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GERMANS
Russians Fall Back to Lines of Last
Year Germans Unable to Prose
cute Big Offensive Because of the
, Shortage of Troops Huge Re
serves of Loyal Soldiers to Be
Hurled Into Breech by Kerensky
Russians Again Resume Offensive.
Russia's shaken armies In Gallcia
are still lu a retreat which bids fair
not to end until they reach approxi
matel the line occupied by them last
year before General Brusslloff began
his big offense.
Despite this extensive retrograde
movement, covering virtually all the,
front between tho north Galician bor
der and tho Carpathian- foothills, tho
tone of both official and unofficial
dispatches from Potrograd shows con
fidMee that tho disorganization in the
arm'wlll be adequately dealt with
and a firm front again prcccntod to
tho enemy.
Not Men to Follow.
For one thing the Germans by their
own admission have not the men to
spare to prosecute a sustained offen
sive on a large scale on the eastern
front. The British and the French
are keeping them too busy and they
are too apprehensive. of some extra
forceful stroke In the west to transfer
any great numbers of troops from the
Franco-Bolglah war area.
For another, the Russians have big
reserves of men and Premier Keren
sky with the vast powers now in his
hands, will find it possible, it is be
lieved, to weed out the disloyal ele
ments rapidly from the front ranks
and replace them with the hosts of
dependable troops which Russia still
possesses. i
BIG BAFFLE
Protracted Struggle for Possession
of Strategic Points on Callfornle
Plateau Ends in Brilliant Victory
for Petain's Forces, Who Oust
Germans From Few Positions Won
at Huge Sacrifices in Over Month
of Strenuous Fighting.
Old lino Occupied.
PETROGRAD, July 25. The pres
ent line of the southwestern front is
approximately that occupied after
Goiu'ml Brussiloff's drive last sum
mer, except before Tarnopol, where
tho enoniy succeeded In pushing fur
ther into Russian territory. The fain
of the latter town was virtually decid
ed with the Gormans holding the sub
urb just across the Scrolh river, with
in easy gun range.
Tho Germans chose' th,e junction
poirti-of the seventh and ttofiiith ar
mies' for beginning their offensive, the
first blow being struck botween Zbor
off and Pebako on a twenty-mile
front. Without great effort, as Is ad
mitted in the Russian official com-
jnunlcatlons, they pursued their ad
vance to the line of the Seroth. This
uncovering of the Russian positions
south of Tarnopol forced a retirement
all along the diagonal lino southwest
ward, cutting the Strypa and Zlota
Llpa to lialicz and the Loninlca. The
Russians have been obliged lo retire
to the right bank of the latter river
and Hallez is seriously threatened,
wltlra prospect of a further retire
ment o the original Russian positions
east of Stanislaus, occupied before
General Busslloff's advance.
7tcst4ro lon1h Penally.
One of the first results has been a
(Continued on pago five.)
WASHINGTON", July 21. Roi-re
(ary McAdoo lias notified Sir Tlioiu
lis While, Canadian minister or i'in
unec, that the Unilcd Slates gnicrn
mont has no objection to Canada's
obtaining a short lime credit of
$100,000,000 fr," private sources in
the' American money market. It is not
known whether the loan has been
made, but negotiations have been in
progress for some tune.
The rredit is desired to meet pur
chases in the United SUtos,
Tho Inherent strength of tho en
tente position in tho west has just re
ceived a fresh Illustration on the
Alsne front.
Hero the French have just emerged
victors In a long drawn out struggle
with the Germans for possession of
tho Important high ground in tho Cra
onne region.
Yesterday's brilliant attack gave
Goncral Petain's troops renewed pos
session, in almost complete measure,
of the slight area gained by the crown
prince in his costly series of attacks.
The French even pushed beyond their
old line at some points.
This morning camo the test of the
German reaction. It was directed
against the positions recaptured by
the French on tho Callfornle plateau.
Altho delivered after a violent bom
bardment, It was entirely futile, the
French retaining the re-won ground
and consolidating their gains.
Crown Prince Repulsed.
ON FKENOir FRONT. Tuesday,
July 2-1. The furious nllack of Hie
Germans alone; tho Cheniin Des
Dumes sector on (he Aisne front has
brought (hem nothing hut death and
the failure of all their plans to obtain
possession of the ridge and the ob
servntion pluees.
At daybreak lodny the French
launched a counter-attack with
such vigor that they turned the Ger
mans out of the few hundred yards
of trenches they had succeeded in
occupying in the first onset, and sent
Ihem rushing buck to their old lines.
The famous 152d regiment led the
attack.
On Californie Plateau.
The Californie plateau was the
scene of tile most furious fighting.
The Germans who hud gained a foot
ing I hen? were driven out every
where except at one small poinf
which is of no importance.
On the Casemates plateau the re
sult was siinialr. At almost every
point the French compelled Iho re
tirement of the Germans. Subse
quently the Hermans tried once
more, but in vain, to drive out the
French.
The (artillery tonight, is at u'ork
most heavily. The front line is as
light as day from flushes of the
shells.
On Hellish Front.
III'.ULIN, July 2;'.. Conlimntion
of exceptionally violent artillery
fighting in Flanders is reported in
today's official account of opera
tions oh the western front.
LONDON, July 2.-.-P,ritish
troops ycslerduy made successful
raids cast and west of Ypres ou ihe
Belgian border, capturing 11-4 pr:s
oners, including two ottiecrs, uc-
cording to the official statement is
sued today by the Ihitish war office,
WON WRECK
SALEM. Or., July 2.".. Attorney
General George M. Hrown, at the re
quest of tho Oregon Public Service
commission today asked District At
torney C. T. Godwin of Baker county
to Institute criminal proceedings
against the Oregon-Washington Rail
road and Navigation company for fall
lng to make a report to the commis
sion of a wreck on its lines at Hind
man, Oregon, last Monday.
FIRST PHOTO OF PERSHING'S MAIN ARMY LANDING IN FRANCE
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Tills is the' first photograph of the actual disembarkation of General Pershing's main army in France. It lias been passed by tho censor. On the
transport here shown, and many others like it, the American soldiers were carried to Europe. The soldiers shown in tho foreground have- Just step
ped from tho ship. Others still aboard are eagerly waiting opportunity to got down the gangplank. , . ' . .
E TO
SAN FKANCISCO, July 2,-).-The
jury trying ID'S. Kena Mooncy for
murder resumed deliberations nt 9:.)0
o'clock today.
Tired and worn, the panel filed in
to the jury room and prepared again
to sift thru volumes of testimony in
an effort to reach a verdict. The
cuso went into their hands at P2:50
p. m. lust Monday.
Mrs. Mooney, whose trial for mur
der grew out of a bomb explosion
here last July, which claimed ten
lives, spent the lime quietly in her
cell ill the city prison. She received
a steady stream of visitors.
. "Tell the court there is absolutely
no chance of an agreement on a ver
dict," Foreman William H. llnrdwiok
inslructcd the bailiffs guarding the
jury at noon.
"Take them out to lunch," wjs
Judge Sea well's nnswer.
Superior Judge Seawell said he
would keep the jury locked up until
he believed they hud had "sufficient
time to consider the evidence from
all angles."
AMERICA'S WAR BILL
FOR YEAR 17 BILLIONS pjWOFF LEADS
WASHINGTON, July 2."i. Ameri
ca's war bill for the fiscal year will
total $1 7,000,0011,000, Senator
Smoot toid the senate today, instead
of the $1 l,22(i,000,(IOO lis estimated
yesterday, the increase resulting1
from an additional if50ll,OIIO,00!l for
the shipping board, 2,000,000,I00
for the allies, and $1. -,0,000,000 def
icit in tile executive dcparlinents.
SUNK BY U-BOAT
LONDON, July 'J.". The P,r:lih
merchant cruiser Olwuy was tope
eloed and sunk in northern wat"rs on
Julv 22. Ten men Mere killed The
remainder on hoard were saved
This announcement was made offici
ally today.
TROLLEY STRIKE
IN SEATTLE MAY
SEATTLE, July 25. Labor union
leuders decluro that any attempt by
the Paget Sound Traction, Light &
Power company to operate ears with
strikebreakers who arrived from the
cast last night will cause the light
and power departments of the com
pany to bo declared unfair immedi
ately. Tho company's 1600 platform
men struck eight, days ago for rec
ognition of tho union and higher
wages. Tho metal trades council
held a meeting last, night and ar
ranged for the culling out of its men
in tho shipyards if unfair light or
power is used. The shipyards em
ploy nearly 1 ,(()( men.
The King county council of patri
otic service is making a strong effort
to obtain a basis of arbitration of
the strike. The slreet ear company
refuses to urbitrule tho whole con
troversy, saying it would not rein
state the seven'men discharged in
Tacoma for joining a union. Dis
patches from Washington report
President Wilson anil Secretary of
Labor Wilson seeking to end the
strike on account of Ihe danger that
it will affect the shipyards.
PKTUOGIIAD, July 2.V llear-Ad-miral
Kazvosol'f has been npixmitcd
commander in chief of all the Rus
sian naval forces in the Ilultic,
'fhe newspapers announced that
Ucar-Admiral Vcnhrvski, comman
der of the Hallic fleet, had been ar
rested for communicating a secret
government telegram to sailors' com
mit tecs.
LUTHER BURBANK
CONTINUES TO IMPROVE
SANTA UOSA, Cal., July 25. -The
condition id' Luther I'liirbunk,
who is suffering from an inflamed
nppendix, continued to show im
provement today, according to his
physician, who is in constant attendance,
WASHINGTON, July 25. Sonator
Kenyon resumed his attack on tho
$27, 000,000 river and harbor hill to
day, characterizing it as "wasteful
cxtravaganco" and ridiculing many of
Its projects.
"While congress Is engaged In find
ing way to meot tho stupendous total
of this year's war expenditures, esti
mated at seventeen billions of dol
lars," he said, "wo havo this bill car
rying appropriations for wasteful riv
er and harbor projects."
Tho .senator quoted from reports of
army engineers, showing that after
improvements hud been marie In one
river, a stream twonty inches deep
and sixty feet wldo was created.
"What, joy there must bo In the
hearts of tho American pcoplo who
are already saving and sacrificing, to
loam that they will have to pay the
enormous taxes provided for in the
rivers and harbors bill in order to get
a stream twenty Inches deep and sixty
feet wide," said he, adding, "It would
havo been better to turn the stream
on its side.
Senator Hansdell opposed Senator
Borah's suggestion that the president
be empowered to designate what ex
penditures were to bo made, declaring
that the chief executive was already
overburdened with war duties.
FOOD BILL SENT
WASHINGTON, July 2.". -The
administration food control bill was
sent to conference in the house to
day under a rule without a record
vole. Opposition which developed
yesterday disappeared.
EIGHTY KILLED IN MINE
EXPLOSION IN CANADA
HALIFAX, N. 8., Julv 2.V--Eighty
workmen were killed lodiiv in
an explosion at No. li mine of the
Dominion Coal company at, New
Waterford, C, II., according to ad
vices received here from Sydney.
Twelve bodies hud been recovered lit
noon,
HALIFAX, N. S July 2.1. Hrilish
sudors arriving hero today, who
claim to havo been among crews of
vossels in the vicinity of the trans
ports which conveyed the first Amer
ican troops to France, say they were
credibly informed that German sub
marines mnde a concentrated uttnek
and were beaten off with a loss of
Hix U-bouts, only one Hiilunarino es
caping. .
The sailors sny they were within
three miles of the transports and
witnessed some very continuous fire
The men were on three former Dut
vessels which hud been taken ovor
by Ihe Hrilish government mid were
on their way to Europe,
IAN FRONT
COPTNIIAGIW, July 2o. The
arrival of Emperor William at the
Galician front yesterday morning is
reported in u Iterliu dispatch. After
hearing (lie report of the commander
in chief, the emperor visited the
troops on (he Serclh.
The emperor uwarded Ihe order
Pour Le Mcrile Willi oak leaves am1
chain to I'linee. Leopold of Havana
General Hoffmann, Prince lcopold
chief of stuff, and Major l''ruii,
chief of stuff of an army corps,
Kniperor William has watched the
Germans repulse a Russian attack
from tho plain of tho Seroth botween
Tarnopol and Trcmbowla, It Is offl
elally niiuouncod.
STAIES RACE
FOR FIRSTTO
FILL DRAFT
Rivalry to See Which Will Secure
Its Quota of Soldiers First Call
ing U) of Men for Physical Exam
ination Begun Regular Army
Claims Get First Consideration
Ditsribution Among Sixteen Can
tonments to Follow Mobilization.
WASHINGTON, July 25. The race
between states for the honor of being
first to fill their quotas under the se
lective draft bill was on today in ear
nest. Calling up men for physical
examination begun this morning in
several regions.
Mcanwhllo details of the machinery
for actually calling tho acceptod mon
Into sorvlco and sending them to mo
bilization camps are being worked
out. Proiost Marshal-Gonoral Crow
der lias already ruled that tho claim
of the army attaches to any registered
men as soon as tho local selection
board has postod him aB accepted.
From that time on, unless exomptod,
ho will be subjoct to military law and
the articles of war. ' Failure to ap
pear whon called will bring tho mili
tary forcos of tho provose marshal
general in search of tho missing man
and hu will be tried for any violation ,
of regulations before a court-martial.
This ruling was necessary in order to
enforce tho prompt compliance of nil
accepted men with army ordors.
. Assembled Frst.
It appears probable that the accept
ed men, when tho mobilization order
for tho now army Is given, will bo
first assembled In their selection
board headquurtors. Their distribu
tion among tho sixteen canton montn,
General Crowdor said today, would be
governed by two rules first, the sec
tion of tho law requiring that they be
assigned, as far as practicable, to duty
with troops from tholr own state, and
secondly, the location of the nearest
cantonment to reduce the transporta
tion proble mas much as possible.
No Information has reached Gener
al Crowdor Indicating that thero will
bo any need to summon a second draft
In addition to tho (187,000 mon now
called for, during tho prosent year.
(lenoral Crowdor said today ho had
understood that tho draft machinery
would not need to bo employed again
during tho present year, altho It will
lie kept Intact. Estimates to cover ex
penses of the socond Increment have
been submitted, It wns pointed out be-'
causo all these expenditures must bo
mado In advance of a call to have
equipment and quarters roady, or the
funds must be actually on hand when
tho call Is made.
Regarding Kvcmptlons,
With physical examinations actual
ly In progress, the record of the draft
during Iho civil war becomes interest
ing. At that time 25.77 per cent of
the men called up were rejoclod for
physical defects. Thero la no roason
lo expect any material Increase In that
factor.
Exemptions for Industrial or simi
lar reasons, as well as exemptions be
cause of dependent relatives, enter an
unexplored field. Until a ratio for
this Is worked out in practice in sov
eral typical communities and worked
up Into an average figure, no deflnlto
forecast of tho probablo number of
men who will pass thru tho draft ma-
(Contlnued or Tago Five.)
I'.I'TTE. Mont., July 2:.. Follow
ing an announcement by the mining
companies of substantial wage in
creases, thero was a rush of miners
returning to work this morning. If
the rush continues the companies
will he forced to work two shifts in
come of the mines in n few days,
BOSTON, July 25. Andrew ,T. Pe
ters of this cily, reported to havo been
appointed mediator In the street car
strike at Seattle Is on a pleasure
cruise and probably will not learn of
his appointment for a day or two, It
was stated nt his office todny,
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