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Forty-seventh Year.
Dal l y Twelfth Ye:ir.
MEDFORD OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 3. 1917.
NO. 36
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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
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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.
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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
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DAhiELL Willard '
Dnnicl ilbinl, iluiliinim of iccncr
nl rnllnrnd bourd. National Council of
lofeue.
ASSIST ALLIES FOOD SITUATION
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U-Boat Menace Causing
Starvation in Belgium
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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."
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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,
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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,