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FRENCH PUNCH OUT
"EYES" OF ENEMY
OUR GREAT ARMY MUST HAVE PLENTY OF GOOD SHOES.
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SHELL FIRE IS TERRIFIC
T"i reworks Display When Rocket De
pot Is Set Afire Impresses Even,
on Battlefield All Coun
ter Attacks Fail.
BT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
tiRAND HEADQUARTERS OF THE
FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE. July 14.
A double victory was scored by the
French tonight among the clump of
hills known as the Moronvllliers Mas
Elf, to the west of Rheirns, as a result
of well conceived plans and brilliantly
executed tactics.
The German prisoners taken num
bered several hundred, the exact total
not being computed when the corre
spondent left the battlefield, but the
greatest significance is attached to the
ground captured which, although small
In extent, possesses immense Impor
tance, as the Germans lost the only re
maining observatories in this region
and will thus be greatly hindered in
future operations.
Germans Hold Observation Points.
The hill group consists of five
heights Carnillet, Mont Blond, Mont
Haut, the Casque and the Teton. Be
fore tonight's fighting the French held
all the crests but the saddles between
Mont Blond and Mont Haut and the
Casque and the Teton were occupied
by the Germans, who were able to
watch the French movements from
these points of vantage.
The correspondent observed the ar
tillery preparation and the actual bat
tle from a point whence the entire
clump could be observed and the prog
ress of the troops could be observed
unceasingly.
Hour after hour the guns of both ar
mies belched shells, but little noise
could be heard on the French side in
consequence of the direction of the
wind, which, however, did not drown
the constant swish and rending of the
air by the passing projectiles. All
around the ground was peppered and
immense clouds of vari-colored smoke
and the crashing of explosives told of
the heavy bombardment.
Foe Forced Back Everywhere.
The French knew that fronting them
lay strong German forces, for three
divisions had been recognized, the
. Nineteenth Hanoverian, the Seventh
Prussian and the Twenty-third. The
French infantry attacks at the ex
tremities of the Moronvilliers clump on
the saddles began at the same time
and were carried out with such dash
that the Germans gave way everywhere
or surrendered.
At the west end the advance attained
an average depth of 200 yards along
a half-mile front, while at the east
ern end the average depth gained was
3000 yards along about a third of a
mile. But these small spaces contained
all the German observatories.
Immediately dozens of French and
German rockets, green, red and white,
flashed In the air, either calling for
help or announcing the results. Simul
taneously a depot of rockets caught
fire and thousands of balls of flame
lighted the scene like a pyrotechnic
display, amid which seven German ob
servation balloons rose audaciously
near the front line to investigate the
situation for the German staff, shut
out from view by the loss of the ob
servatories. Counter Attack Is Repulsed.
Prisoners meanwhile came pouring
into the French lines and the German
barrage fire opened, trying to prevent
the French from bringing up reinforce
ments to the front. The - invariable
German counter attack began shortly
afterward, but the effort to drive the
French from the positions they had won
did not succeed.
The artillery fire was most intense
throughout the early hours of the
night and further German counter at
tacks are to be expected.
In the meantime, Rheims, nearby,
suffered from the vengeance of the
German commanders, who, Also shelled
small villages far in the rear of the
French lines as a reprieal for the
French victory. Women, children and
old men took refuge in open fields
amid the darkness and drenching rain,
presenting a pitiful sight.
The Soldiers Aid Society of Colum
bus, Ga., promoted the plan for Me
morial day. The attention of General
John A. Logan was called to the move
ment and as commander-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic he in
dorsed it.
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GERMANY NEAR END
Dutch Savant Says War Will
Be Over in 3 Months.
RISING BY PEOPLE LIKELY
D. Van H. Labbcrton, After Visit to
Border Towns in Holland, Re
ports Conditions Dreadful
and Break About Due.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 15. (Special.)
The collapse of the German arms
through a refusal of the German people
to support the war any further, result
ing within the next three months in the
end of the great world war with the
same dramatic suddenness with which
it was launched, was predicted here to
day by the famous Dutch savant, D.
Van H. Labberton, lecturer on Indo
nesian languages in the government
college at Batavia, Java, who is en
route home from a five months' visit in
Holland.
"Starvation, the long strain of the
war with its endless succession of sac
rifices, hardships, shocks and trage
dies, and the other privations which
they have undergone, are bringing the
people of Germany to the breaking
point," said Professor Labberton. "From
my observations in Holland and I
visited towns on the German frontlet
where news trickles through cease
lessly I can say frankly that my opin
ion is that the war will end within
three months.
Limit of SufTf-rin Reached.
"I am led to this opinion by a number
of things. An irrefutable argument for
it is that, knowing conditions to be
what they are in Holland, and knowing
that conditions in Germany are many
times worse, no nation could possibly i
hold out longer than the time 1 have
indicated.
'I believe there will be a concerted
and unanimous revulsion against the
warring Germany that will result in
strikes of the vast hordes of workers
on whom the Kaiser is depending for
the sinews of war; in i flat refusal of
the people to lend further support.
either financial ,r other, to the further
prosecution of the war nd whatever
further consequence It pleases you to
imagine would naturally follow such a
crisis.
German Learning Truth.
"The consensus of public, private and
official opinion in Holland is that Ger
many cannot win the war, and this feel
ing and the reasons back or It nave
gradually percolated Into Germany,
where the mass of the people, held in
ignorance of the truth about the begin
ning and every succeeding phase of
the war, are learning a little at a time
in spite of regulations and restrictions.
"With constant fear that her neutral
ity may be violated, or that worse fate,
the fate of Belgium, may be hers, Hol
land is still determined to stay out of
the conflict, until the end, no matter
what the cost. That is the hope and
prayer of her people, her ruler and her
government.
"But they will not oe caugnt un
awares. The army or tne isetnerianas,
600,000 strong, is massed along the Ger
man frontier ready for instant action.
Holland's ancient strategy in defense of
her two small seaboard provinces.
which may be isolated from an enemy
instantly by flooding the surrounding
country, is ready for operation.
"To the best or our Knowlec ge, tne
Germans maintain a force equal at
least to our ow.i along our borders, and
they are constantly maneuvering and
shifting, keeping Holland in a state of
nervous apprehension."
SHIPS TO BE TAKEN OVER
GOETHALS PUTS PLAN IN OPERA
TION TODAY.
Contracts for Government-Owned Ship
yards for Building? Steel Craft,
to Be Let at Once.
WASHINGTON, July 15. Major-Gen
eral Goethals. manager of the fleet
corporation, will put under way the
Government's merchant ship-building
programme tomorrow by requisitioning
a million and a half tons of shipping
under construction in American ship
plants. At the same time he will offer
contracts for construction of two Government-owned
shipyards to turn out
large numbers of fabricated steel
ships.
Chairman Denman, of the Shipping
Board, will call together the directors
of the corporation tomorrow to go over
the General's plans. Except for insist
ing on a larger number of wooden ships
the directors probably will approve the
programme in full.
General Goethals has made no plans
for requisitioning wooden ships under
construction, but he intends to build a
large number of wooden ships of a de
sign submitted by Theodore Ferris.
The Shipping Board, it is understood,
wants him to build also a large number
of the Hough design, which General
Goethals has disapproved.
Americans to Visit in Italy.
TURIN. Italy, July 14. (Delayed.)
The American military mission is ex
pected to arrive , here Sunday. The
members of the mission will visit the
aviation workshops and camps in this
vicinity.
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XOX-COMS" EXAMIXIXC SnOES OF SEWLY-E.V'LISTED JtECRUITS.
In the examinations soon to be made of the men drafted for America's
great army, great care will be exercised in the selection of men as regards
their feet. Broken arches will be a bar to service.
The feet play a highly Important part in the effectiveness of an army.
Although trench warfare is not so exacting as open campaigning, no man will
be accepted for service whose feet will make him a poor marching soldier.
The greatest attention is paid to the feet of our soldiers by the Army. The
United .States Army shoe is famous throughout the world and is synonymous
for footease and comfort. The shoes supplied our boys in khaki are not
pointed or of fancy cut, but are built on plain, broad lines.
DRAFT IS NEXT WEEK
Only Scattered Sections Are
Yet to Report Readiness.
DETAILS ARE COMPLETED
Capsules 3Iay Contain Numbers of
3Ien to Be Called and Drawn
by Secretary Baker or Other
War Department Official.
WASHINGTON, July 15. When the
drawing of lots under the selective con
scription law will be carried out re
mained uncertain tonight, but "War De
partment officials were hopeful that
completion of local exemption ma
chinery throughout the country, on
which the great lottery now is waiting,
would be accomplished by the end of
the week.
Most of the states have completed
their organization and in others only
scattered sections are yet to report.
All of the procedure for determining
the order of liability of the 10,000,000
registered men has been made public
except the method of the actual draw
ing. Reports persisted today that the
numbers to be used would be placed in
non-transparent capsules and drawn
from a glass receptacle by Secretary
Baker or some other "War Department
official. Officials are making their
plans in the belief that the drawing
will be possible next week at the
latest.
CORK LEG BARS RECRUIT
Oklahoma Farmer Walks 50 Miles
in Effort to Enlist.
MUSKOGEE. Okla.. July 15. Believ
ing that the use of a cork leg should
not prevent him from serving his coun
try, John Franklin walked more than
50 miles from a farm near Wilburton
to this city to apply for enlistment in
the United States Marine Corps.
Franklin had spent two months plow
ing the fields previous to his long walk,
and supported himself on the hike by
working at odd Jobs along the way.
He surprised the Marine Corps medi
cal examiner by walking without the
slightest sign of lameness.
Although Franklin expressed th
opinion that his cork leg should be con
sidered a handy life-preserver in case
of submarine attack, he was not ac
cepted.
SHIP MAN HERE FROM EAST
F. Ii. Warren Xot Ready to Confirm
Story of Contract.
F. L. Warren, who with E. G. Hopson
and others have organized the War
renton Engineering & Construction
Company for the purpose of building
ships on the Columbia River, returned
last night from an extended visit to
New York, Washington and other
Eastern cities.
Mr. Warren was not ready, he said,
to confirm the report that his com
pany has closed contracts with the
French government for construction of
'Portland on Saturday, although he im-
plied that such contracts may soon be
closed.
It is probable that the company will
proceed soon with the construction of
its plant in South Portland. Tentative
arrangements also have been made for
a new plant at Warrenton. Mr. Hop
son is still in the Kast.
PARIS CHEERS U.S. ANTHEM
Scene Impressive at Celebration of
National Bastile Day.
PARIS, July 15. In an impressive
scene at the Opera Comique last night
during a free performance celebrating
tne national fete of Bastile day. Abby
Richardson sang theAraerlcan National
anthem.
The great audience stood in intense
silence during the singing and then
broke into such enthusiastic cheering
for the United States. President Wilson
and Major-General Pershing that it was
some time before Mile. Marthe Chenal,
the soprano, could sing the "Marseil
laise." BANKER'S BROTHER DIES
Benjamin Scott, 7 9, Succumbs at
Grangeville Pioneer's Home.
GRANGEVILLE, Idaho, July 15.
(Special.) Benjamin Scott died sudden
ly last night at the home of his brother,
Wallace Scott, president of the First
National Bank, and a pioneer of this
section.
The deceased was 79 years old. He
had been making his home with his
brother for some time. The funeral
will be held Monday.
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For the information of Packard owners, Prospects and Portland Public in
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MIGHAEUS WINS PLACE
RECORD AS FOOD CONTROLLER
MAKES HIM CHANCELLOR.
Demand for International Reforms and
Moderate Peace Proposals Forces
Out Von Bethmann-Hollwes.
COPENHAGEN. July 15. As charac
teristic of the new German Imperial
Chancellor, Dr. Georg Mlchaelis. it
may be said that in the difficult post
of a Prussian food controller he won
popular recognition and approval and
speedily established a good footing
with Parliament and the press. Later
he was invested with corresponding
duties for the empire.
Dr. Michaelis was selected for the
post of Prussian food controller as the
result of an agreement between Chan
cellor von Bethmann-Hollweg and the
military authorities, as a fearless, de
termined official who would execute
his mission without fear or favor, and
produce results if such were possible.
The selection was Justified.
The statewide requisitions in the ag
ricultural districts to establish defi
nitely the amount of foodstuffs on
hand on every farm and to seize and
remove all surplusage for common use
was Dr. Michaelis' measure.
The circumstances of Dr. von Beth-mann-Hollweg's
retirement are these
The Chancellor, whose greatest en
emies were to be found among the
conservatives, super-annexationists and
the Von Tripitz. group, was forced out
as the result of the crisis which started
in the demand for international re
forms and moderate peace proposals.
This called for a successor with a
strong hand and something to qualify
him as a non-reactionary. Little is
known regarding the attitude of Dr.
Michaelis on internal reforms or peace
terms.
Dr. Michaelis had, many years ago,
some contact with foreign life, but for
years he has been occupied with do
mestic and administrative problems,
and is probably no more the possessor
of a foreign policy than Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg
was when he succeeded
Von Buelow eight years ago.
Apples Will Go to Australia.
GOLDENDALE, Wash.. July 15.
(Special.) London fruit merchants who
have been exporting large quantities
of choice apples from the White Salmon
Valley in Western Klickitat County to
Enerland for several years have noti-
uance Records
We carry them all
scores and scores of
dandy dance selec
tions. Come in and let us play
over Records for
you No obliga
tion to purchase
Telephone Orders
delivered promptly by
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fled growers that they will be In the
market again this year, but that all
shipments of fruit purchased will be
made to Australia. Jonathans, Graven
steins, Delicious and King Davis are
varieties particularly desired for late
September and early October shipment
Progress of the War.
TTTITH somewhat of a slackening of
VV the Russian offensive in Galicia
owing to bad weather, the French and
the Germans along the Chemin Des
Dames and in Champagne have come
together in mighty struggles in which
the advantage rested mainly with the
forces of General Petain.
In Champagne to the north of Mont
Haut and northeast of The Teton, the
French in a violent attack captured
powerfully organized German trench
elements on a front of more than S00
yards and to a depth of more than 300
yards and held and consolidated the
positions, notwithstanding heavy coun
ter attacks in which the Germans suf
fered heavy casualties and lost in ad
dition 360 men made prisoner.
Along the Chemin Des Dames the
Germans west of Cerny Saturday r ;ht.
after heavy artillery preparation, threw
heavy forces against the French line.
The battle waged back and forth
throughout the night but, although the
Germans broke through the French
line at several points, daylight saw
them completely evicted except from
front line trenches about 500 yards In
length. The Berlin War Office claims
the capture of 350 prisoners in the
fighting.
There has been little activity on any
of the other fronts, although the Rus
sians near Van. in Turkish Armenia,
have driven the Turks from several
positions. It is not improbable that
Roumania may again soon become an
important theater in the war, as the
Berlin official communication an
nounces that an increase in artillery
activity at various points is noticeable.
Although rain and swollen streams
are militating against the fast prose
cution of the Russian offensive in Ga
licia, the troops of General iirussiloff
nevertheless have driven the Austrians
from positions southwest of Kalusz
and taken more than 1000 prisoners and
a number of guns. Apparently the
Austro-German lines are stiffening as
the result of the arrival of reinforce
ments, for Petrograd reports a repulse
on the Dobrovdiany-Novica front and
says that the enemy has gone on the
offensive along the Lomnica River near
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Perzhinsko and is stubbornly resisting
the Russians on the Slivkiiason sector.
While the political situation In Ger
many still remains obscure, one of the
chief Berlin newspapers is credited
with the assertion that the resolution
of the majority bloc of the Reichstag,
which will be introduced on the reas
sembling of the Reichstag, will reas
sert the desires of the people of Ger
many for peace, and that the Reichstag
"labors for peace and a mutual under
standing and lasting recognition among
the nations."
It is unofficially reported that Count
Brockdorf f-Rantzau will replace Dr.
Alfred Zimmerman as German Imperial
Foreign Secretary. At present he is
German minister in Denmark.
A tree which serves the purpose of a
spring is appropriately called the
"traveler's tree." By simply cutting
the leaf stem, a quantity of pure, cold,
watery sap may be obtained. The tree
is a native of the West Indies, and has
leaves somewhat like those of the
bansna tre.
FIGHTING FOR HAPPINESS
When you get into a frame of mind
that makes life seem one tiresome
duty after another, with no pleasure
in it; when ill health seems to take all
the Joy out of life and you worry over
things that are not really worth wor
rying about, then your nervous sys
tem is becoming exhaused and you are
approaching neurasthenia.
Your happiness is worth fighting for
and red blood is your best ally. It is
a hopeless task to try to restore your
health while your blood is deficient in
quantity or quality.
To build up the blood there is one
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The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co,
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