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University pf Oreuon - Liurary WEATHER Maximum Yesterday, OG; Minimuui Toclav, Sfil.. FO1J10CAST Tonight and Tomorrow: Showers and Cooler Tonight. Medford Mail Tribune EAT CORN SAVE WHEAT Forty-etKhrti Tear, pill y Thirteenth Tar. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 3918 NO. 111 . ! m m TEUTONS HURLEDBACK-QN 1CMNILE FROM . . s ... FOOD .WIIIWInI I BLOW WIPES OUT SALIENT AT OULCHY German Armies Placed In Dangerous Posion By Success of Allied Smash at Oulchy-Le-Chateau On Front . . Between Buzancy and Seringes Foe Fights Stubbornly as Ameri cans Advance Near Charmey In Movement to Straighten Lines. LONDON, Aug. 1 The allies do livcred n new stroke over a 10 mile front between Buzancy, about four . miles south of Soissons, to Seringes, north of Ferc-Kn-Tnrdcnois. The re suit was a considerable advance and the wiping out of the-elbow in the line at Oulchy Lc Chateau, accord ing to advices to the Evening Stand' urd this afternoon. ' The1 allied attack reported from London is along a vital sector or tne Soissons-Rhcinis salient. From Buz ancy the allies have held positions running in a southerly direction closely following the course of the SoisKons-Chuleuil Thierry high road. At Grand Rozoy the line bent sharply to the cast, running north of Fere-Kn-Tardenois to the village of Ncslcs, whore it turns suutli past Meunicrc forest. The gain made by the nllics bus not onllv wiped out the elbow in the line nlinvn Onleliv I .n flinf on n lint tins ne- centunled the plight in which the Gcr- mans in Meumero torcst, lionchcres and St. Geinnic find themselves. Allies Straighten Lino WITH THE AMERICAN'- ARMY ON THE AISNE MAIiNE FRONT, Aug. 1, 8 a. m. (By the Associated Press.) Tho Franco-American forces on the main battle front con tinued yesterday's process of struightening out the line. They scored advances in this effort, the Americans pushing beyond Sergy to within two kilometers of Chnmery. The allied forces effected their progress against stubborn German resistance. Chamery, the town the Americans are iiproacbing, marks the spot where Lieutenant Qiicntin Roosevelt fell to his death recently with his airplane. German Attack Repulsed PARIS, Aug. 1. The Germans this morning attacked the French po sitions In the region of Qllgny, south west of Khelms. The attack was re pulsed, says the official statement today from the. war office. KILLS THOUSANDS LONDON, Aug. 1 Travelers from Bulgaria, says an Amsterdam dis patch, declare that a serious out break of typhoid is raging in the Bul garian army and ut Sofia. The num ber of casualties is said to run into the thousands. The departure from Sofia of King Ferdinand, tho arrivals nt Amster dam say, was due to the fact that two eases of typhoid had broken out in the royal palace. CANNONADE IN SOMME UN LONDON, Aug. l. The German guns were active last night in the Somme region in Ihc vicinity of Vil-lers-Brelonnetix toduy"s war office announcement shows. Activity was also displayed by ie enemv artillerv farther north near Rucqunv and in Flanders in the Mer-lis-Metcren sector. YANKS POURING INTO FRANCE DO I Kaiser Wilhelm Tells Army and Navy of His Pride for Them U-Boats Assail IJ. S. Troops Enroute to Front, and Teutons' Resisting He roically, He Says. AMSTERDAM, Aug. 1. Tho com ing of American armies to France and numerical superiority on the part of the allies do not frighten Ger many, declared Emperor William in a proclamation to the German army and navy. "Vital forces which are streaming across the sea to the enemy," ho said, "are being attacked by German sub marines which are certain of suc cess." Tho emperor In his proclamation, which is dated August 1, alluded to the successes which the German forces have won, the bringing of peace to the eastern front and the heavy blows dealt the allies during tho present summer. He assured the army and navy, that altho they are in the midst of the hardest struggle ot the war, they will be victorious. No Fear of Americans The emperor continued: "American armies and numerical superiority do not frighten us. It Is spirit which brings the decision. Prussian and German history teaches that, as well as the course which the campaign has hitherto taken. In truo comradeship with my army stands my navy. In unshak able will to win the victory in the struggle with opponents who are of ten superior and, despite the united efforts of the greatest naval powers of the world my submarines are sure of success. They are tenaciously at tacking and fighting tho vital forces which are streaming across the sea to tho enemy. "Ever ready for battle, the high sea forces, in untiring work, guard the road for tho submarines to the open sea and, in union with the de fenders of tho coast, safeguard for them the sources of their strength. iormans Offering tfcsislnnc "Fur from home, fhe small and heroic band of our colonial troops is offorlng brave resistance to a crush- ingly superior force. "We remember with revorence all who have given their lives for the fatherland. "Filled with care for their broth ers In the field, I lie people at home are, in self sacrificing devotion, plac ing their entire strength at tho ser vico of our groat cause. We must and shall continue to fight until the enemy's will to destruction Is broken. We will make every sacrifice and put forth every effort to tnut end. "In this spirit tho army and the homeland are inseparably bound to gether. Their united Btand and un bending will Is certain to bring vic tory In the struggle for Germany's right and Germany's freedom. "God grant It." Kaiser's Speech Is .loke WASHINGTON', Aug. 1. The theory of the submarine as a deter mining fuctor In the war has been ex ploded, Secretary Daniels declared today after reading the boast ot the German emperor that German sub marines are "tenaciously attacking and fighting the vltul forcos which aro streaming overseas." Mr. Daniels pointed out that not a single Amer ican transport carrying troops to Europo had been sunk. 1 WASHINGTON, A up. 1. Federal license taxes on retail dealers in to bace, cigars and cigarettes were doubled today by the houe ways and means committee in framing ihe war revenue bill. Licenses for nuiUM'rnents also were doubled nnd n new tax put on shoot ing galleries. SCARE HUNS U. S. ORDERS 22 NEW STEEL CARGO SHIPS WASHINGTON, Aiur. 1. Con tracts for 20 additional stuel cnrjjo vessels ami 10 tugs were awarded last week by the Kmergency Fleet corpor ation, the shipping board announced today. Fourteen of the earj;o steamers will be built by the Ames Shipbuilding company, Scuttle, and the other eight by the Long lteach Shipbuilding com pany, Long Bench, Cal. Four 10, 000 ton steel cargo shfrps will he built in the Chinese govern ment yard at Shanghai. The 22 vessels to be built at Long Beach and Seattle- will bo of S.S00 deadweight tons each. SCOTS HELP TO L FOE BELOW SOISSONS WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, Aug. l.( morning, by be Associated l'rcss.) Gallant work was done by the Scottish division which participated willi the French and the Americans in the attack on the western pivot of the German line below Soisson. This, division, -composed of famous Highlanders and lowland regiments, entered the line to relieve an American division. It took its place after three days and nights of incessant traveling in lor ries and a march of 10 miles with full packs. The Scots immedialcly launched an attack and drove back the GcrmiiHS on their front. The conduct of the division has called forth high praise from the French general. The American troops, nlthough thoroughly fatigued from many days of constant fighting, lent their ar tillery to the support of the Scotch, who some days Inter, in conjunction with the French attacked and took Buzancy. once more with the assist ance of Ihc American gunners. All the allied troops are working in the closest comradeship and good will. BREAD FAMINE IN MOSCOW AND PETR0GRAD MOSCOW, via Amsterdam, July III. The people's delegates for inter nal affairs have appealed to the pro vincial and district committees, de-clurin- Hint Moscow and I'dricrad have I n without bread for four days. The committees an1 urgently reipieslcd to save the canital from famine. During the fights, ALLIES SHE BOTH SIDES OF French and Americans Start Turning Move East and West of Foe Which May Force His Retreat On Wide Front Boche Attack at Bligny Re pulsed Kaiser Claims Captures, . . BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 1. American and French troops have begun a turning-movement which, if successful, will com pel a German rotlrement over a wide sector cast of Fere-En-Tardenois at the center of the Soissons-Rhelms salient. They have attacked o"vcr a front of over threo miles on each slue of Neslos, the apex of the allied wedgo north of the Ourcn.. Their groatcst advance was toward the east, where the Americans pushed on somo distunco from tho town of Sergy and approached Chamery. Ailvanco Knilangers Foo - Altho the announced purpose ot tho attack was the straightonlngof the lino, this Is really secondary to the outflanking of the Germans to the southward. The enemy is hold ing very strong positions at Hon clieros and St. Gcmnte, where this line Is still less than five miles from tho Marne and a continued advance bottfocn Nesles and Clergos would force him to full back to escapo being cut off from tin. rear. f A--. This seems to be the only sector where the allies are attacking with tholr Infantry. Reports from the front toll of heavy artillery fire along the most o( the line botween Solssons and Rhetms. (crnutlt Attack Repulsed The Germans attacked the allied allied lines on the heights of lllinnv. 'southwest of llhnlms. TnnKrlnv iifehf. but wore repulsed. Along tho front tho Gormnn artil lery has been active. Tho enemy's heavy guns have carried out especial ly heavy bombardments at Vlllers llretounciix, east of Amiens; near llucquoy, on the northorn side of the Plcardy salient, and in tho neighbor hood of -Meteron and .Men-is, on the wostorn side of tho Lys sector. Dorlln, whllo reporting the repulse of allied and especially American ef forts Tuesday, admits tho loss or Morris to the British. Tho Gorman war office claims prisoners captured since .Inly 15 now aggregating 24, 0U0. Tho latest unofficial total of Germans taken by the allies was 30,-000. HUN ARMY YANKS SNATCH A SNOOZE BETWEEN BATTLES t fighting In France, American troops occupied a destroyed village. This photo Iiohh BERLIN MAY RECALL TO UKRAINE LONDON", Aug. 1. Germany is contemplating ( lie recall of Ambassa dor Von Miunm I ruin the Ukraine and the banding of pussporls to the am bassador of the L'kraine in Berlin, pending the clearing up of the situa tion in Kiev, a rding to nn Ex change Telegraph dispatch from Am sterday under Wednesday's date. LONDON', Aug. 1. Serious rlotB are reported from tho country dis tricts In the Ukralno, according to a Kiev dispatch to tho Fromdou Blatt of Hamburg, tho Exchange Telegraph correspondent at Amsterdam reports. The Inhabitants are offering organ ized reslstaace to the "German usur pers" as they are characterized. WASHINGTON, Aug. l.-lMims of the war department for nn enlarge ment of the military program, in cluding the extension of the draft age limits in both directions, 1-avc becn virtually completed, So-'rutury Baker announced today, lie antici pates that the war depnrhnem bill will be introduced in congress next week, enabling the military commit tees lo begin consideration wi'hou' delay. ., . i Air. Maker would not revea', the age limits to be recommended by Ihc dcpurltncnt. lie said, however, lb.it published rcpurls that the limits were to be set at from lit to 1(1 years were incorrect. The 111 to -11) years sug gestion was among those considered and rejected, he added. The age limits most generally dis cussed here, as being the most ac ceptable lo the war department were 1!) ami :tli inclusive, but Air. Baker would not give any intimation that these bad been ucceplcd. lie said thai so far us Ihe depart ment was concerned iircscnlalion of the bill in congress would be the only publicity given it. The secretary would nut say how large a man pow er reserve il was desired lo create. Tacoma Milk Higher. TACO.MA, Aug. l.-Thc wholesale price of milk advanced hi H.'i cents a 'allitii toihii, an advance of 111 cents. Retail prices will be 10 cents a pint or L" cents a (puiil. The wholesale price of cream also advances III ,.t.ns a gallon lo tl.:ill. SERINGES IN BY YANKEES IN German Guards Overpowered In Hand-to-Hand Struggle In Streets Americans Retreated From Town Then Closed In On Ail Sides and Slaughtered Kaiser's Fighters. LONDON, July 31 Yostorday was a day of hard in-and-out fighting on the American front, telegraphs Iteu ter's correspondent on the front north of the Marne. lie Bays that the final capture of Seringes by the Americans was an especially credit able achievement. Aftor the Americans took tho vil lage Monday, the Germans kept up a constant artillery and machine gun fire to drive them out. This contin ued all day on Tuesday and toward evening the enemy began to omorge from the iXcslcs forest In a way that seemed to forecast a frosh uttompt to take tho village. Ot the fighting which onstiod tho correspondent writes: Yanks Trick Germans "The Americans after throe days of to-aud-fro fighting thru villages, hud loarned subtolly and woro deter mined to have a real light to a finish. They consequently withdrew as It re tiring from Seringes and the Ger mans crossed down from the high ground convinced they had their op ponents beaten. Additional German troops came pouring In until tho town was occupied as It nover had been be fore. "Hut as they began to organl.se Iholr defenses, they found that bul lets appeared to bo coming in from throe sides of the village and It was not long before they dlscovored that tho Americans, while withdrawing from the front of the town, hnd com menced nn encircling movement on both sldos, thus forming a ring al most complcto around it. Tragic fighting Kiiniito "Then camo tragic fighting. The Prussian guard had voted not to sur render and their opponents wore Just as anxious lo sco the thing thru. It wus an affair of small arms, but the Americans proved to bo tho hotter shots uad slowly ulckod off mon horo and thero. "Then the Americans begun to ad vance and slowly their encircling ring closed about the vlllago. As tho ring drow closor and the defendors saw tholr doom approaching thoy re (Continued on Pago Two.) llicm ninliblng it Utile re.t between IT GERMANS TO WEST Ai! ALONG VESLE , i Lessr-nlnn In flrtlllnrv Fire Wednss- ! day Indicates Plan of Crown Prince j to Retreat to New Defense Line Americans and French Mow Down Barbed Wire Entanglements with Heavy Artillery Teuton Po sit'on Becoming Precarious. WITH THE AMERICAN AHMY O.V THE AISNE MARNE. FRONT, Aug. 1. Noon. (Dy the Associated Press). The Germans used less ar tillery late yostorday against the at tacking forces on this front, depend ing more upon their machine gunners for defending tholr lines. This fact, couplod with stories of prisoners and desortors tends to strengthen the be lief that they aro planning a with drawal to new positions along trie river Vesle. A deserter who came Into the tines last night declared that orders had beon Issued for a series of retrograde movoments until Flsmes, on the Voslo, hnd been renched. Except for minor engagements there was only artillery tire along the front up to noon today, and'tlTat was comparatively light. , , , WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE AISNE-MARNB FRONT. Aug. 1. (By the Associated Press). American and French troops launch ed an attack Wednesday afternoon from Seringes to Clorges on the cen ter of the ftlnrno front, for the pur Pobo ot straightening the lino and demolishing barbed wire entnngle monts. Foe. Kniploys New Gas The Germans Wednesday used a, new gas having a whito flame and, smoke. The allies brought Into action their hoavy artillery, tholr aviators and patrols having reported mtlo after mile of barhod wire standing along tho German linos. Tho heavy gups soon found tho range of the entangle ments. Somo onemy Infantry had dug In behind the wires, but the linos woro for tho most part manned by mnchlno gunnerB. The German artillery reply consist ed chiefly of shells from 77's and 10,'i's. Tho machino guns, with tbe heavier pieces, were active In an ef fort to prevent an allied advance. Allies May Cut Off Wedgo Tho Amorlcnn and French attack, which wns In a northoasterly direc tion Is probably for the purpose of outflunklng tho Meunlere wood and In cutting off the blunt edged salient In tho lino hctweun Romlngny and Clergcs. This sullont wus tnado more ucuto by the Amerlcuii advanco north, from Cleigoa lo Seringes. ' -1.1 Divisions Oppose. Allies PARIS, Aug. 1. tllavas Agency.) In tho fighting on the Soissons Rhelms front July !,'. to 31 the Ger mans lined 4.' divisions, according to tho Echo Do Paris. Many of those divisions were used several tlmoa, utter a rest of only ono or two days. 55 IN IF CRUSADE NI-:V YOWK, A up. 1. To Hlnmp out alteetl immorality near the llroiiklyn navy yard, Ihe police early ' today raided a number of dur.f:u bulla , and arrested "ifi women. Army officials in an invtigntton of intoxication of soldiers and s.nlors al Coney Island, discovered (lint some soldier donning bathing mut. had ' been nble to procure, drink. Ordcra havo been issued thnt cnlisto t men t nut mniiiiir f lift ben eh reitnrM wpai ) bathing suits marked ''V, S,' . " .
