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AIUIKI) i.sm I.KAVH Al'HTHIAN
ARMY AM) AHK (X)CKTUAT.
IX) IM MOI NTAINH
CIVILLWS ft III SYMPATHY
AaUmrttir Mitke Public tHtW
Threalonliig PuaMtnireit la AU
Involved la Movement
London. July 21. Iteuter' 11m
Hod correspondent loarns from a re
liable Cxech aourc that many Cm
cbo-Blovaka and Jugo-fflava art de
sertlog from the Austrian army and
forming armed guard In the Inter
ior raited "green guards."
A. considerable number of Cseiho
8lotak deserters hart concentrated
la the Beshld mountains In Eastern
Moravia. They ar well armed and
are offering atubborn realatance to
the gendarmes,
"Obviously," lays Renter agen
y, "they receive support from the
elvtllin oopulatloo. The authorities
already have received a public or
ter threatening punishment to all
persons lending support to the move-
"Similar revolt arc taking place
la Dalmatla, where) the military an
thorttl have Men unable to sup
rata a revolt of armed bands of de
serters and escaped Rnsslaa prison
at. .The official organ, Bosnlsch
Poet 'make allusions uggttlng that
atatllar bands are springing up In
Bosnia."
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oolonkl iioohkviclt NOT '
TO BI N X)lt OOVKRXOR
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Oystr Day, .July IS. Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt Isaued a state
seat today In which he declared un
ter no conditions would he accept
the republican nomination for the
governorship of New York.
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An FORCES
Pari, July 13. "Your country Is
proud of you and I am more than
proud to command such men aa you.
Ton have fought splendidly."
General Pershing thus addressed
wounded American soldiers lying In
. the American Red Cross hospitals in
Paris today. In each ward of every
Itospltal he talked to the men. He
laqulred If they were being well
eared for, and how and where they
Ware wounded, what reglmenta they
belonged, to, and expressed his sym
pathy to scores of patients.
General Pershing also talked to
the physicians, aurgeona and nurses
and thanked them for the work they
were doing in caring for the wound
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TEDDY JR. WOUNDED
UE MAKING ATTACK
Paris, July 33. Major Theodore
Roosevelt Jr., was wounded while
leading an attack on a machine gun
neat southwest of Sol (sons Friday.
A' machine gun bullet hit behind the.
knee but broke no bones. . He will
return to the front In six weeks. '
OKRMANS NOTIFY RBI) t'ltOHH
OF ROOgRVKITS PKATH
Geneva, July 23. The American
lied Cross here waa officially notl
fled today from 'Berlin of the death
of Qnentln Roosevelt. '
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CZECHS
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DAL1AGED VESSEL
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IMIrVtnl to ll Belgian ItHlff Htram-
er That Km lter VI.'KIm of
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An Atlantic Port, July 23. A
Urge ateamer with part of the
mokeetack gone and badly damaged
and Intuw of a government tug off
the southern New Kngland coaat, Is
reported by the capltaln of a steamer
arriving hare today.- The tug and
the damaged ateamer were near the
scene of the recent submarine opera
tions. It la believed to be a Bolglan
relief steamer that Is damaged.
INDIANS USE CUNNING
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With the American Army on the
AUne-Marne Front, July 13. -The
American Indians In France quickly
adjusted themselves to the condi
tions In the country.' They soon be
came Just as cunning as In their na
tive haunts. This Is Illustrated by
an Incident when the Germans were
withdrawing across the Marne.
Indian scouts, with Americans,
were sent over the river. At one
crossing three Indiana Immediately
Improvised a raft and chained It to
the north aide of the Kama. They
hid the raft and then atarted on an
exploring expedition. The Germans
discovered the strange footprint on
the river hank tad came upon the
raft. They awaited the Indiana' re
turn, but after rtcennolterlng the
Indians approached their hidden
raft cautlonsly, and scenting trouble,
made a haatf retreat."' M
The Germane realised , that thee
strange red men were not of their
kind', and must therefore be an1 ene
my, end began firing. The Indians
ran through the woods like deer, and
finally atruck for the water in an en
deavor to reach the south side.
The Indians, reared along the
rlvera, swim like ltawailana and are
able to remain below the surface for
a long time. The Germans saw
splashes In the water and began fir
ing. The, Indians dived and swam
downstream 1 under water. When
they came to the surface for atr they
brought up a handful tt cla wnlch
they grabbed from the river bot
tom and with this they camouflaged
their hands and face while on the
surface for a brief breathing spell.
Finally the Indians reached the
south .bank far below the Germans
the current assisting them very ma
terially. Then -they crawled back
and peered through the bushes and
watched the Germans aeeklng the
bronied figures who apparently had
been drbwned. The Germane, rough
ly angered, ahot the raft to pieces.
I NITKI) HTATKS TAKK8 ' .
OVKIi CAPK G01 CAXAL
Washington, July 23. To protect
the coal supply going Into New Eng
land from southern port from the
menace of submarine operations off
the New England coast; eontrol and
operation of the Cape Cod canal la
to be taken over by the government
HOtiMBltS PRACTICE AT
HITTING 1IVNS IN RKTREAT
Rockford, 111., July 23. Five
thousand Camp Grant soldiers who
have been practicing nightly on the
rifle range shooting at targets in the
form of German faoes, have turned
the targets around since the Ameri
can victory In France and are now
shooting at their backs.
Sun Diego, July 28. It is report
ed that a German raider is cruising
off the Mexican coaat.
310 TO COAST
II RAIDER REPORTED
ON fAIICOAST
GRIP BEING TIGHTENED
UPON GERMAN SAUEN1
New French Onskagfct at Mcntidier Has tapcrtact Mili
tary Bearing Eceay Stiffening Resistance and
Bracing Himself at Every Point
.ondon, July 23. The Americans
are continuing to advance. They cap
tured the town of Jaulgonne on the
Marne, taking 300 prisoners.
The French took the helgnts and
the town of Chasons.
To the eastward the French began
new attack In the region north
west of Montdldler and captured
Oulchy Le Chateau.
The Americans on the front south
of Sotss'ona captured Buiancy. The
British took Pettcbsmp wood, near
Marfaux, between the Marne and
Rholms, with ZOO prisoners ana 14
machine guns.
In the Montdldler attack the
French had advanced a mile on a
four-mile front at 11 o'clock today.
The attack by the French restored
all the, ground loet Monday in the
Grlsolle region in counter attacks
by the Germans.
Seven miles northwest of Chateau
Thierry and north of the Marne, the
French stormed the helghta north of
Couroellrera. also holding the bend
In the Chaaons region aa far a Tre
loup, which la a town still in' the
enamy'e hands. In fighting along
the Marne. the French are exper
iencing the greatest difficulty In
making a passage of the river at
some point oeing stubbornly op
posed by the German Infantry, sup
ported by the. artillery and machine
guna. The Germans are stiffening
their resistance between the Ourcq
and the Alan and are . bring np
guns..
Paris, July 18. North of Mont
dldler In the Bomme seejlor late last
night, a local operation enabled the
French to occupy the village of
Mallly-Ralneval, Sauvllfera and Au
bvlller, taking 350 prisoners.
With the
Arnerlcan Army. July
S3. The Franco-Americana north
of Chateau Thierry are holding Ep
ledes and the nearby villages and a
FORKER GRANTS PASS BOY WfilTES
The public library will have on
Ita shelves next week, one of the
most thrilling and intereattng atortes
of the war. Intereattng, not only
because "it deala with the adven
tures of the American army but be
cause it waa written by a former
Granta Pais boy, Oabourne de Var
tla. '"The First 8hot for Liberty" Is
written in slangy, breesy English
and permeated with sturdy Ameri
can spirit, this atory of the young
American gunner who fired recently
the first shot from an American gun
in France during the present war
deserves a multitude of readers.
The tale la told in simple, boyish
fashion.
The hero la Oeburne de Varlla, of
Battery C. Sixth United States Field
Artillery, who wa at school in Los
Angeles, CJ., when he enlisted in
the United States army April 25,
18-17, just It daya after this coun
try declared war against Germany..
Corporal de Varlla ys he has
red hair and freckle and la proud of
them. His mother Is of Irish descent
and his father French.' He posses
sea, evidently, a fighting disposition
and a quick temper. Hla grandfath
er on the paternal aide fought for
the Confederacy under "Stonewall"
I Jackson, and his mother's father was
a federal soldier with Grant.
A racy, enjoyable account la given
of the arrival of the troopship con
taining De Varlla and hla comrade
bit of the territory northeast of Mont
St. I'cre. Further east the enemy
Is attacking unsuccessfully.
Paris, July 23. The French pro
gress In the region or Oulchy Le
Chateau will aoon render the Ger
man positions In that sector unten
able, according to newspaper.
Paris. July 23. The French and
Americans hare crossed the Marne
over a 12-mlle front between Jaul
gonne and Reull-car, near where the
German line crossed stream when
their offensive waa at Its height The
allies are making Important pro
gress all around the salient, where
Germana were caught by . the allies
In their attack Thursday.
The new French onslaught In the
Montdldler eector, may hare an Im
portant bearing on the development
of the military altuatlon on the
whole front
The enemy may choose a line
along the Ourcq for further defen
slve operation but the presence of
allied j troop north of thla stream
may compel the retirement of the
enemy, at least a far as the Veele
river. Thla Is aald to be Indicated
by the concentration of German
troop at FUmea and other jtolaU
along the Veele. The French north
of Montdldler bow hare' poeKlOha
which dominate the Arre valley for
several mile along the vital sector.
French Army Headquarter, via
Ottawa, July 33. North of the
Marne the Germans are making pre
paration for a further retreat
? In the angle between the Marne
and the Ardre, on the eastern side
of the salient, the enemy la blowing
up munition dump .and burning
. wu,c" "" um " um
to remove. The enemy's positions
la in a heavy wooded and broken
(Continued on Pago Foar)
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at a French port and De Varlla aaya
the welcome of the French wa "like
grand opera I once attended In
Frisco."
"The first thing I knew," writes
De Varlla. " a middle-aged woman in
peasant costume had swung her
arms around my neck and waa kiss
ing me first on one cheek and then
on the other. Anybody would have
thought I was her long-loet son.
"When thla ordeal waa over 'the
prettiest girl In France annexed her
self to my neck and there was a
smack that must have been heard at
the Battery in New York.' " This
waa all very pleasant but when an
aged Frenchman dived at our young
soldier, intent upon showing hia af
fection In elmllar fashion, the
brare lad cried "Halt."
His regiment ocoupled barrack In
village near the Swiss border
where they were trained In the iise
of the French "?6s." In Seplem'
ber of last year De Varila wa made
a cannoneer, and when he had been
on French soli but a short time his
hatred of the Hun had Increased i
thousand fold. It waa while march
Ing to the front that he first came
to the fuli realization of what Ger
man atrocities mean. Says the au
thor:
"in a village five miles further
on we paused to rest. Here a wom
an approached us with a boy about
six years old.
(Continued on page 4)
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PRE
TAKES I E
SYSTEMS JULY 31
I'uMtntMter ' Uurleaoa Appointed br
W1Imb to reraonully IMrert Tele
graph and Telephone line
Washington, July 33. The presi
dent Usued a proclamation today
taking control of the telegraph, tele
phone and cable radio systems, July
31.
Postmaster Burleson will person
ally airect me government opera
tion of the telegraph and telephone
systems. The proclamation did not
Include the ocean cable and radio
linee.
The authority to operate the
wire systems wag rested In the post
muter general by President Wilson.
TALBff CARR0LLS25
ET.OMAIfflT
Asniana, July zi. a Ford ear
driven by Clarence Jeffery. of Tal
ent, left the embankment on the Pa
cific highway a mile north of here
last night and rolled 25 feet down
to the railroad landing bottom side
np.
ine rour occupant or the ma
chine escaped without dangerous In
Juries, the most serious being i
broken arm suffered by Mrs. Chu.
Jeffrey.
4- ' V. A. CAHT7AUTT UBT i
waamngtoa, July u. The amy
casualties are 10S. Twenty-four
were killed In notion, -. Three died of
wounds and five from disease. Prl
rate Percy J. Wallace, of Sumpter,
Ore... waa wounded eeverely. The
marine eorpa list la 28.
CUfD ID US
Washington, July I J Fifty thou
sand negro registrants, qualified for
general military service, have been
called to the color by Adjutant
General Crowder. They will en
train between August 1 and Auguat
5, from 41 states and the District of
Columbia.
BO (BED
Washington, July 22. Monday.
The German high command appar
ently la making desperate attempts
to hold open the base of the salient
between Solssona and Rhelma until
troops far down the center of the
great pocket toward the Marne can
be withdrawn. "With French and
American troops hammering away
from the west and French, British
and Italian force battering at the
east flank, of the German position,
It waa still far from certain tonight
that the enemy would be able to get
hla force out of the southern end
of the aalientwlthout terrific losses.
The situation on the flanks of , the
salient waa not . clear today. Ap
parently the enemy la fighting hard
to hold the position around Oulchy
La Chateau, where a railway line
from Ftsmes, probably hla chief ad
vance base and located at the , ap
proximate center of the base line of
the salient between Botuons and
Rhelma, -has permitted " him to ' as
semble considerable forces to resist
the Franco-American . advance.
Should the counter-attacks succeed
In forcing this position or in break
ing through either to the north a
south of Oulchy, It la Indicated that
the German defeat might be turned
Into a disastrous rout
GRAFT PLOTS
ARE REVEALED
BY OFFICIALS
HA Kit V LAZARtS IS CHARGED
WITH HAVINO PART IX ARMY
CONTRACT BRIBERT
MUM OFFICERS HATCHED
Rejected Good Shifted to Other
PUnU Where Bribed Inspector
' Would Let Them Through
New York, July ,23. Harry Lax-
arus, a member of the national de
fense council sub-committee, waa ar
rested today. He wis charged with
having attempted to bribe the gov
ernment Inspector (n connection
with a conaplracy and graft In the
soldiers rubber rain coat production.
New York, July 23. Bxteuirt
consplraclea Involving bribery aad
graft la connection with army eon
tracte for rubber coat to be seat "
to soldiers la France, were disclosed
today by department of justice of
ficials almaltaaeonaly with the ar- '
rest of 17 officers aad employe of '
IS manufacturing companies In Now
York and Brooklyn, oa charge of
bribery, fraud or eonepiraey.
Officers of the ''quartermaster's '
corps Involved ar eader surveil
lance aqd probably will 'bV arrested
soon In Washington or 'other cities. '
Hundred of thousands of dollars
of raincoat contract! are tainted '
with fraud already -uncovered hy de-:
partmeat of justice agents aad oth- '
er disclosures affecting army orders .
for clothing soldiers' equipment
machinery and' supplies and Inrolr-"
Ing arrests on criminal charges may
be made soon. It waa teamed.
Most army officers at whom the '
finger of suspicion point are of the
lowest ranks, but a few of the ranks
of major and colonel are said to be,
under lnret!gtlon. .
Direct bribery of unnamed army
officers who had charge of letting ,
contracts or Inspecting 'goods. Is - -charged
against a number of those -arrested..
It waa announced that , la some
case manufacturers IntlmldatMf
military or civilian inspectors of
raincoats by threatening to use In
fluence In Washington to obtain '
their dismissal if they did not ap
prove the coats manufactured. Oth-. ,
era practiced fraud by secretly shift
ing rejected goods to other plant to
which Inexperienced Inspectors ' or
those who would "nlar the cams'
were assigned. . -,.'.
tra DRAMS
LARGER LIMIT
Washington. July 23. Secretary
Baker announced today "that When :
congress reconvened he weald pre -sent
a request for a. modification of
the draft age limits and a large mil
itary mobilisation. : It la known that
the prevailing judgment of his ad
visors Is to lower rather than raise-
them. ' . .
TALIAIIS Cflll
adva:;ce i;i albatclv
Rome, July 23. The Italians con
tinue to adrance In Albania. They
have captured the hill on the crest
of MallBtlores, Frenoh parties oc
cupy the heights on the left bank ot
the River HlolU