
(United Press staff correspondent)
. With the British Armies in France,
Aug 12. (Night.) Von Hindenburg
today is face to face' with a poser. Can
he maintain himself on his present lines
or will he be forced to beat an undig
nified retreat along the lines over
which the French and British pushed
him in 1917? And can he hope ever
to assume tho offensive again, or must
he from uow on act purely on the de
fensive? Foch and Haig, by the battlo of
Amiens, plainly hav given him a hard
nut to erack. Prisoners just taken
dejectedly admit, the Germans will bo
unable to resist further in their present
positions. They declare the battle of
the Marne had a demoralizing effect
on the whole army while the entrance
of ths Americans "is regarded with
dismay."
Haig's new blow has greatly, added
to this depression. The feeling is
gradually spreading that Germany has
finished her course. But. Germany is
not finished and undoubtedly will put
up a stubborn fight for some time to
come. '
Nobodv here even intimates the war
over.
Von Hindenburg, however, is
deary facing--thjro.bability of purely
defensive warfare
vThe fifth month of the present fight
ing season was near its end when Haig
struck Thursday. German divisions in
reserve on the wholo west front were
very low. 1 should calculate there were
not' over forty (probably 480,000 men.)
Since Thursday some ten of these have
been identified. Vet, as a Tesult of
Vou Hindenburg 's half-suceessful brows
two largo salients remain to ue nem
the allied guns pouuu "v
and night, just as they pounded the
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THIRTY BATTLE PUNES
DOWNED BY BRITISH
Bombing Operations Extend
To Frankfort Where Loss
Is Inflicted
T-
London, Aug. 13. Destruction of
thirty battle planes .over the area of
the i'icaidy drive and in Flanders was
reported in today's British air minis-
reporte
trv eouunuiiKiue.
Ten others were re-
u!oo"rted destroyed, four by a bomb drop
and other ground targets were attack
ed with bombs and machine gun fire
after hard fighting with protecting
German flyers. The airplane and chem
ical works at Frankfort were bombed
with good results.
Some crossings and railway stations
at Peronne and Cambrai were steadily
subjected to bombing attacks.
The work of -artillery ebservatidn
balloons was maintained without in
i terruption from the British side qf the
, lines, it was stated.
1 ' '
House Committee
j Favors Newspapers
! Washington, Aug. 13. Reversing its
former action, the house nays and
i means committee today struck from
the (.reat tax bill the propesed 10 per
:cent tax on press association wire.
jOnly broker wires are now included
: under this tax.
j Representative Rainey Illinois next
to .Kitehin in democratic rank on the
'committee, led the fight for reeonsid-
c ration and disapproval of the original
action on the tax. He showed that the
levy proposed, coming atop the volun'
itarv sacrifice of revenue bv newspa
; pers in curtailing the amount 1of news
and advertising by reducing print paper
consumption, would make it virtually
impossible Jor scores of small dailies
to receive telegraph news If forced to
meet the additional tax.
13, 1918
GERMAN U-BOATS
NOW OPERATING
ALL ALONG CO AST
Submarine Raiders Take Toll
Of Fishing Boats And
Other Small Craft
SUNK OFF FIRE ISLAND
American Light House Crew
Off North Carolina Gas
sed by Submarine
Washington. Ang. 13. German V
boats now appear to be operating all
along the Atlantic coast.
From New England to the Carolines,
the sea scavengers are exacting their
toll of fishing smacks and other small
vessels, and have even gassed a light
house. The navy department today added
another victim in the Norwegian steam
er Sonorstad, torpedoed off 1'irc Island
yesterday morning.
The navy is taking all measures to
meet the spectacular terrorist efforts
of German- IT-boat commanders. Tims
far, however, there isno direat evi
dence that any of the enemy submarines
have been suuk. There is some cause
to believe that a destroyer, which bad
a brush with one of them, disposed of
it.
Secretary Daniels stated today that
all possible precautions havo been taken
to protect coast stations from further
gas attacks by German submarines
Asked whether gas masks had been
issued, Daniels said:
"Oh, yes, we are doing all those
things."
The Somerstad, it was later revealed,
was sunk only 2o miles off Fire Islund
.The aavy department issued the fol
lowing statement on the sinking of the
Somerstad:
"The navy department is informed
that the Norwegian steamer Somerstad
was sunk at 8:1a a. m, yesterday, Aug
ust 12, 25 miles southeast by east from
Fire Island. The captain and AO mem
bers of the crew were rescued and have
reached poit. There wcro no casual
ties. '
'Contain Hansen reports that he saw
the wake of a torpedo; the engines were
reversed, avoiding the torpedo which
was seen to go under the bow of tho
vessel. The shin was drawing only
seven feet of water and the torpedo
ontinued on its course. The captain
ordered full speed ahead. The torpedo,
he states, turned sharply to the left
and returned, hitting the vessel bo
twecn the third and fourth holds, on
the port side. In five minutes after
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ABE MARTIN
Mrs. Leinmic Peters, whose brilliant
i graduation essay is still fresh in th'
minds o our people, has decided t
work instead o' fitt'it, an' is now dem
onstrating an obesity belt in th' show
window o' the Red Star drug store.
Th' strawberries on top arc iiunusually
large an' fine this season.
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AMERICANS
TO HARRASS ENEMY
IN THE VESLE SECTOR
Heavy Artillery Bombardments Interspersed With Sharp In
fantry Thrusts. Heights North of Vesle River Strongly
Held By Germans And Several Attempts To-Storm Them
Have FaiIed.Prussian Troops With Machine Guns Con
stitute Most of The Defensive Units. Position Of Yankees
Is Not At All Favorable.
By Frank J. Taylor
(United Press staff correspondent)
With the American Armies iu France
Aug. 12. (Night) The Americans con
tinue to harass the Germans north of
the Vesle. varying heavy artilleiy
bombardments with lightning like
thrusts into tho enemy line. There was
tome 'infantry fighting on the right
wing of the American sector last night,
but this morning, they were practically
uubuthercd, save for a Geriuun leint
which failed to develop into an attae.
The doughboys attempted to storm the
German positions on the heights north
of the river last night, but could not
maintain their gains on account of the
heavy machine gun fire. This was the
second attack of tho day, the Americans
going over the top from hastily dug
trenches in the morning. Advancing
north of Fismette, they drove tho bodies
from a wood, cupfuring machine gun's,
which they turned on tho fleeing enemy
The Germans lntot counter attacked and
drove the Americans front the wood.
Yesterday the Americans, captured
thirty machiuo gnus from: a German
stronghold at Chateau-Dinble. They
brought them back and used them
against the Germans until they ran out
of ammunition. Then they despatched a
detachment of infantry to gather In
some German machine gun ammunition
from the rear areas. They now have suf
ficient to keep the guns going until
they capture a new supply.
MEMBERS OF SALEM
ELKS LODGE SERVE
NATION IN U. S; ARMY
Many of The Boys Write From
Their Posts to Secretary
Of Home Lodge
Members of Salem, Oregon Lodge No.
33(1. B. P. O. K. are doing service in
various parts of the world but re
gardless of their duties they find time
to write to their Elk friends here,
all asking how things are getting along
at the lodge. The following are ex
tracts from letters written by well
known members of 33)1:
Leo O. Page writes from the Presidio
to Secretary Wiedmcr thanking him for
a recent copy of the Klltlct, the month
ly magazine issued by the Salem lodge
and mailed to every man from the lodgo
in the service. "To say that f appre
ciate the Kl ii lot is putting it mildly,"
ho writes, "as when one is away from
old familiar haunts, news such as one
Kleums 'from this little 'Apostle ot
Cheerfulness' is certainly more than
welcome."
".TiNt n word riliniit my present
location and address: I am with the
rCKiinental infirmary attached to the
(13d Infantry at the presidio of San
rrancisco, ( a!., but will leave here
early in August for the east, destin
ation unknown. Captain H. K. Clay,
whom you all remember is the com
manding officer of our detachment."
Elgdou at Camp Lewis.
Lloyd T. Rigdon, former city alder
man, is now doing duty at Camp Lewis,
20th Company, 5th Battalion. Did D. B.
He writes to Secretary Wiedmcr in part
as follows:
"Shortly after reading", the latest
Elklet, I was going up the avenue and
ran into Bro. Murray llnrt. We had
both become aware, through reading the
Salem Klklet that we were not far
apart I ran into Bro. Bert, Pratt a
week or so ago. Bro. Levy who ar
rived in the last draft 1 also looked
up Inst Sunday.
"The other d'oy I met a brother Elk.
Sergeant Hughes from Minneapolis,
Minn. MU;r we nc-ranic acquainted
and I told him I was from Salem, he
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The German positions arc still held
by Prussian troops, mostly machine gnn ;
companies. They prevent much hand to
hand fighting.
Officers toll many stories of the
pluck of American doughboys holding
extremely difficult and unfavorable -positions
at thp foot f ',! heights north
of the Veslo. These men are continually
sniping the enemy, preventing tho Ger- '
mans from making advances, ignoring
the enemy's artillery and working with
little food until relieved and sent to tie
rear.
Tho streets of Fisniotto are being rak
ed continually by enemy machine guns
and American pontoon bridges over the
Vesle are constantly under heavy shell
fire from the Germans, making the main
tenauce of communications difficult.
Despite the peril of tho work, hospital
men are working courageously and am
bulances, are continually carrying wound
ed from advanced dressing posts to tho
rear ftirouglh German barrages.
Near Fere-en Tardenols, I saw evi
dences of Germany's scarcity of metals.
Along the railroad the enemy had muJu
huge piles of zinc, copper and brass
utensils, preparatory to shipping them
to Germany. They evacuated this re
gion so rapidly, however, that they were
forced to abandon this loot. The booty
all pillaged from French houses, includ
ed smashed clucks, lambs, rods, screens,
pots, bath tubs, pails and iuiiumerublo)
other articles.
asked me if 1 knew Harry Albort.
They both worked together as bank
examiners in Minnesota and arc friends.
Tell the boys not to fail to look mo
up if any of them come to Cump
Lewis."
Too Hot for Meiring.
Sergeant H. J. Meiring writes from
fur off Sun Antonia, stutioned at Ft.
S;im lliiuslan.
! "There are a number of Oregon men'
!hcro iu different camps and we man
n to get together once in a while.
About a month ago we had a little
dinner at the Monger hotel and about
4") Oregon men were present. Balem
as well as the rest of Oregon is well
advertised here and we sure do talk
about the laud of Paradise?. So much
so that all the natives here are anxious
to see Oregon.
"1 noticed in the. Capital Journal
where several of the old bunch had
been called by the draft. Well there
is coming a day when most of us will
return and then wc will sure liven the
old club up.
"As for myself, I am still in this
hot hole and about as near hell as I
ever want to gc It is 1011 to 110
in the shade and this is pretty warm
for an old Oregonian. Am anxious to
get over there and help out but I
can't go till they send me. I notice
where "Slats" was on his way over
there. Pretty lucky."
Vlesko "Over the Top."
Ed. R. Viesko, who has been trans
ferred from Fort McArthur to tha
Exposition Park at Los Angeles, writes
friend hure that Los Angeles is as
hot as the hub of hell and that at tha
Exposition Park the soldiers amuse tho
people three times a Jay by "going
over the top." He also writes that
he is getting wise to the game of this
tliin of going over the too at tho
exposition park and is one of tho first
to die. As he explains it, certain men
arc counted off who arc supposed to
be hit early in the fiaeas and as tho
weather is "pretty hot down there, he
finds it more convenient to die early
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