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i I'ni malty of Ore. Libra r A . -a---" DAILY EDITION,, i VOU IX., No. Mil. o surra rAta, tzrvm caawtt. osnox, moxdai hkttkmbeii 0. 101s. U.S. SUNS WET FOR A ; II TORPEDO AMHUICAX TIUSHPOIIT OJt WAY 1IOMK ID HIT MY t'HAXCK WIOT Ks1mI Fatal to Mcmltrra of tVcw Tori1" Hlrark VeMl Ual Turwlay Near Frrni 'l Washington, Sept. 9. Tblrty-flv member of tht crow of th Ameri can army transport Mount Vernon, formerly th 'North German Lloyd llntT Kronprlnaetaln Cecils, were killed by the esploslon of a torpedo which etruck the veesel Uet Tuusday when the wtt ZOO mllet trom the French coast, homewtrd bound. The pangr Included Senator Lewla of Illinois? who wee among thine nMy landed after the trantport re turned to a French port under her own tteam. Vlre Admiral filiiie reported the torpedo Birui k on the atarboard aide, flooding a fire room, but ha did not attte the extend of the damage. toavy official ataume, ilnce the veetel wat bio to reach port under her own power, ahe wat not badly damaged. The men "killed were firemen, n glaeman and water tender. The aamea of the weatera men Include: F. Hancock, Renlon, Wa,h. JI. C. Plow, Malaga, Chelaa coun ty. Waah. M. Stally, addreo not la navy de partment record, I. C. Tracy, Canyon City, Oregon. Senator Lwl waa returning home on tha trantport after a vllt to ' Oreat Britain and Franco and the weatern front. BAKER IM FRANCE ; FOR Wwhlngton, Sept. . Secrotary Baker la In Franca for hit aecond vlatt to th army. It la accompanied by John D. nyan. Surgeon General Oorgta and Brigadier General Mine PIUMJKRMAN ItlMOIW AKK PIlOXOlNt'KD AM AllHl Rl JWretarv MeAdoo hat mad th following atatement: "My attention ha been called to an Inaldlotie propaganda that la be log carried on, probably bf tecret agenta of Germany, to tow the teeds of dlttrust In the mind of tavlnga bank depositors by tali rumor that tho United States government li con templating the confltcatlon of the savings of th poople. The abturdlty of the atatomenta Is manifest. In order, however, to allay the fears or tho few who might be alarmed by auch report, I repeat that those ru mor are wholly baseless." New York, Sept. 9. Fourteen states In the Union have abolished tho teaching of the German language In tho schools and In sixteen other states a campaign to eliminate Gcr man Is undor way, according to an announcement made ..today, by American Dofense Society. the II f; OF RAILWAY EMPLOYES Washington, Sept. . 9. General Crowiler has asked draft boards' to reopen all cases where skilled rail- to official announcements from Pet way employes have boen placed In ronrad, 612 alleged counter revolu lass one. This Is expected to re-'tionUts have .been shot as a reprisal lteve the situation which lqd Dlrec-'for the murder of Moses, v Urtzky tor McAdoo to protest to the presl-'chnlrmitn of the Petrograd commls jent. -' I ' " v talon of ' counter revolution. , LICERTY ID CECTlilOlllT Ha . Incram la ,' Arranged--Dr. Luvejoy to Tell of Thrilling K. prrlmrtv la War 2Uno Everything It In readlne for the Unerty Iota meeting tonight at the opera boute at 8 o'clock. Rev. Mul- rllle T. Wire will prld. The program I aa followa: Mualo by the orchettra. Invocation by Rev. I). A. Finch, Klve-nilnute talk by Frank 0. Ilram well, county chairman of Liber ty loan committee. ' dolo by Prof. J. 8. Mac Murray. Addrrea by Dr. Rather Pohl Lov- Joy. Singing "America." Dr. IovJoy' addrvta will be the main feature of the evening. She went to Europe In Auguat of last year la the tervlce of the Red Croaa. She aerved through the children' department In different ptrta of France, Sh wat at the Lorraln front, at Toule, Nancy and other placet. She wit brought Wotely In to touch With returning French refu gee! from Germany at Evlan; and hat from them flrat hand tha ttory In regard to the cruelty of the Ger mane la occupied province. Dr. tavejoy It a Pacific coaat woman, born on Pugot Bound. She terved on the board of health In Portland from 1105 to 1(07 and wat head of the health commlailon In Portland from 1907 to 1109. Her address tonight will bo on of tur- patalng Inter!. Every one ahould hear It. There will be no admlaalon or collection, and bo aale of bond at thlt meeting. Tha ute of the opera houae I donated by Mr. Truat and tho California-Oregon Power Company furnlab the light. ,Th purpose of the meeting I to engen dar onthualaam for th Liberty bond campaign toon to open.. V.lnOED k:, I i- RETURil TO THE FIGIIT Washington, ' Sept. 9. General Pershing haa lent to th war de partment' a report of minor casual tie totaling 20,000 caaea up to Au gust 10, most or them being men who were o (lightly wounded that they were returned to the rank within a few day, General March announced today. General March disclosed that Gen eral Pershing will forward by cour ier twlc a week list of all wound ed. The complete Hat will be made publlo from Washington and casualty reporta cabled from American head uarters will Include only dead and missing. Com plot data In each case will be Included In the Hat of wounded io that relatives may be ad vised fully. , THE HOUSE PASSES Zl Washington, Sept. 9. Without a dissenting vote the house today PHKsed the senate resolution em 'powering the president to establish prohibition tone around munition factories, mines, shipyards, and oth er war 'production plant. Of Amsterdam, 8ept. 9. According mMu hie Eft HI Dr!li A:L72 Irsplxt Ly$ i:JTih ii;c:trs--Eriti:b Adv:ce to Viiia , Two ad tH'Oss d Tcsn cf Le &!t!:t Iondon, Sept. 9. Puthlng ahead on the front between Peronn and St. Quentln, th British patrola oc cupied the towna of Vermand and Vendellea northeait of 8t. Quentln. Th Ilrltlah thl morning attackod Gouseauocurt, aoutheaat of Havrln court wood and are on th weatern and northern edge of Ephy, within two and a halt 'mile of the Illnden- burg lln oppoalt L Catelet. Pari, Sept. . North of the Bom- me th French troop mad another advance In the direction of Claatrea and occupied Lomot Farm: The Fronch bav alao crossed th canal oppoalt Lya. They took prison- FIMEVEATHER FflS Tho fine weather of today follow- Ing th slight rain and threatening weather of yeatcrday gavo th old soldier and tailor of tha reunfoo aatoclatloa aa Index of what may be expected for tho remainder of tho wk and mad a propltlou opening for th encampment. ( At tho camp ground la th River side school grov of oik thr ar now a doten tenia pitched and to morrow there will to many mor. This morolng and thla aftarnooa sev eral veteraoa arrived from Roaeburg. aad other ar expected tomorrow, while tho Jackioo county delegation will also b her tomorrow. Ther I ho program today, th veteran preferring to attend the lecture of Dr. Lovejoy at the opera house tonight. Boston, Sept. 9. Rain fell during the night, but sunshine has mad the game likely today. N Boston, Sept. 9. Some 20,000 saw tne wona ene reueweu vu a rain-soaked field today. Tho bat teries were: Boston, Ruth and Ag- new; Chjcago, Tyler and Klllefer. Flack waa twice caught off the base, once by Ruth and once by Ag- new in the first three Innings. There wore no runt up to the fourth In ning. ; The final tcore was at follow: ! ' R H E Chicago - - 1 1 Boston ................. 8 4 0 ! Batteries Chicago, Tyler, Doug las and Klllefer. Boston, Ruth, Bush and Agnew, Schang. ' in tha fourth ShBftn walked, and Strunk tiled out. Shean stole sec ond and Whltemau walked. Mclh- nts forced Shean at third. With three balls and tw.o Btrlkes Ruth tripled to right center, scoring Whit- n,nn .ml Molnnls. Seott filed out. In the eighth Klllefer .walked. Hendrlx batting for Tyler, singled, and on a wild pitch both advanced. Flack grounded out. Klllefer scored while Hollocher was being thrown out. McCabe running for Hendrlx scored "on Mannls" single. Pnskert grounded out. Score two all. In- the ninth Douglas pitched for Chicago. Schang batting for Agnew singled and scored when Douglas threw away Hooper's grounder. In the ninth Chicago got two men on bases, but failed to score. BEAIJEATERSATCOSTOM -Frerc!. Cress Czzd fczz ra belonging to five different regi ment, la repulsing two German counter attack northeast of Sola sons. With tha Drltlah Army In France, Sept. 9. General Ilalg'a force ad vanced weat, northwest of St Quen tln today, and are itill pressing for ward. London, Sept 9.- French, troops now hold th Croiat canal along practically the entire length. They are only four miles from St. Quentln and cavalry patrol are cloee to La Fere. It OTTLE PROVES TO BE pray ii Jaa. a Whittle, tho alleged lack er who 1 being held at th county Jail, waa examined Saturday by the local board aad was fouad absolute ly uoflt phyaloally for military er- vlc. H I deaf la on ear, on ey la slghtle, and hla general condl tloa la pronounced very bad. Juat whet will bo don with him la a question yet to be determined. Sheriff Lwl ay tb maals . a alacker. H la worthlee for mfll- tary duty, but th fact that ho did not answer the draft caH may b cause for the authorities to detain him. . Peking, Sept. 9. Tchlta, th cap ital of Trana-Bakalia, 170 mllea eaat of Irkutsk, ha been captured by the Csecho-Slovakt. ii ;:d .rbj is- TnriLLi;;G practice Behind British lines In France. Sept. 9. "Ground flying" la perhaps the most exciting of all the aerial tactics which th British airmen are Instructing their American pupils In northern France. It demands a high combination of skill and daring, but it Is a game which the British have during the past year woo a marked superiority over the Germans. The training of "ground flying'' pilots la particularly thorough,, and Includes much necessary practice in leaping hills, trees and telegraph poles, etc., in a manner which promptly leads the uninformed spec tator to condemn the airman as a reckless fool. . I t.ut falling this practice the pilot would never acquire the skill and confidence necessary for this highly specialised type of work. 'The ma chines Used are fast and difficult to fly, and operating so close tb the ground, the pilot knowa that he has merauy no more margin ior inaeci; lon or hesitating than he has In uni aerial comuai i In ."ground flying" tactics i'ue pilot acta mainly, on hla own peisonal Initiative, and. hV must be prepared to attack the enemy whenever he may be found, either with bombs, grenades, darts, or machine gun flro. Thus Germnn officers In charge ol ammunition dumps have every . rea son to fear the approach of a British "low filer.' The fear of machine gun fire Is even greater n'nd while German regiments have been deci mated and demoralized by British airplanes. cms figiit TH.a OUT HurrtHUKfed by Foe, They Cut Sfc circling Liitew aad Htraggle la ' Swamp Two Dy ' Archangel, Sept. 9. A detach ment of American bluejacket waa among the entent force fighting recently In the vicinity of Obrer skaya, which resulted la tho captor of that town. The American auc ceaafully extricated themaelvea from a dangerous predicament when sur rounded by tha enemy. They fought their way out and struggled through th swamps for two day. so:;e m mm nitt Thursday, Sptmber 12, la regis tration day. On that day every man in the United States and Its possessions be tween the agea of 18 and 45 years, Inclusive, who ha not already regis tered, or who 1 not already In th military or naval aervlce, muat regia- ter. Thl Include those who bar not yet reached their 46th year. , Registration will be held between the hours of 7 o'clock a. m. and 9 o'clock p. m. However, failure on the part of any maa subject to registration to learn hi . proper registration place wll bo no excuse for hla failure to reglater. ... . , , ... Failure to register on registration day la punlehablo by Imprisonment up to on year, without option of a Men who will,, bo abaent from homo oa Thursday, September . 18, should consult -th nearest local hoard at onco for .Instruction. :.xeu Washington, Sept. 9. Italy ;, baa made a protest agalnat the provision In tho wartime prohibition bill bar ring the importation of wine. CYAJilDE OF MERC'RY . , M ILL KILL PEAK BLIGHT Medford. Sent. 9. According to Prof. F. C. Relmer, of the Southern Oregon Experiment station at Talent, mercuric chloride, which has been used by local rancher for several year a a cure for pear blight, practically worthless. At a public demonstration held the first part of last week at Talent, Professor Rel mer showed that the blight treated with thla disinfectant had not been checked at all. On the other hand, blight treated with cyanide or mer cury had been checked in all cases. Washington, Sept. 9. Definite abandonment to the president's plans for a transcontinental speaking tour la the interest of the Fourth Liberty loan was announced today. THE B0LSHEVIK1 HOLD FRE Washington, Sept, 9. ;The British and French consular and other offl iclals throughout Bolshevlkt-control led Russia are under arrest pendlnf the outcome of negotiations now gor Ing on between the allied govenij- menta anl tne Soviet authorities. III K5 HI 1 IK O n of io KAI1) FOLLOWS HKAVY AltTflr LEItY IMJM I1A RDM E XT OP M HrUTES' Wt EEE3 0 Ml One Americas, Dragged Off a Prii or by liorhea, fVee Himself aad Ketaras to the Allied line With th American Army la France, Sept 9 Th America troop In Alsace today penetrated deeply Into the German trenches and in flicted tevere casualties. The raid waa made after heavy artillery pre paration of 20 minute. ' Th Germans attempted a raid la forco In tho Woevr region, leading over a contingent of 100 man at F1U rey and Limey, but they war driven off after on had been killed aad several wounded. On American, who . had ba dragged off a prisoner, later fraed himself from th enemy and return ed to tho American lino. At another point a patrol had a lively atlrmfsh with th enemy. JP, ft. CASUALTY J-CT , ; if. , The following eajualtle ar' , , re ported by the , commanding general of th American expeditionary force for today: Killed In action . 14 Mixing io action 145 vvounaea aevercty -. . i9 Wounded, degree undetermined .268 Died of wound . It Died of dlaeaa Wounded llghtly ..- 1 "Total 582 Killed In action Sarerto Clarixlo, Eugene, Ore. Wounded severely Edward Bart lett, Hlllaboro, Ore., , Wounded degree i undetermined, Forrest F. Wood. Portland, Ore. Marine Corps Killed In action ' 1 Wounded in action, severely 1 Died of wounds .. 4 Total .'. 7 Summary of marine corps casual ties. Including the above: Officers Deatha 87 Wounded ....... 60 Missing 4 i Sub total ............... 98 Enlisted Men Deaths. ... 884 Wounded , 1,899 la hands of enemy ... . 10 Missing .. . 1S5 Total ...2,928 Grand total 3.026 Rome, Sept. 9. -Premier Orlando in . receiving Salvatore Acotlllo, a New York State Senator, read a tele gram from Berne, describing the de moralizing effect that the presence of American troons on the Italian Irnnt la tutvlnff iinon tha minds Of the Austrians. SPRING WHEAT BETTER Washington, Sept. 9. A heavy decline in the condition of the corn crop haB caused a reduction of 517,- 000,000 bushels In the department of agriculture's forecast today. Spring wheat production showed Improve ment with an increase of 21,000,000 bushels.