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Newspaper Page TextX X WEATHER Maximum Yesterday, 72; Minimum Today, 51 ; "Precipitation, .12. FORECAST Tonight and Toinor row: Fair. EDFORD J! RIBUNE 1 Forty-eighth Tear. Daily Thirteenth Tear. MEDFOED, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1918 124 ALLIED ARRAY SL University at Oregon Library M wiAIL T OILY ENCIRCLING BATTLE LINE MOVED EAST It1 ALLIES Roye Held in Vice-like Grip by French Stubborn Resistance of German Lines Being Crushed Possession of Town Will Force Retreat to Nesle-Noyon Line British Press Forward to North ani French to South Total Captures 34,000. PARIS, Aug. 10. Roye is held in a vice-like grip by the French. Stub born resistance by the Germans is being crushed. The French are slowly encircling the town. Tho French advance at VillerB-Les-Roye makes the Tall of Roye Inevitable, it Is believed by military men. Possession of the town by French troops would make neces sary a rectification of the German lines and retreat to the Nesle-Noyon line would be probable. Germans are clinging desperately to a rango of hills east ot Ribecourt They are also stubbornly defending the Lassigny-Oise canal, the loss of which would entail the evacuation of Noyon. - s. Pressure Contlnud ' BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 16 Allied pressure has been effective ly renewed against the German line in the region of Roye, on the Picardy battlefront. The enemy is clinging determinedly to this town as a bul wark on the positions he took up after being driven back from the Amiens region. Both the French and the British, however, are making his prolonged tenacy ot the place doubt ful. London last night reported the British lines advanced northwest of Roye near Daniory and Parvillors, while Paris reports a forward move ment on the part of the French, west and southwest of Roye, on a front of about 2 '-i miles. Hove Kmlungcrcd Roye Is fast becoming the apex of a salient which will soon Invite a crushing allied stroke If the Franco nritlsh pressure can be ofrcctlvely maintained. Apparently the enemy has com pleted his withdrawal in the sector north of Albert. However it Is not yet clear how far the Germans have retired. The enemy still holds Al bert, but the British are in the wes tern outskirts. The French have gained additional high ground west of Oise and northwest of Klbecourt. It Is believed in London that be cause of the scarcity of reserves the Germans will fight on the offensive on their present line. Fifteen re serve divisions already have been thrown In between the Ancre and the Oise and the enemy is sold to hove only 16 fresh divisions on the entire front from tho North sea to Switzer land. Captures 31,00(1 Unofficial estimates In London place the allied captures since August g at 34,000 men and 670 guns. It is declared the proportion of German to allied losses has been greater in the recent fighting than at any time since 1914. The German artillery fire and aer- (Contlnued on Page Six.) SYDNEY, X. S. V Aug. If!. The f in.liiiLr oC additional enemy mines along 1 lie Australian const is an nounced. Two enemy mines were reported de stroyed oil' North Cape, the northern extremity of New Zealand, on .lime ' ln-it.' The supposition is that these and others were laid by n Herman commerce raider. 2 KAISERS IN GERMAN TOTAL ENTIRE ACCORD LOSS BY CONFLICT OVER ALLIANCE OVER 6,000,000 Official Report Says That ''Meeting of August Sovereigns Once Again Manifests Close Understanding and Complete Agreement" Between Ger many and Austria. AMSTERDAM, Aug. 16. The per fect agreement existing between Ger many and Austria Hungary has been demonstrated again at the meeting of the emperors at German main headquarters, an official statement from Berlin today declares. The statement, which is dated at German headquarters August 13, reads: "The meeting of the august sover eigns once again has manifested the close understanding and complete agreement on political and military tasks and an Identical and most loyal Interpretation of the alliance. The intercourse of the monarchs was characterized by a cordiality com mensurate with their personal rela tions as well us the Interests of the people. "Leading statesmen and military leaders have conferred with complete and fruitful results. The kaiser gave audience to I3aron Hurl an, Kield Mar shal Arz and other Austrian minis ters, while Emperor Charles received Daron Hurlan and Field Marshal von Hindenburg." Huron Hurinn is the Auslro-Ilun-!iiiri;fti foreign minister, and Field Mnrshnl Arz Vim Xlrai.s.i'iibiitv is tlie Austrian chief of stnffe Adtnirnl J Von I lint see, the (iermitn foreign sec ret nry, wus mentioned in yesterday's advices ns bcinjr present tit the con ference. It may be through an error in tlie text of the d.spntch that Huron Hurian and not Admiral Von llint.e is mentioned as having been received by Knipenir Charles. E TO QUELL CZECHS WASHINGTON. Alii;, lfi. Infor mation from Swiss sources transmit ted in nil official Koine disputed to day says the Austrian government Iuih decided to take the must severe measures in un effort to rcpres the Jugo-Slnv movement. LONDON, Ann. Hi. A plan has been adopted lor the formation of a league of Atlstio-llungariun states, to he autonomous in dealing with home affairs, aeeordinir to a Vienna dispateh quoting the Czech radical orpin in the Austrian eapital, which reads : "It is learned from u reliable touree that l'remier Hussarek has reached an understr.ndin ; with prominent rep resentatives of all tlie Au-trian par lies for u complete revision of the Austrian constitution. It is planned to form a number of states that shall have home rule, including the German, Czech, Polish and South Slavonian states. These, with Hungary, will form a league of Aiistro-llnngnriun states." MM TAKIS, An?, lfi. Lieutenant Wal ler 11. -Miller of New York City, former member of the Lafayette Ks cadrille, who was transferred to the American service, was killed in an aerial combat on Auu'i-t 3. His pa trol, eoiisistinu' of eibt machines, was attacked by n ficrmnn souadron of :itl airplanes, lie fill inside the American lines. The other members of the poind escaped after n fierce stric'iile. Figures Include 1,400,000 Killed Up to Beginning of March Offensive From March to June, 120,000 Killed Alone- Loss of Man Power Alarms Germany. PARIS, Aug. 1G. The total of German losses from the beginning of the war to the end of July, 191S, are understood to be 6,000.000, accord ing to the morning newspapers. The figures include 1,400,000 kill ed up to the beginning of the German offensive last March. From March 27 to June 17, tho Germans are said to have lost 120, QUO killed alone. WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, Thursday, Aug. 14. (By the Associated Press). Germany has acknowledged that her man power Is dwindling in proportions great en ough to cause anxiety to the high command. The toll taken by tho al lied armies, and tho prospect of be ing confronted by ever-growing American forces has caused General Ludendorff to issue imperative or ders for a vigorous, immediate comb out in the German army in order to recover from auxiliary units all men capable of entering the trenches.. Appended to Hie order are special instructions to Field Marshal von Mackensen and General von Scholtz to make "a greater demand upon the local personnel" Instead of using Germans in the auxiliary services as reinforcements. LONDON, Auk. lfi. A curious co incidence conies to liKht In iconnec tlon with the nrrlval of the British at Baku. The garrison consisted largely of Bolshevikl, who with Ar menians, were opposing the Turks. Thus the British while fighting the Bolshevikl In the north are co-operating with them in the south. Asldo from the Casplun operations there has been a movement of Brit ish troops from Indian to Turkestan. These parsed thru Baluchistan and eastern Russia and joined forces with tho Turcomans, Bokharans and local social revolutionaries who are fight ing tho Bolshevikl. The British arc also guarding the trans-Caspian rail road to prevent tho enemy from gain ing access to Afghanistan and the Indian frontier. FOliTLAX!), An-. Hi.-A fine of 10,011(1 whs iinpM-ii i) (lie fVdcrjtl Hurt here tmlnv n Jay vidson, n San KrjUH'i-ri) liitnr dealer, who wjis conir,tcd u coiii-MnM'y to f-hip liUjr into prnlitUtioii It-rnlnry. l'nrtl:ind wiih .;iid to be the drstinution of the alUgcd illicit -InpiucnN. BATTLE RAILWAY BUILT IN TOO DAYS PARIS, Aug. Hi- (Hnvas ARnnryi A railway morn than KJO miles In IniKth behind tbf Kroncb front linn been built In 1mn than 100 dHys and yesterday aH oppn Tor traffic. ItH purpose 1b to improve tho conmiu lo cations bi-tweon tho northern and southern part of tho nurthfrn rail way HystPin. Tlie contrurtton In Tolvd the ti-.illrlini; of two Important bridKcn and a tunnel ,1 7.1 yawls in Uimth. I ROYE AND NOVON MENACED IN DRIVE SIMILAR TO BATTLE OF SO MME IN 1916. L ' " ,.,Mn RfC-v?' ""WlraunT f' Vjui f,iuy,Se 'f'-rtm ,'sv iSw 1 7,?eri "Umotu's ' Bwif,, .. :."'o Btrny Ji If 'ifA- HsSps;- - . v mills Oi IHiUonCourt -. v -:s4fc:'Ti l 0Merillch()Me;v!u"Arviller' f rciA -s V m3!r--r Beauvra;flneC;,.?CrjpW1.(X IcMouM totni 7 Fresmires XV . 1 1 Sont9er' ,-tyyi(C.'ls ' & ... Line to left, shows battle llim wlu'n allies Ivkiiii offensive n work iiro. J'Yom Chiiillnes to Illlieeollit (lie allies now occupy their old positions when the liatlle of the Sumilie begun In .Inly, 11)1(1. In Hint buttle llio lllitisli advanced and In furious fighting ruptured I'erroue, liapailme, Nclc and Nnyoii anil Inlci vcnlng towns. T TURNED FLANK OF E WITH TUB CANADIAN KOItCliS IN FRANCIS, Auk. 15 (Uy the Can-i udian Press). Some Interesting inci dents of the fighting of the past few j days are now available. For Instance, 1 all day Thursday of last week when j the buttle opened, great difficulty was met in advancing on our extreme j left. Finally it was decided tho only; way to advance was to turn the lert flank. A famous Queboc battalion I was entrusted with the task. They, had to take up their position In tho I dark by tho aid only of the stars. maps and compasses, Only military i men can comprehend tho difficulty J of the undertaking. At the uppoint- cd hour half past four in the morn ing they were on their ground, whence they advanced and took the i position forcing tho enemy line in this sector to fall back, with trifling i Ioks to us. One officer had a bet with another that he would he In the hoche divis ional headquarters at Quefnel first on Thursday night. It was a wild race and was not settled till Krliluy morning, when tho winner actuully took posHesslon of tho quarters whllo his troops were still fighting at the far end of the town, no .aptureu the entire enemy divisional plant. Shortly after, the loser came along and had to content himself with humbler billets. This was nine milts from the starting point of Thursday morning. The advance of a Manitoba battal ion was the record of the bottle, be ing over twenty thousand yards from our front line. While marching down a road this battalion was attacked by IS Herman airplanes, flying low and sweeping the road with machine gun fire. The order was given for tho men to (Matter and not one was hit. BRAZILIAN SHIP SUNK BY U-BOAT VIRGINIA COAST XKW YORK, Aug. 10. The Itra--.II inn motorship Madrugada, 1 ,6 13 gross tons, was sunk by shell fire by a German submarine yesterday mor ning near Winter Quaiter Shoal, off the northern Virginia coast. Captain Frederick Rouse and his crow of 21 men told of the destruction of the vessel upon being landed here today by a steamer which picked them up. The captain and crew escaped in lifeboats and were rescued a tier row lug about, for four bourn. Tlie Mad rugada left New York two days ago carrying a cargo consigned to Santos, Brazil. According to Captain Rou:;e t no submarine emerged about 2UU yards from bis vessel and opened fire with out warning. The crew Immediately took to the boats and the ship went down within a few minutes. No at tempt whh made to molest the life boats, of which there were two, ac cording to tho capluln's utaiement. Ho estimated that tho undersea boat was about 4ou feet long. She car ried two guns, fore and aft. CllltACn, Aic. 111. Ten cily coiinciljtieu were subpoenaed lod.iy to appear bclorc the grand jury tomor row in an investigation of bribery charues rcsiilliicr fioin tho passage Monday of a traction ordinance which provided lor municipal opera tion but not ownership of surface and elevated slret railways. Maiday lloyne, slate's attorney, 1ms eliarucil Hint biibes of from :l.linil,llllll to f."), Hlio.llnil were oifcrcd ahli riui n for their voles hnoring the ordianec. T Al PACIFIC PORT A PACIFIC POUT, Ann. 1(1. The bmly of Albert Metin, chief of the I'Yench economic mission aeeonipa nviii).' (leneral Paul (ierahl Pan of the French ariny enroiile to Australia, will he taken at once to France for burial .ncciinlinj; Id a slalemeiil by members of Ihe mission. M. Metin died nl inidniiihl Inst li i l' lil from apo plexy, inilnccM1, person ssaiil, by Ihe slraiii of Ihe Irnns-cinilinenliil trip on which he acted as spokesman for the iiii-,iun. .M. Melin was round lyin uncon scious on I in' floor of his upartiucnt al a local bold lasl night anil never regained con-.cioiisncss. He was -111 years of aye and leaves a widow and two small children, who are in France. M. Met in bad Iw ii e been minister of labor in I be Pi-cmii cabinet and minisler of blockade. An elaborate program of enlertain inenl arraned here in honor of Ihe French mission was abandoned. The olhcr members nf the party will slay here as Ioiil' lis had been contemplated i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , hut they will remain in viiltial retirement. WASHINGTON, Aug. Hi. The French mission beaded by Albert Me tin, who rlied of apoplexy at a Pa cific Port last niL'ht is enroutc to Australia lo discus war ipicstions with officials Hicre at the special in vitation of the Australian govern ment. When here M. Metin apparently was in robust health and ol'lieials of I the French embassy and the French I war missions were shocked by news I of his dentil. PAh'IS, Auk. lli.--Mujor Theodore lloosevclt, ,Ir., was vi-ilcd by Pre mier Clcmcncciiii loday. Major Uoim-vcll's wounds were still unheal ed and he is usin crutches. BRITISH FORGE FORWARD ALUNG SOW REGION Slight Advances Better Positions Further Enemy Withdrawals on Lys Sector Announced Village of Vieux Berguin South of Merris Evacuated and Huns Retire. W1TU THE HHIT1SII ARMY IX FRANTK, Aits. . 10:30 n. m. (By the, Associated Press.) Tho enemy artillery was active last night from one end of tho British front to the other. There was no develop ments of nchvily by the enemy in fantry unywhere, however. All alonff the Nomine; the, Ilrilish are continuing various slight forward movements to Kiiin advantages of position. It was in movements of this kind (hat Dain ery and Parvilles came yesterday into liritsh hands, The situation north of the Ancru has not yet been clarified, Ihe enemy's intention being obscure. There were no further reports of widespread withdrawals in this re gion, nlthoiigh the enemy seems to havo abandoned several of his small forward positions. On the other hnnd the Hritis.li patrols that crossed thn Ancre last nit;lit were fired upon and forced to return. i" Kneniy Withdrawal-) LONDON, Thursday, Aug. 15. Further slight enemy withdrawals from the I.ys salient were announced in London today. The enemy has evacuated tlie village of Vieux Ber quin, Boulli of Merris, nnd has retir ed between one and two miles on n front of nine miles. South of Albert Ihe British havo advanced their line slightly ill the re gion east of Morlancoiirt, says tho official statement today from Field Marshal Haig. On the eastern bank of the Anelo local fighting look place last night on the outskirts of Thiepval wood, west of Thiepval. f Farther north (he British havo pushed Iheir patrols eastward on the three mile front between Benueourt-Siir-Ancre and I'liisieiix An Mont. French Aflvauoo Hlightly PA HIS, Aug. (!. The French troops have made an important ad vance on n front of two and one-half miles wc-t of lloyo, according to tho war office statement today. The French progress was in the re gion of Yillcrs-l.cs-Yoye, about two and one-half miles west o Hoye, St. Aurin and Armaiieourt. In Champagne the French took prisoners and also allocked a German raid. The statement reads: "On the Acre front French troops have made progress in the region of Yillers-I.es-lioye and St. Aurin. Enst of Armaiieourt our troops have oc cupied the old first lines. ''In t'hnmpac.nc we took prisoners In the sector of Pcrlhes-Les-llurliis and repulsed an enemy raid east of Maisous-Cliaiiipane. Klsewhero on the front there was no activity.'' WITH THK CANADIAN KORCKS IN FHANCi:. Thursday, Aug. 16. Illy the Cauaillnii Press). Tho Cana dians captured the village of Pnrvll lers today. A number of machine Kirns and prisoners were taken. Tho lalost report was that our troops Wero holding tho vIIIuko. Fnemy artillery activity indicates a stiffening of reslstunoe. Hostile aircraft havo been considerably strengthened on the wholo Amlons Montitldier front. Thirty-four enemy divisions havo been engaged, Including 1 1 fresh anil two tired divisions. The enemy has used up every battalion of two of tho four divisions la front of the Cana dians. Theso nro the seventy-ninth and the one bundled and eighteenth.