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Newspaper Page TextPXTTB BIX MTCDFOnn MATT, TRIBUNE. MEDFOTin, OI.'FiOX, TUKSDAV, MAY 21, 191 AVA P OF YANKEE ACE Impressive Funeral Ceremonies of Major Laffery American Flyers Plane Down From Sky, Shut off Motor and Throw Flowers Which Float Down On Coffin. YANKEE GUNS DISRUPTION OF ROSESONGRAVE BiGGESTINACTION AUSTF ON IS I FRONT When Army Ordnance Department Falls Down, Navy Supplies 16-Inch Guns Adapted .to Land Operations Mounted On Cars, They Flit Hither and Thither. IIA BEFORE JULY PREDICTED Starvation an1 Oppression Bring People to Point of Revolt, Despite Efforts of German Rulers to Quell Disturbances by Army Slavs and Magyars Likely to Cecede. WITH THK AM lilt (CAN AUMY IN FKANCJC, Muy 21. (Ily tho Asso-j elated Jrerta.) Ucforo the lotly of .Major Kaoul MiTbory wa.i placed In a Rravo near a certain French village, It lay in statu in a room of a Hinull frame- building. Arntmil It were hun dreds of wreathn of flowers atiut hy American comrades, I'rench aviators , wiio had known Mm In tho French! army, and by French army corpa. J Alop all Iho handsome wrenthn ! wafl a llttlo hunch of wild rosea and (laiaiea to which wan attached a piece of paper Buying that It camo from Major Lnfbory's orderly, and men tioned many khiduenneH. With learn in hia eye, tho orderly canio up to tho casket aid reverently placed the flowers on it. Official confrmatlon in still lacking to the report that the German airplane responsible for tlie death of Major I.ufbery had been brought down "by a French aviator. i Funeral iiitreivn. Tho funeral of Major Lulhery was impressive. The patlbearera, three American and three French aviators, carried tho flag-draped coffin from tho lillio fraijio building to a motor car for tho trip to tho Kravo. The procession was led by an American tmnd, a company of American infan try just from tho trenches, and a company of French Infantry. Fol lowing tho coffin were 100 American and French officers, including all oT Major ljifhcry'a companions in the ulr service, tho American general commanding the sector northwest of Tol and a French general command ing an army corps. Tho party drew up nt tho grave and while the service was being read, ono American after another plattod down from tho sky, his motor shut off until ho was Just overhead. Kach threw out grunt bunches of red roses which floated down on tho coffin nnd tho bared heads of tho officers and caps of tho soldiers who were drawn up at attention. At tho conclusion of tho services tho French general stepped forward and Kiild: llnintigr I'uhl Hero. On behalf of my comrades of tho French army, I wish to pay my respectful fraternal tribute to one of tho heroes of tho air, who was vie torfous IS times; a son of tho noble and genuerous republic which came to our nssiMancu to save tho liberties of tho world. "Itest peacefully, Major I.ufbery, close 'liy tho mart.M'H lo our great cause. Your (;brlous example will inspire in us lb" spirit of sacrifice 1111 the day when liuiminlty's enemy fdmll bo ritiiilly vaiHiubdied. Good 1yc." The Amerlc;iu general, under whom Major I.ufbery once served a a private soldier, and the chief if the aerial service, also paid homage to tho dead aviator. The Tiring siiad fired three limes (irioss Ihe giave, a bu trier sounded tapH and aiudher buguer, hidden mvjy In a nearby wood, echoed it. As the sound of the bugles died away all was silence except for the droning of the ma chines of .Major I.utl.erv's comrades, patrolling Hip line hkh in the air, and occasionally the dull booming of distant guns. WASHINGTON', May LM. Ameri ca's big1 g"UHK nre now in action the Invest guii3 on (lie v. otcrn front. They were built by the navy, are mounted on railway car-, and are operated by marines in khaki. They are thft li-ineh grills of L'nclo Sam's higjre.-d battleships, adapted to laud operation. Kach gun throws n shell weighing 1,(IIM) pound, and throws it i'ur l Jui it will any jmii the Germans' pos sess, except In siege jfim tint t is bombarding' I'urin. That gun, "Fnl Fiuinu," as the French cult it, is built on n fixed em placement and is practically immov able. Our hi"- guns fly hither and (hither qiiiekly. They go wherever tracks are laid, from one sector to another as I he demand calls for them. The Ger- iisiiu- may not spot them where they rerc yesterday; they are somewhere l-e today. They'll be yet elsewhere tolllolTltW. Ilig (inns In Action. i reseuce ol tliese great Ainencan mis in Fri'tice aeounls for the re cently cabled accounts of "great ghostlike disappearing- ami flitliu guns" Ix-hind the American lines. .lust how many of these guns therd are is a military secret. Kach gun is a complete unit, hav ing, in ii Ii! it Mill lo the car on which it is mounted, an nmmunil ion car, a shop and reppir car. with a couph of cars for quarters for officers mt: men. And ol course there is a loco motive. With this equipment the gnu unit is independent of any other branch ol the service (or support in the way of nmniuuilion or provisions . The value of the big gun is two fold. The long range makes it possi ble to reach vital points behind tin German lines where anuniiliiliou is slored or concentration H fining on II ii Iso ' makes possible boring into trench protections hieh would la impervious to small shells, hut whi the huge l.lilHI pound shell reaches and destroys. Navy to the lloscuc. The fact that the nav.v is operating with big artillery on land is surpris ing. Here is why: When tli" war broke out Genera t'rnzier of the army ordnance depart tuenl threw up his hands and admit ted his inability to deliver big guns bv this summer. One of the men on Ihe naval ad vi.-.orv hoard was S. M. 'ati"lain o Ihe Baldwin 1 .oeorimt i c Works. Van ehiin did not throw up hi hands, bill undertook to build huge caliber mills for use on land, to mount them on Vnrs for quirk movement hv rail and do it within 2 months. He was told bv Secret a rv Ihuiici: to g ahead. Ami he lias made c I'OltTLANH, May - I. - Will 11 In order that every man between the ages of 1 and years, either married or single, may have (he op portunity of enlisting In th t inted States marine corps, every postmas ter In Orenon has been authorized to examine, accept and transit r men for this excellent tuaneh of the servUo Tho marine iorps Is the tddest branch of American service. Is mentioned In tho minus breath with the foreign le gion of Frame, tho Texas runners, northwest mounted pollbe ami the I'enpsv Ivan la slate constabulary, Murines are specially trained, splendidly equipped and fight as ar tlllery, Infantry, cav.ilry, signal men. aviators ami In any nwiuuer that ne censlty or the occasion demands. In recognition of their splendid rcroid In tho past and their excellent achievements In tho present struggle for dnmocracy, congress bus author Jjted tho Increasing of ihe corps lo 7 5, S0 men In order th.it they nmv lake over and maintain a separate necdon of trviuhes In Frame, I lor nil) rook of Albany is having close n,;ht with Mr. ,1. W. .Morrow for election as democratic national com mit term an, his present lead being liti;. votes, with 1 t counties complete,1 iuclmlini; Multnomah, and tncom-1 I'leto returns from Ihe remainder of the slate, I loi nibrook's total vote, so far as reported. Is r.UL'7; Morrow t. . a lead or ;;i;.. The tote outside ol Multnomah county Is Uornibrook and Morrow 20 :, a lead for Horuiluook of li'.ii.. outside of Mult nomah. Os wit Id West has a lead of 71K votes in the state over Will It. King for the demon alio nomination for I'nited Slates senator, Ills lead out side of Multnomah county is oiUMi. The total vote from the state at larjfe Is West lu,l!7. King XoV'l. In the state outside of Multnomah tho vote is West :,ot:. King F.Mii. Wither M. Fierce tn his race for the deinociMtlc nomination for governor M b-adin- Harvey Starkweather by Jtoni vote In the state at larce, and bv :.'7!' In the slate outside of Mult nomah. The vote In the state nt. huge Is I'teive iiiu and Starkweather .'i!tn;t, while tbe total for O.e state outside nf Multnomah is I'lene i'22t and Stark went her I ! I I. LONDON, May 21. Disruption of the Austro-lluiigariaii dual monarchy is at hand. Dispatches from lltnlapest, Vienna and other points in Austria and iliiii- ary, as well as from Jicrlin, indicate learly lliit't Kmperor Karl is sitting on a volcano, which is emitting hursts of flame and threatens nt any moment to break into full eruption. Despite nil that Kaiser Wilhcliu lid the imperial advisers can do to prevent it, the common people of the lual monarchy are rapidly npproaeh- the point where the smallest prov ocation will hring about a revolu tion. Cabinet Changes. The cabinet changes in Austria and lluugarv, the crown council hastily ailed by the kaiser at great head quarters this week to consider the Austria! problem, the territorial coit ions made by A list rin to Man gary and to (feminity, all have for their purpose the prevention at all costs of the threatened dismember men! of Ihe uionarchv. Hut Ihe Slavs of southern Kuropu are dying of starvation and penury. They have suffered nearly tVur years as I ho vassals of Germany without realizing any of Ihe grandiloquent promises made by their emperor ami Kaiser Wilhelm. Ami it is onlv a (Ucstioii of days when they will arise Mid demand it. Vienna dispatches admit that the political situation is fnost desperate. rood riots are common. Austria cannot teed her own people, muni h.-s the Magyars of Hungary. She has turned to Germany for help, ak ing Merlin to ration some of the na tions of Hungary. Ilerlin Also Hungry. Hut Ilerlin, too, is hugry. Where the food to come from i Absolute famine before the first of Julv now menaces all of Austria- ungary. It is this, t"gelher with the Ihreal of revolution, Hint is be lieved lo be delaying the Austrian of fensive against Italy. In the effort lo slill the crv for political reform, I'remier Kevverle ol Hungary has announced the govern ment is determined to push a Iran chisc reform measure through parlia ment. In the face of ihe crisis the opposition, headed hv Count Tisza, has agreed to some of the reforms. The amendments framed by Wok eric's new cabinet provide that citi zens who now tack Ihe right I" vote shall obtain that right hv giving proof ol sufficient education to have pass ed through four classes of the na tional school and iiiaslci- the Hunga rian tanguace. Slavs Not I'aciiled. Workmen are also to be given Ihe right to vote. Tbe government prom ises that -nnul, economic attil mili dury reform will follow ihe extension of suffrage. Hut these conccs-ions have not pacified the Slavic races. They want to vote for their own ruler-. Tho most signifieaul action they have taken was nt a meeting at Ag- n.ui. Represent at tv cs of Croatia Slov eiiia, Hosnia-llerzogovinin Dal matin. Nl rin and Mod jtimurio wer. present, and despite police interfer ence held several sessions. They passed resolutions demand iiti: tin1 immediate creation ot an in ui pendent state of Slovenes, Croat ami Serbians on a demoeratie basis free tiom entanglements such as Ger u auv had forced on Lithuania and the oilier "tree" Wussian states. The Jngo-Slav parly leader are ;o tiel ami stieee-sfnllv effecting a eoiicenirnttou of their forces in other parls ot the eontitry. Germany Take Hand. They vviil have hard sledding. Ger many is determined to prevent any siu li dismemberment of the dual mon archy. It would embarrass tho plans of the pnn-Gennniiisth. It would close! the tree passage of the sea from the south which has been their dream. It vould prevent ueecss to Triste and the Ariatic. So, at the instigation of Ilerlin. Kmperor Karl has made further con cessions to Hungary, which include adding Dalmatia and Croatia to the Hungarian crown lands. Vienna also proposes to annex Hosnia and Herze govina to Hungary, j llut the fight for an independent southern Slavic state has not been impeded. One attempt was made by organizing a Oernianophile, .nnti-Jugo-Slav party at Sernjevo, Serbia, to combat the movement, hut it failed almost before it started. Ask Aid of Allies. The Slav leaders declare the allies m help them materially by declar ing definitely as one of their war aims for the termination of the Austro- Germati alliance and the dismember ment of the Austrian empire. They caynot undrestnnd how the allies hope to win tho mastery of Ku- rope so long as Austria remains the connecting link between Oermanv and the Ifalkans. The Teutonic inbabitiants of Aus tria begin to realize, that the mon archy is doomed, and are starting to flutter under the protecting wings of Germany. At a congress of Germans in the Austrian Tyrol Germany was asked to estahlisb Germanic state in stitutions and constitutional law in Austria a step preliminary to Ger inani.ation of the entire empire. Finprcss Implicated. Kveu into the very imperial palace at Vienna his troubles have followed Kiuieror Karl. Strained relation: between the enicror and the empres; have resulted from the revelation made bv ' I'remier Clemenceau of France, it is said. The Kmpress Zita is a Rourhon, of strong French predilections, and it is reported that it was ahe who was responsible for the now famous let ter Karl wrote to Prince Si.xtus ot Hourbon, in which he suggested tbe restoration to France of Alsace and Lorraine. Wbcn Ihe emperor was forced to repudiate tho letter, the empress, it is declared, became very angry. These are straws which show that the Austrian wind is blowing mind good for tho entente allies. FEDERAL LABOR The (li'imrtint'iit of labor, I'nited States employment Hrvicc, has open ed an office in Medfonl with tem porary headquarters in the office of County 1'iithologint Cute, (Jamett Coi'ey building. This service which is under he supervision of M. b. Janes, will very soon be located in permanent quarters. It is establish ed with tbe ideu of benefitting both the employer and employee. The businessof this department will be to place labor where t is most needed und to endeavor to assist in every way possible the orebnrdists, ranchers, stockmen and all other in- lustrics in this district to carry on tlicir individual work. The Kovcrnmpnt nsks that each and every industry in this locality co-operate with the local office to their fullest extent; also that any and all persons male or female who can possibly help out at this time, in the orchards or fields, advise the lo cal examiner, giving their names und addresses and what particular worlc they are fitted for. 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