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till DAILY EDITION vou ix., Nu. ma. aiurrs pin; mcsprm cocmt, orkscx. moxdait, seitkhijkr i, ibis. WHOLE KIMBE3 Mi. s TROTSMD LEU IN Gil PAY BOLAHKVIKI l,KlKIW t'AID 1)10 I'MJt OP MONEY IIY GKKMANY TO C'Al'HH IlKVOLtTIOit raimDouiiou Fifty Million ItabJee of Gold Go to Had (fcunb m4 AglUlom Would On sable failed Ruta Washington. Sept. II. Proof re moving any doubt that Lenin aid Trotsky, lb Uolshvlkt leaders, ar paid German agnU -If Indeed any doubt remain ere laid before Ibt world today by Ibt United 8tale government In the tint Installment of an mttlof itrlM of official doc ument dlclod through th com calttee of publlo information. Secured la RumU by Amarlean gent, these document not only boar how lb Carman government through Ita Imparlal bank paid . Ita gold to Lenlne, Trotiky and their Immodlata asoclta to batray Rus la Into deserting bar allls. but glv added proofa. If any ba naeaaaary, ' that Oarmany had perfected bar plana for a war of world conquest Ion j before the aaaaalnatlona at fla rerjo. which aa the world la now convinced conveniently furnlahed her pretest. These doeumenla further how that before the world war waa four montha old, and more than two . yeara before the United State waa drtwn Into It, Oermany already waa aettlng afoot bar plana to "moblllte destructive agent and observer" to cauae eiploalona, atrlkaa and out rage In thla country and planned the employment of "anarchist and oaraped crlmlnala" for the purpoee. One of the Relchebank memoran da, dated lit January, announced to the commliaar of foreign affaire (Lenlne) that BO.000,000 rublea of gold haa been placed to the credit at Stockholm If repreaentatlrea . of the commlaaara to cover the coat of Red Ouarda and agltatora. Another of a few day later telle of a credit of 6,000,000 rublea for the aaalatant naval commliaar In the Par Rait, who la entruated with the taak of carrying off or deatroytng the great American and Japane atorea of war material at Vladlvoatok a achema that probably waa well under way when the landing of American and allied force at Vladlvoatok ended the away of the Bolahevlkl there. LAND 46,000 U. S. TROOPS IN ONE DAY Washington, Sept. 16. General March read a cablegram from a de barkation port In France ahowlng 35,000 men had landed In one morn ing and that 11,000 more would be pat aehore the aame day. Fifteen hlpa had entered the port on the am morning of which It were to ' be unloaded and ready to return within "ii hours. , Oeneral March laid that ahl pi now were being unloaded and start ed on their return trip In leg than on day aa a uaual thing. RETURN TO FACTORIES Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 16 'Hun dred of strikers at the munitions factories have returned to work. At a mass meeting this afternoon It Is expocted that the loadors will declare the strike ended, . thus recognizing President Wilson's demand that they return to work. II BREAKS OUT El IK HII MttrtiiM Army, lUdly Muttered by Marneaaen, ltorgaiiUd and la Again U the lighting Washington, Bept 16. -A Salon Ikt communication announce the launching of an otfenalv against th Bulgarian on th galonlkl front by th re-organlaed Serbian army, co operating with th French. Three atrongly fortified Bulgarian posi tions were captured. Almost three yeara ago Oeneral von Mackensen, one of Germany's best genarala, made hi devaatatlng march through Serbia, and shattered th 8erb army. They were driven across th channel of Corfu to the Oreek laland of Corfu, where they have been re-organised by French assistance. Later, Mackenaeo made hi famou offenalv against Ron- manla, la which be killed manjr of the Roumanlana and captured mil- Hone of dollar worth f grain. The Serbian have lately been tak en acroea northern Green to Salon- ikt, where they ar again In battle with th central powers. MEVISEEK A NEW ALUM Amsterdam. Bept. 16. Hint that th Bolshcvlkl government may seek alliance with other power, even with imperialists, I contained In a not from Lenin to the People' Commlssarlea and th Soviet. Th not ay that th Csecho-Slovak movement I becoming more danger ous dally. Th only escape Is to con clude an alliance with another power. REGISTRATION SK OVER 13,000,000 m Waahlngton, Sept 16. 'Returns from th registration Thursday Indi cate that the total will be 101 per oent of the estimated 16,000,000. FtVO OREGON BOYS ARE IN THE CASUALTY LIST Ottawa, Can., 8ept. 16. The over- seas' casualty Hat eayt that H. Drle coli, of Roaeburg, Or., died of wound ,and that J. H. Lee, of Port land, was wounded. 914 JOSEPHINE MEN REGISTER FOR SERVICE C. A. Sldler, clerk of the local board, reports that 614 men regis tered on September IS In Josephine county for military service. A num ber of these registrations were re ceived by mall and more are expect ed at the office of the local board. Following I the county registration by precincts: Slake Creek . 45 Waldo E3 Selma ., B2 Merlin - 28 Wolf Creek 25 Fwry 1 4 Kerby ..... 80 Oallce 10 William 83 Althouse .. 49 Lucky Queen ..'... i .. 80 Placer ..'... 7 IJeland ...i..'...... v. ... 19 Murphy 32 Grants Pas :..487 - . Total ... 914 ALUED TROOPS ACTIVE ON ICEDOIN FRONT MeTfcree Kill Pe id (Zzzircis cf Priscrers Eritii izi Frail Are llfcjf (hlrWic Eirj E::Tjr Scried U S:? llrp Parts, Sept. 16. Th allied troop ar on th offenalv on th Macedon ian front and ar attacking th Bui- gara in th mountain and on the Srbo-Orek border east of Monaitlr. They bav taken three hill poal- tlona, Bokol, Dobropoll and Teak Vetrlnlk, midway between the Cera and Vardar river. Several hundred prisoner bav beta taken. Mean time th British and French continue to advance In Plcardy. North of the Alan th French took Vallly and near Chemln-Dee-Damea stormed Mont De Singed. Astrld the Scarpa river the Brit ish have puahed forward to new post. They took Malsmy, west of Cambral. With th American Army In Lorr rain, Sept. 16. The activity of the PEHMHIKU HOXOHKI) WITH 1.000 POI ND nillTHDAY CAKE Omaha, Neb., Sept 16. Omaha celebrated the birthday of Oeneral J. J. Pershing with a big parade and unique birthday cake cere monies. - : The parade waa composed of all of the troops stationed at Fort Oma ha followed by the Red Croa work er, Red Cros canteen workers, Sal vation Army workers, -war .. service societies and cadets from the differ ent schools. ' . Th cke, which weighed 1,000 pounds, was cut Into email piece and old for th benefit of th Sal vation lArmy fund. Thirteen hun dred dollar was th amount result ing from this l. AUSTRIANS SHOOT 700 ITALIANS 01 MASSE (By Col. iPIo, of th Italian Army) Austrian hatred of ItaMan was never shown more strikingly than on Mount Clmon two yeara ago, when 700 of our men were (hot to death after they had laid down their arma and aurrendered. They gave up after being surrounded on the brink of a precipice. They were ex terminated by rapid fire guna and when the fire ceaaed those who were found atllt alive but wounded were thrown Into a deep ravine. Thl massacre waa perpetrated by the fifth battalion of the 14th Infan try regiment. Captain Puteany, who, gave the order, waa decorated. In December, 1915, many soldiers of the Second Bosnian regiment were seen wearing the ears of wounded or dead Italians pinned to their breast. They often ehot down our disarmed prisoners. All : these things are abundantly atteated by evidence in the handa of the Italian general staff. Passing to the Internment camps in Austria, they have been proved to be without any hyglento provi sions and are exposed to every kind of epidemic. Our prisoner are forc ed to do the worst drudgery of a mil itary character. Thetr employment is In the first line under Incompetent subaltren officers, usually men who are disabled or exempt from duty for age. These men are Ccrmans or Magyar, rarejy Slavs. CALLED BY CROWDER Washington, Sept. 16. A draft call for 29.000 negro registrants from 33 states, qualified for general military service, has been Issued by Provost Marshal-General Crowder German artillery Increased some what during th forenoon. No In fantry attack wr mad, however. London, Sept. 16. Th British advanced last night north of th Arraa-Cambrai road, establishing post la th vicinity of Sauchy-Cau-chy and Oppy, on th Flanders front Th British alio puihed ahead on both tide of th Tpres-Commones canal, on a front of over two mile. With th French Army la France, Sept 16. The heavy sacrifice th Germans are making to stop th alow but ateady advance of General Mangln'a force toward Cbemln-De-Dame I evidenced by th Urge number of enemy dead found on the field of Saturday' and Sunday' op eration. M DESTROYS IK SQ AT MSi Th Frank Hogu grocery store and pool hall at Takllma was des troyed Sunday morning by tire There was a Red Cross dance at Ta kllma. Saturday Bight and a number of the people were up until a late hour. It was about I o'clock la the morning when Mr. Hogue entered bis store, It la reported, and, taking a lamp la hi hand, was reaching np on a shelf for an article for a custo mer when the shelf gave way. The lamp crashed to the floor and the building was soon a mass of flames. A crowd assembled quickly, but aa water had to be drawn from a well to quench the blate their efforts were in rain. Had It not beea tor th tact that the rain had aoaked the roofs of nearby building, possibly th whole town would hare been burned. The tor building and contents were a total loss, but $1,300 insurance was carried, through an agency repre sented by I A. Launer of this city. Mr. Hogu state that he had 6336 in currency in a wooden till and this was lost, making his total loss about $3,000. Ill 189 REPORTED LOST London, Sept 16. The British steamer Galway Castle, of 7,988 tons gross, was torpedoed and sunk Sat urday. She had 960 persons on hoard, of whom 189 are reported missing. The missing include 120 passen gers, 36 naval and military officers and men and 33 of the crew. Ninety, third-class passengers lost rere, without exception, women and children. The liner floated tor two days In charge of the captain and volunteers. The Galway Castle left port for South Africa on Tuesday last, and was torpedoed on Thursday in a stormy sea. . Hundreds of the passengers were rescued by attending steamers. 2 KILLED WHEN PLANE FALLS AT BROOKLYN New York, 8ept. 16. (Lieutenant Charles ICInney Jr.,' of Covington, Kentucky, and E. H. Austin of Bos ton, were killed when an airplane fell In Brooklyn. m Piposi THlEIITIH : ... i . . . ; i Anatrla-Hungary Invites Betllger rate to Peace Coaferewot, By Or . der of Emperor Cfaarle Amsterdam, Sept. 16. The Col ogne Volks Zeltung aaya the Bote In which Austria-Hungary invite th belligerent to a peace conference for the discussion of possibilities of peace waa dispatched by Baron Bur- Ian, foreign minister, by order of Emperor Charles. Washington," 6ept 16. Th offi cial text of the Austrian peace pro posal Is awaited, but it 1 believed to b a German ruse to obtain th beet term possible berore aa allied vic tory could impose more severe pun ishment Waahlngton, Sept 1 6. Austrta'a peace discussion proposal reached the 8wedlsh legation today. Secre tary Lansing said that he would mak a atatement la regard to the matter aa toon aa ha could read the note. This la expected to disclose the government' Intention to very promptly and flatly reject the Aus trian proposition. - : London, Bept 16 British Foreign Secretary Balfour said It is Incred ible that anything should come of the Austrian peace proposal. The proposal of Austria Is not looked no on as genuine, but only a blind at obtaining peace la aa attempt to dl vide the allies. . T. 8. CASUALTY LIST The following casualties are re ported by the commanding general of t he American expeditionary forces for today: Killed In action Died of wounds Died of disease 1 3 90 Died from accident Wounded severely .. Wounded, degree undetermined - 90 Missing In action . 65 Tots! .178 Marine Corps Killed in actioa 3 Wounded In action, severely 8 Wonnded In action, degree unde termined .' 4 Missing In actioa 10 Total 18 Paris, Sept 16. Miss Elsie Gun ther, chief of the female labor bu reau of the American expeditionary forces, has gone to the United State to recruit 6,000 American college girls as clerks to release men for military service. ;t :y HELD IN FOUR YEARS A sheriff's jury, the first one held for about tour years, was seated be fore Sheriff Lewis Saturday after noon. It was a case la which v. Van Allmen had a Judgment against Wlckham ft Wlckham, who levied on a vBulck car. The car was about to go at sheriff's sale when a counter claim was tiled by the Western Metal Mines company. The trial was to settle the question as to who owned the car, the jury returning a verdict that Wlckham was the proprietor of the machine. Unless a replevin suit Is started, the car will go at sheriff's sale this afternoon, and the money turned over to Van Allmen. Some fun was had at Sheriff Lew Is' expense when he waa asked where he was going to hold the trial. He stated that he was going to occupy the circuit Judge's bench, but find ing that Judge Calkins kept his gar- el under a strong lock and carried the key with htm, he was not to be bluffed and said he would use his six-shooter for a gavel. He , must have done so, for It was a very quiet trial. GEd SffiK n THE BrivWaasaWiSBsasH' 1 I n i 6E3NEVP BELIEVED THAT PERSXDrO HAA BBOl'X TASK OF TAKIXO Hnr FORTRESS mm eet o so Military Critics Expect Gersaaa ti XM4 f DeteraslaOM of Their AdvMdaj Foe P shlng' army la making fin pro gr. It has advanced from two to three mile oa a 33-mile front and the fortress guna of Nets bare come Into action againat it The enemy appears to bo with drawing to some further Una which will protect the railway communica tion in th vicinity of Met, which at present are under the long-range fire of the Americans. American patrol ar advancing at varloue points a couple of mile be yond the general advance. Th advance of th victorious First army continued but oa a restricted front near the Moaelle river. There waa little opposition oa the whole. A partial examination- of the bat tlefield, the American commander added, shows that great quantities of ammunition, telegraph and rail road materials, rolling atock, cloth ing and equipment was abandoned by th enemy. This waa In addition to the large tore burned by th German during thefr haaty retreat. ' ' Notwithstanding the evidence that much time has been spent In Improv ing the old Hindenbnrg line. It would not surprise military critics her if It were yielded without a big strug gle, the German preferring to sao- rlflc even their old position to the obviou determination of the Ameri cana to advance beyond the line. f.TOO'CEY CASE GOES TO SUREE IMIT San Francisco, Sept. 16. The pe Utlon of Thomas J. Mooney for per mission to seek a writ of error from the United State mpreme court was denied by the California aupreme court. This Is th last step he can take In the state courts. His attor neys state that a petition will be pre sented to the United Statea supreme court.' ' San Francisco, Sept 16. A writ of error, allowing the case of Thos. Mooney, convicted of murder In connection with . the preparedness day explosions here, to be taken to the United States supreme court for review, was sought in an application filed here In the California supreme court. . . . This was the final action to be taken In state courts, Attorney Max well MoNutt, who filed the applica tion, said. The application filed Is based on the charge that Mooney was fraudulently convicted. PORTUGUESE STEAMER SUIOYATOM A Canadian (Atlantic Port, Sept. 16 The Portuguese steamship Lelx oes was torpedoed in the north At lantic five days ago. Sixteen of the crew have arrived here, but It Is feared that five others have beea lost.