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MEDFORD, ORKOOX, (MONDAY, .JULY 15, 1918
XO. 96 :
HUNS STRIKE AMERICAN
M 65 HIE FROM
GERMANS CROSS Pit
III SUPREME EFFORT TO
!E
ALLIED LINES
Teutons Rene Offensive Upon Giya ntic Scale,... Striking From Chateau
Thierry to Maison de Champagn e, a Distance of 65 Miles Feint
Marie at Vaux Brings Successful Counter Attack By Americans
Tremendous Bombardment Covers Region Far Back of Lines Imme
diate German Objective Is to Detach Rheims and Force Evacuation
of Verdun-St. Mihiel Sectors 220,000 Americans In Sectors At
tacked, Fighting Gallantly to th e Finish Situation Well In Hand.
An
A
F
THAT FAILS
Germans Attack American Marines
West of Chateau Thierry and Are
Met With Savage Counter Attack
That Forces Huns Back 800 Yards,
Yielding Prisoners Americans All
Along Marne Front Fighting Sav
agely and Dying Gamely.
WHERE THE GERMANS ARE RENEWING THEIR GREAT OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE ALLIES
ON THE FRENCH FRONT IN FRANCE, July 15. ( Hy Iho Associ
ated Press, noon I. Some of the severest fighting of the war is taking
pluce today on the front between Chateau Thierry and the Main De Mas
siges, along a front of about fifty miles. The most violent engage
ments are occurring in the neighborhood of Dormnns on the .Maine whore
the Germans are attempting to cross the river.
The latest Information shows the enemy demonstration on the east
'ern limits of the Champagne is being held by the French army under the
command of one of the most brilliant of Frunre's soldiers, who made his
reputation in the colonies and at the Dardanelles.
The German infantrymen launched their attack about dawn. They j
were accompanied to ine easi 01 unuuna u.v u iuirc uumum m ,a..n.
These, however, were met by the admirable defenses of the French.
The gigantic battle started at midnight with one of tho heaviest prep
arations of artillery ever experienced Trom tho Germans. Tlio French,
seeing Indications of tho attack coming, however, had begun their coun
ter preparations an hour earlier. This grcutly disturbed the enemy.
icrnuins Cross Miirno
LONDON, Julv )". The Unmans
have crossed the Mimic at several
places in their offensive begun 1 1 1 ?
morning, according to advices receiv
ed here.
The main attack, it is nilileil, soeii's
to lie in tin1 Champagne.
The advices to liiis effect cihih: fn
the Central News.
Itcgaii at Vauv
LONDON, July M. The German
nttack in the new offensive began in
the region of Vanx' after lioniliai-,1-meiit
with gas and high explosive
shells according to the Kxchnnge
Telegraph company's advices from
I'll ris. The American nrlillcn re
plied with barrage lire. There wa
also a heavy lionibarilinciit in the re
gion of Jaalgonne on the Manic, lie
ports up to 1U::II o'clock this iimrn
ing, the Kxehnnge's advices state,
show the situation to lie held in liaml.
To Detach Itlielm.s
I.OX1 MIS, July 1.1. The imme
diate objective of the Germans, it is
considered here, probably is to de
tach Hheiins v attacking oil aolh
sides of it and cnpluring the lulls
wvich would proti ' t '.heir I'i'.'hl flunk
on a further advance southward.
Advi vs j-iate t!i,t the a'incl. be
;.nn on :t Iront of 'Ul mil's between
halea.i "! erry one l!li'i.y, nth
"est of IV i ims. "'i- G-rr. rus also
.t'tack.'o ' t of lil . -ir-. hctwcii
1 runny nni! Maison De Cli.-iiiipagnc,
on n t'r ml of 'J.1 mile .
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
CiN THE MARNE, July 15. (Hy the
Associated Press.) 1:40 p. m. Re
ports from Vaux this afternoon Indi
cate that the Americuns had advanc
ed their line in this region in the face
of Iho enemy attack. The advance
extended a distance of approximately
700 yards hut the Americans subse
quently withdrew to their original
lino for strategic reasons. Twenty
eight Germans were taken prisoner
in this sector.
I.OXHOX, July 1.1. A sharp in-j
dictiiicnl of the ruler of Germany by
Maxiuilian Harden is contained in a I
current number of I lie Zukiinlt. The
holders of high oi l ice, he is "noted as
saving, when useful to themselves,
profess to favor a new world order of
democracy and a nutinhnl peace bat
they really are only carrving on the
tradition of the power of liic sword.
''No high pcrstfiiagc in the German
empire," he says, "wishes to sec set
up a league of nations. The con
'nuilce of endeavors I,, iiiiccn! this
fact has I mill1 unnecessary since
the Hrcst-l.itnVsk and Ihichnrcsl."
l'rencli .Meet Shock
I'AtMS, July 1.1.-A new offensive
M Hie Germans was li.'un lu-t nigiil
(Continued on Page Sli.)
TURKS DEFEATED
AMSTKIiDAM, Julv 1.1. - Maximil
ian Harden, in mi article in Xtikuul'1,
refers to the significance of Presi
dent Wilson's speech al Mount cr
oon. Frankly udmitliug the Irutli of the
contention that America desires no
territory, that her intervention means
no material gain for hi r ami even is
bound to l,c extrcinclv co-tlv f'r licr.
Ilcrr Harden seeks t,,' impress nnon
his readers the truth llial America
entered the war from idealistic mo
tives. To these motives, he sin's,
inaiiv Germans arc blind, and accord
ingly, most Germans decry them.
Harden rccognix.es the reality of
danger to America from a victorious
Germany and say- .Vncrica'- decis
ion was hound to tall where it did
fall whether the pre-ideiit's name was
Hughes, Taft, l!..-cvell or Wilson.
LONDON, July 15. :Turksh
troops on Saturday night attacked
the llrltlsh positions in Palestine
commanding the crossings of the Jor
dan and on the ridges north of Jer
icho. In the rldgo region, the war
office annoilnced toduy, the British
completely restored hy a counter
attack the positions that had been
penetrated. More than .100 Turks
were taken prisoner, including 2ii"
Germans.
UPON WAR REVENUES
WASHINGTON'. July Kiuiil
billions of dollar- arc to be nuM-d un
der the new reviiiue lull which (lie
Iioum- vjiv niiil mean i-onnnittee he
aim fiiniIoMiir in executive e-ion
toWiy.
Kiuhty iwr rent f I he new revenue-
are to he irniueel I mm remi.iti-t-ntent
ii! tlio exec-- profits ttu in
eonie siirtuxes junl the renin iinh-r
fmm pci-( t:ie-- on luxuries, noii
eruti;iU Mini ornthil.-.
W IT 1 1 T H 12 A M 12 Ii I C A N ARMY
ON TUB MAKXU, July 15. (By the
Associated PreHH), The Germans at,
daylight today Innnchcd a violent at
tack against tho American positions
timul nf Pliulonii TIiIapm. ni,nanl,.llv
near Vaux.
The attack came as a most violent
bombardment of high explosives and
ttas shells turnout tho night. The J
American troops soumlit shelter
wherever it was available. When the
enemy infantry appeared, the Amer
icans swarmed out and met the at
tackers with a rain of machine nun
bullets.
The Americans wore their gas
masks as they fought the attacking
Germans.
An enemy bombardment of towns
In the rear of the lines began shortly
after G o'clock u. m.
The latest reports say the Amer
icans are holding their own fn the
righting, maintaining their positions.
lltNivy llomb;inlmcut
Heuvy shells from German navnl
guns are falling in regions far be
hind the actual battle area, many of
these projectiles having fallen in the
oily of Meuux, miles from Chateau
Thierry. In many of these towns the
German shell fire is constant, the
projectiles being from 10 and lH-ineh
naval guns.
At this hour it hud not been deter
mined how the battle in the vicinity
of Vaux was progressing. The whole
line in both directions from that town
was dense with smoke and gas fumes.
The roar of tho cannonade was punc
tuated in the few intermissions with
a terrific din of machine gun and
rifle fire which seemed of the hottest
character In Vaux itself.
At 11:L'0 o'clock this morning, the
long range bombardment was becom
ing more intense. . '
The day opened sunny but
clouds are now scurrying over
battlefield, threatening rain.
ICnst of lEIielnis Also
Word received here shows that the
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WITHBRIflSH
SEIZE KEffl
Marmun Coast Occupied By British
and American Forces to Prevent
Possession By German and Finnish
Forces Proclamation , Issued to
People That Occupation Is for
Russia Bolshevik! Orders Allied
Forces From White Sea Region.
IS 22ND NAIION
POUT AU IMtlNCK, Haiti, July 15.
The counsel of Hlute, according to
and In accordance with tho legisla
tive powerB given II under the new
llaitien constitution, Iiuh unanimous
ly volod the decliirallon of war upon
llermiiny demanded hy the president
of the republic.
Haiti is the twenty-second nation
to declare war on Germany. Seven
other countries have broken diploinu-
itlc relations. Germany severed dip
lomatic relations with Haiti in .lime,
11117, ufter the West Indian republic
had protested against Germany's un
restricted submarine wnrfare and de
manded compensation for losses to
llaitien commerce und life.
low
the
. I'AIMS, July 1.1.- Writ in- of the
fieruuiii offensive licuiin today, the
mililiirv crilie of the Tennis snesls
the possibility of mi iuiiucdiate Aus
trian iiltnck on the Ilalian frotil, as
there arc iniliiiilions of such n hiii
iicnine in the latest lliilinii conmiuiii
,,ue. "Alter ii naiisc o' some unusual
lciii!lh," writes l.iculciiiinl Colonel
Itoiissrl in Liberie, "Iho I'liciiiv has
rc-uiui'd iielion. Me Ims chosen I lit
niyht folliiwina the Kieiuh nalionul
fclc, liopin- to calch us iiaiiin.
Such ralciilalioii was ins but in I he
true boclic mumicr. The ciicm- neith
er suriiiscd nor caught us iiiiiiwarcs.
The iittnck was beuiin where we hud
reason to niiliciuite it." ,
ARCTIC FRONT WHERE tSHITISH AND AMERICAN FORCES
HAVE OCCUPIED THE MAR MAN COAST ON THE WHITE SEA
LONDON, July 1.1. American and
llrilish troops have occupied tlio
whole French ulurmiin const, in
northern llussin, nays n dispatch
from Moscow to the Central News
Agency, by way of Amsterdam.
Afler capturing Kern, a railroad
station on tho White Sea coast, tho
dispatch adds, the Ainericun and
British forces advanced towurd To
roki, I lie Husslun Bolshevik author
ities having withdrawn to Nlrok.
The . commanders of the entente
allied forces have Inn Bed an appeal tp
the population of the Mnrmnn coast
requesting help aguinst Germany and
Finland. It Is declared that tho Mur
mun coast is Russian territory un
dor the protection of the entonto
powers.
(Continued on
'age Six.)
WASHINGTON. July 1.1..!. II.
Kirby oT Hoiislun, Tex., today woh
appointed lumber administrator of
the Kmergenc.v Fleet corporation to
administer nil activities of the ship
building program connected with tho
production and storage of lumber.
Mr. Klrby will also assume control
over all logging operations.
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WASHINGTON, July 1.1. Tho
Germans have selected tho road to
Paris for renewal oT their drive, offi
cers hero believed today. Judging
from early reports on the battle.
Tho new buttle linn runs clear
around Ithelms In its fitly mile sweep
from Chateau Thierry, where the
first and second American divisions
nro known to he In lino. American
troops in the Jnulgonno sector of the
.Marne east of Chateau Thierry also
are involved.
The apex of the German advance
on the Aisne front Is at Chateau
Thierry whero the American first
corps now'holds the left flank of the
baltlo lino. Presumably the main ob
jective is some place east of that
point which llus on the direct rond to
Paris.
President Wil-on went to Iho war
ilepin Itiicnl iluriie.' the iillcruoon and
spent three ipiarlers of an hour with
Secretary linker coing over the news
from I lie front. Official rcpoits were
far behind the press dispatches de
scribing the figlitinr.
Troop.s I'nkliown -WASHINGTON,
July M. Ameris
can pnrlicipalioii in the occupation of
the Miirnian const of Hiissiu o fur
ns known here is limited to murines
mill bluejilekels.
War department officiols xnid that
I if other American Iroops had made
i their appearance in the neighborhood
I of Archangel and Kola they must
j have been dispatched hy General
Kneli, supreme commiindiug' general,
' from some of (he American troops in
i Knglish concentration camps.
Considerable Allied Forces
I.ONIiON. July 1.1. Al the ro.iucst,
of liusians isiderable allied
foi s are now on the Mitrinan const
which is on the Arctic ocean to the
extreme north of liussin. On Ibis
coasl Ihcro are several hurlmrs eoti
iieelcd iiy rail willi I'elrograd. More
forces are lieina sent and Ilic local
population is co-operating with the
troops.
Meanwhile the (lerinaiis nre making
a desperate alleinpt to .secure control
of I In' Murium! coasl. They need the
haHiors for submarine bases.
The total German force in Russia,
is :i'J German and 1.1 Austrian divis
ions, composfd mainly of old and in
ferior men. This force is spread
from I'ctrograd lo Ilic lllack Sea.
In l-'iiiland the Germans have more
than a division, mainly in the south
and not. easily within reach of tho
Mtmnnn railway.
llrilish public opinion welcomes the
news of aid lo Ilic Russians and is
wnlidiing eagerly the progress of af
fairs on the Miirman coast.
Itolslicvlltl Protest
LONDON, July 1.1. -M. Tchitch-
i erin, the Russian foreign minister.
(Contlnuod on Pago 8lx.)
HY ASSUCIATKH I'liKSS. July 1.1.
In Albania Ilic allied ll is con-
liii'te to advance. Vicuna declares
j I hey are npiiroiM-liing llu new Aus
trian "lini' iif re-istani'c." w hich proh
ii 1,1 v iin-iiii't the Mcmciii ri"r. The
ltnli,m. maintain tlicir prc--ure on
Ilic wc-l. KreiK h troops in the east
hue clearing the hetoli and Tomoricn
valleys. Two tonus and Mi iinport
iinl hill arc included in their lalcst
captures, llrilish liimp, an, active
near Iborall, .Macedonia, hut there
lias U'cn no iuiporlaiit fighlitit;.
JAPANESE TO BUILD
WASHINGTON. July 11. Con
tracts for thirty Kildltionnl nlcel car
go ships have been lot by the ship
ping board to Japanese yurds. Con
tracts also have been lot for building
twenty tran.Miorls to the llethlolicin
,hlibulldlng roiporallon at Alnmedu,
Cal.