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YANKS LAND ON
RUSSIAN SOIL
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JAPS STRIKE AT RAILWAY CENTER
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in ItaMWnmii riiHliii-MlrillU
JlwUwl With Knlliulm
Washington, Aug. 1 5. American
loops today tieitau to disembark Hi
Vladivostok and lll .Immediately
Join the Cloth force In a campaign
la Siberia.
Washington, Aim. IV Th. Bus
Ian pennant are r'l'rtU flocking
to Iho (anilurd of the dec hi, who
arw now optratlii SOU tulles runt of
Moscow. Particular significance I
iillarfmd to the report that Sovlut
troops arr tvauatlng Moscow, opon
Ink a way fur the allies tg reestab
llah Iho eastern front mut-li further
west tlmil ' believed possible,
Guarded Intlinatlona are given that
(he Japanese government antli'liat
d the need of speedy assistance to
thn Ctechs In western Siberia, and
bare planned to atrlke directly at
Lake llalkal, most Important renter
of action on the Siberian railroad.
London, Art. 15. Ctncho-Slovaka
in Siberia are In ft dangerous" ponltlon
and liable to be cut off altogether,
aays the Times correspondent at Vla
divostok. ,
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London, Aug. 15. 'Heuters learns
that the British trnnpa on their way
to Join the Cxecho-glovaks on the
Ussurl front were received by
!xecha with great enthusiasm.
the
AMERICAN TIUMM'H SET
NEW RMXHID IX HEALTH
Washington, Auk. 15. American
tronpa are setting world records for
"ficalth and low dealh rate.
In announcing tnday that deaths
fro mdlseaae among the anldlera for
the week ending July 2(1 were at the
rate of 1.9 per thousand a year. Sur
geon General Onrgas said such a re
cord never had been surpassed by
--any military establishment.
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London. Aug. 15. King George
Tcturned to Kngliind yesterday from
nlno days' trip to tho British front
in Franco, during which time he In
spected the vnrloits centers of mili
tary activity, passing at times
throiiKh places which were tinder
the enemy's fire.
Among the many reviews held by
the king was one of some American
tronpa, who heartily cheered the
monarch. King George hnd long
-talks with Genornls Pershing and
Bliss and 'other American officers,
lie expressed great admlrntton Aver
'the splendid physlqu of the Ameri
cans and their engorness for the frny
-and complimented thorn on their fine
work In driving the Germans back
from the Marne.
INTEREST RATE ON
LOANS RE
Portland, Aug. 15. The war fln
sance corporation today reduced Jfrora
6 per cent to 6 per cent the annual
"Interest rate on short term advances
to banks to cover loans to farmers to
If 1 nance the crop movements.
KBfiDH
HAVE CflllFEHEtlCE
Auxtrian ltul ihttm tit German
llnMlijUMricra to Dt'llhcrate on
Important tyicatlims
Amsterdam, Aug. .15. Kmperor
Charles of Auatrla la at the German
main headquarter today, according
to a telegram to the Berlin Loksl
Anxleger. lie la attending an Im
portant conference with Kmperor
Wllhelm and advliora, deliberating
on military and political questions.
1. H. CASUALTY IJ8T 4
Washington, A nit. 15. The army
casualty Hat (or today la: IT killed
and 5 wounded.
31 AMERICAN DBS
Washington, Aug. 1 S.--In connec
tion with tho announcement of the
formation In Krace of the first Am
erican field army Aug. to, General
March, chief of staff, today disclosed
that there were then 31 American
divisions In Franrn and the field
army Included approximately 1,250,-
000 men.
It la assumed that General Persh
ing haa taken over his own staff as
the staff of the first field army. In
that case,- Major General James W.
McAndrew Is the chief of staff both
of the army and of the American ex
peditionary force.
The chief of staff took occasion to
frown upon the name "Sammy" for
American troops. No American sol
dier In Prance approves the use of
that name, he aald, nor do either the
French or British understand why
big, strong men like the Americans
should be tsgged with such a nick
name. The British soldiers call their
Americans comrades "Ysnks."
General March aald no American
trnopa had landed In Siberia as yet.
SPRUCE IN TO CO
OVER SEAS DEC. 1
Aberdeen, Wash., Aug. 15.T-De-cember
1 Is set as a definite date for
the formation of a rvglment of spruce
production soldiers for overseas ser
vice, in an order received thla morn
ing at locnl headquarters, spruce pro-
dilution bureau. The date of de
parture of soldiers assigned to the
new regiment for Vancouver for
oversens training will depend upon
the rapidity with which the selective
service department supplies limited
strvlce men to take the places of the
genoial service men In the woods.
OF
FLYING CORPS KILLED
Cincinnati, 0 Aug. 15. Captain
James Fits' Morris, of tho British
Uoyal Flying Corps, was killed Just
west of this city today, when his en
gine died JiiRt as ho rnso from the
grounds of the Western Hills Coun
try Club to complcto the last lap of
a Journey from Indianapolis to Cin
cinnati. Captain. Fits Morris was In
stantly killed, when his plane crash
ed to earth In a nose dlvo,
-Brigadier General Lee. announced
that Captain Fits Morris had a totnl
of 29 Gorman airplanes to his cred
it. During the three yenrs of ser
vice on the front Captain Fits Mor
rla was decorared with, the cross of
the 'Belgian Legion of Honor and the
military cross with one bar added In
honor of additional herolo services
performed after receiving the cross,
RIBECOURT FALLS TO
GEN. HUMBERTS IN
Violent Artillery Dcel Centimes Between Avre and Oise
Both Sides Hake Preparations For Resumption of
Heavy Fighting-British Push Toward Bucqaoy
With the British Army, Aug. IS.
The Germans hare evacuated for
ward poaltlona on the northern end
of the.Plcardy front. Albert la still
held strongly by the Germans.
Ixindon, Aug. IS. The French
have captured high ground on LI is I g
noy massif. Further retirement of
the enemy In that sector la probable,
according to advices here this after
noon. With the British Army, Aug. 15.
Lebuterns salient has practically dis
appeared aa a result of German re
tirement. The British pushed far Co
ward Bncquoy. ' 4
I'arla, Aug. 15. The violent ar
tillery duel between the Avre and
the 01 ho la continuing. Both sides
are gathering strength for the re
sumption of heavy fighting. Gen
eral Humbert's men have carried
lllbescourt, on the rosd to Noyon.
raria, Aug. 15. The capture of
Itlbecourt by the French mark anleratlons along the Somme.
important epoch In the offensive
which haa for Ita Immediate purpose
the freeing of the region between
the Somme and the Olse. As a gain
front thi "strategic standpoint It
ranks with the taking by the French
of the forest and hill positions be
tween the Mats and the Olse, which
has brought the French almost to
the gate of Laaslgny. Through Rlbe-
KKATTLR MAYOK HKMfi
OUT IX SHIPYARD
Seattle, Aug. 15. Mayor Ole Han
son today enrolled himself as a shin
yard worker and -will put In a two
months' stretch at one of Seattle's
shipyards. He elected to take the
first night shift, which calls for his
working from 4 o'clock until 12.
S FAIL IN
10 HUN
IT OVER Oil DDTiDBO IKS
With the American Troops In
France, June" 29. (Correspondence
of the Associated Tress.) Though
the American troops have had three
engagements In the Toul sector dur
ing the past three months men in the
division say "there has been Just one
flght."
The big raid on Apremont In April
thoy call "tho Apremont affair;"
,,. .... ....m, ainMmnJ"1 l" ' lue
" " " 'place untenable and take prisoners.
rcy, ten days later as "the SlecUop- Tne effort wbb well organized and
rey thing;" but, the morning of JunejniKj,t have BUcceeded but for the
16 at Xivray. they sny "there was a'WOrk of the quick-firers.
fight. '. I at hntwIrnH man ndvonoArl tn tha
This distinction does no wrong to;attQk . nn . a thnn .
the defenders of Apremont and Selch -
eprey. The men did their best there,
and t,hat best was ns good m. could
ne expociea unoer me circumstances.
but tholr best then was not so good
ns their best at Xivray. That Is the
significance given the dlatlnctlon by
rrracn omccrs. u.ey say mai ,wsi
at Xivray the men holding the sector
siiowea iney nun learnen now to au
what must be done In the front line.
Xivray haa a similar meaning to
tho Germans In that sector If the evi
dence of prisoners may be trusted.
The men captured there show In
creased respect for the fighting qual
ities of the Americans and betray a
doeper awe of the American machine
gun.
It la now disparagement of the
work the ordinary rifle did there to
say that the quick-firers decided the
Issue. Two companies of Infantry,
court lies an open route-up the Olse
valley to Noyon a route by rail
and the big national thoroughfare,
not to mention the canal which paral
lels the roadways for the greater
part of the way. Noyon la only a
little more than six miles northeast
of Rlbecourt.
German front-line trenches at
Beaumont Hamel, Serre, Pu!;!?x
Au Mont and Bucquoy have been
found untenable by the enemy in the
face of the recent activity by the
British all along the line from Al
bert to Arras, while the French have
persevered In their violent attacks
against the Germans on the sector
which dominatea the lower portion of
the Tlcardy plain and the Oise valley
and have encroached further upon
the Laaslgny massif and the Th'.c.v
court plateau and farther south have
captured the Important town of Rl
becourt.
The giving up of front-line
trenches north ft Albert may mean
the Germans forsee the ultimate suc
cess of the Americans and British op-
In any
event the retrograde movement
seemingly Indicates that the ten-mile
salient between Beaumont Hamel
and Bray on the Somme, with Albert
aa Its apex, now must give way In
order that the German front here
may come Into alllgnment with that
In the south across the Somme. Prob
ably the Germans purpose to readjust
their front from the Somme to Arras.
81'XBAY SHOULD BE DAY ,
OF KIC8T IX SHIPYARDS
Philadelphia, Aug. 15. Sunday
work In shipyards is discouraged by
the Emergency Fleet Corporation In
an order Issued today, stating that
the management la Btrongly of the
opinion that a greater tonnage will
result It the day Is observed as
period of rest.
PLAN TO SLIP
without dugouts to shelter Uiem held
their grounds on the right of the po
sition through a heavy artillery pre
paration And kept the enemy from
bringing up reinforcements through
out the fight. Meanwhile, in the cen-
Iter at Xivray and on the left, the ma
chine gunners did the rest.
The enemy's plan . according to
prisoners, was to force the village,
. t colnmn8( ,ed by tw0 hunared
lplcked mlan storming troops,
iTh(Jy came up on the rght f,ank on
, the ,eft ftnd on ,ne wnt(r ttnd'cov.
er of smoke, making a dark night
,. darke, Thev ... thp
,neg and 8lIpl)pd lhrough thft ho,.
,w Tne ,.,, ear8 of 8entrlcB
lR,one prevented a totn, Burprae.
Their guns laid down a heavy box
barrngo that prevented the reinforce
lng of the front line. One platoon.
lod by Lieutenant Donn, from Maine,
got through the first, curtain of fire.
Doan even went through the second
with some voluntcors, but that was
all the help that could be sent to the
225 men thnt were hnlrtln tho lln.
attacked
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three but they fought In a way to sjtr
prise and dismay the 600 Germans.
(Continued on Page 2)
SOU SUNK
BY SHELL FIRE
Tanker Frederick Kellogir Which
Wan TurNdMnI TuiwUy MU1 Re
maining Afloat off IUmegat
Washington, Aug. 15 Th Ameri
can schooner Dorothy Barret waa
sunk by shell firs from a German
submarine yesterday near Cape May
the nary department announced to
day.
The tanker Frederick R Kellogg
which was torpedoed Tuesday, Is still
afloat off 'Barnegat, the navy de
partment advises.
U.S.
TO
Washington, Aug. 15. United
States and Great Britain have Joined
In a diplomatic protest to Mexico
against the oil land decrees of Car
ranza, which la contended amounts to
the confiscation. Meanwhile Atnerl
can and English oil companies have
agreed to refuse to meet terms of the
decree.
Mexico City, Aug. 15. Replying to
a protest from Great Britain against
provisions of the oil decree of Feb
ruary 22, which waa declared to be
confiscatory and In violation of the
rights of English companies holding
oil claims, the Mexican government
has declared that It does not recog-
nlie the right of any foreign govern
ment to protest agalnat decrees of
thla nature. '
It holda that the Mexican govern
ment Is free to adopt such fiscal leg
lalation as la necessary. It suggests
that recourse to the courts would be
the proper method of determining
whether the oil land decree Is nn
Just and confiscatory.
London, Aug. 15 One tot the most
significant features of the aerial
bombing offensive of the British .Is
the loud response It has elicited from
the German people, say British news
papers. The bombjng of England brought
no complaint, but only renewed reso
lution from the Brlt'sh people; yet
Germany, suffering from the first
preliminary pangs of the British at
tacks, at once began to cry out
against It, and protest upon protest Is
pouring into the German authorities
from the populace of the different
areas attacked.
This cieans that the British bomb
ing offensive Is effective, that far
reaching destruction has been caus
ed to railway Junctions and factories,
and that the German claim that Brlt-
Ish raids, have accomplished nothing
serious have been untrue.
Details of the damage caused by
the British raids, can easily be sup
pressed by the German censorship
but the voice of the German people
cannot permanently be stifled, and
It Is asserted there Is abundant pho
tographic and captured documentary
evidence that their fears are based
upon real execution done.
WEAR OUT YOUR OLD DVD8
- IS flOYERXMEXT ADVICE
New York, Aug. 15. Despite the
fact that the government has taken
over the entire wool stacks or grow
ers and dealers for war uses, there
romalns in the hands of jobbers and
cutters-up enough material to sup
ply clvlan clothing needs for a year,
nerI,m rcuunuy, cniet ot me ouieu
division of the war industries board,
said today.
Mr. Peabody advised the clothiers
to urge customers to wear their ap
parel as long as possible.
purara
DRAFT BILL
C. S. Mt'BT 8EXD OVER EXOIGH
MEX TO WIX THE WAK OX
THE WE8TERX FHOXT
War Program Calls for 8,000,000'
American In Franc by Jane
SO, 1019
Washington, Aug. 15. Plans for
the consideration of the draft bill
next Monday la the senate, Is blocked
todsy by the failure of a quorum to
appear when the bill was presented.
Washington, Aug. 15. Reporting
on the draft bill this morning, Sena
tor Chamberlain disclosed to the sen
ate that General March had told the
military committee It waa op to the
United States to send enough men to
France to win thewar In the west
and expressed the belief that 4,000,-
000 Americans could go' through the
German lines where they pleased.
All men called under the proposed
draft, General March said would bs
In France by next June. The report
showed that -the program calls for.
over ,3,000.000. menin .France ., by
June 30 next year.
PRESIDEflTISOiniL
VISIT PACIFIC COAST
Washington, Aug. 1 5. President
Wilson has changed his mind again
and will positively visit Portland and
other Pacific coast points, after de
ciding Tuesday not to go, tentative
arrangements are being made this
morning for a special train to leave
Washington within the next fortnight
for Oregon and Washington points.
The complete reversal ot the pres
ident's attitude is due to the report
ot Director General McAdoo, who
urged the trip on many grounds, po
litical necessity predominating.
LOGANBERRY CROP IS
The loganberry crop of the Rogue
River Orchard company has been
picked and shipped ' to Portrand,
where It was placed In cold storage
for W. H. Polheums, of the Pullman,
Wash., cannery. The berries were
shipped In 50 gallon barrels, each
containing 15 pounds of ice, shipped
out by express at night and in the
morning was placed In a Portland
cold storage warehouse. Mr. Reed,
ot the Rogue River Orchard company
stated that the price received was
$80 per ton, and although the crop
was light, owing to a late frost, the
company shipped 10 tons. ' .
This company Is now picking pears
and expects to ship about eight car
loads, five of them Bartletts. The
price realized ta $1.70 t.lo. b. Grants
Pass, or a net price of $1.32.
E
Manchester, N. H., Aug. 15. Pres
ident Wilson and his wife arrived to
day for a visit at the home ot Col
onel House. . '
HOC ED