Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1918)
University at Oregon Library WEATHER Maximum Ycsimlav, 102; Miniimjiu Today, G3.1 FORECAST Tonight, Showers, Coolor; Tomorrow, Warmer. Medford M ail Tribune JACKSON COIINIY 111 C C BAROMETER IV. J 3. Quota for 1918, 1258,666.00 Sales to June 12 S7.1S0.00 ' BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS Save and Buy lor Victory Buy W.S.S Thrift Stamps wIm. Safest Investment Forty-eighth Tear. Dally Thirteenth Tear. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, .TUNE 21, 1918 NO. 77 AVIATOR AMERICAN 8 BOMB PIAVE BRIDGE AMIS " BE HB HLUIlil riHVL Yankees Destroy New ' Austrian Bridge Across Piave Enemy Un able to Make Progress In Big Of fensive and Losing Ground Losses Enormous In Futile Attacks Vienna Admits Troops Are On- Defensive Heavy Rains Hinder. KOMK, June 21. Italian forces yesterday continue! their counter of fensive on the I'iave river front in the region of Fugare mid Zensou and gained further ground from tin1 Ans-trn-Hungnriuns, 'the Italian war of fice announced today. "For the first time," the statement says, "our airmen and those of our allies had as their companions dur ing American pilots who, as soon as they arrived at (he front, wished to participate in the buttle." ITALIAN! ARMY IIKA'DQUAUTURS June 20. Tho first American avia tors to fly on the Italian front went today on a bombing expedition and succeeded In blowing two holes In a now Austrian bridge across the Piave river. The commander of the Italian avia tion camp expressed satisfaction with the work of the Americans. Tho avia tion forces on this front are display ing tho most intense activity. Austrian Kffiirta l ull KOMI5. June 21. The efforts of the Austrians to widen the northeas tern salient on tho Montello, the key stone of the Piave front, toward the west have failed, Premier Orlando in formed parliament today. Toward the south, the premier Stated the enomy again succeeded in crossing the Montebolluna-Susegana railway at sevoral points near the Horresa station but was promptly stopped. On the lower Piave tho Italians gained more ground. Tho enemy losses during tho day wore enormous, tho premier added. The Italians took several hundred prisoners. Checked on Montello By tho Asosclated Press, June 2 1 Stout and valiant resistance has again stopped tho Austrians in their efforts to extend their front on lite Montello plateau, the keystone of. the Italian defense on the Piave river. Official announcement is mndo at Home that the Austrians were defeat ed In a drive yesterday on tho north oastorn section of tho plateau and that only on the south were they aide to make any progress whatever. The enemy was able to cross tho Monte-betluna-Susegana railway at several points near Nervosa station, but oven at this point was promptly stopped. Norvesa is a villago on ttie west bank of the Piavo on tlie extreme eastern end of the Montello plateau North and northeast the plateau elopes up steeply to wooded heights, while on the south aro lowlands sim ilar to those further down, where the Austrians have been checked by the. Italian defense. Vienna's AdmLvdoni Vienna, In Its official statement, admits that Its troops are on the de fensive and is content to report that (Continued on Page Six.) SENATE PASSES BILL il WASHINGTON, June 21 Without a dissenting vote, the senate today passed and sent to the house the alien anarchist deportation bill authoriz ing Immediate deportation of aliens subscribing in whole or In part to he tenets ot anarchism. General March Says Six Different Places Along Fighting Line He'd By All-American Forces While Other American Forces Are at Front With British and French Units. WASII1XKTO.V. Juno 21. Amer ican soldiers are now holding the fighting line for a distance of thirty- eight miles on the western front, ac cording to information given mem bers of the house military committee today at the weekly eonferenco with Secretary Baker and General .March, chief of staff. This mileage is held by "all Amer ican" forces under command of Amer ican officers, located at six different places along the fighting line. Other Americans are at the front with Brit ish and French units. Members of tho committee were told again that there was no thought of diminishing tho movement of troops across the Atlantic, becauso of tho operation of I'-boats off tho American coast. After the conference Representa tive Caldwell of New York said as far as America is concerned "tho war will begin next September." By that time materials now being manufac tured will bo ready in great abun dance for making the presence of American troops felt by the enomy, and tho' fighting planned for the United States soldiers will hnvo bo gun. Fighting on tho Italian front was discussed and military authorities de. clared it has not reached a stage to be considered serious for tho allies. Members of tho commHtco said sufficient number of rapid fire guns now is being manufactured here to supply the needs of American troops and that tho output will be increased as needed. WITH TIIK A.M KKK'AX ARMY IN FKANVK, June '21 I Hy the Asso ciated I Yes. ) The American forces norlhwe-d of ('lutein! Thierry this morning further straightened their lint; hv a series of small hut brilliantly executed attacks, on the north side of lielleeu uood. Wc-t of Moiildidicr American troop, in n short lint desperate en gagement haw cleaned o.lt (ienmm trenche- and maehine hm ne-ds itl Cnntiiiiiy. Ml of the to-mians who remained to fight the American- were killed while a number were made pris oner. t llniin officially cluing that der ma n troops have tenet rated the American trencher al Scicheprey. The tiiMly of thi- report is shown by a di-patch limn the American front which -ay slluit the "(.cent ration" was nniy an attempted raid by i" German.-. FAIAL EXPL UALTIMoKK. Julie J1.- Two sol dier were kilted and a (bird -everclv injured by a premature explosion ol a trench mortar bomb at the army proving ground at Ahcrdeen, Md.. ycftcrday. Secret nrv Maker and sev eial ordnance officer were standing I. - than Moon vards avwiv nt the time, but u the cxplo-ion occurred in a bomb proof en -h-Mire. none of the p;riv wn endangered, it was de clared at the proving gp'und today HUNGER PIS BREED REVOLT Hundred Thousand Workmen On Strike In Vienna Hungary Shy Two-Thirds of Needed Food Bo hemia In Uproar Government Blamed for Reduction In Quantity. 'y Associated Tress, June 21. Kiots in suburbs, of Vienna, and 100, 000 workmen in important war manu factories there are on strike. The sit uation apparently is growing beyond control of the civil authorities and martial law in the Austrian capital is not unlikely. The workmen continue to demand more bread and tho nota tion is spreading. (iennany appears unable to help because it is faced with u serious food shortage itself. I)XIOX, .June 21 Further in formation confirming reports of in Unse resentment and great excite ment in Austria over the reduction of the bread ration is (pioted from Aus trian newspapers by the correspond out of the Times at the Hague. Among the Mibsidinv causes of the anger is the receipt of information that the reduction was not decided upon until noon Monday, although il had been enforced from early that morning when loud and excited pro tests were raised. Ciisurc Premier Premier Von Sevdlcr is accused by the socialist Arebiter Zeitung of "Vienna of producing a disastrous sit uation by favoring the agrarians and traders. It says the situation could certainly have been prevented. The paper rails against (Iennany and' Hungary and tells the authorities they must immediately draw the at tention of those countries to the fol lowing fact that food conditions in Austria are intolerable and demand necessary assistance. It adds: "The Austrian population cannot starve while (iennany and Hungary have tolerably adequate rations. The Austrian government must be placed under tutelage even in matters relat ing to the food supply. It has deserv ed to be subjected to guardianship but the population must not be pun ished with starvation for the failure, of the government." Weekly Fowl lint Ion LONDON. June '21. The weekly ood ration in Austria, the Ihiily Mail corespondent at The Hague pmtes the Arbeiter Zeitung of Vienna o reMirting, is as follows: Twenty-lwo ounces of bread, one pound of potatoes, of winch half cannot be ealcn, one ounce of black bran mash, one ounce of another mill product, ati ounce and a half of fat. ix and a half ounces of sugar, one gg, seven (Minces of meat, and a lit tle am and coffee substitute. The Vienna newspaper says thai the meat allowance is obtained, "if the applicant wait all night for il." Hungary Also Shy LONDON, June 'Jl. In many pro vinces of Hungary there is only one ll.ird r one-quarter the food neces sary to maintain the population in health, former Premier Tiszu declar ed in a speech to the Hungarian par liament, according to a Mudanest tc- cirrum forwarded by the Kxehang' Telegraph correspondent at Amster dam. Serious In Mob end a. ropKNHAOKN. June 'Jl. The sit (Continued on Pago Six.) WASHINGTON, Juno 21. General SemenoM'a force of CosHacks In SI beria has been defeated by tho Mol sheviki troops and is retiring Into Chlnwe territory, the state depart ment was advised today in a dispatch sent from Ilerbin last Wednesday. THRU AUSTRIA AMERICAN FIELD ARTILLERY IS NOW POUNDING THHE GERMANS ON THE MARNE Kvnry branch of American arms in now in action on tho western front. Thcro are indications that the Yan kees will soon fare their greatest but tie on tho lyorraino front, whero tho (ei-inniiH arc rcoi'tcI to lo concen trating men for a drive at tho American.. These picture show tho ty po of l S. field guns that aro batter, infi the J Iodic. PAK1K, June 21 The leading American ace in the Trench flying corps, First Lieu tenant Frank L. Haylies of New Med ford .Mass., is missing after an uneijiutl fight with four (ieriuan machines. Ou .June 17, Lieutenant Maylies, with Sergeants Dubbonet and Mac- Cari of the Stark eseadrille, while pa trolling, sighted four hiatal sealer Herman airplanes. The (ierrnans at tacked Maylies simultaneously. The enemy had advnntage of position and number. Maylies attempted to take the offensive btu his machine caught fire an. I fell six miles within the (ier iuan lines. Sergeant MacCari says that Lieu tenant Maylies may have had a good landing if he escaped death in the flames of his burning machine. From Feb. 10, J!H8, to June 7, Lieutenant Maylies had gained LI aerial victories and had been promot ed from corporal lo sergeant, and then to first lieutenant. On June 1 he was awarded the cross of the lejjion of honor ami hit had been cited in French army orders several times previously. He was 'JL years old. LONIION, June. -Jl. - Arlliur tint filh, Ihe Sinn 1'i in lender who p i cnl ly was arreted in Ihe Sinn rent round up in Ireland, lum been elected Ir the hou-e of commons from Ka.1 Cavan. He dei'eafed the nnlionuliM caiididale liv a vote of :i7!i:i lo U.'iKI. ANOTHER CALL FOR DRAFI REGISTRANTS!: WASIIINCTUX, June '.'1. I'rovo-t Marshal (ienernl Crowdcr Indn.v call ed for H. I 7 draft rcui-drmils ticld lor general military service, to lie sent ou July 15 to venous schools lor special training. The call is to lie held open for volunteer until July I. INDIANAPOLIS POLICE JUDGE FOUND GUILTY INDIAS'AI'Ml.lS, Intl., June 21. Leonard A. Snitkin, a inunieipiil court juik-c of New York with liis brother, Maiiri'-c I,. Snitkin ol' lndian iihiis nnd A. Joseph Scliur were found L-uilty of conspiracy to obstruct the ilni ft, in the I luted Stales dis trict court Irtc. tins afternoon, FEAT U R E WARFARE LONDON, June 21. Further cx Unsivc raiding and patrol operations were carried out by Pritish troops Ir-st night in Ihe Arras region and on the front to the south towards AI- Ihert. Attempts by tho (ierrnans to ngain ground won yesterday 1.V Ihe Mritish near Merris, on the Flanders ft out were repulsed, today's war of fice announcements slates. The statement reads; "During the night we captured a few prisoners and machine guns and inflicted many casualties upon the enemy in raids and patrol encoun ters in Aveluy wood in the neighbor hood of llcbuterue and Moyelles and or both banks of the Scarpe. "Several hostile atlempts to re tapture the ground gained by us yes terday morning northwest of Merris v.cre repulsed with loss to the eu emv." PAKIS, June 21. French troops last night carried out. operations on I he front soul h west, of Soissons, which resulted in Ihe improvement of their po-i(ions in the neighborhood of Fnverollcs. A similar improvement was effected further south u this front near HauteVesncs. The war of fice made these announcements to day. The slateinenl reads ; "The French have improved their positions north of FavorcJIes and in t l.e , regin south of 1 la ill vesries, A score of prisoners remained in I he hands of Ihe French." S.M.IvM. fire., June 2 1. for tin first time In tlio history of tho Ore gon supremo court that tribunal wns opened today by a woman, when the ourl. convened to hear arguments on Iho Portbinil six-cent carfiiru case Mrs. Waller .Spauldlug, wife of l.iou tenant Spauldlug, now in France, culled the court to order, Tho bailiff, P. II. Raymond, was III. 20-YEAR SENTENCE N'KW VOKK, June 21. - Joseph K. Kiiptlierford, successor of "I'nsior" iliisscli, an head of the International 1'iiile Students association, nnd six o) his iissUtiinls were today sentenc ed to -0 years' imprisonment forcoii sjiiracy to violate tho cspiunagq law. :e AT CAMP LEWIS CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, June 2t Uecauso ho said "to boll with this army buslnoss," rofused to sign nil enlistment and assignment card Juno 10 and showod by his actions and statements that ho was disloyal, Guy C. Ithelnohnmor, of Cummlngs, North Dakota, a prlvato In thn 3!Hh com pany, lGlltll depot brlgado, was given a llfo sentence for dlsobedlonco of or ders Friday when au ordor ot the. court martial was signed by the com manding gonornl. Ho will bo sont to Alcatra., Cal., to remain In prison tor tho test of his natural llfo. Tho commanding genoral signed tho court martial sentence Friday of Sorgeant William A. Walllo, truck company 305 O. M C. who was given sentence of throo months In con finement and a loss of two-thirds of his pay for that period, llo was con victed of thirteen petty offencra. Starting Juno 21th, 27,000 drafted men will begin flowing Into Camp Lewis from all over the northwest. Tho entire movemont, it Is ostimatcd will tako about a week end tho last man will 1)0 In camp by Juno 30. Nino truck loads of parcel post mall has been taken out of Y. M. C. A. No. f Sunday nnd a detail of eight men havo been kept busy licking stamps for threo days. SIITjOO worth of postage has been sold, LONDON', June '-'I. l-'ood eondi lions in (ieriuiiuy are becoming worse and (lo-rc is great discontent llicre owimr to reduction in the bread ra tion, according lo il Dutchman in terview l v Ille corre.-liolidelll, of tile Tunes al The Hague. The Diilchiiian had just returned from working in the Krupp plant, at Kshcu, which be h It because he could tint stand the food conditions. The tieruiiin people, he lidded, t'eiiri'd lo i.'ruinlile openly, lest they lie sent to the front. Tim i orr cpondi'iil suys I hat the listllnoiiy oorrolioi'iiles what he lias heard from uiunv oilier wiliies.es and adds: "One popular suyintr is Hint Ilic people will pay J 0 1 marks for n sick doy to cut. "The war is becoming very unpop ular among the workers but the feel- inc ebbs and Clous with Ihe tide of 1 noun's successes nnd tiic Knglish arc generally cursed," , AMERICAN I IE T General Brancker of British Air Min istry Here to Secure Pioneer Trans Atlantic Flight at Once Says No Reason Why Air and Sea Planes SWuld Not Cross Sea. WASHINGTON', June 21. Big American air and seaplanes should be flying across the Atlantic to reach tho front by next summer, Major (ionerul Brancker ot the British air ministry said here today in a formal statoment to tho press. He is In ' Washington to co-operate with Amer ican aircraft officials and believes that a pionoor trans-Atlantic, flight should bo attempted without delay. "An enterprise which must be car riod out as soon as possible," General Brancker said, "Is the flight of the Atlantic. Thoro is really no reason1 why a considerable number of bis airplanes and seaplanes should not cross the Atlantic during next sum mer." Program Decided Upon Genoral Brancker disclosed the fact that the British air council had definitely docldod upon trans-Atlantic aircraft flight in order to find a routo for the movoment of Amerlcan niado aircraft to the front- His mis sion In this city has to do with ar rangements for the pioneer flight in which It Is hoped the Unltod States government will co-oporate. It Is oxpoctod the Initial flight will ho mndo this autumn in a machine ot British make, probably a seabdat starting from Newfoundland and touching at tho Azoros and Portugal, before arriving In Ireland. It has boon estimated tho trip can be made In forty hours ot flying. Plans under consideration call for crews of four men, composod of an engineer, a re liof of pilots and a navigating officer. Three Factors Considered, (Ienernl Drnnckcr sniu the flight depended upon three fuetors: En gine reliability, weather and success ful wcaiher forecasting. In his con ferences with American officials it has been determined that accurate forecasts of weather for tho whole course can be mndo and tho new Brit ish high power Holls-Royce engine has fully demons! ruled its reliability. Kitlier a sea boat or a large air piano equipped with two of these 375 horsepower engines, Ihe genoral said, would havo umple. engine power to make Ihe trip probably at ou average all it udo of 5,01)0 feet. Liberty motors aro of higher horse power, but havo lint been used in sufficient quantity as yet in the opinion of Hritish of ficials I o muko certain their reliabil ity. They aro convinced, however, that by next year Hie motor will havo been learned so fully by operators and manufacturers that it will bo tli machine relied tipon to carry to Kuope I ho loiiff range bombing planCH of American manufacture uMn which Hie Hritish are largely relying in their delerminatiou to carry bombing riiids lo Ilerlin. KILLED IN FRANCE 1'AIMS, June 21. Sergeant Kob fiynski, the Japanese aviator in tha I reneh service, has been killed in an iierial bnllle. Iln was fighting against, n number of enemies when his machine wns set on fire by an in cendiary bullet. He jumped from his lirpliinc at the height of about 0,000 feet ii ii,I fell behind the French linen Lieutenant De T'ircnno has brought down bis tenth enemy plane nnd has Im'coiiio mi "ace." Lieutenant Mudou lies brought down bis Ihirly-foiirlh. FRENCH PRISONERS OF 1914 TO BE EXCHANGED NOW 1'AliIS, June 21. llnvns Agency). French prisoners who have been in (iennnny since August, lilll, will bq exchanged on Juno 21, according to. tho r$tit Journal, CRAFT TO CROSS OCEAN TO FRON
