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6
IS. FORGE
I
Chief of Staff March Says Amer-
leans at Front Have Set Fine
Example of Bravery; Missouri
Division Now With Pershing.
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Full:: Division Has Taken Over
h Sector on West Front Under
Command of General Johnson;
: Five Divisions Finish Training.
WASHINGTON, June (U. " .'
P.)--The first ' American
r troops, landed In Italy , Friday,
y Chief of Staff March announced
tolav. -
''Vr Th, .1. " tnilnt v aanitnrv '
forcea and have been on the flight
acas for some time. , J
Thia contingent la distinct tronfj
ihat" wlllcri Genera! PcrfihtngiU
send,- -
The Thirty-fifth division Missouri
National guard.mcr. -Is one of those
whose training under the British has
finished and la now- being used by Per
shing. It . ia under the command; of
Major General William Wright.
. At th same time OeneraJ March an
nounced -that th. first national army
division the Seventy-seventh, raised In
New , Y or to the first such division to
take over a sector on the west front, had
dona so ;thls week, under command 01
General Evan M. Johnson.
Periling Feree Increased
Five -American divisions, which have
been brigaded with the British, had been
turned back to Pershing.
In th absence or his full official re
port on yesterday's drive, March de
clined any ' interpretative statement.
. But ha viewed the entire front sltua-
d out that the Italian success had been
insDlrlnc from both a military and
Dseyholoaicat standpoint.
Mis reports showed the Italians had
captured ls.OOO Austrlans.
The Italians . have restored their line
to 'practically what it was before the
Austrian drive.
' r ' More Iden (Jelng to Italy
Concerning th landing of American
troop . In Italy, the chief pointed Out
that their 1 character was chiefly non
combatant' but that combatant troops
had ten assigned oy uenerai feramng
to go from France.
American activities during 'the last
week were local. At afl times and
places th Americans held their own and
set a fine example of bravery, accord
ing to report, reaching th department.
Under the policy of mentioning other
than high officers, th nation can now
know' that the rank and file are doing
splendidly all along th line, March
pointed out
. He commented favorably on th
brigading system - which, makes it pos
sible .to train our men with seasoned
Unlud States troops and with th Brit
ish and French behind their lines.
. No statement was made as to the
location of th first national army di
vision to assume a place on the front
lln.- This organisation was originally
under command of Major Uenerai J.
Franklin Bell.
i. , . sjut w. a. a.
German Losses at
ftx Soissdns Enormous
London,, Jun IS. 1. N. S ) The
Amsterdam . correspondent of th Ex
press has obtained an interview with a
neutral Journalist who waa th guest of
th German general staff during the
recent fighting around Soissons where
acene wer acknowledged more "terrl
bl than anything witnessed in the war."
i "Th Qerman loa.es In the battle were
terrible,"' th neutral Journalist said.
"Whole regiment Were wiped out in no
. time. I "saw whole masses of corpses
tid In bundle with wlr to be burned."
' -, Th Germans could not spar , enough'
men to dig graves for burial purposes.
uy w.a.a.
Bank Clearings of.
: -Portland Increase
" Portland bank Clearings for the month
' of Jun show , an Incrcaa of appro xi
mately 13 1-f per cent over the am
month of last year. The .total given tn
. th report . of th Clearlng-Houm asso
elation for the month is $100.2t.44.41,
compared with 742,42.6 for June,
it.;.-.--.. ,
' Tor" th week nding Saturday dear
ings total 23,632.7((.ll. compared with
. $1.(3.0Z1.10 v for ..th corresponding
reek of last year.- - - - '" - ;
i U. S. WAR BILL
FOR YEAR IS
12 BILLIONS
WASHINGTON, Jnne 29. U.
F.) During th. fiscal year
closing tomorrow, th. United
State, ha. .pent approximately
1S,IS9,09,M9 for war.
This was aseertalaed today wh
expeadltares for th. month of Jane
jfrere .ttlmated by treasary official
to approximate tl,4i,9,M. This
Is a slight falling oft from May'
total of UAeM,. .
Of th. grand total daring th.
year over ll,7W,IH,IH has beea
expanded In the form of loans
to the allies. The ordinary ran
nlHff expenses of the government
hare been S7,iMA,0, with the
balance paid oat for special work.
Bonds, interest-bearing notes and
certificates will be retired -during
the year to the rata of I,77,SeS,
NUI.
EX-CZAR REPORTED
DEAD AND ALIVE
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Russian Situation Reported as
Desperate; Red Guards Are
Patrolling; Petrograd.
London, Jane t-(I. K. 8.) A Cen
tral Kews dispatch from Amsterdam
says ; that 'Darmstadt adTlces, via Kief f,
say Klcholas- Bomanoff. former rfsar of
Bsssiat reported assassinated l.s la good
h.altk and fa WdiairerTh BatsJaa
embassy, accord!? teethes advices, li
Stni wlUMrat setrv-oa Kseholas,;.'
Paris, June ; id. -.-. if-
to th Matin, from Belsragfors today de
clared - that "the nsian sreaauo :
sperat. Bid " Guard mr paUolttng
Fetrogra at nigs iinag F
Hundreds are; dying; ftm hanger Ttry
day. ..
By Joseph rShaplea - '
Stockholm, Jun 129. U. P.) The
German embassy at Moscow confirm
th murder of. Nicholas. Romanoff, for
mer czar, according to a dispatch re
ceived here, ,
Tha Naase-Slovo decianes that per
sons arriving In Moscow from 1 kater
inburg. state that when the Ceoh-Slo-vaks
advanced on the latter city th
Red Guards went to th emperor's man
sion and ordered the whole family to
prepare to leave on a special train.
While en route to the station Nicholas
heatedly protested against transfer to
an unknown place, whereup the Red
Guard escort , bayoneted him.
. The former empress .and her daughters
were not molested. The former csare
vttch was taken to a separate, unknown
place. Countess Brassova, wife of
Grand Duke Michael, was Imprisoned in
Butir pehitenttary in Moscow.
The Bolshevik alliance with Germany
will be stronger than ever if the allies
invade Siberia. .'
If forced to choose between the evils
of Germany and Japan orientauon.
we prefer the former because there is a
o nance oi tevuiuuuu m ww n.... i
War Minister Trotsky declareo
speech at, Moscow bs week.
in a
uv w. a. a
Streetcar Men. May
Get 50 Cents an Hour
Washington. June 29. (U. P.) The
national war labor board win awaro
Detroit and Cleveland car men a min
imum wage scale of 50 cehts an hour,
it was indicated here today. The
board's award is expected to estaDnsn
precedent in the settlement or wage
controversies of car men.
The award will be formally announced
about August 1. board memberssay.
Indications are the board win recom
mend that President Wilaon assume the
rate-making control and over-ride de
cisions of local rate-maKing oooies
which have refused higher -fares.
ROLL OF HONOR
Wmhlnt.n. itin. 20 (t N. S.)- Forty-
tw. oMoaltia in tlx Araertcm xaKUmt7
teRM wT knnounecd today by tli wr -p.
rtmcnt. -divided follow: - .
Ft. . .lUra 111 KWO, li. uicu ixum wumu.
two from dtomuw, two from ucident nl other
mvm, It MTercly wouitdcd ni MTen mcwin
bl motion. ; ' . " j
Fwtr-thm cMiamc in me sunn, corps v
Uched to the Aiaeriein .xpediUonkry (oron wet.
MKMincwi at Uarin corj ee.dqu.rUn today.
dirided si loUown:
Twenty-four killed in action. 11 died from
wounds reeeifed in action, and eight wounded
in battle. . . '
OnlT on orneer waa mennonea jn tn. enwv
Ht. lie waa Lieutenant Philip V. Deri. Wl
Newton, Maav. and waa reported misting ia
action.
THere wer. WO "entcer- mentioned tn th.
marine iit- ' ' -
The army casualty hit followa:
. KUto M Actten
- PRIVATE EL'UENE XL. CONXOB, Wincaes-
:BrrATB CHARLES DUBUQUE, Naahua,
New MaeBpbim . . . . .
; PRIVATE CHARLES ROT. Lowell. Maaa. .
. rklVATE EAKL. U 8EVEKANCE. TopaOefaL
""VATK FRED SHERMAN. Calala. Ma. '
. Omd Prom Weonda .
t SERGEANT CHESTER MUNUA. San Mas
arv luhr. - - - -
i affbi'Vive Iaiiv it- errnw a-. . .v..
t-rcuKPOKAL' ROBERT E. COODYKPUXTZ.
CeMmnaa. vnuo.
, CiOKrtiUAk DAW WUfTE. Tanfaley. Ky.
PU1VATK WILLIAM FUAXK BELL, Cort
mnd. S. Y. . . v .
PRIVATa URROU ; O, : eiTii. HnWMe,
Concluded oa Page Two, Column Two) ,
FOE FAILS
German Attempts to Recapture
Points Taken by French South
of Aisne Repulsed After Stub
born Fighting.
Americans Take 40 Prisoners, In
cluding an Officer, in Rafd
Italians Hurl Germans From
Posts Temporarily Seized.
PARIS. June 29(U. P.) Ger
man attempts to recapture'
positions taken, by the Trench
. south of.'. the AIsne,were- repulsed
after a stubborn battle, the war
'office announced today. South
west of Rheim there was also
. sharp .u fighting, - The Italians
hurled the.. German from,': ad-
cupledw i t Wa reported
is'orihwest tif Montdidier an
American raid,, inWhlcft; 40 prls- j.
oners, including one officer, were,
taken, was announced. , '
: "South of th Alan th Germans at
tempted to eject th French from post
Uons taken yesterday." the communique I
said. -
"Several battalions attacked between
the Fosses-en-Bas and Cutry ravine.
They, were repulsed and the French front
was integrally maintained.
Southwest of Rheims there was
sharp fighting in the -sector between
Montague and Bligny (about half way
between Rheims and the Marne). Ital
ian troops ejected the Germans, who
obtained a momentary footing in ad
vanced elements.
"Northwest of Montdidier (in the Can-
tlgny region) the Americans conducted I
(Concluded on Page Klcbt. Column Six)
ALFARRER TRIES
TO
Part Owner of East Side Filling
Station Shoots Self; Ex
pected to Die.
Al Farrer. part owner of the Univer
sal Service station at 333 East Eleventh
street, shot himself m the breast at his
place of business about 7 o'clock this
morning, accordiiig to the police, who
had Farrer moved to St. Vincents hos
pital by the Ambulance Service com
pany. '
The cause of the attempted suicide
was not learned by the police. That
the shooting was premeditated- ia be
lieved by the police because of-the fact
that a letter having the appearance of
a love mlsalve,-' and a newly drawn check
in favor of St. Vincents hospital for $20
were found. The bullet entered the
breast near, the heart. It Is believed
that the . wound hi fatal. Inspector
Hellyer and Graves were detailed to in-
It ci suu urm were iieuLueu w in -
i vestigate the cause of the shooting after
ifntnvoi. nftu-.r. f,,it k.h
Motorcycle Officers Coulter and Kelly
had removed the injured man to the hos
pital.
Detectives stated that they had infor
mation to the effect that Farrer. came
here two or three months ago roni Okla
homa and formerly was in the army,
Investigation as to his leaving the ser
vice are oeinp mntie.
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Fire Near Hoquiam
Hurts Ltimber Gamps
Hoquiam, Wash... June 29. Fire la
raging In logged off timber near Car
tisle. between here and th beach. Con
siderable damage has been done to lod
ging- camps of 'the Stearneville Lumber
comoany and th Grader Loga-inar com
pany;. The former lout five mile -of
railway.- The fire ' baa . Jumped - the
Northern Pacific right of -way " and
logged , off .timber, la burning - on both
sWea now. - - ,
Reports that Carlisle w-aa on fire are
tncorrecL Tha forest fires do not men
ace that place.-' Fire of an incendiary
aator broke out In slab pile near the
big mill at Carlisle today, but wui ex.
tlngulshed before the mill Was reached.
Small fires in eutover ' timber - are. re
ported in the Poison camps, but these
ar, not aerloua. .'..-.
END HIS LIFE
BRITISH-HUNS'
DESTROYERS
FIGHT BATTLE
LONDON, Jnne tt. (U. F.)
Fosr British destroyers en
gaged It German destroyers
off the Belgian coast In m long
range battle Thursday, the ad
miralty aanoaneed today.' o ma
terial damage resalted to either
force.
Fosr of our destroyers while
patrolling the Belgian coast Thurs
day evening, sighted eight enemy
destroyers, the statement said.
"We engaged them at long rang.
After an action lasting a quarter
of an hour, three additional enemy
destroyers' Joined In th fight.
"We fell back to onr snpportlng
forees. The enemy did not follow,
and the action was broken off. Onr
ships were net damaged.
L
CASH SALE MADE
W. P. Fuller & Co. Purchase
Building and Land at Twenty-
second and Nicolai Sts.
Th most Important real eBtat trans-
i fer announced for . many weeks . was
closed today by the purchase , of f Our
and" one ' third acres at - Twenty-second
and Nlcoali atreeta by W. P. Fuller &
Co, The property was "owned by ' the
Pacific Hardware & Steel company
. and ws formerly occupied by th plant
ON
jrf. this -:amiany.-- -i WL.as nod drstributRig concernjind
Improvement consist of a (four story
brick and steel bundhi 1JJ "by X0
feet in dimension, a gal vanUed "iron
warehous ,100, by.tOO feet and 30 feet
n- height, equipped with' steel crane
and a' One story frame buildinsr 7 by
i hm. im onck bulldina la -now
occupied by the Columbia Basin Wool
Warehouse company and the galvanised
iron building by . the New York Lubrl
eating Oil company.
ceases on the . property are subject
to termination on six months' notice
ana W. P, Fuller Co. will take pos
session. January 1. The present plant
of the Fuller company, -used for the
manuracture or paints and varnish,- Is
at the corner of Twelfth and Davis
streets. This building will' be retained
by the company until the expiration of
us lease on May l. 1919, new machinery
for the manufacture of It nroriurt
being Installed in the plant at Twenty
mtxma ana iMcoiai streets In the mean-
time.
Rapid Increase In 'he business of the
Fuller company . necessitated the dun
chase of the property, accordinr ta
Charles B. Woodruff, manager of - th.
Portland house. With the Installation
of new machinery the output will be
materially Increased, and additions
made to the pay roll. The company
employs about 100 - men at present.
The Title & Trust company handled
the transfer of the property In escrow,
A. C. Callan representing the Pacific
Hardware A Steel company and C. B.
Woodruff the purchasers.
-uy w. a. tv - -
British Casualties
Of Week Are 32,178
London, June fU. P. j British
casualties pubHshed in official list dur
ing tn past week totaled 32.17$. Thev
were divided as follows :
Killed.. Wounded. MLuin. T.i
Offic. 123 - ST H7.
Men .4.198 19.382 8.020 ai.eoe
ToUl
.4,a20 1..R7" 8.10
-but w.a.a. , -
82,178
AlexanderEerensky.
utts xteacuea rans
XiOndon. Jun JlWU P.VAl.nA
i i-A-Mnv - - f .
RuwIa? premier. r-
rtwd la r1a 'today. - - ' '
THE SUNDAY JOURNAL
A Few of Tomorrow's Features .
k ,v BLXG1UM BEGS FOR BREAD " ' ' J
By Bii VVTadek, UwtW State fcliniter U W
r ' THE WAR IN THE- WEST -Vr - . -
' By Trk H. SlmemeU, .UWall War Amalyst.
DOCS OF WAR., ' C THE MARINES f
By - Sterling Hetlif J ; - i j Tk 1Uce1 lor Serrtc .
THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER ; V ; GENERA!. FOCH ,
Prigm ef the National Antiera ; r ',; Hi kalf eatmry mt vaUasit serric
' 4 ' FASHION CHATCy jmm, RltUsJi.
. NEEDLEWORK DE3ICNBy AieUieU Byraf ' V; i '
-'''-"The'IncoinpaibleTuii Sheet?-
4 . , ;:TOMORROW
PROFIT IS
fiLLEBED
Federal trade Commission Lays
Bare Startling Exposure of
What It Termed Flagrant Pro-
f iteeering by Big! Business
Barefaced Fraud IsChargejd'to
Some of the Concerns False
Padding Put Into Expense Ac
counts, Senate Members Told.
WASHINGTON. June S9. (I.
N. S.) The federal -trade
.commission laid wide open, before-
the United States senate
this afternoon, complete and
startling exposure, of what It
termed flagrant profiteering car-
Z rled on Jy the, huge manufacture
ynovopolie.'" is, y;-?v-"-
r. .'The comroisaiotr dJtly;?hi;Bfli
rtfiaiiyV of jthem ; wltH, Inordinata
gcood And ; barefaced fraud., Thd
repof t eover k thorough research'
into th6 enormous profits of the
five ; btpackerB,! the flour mill
ing' trade';' producers of basle
. metals, ; oils and' chemicals, coal
and lumber,;, leather and canning
Industries. -and Is in response to
a request from congress which
will probably check the profiteers
through . the enactment of more
effective criminal statutes.
. Th .commission strike at the Indus
tries whose output Is price-regulated by
the Ttovemment. showing that heavy
Profits are belmr made by th low-cost
concerns. it cnarges me ig rive
nckr. Armour. Swift. Morris. Wilson
(Coactadtd oa Pas. Tvo. Chum Ton.)
Flames in Sioux City Drug Store
Spread So Fast People
.Unable to Escape.
Sioux City. Iowa, Jun 29. (U. P )
A fir brok-out on the second floor of
Ruffs drugstore here about 1:0 this
afternoon and spread so , rapidly that
about 30 persona In the basement of the
drugstore and an adjoining meat market
were unable to reach the street before
the bulldinga caved In.
The fire still I raging at J:10 p. m.
and threatena the entire block from
Fourth and Tearl .to Fourth and Pierce
streets, ' the main buetnesa district of
Sioux City.
Th city's entire fire apparatus I In
action and about 200 persons are doing
rm-u work, but ar unable to accom
plish much, on account of th intense
heat W . -o- "j--.-- ,-.
-The Ruff drug star, where th fir
CMtfaMd em Page Twe Oecuma Bw)
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SMITH WALKS
UP AND PUTS
DOWN $1000
J
WITHOUT making any elabor
ate . statemeats, Traffle Of.
fleer O. L Smith walked up
to the window of the clerk of the
municipal eetrt this mernlng and
Uld. lis oa the counter aad asked
to be enlisted at a llmtt member."
One ef als brother officers saldi
"Smith, I thisk yonre ite a
patriot to losa the government all
yonr savings that way," whereupon
Smith replied!
I don't see where I'm doing the
country sneh a great favor. I look
at tt the other way. I figure that
the country doing mo a great
favor la protecting my home and
famny."
Wlthla the last 48 hours the clerk
of the court, IT. 9. Bentgsn, has
told ISM worth et War Savings
Stamps. - f'
British Drop 24 Tons of Explo
sives on Enemy Positions
in the West.
London. Jnne (tJ. P.) Thirty
three Qerman and lit British planet
were lost In air fighting Thursday aad
Friday, the " BriUsh air ministry an.
neanced today. 11 or. thaa M teas t
bombs war dropped en enemy pesl
Mens -. '.
Loridori.-' Jue Jtt. ? iS-flwr
aerial activity -J lncrasin On the
western front wax indicated by the roi
lowing- report Just Issued by. the air
ministry :.
"On' th afternoon of Jun 21 our air
plane attacked workshop, railway
siding and the station at ThionvUle.
-Observation was difficult, but direct
bits war observed on the works and
railway tin. Nearly three ton of
bomb were dropped on this objective.
Our formation were attacked by ho
tll. airplane. Sever fighting ensued
during which three hostile machines
were shot down and one other was
driven down out of control. Two of our
machines have not yet - returned. One
of them, it Is known, was forced to land
through engine trouble.
"On the preceding night our airplanes
made a successful attack against the
enemy's airdrome at Bolchen. Bombs
were released from a low altitude and
machine gun fire was directed against
hangars. All of our machines returned
safely.
"The enemy bombed one of our air
drome last night, but no material
damage was don."
Wounded Yankee Airman Gritty
By Fraak J. Taylor
.With th American Armies In France.
June . 29. (U- P.) Lieutenant Jack
Chamber, piloting , a British bombing
plane over the German lines yesterday,
was severely wounded by a machine gun
bullet, but stuck tt out and brought his
machine back safely to the American
airdrome.
Chambers and a British gunner went
out to strafe a German troop train, re
ported to be moving some distance from
the front. As they sailed over the en
emy's positions the latter cut loose with
their "archies" and machine gun.
Chambers was struck In th right arm.
He calmly steered the plane over the
train, while the companion showered It
with bomb.
but w. a. a.
Austrian Dead Is
Placed at 50,000
Corneas Line Entire Front. Altsosgh
ItaUaas Hare Bailed 19,e of Th.as.
Estimated Total CasnalUes, tMe.
Washington,. June 29. (L N. &) Be
tween 60,000 and fO.000 Austrian wer
killed in the battle of the Plave, an of
ficial dispatch from Rome thia after
oo stated. Their corpse Una th n
tlrw front, although th Italian have
burled 10,000 of them, and thousands
more were burned, by their comrades.
says the dispatch.
To the list must be added the huge
number carried down by the Plave.
.-If la this battle." aaya the dispatch.
The usual relation between dead, and
wounded existed, w can b certain that
th Austrian loot Instead and wounded
not .loss than 2M,00 men. To thia sum
we must add upward - of 20.000 prison-
Artillery More Aethe '
Rom.: Jun 29.-L N. 8.) Livly
artillery act'vtty has developed upon the
Astago plateau, th Italian war offlc
announced today. "v -. '- V -.
Three mere Austrian airplanes have
been shot down.' - - . r
-, ttr w. a, v i . - i v.
Crowd?? Promoted to
Lieutenant General
Wssbtngten.' : June 29.-tftL ;p.V-The
enat voted' today to confer the title
of lieutenant -general tm-Trovomt Mar
shal Gneral Crowder. In. recognition of
"distinguished service in connection with
PLANES IN 2 DAYS
th draft act." :- -. , -:r
BBS
Tremendous Effort
day by Campaigners to Lift Metropolis
Out of Slump; Flying Squadron Making
Appeal to Patriotism of Men for Limit
"We Are Going to Put It OverMs Declar
ation of Gity Manager Frank McCrillis,
Who Insists Portland Won't Stop Short
of Mimcles to Help in Winning the War
-".siv;
S. & CAMPAIGN leaders
Temple this morning.
elusion.
w
w 1
Hrst, that the state outside Portland will reach its $8,000,000
quota. . '
Second, that Portland will report only $4,500,000, which is $1,- .
500,000 short of. the quota assiened, unless unprecedented effort
the rest of the jday isavej shuatio ,
PT eYsagesremshed tcT'dmsiocolonelarand to colonels of
I .t. i..i I 1 1 t Tt ii - j' t - r
iuc living tKjuaurun, iciung mcni tu save ronwnu s nonor irom
defeat, and that an effort, such as never before has been witnessed
in a patriotic drive, must be made. -
At the same time the appeal was intensified as addressed to
financially able Portia nders to invest all they can up to the $1000
limit permitted by the government.
"Th report ar extremely scattered.
said District Manager H. E. Road, "but
I think we bav in sight ia county and
city. 4.5O0,O00.M
"W. ar . going to reach that quota
today somehow, determinedly declared
City Manager Frank McCrillis. "It is
a tremendous Job, but Portland must
show herself equal to it- A million and
a half dollars in an afternoon, espe
cially Saturday afternoon, may call for
a miracle, but'we will not stop short of
miracles to serve the government and
help win the war."
General Guy Talbot of the flying
squadron appointed by the Rainbow
Limit club said that his 40 colonels are
working without rest. They have for
gotten private business In order to help
put Portland over the top in the great
thrift drive. Their reports are to be In
by S :30 o'clock this evening.
The first division report received by
City Manager McCrillis came from
Colonel F. R. Foster of district No. t.
The 14.130 peopl. of the district had
pledged investments in War Savings
Stamps aggregating 179,440. The aver
age shown by the cards was about SSS
per capita. "Thia total may be in
creased by supplemental reports." said
Colonel Foster, "but If the rest of the
city had made high an average it
would mean that Portland would ex
ceed its quota twice over." .
The biggest Industrial report received
tCOnrhxIed en Pag. Eight. Colams five! ,
Woman Fleeing Fire
Is Severely Wounded
Flames Allowed to Get Beyond Control
of OraM'Barnlng Crew, It Is Alleged,
Sweep Over Xearby Farm.
Grants Pas. Jun 29. Mr T. H. Tur
ner waa severely burned on th hands,
arms and face Thursday afternoon, tn a
fire that raged about the Turner place.
three miles east of this city in the Bloody
Run district.
It Is asserted that the Southern Pa
cific grass-burning crew, which waa
clearing the right of way, allowed the
fire to get beyond control and It swept
over the Turner farm, burning the barn.
which waa filled with hay.
Mrs. Turner was burned while escaping
through the fire with her children. -
The fire continued up the mountain.
burning fiercely through the night and
filling the valley with smoke. . .
The fire department - and many citi
zens helped to save the home of. C O.
Sexton. -
uy w. a. a.
Pneumatic? Postal
Tubes Cause Veto
Washington, June 29 U. P.i Presi
dent Wilson today sent to the nous his
veto of th poertal appropriation bill. be
cause Jt contained a : provision . contin
uing lav operation pneumatic postal tabes
In five large cltlea.
"There 1 no moral or legal .obliga
tion resting on th government to con
tinue un of the tubes by rental." tL
president, said. , "At th time they' wet
installed they may have bad some value
as a, postal faculty, but that was be
fore the volume of malt had reached the
enormous proportions tt ha today and
before the development, of th up ef
Being Put Forth To
held a council of war at Liberty
They reached a double con-
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PORTLAND BOY IS
William J. McColm, of U. S,
Marine Corps, Dies on West
ern Front
KILLED IN ACTION
William J. McColm, of th United
8tate. Marin Corps, waa killed In actios: '
In Franc June s. according to a me-,
sag from Major-General George" Bar'
nett. received at th Portland offlos mt
th W.st.rn Union Telegraph company,
addrd to his mother. Mrs, Ella. D.
McColm, who Is now deceased.
E- F. Bennett. 147J Sacramento street,
uncle of the boy and sltr of Mra. Me- '
Colm. called for the telegram, which
read aa followa;
"Deeply regret to inform yen cabled
gram from abroad states that -Sergeant
William J. McColm, mar in corps, was -
klll.d in acUon June t. Remains will be
Interred abroad until end, of war. t Ac
cept my heartfelt sympathy tn yewr
great losa. Tour son nobly gv hi Uf -In
service of his country.! . r '
William J. McColm was bom tn Ne
braska and came to Portland wttta his
mother about IS years ago. Previous to -comtng'Xo
Portland he enlhrted ia th
United State navy from which be later
received a. discharge. When-war broke
out he enlisted- with th marines for
the duration of the war.
A younger brother, Lou McColm, ar
rived In Portland from California Fri
day, but did not learn of his brother's
death until today. .
The only other relative William Mc- -Colm
leaves Is an uncle. J. M. Bennett,
of Oregon City. .
my w. s. t. : .. .
New Forest Fires ;
On Coast Reported
Gold Beach, Or.. June 2i.Forst
fire. ground Harbor are now under con
trol, but new fire are springing up .
south of the Pistol river, on the coast',
north of Brooklngseson th Rogue ivr,
na tn tn nortn end or the county. -Fifty
men from here responded to sn
S. O. 8. call from th Pistol river, where
several ranches are In danger. Much -
grain and hay have been burned aad
some stock Is said to have perished.
The air- here Is filled with smoke,- ap
parently from ' heavy fires in the In- -terlor.
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sut w..a. " ' i
3 U. S. Airmen Are
Killed in Accident
' . -V..
With th Americas Army tn France.
June Z9. L N. S.VThre American
airmen were kUled in accidents- on
Wednesday morning, it was learned to
day, lieutenant . E. W..Majmor of
Birmingham. V Ahw and hi observer
were killed when. their machine, which
had Just ascended, crashed to earth. '
Captain K. P. Nine of Niagara Falls,
K. Y was killed in a similar manner.
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