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MEDFORD, OliEClON, THURSDAY, .JULY 11, 1918
NO. 93
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TA IAN DRIVE
5 IvIILES AHEAD
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Advance In Albinla Unchecked Aus
trians Evacuate Berat and Occupy
New Defense Line On Skumbi River
Austrian Prisoners Say Losses
In Offensive 250,000.
WASHINGTON, July 11. An of
ficial dispatch from Rome today re
ports unchecked advance of Italian
troops In Albania, with Berat as an
objective. From the Voyusa, the
Italians have carried all positions to
the Scmeni In an advance of -approximately
fifteen miles over a fifty
mile front.
BY TUB ASSOCIATED PRESS,
July 11. Under pressure the Aus-
trians In Albania have receded be
yond the Berat-Fieri line near the
Skumbi river. Evacuation of Berat
probably was due to the Italian pro
gress around Fieri and the French
advance between Lake Ochrida and
the Tormorica valley, up which the
allies are pursuing tho retreating
Austrians.
Fighting In the Macedonian thea
ter has spread eastward and tho Bul
garians are making strong attacks
north of Monastir. Those attacks
were repulsed with heavy losses by
the French.
Austrian Loss 2.-,0,no
LOXDOM, July 11. Italian troops
in their offensive in Albania continue
to advance, says a dispatch from
Home to the Central News Agency.
The Austro-Hungarlans are falling
back on the Skumbi river, 23 miles
north of 'Berat.
ITALIAN ARMY HEADQUAR
TERS, July 11. (By the Associated
Press.) Evidence Bocured from Aus
trian prisoners indicates that the
Austro-Hungarian losses during the
recent offensive were In tho neigh
borhood of 230,000.
Other reports made by tho captives
tend to confirm accounts of poor
wheut and potato crops in Austria.
On Italian Front
ROME, July 11. Italian advanced
posts at Corneone, on tho Aslago pla
teau yesterday drove back Austro-
Hungarian dotachmonts, says the
Italian officiui statement today re
porting military operations on the
Italian mountain front. Artillery
fire was lively In the Bronta viill iy.
On the remalndor of tile front thorn
wore tho usual rocounoltoriug and
harrusslng actions.
VIENNA, JUly 1 1. Austrian
forces in Albania are occupying
new defensivo line which has been
organized, according to today's war
office report. Tho statement an
nounces the repulse of a French de
tachmont which was advuncing in
the Devoli valley.
FINAL TRIBUTE 10
F(
NEW YORK, July tt. The body
of John Purroy Mllchel, In a flag
draped casket on which rested the
cap which he wore as a major of
aviation, was borne thru the streets
of New York today while thousands
watched in mute tribute. All along
the route stood people with bared
and bowed heads, many In tears.
The bell In the city hall tolled as
the casket was borne from the ro
tunda where it lay In state thruout
the nlslit and placed on an artillery
caisson drawn by four horses, which
conveyed it to St. Patrick's cathedral
and then to W'oodlawn cemetery.
Behind the caisson followed Major
Jiitchel's horse with boots reversed
In the stirrups and bearing also his
reversed sword.
An airplane circled overhead as
the march began. It was joined by
six others which flew back and forlh
over the route dropping flowers.
Much of the city's business was suspended.
50 MILE
RONT
FRENCH CAPTURE PAN-GERWIANSa
TOWN OF CORGY IN FULL CONTROL
ON MARNE LINE OF GOVERNMENT
Allied Prodding Tactics Resumed and
Line Straightening Out In Prepara
tion of Hun Onslaught British
Win Additional Ground On Amiens
Salient Germans Bombard.'
JiY Till? ASSOCIATED PKKKK,
July 11. The French continued their
jamming tactics lust night on the
western side of the Manic salient,
southwest of Soissons, capturim the
town nnd railway station of Corey
and the farm and chateau of St. Paul,
south of the town.
The gain of ground serves still fur
ther to protect the forest of Yillcrs
Cottorots, defending Oonmiegnc, the
important French base.
On the Dritish front smith of the
Nomine Field Marshal Hair's infan
try has won additional holding
ground east of Villers-Ilretonncanx
on the ridge which stands as an im
portant eastward defense of the al
lied base at Amiens.
Wipes Out Salient
The operations on the French front
are a continuation of a scries of im
portant local attacks between the
Aisne and the Manic, begun on Sun
day, It is along this line that the al
lies apparently count it quite proba
ble that the Germans will resume the
offensive.
The net result of these French op
erations together with an earlier ac
tivity farther north, lale in June,
when n dangerous salient east of the
Laversine ravine wa swiped out, is
that the French front now runs on
an almost straight linn u!omr a orio
of strong positions for n distance of
approximately 12 miles from the
Aisne southward t obelow Corey,
Straightening Lino
Hetwoon this and the American sec
tor to the south, northwest of Cha
teau Thierrv there is still a west
ward bulge in the line. The French
pressure on the north and tins Amer
ican on the south, however, seems
likely to result in the wipinir nut of
this salient by the continuation of
the present entente tactics of local
plunder in this sector, if the Germans
hold off much longer in their expect
ed renewed offensive.
The Gorirtnn trims are -Hindim Iho
sectors of Hinges, on the south, and
Loere, on the north of the Lys bat
tleground. In I'icnnly the aera
about Morlancourt is being shelled.
In Flanders, I'rilish airmen has
crushed 1(1 German planes, while an
other fell before the anti-aircraft
lire. British superiority in the air
is now firmly established.
American aviators have been no
tive around Chateau Thierry.
A.MSTUHDAM, July II. Tele
graphing from Moscow the corres
pondent of the Frankfurter ZoitunK
suya:
"Tho bourgeolse are experiencing
a veritable reign of terror. They are
being turned out of their houses,
which are being used for tho billet
ing of troops. Furniture Is being re
moved. "The cost of living Is extremely
high. Tho cost of food is tho high
est. No bread is obtainable. Grain
supplies to northern and central
Russia have completely ceased. No
one could assert the relations be
tween the German authorities and
tho soviet government are friendly."
WASHINGTON, July 1 1. -Airplane
mail from Wn-liiri'jton reached Now
York in U'., hour ycMerday includ
in.' an eiirlit minute Mop at I'liiludcl.
phia, establishing -a record. The av
erage -iceil riurinu the entire trip was
more than 10 miles an hour. Lieuten
ant hnLr w us the pilot.
Fall of Kuehlmann Regarded as
Showing Complete Masterv of Mill
tarists and Policy of War to the
End Hintze Appointment dial
lenge to Reichstag Majority.
LONDON, July 11. Fall of For
eign Secretnry von Kuehlmann, Is
regarded In Germany as the intro
duction of an open pan-German re
gime. Tho control of the military
leadors Is comploto special dispatches
from Holland say. The pan-German
newspapers do not disguise their do
light over it.
Reports of the appointment of. Ad
miral von Hintze, as foreign secre
tary are accepted as final !y the pan
German papers which contend that
this involves no change of policy.
In tho rclchstag Tuesday the so
cialists informed tho president they
woro not prepared to vote tho war
ciodit until they knew what foreign
policy von Hintze was going to pur-J
sue. It was agreed as a way out of
a threatening situation, that the'
house would go Into commlttco for a'
confidential discussion. The result
was that the semi-official announce
ment of von lllntze's appointment
took a tentative form, saying merely
thnt ho had hcen "named" as von
Kuchlmann's successor.
AVnr to nil Knd
PARIS, July 11. Decision to ac
cept the resignation of Foreign Sec
retary von Kuehlmann, was taken
Monday at a conference at General
gonoral headquarters which was at-J
tended by the emporor, Chancellor (
von Ilertllng and Admiral von Hintze
says a Zurich dispatch to the Matin.
Appointment of von lllntzo is con
sidered by French papers to bo a
challenge to tho majority In the
reicbstag, and a doliborale insult to
southern Germany. L'Homme Libre
says that in ousting von Kuehlmann
the militarists show plainly that
they want a war to tho end, "and wo
must not forget that."
LILLE, BRUGES
LONDON, July II. Tho official
report on aerial operations Buys:
"Work In tho air was Interrupted
on July !) by showers of rain nnd low
clouds, but photography and recon
naissances were carried out by us as
usual and many liustllu batteries
were engaged with airplano observa
tion. "Kncmy aircraft woro active on
tho northern part of our front and a
nunvhor of combats took place, In
which nine German planes were de
stroyed and one driven down out of
control. In addition an enemy scout
was brought down by antl-nlrcraft
fire
"In tho course of tho day we drop
ped 14 tons of bombs on selected tar
gets over the line, two tons falling
with good effect on tho Lille Junc
tion and one and a half tons on tho
Hruges docks. Three of our machines
ure missing.
"During the following night three
tons of bombs wore dropped on en
emy railways and camps without loss
to us."
FOR FAKE PARTNERSEIP
.NKW YORK, July 1 1 . Announce
ment of the suspension for ono year
of John .Muir, Kdwin H. Mulr and
Charles A. Ilnrhunk of John Mulr A:
to., tho largest dealers In the coun
try In what Is known as "odd lots"
of stock under I'M) shares, was made
today by the New York stock ex
change. They are charge with entering Tlito
a partnership which In the opinion
of the 'hoard of governors was not a
genuine partnership.
CURSE ON U-BOATS
FOR BRINGING YANKS
SAYS GERMAN PAPER
WASHINGTON:, July n.
Dissatisfaction in Gonnany over
the work of tho submarines
has not been lessened by tho
recent optimistic statements of
Admiral von Capelle, says an
official dispatch today from
Switzerland. In this connec
tion tho Cologne Volks Zoltung
is quoted as follows: ,
"The suumurine warfaro Is
enrsed, doubtless bocnuse it has
contributed to bringing into
action the redoubtnblo Amer
ican intervention."
PAOLA, Kans., .Inly 11. A posso 1
today patrollod the banks of tho De i
Cygne river near hore in Bearch of a
dozen men who lato lastVnight held
up a southbound Missouri, Kansas
and Texas passenger train south of
Paoiu, Bhot three persons nnd looted
tho express and mail cars.
Railway employes said the robbers
"shot up" the train. No attempt was
made to rob tho passengers. The
train was flagged and tho bandits
forcod the engineer and fireman into
tho smoking car.
Detaching the mall and express
cars the bandits ran them ahead and
rifled them.
Thoso wounded are Fireman R. R.
Carter, and Auditor T. Wltcher, both
of Parsons, Kans., and Mrs. h. D.
Williams, of Aichvllle, Okla. None
of the wounds is considered serious.
WASHINGTON', July 11. Kffort
is being made thru tho federal re
serve system to Increase credits
availablo to the canning Industry,
according to a bullotin Issued today
by tho reserve board. Governor
Harding has suggested that tho co
operation of largo banking Institu
tions bo secured to furnish support
for tho establishment In centers
where local banks cannot advance
the funds.
Food Administrator Hoover has
estimated that $.10,000,000 in excess
of their usual capital requirements
would bo needed hy cauncrs during
tho season. Tho increased cost, ho
reported was due to higher charges
for labor and matorlals.
WASHINGTON, July 11. The de
partment of labor today announced
the creation of tho United Stales
housing corporation, Incorporated
under the laws of New York, which
will take over virtually all of the
functions now being performed by
tho department's bureau of Indus
trial housing nnd transportation. All
tho stock Is hold by Secretary Wilson
on behalf of Iho I'nlted Stales, ex
cept one share each allotted M. D.
Moldel and Goo. It. Ilox, president
and treasurer, respectively of the
corporation.
gRAZfL SUFFERS
FROM HEAVY FROST
niendous damage fruin frost in Ilrn
v. was reported today in offieml di
luiti'lii., I'iiii-hhI t'p'eziiiif temperature-
in S;m. Paulo have ruined the
yniinj out fee tjinlntinns nnd redw.
id Iho production of old pliifilot (on
to nil e-timnlod ."tit mt cent t" tmr
iiinl untily l'iM, A nmjorlly of the
plantation- of Mtgur rune, castor
beans or (mil- nn di-(pvil,
11 VETOES
BILL 10 RETAIN
L
Resolution Extending Tims for Gov
ernment Holding Branch Roads Re
jectedSenate DeliatDS Bill Au
thorizing President to Take Over
Telegraph and Tc'euhone Lines.
WASHINGTON, July 11. Presi
dent Wilson today vetoed tho resolu
tion adopted by congross last week
extending tho limo. In which tho rail
road administration might relinquish
control of linos not wanted in the
fedoral system.
The veto has been expected bo
cause of a provision added to tho bill
which was construed s meaning that
tho government would have to re
sume possession of, a largo number
of short lines relinquished a tew
hours bofore congress passed tho bill.
Many, If not all feeders to ma'in
lines, the president snld in his veto
message, are vory essential, but there
are about 1700 Bhort linos which nro'
morelf prlvato Industrial convon-'
lences which have not been tnkoi '
into tho federal system. Ho pledged
tho railroad administration to a pol
icy which will ho fair to essential
short lines. Individual arrangements
should bo mado with each of these
companies, howevor, tho president
said.
Delmto Wire 111 11
Consideration .began In tho senate
today of tho houso resolution em
powering tho president to direct the
toiograph, telophono, cable and radio
linos during tho war. Prompt adop
tion was predicted by administration
Iuadors. -
When the prohibition hill came up
automatically at 2 o'clock tho Bonato
agreed to lay It asido and proceed
with tho wire control nionsuro. No
objoctton to tho procedure was mado.
i "It seoms to me wo aro drifting
Into an unknown field," said Senator
Smith of Michigan, speaking ngulnst
tho resolution. "As fur as 1 am con
cerned 1 havo taken tho lust step
Into socialism."
To Kvonipt Phonos
Senator Suillh of South Carolina,
thought that authority to taku over
wire communication is ossontial ou
tlio somo grounds which produced
tho necessity of taking over tho
railroads.
Senator Watson of Indiana Intro
duced amendments In excluilo telo
phono lines and all wlfrs of press
bureaus or associations from govern
ment control. V
Senator Smith of Michigan, de
clared that by giving Postmaster
(Joner'al Hurluson control over wire
communication ho could creuto a cen
sorship over all communication and
asked If the scnalo was willing to
place the postmaster general In such
u position that he could Inhibit The
Associated Press, Tho United Press
and tho newspapers of tho country
from tho use of telegraph whoa.
OTTAWA, Out., July 11. Cana
dian InimlKnttlnn aiithoi if ifs In a
Htatomont today fU'uk to corrwt an
ImprcKHlon that clticiiH of tho I'nlt
rd SiatnK romlnK to Omnia for tin;
vacation waKon aro milijertrd to an
unnnc!HfarlIy rlnM (jxamlmitfrm at
tho hordnr. Tho mt ruination, tho
Htatnmont aH, la practically tho
Baino an It has horn for nonin tlmo
pat.
PaHHpnrtK nro nol rfipilrod, but
porHons horn In oni'my ro'intrh'H who
claim naturalization In tho ('tilled
Stan-H or In Homo olhor allied or
mint ml country, miiHt carry natural
I ii i If hi puprr or a Ktalutory doclara
tlon regard Inn cI!I"Nh)iI, which
declaration nniftt ho Indorsed hy a
Drlthsh (niisnl In tho I'nlted Htutcx.
PALERMO, ITALY, NAMES
AVENUE 0FTER WILSON
KOMK, July II. - In recognition o
Ibc service he ha rendered to (hu
immit.x, PrcMdcnl Wilson will he hon
ored hy the city of Palermo by hav
ing one of the leading avenues there
named after him,
FEEDERS
ASQUITH PAYS
HIGH TRIBUTE
TO RESIDENT
"World Owes Its Greatest Debt to
Wilson for Helping When Its Vision
Has Been Blurred and Blinded
With the Smoke of Battlefields to
Lift Up Their Eyes and Look."
L0.VDON, July 11. Pralao of
President Wilson's leadership In tho
war nnd his advocacy of a league of
nations aftor tho war was given by
Herbert II. Asqulth, termor premier,
in an address Inst night at tho Nat
ional Liberal club. Tho occasion was
a "hospitality dinner to American
otricers."
Vice Admiral Sims, commander of
the American naval forces In the war
zone, paid tribute to the co-operation
of the llrltish and Amorlcan navies
and declared:
"Tho submarine menace Is now at
an ond, for woaro destroying them
fnstor than the Germans can build
thorn." t - ' , ;
Major General Illddlo, commander
of the American forces In England,
announced that American troops
vrero Btatloned at from scvonty to
eighty different points In England
and Scotland.
Former Promlor Asquith, In tho
course of his speech suld:
Wilson Alan of Hour
"Tho United States has had tho
vory good fortune that In tho su
premo crisis of hor national history
the man whom sho most nocded for
Inspiration and guidance has always
appoared. , Thus camo Washington
and Lincoln, 'Washington nnd Lin
coln am lllustrioiiB names which
have passed In. history. Wo must
not attempt to anticipate history's
judgment upon men still living but I
will venture to say that President
Wilson has hoen tho lender of Amor
lcan government In times no less try
ing than any In Us annuls.
"President Wilson has takon tho
greatest decision of our ago and bus
carried his people, with him In It.
"America has had her difficulties,
Thoy havo not stifled, but havo stim
ulated her energy and we grasp tho
opportunity tonight of neknowledg
lug our unbounded admiration of
tho magnificent contribution. Amor
lea will continue to make In ever
increasing nionsuro.
World Debt to Wilson
"Probably tho world owes Its
greatest debt to President Wilson for
helping when its vision has boon
blurred and blinded with the smoke
or battlefields to lift up their eyes
nnd to look thru It anil beyond it. It
is very difficult In tlmo of war to
kop a steady head and a clean
tongue. President Wilson does both.
"There can ho no clean peace
Which does not clear away tho causes
of war. It sceins to mo all Impor
tant that wo should realize that a
leaguo of nations Is a definlto Ideal.
Til In Is a largo stop In ndvanco on tho
road of human progress. And when
tho goal Is reached, duo honor will
bo pnld to President Wilson as tho
greatest of Its pioneers."
WASHINGTON, July II. All In
vitations to anpciir a I public, func
tions on the I'miflc coant aVu being
declined hy Director t'enoral Mc
Adon, who bun telegraphed William
H. Wolnor, president of tho Pacific
railway cluh, that during bin May la
tho woftt ov( ry moment of It In tlmo
in demanded hy linpnrtfiut railway
work.
LONDON. July II. Speaking In
London today Sir Krlc (leddc, rirnt
lord of tho llrltish admiralty, Raid
that milieu gradually wero hemming
In Iho submarines, which now had
lorn freedom nnd ho wan Kind to ray
thcro wcro fewer of thoin,
SIBERIANS PUN
1
BREST TREATY
New Government Seeks Establishment
of Russian Republic Proposes io
Send Troops Against Germans
Esthonians Protest Against Ger
many's Occupation Policy.
LONDON1, July 3t. The ohjocts oC
tho new Siberian government ineludo
repudiation of the llrest-Litovsk
treaty and tho Ktublislimcnt of u
Russian republio with an autonomous
Siberia, nccordini? to a member of tho
new government in n Ktatement to the
Vladivostok correspondent of tho
Xihci Sliiinbim niys a Tokio dispatch
to the Dail Kxpress. It is also pro
posed to send troops against Ger
many, Kussian national debt would
he acknowledged.
KsthonlaiiH Protest
STOCKHOLM," July Jl. (Tty tho
Associated Press.) Represent alivorf
now in Copenhagen of the Kslhonmn
diet and government has protested to
(lermnny against Germany's occupa
tion policy and oppression in tlinb
ltaltie province. Mr. Morris, tho
American ambassador to Sweden hiiM
sent to President Wilson n copy of
the protest, which declares:
"Despite tho nssnranees of Count
Viin liertling, tho German imperial
chancellor, and Iho terms of tho
Itrest-Litovsk treaty Germany has
established u military dictatorship in
Kslhoniu. ; "
"German has been introduced .uh
tho official language although it is
not understood hy !)!( per cent of tho
eope. ' . ' '
Suppress Free flpoofji
'"Hy means of iiiiscr'upulous pen- '
allies, the German havo suppressed
I'reo speech and political activity.
Those newspapers which havo boon
allowed to continue publication havo
been compelled to publish pro-German
propaganda. Prominent Ksth
ouians ' who modestly protested
against Ibu oppression havo been ar
rested. In conclusion Iho declaration
protests against Germany "plunder
ing the country, seizing foodstuffs, to .
such an extent that the nalivo popu
lation is left, to starve while German
soldiers send double rations to Ger
many." Vologda Isolated
VOLOGDA, Russia, Sunday, July
7. (Hy Hie Associated Press.)-
White guards have occupied Yaro
slav, a town .1711 miles norlheast of
Moscow, and have cut eommunica
I ions between Moscow and Vologda.
IfusMim bolsheviki forces havo been
sent in (be direction of Yoroslav.
NKW YORK, July 11. A German
submarine which allocked the Amer
iean sleam-hip Lake Korest, l.olHI
miles off Cane Henry, while she was
ri'turniiiif from a recent voyage to
Ktirope, is believed to have been
sunk by I he steamer's yaus after a
two bum- ti'jbl, aeenrdintr to inform
ation rn'-eived here in murine circles.
Captain Herbert li. O. Jnhnson,
I'nited Stales naval re-erve officer,
in ciunmaud of the ship, has been
commended lo Die liuv- depart men t
for having sunk the ('-boat, by offi
cers nsstieinted with him in Ihe naval
reserve. Details of the finhl, how
ever, are ye unavailable. Tho Lake
purest was fnniicrlv I he War Ko.v
and was taken over by the rutted
Stole 'hipping board on the Great
LakiM s((ln alter she was launched.
SEGER PRESIDENT
OF UNION PACIFIC
NKW YOUK. .1 nl v 11. C. I). Se
tter, ioruicr i liairtiiiin ol' the hoard of
direcor ol' lie I nion 1'iiciric rail
road iVHt,.ni, 1 1 1 -h been elected preM
icicnl, snececdihi: K. K. Calvin, re
cently appointed federal mnnnvcr of
the I'nion Pacific, ami other western
l'o;o, i was iiuunuuced here loiluy.
REPUDIATION