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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST
1918
NO. 112
HIU1MS IN FULL RETREAT NORTH OF
I-
JAPAN W
JOIN ALLIES
I
America's Pronosal That Aid be Given
Czecho-Slovak in Siberia Found
Acceptable by Japanese Plan of
Co-operation to Go Into Effect at
- Once Entente Troops Gather in
China Ready for March Into Sibe
riaChinese Merge with Japs.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 Joint ac
tion between Japanese, the entente
and America and Siberia is assured.
Japan has ound acceptable the
American proposal which primarily
looks to the aid of the Czecho-Slo-vaks,
now operating in Siberia, and
after exchanges between Tokio and
Washington which have cleared up
all doubtful points and removed any
possibility of future' misunderstand
ing a complete agreement has been
reached. The plan of operation will
be put into execution at once.
President Confers on Issue
Soon after it had been learned that
Japan had accepted the American
proposal, President Wilson walked to
the state, war and navy building,
where he conferred for half an hour
with Acting Secretary Polk and Sec
retary BaHer in the war secretary's
office.
The president and Mr. Polk left
the office together and as they walk
ed along the corridor had a very ser
ious conversation which was contin
ued for five minutes in front of Mr.
Polk's office before the president re
turned to the White House.
Speculation Xt Wonted
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. In re
gard to the proposed military expedi
tion to Siberia It is the desire of the
officials that there shall be no specu
lation as to the character of the in
tervention In the press.
Consequently all that It is possible
now to sny Is that In the beginning
at least, the International agreement
must find its expression in combined
mMltary activity, and cable advices
have recorded the gathering of small
bodies of entente troops at points In
China convenient for despatch into
western Siberia.
Puo Kucl-Ching, the provincial
governor at Sel Lung King, has been
selected to command the consider
able body of Chinese troops which
have been gathered In Manchuria and
It Is understood that this force will
act under the direction of the Jap
anese commander-in-chief.
. DESTROY FORTS
WASHINGTON', Aus. 2. Incensed
lit the German control of Kiiiniiiil, 1 lit'
inliuhitnnts of the Almid Ilnnds, in
the In It n- Sen, have clynmnili'il the
fortifications on the islands to pre
vent their becoming" n. menace in
Sivcilcn, throui:li flcnniin runt ml, nc
cordinu lo advices received today
tlimiivli official channels.
The siiiiic advices said Hie Finnish
irovcrnnicnt had ordered tin; inline
diiitc dismantling of all fortifications
mi the Hitltie const of Finland except
those lit Yilmnr nml Ilelsincfnrs.
Tlii is in accord with the demand
made by (iennnny in the agreement
witlr Finland.
LIBERTY BONDS SELL
AT PAR FIRST TIME
N'KW YOU K, An-, 2. Liberty 4'i
er cent bond, which arc exempt
from taxation, old at par today on
tlie xtock exchange for tiie firt time
this venr. Steady luiyinfc of Ihw is
sue by Icmlini; finuni'iiil interests lias
been noticeable recently.
IN SIBERIA
FOE'S CHANNEL
OF ESCAPE IS
I
Allies Make Extremely Important Ad
vance in Fighting of Wednesday
Entire Ridge Between Ourcq and
Aisne Captured Retreat of Crown
Prince Hampered in the West.
LONDON, Aug. 2. Yesterday's
rnnco-Hritish attack on the westerly
side of the Marne salient was on a
front of five miles and penetrated to
a maximum depth of.tbree miles, ac
cording to news received today. It
resulted In the capture of the entire
ridge which forms the watershed be
tween the Ourcq and the Aisno, the
advices indicate. .
The French also captured the en
tire Neunelre wood, on the ilne to the
west of Goussancourt, at about the
center of the salient.
Extremely Important Advance
The advance by the allies along the
western side of the salient is describ
ed as extremely important possibly
(he most important thing the allies
have accomplished since the Germans
retired from the Marne.
The Importance of the victory lies
in the fact that the new allied posi
tions command the whole area to the
northward and take, In flank and
rear, the entire western gate thru
which the Germans have been re
treating. This area is a nest of Ger
man reserves and field artillery.
Gounssancourt itself has been tak
en by the French, the advices add.
ficrinnii Hetrent Thus lliiniiiei'ed
The capture of the Important
ground on the heights to the westerly
side of Hie line also means that the
Germans will not be able to retire in
an ordinary leisurely way and that
they probably will have to go beyond
the river Vesle in their retreat.
The situation is considered as ex
traordinarily good, being described In
the advices as the turning point of
the summer campaign and possibly
of the whole war.
Allies Celebrate War Anniversary
PARIS, Aug. 2. Allied troops
celebrated the fourth anniversary of
the war by a victorious resumption
of the offensive.
The ground won yesterday north
of Ourcq has considerable value. It
(s a long spur about six hundred feet
high forming the watershed between
the Crlse and the Ourcq and Is a val-j
liable observation point. ,
As a consequence the allies can
now maneuver safely in the Ourcq
region. In addition they have a view
behind the great Hartennes plateau
where the enemy Bllll clings to the
Solssons-Clfateau Thierry road and
that strong position, difficult of at
tack frontully, can now be turned
from the north thru Vfllemontolre,
and from the south by way of Hill
205.
The allies alao gained an impor
tant advantage on the left in the cap
ture of Meuniere wood, by the Amer
icans giving them a position which,
according to Henri Hldoti, is the key
stone of the whole German Hue In
the center.
"READ HALE" . JUDGE
ORDERS DISLOYAL LAD
SAX FRANCISCO, Aitjr. 2 In lieu
of n jail sentence fur aliened di-loyal
utterances Charles Itiimimii, 1", wn
told lo read Kdnili F.xeictt Male's
hook, "The Man Without a Country.'
bv I nitcd States Commissioner Fran
cis Krull here todnj. lie was orilei-
cd to return to court on Anirust (!
and ti l Ithe slory to llic commission
er.
According to the evidence v.iun
Ihiiiinun sought to tease his p.ir-1
by dennnncin the l.ibertv lonti 'in'
priiisim; (Icrtnan militarism. I lib
father hud him arrested and pl.ciilcd
with the commissioner today to si'nd
li i in to juil.
AKEN FOCH
TO RECEIVE ALLIED AID
3 !
I ,.c 1
Cossack cavalry of the Semenoff-Oiioff forces of the new Siberian provisional government marching thru
Harbin, Manchuria, on their way to battle the Uplshovikl In eastern Siberia. At the head of the column is
borne the new emblem of the Siberian republic, having a black shield crossed by three Minuting bars of red,
white and blue the colors of true democracy. Japan has agreed to the American plan of Intervention in Si
beria, and allied forces will be detailed at onco to the aid of the army and the Czocho-Slovaks.
E
SE
NKW YOli K, Auix. 2. Federal in
dictments were returned here today
against Dp. Kdwurd A. . , Kumely,
Conner vice president and secretary
of the New York Mail and Kxpress
company and K. Waller Kaufman,
former counsel for the German cm-
lmssv in the I'nited Stales, ns alleg
ed participants in the purchase (if the
Evening Mail, for the Cieriuan gov
ernment. The indictments charge the defend
ants with consiurnev to commit per
jury in collection with statements re-irurdiii"-
the ownership of the K veiling
Mail. The izoverunient contends that
majority stock of the paper is held
by the imperial German government.
Kuuf'maim, acconlinir to Assistant
I'nited States District Attorney Har
per, became associated with the
newspaper when it was purchased for
(he German jrovcrnment.
The defendants charge that the
stock of the Evening Mail after the
severance of diplomatic relations
with Germany, was in the name of flic
S. S. Met 'lure News corporation.
Itumdy and Kaufman, it is charged,
conspired to conceal the fact that this
company was lamely owned by the
German government. This ownership
the indictments state, existed on Oc
tober l, H)I, the dale of passing
of the trndiii" with the enemv net.
SAI.K.M, Ore, Aug. 2. While
Governor Wlthyconibe Is not ready to
say that the honor system of han
dling convicts at the penitentiary In
all respects has been a failure, yet he
believes that enough trouble Is caus
ed by a minority of the men who are
without honor to disrupt the whole
system. For that reason bo Is In
favor of operating the prison system,
as far as possible, Inside of the walls
and establishing some Industry that
will keep the majurily of the con
victs busy within tho enclosure. He
also will favor a more drastic guard
over the convicts who are on the out
side. The men who are engaged In
flax work outside the prison, arc run.
nlng guard constantly while others
are not.
$500,000X00 WORTH
HUN PROPERTY SEIZED
Nl'.W YOliK, Am;. J. -The money
mid property taken over lv A. Mitch
ell I'lilmcr, enemy nroperty uto
ilinn, has p:i--c.l the f.'ilill.iMHI.IMiO
murk, it wn iiinmum-cd here today.
All enh taken oer - imc--tcd in
Liberty lioniN. (Hi July III, Mr. Pal
mer had purcha-cil rj,H70,(U7
worth of the homls and .fJ.Mt7,lHi,1
more was available for mi c.-tmeiil in
the coming loan.
LITTLE SHRIMP OF
-
LONDON, Aug. 2. A little
American "a shrimp of a man"
outwitted a huge (ierinun In
a deadly grapple on the Maine
battlefield, says Heater's corre-
spondent at American head-
quarters.
The German was about to
finish the American with his
bayonet. Tho American grabbed
a grenado from his belt, loos-
ened the safety catch and thrust ,
the grenade Into the German a
pocket. There wns not much
left of the German.
T
10 FEEL OF GAS
LONDON, An-. I. The tide of hut
lie on (lie American front drifted
somewhat east ward on Wednesday as
a result of the tightiiiir occurrim' in
the vicinity of ficrges, savs Heater's
correspondent on the American front,'
telegraphing Thursday evening. I
'('icrires," continues the eorres- j
pondent, "has for some days hcen a:
tumbling blnek to our advance and
it is noteworthy that it and the Men-1
ncire uood formed strong centers of
opoition duiiiiLT the lirt Ocrmun
ret real from the arne.
"(iicrges itself is unocciiMcd hy
either side, neither having miy wA
to he in there, for the Viilnue is in a
deep cup in wliteh the gas lies ten
feel deep. So it remain and so it
will remain while the still summer
weather last a village ol the dead,
of dead cats, nils anil .mice, with nil
the lierlis and Ih'ivcrs that had We
ed it hiirrit mid hliuhtcd.
"Meanwhile tiie hat tie cin-lcs ahoul
it on the surrounding hills, the Amer
icans t'iuhtiiig toward it up the
Ourcq valley and over the lii'li
ground north ot Kon-hcrc. and down
the hill near Seryy, white the tier-
man, alter tilling the ullage with
gas, ilhi-trnl d, from the creM to the
north and tin c i-t, what could he tte
cuinplished in a deterrent way with
aincliiiic gun lire."
SUFFRAGE ENACTMENT BIG
MOVE SAYS PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, 'I.- Ltiact-
incnt ol the uaii It. Anthony -uf-IraL'c
amendment to the federal con
-litution i characterized as a "i;rcat
and now critical rid'orm," in a Ictlcr
writtcn by I'M-Milchl WiUon io llaviil
llaiid, Ihe in-w Hdinlor Irmn New
.lei-icy, n L i 1 1 v the HCliatiir to Vote lot
the auicii'lmcot. The letter ih made
public at Ihe Wliil o. IIiiiim!.
OF LAST 4 YEARS
AMSTKUIUM, Auj. 2. In a proe
Initiation issued to the German people.
Kmpcror illinm says :
. "Knur years of hard struggle have
passed, lull of eternally memorahlr
deeds. An example has heeu given
for al llinic of what a neonle can do
that .-lands in the field for a most
just cause and for the maintenance of
its existence.
'(iratet ally revering the divine
lmnd which has hcen gratdullv ex
, tended over (icriaanv. we may proud
Iv sav we were not found unworthy
in the tremendous tak he fore which
Providence placed us.
''If in the struv'e our nation was
given leaders cnpahle of the highest
achievements it has daily proed In
fidelity that it has de.crvcd to have
sm-h lea del. How could the army
front have performed its trcincmloti
taks jf the entire lahor here at home,
had not hcen carried on efficiently
and well? Thanks are due all who,
under difficult conditions, have co
operated in the task set the state and
eommtinity and . especially lo oar
faithful unwavering officials. Thank
a re due likewise lo I he count ry men
ami townsmen and aNo the women on
whom, in this war time so much
falls".
PACIFIC COAST FIR
1
SKATTI.i:, Aim. 2. WnshliiKton
mlvlreH reretvi'il t,y the west const
lumbermen's nssocintlon suhl the
government todny ordered the fir
production hoard to distribute tin or
der for 21,111111,(11111 feet or fir lumber
ainniiK the OrcKon and Wiishlniiton
mills.
Tho fir will be used In the con
struction of new cantonment bulld-
Iiiks at Knckfoid, Ills. Tho mills lire
ulso to lie asked, the ndvlces suy, to
titan for the ItaiulUnK of n govern
ment order for 1(1(1,(1(111,00(1 feet soon.
FLYER FAILS 1500
FEET: BRUISED ONLY
ST. l.Ol lS, An!. An nviator
at Senlt Kield, who- imnie Ihe of-tieial-
would not diMoe, fell l,.'ii)H
feet in liis imiehine yesterday aftter
nomi and ut tered only hruiscs, it he
eanic known today.
The plane was dctnoli-hed.
Exit Ticket Scalpers.
WASHINGTON, Am:. 'J.-Notice
Ha sen cd today on ticket scalpers
hy lite railroad arlinini-l rat ion to ojiit
Ini-ine--) a I once u inter penult v of
pro-cent ion, itmniti chnt'c of coti-spiracj.
MANS BURN VILLAGES AND
DESTROY EVERYTHING AS THEY
FLEE; ALLIES raiLUW CLOSELY
Important Town of Hnrtennes-Et-Taux Seized hy Onrushing Entente
Troops French and British Take Contremain and Cross Chateau
Thiery Soissons Road Crown Prince's Resistance is Feeble Ville-en-Tartlenois
Passed by Patrols and Our Armies Encircle Town
Poilus Press Foe Toward the Vesle.
ON THE FRENCH FRONT IN FRANCE, Aug. 2.
(noon.) (By the Associated Press.) The battle on the
front north of the Marne resolved itself during the night
and this morning into almost a general retirement of the
enemy north of the Ourcq, with the allies pursuing the
Germans with the greatest zeal and success.
The town of Hartennes-Et-Taux was occupied by the
allies, who also seized the wood lying to the south of this
most important place. The French and British in this
sector took Contremain ...and ..then ..crossed the Chateau-Thierry-Soissons
road.
HUNS RUIN VILLAGES IN WAKE. ; .; ;
The Germans are burning villages aa they retire and
destroying everything they come across. The entire bat
tlefield is dotted by conflagrations, some of them of large
proportions.
Along the center of the front as well as on the sides the
German resistance seemed greatly diminished. The allies
pressed through a series of thickets to the north of the road
leading from Goussancourt to Coulonges and reached the
southern part of Veizilly wood. ' 11
Further east on the line the allies are within 500 yards
of Villers-Agron and along the line toward Rheims they
captured a wood situated 1,500 yards east of Romigny.
Allied patrols have attained a position three-fifths of a
mile north of the Ville-En-Tardenois, and have occupied
I a height 1,500 yards north of
Whole Yankee Mne Advances
WITH TIIK AMIOItlCAN ARMY
ON TIIK AISN1-: .MA It. NIC FltOXT,
Aug. 2. Noon. ( lly the Associated
I'ross. ) The whole American line
moved forward today while tho nr
niles nlong the flunk from Soissons
to klieims pressed hard against the
sides of the Cermun salient. Their
Kiilus were made almost without re
sistance. Hammered ns they liavo hcen for
days, the tjernians withdrew during
the night ho that when tho Americans
who were supported on their right
and loft by the French, started early
this morning they did not enioiintei'
the tisunl niaclilue gun fire.
In open order tho men plowed
their way thru the heavy ruin-soaked
field for almost a mile.
The Indications aro that tho (Jor
mans will not make a stand until
they reach tho watershed north of
Nesles forest.
l-'rcncli Pi-ess r.nemy I tuck
PARIS, Aug. 2. On the battle
field north of the .Marno the French
troops during Hie night continued to
press hack the Hermans further to
ward the Vesle, says the official
statement from tho war offlco today.
Ylc-l-:ii-TiinliioiH Siirroiiiuleil
ON TIIH FHKNCII FRONT IN
FRANTIC, Aug. 2. The Important
town of Vlllo-IOn-Tardeiiols, on the
easterly sldo of the .Marne salient,
his been encircled hy the allied
forces.
The French are continuing lo ftil
vnnco and huvo taken nddltloiml
towns nnd villages at various parts of
IS PAID TRIBUTE
WASHINGTON. Auk. 2. Tilhute
to the valor and flKhtitiK efficiency
of tho Forty-Second (Halnhow) dlv
Itdon of the American army hy Gen
eral l)uport, commanding the l'reurh
sixth army corptt In i,orrutno to
which the Kurty-Second wan attached
until the middle of IhmL June, Ik con
tulned In general order nMied hy the
l-'rench commander bidding fnrewell
to the American?! when they net out
for the hattlefront on (he A (sue
Marne lines, where- they are today.
Romigny.
the front between Soissons and
liholms.
Tho enemy Is resisting desperately.
and losing In prisoners.
HY TIIK ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Aug. 2. Crushing In the Germans
lines north of tho Ouret river, the
allies on Thursday carried their front
northeast from their positions be
tween llarlenncs and Kero-Eu-Tarde-
nois.
Tho exact location of the now line
Is not glvou, hut it Is said that the
allies havo established themselves on
the high rhinos bulween the Ourcq
and tho Atsue and dominate the
wholo western section of tho buttle
areu.
Three-Mile. Advance .Made .
The attack, over a five mile front.
penetrated to an extreme depth of
threo miles. It was reported Thurs
day nlKht thut tho allies are within
five miles of Zazocbes, an Important
German railroad center, on the Vesle
river, which agres with this morn
ing's report of tho advance to the
northeast of Heugneux,. the approx
imate center of the line of attack on
Thursday.
Farther east and south, the allies
have captured the village of Clerges,
after a sanguinary struggle.
fioiiNsancoiirt Ciiplurctl
In the center Gousuancourt has
hcen captured and tho northern
edges of Meuufcro wood have been
cleared of Ccrmuns. This marks an
advance of a mile and threo-quarters.
Nothing Is said of the fute of the
Germans at St. (iemme, at tho tip
of tho salient, but It Is assumed they
have retreated.
(Continued on Page Six.)
FLYER KILLED LEAPING
DALLAS, Texua, Auk. 2 Lieuten
ant Kolilnson K. llli dwell of Heil
lllurr, Cnl., wns killed while making
a eroHs country Mlitht uliout . nlno
miles Houth of hero today.
Lieutenant lllrdwell's mnculno
caught fire when u bun t two thousand
feet In tho nlr and descended In
flames, At nhotit flvo hundred foot
Ihe aviator leaped to avoid the flro
and wiiii killed hy the fall, lie had
hecn Btntlunu.l at Love Klclil, Mo,