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Newspaper Page TextUnl erjlty of Oregon Library . WEATlLEli Maximum Yesterday, 72; Minimum Today, 35'. -J.- FOR ROAST Tonight and Tomorrow,- Faiiv edford Mail Tribune JACKSON COUNTY III C r BAROMETER IV. J J. Quota for 1918, 692.00o!oo Sales to May 23, f 26,264.70. Buy Thrift Stamps f,AAc Save and Buy for Victory Buy W.S.S. Thrift Stamps world', Safest Investment Forty-elRhtli Tenr. Daily Thirteenth Tear. .MEDFORD, OI&GOX, SATURDAY, JUNR 1, )18 NO, 60 HUNS'FAILIWEFFO TO CROSS MARNE M wS AMERICANS ARRIVING ON BATTLE LINE Yankees Display Ardent Desire to Help Check Hun Onrush Ger mans Fail to Cross Marne Strike ina Towards North Allied Artil lery Effecting Splendid Execution SO Enemy Divisions Identified and Force Constantly Enlarging. WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN" , FRANCE, June 1. (By the Associat ed Press.) American troops are reaching positions in the battle area. These troops display the most ardent dcsiru to share in the present great battle with their European comrades. Attempts by the (icminiis to cross Hie River Maine have met with vigor ous resistance and failed. The troops which mane tile ellorts retired Iron. lie river bank. As far as has been reported, only comparatively small forces have at tempted to force n crossing of the Murne. German artillery has reach ed the heights behind the river in some force and was active early yes terday, but was not effective. Striking Westward. Uy pushing on fo tho northern bank of the Marno the Germans have brought the point of their fan-like movement to a shuni salient. Thcv evidently nro anxious to develop the) uiotiiuii.uu inns guinea ny pressing westward from C'liarteves to Chateau Thierry. The correspondent watched the vncmy's movements in Ibis vicinity, which were plainly visible in the bril liant sunshine. AH their efforts tended westward. The allied artillery is taking splen did execution on the Gernlun troops. The enemy's troops are seeking to force their way southward from Foru-en-Tiirdcnois through Oulcliy anil Ncuilly. At the same lime there is nothing to push from the north- ward, near Soissois, in the direction ol icrrzy. Xcnrly Million Huns. The French inflicted terrible losses on the enemy near Soissons. Allied aviators are coining prom- inently inlo action. There were many aerial encounters yesterday. Iliiiubing squadrons dropped explo sives on the enemy's hoops in move ment and at concentration points. The formidable nature of the Ger man offensive may he gathered from the absolute identification of nearly rO of their divisions ((7.").ll(ll) men.) There certainly are a number of oili er divisions in immediate support. The divisions taking part in the of fensive which have been added most recently belong to the volunteers army. All of them were engaged in the March battle ami afterward were sent to the rear to be filled out and to receive special I milling. Troos lmTou.slng. The enemy is increasing contin ually 1 lie number of troops engaged in the but tic. The general iHca, when the offensive began, appears to have been that inch 'enemy livi-ion should occupy n front of only -l.m(l yards. Since that time the line of batlle has been extended, and in or- (Contint.ed on Page Two.) REIN 10 THEIR JOBS HOCK ISLAND. Ills., June 1 Af ter h three hour conference with the representatives of the railroad ad ministration this morning in Iloi k Is land the union representative- of th" Silvi shopmen of the Hock l-him! road agreed that the men would re Inm to work imiucdintclv pending ud-jii-tmcnt 01 the wage difference out which 2,1100 men walked out. ALLIED LINES HOLDING FIRM AT ALL POINTS Crown Prince's Armies Striking West ward' with Slight Success Enemy Thrown Back South of Coissons German Forces 12 Miles Along Marne Paris Continues Optimistic. PARIS, June 1. The German at tack continued during the night with redoubled violence on the, western side of the new salient, between Sois sons and Chateau Thierry. Th,. French made counter attacks and drove back the masses of German troops in the region of Soissons and on the line of Chandun-Vierzy, giiin- ; ground everywhere and taking several hundred prisoners, tho war ol I ice announces. Along the northern bank of the Marne, tho Germans pushed forward advance parlies from the north and east borders of Chateau Thierry ns far as Vcrneuil. On the French rinht there was sharp fighting on the road between Hermans and Rheims. The dilution is unchanged northwest und north of It helms. BY ASSOCIATED PRES, Juno 1 Having reached the Marne, the German crown prince is now striking westward with all the force of the great armies at his -comand with the apparent purpose ot forcing the elimination of the Montdldier salient and ultimately pushing it bolow Amiens to cut oft Paris from the north. So far, according to tho French of ficial rcnorts, his progress has been small, despite most desperate efforts. On tho Important front between Sols. sons and Chateau Thierry, on tho .Marne, indeed, the French have boen impetuously counter-attacking and at points the enemy has not only failed to advance, hut has been forced to give ground. Allied Linos Hold. This was notably tho case imme diately to tho south ot Soissons, where tho enemy was thrown back. Further southo tho Gormans had worked some throe miles west ot the Solssons-Chateau Thierry road and had taken tho village of Chaudun The French drove in hero determined ly, however, and recaptured tho place, which they now hold. Ground also was won from tho Germans Just be low, near Vierzy. Still further south tho German ii'd vanco had progressed somewhat fur ther from tlln main road, to a total of something like four miles. Paris reports, however, that tho now Ger man attacks, here In the region ot Chouy and Neuilly, were broken, the French maintaining their lines to the cast of theso towns. (In Ig-Mllc Front. Tho Germans seemingly ' are unable to cross tho .Marne and they have not yet taken the import ant railway Junction at Chateau Thierry. Elements ot their advance, however, have spread out slightly fur ther eastward along tho north bunk of the river, and' they are now occu pying this bank for tho dlstanco ot approximately ,1 miles in an airline between Chateau Thierry and Vcr neuil. Idioms Is still In allied hands, and in general there seems to have been but little change along the easterly side of the new German salient. The lino runs northeastward from Vcr (Continued on Page Two.) AT CAMP GREENE WASHINGTON", June I. Secre tary Hakcr annoum-cd today that Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C, wouM be made n grit aviation concentra tion camp at which nliout l.'tjuill men will he assembled. The remount depot at the camp will be moved else where. No commanding officer Jor the cump bus becu assigned, CALIF01AN FIRS! AGE IN Douglas Campbell Downs His Fifth Airship Richenbacher Also an Ace 20-Miiiute Battle Ends When Hun Refuses to Surrender, and Campbell Shoots Him Down In Air. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IX FRANCE, May HI. (By the Asso ciated Press.) To Lieutenant Doug las Campbell of California goes the honor of being the first "u-e" in the American flying corps. It was Lieu tenant Campbell who shot down the German hi-planc near Pont-A-Mous-son today. It was his fifth victory to be confirmed official'. It is probable Hint another nee will bo announced shortly and the avia tor to win the honor probubly will be Lieutenant Edward Ricken'.mclicr of. ( omnibus, Ohio, t'he former auto mobile racer. Official confirmation of the victory reported gained by Hickcnbaelicr Thursday will bring his siring of victories to the coveted five. With a number of other pilots, Lieutenant Campbell wus out early today. They were uctiilg ns patrols aird as protection for an American observation machine' returning with flritish bombing airplanes. 20-MJmito Buttle. Some distance away Lieutenant Campbell saw a German airplane at a height of 4,"jG(l meters. He sped to ward it ami when be got near the German, the enemy by-plane began to dart in and out, firing bursts from his machine gun. The German did his best to get a shot home, but Cnnip bcll kept circling and darting at high speed. The buttle continued for 2(1 minutes la-fore the enemy observer abandoned his gun. Cumpbell saw that the German's ammunition was exhausted und ho closed in on him. Lieutenant Campbell tried to signal the German to surrender and do scend ou French soil but the latter ap parently decided on taking a chanc on getting home. The Americiin got the tail of the German, forcing him down, hut all the time the enemy was getting nearer home. Lieutenant Campbell again signalled without suc cess ami (hen when the choice came of .i-rni it t i lie tho German to escape or shooting bun down, he cut loose with bis gun and poured a deadly Ircnni of incendiary bullets into the German niiichnic which crushed to the earth inside our lines. Shot J 1 1 in IMiwn. Our first all-Aincricnn ucc said: did not like the idea of shooting him when be wus not fighting, but I could not Id him get away." lieutenant ii n 1 id I downed bis first German airplane on April 15 in Mih! Hie American lines. For Ihis achievement be wus decorated with the French wur cross. His second enemy airplane was brought down on May 21 ami his third and fourth victories were achieved in the ID days up to Friday. SAN" FRANCISCO. June 1. Lieutenant Douglas Campbell, first American "ace'' is the son of W. W. Campbell, director of the Lick fib servntory. Lieutenant Campbell is 21 years obi. LOSS OL LIFE ON i.omhj.v, Juno 1. News of the tropcdolng of tho Amoricnn troop transport, President Lincoln, by a German submarine while In the naval war zone yesterday reached London today. The ship was tsruck while returning home and sank In thirty minutes. Destroyers reached the scene In time to pick up the surviv ors. The vessel carried only her crew and a few convalescent soldiers returning to the I'nited States. The latest wireless advice received this afternoon ssys that the casuulltes by the disaster were ellylit. YANKEE CORPS NEW GUN TO t , CVs , , Hundreds of new Mg guns of tho typo plceiircd nlmve nro lielng rushed up toald Kuril's forces in ii'iH'llhig tho Huns' nlrnck. Those guns are going lo account for thousands of I hem. f T WITH Til E AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Friday, May III. (Iiy the Associated Press.) A Russian prsi oner who recently returned from Ger many has made a statement at Mos cow which is now available here, to the effect that he say American pris oners of war in a camp at Tucliel, West Prussia, und that they' asked him lo let it he known that they were being treated brutally. The prisoners said they were hungry und penniless. When the Americans arrived at the camp, according to Ibis account, Germans removed all their clothes. They told the prisoners they .should not wear expensive elulhing and siloes while working and that, their property would be taken care of until their return lo America. The Rus sian said, however, that everyone knows what that menus. A consul, the Russian was not sure whether he win u Swiss or u Span iard, visited the camp. Thu com plaint was nni.il' lo him by Hie Ameri cans and their clothes were returned, but as the consul seldom visilcd the camp Hie Germans liml opportunity to practice many injustices., The Russian said Ihul eight Amer icans who were captured several months ago icnehcd the camp at mid day and being very hungry, asked for bread. They were lold bread was distributed only in the morning. They were placed in a hut with Russians after being lorccil lo sland in a septan? where Germans were given tin opportunity to insult them. The huls in which the Americans arc living, the Rusian said, are dump, cold and unlit for habitation. Some of I lie Americans became ill. Two of then, were In a hospital, bul hud an opportunity ti- uilli the i.ussuin ami i: was through llu-m that lie had obtained informnlion on which bis statement is based. KANSAS CITY, June 1. Mrs. Hose Pastor Stokes of New York today was sentenced to ten years Imprisonment In the Missouri state penitentiary on each of three counts of an Indict ment charging her with violation ot the esploesge act. Federal Judge A. 8. Valkenburnh announced that the sentencw on the three counts would run currently and that the ilofcinlunl would be iubje:t to no fine. HELP STOP HUNS LONDON, June 1. The gravity of the news from the western front is emphasized in this morning's news papers, which comment anxiously on (be situation, although they c.viires, hopefulness us lo the final outcome The Daily News says the slulcincnl given last night by a military author ily to the Associated Press, in which the situation was depicted as a very nnxious one, is disquieting, since it must be uecepted as reliable. This newspaper, however, cncoiirnged the view Hint tho situation is in no wise past retrieving. The Daily Telegraph sees great pos silnlitics in the strategics situation. Asserting that the anxiety and stress of the last few days are not dimin ishing, it adds: ' "It. would appear that, u second battle of Die Manic, of far greater in tensity and weight Hum in lill-I, is opening, but in totally different cir cumslnnecs. The differences, how ever, is as much to I lie advantage of tile allies as to the enemy. ' . LONDON, Juno 1, A wave of In dignation Ik sweeping over the coun try, aroiiKcd hy tho German response to tho llritlsli consideration for the celebration of tho feast of Corpus Chrlfill at Cologne. Tho Pull Mall Gazette mys: ' The least one could have looked for was that, tho German government shuulil observe toward pails on tho feast of Corpus Christ! tho sumo con sideration ns had been solicited on behalf of Cologne." Tho Star says: "In Germany yosterdav the fenui of Corpus Chrlstl was celebrated with out disturbance;, Altho weather con. dlilons were siillablo, there were no allied aerial atacks In any Ithlne towns. Tho promise of tho llrltlsh government was kept. In Paris the festival of Corpus Chrlstl was cele brated under a bombardment of Ger man long-range guns. A churrh was hit and 18 persons Injured during the duy." WASHINGTON Drafted men claiming conscientious objection to military Borvlco, are to be, If sincere, segregated at Fort Leavenworth, Kas., and furloughed to work on farms at pay of privates In army, SPEED OF NS ADVANCE TOGAS SHELLS General Marh States That Seven Di visions Faced 24 Long Distance Gas Bombardments Made Lines Untenable American Forces to Be Rushed as Need Becomes Greater. WASHINGTON, June 1. Members of the senate military committee at their weekly conference today with war department officials were told by General March, acting chief of staff, that opinion here is that tho Germans have reached their present objective the Murne and that they probably now will dig in and prepitre tor a later drive, perlunis on Paris. With the Germans within -15 miles of Paris, the situation, the senators were told, is serious. Military ex perls here, they were advised, tiro u unit in realinzing tho diingcrs con fronting the allies. Against 7 Divisions. ' The senators were told thai the rapidity of the Gorman udvnncc since their offensive lygnn lust Monday was unexpected by virtually all ullied military experts. Twenty four divisions, it was said, were thrown ngiiinst seven of tho allies. Tho territory taken during the lust few duys hud beon regarded ns eas ily . defended and a comparatively smiill force hnd beon left to hold it. Success of tho enemy was ascribed by Hie war eounsil largely to improv ed use of gas shells. Although few new types of gns offensive have been developed, the senators were told, tho Germans arc employing formerly used I types lo much better advantiige, us ing nine inch shells, to shell territory from seven to eight miles buck of the allied liens. This, is wns explained. forced an extensivo retirement. The French, it was said, found their sec ond line eight miles lo thu rear un tenable. To Hush Americans. Present enemy successes and pros pective renewal of the offensive, the senators were informed, emphasizes the necessity for urgent transporta tion of American forces abroad. The schedule for shipment of men in May was exceeded, the senators were told. More than 'JIIO.IHIO Americans and these exceeding the usual ration of fighting men, which bus been h'O tier centwere sent. In June, it was phinned lo send even larger numbers, with larger per cculuge of combatant troops. None of the Americans, the mili- tnry committee was advised, will he sent inlo active service until after expiration of at h-nsl III! dnvs further training shroud. oosoioiis mciiiiolicil totluv lll- llcate that I lie German stralc'l'sl- n trying to pinch the French ,e tillers mil of the ancle "f whicl hoissons is Ihe apex. Officers be lieve Ibey ulready have crossed Hie road bid ween Soissons and Chaleau 1 hicrrv. There is warrant, officials believe. in Ihe assumption t lin I General Koch his not malcrially reduced Hie re serves held behind the Amiens and I' landers fronts, rclyin-r upon the line of Hie Murne to cheek Ihe Gorman movement southward in the Aisiie Irive ami meanw Inlc using his rc- crve forces to silslaiu the wini'S of Ibis new buttle front. IN 1,300000 CALLED WASHINGTON, June I. -Only WIO prolossed Of mscieiil tolls nhjiwdors have reported among Ihe l.:ilili,otl() men culled for military service un der the ilrnlt. Secretary linker said today, Alilitaty officials say this proportion of one objector lo 'J,0(0 fighters will be reduced still further when tho report of tho board of in quiry appointed by President Wilson to examine into ench case bus been rcjiorlcd, , JACKSON COUNTY CALLED ON FOR 79DRAFTEDMEN June Quota for 280,000 In Nation Hits Oregon for 2,000 State Must Also Furnish 309 Men for Technical Training Of County's duota 12 Are for Special Training. PORTLAND, Ore., Juno 1, Ore gon will furnish 2000 men for the national army during June, under tho call for 280,000 men Issued yes terday by Provost marshal General Crowder, It was announced today by Captain Culison, U. S. 1!., who has charge of filling draft calls in this state. Oregon will also furnish 309 men for technical and mechanical trailing at the Benson Polytechnic school bore, under the call for 24,674 men announced today. Portland will bo called upon for 453 mon for the Juno national army cull and S7 men tor tho training school. ' County's Quota. PORTLAND, June 1. Tho quota of Jackson county In the national army call for June is 67 and the quota for tho call for special training Is 12. For Josephine county the quotas are 30 and 6 respectively. Tho 2000 mon summoned iby yes torduy's draft are to entrain between Juno 24 and June 20 tor Camp Lewis, They are to bo white men, physically able for gcnoral military sorvlce. 57 NAMES ON CASUALTY LIST WASHINGTON, Juno 1. The nrmy casualty list today contained 57 names, divided as follows: Killed In action 3; died ot wounds G; died of dlsoaso 10; died of airplane acci dent 1; wounded sovorely 17; wound ed slightly 11; missing In action 9. Officers named were: Lieutenants Leo F. Farnum, New York; Andrew P. Potorson, Lamborton, Minn., and James 1). Ward, Houston, Tex., se verely wounded. Lloutenant Hugh L. Sutherland, Dcnolt, Mias., previ ously reported sovoroly wounded, now reported slightly wounderd. Tho list Included Private Patrick McGiilto, llrnndonburg, Mont., dlod of disease; Prlvalos Mlko Cogura, Hoar Creek, Mont., Robert Geddls, Miles City, Mont., John E. Hocy, Po nay, Mont., wounded sovoroly. Pri vate Furl Goodwin, Colmgon, Mont., wounded slightly. ITALY PREPARED FOR EKPECTED BLOW ITALIAN. IlEADlil'AKTERS, Friday, May 31. (Ily Assoclat- . press). It Is considered a quos- Hon of only a short tlmo when tho Austrian offensive long heralded by the meeting ot tho German and Austrian oiniior- ors, will break vlolontly. This Is further Indicated by local act- thin at both oxtromltles of this Tront. llowovor, a, high Italian oHIclal In a slatomont to Tho Associated Press correspondent declared: "Italy's armies aro thnroly pre pared, perhaps hotter than cvor before, so far as concerned In up to dato war materials." MONTGOMERY, Ala, George II. I.ncoskn, cadet aviator, was killed lur a noso Ulvo at Taylor field, its :