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Library WEATHER Maximum Yesterday 70; Minimum Today 37'. - FORECAST Tonight and Tomorrow Fair. Light Frost Tonight. HT'TT r RIBUNE Forty-seventh Year. Dal l y Twelfth Ye:ir. MEDFORD OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 3. 1917. NO. 36 BB If A MEDFORD 1V1A RENEW OFFENS VE FROi arhas ASSAULT ON WIDE FRONT - UNDER WAY Heavy Fight Taking Place All Along Hindenburg Line Strong Positions Captured and Satisfactory Pro gress Made Attafk Evidently Ma jor Operation .on 18-Mile Front Usual Preparation of Artillery Precedes Attack Just Before Dawn f -f LONDON, May 3. The Brit- isli forms have taken the vil- "t . Inge of Frcsnoy. Frcsnoy was taken by the Canadians. Brit- ish troops have reached Cherisy, crossed the old llindcburg line toward Reincourt, and are re- " ported to have taken Bullccourt. -f -f LONDON, May 8. The British be gnn another attaek this morning and have made progress, the war office announces as follows: "Heavy fighting- is taking place nil along the front from the Ilindcnburg line north of the Scnsee river to the Acliivllle-Viiny road. Our troops have already captured a number of strong positions." Progress was made in (lie direction of Fresnov and Cherisy and also to- - wards Bulleeourt, Renter's corres pondent at the British headquarters j reports. The new British attack includes nearly the entire front on which the battle of Arras was begun on Fas ter Monday and is evidently a major operation. Jt is the first giant at tack which .the British have made along this line. The attacking front is about 8 miles long. Attacked nt Dawn. The British attacked in tho dark est hour preceding dawn this morn ing, striking at the German positions east of Arras. The infantry assault was delayed until hall! an hour alter the half moon bad gone down. The night was clear and starlit and the almost ceaseless Hashing of guns gave definite shape to the shadowy outlines of the salient points. The correspondent says the attack was directed to the taking of certain points of considerable importance and to improving tho British Hue. The British desired to gain complete mastery of positions whence their ar tillery would be able more effectively devastate the fresh tnnyis which the Germans continue to throw in. Tornado of Fire. There was the usual preliminary tornado of fire from weapons of all calibers and then the equally familiar ,- creeping barrage, working with ab solute punctuality as the order to the :t men to iro forward was smmncd forth immediately down miles of trenches. Thousands of crouching figures form ed into regular waves for the advance. Then came the inevitable deadly rattle of machine gun and rifle fire and the crashing of bursting bond: as the infantry reached the parapet of the first enemy trench. As to the results obtained, report (Continued on page six.) WASHINGTON. May n.Sevrnty oni; (it-mum and Austrian merchant ships seized by the government will be repaired nnd ready lor eommis sion within five months unless con cealed damage i discovered. The federal shipping board estimated to day they will add 17'J'J ton to America's im-n-hant manor. M;iny of the smaller ships can be made ready for service in less than fuur TRAIN SERVICE CURTAILED TO Daniel Willard States Government Plans to Cut Down Passenger Trains and Only Ship Necessary Freight in Order to Supply Cars and Locomotives to Allies. WASHINGTON, May 3 Curtail ment of passenger train service and shipment of the country's entire out put of rolling stock nnd rails to the allies were forecast today lyDaniel Willard in a speech before the nar tioual defense conference of govern ors and representatives of state de fense councils. Already, Mr. Willi rd said, the fed oral council's general railroad hoard is working on a plan for readjusting schedules. Other nations at war, he sqid, have discontinued passenger schedules entirely, but the American government hopes to bring the rail roads to (heir highest point of ef ficiency by eliminating duplication and reducing the number of passen ger trains as far frs possible without inconveniencing the public. To Unlearn -1,(100 Engines. Of the -1,000 passenger train lo comotives in the United States, the railroad board hopes to release 4,000 for freight trains. "It is vital that France nnd Russia have locomotives and cars," said Mr, Willard. "We will have to furnish them. How can we do it 7 We CHn do it by getting along with what equipment we hnve and by putting jnto force measures of greater rail way economv. 'The general railroad board of tin defense council, comprised of five railway presidents who are opcratin e country's lines as one continental system, is working on these measures now. By reducing the time allowed bippcrs to load and unload ears we will save 21.",000 freight cars for one trip a year. Germany has re lured the loading and unlondm; time limit to six hours. We can re ducc our present limit from 48 to 24 hours and although it will mean some inconvenience, it is in the interest of all the people. Cuitnil Shipment. 'There will be more war time rail business than the lines can handle. The country's systems are hauling more freight than ever before, but they cannot carry all that is in sight and it will be necessary for the gen eral railroad hoard to decide what lasses of freight shal have prefer ence. Already t lie hoard lias said coal must go first and we lire filling the country's coal yards for next winter. What is the next most im portant c'imuiodity remains lo be dc ided. The agricultural department a-ks that seeds and agricultural nil plements be moved and they, too are being given preference. "I'll give you an instance of what we have accomplished m the oeono (Continued on picge six.) RUNS NATIONS RAILROADS ,,,:-v.-v.,. " DAhiELL Willard ' Dnnicl ilbinl, iluiliinim of iccncr nl rnllnrnd bourd. National Council of lofeue. ASSIST ALLIES FOOD SITUATION $V y U-Boat Menace Causing Starvation in Belgium i E Destruction of -Relief Vessels Prov ing Knockout Blow Mortality Multiplies Three Fold From Short age of Food in Belgium and North ern France. NKW YORK, May 3. The German U-boat menace has made the food situation in Belgium ami 11011110171 France one of extreme gravity, the mortality among adults in the indus trial districts having multiplied by three during March and April, accord ing to Herbert C, Hoover, who arrived here today from Europe on nn Ameri can ship. Mr. Hoover said he would go immediately to Washington to tuke charge of the government's food control program. Like pverv food American. T have come over to d my share," Mr. Hoo ver said "My new duty is too big a proposition to discuss nt this time." "The food situation in Belgium nnd northern France requires every effort we can make," said Mr. Hoover, who does not intend to relinquish his po sition ns head of the Belgian relief commission. . "At present it is one of extreme grnvity on account of the U-boat menace, which has increased alarmingly durinf the past eight weeks Wheat li'.iri corn are needed , badly and also pork i.'rl beef. "The commission by Wreh 1 had, struggled to its feet again after re ceiving the knockout blow of the sub-1 marine decree of February 1. Since March 1 we have lost five loaded boats but in March and April (10,000 Ions of food stuffs were landed. But this 00,000 was 220,000 tons less than we actually required. Because of the shortage the mortality in in dustrial districts multiplied by three. The children, however, did not suffer. They are always looked after first. "At this time we have only thirty boats. We need seventy." UUUI T I'lHLADKLI'lllA, May 3 The British tank steamer British Sun own ed by the Sun Oil company of this city and leased to Great Britain, has been sumbarined nnd sunk, proba bly in the Mediterranean, according to a cablegram received today by Howard N. 1'ew, president of the com pany. The crew was saved. Tim British Sun was built in HKM) and was 8(i00 tons measurement. She is said to have been one of the finest of her class and wan valued at 2,.")0n,0(HI. Last summer Great lirilain took her for war purposes. Captain Carey, who commanded the ship when it was in the commer cial service, is believed by Mr. 1'cw to hnve been in command when she was sunk. Many of the crew also remained with the ship. STEVENS GOING TO WASHINGTON, May 3. fn addi tion to the political ami economic commis-ion vhieh president Wilson will send to Kiis.iu, n special com-mi-sion of eminent railroad engineers will be sent immediately to help re construct that nation's transporta tion sf-lern. It will be made up of four men including John F. Stevens, on of the principal engineers employ ed oa the riudw-i caual, - . ' 4 vfY Heeler? O. . 1 -K .V? &i . -' FEEDING 1 THAT HISTORY RECORDS WASHINGTON, May 3. The World's Market Man is the title that may be bestowed upon Herbert C. Hoover as a result of plans of the British, French and American gov ernments for the United States to control the food supplies of the al lies with America's best man in su preme command. Hoover already has done the biggest job of feeding people that any man ever did. Unknown oul--ide of his profes sion of civil engineer when war be gan, he has spiling to world fame through his wonderful work in feed ing the starving of Belgium. Through that work he may rightly be called the World's Greathcart. (five Americans Aid. Americans stranded in Furope when war broke out remember Hoo ver as the niiin who passed out .-roll to $100 each to stranded persons, millionaires and school teachers alike, colliding on liunian goodness for tho rjettni of his money. While olllers talked Hoover acted. lie gol the Americans homo. Typically American is Hoover. Well set up, with a jaw that is square wilb determination, with eyes that have a stern glint in tlicm, hut that bctrny at tin; saute time deep compassion and sympathy, Ibis Wijird of Broad looks the true Dualities--. Hoover is of a paternal type. All children arc his children. The suf fering of Uelitun compelled him lo act beeaii-e be cannot resi-t the ap peal of sulTeiing. His most strikim: churnclcrisl ie i- love of children. He has two sons, one six and oner eight years of aee, one born in China 11 ml the oilier in Riissin. ItcfiLMMl (crttuiii Offer. A hard task is to get Hoover to talk about himself. American news papers printed columns and columns about llclgiiim. About Hoover there was little. Hoover saw to that. The German government was so iinprc-sfd wilb the rationing of lid- giuni it asked Hoover to take entire charge of rationing Austrian ami Russian I'ohtud, offering him one million dolljto i mouth and u.-kiug ON TO FEED no accounting. But ho would not leave his Belgian work. Hoover was born in West Branch, Iowa, 43 years ago. He was edu rated at Stanford university. There he met nnd married the woman who became Mrs. Hoover soon after both had finished engineering courses, Thev have traveled all over the world together. Hoover was doing exploration work in China when the Boxer uprising broke out. Be helped fight the Box crs and later superintended a muss of development work. ItisciiltH and llnllets. Almost at the beginning of the war Hoover declared biscuits would be ns powerful ns bullets. Now he seenm destined to be set at marshaling the world's biscuits against Ihc kaiser bullets 11 job that makes him rank in importance with a coninuiiider of all the armies of the world. This modest giant has been throngl Hut world's greatest tragedy, but it has not saddened him. Bit has found joy in taking relief lo long lines of (Continued on page six.) IE TAKE CONTROL OF WASHINGTON, May 3. Mean for transporting American roal to France and thus releasing for, otlu servile ships used lo cany it from Knghind is one of the 1110-t prcssing prohlcms laid helorc American gov eminent officials by mcinhcrH of th French and IliiJish commissions here. The question has enu-nl the council of national license to consider es tablishing more direct )-overiiincnl control over the eoal indn-try and the subject js being invcsti.'Mled by I' S. l'euhody of Chicugo lor the couu c"i ONGRESS GIVES FRENCH MISSION HEARTY OVATION Vivian! and Joffre Welcomed by Members of the Lower House Vice Premier 'Says France Hns Sworn to Fight Until the End for Liberty Kiss Hand Miss Rankin WASHINGTON, May 3 The house today received the French mission with roars of cheers and cries of Vive Ln France" from the floor and alleries. Rene Viviuni, head of the mission, ilolivered a stirring speech in French, md Marshal Joffre, ill response to 11 great demonstration, snid: "Thank you, and waving- his hand above hiin shouted "Vie L'Amcriquc." The Frenchmen shook hands with the members and ns representative Jean etto Uankin passed down the line, M. Vivinni, bending low, kissed her hand. Several little girls, some of them daughters of members, were kissed upon the cheeks by Marshal Joffre After being escorted to the cham ber members of Marshal Joffre's staff and Marquis do Chainbriin, great grandson of General Lafayette, lin ed themselves up in front of the ros trum. Applause and cheering last ed more than five minutes. A clerk introduced M. Vivinni, who said in part: . lviani miikcs wpeccn. "Never shall I forget the ucclamn HMs of the American people, If I do not thank you adequately it is not becnuso our gratitude is lacking but becnuso the words with which to oxpress it aro insufficient. "You, like ourselves, carry the man date of a free people, to maintain certain idenls, to exchango certain opinions regarding tho tremendous problems arising from tha wur, to the end that our two nations may side by side achieve equality and liberty. Op posed to us is an absolute monarch who seeks to compel others to do his will. When a few days ago the pco pic of this nation heard tho call to arms that man who is the central power in central Kurope understood the grnvity of the new situation which confronted him anil then we saw him lean from his throne beck oning to his subjects trying to. reus sure them with a promise of universal suffrage. LI was indeed ft hitter jest, Nwoi-11 for Frcetlotn. "We have sworn on the grnve o Washington lo fight to the end. But not only has it been sworn on the grave of Washington but also on the graves of the uncounted soldiers who have fallen in this war. It has been sworn nn the deathbeds of those who hnve died in the hospitals of F11 rope and it has been sworn on the craillcs of the newly born. It ha been sworn by every lover of free dom from Ihc cradle to the loinb." Nearly all (he members had greet cd the members of the mission wh Representative ,Munn, wild Keprescn SPEAKS TO CONGRESS P.?.Me V;V'At:l Former I'iviiiIit Vivinni, msII envoy of l-'ritiiro to the Totted Htatri Is hero shown greeting 11 Washington crond (Jint c-hccml hint as he bUtrted to on the president. LOAN TO BE OFFERED PUBLIC AT PAR Subscriptions for Two Billion Dollar War Loan to be Received Until June 15 Next Federal Reserve Banks Designated as Central Agere cles Low Denominations Prevail. WASHINGTON, May 3. Subscrip tions to the first $2,000,000,000 of fering of bonds to the liberty loan of 1917 poured into the treasury today , at a rate of more than a million dol lars an hour, while approximately 11000 banks ln every section of the country today were taking subscrip tions over their counters. There was every Indication that the huge Issue would be over-subscribed. ' Secretary McAdoo today delivered to tho Italian ambassador the S100, 000,000 which the government has decided to advance Italy to meet her pressing demands. ; -, The $100,000,000 for France prob ably will be similarly delivered short ly, bringing the total advanced the allies thus far up to $400,000,000.. . Money Handed Italy. ' ' ' Treasury officials expect to have completed within a few days the ex tensive program now under constd- - oration for utilizing virtually every available form or agency ln placing ; tho big bond Issue. Formal authorl- ' zatlon to receive subscriptions yet has to, go forward to the banks of the; country but in the meantime they are receiving applications for subscrip tions with the department's approval and encouragement. (Postotflces, customs and Internal revenue officials ' also will bo authorized to receive ap- 1 plcntions for subscriptions and news papers, department storos, express cninpnies, patriotic and civic organi zations, Mr. McAdoo has Indicated also will receive such authority as soon ns the Immense amount of de tailed work Involved can be accom plished. Called I.ilierty Loan. WASHINGTON, May 3. Secre tary McAdoo has anotinccd that the first offering of bonds authorized under the war finance law would be a two billion dollar "Liberty loun" is sue, open to popular subscription at par, and that subscriptions would bo received until Juno 15, next. The bonds will bo ready for delivery on that dale. Although department stores, news papers, bond houses and many other organizations in addition to banks will be utilized in floating the bonds, the twelve federal rcservo bnnks will ho designated as central agencies in their respective districts. Details as to the denominations of tho bonda have not yet been prescribed, but tho lowest denomination will bo ho small as fn place the bonds within tho reach of every investor. Women Offer Aid. Many offers of assistance in float ing the issue have been reeeived from women's organizations nnd the sec retary will organize a woman's cotn niitlco to assist in obtaining sub scriptions and distributing tho bonds. A large over-subscription, Mr. Mo Adoo announced, appears likely. "I have determined tn make nn ini tial offering of $2,000,000,000 of tho three and one-half per cent "liberty (Continued on Page Six.) LONDON, May 3. Shakespeare day was observed throughout Eng land nnd France. All tho schools in Great Britain have special exer cises. The national celebration took place in Kings college, London, in the presence of representatives of tho United States, Great Britain nnd France. Ambassador I'age made an address on behalf of the United States,
