Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, June 11, 1918, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textif DAILY EDITION VOL. VIII., Nil. I UN. Q HI NTS pAJW, JOSEPHINE OOCITTT, OHEOON. TIKHDAV. JINB II, IUIM. whole number zzsx HUN LINESARE PENETRATEO BY y.s. AMERICANS TAKE TWO MINSK WKKFKIM IN TI1K tHATKAt THIF.IIHY IHHTIIKT KymruMi llrlgeile Holds Ground on Right of tint Marine at Point m Front Ncerrt Part With th American Army la France, Jun II. Th United Stale marines attacked the Germans yes terday nd penetrated the German lines for about two-third or s mil on a 600-yard front In the Helleu wood, northwest of Chstesu Thierry. The Germans now hold only the north fringe of the wood. The Amerlcsns raptured two mlnnenwer (era, whloh are the largest piece yet to be taken by them. It la expected that one will be sent to Washington and the other to An napolla. Major Edward D. Cole, command ln the machine gun battalion, cap tured several Oerman elrsgglers dur ing the early stage or (he attark. Numerous machine (una, It I be lieved, will be rounded up In the woods. "The Ninth and Twenty-third reg-j Imenta of Infantry, comprising wnsi la known at the sjrscuse brigade, hold the ground on the rlKlit or the marine at the point on the front nearest Parla. Thla la the. second time th Syracuse brigade he held the point on the line neareit the capital, the former occasion being at the i offensive when the allies were still falling bark, end the Ninth and Twenty-third went In at foulomb. MARINES for a hort time. The tSrd ranturillrorta or labor to support the wr. ed machine gun Jun , while ui- Ha M,j tBat Ill-considered, tinjus portlng the attack by the marines. u,fle(, interruptions of labor may " (Continued on page 4.) 'make It Impossible to win the wsr. U.S.T0 HAVE HOREAERO FORCE'BY FALLTilEHG Washington. June II. IK-splte all th delay and difficulties that have hampered I'ncle 8am' production of combat airplane. America' right- M fo. rela(ment Tn men who lug aero forces In France probably L.ju fly thl,, plnnea will have had will equal by late summer the coin-. thorough training not only In flylna. hlned airplane strength of France but In bombing, observation, ma aud England and will, alone, consld-, chine gunnery, photography, etc. erably outnumber Germany' force I production of planea In this coun- in- tha air. . Thla eatlmat Is based on the ac tual number, of ; combat i machine now being turned out and the pres ent Increase In the rate of produc tion each week, after making due allowance ' for further delay . . and difficulties that msy be experienced. The airplane board, little realis ing the many problem of production training, etc, they were to encoun- . ter last spring laid out a program that calld for 140 squadron otidred fast scout and combat planes American ffyer In France by fall for actual battle work. Deliveries of 1918.-i Thl .meant approximately, or plane manufactured In this conn ,B0O plane, allowing 18 planea per! try. however, are now being made squadron and an additional SO per, In such quantities that France and cent for replacement of loss or dam- Kngland will not he called upon to aged planea. It also meant about furnish the full number or planes 8.000 trained flyer, thousands of contracted for approximately M00 - ' .1 . ., v -kl- skllled airplane mechanics, scores of airdrome In France and the devel opment of a great organization stretching . from the faotories and training fields of the United States across 8,000 miles of ocean to the fighting line In Franoe. In the light of actual production today, or machines completed and In progress of building and of flyers trained and In process or training, w will not be able to put 240 squad ron or plane Into France thla summer. AUSTRQ-HUNGARY IIJFLKES KING ller Maud Turning I'uliil In Ru mania' l'rtl( litl In War Mid lUwull In Pear Loudon. June II. A private se cret letter to King Ferdinand of Ru mania Iron Emperor' Charles of Austria-Hungary In February mark ed the turning point of Rumania's participation In the war and chang ed King Ferdinand from sn ardent supporter of the war agalnat Ger many Into a vacillating opportunist, The letter said, "This Is the time when things must stick loiceiiier. II pointed out the dangers to mon archic from tha aweeplng wavea of Mclallsm and llolshevlklsm. A high official told the contents of the let ter to the American minister and tha Associated Press correspondent at Jaey. GERMAN U-BOAT SUNK BY An Atlantic Port. June II. A Oerman submarine was attacked and apparently sunk by a llrltlab steam- . . . . . . . .1 -. m . ) I I u l tamp a wee aao minui; uu port, according to a I'. S. army ofrl cer who arrived here today." On shot was fired snd apparently made a clean hit. Two destroyer accom panying th liner ctoed In and drop ped depth charged.' I J1 . 1IIL0UI LABQRTOSUPPORTVAR Washington. June II. President Wilson telegraphed the American Federation or Labor convention In g, uB1, to(, urging th renewed T Hut at the present rate of produc tion we will be able to deliver to the fighting front 110 areo squadrons, nr nme J. 150 nlanes nlus another try to June 1 pproxlmates 5,000. Of these slightly mora than 4.B00 are elementary and training planes. The remainder are combat planea, chiefly or the De Hsvlland and . Bristol type. In addition approximately J. 000 nianoa tia haan rinllvarari In France BRITISH STEAMER 1FRMIET0GE her on order, placed with England nd,w" "comnanled by a "mother" ship France. The majority of the. are advanced ti .ii.ub. - number include also several hun- as rrom now on we will he able to supply our own needa. .' Plnne production In the ( l.'nlted States Is now well above 1.000 monthly and may reach . 2,000. very soon.' One or the remarkable reats or production In the airplane service has. been of aircraft guns and .the synchronising apparatus by , which the guns fire through the whirring propeller blades. More than 7.000 or these guns and the synchronizing mechanisms have been turned out. 1 MAKING TO T German Employ Prince Rupprecbt's Bavarian Troops acd Move Forward, Make Gaia of 6 Miles Sfece Saturday French Take Stad Along Arcnde River Parla, June tl. Th enemy Is putting forth every effort In his do sign to push toward Paris and ' materially aided by many tinkn which the French artillery was at first unable to demolish. The (Jermana have thrown In many division. Including otn Da- varlana, borrowed from Prince Rup precht. The capture of Mvry, St. Maur and Helloy glvea them a pla teau behind which to mass their troops. Paris, June II. Moving ateadlly dplte heavy losses th Herman continue to gain here and there In Tb. baU,. j, ascribed by eorre the center of their, line In their i)0nrtnu a on of the mot furious plunge southward on a line from that BM fotn fognt i)nM ,h, war Noyon to ilontdldfer. The greatest beM( wtB tne .emy unusually advance hss been at Vignemont. j,, waatmg life. to gain his where. they have pushed through six objectives, miles since Saturday. Tha ttMt official communication The French launched counter at fr0m Berlin aays additional ground tacks on the left, perhapa Indicating has been gained by th Germans that they have reached the front southwest of Noyon against ' newly where they will make a final stand, brought up French reinforcement. Thl line I along the Aronde river. Jtnd that th Oertnans have taken which I Just a email stresm. The tbout 1,000 prisoners . and some Oermans have reached Cantovalon In 'aDl. light of th bank of the Olae. The battle haa now reached the critical tag. With the Friirii Army In France, line II. DlfficultliM eopfrontlnt Hi enemy ere nr gt. i. because jflmachln guna tr.o nature of th-' country he hai ji.si entered In th.j new drlv-j. The terrain In thla aectlon I com posed of (harp hills, deep valleys and thick woods. ' In the renter, where the most pronounced progress it it -been made, the ground forma a sort of a hollow through which runs th ii;atn road from N'lnlls to Roye and the Camelgne railroad. Paris, June 11. On the left wing the French captured the village of Mery. In the center the Oermana drove back the French aa far as the region of the Aronde river but by a brllllaht counter attack the French hurled the enemy hack all along the front reestablishing the line south of Ileely at St. Man re and south of Marqueglle and Vandellcoiirt. On the right wing the enemy gained E LARGE MOTHER SHIPS Norfolk, Va.i June It Survivors of the American steamer Plnar del Rio, who arrived ' here today from Monteo, N. C asserted that the ene my submarine which sank their ves sel off the Virginia rapes Saturday, ' w.vuv . i - nlana. hut the."" r" uu iunn iuiuml.. They also asserted that the sub marine aank two American sailing vessels after the Plnar del Rio went down. When the American craft wnt down, the submarine signalled the vessel In . International code: "Follow me," and the U-boat and her consort steamed away. . PARIS IS STILL A TARGET rX)ll LOXO RANGE (U NS Parts, June 11. The long dls sttll and tance bombardment, of Paris continues, Two were killed nine wounded yesterday. 130 NAMES ON CASl'ALTY L1HT Washington, June 11. Today's casualty list contains 180 names. Twenty-six were killed or wounded in action. : ' : T P grouad, th Trench withdrawing the line to the weat and south of Rlbe court. London, June 11. The British gained today a half mile on a mile and one-half front south of Marian court, taking III prisoners. Pari. Jun II. The French still r exacting a heavy toll In live from the Germans. Nowhere has the enemy been able to pierce the front, which has been bent back In p,, or(jer whenever the necelty ..MP ... N..r nUalars. northwest of Cha- Thierry, the Americana and rrem-h aaaln have delivered itrona attacka galnt the Oerman and taken more ground. They alao cap tured a number or prisoners and JO On the remainder of the front In France and Belgium the operations hare been of a minor nature, at though south of the Somme the Brit lah, near Boulscourt. have carried out an operation which atralghten ed out a threatening salient that ag ged In their line. Parla. Jun 11. Several small villages were occupied by the Ger mans In the center of the Mont-dldler-Noyon sector. Including Mery Belloy and 8t. Maure. according to the war office announcement last night. Thl was done by repeated aasaulta and at the coat of great sac rifice. South of Ressons-anr Matne. the Oerman gained a footing In Marqnegllse. Further to the east the battle continues In the southern outskirts of Ellncourt. SUBMARINES SHU Washington, June 11 Germany't BHH ACTIVE ON EAST COAST (Ubmartne raiders, wbicn some iiupnln, sacrifice" last year while, In days ago made their first appearance In American waters since the declai- atton of war. evidently still are rag - lng off the Atlantlo coast, though no report of additional sinkings nave been received at the navy depart ment today to add to the toll of craft sent to the bottom. The laat announcement concerning th operations or the raiders came last night -and told of the sinking of the American steamer Plnar del Rio on Saturday morning off the Virginia capes. The master of a Brazilian steamer, arriving today at an Atlan tlo port, aatd he had sighted a sub- marine this morning 75 mile, off th" New Jersey coast, and had seen an Amerlcan transport open nr on me U-boat, but ft the department It was said no confirmation of this encoun' ter had been received. PRESIDENT WIUION 8IGN8 BILL FOR PENSIONS Washington, June 11. President Wilson today signed the bill provid ing for a minimum pension Of 830 per month for all civil war veterans, s APPEAL TO ALLIES Ak lo liatn Expeditionary Purr Hrtit to ltuaai to Expel tier nun Invader Washington, June II. An appeal to the United Bute and the allies to send an expeditionary force to Russia to expel the Oerman Inva ders, was forwarded today by the central committee of the cadet party of Russia and was transmitted to th sUt department by the Russian embassy, they ask that th expedi tion, If sent be put under Interna tional control to guarantee the rights of Russia. Boston, June II. Outbound ship ping laat night waa ordered by ." naval authority to remain within the harbor until morning. SCA TANXS USED VV IK hi mu London, June 11. "According to Vienna newapapera," says the Cen tral New' correspondent at Amster dam, "the Italian used a 'sea-tank' during their last attack on Pola, Anatrla'a naval haa on Ilia Aitrli. I tie. Th boat waa 40 feet Iong.,lx feet wide and propelled by elec tricity. There I an endless rotary chain which cuts nets and other ob stacles, like land tank. The vessel hss two tbrpedo tubes." FOR UNITED SERViCE Washington, June 11. Nine thousand white draft registrants have qualified today for limited mil itary service called for by Adjutant General Crowder. They are to be put In the military aeronautical corps and sent to Vancouver, Wash., to get out material for airplanes. RUSSIAN 01 CRIIICISO OF IPLAIIE SERVICE IliCS An Aviation Camp In France, May 4. (Correspondence of the Associ ated Press) Criticism In one Amer ican newspaper of the American air service on the ground that there has been an unnecessarily large number of accidents has evoked a retort from Plane News, published by the American aviators In training here. Raj.ni.ila ' ihnv anvft the aviators 1 gbout meQ mjl(js the training. One American newspaper. it asserts, ha endeavored to account ! for these fatalities as having tieen ' caused by "cramped space . wnicn the men have to fly In and has nak ed whether "the supervision of our 6 RESPONSE avlaUon camp, i in the hand of,"" " " - officer, who know their business' niflcsnt to note Just what training "Only a small percentage of the fajalltle. have been caused by U lislon and other causes were of var-l lou. nature which were beyond any government control." says Plane News. The majority of Instruction centers have outlying fields where men In the various stagea In train- lng are confined. "The officer. In charge are as com- petnt as csn be had. Many vv'est Point men of long military., , th Ber,ent.ge Of casualties training and nearly all have become expert aviators themselves. They know. If anybody ever will, the dan- gers of flying and the necessary pre- cautions to take. "Tight places" are bound to con - front every pilot In the course of hla training and are the finest "exam- ples'l In the world if the aviator 1. able to navigate the danger with sue- RRST 24 HRS. FAILURE FOR ENEMY FORCES CKRMAXg ARK UISAPPOlXTluO AS ASSAl'LT FAILED TO GET DESIRED RE8CLTS Heading of Allied Una Unimport ant I Utile. I of Extreme Vto lenro Germ Loesce Heart' With the French Army la Franc. June 11. At the conclusion of th Oral 24 hours of the new battle be tween Montdldler and the OUe, tk impression gained Is that th power ful German (mash haa not brought, th enemy the result he expected. The allied line U bent In tha cen ter quite insignificantly and on th right the French opposition on th actual position of th combat ap pear to be efficacious. Extreme vio lence was the dominant note of tho battle on the flrat day. and despite assaulU with huge masse, aeema likely to continue for com day. With the concentration of troop -uch a th German hare been abled to bring Into line. It waa prac tically Impossible for the defeadera to resist In their advanced positions. When the maaa of German Infan try came over, the allied troop spread lightly In the forward work. fell back coolly, fighting yard hf yard, to the actual line of real tanoe. They held back th enemy lust sufficiently to make Mm how his strength and to permit tha mala ' body of defender to make the pro per disposition to meet him. Only at one point was th real French line forced to recede and that waa In the vicinity of Reon ur-Mata. After the German Infan try had atarted.-four hour of the most Intense fighting had brought them only partly wross the allied advance sone. They were battered (Continued cese. for It give him the needed con- fldence for similar experiences In th future. Safe flying Is largely a mat ter of Intuition, which sense can only be acquired through constant prac tice or long duration. "The training or an aviator, from the beginning, assumes practically the same dangers as actual service In, the air at the front, which Is not the case In the training of any other branch In the service. Therefore It Is little wonder that the loss of a few men In training should stir the public to believing the carelessnes hss Its part In causing the losses. "The machine a pilot begins onis safer than each succeeding machine will do lor me iiyer. ror mnun, . the easur IMes for the most part come pm J( Urg. est and safest planes. Few casual ties are recorded of the lighter and faster types which are exceedingly hard to handle and susceptible to the least wrong move on the part of tho pilot. "Considering that In practice there Is practically the same danger ale-' mt as there Is In flying ' at the fJ ,TWy ,ow ln comparigon to - the )(poat numDer 0f: flyers In training Were the actual figure made known of jUBt wnat i, helng accomplished in dally flights, landings, mileage and acrobatics, surprising ' facta would be revealed a. to just how wonderful a progress Is being taade In American aviation with such little loss." FIT FRANCE