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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07
Il sA:ENBURG WILL
EsFORCED TOLEAVE
'szNONTD|D|ER AREA
Loss Of Man Power VIII Com.
pei Shortening Of His
Line OF Defense

New York, Aug. Marshal Foeh IS
development of persistent local attacks
in the Montdidier seitor is for the pur-
pose of obtaining advantageous posi-
tions from which to threaten disaster to
a German retirement at this critical
corner
There is no longer any question but
that sooner or later the German front
will have to be shortened to provide
Won Hindenburg with enough men to
defend his positions. One of the chief
lessons of the second Marne victory is
that German man power is already in
suffiiient to hold the extravagantly
heightened German lines in France.
When the full retirement begins, the
angle at Montdidier will present to
Marshal Foch the best opportunity for
separating Won Hindenburg' northern
and southern armies. Just as Won Hin
denburg tried to divide the British and
French armies along the southern flank
so Marshal Foeh is preparing in ad-
vance to retaliate in the same meas
ure. Along the Montdidier sector the
Germans facing west and those facing
south have their meeting points.
When the backing up process begins
there is bound to be serious confusion,
especially If Won Hindenburg waits
over-long before ordering the double
retirement. The situation that will fol-
low may then be seized by Marshal
Foch in an effort to break through the
Germon front and double up Won Hin
denburg's southern armies.
The preparation of this threatening
strategy will of itself exercise an i'm
portant influence upon Won linden
burg's plans. Instead of being left free
to encourage public opinion at home by
offensive assaults, Won Hindenborg
must begin at once to arrange for
gradual abandonments of dangerous To-
cal positions in the Montdidier area.
This is the only way he can answer
Marshal Foch s ntw thrust. These with
drawals must increase the pessimism
among Germans at home, already SO
greatly depressed by the Marne re-
treat. 1t seems, therefore, to be Mar
shal Foch Is present plan to continue
using the initiative not only north of
the Marne, but at other opportune
places, while delaying his major often
sive, until America is prepared tc
strike.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07
FORTY THOUSAND
COPHERS ARE CAUGHT
County Has Paid For This
Number Of Scalps at Five
Cents Each.

Business in gophers, gray diggers and
moleS is good at the office of U. G.
Boyer, Marion county's clerk. For the
first six months of this year, Henry M.
Kloepping, deputy county clerk, and in
his absence, U. G. Boyssf, county clerk,
had the pleasure of counting the scalps
of 37,971 moles gray diggers and 60
pliers and up to today the number fig
ured Al 300.
The legislature of 1915 figured there
was too many rodents in the state and
levied an annual tax not to exceed one
tenth of one mill on the dollar of as
sessed property in each county and
from this fund, there should be paid
ten cents for every scalp of q gray
digger, mole or gopher brought to the
office Of the clerk of any county in
the state.
Ten cents per scalp looked good to
the boys and farmers of Marion coun'
ty and within two months after the
bill had become effective in 1915 the
fund was exhausted. That year this
fund amounted to $4345 and figured
out on basis Of ten scalps to every
dollar, there was collected and counted
at fne office of the clerk Of Marion
county 43,450 scalps
In 1916 the fund on the same assess
ment amounted to $4249.80. By thit
time many who were in position t
catch the three animals in bad reputt
with the farmer aus well as the law
makers, found it quite a means Of q
side income and by May |, of 1916
the $4249.80 had been paid out fol
scalps and Mr.. Boyer and Mr. Kloep
ping had counted 42,49S. When brought
in by those claiming the bounty, there
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07
HERTL|NC STATES
GERMAN DEMANDS
IN MAKING OF PEACE
Will Hold All She Grabbed,
Receive Indemnities, And
Be The Boss

Berne, Aug. 7.-Replying to questions
from members Of the Right in the reich
stag recently, Chancellor Won Hertling
declared that Germany intends to keep
Belgium until the allies fulfill certain
conditions, including payment of in
IDENTITIES and rcestablishment of Ger
many and Austria as before the war
plus the advantage obtained through
the Russian and Rumanian peace trea-
ties, according to advices received here
today.
The new peace conditions laid down
by Hertling were as follows;
Recognition of Germany's integrity,
as before the war.
Remuneration of all claims to Alsace
Lorraine by France.
Restoration Of all German colonies ,ol
their equivalent.
Recognition Of Austria Hungary s in
tegrity, as before the war, plus territor
ial and economic advantages through thu
Bucharest peace.
Recognition Of Brest-Litovsk peace.
Recognition Of Courland Lithuania
Esthonia and Livonia as included il
Germany's sphere of influence.
Payment Of indemnities to Germany
by the allies.
Recognition of Germany's solution 0.
the Polish question.
Liberty of the seas.
Remuneration by the allies Of ever,
form of boycott against Germany afte
| the war.
Remuneration of Italy's claims regard
ing the Adriatic.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07
Attacking Superior Force In
Counter Offensive Two
Successive Days
By Lowell Mellett.

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent.)
With The French Armies In The Field
Aug. Now that the battle of the
Marne pocket has been definitely won.
there is time to tell the part played by
the army of General Bertholet, who Wis
tied America enroute from Siberia to
take command. Only two weeks before
the battle opened Bertholet' IS army held
the line from RHEIMS to Marine, and par.
ticipated in some of the hardest fight
ing of the whole outfit.
A visit to the battlefield today re-
veals to some extent the nature of the
engagement which finally eliminated in
success. One indication is the unburied
enemy dead and the great quantity OF
captured materials. There is hundreds
of thousands of shells in Bois de Ar
rery, two complete German batteries
and hundreds of machine guns. These
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07
Continued on page two)
Andrew and Frank Ferry
Are Crushed Between
Separator And Engine

Capital journal Special Servicc.)
stayton, Or, Aug. 7.-Andrcw and
Frank Ferry, living west Of stayton a
couple Of miles, met with bad accident
Tuesday morning. They were moving
their thrcshing machinery, pulling the
separator with their tractor engine.
When going down the hill south of the
Robert Downing place, northwest of
Sublimity, the connection between the
engine and the separator broke allowing
the separtor to run onto the engine. The
Ferys were both caught in the cab and
crushed, both being seriously injured,
Andrew being 50 badly hurt that his re-
covery is in doubt.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07
Famous American Ace Trans
lates Aviator Language
Into English

Copyright, 1918, by The United Press.
With Tie American Airmen In France
July 10.-(By Mail.)--" We'd better
translate some of this gimper talk into
honest toGosh American, or the United
Press readers won u be able to stop it, y
observed Lieutenant Eddie Rickenbaek-
er, American ace and former automo-
bile racer, as he began some "gimper
talk, Z" which is the aviation word for
aero slang.
Gwen start out with the rudiments
of the aviators' language" said Rick
enbacker 1T completely ignores the
study of grammatical formation. The
only formations we know are aero for
nations, which is group flying.
"First Of all, there's an airplane.
It's always known az can Probably
we call it that because it carries such
big gasoline tanks and when you stop
to think of how easily the Germans
could set the can afire, il we didn t. Let
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07
"Rnll nf Gnttnr'
'tFrom Ouer There
General Pershing's Official Report

F. j. Mcconnell, Richmond Hill, NY
F. R. Marston, Pensacola, Fla.
T. W. Payne, Charleston, W. Va.
Sergeants-
G.. T. Agee, Kansas City, Mo
D. G. Harrison, Clayton, Del.
D. Mccoy, Washington, Pa.
F. B. Stultz, Roanoke, Va.
Corporals-
Fl. L. Derkley, Ursula, Ark.
y. J. Mulvey, Railway, N. j.
G. R. Hatineaude, Essex Junction, VI
Cooks [. Kaufman, Perth Amboy, N
j.
j. 7. Laughon, Odessa, Texas
Privates-
A. Agnew, Davenport, Iowa
J. Alfred, Woodlawn, Miss.
j. L. Boekenoogen, Aitkin, MINI.
T. R. Cottingham, Dillon, s. G.
J. r. Cottrell, West Webster, N. Y.
G. D. Crane, Martinsburg, Mo.
F. Wright, Methuen, Mass.
Nick Baggett, Vellie, Ala.
Continued on page three)
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07
COUNTER STROKE
MOST BRILLIANT
IN ANNALSOF WAR
Lloyd George Pays Eloquent
Tribute To Great French
General
TELLS SOME FACTS OF
GREAT BRITAIN'S NAVY
England Sends $4,000
Troops Across Channel
During July

London, Aug T." Marshal Foeh s
counter-stroke was the most brilliant in
the annals of the war; Premier Lloyd
George declared in the house Of COM
mons this afternoon
"He drove the enemy back; but the
danger is not yet over"
Wild cheering greeted the mention
of Foch IS name
"Until the allies are defeated on
the sea, Germany never can triumph, "
Lloyd George said.
''The tonnage of the British navy
at the beginning of the war was two
and half millions. 1t is now eight.
In June alone the navy steamed eight
million miles. -
The premier paid eloquent tribute to
the work of the Americans since March
2l, when they had only one division
(27,500 men) in the line.
"If the British had been overwhelm-
ed in March, the Americans could not
have arrived in time to save France
Lloyd George said.
"Our losses in men and material at
first were beyond expectations, but
within a month $4,000 reinforcements
had been sent across the channel
Within six~4weeks the Germans haf
been forced to standstill. Probably
they will attack the British army, be
cause of their failure elsewhere"
Lloyd George announced that during
July 305,000 Americans arrived a'
European ports, of which $4,000 were
transported on British ships.
As an illustration Of Americas re
serve man power, the premier sale
ISf America had contributed soldiers
on the same basis as Great Britain
lit would mean 100000 men,
The premier said the chance Ger
many had March q would never comt
again. The American army soon Will
be only slightly smaller than that Of
Germany, he said.
"I do not wish to minimize the great
assistance rendered by the Americans
and French" said the premier, bn'
the world should know what the Brit
ish are doing. American naval mission
is especially anxious that such step
| be taken.
"For the purpose Of transporting
American troops, we have gone with
out 100000 tons Of essential eargoei
every month.
"Everyone knew the American arm
les courage but its trained skill, es
pecially that of its officers, is beyon'
expectation"
Lloyd George announced the nav.
has destroyed at least 100 German
submarines-half of them this year.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07

Washington, Aug. 7. - Smashing all
records, the United States shipping
board has turned out 131 vessels since
July 1. During the month of July
quantity production" was carried out
at the rate of four ships for every cal
endar day. They registered total
deadweight tonnage of 63l,944 Eight
ships have slid down the ways in the
last five days, adding $4,000 tons to
the total.
Among the last eight ships to be
launched were the gigantic Invtncible,
the $4,000 ton ship from the yards of
the Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation
at Alameda, CAL, and Hog Island s
first contribution to the winning of the
war, the Quistconck of 1900 tons.
The other large vessel already ac-
credited to August totals was the H.
500 ton Deerfield, which was built at
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07

Washington, Aug. Eight hundred
and seventy one names were announc-
ed by the war department today in six
casualty lists, the latest from the
Franco American drive. Today's list
brought the total losses thus far an
nounced from the drive to 2544.
OF today's list, 579 were army casu-
alties and 292 marine losses. The army
list was divided as follows:
Killed in action So; died Of wounds
z; died of disease l; died of airplane
accident /; died Of accident and other
causes l; wounded severely 1888; wound
ed, degree undetermined SO; missing in
action 105.
The marine list was divided as fol-
lows
Killed in action 81; died of wounds
2; wounded severely 33; wounded, de-
gree undetermined 206.
Killed in Action
ieutenants-
W. H. Hazey, Toledo, Ohio
w. N. Keller, BartO, Pa.
H. E. Kinne, Orofino, Idaho
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07
BERTHELOTS ARMY
PUTUP GREAT FIGHT
AND STOPPED HUNS

show how well the enemy is supplied. In
many parts of the front line, machine
guns were arranged seemingly like pick
cts while in nearly every nest was a
minnenwerfer. The Germans had Is di-
visions (1S0,OOO men, in their front
line.
Bethclot had fewer. Nevertheless, one
Jnly 16, the second day of the German
offensive, he received the order to coun'
ter attack. He did so effectively and
the next day repeated it. The spirit
with which Berthelot S army fought con
tributed greatly to the slowing up OF
the German advance across the Marne
farther to the west, which was THEN
principal purpose. Some points, like
Hill 240, had orders to hold at any cost
They did. Others, instructed to hold off
the Germans as long as possible, even
exceeded their instructions.
Berthelet was unaware of the French
counter attack plan until it was under
way. When General Mangin's counter
offensive started. Berthelot was ordered
to attack also, sending his reserves
against the Ardre river, vital German
position.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07
SEVERAL STATES TO
SELECT CANDIDATES
Democrats Nominate Folk In
MissOuri--0wen Is Nom
ianted.

st. Louis, Aug. Former Governor
Joseph W. Folk has won by substan.
tial plurality the democratic nomina-
tion for the United States senate, ac-
cording to fairly complete returns to-
day.
Senator x. P. Whitley managers CON
ceded Folks victory.
Judge Selden p Spencer of st. Louis
won the republican nomination over
Colonel Jay L. Torrey Of Fruitville, by
10000 majority, early returns indicat-
led.
Congressman Borland Of Kansa:
City has been defeated on the face OF
early returns.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07

the Sun shipbuilding company S plant,
Chester, Pa.
July production brought the year Is to-
;al to 1,719,536 deadweight tons. Tho
last month S output was nearly eight
times as great as January's and moro
than double the output of June. Amer
lean yards also set another record They
produced in July more tonnage than all
yards have built in any previous twelve
months,
lorty one vessels were completed and
placed in service in that month and two
have been commissioned since. These fig
ures do not include two steel bottoms
which were built and placed in service
from Japanese shipbuilding plants. The
grand total of ships placed in service
since July |, adds approximately 2s0000
deadweight tons to America s merchant
marine.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07
Hurricane Strikes
On Louisiana Coast

Lake Charles, La, Aug. 7--0ne dead,
several injured, and thousands of dol.
lars of property damage was the toll
today Of the tropical storm which
swept in from the gulf late yesterday,
and struck this city.
Buildings at Gerstner field, govern
ment aviation school, were reported
badly wrecked.
Dozens of buildings were smashed
and overturned in Lake Charles and
only the heavy rain which accompanied
the windstorm prevented disastrous
fires.
Wire communication throughout this
section was demoralized.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07
Eight Dead in Chicago

Chicago, Aug. Eight deaths IS the
heat wave toll in Chicago Two persons
succumbed last night. A lake breeze
brought some relief today.
The mercury here reached 101 yester-
day. Chicago beaches were open until
midnight, while 100000 dipped into the
lake. Firemen flooded tenement district
streets, giving relief to thousands.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07
War Summary Of United Press
nIIIilIIilIIiIIIlIIlIIlIIII
l465h Day Of the War; 2lst Day of Counter Offensive

Vesle-Aisne front-German artillery
has been brought into play, indicating
the enemy intends to make a hard
fight along this line. The French re-
pulsed attacks On La Grange farm,
captured an important railway station
and took 100 prisoners east of Braisne.
Picardy front-Tbe British, by coun-
ter attack early today recovered all
the important positions they lost be-
tween the Ancre and Somme in yester-
days German assault.
The French made progress on front
Of about two miles, west and north
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07
EXPLOSION KILLS THREE

Grafton, ILL.,, Aug. Three men
were killed and one of the buildings Of
the Illinois powder plant here was
wrecked whtn dynamite explosion
occurred in the PUNCH room early today
The dead are Joseph Campbell and
Herman Thomas Of Grafton, and Harry
Whitaker of Elsah, Ill. No one else
Mas in the bnildinp.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07
Jap OFFICER LOST

Seattle, Aug 7. - Commander s. Y
Yamato Of the japanese steamship Can
ada Maru, which was rescued from the
rocks off Cape Flattery yesterday, was
lost overheard from his vessel at
clock this morning while the vesse
was Ell route to Tacoma for repairs.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07
GRAIN SAVING LARGE

Washington, Aug. Sub
stantiating the assertion that
the grain conservation this year
has been larger than this gov
ernment and her associates in
the war had hoped for, figures
revealed today that in the 10
day period between July Is end
25 grain shipments exceeded
those of the same period in
1917 by 1871 cars. The total
movement for the period this
year was 40,044 cars against
4,533 cars for the correspond
ing 10 days in 1917.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07

Make Stand After Crossing
Vesle. Heavy Guns Are In
Evidence. German FIanks
On Aisne-V -Vesle Line West
OF Rheims And East Of Sois-
sons Under Enfilading Fire.
soldiers Told Americans
Take No Prisoners.

Paris, Aug. 7.-12:30 p. m.-German
positions on the flanks of the Aisne-
Vesle line-west of RHEIMS, and east of
scissors, are being subjected to an in
filading artillery fire, it was learned
here this afternoon. More than half the
enemy lines between the Vesle and the
Aisne also are under thanking fire.
London, Aug. Counter attacking
between the Ancre and the Somme, Brit
ish troops early this morning regained
all the more important positio lost yes
terday southwest of Morlancourt and
took a number Of prisoners, Field Mar
shal Haig announced today.
The British also advanced their line
a short distance on both sides Of the
Clarence river, taking few prisoners
ard two machine guns.
Paris, Aug. 7--12:20 p. m.-Allied
troops repulsed German attacks against
La Grange farm, on the Vesle river line
and captured the siry- -Salssogne railway
station, the war office announced to-
day.
West of Montdidier the allies made
progress on a front of about two miles
I'm the Montdidier region the French
made local progress south of Framicourt
and southeast of Mesnil-St. Georges, "
the communique Said.
(Framicourt is two miles northeast
of Montdidier and a mile east of Can
tigny. Mesnil-St. Georges is two miles
south of Framicourt.)
'On the Vesle, the French repulsed
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07
HOT WAVE TAKES
TOLL IN BIG CITIES
Eight Deaths In Chicago; Ten
In New York Where Heat
Record Is Broken

New York, Aug. THE temperature
in this city at noon today reached 9s.
This is the hottest August that this city
has known in AZ years.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07

Oklahoma City, Okla, Aug. okla
homa's congressional body on returns
today from yesterdays primary appar.
entity was renominated. Senator Robert
L. Owen, democrSt, secured big plur.
ality. Congressman R. T. Morgan and
T. A. Chandler, republicans, and Scott
Ferris, democrat, had no opposition.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07
Ten Die in New York

New York, Aug. TEN persons have
succumbed to the heat in this city dur
ing the last % hours. With the thermom.
etor at 90 at o O'Clock, the local wealth
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07
AMERICA SMASHES ALL
RECORDS IN BUILDING
BIG MERCHANT FLEET

Built l3l With Tonnage Of 631, 1,944 In Jly-Total For
Seven Months l,7l9536 Tons Production Eight Tines
That Of January And Double That OF More Than
-Four Ships DaiyEight Of $500 Total Tonnage In Last
Five Days.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07

Topeka, Kan, Aug. 7.--On fairly
complete returns today, Governor Ar
thur Capper is republican nominee for
United States senator from Kansas.
Figures on yesterdays primaries show
him leading former Governor W. r.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07

WEI VI N 1ItuTu1VI'
Champagne front-An enemy local
attack south Of Auberiye was repulsed
by the French.
Germany-Chaneello Won Hertling,
addressing the reichstag recently, laid
down the most stringent peace terms
yet pronounced by Germany.
Austria ngary-Austrian, prison
ers on the Italian front say mutinies,
desertions and r0bberies are daily oc-
eurrenee in Austria Hungary. One band
of 10000 deserters is said to have turn
ed outlaws in Moravia.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07

From all accounts the little old
Browning is just about the proper
thing to DO the Boche up brown.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07

Most o. US worry along till we're
thirty five or forty before we catch
ont how bank makes livin'. A
climbin collar is purity bad, but slip
pin garter is tn limit.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07

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west of Montdidier.
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-22
NEGRO MURDERS WHITE MAN
THEN COMMITS SUICIDE

Harrisonhurg, Va. July 21.--News
was received in Harrsonhurg yester-
day morning of horrible murder and
suicide Of Page county men, which
occurred near Stanley, in that county
at about dusk on Wednesday after
noon.
The murdered man was william r.
Kern. farmer who lives near stan
ley, and his murderer was Ross Balls,
young eolored man who was EN- 90
plnyed on the Norfolk and Western
section. Bad blood is said to have ex-
listed between the two men for n long
time. They met on the railroad track
near Honeyviiie and after a few words
had passed between them the negro
tlred five shots from a 3S-calibre re-
volver into the body Of Kern, killing
him. instantly.
Balls then ran from the scene of
the shooting down the track toward
Luray. A posse was quietly organized
and followed after the murderer. who
finding that he would he overtaken by
the posse. turned his revover on him
self inhicting a wound In the heart
which caused his instant death The
suicide was committed near Luray at
Longs Crossing and was about six
miles distant from the scene OF the
murder