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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1918
NO. 123
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MEDFORD
LULL ALONG
BATHE LINE
IN POM
French Continue to Hammer Away,
Slowly Advancing Toward Noyon
and Roye Rilicourt Captured
British Advance Line Slightly
Hubterne Salient Disappears as Re
sult ot German Withdrawal Be
tween Albert ami Arras.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE. Aug. 15. (.Noon, by the
Associated Press). General Interest
In the situution along the Picardy
battlefront has shifted to tho north
ward, where it is confirmed that the
Germans have evacuated some of tho
forward positions. Hcaumont-Ilam-mel,
Serre, Bucqnoy and Pulsicux-Au-Mont
have been abandoned. Brit
ish patrols crossed the Ancre at
Authullle Aviluy, north of Albert,
last night and went some distance
before they were fired upon.
Albert is still held Btrongly by the
Germans. British patrols, on enter
ing the town, were fired upon from
tho Albert cathedral.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Aug. 13. (Reuters). The
Hubterne salient has practically dis
appeared as a result of the German
retirement. Between Albert and Ay
ette the British, have pushed their
posts far toward Bucriuoy.
General I.udendorff's order that
ground must be given If holding
would entail an undue expenditure of
man power, is Relieved to be largely
rosponsiblo for the German with
drawal. Srnixiit l.ino
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug.
15. Allied successMn Picardy has
compelled the Germans to realign
tholr positions between Albert and
Arras. Enemy troops have begun a
retirement on a five mile front. The
British and French have Improved
their positions slightly northwest of
Koyc, south of I.assigny and along
tho Oiso.
The extent of tho German with
drawal north of Albert is not clearly
defined. The enemy has left his for
ward positions at Beaumont, 1 1 am el,
Serre, Pulsleux-Au-.Mont and Buc
qnoy. These are In the sector where
the Germans were stopped In March.
Should the German lines be moved
iack any great depth the line south
to Albert and thence to tho Sonime
would be affected. Likewise the line
to the Scarpo might have to be read
Justed. ' Von llochtn in Cotiinuind
PARIS, Aug. 15. (Huvas Agency)
General Hans von Boehm, the tier
man "retreat specialist" lias been ap
pointed to the supremo German com
mand on the Sommo front. The news
papers believe that tills change In the
German command is highly signifi
cant. The German withdrawal north
of Albert is looked upon as tho first
application of his tactics.
General von Bochm and his former
command, the German olghlh army,
stood the brunt of the allied pressure
In the Marne salient previously to
the withdrawal to the north of the
Vesle.
French I'usliiittf On
LONDON, Aug. 15, 4 p. m. The
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WHEAT CROP OF
t 1 1 AW A . Anif. I.i. (nnuilat
wheat crop this year is LV.'-'.WMI.nnn
bushels or l.T-i'-'.hUI bushels lo-s than
last year's crop, iircnnlimr tn n rc-
rt of the dominion bureau of sin
listies, compiled I'mni returns of rr-
respondents. Oats are expected tn
yield 41ii.lilili.liun lm-hel an im reuse
of i:i,00t,0U over last year.
BOMBS. OKOPrtU fl,,E,lw,P tVAUUAMUN Uh AtT A B I AM 3 M O
11nn.iPiiDM.n1.1r. NOW DISEMBARKING i nniionnuf nrniiM PAT WEEK HEAVIEST Tn nrnnruinr " IIIILLIUI1
: UPONSUBMARINE Vladivostok MOSCOW BEGUN of any war period TO RECOGNIZE m idiupc
OEF CAPE If
German U-Boat That Sinks Schooner
Dorothy Barrett Chased by De
stroyers and Sea-Planes Who Drop
Depth Bombs Tanker Kellogg
Still Afloat.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. The
American schooner Dorothy Barrett
was sunk by shell fire from a Ger
man submarine yesterday near Capo
May, N. J. Seaplanes and submarine
chasers sent to the scene dropped
depth bombs on tho spot where the
submarlno was believed to have sub
merged. A report to the navy todays says
when the submerslblo appeared and
opened fire on the schooner the crew
look to tho small boats and havo
Ijcen landed at Capo May. Tho
schooner was set on fire by tho
shells. When the planes and two
submarines were sighted the sub
marine submerged.
One of the planes flying low drop
ped a depth charge where bubbles,
presumably from the wake of the
submarine were observed. Tho chas
ers then closed in and let go several
bombs. There was no evidence of
wreckage, but the submarlno did not
reappear. -
Tanker Still Afloat
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. The
American tank steamer Frederick R.
Kellogg ( torpedoed Tuesday evening
by a Gorman submarine. Is still
afloat 1G miles off Barncgat, IN". .1..
the navy department was advised to
day and there is a chance that she
may be brought Into port.
Tho seven men of the crew still
are missing, but the navy has no con
firmation of reports "that five men
wero killed by the explosion of the
torpedo.
rORTSMOt'TH. N. C, Aug. 15.
Heavy firing was heard today off the
North Carolina coast In tho vicinity
where a German submarine has been
operating.
cnlston's i'rciv Arrive
BOSTON, Aug. 15. Twcnty-flvo
survivors of the British steamer Pcn
Istono sunk by a German submarlno
off the Massachusetts coast Sunday,
landed at Cape Cod ports today and
reported that another boat contain
ing members of tho crew had been
lost. Four of the survivors wore bnd
ly burned and Injured, which Indicat
ed that the vessel hud been attacked
beforo tho crew had a chance to
escape.
Advices from the cape failed to ex
plain how the ship hail been sunk.
Naval authorities have taken charge
of the ship's crew. The men wore In
two boats which had drifted since
Sunday. They wero nearly exhaust
ed from oxposure and lack of food.
Tho number in tho boat reported
lost was not stated.
Four of Crew Killed
KANTICKKT. Mas, Aug. 1 .".-
The killing of t lie engineer and 1 lit
wounilini of four firemen im the lli it-i.-h
slcnnier I'eni-lnnc sent limwi lr
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TO ffiMED
WASHING'! ON. Aug. 1-.- Forty
I'utcli .lii( totalling approximately
1011,011(1 ton-, n mv i'ile in Hutch Last
Indian ports lire expected to be re
leased to bring ugur. tin, quinine iind
other commodities to lhe United
States as a iv-'jU of an informal nm
(ho vivendi effected by the war trade
hoard through Charge I ' Affair' He
Han fort, of the Dutch leytitioii.
In return the United State govern
ment will undertake tit licence normal
exports tn the j-IumU subject only to
such limit ut ion of eomnioilil ie n
are made ncce-s;try by the war program.
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WASHINGTON, Aug
15 -r
American troops ttnluy lieiinn to
disembark nt Vladivostok and
immediately will join the inter
national force to aid the Czecho
slovak army in its campaiun in
Siberia. The Americans com
pose the l!7th regular infuntrv
regiment from Manilla mill will
lie l'olltiwcil by another reyinient
I'rniii the Philippines and ndili
limial troows iroin the I'nited
Slates.
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CAMP LKWIS, Tacoma, Aug. l..
Provision for Red Cross, Y. M. C.
A., Knights of Columbus and Jewish
Welfare league army camp workers
must be made by con gross or the war
department must take over these ac
tivities in camp and cantonment was
the opinion expressod by men of
these organizations here today " fol
lowing a conference with military
authorities, under the proposed plan
of drafting men from IS to 45 years
of age.
All these workers are exempt un
der present provisions for drafting
men for the army, but the majority
of them will come within the pro
posed new age limit. Until now men
of draft age liable for military ser
vice have not been accepted by these
organizations.
That the war department will take
over, the camp work of the Red Cross
and merge these activities and follow
this by the assignment of soldiers ex
perienced In this work to tho joint
organization was believed by many.
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AMSTT'KDAM, Aug. 1 5 Kmperor
Charles of Aur.trla is at German
headquarters, according to a tele
gram to the l,okul Anzeiger of Berlin
from Karl Itosner, its war correspon
dent. Kmperor William and his advisers
have been holding an Important con
ference nt headquarters, the corres
pondunt reports and these delibera
tions, on political and military ques
tion.), are "reaching their highest
points" witli the romlng of the Aus
trian emperor and his udvisory staff.
LAST PAYMENT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. The
last installment payment on the third
Utterly loan, due today, wan expected
16 bring in the $::mi,'miii,imio unpaid
balance of the $ t.l TiJ.eOD.iiiiu total
of tin loiin. Alilni the installment
nominally was Torly per cent, a large
pjtrt of this has already been paid
Into tho treasury.
Tho $:oi(,ini,nii hsue of certifi
cates of Indebtedness which elohed
Tuesday was over-Mibscrlbed $7fi(
");, ooit, the treasury announced to
day. ENGLAND AGAINST
WINTER RACING
I.UNIION', Aiic. l'i. The uovern
nieut has inlurtneil llie National Hunt
steward- that raem' uill he kt
mitteil next winter nuilu.' tn the ?rent
nei i! nf I rnri'-Krl utinn fur nnr purposes,
WAR DEPARTMENT
MAKE-TAKE OVERB
CAMP AUXILIARIES
B EI
Russian Peasants Flocking to Stand
ard of Czecho-Slovaks and Soviet
Troops Anti-German Spirit Re
vived by News of German Defeats
in West Armed Peasants March
WASHINGTON, Aug. l.V-Kussinu
peasants are reported in state de
partment advices today to be flocking
to the standard of the fzecho-Slo-vnks
operating in force about 500
miles east of Moscow. Particular
significance is attached to the report
that the soviet troop.-, I;av hcL'iin the
evacuation of Moscow, opening the
way for the I'zeeho-Slovaks and al
lied troops to re-establish the eastern'
front on n lino 'lunch further west,
than was believed possible.
With the soviet evacuation, the
('zccho-Slovnks nre in control of the
railroad lines from Siberia to Moscow
and from Archangel to Moscow. The
peasants reinforcing this army nre
just learning' the truth about the
Herman report that the allies had
been hen ten on tho west front.
Anti-Ctcniuiii Spirit Itevlves
The great mass of Russians-, the
government here informed, ulso are
just learning of lhe landing of allied
troops on the Murman coast and nt
Vladivostok and of the recent vic
tories of the allies in France. As
these facts become known there is a
revival of the anti-Herman spirit
among the Russians and according to
the reitorts renchin'r Washington
they are flocking to the ranks of the)
Czecho-Slovaks,
The report that armed peasants are'
marching on Petrograd nnd that the
soviet of that city has fled to Kron
stadt is also regarded with interest.
Officials say that the peasants can
give German forces, reported yester
day as marching on Petrograd, a
great deal of trouble, as it will require
a large force to hold them in check.
' 14-1 Is ltd use to Fight
A dispfach fiom Switzerland says
thai it is reported from Moscow, that
operation of military trains trans
porting pMilshcviki troops to he sent
against the ('.echo-Slovaks have been
hindered by risings among the rail
road employes. Trotzky is said to
have threatened severe measures
against the railway men.
Professor T. H. Masaryk, the commander-in-chief
of the Czeeho-Slo-vii
k force, who is in Washington, is
of the opinion that the retirement of
the Soviets I'roru Moscow may have
been compelled by refusal of Lettish
troops to operate against the Czecbo
Slovnk. It is understood I hut an
army of Kelts eommanded bv Herman
officers was sent to oppose lhe
C zechs.
REDUCE RATES ON
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. To aid
further in flnnnelnK crop movements,
the War Finance Corporation today
reduced from nix to flvu per rent the
annual Interest rato on wliort term
advances to luinka to cover loanH
mado to farmers or merchants for
marketing wheat and other crops.
Them advances to hanks, limited
to four mmithH, arc mado up to nev-onty-flvo
per cent of Iho limns to far
mers. N'otle of the fii'inred rate
was sent to fnlernl rervo hunks of
Kli'hinoni!, Atlanta, HI. I.onls, Minne
apolis. Kansas City, Iiallns and Kan
I'rani luro. which previously had huen
re.ntie'led to notify hoth memher ami
non nienilier hanks to apply to the
war flnnncn corporation for these
crop moving loans.
NERVE SPECIALIST
ALWAYS WITH KAISER
AMsTKIihAM. An. I V -The ln-Ic-t
ruiiair (nun lhe front is that the
kni-cr nci'T noes nnvuherc unless
lieciuii.;tiiii'il hv one of the 'realesl
nerve mIms in Herliii,
mvnov .i.r i-.tu nni.
portion of the Herman loses to
lllnsn nt tho llllit' slllt'O tlinsit of
August 8 is greater than at any
other period of the war, it was
announced here tonight. It is
said (hat the total allied casual-
ties probably will not be as large
as (he number of (lermans taken "
prisoner.
ENATE FAILS TO
VASinVGTO, Aug. l.V Plans
for beginning consideration In the
senate next Monday of tho new man
power bill extending tho draft ages
were blocked today by falluo of a
quorum to appear when Chairman
Chamberlain of tho military commit
tee submitted the measure with a
favorable report.
Senalo loaders had telegraphed
members to return from vacations.,
Only forty-three senators answered
to their names when the roll was
culled, six leas than n quorum. There
were twenty-two republicans and
twenty -one democrats.
The senate adjourned until Mon
day and tho plan now Is to begin con
sideration of the bill next Thursday,
if possible.
Senator Chnmborlaln still hopes
to pass the measure by batun.ay of
next week, lie said a quorum seem
ed assured for Monday.
ITALIAN FORCES
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I.'OMK, Aug. IV-Mrn of Italian
birth or Italian descent form a ma
jority of lhe troops in some of the
detachments arriving in Italy 'roiu
the I'nited Stales to figh: on the
Piave front. This was stressed by
the colonel commanding a contingent
which was welcomed at Milan,
The soldiers werj' received nt the
I'orta (laribaldi by a huge crowd. Il
gave a ou and impressive demon
stration, shoutiiii: "Viva rAmW'ien!"
"Viva Wil.-on!" "Viva the heroes of
the Maine!"
Tin; soldiers ma relied Hi rough
streets jammed with cheering people
to the corps licadiUnrlers, where thev
were reiecd hy Hcncrnl Aii'.'clotti.
The Anicri'-an colonel spoke hi-t.
WITH TIIK FIIKNCH A It. MY IN
KltANCK, Aug. 1.1. ( liy the AhhocI
atcd PrenM. iM-cpet admiration for
the American troops which linvy been
fighting with the llrltlhh and Krcneh
In the PI' ardy off nfdv was express-
fl today by (General Humbert, com
mander of the Third Trench army,
during u tk to war correspondents
"The Am rlciitiH Huhf." ho ald
"with an urdor that is unsni pa-vicd."
ESTH0NIA PROTESTS
GERMAN OCCUPATION
STOCKHOLM, Aug. I.Y The four
r'prc-ciitatie of the K-llmtiiaii re
public in Stockholm hmo i-ucd a
prolc-t iiynin-t the Herman treatment
of KMhotiiu, alleuiug that in the
Iire-t-I.itok peace treaty (ierumny
was given authority to occupy Liv
onia and Ksthotiia without rcuitrd to
the wished of the colc, and despite
the fact that I'.-llinnm had declared
her independence.
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mi ilmuhh inuuro
CZECHO-SLOVAKS
Allies Now Committed to Formation
of ?. Separate and Independent Bo
hemia Out of the Ruins of the Aus
trian Empire British Troops
Warmly Welcomed by Czechs.
LONDON', Aug. 13. Tho allied
Archangel expeditionary force has
reached Pabcreshskala, 100 miles
south of Archangel on the railroad
toward Vologda, It Is announced
hore. Bolshevik forces on retiring
are declared to have committed every
form of atrocity upon the civilian
population. Fairly determined rosls
tnnee to the allied advance was of
fored by the Bolshevik! and tho pro
gress cf the expeditionary force was
delayed.
' LONDON, Aug. 15. British recog
nition of tho Czecho-Slovnk nation is
commented on favorably hy tho news
pupers. Tho Dally Graphic says that
It means that In addition to the other
war alms, the allies are now com
mitted to the formation of a separate
and Independent Czocho-Slovak na
tion out of tho ruins of tho Austrian
omplro. Dr. Dillon, writing In tho
Dally Telegraph, teys: '
"Theso timely measures toll of tho
determination of lhe entoute powers
to hrenk up tho ilapshurg monarchy
Into Its constituent nationalities nnd
to lake, ns much thought about the
re-constitution of the east as of tho
west of Europe.''
It is suggested by tho Dally Chron
icle that tho policy should bo com
pleted by the recognition of tho Jugo
slavs.
Warmly Welcome!
LONDON', Aug. 15. Iteutcr's lim
ited learns that the Hrltish troops
on their way to join tho Czecho
slovak troops on tho Ussurl front
wero received hy the Czechs with the
greatest enthusiasm.
v Tho ITssurl river joins tho Amur
near Khabarovsk, north of Vladivo
stok. The Czechs have been engaged
with tho Hotehevlkl In this region for
several weeks.
In Dangerous Position
LONDON", Aug. l.Y The Czecho
slovaks In Siberia are In a dangerous
position and are liable to be cut off
altogether, says tho correspondent or
tho Times at Vladivostok. Only a
fraction of those between the Volga
and Lake Ilaikal are armed and all
are deficient In equipment.
, The correspondent adds:
"If It Is the allied intention to hold
tho rear while tho Czechs do the
fighting, (ieneral Dlelerich's small
force might well ho annihilated, hut
It Is Inconceivable that the allies will
refrain from active co-operation und
that co-operation must be on a larger
scale than hitherto contemplated.'
Large Japanese Army
WASIHNnTON, Aug. L'i. Huard
Cfl intimations are given in well in
formed olliciiil quarters tint tit
.Iupauc-c government has anticipated
the need for speed" n-istance to the
( Vecho-ShtvaliM in western Sib. Tin.
II n uii'ier-iooii, the .Japanese gen
eral staff ha planned to strike di
rectly nt Lake Ihukal, the most im
portant center of action on the Sibe
rian railroad.
r'or military reasons, it is impost
(Continued on Pago Six.)
INABILITY TO FIGHT
PALMS. Aug. !'.--tlh'vas.) Co!
oncl Uoo-evelt's answer to condolen
ce extended by President Poincniri1
on the death of Lieutenant Queiiliu
Itoiescvelt i published by the news
papers. "My only regrel," the colonel wrote,
"is 1 hf? t I nut unable to fight hcidr
mv rionV
in iimnuL
NEXT JUNE
Up to Unite) States to Put Enough
Men on Western Front to Win War
Says Allied War Council 80 Di
visions of 40,000 Each Planned to
Be in France and 18 More Here for
Shipment To Meet Demands,
Raising of Draft Age Necessary.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. In re
porting tho administration man
power bill, extending draft ages, to
day, Chairman Chamberlain disclosed
to the senate that General March had
told tho military committee It was up
to tho United States to put enough
men In Franco to win the war on the
west front and had expressed the be
lief that four million Americans un
der one commnnder .could go thru .
tho German lines whonever they
pleased.
The report also revealed that the
now American war program calls for
eighty divisions, or something over
three million men In France hy Juno
30 next your, with eighteen more
divisions In training at home then.
All of the men called for active
service under tho proposed new draft
ages IS to 45 General March told
the committee would be In France by
next Juno.
To Force tho Issue
Secrotnry linker Informed the com
mittee, the report said, that the
president's policy called for concen
tration of American forces on . the
western front, Including Italy and
that "tho theory of the fighting in
the future Is that we must force the
issue and win on the western front."
Immediate extension of the draft
ages was declared by the army repre
sentatives to bo Imperative In order
that the United States may throw Ub
full strength In tho ntruggle and win.
If the draft ages are fixed nt from
IS to L'i General March said the sys
tem ot volunteer enlistment In the
United States army automatically
disappears,
In his report Chairnian Chamhor
laln quoted extensively from testl
inany before the committee by Secre
tary linker. General March nnd Pro
vost Marshal General Crowder.
Policy of Department
"The United States government,"
General March Is quoted as saying,
"has been asked hy her allies to cm
bark upon a program so largo that
it was necessary virtually carefully
to ascertain whether wo can go thru .
wllli It nnd one of the features of
this enlarged program wns providing
men. The desire of tho administra
tion is to establish limits, hut li max
imum and minimum, which will ac
complish this program, and ut the
same limn disorganize the industries
of the country as Ilftlo as possible.
"The polfry of the war department
is to put the maximum number ot
men in France with tho Idea of shor
tening the war. Wo found from fig
ures furnished by the provost mar
shal general that wo could embark on
a program of no division In France
by Juno ::ti, ItilH, with IS divisions
at home. The o divisions constst
roughly of Io.uimi men to a division.
After prolonged study of tho avail
able man power of tho United States,
the pritvoHt. general showed that It
(Continued on Pago Six.)
J.
roitTI.AMh Auk. I.'i. Joseph
Monocco, wanted hero on a charno of
havlnx slain Mary Spina, ntted IS, In
lmr home 10 days aco, has lieen ar
rested at Vancouver, II. ('., and Is he
lug returned to Portland, according
to advices received hy lhe police de