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V JV 1 o1 fillrt P4irtUrv-it.IAH.il Hnrlllrtnii,0r!Oli, l Cl mnUoruntler not at Unnrro ol M r!li, 1B7V SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1918 VOL. XVII. NO. 25 Springfield T14k X JTXJZ NEWS ALLIED FORGES, Y Squeejjpg.of Pp.cket MakesuPo-; sltlon df-German 'Forges Precarious One. . ,1 FIGHTING-IS' ! DESPERATE .1 Despite xr Heavy Gerrrun Reinforce ments, . Allies Advance Makes Vroflress at Many' Point's. With the sides of tho 8oJs, -Aons-Hhohns sack coming steadily closer together tho Gorman crown prlnco's gonorals aro, driving tholr men Ing their men to hold thorn morcllossly In an effort off long enough to oxtrlcatq tho armies threatened at the bottom, north of tho Marne. Tho American and French , troops aro never far behind, tho retreating forces and tho vicious rear guard nc ( tlons aro not sufficiently resistant to rnablo the Oomians to proccod In thd Orderly mannor planned. At Dormnns and cast of Chateau Thlorry, tho flonnans counter attacked, PRESSING 1 OF GROWN PHiNOE taking tho position, but were promptly Cottage Grove; Lloyd W. Still, Eu Jrlvon out They occupied Troloup. gono; Itussol Uomls, Charles Crossey, . n ... kni.i It Hnrva . HnHnltnn. RnirnnP! Itnlnh Minor advances have been made by tlio allies In thb woods in that onrt of tho sector, whllo further to the oast, south of Ithotms, thoro wore additional allied successos . ' Tho, Americans have occupied Coup yjorl. on tho road to Foro-En-Tardonols a'nd-lho French positions have been ad- vanqcd untl Oulchy-Lo Chateau is dominated by tho guns. ' Nearor Solssons tho aermans fnllod to' liold nil thor positions, notwith standing reinforcements and tholr ties pflraib need. It would bo no surprise If tho bat, 1lo betweon tho Alnnq and tho Mnrno onds soon, or if tho crowr? , prlnco Bbould forco op-rntlons In a now phase w - by massing troops for a tremendous ycry popular, among the young people counter attack on a now part of tho,llr. av,"B boe" a tsradualo In. tho battle front, pprlmpa tho llnnk south J" Ho was student body ,ot Solssons. whoro thp Gormnns al-, prosiaent .and was on both tho foot ro'ady havo offered such dotormlnod ball and baseball team.. Ho had won roslstonco. u, Kreatost popularity In tho high Olthough outwitted by tho strategy of General Focli and outfought by tho Franco-American commanders, thoro In no disposition to under estimate tho dangor of tho staggorlnj; Gorman nrmlos striking anothor torrlblo blow on olthor flank. Tho losses of tho Gormnns havo , boon enormous. Thoy nro estimated io rango botwoon 1BO.00O nnd &2G.000. nut It is odvioub to nil excopt on.tnusi nstto optlmlBts that tho hard fighting , Gorman nrmlos nro no too, orlppUd to attempt retaliation, pneo they aro In positions chosen by tho command, r.. ,.... o ...... tor a now stnnd Is merely conjecture, but It is holldvod tho 'logical place will be tho long platau southeast of Sols sons, running toward tho Ardro rlvor and to tho junction of tho present lino from, niiolms. If tho Ardro Is not chosen, tho orowp prlnco has tho cholco ot tho valley ot Veslo, or oven tho old line along tho Alsne, It is bollovod moro probnblo that the crown prince will chooso tho Veslo region, whoro tho forests and hills woBt of Itholma townrd Solssons would mako him relatively safo for jhe mo ment. Tint ho Intends abandoning, tho territory at , tho bottom of tho pocket that rested on tho Marno is ovldont. It is equally evident that, ho ImB hopn forced to .such a course by tho reduction of his number of llnoB of supply. It Is octlmated that tho Gormans had moblltzod hare botween , half a million and , 000,000 men. To main tain n supply for thoso mon, dvpn with all tranHpqrt roBflurcoB was jio; pimple task and the Working" out of aeneral.ll.VJ Uhe City Park next . . '.. ... Cnil1f,1nt. Avanlni, n, Q n.1nftlr Tl.n Fours mans navo mauo tno noBmons . untenable. ThoriS has ,b progress forV"! o'on a flerco bnttlo In heThlghwayB nnd rail- rnnii with Mi a iini'ia nn tim' Tinrt nf Mm alllos., norhans.. to elosQ themouth of tlio sack and smother tho Gormans. It l8'bellovedrKdwbv6r,-that tho monn will bq ablo. to got out of tholr position wlth.llio.Broator part of tholr army, Although tlio GormaDs liavo boon frightfully punished on tho lino north of (ho Mnnio, tho retreat to whoro thoy aro now was not duo, to this pun iBliniont, but .frail mftdo lmporatlvo by tho slowly closing flanks, from which tho big KUna dally tho reaching fur thor towarjl tho nrtorlcs. i Gorman munitions BUYS $1,OQQ. WORTH W. S. S-. -" " Another Man Becomes Limit Club. Member of Felix A, Wtosolowskl. a bakor of this I City, purchasod ,$1,000 worth of War, ; 'u.utnM ui w 1 .1 prosqntcd with ono of tho beautiful buttons Issued by tho govornmont to .thoso buying, tho limit. rri.i. iu .1.' ... ....u. . . i inn i uiu iiiDvtuiumuur iruiu city, and Mr. Wosolowskl Is No. 24 in tho club. , It Is necessary to raise tho ontlro Lano county allotment for W. 8. 8. soon, as a big Liberty Bond drlro will j come' again In October. 'nypne desiring to got Into the club and, help tho government as well as therdselvos Is requested to tolcphono Jerome Workman at Eugono 702. or, Carl Washburno at Eugene 4. Ap- polntmonts will bo made at any tlmo. Msrlpe Recruits In Eugene. The matin o office at Eugono has accoptdd 14 men for enlistment and trnnefdiTOd during tho recruiting " ";: ,,:, " ' ZZ month just ended. Those who have vnA mm Part Xfl Ciilmnn Pii.nnAi gono aro Carl E. Noison, Eugono; IQuy D. Moslor, Sprlngflold; Loo A, Sliver, Mabel Harold E. Bheppard, nooKor. uus uyan, wauoj; uiena win.' "". Cottage Grove; Hugh McCam ,non. Salem; Dauton Thomson, Vlda; corgo Puckott. Myrtle Creek. They wcro 8ent t0 Mnro lB,ant1' whoro u,oy wl ,ra,n. cPl McCammon, Still ,nd Nelson, who entered tho aviation 'oc,l" of M,n"0 Corps and worq Local Boy Joins. mil 'Still tinn nt Ml. anil Mr a W CI . .... , i' ' ', . Hill of thla city, loft tat Sunday for I Vancouver, wnsu., nnving enusieu iusi I Thursday In tho field artltlory. He B ... (( , . . . was nccompanled as far its Portland by two of his friends, Itay Alexandor I . ir iri . vim school for tho past year, and was tho goneral. favorite of all the students and tho ideal of all the fro.sh boys. Receives Card of Thanks. When tho books were gathorcd this 'spring for tho children, Miss Mary noborts 3f this city nut .hor nnmo in ;on of tnom nnd imB recolved n card fr0In tho boy ,n tho BCrVCo who got ,ho book (hanUng hor nnd tonlng n0r how muoh lt wns appreciated by him. Somo of Ul0 pcop,0 hnd lhe ,dea that lj0 hoQ mt tho gnhorod nqvor roacho(. (ho boyB nt M but moro t,mn 01,0 boy nt8 boen Gladdened with a that ho .Is appreciated rind made him glnd that ho hnd given himself to tho nation. , Red Cross Has Secretary. Tho Red Cross has a now secretary who began hor duties this wook. Mrs, J. C. Dmm, who wns tho socrqtary of this chapter, resigned hor office somo time ago owing to tho fact that slip will movo to Oregon CUV In a Bhort tlmo, whoro Mr. Dlmm is manager of a paper. Mrs, L K, Page hns re- colved tho office now and has takon full chargo of tho duties of her office Mrs. Page will bo at tho Public LI. brnry on Saturday nnd Wodnosday aftornoona to sqo thoso who wish to transact Rod CroBB bUBlnoss. Will Raffle Quilt. . Tho ladlos otftho G. A. II. havo mado two quflts, which thoy aro going to donate to the Red Cross and which Tho band has conBonted to furnish muslo for the (affair fon tho hoi p tit tl)o Rod vCross. Tho qujlts. were mado by tho ladlos osuoclally for the Rod Cross, .and thoy hopo that thoy will bring ' a Bood sum to bwoII tho Sprlngflold Gor-(donatloh"Bum. Springfield Creamery Buys Lane, County Tho Sprlngflold'Crcamory has pur- chased tho Lane County Croatnory of Eugono, tho, salo bolng largely necessi tated through tho lllnoss of Mr. Cop pock' PrPrlotor of th- Eugcno plant, "and who died on Wednesday ovenlne. holder In tho Sprlngflold' company, will mahago tho Kugono plant for tho present. Tho old employes of the planwlU bo retained. Thn ft Vfl rn ir n nil f ni 1 1 nf fhn T.nnn County1 Crcamory runs considerably r 300 pounds dally. This, couplod with tho output of tho Springfield i m- &r nwymri4m"m' "smmz " A- AS LISTED. MISSING T . Sent. to Mrs Nancv 'rwA1Mn , cy Ashworth- Received Here Saturday Morning. A telegram announcing the supposed doath of Corporal John D. Ashworth was recolved hero last Saturday by his mother, Mrs, Nancy Ashworth. A cab, from th maJor.Konoral wnB " " sont Juno 24 from the scene of action, but the word was just rocolved here. John D. Ashworth was born at Jewol City, Jewel county, Kansas, February 20,1889. Tho family moved to Okla- - h wont to his flrsUBCuool.' They then movod Missouri, whoro thoy lived until ho loft to attend Klngflshor Col lego In Oklahoma.. M tor .ho had re ceived his education tliora ho went to tho old family home In Iowa; where he stayed until ho canio to Springfield four years ago to join bis mothor, I who had como hero soveral years bo .fore. Whllo ho was horo hq was em ployed at tho Booth-Kelly mill. Ho enlisted In tho marlno corps a year ago ., . ,',,,,, , Immediately lu.k wmmv uiiu nws Ufuv a....v.i...j .v. Mare Island to train, After ho had received somo training there ho was Bent to Quanto, Virginia, November 7, 1017, and he sailed for Franco tho lat ter part of last February. Tho word received stated that he was among tho missing Juno 24 and had not been nt tho front line. Mr. Ashworth was not married. He leaves his mpthor, Mrs. Nancy Ash worth, of Sprjngflold; onp sister, Mrs. Shownldar. of Klngflshor, Okla.; three brothers, Harry Ashworth, Wltchatan, 'Kansas; Sergeant Roy Ashworth, Co. C, 7th Qatalllon 20th Engineers, A. E. F., who is also at tho front, nnd Wil liam Ashworth ot Springfield. Ho was wall' known here and his many friends are very sorry to learn that ho has been ono of those who had to looso his llfo In tho groat light for tho sako of humanity against that low race of people, tho Germans. FISHING SEASON OPENED Good Salmon Catch Is Reported on Sluslaw. Tho salmon Ashing season on the Sluslaw rlvor oponcd a week;. ago yes terday and tho run Is fair, according to I. B, Cuahmnn of Cushman station. Thoro nro not so many fishermen on the rivor ns In former years owing to thp fact that most of tho young mon engagod In that work have gone to war. The fish aro sold to Bhlppers who send thorn out by tho car load to vol- ley and eastern points. Mrs. Pollard Leaves. Mrs. W. H. Pollard and children, William. Jul and Ituth, loft Inst Sun day f0r Camp Lewis, whoro thoy will j0in Llout. Pollard, who Is a first lieu- tenant In tho medical corps. They oxDoct to stay' thoro until the opening of school in the fall, whon thoy. will return to Sprlngflold. They woro driven in their car aa far as Portland by Prof. R. L. Kirk, who returned horo Hint AVAnlnff. that evening. j ' Paddock Farm Is Sold. Mrs. Bertha Paddock Bold hor farm near Marcola last Saturday to Mrs. 01 II Flora Hartley ot Portland. Mrs. Pad-'was dock has purchasod a resident prop- erty In, Eugono 'nnd will, roaldq there Creamery. Plant i plant, will average, close to 1000 pounds of butter per day, and tho peak load in the summer months will repre sont a jotal Output from the two plants of over' 1500 .pounds. In an. Interview with a News re- porter, Mr. Cyrs, of the Springfield I Creamery, staled that the same stand- ard pf excellence that has character- 4ed tho product of both creameries would bo rigidly maintained, With a sterlfeg product and a repu- tation for fairjdealing with the pub- lie, a bright fixture for the company seems assured. ARMY HEIGHT AND WEIGH! TO BE LESS New Ruling for Standard Is 60 Inches, In .Height and 110 Pounds In Weight The Lane county draft board has rocolved notice .that the army stand ard for weight and, height has been , lowered. The now ruling provided 60 inches aa the minimum In height and 110 pounds as the minimum in weight One result, ot, the change may be to recall the men examined during! .. . . , . , A, , the last few days in connection with . . ,i tho quota for July ,24, who were found . . . . , t ..... to bo shorf. in wq ght and height ' , ,, . Tho examinations of some of these , , . . registrants were mado under tho old . , , . standards placing tho minimum, at 63 lnhea.for. height. nd 116 pounds for weight Tho examinations aro being, conduct ed by ir. T. V. Hnrris at the armory. Practically 100 men have so far been examined.. y. Bt Martin Is acting as clerk for the .examining physician. jTAKES AN ALASKAN TRIP Springfield Girl Enjoys Trip to Far North. Miss Florence Coffin, book-keeper of tho First National' Bank 'of Spring field,, returned yesterday from a two weeKs outing in AlasKa. ane was ' accompanied by Miss Lindsay, a ' teacher In tho Springfield high school, who Jolnod her at Portland. Tho .young ladles made the trip from Vancpuvor, B. C, to sicagw-jy on tho excursion boat "Prlnco Alice." tn eleven days. Ftvo short stops were made on tho way to Skngway in order that the pleasure seekers, of whom there were eighty, might explore and,'usV ni- ine croP are 8nort ai - view tho wonderful scenery. At ono time the boat was within a quarter of ,When wq came home there were eight a milo from Lake Bennett On thls,boy8 ,eft for camD from tbat neigh tho old "Trail of '98" was followed. 1 borhood and imed the many other nearly all of the way. The evenings! boys on tho,r way to CamP Lewls 'on the boat were most delightful! a8iThoy Bure did give us a merry time it was daylight until nearly 1 o'clock, coming home. Everybody was enjoy During one evening on the return trip. J lnP themselves. Just after hearing of tho victories of Walter Ellison is home, called by the allies, a patriotic program was a special tolegram stating that his given on the boat Tho net proceeds, mother was very 111. She is slowly which amounted to $98. were given to Improving. tho Red Cross. One day tho party was surprised to soo, a large Iceberg tip over in tho water. Tho climate, was surprising In Its warmth at Juneau. Beautiful gardens ot cultivated flowers similar to our own were seen In the city. Miss Coffin especially epoko of tho ' snlendld snlrlt nrovalent among the Canadian pooplo, In regard to the war. In Victoria, B. C, wounded soldiers aro seon everywhere. ot.-4w . nA m.i. s The stillness ot tho night was broken, at 11 p. m. Tuesday, whon tho SDrlncfleld band turned loose on tho etreat and wfiUzod through a llvoly march under tho light In front ot tho Elite hotel, The boyB ot tho band old boys and young boys mado the- air ring, with a melody that made us hnlc. of old ttmos and furnished proof that Sprlngflqld once moro has a band thut is 'worthy of mention, it was lato enough for most of the peoplo to bo (n bed, but the boys were only halt 1 through tho march -when tho stroet full of good-natured listeners, both men and women. Go to It boys 4and kppp tho gopd work allvo for tho town needs music and lots of It This paper will aid the band in every way possible, for a good band Is India ponslblo In any community. The band will play at the Park Saturday evening. If thoro are any old tlmo players who have not yet joined the band, or young fellows or ladles who want to take, up band playing, see the Aai Kct lnt0 mngtail 8wlm and wo wH1 navo entertainment to bo proud of this winter. Let her go, boys. Pago In tho green book. ' RAIN HELPS VEGETABLES Corn, Cabbage, Potatoes and Beans j Benefited. j Eugene, July 24. The present rain j If It continues will benefit the bean crop, the cabbage crop, the corn crop and all late vegetable, crops, says J. O. Holt, manager of tho' Eugene Fruit Growers association,, which cans largo quantities of vegetables. The 'potato crop will also be benefited, but , bo says the beets baye attained their (growth and it is not probable that they will bo affected by the, showers. I "The genoral farmer will to bene- fit," sajd Mr, Holt( "as nearly all grain I has attained, its growth and much' of j It Is already cut The vegetable fanner, .however, will be much better off, if the, showers continue, Mr. Holt saido yesterday that he thought the rain would bo a great help to the Evergreen blackberries, which 'would have been, quite small owing to the drouth. He says there has been considerable Inquiry lately as to the price to be paid for these 7 T V , V . 7 . borrl08- Ho 18 not et certaln but ttk .1.. I . ill l T a . !th,nk8 il bo about flve cent.8.a DOUna- . .TTT; rr rr. ,. Ice-Melting Contest Held, i.. The contest on the ice melting . , vnt. . , : which was at Ketel a drug store Is MA , . . . . . .. ended .and the prlrea awarded to the ,... , lucky winners. The guessing was to . . , .. - r see how long it would take a 400-pound . - , . ,. , plafta ,n wto(W A 8 tore and it has roses frozen in it : Every one who made a purchase at the store was entitled to one guess, and there .wore - several hundred guesses. The correct time of seventy ) Ave hours and three minutes was ' guessed Bentley, I most correctly by Jack -, -and ho was awarded a J6-t dollar box ot chocolates The second prize was awarded to Mrs. Ida Knlck- - erbocker, and was a J3-dollar box of chocolates. WEST-SIDE, ITEMS. Mrs. J. Tv Lee of Powers, Oregon, who has been YlB.l.ting at the home of Mrs. H. E Lee for several days, left J for Powers Tuesday. uev- wary E. uuckDce ana oren Buckbeq have returned home from a , wn-oaya camp meeting trip at fauther- Qregon. We all had a good time w,th Wends of the Southern Ore- .conferenc, Evyetythlng went off ousa mai. is a very preiiy country, Everybody is smiling over the lit tle rain which has come at last, and wo are looking for mora rain soon. Rov. D. D. Dodgo, presiding elder of the Free Methodist church, is In . tho city today, Rev. L. M. Phillips of Wendllng was fit the West-side church Sunday and z ' 9 e i I . roiurnea aunuay evening. E. J. Crawford and wife of Eugene were visiting at the home pf Mrs. E. M. Crawford Monday evening. John, Sprvens of Salem died this 'raoralng at 7:35 a., m. T R.-JVlImoK . lqlt for Snlqm this morning. Mrs. Wllmqtt will, go later. late-r Julius Servens ot Lebanon, Oregon, Is visiting hor sister, Mrs. ' F. .E. Wllmont. L. B. Severns of Cushman, Oregon, is on his way to attend the funeral of hU father. . Going Overseas. Bankers, brokers, lawyers, business mon, physlclanB, surgeons, afctors and other profoslonal men, are undergoing Intensive'' training at ColumblaTUnf versify to ht themsolves for Y, C. A. war service overseas. M. LANE COIIV TO FURNISH MORE - MEN IN AUGUST 200 or 250 Are Expected to Ba ' ' CalIedSo'onlfhtnte Draft for., August. i SOME' CALLS ANNOUNCED Oregoji'Win'BeCallea'Orrtb'Furnlsh " 2200 Mere 'MeTf'Nexf nfonth to Fill Vacancies. Lane County will be called upon to furnish between 200 a'&d 250 men In the Army draft Bext BMfit'h"' A let ter has been received in Lane County from Adjutant-General Williams in which 11 is stated that Oregon1 will be called upon to furnish 2200 more men during next month. "The Provost Marshal-General ad vises by telegram tha August calls upon this state will be as large as the July calls and that a'pprprlniately" 2200 men will t be called. Some 0f the August calls have, already , been an nounced, but allotments have not been made upon all boards on .account of local agricultural conditions. "Local boards, are hereby directed )q refuse increases to the Navy, Ma rlneCorps or, on the emergency fleets to, all registrants jof, the.1917 and 1918 classes who have . been or -will be classified ,Io.cla8S one,untiLa.suffic!eat number of class one registrants, physi cally qualified fon.general military sdrvlceareinslght to fill promptly and properly all calls up to August 31 with generous allowance for physical rejections at camp. This 'applies whether or not reelstrnnta li , flnally. clas8lfled or examln8)f phy8l, ,.n . ... , , , a uiiiuii iciiuiui hub on ice inui. cate that the 1918 class has not been flnally classified and examined physi cally, although boards are directed on July 8 circular 242 and by telegraph ton 'July 14 to proceed to classification of new registrants and to calling those flnally classified in class one for physi cal examination. Local, district and; medical advisory boards are urgently requested to exert every effort to make a sufficient number of men available to fill August calls. Medical advisory J boards aro especially requested to j speed up examinations of .registrants j as yet unexamined. The peed s of the Army are Imperative, and there must not be further delay in making the class ot 1918 registrants available for service under August calls." SPRINGFIELD BOYS MOVED Lamberty Brothers Transferred Various Camps. to Mrs. N. A, Howe has received word from her sons as to theirchange in training campa and promotion. Pri vate Nicholas Lamberty has been transferred- from the quartermaster corps from Augusta arsenal, Augusta, Georgia, to the field artillery at Camp Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina. Private Francis Lamberty has also been transferred from Fort Warden to Fort Flagler, Washington, He has full charge of the dispensary at the . hospital. He la, very glad to. get back to the drug department and says, "Once a druggist always a druggist." Springfield Pictures Shown. J. K, Ketels, local pharmacist, has an interesting , window display this week of thq Sprlqgflelds Iji thq. United States. Ho wrote the various towns and citlcB by that name und received many beautiful pictures taken in places by. that name. Local Spring field pennants are in the window to further boost the Oregon Sprlngflold, One small villago with tho namo In the south, in reply to Mr. Ketels let tor asking for views' of the town, ans wered that there wore no pictures of tho place In existajco. It Is a very small placo and very likely a' typical Souttierri village whoro ' pfctdres do not interest the Inhabitants. ' ' .