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Newspaper Page TextUniversity of Oregon X Library ( j WEATHER Maximum Vestcrday, 73; Minimum Today, PrtM-ii.itation, .02. FORECAST Tonight and To morrow: Probably Fair. Mebforo Mail Tribune Forty-elKhth Tear. Daily Thirteenth Tear. MEDFORD, OREGON', 'SATURDAY, AUG. 17, 1918 XO. 125 ALLIED FORCE W TH N OF A ROYE'S FULL r. L French Take Plateau at Outreaches Givinti Command of Oise River Local Actions Result in Tightening Grip of Allies Upon Roye, Bastion of German Line From Peronne to Noyon Germans Intensify Artil lery Defense. WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IX FRANCE. Aug. 17. (By Associated Press). French troops this morning carried out a local attack in the re gion of Autreches, about ten miles northwest of Soissons and captured the plateau north of Autreches vil lage. This gives them command of the region extending northward, south of the Oise river. Local actions elsewhere resulted in the further tightening of the grip of the allies upon the approaches to Roye, to the west, the north and the south. The Germans are intensifying their artillery fire In that region with no other effect than to slow up the allied advanco. lloyo Menaced ' BY THE ASSOCIATED'-.. PRESS Aug. 17. Roye, the bastion of the German Une from Peronne to Noyon Is menaced seriously by advancing French, Uritish and Canadian troops and its fall within the next few hours appears probable. ' With the town in allied hands, the southern end of the German line would have to retire and the northern end thru Chaulnes to Peronne, also would be affected. The allies are now but a scant one and one-quarter miles west of the town, while they are pressing eastward in the north and In the south. Advanco Along; Front Along a front uf nearly nine miles north and, south or the Avro, which flows thru Roye, the allies have push ed back the enemy. The most notable advance was made on a front or three miles in the center by French and Canadian troops who now are fighting on a lino thru Goyencourt, St. Mard-Les-Trio and Laucourt. St. Mard Is west of Roye and there are no villages in the intervening mile and a quarter. French troops on the south have forced their way almost thru the Loges wood which borders the Koye Lasslgny road on the west. The wood is five miles directly south oi Roye and it would appear that a fur ther advance might enable the French to outflank both Roye and Lasslgny and force the Germans to readjust their lines eastward toward Noyon and probably beyond. North of Goyencourt British forces after having repulsed an enemy attack on Damery in which 250 prisoners were raptured, are pushing eastward with French units toward Franzart and Fresnoy-Les-Roye. Artillery Activity Artillery activity continues on the (Continued on Page Six.) 13 HUN ACES KILLED BY ALLIES WASHINGTON, Aus. 17. Thir teen of Germany's leading aviators have been listed as missing In action since July 1, according to an official dispatch from France received here today. The aviators who have been thus listed and the number of allied machines which they were credited with bringing down are: Loo Wendhardt, 53; Menshkoff. .19; Rongartz and Muck lor, 3.1 each; Hullick. 32; Wnesthoff, 26; Von Tur. check, 27; Klrchsteiner, 27; Puetter, 2.1; Wlnish, Fredericks and Pipp- hardt, 21 each and Helnhardt, 20. PE 1 IN FEW HLIURS AUSTRIAN DUKE TO BE CROWNED U Emperor Charles Strikes Bargain With German Kaiser in Which He Agrees to Furnish Fresh Troops for Western Front in Return for Poland and a Peace Campaign. THE ILUU'E, Aug, 17. Germany li:ts approved the suggestion made by Austria than an Austrian arch duke be made kin gof Poland, the Lo knl Anzeiger of Ferlin snvs it under stands. Archduke Karl Stephens, it says, probably will be named. LONDON, Ahs. 17. Germany hna made concessions to Austria on the Polish question in consequence of the strong stand taken by Emperor Charles and the- Anstro-IIunguriun government, according to information received by the correspondent of the Daily Mail, at The Hague. Germans (iet Troops , k It is posisble there was no personal union of the crowns of Poland and Austria, but the king of Poland is certain to be an Austrian archduke, snvs the correspondent, who adds that t he conference' at German main headquarters had the following ha sis: The Germans demanded that Aus tria send to the western front from 10 to l"i divisions of picked troop! confinm- themselves to the defensive on the Italian trout. Emperor Charles and his advisors made the counter demands that Ger many make further declarations re-1 gnrding lielgium, guaranteeing evac uation, restoration and an indemnity, make n powerful movement in the di rection of peace and that tile Polish question he solved in a manner fa vorable to Austrian wishes. Peace Offensive The advisers of the Austrian em peror, it is declared, emphasized the opposition 4ft Austrian military and niiblie opinion to the transfer of troops to the western front. This op position could only be quieted if the government was assured of Polish support, which could he obtained by securing- from Germany concessions oil account of Poluud and if the public could be shown that the central pow ers would malic another strong effort to obtain peace. WITH TIIK FKEXCII A II MY IN THE FIELD, Aim. 17. On the high way lending to Kpernuy, wagons und ambulances of all the allied armies were pacing one another in an end less Kt renin. An umbulunce was driven by n young woman in khaki, covered with dust. The Italian soldiers resting along the road invariably saluted her with voice and gesture, and she in turn smiled sweetly back at them. She was Italia Garibaldi, niece of the hero of two worlds. She is at tached to u line hospital fur ltainu Alpine troops situated in the neigh borhood where she was seen. This bospital at present is filled with sol diers of all the allied annie-, Ameri cans included. localINSFOR WASHINGTON, Amr. 17. Weath er predictions for the week beginning Monduy, issued by the weather bur eau today, are : Northern Kocky Mountain and pla teau regions; Scattered showers first of week with temperature about normal. Pacilie states: Generally fair weather except local rains in western Washington and Oregon first of the week. K NG OF POLAND ENTENTE ENVOYS AT 1 W IN GREAT DANGER American Consul Remains to Assist British and French and Protect Foreigners Bolshevik! Summarily Shot 236 Out of 1,030 Suspected of Revolutionary Tendencies.' I'AIilS, An-. 17. (Huvas Aj;eii cy. ) KfHrts tire in circulation in I Finland that the (icniians have seiz ed the Russian nnvnl pint uf Kr.m stadt, Hccordint; to a Stockholm dis patch to La Matin. AM STKUDA.M, Aiifr. 17 Out of 1,000 persons arrested at Moscow and l'clnuirnd because of counteV revolutionary tendencies, 2'Mi have been summarily shot, according to Moscow advices to the Kreit Zeituiifr of licrlin. WASHINGTON', Aug. 17 Ameri can Consul General Poole, at Moscow, who recently burned his code book and turned the consulate over to the Swedish consul, notified the Mate de partment in a cablegram received to day that he intended to remain iu Moscow to assist the Itritish and French consular officers there, who are in pre at personal danger. Itelease of Foreigners The eoUMil general reported that with the aid of the Swedish repre sentative, he had succeeded in se curing the release of several hundred entente citizens, chiefly British ami French, who were arrested by the Molsheviki and held as liostae.es for soviet members imprisoned in the mirth. About HO of these civilian? wore slill in custody. Mr. Poole said he had been able to ameliorate their sit uation. Mr. Poole also reMrlcd that the Japanese consul has left Moscow un der pledge of safe conduct. The Jap anese representative will make a eoo plete report of conditions iu Moscow to the allied nations. Iteil Cross Working Members of the Internnlinnul lied Cross, including several Americans, are doing excellent work in Mommhv, the consul general reported, nnd nrc rcecivinu adequate protection at pres ent. They are greatly assisted by members of Hie Y. M. C. A., who ar also afforded protection. From Finnish news bureau reports transmitted through Sweden, the slate department heard today that the so viet government is making liastv preparation to move stale banks and other state institutions from Moscow. For ibis reason, it was said, all pri vate paeni:ers and freight traffic from Moscowhas been stopped. FORD TO BUILD DKTIiOlT, Atur. 17. Plan for the erection of several tractor plants were announced today by Henry Ford, the automobile manuraeturer. Ford has notited the Mexican government that he is prepared to spend 1,000, 000 on the tirst of seernl such plants, and is awaiting only the se lection of an official site. "We will sell virtually at cost and if "rotits aei-uuiiilate we will put them riy lit back into the business,' said Mr. Ford. 'NM a cent is to be taken out of Mexico." Should the hnsines jjrnw io such proportions Unit it would be impos sihle to ah-orb the protils, the Mexi can government will be pieii con trol of the plan's, it was said. "The tractor will give the people an opportunity to realize some of the weallh of thrir eoutry," Mr. Foul added. S" TjOKIO. Tuesday, Auk. IS. (By the Associated I'ress). The government today Issued a statement announcing that tin- tier the agreement with China in view of the danger threaten- Ins the border of .Manchuria, Japan was despatching troops thence from Manchuria. LONDON, Friday, Aug. !(. Meas ured by the number of machines en framed, the intensity of the fighting and the losess inflicted on the enemy, the figbting in the air during the past week was the most formidable of the war. Some of the most severe conflicts occurred on August 8 iu the sector between Albeit ami the Amiens-Hove road. The air fighting resulted in the destruction of 48 enemy ma chines while 17 others were driven down out of control. Filly British machines did not return. During; the six succeeding days 18." enemy airplane were destroyed and 89 driven down out of control,' making a total of .'Kill German ma chines for the week, compared to 12'A British airplanes missing. British bombing squadrons contin ual! v attacked military objectives dropping more than 'X2il tons of bombs and causing great damage. Low flying scout machines raked the enemy's congested roads with ma chine irun fire, inflicting many cas ualties. A notable feature of the aerial op erations was the virtually continuous night and dav bombing of the enemy bridges over the Somme. This ij real ly hampered the supply and rein forcement of the German troops. The week's work also included a number of destructive raids into Ger mauv. . PAIilS, Aug. 17. Sen-cant Wil liam McKcrness of Wallinefonl. Conn., attached to the Lafayette es- cadriiic was Killed in a light with eight encniv airplanes on Thursday, according lit the Paris edition of the Tribune. The bodies of McKerness and his French pilot were picked up within tlie French lines. SUNK BY U-BOAT PARIS, Aug. n. Tho French cruller Lupcilt Thours Iiiib neftn Riink by a German submarine, it la official ly announced today. Thirteen of the crow are misalnx. American destroy era rescued tho remainder. The U ii petit Thours was co operal Ing with I'nltert States naval foico In patrollnlg Atlantic navigation. Tho iJupetlt Thours was an armor. ed criilsi-r built In 1S1I9. Tho normal complement of the crulKer was St'i men 3 IN LONDONliSTRl LOMMiN, Amr. 17. - Women si met cur coinitictuis lodav refused lo lake out their Mir until they had been j:raiiti'd n live shilliny a week bonus which hud been iriteu the men hut hot the women. The women secured 'b-1 act ive support of the men ewndue tors am dmcrs, who struck in fyiii pntliv. As n result of the tie nn. many munilion wotktM and biisines men were unable to reach their place- of employment. FIGHTING IN 1 MOST FORMIDABLE OF ENTIRE WAR POINGA RE SEES L OF AMERICANS French President Inspects French Forts Transferred as Supply De pots " for Yankees Submarines Sunk During Visit Participates in Chase of U-Boat. PAKIS, Aug. 17. President Poln eairo and Georges Ley sues, minister of marine, returned to Paris today after a visit of two days at a French port where they Inspected the Franco American naval bases and were en abled to obtain a first-hand view of the co-operatton of the two navlos In combatting German submarines. Immediately after their arrival there a report was received that an enemy submarine had just been sunk by a French putrol, while It was confirm ed at the same time that another submurine had been destroyed by an American patrol a few days before. President Poincaire made a in in itio Inspection of various American installations at the port, being espec ially Interested in the hydro-ulrplanc station. Meets n, Convoy While the two officials were at t ho port a convoy was signalled coming In and the president embarked on a war vessel and went out to observe the nrrungements mado for the pro tection of ships. A dirigible balloon, hydro-airplanes and rapid destroyers co-operated perfectly in preventing any submarine attack which might have been made. The ennvov came Into tho harbor wit a each vessel keeping In perfect line until tho anchoruge was reached. After this President Polncalro went on board a destroyer and participat ed in the chase of an allied submar ine below the surface. The chase lasted for nn hour and If tho sub marine had been German the pursuit would have ended dimitftrously for It. American Depot Visited The visit of the oftlclub wns ex tended to the American depots which have completely transformed the port. A report was handed the presi dent showing that a convoy which recently .arrived from America dis charged 30,000 tons of materials In ten hours, thanks to the efficiency of the American arms. Admiral Wilson received President Poincaire on board n repair ship where a medallion hearing the In scription "commemorating the union of Frame and America," was pre sented to tho president. Later Presi dent Polnealre examined tho new type of American destroyer and re viewed newly arrived American troops. WASHINGTON, Apg. 17." The Ihrwilened crisis m the relations of Mci-n with the entente allies ami the Flitted Slates apparently has been averted by a modification of the new Mexican oil tax decree by President Carranzn, It Wiis learned today Unit on Aug ust 1! Carninza iu effect eini"elled provisions of the decree of Jul" last under which unde eloped oil lands might be sr-ied bv the Mexican gov ernment upon failure of their own ers to inaKc dechmi 1 ioiis and submit to what they regarded as excessive" taxation. I'KAI Foin', N. .. Aug. 17. The Itritish t it ii k -tinnier Mirlo was tor poed by a Herman submarine off Cape Ihiltcins hist night ami accord ing to reports reaching here today nine members of her crew were drowned. All the other member of the Mir Ioh crew were haved by coast guards and have been brought safely to fllOlC, NAVA BASES WAR PROFITEERS 1 450 000 MOST NUMEROUS i Srmni iio IN FOOD LINES Income Tax Returns Show Packers, Millers and Canners Lead All With Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing and Dealing, Coal Mining, Copper and Other Metal Produers Next. WASHINGTON, Aiur. 17. War profiteers in 1D17 were uiot numer ous in business devoted to food pro duction and distribution, cotton and woolen manufacturing and dealing, coal miniuir, iron, copper, aluminum and other mctn) production and oil production and distribution, accord ing to a treasury analysis of income tax returns. . In addition thousands of small con cerns in n great variety of classifi cations made profits ranging from 100 to .'1,000 per cent abovo their nor mal pre-war profits which even them were considered high. Profits Spotted In citing certain industries as con taining the largest percentage of profiteers, the treasury has made it clear that not all individual business J iu these groups have gat3iered in (swollen earnings. This is true partic ularly of cpu) operators, some of whom made enormous profits while others made barely enough to pay regular dividends. Manufacturers of clothing and other articles reported big profits. Lumber production, stimulated by the sudden enormous demand from cantonments ami other government operations, netted forest and Haw mill owners as well as distributors pro fits several tunes above those of nor mal years. v Oil producers made enormous pro fits which they claimed justified by the rapid depreciation of stock and the extra financial hazard of their business. I 'ackers Uad All Meat packers, Hour millers and canners stood at the top of the list of loud profit takers, according to in come returns. Farmers alo made money heavily last year, but not enough of their returns have been an alyzed to justify a genera! statement of their protils, officials say. Prof iteering was by no means con fined to big business. Small scale producers, in thousands of cases, re ported pro! its eo,ua I to the aggre gate of from fixe to ten years' earn ings before the Tinted States entered the war. E WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. Capture of Irktu-sk, the important Lake Haiku! port of the trans-Siberian railroad, by the (,'zeelio-Slovaks aideil by the Siberian people's army on July 7, is announced in a belated dispatch from American consul Harris at Irkutsk, dated July ami received today lU the state department. The council reports through the American charge d'affairs at Peking, lie had not been heard f rom for many weeks. The railway l SumnnrMs open, ac cording to Coii-ul Harris, from Ivk utsk, but trains are not running through to Mo-eow. The Czech com inander, he said, had reported that as late as July 0, they bad lost -")U men lulled and I.L'uil wounded. The.se advices also report the cs-tabli-hiniiet of the new Siberian gov ernment witn heudijunrters at Omsk, where the people and the government have repudiated the If rest - Litov sk treaty nml declared their determina tion to fight (he Centum-, All American in the wc-lcrn Sibe rian section arc reooited safe. HIYICniuHllO E 1,550,000 in America Awaiting Trans portation, Says March Russian Situation Bad Withdrawals by Germans Expected Only Artillery Duels on Vesle Location of Troops in Battleline Harris Ap pointed Adjutant General. WASH I NOTOX, A ug. 1 7. More than l,4f)0,000 American soldiers have been embarked from the United States, General March, chief of staff, said today. This includes men sent to Italy ami Siberia as well as to France. General March was talking to newspaper correspondent h iu semi weekly review, lie said official re ports through tho Sanish embassy irive no evidence that American pris oners in Germany are singled out for mistreatment as has been reported. Very detailed reports, including tho dnily menus are received find show that the question of the i rent men t of prisoners has largely become stand ardized, , Senators 'also were informed ibnt the ittihsinii hitutiicm is very b;id because of 'fhe general complexity of affairs there. 1 hey were given to understand that there was not muck chance of establishing- u real offen sive on the eastern front hecnuse of the great number of men that would be required. Kcct Withdrawals Discussing the battlo situation on the French front, the chief of stuff drew utteuliou to the t'm't that tho Germans have now voluntarily sur rendered portions of their lines at four different places. He placed no construction of his own on this, but it was taken as an indication of nn expected further withdrawal by tho enemy. In a general way the linos uencrall" arc stubilized on a front closely following: lDHi-1917 positions in Picardy and along the Aisne-Veslo line fo the south. On the Vesle fnml where the Amer ienn troops are in line only artillery fire and raids have been reported, General March said. He read a French divisional order paying liiidi tribute fo the valor and efficiency of' the second arlillrey brigade of the sccom American division, which aided the I'Jlh French infantry in two days of fierce lighting at Chateau Thierry. locution of DlvUloiiN A to the location of other di visions. General March said that tho 80th division ( Pennsylvania nnd Virginn troops) wns (mining with tho Uritish in Flanders: that the 88th (North Dakota, Miunesofu, Iowa nnd Illinois troops) was in process of em barkation and that the 8'Jnd, (Ala bama, George and Tennessee troops) was in line north of Toul where it arrived early iu July, lteports do no show that the HJnd division, he said, ha been been engaged. General March said the losess of the lliltb regiment ( Pennsylvania (Continued on Pago Six,) SYSTEM AT YAKIMA WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. Impor tant linprnvoinnntfl nro to bo made 1) tho reclamation porvlre In Yakima, Wash., Irritation dlxlrlct. Sci-rotary l.ano announced today that a con tract hoa boon madu by tho govern ment whereby $1." 0,000 or u much of that sum an necessary, Is to bo ex pended iu the enlarKoment and bet terment ut tho Tleton nui In canal nnd distribution eystem of (he Yakima project. This sjRtem provides water for tho Irrigation of approximately 33,000 acres of land.