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v 1 ' vjjj " J V "fl' - ..... - I I A. A. A A. A A . DAILY EDITION VOL, U., Nil. fcVWI. Gaujm f ira, jjriaxa cca rrr. oszaox thuwikw. mutkmhkh is, WHOLB JUKMEa SMt, TO EUmCMIE OLD Mill S3 ti;ey un; BUI KTIIflE 1 is' 1' vrl X J i I AT ST. Mil la AliiJKM UKH (JI1UT rffk.v riiVU OK IMMULU ritOKT NHAII (IKKMAX IIOHIWII MU, IS Mllm XorUwut uf lNMtAi Muom, U Anutlim- Objective of the iMve Parle, Sept. 12. The American French offensive on a 20-nill front near tba German' border la aliuad primarily at the elimination of the famous St. Mlhlel salient southeast of Vtrdun. which baa projected Into the allied Una for four year. There have been many prediction of tb American offemtlv tbla fall. The Oermao cltld4 of Meta Ilea 15 nille northeast of Pont-Au-Mouason and la probably the further objective of tha drive. The Germane ara de fending their poaltlona desperately, but tba Americana continue to slow ly advance. MKNNO.MTKH JX AMKUICA bWAKMINU T1) ( AN l " Lawlston. Mont., Sept 13. I'ndur a tranaai'tton recently completed, the lluttrrlmjbe society of tba Mennonlte church baa exchanged lta land hold- Inge In tbla county, totaling 10,0 U arrea,' and valued at 1350,000, for a tract of land ait of Warner, In Al berta,' Canada. The colony bad re al ded here for tha laat six yeara. Another Mennonlte colony near Utlca dlapoted of lta headings of 3,700 acrea early In July and re moved to Canada. It conilated of aorae SO iieraona. The , Mennonlte colonlee of Gcrman-apeaklng resi dent, have kept to themsolves, and maintained their alien point of view In many of their relatione with their neighbor. MAI T Washington, Sept. 12. Will H. Hays, chairman of the 'national re publican committee, replying to the messsge from Secretary Tumulty, atated that It wae not true that he reoently aald democratic leaders "Would even and the war with any kind of a compromise If that would Inaure tha continuance of the demo cratic party In power." v NAME LEGAL ADVISORS FOR JOSEPHINE CO. i The adjutant general and authorl llea at Portland have appointed O. W. Colvlg, O. 8. Blanchard and K. B. Van Dyke ai legal, advisors for thla county In regard to mattera per taining to registration, filling out questionnaire, etc. Associate mem ber of the board are, E. K. Blanch ard, Fred A. William, J. N. John ston, W. T Miller, C. A. Sldlur. H. J). Norton and Jamca T. Chlmiock. Lay members of the bonrd are, Sam H. Baker, Frank Bramwell and Geo. B. Lnndburg. Registrant who are In doubt at to what to do In regard to their leg islation card, or filling out theU questionnaire, can secure free ad vise and help from any member of the a1)Ove board. The bonrd will give full information on any ques tion that may arise under the draft law. G. W. Colvlg Is chairman of tba bonrd. - - Ilia Attorneys, Wire Vnttn I' lab. for Full laformMloe) la Ib-ganl to Charge Against lllm A talegrstn waa received at tha sheriff 'a office thU morning from tba attorney of George IS. Sanders, at Bait Lake City, requeatlng full In formation lu regard to the chargea against Mr. Bandera. They atate that Mr. Bandera la temporarily In tba eaat but will return tbortly and coma voluntarily to Oregon and face any charge that have been made agalnat blm la thla slate... It waa atated yesterday that tba arrest of Bandera had occurred, but as b volunteer to com and face the charge agalnat him In thla city Ih matter waa Dot pushed. Ilia arreet, therefore, waa aotahrdluuyw arrest, therefor will be merely a formality. , , ; V. 8. CASUALTY LIST The following casualties are re ported by tba commanding general of tba American ' expeditionary forcea for today. Killed In action y ..... B Died of wound - .. 16 Died of disease 11 Wounded severely ....................... .169 Wounded, degree undetermined --IS Miming In action -101 Died of aeroplane accident ! 1 Died of accident and other cauana 1 Total 656 Killed In action Herman J. Kol kana, Portland; A. M. Tomllson, Portland. "AVdundt-d" soverely Jam Fl Harding, Cottage drove; Kenneth McJver, Riverside, Or. Mlsalng In action Ernest W. Per- roaa, Portland; :Rul M. Bond, Cor- vallls; Thomas R. Fowler, Rainier; Edward Hoffman, Bandy, Ore. - BATTLE CRiES FOR THE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN San .Francisco. Sept. 12. "Put a service star on your pookctbook" la one of the acorea of alogaus aubnit ted a 'battle criea for tha Fourth Liberty loan campaign. No urlxea were offered to alogan makers but many suggestions tvoi made which will be uaed In thla dis trict during the drive beginning Sep tember 28 and closing October It. Here are some of them: (Hop the. reign of Hell, With a rain of shell." 'Back up Pershing and ha will . Hack tba kaiser over tba Rhine." Liberty' loan dollars. Work and tight. "Civilisation Insurance Liberty bonds.' - ; "Your bond may throw tha balance." "Buy Liberty bond and keep them," "Buy Liberty bonds the buy-way to Berlin." , "Buy Uberty bonds, Or bye-bye Liberty." "The more bond you buy, The fewer boy need die." "iPut yVur dollars in uniform." "Liberty bond speak a language The kaiser understand. . Talk to him today." "Turn tha eagle loose on every fight ing dollar." 'Safe as the United State Buy Liberty bonda."' 'Take the Helm from Wllhelm, Buy Liberty bond." THE PRESIDENT SIGNS DRY ZONE MEASURE Washington, Sept. 12. The pres- Idont has signed the resolution em powering htm to establish . prohibi tion tones around shipyards, muni tion faetorle and other war Indus trie, , , London, Sept. 12. Tb ' Ameri cana captured tba town pf T Ma court,,, Panne and Nouiard. General I'erablpg'a forces north pt St. Mlhlel captured , Combraa . aad reached the outskirts of Doamartin aod I .a Montague. The French have reached tb out- skirt of -St. Mlhlel. Tb Americana mad a five mile advance oa an 11-mtle front near Isray. With tba American Force on the Lorraine Front, Bept. 12. Tha Am ericana and French launched an at tack this morning against the Ger man positions on both, side of tha St. Mlhlel salient. They directed a terrific barrage on the German posi tions. , Tb reply, pt tha Germans' big guns was vlgoroua in some places although weak aa a whole. There are some Indications that the Germane are going to withdraw their artillery, although It la more probable that they are going to fight THE LARGEST FLY1I CAf.T IN THE WORLD American Aviation Center. Isso- doun, France, Sept. 2. Thl Amer Iran flying camp Is the largest In Franca and la said to ba greater than any other In tha world. A flying field ot 39 square miles, the area of an American township, with nine separate flying fields on which American aviators advance to tha atage of flight combatants, and airplanes Liberties, Nleuports, Ca pronla and all the other with offl cera, Instructor and newly equipped aviator swelling our squadrons each month these were some of the main features of thl vaat aviation ground. A the Associated Presa correspon- dent'entered one of the fields a big gray machine rose from a nearby field with a loud droning noise. !There goes a Liberty airplane," aid one of the officers. It waa one of i the fast increasing number now coming, and every flight waa watch ed with keenest Interest and grow ing enthusiasm by those who will put It to the supreme- test on the fighting front. Only one opinion was heard among these men, that it waa tha biggest and fastest machine of them all. It waa doing wonder In quck accents, and besides straight away flight It had been put through all the tntrtcaclea ot acrobatic flight and had been pronounced equal to tha whole range. FROM HI LAKE pelllngham, Wash., Sept. 12. Old-time prospectors ;and miner In the ' tyount Baker district, . believe that a mineral lake in that region, well known to them for years, could furnish ample material for . explo sive, forths United Stntes govern ment. . " ' - This mineral lake, about a mile northeast of Whatcom 'Para, is one of the most remarkable bodies ot water In the Cascade range. There are 15 or 20 springs, with tempera tures varying from 30 to 60 de grees, on Its shores whose salts are useful in the production of explo sives. Iron to the depth ot more than 20 feet has accumulated where one spring bubble forth. bard 'before being driven out. after lndurlng a stifling barrage ot over igbt boura. , t .,. Tba weather oa tba fighting front 1 fin. .-- .-v- The attack by tha French d Am ericana waa most daring and so far baa been aaecful. , Tb attack along tha southern aide of the St. Mlblei salient was for a distance of 12 miles, and on the weatarn aide on a front of eight mllee. EntenU airplane are operaiiu In great number. , Thar has beaa a tremendoua concentration ot Franco American artillery. Tha Americana are still Intensely eager and are fighting magnificently. ; At o clock they had progressed generally along tbe Una and had taken aoma prison er. Tha first wave ot tha Americans met little realatane and at 8 o'clock the second wave was In posaeslon of points of the German tint line. At I latent report the Germane were tall ,ing back on the front of each aide of the St. Mlhlel aallent. DEBS SAYS V.O!!!S M id of y;o:id Cleveland, Septt 12. The case of ugeoe V,. Deb, who baa been trfed tor making disloyal utterances, baa been given to the Jury. Debs defend ed himself In a speech, saying, "I deny nothing, repudiate nothing, re tract nothing," and atated that be waa working for the' good of the whole world.., v .. ... IvTIlT ..litiif IS AGAIN III fO Archangel, Sept. , 12. Afer con ferences with the entente allied dip lomatic and military chiefs, the Tsc- halkovaky government , which . was recently overthrown, was' reseated today and will continue to direct af faire In the region north with the advice of the allies. -. EXPLORER DOE FECI Seattle, Waab.. Sept. 12. Blond hair from the tlond Eskimos, alleg ed ' proof ot the existence ot that strange tar away tribe Is being brought back to civilization by the explorer Vllhalmur Stefarsson, ac cording to P. C. lpetlch, a , miner who recently arrived here from Fort Yukon, Alaska, where he taw the explorer.;. Stefarsson, It la believed will arrive. here this, month. Stefarsson la credited with the dis covery of the light skinned natives, tar upon Canada's Arctic rim. He I found the tribe In 1908 while com manding an expedition fitted out by the Canadian government and the 'American Museum- ot Natural his tory. ; .. The party penetrated Into . the white lands, marked "uninhabited" on the maps, -far. east 6f the Mack- lenxle river, and In 1910. on Corona tion gulf, found Ksklmos who had i never seen white men from the out side. According to Stefarsson, they numbered probably 2.000. Unlike .their dark hued bt others ot Alaska, they had white skin, many had red bair, and men wore full beards and all had light eyebrows. imnrlTtfi nniirr II 1 LU ILII I iniLlv UHOLMILU UUILM lloftlatnutrw ltay Ops With Many la Um Welting to Mgrn l'p to Fight for I'stcle Haas ... Tbe five or six clerk composing tha registration board av been buay all day registering the rltlten shlp for war duty. . There waa , a rush oa tha part of many to gat reg latered durl; fje early part of the day, but tba work baa eased np this afteraooa. Tba work la being done la tbe county Judge's office, and the office will tie kept open aatll I o'clock tonight. , , , Thl registration of approximately 12.000,000 men, .coming oa tba eve of a gigantic Liberty loan drive for several billion dollar, la a hard blow to the kaiser aad bodes 111 for every Bocbe fighting that Pruselin autocracy may survive. : . . ., ... While In the larger cities , bands ara playing and whistle ara blowing, a (harp reminder that the day for registration baa arrived, the day ha been a quiet though, buay one In Grant Paaa. Men are losing no time In getting, to the registering place. . It Is expected that nearly 100,000 men will have registered In Oregon by o'clock tonight It la predicted that none In Josephine county will overlook thl prescribed duty today. Tbe process of registering Is simple bnt any who wish legal advise can secure the same free from any mem ber of the legal profession. NOHTHWKST CROWKRH WILL RBTEIVE RXRD PRICKS Spokane,. Wash.. Sept."! t Record prices, due to an Unprecedented de mand will yield northwestern apple growers thla year I5.SOO.000 more than uanal. In the opinion of P. R. Parks, general manager of the Spo kane Fruit Growers' company, a co operative association of fruit men. Mr. Park estimates tbe 1918 crop In Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington at 15,000 cars, and tig urea 756 boxes tb tbe car under tbe government loading . rules. . ; This means an apple, production of ap proximately 11,240,000 boxes. A conservative average price, ' Mr. Parks aays, will be $1.25 a . box, which would give a total revenue to the grower of 214,175,000. Prices he asserts, will average 50 cents a box more than last year. ERSAYSATTEI. TO till THE WAR Amsterdam, Sept 12. Emperor Wllhelm,. speaking at the Krupp mu nition .works at Essen, declared that everyone In the remotest corner of the Fatherland knew be had "left no stone unturned to shorten the war as far as possible for your people and the entire European clvlllxed world." N REE TO PETROSRAD London, Sept. 1 2 The Russian peaaants who revolted against the Bolshevik! .government, a few days ago are reported, to have entered Petrograd. STREET GARS COLLIDE, ' Seattle, Sept. 12. About 40 per sons were Injured when two Halnler Valley street cars collided, due to the fog, while the people were en route down town to work. ' PEASANTS TIE 111 ADVASCB HALF A MILK OH A , THREE AXl HALF MILE . FROST wm n oj st, pro Gersaeae I'se Mew Kl4 of Projec tiles la aa Effort to. Stop Hew 7alaa1 Troops London, Sept. 12. The) British have effected a crossing o( the Canal Du Nord northwest of Havrlncoart and captured Vermand, Attllly and Vendelles, northwest of 8t Qnentln. London, Sept. 12. General Halga forces have captured the whole Til lage of Havrlncourt, except tba northeastern edge of the town. The British have advanced half a mile on a three and A half mile front. British Armies la France, Sept 12. British troops today gained a tooting in -Pelzlere and Epehy, on the railroad between Rolsel and Mar cotng. ' Just before tbe British launched their attack this morning on - the enemy trenches northwest of Pelx elre. below Gouxeacourt, ; the Ger mans for the first time employed a new kind ot projectile In an effort to drive tbe New- Zealand ' troops from nearby positions. The projectiles, which were about tbe alxe of aa orange, were fired at short range In salvos of from 200 to 300 each, and were sprinkled over an area of two to three acres. Thse projectiles burst Into flames aa tney hit the ground and gave off gaa. The British are continuing to close In on tbe Htndenbnrg. line by (malt action and maneuvers. Tbe line in the northern part ot tbe battle zone have now ' been advanced through Trescault, three and . one- hair mile southwest or Marcotng. to the eastern edge of the place, where the troops are actually In the old British trenches. LlrtDllllD.; TAMYIMFZOIT The . Southern . Oregon "Traction company line, more familiarly known as tbe Bullls railroad, formerly the Barnum line between Medtord and Jacksonville. Including the trolley line In Medtord, will soon go out of existence, at least for the, period of the war., The fact that part ot tbe rails ot the line bad been requtstion- ed by the government, together with the fact that' freight and passenger traffic between tbe city and county seat, because of , auto competition, bad fallen to a low ebb, brought about this decision. Tbe dismantling of tbe railroad to furnish the requlstloned rails will begin within a week or two. Med tord Tribune. 1 " inim if lUAIill UJltHI Chicago. Sept. 12. Medlll Mccor mick, republican, has been nomlnat Id to contest the Illinois senatorahlp with James Hamilton Lewis, demo crat McCormlck was nominated by 62,000 plurality over Mayor William Hale Thompson of Chicago, and Con gressman George Fobs. Congressmen Mann and Joseph Cannon were re-nomlnated. being unopposed. I asm BT