University at Uieuun Library , WEATHER Maximum Yestcnlav, 79; Minimum Todav, -I I. 1X)RECAST Tonight ami Tomorrow: Fair and "Warmer,. Medford Mail Tribune Forty-el Kb th Te&r. Dally Thirteenth Te&r. MEDFORD, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 191S NO. 128 BRITISH SMASH HUMS ON' TWO F :REfCH NEAR WOYON. CAPTURING 1 FRENCH WIN VII POINTS ALONG OISE Victorious Advance of Pcilus Con tinues 10.000 Prisoners Captured and French Within Mile of Noyon Cracking of Whole German De fensive System from Ypres to Rheims Probable Foch's Triumph Appears Greater Threat. LONDON, Aug. 21.-4:4.-. p. in French troops ndviincod three miles today alone; the Oise mill reached 'Kenipijttiy, n mile from the outskirts of Noyon, according to reports from the hnttlefront. The line occupied hy General Mun gin's uriny at 2 o'clock this afternoon ran from Keinpisriiy to I'ontoisc and thence to l.u Ponitnoruye, Mont choisy, Cuts, Ciinielin, Biiernncourt, St. Aubin, I.a Tour farm, limit I)u Crocipi farm, Ycsaponin, Hieuxy IjivhI and reaches the Aisiio ut C'oiir til. BY ASSOCIATFI) l'KKSS, An-. 21. French progress on the vital sector between the Oise mul Soissons hiils fair to bring about a cracking of the German defensive system from Ypres to Khcims, Marshal Koch has connected his Ma rue and IMcnrdy sueeesses with a new triumph which nppenrs to be 11 greater threat than either of the others. In the new operation between the Aisne and the Oise the French have gained the heights and are advanc ing rapidly toward the Oise and- the supply line connecting Laon and other places with the Noyon pocket. In two days General Mangin has ad vanced more than two and one-half miles on a front of more than !." miles. The Oise and the railway line, paralleling it an; but three miles away and the French apparently hold all the important high ground which had barred the way to Noyon and the line of the Oie. 10,04)0 Prisoner If Mnrshul Focb can push the ad vance to the north of the Oise it would appear inevitable that the Ger mans must retire in I'icardy, prob ably to the old lliiidcnhurg- line, and withdraw from the Yesle, at least to the Chcniin Des Dames. With the French north of the Oise both tbee enemy positions would be outflanked. Apparently the Germans realize the possibilities of the new allied oper ation, as they are resisting most stub bornly. Berlin report stbat it anticipated n French blow north of the Aisne and the Germans are reported to have prepared for a counter attack. The French, however, surprised them and gained on Tuesday n half score of villages and captured 8,000 prison ers, bringing their total for the three days to 10,000. The German war of- (Continued on Page Six.) JACKSON, Miss., Aug. 21. Dc feat of Senator James K. Yanbinian for the Democratic nomination for Tinted States senator from Missis sippi hy Congressman Pat Harrison in yesterday's primary appeared cer tain today on the basis of returns from all ex"ppt 14 of the 82 counties of the state. Representative Harrison had n ma jority of .i,(i0l Votes over Senntoi Ynrd.wnan. TRAWLER USED BY HUN TO RAID FISHING BOATS German U-Boat Captures Steam Trawler Triumph Fits It With Guns and Wireless, Mans It With 16 of Crew anil Sinks Fishermen of Nova Scotia Banks. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Strong forces of naval patrol boats and de stroyers have been dispatched today to the North Atlantic fishing banks, where the armed trawler Triumph, captured yesterday by a German sub marine which armed and manned her, is reported raiding fishing fleets. A CANADIAN ATLANTIC POUT, Aug. 21. The steam trawler Tri umph, fitted with two guns and wire less and manned hy l(i Germans from the Unit U-boat which captured her yesterday, is raiding the fishing banks off the Nova Scotia coast. Crews of the schooners sunk by the Triumph have arrived here. Fishing Vessels Sunk Vessels known to have been sunk by tlie convoyed raider arc the Una V. Saunders of huneebiirg, the A. Piatt Andrew of Gloucester, Mass., and the Francis J. O'llara of Boston. . Captain Wallace Bruce, master of the K. Piatt Andrew, said on bis arri val here that his vessel was held up by the Triumph yesterday afternoon and that bo and bis crew were given 10 minutes to leave the ship. The Germans than sank her with bombs. The raider then bore down upon the Una P. Saunders and the Francis J. O'llara and sank thenr. The dories carrying the craws of the three ves sels reached here today. The fisher men say that while making for this port they beard firing ond believed other fishing vessels were sunk. One or Nix l'-ltoats Captain Myrrhc, master of the Tri umph, who lauded here with his men this morning, said be was told hy the captain of the submarine which cap tured his vessel that he was only one of six U-boats operating on this coast. "We intend to destroy the fishing fleets," the German eommandcr .-aid to Captain Myrrhc. AN ATLANTIC POWT, Aug. 21. A German submarine late yesterday seized the big fishing trawler Tri umph. The crew, who have reached shore safely, said they believed the Germans intend to use the trawler as a raider. The tisheiuen reported that the U-boat is "playing havoc'1 with the fleet of fi-hing vessels on the Grand Banks. Short on Coal Supply BOSTON, Au.'. 21. Fishermen here said today that if the (Icraian submarine made use of the trawler Triumph seized yesterday, us a raid er, they would have to rccnal the craft at least every 111 days. The Triumph was manned by a Canadian crew and is owned he n Canadian company. The vessel is 2." feet in length and registers about J.'iO tons ross. NEW PRIORITIES LIS1 WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. A new priority list of industries to receive coal, transportation, labor, materials and financial assistance, with provis ion for civilian needs. Is being com piled by the war industries board. It will he Usued, It Is expected, within tho next ten days or two weeks, ac cording to announcement made to day. Tho list also will form the basis for operation of tho work or fight order. STEPS TAKEN TO CHECK REVOLT HUN ARMY Captured Orders Show Deplorable Condition of Morale Amongst Ger mans Troops Searched for Weap onsTalk of Revolution After War to Brinq Prompt Punishment. BRITISH HKADQUAKTKnS IN FltANCK, Aug. 21. (By tlie Asso ciated Press.) An order issued by a German iniIitarr'commandcr and which is more illuminating than any thing that has come out of Germany in many months, says: ''It has come to my knowledge through a letter addressed to the Hoyal Prussian ministry of war that men on leave have spoken publicly of n revolution which is to break out af ter the war." 'I wish to impress all superior of ficers who happen to overhear such objectionable talk or who bear of it through others that they must deal with it at once and without hesita tion. The home authorities and the director "of military railwfivs luivo been requested to take corresponding measures.' "A soldier, said to have come from the industrial region of Khenish Westphalia, declared In a statement, T that in his home district, men going on leave are taking weapons with thorn for the aforesaid object and that it was easy to take homo Ger man' or captured revolvers us well as hand grenades. "I desire that the clothing of men going on leave be searched as test eases before their departure. It will be possible to carry this out at the baths and dressing stations." Advise Shooting Soldiers Another order just captured, bear ing the signature of the chief of staff of the forty-first Infantry division, recites thai courts martial have had an Increasing number of eases where subordinates emphatically refused to accompany their units into the line and where the "superior officers have neglected to enforce obedience by failing to compel tho cowards to go into tho front line." Obedience In this respect, the order said, must be enforced even tho necessary to resort to the use of arms. It Is right, the order said, even to go to the length of shooting a man as an extreme necessity. Another captured order deals with the investigation Into a ca.se where a German airplane was shot down, probably In mistake oy German troops, and the occnp;m(s secretly buried. 3u:h procedure," the order said, "is unworthy of the German army." " Officers Criticized In still another document, General Uudondorff says there are constant (Continued on Page Biz.) SPAIN TO SEIZE SAN SFBASTIAN, Spain, Aug. 21. Kduardo Dato, the Spanish foreign minister, today denied that Spain had received n note from Germany inti mating that a rapture between the two countries was likely. MA DI( ID, Aug. 21. Spain will util ize German vsc!s now in Spani-b port", in place of Spanish ships sunk by German submarines and will con tinue to observe neutrality. This decision is announced in an official statement issued nfler a faceting of the cabinet. The Spanish nmluw-ndnr at Berlin has been in fracted lo inform the German uov crriimnt of this action. SCENE OF VARIOUS ALLIED OFFENSIVES NOW IN PROGRESS. tEUPQRT Vdixmude s LrWGEJIARCKtQ v DUUE nfiLABASSE BE.THUNE. f ?il-E MS DOUAI VlMYoV a i MARQUIN 1 JMARCOING i a m . PI COM BLES 1?' "ALBERT roiseu 1 CATELtT I 3 qN"l V ' VlROYE ' nMOlIDIER nLAFERE rjLAON S s RHQMStXV WASHINGTON, Aug. 21- A i -vorable report was voted by the house military committee on the nu-min'-tnititm man power bill with an .unemhucnt providing that youths (lorn 18 lo lid years of age sbal! be placed in separate el.i-sificar'ons Ut hi: called nto military service nfti.r :ren fro.n 'JO to -l.'i. Anolbt r amendment bv Clia i n )eut ormides that the fact !aat a -oldicr has not readied 1 1 sbai! not bar him from a '-ommiion. A section added at i!ie retpie-t of the war depart merit provider tb.it men of draft nue may be cn ;() (.,d leye fur lechnical training in uni form, without changing :!;ei military status. No vnte wa-i taken in lb" ccrnnit tee on the work or fk'ht ameiidipent, objected to by organied labor. The amendment is certain -u tu.ure in bous( debute, however Clininnan T)i nt obliiinctl limn imoiw consent to have the bill taken Mn to morrow with right of way over at) other business. Me thinks it can be passed by Fridiiy. SAN' ntANVISCO, Antr. L'l. -The Mimla lor tin lucHih tedcral rc-erc di-lrict in the fourth l.ila-rty loan will approximate 120.11(111.0(10, if the iioveninifiit's .'iill i-, l' . r YII.OOO.OIKI,- (100, .lames K. I.vnclianvcnior of the district rccri' hunk, announced at a meeting o' l,ilii-rl y loan county chair' men and piihlicity men here today. This is more than douhlc the amount ever asked in liti di-trict, f WASIIINOT'IN', Au-. LM.-Xo i.h- jection U he raiscil liy the Finnish irovernmcnt ti tlie passage through I'liiland of Americans M'ckiu? escape fmm liussia, the state department mi- adi-.cd l"day tliiiacjlt tlie Swcil- is!i foreign ot la e. ) Ilroken lino indicates battlo front lieforo lorli 1khuu often- sive. Hotted line Is loilay's hat- 4- tie front. Illack line Is old lliiidcnhiirg; line. 1 British drive in I,ys sal- lent, Flanders. 2 Ityng's drive today. :t Hcllish-l reach drive for 4 Chulilncv anil Hoye. 4 French drivo for 'Noyon i now in progress. 3 French - American drive 4 from Mimic to Vesle river. HMDENBURG LINE rtroc FN EASILY MEN BY VLADIVOSTOK, .Inly 2 (Corres pondence ot tho Associated I'i-chk). Three Ihousnml Bolshevik Ited tiuardg entrenched themselves In tho fortress hero and defended them selves with furious fighting when the Czeeho-Slovaks took over tho com mand of tho cliy on Jnnu 29. The Ited (iuards were aided hy tlfty MuK.var and Cermnn prisoners of war. The Czecho slovaks had surround ed the fortress and placed muchine guns on the roof of the British con sulate und on the roof of tho railway Million nearby. They called upon the ltolshevlUl In the fortress to surren der but the Red (Junrtls shot down their messengers, immediately the machine guns opened fire nnd for two hours a stream of bullets rained on tho fortress. So fast and furious was tho firing that the men In the Tortress were iinablo to return tho fire from Its windows. Suddenly there was u tremendous explosion. A Czech had crawled near the fortress under tlie fire barrage and thrown a mine Into the building. A white flag appeared at one of the windows, a party of Czechs rushed lo the main entrnnco of tho fortress hurst open by a hand-grenade. The Bolshevik I threw down their arms and surren dered.. In tills conflict the Czecho-SIovuks lost four men, with 1-t wounded, while of their opponents 111! had been killed nnd wounded. Thus, In the course of a few hours, the nll poworlul soviet hud been overthrown hy force of arms, and its army of lied (iuards hud either surrendered oi thrown away their iuis and dispers ed without fighting. NKW (till. KAN'S, l.a., An).'. '- 1 . Ileillur .stciilu-hip service between lapnn and New Orleans ports will he inntiuMiirnteil in llclolicr, nccordini: lo iilinoilncciiicut by the A-oeinl inn of Commerce, 'flic sen ice will he established by . the O-nkil Sluiunh Kaiha.! ALLIED DRIVES SHORTEN FRONT OVER 50 MILES General March States That Battle Line in France is 200 Miles as Against 250 Before Foch Struck -32 American D ivisions Now in France. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. As a result ot the allied successes during the past month, the battlofront In Prance from Hliolnis to the North sea has been reduced in length more than fifty miles, General .Murcli told the newspapermen today In his nild-w-eek conference Whon the (!ermnii3 began their last advance the ' line stretched for 250 miles. It is now less than 200 miles. Lacking official details of the Brit ish drive reported In Associated Press dispatches this morning. General March declined to comment upon this now allied thrust. lie said, de scribing the period which had elapsed since his last talk that the allies hud continued their ntluclia on llmlled fronts and at widely separated points. I-landers .Withdrawal In Flanders, he pointed out, the points of the salient which had exist ed there havo been bent In by ulllod nttneks southeast of Meteron, on the north flunk, and near Mervllle, on tho south sldo. Tho apex was thus mado "unhealthy" for the enomy and ho was forced to withdraw from one to two miles on a 1 l-inilo front. On tho plains near the Oise the allies ndvunco has put tho line well hack of tho old 1!)1G-1!M7 line. General March said tho war de partment had not yet recolvod details of tho capture or I'rapeMo In tho Vosrob by tho fifth United Stales division (regulars). The line nt this point is four miles over tho German border. :i"J Divisions in I vanie General .March enumerated 32 American divisions as having arrived In 1'rnnce. They are as follows: First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, 2ilth, 27th, 2sth, 2!Uh, ,'IOlh, 32nd, s::rd, Il.'.th, .tfilh 42nd, Tfilh, 77th, 7sih, Slst, K2nd, Mrd, S.'jih, 37th, 41st, Tilth, SOth, its Hi, iioth, Hist, U2nd and ICrcl. Tlie chief of staff saiil that the Kill national guard and nlntleth national army divisions Including many Texas units reached Franco be tween July 3(1 and August 13 nnd huvo been In training. Tho tlOlh, he said, has not yet reached the rront lino. Tho 2iilli Falun division (New Knglandl, which participated In nu merous attacks ncur Chateau Thierry und which aided In the capture or tho towns or Tony and llelleuii, was re moved rrom Its position on the Mnrne rront on July 22 and Is now back ot tho lines for recuperation. Troops Sent Italy General March corrected a report that the 77lh division droops of New York City ami vicinity) was being sent to Italy, It was last reported, ho said, In the VosgH. General March said tho 7lith dlvls- (Continued on Pago Two.) 10 INSTRUCT OTHERS AMSTKKDAM. Aug. 21. - In an address to the Brnmlenhurg battalion F.mperor William, according lo a dis patch to tho Lokul Anziiger trotn Karl Ito.mcr. said that Iho battalion would be employed In working out every new phase or modern righting I for Iho purpose or instructing nil the German Infantry. DIE NORTH ANCRE RIVER YIELDSGAINS British Under Byng Strike on Ten Mile Front for Three Mile Gain Be tween Albert and Arras Aichet-Le-Grand is Reached At Same Time Blow is Struck in Flanders That Forces Germans Back in Lys Salient. LONDON, Aug. 21 British forces huve captured Courcellos, Achlet-Le-Potlt and huvo reached Moyenvlllo and Benucourt-Bur-Ancre In their drtvo which began thlB morning north ot tho Aucre river, according to advices from the front. ' British attacks this morning were between Moyenvlllo nnd Beaucourt-Sur-Ancre, a distance of about 8Vfe miles. It is reported that the British huve ad vanced from two to three miles along . this front. Tho attack of the British this mor ning was made without artillery pre paration. It was completely success till. The attack was mado by the British third army under General Byng. " Atter capturing Alchct-Lo-Potlt Iho British troops advanced another mile nnd a half to tho east und reached Alehot-Lo-Grand. Oil Ten Mile I'ront BY ASSOCIATF.D PltUSS, Aug. 21 British forces struck tho Germans over a trout of approximately ten miles on the lino southwest ot Arras nt dawn. According to meager details tho Britlsli havo advanced from two to three miles nnd have captured the towns ot Moyennovllle, Courcelles, Achlet-Lc-Pctlt and Beaucourt-Sur-Ancro nnd have reached the town o( Achlel-I.c-Grand. A large number. of tanks participated in tho attack. 1'iiol'flclul dispatches indicate Unit tho British advance has carried tho battle lino up to a point three miles from Bupnumc, reputed to be nn Im portant German base in the Plcardy soctor. If tho British drive continues along the northern Bide of the Plcar dy salient, the enomy forces farther south would be in n serious position. They are at present holding back tho French und British along a line west of nnd parallel to the Somrae, and north of that river they have been desperately resisting allied attacks as tar north nB Albert. The advance seems to have placed the northorn Reetlon of the enemy's front In great danger. Blow in 1 hinders In tho Flanders battle nrea the Germans also are under heavy pres sure. Last nlgnt an attack was mado from Festiibcrt to tho I. awe river, a dlsianco of more than four miles. Tho village of La Touret, nt obout Iho middle of this line, has been enp- (Contlnued on Puge Six.) LINCOLN, Neb.. Ann. 21. l uiled Stales Scnutnr (leoru'e V. Norris is Icadinir his opponents in the republi can nice fur nomination for the I nitcd Stales sennte, nccordini; to returns from yosterdny's; primary election. Uclurns from ''H of the stale's 0H counties give Senator Norris n total nt K.MfCi votes, compared to (i.lljn for l.'ii-s L. Hammond and (l,7-'!l lor Con gressman ClmrlcK II. Sloan.