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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