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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.