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DAILY EDITION VOL. VIII., No. IT. a rots turn, aowvaxm oovm. orxqom. FRIDAY. MAY 17, IMS. W1IOIJ5 XCMBER 2S6S. nes. NEVAMERICAN HI BRITISHERS IN THAI N I NO A RICA WITH TUB FOIUICS IIUXKINU OKRMAN NORTH WKSTKKN DIUVB KEEPING HUM (Ml Asasrtnui Troops Not Itrtat-hed Vrn PwrahlM's Comnuutd part of Nw Movesaoet With ths Americas Army la France, May Troopi ol ths nsw American army have arrived within lbs ion of Brltlih tore In north sra Francs, and sre now completing their training In the area occupied bjr the troop which are blocking the Oermsns In their effort to reach the English channel porta. .Washington, May IT. The troops referred lo a the "new American army," are force being brigaded with the British, and 11 are probably la Flander. They are not troop de tached from General Pershing's force, but are a part "of 'the new movement of troop from the United State, ai forecaited by Moyd Oaorsje recently. '' UKRMANY WOVM' START J. A HKVOMTION IX ITALY WMhington. May 17 Revolution army documents snd bombs aad fire arm of German oilgtn designed for dMtflbutloh In lUly, havs been seised recently by the Zurich police, says srf'omciai dispatch today to. the Italian emueaay. mum iiiirn IIHUAIJ (ILLLU II . AMERICAN AIRPLATtE Sew York. May 17.- Captain An tonio Silvio Rsanatl of ths Royal Italian flying corps was killed today at ths Hempsted Hying Held. The rsptsln was testing an American built Capronl plan carrying 60 bombs. Ths mschlns ross (00 feet and crumpled, falling backward. Resnatl, who was atrappsd to his sat, was crushsd by ths engine. Resnatl rerently made a round trip flight from Washington to New Tork In a 10 passenger plans. ALLIED TPDOPS CAPTURE TEXT OF i PROPOSED GERnAll "PEACE' TERL1S With the French Army In France, ( Wednesday Night, May 15. Ger many's conditions of peace are clear ly stated In a document found In a German trench that waa recently re captured by entente allied troop. A resume of the principal conditions at given In an official translation rends: "After the enormous sacrifice we have made of our blond and property we exact at a necessary minimum to the preservation and development of Germany, the following:, "Belgium, especially the Flanders coast, with Antwerp, In to romnln under Gormnn military, economic and political dependence. "Liberty of the east shall bo pro perly established for all nations, the central powers being allowed a com mercial fleet totalling 17.800,000 tons, while that of the allies' should amount to 10,900,000 tons. "Ojir colonies shall he returned with augmentation. "We are to have more numerous and stronger naval ttatlont. SEMI LEADERS DELAY Preaiiloat's Objection I NX pone ttiemborUU ltmlullis) I'nUI Monday Wathlngton, May IT. President Wilton's unswerving oppoaltloa to the Chamberlain resolution prevail ed In the nt today when leader on both ilda agreed not to bring the resolution up until Monday. In the meanwhile some ort of a eom promli I considered likely. Washington, May 17. President Wilton hss authorised Secretary Tu multy to deny that he la opposed to the aircraft Investigation by the ten ate military committee, and to aa- aouace that fee object to the 'co vert' purpose of the Chamberlain resolution, because be knows Its pur pose. - CALLED M Ths locsl bosrd haa received no- tloe that ,11 men are called from Josephine county to be tent to Ft McDowell,, Cal within the five day period beginning May II The board has not been Informed as to ths exart date of entralnmenl but It Is believed the men wilt be celled about May II. , Ths list of men called to ths ter ries follows: . Roy Prederlok McFarlln. ' Robert Karl MeCallltter. ' Fred Crltessr. Anton Edward Milter. William Fred Herman. . Charles f Jiwrencs. - ; ' " ' ' fleorgs Unton Ifays Caldwell. Kestfeth Uster Vlnysrd. Ra York. V - rmnald Graham Harry Klncsld. Hobart Ralph Ollflllan. . Wl'lam I. Powers. Bertie Frsncls narmon. Joseph Henry Campbell. Sedley Floyd Borough. Wlllard Carl Crawford. ! Fred Frederick Costaln. Roy William Peterson. Henry Hess. . l-ory Miller. Alternates William Albert Oran. Charlea James Cotton. Marlon Baldwin. George Alfard Sargent. i THIRD I4BKHTY LOAN GREATLY OVER Hl'IIWRIREH Washington, May 17. Unofflclal reports put ths third Liberty loan well above It, 000.000.000.- - ' ' , !'The Ixmgwy, and Briey mine fields ' which furnished France lit weapons for attack shall become German. "v, "Re-adjustments of the frontiers, particularly In ths Vosgea, ars to be fixed, sccordlng to the military sit uation and the appreciation of the commandant. Our frontiers muat be such that their defense Is mads easier.' , ,- "The former Gorman Baltic prov inces shall be Incorporated, their rich soil furnishing new cereal fields for German peasant emUrants, thus protecting the empire ngnlnst the danger of famine. "Courland, Lithuania, Mvonla and ftHthonln are to be cnlonited. "One million eight hundred thous and tons of Rumanian petrol will be at the disposition of Germany. "TIiopo nntlons" who attacked peaceful Germa'nyf' must pay all war CT charges In raw material, ships, ready money and territorial concessions, leaving Germany" with only five bil lions national debt." V UNCIVILIZED HliE IS ' RESORTED TO HIXt PLANT INrKltNAb MA. tlllMCM IX ( MAN'S liANIl TO STOP PATIIOIil M D01S H!i$ Meatenanl lUchetibactie-, Recently Psworstsd by Frra, Threw Planes Attacks With ths American Army In Franca, May IT. German forces op posite the Americana la ths sector aorta west of Toul ars resorting to Infernal machines to cheek tas ac tivities of ths American patrols. An Amsrlean ttsppsd on a .wire which sxploded a concealed bomb. Injuring several In his patrol groan. With ths Amerlran Army la France, Msy 17. An Amerloan aria' tor northwest of Toul brought down another German alrplans this morn ing. Lieutenant Rlckenbschsr, for merly an automobile raoer, nttaeksd three enemy planes and brosght down ons of them Rlokenbaeher was recently rated with the French war cross for bravery. " OMAHA AH ."SOME" LAW. AGAINST LOAFING Omaha. May 17. Ths Omaha po lice today started arresting all Idlers nndsr a new state law passed st special session of the legislature. Ths penalty la a fine up to 110.- 100 or Imprisonment from on to It years. Anyon not working, who re fuses to accept useful employment. will be declared guilty of sedition and arrested. EMI IE1 Kill BJVMES '-. With the American Army In France, nay it. t;apuin uavia 17. Captain David Peterson of Honeadale, Pa., and Cap- tain Kenneth Marr, California, the, heroes. In the aerial battle Wed nes- day In which Captain Peterson shot down two 'German monoplane and Captain Marr deatroyed an enemy bl- plana In the Toul sector, related their stories of ths battle today. "I was flying near Thlacourt at an altitude of 5,000 meters," said Cap tain Peterson, "when I saw two tier man Albatross scouts going away at right anglea In the distance. One was ahead of the other. I ascended 200 meters higher, circled and atop ped my engine and darted after them 1 finally got dote to the last plane. At a distance of 100 yards I opened fire and the German machine almost Immediately burst Into flames and fell. "I continued straight on my course," he continued, "and, within two minutes had the other enemy machine before me. He atarted a quirk dive,, but I am certain that some of the bullets went home. One of the wings of hit machine crump led up at the same moment. At I circled about I saw one machine burning on the ground and the other smoking In Its downward plunge, crash to the earth. That Is all there Is to It. It was a cinch." Captain Marr was flying at an alti tude of 2,000 meters wheri he tas an enemy 'machine ovor the Ameri can lines. ' "As I opened up my motor snd away, circling out from our line amtd a cloud of puff balls from our airplanes, together with several oth-j Asolone and Monte Pertlca. These tre of the war. Nowhere have the 'Archies,' " he said. "I circled out er machines took the air and dlsap-jtwo heights, about three miles apart, Italian lines been reached by attack wider, and Anally passed the Ger- peered toward the front. ' rise to an altitude of about 5.000 lng parties of Austrlans. I BRITISH 1 MEN DESTROY 15 BIS SIX OTHER KNKMY PLANES ARK FOILCKO DOWN OCT OK tON. , TIW)I. HY ALLIED AIRMEN img hub's :m HeUef st British Headquarter That taw Nest Great Battle Will Be ths ' tVwcasl Teas of the War With ths British Army, May 17. Ideal flying weather Is reportsd la Flanders, but not good for Cermsn flysrs. Ons British brigads yester day destroyed IS German ptanea and drove tlx others down out of control Ths weather la perfect today alto The allies ars still waiting for Hlndenburg to show his band. It la ballsvsd ths neat battls w'.'l os cru- eta.t London, May 17. German art 11 Isry Is Increasingly actlv from Le- n to Hinges, along ths . western aids In Us Flanders salient, and be tween ths forest of Ntepps and Me tres. America Is contributing to ths stif fening of ths allied line In both Plc- adary tad Flander. Ths reaewal of a German thruat In Flaadsrs shortly sesms probably rant are Increasingly active In the 1jr salient. . , , .. ... " MORE GF.RMAX VEFFICI EWCV Amsterdam; May 17. Germany Is calling In her hlckal coinage, : the metal of which la' needed for pro jectiles, snd Is substituting alnc for minting colas Of this" class. " Authority has' Just bsen given for ths misting of 10,000,000 marks' worth of sine 10-pfennlg pieces. DESCRIBES ' , w ,, L', man and turned again down our line between the enemy and between the enemy and the sun Both of us had the sun at our backs, "Aa i opened up my motor and drew nearer, I saw that I had a two seater to deal with. 1 thought that lbs German might tee me or hear my motor, so I went a hundred' me ters lower, until right under the tall of his machine. Then. I pointed the nose of my airplane .upwind and went on a level with the enemy, and opened fire at him at -point-blank: range. ' The German never knew 1 waa there nntfl Incendiary bullets. alternating with ordinary mlsntles, began pattering through his ma-1 chine. After 10 shots his machine' toppled. I must have got a lucky shot home on the pilot,. for the ma chine went down, wavering through the air like a leaf railing from a tree. I ssw the observer standing up In the machine, trying 'to get his ma chine gun to bear on me, first from one tide and then from the other. I certainly felt sorry for the helpless beggar. There he was, dashing toa certain death, but to the last gamely trying to give me a fight." Captain Peterson and Captain Marr were standing on their flying field at daybreak this mornlnn. as they spoke flying and It was a perfect day for they v-t? nVe t" In-v? for a patrol o-.-r tr-e m;ny lines As the- Fto-i'irrt I'to their machines, Cvtn Marr Bald: "Well, we're off again. Maybe we will get tome more. Maybe th.ey-.wlll get us. Anyway, It's a fine day for lt.' So long." The motort started and the two ODESSA n DIM lloUhevtkl Troop (rue Caapia Sea and 4'ptaJia Port of Baks) From the Mused ma na London, May 17 Martial law has bsen proclaimed in Odessa by ths Austrian commandant at ths request of ths Germane, fighting Is report ed In ths atrsets of Kiev and rl. dent ars fleeing. Conatantinople, May 17. RusUn Bolshsvlkl troops havs recaptured ths port of Baku on ths Caspian sea. Ths troopa crossed on gunboat aad attacked ths If ussslmana. who aban doned ths town. CRER APOLOGIZES FOR RECBIT SPEECH Wsshlngton. May 17. Geo. Creel spologlxed today to congress for hit much discussed recently New York speech. In whloh he wss quoted as saying that hs disliked slumming and would not explore the hearts of congressmen. Hs wrote to Chairman Pon of ths rules committee, which was considering resolutions on ths incident, saying, "I admit Indiscre tion, snd regret It deeply." HIMAXIAN ARMY IS ' ; ORDERED DIHRAXDKD Amsterdam. Msy 17. An order for ths demobilisation of ths Ruma nian army was published In ths Of ficial Gasette at J assy oA May 14. Alexander Marghlloman, Rumanian premier, while conversing with a Ro manian newspaper representative, taia mat uessaraDia, with ths ex ception of s slight rectification of Its northern frontier, would be Join ed to Rumania. FIFTEEN AMERICANS .ARE KILLED IN ACTION . Washington. May 17. One hun dred and six namea are on the casu alty Hat. Fifteen were killed In ac tion, tour died of disease and eight are missing. CHAIN LETTERS TABOOED . IN W. 8. ft CAMPAIGN Washington. May 17. "Don't boost the sale of war savings stamps! 'Washington, May 17. An ofldat by . means of chsln letters." This report says the concrete ship "Faith' request, waa made by officials of the Jon her trial trip proved herself treasury department Wednesdsy. equal. If not superior to steel ships. TROOPS FIGHT HUIB-MID Oil ' flUSTRO-ITALlAII Vienna. May 17. Bitter fighting between the Brents and Plave rivers the Italian front Is reported. In on the Italian front Is reported. In the official statement Issue 1 b the war office today. . The statement! today. The statement! ter flghtlng on tht8 particular front. I the latter stating that Italian sol- nads: . "Between the Brenta- and Hiave, several Italian reconnoiteriug' on Monte Asolone In two places, thrusts were repulsed. - As a result j The fact that the Italian armies' of these attacks, hand-to-hand nsht-'have taken the initiative in the Bght Ing developed on Mont Asolone and j ing would seem to Indicate that they , Monte Pertlca." : have sought to carry the fight to ths ' ' ' I enemy in such a way as to break up Among the rugged peaks of the any arrangements for the launching Aslago plateau, east of the Brenta of a strong Teutonic assault. This1 river, the Italian front has again; has many precedents In the present flamed Into violent action. The ag- war. a strong offensive at the threat Rressive has been taken by the Ital- ened point being considered the best Inns, however, and' the Austro-Ger- defense, under certain clrcumstan- rnt fnrcrs, instead of launching their lor.vxnc-ted assault c. the Italian lines, have 1 een ro-ne'lel to Oght hard to maintain the oI- Hons where they have stood since last November, The fighting teems to have cenrer- led on the comparatively short sec- tor of, the battle line between Moms Vffij FOR RED CROSS TO DEGIHSIIiW HOPE TO HAVE OXNTY'S Ql'OTA SI-B8CKIBED BY MONDAY NIGHT TO KEMJTTD OoBBuaUttess) Leave Ssnadaf Night for Oosnsty Work Nsaae FwraiesMd OnaBanittsws A meeting wss held last evening of all the team 'cap tain a aad com mittees engaged In ths Red Cross drtvs for this county. It was decided thst ths drive will be completed by Tuesday night. Town and country districts will bs worked st ths tarns tlms, several of ths committees to leave Sunday to assist ths branch auxiliary. A complete list of names will bs furnished to ths various teams, who will solicit thsm on Monday. It Is expected that every eltlxen In Grants Pass and resident of ths county of Josephine will possess and wear ons of ths celluloid buttons Is- . dlcatlvs of his contribution to the Rsd Cross drive. Any person dls- -covered not wsarlng on of these . badges after Tussday will be report ed to the nearest solicitor, where upon he 'will Immediately bs inter viewed. ' j 4 It In the desire of these patriotic and: pnbllc spirited cUlswna. who ar. members of ths teama. that ths de signated quota be subscribed bir Mondsy night,' In order that thef may tend In the report of Josephine county "going ovsr ths top" la this drive. . . ; . - , j On Tuesday srenlng . a meeting will be called of all team captains, t solicitors and the executive commit- tee In ths Chamber' of Commsros rooms for ths final resort aad alee to celebrate the occasion. COmGRETESHP IS EQUALT0ST1 BATTLE WIT feet while between them, there is s crt of "saddle," on which ths Teu- I tonio force, have tskea up strong positions. Both the Vlenns and Rome official statements tell of bit- the'diers have entered Austrian trenchea CCS. -'." WhUe the fighting has been very flerc esst of the Brenta, the whole . Italian line from Lake Garda to the Plave and thence to the Bea, has bren marked by patrol engagements which appear to he Isolated actions, but which may.be component parts of a plan of campaign In that thea- r