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FORTY-FIRST YEAR- NO. 193.
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1918.
PRICE TWO PFTT3 OX TRAINS AND NEWS
w STANDS "-FIVE CENTS
If';'1 IS GRADUALLY
ON WSIE FRONT
MAY ESTABLISH
HUNS
ON DEFENSIVE
IN WARFARE OF AIR
ALONG WEST FRONT
Germans Now Have Backs Upon Famous Amiens Cathedral
Which is Now Being Re-Opened and Re-Dedicated-French
Army Gradually Advancing In Oise Valley Occupying Many
Enemy Positions. Total Number of Prisoners In Present
Drive Now Exceeds Forty Thousand, According To Offi
cial Report . :
By William Philip Simms.
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
With The British Armies In France; Aug. 15. Thg
German withdrawal toward Bapaume (ten miles north
east of Albert and four miles east of the Ancre) appar
ently is still under, way. The boches have their back
toward the Amiens cathedral, which today was re-dedicated..
It has been unused, locked up and protected with
sandbags since the civilian evacuation of Amiens in
March. The reopening concides with the great feast of
the Assumption.
The Germans are still on the defensive in the air as
well as on the ground. This is due largely to their inabil
ity to replace losses. An airman taken prisoner admits
these are very high much higher than the reports indi
cate. He says he knows of cases of suppression of los
ses, while a captured report, replying to the infantry's
complaint that German airmen do not aid them when al
lied planes are attacking from low altitudes, says the in
fantry must remember that
numDer oi ngnung pianes inese nave to oe usea wnerever
they will do the most good, which is in carrying out reconnaissances.
FRENCH ADVANC&CONTINUES.
By John DeGandt
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Paris, Aug. 15. The French are continuing their in
filtration of the German positions in the Oise valley, north
and east of Ribecourt.
Their outposts are established in the borders'of Pim
prez (a mile east of Ribecourt) and Dreslincourt (a mile
north). They have also .reached the southern part of
Ouricamps forest (extending from Pimprez to within two
miles of Noyon). '
German artillery is heavily gassing 'Lassigny grove
(a mile southeast of the village).
Paris, Aug. 15. Including ten thous-
aud Germans taken by Geaieral Humtert
in ths operations which are still devel-J
oplng, prisoners captured on the West
ern front since July 15, total 73,000 and
1,700 guns have been siczed by the al
lies, the Echo de Paris estimate. ,.vy
London, Aug. 15. (3:37 p. m.) The
xumwi e i j.ieu to j,e yiu-j takolli - t.0n(.f j a wl,i,c w tako ciaMce
the entire Laasiguy massif, the import- ..E,,.stUe Iai,,;ug articg wclu rt,J)u, alhl Hjlaf., tht, German trenches from
ant heights which nave formed the prin pi( 401,M, Arras and near Merville.1 above. I once got down so low after a i
cipal enemy defense in this region. Tll0 CIieiliy.g a,tiUerv was active cast 'attack that I could sec the men very
The number of German lnfantrymeD , f;f ,,, Scherpenherg sec- clearly and could et targets to shoot at
is said to b, far below normal and their t,,r But its oi.lv on rare occasions that v.e ev
t0,ma1,P0Wer raS S y. 8 nTU prisoners captured by the er get close to Germany and most of our
Thirty.five enemy divisions (420,000,,; Fourth armv since the morning! view, a.v from high up.
men) are now employed on the Half th(J ,.igI,th are;now 21,844. In the! "It's surprising how much life:
. - ""' " . . " "T T .'M"1 P"'01. prisoners taken by the
. uz,uuu men; remain. is regtrac-a Frt.neh i ;r9t armv are 850()) mikuig glagination pictures something different
.as doubtful if the Germans can possibly, t0,a; f u0344 German prisoner, cap-las soon as Vu cross the lines. Then
undertake another offensive this year turo,i in l)pcrationi bv the allied arm-1 are the same" rolling plains and hills and
. " lies on the Montdidier-Albert front." j wood and villages.
London, Aug. 15. German prisoner') j .(iviiall activity, that can bo seen
taken in the I'lcardy drive total 30,344,1 This total of 30,314 prisoners is ae-ifrom high altitudes,' is less, I think than
Field Marshal Haig announced today, leredited only to General Hawiingson's oi. our side, though that may be becausf
Of these the British have captured and General Debeney 'g armies. General we fly lower when on the home side. We
21,844 and the'French 8500. Humbert is unofficially credited withjean ste automobiles and trains and
Severe local fighting last night re 10,')00 orisoners, thus raisine the total, strings of wagons now and then on the
suited to the allies advantage, especial u:,
ly east of Bainecourt .(six miles north
vast of Chnulnes). where the British ad
vaiieed slijhtlv. Patrol and raiiiin actt
nity was reported in various sectors o.VaI
the front as far northward as Flanders
"Severe local fighting lai, night wa-
t.i our advantage," the statement said
'Enst of Rairi.Vou-t our line was ad
NORTH Or AN RE
OLD SOMME LINE
on account of the limited
vanccd slightly. One of our patrols
iu,h.',! a hostile post north of Albert,
-at initio a machine gun. Between Al-
ben a.,d Ayettc our patrols were active iin a fhc Jm of
throughout the night and maintained! maKjlll a cos(, inspection of Germany
clo "! touch with the enemy.
r urtlier progress lias teen maue at a
number of points and several prisoners
ru- fiinohtni. 1,1111. linvo hf,n
the entire drive to more than 40,0001
General Eetirement
London. Au2. 15. German withdraw-
frnm forward positions north of the
Aiicr,; presages a retirement of eonsbi-:ea-viiy spotted. The railroads over thero
cable magnitude, in the opinion of, look' about the same as those on thi
; i side of th. line. In several places th
(Pontinued on page six) !lin;J of this side run up to Xo Man's
RETIRING
AND HIS NAME IS FLOOD.
London, Aug. 13 Private Geo.
Flood, an actor well known in
Amcriu and England, at present
interned in Holland, writes to a
friend bemoaning the fact that
only non-conimissioiied officers
are allowed to enjoy the seaboat
in? at The Hague.
He was captured in the fall of
1915, and since then has bitterly
regretted the fact that he bad
not previously acquired a stripe
or two the only ticket which
admits to the. briny.
AMERICANS IN RUSSIA.
Washington, Aug. 15. The Twenty
Seventh infantry from Manila' is ar
riving at Vladivostok today, Secretary
of War Baker announced.
This regiment, composed of from
1.200 to 1,500 regulars, is landing in
Siberia to cooperate with the Czecho
Slovak and Japanese forces.
This is the first announcement re
garding movement of American -soldiers
in Siberia-
ABE MARTIN ,
Don't you feel relieved when a clerk
finally confesses ho haint got wfiat you
want A roastin' ear jammed on Tell
Binkley, t'day, while he wuz hurryin' t'
make a train.
; y1
EDDIE R1CKENB ACKER
TELLS STORi OF LIFE
Only Rarely Do Aviators Get
Close View of Germany
From Above
(Copyright, 1918, by the Unite'd Picas)
With The American Airmen In France
July 10. iBy Mail.) "Germany iooLs
the same as Franco from up above," re
pined lidui iiickenbacker, all-American
ate, to a question. "We get to look at
it quite often, naturally. Of course, we
from abo e. When we get a Heinio on
tlu' run and can follow him lioinc, we
sometimes drive him down near the tree
f,.rt - t!,,. ni..iliii,u fin ,w trtst line,.
France, Germany does look. Your im'
roads. The German trenches are mot
in evidence than ours and these stretel
ba k for miles behind the lines. Kight
up to them, though, the Germans an-
euitivatinir th soil nnd their farms ar
GENERAL HUMBERT IS
PRINCIPAL FIGURE IN
FRENCH SUCCESSES
Tells United Press of Oper
ations During Past Six
Days Fighting.
By Lowell MeUett
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
With the French Armies in the Field
Aug. 15. General Humbert, whose
decisive and dramatic appearance in
the Montdidier battle Saturday recall
ed his similar effective part in stop
ping the German break through in
March, today told the United Press
about his army's efforts Tn the past
six days.
White General Eawliusion and General
Debeney were opening the new Picardv
campaign, Humbert withheld operations
and continued quiet for two days. But
on Friday night the Germans, realising
the situation was one likely to tempt
an attack from his quarter, started
withdrawing guns and material from
before bis front.. They took liim into
consideration too late however. On Sat
urday morning Humbert's operation
opened with a great burst of fire. Sim
ultaneously, infantry and tanks mov
ed forward. They found few boches ana
these were paralvied bv the suddeuaess
and fury of the a'ttack,
The Germans had no time to pre
pare for a retreat with vhe usual ma
chine gun emplacements. As a conse
quence, Humbert 's army reached its
first objective, Ouvilly, Rs.-ons-Sur-Matz
and Chevincourt, within an hour
(This represents an advance of a
milt to two miles and a half.)
They proceeded, taking Boulogne-La
Grnsse, (.'ouchy-Le-Pots and Kicque
bourg (a further advance of one to
four miles). (
Instead of continuing toward Royc,
they swung eastward on Sunday, ad
vancing four kilometers '(two and a
half miles) and gaining strong tap
ward on Sunday advancing four kilo
meters (two and a half miles) and
gaining strong tactical points. The
next (lav German: reinforcements ap
pealed retarding K -advance-but Hum
bert already had obtained a held on
''little Switzerland" with the desir
ed strongholds of the. St. Cloud and
Montiguy rarms.
On Tuesday he pushed a bit farther
getting the. dominating line along the
massif (heights). Late that afternoon,
his etrenie right beyond "little Swit
zrland" took Ribecourt, which was a
corner point in the rench line before
the advance of 19.15 and is still ex
trepiely well organized.
The situation still favors the French,
although fresh German divisions have
been identified, Only a wight of this
rough ravine and trench ridden coun
try can enable one -to appreciate the
speed of the French movement. At the
same time, it toll why the men are
momentarily tired, although in the
best of spirits on account of their ac
complishments being niadc.at the slight
est possible cost.
Land and then are smashed up fur a
nays, but continue from tho German!
side of tlie line. It seems wrong that
there should be the connection.
"No Man 's Land generally looks very
much plowed up. Ve are glad to s
that, though probably we are the only
oues who are. It gives us a definite.
assurance of wheie home is. Often ym
are in doubt and if you happened t
cross the lines where Xo Man's Land
is not shot to pieces you are sure o'.
vour position. Some of the boys have
gone g'ent distances back, looking for
towns or landmarks they recognized ami
,lmn Iftut lilt t'BV hi, itiiniltl v lm '
landed in Switzerland when his gasoline
gave out. '
"The villages are fairly well batterer
on both sides, though unless they aie.i''
ruins, you cannot tell from aim, : ho j
much damaged they are. Home arc com
pletely obliterated and are but a mas:
of stone and plowed ground. The large.'
cities are easily seen and large factoric,
ca.i be readily spotted.
"Germany looks rather peaceful fron
above and there seems to be little din
1 orbing them bark a ways from the lino
That is where an airman's point of vie
ij defective. A German and his field
look as soft as ours. Probably they arc
which is not very soft. Any field eov
eieded with grass always looks soft anr'
you think it would make a fine landing
place. When you get down lower and
are forced to Jan,l 0n any field that hap
pens to be under you, sometimes when
vou'ri- eu panne, you learn different!
Trees you didn't see, stick in the cover
ed field to turn you over. Barbed wirr
stretches alonp the country and you can
not see it, either. With ordinary break
of lin k you cnn land safely if you are
on'the right side of the line whe your
motor cukoos, but what is very impoit
nt is that ordinary bieak of luck, as
one of the lvvs nut it. Mother Earth
is half as sft as you anticipate when
you touch her."
TURKS QUARREL
WITH GERMAN ALLIES
AND RUPTURE NEAR
Germans Threaten to Bom
bard Constantinople If
Not Obeyed.
London, Aug. 15. (British Admiral
ty Wireless). Differences between
the Germans and the Turks are be
coming more frequent and bitter, ac
cording to information received from
Constantinople. During a quarrel with
Talaat Pasha recently, the German
ambassador is reported to have threat
ened jto boaibard the city.
Advices from Constantinople say that
leaflet dropped by British aviators
are read by the population with sympa
thetic interest. Posters recently found
on the walls of mosques and govern
ment buildings declaring that the Ger
mans are the real enemies of Turkey
ealled forth a strong protest from the
German ambassador and a demand for
an inquiry.
Talaat replied it was impossible to
discover the authors. The ambassador
then announced that German military
police would take charge of the in
quiry. On the following day he infirmod
the grand vizier that the majority of
the offenders were in government ser
vice and that, therefore, punishment
should be exceptionally severe
. Talaat retorted that before punish
ment he would institute his own in
vestigation. Violent discussion follow
ed and the German ambassador went to
far as to threaten the grand vizier
with bombardment of Constantinople
with guns of the battle cruiser Goeben.
21-YEAR-OLD HEN IS
SATURDAY. AUGUST 24
;
T mm 9tm "
All Young Men WhoKeached
21 Since Last June
Affected
Portland, Or.. &ug. 15. Every young
man in tho United States who has passe.i
his 21st birthday since registration day
for tho 21 -year-old men last June uth,
must register for the draft on Satuntoy
August 21.
By proclamation of President Wilson
just issued, this call includes citizens
as w ell as non-citizens. The only men of
age specified who will not have to re
gistcr nic those already in the military
or naval service.
This call should ont be confused with
the big (registration day, to be held
some time in September, for registra
tion of all men between the nges of IS
find -1.1 years.
This registration day just ordered is
exclusively for men who were not yet 21
years old last June 5, but who have be
came of age, 21 years, on or before Aug
ust 2t. Every man of them must regis
ter.
As before, registnitiou will be in
charge of local draft boards. The reg
istration places will be open from 7
o'clock in the morning to 9 oMock
nt n i jjht
No excuse will be accepted for failure
to register. Tho tino remaining before
Registration f)y is so very short that
every innn who comes within the cull
should arrange his affairs now so he
,. e0 to the registration place on Aug-
ust 24, and register
Failure to register is punishable by
imprisonment up to one year ,and fol
lowed by induction into the service.
Even sickness will be no excuse for
faii,,,,0 to register. Any 21-vear-qld
man wi10 jg jil should send some coin-
potent person 'immediately to his local
draft board, which will explain what to
do.
Men. who will unavoidably be nwny
from their home precincts on registra
tion Day, should proceed at once to the
local draft board nearest place where
they may happen tit be, and ask for in
structions for registering by mail.
Prompt action is of the utmost import
ance, for all mail registrations must be
received by the proper local draft board
by August 24.
The purpose in requiring at this time
the registration of men who have be
come 21 years old since last June 5,is to
keep Class 1 filled until congress can
pass the new law raising and lowering
the draft ages.
Let every man subject to the coming
registration make note of and remember
these important things.
Registration Day is Saturday, August
24th.
Time for Registration, 7 a. m. to 9
p m.
Place for registration, with local
draft board.
BEHNKI APPOINTED.
Amsterdam, Aug. 15. Vice Admir-
al Behnki has been appointed to uc-
ceed Admiral Von Cnpeltp as German
niinit-ter of marine, according to the
Weeer Zcitung.
FOUR MILLION MEN
SUFFICIENT TO WIN
SAYS GEN. MARCH
Chief Of Staff And Senator Chamberlain Ask For Quick Ac
tion Upon New Man Power BilL-Young Men Between
Eighteen And Twenty-One Believed To Be Best Material
For Soldiers. Senator Defends the Thomas "Work Or
Fight" Amendment
Washington, Aug. 15. An American
army of four million men in France
working in conjunction with our allies
and under one commander in chief, will
enable us "to go through the Gorman
line whenever we please," General
Peyton C. March, chief of staff, doctor
es.
Testimony to this effect, given to tlu
senate military committee, was made
public when Senator Chamberlain re
ported the new man power bill to the
senate at noon.
With the bill Chamberlain submitted
a report reconuuendiuir quick action and
quoting much testimony given by the
military authorities behind closed doors
and hitherto unpublished.
"It is upto us to win this war 7id
we can win it," March was nut,.
saying to the committee. "How ftug
it win iune win uepena exactly lipor
what we do. If wo drag along nitli
this bill will be, playing Germany 'i
gamo." ..
That heavy inroads will bo niie in
the ranks of young men below the age
of 21 is indicated by March's testimony
"My opinion is unqualifiedly-in far"
or of the young men," ho said, reply
ing to a question by Senator Reed
"The young men between 18 and 20
are usually not married, they have not
settled down in life, they have not any
M0R H0ME NEWSPAPERS
WANTED BY'
.
London, Aug. 15.-" More home news-
papers" is tho appeal continually mado
to the library committee of the Amen
can Red Cross by American soldiers in
hospitals in Great Britain.
The library committee is at present
furnishing reading matter for more than
25,000 men a month, both in hospituls
and in camps. Th(. committee has its
headquarters in a building at 14 Pall
Mall East, London, where it keeps on
hand at nil times about, 25,000 books
ind a large supply of newspapers.
The books are either gifts or are pur-
chased in London, In its purchases, the
committee restricts itself almost entire-
ly to cheap popular editions, costing
from fifteen to thirty cents, a volume
"Our reason for doin this," says a
committee report, "is that we get 'most
for our money, in this way. Tho books
inevitably get hard usage, and some of
tbein used in the hospitals, must be
lestroyeu almost Inimeiiiutely, owing to
th
danger ot infection: Altogether
FIRST DEED
IN MARION
Recorded on Page 1, Volume
1, of Records of Deeds Six
ty Four Years Ago
The first deed for the sale of land
in Marion county filed in the office of
thc county recorder was executed Aug
ust 5, 1851, and recorded in the office
on page I, volume 1, on August 11, 1 854
It records the sale of 1H7 acres of land
by David l'reley and wife to Hanford
Stephens for a consideration of $5000
and is known as the north half of the
I), Presley claim. On the smith hnlf of
this claim is located the stute fair
grounds.
The early settlers or missionaries at
first located in what is known as Mis
sion Bottoms but for some reason, prob
ably a threatened overflow, all moved
to the higher ground in the. country
adjacent to Jialem.
The Presley sale is described as
bounded on the north by lands claimed
by John Force, on the cast by lands
claimed by Hamuel Walker, on the west
bv lands claimed bv Samuel Painter!"""1 ",re,!l8 tne P""'" '""" l
aiid Pleasant Cicero 'Keizer and en thePart of the Houtheru Pacific freight do-
south bv land within thc notification
of David Presley.
William H. Willson, who is responsi
ble for thc wide streets of Salem and
its civic center, by virtue of an act of
congress of 1850 to provide for the
survey of Oregon and to make dona -
tionj to settlers, claimed a donation
right to (515 acres, all now within the
city limits of Salem. '
Settlement on the land wa made by
Willson in November of 1S54 which
fact was established by two witnesses
encumbrances and they are better off
physically.
Fixed Military Policy
"The president has finally announced
that the American military policy from
this time on centered ou the western
front and bo has declined to be diverted
from that one thing. The war depart
ment has now adopted this as policy
and it is the policy of the United
States that tho military program Is to
lie centered in France.
"The purpose of America is to furn
ish enough man power to whip the G
mans from now on.
"Tho only way that Germany cn
be whipped is by America going into
this thing with her whole strength. Tiie
policy of the war department is to put
the maximum number of men in Franc
with the idea of shortening the war.
"We found from the figures furnish
e(l by the provost marshal general that
we could ombark on a program of eighty
divisions in France by June 30, 1918,
with eighteen divisions at home. Thcs
divisions consist 0f roughly' forty thou
sand men to a division.
"All of tho men obtained under the
proposed change in tho draft law ap
proximately 2,300,000 men we expect
tn have in Franco by June SO, 1919."
(Continued on page six)
SOLDIER BOYS
i. m
the life of those books is exceedingly
short, and cheap editions, bound in pipei
or light cloth, nie undoubtedly the mos)
serviceable and economical,
t Wo have ma(lo o atu,mpt tQ jmpm.t
books from America, because w0 rcalii.a
that at the present '" tonnage is ncd-
ed in more essential directions. As tt
thc class of reading matter selected, wo
loave it mainly to the demands of tho
nun, and they ask principally for fie
(ion, and light fiction ut that. Where
we -no supplying more or loss permanent
.libraries for hospital stuffs or for Amcii
fn naval stations, we try to give m:
all-around tone to tho collection of
books, including classics, essays, poetry
biography, ad scientific works, -but
still for the greater part, fiction. '
' Hie magazines and newspapers must
of necessity c e from America. It is
our experience' that this class of litora-
tur gives greater satisfaction to men
ihali books. Their cry is continuallj
for more of the homo newspapers. "
WAS FILED
COUNTY, 1854
and also tho fact of his continual res
idence on the land and its cultivation.
The surveyor of the general land office
of Oregon ordered that a patent be Is
sued. This was dated July 2S. 1.S53. hut.
not until Feb. 10, 1915. was this onier
brought from the general land office
and officially recorded in Murion coun
ty. The original donation land cluim of
William H. Willson began at the river,
extended east on Mission street to
Twelfth, thence north on Twelfth, to
North Mill ( reek and thence in a vary
ing line west to the river at the mouth
of Mill creek. There was also included
in this claim 40 acres lying south and
eust of the Southern Pacific depot.
The second deed filed in tho offico
of the county recorder ef Marion coun
ty is dated Nov. 25, 1853, but not filed
until August 15. 1854, in volume 1 page
5. It is a deed from William H. Willson
and his wife, ( hloe Amelia, to James
W. Nesmith and Joseph Willson anil
the consideration was $100. The land
conveyed was a lot in block 4t$ of the
town of Salem and was on Trade and
I""-
The third deed recorded in Marion
county, volunm 1, page 7, is from Wil- '
ham II. WiUsnn and wife to James W.
Nwmith dated Nov. 25. 1853, and filed
for rc,'J August 15, 1854, for several
; 10,9 block 00, at Fnion and Cottage
streets anil n'-j acies in ine cuy. mo
Oregon Institute and tho lot.on which
the parsonage was located were used
in describing the 8Vj acres. Tho consiu-
(Ceutinued ou page two