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WRECK TOLL
IS LIVES OF
17 PERSONS
Limited Train and Freight
Car Collide, Telescoping
Each Other by Half Their
Length
SIX SOLDIERS AMONG
THOSE REPORTED DEAD
Confusion of Signals Respon
sible for Accident Mo
tormen Escape
EASTERN BUYERS STAMPEDE INTO
VALLEY TO GRAB OFF SHARE OF
1818 PRUNES EARLY IN SEASON
JACKSON',' Mich., July 20 Sev
enteen persona were killed and thirty 1
others Jnjured, many seriously, when
a Detroit-hound limited passenger
car and a west-bound freight car col
lided head-on one mile west of Chel
sea at 310 o'clock tonight, according
to Jfomiation received from that city
atTnidinght tonight.
Six of th dead were Detroit sol
diers en route to Detroit from Camp
Custer. ' j.- - .
Nearly all of the dead lived in De
troit. Unverified reports say that both
motormcn escaped death by leaping.
The collision occurred on a stretch
of line and was due. according to
unofficial statements, to a confusion
of signals. ,
Both cars were of modern con
struction. .The passenger car wan
telescoped nearly half Its length by
the freight car, most of the "dead
being Hied outright.
Austrian Waiting for
-i? Chance to Join Allies
ST. LOUIS July 20. More than
600,000 soldiers In the Austrian ar
ray are awaiting the first chance to
desert so they; can aid the United
States, according to Lieut. Anthony
Holy, escaped lieutenant of the Aus
trian army, who arrived in this city
today to organize a Czecho-Slovak
recruiting mission for the French
government.
Lieutenant Holy said he, like many
mar Iiohemlans,
The "open season" for prune con
tracts for the year 1918 started last
week with a stampede of eastern buy
ers into this district that is without
precedent in the history of the In
dustry. The three principal shippers
in Salem were deluged with letters
and telegrams from prospective buy
ers who wanted to get in on the
ground floor for large and medium
sizes.
The contracting business that is
usually spread, over a sixty-day peri
od was crowded into thespace of a
week. As a result, the greater part
of the prune crop of this section is
now out of the hands of the growers.
One firm alone reports the handling
of upwards of 4.000,000 pounds of
fruit, including the grades to be re
served for government use. Never
before in the records of prunes has
t,he crop been cleaned up at such an
early date. The elimination of spec
ulation by the government regula
tions has tended to hasten the clos
ing of deals, both on the part of
contractors and buyers.
As the crop conditions arc still un
certain, all contracts had to be clos
ed with the privilege of substituting
smaller sizes to a certain extent. The
present prospects are for a large per
centage of the smaller staes. . The
government has stipulated that the
dealers shall reserve all the 50-60
grade, for the food administration
and this means that'from 25 to 40
per cent of the entire crop will be
reserved for military consumption.
The food administration has issued
very stirct regulations as to the buy
ing and, handling of the crop. In all
their operations the dealers are con
fined to a margin of 5 per cent of
profit. Regulations make the fol
lowing requirements: .
Purchases must be made from the
growers either f. o. b. cars at rail
way station or delivered at buyer's
warehouse and buyer shall not haul,
nor directly or Indirectly pay the
cartage, or make any allowance for
delivery.
No advances shall be made to the
growers prior to delivery, without
same being evidenced by a promis
sory note bearing the prevailing rate
of interest.
Sacks will be furnished according
to the customs prevailing in previous
years, growers to furnish twine for
sewing sacks.
. No testing of prunes In dryer.
No orchard run buying.
No grower-buyers insofar as any
commissions to him lor buying would
include his own fruit.
No buying in bins. By thls is
meant that no packer should go to
the dryer and test fruit and make a
specified price thereon Same must
he sacked and delivered to ware
house in accordance with rules laid
down by the government.
In testing: One sack in 10 and as
many more as would seem fit to sat
isfy both grower and buyer.
THEODORE, JR.
SUFFERING FROM
RECENT WOUNDS
Roosevelt Learns of Welfare
. of Eldest Son Now in
Paris
OVER THIRTY
ESTIMATE ON
BOAT'S LOSS
Those JVho Perished on San
Diego Thought All Men of
Engine-Room Crew Some
Stunned
:1
it
CF D II' U
uuicm uujt rrire name
or txescue trom Boat
Sank Off Fire Island
"Dear mother, don't worry.
I'm safe and comfortabl.
Such was the message on
telegram received by Mr. and
Mrs. H. A. Smart last night
from their son, Clifford, who
wan on board tbe cruiser San
Diego, sunk Friday just out of
New York harbor.
Two other local boys have al
so been heard from. Ralph
Hitchcock wired that he was
safe, and it is understood also
that his brother. Mark, was
mong those rescued. Henry
L. Radcliffe. son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. S. Radclirre of 2195
State street, sent the following
word, "Safe and well taken
care of." All of those heard
from are In New York.
Relatives of lunula XeMer.
Survivor Detained at Array S5ffi5. !5S S w iJSJ
ed of his sarety. The boy is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Neiderhelser and has been an
electrician In the navy the past
two years.
THEORIES ON CAUSE
OF SINKING DISAGREE
i
Docks To Be Checked Up
for Official Report
ARCHIE CONVALESCENT
.Death of Quentin Confirmed
in Message From German
Airplanes
OYSTER BAY. X. Y.. July 20. Ma
jor Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. has been
slightly wounded and taken to a hos
pital in Paris, according to a cable
message received today by his father.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, from his
Mrs. Theodora
was drafted Into
u Austrian army at the outbreak, to a Dower house here while
of the war.' - I courthouse was in flames
Draft Records Destroyed
, r nr I aaugnier-m-iaw.
The cablegram was sent from Pa
WINNEMUCCA. Nev.. July 20.
Winnemucca's selective service draft
and council of defense records and a
law library' value d at $10,000 were i
destroyed tonight in a fire which
damaged the courthouse here to the
estimated extent of 9100,000.
Posses wer searching tonight for
two men who attempted to set fire
the
t MAN WANTED Experienced
men's furnishinrs and shoes. Per-
I tnnnpnt nosltfnn for the rls-hV man.
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an. i
New
isOiia
rs
A collection of dainty new crer
ations has made its appearance In
our Women's Neckwear Depart
ment. The Flchues are pretty
much to the fore but closely
pressed by the ever popular Or
gandies, Piques, lovely Georgette
Crepes and artistic Lace Collars.
The designs are quite unique and
very, pleasing.
Priced at . . : . . .25c to $2.05
PRETTY ORGANDY PLEATED
AND LACE TRIMMED COLLAR
AND CUFF SETS. 5c
Buckles
We have just received a large
assortment of BELT BUCKLES
for which -there is such a great
demand right now. These are
made of celluloid, bone and sea
shell, some are metal trimmed
and they come In a great variety
of shapes, sizes and colors.
Prices 35c, oOc, 75c, l5c
XT 1 i 1
r ouiara ou
ALL GO ON THE BARGAIN TABLE
This is another exceptional opportunity for those of
thrifty inclinations. Foulard is simply another word for wft-of-ss,
service, WKAfl, when speaking of Silks. Now here is
VMtr.KNTIRK line of these Foulards and they eome in good
patterns too out on our bargain table divided into two
groups! .
Regular priees up io $2.00, now, per yard.i .$1.35
' Regular prices $2.25 to $2.95, now, per yard..... ..$1-S5
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ris, where Mrs. Roosevelt is In a
Red Cross hospital. . It reads:
Ted wounded. Not seriously.
Here with me. Not any danger.
No cause for anxiety."
Major Roosevelt was cited for gal
lantry after having been gassed about
three weeks ago.
The news of Major Roosevelt's
having been wounded followed Im
mediately the report from Paris that
German aviators had droped a note
behind the allied lines confirming
the fears of the death of Lieutenant
Quentin Roosevelt In an aerial en
gagement. Capt. Archie Roosevelt Is
recovering from wounds. Kermit.
fourth son who served as a captain
in the British army in Mesopotamia
was recently appointed a captain in
the United States army and Is now
reported on his way to France. H
was decorated by the British with
the military cross for gallantry.
No official announcement that
Lieutenant Roosevelt has been killed
has been received at the war depart
ment. The only announcement from
General Pershing 'was the listing of
the Lieutenant in today's casualtx
list as missing. . :
On .receiving confirmation of
Quentin's death. Colonel and Mrs-
Roosevelt announced that they would
receive no visitors. The colonel
made an exception in the rase of the
Japanese Red Cross commission.
The colonel sent the following reply
to the white house:
t'Thank you for yonr courtesy and
kindness in telegraphing me, and I
deeply appreciate your expression of
sympathy and of approval of my
sons conduct."
NEW YORK. July 20. Between
thirty and forty men lost their live
when the United States cruiser San
Diego was sunk ten miles off Fire
island, yesterday, according to
semi-official estimate made here to
night.
.Most of those who perished are
believed to have, lofn members of
tho engin room crew who were
killod outright or who were so ser
iously injured In the explosion which
wrecked the cruiser that thry wer
unable to save themselves before th
shiii went down.
It has boen established also that
several of the crew strugrling In the
water were struck by the smoke
stars of the cruiser when they fell.
These men were stunned and
drowned before help'- could reach
them.
Others lost their lives when thev
were caught under the life raft
which was being launched just as
the warship turned on Its side lx-
fore going down. The men hand
ling the raft lost control of It and it
slid over the side on top of the men
In the water.
Survivor Detained
The survivors from the San Diego
were kept all day on the army docks
at Hoboken to be checked up by the
officers of the ship. An official list
of survivors given out tonight eon
tains 1149 names. It will be Im
possible to determine the loss of life
until this list Is sent to Washington
and compared with the navy depart
ment lists. It was believed. . how
ever, that the men on board the San
Diego numbered nearer 1200 than
1130.
Th-; reason why the navy depart
ment is unable to give the number
of men and officers aboard the San
Diego wes explained here tonight tnr
FIDDLE-DE-DEE,
HEAR 'EM PLAY
AT CHAUTAUQUA
Old Soldier Players First to
Appear on Program Big
Tent Tonight
MONDAY IS ATTRACTIVE
Junior Program. Fexrwick
Newell Company, Bush
nell and Barns
HUNS HUNTING HOLES;
SOUTH SIDE OF IMRNE
CLEARED. OF INVADERS
Berlin Forced to Issue ConserratiTe Statement of Defeat
Rossignol Wood Latest Important Strategic Position
Wrested From Enemy Minor Operations Along Entire
French and British'Front Prore Succcssful-Orer 20,000
Held Prisoners 400 Guns Captured
IAUIS, July 20. "No Germans remain aouth of the Mtrne.
except prisoner and deaL" "... S .
Tin message was aent by the Reuter correspondent at French
headquarters, and is timed Saturday evening.
I)NDON, July 20. Tlie German under lieary pressure, hare
leeii forced to withdraw from Rmsipnol wood, between Hebuterne
and Hucquoy ami this atratepically important position ia now in
the hands of the British.
Thi announcement waa made tonight in the official statement
from the war office.
The text of the communication Kays:
"During the day our, minor operations in the Hebuterne sec
tor hare lcen continued with success. Under the pressure. of our
troops the enemy has been compelled to withdraw from Rossipnol
wtiod, Wtween llcbutenie and Hucquoy. This important local fea
ture is now in our possession. The enemy was followed up closely
by our troops and suffered a number of casualties.
"Our total capture in yeerday's operations at Meteren amount
to 4 .VI prisoners, ten trench mortars, and fifty machine guns-,,
PARIS, July 20. "The German, riolently attacked on their
right flank and south of the Mame," says the war office announce
ment t6nipht, "late lioen compelled to retreat and re -cross the
river.
"The French hold the entire southern bank of the Ma me. More
than twenty thousand prisoners and more than - 400 guns bare
been captured.
(Continued on page 6).
Pope Gives Appointments
to American Churchmen
'HOME. July 20. The following
appointments weie made by the pope
today:
Monsignor Michael J. GallaRher.
coadjutor bishop of Grand Rapid, to
be bifrfiop of Detroit: Monsir .tt
enre G. ISrady of Dubuque cathedral.
to be bishop of Baker City. Or.; Mo-n
signor Christopher Byine, St. Iouis.
to be bishop of Galveston; Monsign
or Arthur Drossaerts of New Orleans
to be bishop of St. Anthonys, Texas;
Father John U. Nicolas, to be domin
lean bishop of Duluth; Monsignor
Julius Jannard. chancellor of the
archdiocese of New Oi leans, to be
bishoD of the new diocese of Lafay
ette, La.
Cispas Fire Breaks Oat
Again, Crosses River
PORTLAND. July 20. The CIppus
burn forest fire In the .Itaineer na
tional park of Washington, under
control several days ago, tok a new
start today and swept across the
Lewi3 river and now threatens a
large section of the Columbia nation
paring tc send reinforcements to the
L200 troops now fighting the blaze.
The difficulty of obtaining civilian
fire fighters has made it necessary
to use United States troops. Tha
fire is 60 miles away from a railroad.
TIME K.TK.NDKt
In order to give opportunity
to everyone to secure sea
son tickets for the Chautauqua
at the opening pilce $2.75
the management has decided to
extend the time until Monday
night Instead of closing the sale
tonight as was at first announc
ed. .After Monday night the
price of season tickets Is to b
advanced to S3. 30. which In
cludes th war tax. It Is hop-it
ed that every person In the city
who Is Interested In securing
the entire course of attractions
at a low price will make use
of this extension of time. It
gpes without saying that every
one should be interested in sav
ing the credit of thetcity, and
especially Interested la pre
venting a loss on tbe part 'of
the guarantors.
First on the program of the Salem
Chautauqua are Colonel Pattee's Old
Soldier fiddlers. They appear tonight
at the opening of the big week of entertainment
The veteran musicians are four
veterans of the CItII war, two of
whom fought with the Blue and-two
with the Gray. Maybe you wouldn't
believe It. but. not one of them can
read music. To quote the colonel.
'Notes look like little niggers on a
bob-wire fence to us."
riay? Say. you ought to hear
cm: Tney play tne tnings yon nsel
to hear and like at borne and which
1 90n AHA MEM ArDnQC yon don't h-a any mot except
folks wind up the phonograph. MThe
Devil's Dream." "Money Musk."
"Captain Jinks of the Horse Mar
ines' and "Arkansaw Traveles "are
some of the things thev play.
Tomorrow morning the first of the
series lectures and the Junior Chan
taunua are slated. In charge of the
Junior Is Miss Esther Jane Clark
AMERICANS ON
FRENCH FRONT
ARE IDENTIFIED
General March Tells Which
Six Divisions Are Actively
Vk a.t
in Dame
Objective of General Foch
Commented On Railroad
Under Fire
WASHINGTON. July 20. The
high" water mark of the German of
fensive In France has been reached
The Initiative is passing to the at
lied and American armies. General
March, chief of staff, told this to
members of the senate military com
mittee. Later he announced that
American troop shipments had now
exceeded 1.20U.0OO. men. Insuring
the man power to hold the initiative
on the western front. The direct
objective of General Foch's counter
stroke. General March told newspa
permen In his weekly conference. Is
is the railway that feeds tbe Ger
man forces In the Chateau-Thierry
region. Already it "had been at
tained, for the' French and American
forces are either astride the line at
certain points or havo it under di
rect gun fire at short range, render
ing it unusable.
Withdrawal I lectin
Even as General March spoke, un
official, reports flashed over thf ca
bles Indicated the German withfira
(Continued on page ).
Falling Rafter May Have
Saved life of Castaf Knopf
The fire department was called
out at about midnight by an alarm
turned in from the neighborhood of
the Oregon l'acking Company's
plant. An old two-story frame cot
tage belonging to Dr. Harry II. Olln-
ger, and occupied by one lone ten
ant. Gustaf Knopf, caught fire from
an unknown source and was well on
the way to destruction before the
alarm was sent In. Knopf was
sound asleep In one of tbe lower
rooms and had he not been awaken
ed by the falling of a burning par
tition overhead, might have Hen
burned to death In his bed. There
was some cheap furniture in the
building and went op along with the
building which went tip along with
ai from the sector south of the Marnelthe hnne. The nfire was near Elev-
had begun. cnlh and Mill streets
The American chief of staff told
with evident satisfaction of the fact IIAHTON IS CHAMPION
that kIt American divisions are bat-1
tlinc with the French and for the STOCK TtTTT, Cal.. July 20.
first time revealed their identity. Charley Rarton of the rjrdtnont club
They are either on the advancing or Oakland won tne racinc coas
lines between Solssons snd Chateau cnampion snip ror me, ziio-nreast
Thierry or on those that are pressing stroke swimming event here toalght
the enemy along th Marne front
where there is reason to believe the
Germans may suffer serious losses in
(Continued on page 6).
by covering the distance In 3:01 1-5
THE WEATHER.
Sunday fair, warmer except near
the coast; gentle westerly winds.
AMERICANS- HOLD
OVER 5000 HUNS
! Gains Continue to Pile Up
Another Mile Added to
Territory
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMT
ON THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT,
July 20. (By the. Associated Press)
One American unit sine Thursday
hss taken 28S9 prisoners. Including
ninety-one officers, while another
American unit on the northern front
has captured 22S1, including thirty
two officers.
Among the prisoners were a colon
el and two majors, all in one group.
The firing en both sides Increased
after daylight but the' allied" gns
wer much more effective, as reports
from the aviators and observation
balloons on the enemy positions came
In. There were numerous bombing
rsids by the airmen this morning.
The northern hslf of the Soissons-
Chstesa Thierry line Is now far be
yond Vlerzy to the east, and there
have been hitter straggles la this
territory. Tbe allies big guns com
mand tbe bridges southeast of Sols-sons.
Janet Ion I'nder Fire.
The 'advance along the Solssons-
Chateaa Thierry road has -brought
the allies within artillery dlst snee
of the Junction o'f the railroad serv
ing the Germans as a line or com
munication. The Junction already Is
under fire and unless the desperate
attempt which the Germans are mak
ing to hold Is successful, thousands
of the crown prince's men may be
cut off snd forced to retreat. The
fighting Is comparatively light east
of Chateau Thierry, except at tbe
river, where the most stubborn re
sistance of tbe Germans was unable
The statement reads: f
Ve have not had long to wait -for
tbe result of oar victorious roaster-
offensive. The Gerrrass. vio
lently attacked on tbelr right flask
and sooth cf the Mam, hate bee
comrtelled to retreat and recrosa the
river.
-We hold th south bask or the
Marnc -
"Between the AUnt and the Mars
Franco-Americaa troops con tin a to
progress acd have driven back the
enemy, who Is resisting stubbornly.
We hsve resebed Flolsay aad
Parcy-TIgny aad have passed beyond.
St. Remy-Hianiy, and Rytt St. AI
bin. 'Farther so3th w hold the gen
eral line of the Pries plateau, north
east of Courchsmps.
"The number of prisoners we hav
taken since July IS exceeds 29.090.
Over 400 guns cava bee a captssred
Air IUWU MaJtiply.
"Our aviators, redoubling their
activities la the day aad sight of the
19th. multiplied their raids and en
gaged la the severest battles against
enemy forces. Frsnco-Dritlsh bomb
ing sqsadrons taking tha Mara
crossings as their principal object
Ires, have ceaselessly hampered, and
at certain points completely stopped
the enemy supply service, thus ?!sy
lag an Important role la tha conflict
which was about to provoke tha re
treat of tha German troops.
"Attacking with machine tana and
bombs concentrations of troops which
the enemy wss pieparlng- for coun
ter attacks, snd his enemy eolumas
of renvoys. oar aviators Inflicted
heavy losses. y
"1 let ween tha Marne aad Rhelms
violent combata continue. Franco
British troops attacking vigorously,
encountered larjre forces. Notwith
standing the enemy's desperate re
sistance we gained groand la Coar
ton wood, the Ardre valley aad la
the direction of St. Eapbraise.
"Oa the Marae aad also at Oat-
lehy-le Chateau. Fera-ea-Tardeaols,
risjnr and liasocnes ana over me
whole rear of tbe battlefield twenty-
( Continued on page 2)
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CHAUTAUQUA PROGRAM TODAY AND
TOMORROW
TODAY
Evening Openinr Exercises and AnnouncesxnU
t
Patriotic Musical Program Tbe Old Soldier Tid-
dlert, un.lcr direction of Vol. John A I'attee.Mths
ntrt. Micliicau Volunteers. A company of ITnionJ
atil Confederate veterans, all over 7-1 years of aj, ,
in a pmcram f instrumental rhuMe, camp-fire andO
wartime sour. All ret era ns, their wives and wid-X
ows, admitted free. J
Admission &5c
4
I TOMORROW J
Morning Series Lecture Superintendent
Junior Chautauqua J
1 Afternoon Prelude...... Fenwick Newt 11 Concert Company j
Lecture ''Meaning of the Great War" J
....Dr. C. J. Buihnellf
2 Admission &c I
Evening Concert Prelude, Penwick Newell Concert Company
Lecture, The Kentucky Mountaineers, Past, Pres
-4 - J V.u T. T
cdi sua xuiura sxacs A. euros
"Hums of the Mountains'
Pres, Oneida Institute
Admission &5c