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JMILY EDITION
VOI VIII., No. UIO.
GRANTS PA, JOHKPHINB COUNTY. OMCOOX,
ill Ml.lY, Jl'LY 7. IV IN.
WHOLK Nl'MIIKR tM4.
STEAMER GOES
DOWN IN Rll
50 DROWNED
JCXI't IU4IOX IIOAT OVMtTl llH is
II.IJNOIH l(l H WITH INK)
UN IUAI(
ttunlvora Uliii Hlil lUu in Hand
i lUr Tbwi Hu lUi ked luui IKvp
Peoria, July o r'lfl-l bodies
nave beeu rocovorrd (rout llui I'utum
bin nil to oimii today. II I mUuialod
tlml there ere 100 more lit the wreck.
1'iifoim, III., Jul) Ou linu-
dnil and llily are txllumied dmid a
a runuil uf the ellikllif ol tlui i-
uriluu steamer Culuuilila, In th
lllliiula river about midnight last
sight.
The sieanmr wa earning owr Suo
irou when It struck an olntruc
IIcmi, presumably a submuiged Ion.
The parly waa (rum l' klu, where
limy bad buon to a dancing aud am
usement park. A peulo followed the
ao Ident.
Klf ly-uno bodies, Including muny
worn, u and )ouiig alrla wore removed
from the main dirk and daii.e tluol
by voliintei'r dlvera. Many have
Dot lieon Identified.
Mine Pauline llineiiel ol Peklii.
who wua on board (he boat, told tin
following slot)' of the disaster:
"The kluaiuur hud thno ducks. I
wai ou Ilia upper deck. On that be
low dancing waa going on. The but'
torn deck waa oirupM principally by
men, who were amoking and talkliiK.
"I do not tH'lli've man)' ol the per
toun on tho first two du k wjw con
alliutcd by fur thu turner iiortlun o
the crowd could have escaped.
"I waa cliattliiK with friends. We
fill the boat rise out of tha rhur. It
win cloud id with lug. There w a
rrnnh. For a ninninnt no out luoi.it
and then liltnoht ( vir)liii(ly rii'hod lo
one Hide of the boat. The itim and
the nfflcim, ua oon a tli- leaMrt-d
what waa ha)priilnK.' rli'd for the
paemmwera lo even the load, hut It
waa too lata. The Columhlft tlltrd
nd then auddclily overturned. I
wna thiown Into the water."
The itovernment will Inventlmiln
the ulnklnx. Tho aurvlvnra claim
Unit the ateamer ran on a aand bar
In a donee fiK and AttliotiKh within
10 feet of ahore, waa backed Into
dii'U wnter.
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Undon. July . ilrltlh aerial
forces cooperated with the land
forcea In yesterday's attack against
the Ormani south of tha Somme, ac
cording to an official atatcmcnt on
aviation operation Issued touU'ht.
Rleven enemy airplane were des
troyed and ten driven down out of
control as a result of combats. Four
Hritlnh machines are mlnMnK.
DRAFTED MEN LEAVE
FOR FORT MULL
Fourteen men of the laRt draft
left Saturday hv aneclnl train for
Kt. McDowell, Cnl. They were Riven
a Rood iend-nff at tho depot by. their
frltnda. On Frlduy nlfkt .tjie drafted
i.nn or. eiitcrtnliicil ill tho' Joy
the.Ur- by Mlus Wolko, iinuiiioiv
J'ivo ;tlio mn of tto (IrHfl ou
tnilnid lit dlfforrpt points,
U. S. TRANSPORT
SUNK
U-BOAT
tutor dsn Hlmnier IlKiwumtl IPiuad
TurtMltH-d Nl of (Vpw Mining
Holillrra (hi Itounl
Washington, July 6. The Ameri
can transport Covington, homeward
Imuiiil. after landing verl thotia
nd soldiers In franco, wa torpedoed
mid unk In the wr tons last Mon
day night. HU member of the crow
are mlsalng, hut all the other men,
with thti ahlu'e Offlrer. have been
landed at a Frtmh port. No army
personnel or paaaenger were aboard.
The Covlnuton wan struck at D: IT
o'clock Monilny night, while proceed-
Iiik with a fleet of other transport,
.-onvoyed by destroyer. The subma
rine waa not sighted. The transport
remained afloat until Tuesday, when
efforts wer mitdn by another vessel
n ml two turn to tow her to port, but
nil waa too badly damaged to keep
afloat.
NSIih the AnierlcNn Army In
Prance, July , Four American avi
ator, l.lctitcnanla Carllnle Ithodca of
Terre Ilnoto, Intl.. A. V, Thompaon,
Monoeye Kull. N". Y Waldo N. Iloln
rli h of (Iranvllle, O., and John Milch
ell. Manch(ti r, Man., cnaaiti'd In a
thrilling air battle northwot of
f'hauau Thierry Ihla mornlnu. 'One
lermun muchliie was ahut down dur-
Inn (he combat and It In believed that
IN Inrloh wit the American who aent
the cni'tny alr:lui to earth. ''
The four nvlntom were patrollliiK
the line five klloinelcrx Inalile the
(li'iiuan front, when they encounter-
Mil Mx enemy mnchlnfa. The lmt(lc
h tun lit nn aliltiulo of 4.200 kilo
meter and contloued until the ma-
hlnc had dropped down to 2.200
meter from tho earth. The combat
lamed for 20 minute.
Fort Worthy, July 6. Roger
llornsby, the star shortstop of St.
Lotil was ordered by the local draft
board to engage In an easontinl oc
cupation or be placed In cluss K Ills
home la here and I the first major
leaKuer affected by the new law.
HlOU lOMKIN TO I'KKI.NO ,
IIY HAIL IN POSHIHIUTY
Aiusterdntii, 'July 0. The plan to
connect Kurope with Asia by brldg-
!ii!( the Uotiporua has now aauiiied a
more taiiglble shape, avoiding to lni-
OHinaiilsche Uoyd. The. brldxe will
have separate trm ks for n railway,
a tram line, and for vehicular and
pcilestrlnn traffln. Its total length
will be 2.200 yards and Its elevation
140 fret above sfa level, so as to al
low for the iNissage of the largest
vessel.
AS PRICE OF WHEAT
V;.slilnjiiloii, July 6. Congress
approved today tho price of $2,40 for
wheat aa a substitute for $2.50, con
tended for by the senate. It was
lent to the president
Woihlnnton, July 8. Tha ;.r.vl
dent will veto the agriculture appro
priation bill because congress fixed
the wheat prloe at $2.40.
. The Hague, July Seven Dutch
famr.rs, undor an tinned conv.oy and
a.votupnnlcd. b.y u collier, sallrdto
Iny for the Dut h Kant Indies.
ENEMY ASSAULTS ARE
REPULSED BY ITALIANS
400 Prisoners Taken From Germans General Pershing's
Men Hold Upper H&d in Fight in Chateau Thierry
Region Raids in American Sector Failure
Vienna, July (.The battle at the
month of the Have, continued yni-ti r
day. Tha Auxtrlan advance dlvlalona
wert reaad bin k to their main
forcea, the Aimtrlan official at a lean-nt
declare.
Par I a, July 6. The Gerniana at
tempted a raid on the American ac tor
In Uirrulno laet nliiht, at Xlv
aruy but were completely ri'i'iiliwd.
Homo, July 6. The Italians after
doaperata flKhtlnK today rcpulned
violent awwtults at Porrte-dl-tfalton.
The lullana took 400 prlaonert i
WaahlnKton, Ju'y 6. (Jem ral P'T
rihliiK reiur(i'd today on American pa
trol activity In the Chateau Thierry
ri'nlon yesterduy, and announctid that
American troop were engaged 'With
tholr Fourth of July offcnnlve whlrh
reulle In the capture of MumW.
The coinmmiliue follows:
"8i-ctloo A--IB ths eouisn of our
ucccmful patrolllnir oiierutlom In
Plcardy and lit the Chateau Thierry
KAISER BELIEVED 'TO
- REALIZE HIS DEFEAT
With the Amerl an Army in
France, July t. Premier Uoyd
(ioorge, after reviewing a section of
American troo yesterday, declared:
"(iermiiny can have peace tomor
row with the. t'nited States, Kram-e
and Great Britain If she will accept
the condltiotlP voiced by Trealdont
Wilson July 4."..
The prime minister paid high trlb
ute to the A'ikt ans who fought at
Chnteau Thierry, saying they' had
shown the kaiser that h had mndc
another mistake In believing' tho
new American troops were not call
able of .picetlng the train :d C?r
man. He then sketched the Illus
ions of the German :rulcr regarding
the t'nited States getting into the
war, adding: ! ' "
"Now that -l.0od.000 Americans
have arrived, the kaiser is beginning
to renllte that defeat, certain and
Inevitable is staring; him In the face,"
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Vo oga. Rusala, April 24 -(Corre-
spondenceotthe Associated Press)-,
Mow comedy has been Interwoven
with tragedy in the story of tho Cor-
man sweep over Southern Russia
since the signing of the peace treaty
at Breet-Utovsk has been told in re-
which have been brought to the Am
erican embassy here. .
A French officer, who flew by air
plane from Jassy, Rumania, to Odes
sa, arriving there on the dRy the Ger
mans entered, and who escaped by
boat, told the story to an American
official who had left Odessa two day
before, and, who since, after a Jour
ney full or perils and difficulties. h?
Just reaehod Vologda,
Although there wns a Russian fleet
In tho harbor, with big guns enough
to wreck the city, and the Rusi-laii
garrison was stroiiK, the "oiiptiire'
of Odessa was made by a mere hand
ful of Germans?
On tho morning of March 12, whsn
the city was In foir and trembling
not so much nt tho approiich of the
HANDFUL
reKlon, we captured prlvoneri. Hos
tile plaue which approached c.ir
line near Vaux and In the Vok
were driven back by our fire.
"Our troop cooperated with the
British In their atUu k made today.
"Section 8 Near Cantlgny on? of
our raiding partles'thta morning en
countered an enemy raiding aarty of
70 ready to atart out. Twenty-five
of our men penetrated the enemy'
wire, killing at least 20 Germans,
woundlnx other and capturing three
with machine guna.
"Further detail are available r-cn-l
corning the German counter-attack
In the vicinity of Hoi de la Rovhei
the morning of July 2. The attack
broke down under our fire.
"iicBiUt inflicting bearvy losses
our troops took HO prisoner. Thee
were Included in the total of SoO
previously reported. -For some time
after the- counter-attack the enemy
kept up a continuous harassing tire
on our front linos and during the
day of July 2 Intermittent fire on
our front linea and on point In our
rear area. .-.
TUNNEL MAY BE BUILT
Ixindon, July (!. Strong support
for the English ebtuinul tunnel
scheme from the French' and Italian
delegates was voiced yesterday at th
International parliamentary confer
ence bore. A resolution in favor of
constructing the tunnel was carried
unanimously. '
The tunnel," which would be coin-j
pleted within five years of its com-j
monceinent. would be worked, ven-i
tllated and pumprd by electricity uii-i
piled from a power station In Knt.
Against the danRer fronr enomyi
submarines, depth bom lis or minis.!
the tunnel would ho protoot-d hv a I
covering; of the (halk bed of a mln-i
Imum thickness of 100 feet ' !
f. 8. TltA.VSIHUtT 8HIP
''';: WAS AFIKK AT HKA
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Washington, July 6. The UnlUd
States armjr transport Henderson has
oeen arire at sea, but has made an
Atlantic port In safoty, There wa
no loss of life. , , r . r
E II
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Germans as at the tear that the revo-
lutlon.ry sailors would wreck the
town, a big tonyng r, painted war!
gray, and accompanied by a few mo-!
: torcyefca,- tame-, whizzing Into 'Odes-
isa. ,,Thia was the German Invasion i
six officers and about as many prl-
They drove to tho soviet headquar-'
tors, and demanded parley. The!
IS
CAM
soviet authorities debated for a few j
moments and then decided to arr. st; Wahlngton. July 6. General
their Invaders.. They did. but the 'March said that the Americans actu
populace, fonrlng tho sailors wonil Uy the fighting lines ahout July
. (umoriii ouiiitie til!
building and finally the "o;cupIns,
- 'n"q. ""en sRiior j another heavy German assault.
from the fleet came to parley with
the Germans, the crowd oulsld mob-1 '
bed the salWs and n..-. ....H'mfKIW HtOM TRAIXIXG
'lied tho sailors fro,,, Ivnc.hlmr '
, Then a, 24-hour truce was nrraiti!-'
e. at the expiration of which a few ;'-hlcaRo, July 6. Fifty member
companies of Gorman soldiers cam' ,of the ref'rve officers' training camp
to Odessa and occupied the clty-," Shri,1.an ,ett s-
which has. a population almost
large as St. Louis, Mo.
HAS FIRST PLACE
llrileml That llraver Stale U First
(Her lb Top la Itecent War
Havtaica Htamp CamHUgn '
Portland, July . Oregon "first
over tha top" In the ' war saving
stamp pledge campaign became more
of a certainty yesterday when H. D.
Marshall, federal director, passed
through Portland on hi return to
Washington, D. C.
"Oregon is the first stats la tha
L'nlon, as far aa my telegraphic com
munications give light, to report tb
completion of its quota In the cam
palgn Just past." said Mr. Marshall.
"Several other states axa now well
over tholr marks, but I believe that
your state was the first to report to
national headquarter In the drive for
$2,000,000,000 In pledges."
BY GREAT MAJORITY
Washington, July 8.6 The Jo'nt
resolution authorizing the president
to take over and operate nntll the .'ml
of the war all telegraph, telephone
cable and radio systems In the I'nJtoJ
State, was psssed last night by the
house of representatives. It now
goea to the senate, but Indications
were that ctlon on It there would Se
deferred until after the mld-enramer
recess, planned to begin the end of
this week. '
The vote was 221 to . Thos- vot
ing against th resolution were Forr!-
ney aud .McLaughlin, Michigan; S(r-
llK, Illinois, and Wood of Iowa, .ill
republican.
xNanhlngton July 6. President
jWINon In letters today said that It
jwas critically Important for congress
to authorize hi in to take over thf
telegraph and telephone systems be
fore the recess planned for tonight.
Democratic, loaders have asked him
not to hold congress for this.
TO
1 Waslilugton, July 6. Adjutant
General Crowder directed the state
i draft executives today to call un Im-
j mediately for physical examination
jail new registrant placed in Class 1.
ao that the men will be available for
call next August
8KXATK PASSES KKSOIXTIOX
, VOll XOOX ritAYEB IX t'. S.
Washington July 6. The senate
today passed a resolution requesting
the president to issue a pro latnntion
calling on the American people to
observe noon prayer during tire war.
It now goes to the house.
. Senator Phelan, of California, read
a letter from Secretary Tumulty,
which said the president regarded the
noon prayer a. "a beautiful thought."
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251,000 AMERICANS ON.
FIGHTING LINE JULY 1
l, numbered 251,000. He stated
that the allies were preparing to meet
' fMP LKAVK FO,t RMS
, D., today for farm work, y
iney win receive $9 9 a' month,
n ... J
with room, board nnd laundry.
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m
m allies
(iKXKKAL FOCH XO LOWER
FKKIJt XKT1HIT OP KEKP
OX TIIK UKKEXSIVK
U.S.AID EFFECTS HI CHM
Kfficlenry of Allied Aim Tak
Germans by Burprisw Cschii'i
I'Uaa Are I pact
Washington. July . Increasing
manpower and rapidly extending con
trol of the sir have permitted the
adoption of a new policy by General
Foch, In the opinion of observer
here.
They believe the sequence of hard
losl blows struck recently by allied
troops shows a new phase Is develop
ing which might expand Into a major
operation.
Report of Jhe recent successful
strokes are taken to indicate that
General Foch no longer feels the ne
cessity of keeping on the defenslre
to conserve his forces.
The fact that the Germans have
been completely surprised la believed
to be due to the work of the airmen.
American aid has served to change
the tide of the fighting.'
The American attacke around Chap
teau Thierry, the French operations
at Soissons and the British operations
on the Somme and In Flanders were
probably prompted by the weakness
of the enemy at those points.
It Is assumed that General Foch
plans to give the enemy no rest.
Points of vantage held by him, which
would be valued as the starting plare
for a new major thrust, are beln;
recaptured all along the line.
The effect Is to embarsss German
preparations, and officers believe the
fact that any of these local opera
tions may suddenly develop tend to
keep Gorman reserves scattered.
The activity of the allied forcea
puts a wholly new aspect on meeting
the forthcoming German effort.
The risibilities of feints at re
mote parts of the line to cover the
development of the resl attack nntll
It is well under way are believed to
be res promising, as It 1 the allies
who are now creating dlversons.
MITCHELL KILLED :
AT AVIATION FIELD
Lake Charles, La., July 6. Major
John Purroy Mitchell, former mayor
of New York, and an ofiicer In the
army aviation service, was instantly
killed here today wifle flying a scout
machine at the Gerstner: aviation
field. . . .
DVBLIX rOLKi: RAID '
XET8 MAXY Gt'XS
Undon. July 6.6 A press dispatch
from Dublin says the police of Ballin-
asloe, county Galway, have raided
faim hojv trhln- hmulieds' of
guns and arms. . The raids extended
into the adjoining ountles of Pos-
i-omnion and Kings.) There was no
resistance, except In a few Instances,,
where the presence of arms was de
nied, but the weapons were surren
dered. TUFFS
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Portland, July 6. A fire of un
known origin early today destroyed
quantities of beans and rice In the
warehouse of the Arl?s, Campbell &
Gault company. There waa also fur
niture, stored there. ; Tha total losa.
mm
.is estimated at $25,000.. . . ,, ?
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