DAILY EDITION
VOl IX., No. VIM,
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Advance Agnlnkt llolhrIU
London. Aug. I. "It U not true
that we hv declared war on Gresl
llrluln, but our troops ar flhtlng
British Invaders and a declaration ot
war can hardly b avoided." I the
declaration ascribed to M. offo, Dol
sbevlkl smhssMdor to Berlin, by the
Amsterdam correspondent of the Ex
pre. Washington, Aug. . Tba Amer
lean consul at Moscow, Consul Pool,
Informed the slate department that
Lenlne, the Rolshevlkl premier, de
clared to the Soviets that a state of
war existed between Russia and the
entente alike. ,
Stockholm. Aug. 9. The lluaslan
government baa declared that a atale
f war exists betweon England and
Russia, according to a dispatch to
th Lokal Anselger of Berlin, which
print the news "with reservation.'
, lndon, Aug. . After the oecu
patlon of Archsngel by the allies, the
Bolshevlkl withdrew across the River
Ovlna and on August 4 were again
driven out of tlwjr positions there,
chiefly by shell fire, according to
news received today.
The allien have since pushed rapid
ly southward along the railway to
ward Vologda.
The German force north of the
lulf of Finland have been recently
reinforced and are estimated to num
ber 50.000, mostly Inferior troops.
, Those fore are being concentrated
for an advance against the Murman
railway, along which there has been
some skirmishing.
I.IHMI.OOO VOLINTEEHH
HAVE I. H. WIIKAT CHOP
Washington. Aug. . An army of
1,000.000 volunteer farm hand Is
mainly responsible for success In
harvesting America' biggest wheat
crop now nearly all In, agriculture
department record today ahow.
More than StO.OOOiOflO wa paid the
volunteer. . 1
VOHEHT FIRKM TIMH'HI.KHOMK
Portland, Aug. 9. A Campu fire
In the Columbia forest reserve, I
gnlii reported troublesome.
WHILE FIGHTING Fi
' Merlin Murphy wa killed and Ro
; ibnrt Denham seriously Injured yos-
tcrdny while fighting forest fires
near West Fork,
j The men were trying to control
th fire, which wns spreading rapid
ly In that district, when a .landslide
caught them, killing Mr. Murphy in
stantly and Injuring Mr. Benham. It
i la believed that flenhani will re
cover. The two were rosldentri of
"West Fork. '
'." N.F. Macduff of the forest service
was culled, nnl left this morning fr
the scene of' the accident.
WssLtuglon, An. . Orders for
the Immediate moblllisllon at Camp
Wadsworth, Spartanburg, 8. C, of
the Slavic 1Tglon, authorised by the
army appropriation bill, . were an
nounced today at the war depart
ment, providing voluntary enlistment
of Jugo-Slavs, Cseoho-Blovaks and
Rulhenlani and other oppressed peo
ple who are anxious to fight against
Germany and Austria-Hungary,
V. H. CA81ALTY Llarr
Washington, Aug. I. In the army
casualties fur today, 90 were killed,
nine died of wounds. 63 are wound'
ed and SOS missing. Private Ar
thur Vlnrelet, of Portland, Is wound
ed.
MEATTI.E WANT LAIIOHEll
Seattle, Aug. I. Hundreds of
building carpenters, at wage ot
II. (0 and hundreds of laborers,
wage 14.60 to 5, were called ur
gently today by the labor committee
of the war. house-building drive,
Frederick T. Sherman, chairman. La
bor union officer! are cooperating.
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ho:,:eofhik
DESTROYED BY FIRE
The home of" H. A. Corliss on
North Seventh street was entirely
destroyed by fire this morning at
6:30 o'clock.
Mr. Corliss had risen early to
build a fire, putting In quantities of
pitchy wood. He toll III, o went
back to bed. It I thought probable
that the fire became so hot that the
roof caught tire from the chimney
The whole upper part of the house
wa In flames when neighbors no
ticed It and awoke the family. The
fire alarm wa given but by the time
the engine could get there, the home
was too far gone to be saved. ,
Mrs. Corliss had all Of the house
hold good packed, preparatory to
moving to the mine, where Mr. Cor
liss Is working and the house had
been rented. The house and con
tent were fully covered by Insur
ance. .
The new city pump waa used for
the first time and gave 180 pounds
pressure at the pump or about 75
or 80 pound at the noiel, Instead ot
the 35 or SO pounds' at the noxel
which was all that could be gotten
from the hose before.
llUXaitM ANI KAISKH
"WlM JK" ARK AT OITS
Milan. 'Aug. Oormany's posi
tion In Bulgaria Is becoming serious,
according to report received here.
Bulgarian soldiers are refusing to
obey Oerman officers. At Sofia
bombs have been thrown nt the Ger
man legation. The "German mlnls
ter' demand for protection Is al
leged to hnve been refused. Ger
man soldier have protested because
they were forced to wear Bulgnrlan
uniforms.
On July t a mob Is reported to
have mnde a Joint demonstration
annlnst the Turk and German. The
Turkish legation was attacked and
windows broken. Mud wns thrown
on the Turkish flag. .
ARMENIAN HITl'ATION IH
REPORTED IMPROVING
London, Aug. 9. Armenians re
nnlMid the Turks In the Baku region
AuRiiRt I,- and the situation: there is
Improving, It was lenrned todny.
Allies Within Ose Kite of Clashes Rcye Railroad Which
b Hess Chief Artery cf Sspylies-7 YUkges Taken
ia Flac ders Gercia Diroic:! General Captured
Ignition, Ang. D. More than 17,-
OOO iHMiaer ami 200 gun were
captured by the aJliea la the Homme
drive up to bhmhi today.
With the HrlllKh Army, Aug. .
It la reported hM tiornuus divi
sional grnrrnl waa captured In the
drive. v-
liiitidtm, Aua. 0 The Canadian
have taken tlia town of llraufort,
ear Ifawtert. The Australians are
fighting farther north along the
Hocnm. Hmall partlee of Uermaaa
are still la ItoMterea, but the British
are all around tbeaa.
London, Aug. I. The situation on
the west front I considered now
more favorable for aa allied victory
la the field than at any time since
the beginning of the war. The per
iod ot anxiety haa definitely passed.
Tha allies soon will have a great tt
perlorlty la men and material to fur
ther aislst In retaining the Initiative,
London, Aug. 9. Fourteen thou
sand prisoners and guna too nunier
oua to mention have been taken. The
French have taken Fresny-En-Chaus-se.
The British reached a point east
ot Leqsnel and Calx.
The German are evacuating posi
tion on the Flanders front.
Paris, Aug. 9. The German lines
In the Plcardy sector, south of the
Somme, are badly broken by the
British and French armies. A wedge
waa driven to the depth ot 11 miles
along the Amiens and Chanlnes-Ia
Fere railroad, which was the chief
artery of supplies for the Germans
in the Montdldler sector. The allies
are progressing south of the Somme
without seriou opposition, almost
on the north bank of the stream. The
FOR ACTIVE SERVICE
San Francisco, Aug. 9. A call for
men not registered In the draft, and tary ot war this afternoon suspend
draft men who have been given de- ed further volunteering for the army
terred classifications, to enlist In the and also the receipt ot candidates
472d Engineers was sent out by thefrom civilian life for officers' train
western department of the army Ing camps. This regulation wtil re
here today. . . main' In effect until legislation Is
The 472d Engineers engage In passed by congress extending the
producing military and aerial maps, draft age limits. ' "
and are used in both domestic and!
overseas service. - . ' j KLAMATH COl'NTY HAS.
' $12,000 SAWMILL BLAZE
DRAFT ORDER DOE8
NOT XKKD APPLY TO NAVY
asningion, aur. . Admiral
Palmer, representing the navy de -
partment, today told the senate mill-
tary committee he believes there Is
no necessity tor applying the draft
to me navy, as suggested ny certain
senators. The navy Is already prac- gnlned BUch hendway while the mill erlcan brothers have no sooner land
ticnlly filled, Palmer testified. ' crew waB at dinner thnt all errorU m ti..n .ho. h.v. ,nd . hnrtiort
ISO SICK ANI) AVOl'NDED
AMERICANS ARE RETl'RNEl)
Washington, Aug. 9. Sick and
wounded soldiers landed In the Unit
ed Stntes from the American expedi
tionary forces and sent to various
army hospltnls during the week end
ed August 2 numbered 159,- the sur
geon general announced.
German have held strongly but
have lost Murlanrourt, their strong
hold. The French advanced farther
south. They were retarded at sev
eral point but the momentum of the
allied drlv.e'1 thought not nearly
spent.
In the Flsnder sector, seven vll
I ages In the tip of the Lyt salient ar
now held by the British.
London, Aug. 9. The French and
Qrltlsh advance south of the 8omme
ha reached a depth of 11 mile ac
cording to advice received at noon
today.
The British cavalry, armored cars
and tanks, which are In advance of
the infantry, have reached within a
mile of Cbanlney Junction.
Fourteen thousand prisoners and
thousands of gun have been taken.
A a result of the present advance
It I believed that It will be Impos
sible for the German to retain their
hold on the Montdldler position.
It it also believed that the advance
on the Plcardy front make Amiens
secure against enemy attack and ha
rembved the threat entirely against
Pari.
The British have captured Mor-
lancourt and the line now runs
southward from there to Moreull
With the British Army, Aug. 9.
The allied airmen have blown up
many bridges over the 8omme river
and the enemy's retreat la seriously
embarassed. The Germans have
neen forced to abandon enormous
store of ammunition.
With the British Army, Aug. 9.
The British are blowing up ammunl
tion aumps in tne cattle area,
which Indicates thst they have no
prepared positions Immediately be
hind the former line and that they
are preparing to retreat .
III
if
ilML VULUM
FOR JIM 11
Washington, Aug. 9. -The secre-
iiiamam raus, Aug. 8. A saw
mill owned by John M. Robins at
Swan Lake vallev whs destrhved bv
fjie between 12 and 1 o'clock Wed
Vy wlth n ,ogs of between ,10i
.ooc and S12 000
The blaae was believe started
from a suark. which .lodged on the
roof of the mlll bulidlnir. and the fire
to fight It were without avail and
the mill, lumber and tramways were
burned to the ground. Robins him
self was slightly burned In an at
tempt to fight the blaze, and his son
wns scorched on the arm.
The mlll had a dally, capacity of
about 30,000 feet. It had been en
gaged this season In sawing lumber
for the Chelsea Box company here.
The loss is covered by 17,000 Insurance.
JEW DRIVE
orreive IXMlgaed to Kip the Con
templated Hub Irlve tm Ainlen
la the Near Future
Washington, Aug. 9 American
troops, brigaded with the British.
ar in action In the great new Brit
ish offensive before Amiens. Until
their Identity la disclosed by General
Pershing, however, officials here
will not say what nnlts are actually
there.
On July 4 General March stated
that the Twenty-third division, made
up of Illinois troops, wa In action
on the Plcardy front. Since then,
however, army officer say they have
been returned to General Pershlng't
direct command.
The offensive begun yesterday Is
designed, army officer aay, to re
move a serious menace from the
British front. The Germans have
been concentrating th.lr forces In
great strength at Amleaa and It Is
believed here that the purpose of
tba present battle la to hov them
back here and thus compel a general
retirement along the northern front.
It I assumed here that tba with
drawal of reserves from all along
the Plcardy front to save the crows
prince's army In Its retreat from the
8olasons-Rheims salient has weaken
d the German forces sufficiently to
make another allied success possible
Some army officers, here, however,
were Inclined to believe, that Mar
shals Foch and Halg had discovered
evidence that the German were
planning an attack to lift the pres
sure on the Vesle line snd had sim
ply "beaten 4hem to It." '
NEW FbOCR RILE
MADE BY ADMINISTRATION
Vancouver, Wash., Aug. 9. Gra
ham and whole wheat flour may now
be purchased without buying the us
ual substitute. This waa the wel
come news received snd given out
today by George B. Sampson, Clarke
county food administrator. How
ever, It one buys white flour he must
also buy the SO per cent substitutes.
AVIATOR INSTRVCTOR 18
KILLED WHEN PLANE KAI.Lt
St. Louis, Aug. 9. Lieutenant L.
R. Evans, of Philadelphia, an In
structor at Scott Field, died last
night from injuries received Wednes
day when the plane in which he and
Cadet Thomas Douglas were flying
tell 40 feet near O'Fallon, II. Doug-
as was uninjured.
GEN. PAYS TRIBUTE
TO
Paris, Aug. 9. General Petaln,
rommander-ln-chtef of the French
armies, has Issued the following or
der ot the day to the French troops:
"Four years of effort, with our
staunch allies; tour years of trials,
Btolcally endured, begin to bear fruit.
"Hi fifth attempt in 1918
smashed, the Invader retreats, hi
man power decreases and his morale
wavers, while at your side your An
enemy feel the weight of their blows.
"Incessantly placed In the advanc
ed guard of the allied peoples, you
have prepared the triumphs of to
morrow. "Not long ago I said to you: 'Ab
negation, patience; your comrades
are arriving.'
"Today I say: 'Tenacity, audacity,
you shall force victory.'
"Soldiers ot France, I salute your
banners Illuminated with new glory."
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BILL VILL BE-UBHD
SKCllrURY BAKtlt tUOES COX.
GHK88 TO MAKE PROMPT AC
TIOS OX MEAdl'RE
2- DIVISION MADE OF CUSS1
Keglstraata Not to Claim or Itefaa)
Kx caption I'adrr the New Plana
of the War Department
Washington,' Aug. 9. Plans for
liberalising draft regulations ar be
ing worked oat at tba war depart
meat Secretary Baker said today
that he thought that the whole pans
of fixing deferred daasiflcatioas
would he changed to relieve regis
trant the duty of claiming or re
fusing exemption.
The plan contemplates two at vi
sions of class on men. Th first ss
composed of men between II and It.
others between 19 sad 45.
Washington, Aug. 9. The prompt
enactment at the draft exteaslon km
so that the registration day may k
fixed at September 5aa urged by
Secretary ot War Baker, before the
senate military committee today.
Without Immediate extension, ha
said It would be necessary to invade
the deferred classes. '.
..."
LIBERTY BONDS BS
HIGHEST PRiCE OF YEW.
Washington, Aug. 9. Bonds of
the first liberty loan, bearing 3
per cent were sold at 100.02 on the
stock exchange today. This Is tha
highest price ot the year.
18 ARE LOST IN Gl'LF STORM
Lake Charles, La., Aug. 9. Tha
known dead as the result ot the hur
ricane which struck southwest Lou
isiana Tuesday afternoon stood ' at
18 today.' Many persons believed to
have been In the path of the storm,
however, had not been heard from,
and it was believed the list' was In
complete. v
Tha number ot Injured will prob
ably reach 100. The property losa
will total 11,000, according to con
servative estimate.
CAPTAIN OF JAPANESE
STEAMER ENDS LIFE
A Canadian Port, Aug. 9. Sand
bags carried to the sea's depth the
hnitv it -Pnntnln V V.mnmfttn mas
ter of the Japanese steamer Canada
Maru, who ended his life early Wed
nesday because, it is believed, ha
feared disgrace as a result ot the
stranding of his command July 30,
according to reports received here.
The captain took his life aboard his
boat as she was being towed to dry
dock. A detailed report said the Japan
ese ' skipper carefully, planned hla
end. During the night he made hla
will. At 5 o'clock he went to tba
siae or his boat, weignea mmseir
with bags and fired three shots Into
his brain. His body toppled over
the side and no trace of It has been
found.