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University of Oregon X Library "WEATIIlili Maximum Yesterday, 74; Minimum Todav, HO. FORECAST Tonight and Tomorrow: Fair and "Warmer. Medford Mail Tribun ist( rruuut. -RjJLf JLlsvJ HA v. - - f . . . Forty-elfthtli TtBC. Dally Thirteenth Year. MEDFORD, OREGOX, V'KI)XES1)AY, MAY 22, 1918 .0. 51 ARMIES IRK TIME ON FRONT AWAITING DRIVE French and British palds Strengthen Positions Italians Break Up Ene my Attacks British Aviators De stroy 1,000 Hun Airplanes Since March 21. ' LONDON, May 22 In the wtor southeast of Arias German trendies were entered ufNwo points lust night liy British raiding parties, says to day's official announcement. Pris oners and u machine gun were taken. PARIS, May 22. Artillery fight ing of the most: violent character oc curred last night on the front south east of Amiens, the war office an nounces. On Italian Front. HOME, Tuesday, May 21. Italian troops in the mountains west of the Hrentn have broken up enemy at tacks, especially on the southern slopes of Sasso Kosso. On oMnte Spinoneiu, west of the Pinvc, says the official statement from the war of fice today, an Austrian position was destroyed and h'i prisoners captur ed. LONDON, May 22. Turkish trons in Mesopotamia north of ltug dad display n little activity, while the Uritisli cavalry has advanced north of Tcrit on the Tigris to Fatliu. liritish aviators since March 21 have accounted for 1,000 German air planes nnd havo dropped more than 1,000 tons of bombs on enemy milli tarw targets. Germany's spring offensive, launched 'in the hone of forcing the allies to conclude peace, enters upon its third month today. The allied unifies are slill intact anil awaiting further enemy attacks while Ameri can, rciuforccmcns arc hurrying to r rnncc. In the weeks since the repulse of the last strong German attack, that norlh of Mont Kemmcl, the allies have succeeded here and there in bit ing oTf important positions. . No Sign of Attack. The latest German failure in coun ter attacking was northwest of Mcr vilir, the apex of the Lys salient. At tacking new Hritish positions on a front of two-thirds of a mile the Ger mans, although ill strength, were thrown hack. The Germans have shown no indi cations that infantry attacks are about to be renewed. However, llcr lin cannot delay a renewal of the of fensive much longer. On onte Spinoneiu, west of the Pinvc, the II o linns wiped out an ene my post nnd captured o'l prisoners. while their new positions at Capo Sdc on the Pinvc, have been extended. PaKIS, May 22. Prospects for the coming harvest ,in France are better than any year since 1S98, Vic tor Boret. food minister, Informed the Associated Press, upon his return today from a week-end tour In the nntry. "Unless unforeseen situations arise between now and harvest time." he added, "actual restrictions on food consumption will not 'bo Increased. I may say that tho restrictions at present In force gradually will he eliminated." ESOTA SWEPT T WINONA, Minn., Mny 2J.-A vio lent' Mnrm whirh uf humeri )ro purtiuns of a tornii'lu in the vicinity of Kolliii Stone nnd St. Chnrle jni'it over Minnesota lnt niulil fniisinif heavy prperty d;un:ie. In Winnim several hnihling wrre litm-flged.. FINE IN FRANCE HUN INTRIGUE DUTCH ACTION T FORCE Prohibition of Sailings Connected With New Move by Germany to Compel Holland to Accede to Ber lin's Terms Over Long Pending Economic Agreements. LONDON, May 22. -The prohibi tion of the sailings of all Dutch ships from Dutch ports, the Rotter dam correspondent of the Daily Tel egraph says he learns, is connected with a new move by the German gov ernment to compel Holland to sign on Berlin's terms the long pending acon omic agreement which Holland has declined to do owning to the onerous conditions impocd bv Germany. WASHINGTON, May 22. A sup plementary note of protest against the liritish and American seizure of Dutch shipping has been handed to Secretary Lansing by the Dutch lega tion here. It contends that the Uni ted States in its explanation of the seizure did not answer the original objections luade by the Dutch govern ment. U. S. Holds Shins. . AMSTKItDA.M, May 22. August Philips, Dutch minister to the United States, who recently returned on a leave of absence hecausc of ill health, has requested that he be relieved of his post at Washington, according to advices from The Hague today. The minister's request, it is slated, is made on medical advice. WASHINGTON, Slay 22. Holland has been notified by tho United States that her request for threo ships now in American ports to carry the balance of the grain promised her by Prosldent Wilson cannot bo grant cd, and that to prevent further dolay in tho movement of grain, Dutch ships should be sent for It at once. Dutch Shipping lillo The fact that this step has been taken became known today after the receipt of press dispatches announc ing that The Netherlands government had prohibited tho doparture of Dutch ships from its ports. More than 400,000 tons ot Dutch shipping are idlo In Dutch ports, according to information In the possession of the state department. It Is from this fleet of tied-up tonnage, tlmt tho war trade board holds tho ships necessary to transport tho grain imisbo taken. (VivjiIs Await Ships Fifteen thousand tons of cereals aro now at ports of embarkation for Holland. The Dutch steamor Hollan dla, used to ship a cargo of grain from Argnntlno to Holland, being uu ablo to tako on a full cargo because of low watcf In tho river Platte, will bo permitted to como to an American port, where 500 tons of American grain will be taken on. On this ship the remainder of tho Dutch crews from the Dutch vessels taken over by the American governm nt will he sent home. WASHINGTON, May 22. Disclos ure that the government has gath ered evidence in this country ot con spiracles between IrUh, Sinn Keln leaders and German aKenta to precip itate a rebellion in Ireland, was fol lowed by announcement today that government agents have uncovered .similar German intrigue with other nationalistic groups in tho I' nl tod States. German money, It Is paid, has been used to finance American negroes, and among 'Finns, Lithuanians and other of the fcoUcd oppressed na tionalities, which for years have had nationalist grievances against Rus sia or other anti-German allies. On most cae this propaganda has been carried on by Americans affiliated with these groups paid from Borne mysterious source believed to be the German government. Kxcept among the radical Irish agitators, however, the propaganda did not appear to mak much head way. Y NG UP SHIPS D BY HUNS SIM - ;tktrV . 3W&Ji : Tills phntogrnpli, tiiken on Imnwnt flying field. New York, khon-s an event which marks a new era In both aviation and mstnl service in America. Aerial mall service is now a reality. Lieutenant T. II. Ve,, js shown climbing into Ills plan e for the stnrt of the first trip of llio first aerial mall route in tlio l"nil"l States. TIiito liours and twenty niiuutes artii'r tills photograph was snap (lie hag of mall Lieutenant Vclli carried was delivered in Washinuton, and :M niiuut-s later Hoy Scouts had delivered the 7:13 pieces of mail. I.ieiilenaiit Vcll made the first lap of the first trip. ..At 1'hihulclplila another plane piloted hy Lieutenant .lames ( ICdgcrtoll took the mall luig and flnb-lil tho trip to the national capital. The service will lie continued daily except Sunday iroin each city, with two army avlatoi-s for each trip each way. Philadelphia will lc tho point where the clinnue of niachines and pilots will take place. A Siecial postage rate of 21 rents an ounco luLS tiecn fixwi for aerial mall. mm E IT Acceptable Substitute Adopted In Place of Chamberlain Resolution Which President Contended Was Intended to Interfere With duct of War. Con- WASHINGTON, May 22. With los than two minutes delmte, the thii'ulened bivurh between Irc.-ident Wilson and (he sennle disappeared today when by a viva voce vote an acceptable siibstitutu was adopled in place of the Clmniberlnin resolution which the president contended was nothing less than u proposal to eon- til nte the military affairs commit tee a committee on the conduct of the war. Senator Chamberlain said the com promise was satisfactory to him, as it authorized the military committee and the suh-entinnittees to proceed not only with the aircraft and ord nance invcr-tipitiniis but nlo to make any other inquiries reardin army operations. Compromise Made. The compromise, pronounceJ, ac ceptable to the administration and i!e dared by Senator Chamberlain to be acceptable to him, was reported alter prolonged conferences and proposes that any expenses incurred by the t: ilitary committee for investigations previously antliori.ed shall he paid from the contingent fund of the scn i.le. It eliminates entirely the pro posed anthfirit" for a sub-cominit- te to sit liurimr the recess of con gress. Ily the adoption of the stibstilutiou a vote on tho original Cluiinl.crlaiu n solution wasiivoidcd entirely. Pres ident WiUon plainly told senator he considered such a vote practically a question o a vole ot continence. Permit. Aircraft Prolre. The substitution resolution dues not prevent, an inve-.ti!itinii of the aircraft situation, to which the pres ident has stated he bits no objection. It meets tin? tiretidciit s obicclions ihnt the original Chamberlain resolu tion virtually pf-oposed to constitute u committee on the conduct of the war and place u it h conres the ex (riitiw duties now lodyd with the pre-iflcnt and the other executive head- of the 'overnnvnt. SAX KifANClSCO, M,.v '21. - A German who object ipl to a Red Cro-n button on the coat of Kduard Jor dan -tubbed hint here ('"lay when he retired to remove the button, c AVERTS BREACH 1H WILSON OF FIRST TRIP ON FIRST U. S. AERIAL MAIL LINE Van kee- avi ato rs busy chasing hun bi planes WITH TI1K AMKIiK'AN AKMV IN KliANCK, Tucs.lay, May 21. (By the Asoeiated Press.) l.ieutenunt William II. Taylor of New York, chased a German biI!ane from the American lines to over Papiy-Sur- ftiosollc, north of Point-A-Mousson today, ami dctemcd the bodie in n despernte I'iyht. ." 0(10 meters in the air. A bullet fnon the enemy machine barely missed Lieutenant Taylor and punctured a wini? of his airplane. A second later the lieutenant saw one of his tracer bullets penetrate the fusillade of the enemy machine where the observer was wroking a machine pin and there was no more fire from the German. Lieutenant Taylor continued t" fir at the German pilot and after 4"0 shots had been fired, most of them at about 70 yards the enemy ma chine went spinning toward the earth in a nose dive. In addition to Lieutenant Taylor's I'itihl t here were several others in the briuht sunny skies today. Two American aviators chased I wo enemy machines to Thinu- 'oiirl and them attacked (hem. One of (he American pilots I'ired from directly under the tail of a German machine which went spinning inward the ground from -I,-000 meters (n ."i00, where it was seen to straighten out and escape. LOMK)N, May 2.- Marttal law has been proclaimed In Ilohcmia and in consequence of "popular excesnes-' many persons havo been Imprisoned, says a dispatch to the Imll Mail from Heme fpiotlng the Stovenskl I'erod. Outbreaks have occurred in I'iUen, Nachod and other towns. Tho vanl estates of Prince KurHtcnhurg, a cIohc. friend of tho German emperor, havo been plundered and the buildings on them burned. I)r. Von Keydler, tho Austrian pre mier. It Is added, has Kiimmoned tho O.edi deputy, Ktanek, to discuss the situation. I'cputy Stauek has do ellned and has warned the premier agalmt a pollry of violence In Bo hemia, fearing evblently that the in discriminate hangings and shootings a. ( ; a ! I I h at the lieKlnnlng of tho war an to be repented in Bohemia. eordinir to the Mury told by Jordun to idiyicutiif at a lto it t I where he ,aolicd fr treatment. Jordan had numeroiw ktiile wounds on his arum - and .he-t( ATTACK ON PARIS MEETS REPULSE I'AHIS, .Miiy 22. Gcruiuii avliitors nuiilo an Inoffcctunl ntlompt luat nislit to raid PnrlB. Threo porsons wore killed and BDvenit woundod in tho outRlilrta ot tlis city lint none ot the raidero reached PnrU llHOlf. A German alrpluno wan It It 'hy nn anti aircraft Klin and fell In tlnmcs north of the city. Tho enonvy droppod liomim in va riotiH &iiliiiri)an localilicH. Some ma terial damage Ik reported. Tho BiKnal that all was clear wa.i tmunricd at 1 o'clock thin morniiiK. Tho raid dumonstruted (ho hlKh stalo of offlccncy to which tho norial (lofoneos ot the clly havo heon 'brought. It was a clour and wlnd leB night wllh a brilliant moon, Ideal for nn aerial attack. Tho raiders, who wcro divided into two Kiiiiadrons, Hought vainly for two hours to find a gap in tho wall of flro with which tho city was encompassed. The places at which homhs fell show that tho (inrmans circled far around tho city before loosing their cargoes and fleeing. WITH T 1 1 10 AMKKK'AN A It MY IN Kit A NCR, May 21. (Ily tho Asho ciated Press.) Tobacco which here tofore has been purchased by lite soldiers or Issued by tho Red Crf's.i and other agencies will bo made a part of tho reflation rations. On tho recommendation of General Per tdilntt tho war department bait tlctid cd upon this action. As soon hh the new order noes Into effect ( which will bo In a few days, there will be Issued to each soldier of the Ameri can expeditionary forces dully four tenths'of an ounce of smoking to bacco and ten eiaretfe papeiH. ("er tain other article iiih bo substitut ed. : GOING AFTER U-BOATS GE1S GOOD RESULTS . WASWXGTO.V, May Offetis ivo operations anufiiHt German sub marines aro produelnK koo'I results, said Acting Secretary Roosevelt of the navy today, and he added that whili it would bn too much to say (hat (ho submarino situation U un der control, or that tho I'-hoat arc not still to bo regarded us a menace, the outlook is hopeful. "Going after them and not waiting for them to como after lis. Is tho answer," ho said .j,: .r....,-. v. ( DiLLON u i nn An Appeal to All Those of Irish Bood Made Only Party Fighting for Irish Liberty Without Betray ing the Cause of Liherty In Other Lands, Says Leaders. rHU, Tuesday, May An appeal to all those of Irish blood in the Vnited Stales lo support Ihe na tionalist parly as "Ihe one party in Ireland which is l'i-btiim lor Irish lib erty without hetrnyiiur the cause of liberty in other lands,'' was made to day by John Dillon, Ihe nationalist lea tier, in an interview with the Asso ciated Press; Correspondent. .Mr. Dillon in this interview denounced Ihe policy of the Sinn Fein, while ar raiuin the methods which the Hrit ish government has pursued in deal ing with the Irish (picstion. After calling attention to the im portance nf tin1 American public be injr fully informed of the Irish situa tion at the present lime, Mr. Dillon said: Deported Accused. "The. charge made in Lord French's proclamation aiiiust the Sinn Fein prisoners is an extremely serious one, and the method adopted by Ihe ov- eininciil i, so far us I know, unpre cedent 'd in IriMi history. They hav. arrested and deported these men to Kii'ibiud without, any definite chni-ci bein made in Ic'rnl ("mini against them jin.i without any statement as to whether it. is intended lo briu llicri to trial or not. Meanwhile Irclnmi waits for proof of the alleged pro (jcrn.jiu plot. ' Situation loouiy. "Now I admit lhal the sjliiatum in Ireland is gloomy in the extreme. My altcnlioii has been directed In state ments thai I and the lnh parly of which i am leader have adopted Sin Feinu methods ami have joined the Sinn Fein parly. Thee slatemeiil are. nllerty unlonndcd and 1'aNe. So I a r t nun I ha I la iuj t he ease I hid more than ever coii inccd tliat the pnliey of the Sinn Fein w nun,' and, Inolih and boaml to end in defeat, ami disaster. "The two i:rf'a( fnife-i which have been Itie nn it and entire of all of Ire land's trouble in recent years, have been mi the one side, the stupidity and insincerity the Hrilisli jmv ernmenl, which has abolutidv ri-lu-er under tlie dictatinii of Sir IMwarl 'ar-ou to apply in .Ireland the prin ciplfs for ulneb the allies are li'ht itiX in Furope and secondly the utiltm-' ited linancial rcMiiirces supplied to (he Sinn Fein I'rom New York. "Therefore I feel justified in mak ing nn arenl appeal to all those of Irish blood in the I'nited States to support the one party in Ireland which is fightiiiK for Irih liberty uitliritil belniyiiiL; the cau-e of liberty it) other lands,' ASKS U.S. SUPPORT OF NATIONALISTS YANKEES SHELL GERMANS WITH POISON GASES American Artillery Northwest of Toul Inflict Severe Punishment Upon Enemy Deluge of Shells Falls In Three Waves and' Within Half an Hour Woods Drenched. WITH TWO AMKRK'AX ARMY IN KRA.NCK, Tuesday, May 21. (By tho Associated Press.) Tho Ameri can artillery northwest of Tout launchott a sudden and terrific local Kus rfttack upon tho German posi tions and cantonments within the Gerochamp wood oarly today. So- ; voro punishment was Inflicted upon tho ono my. liow great Is not yet known. The deluge of American shells fell in threo waves and within half an hour tho woods in which it Is knowa many Germans wero sleeping had been drenched with a large quantity of poisonous gas. Patrola Tako Prisoners. In lively patrol actions Monday night and this morning east of Ijiine vlllo, Gorman parties wore twice de feated by tho Americans, who cap tured two prisoners. An officer and liO ninit whllo ex ploring tho area northwest of Ane.ro vlllors oast of Lunovlllo, sighted four enemy patrols nnd established con tact with ono of them. Tho enemy I party, numbering lfi, took up a po 1 sltlon in an unused trench from which they wero driven by rlflo and grenado firo of tho Americans. Tho Germans woro then rushed by tho Americans, who took two prisoners, ono so badly woundod that ho died later. There wero no casnultJes on tho American side. Kour hours later an enemy patrol mado a bold attompt to rush ono of , our outposts but was driven off. Ono German was killed and his body was brought back to tho American lhps for identification purposes. Cut. Power Cable. Northwest of Toul nn American pa trol traversed tho Apromont Varno vlllo road and found a high temdon cable used for charging tho onemy wlro. Tho men cut tho cablo nnd brought back" a largo section of It. Another patrol camo on a German, parly southwest of Apremont and sharp fighting resulted. Tho Amer icana used their pistols, rifles and hand grenades effectively and tho Germans wero forced to retire. A corporal named Flick, from a New Kngland state, carried out a "personal patrol" lato yesterday aft ernoon. Ho crawled to tho enemy wire to Investigate what ho thought was a periscopo anil saw a German step up t" tho firing trench. Mul lets were exchanged but tho Ameri can returned safely across No Man's Land. JEREMIAH 0'LEARY FORFEITS HIS BOND MOW YORK, May 22. Grover Whaleu, secretary to Mayor Hylan, and Daniel K, Cohnlen, Justice of tho (ho stale supremo court, were nmon I bono summoned today to tmHify at a federal grand Jury Inquiry relatlvo to O'Loary, former editor or "Huli,', who wllh several others connected wllh tho publication, was Indicted for publishing ulleged seditious mat ter. O'J.eary forfeited his ball by fail ing to appear when tho ca.o wait (ailed for trial yesterday. An alarm calling for "tho arrest on sight," oC O'l.eary was sent out today by Fed eral Marshal McCarthy, HUGHES PROTEST PARALLEL PROBE WASHINGTON, M,,y 'J.'. - Allor llry lli'lirriil (injury urn! hi lilt' sen. iiti; iniliiiiry ciMiiiiiiilci' toiliiy n letter I' roll) Onirics K. Ilunlics, ivlm 'it i'rrMilrri! 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