DAILY EDITION u IX,, x. obawto pajm, jotrrum ooorrr. orhqow. hisdav. AimsT . ioih. whole svymvnTv HUB FORCE HHBlHff Hf ill ..MM SOO,MH MEN SHIPPED IX Jl'LY MIKING l.iMMMMM) AMERICANS NOW IX FKVM'K 8 IN nntl MMrt'li ltrtMrU Kiicmy ! lrMvlitg Muth Aiiiimiiil'lon nml rilM of liibiirled Demi WinhlnKton, Aug. 3. Gom-ral March told the senate military com mittee today that t hire la no duuger of a shortage of man power to (111 the American armies. General Tor ching now has a million men tinder Mi direct romnuml. Eight Ameri can divisions are actively engaged In fighting. Over 300.0(10 men were shipped In July. The record la 1,100,000 In Franre. General March laid that Informa tion allowed that the enemy was leaving tremendous amount of ammunition. Tbey are driven back " without time to bury their dead. The bodies are to thick that It li Impus- "" alble to advance without walking ou them. AMERICAN SET RECORD FOR SIHTAINKD r'l.KillT Washington, Aug. 3. Itematnlng In the air 30 boura and 30 minutes, Ensign P. J. Barnes, of MlnneaKill, attached to the American naval air forces In European waters, establish ed new world's record for sustained flights In a "blimp" type of airship, the'navy department announced to day. TRAVEL TO CRATER LAKE INCREASING Despite the general falling off of Tallroad tourist travel from the east to the Pacific const, Crater lake up to August had been visited by 2,157 more persona than up to the same time last year. The Increase In auto travel to the lake this season great ly exceeds that of last summer, there having been up to August 1, 863 more autos at the lake than last year. August la expected to be a banner month In victors to the lake. The Crater lake travel figures up to August 1st, compiled by Will O. Steel, superintendent of Crater Lake national park, are as follows: Visi tors, 4.58S, as against 2,411 for the same period last year; autos, 893, as against 530 cars last year! Ik M. KIIKHLK IX ARMY V. M. C, A. WORK n. M. Bborle left this morning to take up the army Y. M. C. A. work, with headquarters probably at Sea Bide for the presont. Mr. Eberle will be greatly missed nt the Wilson Mercantile Co.'s Htoro, where he has been assistant innnnger tor a num l)or ot years. The family will still continue to live In Glendale, Glen dale news. PAES. FAVORS HEAVY TAX ON WAR PROFITS 'Washington, Aug. 3. The presi dent made It known today that he favors a heavy tax on war profits. Wwr Zrltung I'mimt Hint TIimI Aim-rlcHim Will IjtlMir In t'U UU on Start ntlon DM Amsterdam, Aug. 1. Referring to (the (irojected exchange of American I iid German prliumcre of war, the flier Auuung oi iiromen maaea ine sinister remark: "We are alile to contain our Joy. American prisoners are welcome guests for whom we have sufficient employment on the eastern labor market and In our agricultural en terprlsea behind the front. "They may be an re of getting, with Teutonic punctuality, all they are entitled to under The Hague convention, and more If they prove good workera, although they mint thank Anglo-American starvation meaaurea If their diet fnlla below the home fleshpots." ' IT. 8. CASUALTY LIST Waiihlngton, Aug. 3. The army casualties for today are 200. Twelve were killed In action and It died from wounds. Private Forest Isotn, of Mosler, Ore., was killed la action. Private Leroy Melchlesedeck, of Bend, Ore., was wounded severely. The marine casualties are II. A temporary organisation ot the Josephine county live stock associa tion was made Thursday at the meeting held In the courthouse. Fif teen stockmen, Interested In forming an association of this kind were present. Plans were made for the perma nent organisation of the club, which will take place on August 28. W. II. Lindsay was elected president, with C. D. Thompson as secretary. FORD PRODUCTION HIA'MPH TO 7,K CAR PUR DAY Omaha, Aug. 3. C. I Oould, manager of the , Ford assembling plant, received orders today from Detroit to close down because of In ability to got material.. Gould said 15 plants have been closed for tho same reason and that only alx now are In operation. Ford production has dropped from 3,100 cars a day to 750, of which 400 are trucks. HUSH TUAITOIt GETS LIFE IMPRISONMENT London, Aug. 3. Lance. Corporal iDowllng. ot the Connaugh rangers, who was landed on the coast of Ire land from a German submarine three J months ago, was pronounced guilty .today and sentenced to death. . The sentence, however, was com- muted to penal servitude tor life. CREAMERY TOLOPERATE LATTER PART OF WEEK .,Sv4 ssi G. M. Anderson, the new monager of the local Hnzelwood creamery plant, arrived Tiere afew days ago and la putting' the creamery plant In shape tfor opefatlpn,. The ma chinery Is to be all overhauled and changes ma&, and It Is expected to be In opeAtlon this week. L. C. Kramer, Haxelwood representative, who has been In the city tor several weeks, returned to Portland Satur day morning.'"; 10 JjJlIKL I KLH I wsiKir ORAFT LUIS Occupation of Soissoas by French Only Small Incident in Grand Scheme Being Worked Oct by Allied Com rnanders Enemy in Dangerous Situation Paris, Aug. 3. The right wing of the German armies south of the Alsne appears to have crumbled. The occupation of Solssons Is only a alight Incident In the grand scheme being worked out by allied, comman ders. The allies have reached Sercy-Kt-I'ry, five miles from "desultory fighting." Paris. Aug. 3. The French army la holding several fords across the Vesle river. The Germans have evi dently given up the Idea of making a stand there and are retreating north of the Vesle with great pre cipitation. Great fires are raging In the territory evacuated by the ene my. The German right wing on the north bank of the Alsne, Is In a dan gerous situation and It Is expected that they will be unable to hold the present position. West of Rhelma the jUUm have . re ached, or are ap proaching the towns of Tlnqueux, Thlllols, Oueux and Rosnay. Wlth the French Army, Aug. 3. The crown prnlce's army la In full retreat. No heavy artillery Is In ac - tlon. The German losses are very heavy, Paris. Aug. 3. The French ad- vance forces have reached the Vesle ' unlikely that large captures river and are preparing to cross theof prisoners will be made. East of stream. The !ermans are contlnu-,tn"n Ing to retreat toward the Alsne. The French are pursuing the enemy andjHIlerre. The enemy apparently had Inflicting heavy losses. Newspapers say that the results of the battle surpass the highest hopes. The fall of Solssons has Ir-j revocably .decided the fate of the battle and the situation will prob-i ably revert to where It was at the end of September, 1914. Paris, Aug. 3. Many prisoners were taken by the French who oc- 1 Iindon, July 2 (Correspondence of the Associated Press! Sensa tions experienced In a German sub marine while depth bombs were be ing discharged overhead were des cribed recently by a British mer chant Bhlp captain who was a pris oner for 15 dnys aboard a U-boat. Inan Interview the English com mander, captured by the Germans after his vessel hod been torpeil, td, related how the depth bombs s"iook the under sea craft and created con sternation anions the sailors. In one Instance the faces ot the Ger mans became white with tear and all stood trembling after the first el'-, which was not near enough to des troy the submersible. All were ex pecting a second discharge The English commander reached his native land after having been Imprisoned for months at Branden burg, where he said, he and other ship officers at times had been har nessed to carts which were used to haul mall and packages from the postoftlce to the prisoners' camp. Seven vessels were torpedoed by the Germans while the British cap tain was aboard the U-boat. Pre viously the lEngltsh officer had heen In command ot a merchant vesse'. ENGLISH CAPTAIN RELATES EXPERIEfIC III DEPTH BOMBS cupled Solssons at S o'clock last night, one hour after ihs Germans had been driven from the suburbs. Paris, Aug. 3. Throughout the night the allies continued to advance toward the Vesle east of Solssons. The French have reached the Alsne between Solssons and Yenisei. London, Aug. 3. The German's retreat was general on all three aides of the salient, conquered by the Ger mans in May. The allies are press ing close on the heels ot the retreat ing enemy. The Germans .are executing a local retirement to the east bank of the Ancre In the Albert region, on a three or tour mile front. The French after completing the occupation of Solssons, occupied the south bank of the Alsne between Pom rulers and Yenisei, a distance ot live and a half miles. . Burning of villages In the area north or the Vesle between Muson and St. Thierry, Indicates that a fur- ther withdrawal of the Germans la 'intended. Fourteen large fires hare ibeen observed. Flsmes. the Cer- nun's real base of supplies Is now iln flames. The retirement now sd- i pears very rapid and there has not much fighting. n rrencn maae important 'recoveries ot lost ground near St not prepared to evacuate Solssons. Tanks and cavalry inflicted heavy j108'- " :K 1X0 VICTOR EMANUEL REVIEWS VAXKS ITALY Rome, Aug. 3. 'King Victor Em manuel today reviewed the American .troops In the northern Italian war front. E I1 which had also met Us fate at the hands of a submarine crew. "On the third day after I had been taken prisoner," said the captain, "Just after the midday meal, I gath ered that the submarine was about to carry out an attack on a convoy which had just been sighted. The U-boat approached submerged for some distance and torpedoed a lars? steamer. Our whereabouts apparent ly were detected, I was told, by an allied light cruiser, for wo dived j rapidly to a great depth. 'Hardly had the submarine reach ed an even keel when we heard and felt a tremendous explosion which caused the U-boat to vibrate from stem" to stern. It was a depth charge from the cruiser. "The effect on the crew was evi dent. AH stood trembling with faces blanched with, fear, not attempting to speak, expecting a second charge, the result of which mlcht moon the 'destruction ot the boat and without the slightest chance for us to escape. "There is no doubt In my mind of the mental attitude ot the crew, for ' It was not the first experience ot the men with a depth charge, and they J fConUnaed on pat I.) HILE ABOARD SUB An Atlantic Port, Aig. 3. Au thorities believe that they frustrated an anarchist plot to destroy an Am erican troop transport today by ar resting a man climbing a rope ladder up the side of the ship. He said that he had been selected by lot to blow up the vessel. RED CROSS FACES ETUCY CALL The Josephine county chapter of the American Red Cross la facing a most urgent need for the services ot the patriotic women of the county in getting Its quota of knitted goods ready for shipment by the first of September. Commendable progress has been made and all of the yarn for the sweaters Is now In the hands of knitters. The great need right now Is for 60 new knitters who will knit socks during the month of Au gust One woman has knit 15 pairs ot socks during July, another 12, and Grandma Williams has finished eight sweaters during the same time. Our forcea over seas are growing to vast proportions and have acquit ted themselves In a manner to thrill every American with pride. Winter is not far away and the boys who must stand In the trenches or en gage In open warfare must be pro vided for. We can hardly enjoy home comforts here unless we have done our utmost tor them over there. Josephine county has always made good and never failed. Can we not confidently expect 50 new. knitters to call at the Red Cross rooms In the courthouse this week and get yarn for socks? Don't delay for September first Is notJar away. "A SHRIMP OF A MAX" GETS A Ilia GERMAN London, Aug. 3. A little Ameri can "a shrimp of a n.ir." outwit ted a huge German In a deadly grap ple on the Marne battlefield, says Reuter's conrrespondent at Ameri can headquarters. The German was about to finish the American with his bayonet. The American grabbed a grenade from his belt, loosened the safety catch and thrust the grenade Into the Ger man's pocket. There was not much left ot the German. SHIPMENT OF GOODS BY On Monday, July 2Sth, the local Red Cross made a shipment ot 70 comfort kits. Another shipment was made on Saturday, August 3, of the following articles: Two. hundred and fifteen suits of pajamas, 60 un dershirts, 60 pairs of underdrawcrs. 15 pairs of bandage foot socks, 60 sweaters, 150 pairs of socks. These knitted garments compose the first Installment of the September allot ment ot 200 sweaters and 1,410 pairs ot socks. 20 GERMAN PliAXKS DOWNED ' BY BRITISH ON FRIDAY London, Aug. 3. Twenty-nine German airplanes were destroyed and nine others were brought down out ot control during bombing and fighting operations Friday the Brit ish air ministry reported today. Only five British machine failed to return. MEN BETWEEN lit AND 21 DI VIDED INTO THREE SEPARATE CLASSES Senator Chamberlain Believe Those ruder 21 Should Re Called Be fore Those Over SI Washington, lug. 3. Senator Chamberlain, after a conference with Secretary of War Baker, an nounced that Baker will recommend that the draft ages be made from 18 to .4a years. The bill wllk ba In troduced Monday. Chamberlain said that men be tween 18 and 21 would be divided into three classes, subject to call la such sequenci of years as Drew ri bud. A similar plan for those from 31 to 4 will be used. He expressed his opinion that those nnder 21 would be called first and thought it would be unnecessary to call those over 31 ears of age. . SCHOOIiER tt! of ks;;e Eastport. Maine, Aug. 3. A crew of nine from the lumber schooner landed at Grand Manan today. The men say that the schooner was sunk, by a submarine last night between Briar island and Grand Manan. GREEKS 81FFER FROM TI RKISH OPPRESSION New York.- Aug. 3. More ' than 250.000 Christian Greeks have been deported by the Turks from their homes In the flourishing regions ot Turkey bordering on the coast, not ably from Samsoun, Aivall. TrebU xond and Smyrna, according to a re port rrom the Greek foreign office to the relief committee for Greeks of Asia Minor given out here today. ORDINANCE MEN TO GET INTO ACTIVE SERVICE Washington, Aug. 3. Under an order of the chief of ordnance, an nounced today, service in the enlist ed personnel of the ordnance depart ment, except at arsenals and proving grounds, will be restricted to men physically disqualified tor general military service. All others In the service will be sent overseas. Washington, Aug. 3. E. I avis, of Halifax, N. C, a former member of the corporation commission of that state, and a leader In North Carolina politics and two other men, were arrested at a Washington hotel last night by , federal authorities charged with conspiring to obtain a contract Illegally from the shipping board for a New Jersey company. The name ot 'the concern for which the contract was to be obtained was not announced. SOVIET TROOPS FLEE FROM ALLIED FORCES Kandalask, Russian Lapland, Aug. 3. A revolution against the Bol shevik! In favor of the allies occur red at Archangel last night. The Soviet troops fled from the city.