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m 4,603 SUBSCRIBERS (23,CO0 HEADERS) DAILY Only CiT-u'.itijB ia Salem Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulation ML LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE- VAL LEY NEWS SERVICE TODAY CE ON YJU I Oregon: Ton-g'-.t s- .'i warmer Saturday J. "say J gatle northerly 05rJ :rn. 7 FORTY-FIRST YEAR- NO. 200. SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2:?, 191S. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENT3 HI ft ffvi f fw :"1 .41 RENCH DRIVE GERMANS I I1IREE MILES OF V 9 m m ON THREE SIDES BRITISH TAKE 610 PRISON IN LASTTHREE DAYS ADVANCING ON FRONT Chaulnes, Highly Important Railroad And Highway Center, May Fall NextFrench Only Three Miles From Old Hin- ' denburg lineBattle Has Won Gmmd To Depth of More Than 15 MUes. Sixteen German Divisions, 192,000 Men, Have Been Beaten. By John DeGandt (United Press Staff Correspondent) Paris, Aug. 2:1 The French advance has swept the Germans back to within three hiiles of Chaulnes, the highly important railway and highway center, between Noyon and LaFere. . General Mangin's men are reported to have reached the borders of Coucy-Le-Chateau, only three miles from the old Hindenburg line. They are pressing eastward along the roads leading into the town from the Ailette river and have launched a heavy .track against Coucy Grove, south of the village. , Noyon is being attacked from the northwest, south east and northeast. The French are across the Oise and Manicamp canal and have reached the edge of Morlin court, 2,000 yards (slightly over a mile) from the Noyon railway station. The road from Noyon to Laon soon will be penetrated from another direction. (This road passes Chaulnes a :,Ale and a half to the southward). The boches clinging to the hills north of the Oise already are under the heaviest fire from the French ar tillery, s. BRITISH GOING STRONG By Lowell Mellett (I'nited Press staff correspondent) With the Hriti.sh Annies in France. Aug. 2:t. General Byng is gradually overpowering the German defence on the whole front from the Sonime north ward to the t'ojcui river, despite dos perate resistance at many points. fn the extni:n of attack farther northward to.lav tie British progress ed nearly two miles, aparent)y reach ing Hoiry -Besqiirclle and (lovelies (five miles south, eist of Arras and three miles west of Croisillea.) .They knve reached Hntnlineourt a mile and a ba'.f south of Lovelies) and ' to'niei'ourt (four miles northwest of Jbipauine.) Many prisoners were taken in Gomiecourt. 'Bray, on the north bank of the Sow ine, has ben practically surrounded. Prisoners taken by the British in the last three days tta) nearly fi.OitO. Tdure than a thousand of these were taken south, of the Sonime this mom- ALLIED OFFENSIVE NOW AT GREATEST HEIGHT IN WAY OF ACCOMPLISHMENT Constant Advance Of Allies Is Causing Baches To Get Nervous. By Frea S. Ferguson. tl nitod Pr.'ss (staff Correspondent. i With The American Armies l" Franee Aug. S3 The sllied offerwive is no its greatest height since July IS. not in )y in accomplishment, but in rK!bili!:es Although the more rereaf owratiua lck the speetjeularitr of the n.ns Msrne and British attacks, their a"j!2 ,l:ii:is Ms of "the highest import ance. TU raidl j ivance mf the I ri s--a hrtwren !h? tio ant the Aisne r-i'.'i 'log :,ths;t five BilrJ f nriisintl Has : fs.t creat:it: a safest in the I he .-s.;i,is and inrreauajf tue t Starting at 5 o'clock this morning, j at a point belmvliray, the Britih ex tended their front an additional 6')00 j yards, surprising the Ciernians, and ; driving them from the high ground in that vicinity- The towns sought in their tWt, apparently, arc Chiiogres. : Nefleville aud Clitinglj'jlles (two miles .south of Bray.) , Albert is Captured ; London, Aug. 2o. Albert. ' which forms the renter of Herman resistance between the i-jmie and the Scarpe. was in the hands of the British today. The attack carried out yesterday on the six mile front between the Anere and the Sonime, was completely suc ee.sf'il, the British gaining two inilej and capturing Alliert, despite desper ate enemy resistance. At the same time, heavy German ! e-iunfnr attacks along the ten mile front between Bf-aucourt and Moyetin ville, north of the Ancre, were beaten off. the British retaining their newly 'Continued on page two) necessity for aa early withdrawal from the csic to i il.i Aisne line, i A detachment of Americans, lid l,v 'Captain Wililam Harrigan, son of tiie' famou actor, penetrated Tannicies t-x mites west ot Fismr-s) last night in small local operation. They captured fourteen I p: isuiers, retain, d the positions fom which tht. Gtrman were irien and maintained a f.otholi in the town. i Then- priiiier ronfrmeI the r"prt I'.:: the Fourth Prussian gnarl tad' ii .-i withdrawn from the Vrsle. ! In face nf the constant allied advsn' a jiint or an-.it her during !h !at ; tti . r h the bkM he are howing the cjr'-at-; ' !.er.usnr; m al! sectors wkeri they tavv not yet l"i a'tack'-d. This is ' c3.-!y i!..i:et-d is the raids by Aef.!-' ,,fi in tiM li!;'-i region. I iCofctioik'd on r-Sjf sever; BACK TO CHAULNES l CDClfRENCH PAY HONOR Lit Or ta nru nrnouiun iu uui.-raidnmu AND AMERICAN FLAG Lloyd A. Lee Writes of Big CelehraSon Held In "Some French City." Private Lloyd A. I.ee, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Lee, is now in France in the signal corps, stationed at general head quarters of the American forces. In a recent letter he writeg that one of the things the boys mifs the most is that of hearing a woman or young girl talk a language they ta!i understand. Tueie seems to le an abundance of women folks over there but of course they do not talk "Vnited States." ' - One of his greatest pleasures recently was in visiting the cathedral that was bombed by the long distance Herman gun and the pleasure of the day wa ot from viewing scenes in Paris but from the fact that the boys were accompanied be several American nurses who eould talk English language. It just made ti e boys happy t hear the real American lingo. He attended a big celebration hcl some time ago and had the pleasure of seeing General Pershing and a dozen fa muli, French, Italian and Knglisli gen erals take part iu the day's speaking. Ho writes in part regarding the big day: Old Plory ' lyerywljere.. , . ."The struts were lined with flajj and the most ptomiilent positions were given to our own Star Spangled banner. The Place d 'Hotel d'Ville. in other words th, public squaio iu the center of the village, was a mass of floating col ors. Flags of every nation were to be soon but in the center of all our own. ".soon after nur arrival some Fieucii gcuiraU drove up and were welcomed by the delegation about lialf way down the aiile. They wete very careful not to pas any oup tip and consequently there was mnny greetings and hand shaking. "The commotion had hardly died down when from a .side street another began, people crowded this way and that, as several autos , crept through the crowd. Soldiers stooil stitf an,i saluted as the cars passed nnd from (Continued on page four) 5,000 Of Them See Great Col umbia Gorge As Far As Bonneville. Portland, Ore., Aug. 23. Wit a lit tle shell fire for realism, the Columbia Highway todsi would have resembled iie of the military roads out of Paris whe:i General Gallem's taxicab army tunic 1 tiie Huns bark in 1W1I. I I : ' '. Kvery sort of motor vehicle in Port lini was pressed into wivice to take the Gran I Army of the Uepublir, ."omi str ing, up the highway to Benaet il'e. Land and wa er forces co operated, for s:ea.i;ers cjowdid with men in blue 'stesmel up th river. Th a a the tinal day of the en i -ampuieut. The veterans will go home having registered their errjdistir belief in America's cause in the war. 8y h a resololioii as adopted late yester day, together with others, condemning the burial of alien enemy .bad in the I'nion cewetary at Chattanooga, con demning tuw junking of rarragut s flagship and the film production "The Birth of a -Nation." WOUNDED SEVEN TIMES A forui-r Hubbard boy, Jann-s lt V en, according to news that reached his rela'tves hers last week, must have the intercession of fate on his side, tt'iib mer there in Frante with tlx: colors When U left there be was but fifteen years old. Met fce wenj ti Canada sad t eik up a claim: wheB the war hrk out he wer.t with the first troup, a; 1 lus liiel f nir years of it, hs-en Wiei'id e, HFvea times and is in an Kaglisb to;u'4l n -. He surely has had Li. aha re but says fc wants to star a ad it ti ro :g!i. 'inbbanl Lnti-rprije. MILITARY EXPERTS SAYFOCHVViaPOUND GERMANS ALL WINTER Believe This Would Make Them Face Spring Offen sive Much Weakened. By Carl D. Groat (Tinted Press Staff Correspondent.) Washington. Aujj. 3. That Foch in tends to pound the Inn-he hard all wia- ... u ,. hi..,. miii,.... ,..... her.. I.vlav hvml ..romineoi office,-. on duty here have .opeuly favored a strenuous winter campaign. Thev are of the school who complained at the ab sence of open warfare and who have cheered loudly since this system came into play. Now thva- Vliev that their hop.s are coining true, for French military ''Mrds ' j ;ive every indication of l.au.n.eri.i.f Mj ' r ' uaiv ,,, and on, g.v.ug thojwhe as little oppor.th(, Au.ri,an front ,; tunny as possible to recuperate his ranks. "We ought to keep - giving them lu ll," said one authority. "Only in that way can we get a speedy finish, A winter eampaigjt of large proportions' is a tough proposition, but it would be ! ' UMir.. fill tl,, n,IA,H0 tlm fl... II. He expressed the view that bv kcep- . iiu nn tht. cnnmaiirn insteatl nf ni.rmitt tug mc iigui to uniuuie to occasiunei trench sorties, thfc- wny would be pre pared for a mammoth spring campaign. Just nt piTKMit there is some doubt in military minds bere as to the exact in -J It is the presence in the field of the teutions of the Teutonic staff. KoaiCj powerful, growing body of Aineiiiuns authorities sav the boMie is falling back that made possible the energetic hand! rather easily nnd suggests that he is1 itig of the enemy, which is now the feu striving now only to save his uieu and) tore of the western campaign, material until he establishes a new line I Experts are unanimous in the opinion behind the Komme. . , . ... . . ' . ' it is uviievcit mat retirement iroin .leve.) rue iniiinuve wunum uie ni(s hi the Lassigny region will soon be forced. I erica n help, but that he could not main However, it is coiisiilircil doubtful that! tain this advantage without the steadily the Germans can fill iin their divisions progressive increase of such help. and undertake another offensive now. BRITISH AIRMEN'S WORK IN ATTACK NEAR ANCRE AN IMPORTANT FACTOR Dropped More Than 25 Tons Of Bombs As One Night's LUSineSS I .,,.. (,. 91 Tli ..Invn.l 1,1- ... . '. ' ". " ! ' British airmen in the attack of the, Ancre is described in a slateme.it issued i.v tli.. nir mini.trt. i The thick mist which prevailed dur ing the early morning of August 21, pre vented our uiipiuui'i nom taking pint mi l.-ttle nt .i, eniio of Hi. iittnek i ' north of the AncV'," Hw statemeet said. "As the morning advanced thej sky became clear and for the rest of thej day our airmen w, re actively engaged., K oiiie timehines devoted thenisehes to' the work of contact patrol and repot ted tli,. positions of our advancing troops (o their headquarters' from time to lime. Other maelti'e''s attacked hostile t loops, and transports from low altitudes witli bomli, and machine gun fire, wntteri.ig riniiiiunitioii wagons aud tobiiiius ou tliOj march. Iu sevetal j-lai-es, Geiieun guns firing at our tanks, were silence abyj IiouiIm and niacfiine gun fire fiom the air. A grout den! i f oik was done aisu in r-'iorting actije ho-tile battt-iies to our aitllerv ss H in recnnaisii - ces and observnti. f our artillery fite "Twelve ton, of lionitis were itroppcit jby us during the day. In air fighting 121 hos'ile machines Were del roved and ; eight otln rs driven down out of conli' I., ABE MARTIN We f.-d t ' wit !.'! i our ji; lpn i;t of a feiief "i a'lilt tili ali th' ru-li m ui tit, b: nus) is'- re waif fiii hi. ( let :re is prist-'i. Figiril' on soleethie. ' f r Mi: da ' I ...i,-r kil-.-i ' ).. ail th" r m, -,' rh ' v. HOLDING MORE FRONT BY AMERICANS MAKES FOCH'S DRIVES POSSIBLE i Battle Fronts Must Be Consid- ered As a Whole From Ypres To Rhehns. By Ed L. Keen. I I'nited Press Staff Correspondent.) London, Aug. 3. Ho not imagine be- I cause me uoiigin.oys mr "01 " " I ue '' Mangiu Ha ng and I other fam lions that thev are not on the 1 job. I Th,e fact is that although they aie I elsewhere they are now contributing to the allies' success even more effective I ly though less spectacularly than ale u I they are actually going over the tep al l Chateau-Thierry and rtoissuns, along the lue to inci eases " lines south of the present battle area that Marshal KcU has been enabled to acquire the ueeea- sarv mobility and elasticity ot his forces ,' the no. nose of miick suriirisinir duu ,.,8 mr,, ad there. The bewildering attacks not 0uly have gained Important snateiric and iieoirraphieal objections, but have been the means of fraziltng the enemy's nerves through cons'.ai.t guessing and worrying. The battle must, more than ever, be considered a. n whole from Ypres to Uhiems, a one of Great Britani s most capable miliary writers observed that Foct, not onlv could nor have ach I . . !., .. .. i. I.:.- k ... f 1 There i every assurance now thnt, One German balloon was shot ilom i'i ' flames. -lOmlit of our machines are nuss "0i thi! ,igM ot AuK,Ht S1.a ikite a bright moonlight hihI a clear sky. Our nbjlit bombing airplanes dropped inoie than tons of bombs ou ii:fi'rr ent targets. ' f "Cambrui and Marcoing stations Here heuvil.v attacked (i a well as a number of railway bridges and stations, aiidronies and billets. The bridge at Aubigny All line, on the road connecting Uoual hiul : i . . . t. . i ..... .i, uinmai "as urosen uowu. flu oi our "laehines return: il safely. "Or"" nf our night flying machines brought down iu flames mi this' side of the line a laige enemy bombing air plane. The machine reported in yes terday ' commui.ique as missing has now ret u -ne I. " SIBERIA M HELP j ft I Ilfll fi JapaRCSC Ueneral Will lOni" ciand All Troops. Japs Advance 50 Miles. .! Tokio, Aug. "t. Japanese troops are advancing beyond Nikiilask, the war office announced today. The official statement also said that lieutenant (ieneral Otani. comtnander of the allied forces in eastern Hiberia, will command also the Cr.eeho Slovak 1 troops operating there and the anti- bolshevik fores in the niaritiino prov- iB'cs of nitieria. t j XiUolsk is an important railroad 'juncti' n .V) miles north of Vladivostok.' A:.k K. ltiforceuients. ; Tokio, Aug Ttie I'zeeho Hloaki ' ibave ake, ihe aiiies for big reinforce- s Uiitith ill the region of like I'.aikttl, recording to the Vladivostok eor'cs !pondent of the Nipjwa l"-!i,p c' Agency 1 i The ('.( hs, ays the dispatch, are (seriously endangered there and declare thoy !imt decisively defeat the ludshe ivisi within a montb, before winter s'ts ; in. land Mit; Kherman H. I'atton, Greco Wotnm Decorated. '"''' Jlv. MiW fit? Pari. Aug. 23. Kriima . Lai sing , M"t ; H.-rrisnn F. Kachww, Rotindlake, and Kiithernie K. K. Laniitg. sis'ers Minn; Ar.g.lo hpino, Iti'filto. Italy; of Secretary of Ktate l.,hert Lansing, Harold r. Wood, Moofes, X. V.; Walter hare be.n ileiorstid with the F.cn.h A Zalinoa, Hainsw Mich. wit cross for working with th Red! Died of WoumV!. units u'..l. r fire. j Captaia Philip Mills, ht. avid, Pa; as ' ; Sejgi-ant Fred W. Murray, Meiiomin Itetn.ea lU 'fi an. JSIH Viwoi.sin . M e!i; Harold W. Ko., ll, Moines, pant out in l,u!i'ies for wolves, Iy'!oa; Lewis Thompson, fiibsen, Ga; ,.d w. Meats ttsii.C's. Albert J. Wibtams. Duryea, Pa. thanks to America, no matter how ds-j peralelv the bochc mav resist here ai:dj there, the days of deadlock are Tiie allies through complete ...... ......s , command of the situation are able to impose their will on the enemy when a u,l where they like. Bat this does not mean that the end is ever, yet in sight. Herman dogged ness, tenai-ity and recuperative powtrs must alwavs be reckoned with. FOURMEN KILLCDAND NIETEEN WOUNDED Explosion Of Depth Charges In Board U. S. S. Orizaba Is Unexplained. 'Washington. A,ig. 2il. Four men were killed and nineteen others severely wounded by the explosion nf a depth charge on the V. 8, 8, Orir.ba, at sea on August K. the navy department an nounced today. Lieutenant Commander William P. Williamson, New York, x ecutlve officer nf the ship was killed. Commander R. 1. White, la command of the vessel suffered a broken juw and his knee eap was fractured by the ex plosion. The three eiilistej men who werc kill ed aret Samuel T. Lambert, V, 8. N., R. ., Riverside, N. J, , Frank J, Mayer, V. 8. N., Cincinnati, Ohio. Arthur K. Bairs, l". 8, V., R. F Pittsburg, Pa. The an nun nceme nt did not give the names of the eighteen wounded enlist ed men. The explosion of the depth charge oc curred August 17, The Orlxba wns In troop transport service, but was bound without soldiers aboard, Whether the explosion Indic-Hled some action Involv ing the use of a charge against a sub marine was not made known. TO BE HEARD MONDAY. Chicago, Aug. 2.1. Hearing of the 100 convicted I. W. W, leaders In their plea for a new trial, will bp held Mon day, Federal Judge Lnmlis announced today. Federal officials believed senten ces will be imposed at once if the new trial motion wns denied. OPEN CHILDREN'S ASYLUM,!. Rome, Aug. 23. The American Kc Cross has opened eight children's fl'v buns Hithin the war zone, according to nil official Hiiiioiiiicemunt here today. Five more nr to be opened soon In the Treviso, 1 was staled, p Stall of Simmr jfr ffmWir rrom jucr mere j lltW General Perhing'$ Official Report The following casualties ere report ed by the commanding general ",IJ Amerieari eseditioiiary forecs: Killed In action J Missing in action U Woiimied severely -il IHeit of wounds 24 lied of accident and other causes ti Died of dissase - - Wounded, degree undetermined 13 Total ..I2H Killed la Action Liell'eUHIll Helllllill il. South, IllOok lyn, N. V; ' Corral Kverett Uoncy, Oconto, Wis; Carl J. hiind Worcester, Mass. Privates, Gu.lav llerioaii Auderson, I hicagin Irving Ashley, Horlage, Wis; Doiiini ique .1. Hi bini-nu, Foscroft, Msine; l id Hnr'iii, Minsk. Ilns-ia; Charles L Kddy, I hiiago; Kugene It. tiallion, Hen son, ,V, C; Perb v F. tircsves, Wabbn, Vl: John K. lh .lt, Wabash, Hid; John 'J. Joyce, Grrnock, Pa; John Kalitiki ' Hallimore. Md.; Himard A. Kougel. ;Myrruite, ,N. Vj Kdgsr G. Miller. Port LODGE OUTLINES. Buns IN TERMS OF PEACE " ' SaTS Man-PCWer Bill Fill ht If l i ... si n f usmrosiaon lotnrorce Demands. BOTH HOUSES WORKING FEVERISHLY ON BILL That Senate Will Stand Pat . For Draft Of Younger Men Is Certain. Washington, Aug. 23, Hailing th new iniiii power bill as the weapon with, which America will win a eomploto and final victory over' Germany, rsenator Henry Cabot Lodge, Massachusetts, t ilnv outlined to the senate the "irredu cible minimum" which the allies shoulj agree to In making peace. The essential conditions of a rmupleta secure and lasting peace as Lodge out lined them, aret . Restoration of Belgium. Return of Alsuee-Lorraine to France, not fnom sentimental reasons alone, but to deprive Germany of the coal and iron of Lorraine. Restoration of Italia Irredenta, In cluding Trieste (O Ituly. lic-estnlilislimcut of tserbia and Ru mania as independent states. H'curity of Greece. Edublishmeiit of the Jugo Hlnve and Csecho Hlovaks as independent peoples. Independence for Poland. Restoration to Russia of provinrca taken from her by the treaty of hrest Litnvsk. KeliniluUhmctit nt Pon.lnntinonlu !i I the Turks and establishment of tha imniuiiriirs as a waterway. free International diminution . from Palestine.i of Turkish influence Huch a victory, Lodge said, "must be won inside, not outside, Merman frontiers. It must be won finally and thoroughly in German territory and can be so won now. " The man power bill i the meant to this end, Uidgo said, " How are these things to b se cured The detail are really mora important than the fccucrul principle itl which we all agree, Broadly speak ing, there is only one way to obtain this security of the nations, thi aafetv of democracy, this preservation of fieciluiu and civilisation and that is by reducing Germany to a condition where by no possibility can she pre cipitate another war of universal con quest with all its attendant horror upon on unoffending world." He then outlined the details of t ho terms aud added: "We must not be beguiled into con cession to Turkey In the liope of Sep, iirating her from Germany. It would be tiiisernblii outcome to have Turkey (Continue,! on page three) Corporal Willium Juiiod, I'hiladelptiia, Pa; tleorge A. McKee I'.ioc.klvn, N. V,; Cook Arthur Adolf K. Krlin, t'udahv Wis; Cook Mile W. Melbth,li-s Moines, luwa. Ifivate. William C. Ilest, Ho tie, Mont; Al. Ki ll am H, Hreitigsn, Litit.. Pa; Arthur F Ilr;ll, Relief, Ky; Albert 1. Con nil, Clurciiiout, Minn; Claud (' Comt ney. Verticil, Okla; Fnk W. Cullen, Toledo, Ohio: Paul Flack, Oshkosh, Win; Choilcs Flack, FasiisvUIc, Ind; Holey i,. Miletiettscney Mbb; Man ind .loke, .in, ruiichal, Mnderia; Henry" 'P. Ppiink-lf, Iridianapolia, Inr; Otto H. rtwauson, Chicago; William Howie, Itorcestef; llolesluw Wasilevv-ki, Proli lenee, K, 1; Felix Wisoaaty, Pitts burgh, pa. Died of D sea.se. Private Willie lb nnett, Vanoo City, Mi; Fred Wilson, Fairtnouth, N. ', Died from Accident and Other Cause Her geq at George . Ituiniw, Kobeltna La. Private Ralph Ilevivo. New York. N. V.; Charles It, Harris, t'oin. Iowa; Monald Harry Mcl,'ae, Cass it y, Mich; Josph Arthur (iiceo, Wokefieid, Mich; Frank J. K heidel. New York. N Y. Wounded Severtly. ( a; tain Jatm T. Potter, Adams, Mass; Sergeant Falter Raymond MeCurdy, Wellington, Runs. Corporals Charles P. Jones, llamp- (CouUnutd on page