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roDAr 4,600 SUBSCRIBERS (23,000 BEAD EES) DAILY Ouly Circulation in Salem Guar antee! by the Audit Bureau of Circulations FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS SERVICE tin si ori Oregon: Thunder storms this after noon or tonight Thursday probab ably fair, warmer ernte southwestc 1 ly wiuds. SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1918. PRICE TWO CENTS OX TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS FORTY-FIRST YEAR- NO. 192. JJoslB I! fj 1 THIRTY ONE COMPLETE AMERICAN DIVISIONS NOWINBIG WARZONE GENERAL MARv CHIEF OF STAFF, GIVES INFORMATION TO CORRES PONDENTS aavAY. CALCULATIONS SHOW 1,400,000 YANKEE SOL DIERS NOW iH-RANCE.-TELLS OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON WEST FRONT Y s ERE STRUGGLE ISNOW PRACTICALLY ALONG SAME LINE AS IN 1916, V.CORDING T0 OFFICIAL STATEMENT ISSUED TODAY. Washington, Aug. 14. The 13Ut reg itncnt of the 33rd United States divis ion was the American unit which took lart in the Franco-British-American of fensive in I'icardy, General March chief of staff, announced today in hu conference with correspondents. March stated that there are novr 31 lOiupleto American divisions in France He said the other day that each Amer ii'hii division has between 40,000 and 1 j.lHll). nu n, which would bring the to tal organised forces up to nearly 1.400, OO'J men in France today. This regiment (Illinois troops) oper ating near Chipilli, captured three offi'l ters, loU men and seven KM millimeter gnus front the Hermans. The conduct of the American troops, March said, von the highest praise from the allies. New Picardy Battle Front He said that the I'icardy salient has now been reduced on a front of fiftv three miles to a depth of 14 miles. This mikes the nearest point in the Genua line 3D miles from Paris. iiie British and French offensive has now driven the Germans back to the line they held in the winter of 19 10 ia flie region of Santerre, March said. Tht fact that the Germans found thore thf entrenchments they left in their ad- vance probably accounts for the stiff ; jesistance the allies are meeting on that j front, he added. At some points the old line of 1910 has not yet been reached bv the allies March said that the line across th j als. An American medical officer, nun Marne saliett ia practically as it war self weak with a high fever, workpd uii last Saturday. He declared an America; .., tiriagly treating other prisoners -an counter attack had recovered Fismette. , 'endeavoring to obtain supplies. First Field Army Complete i Conditions in the hospitals arc tho August 10 was fixed by March as the w"rst possible. The Britishers saw Am- 10 . '. - ..' - 1.1 I. - 1 1 . V... ... (late of the final organization of tli.1 first American field army. He added that McReynolds is chief of staff of this army so far as the department knows. General Pershing lias been asked foi specific information on the use of air craft in fighting. March stated tim Pershing's dispatches do not indicati any shortage of aeroplanes on the Am erican front in the Dame sector at leas He made this statement in reply to re ports that the Americans are at a dis advantage because of a lack of air cm ft Don't Call Them "Sammies" . , .. , , . ,-, . ,i. . , , . . . I The two Tommies said the lack of March appealeMlfortI.eed.niinat.on ofif ,d ft . .,. I)0,mlntion of the word 'aminy;' with respect to A,, (;trnailv ?,R.h that , nfls b(,(1()nlc erican troops, saying if there is on. I t(lf cugtom (,f ,he 8ol(,icr9 to 9eiK, u,;r tiling the Imted 8ta es soldiers M jvlMiell rt of thPir gori,lv lle(ded ra. i,or like, it is to be called Sammy. HejtioM Mucn f0od was recently sent to said the Hntih and I-rendi can't uti- Au,,riu in ,ul effort to aid conditions dersland why such vigorous men should i fh 're 1; given such an iippcndiige. The Brit- Th; j,ris0IM,rs heard V.o.he ,aldi-rs isl, have discarded it in favor of!Sav th condition? at home are so do " links, Mardi said. ' pressing thnt they wanted no furloughs Twjuty Eighth Division pnrerting to remain in the line. The 2Stii. division was hdlding the! Leather is rare and paper and wood line struth of Donna ns July 10 and bci . ' tee-n July 2 and 31 it advanced ovel (Continued on page six) the Ourcii river between Kergy .nli Roncit-res, March disclosed. Early in Au j to an inquiry as to the fate of a largo gust it relieved the second division ' number of men from this division list July 30, in 24 hours 'the 1281 It division V,l in recent casualty lists as missing in March made this statement in answai action. He stated he did not know any Carch inaij this statement in answer lurther details to the casualties. I mrm sm-k Wl I 'M&LiV& r WWW -MEN WHO ARh. LeIdIN'G OVB BOT3 TtiE TWEXTY-SIXTU DIVISION NO A (c PRISONERS ARE TREATED BRUTALLY BY GERMANS SAY LATEST ESCAPES Clubbed And Underfed, They Receive No Attention During Illness. By Fred S. Ferguson (United Press staff correspondent) With the American Armies in France Au. 13. (Night) Allied prisoners, in eluding Americans, are beaten wit! clubbed rifles on the slightest provoca. tioH, according to two British soldiers who wero captured by the Germans on May 27, and escaped to the American lilies, after spending a-week in hiding and fleeing. They told a remarkable ntory" of cruelties practiced by the bodies. Only the most serious eases arc ad nutted to Hospitals, wnere tney reecivi little treatment, the Tommies said. Tho majority of wounded die in the hospit ",al1 " I"1' 'I1-" ed and whose wounds, originally slight, wore becoming serious. Tlie prisoners' stories indicated tin increasing shortage in foods and sup plies of all kinds. Their rations con- I sisted of three quarters of a pound of unpalatable potato bread, a pint ot tnin vegetable soup, and coffee made of hawthorne berries. The bodies received practically the same rations, except in larger quantities. Looted cattle and casualties on the horse lines furnished meat occasionally I tr.' the todies. The prisoners got no To' VICTORY "OVER THERE" OEXE2AL El. WARDS AND ST A IT OF OX THE FRENCH FRONT. Cou:iiittoc on Public Information ffo;-i!.:iti:'r. f ri .in I'riilerwod & Cnde-rtvooJ First American Trained Flyer Dies . Paris, Aug. 14. Licutenart Allan V Winslow of Lake For- est, 111, the first American train 1 ed flyer t" bring down an enemy airman, has been killed in an air ' Fight in Picardy according to in- formation received here No de- tails have been received ALPINE OFFENSIVE ON 25-MILE FRONT Successful Thrust There Will Endanger Austro-Gennan Flank Washington, Aug. 14. An Italian of fensivp in the Alps appears imminent according to General Etuilio Guglielmot ti, military attache of the Italian em bassy, from the general headquarters of the Italian supremo command. Th0 Italians arP reported to havj opened an intense artillery firo in tin mountainous zone near the Swiss bor der along a from of approximately miles. The sector is the highest of the entire battle line and has been practic ally free from fighting since the begin ning of the war. The Austro-Gumans recently concen trated heavy infantry and artillery fore, es in the Trentiuo regions. The Alps are protecting the west flank of these forc es. Military authorities here point out that a successful Italian thrust through the mountains would endanger the Tien, tino positions of the enemy and disrupt the rumored plans for an Austrian mountain offensive. , The Italian ntta-ks center against the enemy positions in the zone of Val tellinn, on the Tonale, and at the head waters of the Val DiD Geneva. Alpine storm troops have taken Mount Monte! lo and were reported as being advancing up Mount Alhiolo and in the. regions of the headwaters of the Val Di Genova The battle line extends along the Aus tro-ltnlian frontier and stretches aeros:' "severn! glacier!'. ) 4.1- t niTfA tlHliUl UNDER MAN POWER BILL ISJCHANGED August 24th Is Dak For All Coming Under Age Limits To Register. Washington, Auj 14 August 24 will be the next registration reached 21 since June 5 last. realied 21 since June 5 last To prepare for any delay in the passage of the 18-43 man power bill, Provost Marshal General Crowder has issued or- dcrs to state headquarters call- iug for a registration August 24 It is planned t hold the first ! registration of men between 18 i and 21 and between 31 and 43 n. early in September, if the man power bill passing by that time, as expected. . ' Washington, Aug. 14. September J the date originally set for the big regis, tratiou of men included under the nc man power bill, will bo changed because I in a number of states primary elections, will be held on that day. It was ofti cially stated br Provost Marshal Out i .i ..4. ,.i eral Ui-owder that the object of new registration is to keep class one full dur iug the fall months, pending registra tion and classifieatioa of the new mil lions to be added under the man power bill. The August registration will prevent' ly draft upon deferred classes and U any expected to" furnish about 150,000 men for class one classification. Under a presidential proclamation is sued today, the same rules will govern the registration ns those covering pre vious registrations. Anw person, who oil uccouue of aiciiuess mil uu uuuuio u valley of the Anere. - - present himself for registration on tin Allied troops north of thc-Aisne re day set, may apply before the day of m,iscd minor attacks, advancine slieht- i registration nt the office of any locVjiy near Bray (where Americans and ooaru, ior iiisnruciiu-j, as 10 now ne may register by ngeut, the proclamation says. Persons absent from their place of residence on thi3 day, 'may register by, (Continued on page six) REAL EXCITEMENT FOR TRUCK DRIVER One of Them Tells of Thrill ing Experiences on French Front. By An American Eed Cross Driver. (Written for the American Press.) With The Red Cross Overseas, July 30 (By Mail.) There were were six trucks in the convoy that I took up to the front when the Germans were ael- , ,.,.;,, ..u, .,.1 I. W Ir.f't !';iris at midnight, the trucks, loaded with than ISO feet high and which give food, medical supplies and blankets. Al-l,h' "!V,on ltt '"" BS ' though there was heavy movement ag,' prenfh a,,.edy posses, Plessier at! o'clock in the morning, when we cai stop. Ar-ilteiy, transport cannons, souiiers and refugees blocked the way. no couldn't go a yard further. Our orders were to go to X with the supply s!aff; but we couldn't have done it without an airplane Tho army was moving and tiie little i space it left in the roadway was occu pied by the refugees. They came streaming back in every sort of convey-a-icc or on foot, pushing their belong- mgs in harrows ana naou-carrs. Lp ahead somewhere the guns were drum inii.g a long, ceaseless roll. With off the map. as it were. I speeded back to A where there was a hospital in an old chateau. In this wen? sixty wounded American sol diers and about 200 French. Theie were two American army surgeons and a few Fitneh and English nurses. 'I hat afternoon we evacuated the Am ?ri ans from the hospital and made them ii( comfortable in their new lodgement at o . After that we drove back to A and turned in, because we looked forward to a haid day. Quick Work Ahead. But at 2 a. m. a French general waked me up at with the announcement that the Germans were advancing and that the hospital had to be ompletely evacu ated in 10 minutes. He made it very clear it would have to be done in ten niiuites or we'd find ourselves in Xo Alan's Land. So I turned the men out and v.c went ba: k to work in the dark. as a matter of fact those 10 minutei stretched until nfteri o'clock, when we carried the last of the wounded oi.tj Some of them were in a bad way, and had to be handled veiv slowly. We put them in our camions and took them to the Oii.. tanal, whence- transferred to (Continued on page six) TEUTONS RESIST IRE STRONGLY IH ANCRE VALLEY Second And Eighteenth Ger man Armies Putting Up Hard fight. CROWN PRINCE'S GUNS BUSY AT MANY POINTS French General Humbert Strikes North Along Oise River Valley. Parts, Aug. 14. The Air erican Red ftrraa tils )-a011 nntlflfiH frnm mn authnl- Native source, that fear of long range DomDarament or rang neea no longer be felt, according to the Paris Journal today. Zuricin Au' 1- According to the Frankfurter Zeitung, the German high nirnand will make the greater effort end mes, the fall of whica would mean a fresh retreat on the whole Somme-Matz front. By William Philip Simms, (United Press staff correspondent) With The British Armies In France, A.. t r. b iL. ,-ZVr V i t'T a"d ElhKtl.nihf arm,es 18 dall' During the last 24 hours there has been a notable increase in enemy shell ing, especially gas shells, north of Mor lancourt, (where Americans are engag ed) about Dernancourt (a mile and a half north of Morlancourt), and in tho British have penetrated tnc outskirts 0f the-tnwn.t-, Ktipprocht 's gunners aro considerably busier on the forward areas. Sou.th-.of the VillersBretonneux-Chaulnes rail way, the Germans are turning their high velocity pieces on places like Caix (two miles west of Rosieres) where large dumps of their own ammunition were left behind. Today they were at tempting to blow up tho train with shell fire. Allied airmen continue to swarm the sky, harassing army transport. Movement of troops toward the line behind the German front shows tho en emy is determined to make a stand. GENERAL HUMBERT'S STRIKE By Lowell Melett. (United Press staff correspondent) With Tho French Armies In The Field, Aug. 14. General Humbert, fol owing tho successful advance of his right wing in tho Oise valley, is now striking northward in that region, al most at right angles to the main battle front. This operation is now fully under way the French infiltrating the ravines be tween the tinv hills few of which are T 'l... II,... l.a L..--.J tn 4 Ui a rO o i 'PI... n.l. ......... 1 nu.nf.i! V..w.nuija nt til n great quantities of mustard gas with whi(.u tle (iorlans f00,icd the depres (Continued on page three) ABE MARTIN "I'm glad t' saythat Gran 'maw Pash is restin' easier an' in a lair way t recover unless n motorcycle passes liei house," said Ir Mopps t'day. A rc- former has t' (lie t' git any flowers. GERMAN U-BOATS MORE DARING IN Seven Men Killed On Oil Tank er Kellogg Off Ambrose BRITISH FREIGHTER HAS FIGHT OFF LONG ISLAND Steam Trawler Walrus Fired Upon Off Cape Cod Early Last Night Washington, Aug. 14. As submarine Innntalinn. .ft th Atlnti- ....nut v.-nB jniore daring, conviction grows among naval officials that Germany's solo ob- Ji'ct is to draw America's attention away from the transports and supply ships en route to Europe. But indica tions today arc that the government will not permit the crafty V-boat com mauders to divert our sea fighters to a chase after spectacular raiders. Nevertheless increased precaution! are being taken to apprehend the uilelt-r-sea raiders which are now apparently operating along the Atlantic coast. While the nature of these precaution; cannot be discussed, naval officers ar! convinced that they will soon show re suits. The American people are cautiom ed not to become unduly alarmed nt tht attempts at frightfulncss which Ger many is making. Torpedoing and sinking of the Frederi ick R. Kellogg, off the Jersey coast wai reported by the navj department today Seven Men Killed New York, Aug. 14.-i-Seveu men were killed by the explosion of a German tor pedo when the American oil tank rr Frederick R. Kellogg was sunk by German submarine south of Ambrose lightship, near the entrance to New York bay, according to reports of sur vivors here today. Thirty five members of the crew reached here safely. They were picked up thirty miles south of Ambrose light at 9:45 o'clock last night after they had been adrift in lifeboats three and a half hours. Originally the crew consisted of 43 men, commanded by Captain C. II White. The seven who were killed were on watch in the engino rooms when thr German torpedo crashed through the vessel's side. The Kellogg was owned by the Amcri can Petroleum and Transportation com pany of Lou Angeles. She was launched a year ago at. Oakland, Cal., and wnf of more than 7000 tons. Freighter Has Fight An Atlantic Port, Aug. 14. A Brit ish freighter arriving here today report- ml lifivmir linil n two hour buttle with at German submarine off the Le:,g .T.,lunJj coast. ' The U-boat it was declared, opened fire at a range of three miles. The freighter replied until its ammunition was exhausted, meanwhile sending out SOS calls. (Continued on page two) AMERICAN WATERS Lightship WOMEN TIME THEIR WORK TO FALL OF Mixed Biscuit In Kitchen Be tween Fall of Heavy Ar tillery Shells. By Frank J. Taylor. (United I'i-i-ss stuff correspondent) With The Amerinn Troops In Lor raine, Aug. 1 (By Mail.) This is proof that women can be just as cool un der shell fire ns men be cooler. The heroines of this bombardment are Mrs. W. (I. Hammond of City Miss Helen Kainsey Minnesota, and Miss Lulu Now York of Goodrih Laivver of si. l.m.cctiwltv Ww York. Thcv r.inke I ,.h - nt j ..ire ..1... mi.) ftini-.tlitfi i'nr Hungry oougiinovs w no unci. io me "in-. nuiii- . vrtioii army hut in but that would! 8 tl.ev did, ami soon had a batch or. be u'lliii'i ' .. .. i,is,.,,its under way nn.l then another- n.. ,t: ....:-., I.mw. .,! ' ,i. m v out them in the oven, one of ilians of the town in which this hut ' W.... mwr.. tnril.-l when a limn- (...r n.nn hi-H lit on a building and blew to pieces. The town had Dot been shell ed i'or years. Past Lunch Time. everyone jook idunk-wi, ". shells conti.n.e(l to come in wun stau ling regularity. Kveiyone st.-.yeil in the dugouts, and after a few hours eery BATTLE RAGING BETWEEN GREAT RUSSIAN FORCES Czechoslovaks And Bolshe viki Grapple Along Mid- -die Volga River. PRtMJERMAN FACTION HAS ARMY OF 150,000 Germans Order Finns to Drive Allies From Murmansk At Once Amsterdam, Aug. 14. A battle i raging between Czecho-Slovaks and bol shevik forces along the middle Volga, especially around Simbirsk, according- to ilispatcucs received from ' Germany today. (Simbirsk, 400 miles east of Moscow, is one of the key positions on the new " Russian front"). The soviet army is said to number 150,000. The soviets fleet in Volga has seized all Czecho-Slovak vessels, break-" mg the latter s communication with headquarters at Simbirsk. Finns Ordered to Fight. Washington, Aug. "14. Germany has , demanded that the Finnish army pre pare to march on Murmansk within two weeks, according to reliable ad vices to tho state department today. Tho Murmansk coast is occupied by allied troops, including Americans. (Continued on page two) General Humbert Advances; Lassigny's Fall Reported By Lowell MeUett With The French Armies Ia the Field Aug. 14. General Humbert's advance has firmly established his army on tho old trench line dominating Important positions on the Thicscourt plateau (between Lasslgny and Ribecourt). The battle at present is practical' devoid Of infantry actionr, but there is heavy mutual artillery firing. London, Aug. 14. The Pall Mall Ga zette declared this afternoon that it understands that Lasslgny baa been captured. Paris, Aug. 14. "Our methodical pressure warrants the hope that the whole triangle formed by Laaslgny, Ribecourt and Koyon soon will be oc cupied," an official statement declared this afternoon Tokio, Aug. 12. Lieutenant Gener al Otani, commander of the allied expe dition to Siberia, left Vladivostok to day with his staff. ' The Japanese press acclaims utar.l as ''the right man in the right place." I Rome, Aug. 14.-Austitan forces oa i Tuesday evacuated au occuinea puuiis south of the Semeni river in Albania, it was announced here today. Italian and French troops cleared practically the entire region south of the Semeni in their recent offensive. HUN SHELLS .me begun to get real hungry. It war past meal time, and as yet no lunch. Shortly niter noon, Mrs. Hammer. t.ild h"i- assistants, "We've got to makf some chocolate and biscuits for those boys rKOHiid here, or they'll starve. W' can fix up the chocolate heater in s dug r'.i li.it the only way to make bi ciiim in to bake them ill the oven." The rest n;;rcecl, und with the help of Hir.ie huug'.y uo.ighboys they got the clii.c.date iiuilcr working, well protected bv a strong Then the girls bigan fij-iiriiig. The shells came jn very regit- Mavbo they anjlaiiy. Chances were that the methodi cal boeiici.iin 1 would never slip a cog. , Work Between sneus. I "We'll go up to the kuciich ancr i t-ac.ii shell arrives, mix biscuits for 8 i miusics. mid then come down hero uhtil iii. iw.vt shell comes in. said Jirs. Hammond. We'll foul these Ger- the girls sflid, Believe me,, if. those b'i. e hes throw a shell in noic wine . t!nw n s ic ! m norc wiu-o im it l.ii-.iits are baking it's Ruing to be mi. 'tiling to pay. !',.. .(!,t didn't hit the kilel-cr-iviih any of their eighty big shells, a-'. . doughliovs surely enjoyed hot bis ctiits and chocolate. The girls tnovr-1 only wh.' i the soldiers did, to another tjwn, v,-!i-':c th.'J' continued their woi'i