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(tonal I'mmmn. Army Appropriation
Hill errylng Over Klevea Mil
lion Hollars.
lAlUM Allk.V IN IIIAHIIIY itl
1HHTUKT IWKItKH WITH
IILAZINU TKKKH.
IEM VALLEY FIGHTS FIRE
Anio Truth Hauling Ore ThnHigh
Hurtling IHaUrUl Nearly l
truyrd Hy rlanira.
Washington, June 2 The army
appropriation bill, rsrrylna over
111,000,000,000 passed ih. ,,..,.
today, This It the larcest budaat
in ths history of ths world.
U SOIL
BUSH GAIN
PRISONERS IN
LOCAL ATTACK
WHOUC ill MDR
GREED IS CAUSE
OF
PROFIIEEIG
roiUKB AUK oMmillATAr
THOOIT THAT AltK HK.NT
HM'M T MllM .AMt.llICA
AMKItlCANH TAKK ROKTY OKU
MAXs) IN OI'KKATION NOHTII
W KrtT OF MO.NTDIDIKIl
TWENTY THREE LEAVE WIS mm RECOVERED HUNS ORIVEN BJICK 1,500 MS
No fcxcmalve iWu imUnu Al
rrearat Time la Timber Jndoa
fjr On Wert Coast.
F0RCAMPLEWISJULY22
(Jeiimd March Hut. Croorai Mllua.
Hon On Italian Front la Favor
alile To Alllna Armlea.
Kreach ItepuUe Attack
of Soil
bM; At Bllgay.
Southwest
lefeai
Forest Ores art rsglng ua nearly
very aide of Uranls I'aaa, filling tha
valley with aniuke. Thar have re
ullvd quite seriously In some places,
burning rrop and buildings. The
shortage of available men In the
forget service bat made It hard to
prevent the fire from spreading but
the cltlsens have volunteered and
helped all that they oould to at leant
protect the homei and grain.
The blase In the Moody Itun dl
Ulct la spreading rapidly. It
only half a mile from J. I 1'l.rce's
fclaie and If the wind ahould change
In all probability the Pierce Imlld
lags would lie burned. Frldsy nluhl
the fire In thla district I'rstroyed the
building at the otd 21 mite hnuee
Two section irewa and all the neigh
bora are out fighting the flsmes. On
tbe June creek aide the fire jumped
Rogue river and la endangering the
home of C. II. Gordon. The whole
mountain aide aeema aflame, and
burning trees fall In all directions
A fire covering a large area la In
Plnaaant valley. Many cltlsens of
Grant i Paaa have been out protect
lag nearby farm homes. The home
of Mr. Bannister haa bwn In con
aunt danger, having caught five or
all tlmea. Each time, however. It
haa been aaved from serious dsm-age.
IS
BY
Two acres er swept by lire and
approximately two tons of grain do-
, stroyed at the Kl Orn ranch,' owned
by P. L. Champlln. near oi Si 11
late yesterday evening, according to
telephone reports rocelved lu thla
city last night' The (Ire, which wus
discovered by persons panning on the
road hear the grain field, wua de
clared by Mr. Champlln to be of In
cendiary origin, and waa started by a
"bun." After raging for about an
hour, the lames were aubdued by the
Kl Oro ranch crew and neighbors
who had flocked to the scene, and an
expedition waa tarted in pursuit of
the person Igniting the grain. Med
ford Sun.
Tk.
luiiowmg la me Hit of man
causa tor service, to be sent to
Camp Lewis, Washington wlthla a
IWs day period beginning July l,
llll:
Ksrl Kara
George W. Smith
Luthur Augustus Armstrong
ueorge Delbrt Vsn Dorn
Frits Krauss
Thomas Henry Croiton
Oliver Chester Good now
Dennis Paler Norton
Hugh Ilohannnn
Eugene Itobert Drown
Hsrrlson James Maatara
Charley Hsrry Edgell
William Leonard Ridley
Claude Klsworth Moore
John Jtistloe Carr
George W. Matthews .
8lephen Smith
Clarence Vernon, Hunt .
Marlon Lea frarnellle
Forrest Johnatone
. Luther Melvln Wyatt
lister Lee Bparlln '
Charles Vernon Campbell, will "be
in this draft If he nausea the physical
examination.
IE CONFLICT
BETWEEN DESTROYERS
Washington, June 21 The nr.i
American troopa landed In Italy
yesterday. General Marcn announc
ed that It waa not a force sent by
Oenersl I'erahlng but consists of
units sent from this country, belns
mslnly sanitary unlta and noncom-
batants. Oeneral Perahlmc will aend
combat troops.
General March Raid that the liter
al situation was extremely favorable
to the allloa. lie made no com.
ment on the Indications of the Im
pending German attacks.
He annoumwd that the Drat n.
tlonal army to take up a aector at
ins front Is the 77th, raised In New
York, trained at camp Upton, and
originally commanded by Major
General J. Franklin nn ti..
were taken acroaa liv Ma lor Oer.i
Johnaon! Fire American divisions,
which were brigaded with tha
British for training, have returned in
General Perahlng'a command wltb
tbe training completed. One la the
15th, composed of the Kansss and
Missouri troops.
General March 'said that official re
ports from Italy place the number of I
Austrlana captured at 18000 and al
large amount of material. The
Plave Una baa been completely re
covered and at some points slightly
advanced.
Uindon. June 29 Four British
torpedo boat destroyers fought a
long range engagement with a Ger
man destroyer force oft the Belgium
coast Thursday. The sctlon was
broken off before derisive results
were attained.' . ,
PACSHC COAST YARDS
Drnrnr umu unmDo
lLUU!L.IIIUII iiununo
London, June 21 Tha British
took 400 prisoners In a successful ac
tion on Flanders yesterday.
Field Marshal von Hlndvnburic's
troops east of the forest of Nleppe
got a nasty and unexpected knock to
day when the British suddenly drove
rorward in a surprise atUck along a
front of mora Utan three mllca and
hurhd the startled German soldiers
back to an average depth of 1500
yards.
Tbe operation waa an unqualified
aucceas from lu Inception and tbe
attacking Infantry reached their ob
jectives In remarkably short time.
By this thrust the British not only
have greatly Improved their Doaltlon
In this Important and much-contested
sector, wtlcb lias just north of Mer
vllle. but they Inflicted heavy non-
lahment on two hostile divisions tbst
were holding tbe Una near the 12nd
division of Saxons and the 4 4th re
serve of Prussians.
Urge numbers of the enemy were
killed In the hurricane onslsuxht and
some ISO of tbe more fortune had
been collected In prisoner cages be
fore noon.
The front of the attack was 6000
yards In length and lay approximate
ly between Vfeux Berquln on the
north and Pont Tournal, which Is
1000 yarda northwest of Nervllle, on
the south. ' ,
Wvbington, June II Th ri. i
trsde commission announce
that proflteerlnc um.
UIVU
American Industries, due partly to
me advantage taken of war pressors
for besvy nrodnetlon anrf .
- - - ymi n iv
nominate greed and barefaced
rraua.
A report was sent to tti u.i. .
lowing investlgaUona la steel, copper,
aiuc. nicae, sulphur, lumber, flour,
canned milk and aalmon. The m.
port aald that there was no exceealTe
pronte Indicated In the lumber In
dustry on the west coast akhonrh th
spruea producers previously bad pro-
uiea at tha expense of tha allied
government
Unusually and unnecessarily Urge
ironis are indicated on tha part of
souinern pine producers where thm
profits on the net Investment srerag
d 1T.
QUESTIONNAIRES SENT
TO
REGISTRANTS
THREE STORY BUILDING
PRESIDENT Will NOT
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Washington, June 29 The aenste
rejected the amendment to the army
appropriation bill today 'Direetlnir'
the President to raise an army of
.1,(11)0,0(10 ih soon ha the eaulnment
for transportation Is provided.
Hloux City, June 29 A three story
building collapsed and caught fire
here today. 'A score of persons are
believed to be burled In the ruins.
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Washliurton, June 29 The
nrmy caaulty list for today, has 42
nnmes. rive were killed in action
and 12 died from wounds. Privates
Carrol Unties of Hlllsboro died from
wounds. The marine corps list has
39, of whom 24 were kilted In action
nd elxht died of wounds- Sergeant
William J. M. McColm of Portland
Mini killed In action. '
GERMANS TO RESTORE
ORDER IN RUSSIA
l-ondon, June 29 Germany Is re
ported to be taking measurea to In
tervene In Russia. Troops will be
sent to restore order, assisted by
Maxlmalllst forceB.
Washington, June 28 Shipyards
on the Paolltc Coast made a clean
sweep of the honors awarded for the
first time by the Emergency Fleet
Corporstlon to planta excelling In
construction of vessels.
First honor blue flags, awarded
on the basis of output In May, will go
to the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Cor
poration, (Union Iron Works Plant).
San Francisco, for yards building
steel ships, and to the Grant-Smith-
Porter Company, of St. Johns, Or.,
for the yarda. building wooden ves
sels.: C- '
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: TO IUCN'KFIT HOIiDIKIIH
, "More than $100,000,000" will be
the slogan ot( the American Y. M. C.
A. In Its drive tor funds In October.
'aria, June 29 Southwest of Sis-
sons French troops, In an attack
over a front of four and a half miles,
from tbe south of Amblemr to the
east of Montgober, today captured
German positions, and at some points
advanced their lines to a depth of a
mile and a quarter, aaya the French
official communication this evening.
Prisoners to the number of 1060 thus
far have been counted.
The communication follows:
"South of the Elsne we attacked
from aotith of Amblemy to the east
of Montgobert In order to acquire
armed places on several kilometers
of front. We entered German
works, took the Fosses above Laver-
slne and the heights northwest of
Cutry, sdvanced our lines near the
west of 8t. Pierre Aisle and aUo on
tk. kill V .
uiii bvqib in inc village.
"Our advance reached at some
I points a depth of two kilometers.
We have taken 1060 prisoners."
Names of Realstranta to whnn.
questlonnarles were mailed on June
28. 1918.
-II -Dan Wellington Rlgel
JO Glen Webler Wilhelm .
SI Roy Clifford Sharlow
12 Frank fwev Rav
32 Albeit Arthur Tavla
14 Claud Herbert Keyte
15 Bepnle Leslie Hull
3 ' Orlando Hlller
17 Harold Benedict Hyde
H SAVINGS
VAIGN HAS
1840 PLEDGES
DETAIL KPOttT ranis
P10CTIVB DISTRICTS HOT
VST AVAILABLE.
lOODO IS fE0,'.!ISED E! W
Tkresi Hove) By 10OS) Westh est
war Hariaga svnd JoU lianat
riult.
Josjephlne eouatr haa mmju tin
piedges to date during thla mp.ip
which amonaia to IIOO.ooa rk.
vised qnoU for Josenhlna cmwtw
waa $170,000 and the county hopes
to make that beore tha ih. a.
completely over. Tha official rs
Porta are) Incomplete, but imi
capUlna not harinar renorid t,u
It make it difficult for the cbairmaa
HI aire daflalt
BramveU. H. K. afiiksr aad Urm f-
L. Perkins are added members of th
limit club- having subscribed iieaa
maturity value, tor war atampa.
The meetlnga last aizhL u
wer called by President Wiles
ware a great eoocesa t tha antiTiM
distrieta. many pledges being madsa.
The meeilac In tows waa a faflaM mm
only very few ware present
FORTY Nil FLYERS
FELLED IN ONE DAY
London. June 29 Forty-nine Ger
man airplanes were brought down by
British and French alrola ne sanafl-.
frona ThnrRdsv .MAt-ji. ,A .i.
, -vvwmiug III in c OI-
flclal announcements of the respec
tive war offices today.
In the alr-flghting over the British
Uector of the line British planes de
stroyed 20 German machine and
forced down nine more enemy air
craft .out of control. The British
lost 14 machines. The British vigor
ously bombed behind the Teuton
lines, dropping 21 tons of explosives
on railway junctions and other
targets.
V01II GAR W2
ATWERa
ALL WOOL REQUIRED
Chicago, June 29 The bulletin of
tho National Sheep and Wool Bureau
stutos that ,a large part of the present
raw wool stobk'in the country and
all to be produced w Imported to
about June 20, 1920, will be requlr-
ed for military purposes,,, ,r w-tv;',
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SENATEMAKESCROiDER
'LIEUTENANT GENERAL
Washington, June 29 The senate
amended the army bill today, mak
ing : Adjutant General Crowder,
Lieutenant General during the war.
He' waa highly praised for his work
in connection with the draft system.
I'HKSIDK.Vr NOMINATES
MKN M)lt ADVAXCKM K. T
Washington, June- 28 Nomina
tions for eight Brigadier Generals in
the national army to be Major Gen
erals and for forty-three Colonels to
be Brigadier Generals were sent to
Jie senate by the President todav.
Oregon Weather
Fair and warmer except near
coast. Gentle northerly winds.
U. S. FREIGHTER SIS
IN SHALLOW WATER
Watch Hill, Rhode Island. June
29 The Atlantic freighter, Ononda
ga, lost its way in a heavy foir todav
and struck a reef, sinking In shallow
water, after the crew had been taken
off by coast guards.
An Overland ear owned by W. J.
Banfleld, contractor at a Ohrensn
mine tn 8elma district was entirely
destroyed by Are Friday evealag at
Savage Rapids.
A truck owned hy H. Hals was
badly burned Friday evening whew '
coming; through a forest fire on Ore
gon Mountala.
Mr. Banfleld had beta te Hedfordl
to get new Urea tor his truck and
waa bringing them home wrapped lm
gunny sack and chained to the side
of the car. It la believed that the
sacka caught lire tram the exhaust
pipe, for the first Indication of trou
ble were the llamas, which curled
around the Urea. The lames spread
rapidly and although a fire ex
tinguisher waa used. It was to ne
avail. Campers at the Savage Rapids
endeavored te smother the blase by
the nse or sand but the car barned to
the ground, leasing nothing intsct .
except one wheeL The loss was fully
covered hy Insurance.
The truck was loaded with Chrome
ore and going along a short stretch
of road where the sins was harming
on both sides. The tires caught Are
first then spread to the body of the
car. The fire was put out before
much damage was done to the main
part of the track, although the Urea
and bed are completely destroyed.
PRESIDENT VETOES
POSTOFFICE BilL
Wsshlngton. June 20 The Presi
dent vetoed the postofflce appropria
tion bill today because it provided
that the government take over the
pneumatic tube mall service between
Chicago, New York and some other
cities until March, and then have
the Interstate commerce commission
determine the disposition. Post
master General Burleson opposed
the provision but congress Insisted
upon it.