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r 'j o n a DAILY EDITION vou Nil. ua.r HUN WAR GENERAL CLAIMED DEAD FIKRY INTKUVIKW WITH KAIMKIt f'AI'HKM KATII OK GENERAL ' ' VON HINIlKMU IIG CONGESTION OF BMK IS CAUSE JCinpmir ami Field MarMlial differ on Miihjert of Merman IMvo To ward Paris Amsterdam, July 1 3. Klcld Mar shal von lllndenburg is doad, ac ' cording to the newspaper ln Nou velles, published at The Hague, lilt death occurred after atoruiy In tervlqw wllh Ilia German emperor at headquarters, The emperor and Ilia fluid ninr shal are reported to hive hid Mr lour differences of opinion In a vio lent Interview concerning the Clr man offensive toward Paris, Tha flKliI mamhal died of (onctlon of tha' brain. Tlii newspaper say that (ha In formation was obtained from rell ahla source In lha occupied districts of n)nltim. Washington, July 11. HrltUh re laforremcnta are In Blberla to aid the Kiualan In guarding allied Mores OF YANKEES IN FRANCE J Amsterdam, July 13. - The in Hi lary contributor of tha Nodu Deut sche AllKcmeluv ZtiUunx, evidently writing from official Inaplralion, dls cunsos Secretary laker's announce ment on troopa overseas, Mia argu ment la alinllar to those of (ianeral von Ardenne, who. In Ilia Uusseldorf Niii'hrlchton, last Tuesday, asserted that hn did not believe the figures of tha American man-power and that numbers do not count anyliof. . "Wa are unable to verify tha accu racy of Secretary , Ilaker'a figures. However, Ihey are 'only Intended to throw dual Into the eyta of the world. Tha large number clnlmed for tha laat three months aeoma to ua quite Impossible, In view of the shortsge of enemy tonnage," oaya tha contrib utor. "liOt ua aaaume thnt Secretary Bilker's flgurea are correct. We need not be alarmed. A nation which haa fought a world of enemlea four yeara ennnot be frightened by the Ameri can bogey. We are unimpressed. They are only common fodder and not the equals of our war-proved, nn-t-onquerable troopa." The writer then goes on to argue that what England failed to do, Am erica cannot accomplish. He de clares that the American fighting man cannot be properly equipped, because the American war material manufacturers are awlndlera. ' After other criticism of the Amer-j leans aa fighting men, the contribu tor arrives at the following conclu sion: "We do not believe there la a Urge number of them In battle line and even It It were true, we will whip them anyhow." F E ' Mobcow, July 13. Speaking at fhe All-Russian aovlot conference now In session, lon Trotzky declared that lw hnd received news from the front that the unity of the aovlot troops hnd Buffered as a result of Ani?lo French propaganda. He snld thnt pnrt of the Bolshevlkl forcea hnd "(Inserted to the enemy." cm s Li e s TWO DK MS I'J.llil HeglhtranU Wanted for Of. rupatltmal Training Oregon to HoikI Itii for Port Bertie Waahlnalon, July 11. Adjutant General Croader haa called for It, Ml registrants of grammar school education, quatlflad for general mil Itary aarvlrt, to entrain between Au gust I and August 21. They will go to vaiioua trhoola for occupational training. Crowder lastied auolher call laat night for 1,000 from SI atatea to work In tha foreaU of the northwest for alrplana aarvlc. They will go to Vancouver Barracks. Oregon's allotment for thla call la ITS. alham, Mm., July 11. Ensign Andrews waa killed and Ensign I'ark probably futully Injured today by tha fall of their sea plant) on the beach. It rraalird down, liiHtantly catching fire. GHKAT ItUITlIX KM K1VKM NEW CltKHIT FROM I. N. Washington, July 12. Great Brit alii waa granted $175,000,000 by the treasury department today. BELGIUM IS PAWN FOR Fl Copenhagen, July 11. Chancellor von llertllng says today that Ger many did not Intend to retain Del- glum, lie told the mlchstage that Uelghim waa merely a pawn for fur ther negotiations. , London, July 13. Mcutenunt- Qeneral Hovrath, vlce-prenldent and general manager of the Chinese Kant em Railway, having declared him self premier of a temporary Siberian government, haa been proclaimed ruler of Siberia, according to a dis patch to the Mall from Harbin. HIIIKKIAX GOVKHNMK.NT wim. urmmT am.ikn 1 JanInn .Inlv 19 Tha nllla1 fnrrna will hnv full aitviiiinrt nf lha new Slbertna government, nccordlng to ansurances. With the Hrltlsh Army In France, July 12. British operations In the .Vferrla sector since Tuesday have brought the line forward to within about a quarter of a mite west of that hamlet, and secured for the British complete observation of Ger man positions In the village. Yesterday the British gained an other strip west of .Merrls. At one point tour Australians ventured across No Man's Land and by a quick assault captured between 30 and 40 prisoners, A considerable body of nrltlRh troops was sent forward to exploit the victory. The British line wns pushed forward without much opposition and 160 prisoners and n number of machine guns had been captured up to today. SEAPLANE CRASHES ON BEACH KILLING ENSIGN LIEUT.GENERAL HOVRATH NEW SIBERIAN RULER 0 RANTS PAN, JOMEPHIOTI OOCKTT, OREGON, HINDAV, JILY ALLIES DRIVE GERMANS BACK S TAKE CASTEL llltrriNH TAKK NIXKTV-HIX I'lllH- ONK'ltH IN KNTKItritlHKM NKAIt KMNDKIW FREEH ADVANCE 600 Many I'rlwiarra Taken by KnU-nte In Agitraaalre lUow IMlvcrfd on Three Mile Front Paris, July IS. Krenrh troopa at tacked over a front of approximately three miles between Castel and north of Mallly Halneval (In tha Plcardy sector) thla morning, according to tha war office statement laaued last olght. Tha village of Castel, tha An- chien farm and a number of strong German positions wera taken and 500 prisoners were captured. The attack penetraM the German line to a depth of more than a mile. Rome, July IS. The text of the official statement issued today by the war office reada: "Along tha front In northern Italy there haa been Intermltten artillery fire.' In the Araa valley our patrols destroyed two amall enemy posts and raptured a few prisoners. An attempted enemy attack at Cornone failed with heavy losses. In Albania our troopa are continuing the work of clearing the ground from which the AiiHtrlana were driven and gath ering booty; Three rannon, ''eight mountain guns, fqur trench guns and two trench mortars have been found." . Paris, July 11. The French ad vanced 50 yarda toduy, near the Porte farm, between Montdidler aud the Olse river. London. July 11. The Brltiah took, S8 prisoners In minor enter prises In Flanders today. IIOt'HK NI HT.UNS WILSON'S VKTO OF AUHKTlITKAL HILL Washington, July 13. The house ustalned the presidents veto of the agricultural bill by a vote of 172 to BRITISH PEOPLE IL1 1IIITI OF With the American Army In Eng land, June 7. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) America's ncreased flow of troopa Into France has brought to the British public a realization of the magnitude of the movement. The comings and goings f force after force have Impressed the resldenta of England with the might of their new ally aa nothing eUe has. Since the first days of May the growing volume has been apparent. Wave after -wave of American troops have moved forward from the ports of arrival through the country to rest camps and from there on to the ports of embarkation with only enough pause to get the sea wobble out of the men's legs. The number of rest camps tha name that has come to be applied to what really are concentration camps has been increased, and British traffic men are finding themselves heavily taxed to maintain uninter rupted the shuttle' of shipping be tween England and France. The British are doing that part of the work and American officers have been high In their praise of the ef ficiency displayed. Americans are In command of the men when they land and are respon sible for them In the temporary U-BOAT ORDERS NLIRWEGIAN3T0 LEAVE VESSEL niKw of metkk mk.n aiu HIVE IX LIKE IIOATH AT AT. . LANTIO TORT SUB. APPEARS 300 MILES OUT Fate of Hblp la I'nknowa May Have Iters Hunk or Converted Into Trailer An Atlantic Port, July 13. A Ger man submarine appearing 500 miles off Cape Race on July 6 captured tha Norwegian bark Manx King and or dered the crew 'of 1) to take to the boats, It waa learned tonight when the survivors were brought here on a British ship which picked them up at aea. The survivors aald titey did not know what became of the bark, whether she waa aunk or converted into trailer by the Germans. OLHKK MKX Ml'ST HKLI IIV WORKIXU, IH UKUKF Washington, July 12. In netting forth the government's attitude to ward the employment of women In war Industries, the war Isbor policies board today recommended that a more general employment of older men to relieve the labor shortage and that w.otnen be more generally em ployed In clerical, accounting and cashier service. - . The policy as outlined Is agalnat the employment of girls under 21 years In running elevators, aa public messengers, bellboys In hotels or clubs, or in street cars, elevated and subway transportation service. The recruiting of mothers of young chil dren for employment In war Indus tries Is discouraged. Ixndon, July 11. The British casualties last week were 14,911, aa compared with 17,336 the week pre vious. Montreal, July 13. Thlrteeu men were killed and 17 Injured in two munition plant accidents. A live wire and collapsing floor, killed sev eral. camps and up to the point of going to the piera where ships are waiting to carry them to France, but the transportation both across the coun try and overseas Is in the hands of men who have been moving the Brit ish millions since 1914. It is at the rest camps tnat the American soldier gets his first real stop In the voyage he begah at an American port. At the port of de barkation be Is given scarcely a pause and no opportunity whatever to look around. From the ship that brought him over he Is marched di rectly to a waiting train. Then the Journey to camp Is begun. But the trains are fast and the country Is mall so the Journey never la long. ' When the train stopa there is a march, usually for two or three miles but In some cases the column must move on toot for ten or twelve mires before camp la reached. To the Britisher who sees passing every day the thousands of men the sight Is Im pressive. In London, at General Blddle'a headquarters, statistical officers and officers of the quartermaster corps continuously go over tables of fig' ures that vary only as the size of donvoys vary, and direct the dis tribution of each new lot of arrivals, and eventually their re-shipment to France. IPRESSEO WITH AMERICAN FORCES II, 101. 1,100,000 YANKS SAFE III POKE 00,000 Increaae In One Week- Three Army Corps Definitely Or ganised la Franc Washington, July Ceneral March announced today that Ameri can troopa over seas and on Board en route, have passed tha 1,100,000 mark, representing an Increase of over 60,000 since last week. Three army corps, from 221,000 to 250,000 In each, nave been defi nitely erganlsed la France. m spy plot - RE-OPENED BY JURY New York. July 13. Inquiry Into a German plot, exposed before the United States entered the war, is to reopen today by the federal grand Jury here. The plot waa to send spies from the United Statea to Eng land, to locate bases of ships of the British fleet, so they could be at tacked by submarines. MIMHTKHH WA.NTKD BV GE.NElv.yi PERSHING New York. July 13. The federal council of the Churches of Christ of America which sent greetings to Gen eral Pershing and the American army In France through the Rev. Dr. Charles S. McFarland, received a ca ble message from there from McFar land today aaylng that General Per shing asked the churches . to send over their Very best ministers as chaplains." . t New York, July 13. Six persons were killed and 16 injured, in an ex plosion on the Spanish steamship in the harbor. The ship had a cargo of motor trucks and oil on board for the use of the American army In France. The explosion damaged the buildings along the water front. i ARCHBISHOP at a El Paso, July 13. Archbishop Francisco Oroxco of Guadalajara, Mexico, was arrested today by mili tary authorities in Jalisco, and ia now held a prisoner, according to messages brought by courier this af ternoon. APPEAL IS MADE FOR ECU A natlon-wtde campaign for the recruiting of 25,000 nurses, both for the army school of nursing, and for all acredlted training schools con nected with civilian hospitals, will be launched on July 29. It Is de signed to be a direct appeal to the young womanhoed of America to en ter upon a course of nurse training. The appeal will be made on the basis that every day of a student nurse'a training represents a double patriotic service, In that while she is prepar ing for military duty later, she re leases a graduate for military duty now, and herself cares for the civil ian population. The local medical profession Is asked to encourage the families of their patrols to respond to this call. Dr. J. O. Nlbley has the matter In charge for Josephine county. WHOLE NUMBER 2110k ELEWC1 MB & KILLS SEVEN MOTOIUIAX LETS PASSEXGEK Ill'X CAR WHILE HK OOI LBCTS FARES MANY SMUIBB M EOQ Man at Front Loses Control As They Go Around Carre sad IaUnuv ban Tans Over San Francisco. July 11. Four were killed and fifteen Injured whan aa Intern rban electric car laden vita ship workers overturned near 8buU san Francisco today. It was a one- man car and the motorman let a passenger run It while ha collected the fares. He was unable to control the car on the curve. San Francisco, July 13. Later re ports show that seven workers of the Bethlehem shipbuilding corporation were killed and 41 were Injured, when the Interurban car Jumped the track on a curve. GKKMAX WAR OFFICE . CLAIMS SIX PLANES Berlin. July 12, via London. All six of the American airplanes which attempted to bombard Cobleni yes terday have fallen Into German; hands. The capture of five was re ported yesterday and the report I-, sued today said the one remaining" machine had been shot down. i 1 The communication follows: . "The sixth airplane of the Ameri can squadron which attempted to fly to Coblenx, as reported, yesterday, r has fallen Into our hands, after be ing shot down." ' ' WONDER AT GERMANS LOmG DELAY Washington, July 13. The con viction is gaining ground here that the German high command haa en-' countered serious obstacles Id press-' ing the offensive on the western front. They cannot believe the at tack would be deferred voluntarily when It Is obvious every day's delay Secretary Baker said today noth ing definite Is known here aa to the reasons that compelled the German , delay. He made It dear that the fail ure of the enemy to react against the repeated successful local attacks were accepted as conclusive evidence the German offensive iras being held -In -check by some consideration other; than the purely practical one of pre paring for storm troops. . The pressure of local operations by the allies from Ypres to Rheims con tinues. Not a day has passed for more than a week in which some ground has not been wrested from the enemy. It is reported nearly six thousand prisoners have been taken.' V. & CASUALTY LIST . Washington, July 13. The army casualty list for today ia 71. . Tha marines number 33. The total killed Is 25 and six died from wounds. 0 Washington, July 13. President Wilson today Issued an order that French flags should be flown from all buildings and vessels tomorrow, to commemorate the fall of the has tlle. .