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TODAr ... rro t w 1. i I I V , of Oregon: Tonight and Sunday fair; gentle southerly sput ftrca "rewk.-'.fi. 1 nUUASEDVIRE Y.FIRSTYEAR-NO. H3, hviflT 'IHIWAT GATESOFROYE HAVING Iffl CITY'S OUTSKIRTS AFTER HAND TO HAND BATTLES .- . ,"! ...... SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1918. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEW3 STANDS FIVE CENTS Sffi irmni I POSSESSION FU ID; BUS Ward By Yard Gains Have Been Made' Which Place fa Annies In Serious Position. Roye And Noyon CemdeJ By Artillery of Allies. Marshal Haig Re ports Continued Progress I Flanders Salient Daring Last ll ' ' By John DeGandt' (United Press Staff Correspondent) Paris. Aug. 17. The French are at the gates of Roye They have occupied the advance defense of the town southward of the Avre river. They 'have also occupied the junction of the Montdidier-Estrees St. Denis roads. SUIardhas been taken after the fiercest fich tine :from house to house. The Germans had formidable de- s at this place. . . , Beyond Loges woodthe p-u-mans were pushed back behind the'Roye-Lassiffny t-oaid." "':' ' " ?" .. ' ... umpue Ur, a miles west of Roye, has been captured wtheMidian trench and Blessis De Roye, less than a ale southwest of Lassienv. have been npmnied. A num. ir of prisoners and a erprir. nn.'inr.itv nf mnforinl worp tak The enemy is reported to be preparing for evac uation of the Roye-Lassigny-Noyon . salient. German are saia to be constructing another Hindenburg IK. ALLIES MAY STRIKE I DAW L High Military Officials Believe Plan Would be Good Strategy. Washington, Aug. 17. Despite tlie opinion of high military officials here that thi' war must be won entirely on jtho western front, others, including 'European military men anl diplomats, lare still hopeful- today tliat America and the allies will attuck the central I power from other sides. Auinonnceiiicnt recently by Assist ant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt that in" re American troops would be sent to Italy, gave hope to Siberian, Greek anil Italian representatives that the United States would hammer at (iermauy's rear just as hard as along the western front, t hief of Waff March however, testified before the senate military affairs committee that the Mar must be won almost entirely on the western front and intimated that offensives in Kussia, the Balkans and Palestine were impracticable. Opitiiun as to the wisdom of these policies is strongly divided here as it has been iu England, Fiance and even Gcrihany, where Hindenburg is the leading "easterner." Ucnwral March, supported by the gene;ak,t&IT, has -announced that the United .States will' adopt Napoleon 's strategy of striking the enemy hardest at his strongest point. President Wilson is believed to have been won over to this view for the time being. RENGH CRUISER IS TORPEDOED AND THIRTEEN LIVES LOST Another American Steamer Sank August 15 Off At lantic Coast. TAKE IRKUTSK 0FFIC1ALREP0RT Rumors Current In Finland Germans Have Seized Kronstadt AMERICAN TROOPS IN EUROPE ARE 1,450,000 SA YS CHIEF OF STAFF Paris, Aug. 12. The French cruiser Dupctit Thouars has been torpedoed audi sunk, thirteen persons pcitnhed. Am erican destroyers rescued the siirwyois. The Dupctit Thouiirs was completed ill July litlO, and had a dipluceuient of tons. Her normal complement Wii 3-13 men. She wm 432 f et long hail a beam of 6.'! jJ-3,fi't;l and her length uver all was W3 feet. Her armament eoiisistcil of two 7.i guni, eight U.4 gnus, three or lour o.9 gnus, sixteen 3-pount! yg and two sub merged torpedo tub.y. .She wa listed as an armoied cruiser. Sunk By Suhmariue. Washington, Aug. 1 The captain vt the American schooner Mndiugnh re ported to thi) nary; department' today that his vessel was shelled and sunk by a I'-boat at 7:13 . m. August loth. Eleven shots werp fired. After tlie crew had abandoned the vessel, the sub marine came alongside and fired two more shots into the hull. When last sccu the vessel was on- fire and siukiug. The crew, consisting of 22 men and a radio operator, were landed at an Atlan tic port today by a Norwegian steamer which picked them 'tip eleven miles .outli of Wiotenjuartvr shoals light vessel. MAY SEND ARMY TO OPPOSE ALLIES Central Empires Realize That Power Of Bolsheviks Has Vanished. Washington, Aug. 17. Irkutsk hag been captured by Czecho slovak forces, assisted by Siberian troops, the state department announced today. A gov ernment favorable to the allies and in favor of -war with Germany is being or Kaniad. the reports received here da. Paris. Aug. 17. Rumors are current i in Finland that the Germans have seiz ed Kronstadt, the Russian naval base in the Gulf of Finland, accotding to a dispatch, received from Stockholm. General March Expects 3,300,000 Yankees Will Be In France By Next JuneGives Military Information to Mem bers of Senate Committe Today. Says Amrican Prison ers In Germany Not Treated With Especial Severity. Many High Officers Are Unable To Stand Strain of Severe Campaign. ' Premier Lenine and War Minister Trotsky dicently removed the soviet government from Moscow to Kronstadt which Is less than 25 miles from Petro-grad'. Norwegians Protest. ( 'uristiania, Aug. 17. The Norwegian government ho protested to Germanv, against the torj cilouig and sinking of Amsterdam, Aug. 17. Soviet forces large government cargo steamer Sonirr- have surrounded Kazan, held by the start a few days ago. Ten members of tht Czechct Slovaks, and are bombarding it, By Wehb Miller til, AllI, 17. Aln.nut 1... 'H French atii British arc 'pressing ! fir way ffwm f;.. i ,..,, '"NUB HI wwans' IVardv li i.... ',1k'wn)''( Lid ,', ,.,.,(, ,; i Mil ww iire.-ariiius. " the extreme m,ti, i, . , ..niii cur er oi Settle f?t, ,h Fri,,. k, I" ""l''itur,t Lassignv "lv ove- thh wV ""w !"lshi"-' ; , . "M.ffu.iilt count,,- Sl,u'h 8,tle."r"s''"t shaped tUbrrr1 """'Kny d Rove. .U81g,,v nill, N .(ui ' ' T If ": i MARTIN crew are' reported missing. dispatch from Moscow according to today, Tlie Somerstad, a steel steamer of 3,-, Another soviet army, advancing to- S73 tons, was sunk 2.) miles southeast ,war Onega, -where a niiw alUed expe ct I'ire Islaiid vn the morning of Aug- dltion has landed In northern Russia, ust J2. - According V- the United 8ta- nas occupied KiflUowka tc government rei.oii.of all her crew On the "southern front" (probably of thirtv were saved. ' Qiptaiu u,orB0 the Don region, where the Cossacks are Hansen declared the iori which sunk 'T" n northward), there is violent til.. Ktonmnr nr,-rfl .1... aliin tiefnrn el cilr. "if. givinff rise to the belief that Oer 8erbiah and Italian representatives '',u,'v ,, i. "uvc, here- believed that Oermanv could be ,"o"" mrpeno. more quickly and completely defeated by a blow in the Balkans, which would detach llulgtiria and Turkey from the central powers. many hay have perfected a wireless Kazan Is a city of about 175,000 pop ulation on the left bank f tlw Volga 100 miles north of Simbirsk and 450 miles east of Moscow. Sunk Off Hatteras. - Washington, Aug. 12. The -British! Washington. Aiy. 17. German in steamer Mirlo. 6.700 tons, was iStuik off tention to break with the bolsheviki Austria under heavy pressure would Cane Hatteras, uroliablv bv n torpedo. 'and throw an army into Russia to Twelve Hundred People Vol unteer To Guard Presi dent's Safety. Ma-nolia, Mass., Aug. 17. Twelve hundred persons arc hunting German spies We today in an effort to help fifteen United States secret service men guard President Wilson. The size i me spy catching force corresponds exactly with the vill hi 0 residents and 001) summer visitors. i ue spy catchers are self appointed de tectives. The biir hunt j.- " av in raiv i time when it became generally known .smeH vviison has been resting here since Thursday. " t have suspected that man with the upturned mustache and the foreign ac cent for severnl ilov. ' , . nam inv (null at the breakfast table.. Ho had lived e i 'in t years in Berlin. "Yesterday he spoke about the pres ident being here and tried to get me to talk about him. You mark niv words that man is a spy looking for informa tion." The man frm Buffalo who had been telling how breakfast food is manufac tured remarked: "There might bo something in it," and passed it along to the man sitting next to him, who told his wife. She told it to -a friend on the veranda, while tho two were knitting socks for the soldiers. So the story was whisper ed about the village through the sum mer cottages and in the hotel lobbv. h i... ...i. . i i . . I'-.civoouy Knew the man with the up turned mustache and the foreign ae I cent was being watched ami every body watched him. Then everybody i took to watching everybody else". The j college professor from Cleveland and i the broker from Syracuse trailed all the way from the railroad station -a Inimi ... n. i i. . .... ...hi uiacH son glasses and wlnsk- ' wlo arrived on the noon train. Their suspicions were conceded to bo groundless, however. wli..n tl, klo,.k spectacled one erected a stand to sell "mcrienn tings and buttons on the treet corner. A short man with black hair and eyes (Continued on page two) soon crumble, it is believed, leaving Germany with exposed flanks. Constitution of the eastern front in Kussia would also be a part of this gen crul plan, it is said. Advocates of the eastern front strat egy say that to fight Germany alone on the western front is to ignore the political aspirations of Germany in the east. In this vust, undeveloped region with its rich resources, Germany expects to tet her claws. She would be willing to give up all the western allies ask along the KYench frontier, including Belgium it ia believed, if she were sure she yesterday afternoon, the navy dc part-, combat the allied forces in the east nient announced today. iNine of the crew hml not been lnwtcd at an early hour today. The Miilo, it is believed, had a cargo of gasoline. ' That a torpedo l'it the vessel has not been definitely established. '.Continued on page two) GSEAT BATTLES ARE LAST AMERICAN That is Opinion of Military Alimonies at National Capital was seen by entente diplomats in vari ous developments on the-east rroni reported here in official cables today. Withdrawal of German Ambassador von Mumm from Kiev, is declared to indicate that the Germans intend to depend upon their military forces in the Ukraine to carry-out the elaborate program of levies on the wheat crops of southern Russia. Next in importance is the arrival in Moscow of the Bulgarian and Turkish ministers to Russia. Peeling against both of these diplomats is said to have been bad on account of Bulgarian and Turkish violations of Russian territor ial integrity and reports were that sev eral attempts on the lives of both men were .frustrated by the bolsheviki. ' The German ambassador to Russia and his staff at l'skoff arc reported ti he nrotected bv heavy naval liuards from German warships at Riga, only 50 miles away, and are reported prepar ied.to flee to safety on the ships at the least sign of an uprising. , . , ,,,,, I The opinion here is that the Germans Washington, Aug. 17. "Hie great ,.nu, tint the bolsheviki nower has battles of the allies," will probably wane,i ad that the best conrsc is to fought next summer. This was the nretnre for re-establishment of the interpretation placed by authorities to- eastern battle lino as far -within Bus day on General March's statement le- 8ian territory as is possible. Entente fore the senate military committee that military experts are disposed to believe the 2,300,000 men available under the that the Germans, when the allies dein- , I new draft will be in France by June onstratc that they can re-organize Hus- Washington, Aug. 17. German inlri-! 1010, ami with 4,000,000 Americans sia for the fight, will particularly pre gue is making its last stand in the Am- then there, the allies can penetrate the pare to make a stand on a line from ericas throng, the agency of the Mexi-j German lines ar will. Riga southward to Kharkov or inc. can oil tax dispute-with' Great Britain Little expectation is held that the Dneiper river to tho Black sea. .. i .i, T'..:...i u. ...... :.. .i... ..:..:.... 1 wo,. iii nmi thw venr. A 1. i irh nt'fi;ni! This line would be shorter than tne of tho Latin-American diplomats here, in the government councils outlined the'old German-Russian battle front and it Washington, Aug. 17. -fotul Amerit- an troops in Europe and en route now number 1,430,000, Chief of Staff Marc't is quoted as having told members pi the! senate lnilitary committee today. It isj hoped to have o,3B0 ,000 in Eiiro,e byi June of next year, committee members i said. Speed with which American soldiers j arc being sent to Europe is nsjain on tilt j increase, due to improved falilities. Be-! cause of the high speed attained earlier in the. summer delays of transports for repairs have recently been necessary. March said that the 1,4."0,000 Ameri cans' which have lefi this country to fight included those in Fiance, Siberia: Italy and Russia proper. In the future, all figures of American expeditionary forces will include tuosej sent to all parts of the world, March i stated. Praieod by French. High praise of American valor in ac tion has been given by French comman ders, March said. The second artillery brigade, which is a part of the second division which op erated at Chateau-Thierry, leccived the praise of the French. ' In the davs of severe fighting which these troops experienced their qualities o energy, ability and devotion wo.i high rcsrect of their French comrades, March said. General March announced thas Adjut ant General U. T. McCain, in recognition of his effieent work on this would be placed in command of the 12th divisioa at Camp Devons, Mass. He will be succeeded by Brigadier General Peter Harris, who will be act ing adjutant general. Harris has shown great efficiency i'l handling the muster rolls, March said. Divisions are Located. The Eightieth division is now it training with the British in Flanders, and the Eighty-second division is hold ing a part of the line north of Toul. The 320th field artillery has not yet bien engaged in action. American troops in Italy have not been put into the fighting. . . . Reports that the American prisoners in Germany have been singled out for bad t:eatment were denied by March who said that after careful investigation through Spanish representatives, Ameri can prisoners had, been found to bo treated tlie same as those of other al lied nations. . The men were inspected, unannounced, by the Spanish, Marc'( said. When congrcs,, reconvenes a number of brigadier generals will be recommend-" ed for promotion, to the rank of major general. March raid. - Officers Sent Heme. vThe naiors concluded from Wieir .'.(inference today that the present driva of Foch is now slowing somewhat anil .. .. . . .... . that a new urivc may De starica oy nun on some other sections of the front. Because of the severity of the fight- (Continued on page two) HGHTING'ON AMERICAN SECTOR LIVELY YESTERDAY This is General Official View !' of Mexican Oil Field Troubles . Air Combats Are Especially Numerous With Ameri cans Making Record. By Fred S. Ferguson. (United Press Staff Corespondent.) With The American Armies In Fiance Aug. -16. ( Night. )--Fighting along the Yesle river today was the liveliest iu several davs. The Germans shortly after midnight,! opened with a bombardment which coir tinned for hours. They used more gas than at nny time in more than a week.,! The big guns of the French and.. Amci'ii eaim answered viciously, shelling euem.t positions from theheights just ninth of i the Vesle, clear back to the Aisne. j American airmen, who bombed many Aisne bridges' effectively yesteiday af. ; terr.oun, continued their operations to-1 day in an effort to complete the des-j traction of the bridges. , Traffic across the Aisne in the Li.it ; few days has been much heavier than usual, according to observers. It con sist,, largely of ammunition trucks head ed south and is accepted as indicating that the enemy has determined to hold the present lines indefinitely. German bombing planes in great num bers tried to drop explosives on tho French and Americans along the Yeslo early this morning, but w-ere driven off by anti-aircraft guns. They then slip ped around the butteries and visited thu back areas, repeatedly attacking places where they believed troop, were quar tered. Their aim was po r, however, ow ing to tiie fact that if was still dark. Many German gun nets on the ertga of the plateau west of Fismette wera destroyed by an American barrage. Ob servers reported that thirteen machinu guns were put out of commission and that all the gunners were killed. CAPTAIN BIDDLK'S STOEX By Frank J. Taylor. (United Press Staff Corespondent.) With The American Armies In Franco (Continued on page two) (Continued on page two) Aside from the Mexican difficulties, stages by which the war would be end- wouiu a.so pro.ccv xu.B.. - the relations of American republics are ed as follows: declared bv representatives of the South! "Maximum man power ia Europe by and Central American countries never to next summer. lave been happier and the tendency to- "Mammoth allied drive, as soon as XpTtftfjf liaHHlffer nnn i e t lereaiter. sui passing In size, " and force anything previously attempt ed, with the view of inflicting decisive defeat on the German army. "Peace bid from Germany late in 1919. nnd sufficient guarantees from ward the realization of a real Pan-Am ericauhm never stronger. Chile, long aii ardent admirer of Ger many for many natural, reasons, of late has shown a desire to promote closer relations with the United Slates, to the end of making permanent the lines of her to make possible an armistice. Sign o Dies at Advanced Age, New Hampshire trade down the South American west coast that have been established in our heavy Importations' (if nitrates and cop ing of the pence treaty in the winter of 1919 or earlv in U'-'O." To wt the 2.300,000 new- Franklin, N. II.. Aug. 17. United States Senator Gallingcr, aged 81, and a member of the senate since 1891, 'rllni -frnm henrt. ilispn.w in the Frflnk- drnftees'm, hospital here today. He had been ma m mat "From Over There" General Pershing s Official Report per for munitions manufacture. That which the program now calls for, Crowd tl.e effect of this intercourse already er plans to register 13,000.000 men early is Leing felt Is shown in a dispatch j next month. received here fiom the representative Drnft officials throughout the conn if 4lm Pnn m I fdrt nil nnl.lin information try are netting ready tor this gigantic at Santiago .tellini? of tlft plans for an 'task. Men will begin to leave for L....ps'the New Hampshire house of represent enlarged Enfirlish department for the in ill health for several months, Senntor Gallingcr was born in Cana dn, March 28, 18H7. He started life as a printer and later practiced medicine. In 1872 he was elected a member of teaching of English subjects in the Uni versity of Chile. American flags were almost as soon as they arc classified, atives. He was a member ot tne consti Crowder said. tutional convention in 187H and elect- A niiiicnl to com'ress to speed up ac-!ed to the state senate in 1878. During entwined with the Chilean emblem and'tion on the (Iran i.iu was oeing voiceu i i mi . i.e. was ...1. Bw.a. served in tho 4Uth congress, first senate term began March November, 1914, he was 'elect- n-tccutini? the, mammoth pro- ed for a titth term, wnicii wouiu navo II... Slf,,. Snnn,rl,l Bn,.er Wfla S1111B- fit t liroll T !1 Oil t II1C CUUIlll.r II.UUY. It .-i .. ... 1 .. . ,m--.. j. ,..,,.,' Mnnrnr tlint America is in the He first rile i niversiiv as iniieiin minii ut . ,....,-3 ..v...-. - . ....... j ... " t,!..:. r..i.l.;. o.wl fMt in a finish, the people are demand- and his , -..j ..i.- ..:.-r!n.. in thru, nothinir shall delay military 4, 1S!U. become ments. teachers for the new depart- officials gram under their charge. expired March 3, 1921. Washington, ' Aug. 17. The war de partment today announced ninety cas ualties from the west front divided as follows: Killed in action, 17; died of wounds 1; died of accident and other causes, 2; wounded'severely, 31; wounded, de gree undetermined, 20; missing in ac tion. 19. The list follows: Killed iu action: Lieutenant B. L. Rice, Sparta, Wis. Sergeants A. J. Ortinau, Columbus, Ohio. B. (VS hoch, Selins Grove, Pa. Corporals J. W. Armstrong, Jonesboro, Tenn. E. 8. Mulligan, New York. Wagcners .1. K. Massev, Princeton, N. C Privates M. Burrows, Volga. S. D. L. O. Coopcrrider, Pcaridge, Ark. C. E. Cuininings, Hanver, Mass. C. Densley, Kiverton, Utah B. E. Guiincll, Arlington, N. J. O. Upland, Eleva, Wis. T. Mead, Sandusky, Wis. R. R. Ramsey, Boston, Mass. H. J. Swearimgcn. Kansas City, Mo. P. Tsiotras, Indiana Harbor, Ind. Wounded Severely Sergeant T. M. Bowskie, Chicago Privates B. J. Goush, Mount Morris, 111. S. S. Humphrey, Logania, Iowa H. E. Olson, Chicago Wounded, Degree Undetermined Mechanic 7 J. tiff man, Vark Ridgo III. Privates .1. H. Burns, Ottuniwa, Iowa J. L. Cusworth, Woodbine, Iowa F. W. Hardy, Missouri Valley. Iowa J. W. Haxby, (,"aiinda,,Iowa .T. Larson, Godman, 8. L. F. Lewis, Des Moines, Iowa C.V. Marlow, Uecorah, Iowa H. Miller, Red Oak, Iowa G. W. Nylander, Red Oak, Iowa A. Peach, Bedford, Iowa J. Regan. Chicago Missing in Action Privates L. Hemlee, Havana, 111. M. Lipsky, Chicago With the Canadians Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 17.-Among Am eTicns mentioned in today's list are: Wounded Lieutenant A. C. Lewis, Omaha, Neb; J. Van Esse, Santa Bar bara, Oal; L. H. Allen, Chatham, 111; Lieutuiant C. N. Wilde, Berkeley, Cal. 11! P. E. Thomas. Kansas; J. F. Aa diies, Ewieka. Meat.