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MEDFORD, OREGON,, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1918
NO. 100
ALLIES CAPTURE S
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0ISS0NS
U-BOAT TORPEDOES
OF ALLIES
Fall of Soissons Indicated Says Ba
kerBattle Grows Fiercer as Ger
man Reserves Arrive Spearhead
Drive Makes Progress During
Night Vierzy and Other Towns
Occupied French Again Advanc
ingReadjust German Lines.
WASHINGTON, July W
" There was a persistent rumor
here Into today that word hnd
come of the eapture of Soissons
with 30,(100 Germans. Officials
of the war anil navy depar-t
meats of the French and Hril-
ish emhassieK were inlercsled,
hut said I hey liad received no
eonfinnation.
WASHINGTON, .Inly 10. While
no announcement of the capture of'
the city of Soissons litis reached the.
.i o. r..i
niir lit mii ii i n n i ) nfi'in.u i.ni .
said today that the fall of that citv
scems to he indicated by dispatches.
Loss of Soisotis, the nil-important
railway center from which 1he right
flunk of the German Manic salient
is supplied, .probably would mean
evacuation of the entire salient.
The attention of officials here, the
secretary said, naturally is centered
on the tremendous center hlow de
livered by General Foch. The grad
ual extension of this operation to the
east has tint heen official confirmed,
he said, hut I lie gains on the front
of the original counter thrust have
hcen deepened, "narrowing the sal
ient Jind making the position of the
Germans less and less tenable."
The significance of this move, Mr.
linker said, lies chiefly in the fact
that the supreme commander evi
dently feels that the allied forces are
now sufficiently strong to undertake
an important offensive.
WITH TilK FliKNCII ARMY IN
KiJANCK, duly 31. p. in. (Hy the
the Associated I Mess,) The battle
along the front of the Kranco-Amer-iean
counter offensive between the
Aisne mid Marne rivers is becoming
fiercer today. The Germans are
bringing up reserves.
LONDON, duly 10. According to
advices .received here today the
Trench lire again advancing and it is
probable that the Germans will have
to make n readjustment in their line,
unless they can immediately throw
back the French.
WITH THK AMERICAN FORCES
ON TIIK AINSE-MAKNE FRONT,
July 10. (Hy the Associated Press.)
1 p. in. American and French
forces are continuing to advance
(Continued on Page Six.)
AETNA NITRATE
PLANT EXPLODES
MAKQt'KTTE, Mich., Julv 10.
Three men were killed and damage
estimated ut several hundred thou
sand dollars was done by an explo
sion today at the nitrate plant of the
Aetna Explosives company, near L-h-peming.
The plant which was engag
ed on government orders, w as i om
pletely destroyed. The cause of the
explosion is unknown.
EIGHT DIVISIONS
OF YANKEES-IN
ALLIED DRIVE
Approximately 216,000 Americans In
Fighting. On Aisne-Marne Front
Present Battle Will Not Interfere
With Great Allied Offensive Plan
ned for Later In Year.
WASHINGTON, July. 10 Eight
divisions of American troops are be
lieved to be represented in the al
lied fighting on the Aisne-Marne
front, according to information given
today to members of the house mili
tary committee in their weekly con
ference with General Maid., chief of
staff.
It was stated that th; drive now
going on will not replace nor hinder
the preparations for the great allied
offensive planned for later in the
year.
Eight Divisions Fngagoo
Details of the fighting are lucking
because official dispatches from
General I'ershing have been greatly
delayed. General March and Assist
ant Secretary Crowell, who partici
pated in the conference, expressed
their gratification over the part
American troops are plaving.
Shipment of supplies to American
fielltl't'S is lll'n-I-essinr sil t isl'uet nt-ll V '
General March told the committee
and the time made by the transports
has materially improved.
It was made plain that while eight
divisions! .'probably are represented
in the fighting, it is not taken to mean
that number is actually engaged in
the combat.
Identity of Troops
WASHINGTON, July 10. No of
ficial announcement is availahle as
10 exactly what American Iroons are
ennaed in (he .Tcalesl offensive, hut
.1 is considered certain that troops
of the three recently organized army
corps are represented.
This would include the New Knu
ltnd, Kuinhow anil Sunset divisions
of National Guardsmen nnd selected
men from Michigan, Wisconsin, New
York, Kansas, .Missouri, Alahama,
Georgia, Tcncssee, North and South
Carolina, District of Columbia and
Pennsylvania.
These woidd he in aildiliou lo
olhcr national "tiurilsmcn ami regu
lars. TOO EARLY 10
PARIS, July 10. The German
were without doubt taken by sur
prise on Thursday, writes the mili
tary commentator of the Temps, by
the attack of the soldiers of Generals
Mangin and Oegoutle and the Ameri
can troops, who realized in their first
blow-an important advance and can
tared mo i-e than li,niin prisoners ami
much material.
The Germans, however, have dis
posed in the (Jitadrilutf rial of Sois
sons, Chateau-Thierry, Hermans and
Kheims, reserves estimated at some
two divisions and it has been possible
for them to bring rapid support to
their li r-1 line troops, which an
beating a retreat. The writer adds:
"We have not the right to shout
victory, but our firM day's offensive
has distinctly resulted in our tavor.
The enemy has been obliged to en
gage the greater part of the reserves
which he had tinmediatel" on hand.
Consequently he has hern compelled
to relax his efforts in the region
where he began his offensive nn Julv
IV
U. S. TRANSPORT 1R 000HUNS PERSHING TELLS HUN RESERVES SAN DIFBO
CARPATHIASUNK nApTimrn m OFCAMOUFLAGE FAIL TO CHECK Zmm
BY SUBMARINE g1"1" BY HUN TROOPS ALLIED ONRUSH J"nr WL
Former Cunard Liner Torpedoed Off
Irish Coa?t While Outward Bound
Was Employed In British Ser
vice But Used to Transport Amer-icans-r-Anchor
Liner Sunk Aiso.
NEW YOliK, July 11). The liritish
transport Citrpathin, 13,003 tons
gross, was sunk by a German sub
marine off the Irish coast on Wed
nesday while outward bound from a
liritish port, it was leannd here So
far as known no lives were lost. Very
few persons were aboard. They will
be landed tomorrow.
The ("arpalhia was owned by the
Canard line. Prior to the war she
was engaged in the trans-Atlantic
service,
American Traiisoii
Although in the service of the
Uritish government for several I
mouths, the Carpathia has been used
as an American transport. Her last j
departure from an American port was
in June. The Carpathia was built in'
l!W;l at Newcastle, England. 1
It was the Carpathia which an
swered the wireless S. O. S. call of
the. liner' Titanic' in April, 1012,
when that vessel sank on her maiden (
voyage to New York with a heavy'
loss of life. The Carpathia nicked no .
and landed at New York Hfili Mirvi
vors of the Titanic.
Anchor Liner Sunk
AN ATLANTIC PORT, July 10.
The Anchol line steamship Klysia,
(i.307 tons gross, was sunk by a Ger
man .submarine May 2'., in the Med
iterranean while carrying a cargo
fro mthc far enM, it is reported to
day by a passenger arriving on a
steamship.
'flic Klysia was one of a convoy of
22 vessels. The crew were saved.
LONDON, July HI. A liritish
sloop was sunk by a siihrdariuc on
Tuesday, says an admiral) v an
nouncement today. Twelve of the
crew were the onlv survivors.
Another Transport Sunk
LONDON, July 11. - The liritish
transport Marunga has been sunk by
a submarine the admiralty announc
ed this afternoon. There were no
casualties..
The admiralty statement reads;
"The transport Barnnga, formerly
the German steamer Sumatra, out
ward bound for Australia with un
fit Australians on board, was tor
pedoed and sunk by a German s tb
marine on Monday. Then1 were lo
casualties.'
The I'amnga was n steamer of
7. IS4 ton uro-s, built in Klcnsbiiiy in
I fU :t- She was AH2 feet long, am, J!)
feet deep. She was owned by ie
llriti-h govcrnrn"Tit.
SILESIAN POLES
WASHINGTON. July 10. The de
eision of the Doles of Austrian Silc-ia
to join the Czechs in common opposi
tion to the governments of the central
powers has provoked great enthus
iasm in Dohemia and Moravia, said
an official dispatch today from Zu
rich. Kept ills received there from
Vienna said the A Motrin I government
i having increased difficulty in sup
pressing the nclmtics uf (he Czechs
and Slavs in their manifcclntions of
bo-tililv.
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Allied Counter Offensive Results In
Advance of Six Miles and Caoture
of 100 Cannon In First Day At
tack Still In Progress and In Spite
of German Reinforcements, Good
Progress Is Being Made French
Ejecting Enemy North of Marne.
LONDON, July 19. French troops
In their counter offensive on the hat
tie zone hetween the Aisne nnd the
Marne captured 16,000 prisoners yes
terday, according to news reaching
London this afternoon. The maxi
mum d in I unco of the advance was six
miles and the minimum two miles.
PARIS, July 111. More than one
hundred gun have been captured In
the allied attack on the. Alfino-Murno
front, aeeordlnr.jto tho Herald, to
day. On tho front between Kheims and
tho Marno' tho French have recaptur
ed Moutvoisin and made progress in i
the Hill wood and the Courton wood,
capturing four rannnn and four hun
dred prisoners.
Hotween tho Alsno and tho llnrne,
in spile of new arrivals or German
reinforcements, tho ullies arc making
sensible progresB and nro capturing
a largo number of prisoners, accord
ing to the official statement Issued
by the war offico today.
ItiilUc Continues
Along t ho whole front hetween tho
Alsno and the Marno tho battle con
tinues wllh violence.
South of the Marne, by a vigorous
attack, the French have ojectel tho
enemy from the outskirts of Oeullly.
Holween Kheims and tho Marno
Italian tioops huvo taken Moulin
D'Ardre south or Mnrfaux and north
west of Pourry.
The slatemeat reads:
"Between tho Aisne and the Marno
our troops, surmounting1 the resis
tance or the enemy which was In
creased by the arrival of cull reserves
resulted in sensible progress at Iho
close of yesterday. Tho number or
prisoners counted In being uuginenl
ed. Tho battle continues Willi vio
lence along the wholo trout.
Itetake .Mum volxln
"West or RhelniB and south or tho
Marno our troops yesterday by a vig
orous attack retook Montvolsin and
threw tho enemy to the outskirts or
Oeullly.
"To Iho north or tho Marno we
have made progress In tho Hoi wood
and tho Courlon wood and carried
our line a kilometer to the westward.
"Further north tho Italians lmve4
taken Moulin D'Ardre and conquered
ground In tho region of lloullly.
"In the course of these actions the
French have raptured tour cannon,
thirty machine guns and 400 prison
ers. "Between Montdldier and Xoyon
and also in Iho Woevre region In
j rulds agalnrt the German lines wo
captured lull prisoners."
WASHINGTON, July 10. - Mohiii-
l.ntinti pi nn-- lor phyif iim-i of the
'mint rv, u hereby c cry nieitilH r of
Ihe medical plol'cssiou will be assign
ed to military or other branches ol
go' eminent service, were in progres-
today. The plan contemplates .
untaiy enrollment of even phv.-i-
ctnn in (he coaiilry.
Germans Dress In French Uniforms America and. French Tioops Advanc-
Germans Dress In French Uniforms
and Helmets and Attempt to Pene
trate American Trenches Success
of Attack With French Confirmed
Raiders Killed By Yankees.
WASHINGTON, duly 1!). General
I'rrsliings' eomin maple for ye-tordjy
conlirms pres i orN of the com
plete success pi' ne allied allnci; he
tween the Aino and I he Mjirre hy
combined Amcriiuu uiu1 I'V hc;i
forces.
The dispatch I'ol.ows:
Seclion A. American troop, eo.
opernline with the Fi-ench in an at
tack on the eneui 'V pos'lo is hetween
the Aisne and the Main.'. i"ii.'trnted
his lines lo a deiuh of s.:vm! miles,
(apluri i", many ''risoncn: and euns,
Sectiiri It. On the nis:!u of July
If) aiid ill. u piaioon o1' on: troops
opcrat'iu;: rust il' Wlieim w.i.s ut
laclieil by u rajdli pur'.y of '21 Ger
mans, Our mcli went owr the top
to tiled I hem nnd killed t'c entire
piirly with the biiyunef without los-,
ill"; liny themselves.
One of our reyimenls' in this sumo
region reports dial a party of Ger
mans, with French helmets and coals,
ultcmjilcd to penetrate one of our
trenches. The leader succeeded in
approaching our machine gunner
posted at this point, savini; lie wus
French. When wilhin a short dis
tance of the gun, the German Ihrew
a grenade which wounded our gunner.
The gunner's teammate seized Ihe
uuu, turned it on the Germans ami
put them lo fliulit.
Another of our rcgiuieiils in the
same locality reports thai an nlTiccr
in French helmet and coat approach
ed an oulposl guard sayinir that he
was taking hack a detachment of
French from a furl her front and re
iiestcil the guard not lo lire. The
detachment proved lo he Get-mans in
French helmets and coals.
SEEK' TO MAKE
T.'R.
SAIlATOCiA SPRINGS, July 19.
Governor Whitman will remain n
eundldate for rcnomlnation even IT
Colonel Koosnvelt connentB to enter
the primaries, according o an
nouncement today hy Wlllinm A.
Orr, the governor's secretary.
Notwithstanding Governor Whit
man's announcement the KookcvcIL
"round rohln" continued to he circu
lated this forenoon, One of the early
reports was that Charles KvmiH
Hughes In WaHhlnKtnit hail hcen In
communication with the petition cir
culators here and had aked the use
of his name. Pending definite word
from (he colonel the informal slate
makers were dihftiH.sIng serloiiHly a
tentative ticket to he headed hy
Colonel Itoosevelt.
A vigorous win-the-wnr plank, a
hearty endorsement of the Whitman
adrufnl!lra(inn and a declaration
"emphatically urging" the l.'nlted
States Bona torn from New York to
vote for the federal -suffrage amend
ment were foul wren of the platform
presented by tho resolutions commit
tee. No mention was made of prohi
bition. LONDOV, .Inly 1 A. -Herbert C.
Hoover, American food controller,
arrived today ut a Mritb;li port from
America.
America and French Tioops Advanc
ing From Aisne to Marne and
Struggle Ragiii" With Great Vio
lenceAllied Initial Success as
That of Germans in First Offensive.
HY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
July 19. American and French
troopa are advancing along tho lino
from tho Aisne to the Marne, where
on Thursday morning they launched
a counter offensive of Inrgo propor
tions. Germaa reserves, hurried up to
meot the threat against the enemy'B
right flank In the Solssons-Chateati
Thierry-Rhclms salient, are engaged
in the struggle, which Is raging with
great violence nlong the whole front.
The reaction of tho allies is not re
stricted to the line from the Aisne to
the Murne. South of the Marne nt
tho point where tho Germans had
made their greatest advance, the
French have retaken MontvolRiu and
ejected the enemy from tho outskirts
of Oeullly, two miles west.
ItctaUo list Ground
North of Ihe Marne, and hetween
tho river and Rhchns, ihe Kronen
and Italians have forced their 'line
westward la the Hoi and Courton
woods, retaken Moulin D'Aredro ond
Improved the line at lloullly.
Tho capture of cannon; machine
guns and too prlKonors la these op
erations Is reported.
Tho allied plungo south of the
Aisne, so far as definitely known, has
advanced to an extreme depth of
nearly six miles, the deepest penetra
tion being at Hu.ancy, on the wes
tern hank of tho Crie river, south
east of Soissons.
Americans Take IOOO
At least twenty villages were tak
en by tho French and Americans.
The first attack carried tho French
and Americans to their third objec
tives. American troops alone there took
4000 prlribners, HO cannon and loan
machino guns, with prisoners and
guns yet to he counted. Largo num
bers of prisoners were taken also
near Chateau Thierry as well as guns
and supplies, while the French mndo
Important captures all along the Hue,
The French encountered strong resis
tance at Courchamps tint drovo thru
and took 18 guns.
LONIM)N, July 19. Tho Finnish
government has withdrawn its bill
for constitutional reform and the
adoption of a monarchy, and has de
clared the cession of tho Landtag
closed, Hays a dispatch from Stock
holm. This action was taken as tho
government failed of a two-thirds
majority on the second reading of
the bill.
BY HUN U-BOAT
LONDON, July 19. A French
steamer has been sunk by a l-boat,
according to Renter's. The crew
succeeded In getting nway from tho
ship In two boats, but both of them
were rammed by the underwater
croD. There was only one mirvivor
of the ilbanler, who was In Ihe water
for I I hours.
Uniteti States Cruiser Attacked 10
Miles Off Atlantic Coast By Ger
man Submarine Vessel SunK at
Noon Today No Loss of Life Re
portedFormerly the California,
Built In J907, 13,500 Tons
U-Boats Reported Week Ago. j
WASHINGTON, July 19.
Tho United States armored
crulsor Sun Diego was torpe-
docd and sunk by a German
K submarine this morning ten 4
miles off Fire Island, N. Y, .
The San Diego formerly was
the California, built' at San
l-'ranclsco in 1907. She carried
a, pea eo time complement of
S71 men, of 13,500 tons. , ,
t
WASHINGTON, July 1!). Tho
Cnitetl States armored cruiser San
Diegit was torpedoed and sunk by a
German submarine ten miles south
east of Fire Island light at 11
o'clock (his morning. There was no
loss of lite, so far as is known.
The cruiser is Li,(i!M) tons, ,"0' feet
long ami has a speed of 22 knots.
Her main armament consisted of four
H-iin-h guns in turrets and 14 ti-iticli
guns.
The navy department issued this
statement :
"The navy department hns receiv
ed reports from the third naval dis
trict Mating that the Cnited States
cruiser San Diego was sunk ID miles
southwest of Fire Island light at
11 Ibis morning. One officer and
two boat's crews were landed at life
saving station No. H2 on Long Island.
Other survivors are in boats tnd four
steamers are standing by.
So far as can be ascertained thero
appears to have been no loss of life.
The cause of sinking has not yet been
dclcrmiued. The San Diego was nn
armored cruiser of l!!,(i!)0 tons dis
placcemtit and carried a complement
of 1 ,1 1 1 officers.
NEW YORK, July 19. German
submarines wero operating today off
the north Atlantic coast. One largo
ship Is reported sunk. Other ships
are reported to have been attacked.
Details of tho new submarino raid
wero not Immediately available. Tho
attacks were understood to he in tho
trano-Atlantlc laao not far off the
coast.
Submarines were reported about a
week ago considerably east of Capo
Race on tho northerly stoamshlp
routo when the schooner Manxman
was destroyed. There were reports
of one or two other submarine at
tacks In that vicinity, but none wero
successful.
ITALY GIVEN CREDIT
WASHINGTON. July 1!).- -Italy
i:ot another credit of f 11111,111111,11110
from the I'nilcd States government
and llcluiiim uiven .t!l,IIIIO,IIOII
aildiliHiiat, This iiiakes the ulli'vs to
tal loan from tlx I'nilcd Males
I $ i UP. HIM). I ; I'cluium s total $1 l.'i,-
'J.'iil.lillll ami all the allies' loinm .fli,
:lf 0,11 10,01111, .