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TRIBUNE
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Dally Thirteenth Tear.
MEDFORD, OREfiON, MONDAY, JUNE 24, 3018
NO. 79.
Ml ATT
VJLTAB.JU
ITALIANS CAPTURE 5,000 AUSTRIANS
DRIVE EWEftflY BACK ACROSS THE PIAVE
Mm mmMKL 7EL " HUN TROOPS
MAPNITIinF ITALIMi SIGNAL DEMANDS FOR m ON STRIKE FOR quit in Jin
F S FMV m-m SPEi (P m I I Si
lUll LIlLIII I Ualian Ferres Attack All Aiuiia Liiic Austrian Workmen Formulate Ci- A j Extensive Strikes In tthine Cities HU 0 I llltflll U
. rod Austrians Fiec. Leaving Caii- mand That Austrian Goven..,.ei;i ' jjS 2n.00 Munition Workers Quii ,
Italian Victory Growing Greaterim
mense Numbers of Prisoner Cul
tured and Huge Numbers of Guns
Austrians Slaughtered by Who.e
sale as They are Caught EkNVuer.
Flood-Waters of Piave and Italian
Armies Bridges Destroyed.
' WASIIIN'OTON, Juno 2 1; Omit Hit.
of 45,000 prisoners ami cuimu;oj.-
k tores of war material by tlu Iti'm ;is
in their counter offensive whicii In-.-(1
riven the Austrians across the 1'i.iVc
is nnnounced in an ol'ticuil cnlcium
received today hy the Ilahan c:in.i.
from lioiiie.
"(HTensive opera 1 ion by on,
troops hcun Sunday," says I he dis
patch. "After violent artillery n'i
nralions that destroyed all hriui
except one, the mftiiitry drove loi
wnrd with irresistible impetus. I ric
flooded I'iavc contains thousand.- o
enemy corpses. Divisions which
passed the Piave were decinmicd by
our artillery infantry.
Attacked in Three Columns
"Montello was attacked in three c i
umns. Kencmy lines were brok.n ai
(Vila Delhi Madonna and Nerve .a
and reocciipied. Knun Maseraia to
Sardinia the Austrians first rcMstid
our attacks desperately but jWly
were forced to retreat to Inc. leii
hank. Untile continues fiercely in
the Sardoiin sector. Forty-five liioii
sand prisoners and enormous boot,,
captured by the Italians.
"American airmen displayed j:icut
bravery in the first emouniors.
Lieut. Younji, attacked by two Aus
trian chasers, was obliged to ian 1 o.
the lower I'iae.M
V.x t reinely Heavy I hisses
ROMK, June 21. Lxlivnudy
heavy losses in men and inali-ri ;i
have been sulfered by the Austrian
in the defeat vvhicb the Itati.ins b..vt
administered to litem on the i'iavc
front, the war ollicc niinonnccii to
day. The enemy has been driven Horn
the entire west bank of the i'iavc, -cept
at one point and was able
cross the river only under the deaii'y
fire id' the Italian arlillery.
Italian troops have crn--cd tin id.
channel of the l'iat riei, we.--, i.
the main stream and recaplnted sev
eral of their old positions there, ac
cording to a scmi-officiiii aiiintim . -mcnt
tonight. From Oapo Silc ciiier
detachments are udvancin (j.aid
the main stream of the river.
(Continued on Page Six.)
PARIS, June 24. The (Jermai.s
launched n new atta k u gainst po.-i-tinns
held by the Italians at Kliuny a
1 1 o'clock hist night,
Afler hard ihtiug the (icnii.nii
were completely rcpuUcd with serious
losses, leaving primmer in the hanu.
of the allies, accoruinc; t a slat-
mcnt issued by the war office Jouav.
The French have repulsed a tienuaii
attack in the rcuion oi Anlhi n.i
(wcrt of the Oise,) tb,e Miitenieiil
says.
LONDON", June 24. The Itriti-n
made a siieccsiul minor ataek "'l j
fiennan positionn south of Mi tcrvit i
(in the I.vh nalieiit) last night. M;t',
Germans wen killed and 50 iirisonc"..
and snme machine guns were tnkiu
hy the I'iritish, according to a stnt.
incut is a u cj by the war office today.
non ana Maciime uuns All Bnaues biiow itseit tor a beneru a-e : v . y- '&?hj)y Unless Ve Get Kore to Eat Wj
But One Destroyed and Tht Ud.r ' and Invite Enemy Governments t j , e. ife?" Shall Not Work" Declare These
Fire Eiyht Days Rain. Enlcr Negotiations. fel'l,.?St 1 aSfS- Toilers In Munition Factories.
ITALIAN AliMY HEAiH, ..Aiv
TKHK, June (N'iIit.1 - ( Ly l.;
Associated I'rcss. - I ;;c Italian
have taken bire number .m piisoM
cis, ;rent (iiantitics of muuiiioii: ai.-l
other booty since (lie Ait.-dn.in re
treat beiran.
The n'-eut retreat in tin A.ist.'i.in.,
aloni; the I'iavc front beyon under c v
er of darkness on Sntuiuay :iit, ihc
retreating tntops left their cannon be
hind them.
Italian detaclunculs arc nurai.i:
the enemy cast id' I he I'iavc. Aus
trian troops Id": to ov i ii:c rctieal
Used their machine iiiis to stl up a
barrage' fire.
Attacked All Along Line
When it was obscivcd ia.it lie
Austrians- had beun a retrograde
inoveiuent, the Italians btan ai
tiick was (piickly pressed and became
line from Montello on the north to
ward the mouth of the river, i'hc a.-
..i . .. i i i
'"''. I"1"""" ' """"".ector Paul in an interview with the
i ii insiiitil . Mi'fiimn:inifH iiv -.m.!
lent artillery fire.
The number of guns h it bciiinu by
the Austrians as they retreated h
not been computed, but is said to he
very great.
The work of the American a va
lors who appeared on the fiont last
week for the firsl litnc eo:dribiiu.ti
notably to the disorganiaiioii of
Austrian forces which had eros.; d
the Piave, according to liiaca. cor
respondent of the Milan Sccola.
The Italian attack began at dawe
on Sunday. With the Monteuo -u
the left flank, the attiuk wa e;unel
ou along the line through Oi.inhiii to
the San Dona Di Piave
Iteac ilia rd Actions
SoatJi of the Zcnson beiul tne An. -trians
are fighting rearguard aciioi -to
cover the retreat of their uiani
body over the two bridges they Lav
led at San Dona and tln.ohr'
three, and a half miles IV, mm the Ai -nat
ic.
The Auslrian retreat wiiieh bega--in
an orderly manner soon became
wildly disorganized and conhi-i,
Many thousands of A astro-1 lung. -nans
-m rendered at Ihc tirb oppor
tunity when overtaken by their pui
saers. liain which had been falling for
ciu'th days broke forth more viohru
about daylight today at a time when
Italian artillery and machine g'nis be
gan to open tip on the reliring An
trians who were struggling knee deep
in I be mire.
The Italian cavalry took pa it in ''
pursuit, harrying the fiigiliw.
Threw Away I'piiptiiriil
As (be Auslriaus were nresM-d oy
liic Italians they threw away the.r
uuns and equipment. Tbev ven I. f
on the Mon'ello stacks of brt.id, ca' -ned
meat and preservts whit h Au-.-
(Continued on Page Six.)
WASIHNOTON, June 21. .i.c.e
tnry Maker today cableil tin Aiacri
cnii ambassador at Home for tra i--mital
t' the Italian govcrmiiciu
ecHiuratulatiotis upon the vn torv it
the Italian ainiv oer the Austrians.
lie -aid:
"The people of the- l'liltcd Staler
arc walchiliL' v i t h cnlliiHi.isiri aiai
admiration the exploits of your brim-army.
! LONDON, June '. 4. Strikers in VH W" Sw tvf.. $ 1
jlhu various factories n Vienna on 'Vf. , ' N '""v I
'Saturday formulated u demand that fr-A A, - VA-4 SKvSl
LONDON, June 24. Strikers in
thu various factories n Vienna on
Saturday formulated a demand that
the Austrian government show iltielt'
Tor a general peaie and invite (be
KovoramenlH of enemy countries to
enter Into peace negotiations, nays a
dispatch from The Hughe to the
Times. HepresentatlveH of the wor-
kers eubmitted the plea to Baron
Hurian, the Austro-llungarian for
I eiKii minister.
I ZruiCII, June 24. Tho Austrian
I troubles are extending according to a
dispatch from Munich quoting the
I Nouesto 'N'uehrichten of thai city.
Tho Vienna Zeit, according to these
j advices, states that the n:rike ha3
become geneinl. , ,v !
Only lluir n Ittition
A.MSTKltDA.M, Juno 24. There is
only sufficient corn for half a bread
ration in Austria, declared
ood Dir-
Vienna correspondent of the Ixtkal
Anzeiger. The food department is
attempting to make up this deficiency
with other foodstuffs and In uddltion
to 2")0 grammes of -beef, two wounds
of horse flesh per person will be dis
tributed weekly.
Military mobile kitchens will he
used to supply 100,000 persons daily
for four weeks with a warm meal
consisting of soup, 100 grammes of
meat and vegetables.
t'ahinet Crisis
AMSTERDAM, June 2L-Fmperor
Charles, says a Vienna dispatch, has
reserved his dechdon regarding the
resignation of the Austrian caldnet.
In the meantime be entrusts Premier
von heydler with the furl Iter direc
tion of Austrian affairs.
AMSTERDAM, June 21. --In dis
easing Hie crisis In the Hungarian
govern meat liinlapcqt newspapers,
says the I.okal Airelgcr of Itertlu,
menllon Count Tls.a, presiunalily as
succe.s.ior to Premier Wokerle.
A.MSTKUDAM, June 24. Fmperor
Charles, a Vienna dispatch to the
lx)cal Anzeiger of Uorlin says, un
doubtedly will refuse to accept the
resignation of the Von Seydler cab
inet, which will remain as constituted
except probably tor the Polish mem
ber, llerr von Twnrdoskl, who will,
retire.
mill mi
WASIM.NOTOX. Juno 24. Chief
Cnnner'a Mulo Harry It. r'hamler of
Atlanta, (la.. ,oniiiKiiwler of the naval
armed Knril on nn Amerlinn mcam
or, was today commended hy Si.re
tary Ixmlels for erfli'lent conduct
displayed durlriK an eiiKaKcment lie
tween his vessel and an enemy til
marine on May 12. After the suIh
niariue had unsuccessfully fired four
torpedo. Chambers' fiun crew
openeil up and fired four nhots at the
undersea craft, the fourth shot atrik
iik tho ciiiuilnc tower as tho IMipat
sulimerKed.
It was not atel whether the sub
marine was sunk but tho navy de
partment's acrount of the eiiKaKement
said "a heavy black smoke rose over
tho C-hoat from the explosion of the
shells.
!Sjf '
I! - J
Kmperor Charles of Anstrln-Hiuigary, who led the A us Ir bin nrmv tnfn
defeat, Kmpress iia mid children.
fensive and lost. Sermon troops are Iteing rushed to his nhl, hot his em
pire s swilling with dscontcnt, strikes and riots over food shortage are in
pmgi-ess and discontent smouldering into revolution amongst tho op
pressed nationalities roiiMltnting his polyglot empire.
T!
CHARTERED BY U. S.
SOI BY U-BOAT
WASHINGTON, Juno 24. Sinking
of an ulliod transport under Amer
ican charier on Juno IS about 70D
miles east of the Delaware Capes was
roportod 1oday (o the navy depart
ment. Tho transport had no troops
aboard and was westward bound.
lieports indicate lhat tho submar
ine was not seen until, after the tor
pedo struck the ship. The crew look
lo the boats alter tho vessel settled
and It was fulilo to uso tho guns.
Tho i;-boat appeared on the surface
and lired nineteen snots Into tho
In p.
'i hreo boats Willi about slxly-seven
members of thu crew uro missing.
Ilio crow of 148 got away from tuo
veakul in seven boats, four of which
have been landed. Tho total rescued
so tar Is given us St men. Two boat
loads arrived by steamer at New
York; one by m earner at llumplon
Itoads and one by sailing vejei at
iteriniula.
L'niier an agreement with tho Ilrit
Ish ailniiiHlly the navy department b,
not permitted to announce tho uanie
of tho vessel sunk. Unofficially re
ports have reached heru from New
York that she was tho Uwlnsk, a llrit
isli sleamer Hying tho Itus.dan flaR.
In view of tho fact that the vesi-el
was attaiked far outsldn Iho Kuro
peiin zone ot submarine, activities,
some officials hero think hu may
have encountered a Biihiiiarlno liiiad
ni; for heme alter parlliipatini; In
the raid mi the American coast.
W-ASIIINdTON, Juno 24. A mip-(,h,,t district from Illg liutto creek In
plemental wiiko scale announced to-l"1'"1 "eaver creek. WhethiT tho
day by the chipping board fixes llie ' I'1"" will 'o found feaslbln will ho
pay of refrigerating engineer em
ployed on ship? operated hy the hoard
at 19."i a month; olectrlcanii flu",;
deck engineers fx,", ; and pump engt
rfeera f S.'i. The ratea aro retroactive
to May I. ,
4 in-
VP
Tho emperor risked all upon an of
85 LOST LIFE
E ORDE
WASHINGTON', June 21.-Dilator
ficnernl .McAiloo lod.iy orileieii
nn iiiresliiilinn of hc cirrus li'uin
wreck on the Jljehinn Central rail
road near (.Jury, linl.
('IIK'AIIO, June 'J,- Acconliii!? lo
O. Timui, lbij'mMii of 1 1 1 ( circus Irinii
M-cid;ed wilh heavy less of !;i'e Heat
lary, Ind., vast Sntunlny, Hutu h..k
no one visible on tin- engineer's siJe
of Hie cab of the engine a moment he
fore il era-bed into the show Iran.
Timni olimutcil Ihiil he nils ,t.) cl.f
Icn'llis hack of I he circus (rain ami
ii viii,. fialilically sienallcd lue ll'llll
to slni, slciicil lo one sid(, and liiicv
a luce thruiiu'li llie window' ni liie
engine cub. He reporlcd to In., sn
licrinrs that llie engineer was noi
llsillle lo I 1 II lit Hint lime.
Sixty-two boilics have been r,.iov
eivil and ai'coriliiii; to I''.. .M. Cil.I.u .it
y ncnM iiinu.icr of llie llai'iilen K-
I Wallace circle., 'j:i of the ciiiiin;, cs
nre lill :iu.--;iii' aiu are suiosd iO
have Inen destroyed by Hie lire winci,
ciuiiiiiicil Hie woimIcu circus cai.i.
KALAMAZOO, Mich., .lime 21
Aluii.o .1. Sargent, eniiiiHcr of II. e
troop train of empty i'lillm.in ci.s
utiich ciii-bed into the 1 laciiiiack
Wall.ice cihmis Irani near (iaiy, li.'i.,
Has iliibaru'cd llMin cilstoily tins
fnrcuooii.
SAI,l:.l. Ore., June 21. State En
gineer will leave tonight for Medford
to confer Willi the directors of .Med
ford irrigation district relative to the
proposal lo take tho water supply fol
determined as Investigations aro
made. The. Medford directors hnllovo
that Illg liutto creek will furnish a
safer supply of water. Arrangements
have not yet been madi) for tho Halo
of bonda.
LONDON', .1 line 2 1. -lilcn.vvo
strikes broke out Thutsday m C'ol
ocno ninl Jliiesellicim, on the Rnmt,
owing to a reduction in llie blend ra
tion, 20,000 persons qiiiilinq work it
iiiiinition factories, ncron'in to n
dispatidi lo the Daily M.ui, from T'.ie
llae;ue.
A Dutch working niiin rciurnint; to
The Hague reports Hint the liup'tary
and police interfered but faded to
prevent a street proeessioi:, of moru
t hull i),000 strikers ut Colne. The
strikers, who iiu'lude women, catered
in tt dense mass lo nn jpen pir.ee
where n mass meeting was heiii, Ai!
tho speakers, who included foremen
and forewomen, Hindu this uotla.3
tion:"' . (
"Unless wo get more to eat wo shall
not w ork."
The Diilchmau said liial sma.lpa.v
is increasing greatly among tli.
Krupp workmen at Ksstn.
' Wcntless Weeks In Storo
I.ON'DONf, Juno 21. ilcaucsy
weeks for (leriuany is n possiodity of
the near future. Dr. August jMiiiltr.
under secrelarv for food disaibimon.
at n meeting of I ho reichstag f-iu!
eomniillea Snurdiiy, says tin
ehango Telegraph dispatcii from Co
penhagen, iiiiuonnceil Hint it wou'd be
impossible lo increase llie inc.it la
tum. He snid thiil most likely it will
be necessary lo lower it or introdiit i
meatless weeks for the whole of lier
luuny or at any rale cerium jails of
the population.
AMSTI'.IiDAM, June 21. Ciinnecl
lor Von llcrlling, iH'Coriliu to the
Vossisclie Zciliing of Km unlay, wi;l
speak loday at the opening ol liie Je
bale in Hie reic hslag on Iho esti.ralc
for his office uiul Hie lorcign office.
AM'STKKDAM, .Tuiie Jl. 1 he
rciehsliig Ibis week will he asked to
pass a new vole of credit of .,('i'.',.
0110,000 marks, according to Iho Hei
liner Tagcslalt. This wiil rai.-,o icr
man's war debt lo J:i0,ll00,000,:i00
marks.
ENUF AMERICANS
10 SATISFY ALLIES
LONDON, .liinn 24 Premier Lloyd
(loorgo announced today that tho
next couple of mouths would ho nnx
loua ones. Thero might bo a groat
blow coming in tho next few hours,
ho said, and certainly In Iho next few
days and on this blow tho Iksiio of
tho campaign might depend.
The entente allies, ho added, never
felt bettor prepared lo meet It.
Premier Lloyd (Jeorgo aM tho
Austro-Hungarlans were In full re
treat. Tho question now was, ho ad
ded, whether they ould ho ahlo to
oTfect retreat.
Tho premier, who made tills an
nouncement In thn houso of commons
referred to Iho amazing organization
which was bruglag American troops
to Franco.
"Kuoiigh Americans," ho added,
"have arrived to satl.- fy the nlllci and
lo disappoint and ultimately defeat
our foes."
Tho remodeling of tho former Dnn
lols store room, comer of Kast Main
and South Central, which will bo oc
cupod July lt by tho Modtord J'har
mart and Ucddy's Jewolry storo, In
about completed,
Kaiser Rushes Divisions From F.ench
Tront to Aid Defeated Ally fto.ne
Confident Allied Aid'Wiii End ttar
This Year Enemy Began Precipi
tate Retreat Saturday Night, Pur
sued By Italians, Who Cross Piave
and Press Fugitives.
BY ASSOCIATED THEoS, June
24. Confidence tit Rome that tiiu
war may bo brought to a victorious
eloso this year, if the tillies give foe
Italians a full measure of support !
tho ol'fensivo which has been launch
ed ngaiiist tho Austrians, is leflectod
in offieiul wireless dispatches receiv,
ed today from tho Italian capital.
These messages say tho Ausirmu
reircat across tho l'iave, in wjicb.
I he Italians nlrundy liava. taken 4j,
UQQ prisoners, has become u veritabio
route, but that information from se
cret sources shows that many divid
ions of Ocrmnn troops have been do
tuclicd from tho front in Francs hnd
nro being rushed to tho aiu of t.'m
Austrian army,
Italy's victory over the Austrians
on the Pinvo front nppenrs likely to
assunio the proportions of a veritable
triumph for the Italians and a disas
ter of great magnitude for tho aefeotw
c.d enemy.
Already it is nmiotinccd in official
dispatches from Homo tho Aushiara
havo lost 45,000 men in prisoners .i d
great quantities of malcrial, whiio
tho extent of their other caauuit;cj
mny be indicated by the tliousunus
of bodies flouting in the wutcis (i
tho swollen river.
L'nnblc to foreo bis way furtbj
than the immcdialo vicinity of t:io
west bank of the river nnd wua
bridges thrown neross the streu"
swept away by tho swirling waters i
tho flood pouring down from
mountains, the enemy begun a precipi
tate retreat Saturday night.
So hasty was his withdrawal tnn',
ho left n great ninny cannon on tho
west hnnk of tho l'iave, whik his re
treating infantry columns, aceotding
to news dispatches are already being
pressed by Italian detachments
thrown over to tho easterly sida of
tho stream.
I'rom Hie Mnnlollo nlalenn south
ward to Iho Adriatic conies tiio san.i
story of tho Austrian retreat. T'io
1'iavo river formerly emptied into tue
sea quilo near Vcnico but iu recc'it
years ils courso was changed to ita
present location. In tho tirst ru.U
of tho Austrian offensive, the enemy
succeeded in crossing Iho old rivei
bed, which is now u canal. From th.;i
positions there the foe lias been dr'v
cn and the Italians aro releutlcss'y
pressing the pursuit.
WASHINGTON'. Juno 21. Wert,
ncsduy or Thursday of this week
iiiuyho fixed ns tho dalo fo Ino
itrawing of order number of young
men w ho registered for tlie army droit
on June !. Announcement of ar
raiit'enteiits for llie drawing nwalU
reports from half u doen loal
boards whose records are incimpb. e.
The drawing will he held w til
formal ceremony in the eapilol, hko
I lint which lived Hie order of neai'y
ten million registrants a year ago.
Thu plan has not been nuiilo puhliu
but it is snid to ho a modification ol
tho original sehemo. A very laro
proporlion of tho nearly 800,000 reg.
istercd uro expected to go into class
one.