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T0DATT 4,60-0 SUBSuuslkS (23,?) EEADEBS) DAH.T Only Circulation in Sa'.em Gar anted by the Audit Bureai f Circulations - fULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAX LEY NEWS SEE VICE FORTY-FIRST YEAR-' NO. FHCl Hi USTfflfeH ROVE Ml IT FRENCH WHO ME BlLIT NOMC ATTACK BRITISH IN EDGE OF BAPAUME VVHICHISCLEAREDOFGERMANS ACTIVITIES RESUMED AT NOYON French Smash Through German Defenses For Three Miles On An Eight-Mile Front Capturing Roye. At Same Tune British Sweep Ahead Same Distance on five-Mile Front Report From Battle Front Says British Annihilated Two Full German Divisions, 24,000 Men. London, Aug. 27.--British and French troops tore through the German lines for an additional advance of two to three miles on wide sectors along the front today, It was learned this evening. The French, sweepirfg forward three miles on an eight mile front, captured Roye and Crapeaumesnil (four miles south of Roye). , North of this sector the British advanced three miles between Herleville and the Somme (a front of about five miles), reaching ,the outskirts of Dompierre. The British also are reported to have won their way back into Longueval and to be firmly holding High wood. Gavrelle (five miles northeast of Arras) and Cherisy (Six miles southeast of Arras) have been captured. Two Divisions Out of It London, Aug. 27. Two entire Ger man divisions, (24,000 men) were anni hilated by the British during last nights fighting, a battle front dispatch report- ed today. Used 70 Divisions Loudon, Aug. 27. Since August 8. the Germans have used seventy divis ions on the west front between tilt Scarp, and ths Aisne, .according to dispatch received from the British front loa'1- I "The enemy counter attacked re- 'peatedly in strength, incurring; great Austrian Fall Down j losses, but w as unable to arrest our Rome, Aug. 20. (Delayed) Tbe Aus' progress, trian offensive in Albania has failed "English and Welsh tr.o. pushed after the enemy suffwed heavy losses, ; through Montauban (four miles west the Italian war office announced to-iof tumbles) along the crest of the day. Germans Lose Heavily London, Aug. 27. Canadian troop after capturing Wanemirt, carried their A ABE MARTIN Voa cait L , gentleman t!c- ity, w: h..i;t r r.'i-a' tfc ' risk ' beta a -i.y. M-i Moots "II s t take a .-.(' ...r.-.n-r as her tli. i - a are gu ia' t bii l' irsvel. ((11 Ikn I mn c.l1 203. DEFENSE lines oast of Guemappe, Field Marshal Haig announced today. A counter attack forced the British hack from Iongueval to Bazentin-I.e- Grand and High word. The counter at tack was broken up at that point and tae lintish position position re-established east of High wood- "Yesterday afternoon and evening there was severe fighting on the field i of the o d Sotnmfl tittttlp ornuml lie- II.Mn Mn.,..tlf fnii. n.il... .n..tk ... r .-j r.. - .1..I.1... f:K,.-,.,-w. .i,...tni- iir iw.IT t(( th(1 nnrrllwrd(M the BtHt0.nt ,!!. rut, capturing High wood and reach - mtr Lonuueval. At the latter Villsue : the enemy counter attacked at 'i:SiJ p '".' d forced us back toward liczan i t'n I t,ran,J ha!f 'of L-mgueval) and High wood. "We broke up the enemy's attack, at:iiii advancing and establishing our . ssiis a v-ii (ossi VI 1111 n vutt, I Karly in tfe niht tht enemy eoun 11 ... ..( n:..i. i secona time but was .driven off by rifle fire before reach i ing our position. ( "North of High wood, the enemy .twice counter attacked at Ligny-Thil-lloy. (a mile and a half southwest of ! liapaume) pressing us back four hun dred and fifty yards, where they were stopped. 'At liiifiauiiie, Xew Zealandcr troop afrcr fierce fizMini. e-"tahlihcj thfm selves on the norihero outskirts of the town. Farther north, Kngliah troops have made progress toward beusinstre jand have had hard fighting about Croi I scllr "On the ri'ht of the battle front. Australian troops have continue.) their , .n.nce airi,w lue commc an nave imale substantia progre,. toward )om and ea.t of Suzanne (two miles east of Bray.) 'On the left of the battle front. Ca Insd.an troops yenterday captured the J ridge ess! of Wancoort and etmb!ihed I themselves eat of Gue.nappe. North of j the !V'pe, Heottijh troojs rraewei jtheir attack last night anl hare mad tstsstaatial rogrea .toward Ploavain, n" or Ar ln" m"r na li beyond t HiaOeutMirg line.) - prisoners lasen y oir troops . . - ;Cotlnud oa jsge three) Will n h iii Ull u uu BEFORE DR. HOWARD TELLS OF GERMAN BRUTALITY TO HELPLESSENEMIES Pinned Man To Barn Door With Bayonet His Bro ther Takes Revenge. New York, Aug. 26. Dr. P. II. How aril of -St. Louis, member of the chamber of commerce of that city, is convinced of the bestiality and brutality of the German soldier. Dr. Howard is back in this country after serving in France with the Hal vatioa army. lie cume to tell what he has seen happen to some of the boys who have gone across seas to fight the Hun. There is the 8tory of A. ii. Cole, East Liverpool, Ohio, sergeant, who was nutt ed to a barn door with bayonets through his hands and feet, and the additional story of 4,ow his brotliev, A. O. Cole, found the pitiful lifeless figure and then exacted vengeance from the fleeing Germans. There niso is the general tale of Jos eph I'hicano, who was wuunded, captur ed and shot because he couldn 't reply to a German captain's question. Also there is thestory of how Chicano was left ou the battlefield four days pleading inef fectively for aid from the retreating Germans, nd the details of how a eGr niau officer took another shot at him. "I canuot give the details of the ven geance, '' said lJr. Howard,, leferring to the revenge of Sergeant Cole's brcihcr, but the American boys are satisfied with what happened to Fritz." Dr. Howard aid he stood within a city block of a certain sector when the Prussian guard attacked the Americans. "I don't believe It la profane to say that tb Americans simply knocked hell out of that crack Prussian unit," he declared. "There isn't enough left of them to make a respectable ling sausage f ir a cannibal." He related the story of how a Flench artillery officer turned a battery on a spot wliere he thought there was a tier man a IMI1III t 1 1 Ulft (1 lllin Ulljf TiillellPn OFT lard ever seen, ard then executed a two step. FREIGHT CLAIMS MANAGER Washington. Aiiif. iii. John X. How- ard todav was named manager of the freight claim section of the railroad o.lmioistrstimi. Howard lias leen the . ,,r.,l fr,-!u!.t claim sixent for tl.c Chi-; i-ago and "Alton. MILITARISTS PREPARING GERMAN PEOPLE FOR ANOTHER YEAR OF WAR Strikes, Americans and Alarm ist Rumors Worry Be German Leaders. Washington, Aug. Pfu.siau lead ers arc now pieparing the German ;vo ..I,. Mll,r V-M.t... t,t Wbr A 1e.il r(,vfrt, 00 fi,.M; ,re w)trmBlt tliat ,hij motr tiKMng n,l ki. r.r.. fi ..i.l.i.i tn liinloaiatie iadvue. here todoy. Germany, koweer, continue to b' OrrIliaa ialisis and others will ijiw there, will lj s-rioin mi eaie for the rn restive. Kcxrta of strike, dismay SI emtiarrassing situations for the gove.a- tente n.orale if the advances are serious the growing sire of the Aoieiican aru.y ,,.,,( r tcceivrd. 'and wii'esprca.i alarnist rnn.ors, arei McanwLilc, Aotr:a' economic situs! I'iplomat'ic advices recently have fre i worrviiij officials, it is indicated. !tion irrows aiore n.i-na.-iiii. Twcntyi iiuenilv quoted Ge-ruaa reference to the "It true iKst (I.. lat niH-n'.ioui have ,..t been attended with success for whi. we had l.ojd," the Pfo,ian BHa.st. r of war ) ooote.l in an inter j view in me uorn rest. i i.f ftavf iiMrtPiirf i iii irtiraritfe ,u ,1 !,. e, eonfrm we uf f. red a i . i Jif'-at,' At the fn.nt. ever siJi'e the lgitiBin', the iObi:;tics dt a theck have been ad, SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 191S. will Will GERMANY RISK FLEETS DESf RUCTION BY Ml C IT OUT Belief Cains Ground That Des peration May Cause This Move. By Carl D. Groat (I'nited Press staff correspondent) Washington, Aug. 7. Will Germany make the great gamble of sending out her fleet thi, fall or by next spring! This question is agaiu causing specu lation here todav following Loudon press icports that bets on sucD a contin Bcncv arc being laid there. Thus far there has been a strongly divided opinion in naval quarters as to the chance that the Teuton would risk s daring a stroke. Some authorities said only desperation Would force such a step. Others that - Germany would not attempt it in any rircnmstanrej, as it would mean suicide for her. However the military situation is such now that the German war lords may be agitating the naval venture idea again. Koine months back authoritative reports received here said that the army lenders were striving to force uaval ac 'ion, knowing that as long as the Eng lish fleet was iutacl,' land successes were rather empty. Now, with no German successes chalk ed up and with the balance certainly swinging against the bochp it is re garded as quite possible that the same ,wnr lords are trying to compel the ad mirulity to act a, au offset to the rever ses nn the west line ,. . i ..i.i ! The navy official XII ay nothing for publication. I ' It.mav be said, however, that the al lied fleets will be fully ready for any blow the Teuton makes. The mathemati cal chances of overwhelming allied vic tory are enormous. WILL PEKISH TOGETHER Home, Aug. 27. The ret en t Aiistru German conference St general headquarter decided that peace efforts are useless un less the central powers acknowl edge defeat, according to a re Hirl from Austrian sources re ceived from the Epocha. Tl.c conference thereupon de clined ill favor of more inten sified warfare upon all fronts, laud and w-a, and agreed that no concession would be made to the allies. "We will make war to tho death," is a statement credited to n high German off icial. "We will conquer, or perish togeth er." 13 SUBMARINE VICTIM .A. St. Pierre. Mimielon. Aug. 11. The steamer Uric of I'li'int'ins hu been added to the list of sHiimaiine victims i off the Canadian roast. Fue of the, . Eric '. crew. New Fo'indlnnders, perih- ed when the submaiine opened with . its guns. iniiled. Lut in thv' rear such . . constitutes a warning, for if show, u giv ncr ait opporturity to reorganize the war is nut yet finished. What h.is, her resources for another gnat war f.n to be done now i to lime back the vn.rld d'Hniimtion. enemy attacks and .pare our foreet." This B'atciiieiit was nia'lc to thu I'n i'essimisiic rumors floating among , iicd P'ess tmluv t.y a high cnteut.' dip the po ulatinu f Madgcliurg has alw lontatir e'lthoritr. He held that reports brought about official threats. Any per i of a oniiug German peace offensive arc Mil spreading alanoi--t rumors is liable t0 a fine of marks and a .r's iuiprinorimcnt. Kl forts t ci(i.v r.e the reichstag are! '. .i..i..,,,,...A . ! oi.iwsitinn. nreaumablr from fear that! ..i ... .1 V ..n ... ... l...... suspend o;Ttioc., If ause of lac r,ja(. k of Coir.tnerciaJ goGarioas bitwien Vi - ' enns act !l.-r!in are :o be reso A e, .' iv ou.iomarie caoies snere, ore';rr..-ir,iv 1 '" tl'w ' r.a-vcug C.e iii'i':j in Austria. n BIG HAN MIUGERMANY OBJECTS TO PASSED 2,300,000 HEN ADDED TO WAR FORCE Limit Remains at 18 and 45 Years; Must Now Go to Conference. By L. C. Martin (I'nited Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, Aug 27. The great manpower bill, designed to add 2,:i00. 000 men to America 's fighting forces by nest June, was pasoed by the sen ate late today. It fixes the draft ape limits at IS to 43 years. The measure now goes to conference. Inferences between the bill as passed by the Louse and as changed by he senate today will be ironed out. Fore most among these .is the ''work or fight" amendment rejected by tin lower blench bnt added by the sen ate. leaders uoe to clear up all points of the issue promptly and have the bill in President Wifeun'a hands by the The vote was unanimous. Senator oGre, OklHhoma, voted 'no' but as he was the only man to cast such a vote he stated that ho did not wish to stand hi the way of a unani moil) approval of the bill and asked the senate to excuse htm from voting. This permission was granted. Final passage of the hill was watched by the galleries, crowded to the utmost. Hundreds' who sought admission, were turned awav Ity a vote of 73 to 0, the senate adopted an amendment to the proposed work or fight clause, which is design Jed to obviate the tying up of war in eti to onvinie me. iving up or war in- ,1,,.,,,... ,1,,.,,-u .,-:. it,;i , ,1,. ,,, ..n;,lK ,ii, . ., workers to demand better conditions and to enforce those demsuds through a strike. The amendment offered by Senator Cummins provided that the work ot fight proviso shall not apply in the case of itrikers who at once submit their grievances to the war lnhor board agree to abide by Its deciiion, and pending tlmf decision, immediately re turn to work. Cummins' amendment proved a hap py compromise between those favoring a drastic nnti strike amendment and those v.ho felt that lahor must be pro tected in legitimate efforts to iinnrove I conditions. It was at once accepted! e t hv Senator Ihnmas. author of tue work or fiu.ht amendment, and the sen ate spe-'dily proceeded to give its np .oval. Hoy, of 1 and IB will not be wiit to the firing line until an emergency arises in whic, (hey are n led. hena- .in 'in- (Continued on page two) Austrian Deputy Outlines Big Contract of World Dominion, Whipping America Part of It II'. ..TJ II ..,.J! It - T.. i , t l C .. i r-... Vmntro ...U'hml T)!u 1U Honl i f V tlii'U IlarC ilUisir lx JitriUIIIV 1 at I Ul uncuiui vifiuuii sjuiifiiE, ii utii inn i.t I Will Wage New War And Strike Three Mighty Ilkws, Forcing Way To America, Subduing The Orient And Establishing German Power Over Japan and China. He Also Makes New Map Of Europe And TtH.s How He Would Div ide The Races. The Slavs, He Says, Washingtoa, Aug, 27.- Germany Imp' I, negotiute an early ca' e that w ill 'idle rumors, but rather a portion of well laid w in me of the Prussian wan birds to attempt to bring a cessation .of! hostilities. lostilities. r,,.,.,. ,.ttur will I.. ii,ail v.rli.Mi. tattoos of the entente, he said. andlG.-ruian battles fought. . ! umil.itifv i tince In the rl. ami .f the after -the war ainlntiuns of tfce rjih j tary parly. On One of the boldest state !uiei,ts to r-a-h entente hands i that of, Austrian IJ.'SJ'.iiy Wichtt, lJiln.g rticoi- ,r t tlie i":ean radical parry l.i tne . . u.- ..- . ., . - rt .rh.at, iu a a idres at W .ndiech teis I C'il.lc x p'.;ts r.f lis jpeeeh rrfort h'n .,1 I ) II IllMjIl. PRICE TWO CENTS TAKING OF "MADE IN NORTHERN PROVINCES SAY ALLIES CALLED IN TO LENDJSSISTANCE Issue Proclamation Asserting Allies Are Only Real Friends of Russia. Washington, Aug. 27. Allied troops were called into Russia by the Russians themselves, speaking through the gov ernment of the northeru'proviuces. This 1 the answer of the new Hus siau government in Murmansk to the charges of Lenine and' Trotsky that tho allied expedition in northern Rus sia is composed of brigands, awordiyg to diplomatic cables here today, bring ing the text of the northern govern ments reply to the bolsheviks. It was spread throughout Russia as a proclamation. , " English, French and Americans who are at Aivliangcl are the allies of Russia," ths proclamation stated. "They were invited to laud here by the legitimate government and with the complete anil unanimous ruuscnt of the population." After outlining the formation of the new northern government, the state ment continues: Thla government wjis, forme.) and overturned the Illegitimate bolshevik government before the allies landed in Russia. It was formed on the initiative of the League for the Regeneration of Russia, with assembly representatives of all political parties recognizing the constituent assembly. "The allies therefore have been "nll- power represented by the government of tho northern region for the purpose of combined military action with view to driving out the Germans, and suppressing by force of arms the treaty of lliest l.itovsk, which was treach erously signed by'the bolshetikl. " Itut they have been called in with a specific reserve not to interfere wiih the interior affairs of the gov ernment of Russia." Henntor .lames Hamilton Lewis going to the front line trenches, and some boehe with a keen eye for pink Is pmttv sure to try to shoot him in the whiskers. Must He Decimated And The '.the Germans. We will give a portion ol i as favoring a i b." alliuncc bet ween l.. r inanv and Austria. th Miigcnr, and tlie rest slmll lie II.. wuiil.l also cru.h the Cc. ho -Sin uppoitiom d among the Albaniaus, the vnks. divide the Jngo Hlavs and then . Gresks and Lumsiiiaiis and Turk.' launch a gigantic war to ssilnlue An- j Austiia s'-c, a solution of tho veiiiijf vrica lia.l Geimanice Aia. Ceeho Hlovak question In the proposed "Our alliance wltli (jermaiiv iniKt be ih porlstiou nf the Caerho Klovaks t such a is wanted by the Germans'iNiberia, where, the Pesti Hirlap of lluds- Ueputy Vi Ichtl a-.wrtrd. "l he alliame must be such that it will make one. 1 German ho!i where but German will be. I si.oki u. hu, German i l. ii. t nought ami, And when there shall be no lonii r two stutes, but only one great Germany,! then we shall wage a new war.. Then 1 wo shall deliver three mighty blows to! the end of forcing our way to America, j . siibdinii? th orient and eslab liihliiK a Cjerman power over Japan ami i nil a. " We most decimate the Havs i" tticiri numbers and break them up, the de pmy .peiurol. v e lnut present An ttia I" oi;ii:i a statt if n.itions. The J.,o et'avs must be r -lured and dis-1 advan-e of the Japanese army esposes inembere l into small units. Portions of t them to the grave danger of becoming t!.c hluvenes '"! titt Croats tnu.t go towar r.s':.ers again. Oregon: ToniU VKf) ar. i vieanesuay 1 lair; geaue eui.. westerly wiad. .ON TRAINS AXD NEWS STANDS FIVE CET3 MEDICINE GERMANY" Whines About Her Cities Be ing Bombed And Scared Over Moral Effect By Carl D. Groat (Ttiited Press staff correspondent) Washington, Aug. 27. Persistent air raids against German industrial cities are manifestly planned by America and her nllies. The recent outbreak of such activity, particularly as demonstrates! by i.e dashes against Mannheim, Frank I or i and Coiit'lans, Is only part of the pro gram of carrying the war diiectly hum to Germany. That this program of destruction with in the enemy eout.try is fully realised by Germany, Is evident from new8' div patches of recent days showing that the buche is gathering a strong combatant air force and anti aircraft guns to meet the new drive. The American allied plan of retribu tion for German air atrocities has been reached only after long and delibcrau thought. Germany carried tho war into unarmed cities uf France and Kngh!.it via the air, The nllies refused to strifes buck, though the civil population do mini. led that there be no fine observa tion of international luw rule agaiust liien an enemy, Now vengeance is being taken. The growing American airplane force, coupl ed with the increased production by tin allies, has made it possible to undertake this counter movement. Its purpose Is to cripple, as much possible, the output of Important var mimitii.ss. For instance, the Manr.helm raids, though mad under difficulties, evidently accomplished the wrecking of some of the chemical works in that city. Perhaps even, more Important, on the whole, Is the psychological effect ot the raids, Germany is winning over them. Geimany Is scared about them. , Wl" shows every sign of not liking her ""ii American flyers, just back from abroad, speak highly of the American pluiies already there, One officer de clined the liberty motor pleases Ihoais who oc It and that their only ery is "send Us more of them." Aineiicuii officers who have worked on the nirplune program ant beginning j to rctk'ct a certain displeasure witli I "oiii-. of the senatorial conclusions, a is to the aircraft situation. They point out in! tin scnutiirs made much of the ex penditure uf iil0,i:mij,0il) with no dunc (Continued on page two) Race Uroken tp. . the Slovene, to (he lluliaus. A greater I pai I ol the i i". and me items win gi ; pest declare " llicy rouni enjoy toe np- pnic.s 0f tlicir long sougiu mueuuen national txuteues. I he llu. In i.i-M artieii) lerers o activities of the Cieeho Hlovak troops in Siberia and the suggestion U Oiada that the dual monarchy unburden itself of the Hohemiaii and Hlovak discontent by giving the Czecho slovaks a part of Siberia and forcing them to emigrate) tlillln-r. I I n un'.ai.-n io rci' i -. in Aitrm for U-ruaii anu Magyar pru oners in riii.cria and in nei-iarauoit lead.- that tie central powers should gt to the res. ie of the pruoncrs before the 0 n UffTr .TrS Fkn TIT? mil i iii, e-