Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 05, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextUnl'.erslty ot Oregon Library AVKATIIKli r.ixiimnn Ycstci'diiy, 0:"!; Ai"miiimin Ti.ilay, -HI. FOltMC'AST -unii.dif and Tuii'.oi'n.w: Fair FOOD ."WILL WIN MEDFORI EXT COIVN UNE fash . i SAVE IL JVHEAT Forty-eighth Tear. Dally Thirteenth Tear. MEDFORI). OKKCIOX, KIM DAY, .JULY 5. 1!)1S NO. 88 ALLIE 1 mi .Tsar' SI1STRALIANS474.464 TONS TRIPLE HANGING immm OF U.S. SHIPPING NEGRO SOLDIERS Suimimmn " LAUNCHED JULY4 ' AT CAMP DODGE Mile and a Half Advance On Four Mile Front, and Capture of I 00 Prisoners Testify to Striking Pow ers of Anza'S and Americans Al lies Continue Po'.lrj of Strong Attrcks On Limited Arsa Italians Pressing Austrians Eark. ItV THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. July 5 llarrasalng the German lines In llio west shows no signs of letting up and the allies continue to gain ground here and there and bring in large batches of Herman prisoners. The game of striking the enemy a Bolid blow on a small sector now has been, taken up on the British front and an advance of a mile and a half on a width of four miles with the capture of 1500 prisoners south of the Somme testifies to the hitting powers of the Australians, aided by American detachments. German ef forts to halt the attacking Austra . linns and Americans, who have an peared on this part of the Hue for the first tlmo. were in vain. Last night the British had so well established themselves in their new positions that when the Germans de livered a counter attack it was easily repulsed. In addition to the prison ers taken a German field gun auJ more than 100 machine guns were captured. Successful Thrusts Between the Oise and the Aisne, where the latest French blow gained considerable ground and more than 1000 prisoners, the Germans have not attempted counter thrusts. Here also the enemy artillery has been the only means ot retaliation for the ground and prisoners last. The Ger mans have given up their counter attacks and heavy gunfire against the new American positions west of Chateau Thierry, but are bombard ing the village of St. Pierre Aisle, south of the Aisno, gained by the Krench Tuesday. In the thrust south of the Somme the allies recaptured the village of llamel and Hamel and Vuiro woods south of the village. The woods are on high ground. The French gain at Autreches also takes elevations from the Germans. Along tho Ancre, Aus tralian troops progressed frOO yards on a front of 1200 yards. I'seful Positions Taken Thru the successful and successive thrusts In the past ten days or more, the allies on the western front have taken from the Germans positions which would have been vitally useful ill future offensive operations. Whe ther the policy of nibbling is holding back a renewal of heavy enemy at tacks Is not known, but there can be no doubt that by pushing the Ger mans out of locally Important posi tions here and there between Yprcs and Rhelms, General Koch is giving the German command something to consider seriously as to tho effect on German morale. The number of pris oners taken In the past week Is near ly 6000. Almost without exception, Berlin has declared officially that the allied attacks were repulsed. (Continued on Page Six.) PRESIDENT S SPEECH WASHINGTON, July .1. On mo tion of Representative (iillette of Massachusetts, President. Wilson's speech at Mount Vernon yeslerdiy was Inserted today In the house rec ord. Spcakln,? of tho address, Mr. filllett declared "It demonstrates again that the president is an Ideal spokesman for the American people." Ninety-four Ships, 63 of Steel and 42 of Wood, Constitute Sans and Safe Celebration of Shipping Board One Day'.? Launchings Exceed 30 Cays of U-Bat Destruction. PHILAOKLPIUA, July .V The j launching of d additional ships on the Fourth of July were reported at the Kmergoncy Khct corporation here today, raising the grand total to il.'i. (H' those, (i'.i are steel ami H'2 wood, Thoiotal deadweight tons was in ereased hy the added ships to 47-1, -MM Names of the woden vessels nn nomieed today as hnin loft the ways were not given. There wore of steel. From tho same yard the Western Cross, a cargo earner of 8.HM0 tons, also went overhohrd. Tho West (inlet a, another cargo earner of 8,Stl() tons, was launohed in tho yards of the Los Angeles shipbuilding company at San Pedro. Flood Oehiyed Ijtiineliiiig A telegram was received at tho fleet corporation headquarters from the district supervisor of tho Kiev en III district at Portland, Ore., stat ing that 14 additional ships were ready for launching there on Inde pendence Day, hut nil unexpected freshet in the Columbia had prevent ed tho shipbuilders Iroin sending lliom overhonrd. Yesterday's achievement, account ed aiming t Lie sal est and sanest i Fourth of .luly celebrations in the i country s history has been made pos- silde only hy the loyalty n:d devotion of the ship yard workers themselves, working under the organization of Chairman Hurley of the shipping hoard and Charles M. Schwab, thej now director general of the Kiner-j gency Fleet corporation. j The request of Chairman Hurley j and Mr. Schwab that the day he eelo-1 hrated hy launching the greatest' number of hull- ever put overboard in one day, specified distinctly that Ihe war program was so pressing that it was not permissible to delay! hiunchings which could he made ear lier. Any ships put in the water must he the result of exlra exertion to gel them readv ahead of schedule time. lteson-e of Workmen The response id' the workmen, the men who actually are building the merchant marine, needs no comment other than the list of vessels added to the world's murine population. Sac rificing their regular Salurdav hall holiday, accepting oidv -trai::ht pay. instead of time and a half for thai work, cheerfully work in! oortintc. the men speeded up production in a great drive for tonnauc which has been so successful that the launch ings today exceed hy J'J.H.'ll dead weight tons the entire output in PHtl. the best pre-war year in American shipbuilding. If an official eoaimunique wore jr.. -ued on the result of the day's op. orations, it might read thus: Our shipbuilder- attacked ihe C-bojit campaign today evervwhee in America, achieving their objective early in the n.-snult and pu-hing far beyond. The re-tilt nullifies in run day all the Ihe Oerman uudorwatc! navy takes more than one mouth to accomplish. AM our unit - behaved mugnificenllv and it i- evpeted that distinguished seri'c medal- will In awarded soon to so'i'.e individual- hv the -hipping hoard." SAN Fit ANCISCO, .Inly . Charles M. Schwab, director general of the Kincraency fleet corporation here on a visit, received today a tnes suKe from Ceneral Porshiim convey ing coiiKratulatlons of the army In Prance lo American shipbuilders on Iho record launchings yesterday. "With such backing we cannot full to win." tho message a. Entire Division of Negro Trcops Wit- ness Execition of Three of Their Number for Assaulting, and Out raging a l7-Yonr-0''l White Girl Cn CantcnTcnt Grounds May 17. CAMP IHHMSK. la., July .V Three negro soldiers, eoiivietcd hy court martial of "assaulting and outrag ing a 17-year-o'd white yirl on ihe cantonment grounds the vv):t of May -4, were Imaged hero today with vir tually the entire division witnessing the executions. The three traps were sprung simul taneously at i):0JI a. in. and death was almost instantaneous in each cne. Tho negroes .marched onlo the scaf folds singing ''(iod Have ?dcr,y On My Soul." The negroes were Nelson Johnson of Tuseainba, Ala. ; Stanley Tru in itio of Stroud, Ala., and Fred Alien of (icorgiunn, Ala., all selective service men. Two Made Confessions Johnson and Tramble were declar ed by military oftieinls to have con fessed their complete guilt, hut Allen, while admitting his presence when the crime was committed, uuiiidaincd to the last (hat he had not outraged the girl. Parents of all throe are dead, but Jphusoii leaves a 10-year-old son. His wife is dead. The others were unmarried. Three negro soldiers among the spectators fainted when Ihe men drop pod to their death, and another ran amuck. Ho started on a dead run di rectly toward the scaffold hat guards overpoweied him. A white soldier also fainted. Four negroes were arrest oil. hut one was acquitted. Dazed Iter Kseoit With a soldier escort the girl was fitting on a hillside when, according to her storv at the trial, lour negroes approached. One of them struck her! escort a blow on the head, dazing him. The negroes dragged the girl to n clump of hushes. Her screams aroused the caiup and military police (brew out a dragnet that resulted in Ihe nrre-l of the suspects. A sum mary .court martial was organized and trial, stalled immediately. The finding of tho court was not an nounced until yesterday, aMer it had been reviewed and approved hy President Wilson. Polh the girl and her escort live in De- Moines. The girl was declared t t be in a serious condition after the attack, hut has since recovered. American troop have sncpt (In lunl enptureil Ihe oiiem)' K.ttlotu won. TtiU photograph sIiouh an Am Hie first advance. I. 2 eli. ' .tt? : V Ltf maer MMMi! J : co. CAR3AN2A SgNDS FOURTH OF TO PRESIDENT WILSON 4" WASUINCTO.V, July KnllcM il lt-ns of Inn Meiran pooplc all.l Koverinm;nt were Kent to President il.suu by Pi-esitlpnt t'arrunza in hn iinlcpenilenco Day mi-ssaKe rot'eive.l today liy Mr. Wilson, hh folUjws: "His Kxrelicncy Woodi'ow Wllron, ptciidpnt t)f the Tailed Hlatos or America. W'afihlnston, l. ('. I talio Kreat pionsuro in H-ndluR to your excellency and to tho American people on Ihe oTai-inn of the rJoriou!! annfverfury celebrated on thiH dale Ihe mont cordial fellciiationa of the .Mexican people and Kovernincnt. I nm glad at Ihe same lime to expresn to your excellency my most xinccro and fervcnl wlchen for the prosperlly of Iho Tnlted Slates and for Ihe very early advent or Ihe everlnlliiK roign of peace and Justice In both continents. . CAItltANV.A." Iff SOUTH AFRICA: I'UKTOUIA. .Inly ."il- Premier l!o tha oT (lie I'nii.n of Sonih Africa ha issued a slalc'iicat sliowiii- that .-e-rinus unriKt ei--ts in Simlh Alri'-a. Slr.mi; tnlice and military ineasnr" are licina laken In i-ojie with Ihe sit uation. Premier P.nlha saitl lllat hud ttn! drastic and cITcclivc mililary mea urcs lieen laken l!u s il tin I imi wimiM have culminated in n ).r:ivc ilitM'h-am-e and iirnhn'dv serious loss of life. DRIVING THE HUNS FROM BELL EAU f.Vi iiooih roniplcfcly out f lle'lcaii wood, : 1 1 t!io l tic-Manie fioii', leyond il, hi one of tbe most brllM'int vicloi lei Pcr-hhtK'1 tneii have ciban ham) vrenadn Mpind Kolnu nf fer Ihe Hunt In (heir tluuotlf iliirluK JULY CONGRATULATIONS AMD PEOPLE OF UNITED STATES RIVAN.TRAMS CAUGASIA i A.MSTrOIIDAM. .Inlv Ti, Armenian 1 forces on Ihe aKrcn:dve in TranHcnu ; cftsla, have established Iheaisnlve ' well within this Turnier P.usaian ter ritory, according to reports from ! Kiev. Tho latest advices fro.n this .source, quoted hy Ihe P.erlin Loklll AnxeU'er, slale Ihat an Armenian oice ."i.lliHI KlronK, has the city of Krlvan, 1 1.1 miles south of Tlflls and nearly filly miles inside Ihe Trnnn cuiica.Tlan bnrdr'r. W000 SOUTH AMERICA AIMS OF WAR CELEBRATED ON laiionsl Ho i 'ay In Peru, Brazil and Ur?.;uay Other Countries Also Chscne Day America's War apini Lu,on;zeti ah cities Leco-i ra!cd Wl.ile Mi.ilary Pr.radcs. I'lTXOS AII.'KS. July !.-Tlic Kiiurth nl' July was relet ruled I'li-iii'Klmrl Sii-Mli America Imiav in an uniireceileii'eil manner. The dav 'mil lieen ileclareil n national huliilav FOURTH OFJULY u Peru. Ilrazil ami I'nifMinv, in all I ' America lo Ihe slrule lor uieaii !' which il Wiis celel.rale.l like llieiri m" '"''"" anlocracy from the (tun independence days. Olhercoun-! tries report unusual celebrations of; Ihe anniversary and America's war! spirit is eulogized by newspapers 1 throuho:t Ihe continent. j The Argentine j-o eminent pave! special peraiission lor the displav (d ! the Aineriacn flay and Muenos Aires j was literally enverod with Ainericun and Argentine banners. At llialllau Capital KIO JAXKIliO, July .'. The I'o'M'lh of dulv were enthusiastiealP celebrated ni the Itrazdian capital The entiie city was decorated and there was n mililary parade. A si wet was named President Wilsoi. hy the municipal council and the Ura zijinn foreign minister visited Kdwiu Morgan, Ihe Atneri'an ambassador ard coimratulated him in the name il he Itrailian president. In Central America SAX SAI.VADOK, July 4. On the o- ca-iuii of the American Fourth ol lirly Ihe Salvadorean coimress today -cut the following cablegram to the Aiaei-ieau seunte : "On this glorious and memorable dale for tho American public, the na tional assembly of Salvador sends to the senate and American public its wannest : reelings and ils best wishe for the triumph of the ideals of jus tice and lil erly and lor Ihe pro-ocrity of Ihe yreat American republic." Bolivia Ohsei vcm Pay I A PA, Polivia, Thursday. July 4 Independence Ihiy was eeleb rated here with a reception at the American legation in Ihe afternoon and wilh t hauiptet in the evening. The diuuci was piven by Jose (lulieiTcz (inerra, Ihe jucidciit of Polix ia. Kven ATrleu CclebratCH Al.filMUS, Ju.y The national holiday of I lie I'nited Slalcs wiir clchrated throughout Alieria wilh itnusunl brilliance. A torchlight pro-I'c-sioii of li'oop-. Wat held last niyht. A reproduction of Itarlholdi's statin of Idhcrly was nvi in one of tho larm sijuares. SEVERAL KILLED I. N. 1. Xi:W YOUK, J..:y r. -Several men were killed and others were Injured la an explosion at the Herealcx Pow der comnnny'H plant at KonvH. N" .1.. toilay. The exd(vlon took pi. ice In n bnlWIiiiR In whhh trlnltroliuol wiik stored. 1'ifleen men aro known to have been In Ihe slrmture at the time. The, fire nprcail r:i Idly. dniiroylnR four or five of the company's hulld iiiKH, While firemen were fiKhtlnn tho ftamcH there waH a .second heavy explosion. Tim deloiiallouu Rhook the mirroandlnw counlry. Many uiich of Klaca In Kunvcl were shuttered and the front of one Brnall building col lapfcd. PANAMA. July V It wa- an- noai.ced at Ihe Amici-I'-mi legation here today tlutt American soldiet vitn'd Mipcrvfse (he cle-lion- lor iht Pann-'n ualional a-i uilil on Sun I cay, f !iU mc ion, il as said, 1 ta!:en al the repte-t of both Ihe po- hhciil pnrtic-s to ui-iiic a chance tir tall to ..le. OUTLINED ANEW BY PRESIDENT Government By Consent of tl:e Gov envd Dcc'arcd Aims Allies Are Filit'nq for In Speech Made In h"o;:nL VernDn Extend Dcc'ara t!sa cf l!i:!c)cn('ci;ce ta World. WASHINGTON'. Jl l.Y :t. rresi- dent Wilui yes'.eriiny answere! u!i rec!er lor a coariromise iieace with n new ami tiniiialiticil eousecrution - earth. t an lmlopondeiieti Day iatheiinj on tho gentle slopes of Mount Vernon. home and tomb of den rye Waslpne- tun, and surrounded hy scenes which looked upon tho creation scenes of i hi. nation, hip president nooresseo a small yathcrinir of officials and of Itploinats of the allied nations. Put ho spoke to the world and ho spoke the logical seipiel to his "force wi'ihout stint or limit " declaration several weeks ago. Pureservedly the president declar ed that there could he no thought of ti peace which did not mean the dest- t ruction id' unhturv autocracv tr its reduclion to irtual ir-ooten'e. Coiihent ol :ovorniMl . ' j reien oi nuv, uasen on me enn- hv thi' orcanied ooiniou of man kind," was the way he sumtnaried in a simile sentence the objects of hu manity in the world war. The speech was as fol'nws; "Oeutlcmcn of the diplomatic oomH anil mv fellow citizens: I am happy to draw apart with von lo this quiet place of old counsel in order to speak a little of Ihe moan ing of this day of our nation's imie oendence.. The place seems very still ind remote. It is as nerene and un touched hy the hurry of the world as it was in those great days long ago when (icnlral Washington was hero and he'd leisurely conference with the lien who were to he associated with him in the creation of an nation. From those gentle slopes, they look "d out upon the world and saw it vhole, saw it wilh the light of future pon il. saw it with modern eyes that utnctl away the lit: lit of the future ipon it, saw it with modern eyes that .urned away from a past which men d' liberated spirits could no longer endure. Tribute to Wusltlnton "fl is for that reason that we can not feel, even here, in tho immediate presence of I hi- sacred tomb, that this is a place of death. It was a ulace of uchieveaicnl. A groat prom- se that uih meant for all mankind ' tm here given plan and reality. The associations by which we are here surrounded are the insipiring associa tions of thai noble death which is 'nly a glorious coustnumation. From ;his ureal hillside we also ought to he able lo see with comprehending iycs Ihe world that lies about us and diould conceive anew the purposes that nir'd ot men free. "Il is spjuiii'-unl significant of their own ehnrnclcr and purpose and if the inllnenco they were wotting ifool --that Washington and his ns-iocintc-, like the barons at limine node, -poe and acted, not for a dass hut for a people. It has been 'eft for us lit s;-e lo it that it shall ho iiidcr-tood that thev spoke and aet- (Contluuod on Pane Six.) WASHlNliToX. July .". A detny ed dlspatrh from Irkutsk dated Juno 2S and roeelvod nt Ihe Rttitfl depart ment today said all communication wilh Vologda, .Moscow and sovorul pl.n e;i In western Wlherln Imd been cut off for Hovcral dy. Thn depart ment' lnf t report from Amlmsflndor Francis nt Vologda wai dated Juno 24.