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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
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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'-
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: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.