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"VOIj. VII, No. 171. obants pass, jousrairo oouirrr, Oregon, - Thursday, vne m, 1017 WHOTJI sTUMBKB 2001 DAY'S STORY OF U-BOATS 1 ON OUTSKIRTS OF COAL CITY .-. 1 v. I CAPTriUO OK IMIltTANT MIXING CKXTKH ONLY MATTER OK, A ' new days FIERCE MULE IK PROGRESS tarauuu Am Being Nvn KroM Jtaln to Haiti In Btabbora Itesle ,,,.laae to Onnqaarljig Briton BrtUh Hredquartnra, June JW.. A lata dlapeuch) Iteawred to Um ateoveslty of fighting from ruin to Ml 0 the bemad city, and their awwarfal tranche eatalda) th Iowa Alum, tha Uerauui posttiue M Lena .has become eitretnely critical UiU fto..: . , j- . With fresh Uritlaa advances tb Jernutns destroyed th bridg over "Th floachee river Ink lag to the ritjr fros 'AH """'- British Headquarters, Frsnce, Jum 28. Cansdlan troops have oe rupled the town of Wtu Dit Leauv tte, a halt mil southwest of liana. Caaadlau patrols have shoved out In front of tht village penetrating even lor.tq tthq .coal city, aw-iaW & ''.-' The enemy cling tenaciously- to AvToa." lte gave up hi trenches, which were nit a slop lesding up to .Ue village, tlttl- - a quarter at !T,rJ.u,tl t hpuaea, 6nly un--dr MfOftg :'Wiio.w. JUal, Jw line la Immediately In front of the moat westerly row of bouse In Av ion. It la connected with cellar and -dug-out In the vlllMe to which the occupants ran retire when heavily . eheUed. Strong Canadian patrol were sont out during laat night along mom of the front to learn something of the condition In this trench line. They found them strongly he)d bj the p my and were unable to enter his defense.' The Canadian heavy artil lery baa on more taken up the "work of destruction. Between Avion and Lena a consld--arable etretoh of tnarah has teen flooded and wire entanglement have been destroyed on the eastern aide of th flood area. SUFFRAGISTS SlflG Washington, June ST. The . nix Nuttraglsts who were yeaterday sen tanoed to Jail for picketing before the . White House, aeera to be enjoying their atay Immensely. Nothing like hunger strike has been 'attempted. They gathered around the Jail or- tgan laat night and sang hymns for an hour or more, "flod Be With You TUI We Meet Again" being the , favorite. ; 4- Their audience was a group of ;bout St negro women prisoner wkem they later were permitted to address, their talk being feverent Apats for "the cause." BEGINS ACTIVE WORK ' llirla, June 28. (Major ' Mltoliel, ann American army aviator hits boon In active service flying over the Gor man lino at Vorclun and elaowhero during the past weak, the Amorlcsn headquarters announced. Mitchell Is one of the first Am erican army officer to reanh France -after the deolarntlon of war, Two' -weeks ago he started a tour of I he various French flying (quadrille, He Is the first regular army officer of uthe t'nlted States to get 'Into action. Imldtit Heady to Proclaim Regu lations Governing KxempUoMt Prom Army Conscription BUI, Washington, June 18. The x emptloa regulations to be used In putting Into operation the , army draft law, have been completed and wjll toon be Issued In a proclama tlon by the president. Every provi slon that could possibly be the eause of unfairness or tampering has been carefully safe-guarded. , From authorstlve source It Is learned that the regulations provide the following general exemptions: Married men with wife and children solely , dependent upon nlnn . men with need parents solely dependent upon him for support; men. wltb or phaned brothers or sisters under cer tain eg; worker In Industries ne eessary to maintenance of military organisation and the national Inter est; stste. eoanty and federal of ficials. ' Affldavlta will be, required from claimants for exemption cover ing tte pouts specified aa entitling l : - .A ' mem to soon exempuon. g The regulations do not speclflcall to the maintenanoe of the' military organisation and pUonal Intereeta. , i , IIKIin'M COMM1HHKIK ON TllAN84XYri.VKKTAJi TRIP Waahlngton, June St. The trage dy of ,, Belgium will be told to the whole of America by men who have een through' "It In the foithromfnj to'.r of the Belgian mission. Tentative plans for their lrao continental awing contenjpate the most txtenajve. tjur JtoHSpn JM yet made -. . ; -'vw . J . Among the placet under consider ation are .Chicago, Butte, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Cheyenne, Salt Lake, Kansas City. Wichita. Oklahoma City and many othera. ANNAPOUS CUSS won I WtM'-y -Ml O.i n r.xr : ',". ,f , . Annapolis, June 28. One hundred and ninety-nine memtbere of,, the daaa of 118 of the naval academy were graduated today a year ahead of time In order to furnish more officers for the enlarged navy. . . Secretary of tht Navy Daniel, la making the presentation speech, said: "A victory for the United 8tatet and her allies will forever end the fic tion of the divine right of the Ger man "'government. They will then have learned that a democracy pf 100,000,000 people can apeak with on accord when their rights are violated." PAROLE OFFICER NABS' - AN ESCAPED CONVICT 1.1 TVV" Portland, June 88. A man wear ing the yellow slicker given state oonvlcts when they work In the fields stepped up to State Parole Officer Joe Keller on the street. "Can you tell me the way to the Burnslde bridge?" the man asked., Keller recognised Georke Hohoff, life termer, confessed murderer, who recently esraiied from the state pen Itontlary. He kqew Hohoff hsd a gun. Keller wss unarmed. , The officer stepped up close to the convict." '"You're hot going to the Uurnslde tovldgo," he said. "Come with me," .' Roller put his right hand In his cost pocket and stuck his Index fin Kcr Into the corner of his cost, as If he hnd a gum. "Covering" Hohoff In thlsfashloa, Keller ordered Ho hoff to raise his hands above his head and. the two marched 'off to the police station, where Hohoff was disarmed. Today Hohoff li back. IB the ttata penitentiary. EEUry Mca Ccsvccd Tbt ' wn ' "' smv as pttifzt fzztxt New York, Juno 28. As eoon as the food control bill la ont of tbs way, the admlnlatratlon It going Into oongrest wltb Itt aeroplane program. Eminent military men of this ooun try and Its allien have decided that America can do more la the quickest time, toward bringing about the ae feat of Oermaay's armlet by tht eon- structlon and manning of an im mense fleet of air craft tnaa In 'any other one way. Tlflt sUtemirat is maae ia a muiutry sen, ana aoee not mitigate against the great' seed. in which , all our alllet look to 'the United States, of furnishing the larg est possible amount o( foodstuffs for tbalr auatmiaiMMi '' " ('"' r. , Brigadier-general Geo. O. Sadler. head of the American army aviation aenice, bee' given to a special waiter on the New Tort Bun e sutemen of m raiciw is i;i i ii i;i Portland, June 18. Although, the tag ends of the. Red Cross fund will be oqmng la foe tome days, yet, most Of tat subscriptions have been report 4a4 'Oregaa. Jm aieder - bertelf The nation came to Oregon aaking for fOQO.000 aa thai state's fair pro- poitloa of the 1100,000.000 Red Croat mercy fund. For every dollar asked Oregon baa given nearly $1-70. Of this amount 1609,000 baa come from the state outside of Portland. The state at large was naked for only 1400,000, a sum that appears small compared with what Oregon hat dem onstrated aa lie unstinting liberality and capacity to give. Nearly all the counties exceeded their apportionments. A small min ority fell beneath what waa expect ed, of them, and late returns may put them on the other side of the ledger. , Four of the counties of the etste HYPNOTIZED. p. mm xmmmmmm, -1 (.'.'.'. tle Usitd States fa Wei - - - Fleet cf Affcpksa ta what the mlllury men of the ad mlnlatratlon have in mind In asking oongrest for the Immenee strm of t00, 008,000 for aeroplanes: . H "We wiq put the American punch Into the war," aald General Squ(ef, "by having thla government,, , con struct suoh aa overwhelming force of, lrsljlps as to make it ImpoeaTble for, the German air, service to, live," 'm Commenting on the f 00,000,900 aeroplane., building,, aocram tbat 1 to. be .laid before eontress br the council of lAUonal. defense. .General . "I haven't the slightest doubt of the TaaWt nerve,, and ability ,to endure, any, hardabfp.aa wjelj., t perhapa. bette thaatba eitUena of tax ptter.country.. But wbat t am considering If bow .ty 'glp r Amerj- vren (Coatlnned oa Page J)-1 '" failed to raise the amount which was apportioned, to them, namely: Clatsop. Jefferson. Klamath ' and Lake. ' The percentages above their allotted ejabtae tbW by tke tlet It highest for' the ' Waaco-Sher-maa combination where' they raised 851 per cent more than was allotted to them.' ' jne" county was second. Her quota was $l.00d an she 'rais ed $58,000 or 200 per cent excess. Had the state headquarters ' Judged Josepbtne county's quota as the com mittee here understood it, she would have been AKird.' Local men consid ered her quota as $4,000, and she raised $10,S75; or better' than 150 per cent excess. But oa the baete of the headquarter quota of $5,600, Jo sephine county la tied wltb Union county for fourth ptac. ; Oniam Wbeeler combination raised III per cent more thaa itt quota and Jose- (Continued oa Page 2) Y01)ARV)C.TORIOUS - ji i rtn lieu, Well fed anO conttod i!!1.)" .a- .ii'-j.i r Herding ia Brooklyn Katie. .v. . .. . .... - Weekly ToO of ' Sabaaariaa Loeees .Sbowe Aaother laersass la Victims of Teatoa Hathlessaeae ' ,1 'ft yWittHi ' I.-;"-rtJ'.'.7.J;nv. : London, Jane 28. Mines or Tea tonic submarines were respoaslbte for the sinking laat week of 11 Brit ish vessels of more than 1,100 tons each, and seven under 1,800 tone, according to the weekly British ad miralty ttatemeot. . Washington, Jnn 18 Th few er person there are saved from th crews of, aunkea merchant ships th better." t This ruthless doctrine was expounded by Professor Flaua, ship ping spedahst of the Charlottenbnrg teebnical blgb school; and printed la the Frele Zeltung of Berne, the state dpartant waa. advised .Tuesday af ternoon. London, June 28. The Norwegian steamer Volett and - ths Swedbn taamsblp Gotis have been sunk by tnbmarinet, wtb the lota of teveral lives, according to Cppenhagep dlt- patob today, fifteen of tnot aboard this Volett were' saved!. The other perished.'' Four mea and two women are missing from to Gotla. v t. Copenhagen, June 28.- Two more Norwegian ships have been sunk by German submarine, said a dispatch from Christiana today. They were the King. Haakon, and the Maggie. Only six members of the King Haa- London, Jan 28. The American sailing sblp Galena, bound from New Tork .Kflr Rooen,' Trance, , has been tnak ff TJtfeaat by aGermaa jrntHj JvVort of the dastrectioa -o the vessel was received today from Brett where' It member of th crew were landed. - There were no 'casualties, , ., Tbe ship was hed ap on June 85, and a bom 1.waa placed ton board, which blew a big hole In the hall. ' Tbe Galena displaced $1 tons and was formerly the Foaag Soey. : LOOSE SAYS CWE Mi -iiil fee i j ' ".ai'EfiA ! Wsahlngton, ' June1 'W. Senator Lodge of U assaohusetta this after noon 'opened the attack on the dry amendment inserted by tbe house la ihe'food control bill and approved by tbe senate committee oa agricul ture.; ;'-. ' Lodge urged that the dry legisla tion be ' limited to prevent further manufacture ; of distilled spirits In stead of the bone dry provisions now In tbe bill. Lodge also propoeed that further 'manufacture' of beers and wines be permitted. s ' ,V: " " GASOUITK KXPL06ION .," SINKS tjcgyjCAN SHIPS Mexico City, June 18. The Mex ican ship Sobeano.was destroyed In Frontera harbor today, when 18,000 gallons of gaollne on board explod ed. Frontera Is In th state of Ta basco. ' ANTI-DRAFT AGITATION . v., AMONG COLOAADO MINERS Trinidad, Colo., June 88. County authorities here are Investigating a report that German spies are organ ising. Austrian and other pro-German miners here to resist conscrip tion. There are many Austrians employed in the local coal fields, and a strong under-current against the draft measure has been noticeable. Al'STRIA MOVING MKN ( TO RI S8IAN BATTLE MXK ' Rome, June 28. As an Indication that the central powers feared a re newal of offensive cn the 'Russian front, the fact Is cited, today a num ber of Austrian division bad been withdrawn from the Italian front and hurried north to the ,. Galtcta mm n FB STATE WILL HELP IX GRADING PACIFIC HIGHWAT TO TBI ' ' voviaM umt ' ' am-reboot A, Highway Cvaamisaioa Apfwrtloaa Nearly Half of Thu, Year's Avail, able Fands oa Pacific BUghway ., Portland, Jon 28. At th meet ing of th state hlgbvay commission, beld ia this city yesterday, appropria tions amounting to : 9880,00 war mad eat of total ef IMst.OOO that win b avaflabl thlt year. Joseph iae county Is to get $10,000 of thla 13m, ,tb earn to b tat la grading Wolf Creek hill aad other part of the Paetfle highway betweea tbi city and thaPooglas conaty Una. t JtongM. eoanty wfll get fTI.OOS from tb state and . like amosnt from the federal government, which with It 200,000 bond tesaa win make an- $850,000, to b speat la grading. tb Pacific highway throng. h eowrty., . (; nv- :.,: ii, Other appropriations were: - Col-x umbia river highway,. TheDaJles to Astoria, $500,000; Fort - Rock . to Ukewiew; $15,00; Bend to LaPlaa, $17,000;, 0brmaa couaty, $15,000; Vaaeq eony. . $10,000 plna I,J5 000 oit of tn forest road fond. The readeria;' by tb stata' -Btaaaaaourtbi-istf. oision ttpbaloW tag the right at taa' ttat blghwsy eommleeloa. to Isaoa $l,80O,90, ta bond as, provided by tha Beaa-Bar-rett bIB, In addlttoa to the, $8,000 000 voted bv the oeople. aas bee prbinptly followed by the edmineaca ment of work by the bighway .com mlaaloa on a definite road program. .With all legal .dlfflcultle smooth ed away by this decision., th high way commission can now lay Out It, road program, both for roads to be . graded or hard surfaced under the $8,000,000 boad .laave or for, foreat and post roads to. be constrncted .or improved ia eoajaactloa with, the federal government. Thla program la large part, baa already ' beea agreed, apoa by xh coanalsaioa'but could aot ba officially acted noon na- tll th tuprem court decided wbeth- er th $1,800,000 provided by the-Bean-Barrett bill could b used. ' J- - " the' pTOgfam tratattvly'''agrd upon Inelndes th allotmeat of $100, 00a for, brd-swfcng pr f , tb highway between,. ; Pendjietoij, , and Wall ..Walla.., . . , ,,, The allotment of $100,000 to hard surface th Columbia river highway for bom distance east of Astoria. -' . Th allotment Ot $100100 19 hard surface as much aa poesibl(of. th Bax-Tigard, road, beginning at tha Multnomah conaty Una. u" ' ' The allotment of $500,000 to earn- -plete tb trading of the Columbl river' highway between Astoria aad The lkUIea..!lt..v. . .j, . , iM-. .,, , ;tThev commission will soon make other ahotmenta for poet-road co (ConUaued oa Page 8), ew acwi upo;i Parla, June 28. A violent artil lery engagement today followed In fantry fighting In Hurteblse-Cornn-let sectors, according to tb official statement from the war office. A German attack on the Watt Wilier salient failed with a number of th enemy killed. Reciprocal bombardments of con siderable intensity continue to pre vail along the Alsne front and In the Champagne, and there also ha beaa a renewal of the big artillery fir ta the Avocourt sector, northwest f Varslaa.';.. '" ' ''"'?".