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MEDFOED, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1918
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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.
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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.
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f' Vjui f,iuy,Se 'f'-rtm ,'sv
iSw 1 7,?eri "Umotu's ' Bwif,, .. :."'o Btrny Ji If
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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
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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.