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I medfotct) matt, trtthtnk mtcdfotjti. oteoon'. ttti'tjsday, .tune fi. inis "PAGE TTTRTCTC U-BOAT EFFORT GE L FROM PI MERELY A BLUFF E mm WITH THE AMKMCAX ARMY IX FRANCE, June 0. (By the Associat ed Prt'ss.) Two American lieuten ants, both from l'ittsbnrj;, played I'd conspicuous parts in stemming the Gernuin advance along tlio Marne. Lieutenant Walter R. Flannery was pi the first American decorated with the French war cross for participation in the present battle. Lieutenant' John T. Hissell, a West Point graduate, commanding two machine gun units, was the first American to cross, to the north of the Marne during the fighting. Lieutenant Flannery volunteered to Mvira the Marne Monday night to res cue a wounded Frenchman who had hcen cut off and made prisoner hy the Germans, but hud escaped. The Frenchman crept to the north bank of the river in the afternoon and sig- called to the Americans, lie was told to hide in u certain spot until nightfall. Tying a rope around himself, Flan ncry swam to the rescue while ene my bullets flew all around him and brought back the wounded French man. This afternoon French anil American soldiers lined up while the lieutenants were decorated with the i war cross, while cannons boomed and enemy aircraft flew overhead. Lieutenant Hissell has been cited for the French war cross. At the height of the fighting the Germans hnd captured Hill lill-i and were sweeping the river front with their fire. Hissell and his men were in an isolated position and their retreat to the southern bank of the river had been cut off by allied guns which vere sweeping a nearby bridge. Af ter he had held up the German ad vance for 24 hours, Hissell signalled his comrades to cease firing. He and liis men then re-crossed the bridge and saved themselves and 1100 Frenchmen, who also had been cut off. . The bridge was then blown up. AMERICAN SEAPLANE TRAIN ING CAMP, Italy, . May l.'. "The watchwords of this camp are effi ciency, friendship, victory,'' remark ed the American commander as he stood on the beach of the Make di recting the afternoon's flying. "Tin efficiency is for our bovs, the friend ship for our friends the Italians, and lh victory is the destruction of the enemy," he explained. If anything, the work in a training ciunp hero is apt to be harder than in a similar camp lit home. In addi tion to the usual routine of flying and studying, the students must learn French and Italian or both, to know the names of machine parts, techni cal terms, and to know how to find their wny i'.bout. The aviators have found (hat they must know a good many phrases and sentences it' they would understand the Italian mechanics, motor drivers and aviators. So the Americans al ready have begun studying Italian as a sideline to their many other studies. .Most of them know the meaning ol a long list of words employed for taking off, banking, turning, gliding, diving, snaking and landing. A good deal of Italian has been picked up by the aviators right in the village where the people are very friendly and do not laugh at the weird expressions used by the Americans, whom they have adopted as their very own. ' The younger aviators, whose ears are keener, have the advantage in learning the language and they find it comes in handy at the mess tables. The mess of the entire camp is lo cated in a fine old middle age place. The entire kitchen and first floor has been turned over to them, and there they net surrounded by frescoed walls and ceilings typical of an Italy ot other days. The mess is overseen hv a chef formerly with the Duke 'Ahruzzi and the" Americans are said to be among the best fed soldiers in Italy all for fvl cents a day. Tlie aviators repay the chef, Con sotino, by teaching him American slang. AIDJNRETREAT mi DIAMONDS PARIS, June 6. American men and women attached to the American Y. M. C. A. units with the French troops played heroic parts In the re treat east and west of Solssons and Carl Lyttle of North Brookfield, Mass., Js believed to have sacrificed his life. Lyttle Is officially reported missing. Amid a rain ot gas shells, lie went Into a certain burning village to rescue refugees after the troops had come out, and has not been seen Blnce. Y. M. C. A. workers stayed with the troops during the rear guard lighting gathering and distributing supplies. Women workers particularly dis tinguished themselves. Miss 'Maria Jlerrou of Cincinnati, a sister In law of former President Taft, remained In a hut serving food and coffee to the soldiers until the village was set on lire by German shells. Several Y. M. C. A. men are suffer ing from gas poisoning and shell shock. STAID IN BED TWO LONDON', May 26. (Correspon don co of the Associated Press.) In an effort to avoid military service, Arthur ond William Webb, brothers, spent every day ot the last two years In a bedroom In their home. This fact became known recently at En field, a suburb of London, when the two were arrested. LONDON, June (Ky the Asso ehitt'd Press.) The Ciemum U-hoat cumimiirn oi't the Atlantic ioust of the United Stales cannot he kept up tor any leiijrth !' time, in the opin ion ot Archibald llurd, the naval writer expressed in a statement to day. Mr. third helieves the opera tions were undertaken in the hope of weakening Hie work of the American navy in Kuropean waters and of in timidatinjx the American people. ''There is no pos-.-ihiiity of the nomy maintaining a lotiy; continued ampaiyn off tl'v shores ef the United States, which would require a larjje number of U-boats," Air. llurd said. 'The Diesel engines pvo a greatly increased radius of action to hijr Mdunnrincs, hat New York is easilv ,.')()() miles from the nearest Cierman base and the return journey means 11 matter of 7,001) miles, apart from the mileage involved in chasing mer- hnumcnt, so there is no reason lo tnticipulc any such developments as have heen seen in British waters and in the Mediterranean. The U-boats rossin the Atlantic must pass twice. through the dauber areas of patrols, aircraft and mines. '"There is a variety of measures availahl to the American authorities hort of relaxing the stringcncv of their anti-suhuuirine measures on this side. For insnnce, outward and hnmcwurd hound shipping ean he dis persed thereby increasing the dilTi- ulties of the U-boats in finding titr-ets." .Work.:. LONDON, June i. Ileal diamond artificially made, were exhibited in connection with the annual lecturr before the Iirilish Institute of Mcd alc. The speaker, Sir Charles A Parsons, who is widely known for his work in developing the turbine engine, told of experiments which showed that diamonds exist in iron. The diamonds displayed were few nnd small, and it was staled that they were produced at enormous cost Only the resources of a great en gineering works made the experiment. possible. However, the lecturer be lieved that with the advance of chem istry and electrical engineering, it might some day be cheaper to make diamonds than dig them. A method of making diamonds of commercial size anil quantity was suggested by Sir Charles. His plan was to submit a large muss ot iron alloyed with other elements, to heat After the molten metal had set, but when still at a temperature permeable to gas, it should be subjected lo car bon monoxide at a pressure of about 1,(100 atmospheres. Under this pro etss, he believed, segregations form ing into diamonds might take place slowly within the mass. One source of diamonds might be nltiibiiated, be said, to prehistoric falls of meteors. Say It Acted Like n Charm. Coughs, colds, sore throat or bron chial troubles which persist at this , tme of the year usually are ot an ob stinate character. That Is all the more reason why a truly reliable remedy like Foley's Honey and Tar Com pound should be used. Mrs. H.Marga ret Smale. Bishop, Calif., writes: "Fo ley's Honey and Tar Is a grand reme dy; more than Is claimed tor (t. I was suffering from a cold last week and used the medicine and It acted lkn a i barm." Contains no opiates, gold everywhere. Adv. To the labile. I nave resumed the practlceof law In Medford and may be found at my old location in me .iieurora .auonai Sink building. Any business Intrust ed to me will receive careful and con- ideatl"' consideration. Respectfully. WM. M. COLVIO. June Ht, 191S. 64 iSES ORL PARIS, Juno 6. Professor Vic- torlo E. Orlano, the Italian premier, who has been attending the Versailles conference, speaking of tho war sit nation today, said: "Every time the Germans believed themselves within reach of their nlm they proved to have been Bhort- sighted. We sometimes have had the same fault. "When tho I'nltcd States under took to send troops to Europe, did we believe their soldiers would arrive by hundreds of thousands? People said how can such human masses traverse the Atlantic, when the ordinary quo ta of merchandise Is unable to cross? That seemed to settle the question even In the opinion ot experts, and WASHINGTON;, June C. Gerinun youth no longer rush to the colors with the enthusiasm that marked the mobilization of 1U, according to an article in the Tiorlin Vossiseho Zeit uiik. telling ot the wartime Impair ment of the German educational sys tem. "Tho spirit of voluntary service which at the beginning of the war re vealed Itself In Its fairest aspect has now disappeared," sa'3 tho article Everywhere we hear , lamentations over the increasing distaste shown for military service." Scholastic si and arils in tho public school have fallen so low, It Is said, that "promotions no longer reprosent any definite standard of accomplish ment." Scholastic efficiency has suf fered considerably because pupils subsisting on war diets for long per iods are found to bo generally under nourished. Juvenllo delinquency has spread to an alarming extent, and It is an nounced that "already tho number jof violent crimes committed by youths in the city of lierlln is more than tbreo times tho number reported In 1914." ' "Thus," concludes the article "dark shadows are falling over the brilliant picture of 1914. Every disciplinary Influence, every effort of the still fundamentally sound German nation must bo exerted to oppose this ten dency, and to lead tho childrou bueK to tho path of rectitude." E An invent call is made to the wo men ot Aieuioru 10 increase uiu ui tendance at Hcd Uross. It has al wavs heen possible for this chap ter to fill curb allotment sent from Seattle Headquarters, hut unless the number of workers increase it will i.ot be possible to keep lip to the tandard we-bave always maintained. A book containine; fall information (onccrmny; the expemniures ol me Kirst War Fund is now available at the office of the Jack-on county chapter, American Red Uross. All those collecting dish towels and dish cloths are asked to send them in to headquarters as soon as possible. The sacks for towels should be pened and hemmed and all holes darned those for sacks should situ-, ply be opened. iV commencement cad. to liih school graduates to 'enter training schools for nurses this June hy Mrs. Mary U. U. Bradford, president of the National durational association and superintendent of public instruction, Denver, is beiny; transmitted by the American Red Uross to women's high schools in every part of the United State. President Bradford's ap peal follows: "The American Red Cross, Washington. I I ijLi 1 1 school grwliiiitcs can per forin no renter service than by en tering the army and other training schools for nurses immediately upon the close of the school year. !'ots of nurses behind the lines ami in camps and hospitals must he regard ed i,s a second corps of the jrrand army of humanity. As president o! (he National Kducalioual association it will make me lad and proud to know that the u'irls produced hy out hiirh school Iraining nre rallying to the cause of liberty hy answering the first call to service. The crusudcrs of today are the men and women who ere fiiililinir to defeat barbarism and snve tlie world to civilization. The knighthood of all the allied countries is fighting a irreat battle of ideals bv means of gallant deeds. The sacri fices they make mn-t he matched hy the. sacrifices of forces whose mis sion it is to save health. (lirls of America, join this crusade ! Unlist as nurses to help win the war. (iivi battle to the cruelly of the Hun "hy merciful iiiinislrafion to our soldiers of humauilv. Victory mav depend upon the successful enlistment id' n larL'e nursinir army. Be of it! Help to lead il ! Say in the name of the schools of America, ''TheV shall mil pass." "Hive this messaye to the yirls nt America as the loaded hope and di'pe-l desire of a reut ournni.n lion that is the heart of the teachin; profession of the United States. "(Sk'fifd) "MAtlV ( BliADKnlH), "President of the National Kdiun tional Association." yet that conviction has proved false." I shillings, London For Rlrlkini? a match In the street at midnight, a violation of tho lighting regulation. John Fiahcr of T,efi;h, Lancashire, was fined 12 HEADQUARTERS ITALIAN ARMY May 20.f (Correspondence). (leu oral Crozler of tho American ord nance department and mem bur of the advisory war board has spent a weclt of observation alnjig tho Ualliiu front and at tho various larno centers where- arLlllery and munitions are produced. Uealdes seeing General Diaz and the Duke of Aosla lie visited a nam her of the corps and division com mandcrs along tho mountain and Plavo fronts, going Into tho trenches and among the men, discussing the many questions of equipment and supplies and specially observing the resources in guns. His Impressions on tho general condition of affairs were entirely favorable. The production of artillery In Italy 1ms heen greatly intensified within recent months and the present equip ment of light, field and heavy K"ns Is probably as good or 'heller now than it was before tho reverse of last fall. The great Industrial planls of Genoa and Milan have doubled and quadrupled their output In guns trench mortars, rifios, machine guns, tho production of mortars Increasing seven fold during tho year. Similar extensive development has heen going on in the production of mines nnd armor for naval constriic- tloji and In the output of uirplane. ninety establishments Iiein now equipped to turn out complete air planes. G500 STUDENTS 10 E WASHINGTON, June (J. - Sis Ihntisiiiid live hundred men, (be lull (plot a, are enrolled in the training: camps for college studciils nt Platts hurg, N. V., Fort Sheridan, 111., ami I he I 'rcsidio ol San Kran "i.-co, ac cording to reports today to Adjutant General McCain. The camp- opened Monday. Three thousand are en rolled al Platt-lmrur, U.VMt at Foil Sheridan and l.otH) lti San Fran- ci.-eo. A similar camp fur students who are members of artillery units of the reserve nlficeiV training corps ai alc university and the Virginia mil-I it n l y ih-titnte. will'he opened Au'-'ii- ! I, at ( amp aek-ou, t'olntnliia, S. ( Ihc war department aaiioum-ed, Compact-Sweet -Ready-fo-Eat "Delicious. 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