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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1918
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AlilES STRAlGffTENING
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iihilmant movr rv American
KTH Hl'tlK UUNCH OP KNEMY
WHICH AUK EITHER KILLED
OK CAPTURED
AMMAN RESISTANCE IN VICIX.
ITV OH CHAMBRAY FAIL TO,
With ilio American Army, Aug. 1.
- -Gorman nffort to advance their
linos against (hit Americana yester-
ilny proved fruitless, and they are
urnilnniy giving way to the right aad
, it'll.
fin Knnifiv nlvht Ihn AmarlMHS
TOP FRENCH AND AMERICANS ,,rotomt(., , r()re from a part of
WHO MAKK PROGRESS Borlngcs. Tho Germans then ad-
vnncou, wnereupon iwo companies 01
' Americans closed In and enveloped
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UNSENEMY BARRED WIRE
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KNTANaLKMKNTN TJMrTMOYKII
T ALLIED QVNM
With the American Army, Aug. I.
The American and Preach forces
lasaehed an atUck yeerey' from
thee). Mm aa demeiua tne aareea
Bu .... I.j sWljkti Alt A flaa.
muiVBrOaWWtl wBlin mw uwa-
had placed thro (ha kilts and
An advance was secured by ,
the Americana beyond Sergy, their .
reress reacaiag wunia iwo niiomeien.
ef Obamhray.
Tie Allied forces are now effect-
Im nrMress aamlnat stubborn resist'
aaca by the Oermans In the vicinity
of Ohambery, which the Americans !
are 'now approaching and where'
American aorlal observers were m
tarked by eight enemy planes but
cscniHid. A
I'nrls, Aug. 1, The fJr observers
say that the enemy Is destroying ma
terial behind hi present froa) and
preparing to retire further north.
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LIMIT MAY
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UIMi WIIX UK INTROD17CKD IN
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I.IMITH RKCOMMKNDKD NOT
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yetag Queatln Roosevelt fell to his
death a short time ago.
The Oermaaa aeeeVn new gas yes
terday which had a white, flame and
amoks.
Tka artlllorv n( tka Alllaa maremad-
H w finding mil after mile of the department nnnounced planatoday
tarbed wire eataMlemeaU which the .tor enlarging tho military Program
Oermans had "pw'ttd. I Including tho extension of the draft
erne of the enemy Infantry had
Washington, Aug. I. The war
Hungry Flames
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Fire Lotiet Aggregating Oveir Ten
Thousand Dollars Result From Sweep
ing Blaze at Early Hour This Morning
Main Part of Business District Has Nar
row Escape. Big ' Pavilion,y ,Two
Residences and Paint Shop Lost.
burning ef the Martin brothers mill
a year ago, early thla morning burned
the big pavilion nt the corner ot
Peurth and Klamath avenue, the
heme at A, A. Maaaifer ndjaeoat and
u'eyfirrjaiwttrabiart.
The Hlat ahop awnad by Paul
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Tho Umbert loan estimated at be
tween tSOO nnd I4.1.
It was expected bp'tirge part of
tho crowd witnessing; the j fire, that
the Dadw aaraM wan"' doomed to
feUo..U.Ur.bll4UmTa,,vrh
rBsaetettvtttMvsmibt-beit whnt
tho whole block would hare gone.
All the cars were -run out to 'a place
fortunate chance the build'
lag escaped.
A wood shed belonging to Mrs. Mo!
ley Waan Just below tho Qarrett res
idence was burned to the ground, as
were several sheds back ot the pavil
ion. Tho sidewalks around the
burned buildings also are In ruins,
An explosion of a gasoline tank near
th pavilion waa another feature of
the fire.
dag la behind; the wires but they
wars mowed down by the Allied ma-
chtae gunners.,
The Allies' attack Is' for the pur
pose of outflanking the Manlere wood
aad cutting off the blunt edges of the
salient between Romlngy nnd Clerges,
Paris, Aug. I, Tka Oermans have
attacked the Preach forces In the
ngo In both directions,
Kni-rrtary tinker aaya the bill will
be Introduced In congress nest weak,
enabling the military committee to
begin considering it without delay.
Herniary naker would not reveal
the tigp limits recommended by the
dpartnient. Published reports of It
to 46 yeara were Incorrect, he aald,
nnd added that this limit waa among
those considered nnd rejected.
Bllgny section tola morning, but hnve j
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Washington, Aug. li The army) IH MATKMAIiLY RKDUCKU
ualty list Issued today-contained i
liO names. Twenty weref killed ln Washington, Aug. I. The loss of
action, 10 died of wounds and 11 of .I'.eiO.OOO bales of cotton In the pros-
disease. nectlvo crop due to the draught in
The marine aaaualtlaa numbered the western -part of the cotton belt,
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only five.
Is shown by tho department of agrl
culture forecasts Issued today, which
places the crop at 18J19.000 bale.
NARROW KSCAPH
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P-Z- . HKRIOU8 RKJW IN UKRAINE
White drlvlna- down llxth street London. Aug. 1. Serious riots are
this morning Jud Low ran Inta a tel- reported from' country districts la
Phone pole and badly smashed the the Ukraine, according to a Kiev die
r he was driving, ut with th,e at- patch. The peasants are declared
wptton of a, aw', jicratchea wax u- be offering armeif resistance to the
Vt himself, 'i I "dormah usurperi."
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Czecbo-SIovaks Make
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London. Au. iiiu-.,, iil .i-tol. whieh secures them oemmua-
cow declares tat tka, Oaaoker.'.Mloa WrhTill. TlWkayaa
lovahs havaiaan4uti4, largi'rall- Ukea the town of Yokataflaburf,
V bridge at ivwakt i tn Veism near the ilberlaa. border,
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w..r - .- -7-"y,----tof safety aad other precautions taken
wm ana nrvaa ""',tt B m
had the most narrow escape Imagin
able from destruction.
The .unusually high wind served
to fan nnd spred the flames which
cracked the windows of the Dodge
garage on the eppoelta comer aad
seat sparka which eaught temporar
ily on one or two of the buildings
furtbsr on In the same block.
The fire was discovered shortly
after three o'clock by A. A. Mehaf
fey, who was awakened by the heat
from his open window. Palling to
raise central over the pheaa ha raa
over and aroused tka "fire department
at the city hall, but by the time the
engine could be gotten out and put
Into actloa the fire had gained such
headway on the dry frame bulldiag
that there waa no hope ef savlag It.
Mrs. Mehaf fey, who has been In nn
unusually nervous condition for some
time past, 'fainted from the shock
aad nnd to be carried from the house.
Practically everything In the way of
furalture aad personal belongings
waa lost.
Mr. darrett'a home nnd furniture
la also almost a tout leas, aothlag
except a few papers ef value and one.
or two pictures having been saved.
Mrs, darrett being away on aa ex
tended visit, the house had been re
rented temporarily to Mr, aad Mrs.
H. H. Edmuade, who had meted la
yesterday, Mr, Qarrett retalalag one
room.
Opinions vary aa to tha causa ef
the tire. Maay are 'of tka opinio
that It was started by seme oae who
carelessly throw away a, dgeret or'
cigar stub followlag the daae at the
pavilion, whwh was fc,eld until a lata
hour. Roma; wha ware oa hand
among the first, bajlave that It was
set with kerosene' ar Inflammable oil
NOW HIED
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AIIIFDFORC
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How American'
Dettroyer Lki
When Out U Wafer
RKTRKAT OP HUNM TO VfXLB
RIVKR IB DKKMED IMMINENT
WEDflK imiVKN BY ALLIES
NEAR NESLES'
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Dateless Dispatch Despite the tre
mendous efforts put forth by the Ger
mans to check the pressure of the Al
t' lies north of the Qurocq, the Huns
yesterday found .their positions, there
lu grnve danger.
The Allies now seem to be In n po
sition to romps! the hurried retreat
from Ronchores nnd Btgemme at the
extreme, bottom of the salient.
The Allied line now runs south
from Bdlason to Orand Rosy, then
begins to turn east nnd passes north
of Pere-Eu-Tardeaols, aad continues
to the apex' of the wedge at Neales,
where It turns shsrply south ngaln
toward Ronchores.
Oermsn counter attacks at. vital
potats have failed and, tka .Allien 1. . .....'.
aow seems to be Uctle doubt but that
the eaemy will retreat to Veele river.
The Americans hnve driven n
redge Into the German lines near
Nosles. The fighting here Is so des
perate that few prisoners have been
taken.
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GARREnGETS
CONTRACT FOR
NEW PAVING
RANCHER IN PLEVNA DISTRICT
IS FIRST MAN OF 8KABON TO
HAUL HARVESTED (1RAIN TO
I NEW WAREHOUSE OX SIXTH v
6 The early harvest season In Kla
math county thla year la evidenced by
the first hauling of grain to the afar
tin brothers warehouse yesterday by,
Clarence Hunt ot the Plevna section,
on the Kene road.
Mr. Hunt, nnd' R. V. Ess have pur
chased a new combine harvester this
season nnd nuve been nt work cut
ting rye for several dayn. As these
machines have been used here very
little heretofore, the 'early hauling
Tha buildings tains dry, everything to market la due somewhat , to the
bumad wlh ramnrkebia rapidity. harvester, altho,the crona are
The, anvtliaa. which had beea Us ' maturing unusually early.
, akert time age at a very rair rye crop is swag se-
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11000. Mr. Mekafejr'i ,1ms, U aiM-; aes raday blew down tke warkmea
mate4,atabet9M.wslekmM: elevator at tka. Main street urt
eovf red 'by.: lasuraMe.;.' ',TM T.Ogrrat.housa. Aa ike acetdoat eccurred dur
houae, waieh waa aamplaUd only i lng the noon hour, It waa aotbsiag
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OIL MACADAM IS IMPROVEMENT
DECIDED UPON FOR PAVING
SHORT STRETCH OP COUNTY
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Washington. Aug. 1 Provost Mnr
abal Crowdsr baa called for 5,510
grammar school graduates from II
states' for special tralalag courses.
The men may volunteer until Aug
ust 0, and will be entrained oa Aug
ust 15.
. Dateless PlasmiesT' Tka'
had Preach traeas,kve nWbaiiHi.
n ..turning snovasnsns, waiea , k
o"tae'aWnaas''ovsr' ai'wlde seeteV
east o:iara-n-Tardeaehi . , --r '
Tney kave attacked em a tksaa aaiaj-"
front ea eack snte af Nessa,,tsw'fnv .
tbeet potat ,s'th.wede)a'rlvea'latai
tka- eaemy'a .Haas. A ' $i ;' i '
Berlm eUlms U nave Ukea I0.0M ,
prlaaaara. ., 'r.'
It Is uaefMelally. reported laJPaWe,
that Oermaair baa attaasaijM.ftba
wltkdrawal of mere trboM'fraai.tka'
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With the American Army, Aug. I.
The Oermaaa fare now believed e.
be planning a withdrawal tot a sew
peeltlen along tha Vesto river. A
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deserter wh'e crawled lata tha' Maes,
last night declared that ordert' had w;
beea issued, for retrograde ' ajwviiv
menu until tka railway juaetlan at
Plsmes was.raackad. Up, ttiraoen
today the nctlvtty along tha Une-'was
confined to artilteiT'Ore. i
The County court decided at a
meeting yesterday afternoon to ac
cept the bid ot Contractor J. H. Gap
rett for the oil macadam Improve
ment of the county road from the
lower end ot the Sixth street paving
sast past .the Altamont ranch, for n
distance ot 5180 feet
The new road will be 10, feet wide
and the bid la accepted on a basis
of ll.tt per square yard. The con
tracts will be signed Saturday.
The Improvement Is to be complet
ed within 00 days after the signing
of the contract.
This stretch of road was filled sev
eral years ago with crushed rock,
but the constnnt travel Upon It has
worn, hole and hummocks which
now render it almost impassable.
Its Improvement will be hailed with
joy by the majority of farmers who
have occasion to visit the city, ,
Out of Oregon's quota 308 men
wlU be sent Benson Polyteenntcal
Institute nnd 847 from Washington
will be sent, to the. Oregon Agricul
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RUSSIA TO LOSE
PART OF TERRITORY
MANY
RESERVISTS
CALLED FQR SUPS
TaeJuref.
Washington, Aug. 1. Tka navy
dfpartaeat la now calling Into active
eervtea'the tkeusanda of reservists3
to man the aeV ship's being turned
out by itha shipping board.
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LONDON MUNtnON ' ,
STRIKE IS ENDED
, London, Aug. 1. The munition
workers strike here Is now definite:
ly ended.
Amsterdam, Aug. 1. The Berlin
newspsper correspondents say that
Russia has agreed that Livonia aad
Esthonla be separated from Russia
as a result of nsgotlatioaa between
aeranaay nnd the Soviet government.
Courland will be united With Livon
ia and Esthonla. i
The purpose' of the National War
Savings committee la to create i
army of savers who will, by savlag, re
lease labor and materials for tha use
of the government la the war, and vac
will lead their savings to the govern
ment to prosecute tha war.1
London, Aug. l.-J-The Allies de
livered a aow stroke taday over
tea mile front, between Buiancy, four
Vilee south ot Sotosons. ta Serfages
north of rora-Ea-Tardenbls. T
lines were advanced subs tan tUU'aaJ
the elbow la the line nt Oulchy Le
Chateau wiped out, according to re
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Washington, Aug. 1. The emer
gency fleet corporation has award
ed' the contract for 80 steel cargo
vessels and 10 tugs to the Ames Ship
building company of Seattle,
i Fourteen of the cargo vessels will
be. built at Seattle and' the others
at Long Beach, Cal.
Tha city of Seattle baa been au
thorUed today' to sell five and a hair '
million dollars worth of bonds for
tha construction of bydraullo plants
on the Skaget river to serve in the
war Industries.
Kaiser Brails ot si
Undaunted Coufa,
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frighten'! 'Oermaay. ?ifa WWM&t4W
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