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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.