Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 27, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text"WEATHER Maximum Yesterday, 77; Minii'mim Today, U). FORECAST Tonight and Tomorrow: Fair and Warmer. EAT CORN Mebforb' Mail Tribune SAVE "WHEAT Torty-elphth Tear. Oatly Thirteenth Tear. MEUFORD, OKKCSONV SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1918 NO. 107 GERMANS' 3L FOOD .mLVIN OWLY YIELD ALONG s : MARNE CENTER RANKS till Franco-American Troops Continue to Press Forward as Germans Shift Main Body of Troops Northward- Huns Driven Out of Woods, Now On Plateau Between Fere and Ville en Tardenois Most Intense Ef fort In Rheims-Soissons Region, WITH THE AMERICAS ARMY ON THE A I SICE JIAliXE FRONT, July 27 (2 p. in. by the Associated Press.) The Germans were- slowly yielding at midday along the southern arc of the Mjimo salient. The Amer ican troops in this sector continued pressing; forward with artillery sup port, apiinst a heavy German ma chine i-'im fire. The French have also moved their positions ahead somewhat with every indication that their progress would continue. The Germans were still occupied today in shift in;; the main body of their forces northward. The . Franco-American forces on the front northeast of Chateau Thier ry have driven the Germans almost entirely out of thu wooded area which they have been so stubbornly defend in.tr. The allied pressure is bcintr con stantly maintained ami early today the nunishmcnt of the enemy by ar tillery lire was resumed with adcil vigor. Tinier the cover of the guns the Franco-American troops again began crawling forward. Near Itullrond Junctions The advance is bringing the al lies still nearer to the important road junction of Fere-en-Tardenois. H is being carried out through the remain der of the dense woods in this region and over the rain soaked fields and hills on llieir. outskirts. Slowly re treating, the Germans are fighting stubbornly as Ihcy retire. Persistent as was the German rear guard defense, however, the enemy's most intense efforts to hold his lines are still being put forth on his flunks in (lie Rheinis and Soissons regions. Summary of Operations I1Y THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. July 27. Shifting their blows to the southern arc of the sector between Khelms and Soissons, the French have struck tho Germans' line at I'ort-Au-IIInson, on the south side of the Marno and about a mile south of Chntlllon. It Is officially reported from Paris that tho French lines wore advanced at that point. Further cast on tho Champagne sector the troops of General Gour aild south of Montague Sans Norn have pressed forward over a front half a mllo deep to almost two miles long. Tho advance east of Rheinis was seemingly for the purpose of restor ing the allied line. Tho attack at Port-Au-Blnson, however, had anoth er object. Gorman troops wore re ported early in the week at Marfaux and Pourcy, northeast of C'hattllon and south of the western spurs of Khelms mountain. A considerable success near Chntlllon would put (Continued on Pago Tiree.) IE LONDON. July 27. Kmperor Wil liam has refused to receive Count Luxburg no that the former (lerman minister to Argentina might justify himself, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from AmHordam. The count handed In his report on his mission to the foreign office Thursday. After the emperor had refused to see him, he conferred with Admiral HinHte. the foreign secretary. PETROGRAD NOW CITY OF DESPAIR I Great Majority of Populace Knows What It Is to Go Without Food Incoming Trains Stormed by Hun- gry Mobs City Full of Worthless Money Which Only Raises Prices. PETROGRAD, June IS. Corres pondence of the Associated Press.) I'etrograd is a city of despair and near starvation. A great majority of the two million persons now crowded inlo the once proud capital of Peter the Great, know what it means to be without food and know that winter is coming with worse in store. The people talk, dream and when they can, eat food. J.ong lines form early in the morning before the shops to buy food. Thousands storm in coming trains in a wild scramble for food brought in by peasants and traveling soldiers. In front of every shop window where foodstuffs are displayed people stand and gaze long ingly. ' Worthless Money Plentiful. Pctrograd is a city with its pock ets full of worthless money. Money presses are working over time and wages are increasing but neither can keep up with the rising prices. The Nevsky Prospekt, "The'' street of Pctrograd, is picaresque evidence of the city's interest in food., In this season of white nights every hour of the twenty of daylight sees it lined from one end to the other with street vendors, selling cakes and chocolate and candies and ipiecr little pan cukes called "hlccncys" and sugar in lumps from carefully guarded little boxes. Persons who foiniely owned auto mobiles and lived in palace like homes are selling candy and biscuits in the streets, to eajn their living. Their customers are opulent sailors and workmen who buy biscuits at fabu lous prices because even they, part of the lime, cannot get bread. Itlcli Turn I'wlillcis. One need ;iot he surprised if the lady dressed in silks and satins once a member of the bouigeois who sells a biscuit on the corner ad dresses him in any one of the two or three foreign languages she knows. Then one may buy newspapers from grey bcans in frock coats and silk hats and former army officer's hiny boots. All are trying to earn a living in ihc "commune'' of Potrogrud where property is confiscated and incomes have vanished. In (ho city's lnrgc-1 hotels, some formerly among the show places of Europe, I here is no electric light, no elevators, no hut water mid, general ly no food. One provides always his own bread and inu-t keep it unler lock and key. A dinner in one of the bet ter class restaurant today costs 40 rubles. Itllt the citv strangle on. Now des perately and now nonchalantly it trie to adapt itself to the topsy-turvy id" its present life. SIBERIA PARI OF HARBIN, Manchuria. July 2". (Ily tho Associated Press.) Docu ments found on Magyar prisoners show that tho German emperor has ordered the Austro-Cicrman prison ers to consider the Siberian front as important as other fronts and that there they will serve the Tathorland as Au.Htro-Germans are doing else where. Owing to pressure, General Semen off, tho anti-Bolshevik leader, has fallen back on the left flank to the Manchuria station which Is within the Chinese frontier. The Bolshevik! and German ex-prlsonera display an Intimate knowledge of the latest German methods of war. Most of the Russians in Siberia are most anxious to co-operate vigorous ly with the allies in a rnmpnign agalnM the Germans. AND STARVATION .AMERICAN TROOPS DEFENDING FRONT LINE TRENCHES iSSOTWi f.:. 7 r, cy; I I wc"7 cv . 1 E LONDON, July 27 Discussing the Gorman position within tho .Marno salient, Router's correspondent with tho American troops In France, says it is well to remember that tho Ger mans still hold the north bunk of tho Marno for, some eight miles from Vinceilea to Keuil! This has not yet boon dlnnuted with thorn. This alono, ho adds, is proof that tho enemy 1b not in a very desperate hurry to withdraw from tho salient. "Tho early success of tho French counter attack," tho correspondent continued, "has bred a deposition to expect further rapid advances and perhaps huge captures, but the ftKht ing in tho salient offers to the ag gressor only the advantage, obtain able from the enemy's congested condition and even that cuts both waya as it loaves masses of men to oppose us. "Our progress the past week gave tho enemy ample time to begin ro organiilalion outsidu tho salient. We aro not likely to go much further without discovering a disposition to withstand us. His position may not ho an enviable one but there are points in it not unfavorable to an attMck. " WAKllINGTIS, July -7. fit' .17 (leiimn divi-iuti ha vi identified in Ihc A'-ne-Miirnc irnr, -aid an olti-ml di-.i!Hi total hem I'lLlllt todaV frnni r'r.imc. This nprv-inl- ap proximately one quarter itf tin' tula! n inn her of iej man t roups mm the western Imut and -how- the Inmen-dou- c"iieeiil rut ion the enemy Was forced to muMer to iiieet the French counter attack. The di-pateh siiid Hi;it the French eiitturerl ll iillieers I, SOU men, tour ennnoti. I'orlv Ircneh mortal niid iillO machine fjitns in t!ie lecent local o erntion north f Mnntdidicr. WASHINGTON, Julv 2 Wcath- er prediction lor t ti ninir Monday i--ued li lerk lM'ii tllc Wt'Mtb'T bnreini today a re : Northern lun-,y Mountain and plalcan region- : Loral th'indei --hotter- and somewhat wanner tir-t half of week, generally fair -croud half, wild nearly normal tempera tures. Pacific -tutc: Fair except -hewers early in the week over northern di-t ricti-. No decided tempera! ute chaniM-. YANKEES TAKE LE CHARmEL N THIERRY DRIVE WASHINGTON, July 27. The capture of Lo Channel Ijy American forces in their advance between the Ourcq nuti the Alurne in reported in General Pershing i-onununique for ycslcrdny, received teny flt the war department. The statement follows: "Section A. Yesterday between Iure( and the Ma me our troops cap tured 1m Charmcl. In the reyrion of Vcrdille one of our aviators shot' down a hostjle machine. 1 "Section ft. Further reports have been received of tbe fighting- which took place from July 21 to 2', in the region northeast of Chateau Thierry. American troops played an import ant part in the struggle, which end ed in our lines being advanced to u point about five miles from the town. "The enemy fought rear yuard ac tions with great stubbornness, de fending1 (he ground foot by fool, and using- large numbers of machine guns. His resistance retarded hut could not stop our advance and on the 22nd we captured Kpicds and Trugny. "The next day the struggle became more bitter. Tin? (icrimms eounlor attacked with violence. Kpicds changed hands four times and re- mained German ; Trugny changed hands three times and remained ours. "(hie of our division up to the ev ening of July 2:1, had captured three cannon, one trench mortar, l.'t ma chine guns and larg-e ipuinlitics of ainuitiuilion ami oilier material. "On Hie 12 1 1 1 1 our troops relumed lo Ihe allaek with vigor and drove Ih enemy mil of Kpicds ami hack into Hie forest J c Fere, lour miles he vond." DR. STEVEN WISE ' KTAMFOIIH, Conn., July 27. Dr. Stephen Wise o( tho fren Kynagogtie In 'New York (.'fly in working iik a day laborer at a local marine con st ruction plant. Dr. Wise said to night Hint he took up the work be caune he believed it the duty of every man who could not enter military Hervic.' to contribute, directly his labor lo essential production for war needs, CLAIM 20 U-B0A1S OFF y. S. GKNKVA. July 2 7 A dispatch re ceived at ItaMd, Switzerland, today from Hamburg says: ".More than twenty large submar ines are now operating off the Amer ican coast. The number of submar ine In Hie Atlantic has been ln- rrcaKod b thlriy per cent In Ihe last seven months." ALONG THE MARNE. AMSTERDAM, July 27. Tho low- er house of the Austrian parliatnont has passed tho provisional budget for the ensuing six months by a voto of 215 to 196 as well as authorizing a war credit of 6,000,000,000 kroaon Baron yon Hassareek, tho new Austro-ilunKarlan premier, In un folding his policy in tho lower Iiouho of parliament, has said, according to advices from Vienna: "In firm union with C.crmany with which we aro united tn unshakahlo friendship, loyalty and Willi whicn we aro about to become more closely united, it is now imperative to en force a successful cud to this tcrrihlo struggle. Tho Austrian government will contribute all In its power to the attainment of this ardently do sired end. "For tho attainment of this aim tho outward manifestation of power alono dooa not suffice. Thero also must ho a development of Internal strength. An absolutely necessary condition, therefore, is constitutional co-operation with parliament, to which tho government will scrupu lously adhere." PLOT 10 BLOW-UP F N1CWAUK, N. J., July 27. An Attempt this morning to blow up the plant of tho Gould and Kberhardl Machinery company, at Irvlngton near here, was frustrated by factory guards. It was announced that evidence of conspiracy had been nnuarlhed. Kru no Kelchelt. a patent attorney, was placed In custody and held under the espionage act. Fredurlck It. Hlschoff, a skilled chemist of Irvingloii, X. J., and Willlnm HHncman, were held on charges of violating tho espionage and sabotage acts. Mischoff, acceding to the federal authorities, was Interested in the compounding of high explosives and was arraigned with iteiclielt to circu larize the country with German pro paganda. CHURCHES ASKED 10 WASH IN'GTON, July 27 Churches of America were called on today by Secrelary Lansing to observe tomor row, the fourlh anniversary of Ser bia's refusal to meet tho demands made by Austria as Serbia day and give "expansion to their Hympathy with thin wronged people and thel oppressed kindred in other lands and to Invoke th blesniiiR of Almighty Ood upon Ibem and llio cause to which they aro pledged." iiruTinu ornnu M S AS A S iri i-iirnnAr""'"" ..uu..u..uu MOONEY GIVEN REPRIEVE UNTIL DECEMBER Governor Stephens Gives Lease of Life to Convicted Bomber In Order to Assure Fullest Consideration of Case While He Goes Over Volum inous Records. LOS AXGKLKS. Cnl., July 27. Governor William l. Stephens an nounced today lie had decided to grant a reprieve lo Thomas J. Mooticy whicb will operate as n stay of exe cution until December tilth, 11)18. The governor announced that be took this action at this time that all persons in this stale nnd through out the country might be assured the fullest consideration would be given Ihe ease by the executive nnd judicial branches of the government of Cali fornia. Stephens' Announcement Governor Stephens' formal an nouncement follows: "I have decided to grant a reprieve lo Thomas J. Mooney, which will op erate as a stav of execution until De cember Ft, HUH. "It is true that the Mooney ease still is in the. supreme court of Call forma, hut I take this action nt this time in order f tint nil persons in this state ami elsewhere throughout the United States may be assured thai Hie Iiillcsr consideration will be given to this case by the executive and the judicial branch of the government of California. "The Mooney ease has been in the courts of Ibis stale for more than two years. Ihe records and hnets arc voluminous. will require nil of tin time between now and the l.'tlh of December to give to this matter that careful consideration which justice both to Thomas J. Mooncv and Hit people demands shall he given. "WILLIAM D. STKPIIKNS, "Governor To Hang; August 1M Mooney was to have been bangi August 'JX lie was senlenced to death February 'J I. HH7, for the murder of Mrs, Myrlle Irene Van Loo of Merced, Cal., who was killed by a bomb explosion here in n prepared m-ss day parade, July 'JlJ, l!H(i. Nine other persons hd their lives and 1(1 were injured. rresMlent Wilson, alter receiving a report on the case from the war la bor policies board, communicated twice with Governor Slephcns. The second roinmuuieaHon, il was an nounced from Vnshingtoii, urged an other (rial for Mooney against whom seven imlietmcnls for murder arc pending. The precise nature of Ihc first was tint announced. Governor Stephens has announced llnit he would lake cognizance of the case when the courts hail finished with the la by riu Hi of mot ions and appeals coner'lerl with it. A second appeal to the stale supreme courl was denied July 'S2, HHK, two years to n day from the dale of Ihe explosion. The formal judgment has not been band ed down. Mnoiicy's case early assumed in ternational aspects. A demon-1 ra tion was made before Hie American embassy at iVIroyrad April 'Jit, l!H7, and labor bodies in Finland added their protect, Frank ( '. Oxiimn, a cattleman of llnrkcc, Ore., who was a prominent witness agatn-l Moonc was tried for attempted siilinrualion of perjury ami Was aciplitterl. 5? FOR WEEKH2.893 I.ONHO.V, July 2 7. llrltlxh cas ualties reported in tho week ending today, l-N!i:t( compared with the ag gregate of 10.HM reported In the previous week. Thee are tllvid'-d af. follows: Killed or died (ff wounds: Officers 12X; men, 17H4. Wounded or missing: Officers 30 1; men, 1,.'!97, 1,250,000 AMERICANS IN FRANCE Trained Combat Yankee Troops Ar riving In Italy Two Additional Army Corps Organized In France- Net Result of Battle is Forcing Germans Bark 1 1 Miles and Short ening Allied Line Ten Miles, States March Corps Commanders. WASHINGTON, July 27 With 50,000 troops sent last week, tho number of American soldlors trans ported during July Is expected to roach a record of 300,000, Secretary Daker and General March, chief of staff, today told members of the sen- . ato military committee. With the shipment of men last week, the total number of American troops omharklng for France was 1,250,000. Americans In Italy Trained combat American troops from France have begun to arrive in Italy, General March announced to day at his regular conforonce with newspaper men. Nolthor tho number nor the place whoro thoy are to bo used has boon., communicated to tho war depart ment, tho gonoral said. Two additional American' army corps have been organized in Franco, General March announced. They aro tho fourth and fifth, commanded by j Major Generals Georgo W. Heed and : Omar Mundy. l Summing up the hattlo situation on tho Alsne-.Marno front, General March said that It had resulted In forcing the Gormans back eleven miles further from Paris and shorten ing the allied lino by ton miles. Tiio positions on tho flaaks of the salient near Soissons nnd Khelms are relatively unchanged, General March said. KvciiIm of Week The German withdrawal from Cha teau Thierry toward tho center of tho salient continues nnd tiio importnnt German center of Fero-Kn-Iardennl8 Is now within three and a hair miles of the allies lines and under constant Rhell fire. Tho most striking ndvanco slnco last Wednesday which General March noted was by the llrillsh forcos Just west of Ithelms. This advance, of a mile anil a half on a four-mile front, ho said, marked a special sourco of danger to tho enemy, placlag his forces to tho south In air awkward position. As a result General March said, tho French already nro beginning to advance northward from tho Marno against tho enemy forcos In tho pocket on that side of tho salient. Tho German attack at Kpicds only delayed tho American progress and theso trdnps nru again moving tor ward. The French ndvnnco from . Dor mans northward on the Marno. tho chief of staff pointed out, Is acroHB precipitous and wgoodod lerraln, making progress necessarily slow. New Army t'orps In announcing tho formation of (Continued on I'ago Throe.) II OFFERED 10 FREDERICK .El TAHIS, July I!". Tho crown of Finland has been offered to Pwko Adolpa Frlcdrlch of Mock-lenburg-Schworiu nnd ho has accented, says a Zurich dispatch to l.e Journal.