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MEDFORD, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1918
NO. 57
FOGMiAS GERiAM DRIVE WELL IK-HAND
HUNS WEDGE HALTED IN CENTER
1
AS RESERVES
WIDENS OUT UPON BOTH WINGS
Paris Confident That German Offensive will Be Halted In 48 Hours
Pressure Upon Wings Forces French Back to Outskirts of Soissons
and British Behind St. Thierry Soissons Said to Have Been Evacuat
ed by Civilian Population Under Bombardment Since Monday
Germans Claim Capture of 15,030 Troops In Present Smash.
PARIS, May 29. General Foci
now nis. the situation well In hand
and French troops are beginning to
gain on the German advanced forces
In a contest of speed. No important
line of communication is yet threat
ened by the advance of the German
crown prince.
.Those on the scene declare It Is
not too much to say that another 4S
hours will see the German drive defi
nitely stopped. High praise is given
the French reserves for the perfect
order In which they are coming into
the fighting line.
Not the least encouraging news was
the brilliant success cf the Americans
In the Mon'tdldier sector, which all
the newspapers feature. It was the
first Important action carired out
alone by the Americans. All reports
agree that they behaved like veter
ans. This Is pronounced tho best
augury for tho early future when
American holir.iwlll weigh heavily in
the balance.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 29.
There was no letup in the German
drive south from the Aisno and
both the French and the British have
Ibeon forced to give further ground.
Confidence is expressed in Paris,
however, that the allied reserves,
now rapidly coming up, will shortly
turn the scale and stop' the enemy
advance.
Apparently the Germans already
are being held in the center of their
advance, along the Veelo river, in the
vicinity of Flsmes, where tno point
of the German wedge has been thrust.
The pressure on both tho allied
flanks, however, has been such that
both have been compelled to fa.ll
back.
On tho west, the French linos have
been withdrawn to tho easterly out
skirts of Soissons, which town is
about seven miles south of the near
est point of tho battle lino ns It
existed before the new German drive
was begun on Monday.
Attacks Shilling.
On the east the Franco-British line
has been pulled hack from St. Thier
ry northwest of Reims, where It rest
ed yesterday to the heights south
...and southeast of that town.
The bringing of Soissons Into tho
battle area may indicate that the
weight of the German blow has been
shifted southwesterly In this direc
tion and is being exerted along the
railway that leads to Paris from that
town.
l.t.OOfl Prisoners Taken.
Ovorwholmlng numbers enabled
the Germans In their first attack, to
penetrate the allied lines to beyond
the Aisne and capture moro than a
half score of villages and 15,000 pris
oners. The grcatost advance was
made in the center, four miles to the
Alsne and then six to the Vcslc, a
total of ten. As In tho offensives In
Picardy and Flanders, the enemy ad
vance has assumed tho form of a
t'OUMBIA. S. C, May 20. - Kin
parly today destroyed a ward at Hie
state ho-pilal for the insane, result
ing in the hnrninir to death of at least
Hi patients. Kleven other patients
are missing and five were badlv hum
eri. one of whom nfterward dieo.
The ward devoted mainly to the
nientaly defective, contained -i'l pa
tients, of whom 34 have been ac
counted for. A number of the patients
imI. The ureal Prescna mountain whs
hurninir building utter having been
t uken out, .
RACE TO BATTLE
blunt-nosed wedge with Its apex less
than three miles In width lying be
tween llazoches and Plsmes.
The enemy has not succeeded In
widening the "elbow" about Mont
didier nor in changing the allied lino
in Champagne east of Rheims. Di
rect highways and railroad communi
cations between Soissons and Rheims
have been broken by tho Germans,
but neither of these' shell-devastated
cities appears to be in immediate dan
ger. Halt in 48 Hours.
Observers assert that 4S hours
'probably will witness tho baiting of
tho forces of the German crown
prince. The French reserves are mov
ing forward swiftly and General Focb.
has the situation well in hand.
French and British troop3 have
completely restored tho situation in
Flanders where four German divis
ions Monday attacked on a six-mile
front east of Locre. The Germans
failed to gain north of Mont Kemmel
and were driven from elements they
gained near Dlckenbusch lake, west
of Voormezecle, the eastern end of
the attacking line.
French Official .Statement.
1'AI.MS, May 2!). The French
troops have fallen hack to the east
ern outskirts of Soissons where the
battle continues witli bitterness, Hie
French war office announced this uf
lernoon. Franco-British troops, lite state
ment adds, have fallen hack to the
heights south and southeast of SI.
Thierry, where they aire holding posi
tions between ihe Vesie and (lie Aisiw;
canal.
Fighthig is going on with vurving
success on the heights on Ihe south
ern bank of Ihe Vcslc river, where Ihe
French troops arc bravely and nd
tuinthly defending their positions.
American troops to the west of
.Monldidicr, tho French statement
suys, have repulsed two (iertnan
Minuter attacks against the village
of Cnntivny.
British (irrieial Statement.
LONDON', May ?.). The (Senium
artillery is active north of Albert ami
in the Flanders salient, east of llo
bee(. the war office announces. The
enemy's fire increased locally east of
Arras and south of l,cns.
The statement follows:
"We carried out a successful raid
last night southeast of Arras ami
captured prisoners and a machine
jiiii. A raid attempted by the enemy
.it (iivcnehv l.cs-l.a Basse was re
pulsed. A hostile attack on one of
our po-ts south of the Ypros-t'oniincs
canal also was repulsed, after sharp
lighting.
"The hostile artillery lias been ac
tive north of Albert in Ihe neighbor
hood of Avette, east of Mohcci nnd
northwest of Mcrvillc and has shown
t.mcwhut increased activity locally
cast of Arras and south of Lens."
FIXED AT 32 CENTS
WASHINGTON', May 'JO. A maxi
mum base price of Kl cents u pound
tor iilimiininn in lots of 50 tons or
mure, of the imrot !t8 to !t!) jut cent
grade, wan fixed bv President Wil
m today under mi agreement be
tween producers nnd the war Industrie-
ho.trd.
The new price is effective June 1
nnd will continue until Septernhcr 1.
l it tcrentm!- fr !hect. rod and wiro
will he incrcji-ed about 12 Cj percent,
differentials fur quantity nnd grade
and dit ferentinls fur alloy will remain
Approved by the board on March
o la -it, t
STATE OF OREGON
1TOKTI.AXI), May 2!).
M'edford district is the premier
lied Cross district and Clatsop "
" County Ihe premier lied Cross
county in the second war fund
of tho American Red Cross.
" Both made 200 per cent of
their quotas. With a quota of
r .tLMI.OIlO Clatsop county raised
'flO.tlim. When unci county ex-
make !rir,000 or $10,(100 less
than ils quota, Clatsop county
voluntarily assumed the $10,-
000 and added $10,1100 for good
measure.
Medford look $!!.00(l of Jack-
" son county's $l."i.000 quota and
then raised $18,(100.
Oregon total to noon today is
$! 11,00(1.
,
CASUALTY LIST
t
WASHINGTON, May 29. The
army casualty list today contained 30
names, divided as follows: Killed In
action, C; died of wounds, 5; died
of accident, 1; died of disease, 10;
wounded severely, 7; missing In ac
tion, 2.
The list includes: Private Carl A.
Slpher, 1121 Fifth avenue, North,
Groat Falls, Mont., killed in action.
Phivato George M. Fwlng, Auburn,
Wash, died of wounds. Private Cleo
E. Urundngo, 272 1 47th street, S. W.,
Seatle, died of disease. Private
Frank Aldrldge, Alberta, Canada,
wounded severely.
Officers named were: Lieutenant
Francis A. Mcllvaino, Indianapolis,
I ml., killed in action. Major John
Prank Carmaek, St. Louis, and Lieu
tenant Cholmondeley Thornton, Ben
nington, Vt., wounded severely. Llou
tenant Raymond W. Parker, Cham
paign, III., missing in action. Lieu
tenants Philip A. Hunter, York, S. C.
Franklin Burcho Pedrlck, Washing
ton, D. C.,' and Louis M. Fdcns, Ca-
bool, Mo., prisonors, previously re
ported missing.
WATKRLOO, Ja., May 29. Four
porsons are known to havo been
killed and at least 20 injured when
HllnolH Central nansoncer lrnln 'n
11, west bound, was wrecked near
Aplington, 80 miles west of here,
early today. Knglncer Alderman and
Fireman Golvinaux, both of Water
loo, wcro killed. Two mall dorks
are also roported killed. Tho Injured
were rushed to this city and taken to
hospitals.
Tho train was running at a modor-
ato rate of speed when It encouutored
high water. When the engine started
over tho hridgo at Heaver creek, near
Apllngton, tho structuro foil. Tho
locomotive plunged on to tho bank
whllo tho chair car, tho only day
coach on tho train, keeled over on Its
side.
RETAILERS TO HALT
FLOOR SALE A MONTH
PORTLAND, May 29. Retail flour
dealers of Multnomah county, meet
ing tonight at the call of the Ore
gon foodadmlnlstratlon, adopted a
resolution to halt all sales of wheat
flour for a period of one month, until
July 1. They voted also to turn back
to the government, for shipment ovor-
eeas, all white flour now la stock.
YANKEES REPEL
GERMAN BLOWS
AT M0NTD1DIER
Americans in First Offensive Cap
ture Cantigny and Repulse Two
Counter Attacks by Germans-
Twelve French Tanks Supported
Yankees Prisoners Taken.
W ITH THE AMERICAN KOHCES
ON THE FRENCH FRONT, May 29.
(By the Associated Press.) Three
counter-attacks made by the Germans
to re-take the terrain which they had
lost in Pacirdy on Monday completely
broke down in the face of the Ameri
can araillery fire and the heroism of
our infantrymen. All tho ground
won by tho Americans on Monday re
mains in their possession.
... LONDON, Mav 29 (ierman troops
who counter attacked last night
against the Americans who captured
Cuntigny, west of Montdidicr, were,
repulsed with heavy losses, report?
Reuter s correspondent at the .British
army headquarters in France today.
WITH THE AMERICAN A It MY IX
FR ANCE.Mny 28. (Ry The Associ
ated Press.) The Americans pene
trated the Herman positions to a
depth of nearly u mile. Their artil
lery completely smothered the tler
mnns. The roar of the American
puns could be hoard for many mi!es
in the rear. Several fires are burn
ing behind the (Ierman line.
Twelve French tanks supported the
American infiuilrv.
Flint OrtViiMvo Blow.
WITH THE AMKRICAN ARMY JN
FRANCE, May 20. (!ty the Asso
ciated 1 'tess. ) The American line
runs loO to 200 yards east oPCan
tigny as a result of the successful
attack today. The nearest German
trench is several hundred yards east
of where the Americans have dug in.
The Hermans, it has bvvh found, bail
many outposts and machine gun cm
placements in Cantigny.
America's first offensive blow was
struck in a mist. The French tanks
apparently did not have much to do
as the American artillery already
hnd prepared the way. A bright sun
came out and shone on the Americans
ns they din,' in their new positions.
"As (he Americans Marled on!
across No Man's I, ami tdiero were
many jokes about "eating bochc for
breakfast." The Americans fought
as though they were veterans and
there was no hesitation when the of
fleers sprung forward ami snouted:
"Come on, hoys!"
Wonderful Morale,
Several officers describing the
scene, agreed that the nulslundinx
feature in their minds was the won
derful morale of the men and (heir
absolute confidence in themselves.
The Hermans poured machine gun
builds all around the Americans as
they were diinj; in, hut no attention
was paid to them as jokes and qni
wen banded back and forth.
The demeanor of the men wounded
in action mm found similarly cheer
ful when ,t he correspondent visited
Ihe field hospital this afternoon. II
saw slretcluil otil on their cils a
number of these Americans, for the
most part only slightly wounded, who
acted like sehuid boys returned from
a ((rent day of sport, smoking ciar
cites, eagerly relating their personal'
experiences and buiKhiny loudly at
Ihe houmnroiiN incidents.
(Continued on Pao Three.)
E LIS!
SAN' 1'KAM 1SCO, May '!!!.-Tttctity-lwo
thousand men of th
army, enlaced in the spruce fure!
of Oreunn and Washington have been
tian-ferred from the control of tin
chief Minal olfieer at WaihiiiKton,
M. t, to Ihe western department of
the army, according lo orders rceeiv
ut hcudijuartcrs here.
DRAFT SUBECTS
WASHINGTON. May 2!).-
Provost Marshal Crowdor today
notified draft subjects away
" from home that thoy must rogls-
tor with tho local board in
whoso jurisdiction they are suf-
flciently in advance of Juno 5.
4 to enable the boards to sond !
tholr cortlflcntos to their homo
boards. Registration la com-
fr ploted at tho offlco of tho homo
boards. !
OS A SPLENDID
VICTORY; KAISER
AMSTERDAM, May 'J!. Emperor
William, who is on the field of battle
south of I.Hon, on Ihe Aisne front,
has sent the I'olowinp; telegram lo the
empress at I'ulsdiim :
"Willium (apaprenlly Crown
Prince l''redcriek William) has today
attacked the British and French on
the Cheniin dos Dames. ' t Strongly
consolidated height after being sub
jected to mighty artillery fire, has
been stormed by our glorious inl'iint
ly. We havo crossed the Aisne and
are aproaching the Vesle.
"Krilz, wilh tho first giuinls in
fantry division, was one of the first
lo reach Aisne. (This 1s evidently
another rel'ereneo lo tho crown
prince.) The Iwenty-eiglith division
also has again dislinguished ilself.
Tho British nnd J'Yeneh were com
pletely surprised. Our losses are
small. Tomorrow we shall make fur
ther progress. t
'0od has granted ns n splendid
victory and will help further. (Ircct
ings." PUKING, Friday, May 21.. (By
tho Associated Pross.) Tho Chinese
ambassador at Tokto has been In
structed to protest to tho Jummcso
govornmont against tho transfer to
Japan by Russia of a section of the
Chlncso Knstoru railway near the
Sungart river, '
An official announcement from To
klo rocolvcd in Washington last No
vember 3 said Japan and tho Itusslan
govornmont, then under tho control
of Premier Kcrcnsky, had agreed to
tho purcbaso by Japan of a section
of the Chinese Kastern railway be
tween Kwan Cheng Tse, near Chang
Chun, In Manchuria, and the Sungari
river.
TO HELP WIN WAR
PORTLAND, 7',$y 2V.- Shipyard
workers here will cnlehrato Memo
rial day by working as usual to help
tho government win tho war, accord
IriK to official of tho oinerKOwy
fleet corporation. The employes of
Hhipyards Voluntarily called off a
mi ml jit of husMmll games scheduled
for tomorrow in the shipyard leasue
and (Redded to report for work.
CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN
TRIAL OF GRACE LUSK
WACKKSHA, Wis., May 2!. The
f a-e of Hrneo I,uk, school teacher
cbarifed with the murder of Mrs.
Mary Newman Roberts, is expected
to k t4 the jury tonight. James
Claneey today bean the eloin ar
uineut for tho dd'cim',
CONGRESSPLANS ITALIANS STORM
VACATION TOR
HOT WEATHER
Members to Lay Off Wliile House
Ways and Means Committee Work
On War Revenue Bill Lobbyist's
lo Be Tagged and Kept Track of
War Profit to Be Soaked.
WASHINGTON, Mny 2!). After
setting June, u' as the date for begin
ning hearings on new revenue legisla
tion, the house ways and means com
mittee approved today, a proposal for
a summer vacation after appropria
tions hills are completed.
The committee agreed that the four
billion dollars in additional revenue
to he raised shall come chiefly from
excess profits, incomes and taxes on
luxuries.
The committee decided to embody
ir. the hill not only the additional -f 1,
(Win, (KKt, mill taxes hut (he tax pro
visions of tlx present laws as well,
to prevent duplication and confusion.
Recess DurliiK Sinner.
Members of the committee believe
(he apropriatiou bills can be dis
posed of by July 1, and will recom
mend ii recess of both houses then
while the committee is working on the
hil.
Chairman KilHiin announced that
all persons wishing to appear before
tho committee should apply in nd
vance for rt hearing, giving their bus
iness, inleresls represented and tho
subject on which they wished to he
heard.
This was laken to mean llinl the
committee would follow out President
Wilson's Hiurirestioii as to throwing
full light on lobbyists.
The senate "lobby commillce,"
Senator Overman of North Carolina,
chairman, also pointed out today is
in position to resume its work if lob
byists become too active.
IjohhylxlK Warned.
An informal plan lor registration
of persons haviuir business with Ihe
senate finance eommittee in connec
tion with the revenue legi-tation also
is planned by Chairman Simmons.
The vacation plan contemplates re
cess of congress about July .1 until
Amnist. 1. m uritiLT which Ihe eommit
tee will prepare the revenue bill, pas
sage of the hill in ihe house between
Aii'Mist. 1-1.1 and recess of the house
then for probably 'M days, pending
the senate consideration of (he bill.
REPULSED By YANKS
WASHINC.TON, May 2!)--In ad
dition to General Pertdiing's com
munhpio for yextcrday, given out by
tho war department today, reports
that two (ierman patrol attacks on
May 2i and 27 were repulsed by
American troops.
Lie- ' iiints Rickcnhackcr and
Campbell, American alrrnmi, downed
one enemy machine while flghthiK
six.
General Pershing ellel an Amerl
ran sergeant, who altho wounded,
drove off an enemy patrol of four
men.
THREE 0. A. C. REGENT
HAI.KM. .May 2. Three mem
bers of tho board of regents of Ore
gon Agricultural college were today
re-apolnted by Covernor Wlthyeombo.
They am J. K. Weathorford of Al
bany, . j. llawley of McCoy and
M. S. Woodcock of Corvallls. Kach
Is appointed for nine years. Mr.
Weathorford Is president of tho
board. Mr, Woodcock was appoint
ed about a year ago to fill the va
cancy created by tho death of J. T.
Apperson of Oregon City, and the
npoinlment at that timii was to fill
the unexpired term,
12.000FT.PEAK
TONALI
Most Brilliant Mountain Operation of
War Won By Italians Among Gla
ciers of Prescna Mountain Battle
Remarkable for Highly Specialized
Troops and Mechanical Appliances.
ITALIAN ARMY lIKADQUAIi
TKHS, May 2!). (By tho Associated
Press.) lino of tho most brilliant
mountain operations since the begin
ning of the war was carried out by
the Italians in the Tonalc region,
northwest of Trent, early this week.
The basin of Iho Presna Lake was
captured by Italian Alpini ul'ter 40
bourn of ficrco lighting.
The Austrians wero well entrench
are said lo have run bnek into tho
reached by the Alpini after . attack
ing four limes under a heavy fire. Tho
enemy was finally overwhelmed by
a liayonet drive.
Tho fight was rendered more diffi
cult by tho condition of the ground,
which was. hard nnd slippery with
lalo spring snows. Tho Italians ad
vanced up steep ascents, down preci-,
pices nnd over giaciers.
12,1100 Feet High.
HUM I', Monday, May 27.-Tho.
brilliant victory of tho Italians in tho
Tonale region was won in fighting
on round about 12,000 i'cot abovo tho
sea, amid melting snows nnd ever
Instiug glaciers. Tho batlle was re
mnrluihlu on account of tho. highly
specialized troops engaged and tho
mechanical devices applied.
The vast wastes of loualo luoun- :
lain, dominating the Cumonicu pla
teau ami the approaches lo Paradiso
Pass, had been neglected by both
sides as n field for offensive opera
tions, hut now becomes more import
unt. Among the results of the Ttulinn
attack were I he blowing up by artil
lery firu of an important Austrian
munitions depot nnd Hie capture of
(wo telegraph lines which ran through
Paradise Pass. Tho Italians were
assisted greally by a violent fire. It
rctpiim! heroic. cf-forts by the Alpini
fo curry the guns to moiintuin tops. -
T
T
MIIAVAI KKK, Wis., My 2!).
"Wc'vo gut one grand duly, lo put
the war through a knockout," snid
Colonel Konsevell in spcuking at .1
local theater under the auspices of
the National Sccuritv l.cuguW, on Die
sphjerl of "AmericuniMn" lo scverul
tho!i--iind ple lhis afternoon.
All the movements, he declared,
onit he directed to one purpose
helping the nun at Ihe front to win
the war. '
"If Ihrce ears ago our people liad
been awake as Kiev are now and had
been prepared there would have been
no war bv I his time' said Ihe colonel.
"Our business is now to win, lo profit
by errors of the past so as not to uer
mil lliem again.
'Wo are trellin I lie troops over
there, llon't let's say what wo nro
guiiiK lo do, lei's do it.''
Three thing smiit bo remembered,
lie saiil Americanism, tho need of
-pceiling up the war nt this lime, and
the gcenrnl orincipln of prcpuralucss.
MADISON, Wis. Former Prosl
dent Hoeesovclt declared tho war
would havo been ovor a yoar ago If
tho t'nlte.d Stated had begun to pre
paro thrco years ago, and that thero
should havo boon a censorship on
boasting.
WASIIINCVTON. Ono union ex
press company for tho United Statoa
was created by agroomont botweon
Director Clonor.il McAdoo and the
Adams, American, 'Wells Fargo and
Southern companies,
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