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MEDFORD, OREGON,. TUESDAY, MAY 7, J918
NO. 33
HUNS DELAY
BIG SMASH
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Germany's Hordes Still Held In Check
Intense Artillery Firing Contin
uesSimultaneous Attacks Plan
ned On the Flanders, Arras and
Amiens Fronts as Well as In Italy
to Push Allies Back In One Mighty
Blow Hill Positions Held.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 7.
Germany's hordes still are held In
check. Neither in France nor In Pi
cardy nor along the important Arras
sector has the enemy renewed his
attack In force, and be has not re
acted against the gain made north of
the Somme by the Australians in
which more than 200 prisoners were
captured.
On both battle fronts, however.
the artillery fire has been most vio
lent and tbe German attack cannot
much longer be delayed It the enemy
hoped to take advantage of whatever
damage has been done to the allied
positions by the heavy bombardment
carried out by his guns since tbe re
pulse north of Mont Kcmmel more
than a week ago. The greatest Ger
man artillery activity has been on
tbe northern half of the Flanders
front and south of the Somme to be
low the Avro In Picardy.
Americans Haltered.
American troops In their positions
south of the Somme have been sub
jected to intense artillery fire, the
enemy using more than 15,000 shells,
mostly gas, in a short period. There
have boon no signs of a German In
fantry attack against the Americans
who confidently await the first signs
of renewed activity. ,
A large part of the southern end
of the important Arras sector has
been taken over by Canadian troops
who also are being visited by a storm
of Gorman shells. French generals
believe the Germans may attack- si
multaneously on the Flanders, Arras
and Amiens front In an effort to. push
the allies back In one mighty blow.
The hill positions, however, are held
by the alllos and their guns dominate
the Germans all along the line.
The Austro-ungarlan blow against
the Italian front has not developed.
Home reports only moderate artlllory
fire along most of the front from
Switzerland to tlio Adriatic anil no
Infantry activity. The Austrlans,
however, may be waiting for the
most favorable moment, probably the
renewal of the German drlvo in
France.
ItrltMi Official HoihH.
LONDON, Map 7. The British
made a successful raid last night,
near Xeuvllle-Vttasso, southwest of
Arras, the war office reports. Thrfce
machine guns were captured.
The statement follows:
"We carried out a successful raid
last night In the neighborhood of
Neuvlllc-Vltosse (on the front recent
ly taken over by the Canadians) and
captured a few prisoners and three
machine guns with slight casualties
to our troops. A raid atemptcd by
tho enemy soar Boyellesc was re
pulsed. There is nothing further to
report."
French Official It.poit.
PARIS, May .7 Active artillery
fighting occurred last night on both
sides of the Avre on the front south
east of Amiens, the war office an
nounces. The statement follows:
"The artillery on both sides was
active north and south of the Avre.
A German raid against a small French
post near Hansard was repulsed. In
the same region we carried out a lo
col operation and brought back pris
oners. TREATY IS SIGNED
. AMSTERDAM. May 7. The peace
treaty between Rumania and thp cen
tral powers was signed yesterday
morning, says an official dispatch
front lluchure?t today.
NICARAGUA IS
20THNATI0NT0
IR ON HUNS
Central American Republic Adopts
Declaration of War Upon Ger
many and Also Declaration of Soli
darity with United States and Other
American Republics at War.
SAX JUAN, Del Sur, Nicaragua,
May 7. The Nicaraguan congress to
day declared war on Germany and her
allies. .
The declaration of war was adopted
by congress at the suggestion of Presi
dent Chamorro, with only four dis
senting votes.
Congress also adopted a declaration
of solidarity with the United States
and the other American republics at
war with Germany and Austria, and
authorized the president to take steps
to utilize to a full measure the na
tion's forces in tho war.
Nicaragua's action follows that of
its neighbor, Guatemala, which last
month declared war on Germany. Nic
aragua severed relations with Ger
many a year ago.
It is the twentieth nation which
has declared war against Germany.
PEOPLE OF PERSIA
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WASHINGTON,. May 7.
Conditions in Persia are ile-
" scribed as desperate in n dis-
patch to the state department
todav from the American legn-
tion at Teheran. Famine is in-
creasing, and typhus the nies-
sage said, is prevalent in most
of the cities.
The food shortage, the legn-
lion reported, has forced the
population to eat dogs and
even pruetiee cannibalism.
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CASUALTY LIST
WASHINGTON, May 7. The cas
ually list today contained 41 names
divided as follows : Killed in netion,
four; died of wounds, two; died of
disease, l'ivc; died ol other pauses,
one: wounded severely, 13; wounded
slightly, lit; missing in action, one.
Lieutenant F.dmond J. Ln Porte of
Plninficld, X. ,1., was the only officer
nnnied. Me died of disease.
The list includes;
Wounded severely: John A. Ken
nedy, 7'i") Rhode st., Portland, Ore':
Clarence Odell, li0J07 Columbia st.,
Spokane, Wash. '
Wounded slightly: Carl P. Hoff
man, Oregon City, Ore.
Missing in action: Private Louis
R. Ziegrn, Deep Rivci, Conn.
WASHINGTON', May 7. War In
creases recommended to Director Gen
cral McAdoo by the railroad wage
commission, indications today seem
to show, will average slightly more
than 20 per cent or about 1260,000,
000 annually.
The commission, it is understood,
will recommend that with the resto
ration of normal conditions the eight
hour day be made applicable to all
classes of railroad labor. A suggest
ion that the eight-hour day be grant
ed immediately is understood to have
been rejected because of abnormal
conditions, the large wage Increase
proposed and the additional outlay
whlrh the eight-hour day would On
fall ... . a.
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fEli pj 3"fS
llcforc and nfter n kIkH from
J'ui'iH. The lip)or pldniv shows lilt
of tlio loner photograph many of the
jured. No ono cscaMMl.
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LIST OF THE WAR
LONDON', May 7. Hrilisli casual
ties reporlcd during- the week ending
today reached a total of a8,(i!H.
Of this number, 6,V5 officers and
men were killed or died of wounds,
i. ml ll'J.KKi were wounded or report
ed missing. The casualties were di
vided as folows:
Killed or died of wounds: Officers
401); men, G.O.Ki.
Wuiindvfl or missing: Officers, 1,
K.W; men, .'10,'J77.
Ilritish casualties reported -luring
Apr I, starting wjlh low figures in the
firsl week, began lo mount rapidly
ther'after, so that the total for the
rronth reached 't'l, 47-"t. The return
from the heavy lighting against the
(iennan offensive in late -Man-h an. I
April an- now aupan nlly in full flow
Figures for casualties reported for
separate weeks have not. been made
available with anything like uniform
ity during the war, but it unncars
probable that those reportedduring
the current week are the heaviest in
any single week of the fighting. In
the days of the Somme battle of
111 (I, however, the losses rcHirlcd in
August averaged .'10,11(10 per week, and
an average of more tlmn 20,0110 has
been reached in several other month.
PARIS, May 7. American troops
are continuing to arrive or. the front
in force. Picmicr. Clcnienceau told
Marcel llutin. editor of the Iv-ho Ic
Paris, returning todav from n two
day visit from the front urea'
HUNS DID
llio 7.1-milo (icrnian gun in St. tio
rscs taking earn of tlio bablm. Ah
lltllo tiita anil lliolr ndrscs were kl
WASIIIXOTOX, May 7 Further
ii fonnation revealing how critical the
food situation in Germany has be
come, reached hero today from pri
atc sources.
The nut l it ion committees of the
Icichstag anil Lftntug have been
holding ilailv sittings. TI.e "iicslion
of reducing the present rations has
not heen decided. It is indicated
fher" is hut small hope of relief front
the I'kraine where the large cities arc
suffering from insufficient IVod.
Fven if I kraiuc supplies are oblain
ahle'it will not give an increase in the
food ration.
An official report made public in
Oennnny on May l! said there were
12,001) carloads of grain ready in Ru
mania for shipment, to Ocnuiiiiy but
even if it is there, it will do little lo
help prevailing conditions.
AMSTERDAM, May 7. -"To hear
hunger without at the same lime siif
,1'cring from headache or any oilier
indisposition is very difficult for most
people," reads the opening sentence
ol a significant advertisement insert
ed in Sundav's Tagclische Rund
schau of Itcrlin by a Merlin cltenocal
firm, praising a newly invented drug
which ''though not forming a siihsli
ti.te for the minimum ilailv susten
ance, is an excellent preparation for
sidling premature hunger and enables
one t,i Ik. Ii out until the next meal
tunc."
THIS
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liian foiost, struck tlio lap NurseiT In
nuiy lw guesscl from tho wrockmro
IUmI and tho l-cst were horribly In
OIL LEASE BILL
WASIIINCTON, May 7. Tho ki-u
lift! nil Irtiiny; hilt. cnicinlr.l to ivu
Hi.; pivcnmieiil atil hurjty lo Ioiiho or
openiti! oil lnm Is in ('iilil'ornin ninl
Wyoming to meet wjir rcijuiri'iiionls
was onliTcl fit vnru lily reported lt,V
ih.( house jmlilir hinds committee to-
dny.
Ij'ndet' nn nreenient renelnl hy the
f'omtnitlee, the president is ivon
hroud powers either lo In ko over oil
huwls I'nr ynvernmi'nt opemlion,- to
;ie iiddilionnl lenses lo oil pros pee
lors who luive ileveloped part, of their
ImhI or lo lease lliem lo others.
The, agreement nho provides for
royalti) to he oaid to the government
niuoimlinir (u cmc-ei-lil h of the pro
uii'tion, lo he retronetiv to remiire
present les?-eem to develop their hilid
Oil men who hnve h:td leases nmler
an old law eonid nmler the agreement
he given len.-es to hind alrendy de
vi loped, hut undeveloped Infid is rn
MTved Tor future puhlie u-e.
SEDITIONBILL IS '
UP 10 PRESIDENT
WASIIIXOTOX, May 7. The last
legislative step toward final enact
ment of the sedition bill with Its
broad grant ot auinorny to punish
disloyal utlorance and curb disloyal
publications was taken ln the house
today when the conference rpport was
adopted,
SENATE PROBE
OF ACTION OF
1F1
Chamberlain to Conduct Inquiry Into
Expenditure of Huge Appropriation
and Place Blame Where It Be
longs No Whitewashing, Either
No Battle Planes Shipped.
WASHINGTON, May 7 Invcsti
gation ot the mreratt ' situation
swiftly begun taking shape today
liulli in the department ol jwstice
and congress.
Mtorney (leneral Gregory, acting
at Tresideiit Wilson's direction, be
gun planniue- the investigation which
ik to disclose if 'there has been innl
I'eiisHiiec or misuse of the -tli 10,000,
000 aIiropriiijoii.
At the same time Chairman Cham
berlain of the senate military commit tee
announced to the scnate in vig
orous terms that the committee pro
posed to have ti thorough going in
quiry of its own in which he declared
it would attempt to loeatu tho per
sonal responsibility, lie promised
the senate there would be no "while
Hushing." Congrcssloiuil Inquires.
The aircraft subject, came up as
soon us Ihu seualu convened. Stir
red hy published charges culminating
yesterday in the president's order to
the department, senators at once be
gan demanding congressional inquiry.
Senator Itruudcgcc, republican, of
Connecticut, was among tho first to
call l'or one and Chairman Chamber
lain responded with his announce
ment of tho committee's intentions.
The investigation, Senator Cham
berlain announced, would bo to-deter;
mine how and where the immense ap
propriations were expended, adding
that the committee, proposed to "put
it r- finger on the men responsible,"
and added further:
"The committeu doesn't propose to
engage in any whitewashing process,
cither."
No Wliltmvnslifng.
In making his announcement Sena
tor Chamberlain declared thero had
been something radically wrong with
the whole program. Ile had never seen
the Horglum report, lie said, hut de
clared the conclusions reached in the
II Snowden Marshall report were In
accord with thoso ol' the committee
The senate committee, he said, was t
"art of the government's nuthoritio.i,
and added significantly, ik was "gluil
the government approves its course in
advance." .
New charges of a sensational kind
ill conecliou with aviation tiro being
brought forth daily. Senator Cham
berlain eonl iiiued.
"Tliosc charges are coming to me
nnd other members of the committee
every day," he said. "This committee
is determined to do whatever is nec
essary to help win the war."
No Airplane Shipped.
Senator Vardaman, democrat of
Mississippi, asked how many Ameri
can planes were abroad and Senator
Chamberlain replied that no one
American built battle plane had heen
suit I hero, allhough American mate
rials in large quantilics hail been
shipped for assembling.
"Our people ought to be informed,'
the senator proceeded, "of the truth
of the situation, and thev never have
been."
Kcl'fmng to testimony. of Major
General Scpiier, chief of thu signal
i or(s, before Iho committee regarding
lailuro io train l.ollO American ca
dets sent to France hecauo no air
planes were available, and plans lo
return them to this country for train
ing, Senator Chamberlain said ti large
number of cadets had Hover received
any training abroad.
I'OHTUNII, May ".- Oregon sub
Heribcrs lo the third Liberty loan,
hsted lo dale, number lLM.IKM, an in
crease of more than lino per cent over
the number of subscribers to tho sec
ond Liberty loan, it was announced
hire today, l-'inal figures iiro ex
pected to raise the number of sub
scribers to about I'J.'i.OOl). Snh
stfriptions listed thus fur in the state
total ijv'.V'irr.jOO, Liberty lonn offi
cials nnd,
ICRAFl BOARD
AUSTRIAAPPLIES
RULE OF FORCE
Czechs and Southern Slavs Infuriat
ed Over Concessions Mtrfe to Ger
mans for Ruling Bohemia Labor
and Socialist Organizations Theat
en Revolt.
LONDON, May 7. Tho latest de
velopments of the Austrian situation
can be summarized as "concession to
the Germans and throats to tho south
ern Slavs," Bays a dispatch from The
Hague to tho Dally Mail.
"At least," continues the corres
pondent, "that is Low the Czechs and,
the southern Slavs regard the decis
ion of rremior Von Scydler to in
troduce for Bohemia alone the rear
rangement of tho provincial adminis
tration which was promised nearly
a year ago for all Austria.
j'rnuiiis Heck Control.
"The Austrian Germans are press
ing for a number of administrative
changes which would give them con
trol over the government greatly in
excess ot their numerical proportion.
Tho Czechs consider that the conces
sion of the Germans is an obstacle
put In tho way of tho realization of
their own demand for the political
independence of Bohemia, one and
undivided.
"Von Soydler's announcement has
Infuriated tho Czochs. The southern
Slavs aro furious over tlio proclama
tion that stern measures will bo taken
to ropross distributions In the south.
Tho Gorman reactionary prejo Is urg
ing tho government to quash the re
bellious tendencies of the Czechs and
southern Slavs by force and to use
the military to commandeer food'
stuffs in the .agricultural districts,
pointing out that the Ukraine devel
opments huvo shown that force alone
overcomes obstacles whon normal po
litical administration becomes Im
possible owing to local conditions."
Itcvolt Ttirculrnod.
I1IJHNE, Switzerland, May 7. La
bor and socialist? organizations in
Austria threaten rovult against the
government's action In suspending
parliament. Swiss newspapers print
a tolcitrnm from Vlonna quoting the
Sozln Domokratischo Korrcspondeno
to tho offect thnt a committee of tho
socialist party and a committee of the
Gorman socialist deputies club have
decided to Issuo a manifesto to tho
working class In regard to tlio gov
ernment's action in which the follow
ing declination will bo made:
"If absolutism is re-ostabllshcd
out of regard for pan-Gormanism
which is prolonging the war, the
working cIiishcs will .ho forced lo
fight for their rights."
Tho manlfosto concludos by.exhort
lug tho workora to hold thomsolvoa
ready to fight If nocossary.
Tho socialist Arbcllcr Zoltung of
Vienna describes as childish and
criminal the government's idea that
It can soothe tho passions ot tho mob
and solve a crisis by simply prorog
ation ot parliament. It warns Pre
mier Koydler and thoHO behind htm
that they aro on tit( brink ot a
precipice.
HELD AT CHICAGO
SAItASOTA, Klu.. May 7. Tho fu
neral of Mrs. Potter Palmer will bo
hold from her Chicago residence. Tho
funeral party loft today. Thoso ac
companying the body woro Adrian C.
and .Natbanlul llonore, brothers ot
Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. Frederick Dent
Grant, a sister, Potter l'almor Jr. and
Ilnnoro Palmar, sons, and their wlvos,
Princess Cantacuzcno, a niece, and
her husband, Prince Cantacuxono.
Mrs. Palmer, Internationally known
as ono of tho wealthiest buslnoss
women, had boon 111 for about six
months, nltho tho Immodlato cause
of hor denth was given as pneumonia.
BISHOP HUGHES TO PROBE
AMERICAN ARMY MORALS
1'ITTSltl IiO, May ".--Ilisliop K.
II' Hughes of Huston, has heen order
ed hv the hoard 'of bishops of Iho
Methodist Kpincopal church to pro
ceed to Kurope and remain there ono
year investigating the moral nnd
physical conditions surrounding the
American troojm, (
TO BOHEMIANS