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"ZS2&" Library Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER Maximum ycMcrdny, 07; Minimum today IK. FORECAST TOX10IIT AXII TL'USIIAV KAMI AM) WAIt.MKIt V tf s? Forty-sixth Tear, nnllv )':i'VTili Year. BRITISH WIN SUCCESSES IN 616 DRIVE Heavily Poumllnfj German Sccoml Line South of the Sommc French Capture Two Lines of Trenches Aloiifl Three Mile Front and Take Village of Herhccourt German Garrison at La Bolscllc Surrenders Town of Fricourt Captured. Tlii mnrkod Miocene won by the llrllialt mid Fiuiieh in initialing their grwil offensive nlnns; the vrwti'j'ii fronl nre being -neccssfully followed tip. lleuvHy pounding the (Icimnn M'coiiir lint' south of the Smniiio. the French have cnptii;ed two linen of IrciiehcK nloinx three mile ft nut mid taken the village of lluilieenint, two utile northeast of Dompierro. North the llrilislt have tit ben 1-Vi-oour. nr invising tor Uitimaiuc. North of the Ancre the British Imvo met most determined flermiin rcai! mice, hut they Hie declared to, luive maintained, in conjunction with the French, the initintlvo nil nlnng the line of the grond nffoive. Ii llolcllc Sitricmlers LONDON. July It. Tlie surrender of the reiiiuntil of the Oeintnu irtir rison in Iji Boisdlo wits officially nnnottneed 1 lit ntteinooii. Pi-ogress on the other part or the Imftlefiehl tiUo i loeonled in the atnlctnent which follew: "Heavy fighting continues, hut is proceeding sntisfnci-irilv for iu, e pecUilly in the vieiuty of m Buissolle where the remounts of the garrison hnvp now situ endured. "On other parts of the hitllefiiihl some further progress hus been nimle ami Home nIilit Umm I hotile defense be lieeji enplured.'' lit Ill-It Still Advance URITIHII HKADQlltTKItS IN TUANfK, Julv 3. i Uwloii. A fur ' ther advance bin heeii untile hy the British force to the etist of the An civ river. To llie noitb of the town of Fricourt the British bnve push dl forward and bnve gained ground lit it higher elevation. Fighting continues intense on vir tually the whole British front. Above fJbe Anere there bus been ho iuiort NHt change. The British Imvo heavily hninhanl od Tbiepvul. At m Bninselle severe fighting is proceeding. North of Fricourt the British bnve pushed their positions forward to higher ground. higher ground. The situntion here in promising for the British. A liemy shelling of .Mnutnuhun liv the Herman continue. The Hnti-h nptMur to be well established m 1 1 -lowu. The number of Oeroiun ! tiller taken in I lu south fnr excecd t0,0O0. Tlie weather continue- l.i oralile. ALLIES GAIN NO IE il IIHItT.lN. Jul :t fbe w.r office reMirt ot loduv mi that the contin uation of the Fccuili and I5ntih dine .on both iden of the Suniuie ha not gained any advantage for the allie north of the river, but tfouth of the Sonne the German withdrew a divikion to the MH-ond line puition. The communication u.v: "The continuation of the Uritiah and Krem-h attacks on both ide of the Soinmc did not win any advantaite, geaer.Hy eakingf north of the river. The enemy utferd extraoiitinurily heavy b- in thix region. "Kouth of the rier he aitheW int the second hue ition during , tfcr nuhl the diium which C lOeull- ed crxat lXn the fir( line to lf inlcrewStAi iteioi'.nc poition. 'Im.i, i- Id. tie. Mr ('I ,! AD 1 1 m OFFENSIVE RUSSIANS IN BATTLE ON From Courland to Bukowina Severe Fighting in Progress Austrians Take Offensive in Formidable Force but Meet Repulse With Heavy Losses Russians Launch Attack Against Prince Leopold In Center and Advance at One Point. PKTI100UAI), July It. The Aii-Irinn-. bnve token the offensive in for initlnhle foree on the tntpiu front, hut bnve been i t'lmlcoil with heavy losses, the wnr offiee nniiouneiHl to tlny. BF.IM.IX, July .'. The Russian luive htuueheil nn nttitek itgniut the niiny of 1'iinee Leopold on the cen tral section of the ciiHtern front. The wnr office report of totlny hhvm the HuiiiHiH uceeilc(l in mlvitnciiiK at one point, hul otherwise were I'orceil to ret ten I with heavy I owe. Offlilul Account The offiein necount of the oper ntiinif. in the eant n.: "Ii'ii-winn torpcilo hont anil the hip of the line Slavn, houihanleil the Coiirhtutl coicl eitMt of Kumtttsun, without le-ult. They were uttueketl ct feci n civ I v our eoaMnl lintlciics niid liy iteroplaue "o.uiiilninri ami the Slnva wa- "truck. "At runny points along the front of Field Mnihul Von lliiulunhuiy the enemy ineieitHed bin fire niul repent wily undertook to nilvanee. Thewe led in riirhttiiu in our liucH only near Niki. north of Smoiiton. The enemy wiim ejceteil immetliately with hoavy lox-ei. We captured '2A' Ilii-inn. "On the fiim tof Prince Leopold the ItiiHoiiniM attacked noitlicii-t and ent of Onrodiwche and on both ulr of the Unrnuovichi rnilway, after ar tillery preparation fo rfmir hour-. A counter attack i now proceeding attaiunt detachment which advanced itortheiiMt of rtortHlirtcbe. Otherwise the enemy won forced to retreat, Icftvinif hehiml many killed and wounded. (ei mans Victors "Oh Hip front of (ienernl Von Lin tiuten htronir KtiHMinn counter at tack weie delivered ettwt nnd xouth cAMt of lntk. but failed to top our ndvaiicp. 1 4i me envnlry attack broke down mixernhly. The numher of prisoner wit increuKcd by nbout isno. "On the front of (Ipiiernl Count Von Ittt Inner we enu'iiucd ill a lint tie Mtutheast of l'lumaex whieh wn. favorable to n." RISH REVOLUTION I.ONIION. Jol :. The rnnl com miioi which nne-liH.itcd the Iri-li rebellion in it-- report todav mi the le-poii-dolity for the outbreak did not ret with Huron YViuibornc, the lord lieutenant inee reiand. who ; dedured to have been in no w.i answerable for the polify of the jjov einutent. The chief eretary tor Ire land, AugUMtiue Ilirrell, who reined xhortly after the t.utM4siou of the uotbreak, waa primarily repoutlilc, ay the report. The royal conunUalon was presided over by Jluroa llardinge. Outlining the cause of the outbreak in Ireland the reMrt fcay: "The fuel bould be borue in mind that there i aUay a aaetio of opin ion in that eouutrv bitterly oppoaed to British eoaiuftioB. atl that in time of e.rcitemnt thin section ran imiuise i4 tntiinent on largely in creatPd uiunlieru ofetho iMp!e." The reuirt inteont that it is out side the ope of the commit tiM1 in-j.triu-tinii to imiuire how far the pol-n- ot the i t-.ti eeeiitie .idoptctl hi iln i ilnio i or io mi. i. i i. -pun El B1RRELL ELD RESPONSIBLE R ill I' I., .ill III- till I I i l 'I.I IM.I ,ii . sii i t .1. it. .ili'i MEDFORD First Photograph of 10th Cavalry Troopers As They Crossed Line After 'I'hU pliotiiapb, MiiiiiCfl as the UIhmiiIwI froocis of llie tenth cm airy Meppwl onto tlie Amorlniii hide of the Inlet national In blue at I.I P-o, hhoiih iviiiIIiik from leH to rlnht, CieoiXe M. Clmninlaln, T. (J. StiirUler ami John IImhi, all troop (', ho 'ix tal.cn prlMincrs at Cm-Hnl. The pleture nIiouk their "bach home" Millie, iiImi tbo luiinilctl iimlernwir In ulili'li the) m-ro roreel to tiiivel. BE AN TROOPS SS GERMANS IN EAST AFRICA IIAVIIK. Jul :i Sub-lMiitial pioa icsr for the lielumn lioop uiaiiin fieruinu l'last Africa is reported in an official atntemeut issued by the lel Kian war office today. The state ment taya: "Oeuettl TtMnbnre cables that the Holginu troop huve continued their progreas all along the front, closely pressing: riu retrenliiig unity on the ICugera rier. ilolitor's biigudu met with only "light ixsitance after ero-siiiK the river, the brigade pur sued the enemy eastward and occu pied Itiuramulo on June 2 1. 'One day's march eiut of Hlara mulo the advanced eorjis of the bri gade attacked a party of the enemy who approached from Keindschimn. The eiiemv was iMuiten and retreated precipitately. Our troops took some pri-oaers and a convoy. "In the region east of Lake Tun uanika our forces eotured a store house Idled with proviion, arms nnd munition.-. The enemy, threatened liv columns of Olson' biiade, re tiiM'd bntlli' mul .ib.indouwl their po--itiou at Kile' .1 uliU'li Uii occupied on June T. The par i.it ontinuc-." HANLEY NOT GUILTY U.S. AY SAX KH A X( I SCO, Jul I Wil liam llanlcy, holder ol l.ire acreauc-. in eastern Oregon and candidate lor the I'nited Stales senate from tliat state last year not guilty of con tempt in muking use of the water of the Kilview river for irrigutiou of his lands, according to an opinion hand ed doen by the United State circuit court of appeals, llanlcv bad been adjudged in contempf by the Cuited States district court of Oregon for ul b'Kt'd Moliiliol)-. ol jb.it ciluit'- de ii i in a u.itii iijhl- i mil i n ci - In I u i i i, 1 1 i nn , .1 . 'In I' i i , 1 . . -t... ..i i I ii OKIWON, MONDAY, .ITLV - NO ISSUE JULY 4 OF THE MAIL TRIDUNE In accordance with estab lished custom, there will be no iiir of the Mail Tribune on TucmIiu, .1 tit I. f-f-f-f-f-t.-f-f4--t-f WAKIIINOTtiN. .In'' ::. At least ilO.lHH) National (iaiiMUiiieu probably Mill be on duty at the Mexican bor der within the next day or mo. Soon nfter arrival each reuinwnl of env alrv or artillery will be furnished with automatic maehiuu gun. '200 of a new type which were ordered re cently for immediate dells cry. Am an exMriiunt, the una will be car ried in automobile instead of on the bucks of imek mules and 'five chauffeurs- will be required in each regi ment to operate the cur. Oflieiais here today were only mildly interested in reports of the latest bandit ha-.e into Mexican ter ritory bv two troop- of the Kmhtb anlr under Captain lloy Kltui-c. Still no indication had come ic- lyardinc tieucral Citi i.iuxn1 the Ann in .in Hole liciii.indlil -.t.itc In- uiteiilioi tunard l'i r-biii"- Ion c-. npiv io that In (ii'iu l.il I T 30.000 mm LONG IIAN BORDER LONUON, lul -' The HrM uroup Of wounded rrom tin- liritish fiont In France arrived ut Charing Cross sta tion this evening. An enormous crowd assembled at the station and the police had conhiileranlc difficulty In olitalnliiK pa-s.tuo for the I ! ClOh- ViIikIp-. tliT'ii-ii I lie ilninii." Ill Hi III ,'".' . Ifllii Being Freed && ON HARBOR BILL OF $42,886,085 WASIIINtiTON. .Inh :i Confer ecB on the river and harbor appropri ation bill today agreed on a meatum currying I2,8S,083. The bill aa It panned the houxe carried J 38. (100,000 uiid an It paaaed the xenale I1I.0U0,- (Mill. The conferee! xtruek out the tan nic amendment limiting the amount or water to be diverted rrom i-ane Mhhlgan for the IlllnoU river Im provement and otherwise regulatliiK the IIIIuoIm river Improvement. An Item of $1,0X0,00 for a divert Ing dam In l.ox Angela harbor whs reduced to $600,000 and to an appro prlatlon of $S2U,00i for the tmptovc ment of Dan Diego harbor the confer eex attached an amendment for the Hiring of r.00 acrea of tide UnU to to the government for uaval bane ur poaeH. Other changes made are ax fol fel fol eows: One million five hundred thouxand dollar for Improvement or the Mis Nlsxlppl Inxtead of $I,0.(I00. One hundred tliousand for Wlllapa 'river and hurhor. Wa-lilngton, with 1 unthoi i.aiun or $i it.oiio more. 21. i ASIIIMilON, .liilx I. A cin-iis l.ini.Mi tuble i--ucd tmbu c-ltiaati-the uimiber o ablctuHlied men ot mil itary age hi the Lulled tlae as about -Jl, Out 1,000, The esiiuiate u !ba-ed ou the assumption (hat there bu been an increase of teu crceiit in the population sice 4UI0, when the total wale iMipiilaliou over la years and under 411 was l.l:i,IMMl. Of tbi- number H.J24.000 were while native, -!.M"T.MH weic Ionian bin a tvliilc. who liad Iiiioiim' natui ilii'd CONFEREES AGREE 000.000 MEN AVAILABLE F OR WAR ' IMIO I, I ECOND LINE 0 French Offensive South of Sommc Continues With Complete Success French Capture Ctirlti and Her hccourt Many Prisoners Taken Germans Occupy Damloup on Verdun Front hut Lose It to French Three Miles of Trenches Taken. jTl'AUIS, July . Tito French of fUHslve south of the Soniuio In rntv Junotloii with thn llrlttsh drive, coif tinned Inst ulgJit with complete xtio- foaa, lite wnr ornre nnnounroil today The Prenrh have orcnpled two lluaa of treitrhos of the second Our man position on a front of five kilo in el or (three miles.) The Frenrh have captured the vll Inge of llerhocotirt. lCunt of the Mouse on the Verdun front the Germans captured Unmloup redoubt but the l'rencli soon after re- galnod possosslnu of It. The trenches of the second Herman position capturod by the French X tond from Marlrnurt wood, which Is In possosslou of tlm French n tar ns tho oiIkc of Assvvlllors. Tito vIIIhrq of llorhocoiirt, tnkon by the Fronch, lloa hotween these two points. Far thor no ut It tho Frenrh msilo progress toward Aaeevlllers and Astrena. Heavy Aitlllcry Captured North of thn Soiuiiih the nermnux umdn no attack uhu the posltlotiM previously taken by tho Fronch. Tho Frunch capturod heavy nrtllhiry nnd took mere prisoners. Tho statement says thlrty-iilne Oerntan Imttallons participated In the flKhtliiR nnd that thirty-one of tlie hsttallons huh taluetl Importunt losses. During tho artillery preparation preceding the Inauguration of the of. fenslve thirteen German captive bal loons were burned. The text of the statement says: "North of the Soinme the enemy Inst night made no attack upon the positions conquered by us and which we are now organising. ".South of the Sommc the fight has been continued with success for our arms. Yesterday evening and last night we entirely occupied along n front of mote than five kilometers (three miles) the two lines of trenches of the seeonil (lermau posi tion, from the Mereeoiirt wood, which Is In our iiosseaslou as far as the edge of Assevlllers. lietween these two points we took possession, as a result of a brilliant engagement, of the vil lage of Ilerberourt which had been defensively organised by the mmy. "Further south we have made prog ress In the direction of Assevlllers, (Continue d no I'.i ji Two. ) L MKXICO CITY. lul.v I (ieiieral Carruiua, moantiil ou a laaKiilflceut black horse and aroi mpauled b mem bers of bin Ntaffi madu the rounds ot the capital Sunday, visiting all wards of the city, not omitting the ueorer sections. This Is the first lime the rirst chief bss made such a Journey throughout the eity and he was fro- iiucntl cheered by crowds who gatb eied to view the cavalcade. On hi way the general pAssed pa rades of men and boys who were marchluK through the principal streets, drlling under Instruction of reaular anuv officers. These were contingents of volunteers who have offered their services to the govern ment In event of war with the United States. The financial sttuatiou has uotably Improved lu tbe laat few days and the public generally takes a more opti mistic view of conditions. Railroad traffic has beeu resumed to tbe north frontier and a regulation limiting the -cliuu' of tkkeU to points within Ut I iloim-tii-. of the iroutlrr bus beeu i ci i ,ili ii E GERMANS PENETRATED CRRANZA IKES ROUNDS OF CAPITAL OB ACK ER NO. fi8 3 GENERALS TOCOHND ON BORDER With 150,000 Troops Assembling, War Department Decentralizes Adminis tration of 1800 Miles of Border Funston to Command in Texas, Pershing In New Mexico, and Dell in Arizona Wood Probably to be Placed In Supreme Command. , WASIIKCOTON, .lulr S.--Wlth more than 150,000 troop ngsolhrillnir alotix tho Mexican border, iflto wnr dopBrttnant today took steps fo de centralize dlrcot ndmlnlfltrntlou of the 1800-mile frontlor In tho Intoroet of nfflrtoury, nnd probably, to pavo the way for tho nppolu(moii' of n suirome tommander to co-qrilltihto all lHllltary ncllvltlos ou the Intofnn tlottnl lino. Tho border formerly In tho south ern department from tho Clulf of Mexico to California, now Is divided into threo milltnry departments, com mnlulod by Major-Oonornl Frcdorlck Funston, HrlHadlor-nouoml John J. Pershing nnd Major-Gonoral .1. Frank 1 1 it Hell. I'ltiiston llcllcxoil. Wnr department offlclnla snld tho now order, which nutomntlcnlly re lieves (lnuornl Funston of supreuiP command ou the border nnd the nnormotts responBlbllltlos that have crowded upon him, hnd no BlRnlfl cuueo as Indicating propnrntlon for war. Tliore wan no nunouncument in rognrd to tho probnhlo selection of n senior niajor-gcnoral for commander- in-chief of tho berdor guurd anil flold fnrcos. Thori nro Indications thpt Major-fteuernl Leonard Wood, now coinmsiulliig the department of tho oust, Is being considered. .Another probable change Indloatoit by the new order la tlie promotion of neueral Pershing to major-general. The statement Issued by the de partment saya: "Th present southern department Is divided as follows, wiUi neatgu monts or oomamud thereto na Indi cated: "A The southern department to be under command of Major Oonnrnl Fiederlck Funston. to embrace that part of the present departmeiit to it line east of ICI Paso. "II The department of New Mex ico, with headquarters at ICI Paso, Texas, to be established under tho command of Urlaadler General Julia J. Pershing, to extend rrom western boundary of southern department to the 101th merdlsu. "C -That portion or the southern department west of the 108th merid ian to lie uHntmied to the western de partment, under command of Major deneral J K. Hell, with field hoad- ( Continued on page four). BELGIANS BOMBARD I.uNlioN, JuU :i News of the Anglo-French ol tensive came in very -lowlv today. People were unxioita for information but thowed no disap pointment at the deluy, having boeit warned that allied advunces must be slow, owing to the nature of the Gor man fortifications. The artillery, it i true, deinolUhos moat of the defeuae works but Uio Hermans remain in dugouts during bouibardmeuts and coiua out wiUi machine uns to meet the attaekeip Couseipieutly much band to build fighting occurs. Furthermore, tkero are counter attacks to be repuUed. Meanwhile the troop on the north ern end of the western front aro not iuaetive. Off the Hcltnuu coast Urit ish monitor- are throwing shells across the -aiiul dunes to keep tlie Oermuti- m iheir t rendu-. The Belgian- tvi'i'p no a homhaitlmcnt which eiptal- that ot the llnli-li una-, 'llto tiilin.ih- ale kept bu-v Iruio one elld of the hue to the other and threatened att.uk- at everv ihiiiU warn theui auaia-t -cmliiin leiulorceuieiit.- to tho, bulimic 1 1 i:ioh, , . . . GERMAN TRENCHES i. xth 7m -"NtW i