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V WJCATIIEK .Maximum Yostordtiv, SO; Minimum Toilnv, J 6. FORECAST Tnni-lit and Tomorrow: Fair. w--- Medford Mail Tribune Forty-eighth Tear. Dally Thirteenth Tear. MEDFORD, OREOOX, TUESDAY, AUGUST fi, 1918 NO. 115 RENCH ADVANCE N ALLIES REACH BRINGING HOME THE BACON JAPAN READY MAN-POWER TO CRAZED WOMAN E E HUNS Advance at Converging Point of Arm .ies of Hutier and Prince Rupprecht North of Ves'e, Germans Repulsr ed in Efforts to Dislodge Franco American Units Allies Rest. PARIS, An-, fi. The French troops have reached t lie west bank of the Avre between Itriie'lie and Mori sol, north of Montdidicr, says the of ficial statement lioin the war office today. North of the Vesle the Germans have been repulsed in efforts to dis lodge French and American units which crossed from the soufh bnnk. Much importance is attacked to op- erations between Hraches and Mar isel, north of Montdidier. These are pointed to as u direct menace to the eonverging point of the armies of General Hutier and Crown Prince Rupprecht. Rebuilding Army WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IX TRANCE, Aug. 0. Morning. (By the Associated Press.) The German crown prince is engaged in reeon stituting his shattered divisions witli the aid of the remainder of the 1!U!) l'eerpitN, in the opinion of General Mungin. Some of1 the Germans had their 'company strength reduced to less limn 50 men, some of the companies being still furtJier depleted in num bers. PARIS, Aug. i. The determined attacks which the Germans have been delivering against the allied ad vanced guards north of the Vesle have failed to disturb the temporary stahiliation of the Vesle front. The allied command is retaining the init iative in these ocrutions. German resistance north of the Vesle is being continued, the enemy standing determinedly along the heights commanding the river where the French light elcnienls, which have passed beyond the river, arc encoun tering them, says the llavas Agon.-. review today. The Germans are try ing to prevent further crossing. Then' is agreement amomr military critics thnlf the Germans will not re main long between the Vesle and the Aine, where their position in n nsid ercd untenable. The Echo De Paris lays stress upon the various signs observable of the strategical retreat at various points where the French are attacking. It believes the enemy is preparing n "relief offensive.' Vesle Idnc Stabilized BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. ti. On tu Rheims-Soissons front the situation has been stabil ized for the moment while the oppos ing forces prepare for further move ments. Uneasiness along I he northern front continues and Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria has made an other retirement. To the British he has given up ter ritory nlona the l.a Bassee canal in the apex of the Lys front. Mean- ( Continued on Page Six.) GOLDEN STATE 10 IE ' SACRAMENTO, CM., Ans. fi.- A "bone ilr.v" inilintive amendment wliii-h would prohibit the miuiHl'iie turo, importation or sale of intoxicat ing liquor in CMit'orniu nfter !ecciii lier .1. !H8, except denatured ilo liol, was assured a place on the bal lot for the general election November . next, n n result of petitions t'ilci1 today with Frank C. Jordan, secre tary of Mate. Another initiative measure, the ninended Domineer bill, providing for the abolition of saloons and rcmiltil intr the aleohulie I'ontent of liLVerrxes, (piulified some time ago. BANKS OF AYR MENAC 10 SENO ARM I Al CZECHS Premier Terauchi Says Japan Will Take Further Military Measures in Case the Position of Czecho-Slo-vaks Demand it May Find It Nec essary to Comliat German Menace. TOKIO, Saturday, Aug. 3. (fly the Associated I'ress). Premier Count Terauchi, talking of allied ac tion in Siberia, said Japan would take further military measures in case the position of the Czecho-Slo-vaks demanded it. The premier in dicated that if the chaotic situation in Siberia continues, Japan might find it necessary to adopt military measures to combat the Austro-Ger-man menace In the east. Count Terauchi stated thai the present step had been taken in per fect accord with the allies. If it should be necessary for the allies to dlspntch additional troops and arms the country must he prepared to meet the emergency. , Starts Ijocul Politics The Japanese-American negotia tions had been the basis of a recru dence of wrangling over domestic politics, with charges and counter charges and sensational demands for the resignation of the cabinet and the customary campaign of recrimin ations. Consequently the govern ment had recently closed down tight ly upon the newspapers which were rigidly suppressed if they attempted to discuss the negotiations. It is understood that the Seiyukul majority party in the house is willing (o adopt a wait-and-see policy. Con sequently the KenscI Kai minority which had hoped to effect an opposi tion combination, is powerless for the present. There seems every rea son to believe the tenseness of the situation has been relieved and that the allied interests against German and Austrian influence in Siberia, completed a long time ngo, will bo carried out without excitement. As far ns Japan Is concerned, every detail for putting the plan Into exe cution already has been arranged. Lcniitc May Declare War IjOXDOX, Aug. 0. It Is reported from Moscow by way of Iierlln that the Bolshevik government in Itussia is considering a declaration of war against Japan, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen today. I.O.XDOX, Aug. fi. Official an nouncement was made today of the landing of allied forces, naval and military, at Archangel, on August 2. The landing was In concurrence with the wishes of tlin Russian people, it Is suid, and caused generul enthusi asm. I ROME, Aug. (1. The official statement issued by I he war office to. day reads: "On the Ainpo plateau in the Motile Grappa region arid n!on;,r the lower Ptave there ha been greater artillery activity. Our batteries Mew up an army ammunition dump ah-ng I he river. "On the Pi a ire l-lets, our patrv have recovered a ipiuntity of war ma terial which was abandoned by th enemy. ''Six ho.-tite captive balloons have been shot down." RUSSIAN GOVERNOR IS NOW A PORTER STOCKHOLM. Aii.'. fi. The form er governor of Petrikau, a Russian nobleman named Kssen, who was once vice-governor-general of Warsaw, U now porter at the railroad station of Kaluga, LIQUID FIRE AT YANKS AT FISMES WITH TIIE A.MKRICAX ARMY OX TIIH VKSLK, Monday, Am?. 5. (Hv the Associated Tress.) In the capture of the Kisuies, American troops took 17 guns. Some of the Oermiin artillerymen also were cap tured, j The Americans who captured Fis mes were members of the same or V'aniation that occupied Coulonues, Cohan anil Draviiinv during the ad vance north from the Marnc. At Cohan nil II ivilimis left he hind in the r'reneh retreat last spring were found in the village church. They had been kept under guard there by the (leruiatis. Most of the civil ians were old men, women and child ren. The Germans facing the Americans along Ihe Vesle increased the inten sity of the arlillery fire Into today. The flcrnians also employed llaim proectors and machine guns. Th.' American lines wt-re subjected to r -eere fire, and Ihe enemv raked Ihe hill tops with various kinds (,f gas shells. The big can duel soon became so violent' that observation was diffi cult and maps had to be used. TRIPLE TRAGEDY ENDS DAM. KS, Ore.. A hit. i.- William Crane, n tanner living near here, lames Crane, a sou. and Mr. Claude Crane, wife of another son, were found dead at their home bv fland' Crane when be relumed Irom voik in the field. Alt had been shot to death. The Imdic- Were lying near an auto which vn loaded with the belonging of .lame Crane,' as if (r departure. The bodies were hrouvht here today and an iiupict wu- held. The verdict was that James Ct:iin and .Mrs. Crane hnd been slain by William Crane, and that the fanner had committed suicide. Kvidenee w : presented at the impie-d detailing thai, there bad been much strife in Ihe family. EXTREME HEAT CAUSES MANY DEATHS IN EAST NEW YOI1K, Aug. (I. Four deaths and a score of prostrations re sulted today from a continuation of the heal wave which last night drove thousands of tenement dwellers to the parks and beaches for relief. Two persons sleeping on fire escapes fell to their deaths. Siv Dead in St. I,iiis ST. IXH'IS, Aug. 6. Six deaths were today officially attributed to tjie heat. There were also a number of prostrations. Among (he dead Is Mrs. Addle Dimmlck, 70 yours of age, of Oregon City, Ore., who died from heat prostration while entering tho city on a train last night. Tour Dead in 'hlnigo CHICAGO, Aug. ft. Chicago'!! hot wave continued today and Ihe weath er forecaster nays there is no Imme diate relief la sight. Tho lowest temperature since midnight was degrees. At 1 p. m. the thermometer rose to ftN and was still climbing. Knur deaths and a large number of prostrations from heat wore re ported today. One Dead, Philadelphia PIMhADKWMIIA. Aug. (J Intense heat coupled with a high per eenlage J of humidity caused more than one I hundred pros! nil ions among the Hog i Islund Fhlpynrd workers, About one I quarter of the caws were classed as serious. One death and many pros trations were reported in tho city. Detroit I tnii ks Kerords DKTIOIT, Aug. fi. All high tem perature records of Ihe weather bur eau here were broken when nn offic ial reading ;lop a high offico build ing nhowed lo: degrees at It o'clock. At tho street the government kiosk registered 1 1 1. KAISER THREATENS HOLLAND ONCE MORE AVSTKIfDAM, Aug. (!.- The kai mt is Mild lo have as-erted thai, (ier rrt;inv will iis-uiiie military control of the Netherlands early in AuguM. THREE DEAD AS RESULT OE DAKOTA ETRIi , CANOVA, S. D., Aug. fi. Three persons are doad as the result of the mysterious shooting In the Kojal Hotel hero lust night. They are: Mm. E. Dexter, wife of a Canova bunker; .1. H. Williams of Anderson, Mo., or Cedar Bluffs, Nehr., and a woman supposed to bo Williams' wife. Mrs. Dexter and J. It. Williams died almost. Instantly and the Wil liams' woman died during the night. Williams Is believed In have ended his own life after fatally wounding Mrs. Dexter. Whether Mrs. Williams Shot herself or was hit by n bullet from the gun fa Ihe hand of Mrs. Dexter's slayer Is unknown. Mr. Dexter has not been able to throw any Huht on Ihe triple tragedy. Tho only witness to the shooting wus a boy who ciiiim here with Ihe Wil liams' late jesterduy afternoon. Mrs. Dexter who prior to her mar riage to tho Canova banker, last No vember was known ns Mrs. Williams, Js bellevd 1o ho Hie former wife of 3. It. Williams. j A CANADIAN ATLANTIC POUT, I Aug. The Hrllish schooner (iliidys .1. Holland bus been sunk by tt 'German submnrlne. The crew Innd- ed today at a Nova Kent Ian town. They mi M the attack took place yes terday morning. ESCAPE HUN MP AMSTERDAM. Aug. (I. Twenty-nin- l!riti--li officers recently e-enped from a pri-oners' cimip al llultnin den, aceoi diii-i to be Osniibrncr l; Taeblatt and arc Mill at larye. A bii: reward has been offered for their capture, WIN WAR A VIENNA PAPER HUN SUB Numerical Superiority of Eentente Increasing Dally Austria Filled With Gloomy Apprehensions French Spirit United With Organiz ing Ability of America Invincible. WASHINGTON, Aug. (i. That man power will he the determining factor in the war and that it is in contestable that the numerical su periority of the entente is increasing daily are two? admissions publicly made in Austria which have caused great despondency throughout the empire, neording to advices reaching Washington today through official channels. Tho admissions are made in the Arheiter Zeitung of Vienna, which states that the French and al lied victory on the west front has visibly produced a profound impres sion among the people. The paper states : Different Than Russians "The assaults of the allies against our new front have in no way dimin ished in intensity. That is a fact which gives one cause to think. With adversaries like the Russians, the technical superiority of the Germans, was such that the numerical su periority of the Russians was no im portance. On the west the situation is rpiiie different. Do not let ns for get that Ihe French and the Auglo- Sa.vons are side by side with the Germans Ihe most civilized peoples in the world and that they are in a position to turn all modern technical inventions to their own profit. On the other hand, let us take into con sideration the invincible spirit which animates the French soldier, the tra dition of victory ami glory which only tbese'last few years (Jeminn his tory has somewhat tarnished. Man Power to Win "The spirit of the French army uni ted with the powerful organizing abil ity of America, gives a value to the armies of the entente at the very least etpial lo (hat id' Germany. One must, therefore, admit that in the west those factors which military t.ml technical value represent do not henceforth play any role. Those are the ad van I ages which have become neutralized. It, therefore, results in cold radii ion to what happened on the eastern front, that the decisive fac tor in this war will be man power. Now il is incontestable that the nu merical superiority of the entente is increasing every day." That the conclusion of the article was still more alarming is manifest from the fact Hint Ihe Austrian cen sor suppressed it. although he allowed Ihe publication of the matter quoted above. PROVES FAILURE LONDON, Aug. 6. Tho attempted raid by German Zeppelins on the east Anglican coast last night proved to be a complete fiasco, according to reports thus far received. Hritlfdi filers were ready for the visitors and met them well out at sea, bringing down one In flames, damaging a sec ond and driving a third away. What happened to Ihe other two Is not dls closed in the official statement. The fact, however, that tho report said "Zeppelins crosfed the const" Is ground for the presumption that theso did reach land. There Is no evidence yet that they dropped any bombs. PACIFIST FLEES FROM GERMANY BY AIRPLANE COI'KXII.MIKX, An.!.', li. Prof Mr Nicnljii. n (leniuin i n fi I i t who v'w M'litrni'Cfl to four tntitilliV im priMnm!it fur writinv iui"ifi-l IkiuU on (lie 'i. i-li'tloiiy of Ihe wnr," pcnpcil i n( o niitiiiik liv iviril.ini'. THREW BABY TO MARINE Baby Proved to Be a Bomb That De stroyed U-Boat Haystack Proves Concealed Battery Revelations Concerning Work of British Mys tery Ships Which Gets Divers. "' LONDON, Aug. 6. Revelation re garding the work of.llritish mystery ships which have pluyed an impor tant part In anti-submarine warfare are made by the naval correspondent of the Times. Cntil this week the public has known nothing about the mystery ships, known in the navy as the "Q" ships, altlio several officers, notably Captain Gordon Campbell, have been decorated for services on these ves sels. Details now can be made pub lic as the Germans are becoming aware of the methods thru bitter ex perience ' Woman nnd Baby How a "woman and baby" ac counted for a U-boat Is told by the correspondent. The submarine ord ered a vessel to surrender and fired a few shells into her. The boats then loft the ship, leaving on board a woman who ran up and down the deck with a baby In her arms as If mad. The U-boat came alongside the vessel and tho woman hurled the "haby" into the open fcatoh. The "baby" exploded and blew out the bottom of the submnrlne. The "wo man" was decorated with ' the Vic toria cross. , 1 "In addition to the woman and haby" case, the correspondent men tions the story of a 'retired admiral, serving as a captain, who placed a hnyHtnck on hoard an ancient looking craft. -When the U-boat ordered her to surronder, the Germans were astonished to receive a broadside from the haystack. , Sunk by Tramp On one occasion a seaworn tramp steamer was crossing the iNorth sea when a submarine ordered the crew to ti bun do n ship. So sure was the German of his prey that the bombs with which ho intended to sink tho vessel were brought on deck around (ho conning tower. It required only a shell or two from the tramp's con cealed armament to explode the bombs and blow the U-boat out of the water. Cnptaln Oorilon O. Cnmpbell, then a comniiimlir, was decorated with tho Victoria Cross and tho D. S. (. In I Dill, IwIhk the first to receive these orders without, the nature of hlH heroic ad heliiK niade puMlc. It was announced early In 1917 that the reuson for Ills docoratlons would he imule public after the war. Captain Cuniphell gained the mili tary cross for bravery In handllnR n tank when that weapon was first used by tho Itritluli In the sunimor of 1916. PLAN TO STABILIZE : . OIL FUEL PRICES SAN I'WANCISCO, Aug. d. Sta bilization of oil fuel prices west of Hie luM'kv mountains and other mat ters vital to Hie oil industrv are to be discussed at a meeting of California, oil producers will) Professor D. M. Fol-ont, s(n(e oil administrator, in Los Angeles on Thursday, Prof. Fol Mini announced here todav. WHAT YANK THINKS OF ENGLISH TOBACCO LONDON, Aug. II. - Uncle Sam's boys are t-razv about Fnglish tohuc eo. Here's whal our had to say about it: "(iee, your tobacco's the fiercest junk ever cropped. A nation that can smoke it and live can never be beaten, nohow. Your half-dollar cigar nre uorMi than a two-cent east sido -dinker. Thank heaven, the president is sending us muu iicnu-wino tobacco.''