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1 "ixrtiiy of Ore. Llbiar O 3 DAILY EDITION VOU VIII., HIT. PVT. BARRETT OF lilXTMIUi TO WOINIH4 IN HK I'l'LttU OK UKItMAJf IHIIVK TOWARD tJIIt BURIED 12 MIllS FROM PARIS Tumii- lUrtMl l !" HUlli J'mic yliiuo (uni; Man I" tilvst III Ufa Hi iiM lUnliiiiliitf of War .iiws reached Gr.u!i l'a. J 1', l lr of the Mm U. Minify )1 Kmory llarlluil. lu France. Today a ' i ui Dunn recctvl n wire from I r .fVlher, Mm. A. V. .Il.ltlctl slut to, that tlix ! received news from the government that Kuiery llsrllelt died J una 14. and burled June 1(. Ho wa severely wounded about June 7. probably lu tlia bU German drive toward Paris. II died Id a but Imspltal and hi body now ht la a military cwnctery about II mile from I'arla. The death of Finery llnrtlctt makes the sixth Joseph In courtly Bian wjio ha given bin life In th fMiiinf humanity, but la the first to din from enemy wound. He was a member of the 2lh Co. Mh Reg., marina corps, iinHxtlng from Rulem. ' wiut among the flrat of the Amer ican troupe nn foreign aoll. Yuun Bartlvtl wn born at Grl mil. Iowa. May '.', I K9 4. and came to Urania P nearly ten year ngo, attending arliool h. and :endl hi vacation working, at one time bvln an employ of the Courier of fice He Inft here about three yearn Kit when tho llnrtlctt fuinlly ex changed their property on Tenth street for a dulry fiirm near Snlem. Ho wan a yniinu man of exemplary Tkahlt. faithful and true, and Jose phine county honor hi memory. AFTER LONG ILLNESS VViiahliiKlon, Jiliy 3. .Senator Till man, of tJoutu I'aroiluu, died i'rc today. Bui ll liocllil of toiurch lid Jniiijiod I ml u y lu 111 honor. llcnjiimln Tillman wa horn In Month Carolina In (hit. Ho nerved In the confederal, army, tor Home time, tlu li followed funning a a pursuit until IMXti. He waaelvrtod as gover nor of Smith Carolina In I8UU. This was hla first political office, but he whs reflected by an overwhelming void n 1892. Ilia term aa governor wa signalized by the passage of the dispensary law, for the control of th ii liquor truffle, In the state, and by tho founding- of Wlnthrop college for wnninn, which lend all similar col lege In the eoulh. Tillman entered the race for the nute aw I nut General Buttor In 1H94 and won by a (treat majority. Mb was re-elected three time -without opposition. The local chapter of the lied Cross made the following shipment on July 3: Forty operating loggings, 120 hos lilUI bed shirts, f0 suit of pajamas, t bnth robe, 343 bandage foot socks, 135 pairs underdrnwers, 13ft under .whirls, 670 operating masks, 485 pil lows (Junior work), 34 ffiilher pil lows, 11 quilts, 73, 000 gun wipes, 1D0 gun rags, refugee garment 10 house gowns, 15 shoulder shawls. 1 layrtto. Knitting"! 20 pairs sock sweater?. The Red Ctohs woi krnouip will be closed oil day on .fulv 4. TCDICCH ioi no 4 tote anient Kiioel-vlMir (Uvea City tircat I'mImi for HyUmtatlc aad l.ffli Irnl Work A iximiilele report of Urnt Pa war lardiin ha boeu given to M. 0. Ilutlvr, government eunervUor of war iiardena of the northweat ty the com mittee and he report that Grant laa hu (he moat systematic and efr fit lent war xardmia of any In the late. The credit for this good report Nhould go to the members of the com mittee and their faithful efforts In planning and aupervlMng the work. K complete ohart of the city has been mnde with the number of gar den and amount of acreage In each. In this way It liua been c"y to keep track of the work and to see that no available apacw I going to waate. The report of the committees a to tho dlffeient wiiril Is as follows: Klrst wsrd, Mrs. Itlddle-i-l N4 gar dens, it arres. Stvond ward, Mr. Cornell 7 gardens, ( acres. Third ward. Mra. Hmlth. 64 Riinlen. 2(1 acres. fourth ward, Mrs. Howell and Mrs. dunning --4 3 gnrilens, ID acre. Mr. Ilutler will make nn Inspec tion lour In July. I ,liliiiiton, July. 3. fiupplinnt- !iia the prenlduiit'a announcement thiit '.er l.diiii.niio Amerdnn troops hitve embarked for Krunce, chairman of tlie military committee told the Ilium today that 2 M It combat air lil.ihiM, and 2,U0(I Liberty motors had already been sent. U.1 IN AltMV AXI MAIIINK CASI AI.TV I.WT Wimli.iuton. July 3. The army o.iH.iiiliy ill tor toduy I K.r, of whom lit Wire killed In ai'tlou, and n I no died from wuumln. Forty names nrc In the marine corps lint. Of these 33 wvro killed In action and four died from wound. 8 BY London, July 3 The (iurtiiun, af ter hinvy shelling attacked and re captured a greater part of the ground taken by the British In local opera tions, near Douslncourt, north of Al bert, Sunday night a RED GUARDS KILLED IN I Washington, July 3 Advices state that there was fighting In which some Red Guards were killed when the Ctocho-Slovak forces ousted the Ilolahevlkl at Vladlvlstok several days ago. They took complete pos session of the port, another terminal of the trans-Siberian railroad. IN FRANCE !N 6 MONTHS Paris, July 3. Andre Tardleu K'halrman of the commission for Franco-Aifierlran war matters de dared today that In six montho there ivould be 2,500,000 Amcritvn t"r;ir nn the French front. " IIUC J II III J mmawm (HUNTS HAM. JOWKI'HIXB COCRTT. OUMJOX, WFIM-HIAV. il 30 Kill FROM AMERICA INARMSJULY4 KltK.NCII 1'KMOTHATK GKIt.MAS IJN'KH HALF MIIJC IlKTW KKM OIHK ANI AISNH Orrtiiaa IU-glmiwit ..AbiiIIiIUUmI ..by Amerlcaiut lu Worming of Vbhi I. 8. lilne Advanced 1,(MM Vards Washington, Jul 3. American troops sent overseas numbered 1,01,1&6 on July 1. This was made known but night by President Wilson, who gave to the public a letter from BeoruUry Uuker, disclosing a record of achievement which the pretldent said "must cause universal satisfaction," and which will give addlliouul lest to our na tional celebration of th Fourth of July." The first units nou-cambataul left American shore on May 8, 11)17. General Pershing followed 12 day later, and at the end of tho mouth 1,718 men had started for the bat tlefields of Prance. June saw this number increased by 12,261,. and thereafter khukUlad "crusaders" front the western republic flowed overseas In a stesdy stream until up ward of 300,000 had dopartad when the. trjgt jUorman thrust began last March. President Wilson's determination to meet Germany's supreme effort with the utmost of America's avail able man-power to as1nt the des leriitcly renlstlng French and llrltish armies. Is sharply reflected In the movement of troops during the last three months. The March sailings of 83,811 were Incresaed In April to 117,212. May saw another 24 4.- 343 men embark and Inst month 276.372 were sent away, making a total for the three months of 637,- 929. Thin, Secretary Baker said later. put tho troop movement six months ahead of tho original program. Substantially 30 division are now In France, ready to meet whatever move the German staff haa In prepa ration. Some of these divisions al ready have been formed Into the first field army under Major-Ceneral Lig gett, others are holding trench sec tors at Important points along the battle line, and still others have been broken up and brigaded with the French and British troops. And so when the G-erman thrust comes, the Americana will be called upon to play no small part in meeting It. VISCOUNT RHONDA, London, July 3. Viscount Rhon da (David Alfred Thomas), the Brit ish food controller died today In London at the age of 62. Viscount Rhonda was the man who put England and moat of the United Kingdom of Great Britain on ra tions and won the gratitude even of the people whose food supply ho reg ulated. Before he achieved the task It was generally rexarded as all but Impossible. Food was running short In the United Kingdom In June, 1917-when the Baron Rhonda was appointed food controller of Great Britain. The German U-boatB were sending' ships to the bottom of the ocean and Great Britain was supporting a tremendous army In France. The civilians at home were beginning to feel- the plnch I-ottg queues of men, women and children stood for hours nt the food8tores In scores of British cities CONTROLLER DIES E EXPLOSION FiH OF E BKMKT tH)LAY Ml MTIOX PLAMT It lICIOLIMIIKI IIY HK'ltlW UK HIKM'KH nimo ii Fire Spreads I'Bcberked Toward Large Containers of Powerful Explosive tfyra use, N. Y July . Latest figure of the Be met Bolvsy plant give 63 a the number of dead. Syracuse, N. Y., July (. Forty five were killed In an explosion of trlnltrotuloul at Split Hock last night. At least eight were Injured, of whom some may die. The loss ex ceeds a million dollar. Terrlfle concussions from the ex plosion of the war powder rocked large bulldlnvs In the center of the city, tmashlng plate glass windows and caused a panic In the residential district. The explosion followed a fire that had got beyond control and spread to the "T. T." vaU. Five hundred workers were in the plant, when the fire broke out. Its origin has not been ascertained. The workers fought the flames and when they ran to safety were caught In the first explosion. iloif wtne li'irfed In alt' directions. Two, caught between burning build ings, were blown through a wall. They were still sllve when picked up, but there was not a thread of clothing on their bodies. Tho second explosion followed the first 15 minutes later. Homes of the workmen across the road from the plant collapsed. Burn ing timber were blown to the roofs of buildings across the railroad tracks which divide the plant. Families fled across fields In con fusion. A woman, hysterical, car ried a tiny kitten clutched to her breast. James Russo and Arthur C. Good follow were analysing samples In the plant when the cry of "fire" called them to building No. I. Goodfellow tells tills story: "Riisho grabbed a hose and I trleil to help. Smoke was thick, we could not see. Little explosions kept let ting go Inside the building. There was not enough water to he of any use. "We knew that a big explosion was coming, and re ran. Just as we reached the foot of a hill the blast let go. It knocked us both flat on our face." BRITISH FOOD T and ther was a loud grumble from the public. ODAY 11 The man who as David A. Thomas gan Francisco, juiy 3. The cap had been managing director of the tHre and possible death of Lleuten great Cambrian coal combine, appar- ant Eari Marshutl Hammer. 22. an ently undertook his task with many avlator wltn the Amerlcan rorceB in misgivings. "I hsve a suspicion." Kran.ce. after (coring a brilliant vie he told, hla Welsh friends, "that tory five miles over the German Lloyd George conscripted me for thlsllne8 , tne Toul gector w toW t0 almost Impossible Job because hen,, parents here today by the war knew I had the hide of a rhinoceros. (department! "I am going there," he added, "aa! , guardian and trustee of the consum er and particularly the poor consum er." He declared that he was de "termlncd to atop profiteering and ! speculation In food. . I "It It Is necessary to put the whole country on compulsory rations I will do It without compunction," he save warning. Then followed a series of orders and regulations that a year or two before would have roused the Briton to wrath. ,'Ths. now food, eon ' (TSonfinuwrMTpaf' 3.V I V 8. IfilN. COUNTY GIVES 72.5 OF Fmirtee District (Ut Over the Top la Krernt Thrift I Hive 4)110,. H2S Owned and Pledged Josephine county own and pledge 1119,825 worth of war savings stamps, according to aa official re port from R. W. Clarke today. Thl I 72.5 per cent of the quota for th county. There were 14 districts that re ported over the top and It 1 going to be necessary for the ' delinquent district to redouble their effort thl next week and not call th diir over until they bar done their shars to keep Josephine county' record a high as It ha alwsy been. U.S. MEN FIGHT II MILES FROM EARTH With th American Army In France, July 1. An American 'air squsdron composed of nine machine had a thrilling half-hour fight this morning north of Chstesu Thierry with a German flight squadron of the same number. At least three German planes were driven dowa plunging to the earth and up to o'clock tonight two of the Americans had not returned. The American airmen, acting as a patrolling party, came upon the ene my shortly after 7 o'clock thla morn ing and Immediately attacked. With the advantage of the offensive, the Americans succeeded In getting above-their adversaries sod "'after" a furious exchange at an altitude of more than two miles, drove the Ger mans down a mile. s fE London, July 3. The German Finnish campaign against the Mur mansk region In northern Russia has begun. Masses of troops have con centrated on the Finnish-Russian border and at, several points have crossed the frontier and' fired upon the Russians. This Information is contained in a dispatch from Helslng fors to the Nya Dagligt Allehandre of Stockholm. Washington, July 3 The arrest of the members of the Archangel pro vincial government by the BolBhevlkl Js reported today in a dUpatch from Ambassador Francis at Vologda. He says the duma at Vologda Is accus ed of failing to execute Soviet mand ates and Is threatened with arrest. 1 1'. H. AVIATOR RK PORTED t'AITlRKI) BY GERMANS MEMBERS OF, DUTCH TO Rotterdam, July 3. It has been rci,ortcd that the Dutch cabinet will place the resignation of Its members in the hands of Queen Wlthemtu to morrow. ' BOISHEII ARREST RUSSIAN OFFICIALS wnouc Nt'MnEit twu. 19000FFJM m FORCES TAKEN RYIH III Stall U 1,01 0,1 M BOLMEim E8CAPI BVhT l'-IK)AT8 AND LAUD fAttXY OX FRENCH SOIL 3 AMERICAN AVIATORS MISSUS K sow ledge Will Give People at Hoi Added Zeet for Fourth of Jalv Oleb ration Rom, July 3. Th Italian along th lowr Plavs delivered a number of bard stroke at th enemy today. fighting their way forward against desperate Austrian resistance over th difficult terrain near the river mouth, which wa partially flooded. Th Italians captured 1,900 Aus trian and much -war material. They also repulsed an Austrian attack at th head of the 8an Lorenzo valley In the Grappa region. Vienna, July S The Italian troops attempted to cross th Plave river near the mouth and failed, bat suc ceeded in effecting a slight gain near Cblesanuova. northwest of Cposlle. Another Italian effort to cron th river near Zeeson wa frustrated. Washington, July 3. General Per ishing communication - announce ... mat one uerman regiment was prac tically annihilated by the American storming Vaux. The American posi tions were advanced a thousand rarda oil a mile and a half front. . Three American aviators are missing. Paris. July 3. The French In a drive on the two mile front near Moulln-Sous-Toutvent. between the Olse and Aisne rivers last night, penetrated the German line to tb depth of approximately half a mile, and took 220 prisoner. Paris. July 3. The French attack ed positions north of Moulln-Soua-Toutvent today, Improving the Ira and repulsed several German at tacks. ADMINISTRATION KEEPS PULLMAN CO. CONTROL Washington. July S. The railroad administration announced today the decision to retain operating control ' of the Pullman company. Wage In creases were allowed sleeping car. conductor, porters and maids, on the same basis as advances recently , given to railroad employee. .s. Washington. July 3. The na!.i - of 10 more Amorli-au soldier.-, lo.:--ff ed In German prison camp, was .!-. ,ts celved by tho var department today. v One captain and two lieutenant) were included. IT TO JULY 4 GREETINGS London, July 3. A message of (. personal greeting from President . .") Wilson will be delivered tomorrow ' by the American Red Cross to erery ' American soldier and sailor In tha y hospitals In England. ' ' " "