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MEDFORD, OREGON,' TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1918
NO. 109
0 HALT ALLIES
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POOP WILLVIN
KNItLION GERMS
FAL
Alii LINE
SMASHES ON
UNDER EIRE
Germans Viciously Counter Attack
Alonq Entire Circular Line Amer
icans Withstand Heaviest Assaults
Progress, Slight but Important,
Made by French Yankees Gain
Ground In Face of Repeated As
saults by Enemy. :
LOXDOX, July 30, 4:41 p. m. (By
the Associated Press.) American
troops tn the Soissons-Rheims sector
have been fighting virtually without
cessation along their whole line for
the last 24 hours. The German de
fense had stiffened and the Amerl
tans had made very little fresh pro
gress up to noon today, according to
dispatches this afternoon.
During the night the Cerfnans
"kept up tholr unsuccessful counter
attacks in an effort to find a hole
somewhere- In the American lines.
They continued the same hopeless
task today.
On other parts of the line, the
most noteworthy allied advance waB
the accomplishment of the French In
capturing Homigny, on tho castorly
sldo of tho Ballcnt.
Ynnkece Hold Firm
WITH THE AMERICA' AU.MV
ON THE Aia.VE-.MARXE FRONT,
July 30, 1 p. m. (By the Associated
Press.) Under a fire from tho enemy
only slightly less than that of yester
day the Americans on the front north
of Ourcq held on to their positions
this forenoon and even advanced a
little toward the road from Seringes
to Sergy.
Ropeatcd efforts 'by the enemy to
dislodge the Americans were futile.
On the Americans' left tho French
are moving forward. To the right
the lines aro holding steadily.
The guards that wero brought in
by the Germans to attack the Amer
icans yestordny appeared today to
have licen withdrawn by the Gorman
command.
The fighting Is the heaviest the
Americans have experienced. Tholr
conduct Is winning the praise of tho
Fronch observers.
Siiiiiik Counter Attack
LONDON, July 30. ( Ily the Asso
ciated Press). The Germans have
been countor attacking very heavily
along virtually the entire battlcfront,
according to news that reached Imu
don shortly after noon today. Their
attack was an especially heavy one
In the American sector, and resulted
In driving the Americans out of the
village of Clorges, about 5 miles
southeast of Fere-En-Tardenois.
Another German thrust drove tho
Fronch out of Deagneux, near Grand
Rozoy, northwest of Fcre-En-Tardc-nols.
This town, however, was re
captured from tho enemy.
There has been heavy fighting
near Ducancy, five miles south of
Solssons, and also In Plessler wood,
about five miles farther south. In
this latter locality 43 prisoners were
taken belonging to three divisions of
the onemy now engaged In the Marne
salient. There are 71 such divisions
of which ton bolong to tho northern
(Continued on Pago Two.)
AN ATLANTIC PORT, July 30.
A navy observation balloon, station
ed near the entrance to this harbor,
was struck by lightning and destroy
ed during a thunder squall this after
noon according to word brought here
by passing steamship. It could not
be learned whether there were any
fatalities.
GERMAN FORCES
E
Nearly Million Men Hurled Into Cir-
cular Front Ten Divisions Drawn
From Prince Rupprecht's Army
Paris Believes Retreat Has Halted
London That Stop Kill Be Vesle.
: 15Y THE ASSOCIATED HIKSS,
July 31. The (icrmmis have thrown
nearly n million men into the ipintic
IjullU between Soissons and Ilhcims
iiml have viciously couuler attacked
all .along . the circular line that
stretcher from Soissons to the neigh
borhood of Khcims.
Even this formidable force, how
ever, appears to have made not more
than n dent or two in the allied
front in ils Inlest effort, while at va
rious points prnyresH for the allies,
slight hut important, is reported.
Hojrnrclinjr the strength of the Ger
man forces, unofficial advices slate
Unit there arc 71 Teuton divisions en
liaiied in this slrugle. The strength
of a German division is about 1.1,'iUn
on n normal fooling, so Hint if nil Ihe
unils resisting the allies north of (he
Miirne have been kept up to standard,
there arc !),")8,.")00 men tr.vintr to hold
the line until the situation is relieved.
Of these divisions there are 10 drawn
from Crown Prince Huppreclifs army
in the north.
Heavy Itclnforccinciita
The German crown prince had in
the neighborhood of .100, 000 men be
tween Kheims and Chaleau Thierry
when the attack ueross the Mnrne
began on July 15. The inereaso in
the number of divisions engaged in
the battle would apix-ar to indicate
that he had since that time drawn
heavily on other army groups. It
would also seem that this action on
his part reflects the importance of
this battle in the eyes of the German
high command.
Through the German counter Mow,
the Americans were driven back from
Cicrgcs, southwest of t'ere-Kn-Tar-denois,
while to the northwest of
Fere Ihe French were forced out of
Heugneiix, into which Ihcy had pene
trated lifter passing through Grand
Kozoy, but Inter recaptured the vil
lage. llu.nncy, situated on the west side
of the ('rise river about five miles
south of Soissons, also has been Ihe
scene of heavy fighting, und the lial
tle appears to have been general
along the line soiilh id' Mint point, no
tably in Flossier wood, near where
the fronl turns abruptly to Ihe east.
Forging Slowly Ahead
On the other end of Ihe battle line
(here have been sharp engagements,
but reports credit the allies willi
making an advance at Aubilly, in the
Ardrc valley, west of llheims. They
have also forged tibead further down
toward the bottom of the pocket, at
V i I Ic rs - A rgon - A i gu i zy. ,
While these counter blows jiiiainsl
the allied lines are general and ol
great violence, it is not believed in
London that the enemy intends to
make a real stand south of Ihe Vesle
river. Paris on Ihe olhcr hand, seem?,
to believe lhat Ihe Germans mav have
fixed upon Ihe present location of
their armies as the t'ild upon which
they will turn at bay.
LOANED 10 ALLIES
WASlfJNGTON'. .Inly HO. Loans
to tho allies totalling 1 1,000.1100
were announced today li.v the treas
ury department. France received
$1011.000,1100, llclgiiim 0,IIOO,000 ami
Serbia :i,0U0.lioo. This brought the
tidal of loans to the allies to .fli.l'.l'.'.
40,000. AMSTKIiDAXI, .Inly :io. 'Ihe
shortage of soap and of suftieient
change in clothing has caused a
mange, a .kin disease, to develop in
occupied Hclgium to un ulannung
degree, due to lack of antiseptic.
DOUBLED 1C
BATTLE BEGAN
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American machine (runners have heen in a largo measure responsible- for (ho umit victory over (ho (Jer
Im in h between Chateau Thierry ami Soissons. Thin American official photograph shows a Ynnkeo macJiliio
gunner of the Second division taking a whack at tho Huns from a trench.
GREAT SUPPLIES JAPANESE STEAMER
OF HUN MUNITIONS GROUNDS IN TOG
m m v- r a i a k m -
WITH TIIK AMIClilCAN Ali. MY
OX TIIK AISNK MAKNIi KKONT,
July .10. liv tht; Associated Tress.)
The tremendous stores of (iernian
ammunition ruptured by the Franco
American troops in tho forest ol'
Pere and Hiz leads officer; to believe
Hint the allied offensive nipped in
(lie hud German plans for a momen
tous drive upun Kpernay.
The forests and the surrounding
county north of the Mnrne were vir
tually one (Treat arsenal for Herman
ammunition of all kinds, big pins'
shells being part ieuliirly numerous.
At places on the edge?- oT the woods
there were large shells, stacked like
con wood over large ureas.
Thousands of these shells were in
tended for the (Jenuiin 210 inilimeter
guns, only a few id' which luivc been
completed. The Americans assume
that the Hermans withdrew many of
thee guns und that others intended
for the limit drive had not yet fir
med when the allied offensive be
gun. All through Ihe forests the Ameri
cans came upon ammunition depot-.,
at some places more than an acre of
ground being covered with shells of
all calibres. Some of tiie smaller
shells were labeled "lor imiiit-diiite
use." All the road lending every
where and even in Ihe open pbtccs,
(he shells were camouflaged with
limb of trees.
From the road vvji ys skirting the
forest in every p;itch ot wood hcll
iv ere i-iblc. Kveiy clump o' tree,
or shrubbery sheltered hc!U of va
rious calibres. Some nf Ihe depots
were devoted entirely to hi:; shell-,
and other.- exclusively lo projectiles
of .smaller size-, inclr.ding pas shell-,
high esplo-shc projectile-- and cartridge-
fur iiia'-buir nun- and rifles.
From the roadway lienr the fore.-ls'
edges mile after mile of cases of
rifle eartrides wen seen winding in
and out and following the tree hue
like feii'-e-.
The allies are planning a stemn
ti.ed a--enibly of Ihe -hell-, for n-e
later aguin-t the Herman.
AMSTKKDAM, July 20. A new
strike has broken out ut Kalk, tn
PniFflia, near Cologne, aoonllnic to
tho Kcho Hel;e. Machine guns were
lined to upprejs the movement and
the leaders werft arrested, the news
paper declares,
The police, ft Is added, were Mill
busy whn the report wan sent, dis
persing the crowd which continued
to gather Id the streets.
MACHINE GUNNING FOR HUNS.
A PACIFIC POUT, July :tlt A
wireless message received ncrc rc
tor!crt (lie o'ltpcncl-c. steamer Ciimn
da Mum ashore ut noon in a dense
fog and j-ave here position. The ves
sel was reported to he leaking badly
and sending out S. O. S. calls. She
had 17(i piissencrs ami was inward
bound from Honolulu.
A PACIFIC POUT, July :ii).
Shipping men here today received
news that the vessel grounded at
about jt o'clock this morning. At the
local merchants exchange it was
thought the strange vessel probably
could obtain help from a liht' ship,
located nbout five miles from Ihe po
sition piveii.
The Canada Muru, it is said is
earrvinr a caruo of silk valued at n
proximatHy .f'JJHKl.tMIO. She is
bound from Yokohama and Kobe.
WASHINGTON, July :i0.-I),M.b-liiij;
of war taxes on admission- to
places of amusement and on club dues
was decided upon today by Ihe hoii-c
ways and means committee consid
ering the new eipht billion dollar war
revenue bill. Majority sentiment was
said to favor more than doubling Ihe
pre.-ent taxes on tohnceo, but the fi
nal decision was deferred.
WASHINGTON, July ;!H, Secre
tary Maker announced toniyhl thai
(ieneral Per-hinv had ropie-ted im
meiliate sbipmeul of a lare number
of He Huwland bombiii plane- fr
u-e id" the Amencnn forces and that
the order ha- been placed on the de
partment's priority lis), insuring
prompt Ir.iu-porlatiou.
ST. PAI L. July :i0.- Kailroad o
licmU were notified today that the
Canadian Pneitic has decided to co-e
several wf il- hi summer rc-ort ho
tels in the Canadmn Uockies oivin to
I m m i r patiofiaye. It was intirnaled
similar action may be taken by cor
porations operating' hotel in Ameri
can park.
WHITE FLAG ONLY
WITH TIIK AMKKICAN ARMY
ON TIIK AISXK MAKNK FRONT,
July HO. (Ry the Associated Press).
The croaHhiK of tho Ourcq river was
effected by the Americans on Sunday
in brilliant style in the tace of great
difficulties, the (Ioniums having do
stroyed tho bridges nnd placed their
artillery and machine gnus In advan
tagnotiH positions to resist the pus
sago.
Tho Franco-American forros had
planned to cross tho Ourco, before
daylight on Sunday., Tho Americans
repeatedly started to advanco during
tho night hut as often were held hack
hy tho fire of the enemy machine
guns and heavier pieces.
During one of the lulls In the Ger
man firing, Captain Allen Huff of
Corning, in., worked IiIh men up to
tho center of a field, the Btopes of
which led to tho Oiimp Just then
tho Cerinans resitmed their flro In
full force. Immediately Huff nnd hfK
mon dug tn and held on where they
wore until daylight.
Meanwhile the Herman artillery
hail been (pileted somewhat by the
heavier artillery of the allies, In
carrying out counter battery work
Choosing an opportune moment
Huff's men dabbed to the river,
jumped In with a splash and waded
across, cheering as they went.
Corporal Chris Herthelhcn of Sioux
City wan among llioso of the first
wave to crows the river. They Imme
diately went after (lie machine guns
on a bill on Hie norlb bank of tht
Ourcq. Thn fire which they openeu
on the enemy newt at this point was
so Interim that the Hermans raised
white flag. Anticipating a nlco hag
of prisoners the Americana rushed
only to le opened up on anala by the
enemy machine guns an they Hp
proached. Then the Americans lei
lnoHH wllh the full weight, of their
flro against the Hermans, who agalu
rained tho while flag. Twelvo Her
mans wero killed and nine captured
In this operation.
INCREASE PRICHCF
SUGAR ONE CENT
NKW VOR K, July :: A n Iriereaxe
to the toiu'iimer of one cent a pound
tn the price of suiar In indicated In a
statement Issued here today by
Oeorgo M. Itolph, chatrmun of the
International sugar committee, arte
a conference with representatives of
tho Cuban government. Hugar
authorities of tho Cuban and Culled
States governments will meet In
Washington next week to decide on
the 1919 prices.
TURKS RESENT
HUN CONTROL
OF CAUCASUS
Turkey to Handle Situation In Can
casans According to Her Own Ideas
Appeal of Tribesmen More Po
tent Than Voice of Kaiser Ger
many Alarmed Over Independence
AMSTERDAM, July 30. Turkey
Is going to handle tho situation in
the Caucasus according to her own
Ideas. This Is Indicated in a tele
gram from Constantinople dated July
JS which quotes an article in the
newspaper "Xaaftri Ekfiar, presenting
tho Turkish viewpoint.
"Wo have nothing to say a&ajn&t
tho principal laid down In tho Brest-
Itovsk treaty," says tho article, "hut
when tho Caucasus, newly reorganiz
ed, refused to ho hound by tho treaty
what Is more natural for us than to
take into consideration tho noccssl-j
ties of this new situation created on
bur Important eastern front? Could
we closo our ears to tho appeal of
tho Rovornmont of a pooplo largely
of the saino race and same crocd us
bursolvos? : ',
Turkish Viewpoint
'Wo aro awaro of the action and
Its prosent progress, to place under
Gorman control Tlflls and llnku. That
is a logical consequenco ot the appli
cation of tho Rrest-Mtovsk treaty.
How could this treaty he taken into
'consideration In tho affairs of tho
Caucasus, Booing that tho Bolshevik)
government has not oven been able
to return to us, in accordance with
tho treaty, our eastern frontier and
that influences entirely Independent
of tho Hotehovtki government have
arlson?"
This reported attitude on the part
of Turkey may account In part for
tho report received thru Copenhagen
that Turkey and Germany havo scv-
orod rotations.
Hermany Ahtf'med
Early this month It was reported
thru Washington that Germany was
becoming alarmed over tho aggres
sive territorial tendencies of her
allies, especially Turkey. Several
weeks earlier It had ibeon reportod
that Germany had ordered Turkey to
stop her advanco in tho eastern Cau
casus. Almost simultaneously an
nouncement came from Berlin that
German troops had been landed at
Poll, on the Black Sea coast, and an
Important point on the railroad run
ning thru Tlfl is to Baku. On June
13 Turkey signed a peaco treaty with
tho trans-Caiicaslun government hut
the terms havo never been reported
adequately.
Tho dtaku region, on tho Caspian
Sea, Is one of the world's most Im
portant oil fields. Possession of this
territory might also bo u menace to
British control In India.
SAtiKM, Ore., July ;i0.--Bennett
Thompson, a murderer sentenced to
life impri -oiunent nnd Prcd A. Thur
bcr, M-ning year- lor burglary,
cm-u ped from I he stale pri-oti here
lut niht by scaling the wall in some
manner us yet. not known to the
aul horif ic-. No trace; of them ha.?
been found.
Thompson killed Mrs. Helen .len
mns and I 'red KiMinan, a cliauf
leur, in PHU, in Wa-hinutoii county
on Ihe road between Sherwood and
Portland. It was believed at Hie time
lhat the murder was eommiltcd
through jenloitv r to conceal some
other crime. The murderer hjk eon
sidered one of the mo-t daiigcroii
prisoners in the Oregon penitentiary.
At the time be un sent to prison lit
is nid to have threatened to escape
and avenge himself upon Ihe sheriff
and district attorney id' Washington
county. He luiH served two previous
terms for robbery.
Thurber also hud been a peniten
tiary inmate before.
NEW SUIIAN
WITH KAISER
Turkey Reporter! to Have Severed
Diplomatic Relations With Ger
many as Result of Dissatisfaction
With Treatment Food Taken and
Military Assistance Withheld
Relations Between Bulgaria and
Germany Also Strained.
WASHINGTON, July 311. No offi
cial advices regarding' the reported
break in relations between Turkey
and Germany have renehed Washing
ton, but the government would not ho
surprised if Turkey bus been driven
to un open rupture ns there is u well
founded background for the report.
Reports that n Turkish mission re
cently had been trying in Switzerland!
to cultivate friendship with somo of
the allied g-overnments liavo been
received here. Tf, would he natural,
officials said, forHho Turkish gov
ernment to endenvo to find some,
new friend union? tho powers before
breaking with its old associates,.
When the present Biiltun eamo to
the throne in Constantinople a few
weeks ngo, ti ''hIWhijt onti-Hermnn
party came into power.
Many Turkish officials, hlnme the
Hernia ns for the lack of food nnd
other supplies in Turkey, as well ns
Ihe reverses sustained by tho Turk
ish firms.
Promised Help Palls
(iennnny promised assistance lo
the Turks in the Palestine and Meso-'
polamia campaigns where the Brit
ish forces have been consistently de
feating the Turks. In neither ease lias
Ihe Herman pledge of aid been ful
filled and the Turks are indignant as
a result.
The strained rein I ions between
Turkey and Bulgaria, which recent
ly resulted in armed conflict, havo
caused tin strong nidi-Herman feel
ing ii both countries. The Turks are
satisfied that I hey did not receive
fair trenment in territory when the
peace with Kumauia was signed, and
Ihe Bulgarians have much tho same
feeling. Both countries are said to
reali.e that the are being impoverish
ed bv the Hermans in an effort, to
provide food for the Teutonic Holdiers
and civil population. t
Uulgurs Resentful
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria is rep
resented as fen ring the diMiiember
metu of his kingdom nfler the war,
and having difficulty in keeping in
control the very strong iinti-Hcrnuin
element with which be had to deal
when he decided to cast his lot with
Hcrmnny. Thw element ha slost none
of iU strength since Bulgaria's cn
trnrice into the war.
LONDON, July l!!-"Thu relation
between Germany and Turkey .have
been severed, according to direct In
formation from Constantinople."
This announcement Is mado by the
Copenhagen correspondent of tho
Kxehango Telegraph company.
The excitement against Germany,
tho advices further state, has been
growing, particularly of tho hint
week's events.
Tho Hermans recently demanded
Ihe cruiser Ilamldleb, tho only largo
rhip then In possession of Turkey, a.i
couipcnsatlon for I bo Breslau, thu
(Contln'.cd on Pago Two.)
CllAlil1OTTKS ILHK, Va.( duly
-I", - An cxprc-s car on a weslbuunil
Chesapeake & Ohio passenger train
passing- th rough here early today,
was robbed by an unidentified white
man who hound and gaged the ex
presi messenger. The safti wuS
emptied of all valuables,