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. . . DAIL EDITION VOU IX., No. 0 RANT FAN, JONKPHINB OOOTT. OHKOOK. WKDNKHKAf, Jll.V 10, 191. WHOLE NCMI1ER 107. ATTITUDE OF U S UNDECIDED AS TO n MILITARY ACTION IN KVBMIA WOl'U INVOIAK WKAKKMNti WKNTKIt FIIOM ECOriOMEC HELP BEIK6 PLANNED Owvrrniwrat iUfurUa actuation Too TraiulUiry to Make Ifcvtolo m to MUlUrr AM Washington, July IO.--The gov eminent regard th situation Id Russia to rapidly ud constantly bunging, a to mak It Impossible to com to any derision to what Hilary aid may he extended by the United Stele. . Entente lovurnminU, through their embassies In Washington, re ow fairly advised of tha vlewa or tba Washington administration to tha txtii mumi of carrying out I'res Idant Wilson's pledge to aland he kind Russia. It li understood that project It taking ahap. which, It la hoped, will counteract German In fliienrw, and lead tha people to re habilitate themselves without excit ing distrust of tha unselfish motive which lla behind It. There la reason to believe tha pro posal to send American business men to Russia, forma tha baala of tha ne gotiation between Washington and th entonls capitals. Only It haa ss utnadl new phase throufh tha In jection of tha Irion to make tha com mission and armed guards Interna tional In composition, thus tending to disarm any suspicion oh the part Of the Russians that their country la to I exploited In the Interests of a alnRle power. All plana submitted whlrh Involve military action In KuskIr, the gov aroment feels, would Involve at the aame lima the weakening of the western front. It la decided that nothing must he permitted to d "tract from tha military strength In France ml Belgium. The project for ex tending economic aid Is going for ward favorably, ROIXIIKVIKI TAKKH HHKITKIt IN (IKItMAN KMIl.tNHY Amsterdam, July 10. A member of the Rolshevlkl government Mas taken up Quarters In the German em baas y at Moscow, according to the Berlin Tagcblatt. This Is to show that the Dolshevlkl govornment has undertaken to guarantee the safety of Una German personnel. E.B.: 111 K. B. Hubbard, of William creek, died Tuesday, July , In Vancouver, Wash., where he has been working In the hlpyards. The body will be brought here Thursday morning and tha funeral held at Williams Thurs day afternoon at a o'clock. Besides a wife, Mr. Hubbard leaves even children: Mrs. Jess Lemmon, of Vancouver, Wash.; Clayton Hub bard, vho Is In the training camp at American Lake; and Marian, Wil liam, Oladys, Frank snd Don, who live at home. 7 1 Fl ! BEING DRIVEN WEST ' 1-nndon. Jnlv 10. Peking dis patches this morning say Mint the 81 herlan ; situation Is Importantly changing and a counter revolution. s!pted by the Cr.e:ho-Slovnk Is mrendlng. . Tho Bolshevlkl are be In driven westward from Irkutsk. . 1PL BEG FOR FOOD KmaiKlatml mim! I'lMbrf! 'Austrian .. Idnronr I'immI Tiinma From the Trains by Pa 'ig' I'srls, July 10. Tha food short age In Austria Is growing more acute, according to Herbert Mayer, secre tary of Charles J. Voplcka, American minister to Rumania. Mr. Mayer haa Joel returned from J assy by way of Austria and Swltsarland. At Vienna the train on which he traveled stopped In the railroad yarda and a crowd of hungry and ragged men and women employee In the yard scram bled aboard and begged for food. All looked emaciated and underfed. When the peeeengera- threw out scrape of food the Austrian de voured It ravenoualy, They aald the government was giving them only enough food to keep them from ac tual starvation. PEACE TERMS BY Copenhagen, July 10. While claiming no official sanction aud even admitting that their realisation would encounter strong opposition from the Uerman government and people, George Dernhard, political editor of the Voaslche Zeltung of Berlin, submit the following peace conditions: France and Italy to discuss with Germariy and Austria the future frontiers, without the Intervention of thlri parties. All the Herman colonies to be re turned. llutelum to be restored completely as an Independent atate. All merchants of the central pow ers ho have been deprived of their property overseas to be restored to tholr former rights of possession. Ureal Britain to evacuate uncon ditionally all parts or tha Turkish empire and Persia. . The situation before the war to he restored In Egypt. The Dardanelles, on the baals of a treaty applying to the state! border ing the Itlack sea to be free for the passage of Russian ships. AT AMERICAN TROOPS Itsllan Army Headquarters In Northern Italy, July 10. Austrian prisoners who have been taken lately by the Italian appear not to be In formed of the pert tha United States Is .playing In the war. When an au tomobile carrying members of the United States military mission halt ed this afternoon In front of a line of prisoners, one called out In Eng' llsh to the ohsuffeurs: "flay, what are you doing here?" When" Informed that the- United States waa In the war, he expressed surprise and aald: "Well, I hope the Americans keep on coming strong enough to win the war, Then we can get out of this moss and I can go back to America." SAULSBURY CUTS PRY AMENDMENT FROM BILL Washington, July 10. The war time prohibition amendment to the emerjf3nc food p'rudjuctlon bill Is not germane and should be etricken from the bill, Senator Saulsbury president pro tempore of the senate ruled today. Washington, July 10, The senate today refused to sustain the ruling mnde 'by . Chnlrmnn pro tempero Saulsbury relative to the prohibition amendment.- . -... RAGGED El FRONTAGE GAINED BY BRITISH NEAR AMIENS m ' Oiftdre ia Alb:a Cc:tii::s Farcrtllj, Asrtriis Etirj Bitta Bzck C3 Beth Sii:s cf 0::a RiTcr-Gtnrj Prepare to Reczytsre Grc::J Wca bj Allies Ixmdnn. July 10. There are In- dil ations that tha Oermana are plan-! nlng to recapture the high gronnd won by the Auatrallana and Ameri cana within the last few days, east of Amlena and north of Vlllers-Bre-tonntux. Local attacks were repuls ed last night. Heavy bombardment was opened this morning over an eight mile front from Vlllere-Bretonneux across the Solum to the Ancer. The franco-Americana have taken 6,400 prisoners since June 18. The Franco-Italian aucceaaea at Albania, apparently threaten serious ly the Austro-Hungarlan situation In central Albania. The French are making good gains In eastern Al bania, while the Italians are advanc ing In the west. - london, July 10 Considerable ac tivity was developed thla morning by German artillery and . machine Kiine east of Amlena, from Vlllers Dretonneux to the Ancre river. The German local attacks In that area were repulsed. The British ad vanced their line a short distance and took prisoner In the vicinity of Merrla. northeast of Nelppe wood. Rome, July 10 Tha Italian troops In Albania are continuing to advance northward. The enemy waa beat en back on both aldea of the river Osum, yesterday. Paris, July 10. While walling for the German high command to show Its hand, tha allied forces are giving the enemy little opportunity to per- Ri E ON HUN BLACK LIST Amsterdam.' July 10 Grand Dnke Alexander Alexandrovltch. brother-in-law ot the former Kussisn emper or, was Interviewed at the end of June In Altodol, In -he Crimea, u) the correspondent of the Buda Pest As Est. according to a telegram to Dutch newspapera. Relating his ex perience after the abdication ot the Romanoffs, the grand duke said: 'We were tour day at Dulbar, at the house ot Peter Nicolayvltch, all together. We owe our Uvea solely to that good and intelligent man. My six sons and, myself, were on the blacklist. We scarcely hoped to es cape with our lives. They took our money and property. Our houee In Petrograd was raxed to the ground. 'Fortunately. I hav property. with a vineyard In Altodor. on the produce of which myself and my family can live." Somewhere, in 1 JvSSa) fir. TTT""J AJIOTHtfc I ) I I ' G0U.Y! R 0"C I I feet hi arrangsmaats for launching the attack, from the Lys sector, on the north, to the Champagne front In Eastern France there ha been iiddsn thrust at the German lines, t least on of which haa mad con siderable ground. This blow was struck by the French west of th Olae and north of the Mats rlvr, on th batti14 where the German war (topped short la their attempt to hew their way through to Compeigne early In June. The French advanced along the Compelgne road northwest of An- theull and occupied the Logo and Port farm on each side of Its high way. The ground taken I Important' from a dufenslve standpoint, and cut down th area In which th Oer mana must maaewar, Ther seems to hav been apliited fighting on the British front along La Bsssee canal, northwest ot Lens, snd north of ths Somme, on the Plc ardy sector. Berlin announces the British were, repulsed In frequently repeated attacki and that their at tacks north of the Somme broke down. i - The French attack at Antheull Is merely mentioned In the official Ger man tatoment. which says attacks In the VHIers-Cotteret and Chateau Thierry sector were repulsed by the Germsn. .. . .. . While the fighting on the Mace donian and Albanian frontiers must remain a aide Issue, the progress 0f the French and Italians along the Albanian coast brings that theater of the war into consideration. - KAISER LEAVES FRONT . Home. Julr 10. Emneror Wll-'n(1 . , , , . . .. . helm 1 a victim of influensa, which Is so prevalent in the German army according to Swiss advices today. The emperor has gone home from the French front, due to the ''Spanish grippe." " ' . ' ' MATKRIAIi FOB 8HIPS MAY 11 K COMMAMtKKKKB Philadelphia, July 10. Lumber or any other material necessary In the construction ot a ship will be commandeered by th emergency fleet corporation should the occasion arise. An order to this effect was issued today, following It adoption by the board of trustees ot the cor poration, i ' - ; the U. 5. A. LAVANDORDEnTO E! em Frovfaloasl Oovemaaeat ..Pro vide for UbrUo of aUberW .. From th UolshevUU London, July 10. Th aw pro visional government for Siberia, hav ing tha ananlmou support of th population, and which will eontlna to fight th central powers, ha been established at Vladivostok, ac cording to dispatch. It Intend to mimmon tba constitu ent assembly and rector law and or der. Th program Include th lib eration of 8!berls from the Bot hevlkl, universal auffrag and dis tribution of tha land 'among th landless. VESSELS III 1 DAYS Washington. July 10. Comple tion of 23 ships of 122.771 dead weight tons In the first weeks of July made a total ot 223 vessels built under the direction of the ship ping board. Their aggregate tonnage la 1,415.022. . Of the new fleet. 218 vessel al ready are In service. July output Is at the rate of more than S. 000, 000 tona for the remain der ot the year, and if this pace is maintained by the rapidly expanding shipyards, the yesr's output will be close to fi, 000,000 deadweight tons. . The first week's total in July com prised 14 requisitioned steel vessels and five contract steel vessel, with an aggregate tonnage of . 108,271, and four wooden chips have . been launched to date. Twenty-four steels ship have been built on contract. the remainder being vessels. requisitioned V. 8. CASUALTY LIST Washington, July 10. The army casualty list for today Is 103. Twen ty-one were kiUed in action and IS Idled trom wounds. Several Idaho Montana men were In tho list. There were only five In the marine , nil. two were siirea m kciiuu ins two died from wounds. MM KliDUil FROM AIR, LAUD, SEA Dunkirk. France, July 10. This city, on the north aeaooast of France, holda the record tqr having been bombarded from land, sea and air. It has received bomb trom airplanes, torpedoes from dirigibles, " shells from German destroyers and projec tiles from 14-lnch guns. , ' The number ot alarms up to July 4 totalled 400. - They consisted ot alarms without projectiles reaching the city, tllf alarms : followed by air bombardment, 151; land ' bom bardments, 25; sea bombardments. 4, and dirigible bombardment, 1. SEVERAL ENTOMBED E Butte, July .10. Several, miners were entombed at the Jackknlfe mine in Phillipsburg yesterday when a part of the shaft timbers collapsed 60 feet underground cutting oft their escape. ' The miners were engaged In getting out manganese ore. ' -A squad of 7Q men Is now at work digging away about 40 tons of earth and de bris, which now cuts off their escape. They are still alive and the rescue crew hopes to have them out . late tonight. They have received their food and-water through plpss. ." ' Ill D oni QUOTA FOR 4TH W DECIDED UPOil OREQOX SPIRIT U PRAUKO BT OFFICIAL AT BAH FRAJf CIS CO CONTEREJtCK STATES 601 IS $45,000,003 Person Not Baytn- Ikmda Win Bv Required to Otve Ream. Which WU1 B Recorded Portland, July 10 Oregon's qsota in the fourth liberty loan, th east palga for which will start October 1. will b Between $46,000,000 and 150,000,000 on estimate brought back to Portland djV Robert E. Smith, atate manager of liberty loan cam paigns, who returned yesterday frost ' San Francisco, where he attsnaed a conference of official ot th Twelfth Federal Rmtv district Oregon's quota last Urn waa I17y 500,000, although the total sub scribed was 127.(00.000. Th vast prospective Increase la tha Oregon quota ha already stirred bankers t contemplative action, and Mr. 8m 1th yesterday gav out word " that It would go hard with liberty loaa "slackers" In October. A festure ot the conference at Ban Francisco was the attention given to the Oregon "spirit" and Oregon "method at th atart; ' and Mr. Smith was called upon at the open ing session. to explain how Oregon did IL The news, of this state' quick work in going over the top Is the loan and all other patriotic drive was fresh In the minds of the men at the conference. "The big feature ot the ntezt cam paign will be the comprehensive and unfaltering way that so-called 'slack ers' will be handled." said Mr. Smith. "We haven't any great loan slacker evil here yet, but the point la that the campaign Is to be organised ao thoroughly that when a man refuse or falls to buy his quota, not only ., will he be asked to give reasons, bwt his reason will go on record." reucii vo:.a Twenty men, comprising a., con struction gang are at work near Grants 1 1 Pass, reconstructing the , Western Union telegraph line frost : Orants Pass to Glendale. ' . .t r A vast amount of work Is to be " done, not only ' In ' this section but ' , along the whole line from Portland to San FranchKO. - Many thousand ot dollar win be expended in - the work, for not only are the old linos being reconstructed, but at least lx. new wires will 'be strung. ' ' The men assigned to this district are laborer from San Francisco, oAd will probably be In thla section of the country for several months.. Th work of distributing material ajonc; . the; right of way began today, i ; Paris, July 10. HH Is reported to day that Admiral yqn Hintse, Ger man minister at Christiana, will suc ceed yon KuehlTfijtjn,, as foreisn retary. ' Copenhjen, . Jnily 10. Sociallsta in the wfchstag refused today t vote rv the budget, until the oew for minister had made hla. foctv ?t W. f'llur policy. ' M ADMIRAL VON HlLIZt . NEW FQRH SEC.