Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, October 05, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text4,609 SUBSCRIBERS (23,000 READERS) DAILY Only Circulation is EaVm Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau ! Circulations FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES 6PECIAL WILLAMETTE TAL- LEY KEW8 SERVICE 1 THE WEATHER. OREGON TONIGHT Aad Sunday rain; cooler ia east portion tonight; moderate aou- ( t J I I I 1 i t j tbwesteriy winds in the inter- 111 j i ( ior. fresh southwesterly winds v., FORTY-FIRST YEAR- NO. 237. SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1918. PRICE TWO CENTS' ON TRAINS AND KEWS ETANDS FIVE CENTS PI m all mm t IIFIIf IR f llfll 111 R iffi ll f Wf . i -. . . . ' - 1 . , 1 THROUGH LINE BEHIND SUI jo,i. o r " . i.il. a-4 ... m- IfU r i BRITISH ADVANCE FOUR MILES GERMANS BEING PUT IN POCKET 10,000 TURK SOUDERS DESERT Unchecked Successes In 250 Mile Battle Front Mark Today s - Situation-Northwest Of Rheims Push Started On Whole Aisne Front Prisoners Men In Last five Days Before Today 2,500.-Many Big Guns Captured. London, Oct. 5--Franco-American forces have defin j itely broken through the whole front of the enemy's defen sive line behind the Suippe river, west of the Argonne, ac cording to battle front dispatches received this afternoon. South of the Aisne the German retirement before General Mangin's and Generalt Berhelot's armies appears to have ended temporarily. Th Germans have now definitely retired behind the Kriemhilde-Stellung line in the American sector of the .Champagne front, it is. reported. Stiff er resistance even than has been encountered heretofore is now expected. London. Oct. 5.-(l:25 p. m.)-Tne British line between Armentieres and L3ug follows tha Armentieres railway outhwaxd to the vicinity of the Haute 3eule canal, tlnn turns southward near itwqiiUliea, according to information meived here this afternoon. Gained Two Miles London, Oct. C. 1:22 p. m.) Am erican forces, attacking on an eight pule front between the Meuse. and the Aire rivers, have advanced two miles today, battle front dispatches reported this afternoon. It 18 estimated that the Americans today have taken between 3000 and 4000 prisoners in the Argonne-Meuse ftjhting. Canal Captured London, Oct. 6. ( 4:30 p. m.) Am erican troopg have captured Cunel, it ,w;i,s learned authoritatively today. Cuuel is three miles directly west of the Meuse and the same' distance west of Breulles. It is on the Eriemhelde ; Il-.ie as that series of positions has been meed by battle front dispatches. ENEMY DROP BACK By John De Gandt (Tnited Press Staff Correspondent.) Paris, Oct. 5. (4:11 p. m.) Franco American troops . driving northward against VoB7.iers aiv now within less! than five miles of that important Ger , man base. Enemy long range gung cov ering Vouziers which had been install France Warns Huns Of Reprisal Policy Paris, Oct. 5. France 's sol emn warning that reprisals will be Inflicted on Germany in re turn for her devastation in Franc met with widespread ap proval. The warning was timed to save Lille and other indus trial cities, through which the boche is preparing to pass in his retreat. The press comment on the warning intimates that all the allies are likely to join in a warning that will state frankly to Germany that the martyred towns and cities of Belgium and France will be avenged. Premier Clemenceau stated: Germany is acquiring a crush ing debt, which is to be aveng ed. We have notified our al lies that th:s question will have a just place on the day of set tlement." t 1CANS SI ed near Suguy and between Bt. Etienno and Scmide, ai being hastily with drawn. Th0 Germans are reported, to be evacuating th entire Moronvillcrs grove. ' - General Dcbeny is tightening his grip on the Oisj region, soutj, of St. Quen tin and is increasing his pressure against the northern defenses oi Laon mill tlia fit rinhnin ......f PUT GERMANS IN POCKET By John De Oandt (Uiiitcd Press Staff Correspondent.) Paris, Oct. 5. (10:29 a. m.) The French and American drives in the Ar- gonne, Champagne and Rheims are im-jtal of $23,486.23. perilling the Germans in thc Argonne' Folk county pays 30 per cent of the and in the newly created pocket north-pnaintcnanec, but nothing for thc light east of Rheims. ' 'ing. The two bills to be rendered Polk Franco-American troops are now county are: $41,270.79 for its share of strongly established on the Orfeuil tllo bridge according to the agreement tableland. of April 24, 1917, and a bill for $2L000 Tln French have reached the Ames f of its share of the eost of maintaining stream and are threatening to envelop 'a free ferry and temporary bridge, ae the enemy still holding Nogent- L'Ab-jross the river during the construction besse, Beine and the Moronvillers o the new bridge, according to the ag- grove (all between KhjimB and the : Suippe river.) " This operation is in conjunction with General Berthelot's drive . nortj, of Rheims. ' The American advance cast of the Argonne is timed to progrvss with General Gouraud s right and is menac ing thc Germans in the great forest evacuation of which is expected. Turkish Deserters Fight Zurich, Oct. 5. Ten thousand desert- vrs from the Turkish army assembled outside Constantinople and demanded the resignations of Talaat rasha, the (Continued on page three) German Peace Terms Are Revised Once More Zurich, Oct. 5. Princw Max of Baden, the new chancellor, will announce his program to tho reichstag today according to advices. It will include: Restoration of Belgium by means of an international fund. Revision of the Brest-Litovsk and Bucharest treaties by a congivss of all thc belligerents. Freedom of the seas. No payment Of damages don to France. ...... Retention of Alsace-Lorr.iiue. - Return of German coloniAi. ' Partial and progressive disarmament. ASH SOME FIGURES AS TO HATEK1AL USED AND COST OF NEW BRIDGE Total Cost $241, 121.23 And Final Payment Was Made Thursday With the payment of $14,397.68 by the couuty court Of Marion county to the Coast Bridge company, and Robert Wakefield, the check bearing date Get. 3, 1913, the final payment was mads on tie,? third bridge across the Willamette River at Salem The actual cost of construction of the bridge was $233,4811.23. To this must be added $5,160.00 for paving and $1000 for tlio fill on the Marion county ap proaeh. There wag an. additional cost of $1475.00 for wiring and lighting fix tures, bringing the final total cost up to $-41,121. 23 as it now stands. If th bridge had been built one year carlKr it would have cost about $175, 000.00. But tjiere was unavoidable dif ficulties, although the Marion county court was willing to commence work in, 1914, when the two county courts first met to consider the bridge proposition. If its construction had been delayed one jvar, it would have cost pro.iding the material could be gecured, the sum of $300,000.00. Bids Were Reduced. The bridge was built on bids for cer tain quantities of materials and not on a lump sum bid. On the basis of the ma terials to ba used, as estimated by the bridge department of thc State High way commission, there was two bids, one for $266,771.10 and that of the Coast Bridge company and Robert Wakefield for $247,901.00. By extending the time of construction a fewinonths, thj company reduced its bids $10,000. There was a change made wherein it was found unnecessary to dig quite so deep for the foundation of one of the piers, so that at the final settlement tha company received for the bridgo a to- reeinent or. April Z4, ivli. Highway Engineers Helped. The State Highway commission en gineers department, drew the plans for the bridge, superintended construction and did everything possible to aid the Marion county officials from the time thc bridge was proposed to the 'final payment was made Thursday. L. W. Metzger, bridge engineer for the 3tate highway department diew the plans and the county is under deep ob ligation to him for his work in super intending the structure as well as ad vising the Marion county court from time to time. To Judge Bushey and the county court co-oeratlng with him for the past four years, is due tho fact that thc county had the money on hand to pay for the bridge, without borrowing a dollar. While there is $18,000 due on thc first bridge, and $20,000 on the sec ond, the third bridge starts with a clear title with not a dollar owing. Some figures on this one of the fin est bridges in the northwest are as follows: Theiv are four steel spans, eack of 132 feet, 3 inches, one span of 111 feet river, the concrete foundations were a one of 135 feet. laid, the piling extending three or four Including the two approaches the .feet up into the solid concrete, length of the bridge Is 2005 feet. j For each pier, 70 piles were driven. The Polk county approach is 780 feet; For each of the piers, the piles were in length. The Marion county approach! drivvn the 48 feet or more, until the is 330 feet. timmene force of the pile driver could The Materials Used. ' I force them no deper into the river ' 1055 cubic yards of material was used bed. in thc shafts to the top of the bases, j Tho county courts of Marion and Polk 16,000 pounds 0' metal re inforcing counties met August 1, 1914, for the was used in the foundations. j purpose of constructing a bridge across 2335 cubie yards of concrete w re used in the piers. 20,000 feet of piles were driven as CITY BRINGS SUIT OF FORECLOSURE AGIST ALBERT This Will Test Validity Of Or dinance Passed Year Ago. SAY DEFENDANTS ACT CURES IRREGULARITIES Claim He Made One Payment Question Will Now Be Settled. The city of Baku has filed in the circuit co.urt a suit against John H. Al bert for the foreclosure of a delinquent assessment lien. This is the first suit filed in Oregon under this procedure, On July 9, 1917, the voters of the city jmpowored the council to provide au ordinance for thecollection of delin quent municipal liens by the issuance and salo of certificates of delinquency and tho foreclosing of same. The assessment lien on which the city has brought suit to foreclose on pro perty is on Winter, street, in block HI, of University- addi'Aw.. - September 27,' 1909,; the defendant filed with the city rccordVr,. according to tho complaint, a written applies tion to pav the assessment in ten an nual installments as provided by law. In the application he stated he desired the benefit of thw law for payments in installments. After making uuu- ry nient, the complaint alleges that Mr. Albert -refused to pay the other annual installments. The complaint also alleges that in Mr. Albert's application of Sptimbor 27, 1910, he exprcsBly waived all irre gularities or dofects, - jurisdiction or otherwise in the proceedings to improve the street and in the apportionment of costs thereof and he further aoknow ledgod his property to bo legally charged with the several amounts assessed upon it. Also that he promised and agreed to pav the same in annual installments. The! impro-veml'ut lien assessed against tho property of Mr. Albert to tals $416.90. There is now duo the sum of $2'M.&!, plus the amount of accrued interest, $167.32, a total of $4.r)9.15. In its complaint against Mr. Albert filed this morning by City Attorney B. W. Macy, the city prays for a decree and judgment against tho property for $459.15 and also tor a decree foree loa ns tihe lien of certificate of delin quency. Thc city further asks for a de cree agaist Mr. Albert that the pro perty shall bo sold by the marshal of the city according to tne city oruin ance ad that the city may become the purchaser. Citv Attorney Macy said this morn ing that within a few days otlser suits of the same nature would be Vought for the foreclosing of dehniqueney cer tificates. UP FIVE AND HALF MILES New York, Oct. 5 For tho first time since Lincoln Bcachev's altitude record of 11,612 feet was bettered, the world s record for altitude flight in an aeroplane is held by an American officially promulgated by thc Aero Club of America. The new record of 28,900 feet was made at Wilbur Wright field, Ohio, by Caotain R. W. Schroeder in a Bristol fighter. foundations under the piers. base of the 400,000 pounds of rip rap stone were used around the base of tire piers, For the steel, erection, painting, side walks, and flooring of the bridge the cost was $127,510.00 About 650 tons or 1,300,000 pounds of steel were used m the superstructure. The piles' are driven 48 feet below the bed of the river for (en pier. On thl P'les, below the bed of the : the Willamette. The bridge was com- ipleted four years later, and the final payment made Octabcr 3, 1918. AMERICANS ARC IN THICK Of FURIOUS ON FIFTY American Punching Power Overcomes Resistance cf Picked Troops. By Fred 8. Ferguson (United Press staff correspondent) With the American First Army, Oct. 5. (10 a. m.) Furious fighting con tinued today along the whole fifty mile front in tho Champagne-Argonne re gion. Heavy artillery fire is supporting tho infantry assaults. The weather is ideal and there ia a stupendous amount of aerial activity. Violent German counter attacks in the region of Fleville, on the eastern; edge of the Argonne forest, wrere re mile and quarter). Regulars in co- Resumption of the American first army's attack on a 20 mile front west of tho Meuse, together with ft five mile advance of the Americans east of Rheims, has brought the Americana within smashing distance of the Ger man line at two important positions on the west front,' In the Champagne, tho Amoricans crossed the plains beyond Blanemont and reached tho outskirts of St. Etoin- ne-A-Arnes increasing, with , the French advances, the possibilities of complete relief of Rheims. West of the Meuse, General Bullarus corps has reached the Kreiinneme- Ktonllung line. " Troops, from Jinnois, Wisconsin,- Pennsylvania, Virinia and West Virginia, in a pivoting movement advanced more than two kilometers (a male and a quartofj. ffcgulars in co operation, progressed five kilometers (moro than three miles.) Attacked Yesterday Tho attack west of the Meuse began at 5.25 Besterday morning and by mid afternoon Hill 240, Gcsiies, Fleville Chesery and LaForges had fallen. Sev eral counter attacks in the center were repulsed with heavy losses and the ad vance was fully maintained. The attack was carried on success fully in tho Argonne despite the great est difficulties. The boche had felled trees and interlaced them with barbed wire. Machine gun nests wcro cleverly concealed in this tangle. Tanks clean ed these up. Numerous explosions of ammunition dumps in tho rear of the enemy liuas throughout tho day gavo additional ev idence of the heavy losses suffered by tho boche from our artillery firo. The attack, starting at some points without artillery preparation surpriBod the Germans, who were quickly depos ed of. But the enemy's heavy concen tration of artillery and machino guns afforded a general stubborn resistance all day. The Kreimhclde-Stcllung line was reached first by a pivoting attack, swinging northwestward from tne Meuse. Every kilometer gained was won by straight American punching power, aguinst strong enemy divisions which included guards. Two guard di visions have been badly cut up on the American front and one has been fill ed up with landwehr troops. worn- Witn French The Franco-American attaek east of Rheims was pushed vigorously, the ABE EIARTIH We're alius ilud when frftst coms an' nips th' feller that says 'tomatoes! Lnfe Bud wur so crazy t' take his car out bunday tabt lie almost went i 'church. FIGHTING MILE FRONT French attacking on-the American left and following up our advance. A deter mined enemy counter attack was re pulsed after a considerable advance had been made by tho Franco-Ameri cana. The doughboys did not budge an inch from their new lines. The cnomy's hold was broken by the capture of Blanemont, which was tak en with surprising rapidity. Tho Fran co-American artillery laid down a bar- rauo on the road leading toward Blane mont all Thursday night. Behind this the infantry moved up to its jumping off positions. Even the ho'P'taU were moved forward. ' ' ' ' One hospital unit which has beon un der sholl fire for three days, but waoso position became safe again through re moval of the German artillery asked to ha nllnu-prl t.n an forward so as to en able quicker handling of the wound ed. The capture of Blanemont was of nortanre in this immediate area, as the fall of Mont Faucon wa in the Verdun region, rueae are iwv imnnrtBnt. kev positions which have been taken by the Americans within a week. Break Grip on Ehelms Tho fl.-i rm four vear Grin on Rheims is now 'being shaken by tuu al lies west and cast of the city. I stood on a neigut just duck ui iuu front and saw the Franco-American barrage rolling up great clouds of chalk dust as it shattered , its way ahead of dm ttrtvanc.iiitr doimiibovs, in. eontlnu1 ance of the attack which started early in the nioruibj,-. it. wni like fiirhtiun across a west ern prairio. There was scarcely a tree in gight over tne vast sireieuos u iw plateau, with only a dominating rise here and there to break the monotouy of the terrain. The attack swung for ward in a northwesterly direction, thus pinching In the salient about Rheima. Every step forward rendered the boche position about the city more difficult. with Genoral Berthe lot's attack on the west, it is opening tho way to freeing tne city iruui m tillory fire. . The American attack was nignij spectacular. It resulted iu General Gouraud sending his personal congrat ulations to the American divisional commander. One Man capturea a Tho Crunch had taken a position known as "Klba trench." With the crash of the opening or nie barrage, thc infantry jumped off. Their confidence in the artillery was bo great that one officer said "the men just leaned against tho barrage. ' The first positions wero quickly crossed. Further on. numerous pill box es were encountered. French tunks as-I- ninnniniT nn some of these. In other instances the pill boxes were smothered with Hmone oomu, ... ericans then closing In with their bayo net . . !t .. A corporal of a famous unit cd 13 officers, including a major ana 28 men in one dugout. The major, yho was in command of an artillery group, was greatly downcast whn,.br.ouj? 1 to the rearf He and all the other Mi cers wore iron crosses of the first class Tho corporal was approaching the entrance of a dugout when the first boche came out. The doughboy quickly ,nvred and disarmed him. Ho then rushed for thc other entrance anu en countered an officer ciir r.g out, with a revolver in his hand. The corpornl de manded his surrender, adding that he i... i Wrnr tell all the others inside to surrender, as he was about to unload all his grenades in tne nuguui. complied and the corporal marched them back to the rear. Have Downhill ngnnng With the capture of Blancmint the Americans now have dounUHI ngniiug all the way to thc Aisne. The ndgc over which they passed was tne ene my's stronghold in this region. The wonderful comradeship of the French and Americans was again dem onstrated in this fighting. i,.,.;.n mntorcvc.ln drivers dashed 4XI11V..VUU - , , , by carrying French officers in the side ' , 3-. l..,V,.,l.nnn. hunt- cars ana vice ro. iiiuuu...vt. ening to the rear carried French and Americans alike. Overhead was the familiar riuoou- i.n !r W Preach and Ameri can shells. An Amorican rolling kitch en served poilus and dongtiooys. Late in the evening the scene was -i J ,o.i Tho flash of HUI1S pierced the horizon to tho northward, silhouetting men, guns aim " - i, m,i fiimmrd across tho pla teaus, while to the westward, a blood red sun sank, slowly over nae.ms. sky was tinted, as though with tne blood of tho thousands of Frenchmen who have died In the city's defense. MUK1TI0NSPLANT AT PERTH AIIBOY BLOWNJTO PIECES Terrific Explosions Succeed Each Other Throaghcat Mi CASUALTIES 800 AND DEAD MAY NUMBER 150 Plant Cost $12,000,000. Val- U8 of kmitions Is Unknown. New York, Oct. 5. Traffic on all tha bridges across th East River and thru the tubes under both the East River aad Hudson river was brought to a stand still here this afternoon by military au thorities. Orders were issued to Mayor Hylaa following information that a tremend doua explosion might be expected at any time at the Gillespie munitions plant ia New Jersey. New York, Oct. 5. ' Reverberating with a roar' as of heavy artilrery, tha scries of deadly explosions that started -the demolition of the cuormous Gilles pig Shell loading plant Sear Perth Am-, boy,. N. J., last night, continued today. At noon tho wrecking force or firw and hvavy explosive blasts had practi cally eompleted its work. Firemen, po-. (Continued on page three) i . TWENTY-SEVENCITIES HAVE DEPOSITS IN EXCESSOf$l,000,0Oa Astoria, Salem and Pendleton Have Above S6,0u0,0u9 ; Each There are now twenty seven million dollar towns in Oregon. By this is meant that in each of thvso towns the banks havo more than $1,000,000 on deposit. This is shown by a statement compile! by Will H, Bennett, superintendent of banks. In the state there are 203 banking in- stitutinns which havo deposits amount ing to $196,926,418. In thv 27 million dollar towns there are 98 banks, which have a total deposits of $164,793,802. or 83.6 per cent of the total deposits in the state. . The city of Portland has 24 banks which hold $106, 291. 286 or 54 per evnt of tho totul deposits in the state, while the banks in the other towns in the $1,000,000 class licild $38,502,513, or 29.7 per cent of the totul deposits in tho state. 1 The larger banking cities are in or der: . City or town and , No. of Banks Deposits ' Portland, 24 :.$10C,2l,286.7l Astoria, 4 :.. 6,218,039,33 Salem, 4 6,113,774.24 Pendleton, 2 6,075,020.35 Eugvnc, 4 3,605,9.:6.i:S Baker, 3 3....,158,713.3:i Albany, 3 2,498,164.11 The Dalles, 2 2,305,363.64 Medford, 4 2,287,108.70 Klamath Falls, 3 2,277,497.53- Oregon City, 3 2,146,596.17 McMinnville, 4 1,913,933.75 Marshfield, 3 1,835,710.7 Roscburg,, 3 1,761,931.10 La Grande, 2 1,818,092.18 Corv-allis. 3 1,714,589.01 Hillsboro, 3 1,481,836.3 llleppnor, 2 1,225,879.13 Tillamook, 2 ' 1,213,793.6 'Hilvcrton, 2 1,177,810.50 Ontario, 2 . 1,155,367.24 Grant, Pass, 3 1,151,452.61 j Hood River, 2 1,138,575.67 IBend, 2 1,087,887.45 I'Milton, 2 1,076,166.11 iLakeview, 4 ' 1,053,202.94 j Ashland, 3 1,009,084.24 (Total banks, 98, deposits $164,793,802.97 Deposits of Fivcwater branch of tha i First KlUonal tank included.