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1UVIKll HKi.KHTH THAT A
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Nu IHIir Way Hwn to Prmkl fur
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LAUD 111 RUSSIA
XavalNiicI Military A lil Arrive al
Antwiitfrl Autftiot It Ituaalan '
Wrlronie Thrm
l-iindiin, Auk, 6. The landing wa
officially announced today of the
allied forces, naval and military at
Arrhangln, August 1. Tin landing
was welcomed by the Rmilan pop
ulation.
The peope consider that the Unit-
d Htatra l absolutely without alf-
Iwrt Intermits at regard Rumla and
look upon the American aa a guar
antee of the friendliness of tha allien
toward Russia.
Wahlngtun. Auk. 6. Iiroadi r
provisions fur exemption liava been
written Into tha new man power bill
before congress so thui tha nation'
war Industry fabric may nut be un
duly upset by withdrawals of men
over tl yeare of ax for military
nervlr. Provost Marihall (Inner!
Crowder mad the rrointii'ndtln
before coniraat today.
Washington, Aug. 6. Crowdor's
warning that registration should not
be delhyed beyond September 5 If
tlia calla for October, November aud
December ara to ba mitt out of clam
one, cauaed house and senate lead
era to consider reconvening both
houses neat Monday to be it in work
on tba bill. , ,
Weekly realisation of all meu be
coming II year old may be nocea
aary after Hoptomber 1, Crowdsr de
clared . In letter today to . . Dakar
which Chamberlain aubmltied to the
annate. "''"
Crowder uld lie teet no othrr war
to, provide the neretsary men for the
September call of :O,0OO. He 'de
clared there will be not more than
lOO.OUO Wen left In class on6Tty "the
flrat of September.
Tniler tha enlarged age limit Pro
vost Marshal Ocnertl Crowder estM
nates that 3.3011.1(45 more men
available for fighting service will be
Obtained. These figures were con
tained In a report drawn by Crowder
and fiibmltted to the aenate by
Chamberlain.
I Those "effectives" are divided I
folio wa: - .
, lintween 12 and 45. 801.23 men.
lMwecn IX and 20. 1,797.609.
i Total registrants' between' 32 and
4)5 Crowder eatlmated, should n lim
it" r 10,028,973, and between 18 and
tO, 3,171.871.
l f4. CAHUALTY LINT
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Washington. Aug. 8. The army
raaualty Hut today ahowt 31 killed
In action; tlx died of wound and
111 were wounded aevercly; aeven
wounded to an undetermined de
free, and one wn taken prlonrr,
making the total Hit 85H.
The lint Includes .Herxeanl Harry
Franklin, of Pndlton, Ore., a se
verely wounded, . . ..
Tbe marine rorp llat Includes
8argant Carl Wilson, of Buxton,
Oregon, and Private O, Skolton, of
Corvallls, Ore. lloth were wounded.
Allies Halt Activity Wfcile Awalticg Arrival Trccps
-Boche Rake Hilllcps With Gas Shells And
Bcnibard The Yanks , With Heavy, Guns
Pari, Aug. . The French troop
have reached the weat bank of the
Avre river north of Montdldlor, the
war office announced today. North
of tli Vrale river, the German were
repulied In their efforta to dislodge
the allied unit which bad croaaed.
The tabulation of the allied front
on (he Venle 1 undisturbed by the
German attack.
THREE DEAD AS RESULT
OF
IS
!',?MDi:ftHFM;;G
o la., i , i - i v i . .
A-arlont accident orenrred" near
Redding, -Cel., Sunday nlaht.-when
the car containing Harold -Harton,
driving, Mlaa Ulady Cox and moth
er. Mlaa lieulah Willlama and J. C.
Williams turned-orrr ' and rolled
down an embankment.
Ml Willlama wrltea that they had
passed Dunsmtilr and were. nearly to
lteddltiK. when In going around a
curve they came beadon Into a amall
car. To save a collision, Barton ran
off theVoad and the car turned over.
They were all thrown from the
car with a terrible force and al
though no one wa daniferotisty hurl
Mi's Cox, Mlaa Williams and J. C.
Willlama were' badly brulstid and cut.
Harold Harton and Mrs. Cox, how
ever, were not even ecratched. The
party .was taken to Redding where
the Injured were put under the care
of a phynlclan. , They will remain
there until all are recovered , and
will probably continued thflr trip to
flan Francisco. -..- H
Ixindon, Aug. 6. Uerman losses
since July 15, the date when the
crown prince began hi lt drive,
were unofficially estimated today at
from 100.000 to 150,000, of which
ut least 40,000 are prisoners. Allied
losses certaluly are much less.
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With the American Army, Aug. 6.
The Germans facing the Ameri
can along the Vesle Increased the
Intensity of the artillery fire late to
dav.nd are employing flame pro
jector and machine gun. The Ger
mans also raked the hill top with
gas sheila and bombarded the Ameri
cana with heavy gun.
The Americans who captured Fla
me, were the aam who occupied
Coulonges, Cohan and Dravlgny on
the-advance from the Marne. At
Flames the Americana captured 17
gun.
UPS-IB PROTECT1
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KciMirta From llonouw fttata Th4 the
IhilnlifilLi llaa to 1 My lure War
on Japaa
Tarla, Aug. .On tha Rhelm-
Solssons front." the situation ha
been atablllsed for the moment.
while opposing force prepare for
further movement on the northern
front. Crown Prince Rupprecht "ofJ
Bavaria, haa carried out another
withdrawal. v :'
The French and Americana have
crosKcd the Vesle at various points.
Flames, held by tho American I tha
especial targtt for German gunners.
The activity along the Vesle Indi
cate that General Foch la not
through with the crown prince, and
Is awaiting the arrival of mora
troops and guns to continue opera
tion. 1 i
Paris, Aug. 6. The Germans are
now 'Imposing strong opposition to
the further advance of the allied
troops along the Vesle river from the
east of Bolsson to the region west of
Rheini. - .
Meantime the main bodies of the
enemy army continue to make their
way towsrd tha Alsne, to the north
of which stream they hope some
where to reach a haven of safety
from the peraiatent onslaught of tb
allied troops, which in lesa than
three weeks have all but blotted out
the Solssona-Rbelm salient.
Notwithstanding tba bringing In
to play by tha enemy of large num
bers of machine guns and artillery
of heavier caliber, the employment
of large number of picked troops,
Including the well-tried Prussian
guard and th Bavarian; and In
spite of the fact that the rain have
sent the Vesle out of bound and
turned the lowlands into- quagmires,
the Americans and the otitr allied
troops have forced crossing of the
river at a number of new points and
on the north aide of the stream are
engaging the enemy. . ,
The lateat French official commu
nication, which recently baa been
extremely modest In chronicling
gains made by tha allies, says that
Monday taw only local engagement
and that the situation on the battle
front la without change.' Correspon
dent with the allied armlea aay at
several , polnta between Sermojee,
eaat of SoUscn and Flame, and
Iuxwmb Flames and Mulson the
French and Americana havw taken
further ground across the Vesle and
have nullfied German counter at
tack delivered In an endeavor to
recoup the loaae.! Between Mulxon
and Champlgny the Prussian Guards
and the Bavarian again Buffered
nip. in their efforts to hold
back their antagonists.
Toklo, Aug.- Premier Count
Terachl, speaking of tba allied ac
tion in Siberia, paid today that Japan
would take further military meas
ures if the position of the Ctecho-
Slovaks demanded It, to combat Aua-
tro-Gcrmsa menace In the far eaat
r.WlY DEATHS
RESULT FfiOiJ
lifTEH'
ALL MIDDLE WE8T Sl'FFERS
FKOM HOT WAVK ltt: OKI)
TKMPEIUTIKE8
London, Aug. I. It la reported
from Moscow via Berlin, that the
Bolahevlkl government- Is consider
ing declaring 'war against Japan.
Official at Weather Uureaa Pre-
dicta Continuation of Heat (or
Soma Time
I ItlOlAV WHEAT CHOP
DAMAGKD UV SMIT
Washington, Aug. 6. it la report
ed from Uruguay that the wheat
crop In that country bat been dam
aged to the extent of 12,500,000 by
wheat atnut. ' The damage 1 con
firmed by the Uruguayan department
of agriculture. ' ''
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; Dallas, Ore., Aug. 6-Wllllam
Crane, farmer, Jamca Crane and
Mra. Claude Crane, wire or anotner
son, were found dead on a farm by
Clau'do Crane, when he returned
rom work late yesterday. They
were all hot to denth. The coroner's
Jury found today that William Crane
liad killed hi on and daughter-in-law,
then himself. The family hud
sjunrrelcd.
(KIIMANM AUK t'NAWARK
OK FALL OF HOIHO.NH
Amsterdam, Aug. 8. The German
press has not been allowed to pub
lish newa of the fall of Solasons, ac
cording to a dispatch from a German
source today.
;kum.n iiohhk H.tVK -
. , I MKT OF IiKAF HAY
Zurich, Aug. 8. Olldron In Mn
mlch weio last woek employed In
trtpplng the leaves from trees and
lniHlu-s In the public, parks for con-
vorslon Into hay, according to the
Munich Post, which snys this Is no
ransary owing to lack of foddor for
rmy horses.
TRtAN PAPER TO
PREDICT HUN DEEEAT
Geneva, Aug. 6,-r-Tho .Austrian
censor lias promised the Arbelter
Zoltung, a soclnllBt paper In Vienna,
permission to publish the prediction
of a (iermnn defeat, according to In-
fonrjntlon received here today.
FAR EAST TO HAVE !l!
NEW BATTLE FRONT
Washington Aug. 6. Organwa-
lion of a people's army In Siberia o
re-establish with allied help the bat
tlefront against Gormany Is proceed
ing very aucceasfully, according to
dispatch received today by the
Russian embassy from Omsk.
Consolidation of the political fac
tion In Siberia opposed to the Soviet
sovernment and the liberation of
10 additional Siberian cities from the
Bolahevlkl through the combined ef
forts of tho Czecho-Slovaks and the
military organisations of the Siber
ian government were announced. . .
The relations between the new
army and me uzecno-aiovauB wn
described aa brotherly.
HAMP CLARK' AGAIN
TO RUN F(
)R CONGRESS
' Montgomery, Mo., Aug. 6 Champ
Clark was renominated for congress
today for the 13th time at the demo
cratic primary.
Heme, Aug. 6. "The Marne (le
tent - has produced unspeakable
scones of dospair In Berlin," the Tag
nblntt declares. "Such outbreaks of
utter discouragement and down
heartedness never before were wit
nessed."
Ths Franklsche Tagapost doplores
tho, wild rumor that the kaiser and
von -nindcnburg have been assassin
ated and 'that von Hindenburg was
killed In i duol with the crown
prince aa betraying the most danger
ous nervousness. x
The government threaten severe
penaltlea for the owners responsible.
for spreading these rumors.
PRISONKRH IN PAIUH .
work ox im:xsi-:s
AIRRAID IN.E!
CROPS 1 DSD II 10'.:
New York, Aug. 8. Four death
and a score ot prostrations occurred
today aa a result ot the heat.
St, Louis, Aug. 8. Six deatha and
many prostrations resulted from tha
heat today.
CITY IS ONLY BIDDER
AT DELINQUENT SALE
The sale by the city of Grants
Pass of properties on which the Im
provement assessment were delin
quent for more thaa five years, was
iuade on Saturday and Included
total of 78 parcels, which were tyd
In by the city, there being no other
bidder. There are a total of 1.380
piece ot property on the ' bonding
and the city lein dockets, with a to
tal asaement of $163,188.40., The
propertiea which went to aale repre-
eented delinquencies of $8.S5.82
principal beelds the Interest due: '
Tnder the Matute the owner 'has
two years In which to redeem the
property by the payment of principal
and Interest. , It Is not the policy ot
the city to confiscate property,, but
tbit move simply gives the city the
rlgtv to bo!d property advertised,
whereas the account would other
wise become outlawed and 'collection
could not be made ' ' "" ,,::"i
The whole or any part" of the
amount due may be paid to the city
auditor and receipt will be Issued' '
Chicago, Ang. 6.- Four deatha
and many prostration war the re
sult ot the beat today.
Detroit, Ang. 8. All high, temper
ature records were ' broken today
when tha mercury climbed, to 113 de
greea at 2 o'clock. .
De Moines, la., Aug. 6. With
the hottest weather In 40 years pre
vailing in the southwestern aectlon
of Iowa, and no relief promised by
the weather bureau, Indications ara
that a serious damage wUl result to
corn, potatoes and gardens. . a
Officials at the weather bureau
predict high temperature ot 100 for
Des Moines and southern Iowa for
tomorrow. Rain cannot be promised.
JAPAXF.8E MARIX KS ARK
. , HKTIItlXO FROM OIIXA
r
London. Aug.,' 8. In, last night's
raid by German airship over Eng
land, one ' Zeppelin " wa ' brought
down and another was damaged.
OVKRCOMK ILLNKKH OF
HKiH KXPLOK1VK WOKKKltS
London, Aug. 6. The evil effects
of "TNT" on workers In , munition
fgrtorles have been largely overcome
by a close medical supervision ot the
workers combined with Improved
mot hods of working and tne substi
tution of mechanical processes.
In six months, October to March
1916-1917, there were 169 cases of
serious Illness; In the corresponding
period ot 1917-1918 there were only
4 2 cases: In Aurll this year four
cases, and In May only one.
Parla. Aug. 6. Hundreds of con
vlcta who have been conflnea to the
prison at Sante have been placed
upon the work of preparing the en
trenchment camp of Paris. They are
assigned to work which will keep
them Ipdoors and will be under the
surveillance of the gendarmes. They
have been detailed to work upon the
military camions. Leaving prison,
each convict was supplied with a
container having two hard-boiled
eggs, little lesa tan a quarter ot a
pound ot cheese, about two pounds
of bread and one pound of meat. ,
CITY OFFICIALS TAKK
FLACKS OF 8TR1KKRH
Tokla, Aug 6. Japanese marines
who recently landed at Swatow,' Chi
na, to protect Japanese Interests,
hare been withdrawn, according to
official advices. The landing was
occasioned by the fact that- the
southern troop retreating before
the northerner left Swatow without
protection. Later, ' fhe northerners
advance being held, the southern
forces returned to guard the city.
and the Japanese embarked In their
ships.
E
PROPERTY
Cardiff. Wales, Aug. 6. Inhabi
tants ot Cardiff were surprised the
other night to see the lord mayor,
Aldermen, the city councillors and
their friends turn out armed with
spades and brooms to clean two of
the principal streets.
Municipal employes have been on
a strike for several weeks and the
accumulation of dirt made It neces
sary, tor tome one to lend a hand In
the Interest ot health.
V'" ...
D. B. Reynolds and family left
this morning for Smith River, Cal.,
where they will Bpend the next
month or more. Mr. Reynolds, who
is In the employ of the American
Exploration and Development com
pany, will have charge of the un
waterlng of the old Tyson chrome
mine on Chrome hill, ne'ar Smith
River, which Is now under control ot
the American company.
This mine Is the oldest chome
mine on the continent and was work
ed In the early 70' bat was aban
doned In 1875. It Is believed to have
the greatest depth of any chrome
nronertv. having an 85-foot shaft.
Tha iniarlftttll IT-mlnpatlnn find
Development company has shipped
from the Copper Creek country thta
season by the way ot Crescent Cty
fully 3,000 tons. .
35,000 GMVEE'.!S
EXPECTED AT FOHE'3,
i ; -. .re,.. : .. v.i
Portland, Aug. , 6. Arrangements
rapidly are being completed for the
entertainment of the veteran of the
Civil war who Will attend the na
tional encampment of the Grand
Army ot the Republic for 1818 which
will' be held her August 19 to 25.
This will be the first time that a
national encampment has been held
in the northwest. Approximately
35,00(1 men who answered Presi
dent Lincoln' call to arms are ex
pected to be present They will com '
from every aectlon ot the country.
The attendance at a G. A.' R. never
has been' below 60,000 In the past
but the rapidly dwindling' member
ship roll each year makes it unlike
ly that there will be a greater atten
dance than 40,000. Aside from thla
many old soldier probably will find,
they are unable to attempt the long
transcontinental trip from the Atlan
tic seaboard. At one time these an
nual encampments were attended by
approximately a quarter ot a million
of the veteran fighters.
The Grand Army, of the Republic
was organized at Decatur, 111., In
1866. Its membership numbered
500,000 during tho first few years
of its existence. The present aver
age age ot survivors Is about 75
years.
Paris, Aug, 6. The German, long
range bombardment of Paris contin
ued today.
HI NS STILL STRAFING PAIUS
SUNK BY U-BOAT
A Canadian Atlantic Port, Aug. 8.
The British schooner Oladya Jho-
land, wat sunk by a German tub
marine yesterday. The crew landed
today at a Nova. Scoti town.