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1 llIP - n.n-rv c DAILY EDITION VOI IX Ku. UAT. GRAjm rixx Hczraxi ecu nr. oksoojl fiuday. mnvxuzsi is, ii WHOLE NUMKEn 84-1 illiii BIBI IE "J2K S-NMII SfffiMR-JB TIUKKRM WHO 11KITHK MAY II K UAIUIKU FROM KMI'U)V.MKM FOR OXF. YEAH TAKE OJW EKEMPTIQN CU!M IVaiUcied Tha Km Order WUI Have Tr-lllo Effect oa JaIn IMa inrbaarea Washington, Sept. 11. President Wilson told the striking mechanic at ' Dridtfeport, Conn., that unless they return to work and abide by the wage award of the labor hoard, tbejr would bo burled from employ ment for a year and draft boards would be ordered to reject any claim tor exemption, baaed on employment. (Th president's order cornea as crushing, although not unexpected blow to thousands of mechanlca and shipyard workers who have been de manding higher wages throughout the United States and It Is predicted It will do more to settle labor dis turbances than any order yet given out. By It, the man who strikes on government war work will lose alt claims for exemption to far ss es eentlsl employment Is concerned.) DDE FAQY OF THE FOSTER CZAR London, Sept. 13. The Dally Ex press claims to have unquestionable Information that the former Empress of Russia and her tour daughters have been 'murdered by DoUhevlkl. The paper prints the following: "The Express understands from a ' source which Is beyond doubt that the empress ot Russia snd her four daughters' have been murdered by Bolshevlkl. The whole Immediate family ot the lata cxar baa thus been xtermlnsted." ONK REASON THE II I NS AKH 1IEINO FORCED BACK, An American correspondent, In speaking of the big guns that have lately wrecked the German fortifi cations, says: "It may not be generally, known that laat year the great underground fortress that was Douaumont really succumbed, to a single shell from an 11-Inch gun which pierced over 100 feet of earth and concrete and ex ploding' In the fort's vitals utterly paralysed the reslstsnce. Now the Trench have, howltsers of : 21-Inch caliber whose shell Is over two yards nigh and can wreck a dosan batteries or annihilate a regiment hidden In a cavern they deemed Impenetrable." SMITH & WESSON PLANT i Washington, Sept. 18. The war department has taken over the Smith A Wesson company at Springfield, Mass., and will operate the plant and business to secure continuous production and prevent Industrial disturbances. The company gave no tice that It would rather have the government operate the plant than to abide by the war labor board's de cision enforcing collective bargain ing. , lUat Are) TUinslsg- -Wot Are Feeble, Otlien HtUt Walk Erect AH lletflste The 26th annual reunion of the association of old soldiers and sailors ot southern Oregon was brought to a alose.todsy after having been In ses sion alt week. No startling features marked the close Of the reunion, tut the time has buen spent In quiet and rest and mingling together to talk over old time. Splendid weather favored the meeting. Many of th old soldiers were bowed with age and Infirmity, while others were erect, bright ot eye, and reasonably firm ot muscle; they walked at a brisk pacs. There was total registration of St, only IT of the number being from Orants Pass. Forty-three W. II. C. women were present No old sailors were In attendance, and It waa the lightest registration since the orgsnltatlon ot th association. The oldest soldier present Is W. Vf. Hannura, ot Applsgate, 86 years of age. The next meeting ot the associa tion will be at Roseburg, Ore. The program which was to have been held at the grove this evening haa been canceled on account of the rain. . (Continued on Pag 1) C, 8. CASUALTY LIST The following casualties are re ported by the commanding general of th ' American expeditionary forces for today: Killed In action 76 Died of wounds ........... 15 Died of disease .. I Wounded severely 71 Wounded, degree undetermined .. 8 Missing In action 41 Died of accident and other causes It Prisoners 1 Total 85 Killed In action William 8. Brown, McMlnnvllle, Ore. Wounded severely Dare A. Swag- gerty, Salem; James E. Field, Port land. Wounded, degree undetermined Corporal Charles I Swenson, Hlck rall; Ore. ' Missing In action Roy R. Lewis, Klamath Falls; Armlne O. Young, Independence. PREMIER LIX)YI) GEORGE SAYS WOItST OF WAR 19 OVER Manchester, England, Sept. 18. ''The worst Is over," Premier Lloyd Oeorge declared here today In recelv Ing the freedom of the city. "The new( Is now distinctly good really good," he said. "The tun nel Is long and there are some, steep gradients still to be climbed, but It Is Betting- shorter. The worst Is over." i "The casualties In the latest ad vance were less than one-fifth of the total suffered In the advance ot 1916, The main difference between 1(16 and 1918 Is the unity of com mand." ItOLSIIEYIKl NEWSPAPER 1EM.N18 MASSACRE Stockholm, Sept. 13. Massacre In revenge for the murder ot Moses Urltskl, Petrograd police chief, and the attack on Premier Lenlne, were demanded by the Bolshevlkl newt paper Krasnaya Gasette, . according to a dispatch received hero today. The artloles was headed "blood for blood," and said: , "We will turn our hearts to steel and without mercy we will kill our enemies by the scores and by the hundreds. Let ' them be killed by the thousands for the blood of Len lne and Urltskl." ' ' A t wm Hi' Ej V.ZTzi U? Tt:ir lbrr::i Ih-A:riej Ttkt 12,C3 Pri::::rs id lly Gs-:rcn E3 fery Stxf Bit li;!t cf Persh-rj'i Viclcry London, 8ept. 13. The Americans have taken 11,000 prisoners In their offensive and cspfWed the entire St. Mlhlel salient. All the villages In ths salient have been taken snd the front In this sec tor reduced from 40 miles to 10. Ths railway from Verdun to Cora- mercy and Toul and Nancy are now open to the allies. The Istest nsws from ths St. Ml hlel sector shows tbst ths battls line now runs directly from Psgney on th Moselle river to Hattonvllle, and along the heights on the Meuse. Psgney I on the western border of Oermsny. Many- more prisoners are reported to be coming In. Paris, Sept. 11. Th St Mlhlel salient has been reduced. It Is un derstood. The censor will not per mit the publication of th nsmes of towns and villages forming th pre ent American line. With the American Forces In France, Sept. 13. Prisoners taken so fsr Include 150 Austro-Hungar-lans, th first conclusive evidence that the Austrian are being need there. The Americans ar progress ing according to schedule today, and are even ahead ot time at some polnti There are no unexpected de velopments. Large quantities of supplies snd msterlal have been tak en by the Americans. London, Sept. 13. General Per shing's forces In sttacklng the south ern slda of the St. Mlhlel salient ad vanced eight mllet on a 14-mlle front They are making rapid pro gress. German prisoners say the Ameri can attack was expected, but was de livered so rapidly they had no time to put up a stubborn defense. Psnnes'was easily raptured. The Americans reported hsving captured Vlgeulles, seven and a half miles north of Xlvray, also Beney, Heudl court and iBols d Thlacourt. If these ar really captured, th neck of the St. Mlhlel salient has been narrowed to less thsn six miles, and GERMAIiS ClIST RETREATtTQ OELGEAI BOB I EIITER GAEII Washington, Sept. 18 Behind the apparent lull in the battle In north - rn France, events are shaping torV !00'00.0 4 .m,onth' 11 0'd . operations of crucial Importance, In the opinion ot official. They believe a week'a time will see; euuer me ireiev dhuib oi um r -1.1 . . . . .... - ,L. .... in progress along the old Hlnden- treat toward the Belgian frontier. Ther is little doubt that It was ibck ot iigm.ng euecuves mat ea tne enemy to aDonaon nil ne noa,thfl . ,.lrdl.om(lg and aviatlor gained In his drive of this year and narrow his front - Unofficial estimates from France say the Germans have left behind them during the withdrawal more than 800,000 prime fighting men, killed, badly wounded or prisoners. This Is In addition to the heavy losses In the frontal attacks) by which the enemy early In the summer drove his way toward Paris and the chan nel ports. It the two German divisions report ed there last sight ar still there, It Is decidedly Improbable that they will be able to get away. Th Germans are blowing up fca- msnltlon dumps at Hattonvllle and Domboux. Pershing's men bsv taken 9,500 prisoners snd 60 guns. On ths weet side ot he St Mlhlel salient where the country U much more difficult, the Americans hare advanced three miles on a 11 mils front Th offensive is dominating ly American with the French cooper ating. The region of the Meuse and the Moselle Is on ths Toul front, before the important fortress ot Matt, In Oermsn-Lorraln. Tbl Is the point where the American concentration has been on for months. The American line H within two or three mllet of th German border. At some point th line actually touches the Lorraine line. The bat tle front Is approximately 16 miles from Metx. Mets has been an American objec tive, according to moat theories of the plans of the allied high com mand. At this point It has been predicted the Amerlcsnt might strike the blow thst would be aimed1 at a drive to ward the Rhine, this being the short est rout to the great Industrial val ley, f . General March ( announced last week that 93 per cent of the Ameri can T tries In Francs were ; ooufen trated under direct command ot Gen eral Pershing. . , More than 100 tanks manned by American aided In smashing the powerful, concrete reinforced first line of the enemy. Berlin, Sept 13. The German general staff report today says, "We are now standing on our new line which has been prepared. The evac uation ot the St Mlhlel salient which was liable to encirclement and ; which was under consideration for some years, the night." was. completed during T BATTLE With such, losses and American .troops pouring into France at the inoi oe a surprise, oiuuorj enjr, u me 0wm :totderB nm been coipened t llnnn A nwh ,hortBir front than the old Hlndenburg line,.'. tTf,i.i ,,.. f,nm DnnklrV ,ndIolt9 that tne premrat.n, . to ovaenntn . noual. northern corner- i.,no , M,nrtK ..oh tn , we Tne al. ,Iod , alrmn are 9Bd to have seen stations 15 miles beyond Donal be ing hastily evacuated of heavy in a terlal. . From other Bources come reports that the civilian populations ot the towns In German hands In this re-, gion are belnt; driven out, ft step that always precedes a withdrawal by the enemy. There Is little doubt In the minds (Continued on page t.) ill L FinSTSTEPTffi MlffiD Seat ia Order b tlta Drawing, FlUIng of (FihwI hum aire and Physical The first step In augmenting th American army was finished last night when th place of registra tion closed at o'clock- Ther will probably b a few slackers caught In the drag net later on, but owing to the "no mercy" policy adhered to la the cases of slackers who dodged th former drafts, th number I not expected to be great Th next steps will be th draw ing of numbers, filling out of que- tlonnslres, and th entraining of cit izens to th soldiers' training camps. Thousands of business men are on th anxious seat, debating with themselves as to whether to at once close out their business, or to wait and sea whether they ar exempted on account of physical disability. From th return thns tar receiv ed It Is predicted by soma that th number of registrants will not fall far below th 13,000,000 mark. At th courthouse In Orants Psss ther wer 471 registered. Including the cards sent In by absentees. Returns from 81at creek precinct show that 45 registered at that place, 53 at Waldo. 61 at 8elma. 18 at Mer lin and 15 at Wolf Creek. 8everal placea of registration In 4hs county are yet to be heard from. IIOT 10 6E DiSMD Washington, Sept 11. Football programs for this fall at the colleges and universities with the army stu dent training corps units are not to be Interrupted by the war depart ment except where they would actu ally Interfere with military training, according to a statement today fol lowing protests from colleges. ' CHILEAN OFFICIALS STOP RTX TREACHERY Santiago, Chile, Sept. 13. Naval authorities of tha Chilean port ot Pisagua today surprised the Ger mans aboard the Interned ship Carle, who had prepared electrical Installa tion to blow np the vessel at any mo ment. . , , Tha captain ot the Carle denied permission ' to the authorities to board the ship and they were forced to bring troops to exact obedience. The occurrence" caused a big sen sation, due to the recent promise' of the German minister not to allow any repetition of attempts to destroy or injure tha interned vessels. It waa rumored that documents were found proving the German min ister had ordered German captains to destroy their ships to avoid con fiscation. DEBS 19 FOUND GUILTY BY FEDERAL JURY Cleveland, Sept. 13. Eugene V, Debs, the socialist leader, charged with violating the espionage act, was found guilty by a federal Jury here. ' Debs was found guilty of attempt Ing to incite Insubordination, disloy alty,' etc., in the military and naval forces; attempting to obstruct re cruiting. ' The maximum penalty la 20 years' Imprisonment and a tine ot 810,000. due Westanharer stated that he would hear a motion for a new trial next Saturday.' Debs, until then, will remain at liberty under the trial Ibond. . .. , IWf IB ffi liilllG CITY OF ULLE BRITISH BREAK LULL AXI POL- LOW CP RECEST VICTORIES WITH WEW ETForrr Gersssua Resort to Heavy SbeQaur. d Try to Flood Dtetriet ia - Fros of Csunbrsl London, Sept 13. LUU ts appar ently being (vacuatad by th Ger man. Numerous parties ot fugitives are arriving at (Antwerp. With the British Army ia Franca, Sept 13. Advancing In tha Havrta- conrt sector the British penetrated tha German positions 1,000 yards In soma places. , London, Sept 13. British troops have captured all ot Hsvrln court vil lage (Cambral front), except the northeastern edge. They advanced oa a three and a half mile front to a depth of half a mile. With the British Armies la France Sept. 13. A unit of General Byngs army, attacking above and below Moenvrea, has succeeded in crossing the canal Du Nord, despite consider able opposition and establishing posts on the eastern Hlndenburg; Una and the Canal Du Nord, side. (Moeurres Is at tha Junction of the Una before Cambral.) The Germans continue their ef forts to flood a wide strip in front of Cambral. They are also delaying the British advance wltb gas and in tense shelling at numerous points. Paris, Sept 13. On tha St Quentln front tha French have taken the town ot Savy. AERIAL FOE PROVES TO BE GERMAN GIRL With tha American Army In France, Sept. 13. A captain ot a company of the 16tn infantry says the pilot ot a German plane Drought down 'near Bergy, August 16, by Lieutenant Miller Thompson of the American air force, was a woman. The discovery of tha sex of the avia tor was made, tha captain says, when his men buried the enemy pilot and her observer. ' " - BOLSHEVIK! THRUST AT ARCHANGEL IS BLOCKED Washington, Sept. 13. With Am erican troops landed at Archangel to back up allied marines and United States sailors already In that re gion. It was held here today that the proposed Bolshevlkl thrust In the north will be futile. Germany has dona her utmost to stir the iBolshevlkt to make a drive In northern Russia, even getting a treaty providing tor such an effort. On the other hand there have been indications that the allies expected to forestall such a movement by tak ing the initiative and moving south ward. ; "ft nut Rome, .Sept. 13. The Italians have penetrated the Austro-Hungar-lan positions at Pramaggtore and put to rout an enemy assaulting party at Monte Asolone.