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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNK 11, .1918
NO. 68
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RE
S BACK N CENTER
HUNS GAIN
ONLY ALONG
IJISt RIVER
American Negro Troops, Supported
By Alliel Tanks In Brilliant At
tack Recapture Forest French 1
By Counter Attacks Recover Line
Along Arrlene River Only On
Eastern End Are Substantial Gains
Made By Huns Win are Hatted.
WITH THE FUKN'CH ARMY IX
FRANCE, June 11. (By tbe Associ
ated Press, noon.) The strongest ef
fort made by the Germans in the
course of last night and this morning
in their offensive bus in the direction
of the railroad connecting Estreos
St. Denis and Montdidier. The Ger
mans met with such resistance that
they renounced for tho moment their
attomiits in this region.
Nogro troops, supported hy cntento
allied tanks, which did groat execu
tion, delivered a brilliant attack in
this vicinity and recaptured tho for
est running southwest of Marqu
egllse: French Officlitl Report
PARIS, June 11. Tho German
drive between Montdidier and Noyon
continued unremittingly last night,
says today's offlcinl report. On their
left tho French offered effective re
sistance. They focapturod tho vil
lage of Mory.
Tho principal German effort was
directed against the center. Attack
ing with heavy forces, tho enemy
drove back the French as far as the
region of the Aronde river, but by a
brilliant counter-attack tho French
hurled back the enemy all along this
front and re-established their line
south of Be Hoy at St. Maur, south of
Mnrqtiegllse and Vandolicourt.
On their right the French engaged
In violent combats with large forces
concentrated by the enemy, who was
able to gain ground. Tho Frencn
withdrew tlrelr line to tho west and
south of Bibecourt.
Huns' Maximum Kffort.
PARIS, June 11. All tho advices
from the battlefront show that tho
enemy is putting forth every possible
effort in his design to push toward
Paris, throwing division after divi
sion Into the melting pot. So far he
has succeeded. In two days of fight
ing, In carrying forward his lino at
the maximum point of advance, at
Vigncmont, a distance of six miles.
In this he has been materially aided
by a considerable number of tanks
which the French artillery was at
first unable to demolish. The enemy
further snceocded In widening the
point of bis wedge by bringing up
two divlblons of the guards and two
Daravian divisions borrowed from
the army of Crown Prince Ruppocht.
These troops captured the villages of
.Mory, St. Maur and Ilclloy. giving
(Continued on Page Four.)
IEN MARINES OH
CASUALTY LISI
W ASHINGTON. Juno II' A mar
Ine corps casualty list of ten names
was given out today. Seven men
were killed in action and thrco died
of wounds received In action.
Ono officer's name appears on tho
list, that of Captain James McCoy,
Fall River, Moss. He was killed in
action. The list follows;
Killed In action: Captain James
McCoy, Fall River, Mass.; Gunnery
Sergeant James Clair Wartx, Ilurn
hani, Pa.; Privates Frank Hamilton
Snow, Annlston, Ala.; ,eon Wesley
Hunt, Tyre, Mich.; Robert Bateman
Decatur,. Plalnvllle, Ohio; Henry
Klrshner. Minebrook Road, Hernards
vllle. .N J.; Private John Mefolk Col
lins, address not Identified.
GERMANS PAY
T
Undiminished Severity Marks Fight
ing On Noyon Front Every Coun
ter Attack Finds Ground Covered
With German Dead Villages
Change Hands Constantly.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IX
FRANCE, Monday, June 10 ( Hy tho
Associated Prfess). ITndimlnlshing
severity marks tho fighting between
Montdidier and Noyon. Tbe situation
tonight is rather satisfactory for tho
allies, whose obstinate resistance and
recent counter attacks have caused
great consternation to the Germans.
Every time the allies counter attack
they find the ground covered with
German dead. Throughout the day
the enemy threw his greatest pres
sure toward tho center of the allied
line In an effort to gain as much
ground as possible southwest in tho
direction of Compelgno. Under tho
poworful push of tho continually re
inforced enemy colunis tho allies
wero forced to give way a little, but
they fought tenaciously for ovcry
inch of ground.
Kpic Struggle Occurs
An Epic Btruggle occured in the
vicinity of Plemont, where tho small
garrison of dismounted cavalrymen
possibly may still hold out. French
soldiers who managed to get thru
the German linos lato yestorday de
clare that beforo they loft tho Ger
mans had delivered terrific assaults
all of which have been repulsed with
heavy losses for. the onemy.
' Several small villages, including
Mery, Ilelloy and St. Mauro, changed
ownership a number of times, but
this evening' were in German hands.
At no moment it is possiblo to say
positively that this or that place is
occuplel by tho onemy or tho allies,
such Is the torriflc nature of tho con
flict. Ebbs and flows occur every
where. On tho lielloy plateau fight
ing went on eontinunusly for several
hours, man tackling man in single
combat.
Artillery Quelling
Tho artillery is engaged moro act
ively than in any battle in a long
while. The Germans havo been able
to bring forward field guns in con
siderable number. Tho French art
illery flro is most violent and vory
dostrlctlve.
If tho danger to the French Is In
losing ground that is valuable as
room in which to maneuver, tho Gor
man peril lies in tho human wastage
that is ' in progress. Tho German
forces have been engaged for tho last
three month with slight facilities for
ronowal. Tho balanco seems to be
In favor of tho French .
The resistance that Is bolng of
fered hy the French forcos In this
battle has not been surpassed for
determination during tho wholo war.
Thus ono llttlo group of dismount
ed curliasslres at Plemont, almost
surrounded, beat off 14 Gorman at
tacks, contributing largely to the
cho king of tho German advance.
I'rogreSH lessens
In a summary of tho Paris news
papers comment on tho battle, the
(lavas agency refers to the small pro
gress made by the Germans yester
day In comparison with the prlco they
had to pay.
The Petit Journal observos that
after an extremely costly day for
them In tho way of casualties, the
Germans realized smaller gains than
on the previous day.
EASE OF AMIENS
LONDON. June II. Tho British
last night carried out an operation In
the region east of Amiens, by which
their line south of Morlanrourt was
advanced a half mile on a front of a
mile and a half, the war office all
nounced today. Two hundred and
thirty-five prisoners were taken,
TERRIFIC S
FOR SLIGHT GAIN
AMERICA SEEKS
ONLY FRIENDSHIP
WITH 110
President Makes Important War Ad
dress, Assuring People of Pan
America and Mexico of Nation's
Disinterestedness United States
Unselfish In Its Aims In War.
WASHINGTON, Juno .11. Presi
dent Wilson's address horo last Fri
day to a party. of Mexican nowspapcr
editors, which, was given out hero to
day for publication in tho United
States, is expected to bo recognized
as one of his most important war ut
terances. It dealt almost wholly with
pan-Amcrlcanism by agreement
among the pan-Americans, and It was
obvious the president took the oppor
tunity to send back to the Mexican
people a personal message to empha
size the disinterestedness of the
United States In tho fight for world
domocracy.
It was tho president's wish that his
speech should bo published In Mexico
first.
HAVANA, Juno II. (By the As
sociated I'ress.) President Wilson In
his address to the Mexican newspapor
editors in Washington last Friday ex
pressed sincere friendship for Mexico.
His address follows in part:
"I have never known a group of
men who -wero moro welcome than
you, bocause it has boon ono of my
distresses, during my presidency that
tho Mexican people did not more thor
oughly understand tho attitude of
tho United States toward Mexico. I
think I can assure you that that utti
tudo is ono of sincorc friendship.
"Tho policy of my administration
toward Mexico was, In every point,
based upon tho principle that tho set
tlement of tho internal troubles In
Mexico was none of our business;
that we had no right to dictate to
Mexico in any particular In her own
affairs.
Distorting tho Truth
"At tho present time it distresses
mo to learn that certain Influences,
which, I nssnmo to bo Gorman In
their origin, aro trying to make a
wrong Impression tbruout Mexico, as
to tho purpose of tho united States
and to give an absolutely untrue ac
count of things that happened. We
are tho champions of those nations
which havo not had tho military ad
vantages which would enable, them to
compoto with tho strong nations, and
I look forward with prldo to the time,
which I hope will como when we can
give substantial evidence, not only
that we do not want anything out of
this war, but that wo would not ac
cept anything out or It; that It is
absolutely a caso of disinterested ac
tion. And If you will watch tho atti
tude of our people, you will sco that,
nothing stirs them so deeply as the
assurances that this war, so far as wo
are concerned, Is for Idealistic ob
jects. "Some tlmo ago I proposed a sort
of pan-American agreement. I had
perceived that ono of tho difficulties
of our relationships with Latin-America
was this:
"Tho famous Monroo doctrino
(Continued on Pago Two.)
WASIIIIIMITMN', June II. An
appeal to the 1'nitcd States and the
allies In semi an expeditionary force
to Russia to repel Hie (icrmun invad
ers, forwarded by the central commit
tee nf the cadet party in Italia wu
(iHiisinitted to (lie slate ileiuirluienl
today bv the Russian embassy. It
is asked that the'expedilinn, if sent,
be put under international control.
The cadet party, a, it is popularly
calif d, is rotupnscd of the constitu
tional ilemoerats who were first in
power after the overthrow of the
Romanoff dynasty. It was removed
from power by the bol-heviki.
SURVIVORS
T1icn men are llio survivors of tlio schooner K. II. Colo wlilcli in Mink off Mio N'ew Jersey const, hy ono of
tho I'-boals... Tho fact Mint they lost..tJieir ship and hadn't had a meal for morn than IW hours couldn't kc'p
them from smiling happily when tJiey worn landed on jcimhI old 1'iiitcvl States mill aain... From left to Hul't
they are.: Carl f.irltoii, William lleiien, Captain II. ii. Ncweoinbe, William Jones and Seaman SamuUon.
I
AN ATLANTIC POUT, June 11.
A (iermaii snlinuiriiie was attacked
and apparently sank hy a Itnlish
ttcamship u week njio Sunday morn
ing off a Hritish poii, according lo
passengers on the vessel, which ar
rived here today. A United Stutes
army officer who saw the single shot
lire t Hie I'-hoat, which was only
150 yards away, expressed tho opin
ion that a clean hit was made.
Two destroyers which nccoi i.-anied
the British liner closed in nfW'r this
one sided combat, and dropped depth
charges at the spot where thu sub
marine had disappeared.
The British vessel was met some
distance front I his port hy a scout,
airplane which escorted her here. The
liner carried 170 passengers. She is
a vessel which several times has
heen suhjected to ntisucccsslul tor
pedo attacks and one was .shelled l,V
a U-boat.
WITH THK FliKNCM AitMY IN
I'ltAXCK, Juno 11. (My tho AkhocI
Hted ProHH. ) Tho difficulties eon
frontlnR tho enemy aro very great In
tho n at urn of tho country ho nan now
entered in his now drlvo. Th tor
rain comprises sharp-hills, dVep val
leys and thick woodn, AVhoro his
niOHt pronounced pronmnfl Nan heen
rnado In the center of thu battlefield,
tho ground forms a sort of hollow
thru which runs tho maln.roHd from
Nenlis to Itoyo and tho CotnplnKiio
Hoyo railroad.
ALASKAN VESSEL
TOWED 10 SAFETY
WASHINGTON, June II.- The
Star of Chile, another of the Alaskan
fleet which jint stuck in Ihe ii. in
lieriiiL' Sea, hiis been lowed to safe
ty hy the (jovcrmnent steamer lfoo-e-ve,
ace,,rdinir to word received to
day byMhe bureau of fisheries.
Survivors of the Tncorna, which
was Runk, will be landed at the sal
mon eannerii-s on Bristol Bay. Ap
parently there has been na Ia-$ of lii'e.
CAN STILL SMILE AFTER U-BOAT
CALL PRESIDENT
ABLE ARCHITECT
E
LONDON, June, 1 1. President Wil
son's address lo Mexican editors in
W'ashiniiloir hist Friday is comment
ed upon with hiirh appreciation hy the
newspapers here.
The London Oaily News says that
President Wilson "revealed himself
as tho architect of I ho world's fu
ture." , It warmly eulogizes the pres
ident's and America's disinterested
ness in the war. The paper mention's
American loyally lo tho cause of
Russia, which it describes as ono of
the redcemin; episodes of thu whole
war and ur-rcs other eonnlries which
have been 'Mess faithful and less wise
to recognize tho sagacity as well as
the justice of President Wilson's pol
i( v in making tho redemption of Uus
sia a fixed and unalterable purpose of
I lie war."
' .'file president, says the Oaily
Chronicle, has reason for Iho claim
that, the I'nitcd Stales is setting a
memorable example of disinterested
ness. The Oaily Ornphic declares that
upon such altruism atone can an en
during peace he founded.
The Times compares Ihn presi
dent's speech with Ihe recent state
ment of Ilcrr Vyii Payer, the Onnnijn
vice chancellor, ami says;
No colli l ast could he st confer.
The president talks of hhcrfy-, jus
tice ami law. The vice chancellor
ionks forward to a world in which the
unified armies of (icrmanv and Aus
tria HuiiL'arv will .-till impo-e iLu'ir
orders on a submissive lliirope.''
T
AMSTi;i(HAr, ,1 II. The
-eini-ollirinl Wolff liureiiu nf Her
lin eiiinine nU in u meMiL'e dnteil
.Motnlny llion Allleriejin oier;i tions
nlonir the front between Hie Miirne
iiimI Hie (inrei, elniniimr the ilefeat
of (lie Aineiieiiiis in MiiiLrniiMrv fiylil
wir. A eipniieiioiis pint, is iiilnhiit-
eil to mi Amerii'iin "imviil lirij;mle"
iiihI il. is eliiimeil thnl. snreessivo
vine of Aiiierieims nltetiiilmi; In
ei;rr,v Itelleiin Homl were viilimlly
v.'ipeil out liv Hie (ienimn iniiehine
Kim iiiol .nrtillery fire, wliii h iim
witlihelil until the Ainerieiin troop
Here elne nt luinil, 'Ihe ilipnteh
eonelnile :
"Only a few of Ihe Atneriemis es
enpi'il hy Mirreniler or lv the hnslv
(hunt towiinU Ihe reiir. Ilenps of
Amerii'iin deiul line on the front of
liellenu wno'l."
SINKS SHIP
('AMI' IJ'AVIS, TACOMA, June U.
Kor the firsl lime in llie history of
the emiloiiiiient the pis Ionise nt
Ciiuip I.eivis sow women us shutouts
in Ihe use of Ihe jrns musk when the
ono hiinilreil mlil nurses from Hie
base hospital, received instructions
here.
The woineii have heen having de
tails in fifjlitine; Hie deadly (rases they
eiuy encounter over seas but yester
day was the first time they actually
experienced Ihe sensation of beinj;
surrounded by Ihe mil us well as Hie
theoretical fumes.
It. was a strange limkiuir company
thai encircled Hie ;as house as Ihe
appearance nf Ihe ias masks above
women's i'iifh lends a weird Inokin;:
ensemble that, is hard to describe. ,
The nurses have shjivvn (rreat
adaptability in biiiiilliil',' the mask and
il. is staled they can now don them
within iibniil six seconds lime.
The luthimliatiiin board, which
has been in session fur more than two
weeks ill Ihe depot brigade library ill
amp Lewis, eoinpleleil its csaiilina
liun ycslenlay of applicants fur citi
zenship. Approximately li,!MIII aliens
nf ( ii inn Lewis who have taken out
their papers.
WAKIIIi.VIITO.V, Juno I I, -Sup
purling In t. ho nemitn today the pro
posal of .Senator lloniti for pulilln
discussion of Ireiilles, Senator Fall of
New .Mexico, reiiiililli.'iii, culled atten
tion to n newiipiiper report Hint Jus
tice Hr.'inrlojK or tho supremo court
and Colonel Kdwaril M. Ifollno were
iidvlhlng the president ns to a war
'Induration BRnlnst Turkey nnd Bul
garia nnd dedreil If true. It Indicated
irreiiiilurllles In the conduct of the
government's diplomatic affairs. Tho
report ho siild, hud not been denied
"llcdariitloii of war against Tur
key ami lliiluarln Is xnlcly a mutter
(or congress nnd not for tho president
or.JiiHllce llrnndiils or Colonel IIouko,
except, of rnursn. Hint congress would
ho glad to have advice from tho presi
dent, " said Senator Fall. '-'Tho de
cision of .lustleo Hrandels anil
Colonel I louse very likely would bo
binding on congress when liKlmated
by the president,"
HOW INTRIGUE
BROKE SPIR T Or
K NG FERD NANO
"This Is a Time When Kings Must
Stand Together" , Said Emperor
Charles of Austria to Rumanian
Monarch in Pointing Out Dangers
That Threaten Autocracy.
LONDON, May 31. (Corespond:
ence of the Associated I'ress.) A
private anil secret letter written to
Kinr Ferdinand of Rumania by Kni
peror Charles of Austria-Hungary in
the latter part of February, marked
the timiine; point of Rumnnius par
ticipation in the world vvur and was
one of tho deciding factors in tho
loiif? series of intrigues which even
tually broke the spirit of the Ruman
ian king. 1 tTnder this outside. pres
sure, King Fordinnml changed from
tin ardent supporter of tho war
against Oermany into a lukewarm
mid vnscillating opportunist and fi
nally inlo a distinct peaeo advocate.
"This is a lime when kings must
stick together."
Known in Court Circles
"This is Ihe most striking sentence
of F.mpcror Charles. The letter has
never heen published and ils exist
ence up to this time hns been known
to only a few persons otfsido the
highest court circles in limnnnin. . A
summary of ils contents wns commu
nicated to tho American minister, and
to the Associated Press correspond
ent in Jassy by a high official who IB
one of the most steadfast friends of
Hie allies at the Rumanian courts '
In inlimntc terms Hie Austrinn em
peror drew the attention of King Fer
dinand to the great danger from all
nmnarchiiil institutions from tho
wave of socialism which was sweep
ing eastern Fuiope. lie drew a heart-
fell, picture of Ihe danger lo Austria
lrom Ihe spread of bolshovism across
tho Uiisian border, and declared Iho
Rumanian dynasty was in counl
danger from tho same source.
Join Other Monarch
F.mpcror Charles pleaded with the
Rumanian king join with Hie other
ii'imaivhs and F.umpo in tbe death
grapple with democracy and prom
ised that it King rcrdinnnd would
iihaudon the allies Oermany and
Austria would support him in main
taining bis throne. After portraying
It' ii m ii ii in ns abandoned by the allies
and helpless before tbe powerful cen
tral powers, F.mpcror Charles closed
his Idler wilh tho sentence quoted
above.
MISSOULA, Mont., Juno It.
Scores of forest fires aro burning In
western Montana and northern Idaho
In district number ono, of tho flro
service. Tho town of Fsscx on tho
flrcat Northern, on tho southern bor
der of tilnder National pnrk Is threat
ened by n forest flro and fiOO flro
fighters are trying to extinguish tho
I lames.
II. II. itutledgn, district forester,
rotnrned to Missoula todny to tnko
charge of tho flro situation. Ho will
send ISIHI men out Immediately to
patrol tho foro.its, almost a month
earlier than uniiiil.
A serious flro In raging 12 mllos
from Missoula on Marhln Creek. In
tho St. Joe district of Idaho, a pack,
train of 14 mules wero caught In a
flro and burned. Tho drivers osi'ani.
TOMMY BURNS CHALLENGES
WILLARD FOR BENEFIT
VANCOI1VLU, II. C, Juno 11.
'IVmmy Burns, former hoavywolght
champion, now a private In tho Cana
dian forcos horo. has wired Joss Wll
lard, hoavywolght tltlnholdor. Invit
ing him to participate In a four round
exhibition bout at a military tourna
ment to bo held horo la July tor the
benefit ot tho Rod Cross,