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Library "WEATHER Maximum Yestei'dav, 84; Minimum Toilav, JS.; FORECAST Tonight and Tomorrow: Probably Fair. " Medford Mail Tribune Forty-eighth Tear. Dlly Ttalrteentu Ytr. . MEDFORD, OREOOX, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1918 NO. 118 ALLIES CONTINUE VICTORIOUS ADVANCE i 17,000 HUNS".. 9S! SB nnm o ruon Victorious French and British Re sume Advance, Taking Many Towns and Advancing a Distance of II Miles Cavalry and Tanks Outstrip Infantry Satisfactory Progress Made All Along Line Enemy Be ing Pocketed. LONDON; Aug. 9. (By the AssOf elated Press.) Mora than 17,000 prisoners had been captured by the allies in the Sonimo drive up to noon today, according to advices this after noon. More thun 200 guns also have been taken. The Canadians, the advices state, have taken a small town two and a half miles southwest of Rosleres. The Australians are fighting farther north, along the Somme. Small parties of Germans are re ported to be still In Rosleres, three and one-half miles west of Chaulnes, but the British are all around the town. , French Tnko 4(MM 1 The figures of 17,000 prisoners taken embraces the number that had been counted. Of these, the French reported that .tljoy had taken more than 4,000 while the British total at noon was more than 13,000. The French have been doing good work today on the south of the new drivel and probably have taken many addi tional prisoners there. Canadian horse troopers, co-operating with French cavalry, cut ore a large force of the enemy In today's operations of the Somme front. Prisoners rounded up by the Brit ish cavalry continue to come back p rapidly. Follow Victory Airly this morning the combined Franco-British forces began follow ing up the victory of yesterday. Re ports shortly before 1 1 a. m. said that satisfactory progress was being made. Keslstance seems to have been generally overcome except at the left, where the allied troops were unable to maintain their footing on the Chipilly spur, principally because of the nature of the ground. The French at the south began their push forward at the same time as did the British this morning, and It Is reported, but not officially, that they have captured I.e Quentln (Le Quesnel). Knemy Pocketed The enemy In the Montdldier pocket is now In a more precarious position. The wide-flung operations of the British cavalry menaces all the men and materials the enemy has there. The allied air forces continue vig orous operations and besides blowing up many of the Somme bridges, ser f lously hampering the German effort to remove material. The prisoners taken by the British forces In yesterday's fighting totalled 2C0 officers, 11,721 of other ranks. Cavalry Advances WITH THE HlilTISII ARMY IN" FRANCE, All)?. 0. (Reuters.) Cavalry patrols, accompanied by Whipet tanks ore retried by airmen fur out abend of the infantry ad vance. The infantry at nuiny places was apparently eheeked only by (Continued on Page Six.) SELL ABOVE PAR XF.W YORK, Aim. I). Liberty V . )M-r cent bonds sold at 100.(12 on the stock exchange today, the rise above par probably being influenced bv the favorable war news. This is (be highest into paid Ibis ve.ir fir this issue. British Cavalry .Armored Cars and Tanks Outstrip Infantry in Pur suit of Germans Who Are Blow ing Up Ammunition Dumps for Re treat Airmen Destroy Bridges. LONDON, Aug- 9 Seventeen thou sand prisoners and guns too numer ous to count have been taken in the British drive on the front south of the Somme. says today's war office report. The cavalry is still pursuing the enemy. ' From Lihons the line runs south ward to Meharlcourt, southeast of Rosleres. This represents a total maximum advance of 11 miles. The allied progress Is continuing. The French have taken Fresnoy-en-Chaussee, while the British have reached a point east of Lequesnel and Calx. KvneuntlnR Flanders The Germans are evacuating their positions In the Lys valley, on the Flanders front. On the Lys front the British now hold Locon, Le Cornet Malo, Quentln, Le Petit Pacaut, and Lcsart. ' Above the Lys region, on the front north, of Kemmel, the British carried out a local operation last night in which their lino was advanced some what on a front of more than 1000 yards. The Germans put up a vigorous re sistance north of the Somme, the statement shows and there was heavy fighting between Chlpelly and Mor lancourt. Clinulnes Heaclied LONDON, Aug. 9. Advices from the battlefront south of the Somme today report British cavalry, armored cars and tanks, in advance of the In fantry, to have reached within a mile of the Chaulnes railway Junction. The cavalry, tanks and armored cars, .It is indicated, have gone ahead to the line running from Kramervllle to Lihons. Tho total of prisoners captured Is reported to have reached 17,000. Removes Paris Threat H will be Impossible for the Ger mans to hold their .Montdldier posi tions, it Is believed hero. It is also believed that the advance on the Plcardy front makes Amiens secure against an enemy attack and has re moved tho threat against Paris. The British have captured Morlan court on the northern end of the Somme battlefront und the Infantry line now runs from that point south ward to a point southeast of .Moreull. This represents an Infantry advance to the maximum depth of seven miles In the center along the Amicns-Chaulnes-La Fere railway. ' Along the whole front the average advance of the Infantry is from five to six! miles. MohIiik lp Bridges WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, Aug. 9. The Hermans are blowing up their ammunition dumps In the battle urea. This is considered an indication that they are preparing to retreat. (Continued on Page Six.) SAILORS KILLED By E) WASHINGTON, Ait?. 0. Two men wero killed and three Injured In a boiler explosion on the 1. S. S. Nopa tin in foreign waters, unnnum ed '.o day by the navy department. The dead are : Thos, W. Itenbnin, fireman, Free port, L. I.; Roger Huekell, fireman, L'H Academy street, New Haven, Conn. The injured: r'rnest K, Adams, fireman. Westbrook, Mass.: Gottfried Abrendt. Bayou l.n Hntre, Ala.; Per cy Cranlnrd, wnlerteiidcr, Annapolis, Md. TODAY S ATTACK VICTORIOUS ON T French Encounter Severe Resistance, but it Proves in Vain Strongholds Delay Progress but Are Taken by Storm Pollus Push Rapidly on, Taking Many Prisoners. . PARIS, Aug. 9. The battle on the front south of -the Somme was rer sumed early this morning and the Franco-British forces made favorable progress from me start, reaching var ious selected objectives. Powerful cavalry forces are In action. The reports received up to 11:20 o'clock show tho attack developed victorious on a great scale. Capture 8000 Prisoners ON TUB FRENCH FRONT IN FRANCE, Aug. 9. (Havas Agency.) French troops on a front of six miles northwest of Montdldier have ad vanced to a depth of four miles and enptured nearly 3,000 prisoners. Im portant material also was captured. The advance was carried out with extremely light losses. Latest reports from the battlefront are that the fighting continues fierce ly along the entire Anglo-French at tacking front. The French front runs from the Avre north to a point Just south of the Amiens-Roye road where It joins the British. Harvesting Grain " ' The attention of the Germans was fixed on the Vesle attack when the new offensive opened. There was no reply to the French artillery prepara tion. German soldiers were captured while harvesting grain, so completo was the surprise. Moreull and Morl zel were carried by assault. After taking Braches, the French captured La iNeuvllle and the hills dominating Iho plain beyond. Official Statement PARIS, Aug. 9. The French war ministry at 10:30 o'clock today Is sued the following statement: "The brilliant operation which wo, In concert with British troops, exe cuted yesterday, has been a surprise Tor the enemy, t As occurred In the offensive of .Inly IS; the soldiers of General Debeney have captured many soldiers engaged in the peaceful pur suit of harvesting the fields behind the Germnn lines." "Our nrtlllery preparation was short, lasting less than an hour. The enomy artillery had mado no counter preparation at the beginning of the action, merely replying feebly. "The original front of tho nttack was only four kilometers, situated south of the Amlens-Roye road, where our infantry went over the top at 5:0.1 o'clock btit gradually the offensive developed all along the right bank of the Avre In the region of Harglcourt." Advance Delayed "The Germans succeeded at some points in temporarily staying our jd iiince, particularly between Moriel and Morcuil. Ye took Morie! by storm. The battle was also stubborn in Moreuil, but already our troops bad advanced north of Moreuil to a (Contlnuod on Page Six.) El LONDON, Thursday Aug. 8. Ad vices received In London are to the effect that the Italian retirement in Albania has been stopped and that the allies are now occupying strong positions and still holding Herat. Dacsu, In the Caucasus, Is still oc cupied by Armenians. The Turks at tacked the town August 2, but were repulsed. The Turkish operations In the Caucasus are said to bo In disre gard of German wishes. A GREAT FRON Til iiii nrrnr it i i i (PLOSION DALIAN KtlKtAI IN SCENE OF ALLIED 'WukS' rJP' of orou SNV ( gXMM $f V loo, ICilWrtM JpOUuW5r fefaoucst ysLS-T2-: Vi"0 r , M Hrrw&x a jii V.JL J stpoD 4Lltu, 7 I oC0l5llLCS $ . tUCQUOYjf I couecciccs CV - ' MurO fij oCOUOCtlTTTC f j - ' . ltllnr. ll "m j 6MARCtttA, i STOOCNTiff ('th&v 1iwrcbo; i 7 - i .ntiinM2.MONT0IDIER -- ftSTER2 Heavy llack lino nenr bottom of advaiu-o in Tlrardy. Heavy line ImIw ManderH. WASIIINDTOS, Aujr. ). In a slnli'ineiit to iicwsniitiermen, tile seo rotary haid the order issued yester day Kiisin'iHlin: all nnr- and navy enlistments until definite aetinn talirn on the man power hill does not apilv to any nerson who already had taken steps to enlist or to enter a military trainine emnp. Mr, leaker was the finnl witness to :ipenr in eonneition with the hill. SAN FHAXrisro, Auk. O.-ln Ihe hope of p'ltinjr uliead of the official receipt of orders from Washinylon stopping army and navy recruiting, hundreds of men nnnlied for enlist ment in these bnincheM of the service here today. Over a hundred men, 2.i of them from Stockton, On I., were registered for service at nnvy depot before the orders snpemlini; the reeniitinu were received. As the orders stoimed all reernitinir after yesterday, the men were dismissed. No recruits were tnken by the army although over a hundred tip plied. The marine continued to en list men pending the official notice. IN ALASKA ENDS PORTLAND, Aug. 9 Salmon fishing In Alaska waters is over for the season und the pack of the ItrlH tol Hay Tanneries is approximately the samo as last year, i,r00,ojo caseR, according to advires received today by P. M. Warren, president of the association. Ire conditions In ISertns sea delay ed the arrival of t lie cannery fleet laxt spring and operations started later than usual. In view of this fact, Mr. Warren said, the size of the season's pack was regarded as highly satisfactory. The ohsc1s of the salmon fleet are expected to leave for (be south about AiiRiist 2. OFFENSIVE IN PICARDY may hlinws evtent of l'VaiKO-ltrltish Vires slums (iciitmn retirement hi RACE 10 BOTTLE PAUIS, Auk. ft Marnlial Koch ban struck the Hermann on a new front and French opinion, lay and profofl jdonal, Is lost in admiration of tho manner In which tho blow has been carried out. The present maneuver Is similar to the counter offensive north of the Marno In that it is directed toward squeezing two sides of a snllent, Ahead of tho front whicb tho allies already have reached lies the Per- onne-ltoye highway and they are galnlnK rapidly toward It. This rond has the same lmpor- lancet to tho present bottle as the Soissons-Chateau Thierry road In tho battle for Kere-Kn-Turdenols. If the allies reach It all the German troops south of a line thru Montdl dier, LasstKny and Noyon would be Jaid in as serious a predicament as those on the .Marno July 16. That would be tho first and Immediate consequence. WITH TIIK AMKH1CAN AH. MY ON TIIK VKSI.I-:, ThurMlay, Aiur 8. (Hy the A-iocinted Press.) In their offensive since July 18 the allies have rct'iit tied approximately 1,501) Mputre kilometers. .Mole than 'J 00 villages and towns, including Sois sons, Clmteau Thierry and Kisme, ure twain in the hands of the allies The frout lias been shortened bv 't'A kilometers (about '.VA mile.) According to informal inn contained in an official reiew of the operation- of the French and Americans, the (jermaii during the retreat ued four more divisions I linn (licy had contem plated. The enemy plans culled for I A diMsimi to shatter Ihe French and Ifi iTnss the Maine between lormaus and ('bateau Thierry, Adililioiial (iennan reitiforccineiil now have been liionuht up. WAR DECLARED U E ENTENTE ALLIES American Consul Poole at Moscow Cables Declaration of Russia Bol shevik! Flee From Archangel General Otani of Japan to Com mand Allied Expedition Into Siberia WASHINGTON. Aug. 0. Ameri can Consul Poole at Moscow has in formed the state department that Lenine, the Bolsheviki premier, re cently declared before a en the ring of soviets in Moscow that a slate of war existed between the liusiaa govern ment and the entente allies. In response to questions from the allied consuls, Tehitcherin, commis sary of foreign affairs, said the pre mier's statement need not be consid ered a declaration of war, but that it rather was a declaration of a state of. defense on the part of Hussia simi lar to the situation that existed nl one time with Germany. HovoliitioiitrdH Flee WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. The con sul's report gavo ihe state depart ment its first official information that tho liolshevild were formally characterizing as nit act of war the operations of allied forces on- the Murmansk coast. The attitude of Lenine may strengthen the under standing 'jetween the allies and the new If uKsinu government of the north. Tchitcherin's explanation wns made at the request of the allied con suls. Mr. Poole also reported that the Polshevilti were obstructing the departure from Hussia of British and French military representatives. Allied aviators dropped propagan da in Archangel, whereupon the Bol sheviki evacuated the town before the allied troops marched in. The reception to Ihe allied troops by the native population today's mes sage said, was so cordial that revo lutionists lied the city and have caus ed no further trouble. A new "revo lution" proclaimed by the Caucasian soldiers after their flight is not taken seriously. loffo's Ktjitcim'iit LONDON, Aujr. !). "It is not trup thai up lime actually ilci'ln red war on (Ircat llriluin, hut our troops are fifihliu npainsl t lie British in vaders mid ll dccliiriition of wnr rim hardly lie avoided," is the statement aseriheil In M. .lol'fe, the Hol-hcvik aniliassiolor nl Berlin liv the Ameri can corrcspomleiil of the 'Ouily Kx press. Otunl to Command ' WASHINGTON, A lift. 0. nciiernl Kikuzo Otani, one of Japan's most distinguished soldiers, lias been chos en to camniauil the Japanese section and will be Ihe ranking officer of the American and allied expedition in Si beria. As senior general, Otani, in effect will be commander in chief of the combined forces, of the various gov ernments participating. Major Wil liam II. Oraves, in command of the American contingent, will sit in the council of allied commandcrst per forming the duties of a stuff. General Otnni, who is li;i years old, has been n soldier all of his life. He wnH 11 staff officer during the ('hiuo Jupauese war mid eornimiudcd an in fantry brigade in the Kusso-.lupancsc war. When .lupiin entered the world war he was assigned to the forces which enptured the (Icrnuin colony of (Continued on Page Six.) I.OMIIIN, Aug. !!.--British divis ions on Hie Italian front carried out eight raids against Austrian positions between Asingo and Cuuove on Thursday niulil, capturing :i." pris oners, according to an official state ment on British operations in 1 1 11 1 v issued hy the war office lodav. BY LENIN E E Advance Places German Forces at Montrihlier in Precarious Salient and Will Force Withdrawal Two Pockets created Wedge Driven Into Enemy Territory Across Prin cipal Railroad Line Huns Retire in Flankers From West of Lys. LOXDOX, Aur. 9. The present advance bna already had an impor tant effect upon the strategic situa tion. German forces at Montdldier are now In a very uncomfortable sal lent with only one line of railway to supply them, and that line under cross fire from allied guns. It seems likely that a withdrawal from Montdldier may be necessary If the Germans cannot force the French and Drltlsh back from the ground taken by them during the past two (lays. BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 9. German lines on the Plcar dy front south of the Somme have been badly broken by the British and French arnileH. A wedge him boen driven Into en emy terrlteey to a depth of eleven miles along the Amlens-Chaulnes-La Kere railway ; nnd oarly today tho British wore only a mllo away from tho ChnillnoB-Koyo rullway, which forms the chief artory of supplies for the Germans In the Montdldier sec tor. (icnti German Itncnnl The result of this nttack appears to have eclipsed those obtained by (lie Germans on the first day of any of their terrific offensives of the past spring nnd summer. So far as re ports show, Ihe allies are progressing south of the Sommo almost without serious opposition. . On the north bunk of tho stream, tho ; Germans have held strongly, hut have lost .Morlnncourt, their stronghold, Tho French, farther south, have had their advanco retarded at numerous points but tho towns officially reported to have boen reached are evidence that tho momentum of the allied drive has not nearly spent Itself. Hun Itetlro In I'landcrs liurdly had the Germnn reverse along tho Somme been reported than dispatches began to tell of a German rotlrcmnnt In tho Flanders sector. Locon. l.o Cornet Mulo, Quentln, Le Petit Pueuut and Lesart, villages on the exlremo western tip of the Lys salient, uro now held by the British. Tho ground hold by the Germuns In Flanders Is very low and is dominat ed by tho allied nrtlllory and a retire ment thoro has been expected. A further advance, of the allies In I'leardy would outflank the whole German lino ns far as the Olse and probably cause an Immediate retreat to positions which can be linked up with tho Alnno line. The udvanro Thursday was prob ably tho greatest In territorial ex tent by tho allies In ono day since 1916. Amiens Itcllovr-d Amiens has been almost entirely relieved of the German menace. Tho Important railway running (Continued on Page Six.) SEPTEMBER 5 FOR tVASlllN(iTOS. An-. !. Prompt enactment of the draf t extension bill - that September may he fixed its resist rut ion day, us suiraestod ly Provost, Miir-hul' dene en 1 Crowder, was nrjjed by Mr. Maker tie fore tho Semite militury commit Ice today. Without Ihe cxleu ioii, he told the committee, it would he neee-iMirv to itivude the defined elates. MM C
