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mm DAILY EDITION ""'' 4 VOK IX., No. aUM, 1 RAILWAY II DECEIVE BIG VAGE ADVANCE NUAIU.V MIIXION A Kit A HAW MKN IN f. H. TO MH.UIK IX 30,000 effected Will Add lluadrrd Million Ai nually t payrolls In I'tilted MaIm Alone - VatiliiBtuu. Sept. 3. Nearly s million snd a half men. about half of them employes of (lie railway of th United State, will ebsro an ad dltlonul wage Increase approved to day by Secretary McAdoo, The or der will add 1100.000 annually to the railroad payrolls. The Increase In wages (or railway telegraphers la to be derided aoon. , Montreal. Bept. S. Wane In crease totalling fl5.000.00O annu ally hav been granted 10,000 rail road ahop men throughout Canada. T. 8. CAM'ALTT LI8T Th following casualties are re ported by the commanding general of the American expeditionary ' forces for Sunday, Monday and Tues day: Killed In action ...... .......131 Missing In action 330 Wounded severely .... 70 "Wounded, degree undetermlnedS43 Died of wounds 3 Died Of disease - 31 Prisoners 1 Died of aeroplane accident 1 Total .1154 THE JOSEPHINE HOTEL A deal has Just been consumalod wherein Frank Metsil'.ar lias p posed of the Josephine hotel, build ing and all, to A. J. Martlneau of Portland. . Mr. and Mr. MetsWisn are unde cided as to what they will engage In lu the future. bVit will remain here for a tow days after which they will take a ahort vacation. They have been conducting the hotel for several years. Mr. Metschan Is a brother of Phil Metschan, ownor of the Imperial hotel at Portland. Mr. Martlneau was superintendent of service at the Imperial hotel at Portland for about 10 years and baa also had experience In the business In Chicago and other eastern cities. He and Mrs. Martlneau arety here, having taken charge of the business Soptemlier 1. Mrs. Martlneau' par ents, Mr. and Mr. Huber, will reside with them and assist at the hotel. READY FOR THE BATTLE Chlstmo," Sopt. 3. The Chicago Nationals began practicing on tho home grounds today for tomorrow's opening of the world's series. Tho Boston Americans will arrive tonight. 01 l MIKO THI llrlllh itfmtm (iht Augiwt Are M,H7II While lliey nHuml A Ion B7,niN ticrnmns Paris, Sept. 3. Th allied forces on the western front have taken a total of 118.101 prlionera, 1,06 (una. 1,734 mine throwers and 1.- 783 machine guns since July 15, says an official statement laaued yesterday. Of this number, 76,UO prisoners and 700 tuna hav been captured by the French since July II. London. 8ept. 3. TMi British raptured In the month of Auaust 57.313 Oertnan prisoners', C57 guns snd 1.000 trench mortsrs. Ilrltliih rssusltlee reported during the month (ft August totaled 43,371. They were divided aa follows: Killed or died of wounds, officers, 1.041; mm 7,334. Wounded or missing, officers, 3,- 334; men 36,4X0. The total casualties reported In July were 3A3I1, and In June Ml,- 147. F0:,1TI!EOITO 8ldny Sprout, who is stopping at the Oxford, has some men at work making repairs at the Ament dam three miles up the river from Grsnti Pass. The break that was made by the game garden blowing out a part of the dam some time ago Is being repslred. says Mr. Sprout, snd the dam being fixed so that It will not go out this winter during high water. Uler, water will be taken from this point to Irrigate three or four thous and acres lying on the north side of the Rogue. Mr. Sprout states thst the fish Ud ders are in good shape and that the first run of flh are now above the dam. , THE PRUSSIAN GUARDS REFUSE 10 Paris, Sept. 3. Hard pressed by French armies under Generals Plum bers, Detxncy and Mangln, which, overcoming desperate resistance, continue to advance, the German forces are slowly retiring to the llln donburg line. The battle bttwoen the Alsne and the Olse Is pf the fiercest description, particularly In the part where Gen eral Mangln's army Is pushing for ward. 1 Realizing the serious position In which further progress by the French armies would place him, Gen eral Ludendorff Is continually throw ing In fresh divisions to stem Man gln's advance. He called In 13 di visions, which have counter-Attacked time aftor tlm.e but which In each Instance were driven back. At ono point the 11th regiment or Prussian guards, whlih was .brought Into the fray, Is said to have refused to attack.- It was then taken to the rear, regrouped and, Bent further norh, This Incident gives an Idea of the declining morale of the German troops. t ... 1 ; ' Prisoners are almost unanimous In saying the German army Is beaten and Is tired of the war. Nevertheless there are some element which fight .desperately. ' WBTHEII GRAjm rux wcrrenra cocrrr, orxoon, uKHiiAf, bbptkmbkb , in. w line mweit lb HUE Mhw foiH ilzrs b Sift Rs!re:t ca a Ccal Tcwa cl Le:s is Stress Dtfczs tt tandon, Sept. I. Oo a frOnt of 60 miles from Just below Ypre to a point near Peronne th German ar mies are In retreat. The retrograde movement forced by a series of un remitting hammer blows Inflicted by General Foch within the past six weeks Is now accelerated by the not able victory of llalg In breaking through the strong defensive line protecting the railway centers . of Doual and Cam bra I, and threatening to outflank even the main Hlnden burg line south to 8t Quentln. - 80 pronounced la the retirement that It seems thst It the enemy has not already met dtssster he la (Ser iously near one. Th Oermaa retirement la acceler ated torts of the Somme and In th vicinity of Lens, the Important eoal town evacuated by the German and now occupied y the British. On the St. Quentla-Droconrt line, where Mslg's break waa effected, the Germans are retreating fast. . Still further south th German evacuated areas three to tour miles deep. London, Sept. 3. The capture of Qtteant, the aouthern support of '.he MASTER STATE SAYS "COT GU3LTY" I Seattle. Wash., 8ept. 3. A plea of not guilty" was entered In federal court today by William Bouck, mas ter or the Wsahlngton ttst grsnge, arraigned on a charge of seditions In making utterances contrary to gov ernmental policy in a speech at Bow, Wash., In July. His trial Is set for October 32. THE ALLIES" The following story Is going the rounds of the newspapers In Italy: The Italians Influenced by devil- made tumors were still retreating before their Oerman-Austrinn "ka.m- emdS." ' ;The British and French troops poured Into Italy, commanded by foch. ' At once the Italians began to make some sort of a stand. An Italian boy soldier, loaded down with a heavy bag of supplies, was climbing a steep path. No horse or automobile could make It; every- thing must go on men's backs. The young Itallnn was very tired.- Vlie limn w aaaai ADVANCE IHtKINUUrALIAN The load was too much for him, but''cos-" ' he kept plugging ahead. He heard a footstep. A brisk old man, dressed In the horizon blue of France came up beside him. "Pretty heavy load fdr you, son." said the old Frenchman, speaking It- ailB0 "Oul. m'sleu." agreed the son of Italy, speaking French to be court - eous. "Let me give you n hand," said the old French soldier, and he selxed the heavy bag and threw It over hls,our boys who go "over there." 59 I3Frc:t hp:rt2:t inzzztd Hrz Erda Dc:y izi fczbrci famous tyerman switch line before Cambral, ha been officially an nounced. The Orocourt-Queant line was tarried by itorm, the enemy re treating on virtually the whole bat tle front. With the British Army In France, Sept. 3. The British armies are driving forward on ' the northern reaches 'of the Hlndenburg line to ward Cambral. On the left 'deter mined German resistance la develop ing. , London. 8ept 3. Th British are occupying Lens, th Germans having evacuated the Mown. Quesnt and several other villages have also been taken by the British. More than 10,000 prisoner were taken, yesterdsy by th British. The enemy has not reacted hesiTDy with a view to recapture ot the Quesnt Drocourt line, hut left the British in undisturbed possession of the piece loot. An advance of four miles on n 20- mlle front was mad by the Britlah this morning. . . ALL ALLIES EEQOOftSE 1KECIOTAXS Washington, Sept. J. Great Brit ain, France and Italy have already recognixed the Cxechc-Slovaks and Japan has Implied recognition by i psrtlclpatlon in the Siberian expedi tion. Headquarter ot the nation are st present In Parts. 1 GREAT IE own shoulders, and the sons of the two latin nation. icnt Himhm, lk ter a time the man In horizon blue said, "Met us rest a minute," and they snt down beside the path. I Rmn nma ItallttM nnAt - Bouciui stun ui' fleers appeared one of them being on the king's personal staff. Of course the two soldiers by the road- filde came to their feet to salute the high officers. Bt the Italian officers stopped. The one who belonged to the king's personal staff ejaculated one word: Foch. , That's who It was Foch, "1 Pa- tron," which Is Frcn h for the He had been caught acting like a common human being. But It didn't fesne him. He didn't forget that he 18 ij Patron. He saluted the Italian hlEn offleer thre tne b on hl shouders again, and with the ! Italian soldier 'beside Wm protesting vlUDlr. those two started up the . pnin RBa"1, , I Pretty safe sort of a man, Foch b? Pretty good sort to have charge of 0 IS DIR ECTIIIG OFFEIIS REGISTER OR GO TM 1113 rtlll tf llltlf lUiJrJL UiaLT -IVsiTi lM-kne or ADMnr No Kxciwe Former 5Uy Have Friend Attend to Matter for Them Portland, Sept. 3. Every man In the United, State and its possessions between the ages ot 18 and 20, In clusive and 31 and 45, inclusive, whether be Is a citizen or an alien, must register on the dar proclaimed as registration day by President Wil son under the new draft law lower ing and raising the draft ages. The only exceptions are man al ready in the .military and naval ser vice. Even sickness will be no excuse for fsllure to register. Nor will ab sence from home, no matter how ne cessary. And Ignorance of the date set for registration day will not be a valid excuse. The burden of learn ing when snd where to register, and of registering accordingly on regis tration day, I on the Individual. Failure to register Is punlshsble by imprisonment np to one year. Moreover, there is no alternative of paying a tine. Though sickness and absence from nome will not be accepted ss ex rases tor falling to register, special arrangements have teen made for registering sick persons snd abeen tee by mall. Any man who Is nnable to nreoent himself for registration on rexistra Uon dsy must send some competent person to apply to his local board for a copy of the registration card. The rrienas win be authorized by a rep resentative of the board, if he con siders the case bona fide, to take the card hack, to the sick nersoa and make It out for him. The card must men be mailed or taken to the local board. A man who must be absent from his home precinct on registration day should go st once to the local board nearest the place where he happen to be and have hi reslstrs- tlon card msde out and certified to. This registration card will then be given to the msn registering, with Instructions to mall it without delay to hla home local board In time to reach the board by registration dar. This Is very important,' for the buri den is on the registrant of seeing thst bis home local board receives the card by registration day. ' , He is not registered until his home local board does receive his card. When mailing the card, the regis trant should enclose a self-addressed and stamped envelope for the return to him ot a registration certificate. It Is Important that every regis trant have this registration certifi cate, and that he keep it always on his person. Otherwise, be may be put In Jail, for all police officers are authorized and Instructed to arrest men of draft SITa whn rannnt nrnrtnoA their regfstratlon certificates. Thursday. September 12, Is regis tration day. RYAN TO DEVOTE TIME TO THE AIR SERVICE New York, Sept. 3. John R Ryan has rrsisncd the presidency of the Ansconda Copper company, to devote his entire time to the direction of the air service. i 2.20 MINIMUM WHKAT PIUCR BET I1V W1USON Washington, . Sept. 8. By nrocla matlon Issued today President Wll- 80n set 32.20 a bushel as the mini mum price guaranteed by the gov ernment for the 1919 wheat crop.; nn i I? it OIKS ,' " PDPAT RATTIP UllUll U II ILL III KB HUNK IKFEVI)I.NG FONT Kl'GK AND LAON RAILWAY WITH GRKAT VIGOR Village Held by Foe ftomjag like Hag Torches Net-work of Barbed Wire American Headquarters in France. Sept 3. (Renters) A groat tight has been in progress all dsr north. of Soissons. The Germans sre de fending Pont Ruge snd the Laon railway with great rigor. The Americans are bombardina- the German positions from the sooth and west and the villages hold by ths German am burning Ilk huge torches. The American troops reached the embankments of the' Bethun-oia- sons roadway late Sunday night by literally cutting their war throat sre after' acre of barbed wire the work of two great armies. In gain ing the road the Americans passed orer great open places consUtlnc ot an Immense network of wire. ' London, Sept ' 3 The Americana ' have passed through Voormeseela la an easterly- direction, overcoming stiff resistance. , . On their entrance into Voorme- seele, the Americans found that all that remained of the" town were nilea ' of debris, for the Shell fire had been1 so Intense that hardly ono brick was left. standing upon another. Aa the Americans advanced, the German rear guards from what little cover remained, opened up with their machine guns, but these were aulck- ly silenced. ' Elsewhere In the urn locality, the Americana also advane-i ed the line,' keeping in contact with the retreating vnemy. , Counter K attacks by the Germans resulted In their gaining little man than a alight foothold which In every ' case was quickly loosened by British and American re-attacks. AfKISMO THE OIL FIELDS Laredo, Texas, Sept. 3. .Becsuse five American employes or British and American oil companies in the gulf oil fields of Mexico have been murdered within six weeks, while' two others have been seriously wounded, the other employes of those companies threaten to strike unless protection Is afforded them. This Information comes from travel lers who have just returned here from Tamplco. in i mi Ktuu.jy BROKEN F03 AUGUST Washington. Sept. 8 The govern ment expenditure for August were 31.714,000,000. breaklusr alt month ly records by more than one hun-. dred millions,-according to reports up to today. All MMITllli nrtv MLL Ml