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iY LINE IS
Y FRENCH A
Important! ailroad Center of Tergnier Occupied Without Re
sistanceGeneral Mangins i Troops Are Seven Miles From
Laon, And Other Forces Reach Crozat Canal, The Key To
St. Simoa. Vast Quantities Of German Shells And Other
War Malarial Fall Into Hands Of Victors Along Line Of
Enemy Retreat.
By John DeGandt
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Paris, Sept. 7. The Chemin-des-Dames is under a
cross fire from allied troops south of the Aisne and to
the westward. German occupation of the St. Gobian for
est is endangered by the French advance, according to
battle dispatches.
. General Mangin's troops are f iltering on through the
wooded, hilly country toward Ainzy-Le-Chateau (7 1-2
miles southwest of Laon). The French are reported to
have reached the southern extremity of the Crozat canal,
which places them at the gates of St. Simon, on the road
to St. Quentin. Further northward, the allied forces are
marching upon Vermand (six miles northwest -of St.
Quentin). On the Aisne, the French and Americans are
near Vailly. Hundreds of thousands of German shells
in captured dumps have already been listed by the French.
London, Sept. 7. (1:10 p. m.) The brai and St. Quentin is now distinctly
(French have occupied the important menacing to St. Quentin.
Sailway junction at Tergnier. without. With the advance of the Americans
opposition, cutting the German line of and French toward LaFere and the St.
ieoiniminication between St. Quentin Gobain hills, Laon, and positions north
eind Laon, it was learned authoritative-! of the Aisne in the very center of the
ly here today. So far the French have 'German defense system from the sea
advanced an average. of two miles on 'to Verdun are imperilled,
rt twenty mile front, but at places they Conservative military critics now
have gone forward more than four mention the possibility of seeing Hin
niles. " ' denburg pounded out of his famous
Progress on practically the whole line into a new one, just inside the
front from Havrincourt wood to the
lALsiie-eontinued this morning more rap
idly than expected, it was learned-
Advices said the British now occupy
practically ha!f of Havrincourt wood,
! It was learned the line now runs!
rom Havrincourt wood through Metz-
En-Cauture, Fins. Lieramont, Longa-
vesncs, Tincourt, kouciv, Jiancouri,
Tertry,' Lanchy, Aubigny Dury, Ollez.y
southward to IFrieres-Faillouct then
.t Tergnier and west of Amigny
(through Petit Barisis, Hassole and Hu
lers, westward of Mont De Singes and
dafflaux mil and westward of Sancy
to Celle-Sur-Aisne.
STRONG POSITIONS MENACED.
By William Philip Simms,
(United Press staff corre-tpondent.)
'Paris, Sept. 7. (10.13 a. in.) With
boundless rage, the Hun hordes sys
tematically pilaging first, then burn
ing and dynamiting all cities and
Itowns as they retreat- Allied troops
liave onlv two words:
'Vengeance" and "reprisals-
Military experts today are eonvine-
led the Germans will be forced to give
up the St. Gobain highlands, the keyjare now hot on his heels. A similar
ifo that region, as well as the Chemin- l-v.t.iftion already prevails in the region
, des-Dames. Th. concerted advance of j .
the Franco-British forces toward Cam-i (Continued on page four)
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213.
French frontier before winter begins.
It is too early, however, to throw our
hats in the air. Unless all signs fail,
an immense amount of desperate fight
ling must come before German is beat-
en-
Nevertheless, today Ludcndorff is in
a tight box. Xot only are Cambrai
ana ioiiai inreatonca ov tne rsriii.su
who are at the very gates, but the
crown prince is racing tne possiDiuty
Ul ri'irrnuu liuiurr man me pi'Oiliu
along the Chemin-des-Dames. Humbert
and Mangin bave found their way into
the .St. Gobain hill country and unless
soon stopped they must inevitably
cause a wide retirement at this part
of tho line.
Likewise the French are pushing on
eastward in the region of Vauxaillon
and Pinon toward the western end of
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th? ChCniin-dCS-ljailies, toward WulCll
the crown prince is hurrying in tho
hope pf finding security theie.
A huge deception may await him for j
with allied guns enfilading the posi
tions on the west he obviously must
continue his retreat northward after
which only- solid masses of men can
halt the Americans and French who
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NINETY-THREE PER CENT
01 YANKEE TROOPS
Senators Believe This Fact In
dicates Great American
Drive Soon.
Washington. Sept. 7. Ninety three
per cent of the American troops now
in France acp under the direct com
mand of General Pershing, cenatora, -at
their war department conference to
day, said they had been informed.
They took this to mean that this dis
tinctive American force is about to
be used for some big purpose though
they said specifically thev had re-
j:d noh,ti,oa of th0 8ta
Mine or tne senators were inclined
to think that a big drive might be
staged with this enormous American
force. They said they had been in
formed -it the conference further that
about 1200 De Vaviland deliveries had
been made aud that tho shipments over
seas were slightly over 800.
News of the size of Pershing' pre
sent command was taken as further
proof 'that the system of brigading
Americans vlth French and British has
been virtually eliminated. The sen
ators declured that General March was
piqued at a story purporting to have
come from him through representatives
yesterday regarding the airplane sit
uation with the American army abroad.
An official denial was made that
March suid anything whatever along
the lines credited to him.
AMERICAN LOSSES.
By Carl D. Groat
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, Sept. 7. Twenty thou
sand slight American casualties hud
not been reported to the war depart
merit, up to August 20, according to
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BREWERS ARE WILLING
TO GIVE UP BUSINESS
Milwaukee And St Louis
Plants Will Obey Order of
Food Administration
By L C. Martin ,
United Piess Staff Correspondent.)
Washington, Sept. 7. With tLv banstantv g,,;, Hp( tie consumption will
on brewing fixed for December 1 audi he limited to comparatively few.
.it, , k f Hu , rtv stop.
.cd for the period of the war, "wets"! remove hat beverage inasmuch as no
and "dry" attention, together with' stock of it to last a long time has been
tiiat of congress, centered today on ! or can !c accumulated.
President Wilson's attiude toward the In some quarters, tin president's
Sheppard "bone dry" rigor in the ag-(beer order was taken as suggesting he
ricultural bill. j means to veto the Sheppard provision,
In some quarters there is a ri.i... w;- because tho beet enter and the whiskcj
d growing- belief that the presi-j
dent wilt r.'-assert the objections he haf ,
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,,lallt: w'l ,U,IS lo aiming me iniuuu i
wiue pruminuun niroin an amentum-m
to the agricultural bill objections which
ne niauP very cmpnatic wnen ine nousc
in passing the sain-e bill, tacked the Ran-
dall bone drv amendment to it. His,
well known adherence to the principle!
that the people o" each state should de-,
teruiir.. their own course on such ques-itlie
tions also figures. In this he is support-,
jed by Mine of his cabinet. j
The result of the new executive beei
order will be to rank-.- the country bor.e
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER, 7, 1918.
FOR FULL CONTROL
Newly -Reorganized Govern
ment Proceeding Along
Business Lines.
Washington, Sept. 7 Tho Czecho
slovaks will' have a centralized and
fully organized government ready to
(assume coifciftl ofj.ifho national do
mains of the Bohemians and Slovaks
when they have been freed from the
Austrian yoke.
The 1'nited Press learned today that
Czechoslovaks, following the recogni
tion of their national council by th
United States as the Czeeho-Slovak de
facto government, have set about to
consolidate their wide-spread activities
and aspirations under the supreme head
of the zechii-Slovak national council.
Dr. T. 0. Masaryk, head of the coun
cil, and whose brilliant efforts result
ed in the success of the CzeHio-Slcvak
forces in Russia and Siberia and the
recognition of -Mie Slovak national as
piration, will go tft Euroke shortly to
bring about the co-ordhiation of the
efforts of his countrymen in Italy,
Franco and Great Britain.
The headquarters of the national
council will remain in Washington,
with branches at Paris, London aud
Home.
Dr. Charles Pergler, formerly aide to
Dr. Masaryk and now diplomatic rep
resentative of the ' Czecho slovaks in
Washington, will direct the work of the
council, while Dr. Masaryk is in Europe-Diplomatic
advices of the spread of
the news of the American recognition
in Bohemia and Moravia were con
firmed by neutral dispatches today.
Another advice quoted the Arbciter
Zeitung of Vienna, concerning a con
ference of western Bohemian Czecho
Social Democrats at Pilsen, at which
resolutions were adopted in support of
the struggle for liberty and full inde
pendence, dry soon after the beginning of 1919.
even though the Sheppard amendment
should be allowed to become operative.
This drouth will exist despite the
fact that several million gallons of
whiskey will remain in stock at the be
ginning of 1919. But with a war tax
of $S a gallon imposed by the new rev
enue bill au( the price of whiskey con
Stopping of the brewing of beer will
provision serve the war demands and
meantime, more stnteB can settle the
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maucr aim uiviiincivt- irj .uiiiig uii uic
constitutional amendment.
The bill containing the dry amend
ment went back to the house today and
was expected to be sent to conference.
Senator Sheppard said lie believed t.i
house, either as a body or through its
coni- rees, will accept his substitute for
Randall amendment. Thu Randall
provision forbade vse of the 922,000,
ii'io appropriated by the bill until tht
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WHERE TO REGISTER
FOR ARMY SERVICE
List Of Officials And Places
In Marion District Num
ber One.
Next Thursday, September 12, every
youth between tho ages of 18 and 21
years and men between 31 and 46 years
of age are obliged by an act of
congress to register in the voting pre
cinct in which they live,.
Tho war department has put it up to
the man to find out where to register
and to see that lie comes away from tho
registering booth with his blue card. In
matters of war excuses do not avail.
And the same law that compels the liiau
to register also provides that ho shall
be regarded as a desv-rter from the army
should lie fail to register. ,
In the district covered by Division
Board No. 1, registrars have already
been appointed and vvcrything will be
in readiness for registration from 7
o'clock in thP morning until 9 o'clock
in the evening.
In Salem, the registering precinct is
the samv as the voting precinct for
county and stntg elections. Ward vot
ing places and ward boundaries are not
to bo considered. '
In Salem there are 18 voting pre
cincts aud the registering places are
as follows:
Precinct 1: Prescott 's barber shop on
Center street.
Precinct 2: First floor of Bungalow
Christian church, Court and 17th streets
Precinct 3: Cameron's paint shop, 21st
street, between Clremcketa and enter.
Precint 4: D. B. Hubl0 store building,
720 south' 14th street. '
Precinct 5: 'Richmond' school
Precinct 6: Yvw Park school
Precinct 7: Highland school
REFUGEES GRATEFUL
BY THIS COUNTRY
Women, Boys And Girls Send
Thanks For Aid That Kept
Them From Starving
With the British Armies in France,
Sept. 7. Forty three refugees women,
boys and girls from the little village
of Hecoiirt, nvar Cambrai, today asked
the United Press to convey to America
their gratitude for food which sustain
ed them for four years while they were
in ti e hands of the German army.
Sitting and standing on a littlv hill
slope far behind the lines, drinking in
the beauty of a country uninarred by
war and a peaceful villuge with its finish the world s series with the count
roofs undamaged by Bhclls, they express- standing two to oim in their favor, fol-
ed gratitude for many things their dt- lowing their defeat of tho Cubs,2 to 1
liverance by the British, the kindly here this afternoon in the third game,
hospitality of French villagers and tho Th two clubs gave base.jan i an
very sound of their native tongue. gong a sendoff before the greatest
Of the Germans they spoke almost crowd of the series thus far, in spit0 of
pitying. the fact that intermittent sprinklc9 of
"Thvy know they're beaten," said rain spattered over the fhild.
one. "Many told us it now makes no It was the last game of big league
difference who beats Germany Eng- proportions that Chicago will see until
land, France or America. What they after the war. Chicago fans filled the
want is to be freed from their part in White Sox park and shovd their ap
it." jpreciation by roaiing lustily for tl.v
This, it was pointed out, was the tone
of the common soldksrs. The officers
consistently argued that Germany is
botuiil to win. For two years tho villag
ers related, they had disputed about the
war almost in friendly fashion with
their unwelcome guests.
"We uvcr doubted that some day
we would be freed and so we were will
ing to endure as long as necessary,
knowing only one end was possible,"
they declared.
Tl.-re were no talcs of abuses or
cruelties. On the contrary, they said
the Germans had treated them respect -
fully. Once early in tho war when food
supplie. were Inadequate, the women
organized a sort of strike, refusing to
wash clothes or care for the rooms oc
cupied by German officers unless con
ditions were improved. They won the
strikvs
However, it was asserted that some
times the Germans substituted inferior
flour for that sent them by relief so
cieties, and gave them too much sairer
kraut, which they suspected was being
substituted for Spanish and Dutch food.
The villagers didn't know the word
sauerkraut, but they described it by
gestures, laughter and shrugs.
When thev were ill the German mili-
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PRICE TWO CENTS
Precinct 8: Reddaway building, 1421
north 6th street
Pivcihct 9: Capital street garage, 613
north Capitol street
Precinct 10: Garfield school
Precinct 11: Court houee in Salem
Precinct 12: Hickory bark building on
l!tu street .
Precinct 13: F. H. Reeves house, 943
south 12th street.
Piveinct 14: Wyaut house,' 240 River
street .
Precinct 15: Baptist church, Marion
and Liberty streets
Precinct 16: City hall in Salem
Precinct 17: Marion hotel, hotel sam
ple room.
Precinct 18: Friends church, Washing
ton and Commercial streets.
The places of registration in the rurtnl
precincts will be practically- the same
as during the last state primary election,
when they wero as follows:
Auinsville: Item's hall
Aurora: I.-O. O. F. hall
Breitenbush: School house district 1
Brooks: Ramps hall
Butteville: I. O. O. F. building
Champocg: Jctt's building
Clreinawa: Woodman hall, 'i mile
west
Croisan: Oroisnn. school house
Donald: Hoskins and Pesnrr hall
Elkhorn: School house district 115
Englewood: Mrs. Dexter Field's house
on asylum road
Fairfield: Frank W. Mnlioney house,
adjoining school house district 26
Fairgrounds: Restaurant, west of wo
man's rest room 0n state fair grounds
East Gervais: City hall, Gervais
West Gwais: John Hills house in
Gervais '
Horeb: Geo. Anderson's pool hall 'in
Gates--, i 'v.-..., s . ,.,k , , ; ,
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OF THIRD CONTEST
S
Mays Bests Vaughn In Pitch
ers Battle At Chicago
Today..
FINAL SCORE.
BOSTON, 2; CHICAGO, 1.
By H. O. Hamilton
Comihkey Park, Chicago, Svpt. 7. Bos
'ton Red Sox will go home tonight to
('ubs.-Fred Mitchell sprang a surprise
'on the fans when he again delegated
Jim Vaughn to pitch. With the rest of
only one day after his appearance in
the first game, Vaughn caiire back and
pitched great ball although ho was feat,
cn for the second time. Carl Mays, the
Red Sox submarine ball artist, opposed
him. Thu pitching honors were practic
ally cwu, each pitcher allowing .'ev
en hits, but Boston succeeded in bunch
ing four of theirs in the fourth inning
for the winning runs. Whitcman start
ed it when he was hit by a pitched ball
j awl took second on Mclnnis' single.
Srhang drovo Whitcman across with a
singlo and Mclnnis wvnt to third. A
squeeze play, wit, Scott doing the bunt
ing, but Mclnnis across, Schang going
to second. Schang trietl to score a mo
ment later on a single by Thomas, but
Flack easilv threw him out.
In the fifth inning Pick led off for
Chicago with a double. Killifer follow
od with a gingk that drove him home for
the only Cub tally. Pick tried to start
something in the ninth when lie sing!
ed with two down but his own bad base
running halted the proceedings. He stole
second successfully ana wnen ocnang
obligvd with a passed ball, Pick dashed
for third. .Thomas should have tagged
(Continued on pajrc three)
Oregon: Tonight Mpj
and eunday in
creasing cluudi
boss, cooler Sun-
crly winds.
ON TRAINS AND NEWS
STANDS FIVE CENT
AHCANSARE
EHA1S11
At Some Points Heavy Ma-
chine Gun Fire Slows Up
Yankee Progress
GERMAN ARTILLERY
BEING DRAWN BACK
Yankee Observers Are Doing
Great Work Over Lines
And Winning Honors
By Webb Millet
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
With the Americans on the Aisne,
Sept. 7. (Noon) The Americans o
the right of the lino are continuing to
advancp toward .the Aisne at soma
points. At other places heavy niachiir
gun fighting is in progress.
Between Olenites and Romnino (where,
the line runs north and south from tho
Aisne to thp Vvsle) the Americans ara
methodically wiping out machine guu
nests. Forty one prisoners including,
two officers were taken, Thpr is con
siderable German artillery fiiw on onr
right nnd against our positions on tho
plateau. ,
GERMANS, ARB FIOHTINO -
By Fred S. Ferguson
(United Press Stnff Correspondent.)
With the Americans on the Aisne,
Sept. 7. Heavy smoke lining the pla
teau between the Vcslp and tho Aisna
and the increasing noise of the guns
today gave evidence of stiffening Ger
mau resistance. The enemy is fighting
hard at certain spots, 'especially along
the right of the lino, where the Ameri
cans have not yet reached the river.
Overcoming the bochc attempts to
make a stand, the Americans and French
aio .pushing on townrd the Aimc. A
dozen villages nre now in our hands,
including Buzoches, Itaslieux, Vauzccro
Blanzy, Longu'i'val, Rcvllloii, Morval,
Servnl, Barbonval, Villors en-Prnvcres
land Glomes. After tho Americans took
these towns thvy pushed on. In each case
enemy machine gun squad attcmploil
to hold up our troops, but these tvero
cleaned up bv the infantry with the ar
tillery closely following to slivll any
troublesome strongholds tl.e bodies
might leave behind.
A heavy American barrage was laid,
down ontt of Glennes Friday afternoon
and the Yaukves attacked to speed up
the German withdrawal. Apparently
the enemy is getting artillevv establish
ed along the line Itindenburg expects to
hold, as shell fire has materially in
creased. Strong machine gun nests nK
guard the line of the canal which cuts
(Continued on page eight)
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ABE MARTIN
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Next t' foldin' a ready made h:t
up like it wuz, th' hardest thing i
wrappin' up a scythe. 'I'm goiu' t'
git a tooth filled t'day, hut yni k i
bcj I'll be mighty cartful what I say
said Fawn Lippincut.
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