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MEDFORD, ORECON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1918
NO. 127
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ADVANCE N maoei ;
HUWflllUL 111 Inninnil ,.'
1 UUU l-l-l IN L
M IIUULLUIIIU
French Offensive on I5-Mi!e Front
1 Endangers Both Noyon and Aisne
Sectors anri Likely to Force Ger
man Retirement to Chemin Des
Dames Good Progress Made Ev
' erywhere French Within 5 Miles
1 of Noyon on Two Sides.
1.0XDOX, Atijr. 20. The French
tenth army coinnniml'jd bv General
Jlanjjin today eap'uretl 2,800 Ger
i...i.....n o i.:..
. uiiiiia uci n i;vii . . vj nut nun uiuiiiiii
nml 'I it m. iietnritili(r In llin liilnt
reports reaching London from the
Wttlcfront.
General Mangln's forces advanced
today three miles at the greatest
depth of the front. Tho French
troops captured tho town of Cuts two
and a half miles northwest of Bleran
court. ' LONDON, Aug. 20. According to
the latest advices reaching London
the front of this morning's attack hy
the French extended over 1.1 miles.
Good progress have been made every
where, according to reports and the
advance on this front since Saturday
Is now over four miles at its maz
hniim depth.
The present lino runs from Plcssy
Le Val to Le Four-A-Verre to ltel
fontaine and to Clerancourt, two and
a half miles north of Morsuin. From
there It runs south to Osly-Courtll
and reaches the Aisne at Courtil. The
attack today extended to a point
within three from from Sobsons.
Further to tho north the French
also are continuing their gradual
advance down the wooded slopes of
Lassigny .Massif. They have reached
a place five miles from iNoyon. This
Is a very difficult country but tit
French are successfully pii'shlng
ahead toward Xoyon from both the
north and tho south.
To I'nrcc llflmit
HV TIIK ASSOt'lATKIl I'IM'.SS.
Aiil'. 20. (ierinan forces liuliiiin; the
vital sector or tin; buttle front be
tween the Ai-ue and Disc rivers were
hurled luii-kj over n 10-niile front
this morning by the French, n'-cordii
' reports rviif-liinjr London. It i
statcd that the Frendi have pcnelr.it
l'd the enemy positions to a -Icpin
"f two miles.
'iliis ntiuck, which is a continua
lin of I lie assault made northwest
"I isoissous 4)n Sutuhty iiiylit I'liih.n
W'l's the whole (ierinan position-; at
Soissnns and Ihc Aisne. ll is untic
M'aled that the French success proli
xly will be followed by ii (iermim re
tirement I'l-mii Soissons to the Clicinin
'J's Dailies.
Advanco Two Miles
Xo details of the i'Sjihtinir arc yet
uviiilalile, but an ndvaiice ol two
"dies in this sector would sccni to
I'lace tin- Germans, 1 1 , 1 1 1 nlonj 'Aw
Aisne and before Xoyon. in a seriou-P"-ition,
from which only an imme
diate retreat would appear i.oi'iblc.
1'iiolTicinl dispatches also state
'hat rcat local successes have been
"'liicvcil by (be Krcnidi from the Oi-c
ii'Tlhnard to well pa-t Hove. T!,o
Ime as it iK t rnf1, seems to be very
(Continued on Fa go Four.)
Washington, Aug. no. imf-
Patihes from Switzerland today fay
d'ep unrest Is manifest at Warsaw.
The streets are full of (ierinan r-'-treis
who nre making numbers or ar
r"". Houses are heinn searched
and arrests being made at Lomza and
''lozk among the supposed tnem:er
the serret aso.'lal Ion of Hie Pol
'lh army.
Merville SHor of Lys Salient in
Flanders Evacuated British Ad
vance Four Miles Ludendorff
Gives Up Point Selected for Chan
nel Offensive to Get Troops Back.
: WITH TIIK IHtlTISIl AliMY IX
1'liAXCK, An-. . (lv the Asm
ciatcd Press.) Field Marshal Haigs
forces eontiniicd to advance. through
out the day in the Merville sector of
the Lys salient. They are closely fol
lowing the retiring Germans who this
afternoon seem to have gone back to
an extreme depth of between three
and lour miles and nre tsill showing
no inclination to conic to a halt. Es
pecially to the south of this sector the
Germans have left behind them nu
merous lines of retardin-,' wire entan
glements. Abandon Coast lirive
By withdrawing their force from
the Merville sector of the Lys sal
ient the Germans definitely have giv
en up one of the points from which
a drive for ('alias logically would be
launched. This is taken to indicate
that the German high command has
abandoned hope of reaching the const
and now is chiefly concerned with
getting the German lines hack to a
phu-e of greater security.
The withdrawal continued last
night and today even on a slightly
broader front Ihan Ihat of yesterday.
The retirement marked Ihc conclusion
and failure of the effort which Ger
many launched early in the spring to
"finish ofl" the Itritish army by driv
ing through lo the sea.
Ohjcclivcs (ialncil
IIHITISII IIKAIl(tH'AHTi:i;S IX
FliAXCF.. Aug. 211. (Canadian
Press.) liriti-h troops in their ad
vance near Vieux Itenpiin gained all
their objectives. Tile enemy troops
now falling hack belong lo the sixth
German army, commanded by Ger
cral Van (tbial.
Itritish patrols have maintained a
steady prc-iire on the retiring (h'r
mans ami have inflicted considerable
casuliilics. The cticniv nianifcslly
continues to be in a nervous state.
Karly this morning he laid down a fu
rious barrage on the La Clytte-Scher-penberg
road. As no infantry move
ment followed, it apparently was a
protective act.
Ilalg Congratulates
Field Mar-hal Haig has sent a tel
egram of congratulation to General
liawlinson, commander of the Fourth
llrilish imuv, reading as lollow-:
"Warmosl congratulations and
thanks to yoiir-cll' ami stuff and all
ranks on the magnificent success re
ccntlv unined bv the fourth army.
The brilliant maimer in which the op
eration was nrcparcil and successful
ly carried out at comparatively small
losses by the third Au-lralian-Cnn-adian
corps, in conjunction with the
cavalry, air force ami lank corps, is
a strikin.r tribute to the skill of the
leaders anil tile bravery of the indiv
idual soldier as well as lo the hid
'(.,i ,.r ..fli,.i,.n,-v of tin -laff I
dci.arlmclital scrvi. e- concerned. The
gallant anil -liilll'nl co-operation .if
the armored cars and motor nun hil.e
..mi batteries is worthy oi the highest
oraisc."
IN OF 21 10
WASHINGTON'. A"--- H''v'
c, i-liiwit'- announced today by the
provo-t marshal general -li- that
loS.illlll vouiig men nho'li.iu- become
21 sua e' last Jane :.. -ho'iid rci-tcr
!r military sen e c lievt Saturday,
i if tins number it i- c-limaled that
about half will go into cla-s one, -object
to immediate call'to the colors.
The estimate- of Saturday'- regis
tration bv slate- Included r,,lir.riiin.
:;7i;S. Idaho M:!. Vmitmni "22, ntc
goii o'.VI, Washington l.iilS.
REGISTER SATURDAY
GOING Ofl AFTER 5
MOXTKF.AL, Aug. 20.
teaching civilization after an
absence of five years among tiio
Fskimos in Grant Land in the
Arctic Circle, Frederick Sniith
ern has just learned that there
is a war going on. Sinithern is
a fur trader, lie is passing
through Montreal today enroute
f
f
4
for his home in Xcw York. lie
said he would enlist in the I'ni-
ted States annv.
10 RESUME DRIVE
WASIIIXCTOX, Atitf. t 20. Re
sumption ol' tho Austrian offensive
on the Italian front is to he expected
at any time, nceoriling to the military
crities of the Italian newspaper Cur
riere D'ltalia, says a dispatch receiv
ed here from Rome. The military
critic hases his prediction on such re
cent events as t lie closing of the
Swiss i'rontiei;, the visit of Kniperor
Karl tt the Tre.ntino and the confer
ence at German military headtiar
ters. ('(Hiimentiny: on the meetiiij; of the
German and Austrian emperors, the
Italian newspaper declares that it
must he taken as new proof that the
hope of separating Austria from Ger
many is a "mad delusion."
The Idea Natioiialc says the meet
ing of tho emperors is in direct con
sequence of the steps taken hy the
allies in Russia.
COLOGNE BELIEF
LONDON, Auk. 20. It in belevo!l
in Cologne that tho Germans are
weaker on tho western front than
even the altiea claim, says the Dally
Mail's correspondent at Tho Hanue.
He docs not vouch for otner sections
of Germany, but gives this resume of
conditions In the Cologne dIMrfet.
All leaves from the front have been
reduced one-half.
Men aro sent to the front from the
hospitals before completely fit.
Letters from the front have been
discontinued.
Deserters are beins sent, to the
front from punishment camps.
Wounded horses are harried west
with bandages still in plnce.
Tho correspondent adds that It Is
reported the Germans have stolen
food parcels sent to French prisoners
in order to feed neutral laborers who
are on strike because of Inadequate
food.
WHEAT GLUTEN FOR
NKAV YoHK. Auu'. L'O.Scizure hy
the mivernmeiit M' I.')7,iilifl pound
of dewtnlizt-d uheiit ulntcfi which
W;i to hitvc found it- way to ier
many throiiu'li Mvit .crbind was jiii-nirtni'-ed
iu a Mulciticnt today hy A.
Mitchell Talnier, ulan property cu
Indian.
The ymin. viulh in pie-war time.
iipppiMinatch -'JiMi,n(i(t( wa dicuv-
iTnl in .lane in wnn-hou.-c here,
ready ti-r ,-hipment oereat. It will
he -uld at pOhlie auction Aiicut Jti.
The cii-torliith withheld the name
of the vhipwT- and enn-crnee of the
win at, a product from which the s;er
minatin.' ecd has hecn taken.
GERMAN GUNS
E
Manifesto Icsitcd by Czccho-Slovak
National Committee ' at Prague
Urges Pntienrc Because Kaiser's
Guns Would Bolt Independence Now
and Austria! Collapse Inevitable
WASIir.VCTOX, Aug. 20 A inani
festo Issued by the newly founded
Czccho-Slovak national committee in
Prague has reached the Czecho-SIo-vak
national council here. In the
manifesto the program of the nat
ional committee is outlined and the
main points are the uniting and co
ordinating of all the forces of the
Czeeho-Slovak nation for the realiza
tion of their national aspirations and
a call to all Czechos and Slovaks to
rally to the struggle for liberty.
The manifesto expresses its confi
dence in the outcome of the fight and
asserts that "by their own strength
the Czecho Slovak people have risen
from the grave of centuries and by
their own strength will place them
solves In tho light of the world In
Uio company of free nations of the
Tut arc liberated and civilized man
kind." The leading journal of Prague, the
Llsti, suppressed by the government
not long ago, has reappeared and a
dlspntch today says is comment on
tho manifesto is:
"While roichsrath Is near dissolu
tion, tho Czechs again huvo their par
liamentary body which will decide
the destinies or the nation." It adds
that while Austria is ripe for destruc
tion, should she collapse today Ger
man machine guns would ho on hand
to aid, and counsels patience for a
few months.
L PARADE
OF G. A. R. VETERANS
TODAY , PORTLAND
POKTLA'ND, Aug. 20. To the
martial music of rife and drum, thou
sands of Civil war veterans marched
today In the annual parade of the
Grand Army of tho Republic, the fea
ture of the national encampment now
in progress here. Thousands Ilneil
tho streets thru which tho parade
passed.
Some of the marchers were bent
with ago, some walked erect despite
Their years and others capered thru
tho streets with youthful zest. Sol
dler sons In khaki marched some
times beside their veteran fathers.
Automobiles driven by young women
In war service uniforms carried of f I
cers of tho (1. A. H. and hundreds of
paraders too feeble to walk. Hoy
scouts with water canteens refreshed
tho thirsty. Captain" Hardy, f
tho Terry expedition fume, was a
sailor veteran In the parade.
Tho weather was clear and cool
and Ued Cross streteher hearers who
patrolled tho streetH found few old
soldiers unable to finish the course.
Tho delegates and members of the
Grand Army man bed In delegations
by slatefl, tho I'actf'c coast and told
dlo western districts being represent
ed by particularly large groups.
YANKEES REPEL HON
MID IN TOUL SECTOR
10 DELAYACT ON
WASHINGTON, An. 20. A Ger
man r;tld on the .Vuerlian linen norCi
of Toul, in a omi.-aratively fjtilri
neeior, resulted hi losheH to t lie (ier
iiiah( Genera! Pcrnhlnn rriiOrled to
day in hlf oomiii!:nl'iie. It follow:
"Headquarter American KxjK'dl
tlonary Torre, AuuuM, 19, 1ft IK.
".Sertlon A.- North of Toul a hos
tile raid wn rfpuled with Inn to
ihn enemy. "
i
IAP RICE RMS.
UPON VAS1 SCALE
WASHINGTON', Aug. 20.
Profiteering on a great scale is
the cause of tho unrest and
rioting in Japan, according to
an explanation In official quur-
ters hero. Not only wholesalers
and middlemen dealing In food
products' und especially in rice,
but even tho Japanese farmers
who grow tho grain, have been
holding back their stores and
demanding greatly inflated
prices. Now thnt the Japanese
government has seized these
stores of rice preparatory to dis- fr
-ft trlbuting them to the people at
reasonable prices. It is believed
here, the popular discontent
will be 'allayed.
4.
WITH TIIK AMKIIK'AX AliMY ON
IJIIK Vi:SI,K, Aug. -II. (Hv the As--nii'ialed
Press. J Sixty Prussians
have bcc taken prisonets by I lie
Americans near Kistuelte nnrlh ol'
Kisnies, without cither side firing a
shot. The Prussians were machine
iinners anil all Hint remained of n
company which had been ill the line
less than a month.
American detachments went out I.
few nights ago, the location of the
machine gun positions having been re
ported by a prisoner. The intelli
gence-- officer who questioned Ihc
Prussians asserted Ihut they ha. I
agreed lo surrender if Hie opporluu'.
tv nrose.
A prisoner taken Sunday told an
intelligence officer he believed ,thnt
if the battle line recedes to tlcimany
the fighting spirit of the (leruiun sol
diers will be greatly si imiilatcil.
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
PARIS, Aug. 20 (llavan Agency)
Ilcsolutlonii oxprogaliig gratitude to
the allied guilders und military chiefs
for their gallant efforts and success
ful results obtained, were adopted uy
tho general council of tho republic,
at a meeting yesterday. The council
lors reaffirmed their unahukable
faith In tho final victory of the
allies.
A special greeting to the American
army which Is fighting on liuroiioun
soil for Jiislicc, liberty und Immunity
was adopted.
A vote of confidence In the gov
ernment of Premier Clemenceau was
adopted by a large majority.
SENATOR 0LLIE JAMES
CUNUIflON CRITICAL
ItAiYn.Mom:, Aiij:. J". The con
dition oi' Ijiiti-d Stairs Senator Ollie
M. fJuiiM' of Kentucky, win is ill at
JoIiiih Hopkins hoi-pitnl of JJrilitN
diM'fise, wji HiaveHmluy,
Senator James lia been a patienL
at the ln-jilnl lor uhoiit finx'
months.
ENGLAND RECOGNIZES
OLD POLISH BARONY
LOXIMiN, Auir. 'JH. The kiii-r lia
jjiaiitrd nutlntnty to John Foley de
liiitzi-ri iitnl heir- to ii-c the title
Isaroii ile l,'iitn, whu h "a- eonli-r-red
iiw.n hi- mm c-tur. Aulmi-Iii, I'.ji
ron 'oti linten, h suvi Vlali-lau-
IV of I'oland in lli'7.
ATIIKNS, An-. 'JO. More than
.fH,(M)f),llii() villi lie realized from a
tat the Greek government has dceuU
eil to impoe upon evecs prolit-.
Greek capital depo-ited in other conn
Hies i iir-ludt'd iu the k y.
I
Processions of Workmen, After Two
Days' Starvation, March Through
Streets Shouting, "Down With the
Germans, Down With the Kremlin"
Lettish Guards Give Battle.
LONDON'. Aiijf. 20. Ilunilrcils of
Imtmiiis were killed ami wounded by
quants ami rintcrs ilurtni; food disor
ders in rctni'-rail. iiccordin-4 to
I Amsterdam ilisnntch to the Kxchnnizc
Tclcuraiili company.
The dispatch which nuntcs Pctro
jjrnd advices hy way of llerlin say,
that after the city Wl hecn without
food for I wo clays n procession of
workmen marched throuli t he streets
shiiutinpr "Down with the Oorninns.
Down with the Kremlin." The battle
between tho rioters ami the Lettish
guards occurred before the Sniolny
Institute. Martini law was proclaim
ed in 1'ctnurnul the same evening.
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 20. It is of
ficially reported from Vologda, says
Ihe Moscow eorrespendent of the
Henisehe est I alische Zeitung of Ks-
sen, that the entente nllicd troops in
the Archangel sector have withdrawn
outside t lie range of Ihc Holshevik
artillery.
, Soviet troops are reported lo have
blown ii, Ihe Itaiknl .tunnel of lb
triins-Silieriaii railway.
STOCKI10hr A iir. 20. Ciormnn
correspondent) report to their news
paper!) that they inspected guns
taken from tho 77th American regi
ment and found them to lie shotguns,
each carrying five cartridge) loaded
with buckshot. They declare that
tho use of such guns is contrary to
tho (jenova convention.
It Ih well known thnt certain
troops of all armies aro equipped
with shotguns for police duty behind
their own lines. It. is rfcrdomnry to
use shotguns for arming patrols who
guard prlHoners and do similar duty
becuURO It has been found that tho
use of tho high-powured fighting
rifle for that purpose Is dangerous.
It Is contrary to tho (ieneva con
vention to use shotguns in actual
combat, Just as It Is a violation ol
tho convention to use oxploslvo bul
lets, liquid fire, poisonous gases and
Instruments of a barbarous nature,
all of which actually huvo been Pin-
ployed by (iermau troops iu the fight
ing.
IGHT
RATES 10 ALASKA
WASHINGTON, Auir. 20. The
I'ucilie and Arctic Mniluay and Nnv
i'ulion compiinv win authori.ed to
djty by the iiiter-lale eununeree eoni-
III I ".-tun to mcreti-e it- ebl rales nu
freight by . lit .H ii ton on shipments
l l'olil Sfiitlb, T.icotilil, 'lHeoiMr und
Sun Knmei-eo to H;iuuu uim) points
on the Yukon rivet. A Mtnilar in-ereif-e
Uns trra tiled on Hii- rate on
-hijinietilw tn-iii Skouwiiv to inteiior
Ala-kan mmiiI-.
SUBMARINE SUNK
OFF SPANISH COAST
PA l; IS. l(g. 'JO. -(fhivas Anen
cy. ) - Ni'vsaper- if Uporlo, IVrtu
gal, report thnt an unidentified
steamer out bound from liordentiT,
uhk a submarine near the Spani-h
eont. There arc no delail- of tin
iliciilefit,
HUNDREDS
IN FOOD RIOTS
I AD
SHIPS Si
i mm
SHIES
American Steamer Rammed One Off
Virginia -Coast Saturday U-Boat
Struck on Port Bow Steamer
Badly Damaged Also Gun Crew or'
British Tanker Sunk Another 400
Foot U-Boat in Battle on 26th Snot
on Friday Torpedoes Dodued.
WAS1IINOTON, Aiiff. 20. Tbo
navy departmeiit jinnounccd today
thnt the enptnin of nn American '.
steamer bud reported thnt bis ves
sel rammed and probably sank a sub
marine about 0:1)0 p. m. on August
17, near Winer Quarter shoal off the
northern Virginia eonst. Tho cap
tain stated the submarine was struek
on her port bow, bringing her along
side. The submarine crew hailed in
iHronr Grim mi nceents, saying- they
were friends, the enptnin said, but he
replied they were no i'riendH of his.
Tin kent nn hi course, hn snid. The
steamer is now in port with n badly
damaged bow and a cimntity of water
in her hold. The captain thinks ho
sank (he submarine. if
In nmliiii' tli Hi iiniirihnrnniont (ho
depurlinenl did not name Ihc ship, lie
enuse of (he American skipper's eir-
eumstuntial report and the tangible
evidence furnished by Ihe da united
bow, (he story is ,'iven credence not
accorded most of (ho aceoitntH of
submarine destruction reaching" tho
nnvy.
Tanker in ituttlo
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. A 400
luot enemy submarine was sunk off
the Atlantic coast by the (run orew
of a Itrilish tanker according to un
officer of the tanker. Tho talo of
Ihe battle between the tanker and
I'-boat was told today by John Cros
by, chief mate of the former, from
his bed in n hospital where he is be
ing treated for shock.
Crosby is said to be in n serious
condition. A remarkable feature of
the case is ihat be felt no ill effects
during the enaement which took
place last Friday and was in (food
health until yesterday morning. Then
snfelv iu port, he collapsed.
Tells of HeMi'iK (Ion
"The second male was on thti
bridge about ,"t o'clock in the after
noon," Crosby said. "There was never
a sign of any craft around hut bo
caught Ibe streak made by a torpedo
coming toward the tanker. He jelled
and the ship was thrown out of her
course. The torpedo missed by a few
feel. Kvery one was on deck by that
time, but we snw nothing of the
C-bnnt.
"Whnl we did see was another tor
pedo. We zig zagged, dodging Ihe
missile just as urcllily as could be. It
went by us. Then the Hiihrnarino
(nine on f of Ihe water with her guns
ready. She was all of -100 feet long
and could make 17 l'nots an hour.
Our boat was uooit for 11', knots,
hut we began to go with the U-boat
coining behind. Sim opened up wilh
her guns and the fiuht started.
Spoiled for Gunner
"I was acting as spotter for ll.t
gunner, calling the shells n tluv
kicked up the water about the tl-bat.
Our 'Jilth shot took the submarine
rigid. She did not blow up with t
bang. What she did was to swing
around -lowlv and drilt broad ide
nn. We did tiol slow down but mad.
for port a - -I'viltly n we could Irav1
I am sure our shot ile-t roved P. 3
enemy em 1 1.'
WASHINGTON, An-. 20. Ger
man officers formerly interned in
Switzerland nnd repatriated huvo
been sent on military duty to the Uk
raine in violation of the agreement of
I '.erne, according to an official dis
pfTteh today fnuu Trance.