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Newspaper Page TextCZECHS CAPTURE 3 SIBERIAN CITIES Novo Nikalaivesk, Simbirsk and Ekaterenburg Said to Have Fallen. KAZAN UNDER SHELL FIRE British and French Troops Landed at Archangel, Advance Along Railway; White Guards Pursue BofehcvlVl. LONDON". Auk. 7. A Russian gov ernment wireless message received here says: "At Archangel, British and French have landed. They are advancing along the railway. Our staff is at Odoier skaia (100 miles south of Archangel). "On the Cxecho-Slovak front, the Czechs have captured Novo Nikolaivesk, Ekaterinburg and Simbirsk. We have retreated to Poverlno. V e are eena Inr reinforcements toward Kazan and Simbirsk. Today the Czercho-Slovaks shelled Kazan." SHANGHAI Aug. . British troops landed at Vladivostok at dawn today, says a dispatch from that city. They received a friendly reception. SHANGHAI, Aug. 4. (By the Asso dated Press. Siberia.) The czecno Slovak troops operating along the Usurl River north of Vladivostok are retiring under pressure of superior forces, it Is said in advices from Vladl vostok. KAND ALASKA. Aug. 5. (By the As. sociated Press.) Volunteer detach ments of white guards are aiding allied units in pursuing the Bolshevik forces southward from Archangel. Bolshevik Leaders Arrested. The new Archangel government has arrested most of the Bolshevik leaders . who had not fled. The Bolshevik com mlssioner of war. Zenkevich. was killed, otherwise the change .in government was virtually bloodless. The new government of Archangel is prepared to assume relations, diplo matic financial and industrial, with foreign nations for the "region or the north." The heads of this government, which includes representatives of six of the Russian northern provinces, are mem bers of the group which proclaim it self to be working for the restoration of real democracy in Russia. David R. Francis, the American Am bassador to Russia, returned here to day from the Murmansk region and will remain at Kandalaska pending de velopments. Eavoya to Go to ArchaageL The allied diplomatic corps expects to move to Archangel shortly. HARBIN. Manchuria, Aug. 3. (By the Associated Press.) General Semen off. leader of anti-Bolshevik forces In Siberia, has withdrawn somewhat on the Trans-Siberian line towards Vladl vostok. his corps now being between Khailer and Manchuria station. He ,1s awaiting the arrival of the Czech o Slovaks. Austro-German reinforcements are reported arriving on the Manchurian and Nikolsk fronts. The prospects of active co-operation against the Ger mans is uniting the Russians. PARIS, Aug. 7. M. I. Terestchenko. Minister for Foreign Affaiss in the Cabinet of Premier Kerensky, has been assassinated at Poltava, according to an announcement made by the Ham burg Fremendeblatt. and reprinted bj Paris newspapers. Marine Corps SL The wounded se verely numbered 437 Army 404 and Marine Corps 33, while the total of missing was 113. all soldiers. A recapitulation of the seven Army lists Issued during the day and the one Marine Corps list ahows: Army, Killod In action 9" D(?d of wounds ............... 8 Died of airplan accident 1 Died of accidents, other causes.. -2 Died of disease - Mining- 113 Wounded severely 404 Wounded, deare undetermined. 73 Marine Corps. 31 292 OREGON CITY MAN CALLED C. I. St. Clair to Report for Active Duty In Navy August 10. OREGON- CITT. Or.. Aug. 7 (Spe cial.) C. L. St. Clair, of this city, has been called by the Naval recruiting station and will report for active duty August 10. Hia wife and young child. Hal. aged nine months, are to remain in this city during his absence. Mr. St- Clair has had much military training, as well as naval training. He was commissioned on July S as Lieu tenant-Commander of the United States Naval Reserve forces. He is a veteran. Mr. St. Clair came to Oregon City March 1. 1)13. and since that time has been chief engineer of the Crown Will amette Taper Company's plant at West Linn. FREIGHT CARS PLENTIFUL Railroad Administration Comments on Capacity Business of 31111s. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Aua-. 7. In a recent statement declaring that freight cars are now in abundant supply, the Railroad Admin istration quotes the West Coast Lum bermen's Association, among others, from various sections of the country, to the effect that lumber mills In West ern Oregon and Washington are run ning at full capacity, have replenished their stocks, and that there la an abundance of freight cars there. The West Coast lumber Industry is in better condition, so far as car busi ness is concerned, than It has been for nearly a year, according to the bul letin. ' FURTHER PRESSURE LIKELY War Conditions May Lead to In creased Business Curtailment. WASHINGTON. Aug. 7. Further business curtailment as the result of war conditions mav be expected, it was said today by the War Industries Board. Measures being considered. It learned, include possible commandeer ing of supplies of coaL steel and other war essentials held in excess of actual requirements before curtailment orders went Into effect. In many cases manufacturers have obtained 100 per cent coal and steel supplies before restrictions went into effect, it was said. Totals 723 Five Army casualty lists were issued early today by the War Department containing a total of 579 names divided as follows: Killed In action. 63: died of wounds, T; died of airplane accident. 1; died of acci dent and other causes, 1; died of disease. 1: Missing- in action. 1V: wounded severely. 338; wounded, degree undetermined. 63. ' The list Includes Lieutenant Harold E. Kinney. Orefino, Idaho; Private Elisha Mullin, Leahy, Wash., killed In action. Sergeant John H. Heltzman, Palouse, Wash., missing In action. Privates Hilbert O. Linse, St. Marys. Idaho; Fred S. Stanclift, 1818 Terry avenue. Seattle, wounded severely. Officers killed In action were: Lieutenants Wlllard EL Hasey. Toledoi Wilson 8. Keller, Barto. Pa.; Harold B. Klnne. Oroflno. Idaho; Frank J. McConnell, Richmond Hill. N. Y. ; Frank B. Marston. Pensacola, Fla.; Francis W. Payne. Charles ton. W. Va. The War Department late today is sued two more Army casualty lists, with a total of 148 names, classified as fo.lows: Killed In action 36. died of wounds L died of disease 1. died of accident and other causes 2L missing in action 8. wounded se verely 6A wounded, degree undetermined. 10. The list Includes Privates George E. Dean. 1115 East Eleventh avenue, Spo kane. Wash., died of accident and other causes, and Private James H. Boggs, Lovella, Or., killed in action. Fatalities among officers were: KILLED INACTION Lieutenant Harry P. Reynolds. Bridge. Mass.; Captain Willis C. Comfort. Kit Carson. Colo.; Lieutenants Clar ence E. Allen. Jr.. Salt Laks City. Utah: Victor O. Crane. St. Louis; George E. Fos ter. Louisville; D. E. Monroe, "Marlon. S. C. A marine 'casualty list issued today shows: Killed in action, SI; died of wounds. 2; wounded ceverely. 33: wounded, degree un determined. 206; total. 282. . Tho list includes Private Seth C. Cad- man. Portland, Or., died of wounds re ceived in action. Lieutenant Carleton Burr, of Boston, was the only officer killed In action. LONDON, Aug. 7. British casualties reported in the week ended today totalled 9S66. compared with an aggre gate of 12.S93 reported in the previous week. These are divided as follows: KILLED OR DIED OF WOUNDS Offi cers, 105: men. 1608. WOUNDED OR MISSING Officers. 374; men. 7778. REPUBLICANS IN LEAD nun nTnnii wan Diun F.I IV H 111 I! SHIFT TO OCEAN Germany Said to Contem plate Sea Offensive to Re store Weakened Morale. U-BOAT MUTINY RUMORED Illusions of Victory Over Allies Ap pear to Be Fading Holzendorff and Bain Resign From Economic Council. RETURNS IX KANSAS PUT CAPPER AND ALLEN FAR AHEAD. Folk Defeats Wilfler la Missouri for Democratic Nomlnattoa for United - States Senator. TOPEKA. Kan, Aug. 7. Governor Arthur Capper and Henry J. Allen are far in the lead for the Republican nom inations for United States Senator and Governor as the result of .yesterday's primary. Late returns indicated W. C. Lansdon had defeated Harry Gray for the Dem ocratic nomination for Governor, but Gray's supporters Insist final figures will change the situation. - United States Senator William How ard Thompson apparently has been re nominated by the Democrats over George Marble. ST. LOUIS. Aug-. 7. Former Gover nor Joseph W. Folk yesterday defeated Senator Xenophon P. Wilfley for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator, incomplete returns from the state Indicate. Selden P. Spencer. of St. Louis, defeated Jay L. Torrey, of Fruitville. on the Republican side. AH Congressmen apparently were re nominated with the exception of Dorsey W. Shackleford in the eighth district, who was defeated by William L. Nel son, of Columbia, and Congressman Borland, of the fifth district, who was defeated by W. T. Bland. AGED MISSIONARY ESCAPES Horrors of Massacres in Armenia Witnessed by American. SEATTLE, Aug. 7 After a service of nearly SO years as an American mis sionary-educator in Turkey, during which he passed through the horrors of Armenian massacres. Dr. George C Reynolds, age 80. Is In a hospital here hoping to recover sufficient strength to return to isew England, his old home. Dr. Reynolds lost his aged wife, who died of injuries received while fleeing across the Russian border. They went to Turkey in 1S69 and for 40 years Dr, Reynolds presided as head of a school of learning he established at Van, close to Mount Ararat. In 1915, he said, the Turks massacred more than 1500 Ar menian men at Agants, Lake Van, shooting. them in groups of 10 and 15. His own escape by way of Vladivostok was perilous in accomplishment. COOS BAY TO HONOR LABOR Mammoth Celebration to Be Held First Monday . In September. NORTH BEND. Or, Aug. 7. (Spe- ial.) Preparations are being made by the Labor Council of Coos Bay for a mammoth celebration in this city and Marshfield on Labor day. Logging camps, sawmills, shipyards and other plants will close down and 11 organizations will co-operate. A parade will form in Marshfield and march to the North Bend Park in this lty, where speaking, patriotic music nd athletic contests will be followed by a public dance in the evening. Representatives from each of the la bor organizations of this city and Marshfield have been appointed to complete arrangements. AMERICANS DEFY THE GAS 'Continued From First Page.) Official Casualty List. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 Casualties In the Army and Marine Corps overseas to the number 1014 were made public today by the War and Navy departments. This was the largest day's total since the toll of the Marne-Alsne victory be . (ran to arrive last Monday, comparing with- 3 yesterday and 716 the day before. Of the total today. 751 were soldiers and 233 Marines. The number of killed In action again was comparatively tuna It. 'as;gTeattzig ' 150 Army, 99 and Germans stood until the Americans were upon them. Then It became a hand-to-hand conflict, the only one of the kind during the battle. In the mud and in darkness where the com batants were barely able to distin guish each other they fought it out. The Americans won. The Americans or. the left failed to reach their objectives until they had called for a second barrage. Under its cover they rallied and Ftruggled for ward to the chosen positions. The Germans, in attempting to re pulse the attack, used guns of 77 and 105 caliber and mlnnenwerfers. They had them on the higher ground, con siderably to the rear of the battle line. The American guns did excellent work, not only in covering the advance, but in breaking up formations, especially one, Urge- assemblage of infantry. LONDON, Aug. 7. Today's develop ments tend to point to a temporary shifting of tne great battle storm from land to ocean. The belief Is expressed in well-informed circles that Germany will send its fleet out to fight. Following the second defeat of the Kaiser's armies on the Marne, German morale has undoubtedly weakened. This fact is to a certain extent confirmed today by the report contained in a dis patch to the Express from Amsterdam of a revolt by German sailors at Wil helmshaven in protest against contin uation of the submarine war. Several Arrests Reported. It is said that propagandists among the men incited sailors 'about to leave on submarine cruises to attack their officers and surrender their ships or seek an opportunity to sink them and get themselves Interned in neutral har bors. . More than 50 submarines are said to have disappeared. Twenty-three of the leaders of the revolt are reported to have been' ar rested and sentencd to death. The correspondent who sends the re ports admits that the stories are con flicting and the facts difficult to ascer tain. The recent resignation of Admiral von Holtzendorff as chief of the naval staff is declared to have been connect ed with the scandal. In view, of all this, significance is attached to the rumor that an order issued by the new chief of the German Admiralty staff. Admiral Scheer, is said to express the wish of the fleet to at tack the British naval forces. Illusions Declared Shattered. A dispatch to the Daily Mail from The Hague today includes an editorial by the Dusseldorf Nachtrichten which says that nobody looking into the fu ture can see an end to the war. The Vorwaerts. of Berlin, says that events at last have shattered the illu sion created by inspired optimism that Germany is invincible. It says: "The German people at last realize the colossal gravity of the situation. Let us have courage to admit that as long as the war is not ended it la not won and can be lost. ZURICH. Aug. 7. (Havas Agency.) Albert Bain and Herr Holzendorff, di rectors of the Hamburg-American Steamship line, have resigned as mem bers of the German economic council, says a dispatch rfeceived here from Hamburg. ZURICH. Switzerland, Aug. 7. The German hope of ending the war by a military decision before the arrival of the Americans -was- blasted - by the recent allied offensive, the Socialist newspaper, Arbeiter Zeitung, of Vienna, points out in concluding a recent article on the military situation. Allied Victory Recognized. "All the explanations cannot alter the patent fact that in this double offensive the gain of ground and con sequently the only visible sign of sue cess, is on the allied side," the newi paper says. While it is admitted that this -vic tory does not yet possess any decisive character, there is one result which cannot be called in question the strong moral effect produced by the three German offensives against Amiens and Paris have been completely destroyed. "The allies today have a chief whose name inspires confidence and whose ability is in no way inferior to that of Ludendorff or von i:naenDurg. Furthermore, the only hope of the Ger mans to end the war in a military way before the Americans were in line has disappeared as a result of this last French offensive." and indispensable producer of a large part of the required revenue. "The patriotic -producers of America should be content if one-fifth of their war profits are secured to them, espe cially when we reflect that the men who are fighting and dying in France to save the liberties of those who stay at home and make it possible for them to continue In business are limited by act of Congress to 39S per year for their services and have to give their blood in the bargain. "Should we be more partial and ten der to those who are protected in safety at home than we are to those who make the supreme sacrifices for us on the field of battle? "I sincerely trust also that amend ments which experience has -shown to be desirable, if net essential, to the provisions affecting the determination of excess profit taxes may be adopted." Secretary McAdoo, who spent the day inspecting Chicago railway facilities, departed late tonight for Cincinnati, from where he will return to Wash ington. - BOARD IDE NEWSPAPER EMPLOYES AT WA- TERLOO, IOWA, TOLD TO WORK. Advertising Paper Work Never Included In Sen- Essential Occupations, Say Draft Officials In Washlncrton. WATERLOO, la., Aug. 7. The Wa terloo exemption board today notified a Waterloo newspaper that notices to its employes to the effect that they would have to secure other positions to comply with the "work-or-fight" order or be placed in- class 1 were eent to the employes of the mechanical de partments by mistake. Reporters who received notices have not been exempted, however, but will appeal from the decision of the board. Twelve employes on one paper received I notices, but practically all of these will! be rescinded by the board. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Newspaper work never has been Included among the non-essential occupations outlined In the "work-or-fight" 'order, nor ha) It been the Intention of the Provost Marshal-General's departmen that men legitimately employed in publishing newspapers should be required to seek other occupations. Officers connected with the admin istration of the draft law regulations today expressed surprise at the ruling of the board at Waterloo, la., that em ployes of a paper there should seek more productive employment or be called into the military service. They said the action of the local board prob ably would be overturned by the dis trict board to which it would be ap pealed. WOMAN TAKES POISON WIFE OF KLAMATH FALLS STOCKMAX SHOCKS 'COMMUNITY If all Clothes possessed the "ster ling virtues" ascribed to them in their advertising, they would all have to sell at approximately the same price, like wheat or cotton or any other graded staple; , The fact that they do not proves that some of them are better than others. Men are not buying MATH IS CLOTHES for purely sentimental rea sons not in these war times. They are getting clothes of real merit Clothes in wh i c h workmanship and fabric are linked together for one defi nite purpose the purpose of genuine service to the wearer. PIONEER MERCHANT DIES Lewis William Hcpper, Age 65 Years, Survived by Widow and 2 Children Lewis William Heppner. 313 San Rafael street, merchant, of the firm of H. A. Heppner & Co., died yesterday at the age of 65 years. He was a native of New York state, having been born at Sinclairville, but he had been a resident of Oregon since 1884. - Besides his widow he is survived by two children, Charles W. Heppner, of Spokane, and Mrs. Eva Harter, of Tilla mook. Other surviving relatives are H. A. Heppner, of Portland, and Henry E. Heppner, of Grangeville. Idaho, both brothers, and Mrs. Anna Blakney. of Portland, and Mrs. Delia Gressharaer, of Walla Walla, sisters. The funeral arrangements- are in charge of J. P. Finley & Son. NEGRO HANGED BY MOB Alleged Assailant of Woman Lynched at Bastrop, La. Is SHREVEPORT. La.. Aug. 7. Ac cused of an attack upon the wife of an attorney of Bastrop. La.. "Bubber" Hall, a young negro, was lynched at Bastrop today, according to word re ceived here tonight. The negro was taken from Sheriff B. H. Spear, while en Toute to the at torney's home to be Identified. He was jrarried to the Bastrop-Merrouger road side, wnere no was nanscu. a wo noun later the body was cut down and is Id to have been riddled with bullets. Suddenly Announces to Husband She Has Taken Cyanide and Drops to Floor of Home. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Aug. 7. (Special.) News of the suicide of Mrs. Luke Walker, wife of - a prominent stockman residing at 626 Eighth street, this morning shortly after 9 o'clock came as a severe shock to the many friends of the young woman and her family. The young woman, who is be lieved by her physician. Dr. E. D. John son, to have been suffering from an attack of temperamental melancholy at the time the act was committed took cyanide of potassium, one of the most powerful drugs Known, and her death followed a very short time after. In spite of all that could be done. Mrs. Walker ' had been preparing breakfast and was apparently in. her usual spirits when she suddenly an nounced to her husband that she had taken poison, following; which she fell forward almost immediately. It is be lieved that the deed had been previous ly contemplated, as the drug had been secured about ten days ago. The deceased was a little over 24 years of age. She spent much of her arly life in the city and was a gradu ate of the Klamath County High school. Her family later moved to Roseburg, where she resided at the time of her marriage. Mrs. Walker was a woman of unusual musical talent and had supervised a number of vaudeville local-talent plays in this city. The funeral arrangements have not been announced. MEN'S WEAR Corbett Bldg. Fifth and Morrison' LIBERTY LOAN RATE FIXED McAdoo, in Chicago, Says Interest on Next Issue Will Be 4 J4 . CHICAGO, Aug. 7. Secretary W. G. McAdoo, speaking here today of the next Liberty loan, said: "The rate of Interest will be 4 per cent. It would be ridiculous to raise this interest. It would mean that the American people were trying to lift themselves up by their bootstraps. We must have a stabilized interest system in the loan so that business will not feel it necessary to raise the interest in its transactions up and down the line." WOMEN'S CASES DELAYED Washington Police Court Grants Re quest of Government Officials. WASHINGTON. Aug. 7. At the Gov ernment's request the police court to day postponed until Tuesday hearing of the case Of a women arrested yes terday for attempting without police permits to hold a speech making demonstration before the White House in protest against the Senate s failure to act on the woman suffrage amend ment. 80 PER CENT TAX WANTED 'Continued From First Pa.) ins and that it is at the same time a thoroughly Justifiable measure upon economic grounds sa veil as, a certain CITY CHARTER DEFEATED Apathy and Socialist Activity in Ab erdeen Election Blamed. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Aug. 7. (Spe cial.) Aberdeen voters yesterday de feated the proposed city chanter by a majority of 230. The defeat evidently was due to apathy, as but 122$ votes were cast out of a registration of more than 2000 ' and a voting population of 6000. Socialist activity and an undercurrent of feeling on the part of worklngmen generally are blamed. Corvalls Man Promoted. CORVALLIS. Or., Aug. 7. (Special.) C. C. Ireland, local manager of the Union Oil Company, has been promoted to the position of superintendent of de liveries with headquarters In Portland. His place will be taken here by R. E. Bailiff, at present a driver for the same company. Vancouver Man to Marry,. TACOMA, Wash.. Aug. 7. (Special.) William L Leech, Vancouver, Wash., and Endocia Bair, Steilacoom, Wash., obtained a marriage license in Tacoma today. U. S. GRAVES DECORATED Women of Manchester, England, Will Cover Mounds Decoration Day. EUGENE, Or., Aug. 7. (Special.) July 4 in a cemetery at Manchester, Eng., a memorial ceremony was held that had its inception In Eugene on Decoration day. J. W. Barnett, a Y. M. C. A. worker, took two small Amer ican flags which had been sent from this city by Mrs. H. L. Bown, and placed them upon the grave of Marian Pennington, a Eugene boy, who went overseas with the 65th Artillery, for merly the Oregon Coast Artillery, and died of pneumonia soon after his ar rival in England. "The women of Manchester have ar ranged to decorate these American graves for the future on May 30," he states. "On the last Decoration day they literally covered the graves with flowers; I wish all of the mothers of the boys could have seen the sight. I am sure it would have helped to as suage their sorrow." High School Boys to Train. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 7. (Special.) Beginning with the Fall term, which opens September 9, military training will be compulsory at the Astoria High School. 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