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Unl' erslty f Oretjon Library WEATHER iraxinuun Yesterday, G7; Minimum Today, 45.5. FORECAST Tonight and Tomorrow: Fair.' Medford Mail Tribune. JACKSON COUNTY 111 C C BAKOMKTUl IV. 3 J. Quota for 1918, $692,000.00 Sales to May 14, m, 623. 70 Buy Thrift Stamps gc? Save and Buy f 6r VlGtory Buy W.S.S.& Thrift Stamps wlrid'. Safest Investment Forty-elphth Tear. Daily Thirteenth Tear. MEDFORD, OREGOX, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1918 NO. 48 K D, $1,000,000 LOSS; EXP 00 LL nn L II Dead Estimated at 100, Injured at 150 and Property Losses at Over a Mll- t lion Dollars Series of Explosions Fire Plant and Shatter Structures , In Vicinity Red Cross Rescue . PITTSBURG, May 18 A scries of explosions in the Oakdale piant of the Aetna Chemical company at Oakdale today probably cost the lives of JOO persons and injured l.'iU and did prop erty damage which is estimated at ,000,000. . ' The explosions fired the plant which at 2 o'clock this afternoon was still burning and officers of tho comnnny say that souio time may pass before the exact loss of life will be known. : Scries of Kv plosions. The first explosion occurred at noon and was so slight that no one ras hurt, and caused little dnmajre. But it pnVa the employes warning and they harried from the building;. Many of them, however, were caught in the next explosion which occurred a few minutes later, and immediately the plant burst into flames. Three other explosions occurred, each one scattering the burning de iris. Some of it fell among the great Crowds which had gathered on the neighboring hillsides and n nuinbor of persons were hurt but none killed. Among the persons injured in the last explosion at the plant was a riursc, who had one of her legs blown off whilo acting as a stretcher bear er. Other persons were injured when a quantity of sulphuric acid which had found its wny into a small stream was fired by sparks from the burning buildings. Virc on a hill top fully a mile from tho scene of the explosion, was caused by flying sparks. l'araders Go to HesCHC. Portions of tho wrecked building fell on the Panhandle railroad tracks. A wreck train was made up anil sent to tho scene, folowcd by n relief train Kent out by officers of the Aetna company. A detail of slate troops from Hie' constabulary, station near Oakdalo was ordered to control the crowds. Several hundred while robed wo men, gathered from Carnegie, Fort I'ilt, Itennerdalc, Walkers Mills anil other villages near Oakdale, were a: traction line stations wailing for ears to enrry them to Pittsburg where they were to take part in the Kod t'ros parade. At the first sound of the ex plosion, they abandoned the program for the pnraile and marched to Oak dale. Many of them had taken the full surgical course of the lied Cross and proved vnlmible assistants to the doctors. Hcvised estimates of the number of men employed when the explosion oc curred place it nt ,'llin. Fully 1"0 of these, it was estimated, had been hurl in addition to the 100 killed. CASUALTY LIST ; WASHINGTON', My 18. The cas ualty list today contained 110 names divided ns follow: Killed in action three; died of wounds, three; died of disease, four; wounded Koverely five wounded, degree not known, one; wounded slightly, nine; tuismg in tie turn, 12; prisoner, two. The following officer nre included Major Alexander lutsmussen. Slier wood. Ore., killed in action; Lieuten nnt Sherman DeMore, Chicago, miss in? in action; First Lieutenant A lint hum J. Gordon, Neward, X. J. prison er, hut snot previously reported miss ing. WASHINGTON'. May 18- The to tal fo the third liborty loan is H. 170,019,650, an OTer-mibucrlption of 39 percent above the three billion dollar minimum nought, IKMiP m ram IRISH ON DISCOVERY OF HUN PLOT Sinn Fein Leaders Arrested as Result of Conspiracy with Germany Proclamation Aserts Treasonable Communication with Enemy In Pro- I s gress In Emerald Isle. LOXDOX, May 13. Documents of reat importance in connection with nn Irish conspiracy have fallen into the hands of the government through the arrest by const guards, of n Ger man with certain evidence upon Tiini. LONDON, May 18. Professor Ed ward D" nVlern. president of the Sinn Fein, Arthur Griffith, founder of the Sinn Fein; Countess Markievicz, Dr. Dillon and Willinm Grosgrove, Sinn Fcinn M. P. for Kilkenny,- have heen crrested, according1 to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Dublin. Additional arrests in Ireland re ported in n Times dispatch from Dub lin, include Dr. Hayes und Durrell Figgis. I'lot Discovered. LONDON', May 18. Ireland and Irish affairs again have come to the fore. Discovery of a German plot involv ing certain persons in Ireland was announced lust night in Dublin by the issuance of a proclamation signed by Fdwurd Shortt, chief secretary for Ireland, in the name of the lord Hcu tennnt, Viscount French. The proclamation asserts that Brit ish subjects resident in Ireland, have entered into treasonable communica tion with 'J lu German enemy and calls for drastic measure! to put down the movement. Ileeruitiug is urged in order that conscription may he avoided and that the Irish may assist in putting down the conspiracy. Few arc Involved. A .dispatch to the Times says n large number of persons already have been' arrested in Dublin und other parts of Ireland. The number of Irish in co-operation with the enemy is ,snid to be very small. There have heen various re ports recently of German activity, in tho Sinn Fien ranks and (hero has been no full explanation of recent nr rests, including; that of n man who landed on the Irish coast from a Ger man submarine in a collapsible boat. IiONDON, May 18. A later dis patch from Dublin adds to the list of those arrested the names of H. Mel low and half a dozen others, who have not heen identified hero. ' Professor De Valeru is president of the Sinn Fein. Mr. Griffith is vice president; Mr. C'nsgrove one of the treasurers. Mr. Figgis one of the secretaries and Dr. Dillon and the Countess Markievicz are members of the executive of the Sinn Fein orgnni zalion. YOUTHS OF 21 WASHINGTON', May 18. June fifth has been fixed as the date for regilratiiin of youths who have at tained 'J years since the first army draft registration June fifth last year. The resolution authorizing tho new registration is awaiting the presi dent's signature but the provost mar shal general's office virtually has completed preparations for carrying it into effect. It is estimated that about 800,000 men available for military service will be found amiuur the new registrants this year, llnrim? the year bcuinninu June .", it is plumir.l to have quarterly registration. PARIS, May 18.. Violent artillery fighting north and south of the Avre river below Amiens, In reported In today' mnicment. REGISTER JUNE 5 HERRING STII YOUR DOLLAR TO THE RED ON BATTLE LI WASHINGTON, May 18. The American expeditionary force has be come such u military factor on the western battlefront, members of the senate military committee were ad vised today nt their weekly confer ence with Secretary Maker and the war council, that they now rank third in the mileage held. The French hold the most mileage, the British rank second and the Americans third, exceeding the mile age held by the Belgians. ' The front line forces of General Pershing, the senators were told, un divided among four sectors, all on what is known as the french front, but other American troops are at the front as well as behind the lines in training, with both British and French forces. ' The exact mileage in charge of the American forces was disclosed to tho eomittcc but was not mado public for military reasons. The senators, how ever expressed great gratification nt the extent of the American front line activity. One of the four American sectors, near Montdidicr, was said to he? of much activity and importance in the allied plans. 1 AMSTERDAM, May 18. "I am still optimistic enough to believe we shall have peace this year," said the Gentian chancellor, Count on llert ling, in an interview with the Berlin corre.-wndent of the IimluHM news paper A J! Est. 'I cherish firm con fidciice that further events in the we-t will bring us nearer a speedy end of the war. 'if the world should one day unite in an international pence league,' added Count Von Hcrtling, ''German v would unhesitatingly and joyfullv join in it. Cnforlunntely present condi tion! give very little hope of that Our desire i to win and present pi'ftcc," CROSS MAY SAVE A WOUNDED BOY IN THE TRENCHES. I JIN HUNS MASSED E Weather Conditions Awaited for Ger mans to Renew Smash All Best Troops On Attacking Front 82 Divisions In Line and 58 Divisions as Reserve to Push Ahead. I'AftlS, May 18. Tho beginning by tho Gonnana of a formidable of fensive by which they expect to achieve final success now dopenils only on woather conditions. Tho commander-ln-chlcf, tho French troops and their allies aro waiting for the shock with the greatest con fidence Tho Petit I'arlslen says tho enemy has massed nil his best troops on tho attacking front Uotwocn the Hol glan coast and tho OIro, tt stales, ono hundred and forty divisions (or about 1,900,000 men) have been distribut ed, cluhly-two on the front Hue or for dlroct support, and the remainder behind the lines, to be used for aug menting tho push at the principal point of attack. This nowspapor says tho Carman plan Is to threaten Amiens, cut the railroad between that point and Cler mont, and break up the allied forces whatever the cost may bo. LONDON'. May IS. There has been violent artillery flKlitlng along the lino between (Jivenchy and Ito becq, and also In the Flanders area, tho war office reports today. BALANCE WEEK FAIR WASHINGTON, May 18.- Weather predictions for the week beginning Wednesday, i-sitcd by the leather bureau today me: Pacific stales; Generally1 fair ex cept shower Mondav on the north citiist, Nearly normal temperature. FOR OFFENSIV RECENT DRIVE LONDON, May 18. The, most defi nite figures yet announced regarding German losses on tho western front this spring have heen given to The Asoeiatcd Press. Since the beginning of the offensive on March '21, two, hundred and six German divisions' have been on the western front, of which 12(i actually have been engaged on the Some and Anneritieren fronts.! The 208th German division, which was one of those suffering most! heavily, lost 70 per cent of its ef fectiveness. Seven other German di-j visions aro known to have lost more than f0 per cent and at least seven other divisions are named as having lost !() to Ml per cent. , Only '10 men to the company were left in the IHMh division after the fighting of March 122 and 2;i. Their first, division was in similar straits after reaching Snilty-linurettu on March 28, and the 2't-lth division was weakened similarly on April (t. One regiment of the fourth Krsulz divis ion virtually wiis annihilated April I), and there are scores of instances of companies and battalions which dis a p eared almost completely. In n five-page closelv typewritten list of losses to German regiments and divisions engaged in the offen sive which have been substantiated by Ilriti-h inleligence officers, there is scarcely a single instam'e where tjic looses wen1 not so large as to chum-oerioii- crippling of I lie efficiency of the unit. While it is impossible to make from these figures any exact estimate of the German losse it is sufficiently evident I hat the enemy casualties have been exceedingly heavy. One evidence of this fact is Unit the Ger mans, nficr calling iion nil available reserve depots in the ncMcrn area, have already been compelled to draft into crippled divi-ioim men drawn from Germany it-elf. im ludintr those of the 111120 class. From this it may be concluded that the demand for men to replace losses has been greater than reserve centers coutd supply. LONDON, May 18, Baturdny. A connltlnrahle number of arrostn havo been mado In Dublin, and turnout Irnlond, according to a dlnpatch to tho Timfis from Dublin, timed 2 o'clock Saturday morning. ALLIES 10 1 APAN AND CHINA AGAINST HUNS Entente Military Co-operation With Japan and China to Resist Dangers Threatening. Peace of Far East From German Aggression A Pure ly Defensive Measure. PAKIS, May 18 Japan and China have been informed by the allied vov- ernmeuls that they have arranged for entente military co-ocration to meet the dangers threatening the peace of the far east from (icrmun enctrution. WASHINGTON, May 18. Tho en tente military co-operation arranged to meet threats to the peace of tho far east by German penetration, as re ported today from Paris, is under stood here as a purely defensive measure, in which participation for tho present will be confined to Japan and China. Its primary purpose is the safeguarding of Manchuria with possibilities of its extension to Sibe ria. To Prevent Invasion. For some time negotiations have been in progress at Peking and Tukio looking to the eo-operation in that direction. Japan felt herself respon sible for tho maintenance of order in the far east. When German influenc first began to manifest itself in Si beria, the Japanese government eon ceived a plan of military occupation of some portions of Siberia. Preliminary impiiries directed to the entente powers, however, develop ed a divergence of views as to the wisdom of it single handed movement of that kind by Japan. Thc.ro was no disposition to tpiestion Japan's sin centy but doubt was expressed as to the actual existence of imminent dan ger from German aggression in that far off quarter of the world whilo the Cnited States government feared that tho effect upon the Kussian people of Japan s invasion of Siberia would be misundcrslood and that the Wussians in their fear of permanent Japanese occupation would he thrown into the arms of Gormnuy. Chuntio in Nil tuition. Therefore it was announced in To- kio thai the project had been, if not abandoned, at least indefinitely post poned in execution. Meanwhile the activities of General Semciiol f, the Cossack leader of the auti-Holshcvik parly in Siberia, had resulted in practically a slate of war on the border between Siberia and Manchuria. Some German ami Austrian prison ers of war have been fiddling with the Itotshevik elements. The Chinese government, promptly employed what military force it had in guarding up per Manchuria hat it was apparent Ihiit the task was beyond the power: of Chinese troops unaided by trained veterans. Therefore Japan has come lo the aid of China. WITH TIIK AMKUICAN AltMY IN FRANCIS, Friday, May 17. lly tho AHSoclated ProBW.) A Gorman air piano hearing French iiiarMaKu waa diBcovcred today flyliiK over tho line northwest of Toul. American avia tor tried to intercept him but he mado IiIh cucape.' Tho Incident hIiowk what cunning and deceit American airmen havo to deal with and what caution they have to display in deal ing with a Hiippoacd friend. American patrols wero very active on tho Toul doctor last nlKht and to day hut did not establlnh contact with tho enemy. The artillery fiKhtiim on thin ns'tor haa fallen off to almost nothing. It in Just opposite on the Lunovlllc Rector where tho German guna aro moat active apparently re taliating for recent heavy American lioinhnrdmeiitf, 1 CI E in nn' Light Vote Cast Over State West Defeats King and Pierce Wins Democratic Nomination for Gov ernor McArthtir Defeats Lafferty By a Two to One Vote In Portland. PORTLAND, Ore., May' lSl Scat tering returns from all parts, of Ore gon on yesterday's primary election, when 42 per cent of , tho registered voters went to the polls, seemed to assure the nomination of Charles L. McNary, incumbent, for United States senator on the republican ticket, and tho renomination of Governor Jumes Withycoinbo. Former Governor Os wald West apparently was nominated by the democrats for United States senator and Waller M. Pierce fur gov ernor. For the republican nomination for tho short term as Cnited States sena tor, H. F. Mulkey was in tho lead, and Kalph Williams was named republican national commit teeman. , McXary a Winer. Nominations for other stato and county officers wero undetermined early today, and returns were coining in slowly. Sluto wide figures ou the senatorial and gubernatorial contests, so far as compiled, folit.w: Senator Charles L. McNary, 11,0:M; Kobert Stanl'iehl, .7,1115. Governor .James Withycoinbo, 17:); Hon W. Olcott, ;i,71;.L. J. Simp son, :J,r,()0; Gus C. Moscr, 2,014; F. C. Ilarley, 1,178; J'K. Anderson, l.O.'il. Multnomah county returns showed Congressman C. N. Mc Arthur leading A. W. Lafferty by almost two to ono for republican representative of tho third district. William Adams, pres ent city treasurer of Portland, was well in the lead for tho republican nomination for slate treasurer; Charles A. Johns vns leading for tho republican nomination for justice of I he supreme court, Jt II. Schaofer for superintendent of tho water division and Fred Williams fur public servico commissioner. ' In Multnomah County. Mult non ah county nomina lions which scrmed assured were: Judges Morrow, Stapletoii ami Gantenbein; county commissioner. Hut us Ilolman; coroner, r, Karl Smith; state sen ators, J. K. Gill and W. W. Parks; sheriff, T. M. I luillmrt. IE NKW YOKK, May 1H. - President Wilson today led in person and re viewed the great lied Cross parade here of 7'i.OUO persons. The president unexpectedly drovo ni to the starting point of the parade, just as it was about to get under wav. With Secretary Tumulty and Hear Admiral Grayson, he alighted from his automobile, greeted the grand mar shal, Mrigadier General Oyer and took his place at the head of the pro cession. A human lied Cross, made up of hundreds' of marchers clad in red, a living, moving emblem of the society of mercy that lias become known as "the greatest mother in tho world" held the post of honor in tho parade down Fifth avenue. Prc-tdcnt Wilson, who as brad of the society, is to formally open tho i i.tional campaign for a war fund of 100,000,000 willi an address here tonight, was the principal reviewing officer. Auothir pictureHpw feature of tho procession was a body of mom than 2.000 nurses garbed in every ariety of costume worn by nurses all over the world. British Destroyer Sunk. LONDON, May 18. A Pritish de stroyer was sunk on Tuesday by a German ftuhmurine, the admiralty an notinees, RENOMINATED AS IS M NARY
