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DAILY EDITION
VOL. U, No. BUT.
AMERICAN SI
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PIlOIIAHLY BANK Hi lt At U HT 17
OFF NORTHERN VIIU1IMA
COAST '
I'ndtywa Crew Mnya "We Are
PrieiMtn;1 ')Uln Hays "No
Friend of Mlno"
Washington, Auif. 20,Ths navy
department today announced that the
cmptln of an American steamer bad
reported that kit vessel rammed and
probably sank a mbmsrlne August
1? off the northern Virginian count.
The submarine crew hailed In Ger
man accents, saying they were
" Mends, but he replied that they were
o frlenda of his. The esptaln kept
en hla course, although the steam-
era bow was damaged, ft Is thought i
the submarine was sunk.
TARS AXD NTRIPKH FUIAT
own urixKii nriMif!H
Paris. July 18. (Correspondence)
Arras which has received over
1(0,000 sheila In the last four years,
waa not to be prevented from cele
brating the Fourth of July..
The rrefert of the department who
has been forced to take up residence
- Boulogne, visited the ruins of Ar
! en Independence dsy and found
UH some 80 flags had been hung
out on Ita roofless buildings and bat
tered walla. The Stars and filrlpes
floated from many ruined biddings.
Some of the town's Inhabitants bad
found means to return or had never
left as the Prefect met a dosen In the
treel.
J. B. Drown, a farmer of the Spen
cer Creek valley, southwest of Eu
jTne, U the father of 16 children, 11
of whom are boys. Four of the boys
are now In the service of their coun
try and three more are roady to go
as soon as they are called In the
draft, snys the Eugene HeaKur.
Tho younger boy, Wllllum. aged,
STEAMER'S BOW IS OHO
13, onllHtod first, being a member of .tho rnft.
tho old Third company of the coast "Not a word did tho Huns say to
rtlllcry, and la no la France. Rob-., us," snld Ohlson. "although they
rt. aged 23, enlisted Inter, andoi'M aee wounded and tho plight
' Jacob and Klmer were called In the' were In. ..There was a stiff breeze
draft. One othor Is aged 18 and M-jMowIng nnd I expect od the raft to
voets to bo called when the now;'' The , submarine steamed
-draft law la In force; another above awny.
-21 has alrendy registered, and ex-! .'The wounded, seaman dlod soon
poets a call at any timo. and still n- afterward nd wo hrow hl" ' bodr
-othor Is above 31 and will register ln'overboard. The next morning, after
the noxt draft. " n sleepless night for all, the steward
Y0UNGMEN0F21 MUST
T
': Ull youn men who have reached
their 21st birthday since June 5,1 ,,1B 'mn 10 mjr ""'r' """
ilJlS, will be required to register on 1 k,10W h, mlnd wag KOne "e uWA
taaturday, August 24th, 118, be-'that fe!noon' an(l 1 managed to got
4een the hours of 7 a. m. and 9 p.ln tlod cleftI of the raft t J , u
m. at tho county cterk'a offlce'ln tho1 "On0 of tho bnrrel hnay hnA Ic?k:
courthouse, (Jr.'.ntj rass, Ore.
FREIGHT
RATES TO AW
Washington, An 20. Tho Pa
irti A. A n I a tl nl I tarn V and iVot'l tTO,
" , , ' "
tlon Company hn. been authorized,
a.y the Intefstate commerce commls-
t0 !"- frflBht. 16
18 per ton from Seattle,'' Taeoma,
"Vancouver and San Francisco to
Dawson and other Yukon points.
OW KILLED
PETROGRAD RIOTS
Worklugmen Mnt-ch Through Ktrecli
ITiNluimlng "liown With tin
many" Martial Imn Hales
Ixindun, Aug. JO. Iluudreds were
killed and wounded In a veritable
battle between the Lettish guards
and rioters during food disorder In
Petrograd. according to an Amster-
dam dispatch via Ilerlln. The report
says that after the city bad been
without food for (wo days, a proces
sion of worklngmen marched through
the streets shouting "Down with the
Germans Down with the Kremlin."
Marshal law was proclaimed the
same evening.
(J K KM AX MOTHERS OK HIO
FAMILIES GIVEN IIONl H
Amsterdam, Aug. 20. At Dussel-
dorf, Germany, 100 women, the
mothers of from 8 to 11 children
each, were presented the other day
by the municipality, In the name of
a grateful Fatherland, with savings
bank books with 100 marks cred
ited. RESCUED ARER FIVE
DAYS ALONE Oil RAFT
i London,., July . 14, (Correspon
dence of the Associated Press)
Nine sailors, four of whom -were
dying of wounds, loft by a German
submarine commander to perish on
a ramshackle raft In the North Sea
where eight of them died Is the atory
of Hun barbarity told by Haakon
Oh I son. the sole survivors of the
Norwegian bark ICgllnton, now re
covering In a Rrltlsh naval hoipltal.
WWn nesr death, Ohlson was res
cued by a British motor boat patrol
ling In Helgoland bight.
The Rgllnton waa carrying coal to
Norway when attacked by the sub
marine firing shrapnel. The cap
Uln's right arm was shattered, the
steward was badly wounded In the
leg, a seaman was shot through the
body and the aecond mate's arm was
torn by splinters.
The still) filled rapidly but the
crew put out a ratt made of five
planks and supported by barrels. A
barrel of water and a case of biscuits
were placed on the raft. The sub
marine came up, fired into the sink-
Ing bark and passed within 20 feet or
the unfortunatei as It circled ahout
died nnd then tho second mate, we
alioved1 their bodies Into, the water
plan On tht third ilnv 11m cnntiiln
.... -
died. ' Then I must have lost count j
of time, for on the afternoon .of the;
fourth day I found myself alone with'
the chief mate. '
"I did my best to cheer him up,
b,,t ,u! 0,,1r 8nld-'"1 "m g0,nB d(,wlJ
ert end tn.il fliu oi me rail eeiiieu
low hi the vator. Rrlne got Into the
biscuits and Into tho barrel of freah
water. " . - .
"I was alone on the raft for five
days, " Ohlson went on. "I didn't
see n single ship "Ml that time, I
must have been a-tlttle delirious, be
cause I'd lose count of the hours. I
was wet through. 4t night I'd hear
the water swishing round mo and
then I would sleep."
tne nlntnVy hB heard AMni
... monooA . . . M.
kn.c.tojookS w. "There was
the. BrltUh patrol boat. When Ohl
son was taken aboard he collapsed.
aaum rAra, ocrS3 oovcnr, omdoom. Tuesday, aioist so, ioih.
FRENCH CONTINUE HURL
BACK INVADING HORDES
Osly hssdiate Retrest Stems Possible Fcr Gcrcaa
Forces Atkck Extendi Over Frc:t ef 15
;s ad to D::lh cf Fccr !,!i!es
Paris, Aug;. 80. The German
forces holding a vital sector betwaen
the Olse and Alsne rivers were hurl
ed back over a 10-mlle front today
by the French. This attack Is a con
tinuation of Sunday night's assault
northwest of Solutions. An advance
of two miles would seem to place the
Germans In a serious position, from
which only Immedlste retreat would
appear possible. , -
The Oermsn hold on Roye seems
weakened by the French progress.
The town Is now believed to be en
veloped on three sides.
Xoyon Is fast becoming the cen
tral point of a salient like that for
merly aiound Montdldler and tasslg
ny. being approached from the south.
Parla. Aug. 80. French last night
occupied Vassena northwest of Nor
sain, between the Olse and Alsne liv
ers. The town of Nancy was bombarded
by German plane. Six civilians
were killed and a score Injured.
North of Hoye the French took
Dracquenont, and Fende woods, and
occupied the greater part of Beuralg-
nes. .
London, Aug. JO. latest reports
say that today's attack, by the French
extended over IS miles, and they
made good progress everywhere. The
advance since Saturday la over four
miles at the maximum.
AT
Washington, Aug. SO. Revised
estimates by Adjutant General C'row-
drr show thst 158,000 young men be
come 81 since June 5, and should
register on Saturday. It is estimated!
that one half will go In Class 1.
Oregon's estimated registration Is
999.
WASHINGTON ttXltKHSJIAX '
OPPOSES 'IH-YKAH IHl.UTIXG
Washington, Aug. 20. Represen
tative Johnson of Washington today
opposed the drafting of men as young
as 18, and hoped the minimum would
b placed at 20,
BRITISH WOUNDED PASS
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I
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nvU "'.
During the fiercest of the fighting In a bnttle In France British wounded
on the way to hospitals were cnrrled past the lines of the French. As he
passes the trenches filled with machine gunners In action this woundad
Tommy, Interested, has raised his hend to wntch his French cousins help
hold the Hun. Awny at the rear In the woods cavalry .horses can be seen
corrnled while their riders wnlt the command to ndvnnce.
London, Aug. 20. The French at
tacked again today on a 10-mlle front
between the Oise and Alsne rivers,
reschlng a maximum depth of two
miles. Thla advaooe endangers an old
German division at Bolssons and on
the Alsne. The German wilt possib
ly withdraw to the line of the Chem-
In-des-Dalmea.
, The French took 500 prlsonersbe
fpre 9 o'clock this morning
i
London, Aug. 30. The Oermans
on three Important sectors of the
western battle front have been com
pelled to give up positions of grest
strategle value under the onslaughts
of 4 be British and French troops. In
the Lys sector, west of Armentleres,
the enemy hss retreated over a front
of nearly six miles, leaving the town
of Merville In British bands. Be
tween the Mill anil Oil rlvara Ihm
French have fought their way to the
vuiikiiii ui iuv uuiiiinauaB
position of Lasslgny and farther
south In this hilly and wooded re
gion have debouched from the Thles
cotirt wood and also captared the
town of Plmpres, situated In the Olse
valley on the Noyon-Complegne road.
Around the other curve of the bat
tle line, northwest' of Sbissons, the
French from near Carlepont to Fon
tenoy on the Alsne, a distance of ap
proximately 15 miles, have driven
back the enemy to an average depth
of more than S miles and raptured
several villages and many prisoners.
ora;;;;c r,
The public schools of Mcdford will
open on Monday, September 16, In
stead of on September 30, as had
Ixcn decided by the school board last
spring.
The board was enabled to make
the change bo-ause of lh" fruit sear
son being two weeka earlier than us
ual. Investigation Into the fruit
situation by members of the board
deve'oped the fact that the tear sea
son will be practically over by that
time and that the apples and Winter
Nell I a penra can be picked and han
dled without the aid of school pu
;tlo. hence It was thought .best to
open the s'hoolg earlier so that they
could be closed earlier next spring.
THROUGH FRENCH LINE
' -TV
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-v
w raw
fl'ESIilHIISSIA
Iirge J-Wce of fhiaese T'oop Are
to Hllterlan Border to Pro
vesil laraaioat
Washlncton. in -n tw. ...
av. U KQ
ond American transport has arrived
at Vladivostok, and the third trans-
iurt i jiouny expected.
The tranaDort hiin - ,
. - - . .ug . uj iim
COntlOKent nf ..ui
- ilBU wiuiers en-
tered the horbor yesterday afternoon
after a voyage of 1 days from Ma
nila. A third troopship Is expected
tn MH. .Li. .
inn iui svening.
Washington, Aug. 80. Tha r?hi.
nese government baa sent
force of troops to the Siberian bor
der to prevent a threatened in..inn
of Chinese territory by Otrmaa and
iingsrisn prisoners of war who
Joined with the Red Guard and oth
er elements of the Bolshevlkl against
the Csecho-Slovaks In the trans-Bal-
xai region.
Washington, Aua. 80. Th. nrf .
Ing of the Chinese force was taken to
mean that every means of bringing
relief to the Ciecho-Slovaka w. h.
ing taken by the allied powers.
That the army of brlsoners t
free by the Bolshevlkl and armed t
fight the Cxecho-Slovaks was menac
ing tne Chinese border has been
known here. China haa declared h
will not permit them to cross her
borders, and If Chinese territory Is
violated a battle Is promised.
Peking, Aug. 20. The mov.m.nt
of Japanese troops from Chang
Chun, on the Mukden-Harbin rail
road, to the ilanchurla-Slberian front
has been further delayed because of
the demand made br the Japanese
that they virtually control the oper
ations of the Chinese Eastern rail
way.
PRESIDENT ViiLSO;
back i;i mm
Washington, Aug. 20. President
Wilson returned today from his va
cation on the Massachusseta coast as
a guest of Colonel House.
IH IJLIN REPORTS MANY
CASKS OF 1NKMKXZA
Dublin. Aug. 20. Dublin has been
severely visited by the Influenza ept-
emlc which began in Belfast. There
ave been nearly a thousand cases.
and the schools were closed. There
ere extremely few deaths.
ESCAPE FROM HuNGARY& .111,,,
, Missing in action . ;. . 8
j Wounded severely 109
Rome. July 20 (Correspondence) Wounded (degree undetermined) 4
Three hundred Italian prisoners
have reached Italy. , .
Many details of Austrian brutality
were given by men among the 300
who escaped through Rumania. A
corporal among them said he had
been forced to work and beaten when
suffering from a high fever, and hadj
Implored his keepers to send him toi
a hospital. When he groaned with
pain he was beaten some more and
ordered to harder tasks.
With '.another soldier, tho corporal
asserted that their nourishment had
consisted of water in which beet
rout had been , cooked with - some
thin corn meal, a half poiyid of the
moat of a' horse which had died on
the fields, a quarter loaf of bread
made of rye, straw and wood, and no
wine. Water was forbidden on the
penalty of clubbing.
The reveille was at 4 o'clock and
work continued until five In the af
ternoon. .
"A thousand times better be dead,"
they cried, "than to fall into the
hands of the Austrlans."
WHOLE Nl'MBER M4f-
!8i
CD n
WmiDRAWIXO FROM MERVILLE
SECTOR, CLOSKLV FOUiOWED
BT BRITISH
GEMffi JOKMDIOQT
Many lines ef Retarding Wire En-
Unglewveots Are Placed by. Re
treating; Arsay
With the British Army, Aug. 20.
The British forces continued to ad
vance In the Merville sector, closely
following the retreating Germans,
who still show no inclination to halt
The Oermans hare left behind many
lines of retarding wire entangle
ments.
. With the British Army. Aug. 80.
By withdrawing from the Merville
sector the Germans appeared defi
nitely to have given up one point
from which a drive for Calais logic
ally could be launched, and Indicated
that they hare abandoned all hope of
reaching the English channel coast
London, Aug. 20. The British re
pulsed (our attacks against Chilly,
six miles north of Rove. The Brltlah
lines were advanced In the neighbor
hood of Vteax Berqnln and Cutterst-
ween. In the Lys salient One hun
dred and eighty-two Germans were
taken prisoners.
"iw nn nnirr" rti
Washington. Aug. 20. Frank
Morrison, secretary of the National
Federation of Labor presented to the
house military committee organized
labor's emphatic opposition to the
work or fight" amendment In the
man-power bill.
JAPAXESE AVIATORS FOR
THE ITAUAX FRONT
Tokio, Japan, Aug. 20. Japan Is
planning to send about 20 aviators to
the Italian front.
U. 8. CASUALTY LIST
4 -
The following casualties are re
ported by the commanding generat
l9 4tiA A r Aelnnn nvnAillllnnnPV
Dled 0, woundg x
(Died of accident and other causes 11
Prisoners 1
Total . .. 273
Missing in action Private Ed-
ward A. Smith, Portland, Ore.
..
Ottawa, Aug. 20. D. McDonald,
of Nyssa, Ore., is listed as wounded
" we anaaian casualty usi.
AT FIRST OPPOMJITY
With the American Armies, Auff.
20. Americans near Flsmette took
60 Prussians without' firing a shot.
Through one.of the prisoners It was
learned that they had agreed to sur
render If an opportunity presented,
itself.