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THE EUGENE DAILY (GOARB
VOL.
EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1918.
NO. 44. x
BRITISH STRIKE HEAVY
BLOW ON FRONT OF TEN
MILES NORTH OF ANGRE
Attack Begun Shortly Before 5:00 o'clock This
Morning Under Cover of Heavy Fog by Third
' Army Under General
From Arras to Albert
tration of Three Miles
The double allied drive is under way in Picardy. The Brit-,-h
onened a new attack on a wide front north of the Ancre
river today. The French are still smashing forward between,
the Oise and the Aisne, increasing the menace to the German
Brmies from the Noyon and Soissons regions. At the same time
other French forces are attacking from the Oise northward to
Koye, pressing upon that city and Lassigny.
The British troops continue to progress in Flanders, per
forating the enemy lines seemingly at will end advancing at other
points as the Boches retire voluntarily.
Haig's men also are showing unusual activity in the Arras
sector on both sides of the Scarpe river.
The extent of the new British drive was not announced in
Haig's communique today. It is possible however, that it may
extend from the neighborhood of Albert northward to the active
omith nf the Rrnrne. thus for-minor a f iehtine front of about
BC.tu ewv. .
20 miles. Such an attack evidently would have as a geographical
! A 1 i A A. 11 i- J
objective the city of iiapaume, 11
to mi'laa anufVl find PASt nf A 1111.8.
XO liliiWt? -
To reach this city would require an advance of between five
and six miles. The great haul of prisoners taken by General
ir;r Kottt-opn the Oise and the Aisne together with those in
.UDI15"1 v,v-
Flanders and elsewhere on the front, apparently has brought the
. . . ! a 1 a. w s n
total of Germans taken in tne ricaray oiiensive 10 aooui ou.uuu.
Lsndoa, Aug. 21. British force ar
islleved to hava readied the railway bo
twees Couroelles and Delogcait In the
airertla ef Bapauma, It was learned
authoritatively this afternoon. Thl In
alcatel an advanoa of two or more
Ilea.
London, Aug. 21.General Mangin has
flung hi left wing forward an additional
three milee in the Oise valley, penetrat
ing to within less than two milci of
Noyon. according to despatches received
this afternoon. His right wing (near
Soissons) made a slight advance today.
At 2 p. m, it was learned the French
line between the Oise and the Aisne ran
as follows:
From Semplegny, held by the Germans
(on the south bank of the Oise, a mile
ad a half directly aouth of Noyon)
through Pontoiae-la-Pomerele, Cauielin
md Blerancourt, all held by the French;
through St. Aubin, held by the Germans
sod through Lt Tonr farm. Laval and
Courtril, all held by the French.
By LOWELL MELLETT
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
With the British Armies in France,
tug. 21. General Byng's army struck
6. I I WEI
Dmaha and Seattle Veterans
Most Prominent Candidates
to Lead Organization.
Portland, Or., Aug. 21. G. A- R. vet
erans here for the national encampment
Proved themselves good campaigners to
day when a big drive was opened for the
election of a commander-in-chief.
Comrade C E. Adams of Omaha. Neb.,
ho has a large and ardent following
from that. and other states appeared to
be a leading candidate. His campaign has
been extensive and prolonged.
Opposing bim is F. C. llurd of Seattle
hose followers got a somewhst later
start
Sentiment is being felt ont regarding
tae dty for the next encampment, to
hnabns, Ohio, has found favor with many
eterans, who hare a keen memory of
long trip here and admire the Ohio
dts central location. Delegations also
are urging Dee) Moines and St Pan'- The
TegulaUon campflre was held last night
lbs soUiera today conducted a buraess
session.
Commander of Allied Forces
Arrives at Siberian Port
London. Aug. 21. General Otani.
eonmander of the allied forces in Hi
krie, arrived at Vladivostok Sunday,
wording to a dispstch received from
ft city iaT.
British artillery Is reported to have
active (u that region for sversl
reducing the superiority of the
s artiaery.
Byng; Drive Extends
and Maximum Pene
Is Reported Early.
mues norxneasi, 01 Aioert aim
the Germans on a 10-mile front between
Arras and Albert during a heavy fog
this morning.
The attack began shortly before 5 a.
m. and by 9 o'clock the British bad cap
tured MoyAne, lller, Courcelles, Buc-
quoy, Ablainieville, Achiet-le-Petit and
Beaucourt-Sur-Ancre.
Advance la Rapid
At S:20 the big guns which hsd been
conccsled in readiness for several days
let loose in a general salvo, and the
troops swung into action.
By 0:10, parts of the old line were
passed. Moyenneville, where resistance
was weak, was captured at 6:50. Pris
oners taken there said they had expect
ed the British for the past week.
Two hundred priaouera were reported
taken at 7:05. Some machine guns hud
been captured. Only a few casualties
were suffered by the British.
At 7:15 Courcelles was captured.-
The attack, which the Germans are
known to have been expecting laat week,
(Continued on page two)
Chairman Goodrich Believes
Lane County People to Re
spond Promptly.
"We expect that there will hardly be
a family in Lane county that will not sub
acribe to the fourth Liberty Loan,"
aaid Luke Goodrich, county 'hairman of
the Liberty Loan committee, today.
'This campaign will have the advantage
of each of the others in tbat the people
are exjierting it, and a great nnmber
have actually been saving sumo of money
regularly so that they might be able to
pay a substantial amount down on their
subscriptions.
"As the number or our men in Frsnee
incresses it is necessary that the num
ber of us who stay st borne who con
tribute to their support increaae also."
Letters sre going out today from the
county committee to each of the aeven
banking di.triots into which Lane county
has been divided, asking them to sele-l
their chsirmsn. Ksch of thrs districts
will in turn be divided into precJncle
which will be presided over by the pre
cinct chsirmen.
The banking district of the county are
Eugene, Springfield, Coburg, trewjL
Junction City, Cottage Grove, and Flor
ence. These being the distributing cen
ters, and the plsces to whuh the toads
center.
Kvery effort will be made to make this
tbe most successful rsmpsign of all.
WEATHER FORECAST
Or.gon: T -tiifbt fair, warmer south
west portion: Tbursdsy fsir end wsroa
er; gentle soother-westerly wind.
FRENCH
E
ENS RUN'S
LINE ON VESLE
Allied Advance Between Oise
and Aisne Threatens Enemy
Positions East of Soissons
and May Force Retreat.
YANKEE PATROLS KEEP IN
CLOSE TOUCH WITH BOCHE
American Artillery S u b i e ct s
Bazoches, Near Fismes, to
Heavy Bombardment; Both
Armies Digging ln.! l-
By FRED S. FERGUSON
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
With the American Armies in France,
Aug. 21. The French advance between
the Oise and the Aisne is rendering the
German line on the Vesle more difficult,
Aa the boche line ia swung back east
and south of Noyon, the enemy positions
east of Soissons will become so pinched
that there is every possibility o them
being forced to retire before the Ameri
cana from the Vesle to the Aisne.
American patrols are in close contact
with the boches, to detect the first sigus
of withdrawal-
Enemy Lines Shelled.
The American artillery heavily peund
ed Baxoches (three miles west of Fis
mes yesterday.) High exploaive and ges
shells were used by the Germane In grent
quantities.
There is a peculair state of warfare
along the Veale, having the artillery
characteristics of a trench fight Both
sides have extensively dug in their front
lines. There are no real trenches, or
communication trenches, however, the
frontline being merely a serica of shal
low holes.
The Germsns aa well as the American
realise thia will not be the fighting line
very long. The allies are expected to push
the boches back. The boches, anticipating
such action, are ready to move back to
the Aisne.
RICE RIOTS THREE
PARTS HUNGER AND
ONE PART POLITICS
Manager1 of Many Japanese
Hotels Says Only Severe
Food Shortage Could Drive
Natives to Destruction.
New York Aug. 21. Three parti hun
grr oncl one part politic! is the formula
of the present rioting and dineontt-it in
Japan, according to M. Yokoama, man
axer of a string of hotels in Japan ud
Manchuria, and director of the east Man
churian railways who is today in New
York.
"Onlj hungor could precipitate violent
liwIesKnexs in the scale of rice rioU,"
said Yokoama. "Politicians who arc op
posed to tbe government have been try
ing to spread discontent, of course, but
their efforts never could hare turned
such loyal people a the Japanese into
property destroyers. I know tbat lUou-s-mda
of the poor people have been go
ing without sufficient food lately on ac
count of the wealthy rice boarders nid
tbe speculators.
'l can remember when rice sold for
10 cents i sbo. That is about two and a
half quarts. It ha now gon up to 50
cents per sbo. Voor people simply could
not buy it.
"The people were driven to acts of
violence. That is not surprising. But that
this should turn tbe destructive ones
apainst the property of wealthy people as
a class is something sew snd unexpected
lc Japan "
Yokoama declares there la do dinger
of revolution.
"The people are contented with the
government." be said. "They may not
and burn things nntil tbey are fed, b.jl
they will not revolt
"I am sure the government will atop
the rice profiteering and tbe people will
go back to their work again.'
Yokoama intends to mske a tonr of the
principal ritiea of tbe t'nircd rita- to
lesrn-for himself and the Japanese gov
ernment the methods snd systems used
in management of American hotel a.
Enrico Caruso Marries 25-Year-Old
New York Girl
New Tork. Aug. 21. Enrico Caruso,
world's fsmons tenor, today waa bride
groom. Hia bride waa Miss Dorothy
I'srk Renjsmin, 2.Y She is a dsiighter
of Tsrk Henjsmin, a Wsll street law
yer. Caruso made the news of the mar
riage public through bis secretary, but
kept to the elusion nf hi apartments
with his bride, declining to see newsps
per dips. He declared he wss too excit
ed to trust his s-snt English le Interviewer
DRV
WEAK
MADOO WOULD
RAVE ALL IKE
INGOIREIURN
Secretary of Treasury Asks
Authority He Deems Neces
sary for Enforcement of In
come Tax Measure.
COAL COMPANIES CHIEF
TAX DODGERS, SAYS ROPER
Movie Stars and Actors to Be
Asked to Verify Reports of
Press Agents Regarding
Fabulous Salaries.
Washington, Aug. 21.- A billion dollar
drive on incoma and excess profit tax
slackers wilt be authorixed in th new
revenue bill. To prevent further tax
dodging, Secretary of tbe Treasury Mc
Adoo has asked congress for authority
to force every person in the couutry to
make an income tax return whether or
not he is liable to the tax.
Theae two moves to get every possible
dollar to carry on the war were revealed
today in statements of Internal Revenue
Collector Roper, before the house ways
and means committee.
Roper assured the committee thst if
he waa given flO.000,000 to raise the
necessary force of accountants, he could
collect $1,000,000,000 the aum he esti
mates the government has been cheated
out of in 1916 and 1917 alone.
The committee authorixed the appro
priations following immediately Roper's
statements.
Coal companies are among tbe prin
cipal tax dodgers, Roper showed.
Farmsr Under Suspicion.
Auditing has been doue by a force of
3.1 men working from June 1 to August
10. Farmers are also under suspicion
because of the fact tbat only 14,000 in
the entire nation submitted tax reports
last year, Roper'a report shows.
Only about two per cent of th na
tion's saloonkeepers made returns.
Movie atara ana actors ar alao gotne
to be asked to verify press agent reports
of fabulous Solaris. Roper told the com
mittee be plana to organise 30 auditing
nnita of expert accountants, each unit to
go into the returns of all companies In
certain lines of business to get every dol
lar due the government.
The plan to force every persou to sub
mit tax returns would, according to Ro
per, apply to tue revenue Din, tne same
principles now applied in the draft. This
ia aimed at income tax payers who nre in
tbe "twilight sone."
Thousands Escape Tax.
Thousands of persons of small incomes
who are just on tbe tax border IL'.e,
have been escaping because the depart
ment at present bas no way of checking
on them, Roper aaid.
Roper also plana to send throughout
the country thousands of workers to ex
plain tbe new revenue bill to the people-
An important part of the campaign ia
the preparation of a farmers' account
book, prepared by tbe department of
agriculture, to enable a farmer to keep
closer tab on bis actus, income.
The bouse ways and means committee
today tentatively auoptcd an Nt per
cent war profit tax and fxed profit
tnx rates for the new revenue bill.
The war profit tax tnkea SO per ceut
of all earnings of corporations In eicer
of their profits for tbe years 1011, VM'2,
1I1 :t.
If a corporation, however, earned less
than 10 per cent on invested capita! dur
ing these years it is given a flat 10 per
cent exemption before the war tnx be
comes operstive.
Rates Art Cited.
Tbe excess profits rates tentatively
adopted gives an eigUt per cent exemp
tion and taxes according to the folltwing
rates:
All profits from eight to 1.1 per ceut
are taxed 35 per cent; profits from 15 to
20, 50 per cent snd all profits above
per cent are taxed 70 per cent.
The corporation will pny under the
war profits or excess profits tsx sccord
inr to which will bring tbe most money.
Tbe new rates, committeemen said
will be put into the bill fiaslly ss tbe
tressury department approves them.
The adoption of the two sets of profits
rstes today completed the new revenue
bill.
Other details of tbe messures have
hren previously announced by tbe T'nited
States.
Hindenberg Succeeds Von
Ludendorff Reports Say
London, Aug. 21. Swiss reports re
ceived here declsre that Field Marsbil
ven Hindenburg hss snccdd fj.erol
Ludendorff In command of west front
operstions. Reports hsve been current
for some time In neutral countries thst
Ludendorff had aucceeded Field Marshal
von Hindenburg on the west front he
c.i'i.e of sn Illness of tbe lat'er.
STRIKE AT IiKAIMXH.'K
London. Aug. 21. The deadlock in
tbe conductorettea' atrike continued to
day. A few women condtictora en the tube
trains als hsve quit Vrkii g . Hot not
enough to seriously interfere with trsffic.
Between 17,000 and 1,000 rondoctor
tttei art bow l.
32 DIVISIONS
1
N FRANCE
MARCH STATES
Chief-of Staff Says Transpor
tation Problem Has Involved
Scouring the World for Avail
able Bottoms.
FRONT LINE SHORTENED
50 MILES IN PAST WEEK
American Unit Which Captured
Frapelle Identified as Fifth
Division; 77th Also Comes in
for Praise.
Wsshlnjton, Am- 21. Thirty-two
complrtely orraniird Amrica dlvisiuus
(srouod 1.400,000 mtn) re now In
Franc. Chiet-of-Statt March auoouueed
thfui aa fallows:
On, two, thre,'four. five, tlx, twnty-
ii, twnty-sevn. twcnty-eiitut, twnty-
nin, tnirty, miriy-iwu, muj-w.r-,
thirty -five, thirty ix. thirty -svn,
forty-on, forty-two, svnty-aii, afn-ty-srn.
s wnty , ih, svnty - nine,
tijhty, eishty-one, eirhty-two, iihty
three, eiihty-flve, eighty-nine, ninety,
ninety-one, ninty-two and ninty-thre.
March pointed out that to accomplish
thia remarkable task It had been necea-
ssry to acour the world for ships, while
to mslntain the present progress and
achieve the projected four millloj plan
would require gathering more ships
The emergency fleet corporation is
doing "sp! -ndidly" to eaten up, Ataren
ssid, but hiring and chart ring of othe;
ships will be necessary to meet the in-
creaaed effort
Lin Shortened SO Mils.
The chief pointed to the significant
fact that the general effect of the blows
recently dealt th Germans bus been to
shorten the line from the North sea to
Khelms so that today it stands at less
than "JOO miles reduction of SO miles
through the psst week's operations. .
He identified ss the fifth division tne
American unit which captured Frapelle
In the St. Die region, smoothing out a
salient, leaving the Americsn there only
four mtts from the 'Herman frontier.
In anawer to questions he reported
thus on several divisions.
The seventy-seventh, last reported in
the Vosgea; thirty-sixth reached France
between July 30 and Auguat 13 and is
being trsined: ninetieth somewhere In
France; eightieth went Into tue trout
line with tbe British in Flanders as
part of Its training and at the cloae
there of all elements, were withdrawn;
seventy-sixth, a depot division in the
(Continued on page eight)
ALLIES SEEKING TO
COMPEL RETREAT B
New British Thrust Designed to
Force German Withdrawal
by Creating Another Danger
ous Salient in Line.
By J. W. T. MASON
(United Prsss War Expert)
New York. Aug. 21. Today's sttack
by tbe Rritish third army north of the
Ancre, ia for the Immediate purpose of
driving tbe Herman front bnk between
Albert and Arras snd crest'i.g another
dangerous salient which will compel von
Hindenburg to withdraw still further
esstwsrd.
General Ryng, w-ho commanda the new
offensive, ia the creator of the tank
shock tactica which have made oheolete
the long bomhardmenta preliminary to
tbe "infantry giing over the 'op.
General Ryng brought the element of
surprise back Into 0iidern warfare. Th's
is th first opportunity he bas bad to
show his genius aa an offensive com
mander since he broke the Hindenburg
line at Camhrai, at the end of the Rrit
ish campaign last autumn.
The aector along which General Byng
is attacking today Is the nearest to the
Hindenburg line of sny part of the weat
front. Tb distsnce varies from two to
20 miles. The most importsnt lntermcdi
ste fHjints is Rapsume, snout eight miles
east of the British front and JO miles
west of the Hindenburg line.
The principal high road and railway
running into the German front between
Albert and Arraa passes through Ra
panme. Ita capture ly tbe Rrfti.h would
tend to push the Germans back to the
Hindenburg line at a point where they
wonld have to be supplied from Csmbral.
Tbe associstion of General R.vng'a name
with the British success at Cainhral Im
mediately suggests tbat bis present strat
egy hss ae ita ultimate objective the de
velopment of a aituatlon tbat may agaia
bring Cambral into tbe area of actu.il
combat. Tbe situation copteins highly
drsmstic poft.iMHtirs, while ll is return
to dissrrsnge still further v- n Hindru
burg's essentisl plana for building up
new raserv arm
DRAFTIASU
E
IS DELAYED Bf
AGE QUESTION
Unwillingness of Some Mem
bers of Congress to Draft
Men Under 20 Threatens
Temporary Blockade of Bill.
PRESIDENT MAY TAKE
HAND TO GAIN SPEED
Manpower Proposal, As First
Reported, Will Carry Amend
ment Holding Boys of 18 and
19 in Reserve.
Wasbiugton, Aug. 21. UnwilliiigncB
of aoui members of congress to druft
men under 20 threatened tixljy to block
temporarily- the army program of get
ting bo divieiuns of American troops !U
Franc by next June
Thia is the program Chief-of Staff
March baa declared will beut Geruauuy
during 1010. Th manpower bill, is it
will be reported to tbe home todey by
the military affuir committee, carries ao
amendment plating boy of IS and 10 iu
special cluaaea to be called af'er all older
men in class oue sre summoned. The
amendment threatena to imped the army
program in two ways. Firat to delay ita
paasage through the house and senate
and in all proliability force prolonged
conference between tbe two houses.
President May Taka Hud.
Second, to fore Crowder to do over
gain much of the work already complet
ed in preparation for the new draft.
Aa a rrault. President Wilson if neees
aary will appeal peraonally to congreas
to strike out the objectionable proviaiou.
Lnleaa tbe manpower bill la entcled
within th next month the war depart'
rrnt will be forced to curtail troop hlp
menta to France or take th chance of
u industrial upheavul by uaing deferred
classes.
Opponents of the amendment today
however, still held out hope that it cau
be defeated on tb flcor. Kvery Commit
tecmun who voted againet tbe measure
reserved the right to fight It. They will
poiln out that the country alreaoy has
tbe pi-omiae of Secretary of War Baker
tbat bo) a of 18 will be laat called.
Administration pressure muy be called
Int" the fight, if It becomes necessary.
Baksr Offers Amendment.
Another amendment oposed by Daker
which will likely go into the bill provil
ing for the drafting of the so-called mar
riage slackers linker has asked that thia
be left to rcgtilattona because they ar
not so rigid aa written atatutea.
The Thomas work or fight amendment
is almost sure to be left out of the bill
when it govs to the house.
Although the manpower bill will be
reported today Chsirmsn Deut of the
military committee does not expect to
c,-.!l it up until Thursday.' lie believes
it will go through in one duy. ,
The bouse military committee today
ordered Chairman bent to rejHirt tbe
new manpower bill, carrying an amend
ment to put men of 11 and ID In separ
ate claasification, not to 'b tailed untii
all older men are taken.
The bill will be reported favorably aa
soon as it can be printed, either lata to
day or tomorrow.
Committee membera who voted againat
(Continued on psge eight)
INQUEST TO BEHELD
No Suitable Explanation Yet
Offered for Death of Fresno
Boy and Girl.
Fresno, Cel., Aug, 21. An Inquest
was to l held over the bodie of Gladys
Rodden 10, and Whitman Curtis 20, who
were found yeaterday in a burning build
ing and with bullet wounds ia their
bodies.
No ressonable motive for either mur
der or auk-idc had been worked out by
the police before tbe Inquest wss rolled.
Whether tbe boy snd girl formed a sui
cide pact, or whether they wereimurder
ed were tbe two theoriea on which the
inquiry was to be based.
Tbe girl waa n"t dead when a neisbbor
found them. She is said to have made no
iptelligihle statement before she died.
Powder hums were on the girl's nruis.
The hoy had a bullet in his heart- A re
volver Iwaa grasped In the girl'a hsnd.
I'srcnta of neither the boy nor the girl
could offer a solution.
LIF.l'TENANT IS St'ICIDE
Chicago, Aug. 21. Dr. Victor E. La
ger, lieutenant in tbe dental reaerv was
a suicide ber todsy. Melancholia Induced
by his failure to see active duty waa the
cause assigned by friends.
Mr ADOO IX NEW YORK
Wsshington, Aug. 21. Hecretsry Me
Adoo hss gone to New York to confer
with official- of the federal reserve
bsnk of thst city to-lay. Tressury offi
cisls declined to mske public th matter
to b diacuaaed.
FRENCH 111
NEW DRIVE
MAKE GAINS
General Mangin's Army Contin
ues Advance Started Yester
day Between Oise and Aisne;
Taking Many More Impor
tant Villages.
FRONT LINE IS EXTENDED
TO LENGTH OF 25 MILES
Enemy Rushing Up Reinforce
ments to Stem Tide, Concen
trating Resistance at Our
scamp and Carlepont.
By JOHN Of 6ANDT
(United Prs Staff Crrpadat)
Tarla, Aug. 21. French troops, out"
flanking Ourscamps forest have reached
a point near Tortoise, less than 4,000
tarda (slightly more than two miles)
southeast of Noyon.
Pressure is being methodically ezerttd
toward Lassigny and Noyon. Th latter it
now more threatened from the aoathea.c
than from th southwest-
Camelin (aeven milea southeast of
Noyon) and Rlerancourt (a mil south
east of Camelin) have been passed.
(This latter progress represents a to
tal advance ut six miles by Margin
army).
By WCIB MILLER '
(United Prsss 8aff Corrtsposdest)
Taria. Aug. 21. General Mangin i
continuing hia advance between the Ois
md Aisue and ha mad dlstisasstf
porta ut gains at aome points. S
more villages have been occuoied.
ieverni
He b gradually encoding his furbtius' :
front eastward, until aw it reaches from i I I
tbe Oise almost to Hoissoos over aa ir.
regular line nearly 25 mile long.
Tb Germana are ruahing np reinforce
menta in motor trucks and re concen- ?
(rating their resistance in Carlepont and ;
Ourscamps forest (borderiig the eaat f
bank of the Oise from Usillj northward
to Hempigny). t
The French, however, are making good
progress just east of these wooded areaa i
beyond Nsmpcel, where tbe n-ost furioua I
fighting is going on. - - - f
Many Vlllaaa TaMa.
Mangin la now in poaaeaeion of a aeora
of villagea and many scores of strung
points. He la holding tie entire Carle-pon-Cuta
road (Cuta is four and a halt
miles southesst of Noyon). Tbe Boise.
de-Lamontagne, bills 130 and 141, Belle
(Continued from page two)
E CONCERT
IS SET FOR TONIGHT
Men in Training at University
to Make Merry With Songs !
and Yells. f
The second summer training camp
campflre concert will be held ' at tb)
trenchea at the I'nlverslty of Oregon to
night. Colonel John M. ' Leader, com
mandant, announced today that Euge))
people have been invited to attend. TtU
program ha been scheduled to coni
mence at 8:30 o'clock.
- Special preparationa for the concert
hare been made. Each company In camp
will have Its songs and yell v .
Words for the songs hav. been pre'
pared by various men ia the camp and
ti'nes of popular songs will b used.
. ' 1 t
Argentina's Contribution
to Red Cross is $185,000
Washington, Aug. 21. A cmtlgrraent
of $ls.'.,000 In gold reached America
Red Croaa headquarters here today frost
Buenoa Alrea aa Argentint'a contribu
tion to the Red Croaa drive. It waa also
announced that Chile waa sending I!2-t,-000.
Word hss just arrived of a com
bined Argentina-Brsxilisn Red Cros
drive at Perns mbnrs, th proceeds of
Ifl.fcOO being divided between the two)
big allied societies. -
Bulgarian Emperor Reported
Near Death at Frankfurt
Madrid, Aug. 21. The newspaper Lib
eral reporting from unauthoritative sour
ces ssys tbst Csar Ferdinand of Bul
garia Is at Frankfurt desperately 111 and
believed to be dying. HI family I. aaid
to be with elm. Tb newipir expreaaea
the opinion that th death of th cxar
would create diatnrbaDce In 8o(ia that
would end ia th declaration of a repnb.
lie in Bulgaria within a few dara.
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