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Fcurth of July Will Have
. Achievement of Moving America's Annies' Six Months
h&ad of Schedule AO i Completely Equipped Secre
tary Baker Writes President of Scope of Shifting of Men,
Which Began in May, 1917..
WASHINGTON. July 2. Ameri
cas troops sent overseas, numbered.
1,019.155 on July 1. i .!
This was 'made known tonight by
President Wilson who save- to - the
public a letter from Secretary Ba
ker disclosing a record of achleve
. ment which the president said "must
cause universal satisfaction," and
which will Rive additional zest to
our national celebration 1 onf the
Fourth of July. '
The first units non-combatant
left American shores on May 8, 1917.
General Pershing followed twelve
days later and ' at this end of. the
month 17 18 men had started for the
; tattle districts of France.' June
I saw this number, increase by 12.261
anT thereafter "khaki clad crusa
ders" from the western republic'
flowed overseas iri' steady stream
until upwards of 300,000' departed
when the great German thrust be
gan last March - ,
Effort Is Determined
President Wllsori.'s determination
, to meet Germany's supreme effort
with the utmost of America's avail
able man powef to assist the des
perately resisting French and TBritlsb
armies Is sharply reflected In the
movement of troop,1 during the last
three months. The March sailings of
83. 81 J. were Increased In April to
117,212." " May r saw another 244,
345 men embarked and last month
'SIB ,572 .were sent away, making
total for the three months of 637,
S29. This, Secretary Baker said la
ter, put the. troop movement six
mouths ahead of ... the original pro
gram. '
Substantially thirty divisions are
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SILKS
A handsome lot of Black
Chiffon and Suiting Taffetas
in a wide range of qualities
-3G to 42 inches wide; at .
$110, $1.75, $1.85, $2.00,
$2.25, 2.C5 a yard. -
CREPES
Black . Crepes DeChine and
Georgette Crepes unusually
good valnes-r-all 40 inches
- wide,' at $1 .65; $1 :95,
v $2.00; $2.25 a yard.
POPLINS
Black Silk and Wool Poplins
a beautiful, also a1 very dur
able fabric, much in de
mand at this time 40
inches wide -r $1.75
, $2.15 a yard.
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New Significance, Celebrating
now. in France ready to meet what
ever move the German staff has in
preparation. Some of these divis
ions already have been formed Into
the field army udder Major. General
Liggett, . others are holding, trench
sectors at important points alon
the battle line and still others have
been broken up and brigaded With
the French and British troops.
And so when the German -thrust
comes, the Americans will be called
upon to play' no small part In meet
ing it. .
. SUPPLIES NOW ADEQUATE '
Secretary Baker wrote tfte presi
dent that the supplies and equipment
In France for a million men xrbo
have gone Is shown- by latest re
ports to be adequate and added that
the "output of onr war Industries; in
this country is showing marked Im
provement tn practically all lines of
necessary equipment, and supply."
The president's statement with a
letter from Secretary Baker and his
reply follows: ' . ;
"I have today received the fol
lowing letter from the secretary of
war which' seems to me to contain
information which wHl be so satis
factory to. the country1 that its pub
lication will, be welcomed and' will
give additional zest' to our national
celebration -of the Fourth of July:
" 'War Department. , i
" 'Washington, July 1, 1918. .
"'My Dear President
.' 'More than 1.000,000 American
soldiers have sailed from the ports in
this country to participate in the
war in France In reporting this
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LACK
NOW IS THE TIME TO GET THEM
We make a specialty of Blacks in fabrics
of all kinds, and although it. may seem a
little strange to suggest them in midsummer,
don 't delay your purchase because these arc
the best qualities obtainable and our prices
are below mill quotations today.
WOOLENS
Black All Wool Dress Goods, and Coatings
such as Serges; Poplins, Gabardines, .
Mohairs, Batistes, Hairline -Serges
A wonderful and immense
. . . stock priced at $1.25 to
$3.50 a yard
SATINS
Black Dress Satins suitable
for all uses in Coats, Suits,
'Dresses' and Trimmings, etc
36 to 40 inches wide, at
$1.75, $1.95, $2.25, $2.40
$4.35 a yard. j ,
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AttfiAY 1
Eight Cents and
Soldier's Picture
Pass for Jewels
NEW YORK. July 2 Mrs. J.
Harrison Thompson, of Chicago, and
Mrs. Jane Riley of New York, sat
side by aider In the waiting room of
the. Pennsylvania terminal here to
day. Each had a small black bag.
In Mrs. Thompson's bag were $26,
000 in government bonds, $6500 "In
cash and all kinds of diamond jewel
ry, ft Inventoried $71,000 altogether.
In Mrs. Riley's bag were a photo
graph of her son, Denny, in a sold
ier's uniform, a purse containing
eight cents and the remnants of a
luuch. . ;
When the Pennsylvania limited
was called, Mrs. Thompson picked up
a black bag and started for the gate.
About the same time Mrs. Riley, hav
ing .jested after her trip to Camp
Upton, picked up a black bag and
started for Seventh avenue. When
Mrs. Thompson reached. the gate she
opened the bag to take out her tick
ets. -
, "My diamonds!" she shrieked.
Station employes quickly mobiliz
ed." A little amateur sleuthing led
them to Mrs. Rtley, walking wearily
toward Seventh avenue. She was In
dignant when asked to open the bag
she carried, but complied with the re
quest. . ....
- "Oh, where Is my Denny's pic
ture?" she cried. . s
Explanations followed, each wo
man was given a receipt by the sta
tion master and Mrs. Thompson
caught her train.
"What are diamonds compared
with Denny's picture?" demanded
Mrs. Riley as she handed a street car
conductor five of the eight pennies in
her shabby -purse. '
FOURTH TO BE
CELEBRATED BY
. 100 LAUNCH1NGS
Pershing .Enthusiastic When
Message Tells Him of
-; -New Ships
ANSWER iTO CHALLENGE
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San Francisco Greets Schwab
and Pier Shipbuilder's
Band Out
WASHINGTON, July 2 VNo more
defiant answer could be given to the
enemy's challenge."
This was the message received
from General Pershing in reply to
Chairman' Hurley or the shipping
board, informing the American fight
ing men 'in France that the ship
builders at home would launch 100
merchant ships July 4.
"The launching of 100 ships on
the Fourth of July is the most in
spiring news' that ha scome to us,"
General Pershing- said. "All ranks
of the army In France send their
congratulations and heartfelt thanks
to their patriotic brothers In the
ship yards at home. No more defiant
answer could be given to the enemy's
challenge.- With such backing we
can not fall to Win. All hall Amer
ican shipbuilders."
v DIRECTORS IS 'FRISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2. Chas.
M. Schwab, director general of the
Emergency .s Fleet corporation, and
Charles Plez, vice president and su
peTlntendent of steel ship construc
tion, who will witness the greatest
ship launching event In the history
of the world here July 4. arrived in
Sait Francisco at 5:30 p., m. today.
Twenty-five members of the Union
Iron Works band laid .down their
shipbuilding tobls, took up their mu
steal Instruments and' Joined with
high army and naval officers and of
ficials of the city in giving the vis
itors a welcome. Dressed in overall
and without removing the grime and
grease Incidental to their work the
employes blared out martial airs as
the welcoming parade proceeded
through the business section.
- a delegation including Mayor
James Rolph. Jr.: Captain A. F.
Pillshury, head of the Emergency
Fleet .corporation In the San Fran
cisco -district; J. J. Tynan,, general
manager of the. Union Iron Works
of the Bethlehem Steel company;
Major General. John Morrison.bead
of the -Western department of the
United States array and navy officr
ers, met the Schwab party.
Increased Copper Price
Pat in Effect Yesterday
WASHINGTON. July 2. The price
of copper has been, fixed at 26 cents
per pound, an aavance oi iwo nu
one half cents over the former price,
the war Industries board tonight an
nounced. The new price is subject
to the approval of President Wilson,
went into effect today and will con
tinue until August 15.
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German Prisoners Think
Americans Are i "Gentle
men"- One Gives Captor
His Iron Cross as Mark of
Gratitude
TROOPS COULD HAVE
GONE ON WITH EASE
Terrific Attack Carries Allied
Men Into lines toUeDth of
Kilometer and a Half l 1
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
ON THE MARNE, Jly 2: An entire
German regiment has been virtually
annihilated in fighting west of Hill
204, .according to official informa
tton .
.The attack by. the Americans n
the Vaiix positions was so terrific
that they hax swept right through
the enemy lines and had their' ob
ject been to continue the advance
they could have done so with- the
greatest ease, as virtually everything
before them had been cleared. - So
great was the enthusiasm or the
men, the officers in some cases had
to look sharp to keep them from
going beyond the set objectives.
Much Material Taken .
A vast quantity f material, con
sidering the size of the operation.
Is being taken to the rear, bat prob
ably will not be tabulated for sev
eral days.
In the fighting west of Vavx the
Americans stormed several enemy
nests and. killed. or captured the oc
cupants; then .turned the guns the
other way, using them effectively
against the enemy rear areas.
The Americans penetrated the en
emy's lines to a depth of about a
kilometer and a half on a front of
four kilometers. ; All day the front
line troops have been subjected to
a heavy shell fire. They had some
shelter in one patch of the woods
which they, occupied, but those who
did not enter ,the wood have only
the protection which they had pro
vided for themselves with their en
trenching tools or by taking cover
in shell holes. From one crater
slightlp In advance of the line, but
on it, from a technical point of view,
American soldiers this afternoon let
their comrades know where they
were when One of their party leaned
over the lip of the crater and waved
his helmet. ' " . v
Prisoners ar Pleaited '
The prisoners taken in the Ger
man counter-attacks say . ; they
marched for three hours as fast as
they could when word reached the
commander of an enemy battalion in
the rear of Vaux, which town Is on
the right of American attack. Ob
servers reported this morning that
the Germans were apparently hurry
ing tto bring reinforcements behind
the line. i
All the prisoners today expressed
their relief at being captured. One
speaking excellent English said to
the correspondent:
"Thank-the lord I'm out of there.
American artillery smothered us
more than once and the Infantrymen
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NO MORE BODIES
ARE RECOVERED
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Thorough Search of Waters
Near Sinking Brings No
Results.
LONDON. July - 2. A thorough
search in the waters in the vicinity
of the spot where the Canadian hos
pital ship Llandovery Castle was
sunk by a German submarine has re
sulted in no further survivors beinc
found. An official statement , is
sued bp the admiralitv.aays it may
he assumed that only 24 out of the
258 persons on board were saved.
The admirallty statement safcs:
"The area between the spot 'where
the Llandovery Castle was sunk and
the southwest Irish coast haa been'
thoroughly searched by two groUDS
nt his majesty's ships in addition to
the destroyer Lysander. Only a lit
tle wreckage and one empty boat
were found. It may be assumed that
there are no more survivors from the
Llandovery Castle."
Iroa Crosses Now
Decorate Shirts
of U.S. Doughboys
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, July 2. The German
emperor has distributed Iron crosses
galore among the American forces
holding lines west of Hill 204. The
distribution was not direct, but via
the chest of soldiers Germany con
siders her best. Having an iron cross
Is a fad among the Americans. Near
ly every prisoner taken has one and
few retain them. These are probably
overlooked during the excitement of
battle and the hurry to get the pris
oners to the rear.,
A few Americans seen today had
the enemy medal pinned in the cen
ter of their shirts not on the left
side while others pulled their
trophies from their pockets, explain
Ing that they considered them the
best souvenirs 'because they are eas
ily mailed home, while machine
guns, rifles and trench mortars are
likely to become elephants on one's
hands. . 1
.The men said some of the crosses
had been given voluntarily by the
Germans when they were asked for
them, but others were cut off pris
oners' shirts. One small doughboy,
who looked less than twenty, stepped
up to a German officer taken prison
er. - .
The American chased him with the
bare bayonet in hand. The prisoner
finally waa headed off by other
Americans. The small soldier pat
ted the German on the shoulder with
one hand and removed the desired
trophy with the other, much tothe
astonishment of the officer. The
American gave the German a cigar
ette and a match and the bargain
was closed. '
THREE CABINET
MEMBERS FAVOR
PROPOSED BILL
Plans for Federal Control of
Telephones Given Consid
eration QUICK PASSAGE LIKELY
Daniels and Burleson Want
- Permanent Government ;
-Ownership
WASHINGTON'. July 2. Plans for
anactlng legislation before the tarn,
mer recess authorizing President
Wilson to take over telegraph, tele
phone cable and radio systems went
forward. In congress today while
members of the cabinet emphasised
thefr a pp royal before the interstate
and, foreign commerce committee.
Leaders In both houses expressed
the opinion that the legislation could
be passed without delay, though
some opopsltlon was to be expected.
The hous-3 committee after hearing
Secretaries Ilaker and Daniels and
Postmaster General Rurlcson, 'ar
ranged to meet tomorrow to prepare
a report on the resolution of Kepre
sentative Aswell of Louisiana, which
has been endorsed by President Wil
son. The only fight expected Is oyer
the question of a time limit A limit
was ujf guested in the committee to
day and was opposed by all three of
the witnesses.
Daker Not Ready.
Secretary Daniels and Postmaster
General liurleson adrocated perma
nent goternment owwnilp. Mr,
Baker was not prepared to go that
far, but he olned "his colleagues In
urging government control during
the war as a military necessity.
The heads of th? two warmaking
branches declared their attitude was
not Influenced by the strike- of the
Western Union operators, called for
July 8. and was based entirely upon
military needs. - '
Mr. Burleson, long an advocate of
government operation of communica
tions, sajd the threatened ;trike was
one reason for action at this time;
Point Cleared Tpw
What promised to be a hitch In
the program for expediting the legis
lation developed in the house during
the day but later was cleared up.
Representative Gordon of Ohio mov
ed thaht the Aswell resolution be
taken from the commerce committee
and referred to the military commit
tee since it was nroposed as a mili
tary necessity. The motion was car
ried without, opposition but upon
hearing a statement by Chairman
Sims of the commerce committee, the
house reversed Itself. '
.The illtarv commute considered
a resolution bv R"8reJe-4tatlve Lunn
of New York .similar to that of Rep
hesentative .tswell. bt providing
spelcflcally far the operation of the
communicating systems as far as
possible, under the plan applied to
railroads.
astoti is rrfcrrEXAXT.
NEW YORK, Julr 2. Vincent As
tor. who, for almost a year has been
serving as an ensign with the naval;
patrol overseas, hat been advancea
to the rank of nontenant. Junior
grade, -according to word received
here today.
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Business Buildings in Syracuse Rocked by Terrific Ccscuj
sions as Acid Vats Ignite Workers'BIown Through Vtll,
Coming Through Hair Raising Experience Alive TLu;h
Minus Clothing Telephone Lines Prevent Rapid Sreid
of Alarm.
. S RACUSE, N. July 2. At least sixteen persons were tilled
and two hundred injured and the huge plant of the Semet-Solray
company, at Split Hock, near here, virtually wreeked by two ex
plosions of tnnitrotuluol at 9:30 o'clock tonight. V
Terrific concussions from the explosions of the' wat powder
rocked large business buildings in the center of this city, smashing
plate glass windows and caused a panic in the residential district.
niIl.Xf !!0nfx ,etl a fire that- had tyn mtrol
and spread to the T. N. T. vats.
Two let go, burying workers under an avalanche of debris and
scattered the flames to adjoining buildings. '
At a late hour tonight the flames were burning fiercely and4
there was constant danger of explosions. Volunteer firemen were
.Xmlr frm SjrraCUSC bDt " water
out. Its origin has not been 'ascertained. The workers fought th.
WOUNDS FATAL
TO BARTLETT
Parents Informed ' hj Regi
mental Chaplain That Son
It Dead in France
Emery A. Bartlett. who was
wounded with the marines In Prance,
Jane 7, Is dead. Through the regi
mental chaplain, his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. A. W. -Bartlett of the pak
Grove district, have learned that he
died at a base hospital, June 12 and
was burled June 14 In a military
emeteryt ten miles from Paris.
The young man was 24 years old
and enlisted & year ago in another
state. A brother. Panl Bartlett,
joined the ordnance ' deoartment.
three months ago. The Bartlett fam
ily came to this vicinity four years
ago from Grants Pass.
Death Cheats Soldiers
Out of Entertainment
CAMP LEWIS. Tacoma. Wash..
July 2. One woman was fatally
hurt, ten little girls miraculously es
caped death and the Camp Lewis sol
diers cheated out of an entertainment
at the Liberty theater when an auto-"
mobile bu overturned on the way to
camp late this afternoon. The driv
er was unhurt
Mrs. It. E. Kalenbom of Tacoma
was taking te?i of her children pupils
to camp for the soldiers tonight. One
wheel of the automobile left th pave
ment and in attempting to get to
the pavement, the car turned com
pletely over. Mrs. Kalenborn's head
was caught between the-door Of the
car and the ground". She was taken
to the base hospital at camp where
she died. None of the children were
seriously lajurejd.
FtasseUite Arrested in
Portland, Placed on Bail
PORTLAND. July 2. Ernest D.
Sexton. Russellite propogandist, now
under federal indictment In Los An
geles for alleged seditious remarks,
wss arrested here tonight on United
States commissioner's warrant charg
ing him with violating the espionage
act. Serf on haa been' at liberty en
$5000 bail, lie waa preparing to
leave for -Seattle when taken into
custody tonight. Ills arrest appar
ently was ordered because he had
left Los Angeles while being out on
ball -
Braves Summoned td
Establish Uew States
BOSTON. Joly 2. Proceedings to
make the status of professional base
ball players under the new "work
or fight" rules were begun tonight
when summonses were sent to four
teen of the Boston National League
baseball team.' ordering them to ap
pear before the local draft board In
the Brighton district. Braves field,
where the team ptays. Is In this district.
Men were hurled in all dlectic-i.
Two. caught between burning build
Ings. were blown through a Wi!!.
They were stilt alive when picked
but there was not a shred cf elottl;
on their bodies.
The second explosion followed
the first IS minutes after.- The two
crumpled buildings la the viclrlt;
Homes of working men' across ttt
road from the plant eolIa;
Burning Umbers Were, blown to tx
roofs of bindings across th rsllro&j
tracks which divide the plant. ,
rmll,e n1 cro fields la to,
ruslon. A hysterical woman carrl. 1
a. tiny Kitten clutched to" her breii.
Have Narrow Escapes.
. ,JmM Romo and Arthur C. Coc !
fellow were analysing- samples la. ti
plant when the cry of -firs ear.. J
Ji,.m Building No. 1. . Coodfe::3v
tells this story: -Russo grabbed a
hoss and I tried" to help. Eacl
was thick, we could not see. ut: i
explosions kept lettlnr go lnslds tt
building. There wasn't enough wate
to be of any use.
-We knew that a big explosK i
was coming, and we ran. Just 3
reached the foot of a hill th Matt lt
jo- It knocked as both flat ca c :r
A teli nhone
.'ii."nittl
- tti'ua j.k
uce neaaquarters In th format a
request for all the ambulance. Tie
hock of the explosion a few min'- i
wller. had tied up all th teleptW
lines, causing a delay before th am
bulances wens on th way.
FUmee . Wldepred. ' v
-Both fir and explosions, accord
ing to workmen iwho escaped, we-V
confined to the east side of the p!s t
which Is made up of abont IS build
ings, including the offices and Ubci
storles. ,
There are three of th T. N." T.
Plants. In the. first of which tl J
flames originated. Next to then' a. e
alx plants In which nltrie acid is
handled. Beyond them only a hun
dred yards away are four plants la
which picric acid is handled. All cf
these clustered together on U. gout
aide of th railroad track..
At midnight th flames .hatf ttzt a
Into th picric acid plants sad werr
making alow headway toward th ri
ant tanks of cleum.
Most of the small explosJoas wef
due. according to workmen, to th
contact of flames with small -nltri
flera." r -pulverisers."
Income. crJ Profits Taxes
Brhs h tftfija::
WASHINGTON. July t Taxes r
Incomes and excess prcttta for I.
fiscal year ending last Jaaa I
levied under the war revenue I
enacted, by congress last year
failed $2,821,240,801, the tr-r
to-
department announced to.'.t i
making public revenue colTec.:ci3 l
states. Total revemrs eclectic:
from all sources were 2 2.(71,11!
236.
New Yorg led the f tat; i li f r
snd" excess profits taxf wtn a t;t:
of $($9,917,031. while Pennsylvania.
w seeond with $48 8.087.2(1. Ts
collections fron. Oregon were $10,
070.079. Tin: wraTiim:
Wednesday fair, moieratfe' vf
erly winds.
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