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Newspaper Page TextUnf.erslty af Ores AYEATI1KK Maximum Yrsimlav, fl8; Miiiimuui Todav, 43. FOli ECAST Toitisjlit and Tomorrow, Fair. ail Tribune EDFORD rorty-elplith Yefc Dally ThirteentlATsar. MEDFORD, OKKGOX, TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1918 D TAKING EXT COIOJ t food "m m M m m NO. 86 AMERICANS GO OVER TO BRILLIANT ACTION WON BY YANKEES Americans Take 500 Prisoners French More, Winning Village of Vaux, and Larye Slire of Paris Highway West of Ciiauteau Thier ry and Two Patches of Wooded Land Germans Surprised Amer- - lean Aviators Win Command of Air WITH T1IK AMUKICAN KOliCKS ON T1IK MARXE, July 2 (liv tlic Associated Press.) The total num ber of Hermans captured by the Americans is now estimated to num ber about 5(ill, including seven ol fl eers. WITH THE AMERICA'S FORCES ON THIS MARXE FRONT, July 2., 5 p. m. (By tho Associated Press.) A counter-attaek made by tho Ger mans today against the new posi tions won last night by the American forces to the wost of Chateau Thierry was completely broken up. The Americans did not give up a foot of ground which they had captured. There was hot fighting today in front of hill 204, which Is In the hands of the Germans. At 5 o'clock this evening the American artillery was engaged In heavily shelling the position. Reports from tho advanced front brought thru a heavy enemy barrage confirmed the oarllor statements that tho Americans havo reached their every objoctivo and aro holding every point. WITH TIIK AMKKICAX KOliPKS ON THE JIAKXK KKONT, July 2. (By the Asoeinted Press.) In n brilliant operation utter html I'ieJit itift American troops on this front Inst night captured the village of Venx, together with u inrge slice f tho I'aris highway west of Chateau Thierry, and (wo patches of wooded land. The Americans look '21t ienmins prisoner, including five officers, jud enptured a quantity of machine guns and other equipment. In (he Vnri.v region (lie American look the (icriunus enmplelely by sur prise. Mo( of the prismers were taken nut of cellars and dugouts. How many (iermiins were killed, of conrM', is uuktimvn, but from Ihe number of dead in plain view at va rious places, (h total muM have been considerable. Airpbinos Kept Itiisy - While the artillery preparafmn was going on many American airplanes flew high overhead. Smue were pro tecting the observation balloons, while others were combing the skies to keep off enemy machines. Early this morning the American pilots again appeared for similar duty and were soon found contesting' with the enemy for supremacy in the air. A number of aerial buttles were observ-' ed, but reports on the result ure not yet available. . It was exactly ti o'clock last even ing; when (he Americans went over the top under the protection of a hail of machine gun bullets froni oar ma chine gun barrages. Tin infantry ac tion was preceded by a short hut ter rific artillery preparation. When the Germans saw that , a formidable at tack was developing, many of tlnv-c in outposts yelled and ran toward tip- (Continued on Page Six.) ANNUL CHARTER OF WASHINGTON, July 2.- Without a word of diKi-ii-Mim urn record vote, the Semite today adopted the P'-hIm-tion of Senator King of I'luh an nulling the fedcrjii charier of the na tional Ch rmun Aihciicuu alliance JUj resolution now goes (o the house. ITALIANS WIN MOUNTAINPEAK I Monte Di Vnl Bella, Col Del Rcsso and Col rfi Chelo Captured From Aus trians Front Widened and Enemy Driven From Strategical Points He'd Sin?e Winter Offensive. ROME, July 2. Italian forces tills morning launched an attack against the Austrian positions in the region of the Grappa, on the mcnin tain front and captured important positions, the war office announces. The Italians took 5G9 prisoners, in eluding 19 officers and captured many machine guns. HOME, Juljt 2. Tho Austrians yesterday delivered fresh attacks agafnst Italian positions on the Isonzo plateau, says today's war of fice report. The enemy efforts were smash cmI 1iy tho Italian firo, which caused tho enemy heavy losses. Repulse (xillnfcr-Attucks "WASHINGTON. July 2. itcpulso of strong Austrian counter-attacks yosterday upon tho newly won Ital ian positions at Mont 1)1 Val Ilella. Col Del Rosso and Col IVEscholo was reported today In on official dispatch from Home. In addition to moro than 2000 prisoners, tho message said ill machine guns, four guns, lfi trench mortars, several thousand rifles and much other materials were captured by tho ltalluns In the A:du go operations. Tho dispatch also said Italian roc onnoitering patrols had crossod tho I'lave in soveral places and that French patrolling detachments had captured some prisoners by surprise attacks. Czcclio-Klovnks Participate By the Associated Press, July 2. General Diaz strengthened appreci ably his position between Aslago and tho Hrenta in the operations of Sat urday and Sunday In which Monte 1)1 Val Ilella, Col Do! Rosso and Col Di C'holo were taken. The Austrians suffored severely and lost 2000 pris oners. The Italian looses aro report ed as slight. Czecho-Slovak troops took part in tho capturo of Monto 1)1 Vnl Ilella almost simultaneously with the an nouncement that Franco and' Great Britain had given their support to tho Czecho-Slovak fight for Indepen dence. .Other Czecho-Slovak troops, formerly under tho Austrian flag, havo liccn most active against the llol. hevikl In Siberia. Peaks Captured . ITALIAN ARMY HKAIlQl'Ati TF.HS. Monday, July 1. (Ily the Associated Press). Local actions re selling In tho re-conquest of Monte 1)1 Val Bella, Col Del Rosso and Col 1)1 Chelo had for their objects Ihe widening of tho Italian front west of tho Frenta and the driving of the enemy from the positions ho captur ed last Christmas, lost to the Italians In January aSid regained on June l.. The Italian losses were sllfiht com pared to those sustained by the Auh- (Continued on Page Six.) STRIKES PROHIBITED WASHINGTON. .Inly 2. - Sirikes are prohibited lor the period of the war under an agreement reached be tween the Marine Knuineer' fienefi eiiil a--ocialii'ii, the American Stcurn--liip association and the shipping board, an anioium-ctncnt toduv mimI. Overtime payment for all wik done off watch at .-ea, except th-it nice-. ary for the immediate -atety of ihe ve-.-1'N. wa- granted the union. The ruling doe- flwiiv with t!ie imcrr.l privilege rco(fied mate- of culling nu n during their re-t hour- to ilo any la-k they tn;.lil find or ib-vi-e, with out extra av. ON NORTH FRUN IRK UK FIGHT RULE APPLES ' TO DRAFT AGES Government Order Docs Not Affect Men Outside of Those Registered Up to Others to . He'p Free the Fighting Men Deferred Classes Must Engage In Effective Work. W AS! 1 1 XtJTOX, J u)y 2. Com -a ii'entiuj; on the work or tight re-;uie-tbms, l'rmost Marshal (tenet ;ti Crowdcr eniphaincd today that the order does not affect :ncn utM f draft ayes. Several coinmunitie.- a,i parcntiv have confused it with ,m:i Uiafer laws in ome states. Genera! CrowcVr evplained that the work or fight orcVr is purely,;! nvl,- tary step and regulptifms regard iiv employment or military service for unregistered men are not embodied in his functions, 'ijhe or.lv effect the order has upon persons not subject to draft is thai it offers them more op portunities of employment. Places va cated by men liable to draft neces sarily lire left open for men outsido of the draft, he explained. Of the service performed by men who leave non essential pursuit:, to take up essential . woWi, ' General Crowdcr wul : C'rowder's Statement ''The army and navy are taking the men who are best able physically t. dti the lighting, lint that is only one part of the national task imposed by the war. The other part, the pint that lulls on the other men i.s svl free these men thai are to do th" fighting-.- Kvery. man who helps to set free a fighting man is helping to fight and win the war. Xow many of the men of draft age in deferred classes two, three and four, deferred, that is, on grounds of dependency, are not engaged in effec tive industry. The peetnie is not a satisfying one of a contingent of drafted men from class one being marched down the street to camp, while other men id' their own age, remain behind lo c!l cignrettes or di.pciiM! soda fo'inlain driukks, sole ly because they have received defer ment on grounds of deftcmlcury. Help W in War 'lf the-e men of the same nge are to stay behind, let them at least get into work more etfective to help win the war. Thc;r deferment lakes them out o military service and yet serves :t.i economic war purpo-e whatsoever. They are of military age and there fore have the primary duty to do war work. If their dcjiendcucy gives them deferment from immediate militarv war work, Jel them nt Jca-t do some thing cfoiMi;!ii"jillv useful to maintain the nation's welfare while af war. "They should get into some useful and el fectiv e occupations of else for feit their defermert from military service. The a it"r;m I ive is a fair one. FIGHT FORES! FIRE , I'OIM'I.ANI), Ore., .Inly Two hundred and littv soldiers of the -pruce diU'ion arc fighting today a forest fire near Cochran, Washing ton eoiinly. Ore., on the .Southern Pa cific line to Til'atiMcin. Hundreds o! civdmn- are reported to be helping light the fame-. Train on the rail road have I i'1'fi analdc to pas thro'tgh the tire zone mim-c Sunday. I'liles- tin' wind changes, it i- be liced the tire can be controlled.. Two lore-t lire- wen reported at points itloni; tbe t olinnbia highw ay todav and other tin - are raying in the )c- Chute-- di-trict, in the Crater Lake national tore-t am) at various other 'dace- in -onthern and eastern Oregon, t'nle- there i- ram within a lew day-, it i- t eared the damaj-e lo timber will be gi-ea'rr than for Tininv jears, " BELGIAN STEAMER WASIIIMJTOX, July "J. The liei gian steamer Chilier was Kimk 1,-MMI miles off tbe Atlantic coast on dime -1, the navy department today an nounced. Twenty-five survivors were-iucked up by a sailing vessel on dune J7. Tbe following statement was is sued: The navy department, is informed that the Ifcfcian steams!) jp Chilier was sunk bv shell fire from a tii rman submarine about 1,100 miles at sen from the Atlantic coast on dune Twenty-fie. survivors were rescued on dune '2,1 by n sailin vesel. Kirst information was received last night. The Chilier w as a ship of li,!Mi(i gross tons." The Chilier was sent down in mhl oeean three days al'lcr the British trnnsMtrt Dwinsk was torpedoed 70(t mih's from the American coast. It is thought probable hen' that both vessels were viclims of a tlcruian submarine or submarines returning to base alter raiding off the Cuited Stales. No evidence of submarine activities near the shores of America has been reported since the steamer Ilcnrik Lund was nuuk lLill mile sea.-t of Cape llatteras on .June 10. rillt A(i. .Inly - Wiliimu Jjiroule wiii liidny iinniiiiiii'ffi Imv inr hci'n nppointeil IViif-rnt di.v)'ii't niiiniiL'er of ruilroiiils wet of n-den mid Suit l.nt' t 'it , foulh of Ashland, "re., mid ui'-ludiiii: Allinfjiicniue mill Kl I'ii-i. 'i'he order wii1 elfeelive elrnlny. It vn- ri'M.r(cd t tm t I'msideiit 1(1)1 Irv of Ihe At'-hiMiii, Tujiekn mid Snn tn rV hnd rf-ined uml thai u tedi-ml dire-tor hud li. en iiiomti'd. Ilnle IIildert, rcuioniil ilireetor, ind he would hiicc iimtntiihinectneiit to make nn the t(!i.ji.i Liter. Mi'. Siiiiiili'' lieiidunrti'r mil In at Smi l inn' i-' U, OVER THE ALPS LIES AUSTRIA ;P0LES ID UP FOR 50 YEARS Frontiers to Be Fixed By German High Command According to Mili tary Necessities Elective Mon archy aW Constitution Riddle In Germany Cannot Be Modified. UV.VIJOX, July 2. Tho iirlnclpal features of the Cermnn Bolnllon of tho rollsh ijueKtion, which uro ap lirovod tiy ull tho central poworn, uro puhlished in tho Aliond Zcltnng, of AiiRshiirg, tlenniiny, says nil Kx chnni;o ToleRraph dlspaU-h from Zur ich. Tho condition!) are; "TJio frontier will lio fixed by tho German high command according to military neccRHitfcif, ' The I'ollHh army will l)o restrict ed 'o 90,0(10. "1'or llfly yearn Poland must nialio nioift favoralile economic eon ceKHlons lo tho central powers on tho principle of tlie mot favored nation. rulillcatlon of (ierman, AiiHlrlan, Hungarian, Unitarian mid Turklxh pajiorH must ho allowed. "in any locality where tliero are ten (ierman children a German school will ho opened." i'rovjsloi), tho newspaper adds, also is juado for an ulncilvef mon archy. The (ierman condllloiiH will lie lucorjioraled In tho constitution, whl( cannot ho modified without. Ihe approval of the central powers. W OROER FINNS TO GEf A KING WASHINGTON. ,Ji,Jy 'J. Hipio tim fie dispatebe todnv say that ac cording to the Swedish pres-, tier many ban addressed a summons to the, Finnish diet commanding it (ft introduce without dclav uioitnrchial rale in Finland, failing which fier many hcr-ell' will e-tabli: h a military titelutorship. , BYTWO KAISERS iYANKEES CAPTURE S WASHINGTON, 3a:y s. Another ilt day alons tho Amerlean fronts was reported hy Oonoral Pershing to day In a coinn)uniiuo for yosterday, sent heforo the successful onoratloua last nlKht-wcst of .'Bateau. Thlorry, deserlhcd In press dispatches. An American aviator shot down an en emy machine In tho Ton! region. Capture of thirty-three prisoners, Including ono officer In tho I'lcardy sector Juno 28, waa mentioned, Tho American party penetrated tho Ger man lino and took (he enemy hy sur prlso. Th communlnuo follow4 ".Soclion A. Tho day has passed iilotly at points occupied liy our troops. Yosterday ono of our avia tors shot down a hoatiio machine in tho Toul rofilon. "Section II. In I'kardy, Juno 27 and Juno 28, tho oncmy's artlllory flro was iiiucli lighter, it was dir ected largely against tho region of Grlvenes. Tho activity eC his air planes showed decrease as regards reconnaissance work, coupled with a marked Increase In iiomhlng opera tions. Imrlng the night homlis wore scattered over a couslileralilo part of our sector, Tho enemy continued to strengthen his position. Hostile pa trols attempted to reach our linen, lint either retired without oaluhllsh Ing contact or wore driven off ljy rlfln flro. Our own artillery operat ed effectively on tho tiermaH front lines anil also In his rear, whero ono of his ammunition dumps exploded. One of his halloous waa brought down In flumes liy an allied alr plane.'' P0RTLAN0 AND OREGON PASS W. S. S. QUOTA I'OliTI.ANI), Die. Jul v 2.-ll.dll I'oitl-.iinl mid itnyim jiiissed their tjiiotn in the war ininu-4 .-.innip drive tnitiiy, it was ntinoniici-il. ict'iniie fiL'urc--, however, were not nvuilulilc. llor.STDN, Texas, July 2, Four American citizens were killed liy Mexican bandits near Tanipl o, Mex., Sal unlay, whllo carrying the payroll of tho Mexican government of tho oil company, It was announced at tho compnny's (tcneral offices here tonight. MEDFORD BOY I AMONG MISSING 1 FROM MARINES r 1; Corporal Earl Blackden Reported One ef 26 Missing In Action On Marine Casualty List From Marne Front lin France Probably a Prisoner of Huns Parents Beside Here. WASHINGTON, July 2. Twenty- six missing In action. Including Sec ond Llentenant Thomaa W. Ashley, of Deerfleld, Mass., wore reported today in a second siariae corps cas ualty list. Two died of wounds and one wounded severely also were re. ported. Corporal Earl Blackden, Siedford, Ore., and Private John E. Sawyer. Wapato, Wash., are reported missing in action. The list: - - - Died of wounds received in actions Prlvatos William J. Attaway, Rome, Ga.; Anthony At. Sherman, Sidney, Ohio. . .'i Woundod in action, severely; Pri vate Kdward W. Parkins, Detroit, Jl lifting in Action ' Second Lieut. Thomas W. Ashley, Deerfleld, Mass.; Sergeant Jfranklla L. Dost, no address; Corporals Karl, lllackden, Medford, Ore.; Frank J. white, Chicago; Trumpter Leslie J, Harris, Detroit; Privates Sebrea L. Arnold, Charleston, W, Ya.; Wayna G. Austin, Uuruton, Kans.; William K. Dallister, Dayton, O.; Mont Ben nett, Poteau, C-iila.; tleo, K. Crist, Broadway, Va.; CUnto W.. Fulmer, Concrete, Colo.; Frank Gorney, Chi cago; Raymond C. Johnson, Denver, Colo.; Fred J. Kingston, Wiikes liarro, l'a.; Robert Law, Homestead, I'a.; Garry Naglc, Newark, N. J.;, John Raymond, Nebraska. City, Neb.;, Frank A. Rea, Yonkers, N. V.; Rob ert J. Rhodes, Jersey City, IN, J Dayton II. Robinson, Lapeer, Mich.;, John K. Sawyer, Wapato, Wash.;, SVenefred S. Simmons, Akron, Ohio;, Uenjainin J. Spang, Philadelphia;, Carl Sllelke, Cadillac, Mich.; James P. Walton, Atlanta, Ca.; Robert U. A. Wilson, Dakorsfiold, CaL Muther ilnikeu llciirtl Tho sympathy ot all iledford andi Jackson county goes out to Mrs. P, D. lllackden of 103 Kast Jacksoa street, mother of Corporal Earl Ulackdun, 23 years old next Februi ary, of tho mnrino corps, who is TO portcd missing from Ills comuyind ia Franco and is probably a prisoner e the Cermans. "I hnd much rather received a tele gram that ho was killed," sobbed .Mis. lllackden this noon. "I've read so much about the cruelties the Ger mans inflict on their prlsonors ano) seen tho pictures lu the newspapers; of their almost starved, emaciated, abused prisoners. Yes, how muctt butter 1 would fuel to know that ha hud boon klllod Instead ot bolng in) tho hands of tho Gornians and con dumueU to torture and slow doatn." l''atliet-1 Bhlpyanls Mrs. Dlackdon Is almost protratod with grief and Is hearing her sorrow; alone as her husband, P, It, lilack den, former second nontenant In tire; navy for years, has been lo Portland (Continued on Pago Six.) BREAKS ALL RECORDS WASIHXOTOV, July 2. Shin production in Ihe Tinted Stale in June amounted to JHO.KMi deadweight tons, waking the total Jills produc-! tion to date l,tsl,tirl toiw. Tho June iriidui-limi, whii-h is ub Ihe rule of :t,:!iU,Hiiii uo i .year, i a new record for the I'nited .State ami i.K the preatet outjiut of ocean goinir tonnime ever completed in any one month liv nnv natioii. It come wilhin l'MlOO liuii of the worlds rec ord for .sliijihuiidinir made by the llriti-h shipyards in May, but which,' included nij cja $ icjij,