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MEDFORD OKIWOX, SATURDAY, .ITIiY 1. 1916
NO. 87
ALLIES BEGIN GREAT DRIVE IN THE WEST
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LAUNCHED
After Weeks of Intense Bombardment
Biillsh ami French Start Tremen
dous Drive Over Twenty-Mile
Front, Takliifi First Line Trenches
in Initial Chnrfjc Sector Selected
Forms ?. Considerable Bulue in the
Allies Lino Supreme Effort
LONDON. July 1.- After weeks of
iutenmi bombardment with guna of
every caliber, firing u million hIicIIh
dnily, thu Hritbdi early tliix morning
liHiiiHit'il a gcncrul offensive ntrninxt
the Herman line along n front of
twenty index north of the River
Soinme. They xitccceded in Hiking
the (leimnn front line trenches and
rupturing ninny men.
Thu French on the HHtixh right
co-ojfornted in the nttiick. When the
hint dispatches tlitiM fur received left
liritixli hciidiiuurtcrx, (lie fighting
'wiih. Mill progressing ninl further
xitcecxxex, it wiih Hiiiil, were being ie
cordnl. '
Thu front whaled for llie HHtixh
offenxive wiim decided upon many
weeks iiuo, nml the bombardment of
the entire line u well mm the frequent
inidx whieli procured for HHtixh
hendqunrtcre immtitnnt information
nx to the di position of the QennnuN
wit designed to keep the Herman
gencrala iineertnin mm to the imint nt
whieh thev would lie en I led iikii to
meet the brunt of the attack.
orfiiiMto AiherllMMl.
Thi j the first time ine the
oiitbreiik of (he wur Hint the inten
tion of mi nrmy to undertake mi of
I'cnsiie hits been ho well advertised.
A week ugo when the Clenimn attacks
niznnist Verdun began to make fur
ther headway nnd it won feu red the
nriiiv of the crown prince wax getting
within u diMmiee of Verdun whieh
was dnngeroiiH for the Milieu, the
liiiti-di gutiK begun to penk. .Since
then, except for the hourx when
Hrili.lt in I'n nt ry men weie milling
Ceiimin ti caches, n eonlinunl bom
biiiduieiit (dim been uuiintiiined.
Hull eric whieh now nre innuuier
nble took tunix ut smashing the Her
iiiiiii ilefenHt'x, destroying communica
tion trenches hiiiI blowing up nm
iniiuitiou deMi(u. New trench inor-
lar, particularly destructive, tore
nn wire entanglements, broke down
pitnilieU nnd generally opened the
.i i m men with rifle, nnd bayonets.
1'- uuiis f fifteen incJirx mid other
lame ealibeiH prevented the Her
in. in- from bi iiiuing up supports,
w reeking everything within range.
Aitllhuy I'liv Intense.
The artillery fire wu imrtieulurlj
inteit-c on a Kt reteh of the front
north of the ttomme, and earlier dix
pill chew told of the definition of
(he towns of Thiepval und Heuu
court, where the Oermaua bud eon
rent mted umniiinitiou. Karly thu
ming more guns were brought into
.ii'tmu on this twenty-mile Heetor ami
tor an hour und u half the Germans
were Mibjeeted to a bombardment
whieh is described us the fiercest ex
pencilled in this war of heuvy urtd
ler.. Thi. nmrtiiug the correspondents
at the front fur Itritih m-w -ji.ipci -,
(ContluutKl on page filx)
WEEK OF SHOWERS
SHIUTON. Jul., l Weather
loiKlltione for toe week beginning
Sunday as forecast by toe aataer
Imreau say:
- Hocky Mouatatnd plateau re
ii.iow normal, with ffoquent local
tiiundertornia.
Pacific states Local showers la
Va.hlugtoa and OretM. Twnpar
,it(po h.low seasonal average."
FIRST LI
CAPTURED IN
Hi RUSH
Five Hours After Launching Great
Offensive, Towns of La Bolscllc,
Scrrcantl and Mcntauhan Captured
and Curlu and Favicre Woods
Main First Line Trenches Over the
Entire Front Stormed and Second
Line Reached Many Prisoners.
1IKITISII HIUDfAIITKIIS, .Inly
1, 111:02 p. in. in piiHliing their of
fensive, ngaitwt the (lunimus, thu
MritiHlv have taken thu villngu of Ma
ntel z.
Flicourt, whieh Iiiik been held ten
iieiiiHuly by the nonnniiM, line bueu
nearly turroiinded.
. niMTisii mi)QUAirrmts in
FKANCU, .July 1. RuportH roeuived
from thu front up to 12:.'I0 o'eliK-k,
five hoiira ufter the combined French
nnd ltritih offenive wnm hiunchcil,
nhowed thnl the nllien lutd captured
the tnwiiH of I .ii HoNelle, Serrennd
and Monlaiibnn, and Cm In and Favi-
ore wooiIm. Thu main fiwt line
trenehcH over the entire front iiiidur
nttnek nre reiMirted to Jmvo been
Ntormcd, mid nt vnriottK points thu
lighting Iiiih i-Piiehed the inaiii seeond
line.
I'lvo .Alibis Council.
Thec rcportx nhow that the llrit
Mt and Frtmeh nt the Miliitn of their
fuitheKt ndvnnee have broken
through a diHtuiiee of more than five
inilea beyond the firt (leniiaii
trenehe. .Monlttubnu is five and a
half mile ent of the old Itritixli
front, and Curlu wood is x luihm
eiiHt HOiithenet of Albert.
The Itri(i)i are endeavoring to
Murround Thiopvul, and at other
pointx an intenxe nlmgglii ix under
way for townx nnd villngex. l(cMiitx
from the front indicate that the pres
ent fleriiiau position nt Fncuuit may
be cut off.
.MuKIiik fi'iMNl 1'roKitiHs,
Al thix hour the Mnlixh nre making
j,'hh1 pntgrexx behind the front linex
in (ienuau-held territory. Serre and
ilonliiubnn, which 'the ItritUh have
enplurcd nre imiMirtant tactical
pointx. Herte i Miutbeuxt of llebu
tenie und .Monlaiibaii ix northeast of
Hrny. The liritixh are fighting fnr
llie villagex of Ma met and Contal
mnixon, portion of which they bold.
The Itritixh tire fight itic gullmill.v
and have taken many prixonerx in the
front lines.
The French, advancing on the Brit
ish right, are moving with KreiU
xteudineMx. After the uxxault they
very quiekly covered a dixtauee ot
two kilometers beyond the (iermnn
front line. Thus far the dav ban
gone well for France and Kiiglnnd.
Under a pull of tdicll uiokc, witli
the unbroken roar of artillery, the
struggle oer the longext hue of au
offensive yet undertaken on the
western front, whieh began at 7:'M
o'clock this uioruing, is continuing ut
thi hour.
Fiom a lull the Associated Pre--
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"WASHINGTON-, July J. Formal
approval of the Increased navy build.
tng program recommended by the
senate naval committee in amending
Uie annual appropriation bill passed
by tbe house, was givea in a state
ment Issued today by Socrttary
Daalela.
The eomittee besides framing a
program calling for four dreed-,
naughts and four battle erulaers neat'
year, wrote Into the bill provision tor
completing within three years the
board'a plan to add 1( capital ships
before 1193.
DREADNAUGHTS
PLANNED FOR NAVY
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show s a rn-Ii to the .itf.tc U b llnti h M'Vkh att-r a dMh.it ue m ' -nioKe ' le-rub- J he Hi hi -Ii i.i'i- v,ii' mud lip beliiinl tin wire enlatigle
inents, with tlie (iriiium-. mils n shoit di-taiu'c nii. The llriti-h InyU'd iiiiiiiber ot -mol e bomb-.. Tlu c lunmtl a hem white iloud, behind
which the llntish, unseen, dashed t'oilh lor nit attack. ',
CZARS
FORCES
IAKE KOLOMEA
LONDON, July 1. The announce
ment that the Russians had captured
IColomtm reached here early today
In a laroiilo special communication
from I'utrograd. This communica
tion merely said: i
"Wo have taken Kolomna, the,
most Important railway ceittor In
tlio Ilukowlua region."
PUTKOOHAD, July 1. Itusxinn
triMipx eoiitinue to drivn hack the
Atixtro-lliiugnrinu nnn.v in the re
gion xouth of the llncixtcr river, in
(lilicia, snyx the 'K4ixHiau official
xtutemeut ixsued today. Mauy plaecx
Hoiith of ICidomeu have been occupied
by the forccx of Ianenir Kieholax.
It ix announced that on dune 28 nnd
211 (leneral l.etchitakv took prixouer
.'10. offieerx and J-J..17 1 men, making
a total of 217,000 Auxtro-llungnriuiiM
captured since June I.
I'AltlS, July 1. Alter four violent
attaoks with liquid fire, the Ourmsus
siicceoded In capturing tlio positions
oast of Hill 301, which wore taken
by thu French yesterday. The French
made a counter attack and recap
tured the position, according to an
official statement Issued by tbo war
office today.
After several furious asaaulte, the
Hermans succeeded In penetrating
tlio works around Thlaumout, which
wore captured by the French yester
day, according to tbo official state
ment. The approaches to Thlaumout are
still In the hands of the French. On
the west of the Meuse fighting of
great vlolonce lasted throughout the
night In the uluhhorliood of Kniies
llavrourt road. Naiic was bom
barded In (iermaii long runKc tfiiu.
S
10 AID REFUGEES
WASHINGTON, Jul) I Secre
tary Lansing today auked cougress
for $:soo,ooo to be used in getting
Americans out of Mexico. 110 said
available funds bad beeu exhausted
and it Is highly desirable that every
citlaeu of the United States be
brought out.
Appropriations of $1,613,500 for
equipment of national guard units
with machine guns; $1,018,397 for
land defenses armament, armoring
locomotives and for protective
measures in the Panama canal soue
also were asked lu estimates sub
mitted by the war department.
The house today agreed on tbe
house committee report of the forti
fications appropriation bill with a
total of $25,748,050 cash appropria
tions, and 13,t00,000 in authorised
oontraeU. An Increase of (1,880,050
evor the total as the measure origin
ally panted the house to largely In
appropriation for ammnnltlon re
serves.
m
DRNE
300.000
BEHIND SMOKE CLOUD FORMED
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I
imtTISH IIICADQl'AKTKHS IN
FUANC'H, July i. Through raids,
covered by n continuous bombard
ment, the llrltlsh this week lmvo
tnkuu prisoners by whom they lmvo
Identified ovary Herman battalion op
poslto tholr linos. Some of tlio
prisoners say that tho llrltlsh flro
lias been, so heavy that It lias de
stroyed the coinnuinlpaUoii trenches
and that the Hermans lmvo been mi-
falde to bring up food to their front
lino for three days.
Jt Is stated that the Hermans lmvo
withdrawn from their Vordun front
throe divisions of the Bavarian troops
and several divisions of ceserve
troops for tho reinforcement of Field
Marshal von Hliidenburg on the Rus
sian front. It Is said that It Is prob
able also that three additional di
visions were sent to Russia from the
llrltlsh front recently.
One report lias It that the eleventh
Bavarian division refused to attack
Vordun again, whereupon order was
Issued that orery tenth man bo shot,
but that the king of llavariu Inter
vened and Km pel or William d willed
that tho Ilth division should go to
the eastern front.
There has boon no cessation In the
llrltlsh bo iu bard meat along tho
whnlo Hue from the Vprea salient to
the Bomiiie In the last a I hours.
The weather continues overcast
with now and then rain squalls.
Wherever the correspondent has gone
along the line, the llrltah liavo ap
peared to be flriug two shells to the
Hermans' one. At midm points In
the face of the Hrltl-h concentration
i the Herman guns have seemed
striuiKcl) Hlleut ui ir Malting events.
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WASIIINHTON. Julv 1. Treasury
otlieials weic tidii iigiiriii' the
treasury's net bal.iir lor the Iim-uI
year, which ended lost night, to de
termine whether or not ii bond issue
will be neccssurv to cure for cxpen
diturex cuued by the Mexican crisis.
There is an nyreeiin-nt among ad
ministration leadeis to ask congre-.-!
to uutborixe an i ut-, if ordiuurv re
source of the ticisiirv department
and the udditionul '70,IHIO,I(MI ex-jx-ctcd
from the .idiinnistruti'in rev
enue bill ale not -ut Indent.
TO
BrtiNOH
ficial denial
report that
AlltKS. July 1. -Of-a
given today to the
the Argentine govern-
awnt had
Carranza.
amument to QononU
GERMANS
MEN
FROM
I
TO CHECK R NS
BY HURLING SMOKE BOMBS, AD
I MILIII
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1. West
ern 'National Huiirdsmou today were
Joining tholr bordor militiamen from
tho stntos beyond tho Rocklos ut the
military baso camps scattered along
the Mexican border. Detnnlimonts
ot Oregon, California and Utah sol
dlors have already arrived at the In
ternational Hue and southbound troop
trains were leaving the various mo
bllUntlon camps dally.
Doth California and Oregon guards
men were patrolling the line between
California and Lower California. The
Third battalion of Hie Third Oregon
Infantry, which arrived at Sun Diego
yesterday, was making Its camp to
day at San Ysldro, a border Kt south
of 8a n Diego. California coast ar
tillerymen have been on guard duty
at the San Diego water reservoirs
near the border for several days. A
troop of cavalry and a signal corps
company of the Washington National
Huard which left the mobilisation
camp at American Lake last night are
due to arrive at Negates lato tomor
row. The majority of the California
guardsmen were en route to tho bor
der today. Four cavalry troops which
left Sacramento Thursday wero due
to arrive at the mobilisation camp at
Nogalcs, Arts., late today. Tbo sec
ond regiment or infuntry entrained
from Camp I Urn in JoIiiihou at Sac
ramento early toduv and the First
battalion of field artlllcn Is sched
uled to Mart for the xouth tonight.
LLOYD-GEORGE AS
OF
LOMiOS, .luh I Tho details of
the appointment of David Lloyd
Oeorgo as mlnUter of war have been
settled, the Dally Chronicle aays to
day and his aiiolnt incut will be an
nounced shortly. Tbo tener of Lloyd -Ueorge
to tbe war ministry also will
Involve changes In the under secre
taryship, now held by I (arid J. Ten
naut and Harry W. Foster, also will
bring a new minister of munitions.
ROLE IN -THE BALTIC
I.oNImjN, JiiI I. Hiiti-b uaval
nun, home on leave alter u (M-riod of
paiiicipation in submarine operationx
in the Hultic, xpeuk enthusiastically
ot their work, uy the Kdiuburg eor-re-uindnt.
"We imposed an iron rule in the
Baltic," xnid one petty office, "and
the Uermuns are now begidniutf to
reel tbe full effect of it in n ter
lil.lc draught upon their laider."
FORCE
ARRMNG
LI
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WAR
VANCE FROM THEIR TRENCHES
U. S. SEIZES GUNS I
IE FOR ALLIES
WASHINGTON,, July 1. Aftor
turning down tho Low In machine gun,
Invented by Col. Isaac N. Lewis, Un
do Ham Is now forced to commandeer
tho supply of Lewis guns being mini
ufRcturud by the nlllos lu ordor to
supply tho troops going Into Moxlco!
Tho scandal or the I.uwls gun has
bean banging over the board ot ord
nance and tQrJjncatlniig for yearM,
Col. Lowla was unable to get the nrmy
officials to accept his Invention, und
was forced to go abroad.
Now, the li wis gun Is the main
rellsueo of the allies In the liuroponu
war.
Jtlxept for machine guns, the Unit
ed States army Is equipped with suf
ficient reserves of arms and ammu
nition, or else has the requisite ra
pacity for quickly manufacturing the
needed munitions.
Hut of machine guns, loss than half
the required number are available.
The war college specifications oall for
lz machine guns for each regiment.
The army now has between ltOO and
1200 machine guns and needs 2600.
lu order to get them the ordnance
bureau of the war department has
eumiitHiuleered the entire supply of
machine guns being msde by three
manufacturers tor the allies.
They havo been ordered to tarn
over the entire prnduet of their fac
tories to the army. These guns are
of three types: the Itenet-Mereler;
tho Vlckers-Maxlm, which are made
by the Coll company at Hartford.
Conn., and the Lewis gun, made by
the Savage Anna company at Ullca,
N. Y.
Had It not been for the Influence
whlrli defeated acceptance of the
Lewis gun when Its Inventor first
offered it to his own regiment, the
1'iilled States army might now have
been fully eqplppod with these arms.
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WASIIIMITON, Julv 1. The lla
bill, appioprialuia J,0()0,0llll for de
Miitdeut fiiiuihex of national guards
men called or drat ted hi the present
emergency, wus uixed b the house
todu.i. The bill, which now gees to
the senate, allows not exeeediug 4.'HI
a month to the dcM-ndeut lamilies in
the discretion of the seaieturv of
war.
SAILORS WOUNDED
IN TAMPICO CLASH
QALVKSTON. Tex, July I Two
American sailors from the cruiser
Salem were wounded during a olash
with armed Mexicans at Tainplco last
Tuesday, according to passengers, ar
riving on tbe Wolvin liner Dade from
Vera Cr'us today, who "received their
Information from passengers on the
Ward liner Monterey, Tampico to
Vera Crui.
MAL
FO
BORDER
LL AWAIT
REPLYFROIW
No Wortl From First Chief In Re
sponse to American Note If Reply
Does Not Arrive Today, and If It
' Is as Defiant as Private Advices
Indicate, President Will Have to
Walt Until Wednesday Before
Plnclinj Situation Before Conness
WASHINGTON, July 1. Unloss
Cnrrnnza'a roply to tho last Ameri
can noto nrrlvos today and If 11 Is
ns defiant ns prlvnto ndvlcos front
Mexico City lmvo Indlontod, It is con
sidered probnblo I'rosldont Wilson
will lmvo to wait until noxt Wednes
day beforo placing tho Mexican situa
tion boforo cougrosfl, ns tbo Iiouso
planned to adjourn today over tho
fourth.
It was iilnlu that Administration
officials wore Impntlont nt tho falluro
to recolvo any word of when tbo
Mexican noto might bo expected,
since tbo domnnd for n prompt ro
ply went to Moxlco City Inst Sunday.
A bio to rroiect Itoiilor.
Strong nssurnncofl may bo given
In tho Mexican roply, It Is bollovod
by offlclnlH lioro, ot tho do facto
government's ability to protect tho
bordor against further rnlds. Tho
UMoxIcnn onrtmsay statod 60,0u0
troopa wotiiu n0 avnilablo for this
service If tho Amorlonif forcu Is with
drawn. Developments lu the Mexican orlsln
wore nt i standstill wbllo tho United
Slates government awaited Impa
tiently Carrausa's reply.
Messages received nt the stato de
partment from special Agent Rodeem
at .Vfcxlco City made no mention of
the Mexican answer. Mr. Rodgors,
so far, has been unable to forecast
the action of General Carrnuzn and
the only intluintlnii reaching lioro
has been through diplomatic anil
dispatches. These have Indicated Hint
the da facto government waa pre
paring to stand by Its attitude of
hostility toward American troopa
across tbe border.
I'liipaiiMliMkss HiKia On,
Upon bis return from New York,
President Wilson went ovor nil thu
advleea nt hand, but learned virtually
nothing be did not know when ho loft
yesterday. After today, If It should
become necessary for him to addrosa
congress, he will wait until Wednes
day as both houses arranged to ad
journ over the Fourth ef July.
Reports to the war depnrtmont
during the day continued to show
satisfactory progress In tho military
preparations for any eventualities on
or beyond the border.
A total of 1Q3 men wero sworn
In this week as against 1.106 last
week. The proceeding average wookly
enlistment was In the neighborhood
of 700.
Kettere I'miwly Taken.
Kfforts ot the Carranza govern
ment to restore American property
seised by local authorlUes In various
Mexican states were reported to the
state department by Special Agent
Rodgers. He aald mmo at thu gold
and silver bullion recently takun
from Americana at ManaanlllQ had
been returned and that Coahulla au
thorities were restoring many utolou
horses uud cattle.
CRATER LAKE BILL
E
WASHINGTON. J.dv 1. -A bill to
usiubluh a national park ervieo with
a comprehensive ..stem of xuwrvni.
ion nnd a bilj accepting fiom the
state of Oregon exclusive jurisdiction
over the Crater national p.uk. were
among measures pa--.nl tud.i i,v tge
house.
H, . -
William Klnntj lg in tot. a from
laws Valloy, , , , ,
CARRANZA
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