WEATEK 4600 SUBSCRIBERS (23,0 :0 E EAT ESS) DAILY Only Ciru'-atioa in faletn Guar anteed by the Audit Bareaa cf Cir-ulations FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY KEWS SERVICE TODAF 3 Oregon: Tonight f.iir: Sun lay fair warer except t.ar t'u" coast: svatU wi:i.is, hui'-v re-r-t-Vrlv. I I ! 1 FORTY-FIRST YEAR- no i. SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1918. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS nil fLwc 51 lliU . ill ARMY OF 4,000,000 TO BRING VICTnuy IN 1919 SAYSC K f 5r. t Genera) March Says T N tela blooded Amen ! l ,i Military Opinion. I MORE THAN 1,500,000 OF THESE IN FRANCE Confilence In Victory Is Bas ed On Confidence In Am erican Soldiers. By C.n D. Groat, (I'uited Press staff correspondent) Washngton, Aug. 24. When Chief of Staff March predicted a 1919 vic tory with a 4,000.000 American army next June, he was delivering a "cold Wooded American military opinion." It was no spread-eagle boast or claim. It was based upon confidence in American soldiers on confidence in spired by serving with them and be ide them. The general assured members of the press today that his statement to the eenate military committee was the de liberate military opinion. At the same time he revealed that the nation has now passed the 1,300,000 mark in its program of 4,000,000 afield by next June. March pounded home the thought that next year U the victory year, provided America furnishes the man (ower needed, unhesitatingly and whole heartedly. His confidence in victory based he said, on his confidence in her soldiers, is having addad inspiration from returning officers. . As he nut it. these men brought here and promoted 1 to the po-'ketbooks of the people of for distinguished services, talk to him ! Marion and Polk counties, With ever in. their own language. "You don 't j Rlv,u blackberries the problem is the find any lack of confidence there," j same as pears, mostly a queston of la he said, "and the American soldier , bur as'to the amount the canneries will urmTviw me run conriaence of the United States for on everv occasion. where he has been tested, he hits de livered the goods." Samples of American dash and ef ficiency were cited. One officer of the first division told March of the cap ture of CS guns in the recent drive and how they were brought back bo iind our own trucks. Thirty-five hundred prisoners wera taken at 'the same time. Another unpublished incident he nar rated was the taking by the Second division of ten complete German bat teries and ntrcacn.ation of them to General Pershing. In response u specific questions, March located tho following divisions thus: Eighty third division of the 5tU iiorps, serving a replacement sivision :!7th division of the. Fourth corns, in the line near Baccarat; TSth division t:.i nii r nenr th frnnt ne- t n- fniitry of the Sixth in a training sec lor. Reviewing the British drives of the last few days, the chief of staff de clared that the fine work done by the French had been duplicated by the Bid'isli. The British, he pointed out, have developed a new though smal! salient bv pushes on both sides of Albert.' March esti:::at"d that the distance (Continued on page eigl.t) GERMANS PREPARE TO RETREA TON SECTOR IN FRONT OF AMERICANS ftamerous Fires Back Of Im'C'lZ s:TJi And Unusual Activities Indicate This. By Fred 8. Ferjnson itB t&e American Armies in trance, An. 24. Tin Veate front is buiziag With local irifanUy operations, which are possibly the prebtde to a German with- drawal. Bombardment of the American rcarjk.Pnff f Hnuually sharp fighting. The area has been si kened anj ouuicr'jus! tannerv is a h g "stone affair, slaniing fir, s can be observed betwien the Ve!ejBear an open road west 0f Fismes. It is and Ibf Aisr.e, snggtir.g that materia! sa ;,teal uis.birie guB nest sad l-.s been and n ali ammunition dumps are being; swine at i lmrh stroughoid tot ma btiiiH-d. jchinp gun and rifle sniping. Half a d.j?en sharp infantry clashes Fallowing a bri.k artillery bombard j hsn incurred in the past S4 hours. Iiici-t, th Amcricsns bft their shallow j one instance tK Oem srts and Acricaa .les half ran, half crawled across i ntti-ked st different points, practically j r r ic ssrw Tirnj. genersr wixiiji rot Ij . J to;iip,;ie asl plattM-ns fighting li tiii c;,;-!!. A a insta-ie- ef the t n atnre f .18 tW c-srparr, ;;-- Mt-'.f frc.iii t.-c o'hers ait seek-.a ts : "- '';'-' t the r.:g. aid1 M,LLI0N P0UNDS ofpears FROM WALLACE ORCHARDSflnrttlPi mm Largest Yield Of Fruit On Re- m mm A rn . cord may iwamp aaort Handed Canneries. One million rtnunds nf Rartlett near will b? harvested this seasou from the Wallace oichards in Polk coiintv justi Jacross the river from Salem. Last yearj 1 1 bout 4oo.r00 rounds was the season's crop. This difference gives a general : idea of the immense pear crop in this section of the valley, perhaps the lf"T jest yield ever known. The big problem now with the can neries is the question of labor. With an increase of labor over . the present force of 300, the Hunt Bros. Co.. of Salem will do a business more than twice that of any former year in the canning of pears. Although this is but the first week of pear canning season ,the Hunt can nery now has employed more than 300 mostly women, end there is work easily for 100 more. As W. G. Allen, manager-: of Hunt Bros. Co., explained, women can handle the work during tho pear season as the big problem is that of peeling and o far no machine has been invented that can satisfactorily do the work. The Huiit Cannery will pack the SUM) tons from the Wallace orchard in addi tion to that offered from the various pear orchards in the two counties, run ning the total pack, under favorable working condition tip close to one and ne half million pounds of peart. The pay roll of the cannery during the nesr sensnn will run from SojiMf to MOO k week and the season will last ' fully five weeks. The grower this year, selling on the present market will aver age from $40 to 48 a ton; , Evergreen blackberries, the picking of which will continue until frost or the niiis, will also bring an immense amount o money into, the city. The canneries are paying six cents a pound compared to four cents last year. Pickers are now paid from 2!i cents to three cents a pound and the big corp through this part of the val- .lev will hrlntr thousands of dollars in nut up. As in niost.lines of fruits' and packs. the government has given orders to canneries as to ths amount that shall , be set aside for government use nd iburg. The German people are now like int Cannery, the amount . wise pa wing to the defensive. 'Germany wita tne mint tannery, tne amount will probably equal one half of this season's output. For the man who intends to make a living from berries, it has been sug gested that he should have on his tract, gooseberries with the picking about the middle of May. Then strawberres, which conic in for marketing usually about Jure 1. Loganberries and rasp berries should also be included at this crop will require picking about Ju'y 1. continuing for several weeks. There should be some tame blackberries that would require nicking about August 15 and then finally the evergreen black "er"e" wn" n. r,l'n ""I1" .'"e n,in'".' iof August and are good p.ckng until rusi nr me rnuiy nritnMi i in. .-ir cording to tins arrangement on te , berry tract there would be almost con-1 tinuous picking from the middle of May unii the frost or rains put an end to the evergreen blackberry season. 1 KINO OF FINLAND. Amsterdam. Aug. 24. Grand Duke Aluli.li Friedrich of Mecklenburg-j StrelitJ! will accept the Finnish crown, -according to rumors in German parlia mentary circles- ny.st ut the company pristine:. ! .- id-lcn iuTantry fighting iuditaUj i the bcH-hes either are feeling out thej j Americans or are staging a dessou.tra-j j 'ion with a sir.all force prior to as eariy withdrawal. I'nder the circumstances. the latter appears more likelv as it is'bert C. Hoover, bead of the 1'nitel ,tl t,, lMtt.hr tri(.k; ."talcs food administration, told the t!i.' "tannery" Mten Fisraea and newspapers that the people of Europe j lUzxU?, will take its pUce in history, I,,,, bitterly rompiaiuitig against the i with niauv similar siiots. a. b. iny tijciL. li nrii-r-i nt American ... l-inf'.. ;,;,. a-. apes field and rusbH the taeaery.) ,t;.vi!g th4. etfemy out of it. 7'ie (Verscans immediately rminfe; at ta-i.ed and hved the American cut. Tt - lak-r ro-'red tack, thorunghly miui i ,) t,:':t an', re-lck the tannery. (Contisacd ca page eigttj AS FOCH BEES IT With the French Armiea ia the Field, Aug. 23. (Night) "All goes well and we should continue the operations begun July li, but I do not desire to prophesy realities are much better than promises, and acts a'.oae count," Marshal Focil . 4 told a party of war correspond- T ents whom lie received tonight. 4c t-peaking of American soldiets Foch said: ' if 4c "Tho Americans are admirable soldiers. Their only fault is that they push forward so far we are obliged to hold them back. They demand to kill as many of the enemy as possible." Foch compared the allied of fensive operations with the Ger- 4c man invasion and declared that the enemy tide has passed and the high water mark and is now 4c receding. 4c4c4c4 GERMANY PIPAR! FORTIFYINGTHE RHINE Kaiser Tells Subjects War Is Liable To Be Carried Into Germany. By J. W. T. Mason (United Press War Expert) New Yori, Aug. 24. The woeful news is at last beginning to spread amoug the German people that an in vasion of Germany is the inevitable outcome of America's - unprecedented accomplishment in pouring soldiers by the million into Europe. The Vieiman army was passed to the defensive last month when America' strength permitted Marshal Foch to wrest the initiative from Von Hinden wise pawine is realizing the kaiser cannot win the war. Kvidewe is accumulating that Von Hindenburg's retreat before Mar shal Focu's incessant asauts is becom ing known among the German people for it true significance. The German government has taken to the dttensive also, before its own people, by making known the fact that over a million and a quarter American soldiers pre- now in France, The Ho henzolleras dare not longer keep up the deception that America does nut count. The danger of the Rhine, fall ing to the American armie is too grave. The sudden frankness of the kaiser , is a pu!i"V of despair. The Rhine an a mu,t now be put in a state of defense n,i tne (jormsn people willv nillv, most be told what these activities niPaili No inKer is Von Hiiidenburg planning conquest. The German-general staff is no wplanning how to fight a defensive campaign over German ti r- j ritnry which is destined to taste, like Belgium and France, the horrors and desolation of modern warfsue. The terrible fact is now presented to i the German people thut though there jare a million and a quarter of Ameri ca's vanguard in France, they re no! being- used in the present fighting. Where are the Americans For what purpose are they being he'd back? To these de'psmng questions, there is but one answer potlde for the German people. The Americans sre assembling to carry the war into Germany. No modem, first class ower has ever be fore been confronted by so desperate a situation as this fact signifies. Ger many is beginning to know it The kaieer is the first to have heart trou ble. Comlsim Of IM Prices Of Foodstuffs , , , .,. Voik, Aug. 24. Reaching lu-rc r. stcr.lar aft r disembarking from a Itr.ti.h l;,,,.. Atluil ,..,rt lt,.r. te-1 them He pjiatr d out that wages in Europe ate iub lower than in this country averaging about 1" a weekand that the allowances of governments to sd dier' families i. os ier 11 a we.-k Obviously, he said, American bacua at .W ctitsa pound cannot le purchased bv these iwrdc. He mid that Eoroitrsn governments have l.,cn for.-ed tu m-U Aneriran pro duct, st 1" in order to care for th? , tf ojile. Tom bing oa matters in tlx l'nit I Stales, I, said thst the only r al difficult now is sugar and sh sim cus.iot be tsk a f roes the arniy to brinj lin that ematoIitr. TO INITIATE BILLISHIPYARD WORKERS TO 1920 TAX LEVY Tax Commission Decides It Will Take This Scm To Run The State. PROPISIONSFORNEW BllDINGS LEFT OUT Cuts Made In Practically All Theoretical Budgets Sub mitted. A bill to add $940,000 to the regular stato tax levy next year will be in itiated by the stat tax commission for submission to the voters at the general election in November. At s meeting of the tax commission yfeptierday afternoon it was decided that sum at least would be needed to meet the increased cost in state gov ernment. ' Budgets from all the state institu tions, departments and other state aid ed activities, submitted to the tax commission totaled !'.315,4:17, which was 2,(.i(M,4Sci in sxcess of the con templated income of the sta'e in the iMxt tws years from regular channels. By providing for an additional $940,000 the tax commission cut the excess requests a little more than half. If tho fvotcra approve the 940,0i0 additional levy, the total state tax for 1919 will still bb lower than it was in 1914, wheu the state taxes amounted to 4,ltt."i,000 for the year, it is pointed out. In reducing the excess requests for funds, the commission practically elim inated all provLsion for new buildings. State Treasurer Kay strongly objected to- this, as he said -Uj:pe.yers expected to pay high' tsxes, tKs sauis as they are paying higher prices for everything else, and provision should be made for buildings. He voted, however, with the other three members of the commis sion for tho 940,ooo levy, but made the statement that he wanted it under stood that this levy was for 1919 only and a special election should be htld to vote an additional levy for 1920, thus providing a greater sum for slate pur poses. Secretary of State Oleott prior to the meeting had gone over the indi vidual budgets anil made such cuts as he considered proper and they were adopted by the commission almost with out exception. As the situation now is, if the voters approve tho 940,W0 extra levy, the legislature will have ) H.3S9.931 to spend. If the law makers want to spend more than that they must pro vide for o, special clticrion to vote another additional tax or expect de ficiencies to bo created. The budgets considered by the tux cmnniissinn are not official They 'may bo altered before they go to the legis.ature. Die official budgets will be submitted to the secretsrv of state later in the year and he nill prepare the official budget for the legislature. in arriving at a conclusion as to the amount of additional tun. is needed, the fax commission niale the following theoretical cuts in the various bud gets: Adverti'iiig state of 'regon, r'"pi'it- ed .".o,ik)I, cut "o.()oi); Imun y on wild animals, requested $73.0'M), cut 0,iMHl; Oreg m Aiirciilture College, re- qneste t SI .z.ii,.mu, cut siuo.oimj; i, Di versity of Oregon, requested t'.Mi t.000, cat $200,000; t'uiversity of Oregon nied- (O'.iitiiiued on pngn eight) 4c xv 44'4'4'44 ABE MARTIN ifc4 Tii'"r' tw manv f-l!cr that nsnt t git in th war without takm ai.y "Jiann-i. sin i- i o to- i-iiw that ud t' lirk tm alt over be- Uit be lit it mm vLIWj UULLAlt AH fOP BWaUHHHtH! ILtfllltU Leaders Present Demand To day To United States Shipping Board. Washington, Aug. 24. A country wide staudard wage of 1 an hour has been demanded by skilled workmen of the American shipyards. Leaders of several international crafts late yesterday formally presented t!if demands to the labor adjusliutnt com mittee of the I'uited States Shipping board. j The demands came after a series of conferences held secretly among union leaders, it was learned officinlly. j Included in tho demands for Inrrensrs of pav are provisions for a half holiday every Saturday of the year, anj double pay for all overtime. The ship workers seek also to obtain a 10 per cent, bonus for night work in shops. The movement of the unions for a standard wage came as a surprise tJ officials here. All the workmen have agitated n uniform wage nearly a year, n as believed they have been shows where such an agreement might work to their detriment. It was feared hire that these demands would precipitate discontent among other labor unions. Frequent complaints from pthcrs time those employed by the shipyards have indicated that the belief was that ths ship work men were paid higher In comtmrison than any other craft. HOUSE PASSES BILL 18 TO 45 YEARS ARE Attempt To Recommit The Bill Defeated Just Before Final Vote. Wsshngton, Aug. 24, The house late today passed the new man power bill extending the draft ages to include men between IS and 43, inclusive. The bill passed without restriction on the calling of boys of IS years. An attempt by Chairman Dent of the military committee to recoiuit the I'fl and report it with the McKenxiu amend meut had be on defeated just before roll call began on final passage. The final vote was 3;itl to two. Gor don, Ohio, a"d London, New York, weie the only representatives voting aguiust it. Isenator Penrose today launched an Hifack on Hecietury liukcr for delay ing congiesdonul lie turn on the, mun powor bill, by opposing. extension it! the Iraft ages when it whs proposed lust June in the senate. Ho charged that because of "personal vanity" tho war department insists all suggestions nf legislation come from it. Hi'nutor Hitchcock, declared Penrose had done Hci ivliuy Baker and Chit f of (stuff March a gnat injustice by charging they had opposed changing the diaft uge. "What they opposed," snid i lliu iicuck. nus lucniiiK null- f liuugc UI, an urmv appropriation bill." j xiie h.iuse afternoon adopted an tt:uciljui011l offered by Representative i ( r,,,H;,Vi Massachusetts, designed to .oiiil) men from the defined classes fur the army. It provides that the pro vost msrsliul general should be author .zed to appoint special examiners to go over carefully the list of all men in the (2 1 terred ciasses, WILL CONTINUE TO' SI SPANISH SHIPS Germany Tells Spain This And Says She Hopes She Will Stay Neutral London, Aug. 24. German hsa in f irmed Hpaia that the threatened sera ure of interned German shipping to re place Kpanish tonnage destroyed by I batt in the future, "might result in the rupture of good relations," accord ing to a dii'atch from the Copenhagen eorreipondeiit of the Kxrhsnge Tcls graph company, received today. Germany, honcver, is reported to have expressed . illii;giie to consider limi tation of s'lbo anoe sinking outside the dangi f w.ne, but she will not guarantee such, nor treat fcjain as any exception to th rules )e has ms'ks concerning uUi arise warfare. Germany is sail to have stated ! ; ar.re.t give up stibwaruie warfute valuable -wiinu aas te-come sura a weapon," but " hopes Hjin will adhere U kef intention to remain ci-utrsl." RR1TKH ARF WITHIN TWO Mil FS nr nxnxnur ntriiir m nr. FROMSOUTHOFOISEAHDAIIETTE Third Army's Progress Continues, It Having Advanced Ia Some Places To Depth Of Four and One-Half Miles. French Firmly Established North Of Ailetts River. No yon Is Reported As Expected To Fall Any Minute As It Is No Longer Tenable-fighting en 60-Mile Front. 4cik44tic4c4i4i4t4i)k4i4i4c EXPECT NOYON TO FALL London, Aug. 24. (1:19 ' p. m) Fall of Noyon is expected any minute. The Germans aro still holding out in the town, but they are In a dangerous po sition, as the French guns now command all railway and high way communications leading from the place. 4ikik4iir'444 London. Aug, 24. (1.02 p. m.) Brit tub troops have pushed forward to with In loss than two mile and a half from Bapaume, it was learned this afternoon The third army's progress oouttnnes and It has advanced In some places to the depth of four and a half miles. The British command was aware be fore Wednesday of the enemy's luten, tlon to nuke a considerable retirement on the Albrt-Arrs front, The with drawal was not permitted to be carried out without molestation, the British ha rassing the Germans continually. FORGED ACROSS EIVER9 By John De Oandt (I'liltcd Press staff correspondent) Parts, Aug. 24. (4 p. tu ) The south banks of the Olse and Ailstte have boon completely cleared of the enemy as far east as Font St. Maid, and the French are now firmly established north of the Allette. Opposite Coucy Le-Chateau, the French continus to progress, principally In southeasterly direction. West of Noyon, French troops are ad vancing methodically upon Cuy, (four miles west of Noyon and three mites east of Lossigny.) The rate of progress between the Mats, and Bolssous, how ever, had gradually slackened today. The German Version London,, Aug, B4, The German press gem rally gives ample evidence that the general staff so far ha been faily suc cessful in concealing the allies success- "Fovh suffered a decisive difat Tuesday, despite small initial success es," Is a typical comment by the mili tary critic "of thu Deutsche Zeltung. "We must await further develop ments but we are already certain that our vigormis defensive policy has giiii.- ALL FIGHTING YANKEE BOYS ARE THEIR "BIG BROTHERS" Salvation Army Girl Tells Of Life In War Zone of France. By Miss Gladys Mclutyre. MttUutioit Army Doughgiil In Franc. ' .. .. (Written for the I'uited I'fess.) With The America,, liovs At The Front,"';' '".'," ,V"m , ". July .!..-iHy Mail.) - friendship, arca' ' K'r "",r ''t t"l",",' BI"! U'ejr ' " . ' i, I M' m full list list frilltl. hit nr.. . hm. At lcwut. Why are out lmr du the front. ' It's hard to keep from letting your interest in people worry you. It has been harder than usual for us, I think, because our scoualiitauees ares sre coiillnually changing. Troops are always on the move, and we have slaved ipiile a l""g fl"" i" each 'he liM-aiions we were in. Hi we went never with sny reginii-nt perinni e nlly, usually just lung enough to make s buui-h of good frieiiils from whom we had to part. We have almost decided that it loe nut pay to mare friends. Not that they sre not wonderful to have and s lot of joy, but that it is hard to see them go, especially when you ksow the danger they sre in ail the time. It's strange the way se make frii nds out here, anyway. When a new outf.t conic, in town, w are always feeling as though t)i bottom has dropped out of things, naturally, because our old friends have pulled out the night be fore. The a few of the new ones will aw - - ' drop nroiin, the kifch'-n, end n'k if theie is snythirg they ran do to hilq us. That is where friends are first nude, uuailv, in the kitchen or at the wood pile. Kuntetimes it ' ovsr thu stove. Where the by fk us to b-t them d ipi doughnuts. Then tlere is usually a ed signal victory, the significance ol which fies in strategic grounds." The German "victory" Tuesday con sisted of being driven back two miles on a ten mile front between the Oisa aud the Aisne, losing important heights dominating the Aisne and the Ailct'e and thousands of prisoners. ADVANCE ON WIDE FRONT ' By Lowell Mellett (Cnlted Press Staff Correspondent.) With the ltritish Armies in France, Aug, 114. The livitish advance today carried them forward on a wido froat between the Ancre and the Koiiuue. iiray, Heeordel Becourt ami Avt.Urr La lioissvle are reported to have fallen in rapid succession. Itray is on the north bank of the Solium', fivo inilca southeast of AlUrt. Heeordel Ifeeourt is two miles directly east of Albert. Orvillers-La Hoissele is three miles northeast of Albert, The Germans heavily counter attack ed mi the high grounds north of Ilnppy Valley (north of Homme,) this morning. The result is rtit yet known. The ground there 1 already covered with dead. At 7 a. in. the Germans were still up posing the advance toward Bnatitue at itihucoiirt it o ad s miles north west of the city.) The Uritish and Germans struggled alt night, back and forth along a ui) mile front on the old riumuie field, In oua of the bloodiest battles of the war. The Uritlsh advanced appreciably Oils morning at many points, gaining sever al Important village and fighting posi Hons. The Australians early this morn ing smothered several machine gun netts which had been a continual menace, in flicting heavy Casualties and. taking many prisoners, Tlie bigli ground toward Frieourt tthrie tulles east of Albeit,) was solxcd during the night, The line Is now reported to be east of Ovlllers-La Hoiswllo. We pushed ahead below Bief vlllers Les Iliipaume (a mile and a half north west of liupauine) and advance patrols aro reported near that town. Toirifie fighting Is going on In a mae of trench es below Neuville-Vitasse (three niibi southeast (,f Arra.) . Welsh troops wadcrl serosa the Anere Continued on page light) gradual growlli without any effort anyone 's part, und some neiiiaintnnete become friend, uod olli-ts sUy ucipiuin- The Home Folks Sort dually It's tlm boiiiu-folky sort that i omcs around aid makes friends. Ihey usually waut ti talk, aud it seems to du them good juat to gut stories told to voitiM one. We alwnvs like tu listen. It ' " w Vou cannot help liking thee chap wlm want to talk of their sweethearts. They're always devoted, and tuy iu"7 pictures with them, which they always like to show. It is Interesting to see the kinds of gi'ls they have all picked out, and thy aie never just what you expect. These men usimlly take a big broth 'f ly Interest 111 Us, B"d their lltteiitl-'Jii ts s-miHtiB-.es amusing. I've hud as iruuy as five lectures from dif Cerent "biif brothers" (n one day, all of them ketu lo adt-o us. Lou of Advice. I i inlly, these "big brothers" tdl u to i liuine. They say if is no place for u, so neat the lines, though they tell us uow much they enjoy having us theu and l- w much they like doughnuts. liut thi-y woiil.i ru'iu-r have us at home, they sy. and get along without doughnuts. Ilut we think otherwise. We wai.t to stav. When we left our old division wo thought we I ad lost most all the fr'n nds we had on this side of the world. If wr,i ever discouraged, It was then. Irel.e and I wen; bo'h enthusiastic, to if. t & new hut start"!, but we ruM not forget the friend we ban left, and who were te go so.m to a tut more dui- (Continucl oa paje three)