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1,019,155 YANKEES 9 America's Forces Ready to Help Resist German Smash. SUPPLIES KEEP PACE President Makes Public Correspond ence With Secretary Baker Con cr rnlnjf Troop Movement. Washington, 1), C. American troopa itont overscan numbered 1,010,155 on July 1. Thin won made known TuoBday by President Wilson, who gavo to tlio public a letter from Bocrotary Dakor disclosing a record of nchlovotnont which Din president laid "muni cnuso universal satisfaction," and "which will give additional zest to our nation nl celebration ot tho Fourth of July." The four unlU non combatant loft American shores on May 8, 1917. Gon oral Pershing followed 12 days later, and at tho end of tho month 1718 tnon had started for tho battlefields ot Franco. Juno naw till uuinbor Increase by 12.2G1, nnd thereafter khakl-clad "cru saders" from tho wostorn republic flowed overseas In a ntoady stream un til upwards of 300,000 had departed, when tho great Gorman thrust began last March. President Wilson's determination to meet Uermany'H supremo effort with tho utmost of America's avatlablo manpower to assist tho dosporatoly ro sIstlnK French and Urltlsh armies Is sharply reflected In tho movement of troops during tho last throo months. Tho March sailings of 83.811 wore Increased In April to 117,212. May saw another 244,345 men embark, nnd last month 270,372 woro sont away, making a total for tho thrco months jit C37V929. This, Bocrotary llaker said later, put tho troop movomont six mouths ahoad ot the original pro gram. Substantially 30 divisions aro now In Franco ready to moot whatovor inovo the Herman staff has In prepara tion. Some of theso divisions alroady havo been formed Into the first field army under Mnjor-Gonornl Liggett, others aro holding tronch soctors at Important points along tho battlo lino, nnd still others havo been brokon up nnd brlBadcd with tho French and British troops. And so, when tho Oorman thrust comes, tho American will bo callod upon to play no small part In mooting Secretary Dakor wroto tho prosldont that tho suppllos nnd equipment In Franco for tho million mon who havo gono Is shown by latest reports to bo ndoquato nnd added that "tho output of our war industries In tills country Is showing marked Improvomont In practically nil lines ot necessary equip ment and supply." YANKS SMASH HUNS j With tho American Army on tho Marno Front. Amorlcnn troops, which advanced nnd hurled back tho dor n (rnnt nf two miles west ot Chnteau Thlorry In a battlo which bo gan Monday night at a ociock, con tinued their prossuro on tho onomy -throughout Tuosday, and repulsed n counter attack against their new posi tions. Tho vlllngo ot Vaux, tho height to tho west of tho vlllago, two patches of wooded land, n largo sllco of tho Paris highway wost of Chateau Thlor ry nnd other ground gained by tho victorious Amorlcans has boon re tained. Tho total number ot prisoners cap tured by tho Amorlcans is now esti mated to bo about 600, ot whom sovon nn nfflnnm. Mnnv ernntm of nrls- nnors already havo been sont to tho roar and outers uavo noon locaicu in hospltnlB whoro thoy woro removed attor being wounded. Tho Amorlcans havo enpturod many machlno guns and othor equipment. Thero was hot fighting In front of Hill 204, which Is In tho hands ot tho rinrmnna At H n'e.lnnk Tunstlav even ing, tho Amorlclln artltlory was on- gaged in noaviiy aliening mo position. An ontlro German roglmont has boon virtually nnnlhllntod nnnnrfa frnm Mm nilvnnc'eil front brought bnck through a jioavy onomy barrage conurmou mo earner hiuiu ..1 nn i b Hint thn Amorlcans havo reach od tholr every objoctlvo and aro holdr Ing every point. Senator Tillman Diet. Wnaiilnslnn TV fl Hnnntnr Ilonla mln n. Tillman, ot South Carolina, dlod Tuesday mprnlng nt 4:20 o'plock. Ho was born In Kdgoflold county, aiiIIi Pnrnllnn. Alltrnnt 11. 1R47. Ho was olootod govornor ot South Caro-1 Una In loliu anu in ibvz, anu was oioci cd United States sonator frpm South nni.iitlnn In IQflK linfnrr nlnnlml fnur huccossIvo timo. His torm would havo axplroa noxt year, no was a uomo orat, ARE NOW IN FRANCE TELEGRAPH SEIZURE SOUGHT President Wilson Approves Plan to Take Over All Systems. ' Washington, D. O. Legislation to nutliorlzo government control and oper ation of telegraph and tolophono sys tems during tho war, was approved Wednesday by Prosldont Wilson and lnAdors ut tho Capitol prepared for Its Immediate consideration with n vlow to notion It posslblo boforo congres sional rocoss this wook. Bucrotarlcs Dakor and Danlols and Postmaster (lonarnl llurlcsou. all of whom havo Indorsed tho ponding bill by Itoprosentatlvo Aswoll, or Louisi ana nronoslng this authority, woro Invited to appear boforo tho house In terstate commorco committee. Tho president's statement was In a note to Chairman Sims, ot tho com mittee, approving n letter from Post-mantor-Oenoral Uurloson. Thoro was no dlroat roforonco In any of tho cor respondence to tho call sont out by tlio Commercial Telegraphers' Union for a strlko of Western Union operators on July 8. Mr. llurlcson. liowovor, wroto mat ho deemed tho lORlsIallon necessary "nt this moment when paralysis of a larco nart ot tho systom of. electrical communication Is threatened with pos slblo consequences prejudicial to our military preparations and othor publlo activities that might provo disastrous." HOSPITAL SHIP SUNK, MISSING TOTAL 244 London. A Gorman submarlno 70 miles from tho Irish coast on tho night of Juno 27 torpedoed Uio 11,000 ton hospital ship Llandovery Castlo, chartered by tho Canadian govornmont and In tho sorvlco ot carrying wounded and sick from Kugland to Canada. Tho ship was then on nor way to Encland. Sho had on board 2C8 per sons, 80 mon ot tho Canadian army medical corps and 14 women nurses. Only 24. including tho captain, aro roportcd saved. Tho attack was with out warning. Tho submarlno commandor, wuo or dered tho captain, sovorol ot his of ficers and Major Lyon, of tho medical corps abroad, said ho sank tho ship becauso sho was carrying American nvlallon offlcors and otliors in tho fighting sorvlco of tho allies. Ho added lator that tho vossol was carrying munition stores, becauso of an explo sion which occurrod aft. All lights woro burning when tho Llandovory Castlo was torpodocd. Theso Included a uugo electric cross over tho brldgo nnd strings of white nnd green lights on either sldo. Tho red crosses on tho sides of tho vessel wero illuminated. According to Hod Cross Information, many woro killed In tlio onglno room. Thoro is hardly any doubt ot this, as thero was no responso to captain Syl vester's signals from tho brldgo after tho torpedo struck. As tho onglno mon wero either killed or loft tholr posts, thero was no ono to shut oft tho power, andtho ship kept on hor way, notwithstanding tho great IioIob torn by tho torpedo, not beginning to slow down until tlio water rushed Into tho bollor room, extin guishing tho fires. This added to tho confusion In launching tho llfobonts. Thero was no panic. Dy tho tlmo tho ship lost her momontum most of tlio boats woro over tho sldo. Many woro unablo to roach tho boats and tho ship was sinking rapidly. They Jumped Into tho soa and a few wore picked up. Ono ot tho boats ot tho hospital ship Llandovery Castlo, containing 12 nursing sisters, was seen to capslto, according to latost information. Tho sisters wero drowned. OPERATING INCOME OF ROADS DECLINE Washington, D. 0. Reduction of S108.19u.83G in tho oporatlng Incomo ot 123 ot tho largest railroads dur ing tho first fivo months under gov ornment control, compared with tlio same period a yoar ago, was an' nouncod Wednesday by tho Interstato commorco commission. In May tho roads wero beginning to rocovor from tho paralyzing or foots of blizzards and embargoes and tho oporatlng Incomo roso to a point nearer last yoar a figures. For mo rivo months tho total was $186,987,144, compared with $295,183,970 during that period last yoar, and for May it was $04,270,805, against s76,290,oau last May. In splto of tho roducod oporatlng Incomo, revenues of tho roads ac tually woro largor for tho flvo months this year than last, Tlioy woro ii, 390.282.620. comparod with Sl.274,970,- 98, giving a margin which was moro than oaton up by lnoroaseu oxponsos. Hun Textbooks 8tored. Soattlo, Wash. Moro than 05,000 Gorman toxt books discarded In tho Soattlo schools aro In storago await Ing notion by tho Soattlo school board Tho books roprosont second-hand vnluo ot $1500 but aro not markotablo. Whothor tho bpoks will bo destroyod or ground up for wasto paper mattor, Is n question tho board has not yot docldod upon. Soattlo abandoned toacn Ing dorman In local schools In June. TRAINS OF FIR EAST DAILY West to Make Speedy Delivery to Mctt War Time Demands. - - s4 Tncoma. -Fir lumber manufacturers of Orogon and Washington In conven tion horo Saturday pledged themselves to furnish at least COO cars ot alrplano fir por month to tho govornmont cut-up plant nt Vancouvor, Wash., and to speed solid tralnloads of cantonment stock to eastern destinations In record tlmo. While tho meeting was In session telegrams wero received from Wash ington, I). C., advising that tho gov ornmont requirements for tho next faw months, oxcluslvo ot tho alrplano ro qulrotnonts, will aggregate 170,000,000 foot of fir. Of mis quantity orders for 60,000,000 feet of cantonment stock for use at Uattlo Crook, Mich., at Itockford, 111., und at Dcs Moines, Iowa, already havo boon placed with tho fir produc tion board. Additional orders to bo Placed within tho noxt few wcoks will call for 60,000,000 foot for refrigerator cars, 25,000,000 for tho navy and 35, 000,000 for construction ot Daugherty typo vessels in eastern shipyards. To moot mo suggestion or compet ing lumbor producing districts that tho fir manufacturers might not bo ablo to make deliveries on tlmo, tho meeting decided to mako up solid train loadc every day for fast train dispatch across tho continent. In addition every oporator pledged himself to glvo per sonal attention to mo forwarding of alrplano stock from his mill. At tho rato of dollvory promised by tho manufacturers tho Vancouver plant will bo ablo to cut 9,000,000 feet of alr plano stock a month. Major Everett O. drlggs, In chargo of fir alrplano pro duction for tho signal corps, assured tho mooting that at this rate tho de mands of tho United States and allied governments would bo met. NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT Wheat Bulk basis, Portland for No. 1 grade: Hard wheat Dlucstem, Early Dart, Allen Galgulus, Martin Amber. $2.05. Soft white Palouse Dlucstem, Fortyfold, White Volley, Gold Coin, White Russian, $2.03. White Club Llttlo Club, Jenkins' Club, White Hybrids, Sonora. $2.01. Red Walla Red Russian, Red Hy brids, Jones Fife, Coppei, $1.98. No. 2 grade, 3c less; No. 3 grade, 6c less. Other Drains handled by samples. Flour Patont3,,$10; valley, $9.60; whole wheat, $9.00; eraham. $9.20; barloy flour, $11 per barrel; ryo flour $11(3)11.40 per barrel; corn Hour, $11.G014.50. Millfecd Net millfeed prices, car Iota: Dran, $30 per ton; shorts, $32; milddings, $39; mixed cars and less than carloads, 50c more; rolled barley, $7475; rolled oata, $69. Hay Buying prices, f. o. b. Port land: Eastern Oregon timothy, $32 33 per ton; valloy timothy, $2728; alfalfa, $24(324.50; valley grain hay, $2426; clover, $21; Btraw, $910. Duttcr Cubes, extra, 411c; prime firsts, 43Jc; prints, extras, 48c; car tons, lc extra, butter fat, No. 1, 47c per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, current re ceipts, 38i39c; candled, 4041c; selects, 42c per dozen. Poultry Hens, 2325c; broilers, 2830c; roosters, $1617c; ducks, geeso and turkeys, nominal. Veal Fancy, 16c per pound. Pork Fancy, 23c por pound. Fruits Strawberries. $2.50(33.60 percrato; chorries, 512c per pound; cantaluopes, $1.50 per crate; goose berries, . 56c per pound; apricots, $2.35(3,2.50; watermolons, 44Jc per pound. Vegetables Tomatoes, $2.252.60 per crato; cabbage, 213ic pound; lettuce, $2.50(33 percrato; cucumbers,. $1.25(32 per dozen; garlic, 7c; celory, $3 per crato; peppers, 2535c per pound: rhubarb, 4c per pound; aspara' gus, $2.50 per crato; spinach, 56cper pound; peas, 1012Jc per pound; beans,. 1 5c per pound. Sack Vegotablca Carrots, $2 per sack; turnips, $1.85; parsnips, $1.25; beets. $2.25. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, $1 1.50 per hundred. Onions Yellow, $1.75 per crato; crystal, $22.25; red, $1.76 per sack. Cattle July 2, 1918. Primo steers $12.00(0)13.00 Good to choico steers.... 11.0012.00 Medium to good steers.. 9.0010.00 Fair to medium steora . . 8.00 9.00 Common to fair Bteora . . 5.00 8.00 Choico cows and heifera. 8.50 9.00 Com. to good cows and hf 6.00 7.60 Canners 3.00 4.60 Bulls ; .. COO 8.00 Calves.- 8.5011.50 Stockors and feeders.... "7.00 9.00 Hogs Primo mixed. $16.10(3)16.90 Medium mixed 16.5016.7O Rough hoavies 16.7016.90 Pigs 15.6016.00 Bulk 1C.6010.65 Shoep Lambs $13.0013.50 Valley lambs 12.0012.50 Yearlings 7.00 8.00 Wothors 7.00 7.60 Ewes 6.00 7.00 STILL A FAVORITE Straight v Crjcmrselikc . Garment Has Not Been Abandoned. May Be Prominent Among the Fall Styles, According to a Recent Statement From Paris. The frock. here shown Is a copy of ono of tho Infest Paris models, de-1 signed by n fnmotii French coatumcr and brought over by one of the fore moKt American Imtiorter. It was de veloped, ns originally shown, In white and navy oatln, with embroidery In n dull, rich red. This frock was one of the surprises of the French showing, it fashion writer Wittex, ns It served to put n question murk after the re iterated statement that straight line, chemise-type garments .were out of the running IIiIh year, and that a waist line Indication about this frock Is the result of the fabric combination, and certainly that is not sufficient to make one blind to the fnct that It is u straight chcmlsellke garment, touch ing the figure practically only at the shoulders. This may possibly be n forerunner of what full will show In the line-up of clothes, If the statement of reqent dntn from Paris that straight lines will be the thing for fall may be taken ns correct. The ,own shown may be made a slipover, If desired; but It would be easier to fashion and more easily put on If fastened In the center back, and the fabric selection may be varied to suit the Individual taste, complexion and season. The skirt, as will be noted. Is n xrarcfiil, ankle-length nnd this gen- Chemise Type Frock of Navy and White Satin. ernl rule for skirt length Is applied to virtually nil tho suits and dresses shown for spring and summer. Tho sash belt, with ends tied nt one side, Is a pretty feature of this frock, Incidentally, may bo noted thnt sashes of all kinds are tho vogue this season. Quaint dresses of wldto nnd colored voiles, of dotted Swiss, geor- FLOWERED TOQUE IS REVIVED Blossom-Bedecked Headgear Is Much In Favor With Matronly Women After Several Seasons. Tho flowered toque has been rovlv ed ngnln and Is much worn by matron ly women. Several seasons havo elaps ed since the small llower-covored hot received any particular attention. An especially effective model of this typo was worn by n largo nnd dignified woman with n full-length broadtail cont nindo with n shawl collar nnd deep cuffs of chinchilla. Tito close fitting toque which topped this hnnd some garment was covered with small whlto lines. Knch flower was placed Individually and stood out from tho others. A piece 'of narrow black vel vet ribbon was worked In and out among tho Ulles around tho front and sides nnd ended In n elusten,of bows nt tho back. Violets frequently nppenr In theso flowor-crowned hats. Many of tho red flowors are also used. Tho flower- named rngged sailor was attractively applied on ono closo-tlt- COOL PAJAMAS FOR SUMMER Warm weather has brought about this charming creation in feminine pajamas, where sleeves have been dis carded In the Interest of comfort. Wel come, too, Is the extreme lightness of the material, which will be conductvo to coolness In the lummer. Myriads of tiny tucks and plentiful use of fine val lace lend pleasing relief to these pajamas of flesh-color crepe de chine. Satin ribbon drawn under the tucks about thfc waist suggests a slender girdle. gctte and other sheer fabrics arc de veloped for summer, with wide ribbon sashes in blending or contrasting col or ns their nccompanlment. One in teresting feature Is the great quantity o. nnvy ribbon used. Where black was formerly employed navy has been sub stituted. FASHIONS AND FADS T Net frocks for wee girls have sashes of net. Dyed pnnama Is a feature of tho new millinery. Silks nnd metal ribbons appear In floral patterns. Afternoon dresses often havo flaring sleeves. Homespun Is n good choice for nn everydny coat. ' Sunbonnets are In great vogue for Miiall girls. General utility coots nro made, of Scotch mixtures. The present mode In" halrdresslng demands height. The high-crowned tailor lint Is in evidence. Straight-front jnckcts of tlio blazer type are seen. The latest handbags are made with frames of wood. The newest corsets have Philippine work for decoration. Spring Clothes. The new clothes nro rife with novel ideas. Although there is no striking change In the silhouette, many fea tures are even more Interesting than usual. With rare good taste tho de signers have shown 'patriotism by nd herlng to the straight line thus se curing conservation of material and have mode the new models more thnn usually charming ting model set off with two slender upstanding wings. A line mesh veil with n heavy velvet scroll completed tho hat, which was worn by n young woman In n braid trimmed tailored suit of bluo vclour. For renovating purposes flonl cam. oullnge works miracles. Whore tho crown Is faded or sunburned, cover It with thntched effect with flowers und foliage. Two or moro kinds nro used, according to personal pre'fereuca und available trimmings. Brims nre llkewlso overlaid and smartly veiled with tulle nnd net. Cape a Success. Tho capo continues to go on tho way of Its sensational success. It may bo overdone beforo Jund nrrlves, but there Is no reason why It should not bo standardized ns. tho cont Is. Tho short enpe, cut after tho model of tho winter fur ones, Is exceptionally smart. It Is nindo of black velvet, falllo or satin, swings loosq from shoulders to hips, nnd opens In front over n wide, full-length waistcoat, which Is bolted across tho front. Tho collar is high and rolls about tho chin.