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Dally Thirteenth Year.
MEDFORD, OREGOX, V'KI)XES1)AY, MAY 22, 1918
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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! WiiMin's rriiiicnt h liirt'f!
inir tlio (h'l'ai lini'iit lit' jusliri' invi'sli.
nation nt iiirifral't iiroiliictinn, fcny
ing this (loiiarlinent's tusk should vru
pi'i'il iinpmlinrra.KAPil liy n imr.illrl in-iniry.