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Newspaper Page TextOVEE 4,400 STJBSCBIBEB3 ' j&Z? TS. a ' ) 7IV ' ' FULL LEASED WIBB DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS SERVICE FORTIETH YEAR NO. 171 II Tl EMM BACK Petrograd Admits Capture of Positions at Novica by Teuton Allies CROWN PRINCE RENEWS HIS ATTACK ON VERDUN French Retain Ground Gained In Great Attack Monday New York, July 18. Teutonic troops have not only stopped, but apparently pushed back part of General Korniloff 's line, which started out so auspiciously toward Lemberg from the south. The ; Petrograd official statement today ad - nutted a retirement and capture of posi tions south of Novica. The Berlin war office confirmed this and added that the Russians had been forced back at other points along the River Lomnica ..' On the western front, the French statement detailed desperate but vain nttnplf. hi- ;L Vr . .i..,uuu .iiuupa in iue veraun regiou to recapture ground lost to the great French attack Mnndgv n;ut .Iield Marshal Haig's report detailed . numerous small local fights with a gain of ground' around Monchy- I.e I'reux, . one of the points where the British months ago captured sections of the xuiaenourg line. He1 mentioned great activity in railroading on the Belgian Fierce Fighting at Verdun. Paris, July 18 Repeated and violent nrtncKs ny the enemy in fruitless at iciiiib iu rrcapiuTe gromia 'gained in yesterday's French drive around Ver- oun was reported in today's official statement, .The Germans "bombarded Verdun positions violently and through out the night sent their attacking waves against the new line held by General men. j.ne enemy lost lieavily and gained nothing. Around Cerny the war office reported a violent artillery battle. In the Argonne German raids were repulsed. The German crown prince is back , where he started more than a year ago trying to take Verdun. Dispatches 'from the front today, describing the full extent of the victory achieved in the French drive on the left bank of the Meuse, showed that the French had re taken oil the ground gained around Hill 304 in the German attack of June 28- 29. Russians Forced Back. Berlin, via London, July 18. Bavar ian and Croatian 'regiments combined to capture the heights east of Novica, to day's official statement declared. The Russians stubbornly defenled their po sitions. All enemy counter attacks were repulsed. The Russians wero forced back et other points on the I.om jiica line. "After lengthy and strong artillery -ing, the French attacked and penetrat ed positions we recently captured in the oi th western, corner of Mnlaucourt wood," the official statement con tinued. "On both side of Malancourt road and elsewhere in the region they were driven back. A fresh assault iii the evening in an attempt to extend (Continued on Page Two.) TEUTONIC ROOPS NEC K RUSSIANS FORC 3 ABE MARTIN 1 mi -' "I don't know whether. 'ther's any -mutton, tallow in th' varieas beauty creams on th' market tdayj; but I do know some awful purty girls didn' use (Dothin' else wheu I wuz a skylarker," mid Uncle Niles Turner, this mornia'. "A poor man alius returns' t' th' town where he wuz-th poorest. To Begin Argument In Tedious Mooney Case San Francisco, July 18. District At torney Charles. 'Fickert wilt probably open the state's argument in the Renin Mooney bomb plot trial this afternoon. A number of unexpected delays, among them a lengthy legal row over the introduction of testimony, prevent- eu we opening or arguments tnis morn ing. Deputy District Attorney Ferrari moved that, inasmuch as the jurors had been told by defense counsel, that the defendant had been mistreated -by po lice, he wished the jurors to see for the'" v 'es the surroundings in which sh confined after her arrest. The .i"V I taken to visit the jail. aS Witnesses tho final state wit ne 0 vere examined during the morn ing 5 in of court. - ,- of m MB -Sj J DY'S COUNSELLOR DEAD. B 2 2 ' Mass., July 18. Archibald McC one of the members of the Chrjl died Science board of directors, v. For many years he was anioi counsellors of Mrs. Eddy and ! was one of the trustees of Mate. the K SAMMIES WILL BE ' H ENTERTAINED Musical Artists. Boxers. Wrestlers and Movies To Be On Program By George Martin. (United Press Btaff correspondent.) Washington. July 18. Uncle, Snm will have all kinds of entertainment and sports for Lis first 600,000 drafted m cantonment camps tnis fall. Chairman Raymond D. Fosbick of tho war department commission on training camp activities today outlined to the United Press the program now nearing completion. r..ncn camp will hnvo a monster tncnire. tfroadwav successes will tour th?m on n regular circuit. ' Caruso, Farrar, John McCormack, Fritz' Kreisler, the violinist, Pnderweski and other world famous artists will ap pear. Mary Piekford, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and-kindred movie stars, including a brigade of vampires, will appear in person. " "" " " ' - There will be picked vaudeville acts. Well known theatrical men will org anize home talent shows, famous play wrights framing the plots. To teach' wrestling and boxing will bo Frank Gotch, Mike Gibbons, Johnny Kilbano, Tom Gibbons, Johnny Dundee, Frank Moran, Fred Fulton, Jack Dil lon, Kid McCoy, Packey McFarland. Jess Willard, Sam Langford and others. coxing is tine bayonet training, the, war department has learned. (Continued on Page Two.) American Aviators Now In France Will Fo rm Co rps to Work With Pershing's Army By W. S. Forrest (United Press staff correspondent) Paris, July 18. Within a fortnight the Lafayette escadrille, France 's fight ing American airmen, will be formally transferred to the American army. An American army ofricer who will have direct chargo of the "eyes'' of Gen er' Pershing's army, made this state ment today. The Lafayette escadrille will be re organized, but its personnel retained except for displacement of the French comanding officers. Lieutenant William Thaw of Pittsburg, of the French army, win become waior Thaw, U. Is. A., and pursuit squadron commander" of the unit. Half a dozen of the star flyers now holding non-commissioners rank in the French service will be commission cd as captains and first lieutenants. The unit will go on the American army records as the "Lafayette squad- ion, since both the irench and Am erican army chiefs have a- sentimental retard for the name. To e Commissioned Technical examinations of all the Americans in the squadron will be held shortly in order that they can be regu larly commissioned in the army. The regular flyers will continue to use a new and fast biplane "spad. " The vet eran mechanicians, many of them will remain with the unit and draw pay from the American , government. The Lafayette personnel has even ar ranged for permission to keep mascuts yf the . corps. These include two lions, twenty seven dogs and a Tabbit. The American- flyers are intensely anxious to get into action in the regular Amer tean nrmy uniform with their . new rank They have been flying the Am erican flag and wearing an adaption of the American '0. I.'.' uniform for sev eral weeks. .' According "to authoritative informa tion, all Americans now. flying .at French aviation schools will be turned over to General Pershing. They. .will! have to pass the American aviation ex-1 animation and also prove their fitness ' under lire before receiving- eoinniis sions. - . - .- . ....-. Must Control Air ' ' . American army officers have become more and more impressed with, the ne cessity for complete domination of the air to win the war. SOCIETY LEADERS DOING SOMETHING INSHAPEOFVORK Darning Socks for Other Workhouse Inmates One of Stunts DINE ON CANNED BEEF, CORN BREAD, AND WATER Mrs. Eunice Dana Brennan Paralyzes Hoboes With Gold Lorgnette Occoqunn, Vn., July 18. Garbed in prison gray and guarded by armed men in uniform, Washington's 16 would-be White House picketera began the first of their 60 day day term here sewing buttons on shirts of mere men prison er. Routed from their lowly cots at the ghaotly hour of half past six, they hur ried down to the plank board dining room, where blacks dined on one side and white on the other to a breakfast or hominy, bread, jam and coffee. Prisoner No. 5,974, the erstwhile Mrs. Eunice Dana Branuan, New York so ciety woman and relatives of "Dana, of tue Hun," flashed her nifty gold lorg nette on the flabbergasted inmatea. The less aesthetic inhabitants of Oc coqunn feel that 59 more days of that would be almost too much. -Later the suffragettes went to work in the blackberry patch. Luncheon was of beef and cabbage, buttered beets, string beans, corn bread and water. Meanwhile, Dudley Field Malone, collector of the port of New York, con tinued much- exercised about the 16 jailed bird - of political freedom who, stripped of .their gay plumage, are plugging holes in strange men's socks ami doing other tasks no regular suf fragette has time for ordinarily. With reinforcements gathered from New York and elsewhere, the militants today announced that they will again picket the Whito House Friday or Sat urday. Home of the 16 prisoners who have babies may succumb to the home call and permit their fines to be paid before the GO day sentence expires, it was hint- (Continued on Pago Two.) The officer who will have chargo of the aerial branch declared today: "Ascendency in the air means blind ing the enemy. Of tho three great arms of the service aviation, infantry and artillery it is aviation which must get the first decision. "Heretofore the forces on each side have been about equal. One side or the other has been successful by concen trating at a certain place and contin ued successful until the attacksd side over concentrated. The Germans did the first big concentration at Verdmij but the allies won there by 'out airing' them. " ; "if we had absolute ascendency in the air we could destroy Zeebrugee and make the submarines harmless, "it is difficult for the folks at home to understand, may He, but when a machine ascends near hostile lines to day it does not conio home unless it is of the latest type and unless its pilot is highly trained. Aeroplanes today are not only carrying machine guns but cannon." Gamblers Jump Wheat Up Fifteen Cents Chicago, July IS. A strong dinand, few offerings and efforts of ehorts to eover today sent the wheat market up from three to 15 cents from yesterday 's close. , . July opened seven cents up at S17 aad later advanced eight cents. Sep tember opened three higher at 1.96 and later was nine cents higher. Corn futures were also higher owing to commission house buying and the backwardness of the crop. September opened half cent higher at tl.60 1-2 and later was up 3-8. December opened 3-8 down at tl.13, subsequently eoing 2 1-8 higher. Oats were up in sympathy with corn and wheat. July opened 3-8 higher at bs o-s and later was up 1-2. (Septem ber opened unchanged at 54 3-8 and advanced ono eent. December opened 3-8 up at 56 1-2 and later was 3-8 high-, er. Provisions were generally lower on a slow and lower bog market. 1 SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, THESE NOT EXEMPT . San Francico, July 18. Registrar J. H. Zeiuansky shat tered two incorrect interpreta tions of the draft law today by which some had hoped to gain advantage. He declared that there would be no chance for drafted men to pick their branch of the service and that the clause exempting municipal officers -applies only to elective offic ials. As to exempting municipal officials, -Zemaiifky states that the law does not excuse clerks and deputies or other appointed officers or employes. TO USE OREGON BUILDING San Francisco, July 18. Pro vided with necessary authority from the war department, the Red Cross committee on read ing matterfor the army and navy today arranged to open thp Oregon building on the ex position site for a soldiers' club house. Tt was for such pur poses that the Oregon exposi tion commission turned over their building to die govern ment. , SMALL BED IN HOLD UP GREAT WORK n . I' I T i letty . Jealousy Between Goethals and Desman De lays Ship Building Washington, July 18. The shipbuild ing row today reached the most critical stage of the long controversy between Chairman Denman and General Man ager Goethals, After the general's jsceond" reply to Deninaa 'a request for detailed informa tion on his ship eoniitvuction program proved "incomplete, 'f Denman inime-. diately dispatched a ihird request for the information and asked to have a re ply before a board meeting called for four p. m. It Goothals does not make a satis factory statement to Denman or fails to attend the meeting, to which Den man invited him, Goethals may be ask ed to resign. Goethals' friends will ap peal to President Wilson fust, how ever. The principal point of difference, be- tween Denman and Goethals concerns ine latter s pian toiouua ine two gov- eminent steel ship yards on leased land. Even the government piling will bv law revert to the owners of the land, it was stated. Another difficulty with an interna tional angle relates to commandeering of alien shipping under construction in this country. Goethals would turn back British ships to Great Britain. Den man favors adding such commandeered ships to America's merchant marine permanently. uoetnais May Resign Denman asked for the contracts for proposed to award and Goethals' reply today save merely the blank contracts, without the cost figures Denman want ed. The secret shipping board meeting this afternoon is expected to be sensa tional if Goethals attends, Denman con- outinued on Page Two.) J - r mtt 'ton i , AMERICAN AVIATOR, HERO IX fight with eight Germans Aeros The American ''man of the hour" in France Corporal James Norman Hall, of Colfax, Iowa, member of the Layfayette flying squadron, who is now-in Boissons hos pital fighting for" his life after his sing le handed battle with eight German war Plane . - l JULY 18, 1917 INDICATIONS ARE DRAFT HAY BEGIN INFTOXIIOORS Seven States Have Not Re portedAmong Them Hi-', nois and New York POSSIBILITY OF TROUBLE NOT BEING OVERLOOKED ortionment of Ouotas cased (In Revised Esti mates Not Satisfactory By Webb Miller. (United Press stuff correspondent.) Washington, July 18. Picking Amer- ' lea 's first big army by lottery will.be staged within 56 hours, according to in dications today, Either the great recep tion room off Secretary Baker's office or flhe of the historic chambers of con gress will be the scene. Everything is ready for the human lottery except a few dallying registration districts. Tho little capsules with the fated numbers are stowed safely in the war depart ment, whilo regulations governing tho drawing of these master numbers are in 1 " government printer 's hands today. These rues wm to announced through ' An air of mystery has been thrown about the lottery. Officials refuse to be specific, as to just how and v.here they will pull the numbers, though they did say the draft will occur just as soon as the lat lingering red ink draft num bers are tabulated. Will Begin at Once. One authority said that this miRht occur within two hours after tho last governor had declared the. numbers were in irrespective 'of the time of day. mitfees have beeri chosen of if rial wit The house' and senate military com mittees have been chosen official wit ncssos and Secretary Baker may draw the first capsule, secretary .Baker. Chief of Staff Bliss, Quartermaster General Sharpe and others have arrived for a .conference on final details. In general, the order in which the master numbers are drawn here will in dicate th,e order of liability for service, though owing to vcrying registrations in different districts the numbers will be divided into gome group form, mak ing the system more complicated than at first anticipated. Almost immediately after the lottery, local exemption boards will summon men for physical tests. Every man sum moned must take this teBt, whether or not he intends to make an exemption claim. Heavy penalties attach to fail ure to appear. Fear Trouble In Cities. Federal authorities have not overlook ed possibility of draft troubles in Now York and other big cities and are pre pared to dcnl summarily with any out breaks. ' The method of apportionment of the luotas b.a,seJ. on rcvi.8Cd Population fig- "'" " still is cawing much rancor throughout the country. Bills aro pend ing in congress and others are ready for introduction, either to iorcc read justment of the quotas or to make some provision for including certain aliens. The state department holds that Ital ians and Japanese cannot be seized for the ne wanny because of treaty pro visions and thut aliens from neutral countries certainly are exempt from forced service. What its decision to declarants is had not been announced. While this undercurrent of dissatis faction runs, those in charge of the draft are going ahead on the assump tion that thetre will be no change in present plans. Ohio, Virginia, Utah, Illinois and New York were expected to bo ready today. Michigan reports it will be ready in "a few days" and Missouri is sched uled to finish tomorrow. General Crowder called a conference Into today of newspaper nieB who will flash the fateful numbers to the nation. The complete drawing' system- will be explained in confidence to prevent mis understanding on draft day. Senate Attacks It. It is probable the lottery will be held either in the house or sennte or some committee room at the capitol. While the lust touches were being put on the lottery plana, northern sen ators opened an attack in the senate todav both aaainst the census draft esti- roaes and the department's decision to remove national guard enntomuents aad officers' training camps to the south. ttenators Pomerene, Ohio, ana linage, Massachusetts, read telegrams from the governors of their states against what L4dge termed ine --pericciiT jri.pu!- terous census figures." Henator La toilette announced no wm preparing an appeal to the war de partment not to send the Wisconsin national guard south until October. Protests of senators on the canton ment question were based on the claim that all men who are sent south will be in the trenches before winter and should not be trained in a warm clim ate. Also, they said it is proposed to send raw draft recruits to cantonments in northern states. . The draft recruits, they claim, are much let sable to stsni MOTHER OF 28 CHILDREN Chino, Cal., July 18. Twenty seven children havo been born to Mrs. Paul Aguilar in a wed ded life of 38 years, and to day she is the mothor of her 28th, a boy. Mrs. Aguilar is 53 and she was married at 15. In the family thero have been three have been three sets of twins and all of the children are living save two. GOLD CREEK MINE HAS MOVIE SCENE THAT EQUALS BEST Ex-Sheriff Tom Word and Posse Stopped On Way to Black Eagle WOMAN WITH BIG GUN "FRISKS" EX-SHEERIFF Takes His Pocket Knife While He and Posse Take Walk For Home More dramatis than the thrillnn of the movie films was the arrest yester day afternoon, at the Black' Eagle Mine in .tho foothills of tie Cascade mountains in the eastern part of Mar ion county, of Charles Graves and Mrs. Ruth Abbott on a charge of threaten ing to kill Tom Word, ex-sheriff o'. Multnomah county, and a gang of five men, who were on their wv to the mine to ous Graves end Abbott fr.in , tnei, clims, . a woman in overalls and . with a pistol strapped to" her hip, a group of determined miners who would fight fo me aeatn ratner , man give up tnclr noidings, and another groui) of men who were bluffed into turnlne back after being "frisked" by this woman, were the principals in this dramutic episode that was one of the climaxes of the trouble that has been brewing in the mountains over the possession of this mine for about four years. It was done in better than moving picture style, declared Constable Fercy Varney and Sheriff Needhim, the of ficers who went up to the mine and brought back Charles Gra zea and Mrs. Abbott to occupy a cell in the county jail until arraigned. tub Scene of the Play. "T nAVAT inw inv TAnn1r wtin ttArn more -willing to be arreMod," said Constable Varney today in relating the story of this incident. The Incidents leading up to the ar rest yesterday afternoon started nbout four years ago when (sheriff' Needhiim, then a deputy under Sheriff Each, at tached and sold machinery of the Black Eagle Mine at a sheriff's sale. Trouble began Immediately. R- F. Shire was the owner of the mine at that time. The complaint against Graves and Mrs. Abbott was filed by H. M. Shire, a brother, who has min ing interests above the Black Eagle. R. F. Shire has a platinum mine below the Black Eaglo. Charles Graves and others filed on; the Black Eagle claim and were work ing it to .perfect title when last Satur day they received word by telephone that ex-Sheriff Word of Alultnomnn county and five men were coming up the government trail to oust them from their holdings. Word was said to repre sent the Shires. The posse was heav ily armed. Graves Stands Guard . The men working the mine sent Graves down to watch the road about twenty-five yards below the mine. The forest rangers came along then and interviewed Oraves, who let them know he was looking for a bunch of men coming up from below. The Tangers went on down the trail and met the men with Word and told them the people at the mine were armed and ready to receive them. The rangera advised the men to dispose of the guns as the men at the mine were very (Continued on page five.) Three Postmasters Are Reappointed Washington.. Julv 18. The following Oregon postmasters were renominated today! August Huckestein. naiem. -H. I.. Guise, Woodburn. Ira C. Mehrling, Falls City. the northern climate than national guardsmen. Senator Wadsworth protested par ticularly against removal of the Platts burg and other New York officers' training eampt to Atlanta, Ga., as pro posed. ' Do those ladies who go picketing at the white house take their tatting alongt . . IIOIIERULESTARTS MORE TROUBLES FORTIIEJSSIS Ukrania, FinrJand. and Kron stadt Would Run Own Affairs MINISTERS RESIGN AFTER EXCEEDING AUTHORITY Great Excitement Prevails la ' Petrograd and Troops Parade Streets By William G. Shepherd. (United PreBB staff correspondent.) Petrograd, July 18. Russia is in the throes of a "home rule fight." whieli today has assumed importance second only to tho war. It was the dircet causa of Russia's cabinet 'split. " V Ukrania, Finland and Kronetndt are all seeking homo rule not independ ence. . Tho cabinet resignations of Cadet members followed revelations that Foreign Minister Tereschenko and Min ister of Communications Tsorotofli had gone to Ukrania and signed an agree ment thut Ukranian officials should bo resyponsible ouly to tho Ukranian con gress. This agreement was signed Saturday when Tseschcnko and Tsoretelli at Kief wore in constant touch by telegraph. with the cabinet in Petrograd. The cabinet instructed them to get Ukran ia ' lews, but not to sign an agreement. On Sunday the two ministers returned, and the cabinet met for a long session at Prince Lvoff'g home. Early Mon day morning Tereschenko and Tieratelli brought out tho agreement they had signed.. ' "i. . r There was an immediate storm in the meeting. . The Cadet members refused to ratify tho pledges. , Prince Lvoff sided with tho socialists and radicals, who approved the step. The cadets fin ally quit tho meeting at 3 o'clock in the morning. Later they resigned. The Cadets apparently still are show ing the misunderstanding' of the aims of the Russian commandvrs that caused the fall of former Foreign Minister Miliukoff. Tho cabinet crisis caused intense ex- eitemcnt here. AH night Monday there were crowds on tho streets and thera was the greatest display of arms since the revolution. At midnight automobiles carrying rapid fire gun and armed sol diers dashed up ana aown ine nevm 1'rospekt, dispersing the crowds. The rndical element insisted that socialists should replace the resigned Cadet min isters and the conservatives disagreed. M. Tscheidze, president of the Sol diers ' and Workmen's couneil wag in Helsingfors, Finland, today, endeavor ing to adjust tho "homo rule" fight there. Announces Rules for Entering Exhibits at Coming State Fair Announcement was made today by A. H. Lea's secietary of the state lair board, of tho iuIcb governing entries tat m-emiums for tho state fair, and bo said that they would be rigidly enforced. The fair grounds will be open for the reception of all article six days before commencement of the fair, and all en tries for premiums must be made in per son or by letter with the secretary as follows: In the horse, cattle, ebeep and swine departments on or before Sep tember 15; in the poultry and industrial departments, on or before September 20, and in all other departments before 6 o'clock in tho afternoon of Septem ber 23. The board reserves the right to accept entries- in the livestock de partment after the expiration of Sep tember 15, but if this is done a penalty of 25 per cent of the premiums earned by the entry will be exacted. All goods, articles and animals must be in place and on exhibition by 10 o'clock on the forenoon of the opening day of the fair, -and all horses entered for speed contests must be in stalls, and entered- n ac cordance with the rules governing thJ racing program. ' . THE WEATHER - Oregon: To- night and Thurs day fair in west; protably fair in east portion; moderate wester ly windA ' tuM";j