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DAILY EDITION VOL, IX., No. BUM. 0. KILLED BY HUN PLANE IN EVIDENTLY MORTALLY WOIND KI WHICH OAlhK HIM TO UmK 1STKOl. MACHINE FALLSENMY LIKES OtoneJ IUmrrll UImI Son Had Chance to Rnsnloc Bum Mr r Ice to Ilia Country London, July IT. Meutenanl Quentln Roosevelt waa Killed at Chateau Thierry. July 14. ! waa returning from a patrol fight when he waa attacked by a Oerman equad ton. The machine fell Into enemy llnaa. It waa eeen that Roosevelt eud denly toil control, having probably been mortally wounded. The ma chine waa not aflame when It fell Phillip Roosevelt, Qucntln's con- In. watched the air battle and aaw the machine fall but did not know that It waa Qiientlu until later. ' Thlrtocn American lanea were chairing eeven German planes, when two turned on Roosevelt. Oyster Hay. July 17. Colonel Roosevelt aald today, "Quentln'a mother and I af very glad that he lot to tha front and bad a chance to how tha atulT there waa In him le- for hla rata befell him." ; Roosevelt will address the repub llcan atate convention tomorrow at Saratoga Spring! not wlthatandlng hla aon'a death. f. J T, t i With the French Army In France July 17,-Oerman tanka, which at U"kd north of Boualn, auffered h.-avlly from the allied artillery Many were deatroyed. In a aectlon of Champagne lying went of Rhelma, tha enemy attack waa broken In Ita flrat stage. Tha point where the farthest advance waa made waa at Prunay, where a email pocket 2.000 yarda In depth waa punched out by tba enemy. ..'' t ' i Facing thla point la a hilly region, laoluding Moronvllllera, Cormltlet and other well-known heights, 'On these war advanced , poaltlona or tha French army lightly held. Tha enemy preparatlona had", been ob eerved and minute precautlona were Uken by tha alllea to hold their main poaltlona. When tha attack be gan, tha French fell back on theae, n the Oermana were unable, even with their Ibeat dlvlelone, to maka any Impreealon, except about Prunay, Thla email reault, In. view of the nature' of the attack, la considered favorable by tha allied staff, while tha French army holding thla portion ot tha battle front dleplays tha full cat confidence that any further at tempt by the, Oermana here will meat a atmllar fate. Aviators flying over the German llnea declare the German louses In that sector are tremendous. HUH AIK BURNED BY REVOLUTIONISTS London, July 17. The destruc tion by fire of a new German am dome with 22 airplanes, near Nlev elles yesterday, was attributed to German revolutionists In the army. Two Belglana and two .German non commissioned officers were arrested. UEEfflJ Ml II FLIEflS KILL 941 on Kitfniy , Aviator llunib lrlon Camp Thirty Milrs IHilad tha French Front Parle, July 17. Haves Agency. Five German aviators bombed pris on ramps In the Troys region to day", 25 miles behind the French front and killed 14 German prison ers, and wounded 74 others. PRISONERS TELL OF "PEACE OFFENSIVE" With tha Fremh Army In Franca, July 17. Mareulle-le-Port, on the Mama, was tha soene thla morning or terrific fighting In which the French and American troops were resisting valiantly against heavy odds. Other fierce struggles were In progress north of tha Marne, In Ro drmant wood and around Marfaux, where Italian troopa are participat ing. Several German prisoners. when Interrogated, aald they had bxen told that thla offensive would enforce tha Oerman conditions of peace on tha allies. - The battle baa been chrlatened by them tha "peace offensive." . Tha captives stated that tha num ber of men thrown Into tha line on thla one occasion waa fully equal to tha total forces utilised In any at tack heretofore made. GIVEN U. S. GENERALS London, July 17. General Per shing was awarded the grand cross of the order or Rath today. General Tasker Bliss waa Riven the grand rrosa ot the order of Michael and 8t George. E O. C. Rortameyer, secretary ot tha municipal civil aervlca bureau of Portland will ba In , Granta Pass Thursday July 18, for the purpoae of recruiting man for the Portland po lice and fire bureaus. Chief of Po lice Johnson, who -was scheduled to accompany Mr. Dortiweyer on a vle It to aouthern Oregon cltlea, waa de tained In Portland on Important bus iness. Last week the two men toured In eastern Oregon and secured 27 men for tha two Portland departmenta. It la tha flrat time In history of Portland, that auch a trip aa la now being made, has been auhorlsed. The city council agreed to aend the men on the tour, after all efforta to se cure capable men In Portland for tha aervlca had tailed. No effort la being made to secure men for aervlca In Portland depart menta who are now engaged In duty In the fire or police bureaus of the towna visited. " Alt other men how ever, who are physically and morally fit are Invited to apply. Applicants must be American cltltens. Service In the police and tire bureaus la now considered a true war aervlca as the extra men now re cruited are needed tor the purpose of giving needed protection to the govrnment ahlpyarda and other war Industrlea located In Portland. Wagea In both, departments were re cently Increased. During his stay In Granta Pass, Mr. Bortsmeyer will make headquar ters at the Josephine hotel. GRANTS PASS, JOaXPHINI COCUTT, ORKOOlf, WEDNESDAY, JILY GERMAN MASSES HELD Ecemy Advances Three Hies Down Marce YaUty Ccsa lerattacks Bring Uoa Bribes Under Fire cf French Artillery Allies Defers Proves Great Ssccess With the American Army on the Marne, July 17,. Rxtraornldary heavy artillery. lira la prograastng today on both sides ot the Marne be tween Chateau Thierry and Dor- mana. Kast of Khelma, the Ameri cana are holding all their poaltlona. II la as quiet aa tefore the offensive at unit points, but there are eigne of further activity. On the French Front In France, July 17. The Oermana have crossed the Marne at various pi sees, giving them control, of 12 miles of the aouthern bank of the stream between Gland and Mareull-le-Port. - This operation cost them dearly, five bridges being deatroyed as the troops were passing ' over, while hundreds of their men are believed to have met death frobi the machine guna and boiulia of sMistors. The toaa ot Gland Ilea a bo n't two and a half mllea oast of Chateau Thierry and Mareull-le-Port,' about nine miles northwest of Rpernay. ' With the American Army oat the Marne, July 17. French and Amerl can forces, fighting together, have recaptured the village of 8t. Agnan, Hill 222, to the northweat. and La Chspvlle-Mont Bodon. In cooperation with the French, tha Americans launched a heavy counter-attack this morning between the two villages, driving the enemy stesdlly back. On the American right the French made rapid progreaa, and all through the aectlon the Oermana were fierce ly attacked by the allies, with the result that they have withdrawn for a considerable distance. Comparatively large forces of Am ericans have been engaged, especial ly In the region of Descrlvee, where they were brought up to support the attacking French. Within a abort period the Americana were hotly en gaged In the fighting. Paris. July 17. The Germana laat night penetrated Into the Boudonne- nel. The battle la continuing In the wooda Immediately aouth. Else where the German attacks have broken down. ran J With tha American Armies In, Franoe, June 20. (Correspondence of the Associated Press) Every American aoldler In Franoe will .re ceive a "bank book" enabling him to draw 97.60 a month from any dis bursing officer, If the change In pay methods ot the American Expedition ary Force now under consideration la put into effect. The purpoae is to enable every aoldler to obtain promptly at least a part ot hla monthly pay regardless of where he may be, whether In a hospital or with some organisation other than hla own. The "pay book" aystem la In use In the British army. The sum of 17.60 a month haa been fixed aa the minimum which a aoldler should have tor his personal wanta every month and it would be given to him on hla demand. ' Each three or four months there would be a general accounting, at which his total pay, hla Insurance and other allotments, his liberty loan subscriptions and other Items would be caat up, together with hla month ly drafts. The balance ; then due him would be put at hla disposal. sains FIK1DS FliJ till OlSKIilG OFFICER ENTENTE London. Julr 17. The Germans advanced another three miles down the Marne valley yesterday making a penetration of the French lines of alout six miles at Festtgy, which Is the niost southern point reached. On the French Front In France, July 17. The German maasea have been held for 48 hours. The enemy uolta which were turn ed back from the direction ot Paris are endeavoring to ascend tha Marne and are being held In check by the French. The position of the German col- umna, which gained footing on the aouth bank ot the Marne haa become perilous, while to the east of Rbelms, the German efforts to advance have been rolled each time. Tha enemy haa made comparative ly alight progress west of Rhelms. The allied method of defense has proven wonderfully efflclacloua. There has been no breach lu the line. London, July 17. The Frenc'i lessee are reported very email. Thoj have lost no guna. Tha French .coun ter attacks have brought the German bridges over the Marne under fire ot the French artillery. CZECHO SLOVAKS TAKE Tl Peking, July 17. The Csecho Slovaks have occupied the town of Klutahevsk.'ln the southwestern ex tremity or the trans-Baikal region AMKHICAX 8TEA.MKU IS HVXK IN (X)LLISIOX An Atlantic Port, July 17. The sinking at aea July It of the Ameri can ateamshlp Ooaterdljk after a cot llalon with the American ' steamer Sad Jacinto waa reported by a Swed lah ateamshlp arriving here today. The Oosterdijk'a crew waa taken aboard the San Jacinto, which al though badly damaged,- managed to reach an Atlantic port. - II . . The soldier would have the ad- vantage ot being able at all times and under all circumstances to draw something from any quartermaster in whose dlstrlot he might find him self. - . . The proposed aystem would elim inate the preaent necessity ot having on hand each soldier's service re cord whenever he draws any money. The aervlca record aystem, designed for times of peace, does not take In to account the frequent ahltta which alt military . men must be prepared for. In many Instancea nowadays It works hardships on Individual men who are transferred faater than their service records can follow them and who conaequently cannot draw their money when It Is due, merely because the formalities cannot be complied with.. The proposed new system appeala aa specially advantageous for camps where there are constantly large numbers ot "casuals" atraya be longing to dosena and acorea of or ganisations waiting to join their out fits yet unable to draw what money la due them until the ' service re cords have caught up to them. DRAW 17, 1BIH. LIED TRpOPS GERMAN DRIVE F m on KOIV SERIES OF VYlK-re Entente Force Have Aaaam ed Offraalve Near La CfaapeOe Itlg Advances Were Mad Parle, July 17. Tempe agency aaya today that "On the Varna front our troopa of the aecond line and perhaps our general reserves, al ready are entering action. Where our troops have aaaumed the offen sive, to tha north ot La Chapell and Monthldlon, we have regained somt ground." . Kffl EI'AHTMTE !in:i i.ur Haaelton, Pa., July 15. Increased production of anthracite coal la In dlcated in the Lehigh region by the discovery of new veins and by Im portant Improvementi Intended to Increase tha output. Beda of virgin anthracite have been found under the Tomhickon reservoir, west of Haielton and pre paratlona are being made to clear the valley of water and atrip the velna. The coal can easily be pre pared for the market, mining engl- neera say. In the Cranaberry district a 22 Inch vein of coal haa been uncover ed and thla also will be stripped and the coal marketed. Production ot fuel will be Increas ed by a revival of long abandoned workings. The Hollywood Colliery ot Pardee Broa. A Co., abandoned 20 years ago because It waa aupposed to be worked out, U1 be reopened this summer because of the great demand for fuel A shaft haa been driven Into lower. velna that were deemed to be Inaccessible In the eighties. Tunnels are now being run to get out the anthracite. A complete electric equipment will fur nish power for several hundred mln era. '-'.'.!-'. T Officera from Camp Lew la are ex pected here tomorrow to apeak at the court house In. the evening to the registered men ot the county. The local board aaka that all regla- tered men, and especially those In Class 1, be preaent at the lecture. ; Members ot the Council of De fense, home guard and all who are Interested are given an Invitation to be present, v' , , JKS .MILLION DOLLARS FROM I HAWAIIAN INCOME TAXES Honolulu, T. H., July . 2. (By mall) Collections ot the Internal revenue office for Hawaii for tha flacal year ending June 20 total al most $10,000,000, the biggest fig ure In the hlatory ot the islands due to the Income and excess profita tax, many ot the large augar companlea paying from ' $300,000 to $400,000 taxea. The amount is six tlmea greater than -tor the previous year. V. 8. CASUALTY LIST 4 Washington, July 17. The army caaualtlea today are 172. Private Ernest Paeschke of Junction City. Ore., died from wounds. ALASKAN LINER HELD IN ICE FLOE FOR MONTH A North Pacific Port, July 17. After being It days In the great Ice floea or Bering aea and one month and 13 daya on the rount trip, a pas senger liner has completed a voyage to Nome and St. Michael, Alaska, Officera of the ehlp aald that condi tions In the north were the worst In 10 years. The liner brought down 77,000 pounds ot reindeer meat tor Minneapolis consumption. WHOLE KIMIIKH 14 IS. nun HlJf ARMY OAIX8 ADVANCE IB TWO PLACES TOWARD THH CITY OP RHEIMS 13,000 PRISONERS HQC1 RosaUa GorawaeeeH Reported Abo to Break With AOiea Who ed om Manaaa Coeat Parte, July 17. The German of fensive haa no longer tha character of a general attack, according to entente observera, but haa already worked Itself Into a series of eone paratlvely local operations. The) success of any one would amount to a considerable achievement how ever. The whole offenalve has now de veloped Into a turning' movement agalnat the Rhelma salient Tha Germana have approached Rhelsaa, having gained In two places. The) Germana claim that they capture 13,000 prisoners during the flrat 41 hours. The French advance in Albania la continuing. The Ruaaian government la re ported about to break relatione with the alllea who landed troopa oa the Murman coast .--...( AS RESULT OF BATTLE London, July 17. The German caaualtlea for the first 48 hours of the present battle are 'estimated at 100.000. ...... Paris, July 17. About 20 enemy dlvlslona were engaged In the fight ing between Rhelma and Chateaa Thierry, and the aame number be tween Rhelma and Masslgea. Other dlvlslona were In reserve and ready to enter the battle. All the dlvlslona have been Identi fied aa representing the elite of tha German army, showing that Ger many on Monday delivered aa ex tremely powerful effort All suf fered heavily. Prisoners say their officera aeaur-. ed them they would have an eaaf victory, asserting they would be op Posed by troopa In no great number. Never before were the eaeasr losses so high. Piles of feodtea cover the ground. The fighting of the Am ericana and Italians waa ibrllllant. In the region of Prunay the heavy attacks of the enemy were repulsed outright The German loaaes at that point are estimated aa (5 per cent of the effective engaged. TEN MILLION LETTERS GO WEEKLY TO BRITISH TOMMIES London, July 18. In the houae of commons today Postmaster General A. H. Illlngworth aaid that 10,000, 000 lettera and 250,000 parcela were sent to the army weekly. - Letter to prisoners of war numbered 111.- 000 a week and parcela 1K.000. reei;;g to iim London, July 17. Jteporta front Toklo atate that Bolshevik! leader In the Irkutak region have taken alarm at the coup executed by the antl-Bolahevlkl element at Vladivo stok and are preparing to flee to wards Mongolia.