Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 15, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texttint mt at Oregea Library WEATHER Maximum yesterday 77; Minimum today 44 FORCAST Ttmi&lit ami tomorrow : Fait- and' Warmer Jackson couniy m t c BAROMETER W. 3 J. Quota for 1918, J258,6liC.0J) Sales to June 12 87,180.(10 BUY WAR HAVINGS ST AMI'S Medfoed M Save mi Buy ler Victory Bify W.S. S.Tftrlft Stamps wSk Safest iRestieBt IBUN Forty-elRhth Tear. Daily Thirteenth Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 15, IMS NO. 72 01800,000 US. TROOPS "QVERTHERE" General March States That By July I There Will Be a Million Americans In France Four Phases of Bat'Ie with Germans Haltei but Final Battles to Come Situation of Al lies More Favorable Thap for Many Months Americans Offset Losses. WASHINGTON', June 15. Marc than 800,00(1 American lumps have been sfiil ttt Prance' and the poveni ment expects to have u million there Ly July 1. This disclosure was maile today by (Uneral Peyton V. .March, chief of staff, at his first weekly conference. with newspaper correspondents and at an early conference with war de partment officials and members of the senate military committee. Four Phases Halted General March summarized the bat tie situation as it stands today wit I four distinct phases of the German offensive halted but with its final battles still to come. To meet the emergency, he added, only luck f shipping facilities is limiting the rush of American troops to the iihtinr front. Their prompt enjrnirement in the struggle, he said, is n paramount necessity. The number of troops now hem;; transported, General March said, is limited only by the capacity of the ships available to carry them. "And we will continue to ship them alon this line," he added. Include. All Brunches The 800,000 figure includes all branches of the service necessary t make, up a complete army, both com batant and uon-comhatant nmt General MarWi said. All war depart merit figures reyardinir troops sent across will be yiven out on this basis, General March .;aid that four Ger man drives so far made were "all part of a common scheme of offensive up to this time, he added, the exten sion of the allied front from Kheims to the sea had reached 02 mites. To hold that added line, he said, addi tional troops were ne-.-esarv ami tl' importance of retting American troops over quickly hecamc para mount. Ohjecf. of Advance- General March said that "the ob vious objective of the advance first, the channel ports, the capture of wh'eh would make it necer-ary for Krnrlaml in shipping troops, to further up the sea, loading up .tiul nuikimr the transportation more dan gerous, and second, Paris, which v of i:reat strategic importance as we'l as of importance to the people of France." The chief of staff viewed (hp pro mt offensive more as an endeavor to straighten out the German tin rather than an advance with n defi nite object "like Paris." The salt between the Oi-e and the Aisne of lensives he described as a re-entra'i an-Ie." Situation Favorable "The most desirable thiny the Ger mans could have now," General arch added, "would be a s' miht-! itiu out of that line. Oir last in formation is that they ire sti'l at tacking that line wet o Soissons. He said the situation of the allies, "is now more favorable than it has been for many month-." So many American troop? have been sent abroad General March said that their number is now reaching. iii (Continued on rage Two.) JAP MARINES LANDED IN CIA TOKIO, Juno 12. .Japanese mar ines were landed on Sunday at Swa low, a treaty port of China and center of the sugar Industry, 2 miles north of Canton. According to an official announcement Issued here today, the Japanese marine were sent ashore because of the disturbed conditions of the Chinese port. LULL FOLLOWS HEAVY FIGHTING ON BATTLE LI Allied Strategy and Tenacity tn Com bat Checkmate Blows By Massed Huns No Infantry Fighting of Moment Germans Reforming Shattered Divisions. By the Associated Press, June 15. Allied strategy and 'tenacity in combat again have checkmated blows by massed bodies of German troops and the German crown prince has given up his second offensive within a month without either of them hav ing affected seriously the general sit uation on the western front. Except for artillery duels, a lull has come to the fighting sectors. In the offensive which began last Sunday the Germans used large masses of troops on a short front. For three days they gained ground and were rapidly forcing their way southward along the Aisne. French resistance stiffened and then the French took the offensive. German efforts to strike south of the Aisne and reach the Oiso south of Com- picgne, also failed after a slight gain. I, nil on Ibitllo I.lno Friday there was no infantry fight ing of moment anywhere along the front from Yprcs to Hhetms, which is now the vital section of the western line. The Germans aro probably re forming their shattered divisions. 50ulh of the Somme and between the Aisne and the Marne the artillery fire has been above normal. Military observers believing the Noyon-Monldldier effort was a feint, the allies expect, that tuo heaviest blow yet will come soon on the Plcardy flcld,,in a drive to reach the coast. Berlin reports the number of guns captured since May 27 by the crown prince as 1,030. In the latest offen sive the Germans claim to have gain ed J So square miles of territory and captured ir.,000 prisoners and I'll) guns, the poorest showing in any of the four major movements since March 21. Aviators Active While tho American infantry has been inactive on all sectors, American aviators on tho Toul front have benn bombing towns behind the German lines. Italian troops have checked suc cessfully, enemy attempts to force a passage thru the important Tottule pass, northwest of Trent. PUTNAM ACE OF AMERICAN ACES DOWNS 13 HONS I'AlilS, June .". Kcriietinl David K. I'lilnitm of llrooKline, Muss,, is re ported to have downed five (icrm.-ins on June Id, Three of I'titmtm's aer ial victories are now- official mul the other two are under invest rjnil ion. This record, if the five victories are officially credited, nmkes i'lilmtm'. tottil, Kl, Mipilmiftmr Lieutenant Frank liiivlies of New Ileilfurd, Mass., as the American nee of tires. Tho feat accredited to Sergeant Putnam Is the most notable perform ed by an American aviator and has probably been eclipsed only once dur. lng the war. The only oilier aviator getting a larger bag of enemy air planes in a single day is Lieutenant Hone Fonek, a French ace, who on May 9 brought down six Gorman ma chines. First Lieutenant Frank E. Ilnylies is officially credited with 13 enemy airplanes. Serjeant Tutnam is a descendant of General Israel Putnam. Some time ago It was announred that ha had been awarded the war cross by the fr rench government. Washington .Marriage since the enactment of the draft will no longer bo cause for exemption from military service except In cases of men who became of age since Juno 5, l!fl" who may he exempted it they married before January i:, l!UH. THREE MILLIONS AMERICANS IN ARMY AUGUST 1 General Crowder States Extension of Age Limit In Army Draft Neces saryAlt Ciass I Men to Be Ex hausted By January Navy to Be . Increased to 131,485. WASHINGTON, ,ime 35 Three million Americans wil! be under amis by next August t, the senate military committee was told today by Provost Marshal General Crowder. Kxtension of the age limits in the army draft will he necessary, Gen eral Orow'der said, if the present rate of draft calls is continued. He esti mated that ail the men in class one would bo exhausted soon after next Januarv 1. General Crowder said that 1,347, 000 of tho 2,428,000 men placed In class one already have been called to tho colors, lie estimated that some 400,000 additional men for the first class will ho secured from the men who registered last June 5 and that another 200,000 will be added by tho re-classification of men in the re-examination of the questionnaires now being made. Increase in Navy WASH I XCTOX, June 15. An in crease of the navni enlisted strength to LIIS.l men to man ihe figlilinir ships now in commission and those building- will he a minimum require ment by July J, liHII, Secretary Dan iels today wrote Chairman Padgett of the house naval committee. The present enlisted permanent strength in 87,0110 men. Secretary Daniels transmitted a report from' Rear Admiral Palmer, chief of tiie bureau of navigation, emphasiainir the need of additional olliccr.s, which said that two naval squadrons now abroad have no des- i ignnted eotimiiimlcrs olher than a llritish officer and that five addition al squadrons that will go across have no commanders. 1 1 1 I'-lioat. CluiM-rs Admiral Palmer: report disclosed that the Inited States within Ihe next two months wil! have 144 tuibma rine .chasers operating- in F.uropean waters and division of new siiier ilicadniiiights will he added to the fleet within the year. The new Kagle or Ford vessels, larger than the old destroyers, to ho put into operation noon. Admiral Palmer said, "will plan an important part in our war operations.' AMERICANS GIVE GERMANS DOSE OF POISON GAS! WITIt TIJK AMKIi WAX ARMY IX f'l.WXCK. Jane 15. (By the Asso ciated Fres. ) American batteries btst fti'lit hurled thousands of pas ii Its into Jhe German lines itlonjc (he Maine line, northwest of C'lta 'ean Thierry. The bombardment was m retaliation for a heavy gas attack fiv the Germans. WASHINGTON, Juno 1.',. tn ad dition to last night's eoumi'inisue. 'ieneral Pershing- officially reported n day the downing of two eneeiy ma chine yesterday by American avia tors. Aide from heavy shelli-ii: hy both side northwest of Chateau 1 merry, uie ttisptneii said, there ,va.. nothing el-o to remirt. I'AKIS, June I."i,-The artillery on ledh sides was active last niebt ru the front between Monfdidier and tin river Disc, the war office announced today. The pin fire was also rather mark ed in the rrttmn south of the Ai-nc and west of I'iiciiiis, jn t!, ('hatmdat- IHigny sector. No infanlrv netiou- oeciirretl. LONDON', .June 15. A successful locii loperation was carried out last night hy liriti-h ami Scottish, hiittal- i"iis north of licllmne, on the Fland ers front, and over tilt prisoners were taken, according to the statement is- -iicd b ithe war office toilav. U. S. WARSHIPS HUNTING U-BOATS OFF GIBRATLER l.ONSXXV, Juno 15. (&x be As sociated Press.) German submarine activity off the Atlantic coast of the United States should not bo taken seriosiyt as the Germans probably will not attempt to blockade the American shores. This Is the opinion of Vice Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss, first sea lord of the British admiral ty. The admiral believes that there is only one submarine operating off the American coast and the purpose of its trip across tho Atlantic was to frighten tho Americans. "We mast fight the U-hoata in the narrow seas he said. Admiral Wemyss paid triimto to tho co-operation of tho American niival forces in Knropean waters, lie said tho American nhips not only wore stationed in the North sea hut wero also operating in tho Mediter ranean and off Gibraltar. "Yon know of course," ho conclud- ed," that for more than a year past Ameriran men of war have been op erating from Qneenstown. H aiso has been known for somo lime that there aro Amorhan ships in tho Med iterranean. I do not think it can Us regarded as a secret from tho Ger mans that American men of war aro also acting against tho enemy off Gibraltar." KIEV SHAKEN BY BIG EXPLOSION AMHTKiUiAM, Juno ! 5 .'Situ damage, whs caused In Kiev, tho 1,'krainian capital, hy an explosion in a munitions works there on June K, says tho l.otiut Anzeiger of licrtin. There woro VI big explosions and sev eral smaller ones. When the blsgest explosion oc curred, people mantling on the rain partB at Petcherf k were hurled to Urn ground. Shells fell tn all directions over tho city. The Svjerinetz cathedral collapsed. Houses wero blown over and the streets turned Into smouldering masscB of debris, while the neighbor hood of tho munitions plant wits a sett of firo. Tho Toisltl convent was de stroyed. Tho correspondent refers to ru mors that tho explosion was duo fa the machination of tho bolshevik! against Skuropadskt the t'ltraine hejmsn. PROSIT! SERIOUS CRISIS Iff AUSTRIA OIR PEACE DEMANDS Rioting Reported In Vienna Grave Events Rumored Occurring Re ports Come From Outside Sources and Confirmation Lacking For eign Minister Visits Berlin. LONDON, June !.-. Reports of a serious crisis in Austria aro eurront today. They come from various out side sources, but Users is no direct confirmatory news. A news message today from a semi official agency of Madrid says private imormntton trout retiabto sources state that grave events are about to occur in Austria, where the popula tion is demanding peace at any price. Amsterdam messages say a rumor was circulated on the Bourse yester day that rioting had begun in Vienna. AMSTBItfiAM, Juno 15. Oa the Amsterdam Ilourso tho Journey of iiaron fturian, tho Austra-ttungaiian foreign minister, to Berlin, is con nected with tha tension in Austro- (inrmuu affairs. It i believed tho tension now has become more critical Austrian exchange receded ft full point on tho Hourso Friday, NINETY-FIRST OFF FOR SOMEWHERE A'-eotdni-' to ;t number f Ihe L'UO i soldiers from Tamp t-w who pass led through the city this fttreiumn en- ' route to Ihe Pre-idlo l Sail I'rall-- i eiseo, by June the entire !ti-t di vision will have been moved from that i?!eat eiiiiiiuiment en route to an un known de-tmatlim. They were n line tnohin and wet! behaved body of youn men. Only from six weeks to three months ng these same bovs in citizen arh and somewhat downcast passed through Medl'ord euroute to Camp f.ewis as drafted fronfM, Todtty titev present ed it happy, tsenhhy, welt disciplined arid soldierly appearance. At ihe de. pot t!m -oldiers during the train .Mop went through some exercises ami played leap lroK on the station pini- inlllt. BOLSHEVIK IDEAS SECURE FOOTHOLD N GERMAN ARMY LONDON June 15. German aal- diem returning from RnHttt are ira hweri with bolshevik ilenfi nm! are ev erywhere circulating rvInlifmary tamtitiets. tJeneral Von Itisherfr Mtirf in the German; n'iehKtajr (hiring tht Friday sitting aeeortlmg to a tpen- hngen tHsptneh to the xthtme Telegraph company. For thus vcaHont he .naif, si net tiiseipiine was neees-! sary in tho army. Tiie sittmj; wan market) hy nharv atiks hy various menthers on the military attffroriticH. Iterr Sfuelter of MetutttKtftf eriejin the ((reiert'lire system in use in the hfthvv (feeiarei? that titero were IKTMi oifteern hi IttehareHt, where they nre nselenft. Ho ehareri, rt rs saiii, that ae.ttvc nt n-eiH are feejirt an far as jxihle he htttti ihe frsmt that reserve otTreers are uset in the fir.iii; tine am) that vtmteT ot't'ieer nre sent, U the Tronf wifhorrf proper trainiiij: or pasK mff th Beeesry xttmttiwt. Oen- erai Vhh Kts-in, the FrHssiait war minister,, nunie a vit!ent attack nm Herr Siuetir Ur hi reveiation of coruIjliorrK irr the arrow SWEIY RAZORS FOR MEREAN SOLDIERS WASHIXtmiX, Jnim (.- Kr- mbm; ot Kiiicly rfi5tor onp, tunr l,riihc., condiw, i(,we!i mid tooth I. rushes to ciiHled men in the Amer t on cvpeditioiofry forces in Knuiee bus been put itilo el'j'ecf, n wjir de- pertmetit iinnoifircmeiil. -.fotes today. (ieieiviil Cersdin a-ked the siipplvtti'r 1 tiiiiict urii'-h-s- on the ground thii! pi rsomit eh-ifulim- s iiu-rf-iit-fi the tiioriile of hi men. WARMER WEATHER MIDDLE OF WEEK er prt'tijctMvas for ihe week ttiinmm Motitiayt iiird by th weather htt reati toHay are; Nfrrilu'in Uw-ky mtumfniit ntut tht- fe n'tm. rrrf wanner in anvth pfrt(o Mort'ht.w I'aeit'ie ntie-; Fair rrm njf;ht- frrrt of week, flanniui up hy miiUth CZECH-SLOVAK TROOPS SEIZE SIBERIAN ROAD Alt Towns Ott Siberian Raiirsatf for Distance ef 1,500 Mites !rt Posses start of Bohemians and Grain Sup ply Cut Off From Moscow and Petrsgrad Anfi-Savtet Rotters Arrested. I.OXDOJT, June la. TaV Czecho slovak troops operating agaissl tha Russian soviet government ta Siberia and the Ural region continues their saeeess, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Moscow dat ed Jans 1!. Inrfng the ninth and. tenth of June, having eeeapted Sa mara, they advanced rapidly toward Ottffa. On the Siberian railroad from TcheBabfnsk to Tomsk (a distance of t2J0 miles) alt tho towns are fa Hta hands of the Cxecha-Siovufca, Omsk was occupied on June g hy a united, fores of Slavs and Cossack peasants nadsr command of Colonel fvaooff, the Soviet forces having retired from Omsk and Tanen. Cat Off Moscow MOSCOW, June 7. t'By the Asso ciated Press.) Tho Czecno-SIorak troops ta their operations along tha railways connecting Siberia with cen tral Russia have temporarily cat off: communication between tha Siberian grain stores and Moscow and Petro-' grad seriously menacing the bread rations, which, already are inade quate. The Cieeho-Slovaks bow control the stations of Omsk, Novo Ntchnia-ev-Sts and Tehetiablnsit and alss many smaiier stations. Conseqaeatly tfcsy: are sb!s to prevent traffie frem the Siberian granaries to both Moscsur and Pefrograd. At Novo Nicholaevsk, which fs the nearest targe city east ef Omsk, ths Csaefco-Stavaka Joined with tha White guards tn overthrowing tha sovfots and have established what they call a new Siberian central gov- erameat which la the fourth govern ment now claiming control ta Siberia. The bolshevlkl has seat emissaries ta negotiate with tho Ciccho-SIorak of ficers, and hopes to arbitrate the dis putes growing out of the attempt ta disarm the Citec Bo-Slovaks, who in sist that they must be given the right to pass thru Sfhoria to Vladivostok oa their way to the fighting front fa France. Arrests In Moscow More than three knadred arrests already have boon made by the soviet government tn connection with tha anft-sovlet plot. Among those under arrest are M. Ktshkfa, ailaistsr of pttltlls welfare ta the Kerensky cab inet, and SI. Maiyantovltch, minister of jtisfica in tho Kerensky cabinet. and many other social democrat and social revolutionist leaders. Tha counter revolutionary fcea4 quarters In Moscow, tha soviet gov ernment says, extended fts organiza tion fbritoitt Siberia and centra! Rus sia under the name of "'naloa for de fense of the fatherland aud ef free tiou, v Tho organization is accused, of piiisiiing tho overthrow of ths serials Htttt tho establishment of a govern ment standing for the national Inter est of Russia, ro-organiiaUort ef the army on the otd basis and continua tion of the war against Germany with tha support of the Bittea. Tha orRtmixistfon is said to have consisted chiefly of former officers disguised its shabby ctothos travelling as laborers. TUNNEL CAVES IM KILLS RAILROAD FOREMAN S.VI.KNE, Ore., June t.'i, E. K. Petit, fureuiuti of u nana working in ttntttet K. ft tif the Southern I'aetfti; romfaByt near f.ehmrf Josfsfsliins toimi v, Kb tntriett snd pmhahly in Mantty killed hy a rave is ef rtsck, futu vesierduy, neeorditig to advice received , by the Hildin service r-om-aiixsion tmluy. t'rttk Cherfowstit wti Herion-ly injured ami K, S, Sjew roiia and Fred Sexton lens seriously hurt, it wuh reported, Traffie a tfca tine wits tietiijed five hours, .