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AMERICANS GO
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BRILLIANT
ACTION WON
BY YANKEES
Americans Take 500 Prisoners
French More, Winning Village of
Vaux, and Larye Slire of Paris
Highway West of Ciiauteau Thier
ry and Two Patches of Wooded
Land Germans Surprised Amer-
- lean Aviators Win Command of Air
WITH T1IK AMUKICAN KOliCKS
ON T1IK MARXE, July 2 (liv tlic
Associated Press.) The total num
ber of Hermans captured by the
Americans is now estimated to num
ber about 5(ill, including seven ol fl
eers. WITH THE AMERICA'S FORCES
ON THIS MARXE FRONT, July 2.,
5 p. m. (By tho Associated Press.)
A counter-attaek made by tho Ger
mans today against the new posi
tions won last night by the American
forces to the wost of Chateau Thierry
was completely broken up. The
Americans did not give up a foot of
ground which they had captured.
There was hot fighting today in
front of hill 204, which Is In the
hands of the Germans. At 5 o'clock
this evening the American artillery
was engaged In heavily shelling the
position.
Reports from tho advanced front
brought thru a heavy enemy barrage
confirmed the oarllor statements
that tho Americans havo reached
their every objoctivo and aro holding
every point.
WITH TIIK AMKKICAX KOliPKS
ON THE JIAKXK KKONT, July 2.
(By the Asoeinted Press.) In n
brilliant operation utter html I'ieJit
itift American troops on this front
Inst night captured the village of
Venx, together with u inrge slice f
tho I'aris highway west of Chateau
Thierry, and (wo patches of wooded
land.
The Americans look '21t ienmins
prisoner, including five officers, jud
enptured a quantity of machine guns
and other equipment.
In (he Vnri.v region (lie American
look the (icriunus enmplelely by sur
prise. Mo( of the prismers were
taken nut of cellars and dugouts.
How many (iermiins were killed, of
conrM', is uuktimvn, but from Ihe
number of dead in plain view at va
rious places, (h total muM have
been considerable.
Airpbinos Kept Itiisy -
While the artillery preparafmn was
going on many American airplanes
flew high overhead. Smue were pro
tecting the observation balloons,
while others were combing the skies
to keep off enemy machines.
Early this morning the American
pilots again appeared for similar duty
and were soon found contesting' with
the enemy for supremacy in the air. A
number of aerial buttles were observ-'
ed, but reports on the result ure not
yet available.
. It was exactly ti o'clock last even
ing; when (he Americans went over
the top under the protection of a hail
of machine gun bullets froni oar ma
chine gun barrages. Tin infantry ac
tion was preceded by a short hut ter
rific artillery preparation. When the
Germans saw that , a formidable at
tack was developing, many of tlnv-c in
outposts yelled and ran toward tip-
(Continued on Page Six.)
ANNUL CHARTER OF
WASHINGTON, July 2.- Without
a word of diKi-ii-Mim urn record vote,
the Semite today adopted the P'-hIm-tion
of Senator King of I'luh an
nulling the fedcrjii charier of the na
tional Ch rmun Aihciicuu alliance
JUj resolution now goes (o the house.
ITALIANS WIN
MOUNTAINPEAK
I
Monte Di Vnl Bella, Col Del Rcsso and
Col rfi Chelo Captured From Aus
trians Front Widened and Enemy
Driven From Strategical Points
He'd Sin?e Winter Offensive.
ROME, July 2. Italian forces
tills morning launched an attack
against the Austrian positions in the
region of the Grappa, on the mcnin
tain front and captured important
positions, the war office announces.
The Italians took 5G9 prisoners, in
eluding 19 officers and captured
many machine guns.
HOME, Juljt 2. Tho Austrians
yesterday delivered fresh attacks
agafnst Italian positions on the
Isonzo plateau, says today's war of
fice report. The enemy efforts were
smash cmI 1iy tho Italian firo, which
caused tho enemy heavy losses.
Repulse (xillnfcr-Attucks
"WASHINGTON. July 2. itcpulso
of strong Austrian counter-attacks
yosterday upon tho newly won Ital
ian positions at Mont 1)1 Val Ilella.
Col Del Rosso and Col IVEscholo was
reported today In on official dispatch
from Home. In addition to moro
than 2000 prisoners, tho message
said ill machine guns, four guns, lfi
trench mortars, several thousand
rifles and much other materials were
captured by tho ltalluns In the A:du
go operations.
Tho dispatch also said Italian roc
onnoitering patrols had crossod tho
I'lave in soveral places and that
French patrolling detachments had
captured some prisoners by surprise
attacks.
Czcclio-Klovnks Participate
By the Associated Press, July 2.
General Diaz strengthened appreci
ably his position between Aslago and
tho Hrenta in the operations of Sat
urday and Sunday In which Monte 1)1
Val Ilella, Col Do! Rosso and Col Di
C'holo were taken. The Austrians
suffored severely and lost 2000 pris
oners. The Italian looses aro report
ed as slight.
Czecho-Slovak troops took part in
tho capturo of Monto 1)1 Vnl Ilella
almost simultaneously with the an
nouncement that Franco and' Great
Britain had given their support to
tho Czecho-Slovak fight for Indepen
dence. .Other Czecho-Slovak troops,
formerly under tho Austrian flag,
havo liccn most active against the
llol. hevikl In Siberia.
Peaks Captured .
ITALIAN ARMY HKAIlQl'Ati
TF.HS. Monday, July 1. (Ily the
Associated Press). Local actions re
selling In tho re-conquest of Monte
1)1 Val Bella, Col Del Rosso and Col
1)1 Chelo had for their objects Ihe
widening of tho Italian front west of
tho Frenta and the driving of the
enemy from the positions ho captur
ed last Christmas, lost to the Italians
In January aSid regained on June l..
The Italian losses were sllfiht com
pared to those sustained by the Auh-
(Continued on Page Six.)
STRIKES PROHIBITED
WASHINGTON. .Inly 2. - Sirikes
are prohibited lor the period of the
war under an agreement reached be
tween the Marine Knuineer' fienefi
eiiil a--ocialii'ii, the American Stcurn--liip
association and the shipping
board, an anioium-ctncnt toduv mimI.
Overtime payment for all wik done
off watch at .-ea, except th-it nice-.
ary for the immediate -atety of ihe
ve-.-1'N. wa- granted the union. The
ruling doe- flwiiv with t!ie imcrr.l
privilege rco(fied mate- of culling
nu n during their re-t hour- to ilo any
la-k they tn;.lil find or ib-vi-e, with
out extra av.
ON NORTH FRUN
IRK UK FIGHT
RULE APPLES
' TO DRAFT AGES
Government Order Docs Not Affect
Men Outside of Those Registered
Up to Others to . He'p Free the
Fighting Men Deferred Classes
Must Engage In Effective Work.
W AS! 1 1 XtJTOX, J u)y 2. Com -a
ii'entiuj; on the work or tight re-;uie-tbms,
l'rmost Marshal (tenet ;ti
Crowdcr eniphaincd today that the
order does not affect :ncn utM f
draft ayes. Several coinmunitie.- a,i
parcntiv have confused it with ,m:i
Uiafer laws in ome states.
Genera! CrowcVr evplained that the
work or fight orcVr is purely,;! nvl,-
tary step and regulptifms regard iiv
employment or military service for
unregistered men are not embodied in
his functions, 'ijhe or.lv effect the
order has upon persons not subject to
draft is thai it offers them more op
portunities of employment. Places va
cated by men liable to draft neces
sarily lire left open for men outsido
of the draft, he explained.
Of the service performed by men
who leave non essential pursuit:, to
take up essential . woWi, ' General
Crowdcr wul :
C'rowder's Statement
''The army and navy are taking the
men who are best able physically t.
dti the lighting, lint that is only one
part of the national task imposed by
the war. The other part, the pint
that lulls on the other men i.s svl
free these men thai are to do th"
fighting-.- Kvery. man who helps to
set free a fighting man is helping to
fight and win the war.
Xow many of the men of draft
age in deferred classes two, three and
four, deferred, that is, on grounds of
dependency, are not engaged in effec
tive industry. The peetnie is not a
satisfying one of a contingent of
drafted men from class one being
marched down the street to camp,
while other men id' their own age,
remain behind lo c!l cignrettes or
di.pciiM! soda fo'inlain driukks, sole
ly because they have received defer
ment on grounds of deftcmlcury.
Help W in War
'lf the-e men of the same nge are
to stay behind, let them at least get
into work more etfective to help win
the war. Thc;r deferment lakes them
out o military service and yet serves
:t.i economic war purpo-e whatsoever.
They are of military age and there
fore have the primary duty to do war
work. If their dcjiendcucy gives them
deferment from immediate militarv
war work, Jel them nt Jca-t do some
thing cfoiMi;!ii"jillv useful to maintain
the nation's welfare while af war.
"They should get into some useful
and el fectiv e occupations of else for
feit their defermert from military
service. The a it"r;m I ive is a fair
one.
FIGHT FORES! FIRE
, I'OIM'I.ANI), Ore., .Inly Two
hundred and littv soldiers of the
-pruce diU'ion arc fighting today a
forest fire near Cochran, Washing
ton eoiinly. Ore., on the .Southern Pa
cific line to Til'atiMcin. Hundreds o!
civdmn- are reported to be helping
light the fame-. Train on the rail
road have I i'1'fi analdc to pas
thro'tgh the tire zone mim-c Sunday.
I'liles- tin' wind changes, it i- be
liced the tire can be controlled..
Two lore-t lire- wen reported at
points itloni; tbe t olinnbia highw ay
todav and other tin - are raying in
the )c- Chute-- di-trict, in the Crater
Lake national tore-t am) at various
other 'dace- in -onthern and eastern
Oregon, t'nle- there i- ram within
a lew day-, it i- t eared the damaj-e
lo timber will be gi-ea'rr than for
Tininv jears, "
BELGIAN STEAMER
WASIIIMJTOX, July "J. The liei
gian steamer Chilier was Kimk 1,-MMI
miles off tbe Atlantic coast on dime
-1, the navy department today an
nounced. Twenty-five survivors
were-iucked up by a sailing vessel on
dune J7.
Tbe following statement was is
sued: The navy department, is informed
that the Ifcfcian steams!) jp Chilier
was sunk bv shell fire from a tii rman
submarine about 1,100 miles at sen
from the Atlantic coast on dune
Twenty-fie. survivors were rescued
on dune '2,1 by n sailin vesel. Kirst
information was received last night.
The Chilier w as a ship of li,!Mi(i gross
tons."
The Chilier was sent down in mhl
oeean three days al'lcr the British
trnnsMtrt Dwinsk was torpedoed 70(t
mih's from the American coast. It
is thought probable hen' that both
vessels were viclims of a tlcruian
submarine or submarines returning
to base alter raiding off the Cuited
Stales.
No evidence of submarine activities
near the shores of America has been
reported since the steamer Ilcnrik
Lund was nuuk lLill mile sea.-t of
Cape llatteras on .June 10.
rillt A(i. .Inly - Wiliimu
Jjiroule wiii liidny iinniiiiiii'ffi Imv
inr hci'n nppointeil IViif-rnt di.v)'ii't
niiiniiL'er of ruilroiiils wet of n-den
mid Suit l.nt' t 'it , foulh of Ashland,
"re., mid ui'-ludiiii: Allinfjiicniue mill
Kl I'ii-i.
'i'he order wii1 elfeelive elrnlny.
It vn- ri'M.r(cd t tm t I'msideiit 1(1)1
Irv of Ihe At'-hiMiii, Tujiekn mid Snn
tn rV hnd rf-ined uml thai u tedi-ml
dire-tor hud li. en iiiomti'd. Ilnle
IIildert, rcuioniil ilireetor, ind he
would hiicc iimtntiihinectneiit to make
nn the t(!i.ji.i Liter.
Mi'. Siiiiiili'' lieiidunrti'r mil In
at Smi l inn' i-' U,
OVER THE ALPS LIES AUSTRIA
;P0LES ID UP
FOR 50 YEARS
Frontiers to Be Fixed By German
High Command According to Mili
tary Necessities Elective Mon
archy aW Constitution Riddle In
Germany Cannot Be Modified.
UV.VIJOX, July 2. Tho iirlnclpal
features of the Cermnn Bolnllon of
tho rollsh ijueKtion, which uro ap
lirovod tiy ull tho central poworn, uro
puhlished in tho Aliond Zcltnng, of
AiiRshiirg, tlenniiny, says nil Kx
chnni;o ToleRraph dlspaU-h from Zur
ich. Tho condition!) are;
"TJio frontier will lio fixed by tho
German high command according to
military neccRHitfcif,
' The I'ollHh army will l)o restrict
ed 'o 90,0(10.
"1'or llfly yearn Poland must
nialio nioift favoralile economic eon
ceKHlons lo tho central powers on tho
principle of tlie mot favored nation.
rulillcatlon of (ierman, AiiHlrlan,
Hungarian, Unitarian mid Turklxh
pajiorH must ho allowed.
"in any locality where tliero are
ten (ierman children a German
school will ho opened."
i'rovjsloi), tho newspaper adds,
also is juado for an ulncilvef mon
archy. The (ierman condllloiiH will
lie lucorjioraled In tho constitution,
whl( cannot ho modified without.
Ihe approval of the central powers.
W OROER FINNS
TO GEf A KING
WASHINGTON. ,Ji,Jy 'J. Hipio
tim fie dispatebe todnv say that ac
cording to the Swedish pres-, tier
many ban addressed a summons to
the, Finnish diet commanding it (ft
introduce without dclav uioitnrchial
rale in Finland, failing which fier
many hcr-ell' will e-tabli: h a military
titelutorship. ,
BYTWO KAISERS
iYANKEES CAPTURE
S
WASHINGTON, 3a:y s. Another
ilt day alons tho Amerlean fronts
was reported hy Oonoral Pershing to
day In a coinn)uniiuo for yosterday,
sent heforo the successful onoratloua
last nlKht-wcst of .'Bateau. Thlorry,
deserlhcd In press dispatches. An
American aviator shot down an en
emy machine In tho Ton! region.
Capture of thirty-three prisoners,
Including ono officer In tho I'lcardy
sector Juno 28, waa mentioned, Tho
American party penetrated tho Ger
man lino and took (he enemy hy sur
prlso. Th communlnuo follow4
".Soclion A. Tho day has passed
iilotly at points occupied liy our
troops. Yosterday ono of our avia
tors shot down a hoatiio machine in
tho Toul rofilon.
"Section II. In I'kardy, Juno 27
and Juno 28, tho oncmy's artlllory
flro was iiiucli lighter, it was dir
ected largely against tho region of
Grlvenes. Tho activity eC his air
planes showed decrease as regards
reconnaissance work, coupled with a
marked Increase In iiomhlng opera
tions. Imrlng the night homlis wore
scattered over a couslileralilo part of
our sector, Tho enemy continued to
strengthen his position. Hostile pa
trols attempted to reach our linen,
lint either retired without oaluhllsh
Ing contact or wore driven off ljy
rlfln flro. Our own artillery operat
ed effectively on tho tiermaH front
lines anil also In his rear, whero ono
of his ammunition dumps exploded.
One of his halloous waa brought
down In flumes liy an allied alr
plane.'' P0RTLAN0 AND OREGON
PASS W. S. S. QUOTA
I'OliTI.ANI), Die. Jul v 2.-ll.dll
I'oitl-.iinl mid itnyim jiiissed their
tjiiotn in the war ininu-4 .-.innip drive
tnitiiy, it was ntinoniici-il. ict'iniie
fiL'urc--, however, were not nvuilulilc.
llor.STDN, Texas, July 2, Four
American citizens were killed liy
Mexican bandits near Tanipl o, Mex.,
Sal unlay, whllo carrying the payroll
of tho Mexican government of tho
oil company, It was announced at
tho compnny's (tcneral offices here
tonight.
MEDFORD BOY I
AMONG MISSING 1
FROM MARINES r
1;
Corporal Earl Blackden Reported One
ef 26 Missing In Action On Marine
Casualty List From Marne Front
lin France Probably a Prisoner
of Huns Parents Beside Here.
WASHINGTON, July 2. Twenty-
six missing In action. Including Sec
ond Llentenant Thomaa W. Ashley,
of Deerfleld, Mass., wore reported
today in a second siariae corps cas
ualty list. Two died of wounds and
one wounded severely also were re.
ported.
Corporal Earl Blackden, Siedford,
Ore., and Private John E. Sawyer.
Wapato, Wash., are reported missing
in action.
The list: - - -
Died of wounds received in actions
Prlvatos William J. Attaway, Rome,
Ga.; Anthony At. Sherman, Sidney,
Ohio. . .'i
Woundod in action, severely; Pri
vate Kdward W. Parkins, Detroit,
Jl lifting in Action '
Second Lieut. Thomas W. Ashley,
Deerfleld, Mass.; Sergeant Jfranklla
L. Dost, no address; Corporals Karl,
lllackden, Medford, Ore.; Frank J.
white, Chicago; Trumpter Leslie J,
Harris, Detroit; Privates Sebrea L.
Arnold, Charleston, W, Ya.; Wayna
G. Austin, Uuruton, Kans.; William
K. Dallister, Dayton, O.; Mont Ben
nett, Poteau, C-iila.; tleo, K. Crist,
Broadway, Va.; CUnto W.. Fulmer,
Concrete, Colo.; Frank Gorney, Chi
cago; Raymond C. Johnson, Denver,
Colo.; Fred J. Kingston, Wiikes
liarro, l'a.; Robert Law, Homestead,
I'a.; Garry Naglc, Newark, N. J.;,
John Raymond, Nebraska. City, Neb.;,
Frank A. Rea, Yonkers, N. V.; Rob
ert J. Rhodes, Jersey City, IN, J
Dayton II. Robinson, Lapeer, Mich.;,
John K. Sawyer, Wapato, Wash.;,
SVenefred S. Simmons, Akron, Ohio;,
Uenjainin J. Spang, Philadelphia;,
Carl Sllelke, Cadillac, Mich.; James
P. Walton, Atlanta, Ca.; Robert U.
A. Wilson, Dakorsfiold, CaL
Muther ilnikeu llciirtl
Tho sympathy ot all iledford andi
Jackson county goes out to Mrs. P,
D. lllackden of 103 Kast Jacksoa
street, mother of Corporal Earl
Ulackdun, 23 years old next Februi
ary, of tho mnrino corps, who is TO
portcd missing from Ills comuyind ia
Franco and is probably a prisoner e
the Cermans.
"I hnd much rather received a tele
gram that ho was killed," sobbed
.Mis. lllackden this noon. "I've read
so much about the cruelties the Ger
mans inflict on their prlsonors ano)
seen tho pictures lu the newspapers;
of their almost starved, emaciated,
abused prisoners. Yes, how muctt
butter 1 would fuel to know that ha
hud boon klllod Instead ot bolng in)
tho hands of tho Gornians and con
dumueU to torture and slow doatn."
l''atliet-1 Bhlpyanls
Mrs. Dlackdon Is almost protratod
with grief and Is hearing her sorrow;
alone as her husband, P, It, lilack
den, former second nontenant In tire;
navy for years, has been lo Portland
(Continued on Pago Six.)
BREAKS ALL RECORDS
WASIHXOTOV, July 2. Shin
production in Ihe Tinted Stale in
June amounted to JHO.KMi deadweight
tons, waking the total Jills produc-!
tion to date l,tsl,tirl toiw.
Tho June iriidui-limi, whii-h is ub
Ihe rule of :t,:!iU,Hiiii uo i .year, i
a new record for the I'nited .State
ami i.K the preatet outjiut of ocean
goinir tonnime ever completed in any
one month liv nnv natioii. It come
wilhin l'MlOO liuii of the worlds rec
ord for .sliijihuiidinir made by the
llriti-h shipyards in May, but which,'
included nij cja $ icjij,