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Peace Go to Petrograd" ''.
AN AUSTRIAN PRINCE
AND OFFICER DETAINED
four Regiments Refuse to
Obey Orders and One Ar
rests Its Officers
By William Q. Shepherd.
(United Press staff correspondent.)
l'etrograd, June 9 Four regiments of
the Seventh Russian army refused to
obey the orders of their officers today.
One additional regiment was reported
to have arrested its own officers.
Minister of War Kerensky ordered
arrest of all responsible for the incident.
They will be court martialed.
How much sanction the Austrian
General Bohr had in his amazing scheme
to effect a separate peace between his
Austrian tro ips and the Russians was
the subject of the greatest conjecture
today. Full details of the manner in
which the peace proposal was made were
received at the war office.
' Three 'weeks ago General Rohr select
ed two peace delegates from every di
vision bt Austrian troops on his partieu-
fat part of the front 120 men in all.
The delegates, according to papers in
possession of the Russian war office,
included an Austrian prince.
Early, this week these 120 Austrians,
bc'iring white flags and blowing bugles,
B'lvanced to the Russian lines the Kus
Binus respectine the white flag and
Niceting the enemy unarmed in front of
the trenches. There the Austrian spokes
man outlined the plan for a cessation of
l-stilities without waiting tor mere gov
'(riicenUl action.
"If you want peace, go to Petro
grai," declaied the commander of the
Ktif-sian troops. He forbade his men
Tu'tlier discussing the mntter and sent
all of tLe Austrians except the prince
nnd one oth-T under a military escort,
back to the Austrian lines.
On the two Austrians detained, the
wa office declared today, were found
papers, including orders for every Aus
trisn officers to effect a peace agree
ment with the opposing Russian regi
ments, . , . .
from the care with which this Aus
trian pence idea had been worked out
and the fact that the Austrian general
was frankly-named as.one of the spons
ors fo- the movement, officials here be
have the whole plan was engineered by
tha Austrian government.
New Anaesthetic
To Be In Soldier's Kit
New York, '.Tune 9. A new anaesthet
ic which soldiers may apply themselves
locally to a wound and which will dead
en the pain, will be in the kt of Amer
enn soldiers in France, if the American
Defense society has ts way. The new
pain killer -when was described by a
Bi eaker before the Rotary club, is the
invention of Cordon Edwards, a Sttn
Francisco lawyer, lie could not get the
United tSates army to take his inven
tion seriously but the French army took
it at once and has found it very suc
cessful. Nikalgen" as the new anaesthetic
is called, is composed of quinine, hydro
chlorie acid and urea and .is sprayed on
a wound by a sort of atomizer. It stoqs
pain for three hours. Miss Anno Mor
gan, it was declared at the Rotary club
is bacKing a movement ior us iuciusivu
in the American solders kt.
ABE MARTIN
We should remember those we , owe!
as well as thos who owe us. Golf
sticks '11 be taxed so that even ever.'-
rmddy, no matter who they are, '11 be.;
made t reel to war.
: " STANDS FIVB CKNT
BODY OF MIS SING
BABY LLOYD KEET
IS F0UNDIN WELL
Friends of Parents Get In
formation From Unknown
Source
WELL AT RENDEZVOUS OF
SCARFACED RILEY GANG
Suspects In Jail Spirited
Away to Prevent Lynch
ing Bee
Spriugfield, Mo., June 9. The body
of Baby Lloyd Kect, the 14 months
old son of J. Holland Kcet, who was
kidnaped May 30, was found this after
noon in an abandoned well on the Cren
shaw place, eight miles southwest of
Springfield.
liie Crenshaw place was mentioned
as the proposed rendezvous ot the
"Riley, gang" in their scheme to kid
nap C. A, Clement, a jeweler, according
to the confession of Claude Piersol and
Taylor Adams, two suspects held in
connection with the kidnaping.
Both men, However, denied that they
knew anything about the Keet case.
Authorities have thus far been unable
to shake their stories, but believe that
Piersol ultimately will confess to his
part in the abduction.
That the baby had been thrown. Into
the well shortly after its disappearance
on the night of Decoration day was
evident from the fact that the boody
was partly decomposed. It was wrap
ped in an old undershirt and probably
had been in tho well for several days.
The information which resulted in the
finding of the baby's body was obtain
ed from unannounced sources by Manny
Simmons-and Edward Couklin, friends
of the father of the abducted boy. The
confession of Claude Piersol, one of the
suspects held in the case, also mention
ed the deserted Crenshaw place as the
rendzevous of the kidnaping gang in
their plan to abduct U. A. Clement,
wealthy jeweler of Springfield.
Fear Led to Crime.
A search of the abandoned house
several days ago resulted in the finding
of a baby crib, bearing evidences of
having been recently occupied. Author
ities, however, believed that the kid
napers, fearing detection, had disap
peared with the baby.
That their deductions -were partially
correct was revealed by the discovery
of the body this afternoon.
The proximity of the officials to
their hiding place probably led them to
do away with the child and thereby add
to their chances of escape.
With detectives, Conklin and Sim-
mons visited the Crenshaw place again
this morning. They had about decided
to abandon then1 search when tuey Tan
across the old well. Its cover was part
ly rotted away, and peeling down be
tween the sagging boards, the searchers
could see nothing but stagnant water,
half covered with floating debris.
Unwilling to abandon the search,
thev drneaed the bottom with a gatt
hook and the body was brought to the
surface. There was no doubt as to the
baby's, identity.
Bushed Prisoners Away.
Before announcing their discovery to
the public, authorities were notified
and the six prisoners held in the city
jail were hurried out of Spnngtield.
Feeling is running high and a lynch
Ing would undoubtedly have resulted
had the news leaked out before the
prisoners had been spirited away. 1 heir
whereabouts is known only to tne po
lice-
Mrs. Keet, mother of the kidnaped
child, has not been told of the finding
of the. body. For the past few days,
since it becan.e apparent that the child
would not be returned by the abductors,
she has been in a serious condition.
Realization that the baby is dead, may
cause a collppse which might provo
fatal, her physicians say.
Keet Denounces Friends.
Keet is bitter in denunciation of well
meaning, but misdirected friends who
followed him on his wild drive over the
storm-swept Greene eounty roads the
night following the kidnaping. With the
$6,000 ransom in his pocket, he drove
continually throughout the night. Direc
tions gives in a letter from the abduet
ora, were complied with to the minutest
detail, and there could have beea no
chance for their failure to identify the
yellow phantom ear.
However, a dozen cars trailed along!
behind, acting as an unsolicited body
guard. Friends feared that the unarmed
motorist and the 6,000 he carried
might prove too tempting a lure for
highwaymen.
Two nights later Keet again attempt
ed to steal away in the middle of the
night to answer a second summons from
the- abductors, but for gome unknown
reason failed to accomplish his mission.
Since then he had made no effort to
meet the abductors, but had kept faith
with them by "playing square" and
refusing to aid the polite.
The warmer weather means higher
water and conditions are such that a
genuine flood is possible.
SALEM,
LOST HEE BATHING SUIT.
Denver, Colo., June 9. If she
watn't a daughter of Neptune
tihe was a near relative, any
way. And she went Annette
Kellerniau one better when it
came to bathing suits. Her
1917 model bloomers were su
sj endered around her supple
waist with a single strand of
rubber.
Perhaps it is the war, re
sponsible for the poor quality
of the rubber. Or maybe it
was the vigor of her perfect
"jack knife" dive. But they
?ose gracefully from the spring
board at Berkeley lake and
hit the water separaely.
A youth with glasses rescued
the-er the rest of her suit while
a hundred other bathers
cheered.
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GOSSIP ABOUT THE
LtAGUESWATTERS
Ty Cobb Climbs Into the 300
Class and Then Keeps
On Climbing
By H. C. Hamilton
(United Press staff correspondent)
New York, June 9. In the short
space of' one week Ty Cobb, Detroit de
mon has clambered from a spot under
the .300 cIobs of batters to second
place auong the American league swat
ters. Tris Speaker still is ahead with
an average of .309 and Cobb is hitting
.335. Rumler, St. Louis, is a technical
second placer with a mark of .364
Other American leaguers still in the
seject circle are Mclimis, Philadelphia;
Clarence Walker, Boston; Wambsgauss
Cleveland; Chapman, Cleveland; Strunk
Philadelphia and W. Miller, St. Louis.
Among the- regulars in the National
league, George Burns of the Giants still
is snowing tho way, but he is topped by
three occasional players.- Burns has1 an
average of .347. Rawlings; Boston," "is
hitting .382; Tom -Clarke, Cincinnati,
.375 and Rariden, New York, .357.
Rousch, Cincinnati, holds second place
with ..14 and Keutner, Chicago a all
around star is even with him.
Other National league .300 pounder's
are Griffith, Cincinnati; Cruise, St.
Louis; J. Smith, St. Louis; Fischer,
Pittsburg; Kllif'cr; Kauff, New York;
Whitted, Philadelphia; Cravath, Phil
adelphia and Wheat, Brooklyn.
Ferdie Schupp, although he had a
narrow escape this week, still predomi
nates among the hurlcrs of both lea
gues, ne has won six and hasn t a de
feat chalked against him. Shocker,
iankees, has a clean record, with lour
victories and no losses, in the American
league.
Tho only other JNauonai league pitcn-
er who is undefeated is Kcuther, Chi
cago. In the American, Williams, m
cago; Love, ....ew Yora; Bader, Boston
and Cunningham, Detroit, still are un
beaten. Babe Kuth has won nine and
lost three. Grover Alexander has the
same record.
Couldn't Knock Him Out
Racine, Wis., June 9. George Chip,
the New Castle middleweight, was wear
ing a pair of bruised and battered
knuckles today. He disabled them bounc
ing them off the concrete jaw of Geo.
"Knockout" Brown for ten rounds
here last night. Chip hit Brown with
everything but the water bucket and
won easily, but couldn't knock tho Chi
cago Greek off his feet.
Receipts Go to Y. M. C. A.
Chicago, June 9. The gate receipts
from the seventeenth annual rieia nu
track meet of the Western Intercolle
giate college meet at Stngg field this
atternoon will oe donated to me i.
M. C. A. war work fund, it was an
nounced today. Nearly 200 athletes rep
resenting 10 colleges, will compete. Ef
fect of the war will be .. noticeable
through the absence of Wisconsin and
Minnesota, which have abandoned in
torcollceiate athletics, and the loss of
several Burdue and Notre Dame stars,
who have enlisted.
McGraw is Suspended
New York. June 9. John J. McGraw
manager of the New York Giants was
indcfinitelv suspended today by Gov
ernor John K. Tener, president of the
National league ror nis rigni at Cincin
nati with lUipire Byron yeaieroay.
Bvron and McGraw came to blows al
ter Cincinnati defeated the Giants. :
160 WOODEN SHTP3
Washington, June 8. The
shipping board announced today
that contracts for 160 wooden
ships had been let within the
past .10 days, 100 ships to the
Southern Pine association and
60 to various firms o ne west
ern coast, with aa option for
50 more ot the same price.
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VILLA TO BUY BONDS
El Paso, Texas, June 8. Hipolito Vil
la tmlnv nueir hated ilOO Liberty bond
frm ineaf bank. He announced that
tjg brother, Franciseo Villa, intends to
fcuy jj ooq WOrtU of the bonds-
OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1917
SHUT IN BY FIRE
If 1ERS BURN OR
Of 415 la Speculator Mine
at Butte, 248 Are Ac
counted For
35 BODIES RECOVERED
167 ARE STILL "MISSING"
There Is Little Hope of Any
' T! n P l a
oi inese oemg round Alive
Says Officials
Butte, Mont.," June 9. Thirty-five
bodies had ; been recovered f roin tho
blazing Speculator mine at 11 o'clock
today. ' ...
The fire, which has been rno-imr
thejnine since midnitrht last nieht. he-
gan vhen a power cable carrying a
high voltage current struck the level,
igniting some tar in the 2400 foot
level. The fire spread ouicklv trv thn
other levels and resulting in spreading
of burning gasee to the adjoining
Diamond mine.
Four hundred and fifteen men wero
at work in the Speculator mine when
the fire broke out. Of these, two
hundred and thirteen escaped through
connecting levels of adjoining shafts,
according to officials who are directing
the rescue efforts, which leaves a total
c'f 167 still unaccounted for. Little
hope of recovering them alive is held
out- ,
When the fire cut off escape from
the lower levels, between forty and
fity men managed to escape by work
ing their way through pitch dark un
derground passages, into the Badger
mine, adjoining, and coming out
through its shaft.
Scenes Ar Pitiful.
Scenes about the mouth of the
wrecked mine were heartrending.
Groups of women and children had
rushed down the hillside, many of.
the holocaust was brought to the sur-
the holocaus was brought to the ear-
face. Guards prevented entrance to
the gates at the mouth of the mine,
and they collected outside, where they
stood weeping all morning, while the
rescuers worked.
A long procession of emergency am
bulances and hearses filed up the hill
from Butte and filled f he yards of the
Speculator. - The supply house was
turned into a morgue and presented a
grewsome spectacle, as bodies were
brought up from the smoke-blaekened
pit rnd laid in long rows on benches.
Where evidences or lire were pres
ent, rescue workers worked frantically
to resuscitate the victims.
Some Heroic Work.
. Manager Braley personally headed
a rescue party which descended to tho
seven hundred foot level, and assisted
in removing a number of bodies.
The most pathetic scenes attended
the rescue work.
Teirs came to the eyes of onlookers
when a miner who had escaped the
fire, and arming himself with a helmet
had joined the rescue forces, brought
the dad body of Ms partner and
closest friend to the surface. His at
tempts to resuscitate tho man were in
vain.
The engineer lowered the cage to
the 2200 toot level, and left it stand-,
ing, in tne nope mat lmpriaonvu men
might reach it. Receiving no signal,
ho brought it through the fire to the
surface. The bodies of two miners,
burned to a crisp, wero found on top
of the cage when it reached the top.
A Race Wiht Death.
Probably the most spectacular sight
was the cremation of two station tend
ers. Mike Conway and Peter Sher
idan, who were trapped like rats in a
double decked cage about 20 feet
above the collar of the shaft with the
flames flying from the shat like a
gigantic torch.
The two men had just been lowered
into the mouth of the mine when the
engineer received frantic signals to
hoist. The cage was' started toward
the surface, but also up eame the
flamas. . It was a race and the fire
won. As the cage popped out of the
shaft, the flames enveloped it. Twen
ty feet above the ground the cage
stopped, and the fire put the hoisting
machine out of commission. Before the
crowd, unable to render "aid, the
bodies of the men were burned to a
crisp.
COTJLD . EMPTY HULL
New York, . June 9. Billy
Sunday's so sure his sermon,
would "get over with a wal
lop" in Hades that he believes
he could empty hell in fifteen
minutes with one of them.
"People." he yelled, "if
God would let me go down to
ihe infernal regioas and preach
a sermon I could depopulate
Hell In fifteen minutes."
ARE SUFFOCATED
LOANS NEAR A BILLION.
Washington, June 9 Amer
ica's loans to her allies neared
the billion mark today when
Great Britain got an additional
$75,000,000 and Serbia $3,000,-
000. Loans by America now
total i(!923,000,000.
-The money loaned to Britain
today will pay for June ex-
penditures here. It makes total
loans to England $421,000,000.
Besides paying for British
debts, the $7.r,O00,000 will pay
. bills contracted by Russia and
guranteed by British credit.
The $3,000,000 for Serbia is
to be paid in three monthly in-
stallments and will go toward
improving railway lines. No
loans are planned for .Italy
- this month.
NUMBER REGISTERED
AS CLASSED BY AGES
Those of 29 Years Lead With
331Those of 22 Show Up .
Least With 281
Duplicates of all the registration-
cards have been made by the force of
workers on duty at the court house.
Every card has been copied arid is back
in the office. The duplicate cards will
be sent to tho adjutant general's of
fice as soon as the order to transmit is
received. The work of registration aud
tabulating returns has taken four days
and the time allotted was five days,
so that the force at work, by keeping
constantaly busy and impressing all
willing hands for the service, has com
pleted their task with one day to
spare.
Of the men registered as 21 years, one
held a judicial, legislative, or executive
office, Jour were totally disabled, HH
had dependent relatives indicated, 43
indicated occupational exemption,- and
Hi -indicated no exemptions.. i,ieven
were aliens, and one an alien enemy.
Total 289. - -
Of those registering 22 years there
were eicrht totally disabled, 82 indicated
dependent families, 35 indicated occu
pational exemptions, and 145 no ex
emptions. r.ignt were aliens ana tnree
AgeV-Fo'ur are totally disabled, 123
AnanAt itiv. 2 occu-
alien anemic. Total zsl.
indicated dependent relatives, 29 occu
pational exemptions, and 119 no exemp
tions. Sixteen are aliens ana two auen
enemies. Total 293.
Age 21 Two are totally disabled, 135
have dependent famines, si occupation
al exemptions, and 126 claim no exemp
tions. Nineteen are aliens and three arc
alien enemies. Total 319.
Age 25 -One indicates legislative,
judicial or executive officer, six total
ly disabled, 141 dependent relatives,
25 occupational exemptions, and 93 no
exemptions. Fourteen are aliens and
two alien enemies. Total 282.
Age 26 One indicates legislative,
judicial, or executive officer, three to
tally disabled, 159 dependent relatives,
17 occupational exemptions, 89 no ex
emptions. Sixteen are aliens and five
alien enemies. Total 290.
Age 27 Five totally disabled, 192 de
pendent families, 17 occupational ex
omntinn. and 93 no exemption. Ten are
aliens and three are alien enemies. To
tals 320.
Age 28 One Indicated legislative,
judicial, or executive officer, seven to
tally disabled, ill aupeiioenv
14 occupational exemption, S4 no exemp
tion. Ten are aliens ana tnree ane
enemies, total tuo
2ft Four tc
totally disabled, 219
relatives. 17 occupational ex
emptions, and 72 no exemption. Nine
are aliens and 10 are alien enemies. To
tal 331. , . , L.
Ag 30 One indicates legislative,
judicial, or executive officer, six total
ly disabled, 209 dependent relatives, 22
occupational exemption, and 52 no ex
emption. Twelve are aliens and four
alien enemies. Total 306.
Prices Were Weaker In
Today's Stock Market
New York, June 9. The New York
Evening Sun financial review today
said; ...
The first half of today's short ses
sion of the stock market was somewhat
chilled by the secretary of the treas
ury's announcement with respect to the
Liberty Loan and it merely drifted with,
a tendency to softness, although move-;
menu were narrow. There were two or
three outstanding featnres of strength,
such as United States Industrial Alco
hol, which pushed through 170 and bet
tered it best previous high record at
170 1-2, and American Sugar Refining
company, which added some two points
to- yesterday's gains.
IT. 8- Steel Bnd the other steel issues
held closely to the previous closing. The
rest of the industrial list was little,
changed. The railroad department was
sluggish to a degree and inclined to be
heavy except in a few isolated eases,
one of which was St. Paul, which gained
a point or so.
TIEED THE SLACKERS
Detroit, Mir., June 8. Henry Ford
and other prominent manufacturers here
today ordered the discharge of all em
ployes between 21 and 31 who could not
show registration eards.
DDTr'T? rrrTTT" rinxxmci OW TRATVq iurn warn
HERBERT HOOVER
OUTLINES PLANS
OF F00DC0NTR0L
From Farm to Kitchen, Regu
lation of Prices Will Be
Made Voluntarily
IF THIS PLAN FAILS
FORCE WILL BE APPLIED
Will Have Controlling Bodv
In Charge of Each and
Every Product
By Bobert J. Bender.
(United Press staff correspondent.)
Washington, June 0. Patriotism
will be made the basis of food control,
during the war at the start. Autocratic
measures such as absolute price fixing
and requisition will not bo utilized ex
cept as a last resort.
From the farm to the kitchen, the reg
ulation of prices and supply will bo ad
ministered through voluntary agree
ment, according to the plans of Herbert.
Hoover. , "1
"Slackers'1 or skunks as Hoover
terms those who might refuse to enter
the proposed agreement will bo taken
care of by powers to be authorized by
congress. Hoover proposes to have a
controlling body in charge of each pro
duct that will come under his depart
ment. This body will be composed of
representatives of every link in the
chain from producer to consumer. They
will work out a voluntary arrangement i
deponed to conserve the food supply
and greatly reduce prices.
jctors, but 75 per cent of those to
There ere certain to be a lew on-
called upon, will respond on patriotic
grounds. Hoover believes. Powers to
requisition must be given the govern
ment therefore to force tho other 85
per cent to follow the leaders. Here is
the Hoover plan, workd out from the
farmer to tha housewife with wheat as
an example.
Tha Plan on Wheat.
Beach an agreement on a price of
wheat, say $1.50 a bushel, based on a 10
year average pre-war price, with allow
ance for increased production cost.
Simultaneously determine a price for
every other cereal so as to prevent sub
stitution. Call the elevator owners of the coun
try together and say to them: "The
farmers are willing to give you wheat
at 1.50- The government will arrange
to loan you money necessary to pay the
price and relieve, you of goiiig to the
Chicago auction market to protect your
self." ' - -
Call the millers together and tell
them the elevators have wheat at a
hnni! nrice to the farmer, to which they
added a legitimate charge, agreed upon
for storage, grading ana tne line, -anu
are now ready to sen ii to me
at a price to be stipulated.
xiour 7.uu a dwiw.
ThA miller will then be urged to mill
a straight flur and to agree on a fixed
charge for so doing so that the consum
er will get the flour at practically a flat
rato with some variation tor transporta-
vAilnwincr 1.50 wheat through the,
course, Hoover says, would result in
flour to the consumer at
hnrrel about one-half the present price.
"In other words," Hoover has declar
ed, "here lies the protection of the con
sumer, and at tho same time protection
and inducement to the farmer and the
elimination ot speculation."
A similar course would be pursued
along the channels of produce devel
opment in other necessaries. Many
elevator men have already responded
to the idea and will be prepared to
start work along this line as soon as
congress creates the penalty measure
which will eliminate the possibility of
"slackers"
KAISEB HAS CLOSE CALL
London,' June 9. -Three Ger
man officers were killed and
the kaiser himself barely es
caped when the railway station
st Ghent was bombed by aero
planes recently, according to a
dispatch to tho Exchange Tele
graph company from Amster
dam. Von Hiadenburg. the com
mander in chief of the German
armies and the German prince,
Eitcl, were also present at the
rtation, besides other members
of the German general staff.
None of them was injured, the
dispatch said.
A SMALL TORNADO
t nvi. June 8.-r-Fiftv buildings
wr'oi-ked bv a tornado which struck
this city late yesterday,, causing dam
age-estimated at jnore man
No lives were lost sad none wero report
ti injured. - .
BRITISH ADVANCE
FOR HALF If EON
FIVE MILE FRONT
Ail Ground Gained Is Held
. Despite Furious Counter
Attacks
dominating posrnon
NOW HELD BY BRITISH
All Attempts to Regain Lost
Ground Are Marked with
Heavy Losses
London, June 9. The counter attack
stage was reached by the British ad
vance in the Yprcs-Wytschaete sector'
today. All through the night, front dis
patches said the victorious Tommies
wero busy consolidating their new pot
sitions, digging fresh trench systems
and preparing for the expected enemy
counter thrusts. The German assaults
of this type which, according to the
rules of the war game, may be expect-,
ed to follow immediately after an ad
vance by tho British, have all been no
ticeably weak. The domoralizatina
caused by the unprecedentedly terrifie
British artillery fire and the mine op
erations all seemed to have had their
effect on the Germans.
The "Ypres salient" now wiped out
in the British advance, was formerly
considered so lmpregnaDlo by the enemy
that not near the number of men were
held there that ' manned less strongly
fortified positions elsewhere - on the
front. The Germans, however, had ample
time in whish to hurry reserves in-great
Strength to make ready for the assault
&LMZ
Hard Blow to Htndonbnrg.
But with . the Messines-Wytschacte
ridge now held by the Britishthe im
pregnable position -taken it was point
ed out today that from now On Germany
must keep an unusually strong force al
ways opposite the Ypres sector because.
of the menace toward Li Ho. The Bri
tish victory there is not alone important
in the ground gained, the commanding
strategic position on the . ridge now
held, but also because it will further
deplete the reserve strength of tho en
emy, by the necessity of the Germans
massing fore around Lille.
"At 7 yesterday evening, after heavy
artillerying, the enemy powerfully at
tacked on the whole of the new front,"
Haiir reported. "Houth of Ypnes from
St. Yves, north of Ypres and tho Com-
mines cannl a distance of six muea.
Tho attack broke down at midnight
along the whole line."
The German war machine was
strongly on the offensive all along tha
western front today. Tha counter of
fensive asninst the British was only one
part of a vigorous attempt by the Ger
mans to beat both the French and Bri
tish back. The French official state
ment reported vigorous assaults along
the Champngno line at one place four
successive attempts, all of which were
repulsed.
German Attacks Fail
Paris, June 8. Germany's eontinoed
counter offensive blows against tho
French lines were again fruitless alter
severe night fighting, the war office re
ported today.
. "North of St. Quentin daring tha
night artillery fire was very active,"
the statement said. "On Cbcmin Do
Dames from south of Filain to east of
Cerny the enemy renewed his attacks
with the accompaniment of artillery
fire, in all sectors. Northeast of Cernjr
four successive attacks were broken up
in our fire.
"North of Froidmont two Gcrmaa
raids were checked with heavy lossea-
" Southeast of Corheny and south of
Courcy in Chevalier wood, enemy de
tachments were repulsed."
Attack Breaks Down.
London, June 9. A powerful German.
attack directed over a front f six miles,
covering all the ground just won by
the great British drive itt Belgium waa
completely broken down by British fire.
Field Marshal Haig reported today.
The. BritUh commander in chief re
ported a new drive south ef !., by
which British forces on a "wide front
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: THE WEATHER
OAgea: Partly
cloudy tonight
and Sunday;
cooler ' east por
tion teaigkt;
nerfhw e s t e rly
winds.