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THE MORXIXG OREGONIAN. FRIDAY. JULY 12, 1018. BOLSHEVIKI ATTACK CZECHOSLOVAKS jGreat Success in Volga Region by Soviet Army Reported in Official Statement. SIBERIAN VICTORY CLAIMED bourgeoisie Said to Be Victims or Jteign of Terror in Moscow -German and Slav Relations Are Declared Unfriendly. LONDON, July 11. Bolshevik forces liave taken the offensive against the C'zecho-fcSlovak army in the Volga -gion, and the government troops have won a great success, says a Russian official statement received here by wireless today from Moscow. Th6 Czecho-Slovaks in Siberia also are reported to be retreating before a counter-offensive of the Russian Bol fiheviki. All Western Siberia Held. Virtually all of Western Siberia is in control of the Czecho-Slovaks, accord ing to a Reuter dispatch from Peking dated July 10. - The dispatch states that the Bolshe viki have been overthrown in the whole region from Tobolsk, east of the Urals to Semipalatinsk, 750 miles to the south east, near the Chinese frontier. The trans-Siberian railway is under Czecho slovak control from Tchetiabinsk. in the Ural Mountains at the junction of the branches of the road which leads to bouth and North Russian to Krasnoy arsk, 1300 miles to the east. The report confirms earlier dis patches to the effect that the Bolshe vikl at Irkutsk have been defeated by the Czecho-Slovaks. General Aluravieff, commander of the Bolshevik forces operating against the Czecho-Slovaks, has committed sui cide, according to an official Russian wireless dispatch received here. Maravieff Declared Traitor. The dispatch, which denounces Gen eral Muravieff as a traitor, reads: "He issued a false and treacherous order to his troops and sought to di rect an offensive against the Soviet government of Russia. He ordered his men to advance against Moscow, and at the same time attacked the town of Simbirsk, in the Volga region. The Soviet troops, however, declined to obey his orders and remained faithful to the Soviets' authority. Finding the troops would not follow him in be traying the revolution, Traitor Mura vieff shot himself. "On the Czecho-Slovak front all Is o.uiet and the situation is secure. Troops are preparing for a further of fensive against Czecho-Slovaks and White Guards." General Muravieff, under the Im perial regime, was police inspector of : Petrograd with the rank of colonel. Upon the outbreak of the devolution! he joined the Bolsheviki and com manded the forces which defeated Gen eral Korniloff when the latter was within 15 miles of Petrograd. He con tinued in the service of the Bolshevik, Khora he now is accused of betraying;. Slav-Finn Treaty in Prospect. The Bolshevik government has agreed to enter Into peace negotiations with - Finland, which had expressed, through the German government, a desire to . arrange a peace treaty with Russia. i The Bolshevik government made pro posals to the Finnish government for a negotiation looking to the settle ment of relations between the two countries late in May. It was later announced that Russia was preparing to cede to Finland a strip of land along the Murmansk coast by which , the Finns would be provided with an ice-free port on the Arctic Ocean. The Finnish government, headed by . Judge Svenhufvud, did not reply to the proposal at that time. VOLOGDA, Russia, July 7. (By the Associated Press.) White Guards have occupied Yaroslav, a town 173 miles northeast of Moscow, and have cut communications between Moscow and Vologda. Russian Bolshevik forces have been sent in the direction of Yaroslav. AMSTERDAM. July 11. Telegraph lng from Moscow, the correspondent of the Frankfurter Zeitung says: "The bourgeoise are experiencing reign of terror. They are being turned out of their houses, which are being used for the billeting of troops. Fur niture and valuables are being re moved to biding places. Grain Supplies Cut Off. "The cost of living is extremely high. The cost of food Is the highest. No bread is obtainable. Grain supplies to Northern and Central Russir. have com pletely ceased. No one could assert the relations between the German au thorities and the soviet government are friendly. LONDON, July 11. Swedish news papers publish a statement by a Swede just returned from Moscow that Alexis Romanoff, son of Nicholas Romanoff, the former Russian Emperor, has been killed by a Bolshevik soldier by means of a bomb, says an Exchange Tele graph dispatch from Copenhagen today. WASHINGTON, July 11. Possibilities of a famine in Russia are giving this Government some concern. Reports from authentic sources say that in the political turmoil, agriculture virtually has been abandoned and the people have eaten what grain the Germans have not taken, leaving no seed for planting. SEATTLE WEEKLY RAIDED Police Close Shop of Paper Sus pected of I. W. V. Backing. SEATTLE. Wash.. July 11. On in strnctions from Police Chief Warren, police today raided the plant of the Iew Unionist, a new weekly newspaper, which, the police allege, is a revival of the Industrial Worker, formerly pub- iisnea by tne i. w. w. here. The police ordered out all occupants of the plant and placed locks on the doors. The paper's first publication appeared last Saturday. FRENCH CAPTURE HEIGHTS Continued From First Fire.) us last night- northeast of Yprea with out casualties to oun troops. -During the day Australian troops entered the German lines in the neigh borhood of Ocris, penetrating to a con siderable depth, and brought back more than 70 prisoners and a number of machine guns. A few prisoners also have been taken by our patrols on other parts of the front." (By the Associated Press.! WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES ON THE MARNE, July 11. A large German patrol which attempted to raid the American trenches on the Marne front this morning was broken up and routed In confusion. Rnna Are Identified. The Germans left several dead, -which aided the Americans in establishing- the Identification of new German units. The weather yesterday and today did not permit of much airplane ob servation. Artillery activity continues below normal In recognition of the valiant services of the American troops when they stopped the German rush on Paris in the second battle of the Marne, captur ing Bois de Belleau. routing the Ger man machine gun nests and establish ing; themselves in commanding: positions on the Marne sector, the French au thorities have officially changed the name Bois de Belleau to Bois de la Brigade de Marine and have ordered all maps changed accordingly. A Paris dispatch July 3 said the Gen eral commanding: the French army In the Bois de Belleau region had an nounced that the wood hereafter would be known as the Bois d'Amerlcan. LABOR DAY PLANS MADE CESTRAL COUNCIL, ARRANGES FOR PATRIOTIC CELEBRATION. Nominations tor Offices for Easalsc Term Are Made Piesle Will Be on August 4. Plans for the annual Labor day cel ebration and for the picnic of organized labor were discussed at the weekly session of the Central Labor Council last night. In keeping with resolu tions adopted at the American Fed eration of Labor convention, the Labor day observance this year will tak on patriotic features and significance. This committee to arrange details was named: O. R. Hartwig. chairman: Oscar W. Home, O. E. Hibbs, W. E. Kimsey, J. A. Goldrainer, G. T. Hunt and Robert Walker. Arrangements for tbe annual picnic. scheduled for Crystal Lake August 4, are In tbe hands of a committee pre viously appointed. Nominations for the offices of the Central Council for tbe ensuing terra were made as follows: President, Harry Anderson; vice-president, W. E. K.irasey; secretary and treasurer, E. J. Stack: reading clerk, E. H. Pickard; conductor. C. S. Hartwig; warden, Grant Warner; trustees. Delegates Hibbs, Shaw, Hogan, Brown and Provo; executive board. Delegates Frye, Hunt, Reader, Eliord and Christian; legisla tive committee, Delegates Home, Quin tan and Walker. BRITISH MAY PICK FLAG SUBJECTS OF KING GEORGE AF FECTED BY DRAFT CONVENTION. New Treaty Compels Britons of Mili tary As; to Serve la Either Brit ish or American Forces. Copies of the new draft treaty be tween the United States and Great Britain will reach Oregon in the next few days. In the meantime instruc tions to the draft boards with refer ence to handling British and Canadian registrants have been sent on from Washington. ' Induction of these men is suspended until further notice. The new convention is not a draft of British and Canadian subjects in the United States. It merely provides that such residents, whether they have declared Intention of becoming United States citizens or not, shall become subject to military service under the American selective service system if they do not voluntarily enlist with the forces of Great Britain or Canada within a stipulated period. The draft boards are ordered to re move the cards of British and Canadian subjects from their files and hold them separate. The cards may be inspected by Army representatives of Great Britain and Canada upon request. OFFICIAL CASUALTY LIST W ASHINGTON, July 11. The Army casualty list today contained 68 names, divided as follows: Killed in action, 5: died of wounds. 30: died of disease, 2; died of accident and other causes, 1; wounded severely, 26; wounded slightly, 1; missing In action. 23. The list Inclures Christ W. Zarnesou, Dysart, Saskatchewan, Canada, pre viously reported wounded severely and now listed as missing in action. The list follows: KILLED IN ACTION Corporals William O. Corner, HarrlaburaT. Pa.: Richard Haueh. Sault Ste. Mario, Mich.; Wagoner Tipton J. Brewer, Flnley, Tens. ; Privates Ralph H. Lasser, Dorchester, Mass.; JOBeph P. Socia, Gettysburg-. Pa. DIED OP WOUNDS Lieutenant F. Single ton, New York City; Corporal Charles R. Maler, East Patchogue. N. Y-: Privates Ralph J. Carpenter.' Fredonla Station, O. ; Ernest Carter. Seminole, Okla.: Tadency Ciholcki, Jersey City, K. J.; David Gorclster, Los Angeles; Gordon K. Mackenzie, Con cord, Mass. ; Tom Marallo, Proval Slgna. Italy; Troy . Rhymes, SUsbee. Tex.; Gui- tave Stankus, Chicago. DIED OF DISEASES Cook E. W. Rupert. Saltsburg. Pa.; Prlvats Charles H. SetcheL, Los Angeles. DIED FROM ACCIDENT AND OTHER CAUSES Private Frank Levins. Brooklyn. WOUNDED SEVERELY Llertenant Irvln R. Johnston. Montgomery. Ala.; Corporals Homer W. Bennett, Ladonla. Tex.: Thomas P. Conroy. Cornish, Maine: John Kokollch, Wayne. Mich.; Wagoner Harry Green, De troit. Mich. ; Privates George W. Barta, Big Fork. Mont.; Charles E. Birk. Jersey City: Charles A. Chandler, Haubstadt. Ind. ; Anto nio Clpriano, Nanticoks. Pa.; Martin J. Fahey, Philadelphia: Albert Flnocchlo, Clifton, N. J.; William C. Fox, Auburn, Mass. ; George Geiss, Ptew York City; Alexander E. Grenler, Lynn, Mass.; Claude L. Hibdon, Linn Creek, Mo.; James J. Kelley, Dorchester, Mass.; Steve K. Kenololos, East Hammond. Ind.; William Legeres. Chicago; Parker Masslngll. Kirk land. Ala.; Noah M. Mllllken, Envllle, Okla.; James C Peterson, East Boston, Mass.; Robert R. Pilcher. Ozark, Ala.; Antonio J. Polrler, Van Buren, Me.; Martin J. Ryan. Coolbawn. Ireland; Ralph L. Stratton. Des Moines, la.; Walter E. Vann, HaslegTeen, Wis. WOUNDED SLIGHTLY Lieutenant Vivian B. Mayo, Evanston. 111. MISSING IN ACTION Corporal Chester' Zlentarski. Buffalo. N. Y. : Privates Sterling Bias. Sheridan, W. Va. ; Sidney G. Braman, Rosalia, Kan.; Carl R. Burgess, Arnold, Kan.; Charles E. Dysart. Zenla, N. C. ; Joseph A. Edelin. Cleveland, O.; Felix E. Elliot. Crutchfleld, Km Helroeth A. Qeetx, Renville. Minn.; James W. Hope, Bridge port, Conn.; Harry K. James. Bristol, R. I.; Charles C. Jatho, Albany. N. Y. ; John M. Jones, Utlca, N. Y. : Josef Masurcak. De troit. Mich.; Elmer Rehberger. Cheviot. O. ; John D. Sears, Swatwood. N. Y. ; Dewey L. Simmons. News lis, Okla.: Frederick - Stein miller, Kingston, N. Y.: Clyde Summer! teld. Gatewood, W. Vs.; Fred Swsetland, Paw tucket. R. I.: Alexander Swiaski. Phila delphia; Don C Wade, Ogden. Utah: John I Walter. Selden. Kan.; William J. Wright. Chestnut Hill, Pa. PRISONER (previously reported missing) Private Frank H. Daley, Hyde Park, Mass. PREVIOUSLY LISTED AS WOUNDED SEVERELY, MISSING IN ACTION Cap tain Joseph F. Wlllismson, Sebastopol. Cel.; Privates Michael Bayer, Cleveland. O. : Luther Bradley, Morrllton. Ark.; Christ W. Zarnescu. Dysart. Sask.. Canada. Tbe Marine Corps casualty list today contained 35 names, divided as follows: Killed In action. 13; died of wounds. 4; wounded severely. IS. . The list follows: KILLED IN ACTION Lieutenant Joseph KAISER COMMITTED TO WAR TO FINISH Fall of Kuehlmann Regarded in Effect as Redeclaration of Hostilities. MILITARISTS IN CONTROL Reichstag Informed That Since Teu tons Entered Finland Arrests by Thousands and Execu tions Carried Out. PARIS, July 11. (Havas Agency.) That the fall of Von Kuehlmann, sig nifying as it does a triumph of the militarist party, conveys in effect a German redeclaration of war to the end is the view of L'Homme Libre. That paper says: "The militarists show plainly they want war to the end and we must not forget that." Decision to accept the resignation of Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann was taken Monday at a conference at Ger man general headquarters, which was attended by the Emperor, Chancellor von Hertllng and Admiral von Htntze, says a Zurich dispatch to the Matin. The appointment of Von Hintze is considered by French papers to be a challenge to the majority In the Reichs tag, and a deliberate insult to South ern Germany. LONDON. July 11. The fall of For eign Secretary von Kuehlmann is re garded In Germany as the introduction of an open Pan-German regime. The control of the military leaders is com plete, special despatches from Holland say. The Pan-German newspapers do not disguise their delight over it. II lntsr-'s Appolstmest Expected. Reports of the appointment of Ad miral von Hintze as Foreign Secretary are accepted as final by the Pan-German papers, which contend that this Involves no change in policy. AMSTERDAM. July 11. Since the Germans entered Finland 73,000 work men there have been arrested and many of them have been executed, declared Hugo Haase, minority Socialist lead er, in a speech in the Reichstag, ac cording to a verbatim report published by the Tetvolk. The deputy also criticised German rule in Livonia and Esthonia. Deputy Haase said: "The list of those sentenced to death in Finland contains the names of i former Premier and 60 Socialist mem bers of Parliament, some of whom al ready have been shot. The town of Sveaborg has been renamed Golgotha.' tBy the Associated Prsss.) STOCKHOLM, July 11. Representa tives in Copenhagen of the Esthonlan Diet and government have protested to Germany against Germany's occupation policy and oppression in' that Baltic province. LONDON, July 11. "We warn you to go barefooted, is a notice to the Ber lin public published by tbe German clothing department, as quoted In an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Am sterdam today. Appeal Made ts Children. The newspapers, adds the message, recommend to school children and stu dents not to fear ridicule, but to set the example of going barefooted. py the Associated Press.) AMSTERDAM, July 11. Newspapers in Germany have published the figures recently given out by Secretary of War Baker as to the number of Americans sent overseas, but heretofore they have practically refrained from making com ment on the subject apart from some sarcastic caption, like "American Bluff" The only expert military voice heard A. Synott. Montclair, N. J.; Sergeant Arthur Kusseu, usbkosh, wis. ; Corporal Henry L. Dowdle, Chicago: Privates John F. Blalock. Hamlet. N. c. ; Christian Boehm. Irvlngton, N. J.; William H. Coughltn, Chicago: Frank D. Falrclough, Beacon, N. Y. : Roy J. Ford, Detroit: George O. Hamlet, Annlston, Ala.; Paul M. Kid well. Berkeley. Cal. ; Edfnond J- Labonte. York Beach, Me. ; Charles A. O'Connor, Orlando. Fla.; Raymond F. Schaufele. Cleveland, O. DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN AC TION Lieutenant George H. Yarborough, Mulllns, 8. C; Privates Norman D. Hutchin son, Eaton, Colo.; Walter B. Plckarta, Chi cago; Harry A. Wendel, Chicago. WOUNDED IN ACTION, SEVERELY Lieutenant Aaron J. Ferch, Correll, Minn.; Claude 8. Corson, Doylestown, Pa.; John H. Kelley, Philadelphia; Corporals Frank J. Endlcott, London. England; Odom P. Martin. Ringllng, Okla.; Jerry Vucle. Chi cago; Privates Robert A. Caughey, Harvey, 111.: Paul W. Chandler. Greene, N. Y. : Patrick J. Doyle, Wakefield. Mass.; George A. Harney, Woodson, 111.; Richard M. Hen neberger, St. Louis: Brady T. Leverldge, Scranton. Tex.: James A. McCloskey. Texas City, Tex.: William J. Manda. West Orange. N. J.: John D. Quan. Chicago; Louis Sehoemlaub, St. Louis; Sam Shatter, Cincin nati; Drue C. Wilson. French Camps. Miss. The list notes that Dental Surgeon Weeden K. Osborne, of the Navy, at tached to the Marine Corps, was killed in action June 6. Surgeon Osborne was cited posthu mously by General Pershing for a dis tinguished service cross for heroically aiding wounded at great risk to his life during the advance on Bouresches. Os borne is said to have been the first na val officer killed In action while fight ing with the land forces in France. The weekly Army health report is sued today lists deaths this week in home camps as 112; last week 81. Louis P. Wutty, a Naval volunteer chief quartermaster, was killed by fall ing from a seaplane at Miami, Fla.. July 9, the Navy Department announced today. His address was Bog Lincoln street. Port Townsend. Wash. WASHINGTON, July 11. Names of five additional officers of the Ameri can Army held prisoners in German camps were made public today by the War Department. They are: At Camp Karlsruhe Captain Joseph Frederick Williamson, Sebastapol, Cal.; Lieutenant Blanchard B. Battle, Colum bus. Gs. At Camp Salzerbad, Lower Austria Lieutenant Clarence M. Young, Al ton. 111. At Camp Rastatt Lieutenant Burr W. Leyson, Boston, Mass. At . Camp Meue Lieutenant Paul F. Baer, Fort Wayne, Ind. WICHITA FALLS. Tex., July 11. Second Lieutenant Harry J. Ross, an Instructor in flight, was killed today when his plane fell at Call Field. His home was In Philadelphia- Lieutenant Sigurd A. Emerson, the other occupant of the machrhe. was not seriously injured. The plane fell about 100 leet. BELLEVILLE. III., July 11. Lieuten ant Lee C Giddings, of Duluth, Minn.. an instructor, was killed, and Cadet fcowtrd c Darlington, of Washington. u. ., was severely Injured this after noon when an airplane dropped -800 leet at Scott Field near here. "THE STORE THAT UNDERSELLS BECAUSE IT SELLS FOR CASH" With Saving Interest For All Who Desire To Practice Patriotic Thrift We Announce These Offerings For Our 922d Bargain Friday Sale Value-giving- is the outstanding- feature of these important offering. 'When you consider the quality and prices of these special items, together with the ever-increasing costs of merchandise, your own good judgment will INSIST that you do not fail to profit accordingly. Silk Marquisette and Chiffon Cloth Priced Friday at 98c Yard A special showing and sale of Silk Marquisette and Silk Chiffon Cloth both of these fashionable fabrics are full 40 inches wide and are shown in black, white and some fifty different colors. Wonderful values' in the most desirable materials for waists, sleeves, neckwear, party gowns, etc. on sale Friday, yard 98 Extra! For Friday! BATH TOWELS SSL. 3 for $1.00 A fine lot of Bath Towels in plain white or with blue, pink or yellow border. They come 24 by 40 inches and hemmed ready to use. On sale one day only at above price. 2 Price Including Pillow Tops and Backs linen or cotton, and all to close out Polish Mops at 29c Each 200 fine Polish Mops, suitable for polishing floors, woodwork, automobiles and furniture each in neat container. They come with 24-inch handle. LQr For Boys9 Sport Shirts UyC Men's Athletic Union Suits Women's One and Two-Strap Pumps, Special $2.00 Regular stock lines in fashionable styles and leathers. All sizes in the lot. Every pair a bargain. Store Opens at 8:30 A.M. Saturdays at 9 A.M. The so far Is that of Lieutenant-General von Ardenne, who in the Dusseldorf Nach richten comforts his German readers with arguments to the effect that he does not believe the figures and that numbers do not count, anyway. UNITED SUPPORT IS PLEA Editor Would Down I. W. W. Kindred Organizations. and SPOKANE, July 11. A plea for united support of the Government In winning the war was voiced by J. C. Kaynor, editor or the Ellensburg Record. In the president's address at the opening ses sion here today of the S2d annual con veniton of the Washington State Press Association. "We owe it to ourselves and to our country to put our newspapers solidly behind the Government in whipping the Hun and downing the pacifist, the I. W. W. and every kindred organiza tion which does not stand lour square with the Government and our allies in this battle for freedom and democracy," he declared. Sessions will continue until Saturday evening. ALL HAVE EQUAL CHANCE Army Training Camps to Turn Out 3000 Officers a Month. SAN FRANCISCO, July 11. Approx imately 3000 Army officials a month will be turned out by the new reserve officers' training camps throughout the United States. The camps will be open to enlisted men and civilians be tween the ages of 21 and 40, on or about July 15. Graduates will be commissioned Sec ond Lieutenants. Two per cent of the enlisted personnel of each command will enter the camps. Civilians, who should make applica tion through the Army Instructor of military science at the university near est to them, must enlist for the period of the war. If they fail to qualify as officers they will be retained in the service as enlisted men. Grippe Epidemic at Honolulu. HONOLULU. T. H.. July 1. (Special.) An epidemic of grippe prevails at the three leading military posts on this island.- Schofield Barracks. Pearl Har bor and Fort Kamehameha are in the grasp of Influenza. At the first named post, 200 to 300 men are affected, at the second about 100 and at the third a like number. The medical authorities of the Army and Navy say there la no danger. Housing: Corporation Created. WASHINGTON. July 11. The Depart ment of Labor today announced the creation of the United States housing corporation, incorporated under the laws of New Tork, which will take over virtually all of tbe functions now being performed by the department's bureau of industrial housing and transporta tion. Ail the stock la held by Secretary Wilson on behalf of the United States, except one share each allotted to Otto M. Eidlitz and George G. Box. presi dent and treasurer, respectively, of the corporation. Canada Prepares for After War. VICTORIA. B. C, July 11. For finan cing public works in the Canadian prov inces after the war, in which demob ilized soldiers can be employed, the Union of Canadian Municipalities h adopted a resolution asking the Fed eral government to issue a consolidated loan. A general survey of what proj ecte can be carried out is urged upon the provincial governments. Phone your want ads tc The Orego nian. Main 7070, A 6035. Extra! For Friday! FEATHER PILLOWS lZL95c Each Just the thing to take along on your outing or for your beach cottage. They come 17 by 24 inches, are covered with fine quality fancy ticking and filled with sanitary feathers. Stamped Art Goods Table Runners Centerpieces in different styles All in natural color at one-half regular Belling figures. Box Paper at 29c Box 300 boxes of dainty Linen Writing Paper in white or desirable tints. The most popular shapes. Each box contains 24 sheets of paper, envelopes to match. Most in Value The Best in ENEMY ARMY SAVED Roumanians Lose Opportunity to Annihilate Germans. WAR COURSE IS CHANGED Memorandum Says Roumanian Fail ure Resulted From Orders of Politicians and Xot to Any Act of Army Leaders. LONDON, June 30. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) How the Roumanian armies lost an opportunity of annihilating the German and Bulgar ian armies in the Dobrudja in 191 Is revealed in a confidential document which has Just reached the Associated Press from an authoritative source In Roumania. The document contains an account of a conversation between Field Marshal von Mackensen and the Roumanian military leaders, which occurred short ly after the Roumanian peace treaties were signed. Von Mackensen declared that the failure of the Roumanians to press their advantage in 11S changed the whole course of the war. He said that his entire army could easily have been pocketed and Compelled to sur render, and this .might have been fol lowed by a separate peace with Bul garia, . which would have separated Turkey from her allies and changed the whole balance of power In the east. - Polltlclasus Are Blamed. The Roumanian failure, the memo randum asserts, was due, not to the military leaders, but to the shortsight edness of the politicians at Bucharest. In September, 191S, Cleneral Averiscu commander-in-chief of the Roumanian army, and by far the ablest of all the Roumanian Generals, had taken an army of four divisions and had crossed the Danube into tbe heart of the ene my's country. , He ifad found a clear path into the heart of the German-Bulgarian Do brudja army and had penetrated It miles with a view to cutting off all their communications and striking them from the rear. General Averscu'a own position was safe, for behind him he had eight di visions of support and reinforcements, including Serbian and Roumanian troops of the first quaMty. Forces Ordered islthrfrawa. But Averescu had neglected to cut thewires which connected him with the politicians in tbe Roumanian capi tal and he had only got IS miles beyond the Danube when there came a peremp tory order to withdraw his forces. It was an absolute command from the War Cabinet- Averescu tried to rea son with his political chiefs over a long-distance telephone wire and even threatened to resign, but the politl. clans had decided and refused to change the decision. The cabinet, it appeared, felt - that there was danger of the German armies on the other side of Roumania the Carpathian front breaking through and doing a great deal of harm at a time when Averescu's army was far afield. The politicians timidly pre ferred a defensive policy to a daring offensive and after a day or two of delay, Averescu and his army withdrew from their commanding position in Von Mackensen's rear and retired . back across the Danube. '. Msaesver la I'nexplaisjed. The Germans were much puzzled by this maneuver and never were able to MEN'S RUBBER COLLARS 3 FOR 25c Store Closes at 5:30 P. AT. Saturdays at 6 P. M. Quality secure a satisfactory explanation of this withdrawal of their enemy at the very moment when his cause seemed won. Von Mackensen was an old pre war friend of Averescu and knew the latter'a abilities too well to underesti mate them. That waa why Von Mackensen sought out Averescu during the peace parleys iew weexa ago in uuensreat "Why did you withdraw?" aaVed Von Mackensen. "If you had gone forward you most certainly would have bagged the whole or me Bulgarian and German armies in the Dobrudja." DOCKS DROP INTO RIVER Damage Resulting; From Cave-In Will Reach Hundreds of Dollars. Damage, probably amounting to sev eral hundred dollars, was caused last night when tbe floors of two docks, lo cated Just north of Salmon street on the west side of the river, caved In. No one was in the buildings when the accident occurred. So far as could be learned, the cave-in was caused by extremely heavy weight of the Junk and paper stored within the buildings. it la saia mat aoout su people are employed in the day time sorting the waste paper and other material which is brought there. Thomas A. Edison's Son Enlists. MORRISTOWN. N. J., July 11. Will iam L. Edison, a son of Thomas A- Edi son, the inventor, enlisted todav in tank division of the United States Army. The German language Is spoken by about 110,000,000 people as their mother tongue. lARt WILSON SOFT COLLARS Style in soft collars leads in evitably to those bearing the name of EaRL Sc WjXSON. TONIC - UPBUILD ER Mubeera Cwnghs. Weak Langs aad Colds Try Eckman's Alterative Far many years this Calcium va-speratie baa maintained an ever-Increasing reputa tion lo- accomplishing- good, aad eftea re markable results, t Bute SI She saw ti-6 bmw soe Price Includes War Tax. All Druggists. -Scknaaa laboratory. Philadelphia. Cuticura Soap IS IDEAL' For the Hands' Set fOlsssasBasSaSlSL. Titan Se. haikl lea Balled tre br "Oatlears. Des. K. BoMoa. (Mr J U U ' J U WARNING! Do Not Plan a Picnic or A Trip to the Coast for YOU MUST SEE L 1 u u i for'Mti miWl u PEOPLES SUNDAY, JULY 14 mSensaU&n- rysz- al I.W. I 1 I-J J -AW. SF M I I f sw i-v -w I a.kl!