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WEATHER Maximum YestmTav, 11. Minimum Today, 55; Precipitation, Trace. '.FORECAST Tonight and Tomorrow, Showers. ' Medford Mail Tribune IACKSOM COUNTY III ( C barometer ' n. j j. Quota tor 1918. JOS'i.000.00 Bales to May 23, 20,261.70. Buy Thrift Stamps A$ Save and Buy for Victory Buy W.S.S.ThriIt Stamps worTd'. Safest Investment Jorty-elithth Yenr. "ally Thirteenth Tear. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE. G, 101S NO. 64 ALONG ENTIRE BATTLE II Groans Unable to Batter Way Through Allied Lines Near Marne Attempt Advance Acros Oise and Are Driven Bark Allies Expect New Effort in New Sector - French Improve Positions British ' In Railing Expeditions. By Associated PrcsB. . Juno G.- Held up In their efforts to battor their way thru the American and French lines 'near the Marne, the Germans have again turned their at tention to the front further north. U a sector which may be considered the connecting link between the Somme and Marne battlefields. The French official report says the French forces east of Sempigny have driven back bodies of Gorman troops wnico had crossed the uiso. When the initial plunge along the Alsne had gained extensive ground, but the process had created a sali ent dangerous to tho Germans to the west of SolBsons, they attacked along . the A'ilette rivor, northwest of that city, to straighten out their lino and thus guard against a flanking oper ation liy allied armlos. They gainod considerable territory In this man euver hut were held after they had progressed approximately five miles Since that time the French have held their positions with the Olse river forming a first line of defense and there haB been llttlo fighting of a significant nature In that sector. ExpoctM Now Hnuuli Military experts have expected an attack on the allied line running to the east of Montdidlor, past Noyon and thence along tho Olse to tho new lines formed since the German offon slve on the Aisno bogan. It may be that fighting reported In the of ficial French tntomcnt marks file Initial stages of an atluck there.' Farthor south along the line run ; nlng from the westorn surburbs of ,'Solssons to Chateau-Thierry the lino Is standing firm boforo the German thrust. Tho French have succeedod In Improving their positions north and west of llnutehiayc, a llttlo vil lage on the right bank of Iloxlen river, north of tho Aisno. On the rost of tho front, especially at Longpont, Vcullly-Ia-rortorio and vest of Rhclins, the artillery flro has been violent. Americans Activo Along the front held by the British troops thcro have hcim raiding oper ations hut no righting of a serious character. American troops around Voullly, northeast of Chutoan-Eliierry, re pulsed Tuesday night and Wednes day strong German efforts to ad vance. The American machine gun lire broko up tho German attack In confusion. West of Montdidlor and east of Luneilo, American patrols lave heen active. An Amorlcan party ol 30 men penetrated the third Gor ' nan line cast of Lunovlllo and out fought a party of 200 Germans. Dea ry losses wero suffered by the Ger mans while the American casualties cre slight. ' LA FOLLETTE . BRANDS FR WASHINGTON, June 6. Tn a sup pleraen'ary brief fllod today with the mate privileges and elections com mittee, counsel for Senator La Kol- ktte brands charges growing out of he senator's St. Paul speech as "frivolous" and "much ado about nothing" The committee, which If Investigating the loyalty of state menu credited to the senator. Is ask ) to dismiss the charges. -Senator La Toilette's speech from lie beglnnln to the end Is an earnest nbortatlon to his hearers to main- lo aid defend at all costs our con (tltntiou and our Institutions," says ,k, Dret. The speech asserts that ,re In the war lawfully and con ..nationally from which It follows ltt the ur brings to all of iib dtltlcs f, gust aiscnarje, KRUPPS HEAD PROVES KAISER HOT In Dr. Wi'helm Muehler, Head of Krupp's at Outbreak of War, Says That Emperor William Was Personally Responsible for Germany's Partici pation and Forced Support. GUMLIGF.N, Switzerland, June . (By tlio Assofiiilcil Press.) tier- miinv was wholly in agreement witli Auslrin-llungiiry concerning llio ill liinutiim sent to Sorbin at the out break of the war, says Dr. Wdhelm Miichlon, former director of Krupps, in further ilisclosiires on the respon sibility for the bringing on of the eon fliel. Kmperor William was person ally responsible for Germany's par ticipation and forced the Gcrinnn leaders to support his w-'ir policy. Illumes tlio linlscr Ilr. Muolilon, who was licnd of Krupp's at the outbreak of the war, and who reccnlly startled Kurope with his disclosure, received the cor respondent of the Associated Press at his country place hero where lie is now living m retirement. Dr. Muehlon's first disclosures, which caused such a commotion, gave conversations with Dr. Karl llelffcr- ich, former vico chancellor nnd Dr. Krupp Von ISohlcn, chief owner ot the Krupp works, in which both told him tho emperor had disclosed his agreement wilh Austria-Hungary on the ultimatum to Serbia and Hint Germany would mobilize immediately if Russia mobilized, which would in evitably draw in the other powers and precipitate n universal war. Gives Names nnd Dates A document. now issued is morede tained and general and gives day by day notes made by Dr. Moehlon nt the critical time at the opening of the war. Dr. Muolilon then had gone from the foreign ol'fico to the diree torate of Krupp's and liis position gave him constant access to the high est quarters, lie gives glimpses of the chief figures from the emperor down, but in the main avoids the mention of name for reasons of dis cretion, though there are likely to be further chanters later giving names. letters nnd documents showing how the highest quarters' in Germany piauned systematically for the brin ing on of n general war. The whole trend, of the nrescnt work is to show Hint Ihe world con i'lict was imposed by Hie Gorman cm peror's personal military policy ami his private engagement wilh Austria on the eve of the struggle. 34 CASUALTY US! WASHINGTON, Juno 6. Tho army casualty list today contained 34 names, divided as follows: Killed In action 7; died ot wounds 3; died' ot accident 3; died of dlseaso 4; wound ed severely 12; wounded, degroo un known 1; wounded slightly 3. Miss ing In action 1. Tho list Includes Trlvato Archlo Swann, llcrbort, Saskatchewan, Can ada, died of wounffs; Prlvato Corllo l.orl, 640 Mnplo street, Butte, Mont., wounded severely, Halcigh Knorr, Poison, .Mont., wounded slightly. Tho list: Killed In action: Corporals Wil liam H. Delaney, Troy, N. Y.j Wil liam F. Hatcher, Oxnard, Cal.; Pri vates Roy II. Eaton, Omaha, Neb.; Richard Ellis, Jancsvillo, Wis.; Chas. F. Klrby, Wappapollo, Mo.; Carl A. Parr, Nicholson, Pa.; August Schus ter. Erie, Pa. Died of wounds: Lieut A. P. H. Sage, Memphis, Tenn.; Corporal San ford C. Elchorn, Elmore, Minn.; Pri vate Archlo Swann, Herbert, Sask. Died of disease: Corporal Carl II. Dartelt. Dundee, Ills.; Privates Jas. T. Baker, Novlnger, Mo.; Walter Green, Homervllle, Ga.; David Strom- berg, Chicago. Died of accident: Wagoner Walter E. WUhelm, Woodlawn, N. Y.; Pri vates Thomas A. Price, Nevada, Mo.; Jewell Rcld, La Grange, Ga. NAVY S E USED BY U-BOAT RAIDER Aside From Efforts to Locate and Destroy Raider, Navy Bends Ener gies to Determine Whether Subma rine Has Floating Base No De tailed Report From Destroyer. WASHINGTON, Juno 6. Tho navy department still awaited today a do- tailcd report of tho encounter be tween an Amorlcan destroyor and one ot the German submarines oft the At lantic coast. Tho destroyer was still at sea, as far as known and the com mander ot the naval district to which sho is attached has transmitted no additional information. The fact that the enemy craft are ablo to "listen in" on radio conversa tions hampers communication of de tails ot the position either of the pur suing craft or of the raiders, and commanders of naval vessels and of tho naval districts aro using the ut most caution in the messages they transmit. The fact that tiie papers of all vessels sunk by the raiders have been taken shows that tho U boosts aro seeking information in every possible quarter. Seeking tlio linso Aside from the efrort to locate and destroy tho raidors themselves, the navy is using every means to detor mlno whether the submarines havo a floating base of supplies. The pro gress of the raiders south from tho war trade and transport routes might mean that they are moving to a pre viously fixed rendezvous with a sup ply ship. A suggestion has been made that a steamship out of. some Mexican port flying an American flag may be serv ing as a base, but the navy has no dof In i to Information on 'this. Every vossol In coastal or nearby waters Is being overhauled and investigated by anti-submarine patrols. ' A Moating Ilaso? Speculation as to the uso of a floating baso brought up again tho poculiar circumstances surrounding tho sinking ot at least two vessels. In each case seamen sit id that while one submarine held them up and forced them to take to their boats, a second lay some distance off with only Its porlscope showing. , It may 'bo that the second submar ine was such a vessel as the commer cial submarine Doutschland, loaded with extra fuel and stores. No New Victims AN ATLANTIC PORT, June 0. Tho arrival hero today of sovornl steamships from southern Atlantic waters, among thorn two passenger liners, lirot no further nowt of sub- marlno operations. Officers of tho ships said, howovor, that ovory pro- caution was taken against surprise. Barrels lashed to the masts served as crow's nests for observers, and as further precaution passengers wore advised not to disrobed at night, and all lifeboats, fuiiy provisioned and watered, wero kept hanging on the davits on a lovel with tho boat dock, ready for Instant uso. AN ATLANTIC PORT, Juno (!. Captain R. R. Couldman and the crew ot tho schooner, Edward R. Balrd. Jacksonvlllo to New York, sunk by a German submarlno, 18 miles off Cape Charles Tuesday morning, wero land cd hero today. Tho men were brought bore by a destroyer which picked them up shortly after tho vessel was sent to tho bottom. STATE III BOARD CAN GO IN DEBT SALEM, June 6, Assistant Attor ney Van Winkle has Informed Chair man Cordiey of the state lime board that since the stato lime industry has a prospective Income It legally can go Into debt on contracts providing that payments fall due when the board has funds. The hope is ex pressed that the emergency hoard may be Induced to authorize the cre ation of a deficiency in the lime board funds to provide money for the com pletion of the plant at Gold Hilt and starting Its operation. About 3000 Is needed to complete the plant. KN AS MACKENSEN'S PINCERS BOULOGNE i S'OHtl a Vj -T AftMENTlERES? H t nnri'iir .... PARlSjlib' ' ( ' This map lllu.strutcs mom graphically than tlio usual buttle-lluo maps what the Germans ,ro trying to do Tho while Hno running thru tho Imttlo front. From th.H Jllndcnburg In trying to throw two big wedges into tlio French nnd ltj-itish lines; ono aiming nt tho channel, along tho Sommo, tho other nt Paris, along tho Mu rm This is M iick onsen's famous 'phu:er strategy." ComiKirlng theso two worigos to a groat pah of pincers he mpoH to shut their Jaws down, catching tho French and UHtlsIi, armies lotwcen .Item and destroy lug them. To this purposG the capture of J'uHs and the channel ports is only of secondary importance. ( DIES ON TRAIN AT 4 PARIS, Juno 0. Gonoral Robort E. L. Mlchio of tho Amorlcan army died In a railroad train near Rouen yosterday. His death was sudden and unexpected as ho had not been ill. WASHINGTON, Juno G.. News of the donth ot Brlgadlor-Gonornl Rob ort E. L. Mlchio In a railway train near Rouen, Franco yesterday, came as a Bhock today in war department and army circles. Ilo was a brilliant soldier. For a long tlmo General Mlchio wns chief nldn to General Hugh L. Scott, former chlof or start at tho army, and had accomponied tho lat ter on nnmnrous missions of Import ance. Chief among these was Gen eral Scott's trip to tho Pluto Indian country In Utah whero ho quelled an uprising among the Piuies. When Gonoral Scott visited Mexico, authori ties at El Paso, General 'Mlcbie's as sistance was of great value. ' He also accompanied General Scott with tlio American mission to Russia last year Ilo was a native of Virginia and wns 54 years old. TO STARVE BRITONS LONDON. Juno 6 John R. dynes, parliamentary secretary of tho min istry of food, told the houso of com mons today that no offorls of tho Gorman submarines, howovor, severo, could menace tho civilian population of Great Britain. Ho said that 4'7, 00ft tons of bacon and ham recently had bnen Imported from America. WASHINGTON, June (1. Further evidence of Ihe sale or offering for Mile of unfit meat for Ihe nrmy liu been discovered by the federal trade commission, V. T. Chnntlnnd, chief examiner, declared today when rep resentatives of Wilson & Co., ("hicaco packers, appeared to deny charges that they have Hold unfit meat. Jn their present offensive. blot on tho innp of Frnnco is tho FRENCH EXPECT. BY LONDON, June (I. Via Ottawa. Tho buttle situation is generally mi changed loiliiy. The Weninins arc held up lor tlio tuim being on tlio whole front from Noyon to Hheiius and they luivo lost heavily in tho lust lew days, particularly on Monday nnd Tuesday, when llicir gains wero smallest. I'Vench exports now nnlicipnte thill Ihe Germans will nllctupl to break lliroucli somewhere else, possibly be tween Novon and Moulilidicr, with (ho object of converging their advance toward Paris, although it is not im possible Hint Hie enemy will nflnck in n lolally dil'i'crctit sector. This would be in iieeordance wilh the ha bitual German slralcjry of pressing an ntliick in one sector until (he mo mentum is exhausted and then turn ing sharply off to si like elsewhere. The proximity of Paris, in this ease, inn V indicate a depart tiro from Iheso taelies. The altiliide of Paris in facing Ihe present ordeal is inspi riii,r the most trlowin ctiliiL'ies in Hie llritish nress, which pays fervent tribute to Pre mier Clemi-necau's recent, speech lis exprcssimr Hie invincible spirit of I-ranee and nflonling impressive evi deuce of Hie mutual confjdencn of the allies and reliance in Ihe grow ilig.loiu'lil of America,. The newspa pers declare llml M. Cleiiieiu'eau also spoke lor Hie llritish nation when lie 'leelalcd that I'rallee would novel yield. PERSHING TELLS WASHINGTON, Juno fi. Tbn story of how an American patrol of forty men, outnumbered thrco to ono, hold Us ground In Lorraine on the night of Juno 2 for throc-qiiartors of an hour and only retired whon It ammuiilllon bei-nmo exhausted Is told In a continuation of General Pershing's communlquo of yestorday received hero today. Tho patrol In flicted heavy Ioshcs on tho enemy. Lieutenants Campbell and Molsner downed an enemy biplano Juno 6, the cominunlquo said. Botwcen April 14 and May 31, it said, Lieutenant Douglass Campbell shot down six planes. BLAMES SENATE ATTACKS FOR U-BOAT RAID Senator Lewis Declares That Sena tors Had Invited Submarine Visit By Inaccurate Statements Declar ing Nation Honeycombed with Fraud, War Preparations Failure. WASHINGTON, June fi Attack: on the nnvy department for permit- tmtr submarines to sink American ships off (ho Atlantic coast procipi tutcd a sharp debate today in the senate Charges that senators had invited Ihe iillacks by making inaccurate statements us to conditions in the t'nitcd Stales were made bv Senator Lewis of Illinois, in reply to u news paper editorial, read bv Senator Brandegoc of Conectieul, which at tacked the navy department for not warning mariners of the presence of undersea craft and asked as to the whereabout, of destroyers and stib- innrino chasers the navy has been get ting ready to repel attacks. Itlunies Ijooso Talk ' Tho U-bont raids wero not at tempted, Senutpr 1-wis declared, mi fil Germany was advised by innccu rato information Hint the American government wns "honeycombed willi fraud" and reeking wilh pollution and corruption; that the United States had no nmiv or navy, nnd "that wc hud fallen down in every underluk ing." ' ' . "Thoso charges," ho said "induc ed Germnny to bclicvo Hint wo could not dofond our own country." i "I think Germany: was invited to our shores," Senator Lewis contin ued, "by tho false charges made ugninst tlio udiiiinislration by those who sought to benefit politically by atpcrsiohs upon their own country, That Germany will find us ready is not to bo gainsaid. That we aro wholly and completely prepared will not by any patriot ho disputed. Hut Ueriiuiny was invito! by tho iinjiis assaults by Ihoso who .would bono- lit politically." Injection of Politics Senator Nelson of Minncsotn, re publican, sharply interjected : "Does tlio senator think ho enn stop the German submarines by mak ing an Assault on tho republican par ty?" Senalor Lewis replied that lie had not mentioned the republican party and that such a charge against tlin organization would he untruthful. He added, however, Hint muny charges of unprcpa redness had come from in dividuals in public and official life as well as in private life. - 1 ho fact remains that the spirit irt too general," Senutor Lewis con eluded, "by which we ncccpt iiccusn Hons upon any official who is pow erlcss to reply, and the public believes from the silence in (heir t rill la. Inxlgo Defends Nnvy With apparent feeling, Senalor Lodge of .Massachusetts, republican said : "Nothing has so stimulated and in viled Germany as the loose brags an hoasis about the number ol troops we lire transporting to r ranee. Ger many was not invited here by attack upon flic navy, because there hav been none. The navy and (lie nav department have (aken every preeuu tion. No doubt in some nevvspape otl'ieers there are men who.migli have done better., "The navy ami Hie nnvy depart mcht," tho Massachusetts scnat continued, "have necessarily nntici paled a submarine attack from III beginning of Ihe war. Thev have ha if constantly in mind. The have trie to take every prc'-autioii to meet i I think tlicv have." SENT EACH WEEK SAN FRANCISCO, Juno C Four hundred men trained for service with tho men hunt marine, will bo sent from tho training ship "Iris" to man the new vessels of America every six weeks aftor June 2 4, according to an announcement here today by Captain Isaac N. Hlbberd of the I'nited States shipping board sea service. Another vessel will be put Into similar ser vice at Seattle, Is was announced, THOUSAND BITE THE DUST American Machine Gun Battalion Ac- counts for Thousand Germans While Holding Bridge, and Lost Only One Killed and a Few Wound edThree Days of Heavy Fighting. WITH TI1K AMiOKlCAN ARMY IN FRANCE Juno 0 (By tho Asso- cintcd Press.) An American ma chine gun battalion accounted for approximately 1,000 Gcnnnns while ' holding n bridgo at Chntcau-Thiorry. Tho Americans lost only one man killed and it few wounded. At tho same time French troops wined out a force of !I00 Germans who had ob- ' tained a footing on tho southern bank of the Marne. While the Germans dominated tho town from Hill 204. the Americans arid French set up niachino 'una in tho windows and doorways and on houses. Great fierceness marked tho fighting which raged for several days. Ono officer told the correspondent today it was nil tho . commanders ' could do to keep tho Americans from crossing the river in tho teeth of tho enemy fire nnd assaulting the hill po sition. Great Daring Shown Muny Auicricun officers and pri vates showed great during and forti tude in withstanding tho German at tacks along tho Murno ut Chateau , Thierry. . , , f : . ' '. (upturn John R. Mondonhull of Now Houhcllc, N., Y., wont without - sleep for threo dnys nnd remained CHARGING YANKS steadily nt tho head of his company -during that time. Corpornl Junes Mangold of McDonald, Pu., was sent out to investigate Gorinun snipers un- ; der u hciivy fire from tlio American , lino. He found tho snipers, pointed . them out to his comrades and tho Germans fired no more. , The first Americnii to receive tho French war cross for bravery in the present bat do was Lieutenant Wulter R. Fliinncrv of Pittsburg, who swam across the Marno nnd rescued a wounded French soldier. Lieutenant John T. lijjssell of Pittsburg has beon cited for tlio French war cross for leading his machine gun command to the north side of the Murno in an attempt to slop tho Gorman uttnek. J-iiio Fighting Spirit Captain George Knkcrinc, the French laision officer with tho American unit, stood by the Ameri- cuns in the thick of tho fight, en couraging nnd cheering them. The Americans, he suid, showed most wonderful spirit and were jolly, even laughing and joking whilo a perfect hell raged around them. GERMAN EFFORT TO COSTLYJAILURE FRENCH HEADQUARTERS ON THE MARNE, Juno 6. Tho attempt of tho Germans to cross tho Marno river at Jaiilgonno (which American troops holpod to repulse) was moro serious than appeared from first ro porls. Tho enemy, It Is learned, throw 22 ladder foot bridges across tho river. Four wero destroyed by gunfire. A Prussian bultallon crossed on the re mained, two men ahroast, and ad vanced Immediately on the railway, Installing a muchlno gun detachment at tho station and tho romalndar sprendlng along tho lino boulnd, tho Hboltering embankment. Tho dofenso doclded to throw tho enemy bark across tho rivor and this was carried out by dismounted dra goons supported by machine gunners. Tho latter ongaged In a duel with the Germans, enabling tho French to work behind tho enemy, who fled, headed by tholr officers, soino tit whom plunged Into tho river. Tho remainder oi tho battalion wore' kill ed or enptured. Tho enemy losses In the machine gun battle with tho Americana for Chateau Thierry bridgo wore also heavy. Moro than a thousand Gor man dead lay on the bank: ot tho river and the atreota loading to It,
