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r PAGE SIX MEDFOTID MATL TRrBUNTE. MEDFORD. ORKOON7, SATURDAY. AT7QUST ?. 191ft CONSPIRACY IN ORDERS FOUND Edward L. Travis of Shipping Board Charged With Complicity in Alleg ed Fraud Selim B. Joseph and . Leon M. Green Also Arrested In Connection With Illegal Methods. WASHINGTON, Auk. II. Kvidenee eoncetin(r at lease line minor official of the shipping board with nn nl- leged conspiracy to obtain contract Irom till! shipping hoard at extra hirh Jinces ous been withered by irovem inent agents, it became known today. Tbls waB disclosed as a result or the, arrext In Washington of Edward I . Travis, former law partner of Hep- mnentatlve Kltchln of North Carolina ond Sellm It. Joseph and Leon M tlrecn. Oliuncl Obstruct lux lrnft The technical chariio against tho Ditm is that of conspiring to obstruct tho draft by Rotting a Job for Green Thlch would place him in deferred classification. Moro generally, now. ever, It Is charged that they, acting tit connection with government em ployes, promised to get orders for fentween 18 and 24,ships at a price of 3193 a tou, which Is considerably Silgher than most contracts provide. with a -view to dividing the bonus. Several government employes are un der sr.splclon of having agreed to be associated with the men. The ship contracts, which never ore actually negotiated, wore to brvo beon given to tho Perth Amboy drydock company of Perth Amboy, N. J., which aided Ihe government in running down tho mon after they wore said to have made proposals which seemod Improper to the com puny officials. McDonald Shadowed Grafters When the company notified the government of the machinations, Richard P. McDonald was assigned by the secrot sorvlco to represent the Perth Amboy company In an effort to discover tho men's game. Ho was Bald to hare found that Joseph was to receive Jl.lio a ton on each ship for which orders wore obtained at price abovo tho average while Green who was said to have posed as a Bophew of a cabinet mombor, was to got 60 cents a ton and In addition a position with tho shipbuilding com pany at a big salary. Green referred the Perth Amboy company's supposed representative to Travis lu Washington, who was Bald to have posed as having great Influence with the shipping board. Ho also mentioned his former con nection with Representative Kltchln and Senator Overman whose political campaign ho once managed. Other Contracts InvmtlgatfMl Other shipbuilding contracts are telng Investigated. In connection with activities of contingent fee agents It has been re ported for somo tlmo that the secre taries and members of congress acted foreign agents of tho commission fee men, altho as yet no evidence warranting prosecution have been de veloped against Ihoso secretaries. WAR IN THE ARCTIC I l". If Yliola.kuolaja( jG&j i peisiinsiji jj4 NUtlM Sf. n JfeUrtAVk jTTfHtANDA Tt, I0CN5ALMI 4 C - Wft, Ki LIW,""3!'?"' wa !jA lV C2SicEsKoiV" v vIB4 i jIa " J) r W PIMEMStOt American marines are known to be at Kola, and an allied force has advanced to a point south of Kern, which lies in tho center of this map on tlio new Kola railroad. Southern Finland Is In possession of the Ger man and tho Pin 1.11. White Guard, and nn attack by tlic troops oq the alllea, who are protecting mil nit Ton store went to tho Russians, is ex ported momentarily. GERMAN FLIGHT OUT OF BAG IS DECIDEDLYHURRIED (Continues From rage One.) JAPAN REPLIES HORSES AND VEHICLES WILL BE REGISTERED LONDON. Ah 3. After Scptem l)ur 1, no pcrMm will he hlo lo u-e auv Inu-sc or vehicle with ii riirrvii.. Ciipai ily of 1,."0(1 Hinnl without h permit from the ronil tran.-mrl IhuipI. 1hoc iimi in Hhcuhiintl work will l'o exempted. RIGHT WING CRUSHED, (Continued From rg On.) pHIob have taken from the Ormar Hourly all the ground won after the fcivond day of tho Gorman offensive on May 27. An yet the efforts of the allies seem to bo concentrated on the ta.-k of smashing the (ierman armies south of the Veslo and tlio Alsne, but it t Hot generally oelleved that General B-'och will abandon the inltlatho at the Ainno. SolHhona has hern In the hands or the Germans since May reattltory flshtlng. la the way In which Itnrlln officially describes the bltuatlnu. AiMie have been reached nhmir the front from iNinimiereK, west of Sois- MfiiiM In Venir.el, on the east of that town. Kurllier east the allies have reached the district of Serches, Cou- vrelles t'ersuil. Citvjilrv patrols have arrived at the river Veslo in the vicinity of Chnm- jtiny mid Jum-hcry, finding all the bridges cut or burned bv tho (Jer-mans. Jii-t wot of Kheims (be nllies have reached or tire approaching Tinipiex. Thillois, (iueiix and Kosnay, nil Ivin-r in the neighborhood of the main road from Rouen and Rheims. Fires arc illuniituit iit); the .skies everywhere, the enemy buininy everything ns he re treats. More than 10 conflnrutions were counted during Ihe niphl. Allim on Way lo Vcsle I'AKIS, An if. .1. - Thn.UL'hout the lii'ht the allies cuiittnucd to d. VHlieo toward the Vesle. the French Wrtffice aunoiint'cd tudav. Knsl of Sot-s,n the Freiieh have reached the AiMie between Soisoiis nnH Vonifel. Thp stateuient reads; Iurtntf the 1)i)(ht the Frcm-h trtmps rintinued their advance toward the e-U. On the left the French rep lied the AiMie between oisotis mid Vcnizcl." K'wneli Itewch Alsne KONOON. Aujr. XOa ihe main battle front in the Soissnns region, the French after completing their capture of Soismuis, have occupied the south bank of the AiMie between INmmtier and Venirel, a distance of appnximately ."i1 miles, ndviees re ceived today show. On the easterly side of the Sois-soits-Rhcims front, the line to which the allies have advanced runs ac cording to the latest advices, from Sery-Kt Triii and Sviyiiv, both in the Ardre valley, to the hiyliest point on the pin leu n between the Ardre and the Yesie and thence to Rosnny, (iue ux and Thillois, and on to the Ve-le at St. Unce, which is on the oninal line. On the northern end of the plateau to the southeast of SoNsoiis the French have ndvauccd from Veni re) to o point south of limine on the cse. The advance is continuing on the line farther tn the -ast. r Nmen Is hi FlatncM Ifttrnuii: villages in the area north of the Vesle river, between Muon and St. Tlncr'y. indn-ate that a further with'irawnl of the Germans i'. intend ed. Konrteen birje fms have been observed. The imptrtaiit center of h inies i, m (lames and there a re urcut rotil Inanitions m two vtlhiwe to the northwest of that town. The retiivmmt of the fope of the Geruian crown prince now npjH'ars to be xi ry rapol. .ccjI Ikral of Fighting There ha- not been a treat deal of tiuhtir.i; and it is unlikely that any In rue capture of prisoners will be rc(orted. Fast of Kheims French ton es have made an tin iwirt ant rtov erv it around near St. Hilaire. French hc airy are in the Vesle river between tTiumpmn and Jon ehi. nirth and imrthe-t ot Kheims. t'p until U o'clock this iiiorniutf the allies had not crossed tiie nver at any kiiiI. All the bruises over the Vesle have been destroyed. U. S. PROPOSALS WASIIlNtiTOS, Aur. 3. The for nuil reply ol,' the tlupauese govern ment to the Amerienii proo!sal l'or joint uctiun liy Japan, Ihe entente powers anil Ihe t'niled Slates in Si- beria was deliveieil to Aetinir Kcere tary Polk today hy Viseount Ishii, tlie Japanese ntubassador. The answer ns understood to meet technieally all the reiuirenienls laid don'if hy tlie Anicrican (lovenmient. It will reuirc careful consideration, however, and no formal unnouncc aient is cxH'cted for the present at least. Secretary linker was called into eonlcrence hy Mr. I'olk for discus sion of the military phases of the aid to he extended Russia through Si beria. Later Mr.'I'olk sent for Assi.-tant Secretary Hrei kenridce I.nnc, tlie slate department expert on eastern a I fairs. 11 evident il-oji crsonaIly has been ilircctin: Ihe framing: of the iroposals for aiil lo Russia. Soon after tlie president returned to the White House it was learned that the president's delayed state ment regurdinK the extending of aid to liiis-ia 111 roll Siberia would be issued totiilil. This wns taken to indicate that tlie negotiations with Japan were complete and that .joint action in Siberia would be taken im mediately. Secretary linker later wa called into Ihe conference, which continued for some lime. OF UNITED STATES T (Continued from page one.) allied armies still Is the destruction of the enemy's armies, General March said. Tho maximum retreat of the enemy up to August 2 measured 16 miles, the total length of the Alsne Marne salient having been reduced from 74 miles to 48 miles. The Krench and British pounding; at both flanks of the salient, General March said, had resulted In the col lapse of the German resistance on August 1 and the French bad walked into Solssons. The complete success of the allies was assured by a confidential mes sage reaching the chief of staff from an officer who at the time of writing had Just returned from Fere-En-Tardenois. This officer reported that it was "seemingly impossible" for any army to gather the number of guns and sholls .that were aban doned by the Germans In their re tirement. Advanco Over (iormnn Uodlc The mossage added that the Ger mans had been driven back without time to bury their dead and the Ger man bodies lay so thick it was Impos sible to advance without walking over them. The advance In the center has av eraged three miles on a front of thir ty miles, the chief of staff said, while on the east flank, west of Rheims, an advance of four miles on a four mile front already had been made. General March said the war de partment still was without any In formation as to the number of Amer ican casualties In tho fighting since tho present battle begun. The selection of Major General JosBe alcl. Carter, now serving as chief of the jnllitla bureau, and com mander of the United States guard, to head one of the new divisions to lie formed In this country was an nounced. Officers Recalled to 1'. S. Genoral March announced also the numos of Ilrlgadler Generals who had beon recalled from France for duty In this country. They are James J. 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