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MEDFORD, OREpOX, MONDAY, MAY (!, 1018
NO. 37
ALLIED GAINS STRENGTHEN - BATTLE LINE
US DELAY
' OFFENSIVE
Probab y Awaiting Heralded Smash
Against Italy Bv Austrians
Mear"vtiile French and British
niaki! Local Gains Strengthening
Line for Resistance Austria In
Turn jil Germany Takes Over
Control of Bohemia From Austria.
HY ASSOCIATED l'HRSS, May (i.
(iriniuny has not yet taken ii the
il'fensive in till! west and probably
.nortec effort against the allied urin
es is held in nbcyawe to he made
Inn il inenusly with the heralded
1.11st in-Hungarian drive against the
.tali us.
In preparation for farther enemy
tttaefc-i on the Flanders battlefield,
i be I.ntish nnd Freneh have, been im
j rovint: their positions in local opera
;ions. The allied troops in an attack
ictwccn Locrc and Draneourt have
tdvr .1 .their line "iOO yards on a
rout nf l'.illin yards, gaining posi
ions whvh strengthen the important
celiiui i t the front between Sol'.cr
lenhcrg :md Mont li,ouge. German
miinter .ittacks were repulsed with
ioss. BeHia reporting on . the same
.'ighting, : ttcmnts to make out the nt
'ui'ks wcio made in large force' It
ays they were repulsed and that the
c'reneh lo t 1100 prisoners. "
Aril llory l'lro Continues.
On the loiitbern leg of the salient,
vhich is i,e one the Germans must
ittaok it' they wish to eonneet this
attlefiel with the one in Pienrdy,
)y wiping out the Arras salient, the
Ttermans ,uve made no further at
:empts to injsh back the British from
ihcir gams at Hinges, onrlier efforts
Hiving failed. The artillery fire con
innes most intense on both legs of
he I.ys sr.licnt, and south of the
iomine in Picnrdy.
Further safeguarding of the snulh
ni side of the li.vs salient was ef
eoted by the Hritish last night
hrough a local operation which re
ultcd in tbo improvement of Hie
irilish positions near Locon, north of
iclliunc.
Imimrtnnt Fighting.
It is on the Soniuic front, northeast
f Amiens, however, that the most
aiportant fighting of the last 21
lours lias taken place. The Austral
ians made a dashing ntlnck last night
n the imiiorlant sector between the
ncre and Soimne rivers and drove
iheir lines ahead nearly n third of a
mile on more than a mile frontage
II the Morluncnurt region. The at
tack of the Australians was si neat
ly carried out (hut they suffered only
(light losses and inflicted henvy eas"
i:allies on the Hermans, taking l.'jl)
,11'isoners.
Farther soulh in the I'icardy area
he French stood off successfully a
.'ennan f. Kempt at penetration. The
rial Hill made nl'lor n I,.,,..... i
'nrdmctit of the lino below Hailles.
i ouine-ist rt Amiens, but the. French
re elected n eonipletc repulse of the
nemy cilort.
1 he coming of n strong push on the
Italian front is heralded officially
uom icnnn, which nnnoanees tlml
Kmperor Charles and his militnrv nd-
i?sers are now on the front I., ii...
freiitino nnd the Tytol there have
iwen large movemnest of cno
(Continued on Pago Six.)
SILL AGAINST I. W. W.
PASSED BY SFNATF
1
WASHINGTON", May fi.-The bill
declared frankly to be aimed against
. i nnuMnal Workers ot t'.e World, out-
iwin,- orgiinirntion wnieh use or od
f .ea'.e violence to bring about "nnv
bvernmc ntal, social, industrial or
'onimiie chance during the war was
A today by the senate after a
I m ueuaie auu went to llio house.
El
Intended Assault Made Impossible by
Mud Flats While Allies' Artillery
Raises Havoc With German Prepa
rationsAttacks By Allies Ex
tremely Disconcerting to Eenmy
with the nniTisH auMy in
FRANCE, May 5. (By the Associat
ed Press. Luck seems to be going
against the Germans along the cru
cial northern battle front. ,Sunday
still founit the Prussian commanders
working desperately lo whip their
organizations into shape for a renew
al of the delayed offensive, wlillo the
allied forces, nided by mo weatner,
continued conn ter-operat ions which
are most disconcerting to an enemy
playing against time. It was quite
apparent the Germans intended an
other assault in Flanders yesterday
morning, but the arrangements were
upset by a combination of events.
There were the allied operations and
the heavy rain which converted the
ground into mud flats over which It
was difficult to move either Infantry
or artillery. . Therewas also confus
ion arising from wholesale rollefs
and the arrival of strungo troops in
the Gorman areas.
. Spoiled by Artillery.
The allied artillory has been main
taining an Incessant bombardment of
enemy territory and Friday night bo
fore the projected Germnn attack the
French and British gunners played
havoc with the German preparations.
The allied troops also have been car
rying out local operations which im
proved their lines and upset enemy
schemes.
Yesterday the allies occupied a
large number of important positions
at various points along the front of
4000 yards west of Kemmcl. The
British also made an advance of !00
yards along the front of 10(10 yards
northwest of Locon, thereby gaining
a number of positions which nnd been
contested many days. This morning
the Germans tried to regain some of
these positions but. were repulsed. An
enemy attack yesterday morning In
the Locon area under cover of heavy
barrage, likewlso was smashed.
On the southern battle front the
Brilsh last night near Sallly bettered
their positions.
The German prisoners taken In all
these local engagements made a con
siderable total.
Allied Spirits High.
The spirit or the allied troops re
mains at the highest pitch. They
know that every day's delay Is In
Itself a victory for them. Kaeh 2 4
hours that slips by makes America
loom larger on the horizon and brings
the much needed overseas troops
nearer the batlo lines.
This plmt.rapli sliona the
rcl', " '!) hall In Xe
m uiem are wearlnR Hie French
try telling of Utelr ctpcrk-ncci and
A N PREVENTS
HUN RENEWAL
OF OFFENSIVE AT VLADIVOSTOK
DEMAND RECALL
ALLIED CONSULS
Bolshevik! Asks American and French
Representatives to Be Sent Home-
Hope to Force Recognition of Gov.
crnment Fair to Show American
Participation In Plot.
MOSCOW. Sunday. April 2S. !y
the AsMM-iatcd I'tv-.! Official de
nial bus Urx-n touulr iy Jafuuiesr Cm
sill I ytsin lo Suuii fifltcirai of
fice ! nmwr tli.il alw X'ipuM'e w
placing much in., pin in Vl;nlifi.ttil
and an iirraniring in mcrcaH tla-ir
forces then'.
.MOSCOW, April (Ily the A
eoeiated Press.) Ilulnlievlkl de
mands tiiat the Ainerlcau and Krenrb
consuls at Vladivostok lis recti led
have brought no official lalrmetit
from Ambassador Francli and preach
Ambassador Noulens.
The definite demanda made tir For
eign Minister T4 lillorln were co
incident Willi Ihe arrival of Count
Mfrharh, the German amhaiiMitor, in
.Moscow. Ui'Karill.-fs of the itrons
pressure put on the entenle'n eniliaa
sies In the last few i-ckl to rn ag
nize the soviet goicrnnient which i
making full uo ot the Xerhlan Inci
dent, the position uf the eaibauln re
mains unchanged.
The ilolshevlkl demand upon Am.
buKsadnr Francis were:
First. The removal of John K.
Caldwell, American conniil at Vladi
vostok. Second. Investigation of hl
part In the alleged nesotliialloni Willi I
the Ame.lcan legation at Peking.'
Third. The attitude of Ihe American 1
government toward the soviet repub
lic. AmlmMador Kranri llcpllro.
Ambassador Francis hat enl a
communiraiion to Ihe IMthetlkl got.
eminent regarding the alleged par
ticipation of Americans, French and
British In a Siberian counterrevolu
tion plot in connection with whkb
the Ilolshevlkl put plainly the ques
tion of the recognition of their nv
ernment. The American emhawy,
the note says, rarefullr scrutinised
tho document submitted by the Rus
sian government. In the American
viewpoint, the documents failed to
show any ronectlon of Ametlraa of
ficials in these plots.
The American embassy, the ambas
sador continues. Interprets the dofn
ments to show only that pennn pan
ning a counter-revolt contemplated
asking the assistance of Conmil ( aid
well, Admiral Knight and the repre
sentatives of the allies In Peking, In
cluding the American mlnlter, but
failed to ahow either the contamina
tion of the hopes of the revol'itlonl'ts
In this direction, or that the Ameri
cans participated or promised aid.
PERSHING VETERANS
J-
. - ,0 IVr.hln veterans ho Jn.t rame
Vo Hi. Some of Ihe- men have beta
rro-s of .r t. i ...i .n
1 i
iJ4j Wk fir
Vim must wake and call rue early, call me curly, kaiser, dear.
For tmniirrow v. Ill lie. like today for many a Ionic, long, Jir,
For man) n long, long year, Kaiser, nnil you'll not forget my snay.
For I hiii your Vneen of Hie Slay, knisor, I 11111 your Vui-rn if U10 .May.
F
I. W. VV. LEADERS
( itirAfiO, M;iy
1 j :i mill
rhrntrtT. nlitor of
fiitn.ns
ed bv (lie In.lulrial Worker, of llie's wwk ,i,,"lve So'y- """i
Wnrlil, and n iff(-Tiliint lit tlx' (rial of
IIJ Inidrr uf I lit orir.'itiijitNUi for
Moljition of I(m itinii.ii:t in t, nit- j
r.tmnccd here Intf.-iy Mini tlx' 11:1 1 i iu! T
-m iali-t jtnrty i; ri-in di'lVrisf'
ftm.l fnr tUo f. W. W.
''Tlir MM'iiiii-t tn'W nrr prvii1inir
f'irt'l- t niil in fiir di'Tfii-i," saiil
S-itrrtir'r, wh i iw of iln rliiff
ii-iT- uf Williiiin M. ILivuihmI, t:vn--ri1
pt rt;iry tn'j'-ui-rr.
"It i n'iiii'1," lit' i-ont iimcil, "tliat
It frjit liv lit lnl'i-!rijil, WorkfiM of
tli VrIi in tlii -( wintlil mi'Mii ul-
mtiv i'tiiiu-fli;lp nclitin liv tilt "OVtTII-
ment utain-t the o.-.alil party and'"" not working for true freedom
then similar action against some of I and equality, but in the Interests of
the labor unions. a Knnf of rascals.
ARRIVE IN AMERICA.
vn te. -,vruu
back from Hance lo Help In Oie cl.ln days of the Mlierty l.in drive,
wmindd. All of lliem hnto seen l moiillis of wi-vlc- against the IUkIw.
hare lm-n in Iwltle. Some of
QUEEN OF THE MAY
E
AMSTKKDAM, May fi.
tion wim caiiHf-d in llio
-A spnua-
government socialist, when lie rea'l
a circular denouncing the democrat
ic parties In tbo relclislag which has
been circulated In tho army. The
circular says:
There Is nothing more lnloler-
able than Ihe democracy of the demo
cratic parties of the reichslag who
wish to enforce peace In renuncia
tion by provoking strikes and secret
demonstrations. In democratic coun
tries money plays tho chief role. To
day, anyono who does not do his ut
most n nip tho democratic movement
in tho b'id Is working for the enemy.
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art tot
3
llio men will travel thru tbo coun
EDMUND VANCE COOKE.
GAINS IN EAST
IS PEACE OFFER
LONDON-, Mny O. fionnnny't
liMir iMii.Miry. urconliii'j lo tho Daily
Mnil, Iiiih hrt-ii Inisily working Ihtp,
hut linn Tii ji l no iroirisH in nnv
rpi'tion. Then is ri'iison to hflicvc,
it savs, tlutt tlx (liTMinn nirt'tit who
has ht'fii r'Mrtt'il !o In a Dutch
finanii't-r, returns to Oennany to re-
port that thiTP is nothing Ininif.
A 't'ii1ral Nt'W ihspntfh from The
II 111:1 it mivs the Duti'h inti'niuMlinry
is r'iortt'il to Im .IoiiKIk'it Colyn,
fonniT niinittT of wnr.
Thn propoiil' mailt! hy .Tonkhop
f iilvn. thf ili-pati'li ri'ports, urn Hai.l
(I. pre to havp lirpn tis t'ullnwti;
I. - it-niianv to n'noiuu'p all plaiuis
ii. Hip west.
2. Kt'storaliin of llclinin.
'. Alsapp-Korrninp to ho tuilono
mous, wilhin I lu (ItTinan ft-dcration.
A. -TIip status in thr past to renin in
op at pri'M-nt.
ft --Austria lo makn rrrtain pon
cpssions lo Italy in the Tmitino.
(i. Balkan ' nest inn to 1m nolvcd
hy an intprnal iotial ronfrrpiirp.
7. Colonial ((iipstions nffpctini;
Africa and Asia-Minor to ht HPttlt-d
bv a ponlVri'rn'p of all Hip hflliuprpnts
H. Oi-nnanv to nbandun all tdaims
to her former Chinpsp protprtorato of
Kino Chan. 1ml in pxi'linnyp to ro
i pivp pprt.iin pcoiioinii poiH-cssioiiH in
China.
Iiftiklipcr Colyn went to Knxland
lust wpt'k as the head of n mission
whosp purpose was said lo ho to ex
plain to the Dritish I lie difficulties
caused hy (lerinanv's tlcinaiid of Hol
land concerning the transfer of (ler
n:an matcrinls across Ilullnrid to Hcl
uiiiin. WASMIMiTllV, May fl.- The sen
ate po-toffice eominitlee refused to
day to consider legislation to sus
d or modify increnscr second class
o-dagc rates which become effective
July I and which newspaper p ihlisb
ers have attacked in connection with
tl e pending postoffice appropriation
bill. Individual senators plan an ef
fort Inter to suspend or reduco the
increases.
Wl QflM (ID
IIILUUll U!U
E
President Requests Department of
Justice to Investigate Charges
Made by Borgltim of Misuse of
Money and Pro-German Influence
Proof Demanded By Coffin.
WASHINGTON'. Hay . depart
ment ot justice investigation of the
charge of graft in aircraft produc
tion made by Outrun llorglum. the
sculptor, was ordered today by Pres
iiletit Wilson.
Horglam's charges of pro-Oermnn
influence also will bo investigated.
Demand for a criminal investigation
was made in tho senate recently.
The president wrote Senator
TIioiiiuh of t'tilorudo todnv informing
bun that lie hud ordered the depart
ment ol liistiec investigation follow
ing the Bcimtor'a request of Friday.
"hvery iii.ilriinienlality ot the dis
posal of the department of justico
will be used to investigate and pur
sue the charges of dishonesty or mal
versation, ot tiny kind," wrote the
president. "Only in this way can the
reputation of those whose actions
huvu been ierl'cctly regulur und
blameless be protected nnd the guilt,
if there is any, definitely lodged
where it should be lodged."
The president's correspondence
with llorgliini begun last December
when the sculptor, ul'tef having first
called on Secretary Tumulty, who
mndo n report to President Wilson,
received a letter from tho White
Hoiiso snying the president was ranch
disturbed by his views of the nir-
raft situation and asked him to bo
more specific in his criticism.
Trotted In January.
In January, Ihe president, after
conferring with Secretary Haker, in
vited llorgliim to lay (ho whole mat
ter before the war department and
gave him the advantage of having n
member of Secretary Baker's staff
detailed to assist him in looking up
facts.
"Kvery facility of inquiry will bo
placed lit your disposul," the presi
dent wrote to the sculptor, adding
that if the differences of judgment
remained he would be glad to havo
11 report from Ilorglum.
Investigation by the department of
justice was nsked of the president by
Howard t'olTin, formerly chairman of
the aircraft board, who declared ho
requested it that the reputation of
innocent mn might not be ruined by
charges that havo been mndo.
The aircraft situation bus brought
repeated charges of inefficiency on
Ihe part of those in ehargo of it nnd
demands for nn inquiry prompted
President Wilson to mime an inves
tigating commission headed by Snow
(in Marshall. Prior to that time the
president had consented that Hqrglum
inquire into the facts regarding nir-
t a ft production and had received hU
preliminary report.
Iteport IN'ot Official.
Itorglum's report never was made
public fonuiilly, allboiigb enough of
its contents became known to show
that tl'.' sculptor had made charges
again' t those in control, and had ill
hgeil there was graf tin production
hgfd there wns graft in production
The senate became so stirred over
i nc situation that it demanded a
criminal investigation and in debute
on the subject senators nsked that tho
military eoinmitteo renew its inquiry
with a view to learning if criminal
prosecutions should bo brought. .
I GROW
LONOM. May 8. Unrest In the
Slovenian districts ot Austria Is
growing dally and mutiny Ii spread
ing with great rapidity, Router's
Hinted announced today it bad.
learned from a Siberian source, A
recent conflict between Hermans and
Sloenlane ended in bloodshed.
PR
OF GRAFT
AIRCRAFT BOARD
nrging firm Sul(ort of the boys over Uicrc,
a.