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MEDFORD, ORWiOX, NATUKMUY, JIM A' l:-1., 1!)1S
ELD MARSHAL V
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Tribune
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DEATH DUE
TO APOPLEXY
SAYS REPORT
Hague Newspaper Declares That
Hindenburg Quarreled With Kaiser
Over German Offensive Toward
Paris and Suffered Stroke at Con
clusion of Stormy Meeting, Dying
Later From Congestion of Brain-
German Papers Ignore Subect.
AMSTERDAM, July 13. Hy the
Associated Pross.) Field Marshal
von HlndcnburB is dead according to
the newspaper I-.es NonvcllcB. His
doath is said to havo occurred after a
stormy interview with tho German
emperor at great headquarters at
Spa. The emporor and the field mar
shal are declared to have had serious
'differences of opinion concerning the
German offensive toward Paris. The
field marshal died from congestion
of the brain.
The violent Intorviow between von
Illndenburg and Emperor William
occurred on May 1C, Nes Xouvolles
says. It was followed by an apo
plexlc stroke which ultimately re
sulted In tho field marshal's deulh.
The newspapor says Its Informa
tion was obtained "from good sources
In tho occuplod district of Belgium."
The newspaper Lcs Xouvolles is a
French language paper. published at
Tho Hague. ,
llont li Itumors Plentiful
In the last six months there have
been several rumors of the death of
Fied Marshal von Illndenburg and
there have been many reports that he
has been in poor health. German
newspapers were not permitted to
mention the rumor.
Keeping step with reports of the
field marshal's health have been
dispatches Indicating that the field
marshal and the emperor hnd had
disagreements concerning tho Ger
man offensive movement in the west.
Sketch of Career
At the outbreak of the war Field
Marshal von Illndenburg was a gen
oral in retirement.- He was credited
with having evolved and carried the
campaign against tho Russians In
East Prussia which resulled In the
sorlous Russian dofeat at Tannenburg
for which ho was promoted to field
marshal. He continued to command
tho German forces on the Russian
front until August 30, litis, when
he -was appointed chlof of tho gen
eral staff In succession to General
von Falkcnhayn. When ho became
chlof of tho general staff. General
I.udendorfr, who had acted as his
chief of staff on the Russian front
came with him as li Is right hand man
with the title of chief quartermaster
general.
Field Marshal Paul Dcnckendorrf
Ton Illndenburg was 70 years old last
September 28.
NEW Vril.Ms, July 13. six ir
mw nre nmrted killed nnil 1.1 oth
ers injured in an explosion, fnllnw
i'd by fire, on a SpnnMi nil Htrmliii
nnehnrid in the harbor today. Sub
marine i Iiiimts hurried tn the linrn
inir vessel ,,n, t k the. injured men
ai-lioro where they were hurried to
li'itnls.
Fire hniiN futilly foujilit the
flames. The vessel appeared to he
M'ttlinu slowly in the water.
The ship of 'J.I.'ili tuns iiro-s. had
h earito of motor trucks and oil in
tended for use by the Amoricnn army
m France.
The cxj.,i,in dmiiiim-.l building
liB Hie water lront.
OVER . 0 .0
;e
IN FRANCE NOW
Over 90,000 Moved Past Week and
No Let-up In Shipments Three
Army Corps of 250,000 Men Are
Organized From Divisons Now In
France States March,
WASHINGTON", Jut- l.T Ameri
ran troops overseas and on shiobourd
enroutc have passed tin 1,IHI,00'
mark. General March, chief of staff,
told senate military committee inein
hers today at their weekly confer
ence. This represents an increase
of more than IIOJHIO since last week.
Three army corps of from J'2."i,OOH
to 2.0,000 men each have been .defi
nitely orani,ed from American di
visions in France, General March,
chief of staff, announced today at
the weeklv conference with newspa
per men.
Major General Hunter Lietl,
commanding the forty-first, (The
Sunset division, National uard, ha
been detailed as temporary com
inandcr of the first army corps. Com
manders for the second and third
have not yet been designated.
No Let-up In Transports
General March had little to say re-:ardim-
Ihe military situation in
France but states that the shipment
of troops was proceeding without any
let-up whalever, Ihe rami ratio he
maintained in, July a in previous
monlhs.
General March said that five reg
ular, nine national guard and four
national annv divisions have been
used to make no the three cons.
First Army 'oips
The first army corps comprises the
following:
First division regulars command
ed by Major General Robert L. Hub
lard: Second division regulars, Ma
jor General Omar Band-- twentv
sixth national guard, Major General
Clarence It. Kdwards; forty-second
national guard ( Hninhow) Major
General Charles T. Menhor; forty
first national guard (Sunset), Major
Genera! Hunter Liggett ; thirty-second
national guard, (Michigan and
Wisconsin troops I, Major General W.
J. Ilaan.
Second Army Corps
Second corps: Seventy-seventh
national army, (New York troop.-).
Major General GcorgY li. Ihmean;
thirty-fifth national guard, 'Kansas
and Missouri troops,) Major General
Wilfuim M. Wright; sixty-second na
tional army (Alabama, Georgia and
Florida troops). Major General Wil
liam K. Iturnham; thirtieth national
guard, (Tennessee, North Carolina,
South Carolina ajid District of Col
umbia troops), Major General George
W. Kead; twenty -eighth national
juard, ( I'eiin-ylvauia troops.) Major
General C. II. Muir: fourth division
rcgnlars, Major General Geo rue II.
Cameron.
Thitil Army Corps
Thinf emp-: Third division regu
lars, Major General Joseph. K. Ihek
man: Fifth regular-, Ma.or General
J. din K. McMahon; sevens-eighth
national army (l)claware and New
York Troop.-), Major General J. M.
Me Hjii eightieth division, Major
General Adelbcrt "ronkhile; thirty
third national guard (Illinois Iroop-.),
Mapor General George I!cll, Jr.:
twenty-seventh national guard (Kew
York troops), Major General John
K. O'Kvan.
WASHINGTON, July Kt Secre
tary Parker told the house today
contracts for exhibition of official
films in this count ry, showing activj.
ties of the American forces have
been given thp llearst-l'athe sen ice.
Five thou-and dollars was paid the
eovernnVnt for -,'HMI feet of tihn-
each week. Thi- nmoutit is divided
with the nllied nations. The contract
was awarded on competition bid-.
YANKEE TROOPS
BRITISH DETAIL
E
Action Taken to Protert Allied Sup
plies at Vladivostok From Advanc
ing Germans New Ruler of Sibe
ria Pledges Support to Allies
Bolshevik Decrees Repealed.
WASHINGTON, Julv British
reinforcements have been dispatched
to Siberia, according to official in
formation received here' today, to as
sist the Kussians and Czeeho-Slovaks
guarding the allied stores from Itol
sbeviki acting with German prison
ers who are reported to he advancing
upon Vladivostok.
From other sources today came re
ports of constant guerilla fighting in
the Ckraine between armed peasants
and German military forces. The re
sults were not reported.
Allied Killer in Siberia
LONDON, July 111. The allied
powers will have full support of the
new Siberian government, according
to assurances sent by Lieutenant
General Horvath, provisional ruler of
Siberia to the correspondent of the
Daily Mail at Harbin.
General llovartb announced be
would repeal all liolshevik decrees,
reslore fully all allied treaties, both
political -and commercial; re-establish
a disciplined mid non-political
army and restore property.' He also
favors Siberian' Autonomy and Telf
gioiis freedom.
Intervention Is Ikc1
WASHINGTON., July 13 Military
an well as political Intervention In
Russia by the United States was urg
ed in the Benato today by Senator
Borah of Idaho who declared that
not until that has been accomplished
could a lasting peace ho made.
Speaking in connection with the
celebration of Bastilo day, Senator
liorah said conditions now in Russia
were those in France during the
French revolution.
Tho Bolshevik force represents
only a small per Tent of the ItiiBslan
people. Senator Itorah said, while
Lcnine was "but an incident."
Involution Suppressed
AMSTERDAM, July 13 Tho revo
lutionary movement in Moscow has
not been suppressed, according to
the Kiev correspondent of the Rheln
iKcho Westfatlsche .eltung of Essen.
Tho liolshevik) arc able to hold their
own only thru assistance of lettibh
guards, he declared.
I
WASHINGTON. July IX- 0 -ncral
Pershing's ot t ieial communique is
sued today by t he wa r dcuitrt incut
deserilas operations in the various
-eetors occupied bv American trmiis
through July 7 lo Hi. It says:
'I leailqiiarlers American expedi
tionary forces, July 12, P.H8.
"Section A.- In I be Chateau Thier
ry region a Ircmdi raid attempted b
the enemy broke down with losses un der
our fire.
"Yesterday our aviators shot down
a ho-tile machine in the rcui"ti of
Thiaucourt.
'Section It.- In tin' Chateau Thier
ry p'L'ion conditions, on the dn of
duly h to were normal. A (o-nnan
patrol uii-. driven back with o-sc
by an American patiol in the ltcllenn
region. There was mie-b other pri
trolliri" activhc on both side, but
t here were no incidents except fire
directed from the German front lines
on uii A meriean pat nd. There w as
move German urlilleqy fire.'
PRESIDEST ASKS LEWIS
TO SEEK RE-ELECTION
WASHINGTON. .Inly 1 I. Cr.-.-i-Wil-nti
tmlnv in li'tter nkiil
Ncnntnr l.i'Wi lit' IllinnU to Hi'f'pt
i r-n!i:ihjtiin iiiitl iii.tki- .1 i-iirti-l':iin
fur rc-t'k'i'tion.
MR
SIBERIA
KAISER'S MILITARY
OFFENSIVE SEEKS
li
WASHINGTON', .July H. No of
ficial coynizance is bein.L' iven here
to the b'test peace -pcecb of (icnnali
( baineHor 'on llcrllin; before the
main cominilici- itf the rei -hta.
The eh:ttci-!oi V sliiteincnt that hi
witling lie.-,.- lo dUeilss peace Was
shared bv th" loef of the army ad
min isl ral ion w;is regarded as t be
firt peace i- pu iirt attributed to
the miblary c;.d
More (icliiule peace piono-al-. trom
Ihe German jo t innient viniui not be
unexpeefcfl. I'rej.lcnt Wilson is
known to believe Ihnl (iennany is bent
fin yairtinu' ennirrd of Uu-siji nod
would :ladl ii e lip evcr.vl bin on
the Wf-fern linnt to ittcoinpii.-h that
purpo-c.
14,911 FOS WEEK
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LONDON, July I ;t.- - Hrlllh ea.
iihIHch reported tn tho week ended
todHy tota!b-l 1 t.!M t (it'tlfcr.s and
men compared uitb tlie aurreynte ttf
17,:i.'tfi In tho. ptcviouH week,
-'flic casuistic, arc divided as fol
low :
KiMcd of died of Wo'.llld-; Ollicer-
I2.'; men 1.!U1.
Wonndf d or u i--in-. tt fieer-, t'H;
men J"-', 411.
SIELDHA35SHAL TAUL'VON- miTXBT:rBXJRG-
HOUSE PUNS 10
HAVE SERIES OF
WASHINGTON, July li!.
House leaders of bolb 'artics
were arriiti'iuj lale todav an
a'jreeincnt I or a scric- of re
ci'"" ot three da each, sii-.-pendiav
all bu-iiics in (be bou-e
and wit b oil aui'eenieiil I or a
vote on the water power bill af
ter thai date.
WILSON ASKS FLAG
WAS'IIN:J(T')N, July :j.--i'p'si-iU'Ut
Wiih(n todav b-sned an onbtr
that tho Frern li fl;)K lie Down Irotn
all u ? ) Sir liMlI'liii.-i an 'I vessels lo
morrow, July 1 1. ta hnor of the hol
iday commeiiioruUuK the fall of the
liastilc.
A "cennd flair pole ua erecteil on
tlio Whtl' House, from which the
I French trfcolor will be flown alouiv
! nldo the American tv
Greet1nM nf the Anicrlcjiu pco)ie
tu the Frtn h people wi re Cxieadcd
In n rciutitm adopted by the hniiho
which dirwted the t.ecrefary of slate
to i oinmuaicate tlio r'-nol ilian lo
I'rerldrnt PoIih aire. It rails on the
A rnerb an p"0de, to obsnrve tomor
row uh a holiday in n tnaiuier Himibir
to th.it which the I'ronrh observed
July i. . '
CHIEF
i 1PREPARE
ELCOME
F(liTI,ANI). Ore., July V.-Twenty
thousand shipbuilders were pre
paring to-lay to march in tonight
parade which will be a feature of (hi
reception planned lor Charles M.
Schwab, director ''ciieral ot the
I Kmerencv Ficel corporation, and
(('baric- I'iez, vice pre-ident and en
1 era! nniti.r.cr of the corporation, wh
: errmd lit re today with their party.
! The -hiphmhhT-i were to march it
'nine divi-ion-, each represent ing i
.-hip yard and each preceded by lis
own bit nd.
j KauiK-bini! of 'Jl. 'urn loin of mer
I chant -hipping wn another feature
S of llie pro'jriiiri planned for Hie day,
fv.bich r-ttof- spent in reviewing
, the work iff Ihe shipyards in this di
' tncl. Mr. Schwab was to address a
tna-.s uiecfia toiiii'bl alter the par
lade. He will b" )t"re until Monda
nicbt.
j .M()S''0V, Julv I::. - vin Amster
dam.-- .-'! ; i k 1 1 1 at Dm a!l-ltiirlau
mis ict eon ii'rciire now in tension
I, t mi 'fiot.Ky, Hobdievik minister of
' wur and maiiiie, dcrlnred that h
had received nnwii from the front
Itiat unity nmotiL; the soviet troopn
had Buffered its the result of nil
! jnnlo-French propaganda. Tart of
, tho Mnlshevlk force, ihe minister
ed, had "de-citcl to the enemy
ROUVRELtES
PLAIN TAKEN
BY FRENCH
German Grip On Railroad Leading to
Amens Broken Over 500 Prison
ers March to Gallic Camns-t-Brit-ens
Take 96 Captives In Minor At
tacks Poi'us Advance Line 500
Yards In Vicinity of Porte Farm
French Raid Enemy.
ON TIIK 1'KKNCII KKONT IN
KHAXCB, July .1:1. (By tlio Aso
ciiiti'd I'rusH.) Tho sut(f'rlil(y pxo
imiUmI local iiclion cnrrii'il out hv tho.
Kri'iich toilny sonthiMist of AmietiK
hniiiKliI into their iKsi'K.siiin tho en
tii'o IfouviTtloM iihili'iui iloininiitin
tlio ri'ion lictwcen tho rivers Ayro
nnil Mnui'iiil, Mini tho Noyc, through
whii'h (ho iiuiin rnilronil t'riim I'nris
to Ainirns jmsos nnil whirh hn.s booi.
in the. hands of tho enemy sineo
Mnrt'h.
More than Mill (Icrmnn offiriTM
nnil tnon nlready oapturoil havo boon
son! to tho roar and others are ir
rivin. .
l'Ycnch Advance 500 Vanls
TARIS, July nn operatior.
ca Tried out last nih t nn Ihe front
between nutdidier -mid ibo Oisn tlto
French pushed Ihelr advanced pohIh
forwa.rd n distance of aproximaUdy
rt)0 vards in the vicinity f Iho P'H'ic
Farm, Ihe war (dTice announced lo
lay. . '
The lorle farm in In the viein'v
of Antheuil, tntrthwest of ( 'ompine.
Tliis farm, together with Ihe Vipes
farm, nearby, was captured l.v t !i 3
French in u local operation' on the
evening of July H. ,
"!1. tw.er Monldidier and the Oiso
Ihe Fn-nch in the course of the nirht
advanced their forward posts fdltl
nielern in Ihe region of the Porto
farm.
"Several raids were carried out by
Wench troops on the north of the
Avre (southeast of Amiens) in the
region of the Oise, on the arne, Mand
Ihe ( banipaune, resulting in the
laKini; id' prisoners."
IWHish .MuJio rapturo
LONDON, July K(. Suc-essfnl
minor enterprises were earned out
by Ihe llrilish last niuhl on the Fliin
dcrs I Void near Vicux Itertpiin and
Mcrris, as a result of which !)li pris
oners were taken and a few machine
Kims captured, the war ol fieo an
nounced today.
A German raidiiiL' party which ad
vanced upon Ihe British lines in Flan
ders, in the Meleren sector was re
pulsed. The German artillery developed ac
tivity during the nit: lit on Ihe Flan
ders front ami opposite Hcuutuoiit
Maiael. II Y TIIK ASSOi'l ATKD PUKSHt
July 1 :i.-3ucceH8 ban crowned fur
ther allied Kina.sbeM Into the (Jerman
linen between Ypres and Ithelms. For
more thun two weeks tho iiIMch huvo
liccn JainiTiliiK into the German dn
fensen hern and there and now the
French have Htritek with force In Iho
I'lcanly baHlerield. AlmiK tho Av'ro
river, northwest of Montdldlnr, they
advanced their lines morn thun a
mile on a front of threo mllun and
(raptured ."fOO prbsonern. This blow
(Continued on Thko Hlx )
PRESIDENT'S VEIO
WASHINGTON, Julv .U - The
house today sii-Iained President Wil
son's veto of ui agricultural bill. A
motion to pas sthe mhisure over the
veto was defeated 1 71 to 7'J.
The bill wjis referred to thn njtri
ciiltnral eommitte and Iioimc Icailers
planned t pn-s it without the wheat
n rice fixing oroijon.