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DAILY EDITION
HANTS PAM, KMEPHIKB OOUHTT, ORfcOON,
Kill I) A V, JINB T, 101H.
W HOLE NtMIIKK X5M.
you vim., n. iu,v
FRENCH TAKE
prims IN
M0NTD1DIER
IUUTIHII IIMIUN rtMlTINO IN
VILI4AMK OK HIJONV INKI.HT
IIKAVV l-(HWMt
'ALLIED ARMY RECAPTURE TORCY
Orntan Ofllrrr Heftine to Adroit
TluU AmrrtVan Kwvm Ara on
Tlwlr Front I.Iup
Paris, J ii n 7. Tht Frenrh look
piisnnera today weal of Noyon mid
sorth of tli Montdldler sector. In
local operation north of th Alicnr.
tha village of l.e-1'ort west or Konli.
dojt on th Marne, Hill No. 104. nl
the village of Vlnly were raptured
by tho French. The nrltlh regain
ed K foot In at thi village of III I Hny
and Inflicted heavy loeae on lh
enemy.
With tha American Army In
Franca, June 7. Thu American
fighting with lha Frenrh pushed
bark the tin of tha nn1ttnt tndiiy i
rapturing Torcy and ara disputing
the possession of Ruastrrea and
. Rnuresrrhe In an advance of over
two mllee along a front of aim out
three- nillai In length.
Th Oermnn prisoner ay lhal
their officer refit to admit that the
Americana ara on their front.
Tha enemv rlalma that they have
captured 55,000 prisoner aln'a May
17, and hare taken 658 guns and
l.non machine Bona.
TO
TRAIN AT CHW
t'iirv:ilM, Jumi 7. - A jiroiip of
117 enlisted men from California
will come to the Oregon AKrlrulliir.il
college for training In nuto me ban
Ira, carpentry, hlarkiPiiihlng and
wireless. They will In rnmmnnd
of a military officer and rii vnto two
hour a dny to tnllltnry drill. Their
work will ho completed August IB.
whan n now unit of 500 men will
Kln n like course. New barracks
and mo hnlla will havo to bo erort
ad to cure for the oxta nirn during
rosrulnr colloiti' work, whlrh will not
Im nffa(d by tlio army trnltiln?.
MORE STRESS LAID ON
FARETRAI
WnahliiRton, June 7. American
troopa In training at home are being
Hciliill,v arhnolod now in prepnra
tlun for the forward niovemunt of
the allied armlea exported to follow
the ii ) ti tn lit o eniHhliig of Uermany'a
offeiiHlve power. It waa learned to
day that orders linve been Ismied to
dtvlalon enmmnndcra to lay greater
atreaa upon training for opon war
fare, and reduce the time devoted to
teaching trench peclallttea.
ALLIES DESTROYED
OF
WaBhlngton, June 7. Senator
Bwanaon. acting chairman of the
n:ivnl committee, after conferring
with tho nnval liuada, declared that
1he allied and American naval force
have destroyed 60 per cent of all
the Herman aubmarlnea constructed
and have ctit the allied shipping
loBNea 'In half,
MAM
n
REVISION
UmuI Hoard NIioh l-ow AvrK In
CImmi One Half Million Mm Will
I lit tliMlliinl
Washington. Jun 7. tleneral re
vision of rlaaalflcallon under tha
draft art waa tarlfd todny by Ad
jutant General t'rowder, who tvla-
graphrd tha governor of all the
at aim ordering Investlgatlona t'l de
termine tlia reason for the eintll
number In claaa one In ome local!
Ufa. Bom lioarda ahow an average for
Ihla rlase of far below Ilia national
avaraK of ZH.7 par rent. Bom have
even fallen aa low aa 10 par rant and
Adjutant 'General ("rowder aald that
Ihouaanila are now In class four who
ahnuld be In claaa one or two.
It la axpactad that tha rearrange
mrnta will brlnf ovrr half a million
mrn Into rlaaa on. Caeea where the
regtstranta hare marrlad after lha
panning of the draft art will ha care
fully ronaldared.
IAL
T0 BE 10 IN 1ST
Cortland. June 7. Next year the
National Killtorlnl aaopnllon all!
hold Ita annual convention In the
I'aelflr northweat. vUlttnat and hold
ing Ita anmilona In lorn In Krltlah
Cot n in bin. Wnnhlnirton and Oraann.
Definite Information to thl effort
waa rerHved yeaterdny aftarnoon by
W. J. Hofmnn, dlrarlor and commla
alonar of th I'aelfia Northwrnt Tour
lat aaanrlallon, from Harhart Coth
bnrt, aacratary, who la now In Little
Itork, Ark., attending the prawn!
aoanlon of the Nntlonnl Kill'orlul aa
aorlntlon. Fnvornli'a artlon nii tnken hy thr
convention following the prrrentii
t!on of Invllatl'inn to vult tha Int'-r-nntlonnl
Pmlflc north wvat, made by
tha I'nrlflp NorthwPKt Tnurlat bmo-
rlatlon nml hy ropraHpntatlvra of
thi editorial aimoelntlona of Ilrltlxh
Colunililii. Orcnon and Waahlimton.
R..K. Ilrodle, of Oregon City, aat
lirenldent of the Oregon Kdltorlnl aa
norlntlon". arrompanled Mr, Cnthhert
to Little Ilork and tirented an In
vltntlon on Itehnlf of tlia ireaa of
Ihla atate.
lO.IMMl Htll'LI.S UMLV KIIOM
tK PLANT YOU V.WKKKS
' rhleago, June 7. I'lnn for the
jlmnipill'ite conalructlnn of a $(1,500,
icno !i;int for the production of
.lieaxy Hhells for th n'nnnce d'
jpnrtment of the I'nltid States army
'rrp nr mm need toilny by the nso-
:ntlon of ronimorrp. The plant will
employ 5.000 men and will have an
output of 1 0.000 ahella a dny.
RUSSIA GIVES FLEET
TO
Fnria, June 7.--M. Tchltrherin,
tho Kusnlun Uoiahevlkl foreign mln
Hter, has sent a wireless dlapntrh to
Ambassador Joffo In llorlin, accord
'11.4 to a dispatch received by the
HavaK agency from Moscow, an
nonn"lng that tho Ilolnhevlkl kov
ernment la ready to surrender the
RiiHsInn Blnek (tea fleet to Ocrmnny
on condition that the warships be
restored to Htissiu after peace hni
been declared and that the Hermans
refrain from uahm the vncsula. The
conditions also stlpulnta that the
Oerman Invaalon of Russia ahnll
come to an end.
illLLHIIOHO AND McMINNVILLK
WANT (J HA NOR XNVRNTION
Salem, June 7. iMllsboro and Mc
Mlnnvllle are expected to be . the
strongest bidders. of the next atate
grange convention.
YANKEE MARINES IKE
SECOND ATTACK ON HUNS
Americans Hold Firmly on Backs of Marne Fighting With
Machine Guns From Chateau Thierry They Continue
to Hold Crossing-Enemy is Outgamed in Battle
With the Amuilran Koraa on the
Marne. June 7. The American Ma
rine began their aerond attark on
the German llnea lute yeaterday af
tarnoon, capturing the village of
Torcy and driving' ihelr way Into
Uoueraarhea. northwest of Chateau
Thierry. Thla morning they held
Torcy In tha face of repeated coun
ter attack and puahed th Oermana
bark through the atreet of Bouer
nchei, virtually attaining all the ob
Juctlvea of the attack. The Ameri
can artillery waa magnificent.
The American plan did not In
clude the taking of Torcy but the
Marine wept In and drove out the
enemy. The one point where the
objective were not reached waa on
the right of an attack in the Bel-
loan wonda and tha flerrleat fight
ing la continuing there. The Amer
lean troopa Inflicted terrific raaual
tlea on the anamy, uilng bayoneta
freely agalnat the Oermana who at
tempted1 to make a atand In the
ntreeta of Bourache. ' Tha Carman
aurrendered right and left.
lth the American Army on the
Marne, , June 7. The Americans
now hold all the high ground north
west of Chateau Thierry. The ma
rines again attacked at 5 o'clock
yeterday afternoon, and the battle
wu atlll raging late In the evening.
The fight atarted at 3:45 o'clock
yeaterday mornlim and the Ameri
cana had attained all their objectives
by 7:45 o'clock. The Americans
hv. W.r. .aln., .I,, r.
""'V I' l vnnill ITJI It! n 11(1 BU I . . . . ...
hnr,. L u u j;Of famous Jaeger sharpshooters. The
to throw three new dlvlalons of hi
best troopa Into the line during tbe
three daya.
The Americans are Jlke tigers.
Their commanders have all they ran
do to hold the men back. Even
the wounded are enthusiastic to
tight. . A general, dlsrusalng the sit
uation, said he waa elated by the
sight.
The Americans sang and whistled
GERMAN PRISONERS
. DEVELOPING INTO
Loudon, May 8. (Corrospondenctt
of the Associated Press) The Ge.
in an war prisoner bus becomo tun
"hobo" of Russia an Idle, shiftier
wanderer, who wants neither li
work nor to fight. .Many such pris
oners, both Uermajia and Vuntriuns,
were encountered at different points
in RiiBla by the members of thr
Amerk'an Red Cross mission return-
Inx from Rumania. They were never
under guard, were usually In small
groups, and apparently had no em
ployment or wish for employment.
They were without arms and shab
bily clad, and always declared em
phatically .that they had no desire
to get back into the German army,
nor even any wish to return to Ger
many until after a general' peace
waa declared.
If tho prisoner showed any dls-
position to organize or even to travel
about In marauding bands, they
would furnish a serious problem, but
under present conditions, they are
merely a nuisance." '.
At a small station north of Vol
ogda, there was a group of about 50
prisoners Idling on the station plat
form, some asleep In the winter sun,
some playing cards, others whittling
tittle toys and knick-knacks out or
soft wood. The Associated Pr3S
correspondent talked with several it
them. They were greatly surprised
to hear that the United States had
"Yankee Doodle" and iherud as they
went over the top. They made their
way swiftly through the German
dead that law atrewn In No Man's
Land. In addition to prisoners, the
Americana captured 10 ' machine
guns. Oerman prisoner said they
had not been fed for four days, ow
ing to the deadly fire from he
French and American guna which
prevented the bringing up of sup
pile. Theae Oerman were without
helmet. They were tired of war.
They had been told that the British
opposed them a their commander
were afraid to let them know that it
waa the Americana. j
The Oerman were cleared out of
Veullly wood alao. The Merriest
fighting wa In progress at last re
ports near Torcy, which lie about
two and a half miles east of Veullly.
The French attack thl morning
waa to atralghten out the American
line and It wa a brilliant perform
ance In thl they were aaalated by
the American force.- The group of
35 TThlana, who were mounted, waa
cleared out.
"Don't let one scape," shouted a
big American. All but one was kill
ed. He waa captured.
The Americana advanced In a
solid phalanx, their strong, 'deter
mined facea and great physique an
Inspiration to their gallant French
comrades, who now regard them
with brotherly affection.
On Tueeday the Americana faced
a Saxon division, on Wednesday a
guard division, and also a battalion
Americans caught one scouting party
of eight sharpshooters and killed all
of them. ,
The battlefield at night presenta a
lurid picture, with gTeat flashea Hie
lightning racing arross the sky. The
heavy guns are roaring In the dis
tance like thousand of drums' belntr
beaten. Simultaneously the sky. la
being lighted here and there with
(Continued on page 4.)
III RUSSIA ARE
IRE GENUS HOBO
entered the war a year before, and
several of them expressed still more
surprise nt being informed that Am
erica was not the ally of Germany.
, They had been sent to this part o'
RusRla nearly two years before In n
railway construction gang, but had
done no work for several' weeks.
They lived In freight ,cara und got
their food by hook or crook from
.the villagers.
Some of them declared that theyj
had not had a square meal for many 1
days, and they accepted with genu--
Ine gratitude three old loaves of 1 - ,
, . . : Salem, June (. James T. Chln
blnck bread and a few pieces of choc
olate which the Americana were nhleork. superintendent of water dlvi
to spare them. Aa an afterthought, jslon No. 1. comprising counties west
one of the Americans brought out of the Cascades, has resigned, effec
to them the remains of a large round jtlve July 15.
American cheese.. It had been pur-1 Governor Withycombe haa an
chased In New York City and had jounced that he will appoint, Percy
accompanied the 'mission from Van
couver to Yokahama, Moscow
Jassy, serving thronrh"''. tv rX--mnnlan
campaign.
There w" ?e .-! large camps
of D"""" or'poners In the far
norh of Rusala, but these had most
ly broken up completely since the
revolution, owing to difficulties with
the food supply. It was said that
thousands of German prisoners In
these northern ramps died of scurvy,
which was also prevalent In many
of the ' far northern ' villages
among the refugees 1
U-BOATS
BELIEVED
WAITING FOR PREY
Hinklnic of Kti-nmer HarpathU llring
Number of Vlrtlma to It t
Hlenmrr, H Krbonera
Waahlngton, June 7. Ofllclala be
lieve that aubmarlnea ar now lying
In American water waiting for larg
er prey In the tran-Atlantle travel
route off the Virginia cape. The
Inking of the Harpathlan bring the
victim number up to 14. Biz team
era were lost and eight echooners.
Waahlngton, June 7. Sinking of
the British steamship Harpathlan
100 mlles'off the Virginia capes at
9 o'clock Wednesday morning by a
German submarine waa announced
today at the navy department. The
entire crew waa rescued by the
steamer Palmer, which arrived late
yeaterday In Chesapeake bay,
The submarine need a torpedo.
One member of the British craw wa
Injured. Th Harpathlan wu
a
freighter of 1,800 ton net
Atlantic Port, June 7. A French
armed merchant ihtp which came In
to port today reports an enconnter
with a German submarine off the
Virginia capes.
T
TO
The Southern Oregon and North'
ern California Dental association
will hold Its convention at Klamath
Falla tomorrow.
Dr. W. W. Walker, Dr. Bert R
Elliott and Dr. W. H. Flanagan left
today in Dr. Elliott's car to attend
the convention. The association will
be In session all day tomorrow, clos
ing with an evening meeting which
will be open to'the public. Among
the numbers on the program will be
a paper by Dr. Flanagan on local
Infection. Dr. Elliott wlU also ap
pear on the program with a clinic
demonstration' on mandibular con
ductlve anaesthesia.
On Sunday the association will be
entertained by the Klamath Falls
dentlsta with a picnic at vKlamath
i lake. The representatives from
! Grants Pass will return home In
time for business on Monday morn
ling.
12.2O0 RIVETS IV ONE DAY
i Belfast, June 7. To drive In 12
1 209 seren-elgbts-Inch rivets In nine
! hours Into a standard ship waa the
I feat accomplished at the yards of
I Workman & Clark here yesterday by
jjohn Omlr, who last week beat the
hour record for the United Kingdom
.' In his work Omlr drove In more
'th' n 1.000 rivets every hour, and on
itwo occasions passed the 1.40O mark
;In his bert minute he drove 26 rlv.
'eta. '
ED AS
E
A. Cupper to succeed Mr. Chlnnock.
Mr. Cupper la the republican nom-
-rv i'.nd now assistant state engl-
n or a a 's s ret uy of the Des-i
;i t I and Hoard. .',
Mr. Chlnnock has res'gntd to take I
up the practice of law at Grants;
Pass, having removed to that city I
from Salem with his family aeveral I reported today that General Semin
weeks ago. ' off, leader of the antl-Bolshevlk
Mr. Cupper la considered an au-1 Siberian forces, has left the front,
thorlty on Irrigation matters and)
water law and Is author of numer-
nndjons articles widely published In tech
, ntcnl magazines.
ROGUE RIVER
MAY BE MADE
NAVIGABLE
MAIL KOITK OVEK TUB MOlTf.
TAINS FltOM WEST FORK U
ABANDONED
111 TO HAVE SUPEfU
MotorboaU Are to Bo I'eed for Mall
Carrier FVooa Aimed to Mule
Crank
The mail route between Wt
Fork and Gold Beach will ba abol
ished July 1, and a new route front
Merlin to Gold Beach will be eaUk-
llshed. J. J. Weerdng, of MrUa,
who has had tha mall contract over
the mountain and alao ha the' eon
tract for th new route, propoae to
leave Grant Pass la tha morning,
making th trip to Almeda by auto
stage, then by motorboat to Mul
creek, then by horse-back t6 Agneas,
and again transferring to motorboat
for Gold Beach.
Heretofore the mail ha gone from
Grants. Pass to West Fork by train
and then over the mountalna to Ag
nesa, from there to' Gold Beach by
motor boat. The trail over tha
mountalna la dangerous and often
impassable In the wtnter owing to
deep anows, many time holding up
the malls for several weeks. Th
new route will do away with any
snow trouble In the winter months.
The government trail from Alme
da to Mule creek I said to be In
poor shape, and Mr. Weersing pro
poses to make the river navigable
for motorboata from Almeda to
to Mule creek. Thla he believe can
be done by blasting the riffles In a
number of places. '
A. Anbury, who is thoroughly fa
miliar 'with the river and makes the
trip to the roast often, thinks the
plan a very feasable one. Mr. Weer
sing, In speaking of the new venture,
said. "Mr. Anbury Is so positive that
the river ran be opened np for navi
gation that he Is willing to person
ally auperviRe the work."
Mr. Weersing Is willing to put
$2,500 In the enterprise himself and
hopes to raise the rest by personal
subscription. The work will begin
Immediately.
The opening of Rogue river to
motdr boat navigation will prove to
he a srent benefit to the lower coun
try. Excellent flsblnir country will
be onened np and also good deer
hunting. Curry county la renowned
for its hunting grounds. Bear camp
win also be more accessible.
OF
T
E
Washington, June 7. The pres
ence of Auatro-German troops in the
vicinity of .the river Onon in far
eastern Siberia as reported in dis
patches from Harbin, brings up
again the possibilities of offensive
action by Japan there, because the
seat of the neweat activities la near
the western boundaries of Manchu
ria. SIBERIAN LEADER
Shanghai. China, June 7. U Is
which is believed to be due to dls-
sentlon among the forces. It Is re
ported that he will disband the army
and flee to Mongolia.