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7j r; DAILY EDITION VOI IX., No. U3II. grant pam, joMCPHiiri oooirrv, ohjcoon, ti miai ji lv p, iih. WHOLK NCHKEII S4M. ram FINANCED BY KAISER H. 111. K. A. Ill MLKY, tllKAHlllKH OK NKW8PAPKH AIUIK8TM) IIY KKHKHAL AUKMTN UM BOUGHT PAPER IKS Vueatloa of Future Owmlilp I'! Will Ito IXwliInd Nt Conference of New York, July 9. lr. Kdward A, llumely, vice-presldvul end treas urer of tbs Mull and Kxpres com-"l-uay, publisher ot the New York Evening Mull, u arretted hers last night In th office of Atlortuy General liwii, charged with per jury In ft report to A. Mitchell Pal wer, alien property custodian. ,Th complaint ftKitliisl Pr. Iluml) charge that In making ft nport to thn alien property custodian regard InK th transaction, ho failed to dis claim hi relation with Count' . von Ilcruslorlf, German ambassador lu th Mlted Wales, and Dr. Helnrlrh Albert, an ftttitrhn of th Uermsn m hftuny. Tim warrant was issued by fed eral commissioner upon lbs com plaint of Attorney Ceuoral lls, who bnd bran conducting n Investi gation for some tint Into th affairs of the Malt. .,, Tba attorney Konvral chamd thai Homely purchased tbo stock of the Mull and Kxpreutt company In Juno 1915, from Henry U Stoddard and In doing mi h acted on behalf of tho Imprrlitl German government. New York, July 9. With Kdward Kiimley, publisher of the New York Wvcnlng Mali, arreted and charged wlih having financed th liaprr with OiTlunn money, the question of the future ownership of .the iiit will be decided at a conference. The government would seine all German wiiilty In tho paper. The curly edi tion today ha bron delayed ponding tho preparation' of statemculs. XMHtOKri CITKI) KOU IIILUMtY ' Wltl the American i Army'. In France. Jcly 9. Henry Johnson and llohert lloblnson. negro aoldlent from New York, have been cited for bravery. They put to flight In no roan's land a party of German eitl titulnit fn numhpr 40. ' f The citation cornea from t) the rrenon commana. DECREASE IN SIZE , I OF WHEAT HARVEST Wunhlnuton, July . A reduction of ,40,000,000 buhela,ln the pro iwnllva wheat harveat la ahown . by th dnpartmont of axrlcultcre In the July forconat, which la 891,000,000 twahola. Deterioration In July re duced the winter crop 30,000,000 bimhola and the aprlng crop 10.000, 000 buabela, I- -e" The corn harvest, howevefproni Hr to bo the Inrgeat on record, with ,3,160,00000 bufthela. . . M RECORD FOR YEAR Washington, July 8. There will be record crops this year In barley, rye, awvet potatoes and rice. It Is indicated that oatii, potntoes and to on. no will probably equal their te-I'Drdfl. II IS BEHIND PLOT NatiiikolT AImi a IhnolutlouUt, Held ,ta IMng IUMmlble fur Von. IIHwb'a Awtawluattoa Umdon, July 9. Oerman new. papera now ate pointing to lieimral Savin koff, who aa war mlnlatar In the Kxrenaky cabinet, a the man behind tbe Von Mlrbach plot, which (a being radually developed by the Touton preaa Into a great antl (lorman movement, buked by all thoaa men whom (iermany ha found to be hindrance In her plana of ftg greMlon In Iluaala. A Moeeow U-lcgrani circulated by the Wolff Newa bureau of lierlln aya: "Bavlnkoff la eonaldt'red to be re- aponallil for the deed. He la, more over, aald to he clomdy connected with the Ciecho-rTlovak and aortal revolutionary movement. HI whereabout I unknown." El SUNK 8Y11GERMANY An Atlantic Port, July 9. An- othor neutral alilp, the Norwoxlan nlDOiiicr Augvnld, ton, bound from a Krencli port for Haltliiiore, hu fullen a vli tlm of a German anb marine. A traim-AlUntlr liner, In port to day, broiiKbl tbe n of Dm lnk- Inx in mld o tnn on June J3 nnd lao lundud 11 uiumbera of the crew of 27 men. Three of the crew were drowned and th remaining, 13 are unaerountcd for. The reo'ued men wore picked up by the liner after having drifted Hrlplcna for H dnyi, aulxtlatlng most of that time on rtenweed and rnln- wntcr wrun from their clothing or caught In their rapn. ' Acrordlnn to memhera of the crew, u'hn told thnlr atorv In fraxment over the aide of the liner when the docked, the aea 'wclt adopted the anmo methoda as uaed by the U-boata In their operations off,, the Atlantic coaat. . .,. ;- ,-v. ,.. PERSIAN CITY IS Washington, July 8. A dispatch from the American legation at Te heran, Persia, aay that the city Is under' martini law, due to the riots resulting from the food hortage. 72 A.MKHH'AX 8OL0IKHM J '' IIKLH IN KNK.MV I'HISON.H iWahlnton, July 9. Name of 72 additional American soldiers held In. prlfon camps In Qermnny were announced today by the war depart ment, Addrosses of two of the nion wer not given,,, Of the other .70, 62 were from New England states, with 21 from New Haven, Conn. FAVORABLE ON TELEGRAPH BILL j Washington, 'July 94-The commit' toe by a seven' to three vote, order ed a favorable report without fur ther hearing on tho house tele phone nntf telegraph bill. Washington, July 9. Tho spn atorA domnndlns-InvestlKKtlon on tho honac rrtolutlon. Authorizing th r prc.Rldent to take over the tolopbone and telegrniih systems, woa r. pr.r tlnl victory today, when thehenate Interstate c.ommor.o commlttoa quej tlonc-d Presldent-irlton of tho West em Union for three hours behind clMtd doors, i No more hearings have been planned. The commUta In coiiHldf.rliiR th .linmedlnte rcnoil ns of tho resolution, 1 Ell OFFENSIVE GI1BOE1TS Italiass Make New Prepress b Drive at Albania, Capture Towo cl Fieri, Taking 1300 Prisoners Allied Forces Cross Voyusa River Gabs Made by Hard Fightisg Koine, July I. Th allied offen sive In Albania la continuing. New prnKrea li being made along' the Mt wing on th Adrlate coaat. Land force are bong aaalatod by the Orlt th monitor. The Italian captured the town of Plerl and aurroundlng height. Over l.Soo prisoner wei taken. Vienna, July 9 The entente pres sure nxalnat the Aualrlan line at Albania I continuing anil the fon e hava advanced acroaa the Itlver Voy usa. A gain by the French. along the upper Uevoll la reported. . Flithtlng ha also -taken place In the Interior, south went of Herat. Koine, July 9. In the Monte SPANISH PEOPLE ARE WAKING UP ' Tlurcelonu, Spain. July 9 Sign are not wanting in a certain ec-t tion of the Spanish press, of uneasi ness as to what the verdict of his tory muy be on Spain' attitude dur ing the war. In'splte of a constant deluge of false Information by means of sub- Idlxed newapapera, and In spite of the undoubted pro-German . senti ment in other Influential , quarters, th Indications are that vents are slowly bringing home to the average Spaniard a sense of doubt as to whether his country's Interest would, after all, not have been better serv ed by "a neutrality frankly friendly to the allies. IIKM.'I.W AVIATOIt , DOWN'S llth PMXK ; i ,-, , i i Belalan Army Headquarters, June 27. (Correepondem' of tbe Asso ciated Press.) Jan Olteslagers, the Belgian aviator, Is credited with downing hi lth German alrplatoe.iou his face and bracing ,hla . feet if :u-. 1 -A rrnrn a i mi rmi-i01 last strand ot th cab'e It parted, LflD ttntDA I H A WUs- and ne value. of his daring action I UlV I LULIAnL UllnlULwas apparent With the cable gone, :tn9 VI fttrplane-, was, useless, r but .xm-ua I l i he .coolly clung there,, substituting ;C- Boston, July 8. William A. Knsr.hl strength for It, ; enabling j Ltatt- llsh and John O'Brien, members of j the firm of English t O'Brien, wool merchants, were arrested today, .on I a federal Indictment, charging Ihfnj.ed himself a true student of taln with conspiracy to derraua tne gov, customs. ..Instead . ot ., trying to eminent of Income taxes. The shwtj'thank the mechanic in .faulty Jtal- age. I fttiegeo to ne sauu.uuu. iqej plead not guilty, and re held under. $25,000 bonds. This is the first case of this kind to be Investigated by the government. oii- - I : IN SWITZERLAND! WaBhlngton, July . ueutenai C. Ashengen, an aviator of the Anter- lean expeditionary forces, 1ms bsrn Interned in SwltBtrlond, The war department nnnoun cd to - doy that the officer was forced to land in Swiss territory June 2o b cause he ran out of gasoline. Lien- tenant Asnengens nome is at in'.J Albion avenue, Chicago. : Grappa region, tha Italian gained further ground northward of Maa slk on Saturday. Th text read: "la th iAgarlna valley and the Vallarsa there was mors frequent harassing artillery' firing yesterday. To th north of Monte 01 Val Bella our patrol after a brisk struggle drove back enemy rexonnoiterlng element.- , "un Monte Urappa Saturday we gained ground north of Maaslk, tak ing 51 prisoner and capturing two I machine guna and a flam projector. "Yesterday In tbe region of Col l-a f ridle we extended our advance occupation. "Kight. hostile machine were I brought down In air fighting." WINS ITALIAN FAVOR Italian Army Headquarters, July J. I Jeu tenant Hurry L HolU, of Hurley, Idaho, an American aviator, showed bo could combine coolness In danger with a thorough under standing of Italian habits and cus- toins. On his way back . over thej boards will report to this department Austrian llns, after- a deep raid; by telegraph on July 17th, the nuiu lnto enemy territory, his plane was ber of registrant who have pre truck by a burst of shrapnel from sted itnem8elv or listing under (this call. ;-. If a sufficient, number of -uu-H.n rsn guns. ,w.,e . ,ragmeUi lodged In the body of Holts' ma chine, another tore a hole In the right wing, while a third splintered one of the left wing spa is, at the same time cutting ' one of the con trol cable to such an extent that a single strand of steel wire was left. iLleuteuant Holts pointed out the break-to- the; Italian mechanic nc companytng him, to show t,h Im minent danger they were In; ' The mechanic, without a moment's hesi tation, climbed out and foufht his way to the wing against a tremend- ou wind pressure. Then, lying flat against the strut,, he grasped ,, the aaoiagea came ,witn one , hand on each aide of the break. yir,,& , ' Just when lie was petting-a grip on tenaat Holts to brfng the machine eafely Into Italian" territory. ' '! After landing the lieutenant show- ian, threw his arms around him and kissed him vlgoro'isly ' on lothi cheek; The cheerlne from the near- .by Italians and , Americana which greeted thl net must have made the Austrian across the Plave wonder if another attack was Impending.) rllKCKIVtS 20 YKABH HATRIV- I.Alutit vi )U V)vr niivviVrj Camp LewlsJ Tacoma, . JulJ- 9. ' iThtt 'Miffeat sentence yet i.tjiven at soldlar . for ' infubordlnntlon . waa! handed William C. ' Moodle ; today, when Colonel E. N. Jones, camp coni - niander, approved the . verdict ' of a court martini, which tried Moodic and which awarded him 20 years hnrd labor at Alcatrnz Uland, for - felture. of all pay nnd allowances,! and a dishonorable discharge at the expiration of the sentence. ' ' ISLAIID OF Gil IS Typhoon Hwaeps Over IsU'nd Leav ing Inhabitant Destitute and ("Tops Damaged Washington, July . That th Island of Guam In th South Pacific, waa devaauted by a typhoon on July 6, waa reported today to th navy department by Captain Roy Smith, governor and commandant. Half the Inhabitants are left des titute, crop are destroyed, and much material I damaged. Step are being taken to aid the Inhabi tant. 4 4 4 l g. CASUALTY LIST 4 Washington, July 9. Th army casualty Hat for today ha 67 name, 14 were killed In action and 10 died from wound. FOR ENGINEER CORPS - A call has been Issued upon tbe state of Oregon tor cetUiu uled men who are needed In the engineer corps. This call I only for white men who are physically qualified for military service No man who 1 needed to fill the July call, already announced, will be allowed to volunteer for this ser vice, Volunteers may be accepted from the 191 class provided toe regis trant waives all time limits for class I f leu U on and examination.. V Registrants qualfied, as previous ly described will be permitted to vol unteer until July 17th. All local volnDteerB ,re not secured. Involun tary Induction will be used. TWO TRAINS COLLIDE .,' -!.-:: . .. ' . . Nashville. July . ; 8. A hundred persons are believed to have " loat their live in th wreck here today. Eighty injured are in the hospital. In one car; every passenger- was fklUed The cause of the collision may never :be known. Nashville, July 9. Two passenger trains icollided today in the suburb ot . Nashville. , Twenty-fire persona were killed and 75 hurt, according to early reports. . Most of, them were negroes.i'! ,,R vi . s ''(. ., SOCIALISTS DEFEAT IKI ; SliauKhai, July 9. After disarm ing the Dolsheviki forces at Vladivo stok, ' the ' Czecho-SIovaks ' ad Vanced westward and dofeated " a " mixed force of Bolsbevikl and Aiistro-Ger- uian prisoners. .- They then occupied Ntkolayevsk naval station on the Amur river. 1 ' " i .' UJI'JIMAV 1K,I'TS WltKCKED if " I liY ALMK1) AIRMKN London. July , 9. The nir mlnls- I tiy. describing j-ecent aerial opera' ftions, makes the following state' ment:' " 1 ' ; "On station nt'amr factories at Kalserkuten were .gaged over thh objectives and one of wrecked. Hostile machines were en them wbs shot down. Two of our I machine are missing." DEVASTATED AlKEDOII mm fltKNCH PEXETRATB E.VKMT POHITIONS REAUZINO AD. VANCK OF ONE WILE HUH COUNTER ATTACK, ftlCE 4SO Itlsoaera, ladadlag 14 Officer Taken at Log Farm, Petw Montdidler and th Ota Pari, July 9. Th French early thl morning attacked th Geraaa line on a two and on-hlf mil front west of Antheull betweea Montdidler and th Olsa river. They penetrated th enemy positions and ' realized an advance of a mile ' at certain point. A German counter attack at Logea farm In thl area was repulsed, tha. French maintaining entirely all . their gain, Four hundred prison-,, ers including four of floe r wera. taken. . In the Longpont region, east of, th Rets forest, tha French Increased their gain and took prisoner. Italian Army Headquarters, July 9. Venice' liberation by th ex- . pulsion ot the Austrian from tha delta ot th Plave river was attend- fed by . some ot the hardest flghtlnc : seen on thl front. . n . The Austrian put up a terrible re sistance, and it is . estimated that 20,000 officers and men, or 50 per, cent of their effectives, were killed, ' wounded or taken prisoner. , A The enemy employed 37 battal ions, Including some of the Ortent., corn, prepared for. the purpose of campaigning to Jerusalem. . t Austrian guns were only five miles' away from range of this crty at on time. Sailor and soldiers fighting t knee deep in mud, water and reeds, blocked the Austrian flanking move-., ment. Fighting was especially ardu ous on the hundreds ot canals behind the lagoon district, where every eel--larleee hnt had -been 1 transformed' Into a machine gun nest. -, : The Italians had to make night attacks, swimming with a knife In their teeth until they surprised and killed the machine gun defenders. . The artillery of both sides played night and day freely upon every road built in between the canals. F i . FAMINE IS ASSURED Washington, July 9. Definite as- su ranees that there Is no danger of a sugar famine were; siven today by the food administration. The food situation is generally declared to be better than at any time since Ames a undertook the feeding of all the world.':. ' ' iU-.. '.f ?(f ' ft v SHIP COXTKOh HILL APPROVED Washington, D, . C, July 9 The administration' b!'l forbidding the wr sale or charter of American ve ?els or the sn'c of ships under con struction without the approval ot the shipping board, was passed today, by tho senate. It already has 'passed the house and now goes to conference. Copenhagen, July 9. The Berlin news bureau declares today that Era.'1 peror Wllhelrrt has consent! te' th( resignation ot the foreign sejeretar von Kuehlmann. EMPEROR OF GERMANY ; ACCEPT WTIOIIF