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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 3918
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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.
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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,' . " .