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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1918
NO. 87
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3DP0RD Mail Tribune
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Italians Force Austrians Back On
Flooded Area of Lower Piave and
Repulse Mountain Assaults
French Advance Half a Mi'e On
Two Mile Front.
ROME, July .1. Italian forces
nlong the lower Have delivered a
number of hard strokes at tile Aus
trian defenses yesterday, fighting
their way forward against desperate
enemy resistauee, the war office an
nounced today. The advance was
over the difficult terrain near the
river's mouth, which is pi'riially
flooded.
The Italians captured approxiiaate
yl Austrians, together with
trench guns, machine guns and war
materials.
The Italians successfully withstood
nn Austrian counter allack at the
head of the San Lorenzo valley in
the (irappa region, where ihey had
taken important positions in the
fig-htiinr of the day previous. The
new positions have been consolidated.
The number of prisoners taken here
has reached 021 while 22 machine
nuns and quantities of war material
also were captured.
French Advance-
I1Y TUB ASSOCIATED I'liKSS.
July .'). Last night on the French
front was marked by another of the
'sharp incisive operations by which
the allies arc froai dav lo dav. im
proving their positions in anticipa
tion of the renewal of the Herman of
fensive. General I'etain's troops drove in
on a two-mile front mar Moulin-.
Sous-Toutvent, between the Oise and
the Aisne, and penetrated the Ger
man lines to n depth of approximate
ly half a mile. They took 2211 pris
oners in their advance.
The Itjilish front, on the other
hand, witnessed a minor reverse and
were obliged to relinquish a part of
the ground they had gained Sunday
night in n local operation near lion-'
zineourt.
The French success in lite Moulin-'
Sous-Tout vcnl operation was achiev
ed almost at the base of the German
salient, which projects to Ihe Maine
along the front to the west of Sois
sons nml on through the American
sector iicHhwcsl of Chateau Thierry.
Americans Hold Lines
The American troops on this Marne
section are holding on firmly to their
gains in the Vaux region. The
French official communique today
reports the checking of n German
counter attack in this area.
American nrtillcrv i homhardiui:
heavily the German p.i-itions on Hill
2(14, .east of Vaux. American avia
tors are niding infantry and artillery
and in a combat Tuesday between
nine American and nine German ma
chines three of the ecmy were brought
(low . Two American airplanes fail
ed to return from Ibis I'ight and a
third from another combat, Ameri
cans raptured 1.2110 prisoners in the
last month, General Pershing re
ports. Continuing their local attacks on
the mountain front, the Italians have
trained around in the northwestern
part of Monte Grappa, hclwccti the
ilrcnt-u and the Viuvc, and taken
nearly (inn prisoners.
German imd Finnish troops are re
ported moving rapidly toward the
Murmansk! coast, where American,
Ilritish and French forces are uard
ing allied supplies intended for lies
sin. The Germans are said to havi
,"iO,noo soldiers in this region.
WHEAT PRICE BILL
STILL DEADLOCKED
WASHINGTON. July 3. Another
effort to have the senate recede from
Its proposal to Increase the govern
ment minimum wheat price to $2.50
failed today, leaving in deadlock the
appropriation bill to which the ad
ministration Is attached.
LINE 1 AiSN
BY SHARP BLOW MUNITION PLANT
EXPLOSION AT
Huge Plant of Scmct-Solvay Com
pany Near Syracuse Destroyed By
Two Explosions of Trinitrotiuol
Concussions Shake City Explo
sions Follow Fire.
SYRACUSE, July 3. Figures fur
nished today by the Seinot-Solvay of
ficials gave the number of dead an
sixty-rive. Forty-nine bodies, tlioy
staled had been recovered.
SYRACUSE, July 3. The bodies
of forty-seven victims of the explo
sion of trinitroluoluol which wrecked
the plant of tho Semet-Solvay com
pany at Split Rock, west of this city
last night, had been received at the
county morguo at noon today.
A roport from Split Hock said that
fifteen moro bodies had been taken
from tho dobrls, bringing the total
of dead to sixty-two. Other bodies,
it was said, may still be In tho ruins.
The injured number at least 80
and sovcral of them may die.
At least halt of the great muni
tions plant was wiped out by fire
and tho explosions. Ten buildings
were destroyed and the property
damage will exceed $1,000,000.
Shakes Kill in; City
Tho explosion occurred at 9:30
o'clock and shook the entire city. Al
least fiftoea buildings of ihn ureal
(munitions establishment were wiped
out. A fire preceded the explosion
'by forty-five minutes or mora
When the firo broke out hundreds
of tho workmen left but others re
maincd to fight tho flames and many
of these fell victims of tho blast.
The night was one of terror for
many. A general exodas followed
the explosion. Besides tho fleeing
workmen many families moved from
the scono. Some pushed wheelbar
rows containing their children and a
few household goods. In the nearer
zone womon were in hysterics, flco
ing along tho roads.
Wlillo last night it was thought
tho number of deail was confined to
half a dozen, daylight brought reali
zation of the Hill horror of tho disas
ter. In tho ruins were counted scores
of bodies.
Six olt tho bodies wore identified
by their rcvolvors and keys as those
of patrolmen.
Itusli to Rescue
Tho rush to tho rescuo was gen
eral. Police from tho city were rush
ed to Split Rock and automobiles,
were pressed Into service as ambu
lances. In a short time the injured
began to arrive at tho hospitals here.
According to the statement of K.
I j. I'ierce, vice president of the
Semet-Solvay company, the fire
slartod in one of the towers of Ihe
T. X. T. plant but the cause has not
been ascertained.
While there woro rumors of incen
diarism nnd fltsn Hint 11m flrn u-im'
started by German spies, it was slat
ed tollay that there are no facts to
confirm this theory, allho an Inves
tigation will bo made.
1 WHITE SEA
roi'KMIACKN. July 3. -Several
m mi i hers of tho HtiHsfan royal family
took passage on a steamer which re
cently palled from the Murman coast
on the W hite sea, acconlinff to a rliR
patch to the Borllnskc TMende from
Bergen. Tho Information la attrib
uted to a Russian who declares these
fugitives were on tho fame steamer
with him.
The new-paper inl'nriiiant il- -dared
the-e nrruher- !' the .mni
family had eenp.'d liom a train mi
whirl) they were takvn to Perm
( preMimahl v t ruin Vehnterinbiiry ' .
The Ktisinn added that there would
he .iuhm iirtt- nl' former Kmp'T'tr
y ihila.
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LIS! FROM FRANCE
WASHINGTON', .lulv :The ma
rine corps casualty list today con
tained 411 names divided as follows:
Killed in action, .'til; died of wounds,
four; wounded severely, three.
Killed ill Action .
Lieutenant V. I,. Somers, Hloxom,
Sergeant ,1. A. N'isslcr, New
York City; '. I.. Pi kway, I'iica, K.
Y.; II. t'armnn, .lamaicn. X. Y.; 1'.
Conway, Chicago: A. F. Ware. Fori
Scolt, Kas.; Corporals II. W. Elliott.
Minnc.'tpoli.s: A. Ilierhes, Madrid, X.
Y.; K. W. I.aidbiw, Havana, Cuba; X.
.1. I.cblanc, Chicago: II. T. Lyon, llat
ticsville. Ark.; II. II. Sloane, Detroit;
Privates A. Adtwdl, lleaville, Minn.;
I. I'randon. Clenrwnlrr, Flu.: O. I.
Chandler. Waverlv Hull, (in.: M. U.
Colley. Wnyncsvillc, Mo.: K. M. Col
lier. Olathc. K'a-. : II. I). Dnnliivv,
Oozcorc. Tex.: J. I'. Falun, Corning-,
X. Y.: IS. A. F.llswf)ilh. Cripple Creek,
Colo.; II. !. V.". Field. I lot field, Pa.;
T. C. (Iraiit, Si. Louis. Jin.; .1. A.
Haunter. I'oiiiisa. La.; ti. W. Lock
hart. Wcl's'ior-', I 'tnh : O. W. Luce.
Oxford. Ma-s.; A. M. lliiile. Claren
don.; Ark.: A. W. Mv. SI. I is.
Mo.; It. II. Nciti. Milwaukee; II.
Hankow. Clii.--jo: F. W. Scliulle,
(iuincv. Ills.: M. T. Si. till-. Sun Mar
cos. Tv. :l). TarlikolT. Maiden.
Mass.; A. F. Uri-baker. .Newark, X.
.1.
I Med of Wounds
Died of , finds received in action
Serjeant W. HofluniM. Mil'.vaukce ;
' iirpnr.il I:. 11. lie. St. I'aul: Pri
vates 11. 1,. Ili'iisuii, North Wnod--li.ck,
Colin.: ft. I!. Murray, New
York- City.
Woiindcil in aciinn -cven-lv: Cor
poral II. F.. McCnrday, Chi'iiL'o;
Private- T. A. I.'ylamler. lio-lil-'i'lc,
Mass.; 11. K. Cimisen, Chicago.
PAKIS, July 3 Mlavas Asncyl.
The general commanding'tbe French
army in Ihe Hois lie lleilcau region
of the Marne front, on reviewing
(ho American troops returning from
Ihe attack on I lint poHilloo, announc
ed thHt tho Hols De Hellesu here
after would be known as the IIoih
Lies AmertcalnH.
SANE FOURTH
CASUALTY LIS!
VASHIX(iT(lX, July X The army
ensiialty list today contained 8.)
names divided as follows;
Killed in action, 18; died of
wounds, nine; died of neeident and
oilier enuses, six; died of. disease,
four; woundcfl severely, lli; missing
in action, .'Mi.
Killed in Aetfon
Lieutenants Itnyd S. Crawford,
Tarentuiu, I'a.; .Iidin '. Curry,
Plains, a.; Serjeants Adidph Cor
nell, South Afanelnster. Conn.; Kd
ward II. I'oley, I'hiladrlphia ; Corpor
als William Ilalji-r, liorrs, Ark.; Ar
thur Lcumer, Ih'troit; Wagoner lid
hert V. Calli'ndcr. Klkhart, IimI.; Pri
vates Claude .1. Brewster, Newport,
N II.: KIsie li. ('(fxswell, Gadsden,
Ala.; Warren Dmv, Blue Springs,
Neli.; I'anl K. K-kcw, Kmiiklin, Kv.;
Delfide (Jonzales. Tui'iinieari, N. -M.;
James A. Kin, Cheshiut Hill, Mass.;
.lfs. Mn.s-orra. liotdiester, X. Y. ;
Prank W. PaU-rove. Philliplmr. X.
.1.: Nick Iieiehlin-j, Chienizo; Jmnes K.
Shoemaker, Wali-rhury, Conn.; Henry
V. Tranliain, Arhuekle, Cal.
I Med I' to in Wounds
Ijeutenant I Inward I,. Suiilh, (
kf.sh, Wis.; Sei-eant Carl W. Ilaek
inan, San Francisco; Biiulcr Antonio
Bailey. Sprini: field, Ohio; Privates
John Karrell. New York City! Harold
S, Keefe, Boxhnry, Mas-,; Jmnes J.
Kirkpaf riek. .Ir,, I lolyoke, Muss.;
John C. M.Kee, Xelsu'nville. Ohio:
Manuel Ninli., Bnretl -tow n, pit.;
Sidney Dup'b, Owunka. S. I).
I lied of di-f.ie Corimral I'.riu-I
P. Curlh, Yonkers, N. Y.: Private-;
J". Kraneoi-,. Seott, ,n,; Henry
Hoffman. Ileallie, Kim.; Itusi-ell i.
Wentel, Telford, Pa.
Hied from accident and other
ea.usfs- Lieulenunt Alvah Cronker.
Jr.; Kitehhurir, M ass. ; ('nrporals No
T. Iladley, Tevarkana, Ark.; Henver
Smith, Sii'iar Tnc Kid-.-e, Ohio; Pri
vate Joe Bloodnujjli, Sali-htiry, X.
Y.; Walter H. T. Breis. h, Allentown,
Pa.; I.lovd B. Person, Brooklvu.
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WASHINGTON, July 3. United
States Senator Benjamin II. Tillman,
voteran of 24 years service In con-
gress and chairman of tho senato
naval affairs committee, died at his
homo bore early today as tho result
of a eercbrut homorrhnKO suffered
last Thursday. Tho stroko comploto
ly paralyzed tho left Hldo. Tho right
sldo had been partly paralyzed sinco
a similar attack ton years ago. Ho
lapsed Into unconsciousness lost
Sunday.
To honor the passing of olio of tho
most piolurosquo figures In congress
and southern public, lifo, both bodios
of congress planned to adjourn today
and appoint committees to accom
pany tho body to tho Tillman homo
at Trenton, S. C.
As governor of South Carolina, as
a leader in tho nou thorn wing of the
democratic party and us an active
participant in tho lust generation's
growtli of tho American navy, Sena
tor Tillmun had 'boon prominently
before tho public for manv years.
Senator Swanson of Vlrglnii, prob
ably will bo his successor us head of
tho naval committee.
Scnalor Tillman hud been chair
man slueo 1111.1 and was ono of the
most ardent "big navy" advocates.
Senator Tillman had been in full
ing health for several years.
WASHINGTON, July 3. 'Oenernl
Pershing's comnuinhpio for yesterday
announces that ono German regiment
practically was annihilated by tho
heavy losses Inflicted by tho Amer
icans when they stormed and held
the village of Vuux, tho Hols 1)0 Iji
Kochn and neighboring woods, ad
vancing llio American positions a
thousand yards on a mile and a half
front.
War material captured Included
some trench mortars and over sixty
nine 111 tie guns. Thrco American avia
tors are reported missing from
squadrons which participated In the
fighting northwest of (.'hutciiu
Thlcry,
GOVERNMENT
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Bolshevik! Imprisons the Provisional
Ruler of Morman Coast Who Had
Appealed to Allies for Help Against
German Invasion Under Finnish
Flag Immense Stores at Issue. .
WASHINGTON,, July 3. Arrost
ot tho mombers of tho Archangel
provisional govor'nmont by the bol
shovlki Is reported In a dlsputc-li from
Ambassador Francis at Vologda und
received today at tho state depart
ment. The duma at Archangel, tho
message said, is accused of failing to
execute tho mandates of tho Soviets
and also Is threatened with arrest.
Mr. Francis' dispatch throw no
light on the many sonsational ru
mors ot dovolopments in Russia
which huve como out of Gormany
and European countries recontly.
It is in tho Arcliangol province
that Amorlcan und alliod murines
und bl no jackets are guarding tho
immenso storeR of war supplies stored
at Kola und along tho railroad south
ward from that port. Offlclnls hero
cun only speeuluto on -whut connec
tion, If nny, tho arrest of tho Arcli
angol authoritlos may have with the
presenco of the naval forces.
Ambassador Francis reported that
soma of the lnembors of the Arcli
angol duma hud boen tuken thru
Vologda on their wuy to Jlosoow.
Hun Di-ivo On
WASlIINGTaV, Julf- 3. nolwoon
35,1100 und 40,000 Uormun and Fin
nish mercenary troops uro concen
trating around Vlliorg, preparatory
to what is bolloved by military offic
ials horo to ho a drive on tho Mur
man coast and Kola. (A few scoro
American sailors uro reported to be
with tho British und French at Kola)
Official French cablos todny torot
tho Information that while tho con
contrutlnn wns progressing, a rail
road oxtonslon has boon pressed for
ward and now connects with the
Murninn lino at Kern, on tho south
west coast of tho Gulf ot Onega,
(lermiin submarines uro already
reported to bo In tho Whlto sen and
tho solzuro of Kola and Archangel as
northern submarlno bases is Ger
many's object I vo, dispatches Indicate
Several l-'oriM's ltcady
'A combined German-Finnish con
tingent has been Identified at I'otch
anga on tho Fjord of Vurunger, nour
tho Norwoglnn coast, whllo unother
is scarcely more than 10U miles away
from Kola at present.
Gormun Influence In Cnrolla lias
boen rupldly extonded and White
Guurd-FlnnlBh troops are now vlr-
tuully under the cntlro command of
Gcrmnn und Finnish officers who
served In tho Germnn army against
Kussla during tho first days of tho
war. Complete Gormaiii.atlnn of
Finland Is practically completed,
cubles stato.
PAKIS, July 3. A gennrnl army
order has been bailed to tho Freneli
troops recounting now acts of cruelty
committed by tho Germans, says tho
llavas correspondent at the front.
Testimony taken by tho First c:nv-
alry corps shows that when Anthonny
between tho .Marno und Ithelms, was
tuken, tho Germans murdered prls
oners, Including Hoverul wounded. At
Oll.y, northeast of Anlhenay, tho
Germans bayonettcd French, wound
ed prisoners.
PRESIDENT'S GREETINGS
SENT WOUNDED MEN
LONDON, July A message of
lii'i .-uniil creeling from I 'resident Wil
son will he delivered tomorrow liv
ihe America n lied Cross to every
Aiurricni) soldier and sailor in hos
pituU iu lireut Uiituin,
ARCHANGE
UNDER ARRES
OVER MILLION
AMERICANS ON i
FRENCH FRONT
2,500,000 Yankee Troops In France
By End of Year Combat Planes
and Liberty Motors Being Shipped
Rifles Being Made to Equip a Di
vision Every Three Days.
PARIS, July 3. (ITavus Agency)'
In six months there will be 2,604),
000 American troops on the French,
front, Andro Tardleu, head of tho
genoral commission for France
American Tar matters, has declared
to the editor ot the Petit Journal.
WASHINGTON, July 3. Supple
menting President Wilson's an
nouncement that more than a million '
Amorlcan troops have embarked for ,
France, Chairman Dent of; the mili
tary committee laid beforo the houso
today a roviow of wur preparations
during the fiftoon months of war,
proparod by Secretary Baker. It "
showed that thoio are now 160,400
officers and 2,010,000 men with the
colors, i compared with a total of
9,524 officers and 202, D10 men in '
tho regulars and national guard four
teen months ago.
Combat Alrplnnos
The statomont shows that 2S6
combat airplanes had been delivered
up to June 8 and that the production
rato of this type then was 80 per
week, itoro than 2,000 Liberty mo
tors have boon doliverod and the
wookly production rate was 115 dur
ing tho first week in June.
Moro than 900 heavy Browning
machlno guns werq delivered during
May and tho dolivcrlcs tor that
month of light Drownings totalled
1S0O. .
"Sufficient rifles uro now being
rocoivod," tho statement says, "to
equip an army division every thrco
days. Moro than 1,300,000 rifles
had been produced and delivered up
to Juno 1."
Over Million Abroad
WASHINGTON, July 3. Amor
lcan troops sent ovorsoas numbor
1,019,155 on July 1.
This was mado known today by
President Wilson, who gave to tho
public a lottor from Socrotary Baker,
disclosing a record of achievement
which tho preHldont said "must cause
universal satisfaction," anil -which
"will give additional nest to our nat
ional celebration of tho Fourth ot
July."
First Krpartod May 8( 1017.
Tho first units non-combatant
loft Amorlcan shoros on May 8, 1917.
Goneral Porshlng rollowod 12 days
lator, and at the end of tho month
1718 men had started for the battlo
flolds of Franco. Juno saw this num
bor increaso by 12,261, and thoro
aftor khaki-clad "crusadors" from tho
wostorn republic flowed overseas in a
steady stream until upward of 300,
000 had departed, when the groat
Gormnn thrust bognn lust March.
President Wilson's determination
to moot Germany's supremo effort
with tho utmost of America's avail
ublo mun-powor to assist the dos
porutoly resisting French and British,
urmlos, Is shurpiy rofloctcd In tho
movement of troops during tho last
thrco months. The March sailings
of 83,811 woro Increased In April
lo 117,212. May suw another 244.
315 men embark nnd hist month
278,373 woro sent away, muklng a
(Contlnuod on Pago Six.)
AMSTERDAM, July 3. Martial
law has been pr lalmcil In tho Aus
trian duchy of Stvrlu, tho newspaper
I'ostor Lloyd of Budapest announces.
Tho measure was taken, it is said,
In order to deal with mutiny nnd do
sertlon and the refusal of some per
sons to servo tho stale in any capac
ity, as well S9 tlif Sjhcr slismhji