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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-15
EDDIE RICKENBACKER
TELLS STORY. OF LIFE

Land and then are smashed up for a
ways, but continue from the Germap
side of the line. It seems wrong that
there should be the connection.
No Man s Land generally looks very
much plowed up. We are glad to see
that, though probably We are the only
ones who are. 1t gives us a definite
assurance of where home s Often yor
are III doubt and if you happened tt
cross the lines where No Mans Land
Is not shot to pieces you are sure o.
your position. Some of the boys have
gone great distances back, looking for
towns or landmarks they recognized anG
one chap lost his way so completely he
landed in Switzerland when his gasoline
gave out.
''The villages are fairly well battered
on both sides, though unless they are. IL
ruins, you cannot tell from above hos,
much damaged they are. Some are com
plctely oblitcratcd and are but mas;
Of stone and plowed ground. The large
cities are easily seen and large faetorie
can be readily spotted.
Germany looks rather peaceful from
above and there seems to be little dis
turbing them back ways from the line
That is where an airman 5 point Of view
is defective. A German and his field
look as soft as ours. Probably they arc
which is not very soft. ANY field GOV.
ereded with grass always looks soft and
you think it would make fine landing
place. When you get down lower and
are forced to oIand on any field that har
pens TO be under you, sometimes wien
you r. en- pannc, you earn different
Trees you didn t see, stick in the cover
ed field to turn you over. Barbed wire
stretches along the country and YOU can
not see it, either. With ordinary breaks
of luck you can land safely if you are
on the right side Of the line when your
motor cukOos, but what is very import
ant is that ordinary break of luck, as
one Of the boys put it, Mother Earth
IS half as soft as you anticipate wher
you touch her"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-15

the life of those books is exceedingly
short, and cheap editions, bound in paper
or light cloth, aie undoubtedly the moss
serviceable and economical.
We have made no attempt to import
books from America, because We realize
that at the present time tonnage is ned
ed in more essential directions. As IL
the class of reading matter selected, we
leave il mainly to the demands of tho
men, and they ask principally for fic
don, and light fiction at that. Where
we ne supplying more or less permanent
Libraries for hospital staffs or for Ameli
cad naval stations, We try to give ID,
all-around tone to the collection Of
books, including classics, essays, poetry
biography, and scientific works, but
still for the greater part, fiction.
The magazines and newspapers must
Of necessity come from America. II is
our experience that this class Of litera-
!ure gives greater satisfaction to men
than books. Their cry is continually
for more of the homo newspapers.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-15
Only Rarely Do AviatOrs Gel
Close View Of Germany
From Above
Copyright, 1918, by the United Press)

Copyright, 1918, by the United Pfess)
With The American Airmen In France
July 10 BY Mail. y" Germany ooks
the same as France from up above" re-
puied Eddie Rickenbacker, aH-American
ace, to a question. 'We get to look al
it quite often, naturally. OF course, we
cannot go down low very often Once
in a while the excuse offers Itself for
max ing close inspection of Germany
from above. When we get Heinie on
the run and eau follow him home, we
sometimes drive him down near the tree
tops, If the arches are not too busy.
"Onee in a while We take chance
and strait the German trenches from
above. | once got down so low after az
attack that | could sec the men very
clearly and could get targets to shoot at
But its only On rare occasions that we ev
er get close TO Germany and most Of our
views are from high up.
"It's surprising how much hks
France, Germany does look. Your in
agination pictures something differcn:
as sooa as you cross the lines Ther.
are the same rolling plains and hills and
woods and villages.
"Ciyilian activity, that can he seen
from high attitudes, is less, think than
Oh our side, though that may be because
we fly lower when on the home side. We
can see automobiles and trains and
strings Of wagons now and then on the
roads Tie German trenches are MOI
in evidence than ours and these stretch
back f0f miles behiRd the lines. Right
up to them, though, the Germans arc
eultivating the soil and their farms arr
easily spotted. The railroads over there
look about the same as those On thi
side OF the line. In several places th
lines 9f this side run mp to No Man =
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-15
FIRST DEED WAS FILED
NMARIONCOUNTY. 1854

land also the fact Of his continual res.
ldence on the land and its cultivation.
The surveyor of the general land office
OF Oregon ordered that patent be is
sued This was dated July 2s 1853, but
not until Feb 10, 1918, was this oruer
brought from the general land office
and officially recorded in Marion coun-
ty.
The original donation land claim of
William H. Wilson began at the river,
extended east on Mission street to
Twelfth, thence north on Twelfth to
North Mill Creek and thence in a vary
ing line west to the river at the mouth
of Mill creek. There was also included
in this claim 40 acres lying south and
east Of the Southern Pacific depot.
The second deed filed in the office
Of the county recorder cf Marion coun-
ty is dated Nov. 25, 1853, but not filed
until August Is. 1854, in volume page
s. 1t is deed from William II. Wilson
and his wife, Chloe Amelia, to James
W. Nesmith and Joseph Wilson and
the consideration was $l0O. The land
conveyed was lot in block 46 of the
town Of Salem and was on Trade and
Front streets, the present location of
part of the Southern Pacific freight de-
pot.
The third deed recorded in Marion
county, volume |, page Z, is from Will
liam II. Wilson and wife to James w.
Nesmith dated Nov. 25. 1858, and filed
for record August Is, 1854, for several
lots in block SO, at Union and Cottage
streets and 81 acres in the city. The
Oregon Institute and the lot on which
the parsonage was located were used
in describing the sta acres. The consid-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-15

encumbranees and they are better off
physically.
Fixed Military Policy
The president has finally announced
that the American military policy from
this time on centered on the western
front and he has declined to be diverted
from that one thing. The war depart
ment has now adopted this as a policy
and it is the policy of the United
States that the military program is to
be eentercd in France.
The purpose Of America is to furn
ish enough man power to whip the Gen
mans from now ON.
"The only way that Germany can
be whipped is BY America going into
this thing with her whole strength. The
policy of the war department is to put
the maximum number of men in France
with the idea Of shortening the war.
We found from the figures furnish
ed by the provost marshal general that
We could embark on program of eighty
divisions in France by June 30, 1919,
with eighteen divisions at home. These
divisions consist Of roughly forty thou
sand men to division.
All of the men obtained under the
proposed change in the draft law--ap-
proximately 100000 men--we expect
to have in France by June so, 1912"
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-15

yanced slightly. Ono Of our patrols
rushed hostile post north Of Albert
capturing a machine gun. Between AL
bert and Ayette our patrols were active
throughout the night and maintained
close touch with the enemy.
Further progress has teen made at q
numher Of points and several prisoners
ana few machine guns have been
taken.
Hostile laiding parties were repuls
ed south Of irras and near Mervillc
ftc enemg's artillery was active east
Of Robeeq and the Seherpenberg sec
tor
"Total prisoners captured by the
British Fourth army since the morning
Of the eighth are, now 21,S44. In the
same period, prisoners taken by the
French ] irst army are $500, making a
tolai Of o6,344 German prisoners cap
tured in operations by the allied arm
les OH the Montdidier- Albert front"
This total of 30,344 prisone;s is ac-
credited only to General Hawiingson Is
aud General Debcney's armies. General
Humbert is unofficially credited with
10000 prisoners, thus raising the total
in the entire drive to more than 10000
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-15
REGISTRATION DAY
/. 2l-YEAR-OLD MEN IS
SATURDAY, AUGUST "A
ALI Young Men Who Reached
Fl Since Last June
Affected

Portland, Or. Aug. l5.--Every young
man in the United States who has passe,,
his 2lst birthday since registration day,
for tho 2l-ycar-old men last June 5th
must register for the draft Oh Saturday
August "a.
! BY proclamation of President Wilson
just issued, this call includes citizen,
as well as noncitizens The only men OF
age specified who will not have to re-
gistcr alc those already in the military
or naval service.
This call should ont be confused with
the big registration day, to be held
some time i'll September, for registra
tion of all men between the ages Of Is
and - years.
This registration day just ordered is
exclusively for men who were not yet q
years old last June 5, but who have be-
came of age, 81 years, on Or before Aug
ust "a. Every man of them must regis
ter.
AS before, registration will be in
charge of local draft boards The reg.
istration places will be open from 7
o'clock in the morning to 8 O'Clock
at night.
No excuse will be accepted for failure
to register. The time remaining before
Registration Day is so very short that
every man who comes within the call
should arrange his affairs now 50 he
can 90 to the registration place on Aug
ust Fl, and register.
Failure to register is punishable by
Imprisonment up to one year and fol
lowed by induction into the service.
Even sickness will be no excuse for
failure to register. Any 2l-year-old
man who is i'll should send some com
petent person immediately to his local
draft board, which will explain what to
do.
Men who will unavoidably be away
from their home precincts on rcgistra
tion Day, Should proceed at once to the
local draft board nearest place where
they may happen to be, and ask for in
struetions for registering by mail
Prompt action is Of the utmost import
ance, for all mail registrations must be
received by the proper local draft board
by August "a.
Tie purpose in requiring at this time
the registration Of men who have be
come q years old since last June sis to
keep Glass filled until congress can
pass the new law raising and lowering
the draft ages.
Let every man subject to the coming
registration make note Of and remember
these important things.
Registration Day is Saturday, August
oath.
Time for Registration, a. m. to 9
ps m.
Place for registration, with local
draft board.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-15
FRENCH ADVANCE CONTINUES.
BY John DeGandt

UNITED Press Staff COrrespondent)
Paris, Aug. 15-The French are continuing their in
filtration of the German positions in the Disc valley north
and east of Ribecourt.
Their outposts established in the borders of PIN
PREF Ia mile east of Ribecourt) and Dresncourt "a mile
north) They have also reached the southern part of
Ourcamps forest (extendng from Pimprez to within two
miles of Noyon).
German artillery is heavily gassng >Lassigny grove
Ia mile southeast of the village).
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-15
AMERICANS IN RUSSIA.

Washington, Aug 15.-The Twenty
Seventh infantry from Manila is ar
irving at vladivostok today, Secretary
of War Baker announced.
This regiment, composed of from
1900 to $500 regulars, is landing in
Siberia to cooperate with the Czecho-
Slovak and japanese forces
This is the first announcement re-
garding movement of American soldiers
in Siheria.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-15

Paris, Aug. 15.-Including ten thous
aud Germans taken by General Humberi
in the operations which are still devel
Oping, prisoners captured on the West
ern front since July Is, total $4,000 and
1,700 guns have been siezed by the al
lies, the Echo de Paris estimaseS. a.ry
London, Aug. 15.-(3:37 p. m.)-Tht
French are reported to have captured
the entire Lassigny massif, the import
ant heights which have formed the prin
cipal enemy defense in this region.
The number of German infantrymer
is said to be far below normal and theil
total man power is rapidly diminishing
Thirty-fiye enemy divisions (420,00t
men) are now employed on the Haie
front and only fifteen reserve divisions
10000 menl remain. It is regarded
. as doubtful If the Germans can possibly
undertake another offensive this year
London, Aug l5.-German prisoner
taken in the Picardy drive total S0,S44
Field Marshal Haig announced today.
Of these the British have capture(
PISA and the French $500.
Severe local fighting last night re
suited to the allies advantage, especial
ly east of Raineeourt ,(six miles north
east of ChauInes). where the British ad
vaneed slightly. Patrol and raiding act
ivity was reported in various sectors o.
the front as far northward as Flanders
Severe local fighting last night wa
70 our advantage, the statement said
East Of Rainecourt our line was ad
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-15
BEHNKr APPOINTED.

Amsterdam, Aug. l5.--Viee Admir-
al Behnki has been appointed to sue.
ceed Admiral Won Capelle as German
minister of marine, according to the
Weser Zeitung.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-15
GERMANS GRADUALLY RETIRING
ON N'1)E front NORTH OF ANCRE
MAY L5TADL|SH old SONNE LINE
AND HIS NAME is FLOOD.

; London, Aug, 15-Private Geo.
Flood, an actor well known in
America and England, at present
( interned in Holland, writes to
!; friend bemoaning the fact that
( only non-eommissioned officers
are allowed to enjoy the seaboat-
( ing at The Hague.
< He was captured in the fall of
: 1915, and since then has bitterly
: regretted the fact that he had
( not previously acquired a stripe
( or two-the only ticket which
< admits to the briny.
. & = 4 !: 4 K \ x Y 4 Z Z \ 4 4
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-15
HUNS ON DEFENSIVE
IN WARFARE Of AIR
ALONG WEST FRONT

Germans Now Have Backs Upon Famous Amens Cathedral
Which Now Being Re-Opened and ReDedcated French
Army Gradually Advancing In Ose Valley Occupying Many
Enemy Positions Number Of Prisoners In Present
Drive Now Exceeds Forty Thousand, According To Off
ciaI Report
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-15
FOUR MILLION MEN
SUFFICIENT TO WIN
SA Us GEN. MARCH

Chef VI Staff And Senator Chamberlain Ask For Quick Ac
ton Upon New Man Power Bill--YOung Men Between
Eighteen And lwentyOne Believed To Be Best Material
For SOders-SenatOr Defends the Thomas Work Or
Fight Amendment
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-15

Don't you feel relieved when a clerk
finally confesses he haint got what you
want? A roastin' ear jainmed on Tell
Binkley day, while he wuz hurryin' t.
mako a train.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-15
General Retirement

London, Aug 15.-German withdraw.
al from forward positions north of the
Anere prcsages a retirement of eonsid.
erabe magnitude, in the opinion Of
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Continued on page six)
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CONTINUED On page tw0l
New-York tribune., 1918-08-30
Bolsheuiki Deny
Arrest of Allied
Agents at Mosco1u

AMSTERDAM, Aug 30. = While q
Moscow dispatch to the "Rhenish- West
phalian Gazette" Of Essen, states that
the Entente diplomatic representatives
there have been liberated, latest ad-
wees from the Bo,shevik capital, under
date of August IS, deny that the Amer.
lean and British diplomats there wera
ever arrested. The dispatch to the
"Rhenish Westphalian Gazette" how
ever, says that members of the Allied
military missions at Moscow are still
in custody
Dewitt c. Poole, jr., the acting Amer
lean Consul General at Moscow, the
dispatch says, is at liberty and is
awaiting safe conduct from the Ger
man government.
A Russian wireless message saws tn at
War Minister Trotzky denies an alleged
American report that the Soviets in
tend to arm German and Austro- Hun
garlan prisoners to fight the Czecho-
Slovaks
The Central Executive Committee of
the Soviets, according to the "Pravda "
has decreed the abolition in towns of
more than 10000 inhabitants. of all
private and real property, the value
OF which exceeds a scale to be fixed by
the local Soviets. Mortgages of more
than 10000 rubles are annulled. The
decree does not apply to industrial
properties
New-York tribune., 1918-08-30
50 German Planes Shot Down
By Rene Fonck in 7 Months

Correspondence Of The Associated Press)
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Aug. 18.-Lieutenant Reno
Fonck, the leading French ace, has
brought down since January l fifty of
the more than threescore German air
craft he has hit. Of the fifty enemy
machines vanquished this year thirty
two have fallen before him in the same
airplane--a SpadHispano biplane, with
two machine guns. This constitutes
record for one machine
Between July 16 and July % Fonck
felled eleven enemy machines, nine Of
which have already been officially ac-
counted for. On July 16, while sta
toned in the Somme, he was ordered to
report to the Champagne. He left for
Paris that day at 10 o'clock. He
lunched there and set back for the
Somme, arriving shortly before 5. At
o'clock he had become the conqueror
of two Boche machines. He left that
evening for his new assignment.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-30
Orders of German High
Command Now Of De-
fensive Nature Only
Reserves Very Low
Enemy Soldiers No Longer Be-
lieve in Victory; Staving
OFF Disaster

WASHINGTON, Aug. %. Andre
Tardieu. high commissioner of Franco
American war cooperation, who is now
in Paris, has given to The Associated
Press by cable a comprehensive state
ment summing up the military events
of the last five months and showing
their bearing on the present war
situation. He says German officers
taken prisoner declare that If the whole
American army shows the same dash
as the Americans who have been IN
action so far the German cause is lost.
NJ Tardieu relates how the events
in Russia, by giving Germany a crush
ing superiority, allowed the enemy
from March on to undertake large
offensive operations directly threaten
ing to Paris, putting Amiens, the pivot
of the Franco-British troops under fire
and cutting of railway communications
with the east and north. This was on
July is. On August 3, the enemv was
thrown back on the Vesle, the road
to Nancy was freed and access to
Paris oy the Marne was barred through
operations in which .he American
troops Ilayed a prominent part.
Then Came British Drive
Then the British army assumed the
offensive, Amiens was liberated, Mont
didier fell, the armies Of Generals
Debeney and Humberu started a war
of position and on August 19 the
French reached the Disc, south of
Noyon, with Mangins army. The events
up to the 23d, when the main British
attack began, are described, and M.
Tardieu continues:
Though it is too soon as yet to sum
up as a whole, the military operations
extending from August to August 25,
since the battle is still in progress,
the following results have already been
obtained:
"1-Paris is no longer threatened.
"2-Our direct Communications by
rail between Paris and Calais have
been reestablished, as had been those
between Paris and Nancy on July 30.
"3-Our third aim, to wrest the initi-
ative from the Germans, has likewise
been attained.
Only "a Divisions in Foe Reserves
"The instructions given by the Ger
man high command to the German
troops are now of decidedly defensive
nature. Iney confess lnaC lne SITUATION
is serious for Germany. Judging from
reliable documents it seems that only
twentyfour fresh divisions, that is to
say. twenty-four divisions having been
withdrawn from the firing line for at
least month, are now all the actual
German reserves.
"Twenty-three others are being re-
formed
"Forty-seven divisions whose morale
was considerably shaken, constitute the
Germans last reserves in the present
battle.
The answers of prisoners, secret
documents and letters addressed to
German soldiers, reveal great dis
couragement among them. They no
longer believe in victory and with them
IT is only question of holding on to
save Germany from disaster"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-30
Germans Take New
Positions in r ace
OF "Allied F allure"

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 29.-Assurances
are still being given the German peo-
pie that the Entente offensive is a
chastity failure. A semi i-of1icial dis
patch from Berlin says:
"The British at noon on August %
renewed their attempt to break through.
Seven times they drove forward storm
ing waves, which were continuously re-
inforced and led by tank squadrons,
into the fire of our machine guns and
cannon, which had been brought up to
the foremost line. The fire from these
guns, or smartly executed counter at
tacks, rerulsed the enemy and inflicted
heavy losses upon him"
After recounting the alleged unsuc-
cessful attacks south Of the Scarpe, in
the region of st. Leger and southwest
of Bapaume, the report says:
Following drum fire, which began at
5:45 o'clock in the morning, a heavy
attack was made by deeply echeloned
troops from Delville Wood to tac
Somme. The attack collapsed in our
defence fire or before our counter at
tack.
Partial enemy attacks in the after
noon between the Somme and the Disc
were repulsed, the report adds, by Gov
ering detachments before "our new po-
sitions," and the report concludes by
saying: Repeated heavy attacks this
morning north of the Aisne brought
only fresh sacrifices of blood to the
French
New-York tribune., 1918-08-30
Sixteen of U-Boat
Chaser's Crew Are
Unaccounted For

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-Lieutenant
(junior grade) Henry j. Bowes, com
manding officer; Ensign G. H. Ran
dolph, executive officer, and fourteen
enlisted men are still missing from
submarine chaser No. 209, which was
mistaken for an enemy submarine and
sent to the bottom by the American
steamer Felix Taussig off Fire Island
on August 81
Since nine members of the crew were
picked up Immediately after the sink
ing, search for further survivors has
been in vain.
A report from the captain of the
Taussig reached the Navy Department
to-day. showing that the little chaser
went down ablaze three minutes after
being hit by two of four shots from
the merchantman's bow gun at dis
tance of 200 feet. 1t follows:
The captain of the steamship Felix
lausslg reported that at 2:3O a. m. the
lookout reported an object resembling
a submarine about 200 feet away off
the port beam. Orders for a general
alarm were given by the captain. The
craft sighted had no lights showing
and. was headed in the same direction
as the Taussig. AS she passed the
steamship and crossed her bow four
shots were fred from the forward gun
of the Taussg
"It was only after the third shot that
the vessel showed lights, the report
stated. Apparently two shots struck
the submarine chaser, and it is be-
lieved that one shot exploded depth
charge. The Taussig stopped to render
assistance to the submarine chaser,
which was burning and which sank in
about three minutes"
Lieutenant Bowes's home was at Mer-
chantville, N. j. No address for Ensign
Randolph is given in department rec
ords.
Following are the missing enlisted
men:
Collins A. Grove, machinist's mate, Los
Angeles.
Harry S. Denney, gunner's mate. Philadel-
phia.
Gordon J. Groves seaman. Alexandria, Va.
George c. Cunderman. Jr., hospital ap-
prentice. 2246 Eighty-sixth Street, Brooklyn
Richard c. Haslnger, quartemaster, Will
mington. Del