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Newspaper Page TextWEATHER Maximum Ycstcnlav, 8S1.; Minimum Tod;iv, 55. FORECAST Tuni-lit and Tomorrow: Fair am'. Warmer. Medford Mail Tribune University f fjrensn iiuNiry .. rorty-lghth Tear. Dally Thirteenth 1 MEDFORD, OKtiQOX, FRIDAY, AUGUST 123, 1918 XO. 130 ALLIES CUT DEEP. INTO M IN. ONE OF WAR'S G HA!G BENDS HUN FRONT IN PICARDY Disaster Reporte-j to Be Threatening Who'e German Army on Bapnume Sector as Resell of Rapid Advance of British Forces French Near Old Hindenburg Line Above Sois sons, Threatening to Outflank Aisne ant! Chemis-des-Dames. 4 with tiik niiiTisn Arm- IKS IN' FHAkCK, Antr. L'.'l (By tlie Associated Press.) British nrmics this evening are vigorously following up their success of today, which nppnr- entl.v has been one of t lie most " disastrous ever experienced by the Germans. . The Germans have lost wide stretches of ground and nuiiiur ous towns. The British have, tnken thou- sands of prisoners and Inrije quantities of guns and material. 4 I)Y TIIK ASSOCIATED I'liKSN, An;.'. 2.L Abin; the front in north ern Picnrdv a battle which seems to be one of the -rrcatest of the war has developed. Ilisnster is reported to lie threat ening the whole German army on this front ami the Germans are throwing grent masses of men into the striifrtrlo in the hope of checking the tide of battle which dispatches from British headquarters say is setting against them. Ilrltish ritintso Deep News of the struggle indicates that the British have plnnircd deep into the vital positions held by the Ger mans as a protection to their rijzht flank. The exact line as it now stands cannot hej given, hut some of the towns taken by the British are almost a mile inside of the positions where the Germans stood yesterday and the greatest advance is said to be two miles. When it is realized that the fifilit itiir aloud this front is nlomr the lines which were strongly intrenched by the Germans and held by them until the preat British offensive before Al best in l!Hti, tile importance of the advance made todav is appreciated. Hun I. too Is Wavering BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Aug. 23 On the northern and southern ends of the Plcardy battlefront the bat tered German line Is wavering. Along tho Olse the enemy Is retreat ing precipitately. British and German armies are locked In a mighty battle today over a 25-mllo front from I. Hums, six miles south of tho Somme, to the Cojeul river, south of Arrus. It Is officially reported from Lon don that the British are making pro gress and that German attacks east of Beaucourt, at the middle of the battlefront, were repulsed. French 'troops have occupied the (Continued on Page Six.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 3. Repub licans of the senate have been called to meet tomorrow to elect a floor leador to Buccecd the late Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire.. Selec tion of Senator Lodge of Massachu setts Is regarded assured. F REM DRIVE WEDGE BETWEEN GERMAN ARMIES Germans Driven North of Oise and Across Ailette Where French Pur sue Them Advance Imperils Ger man Lines Along Vesle French Cross Oice East of Noyon. PARIS, Ahj?. 23. (Havas). Be tween the Oise and the Aisne during the advance of Wednesday and Thursday, General Mannin's army took 5000 prisoners, according to ad Vices reaching Paris. To Isolate Noyon PARIS, Aug. 23. French troops have crossed the Oise river and the canal at Manfcamp, eight miles east -of Noyon and are in the outskirts of the village of Morlancourt on the north side of tho Oise, a mile and a half from Noyon station, according to dispatches to newspapers here. WITH TIIK KRKNCJI ARMY ON TIIK OlSK. Thursday, An-. 22, U p. in. (By the Associated Press.) General Mann now lias driven the (iermnns across the valley of the Ail ette on n front of several miles. The enemy's forces on the riulit win: of Ihe battle line are on the plateau be tween the Ailelte and Soissnns and between the Aillelte and the Oisp. To the left of Hreti-jny the (ier nians are north of the Oise, except lliose that are hiding in fields and thickets, dead or prisoners. It is im possible to estimate the number of captives and army headquarters it self does not have more than an ap proximate count. Only a partial count has been made of the booty which includes at least 200 j;iins. many of them of larre calibre. Resist a n ro nt Itoye The Germans siill are stoutly re sisting (he first French army around Rove. Genera Pebeney's men, how ever, forced ahead uynin today both north and sASith of that town. In their retreat across the Oise the Germans did not have time to destroy the brio ires. Some were found in tacl, while others were damaired. Cavalry is rendering marked ser vice in the pursuit of the enemv. Not only are there cavalry advance iruards but other troopers following the infantry lo take care of the ma chine gun nests left behind by the Germans to be sacrificed in attempt ing to check the French. Aviators preceded the cavalry. They are dis persing enemy rear guards who at tempt to make a stand and are break ing np and scattering convoys. Batteries of guns and ammunition wagons with the horses at the gallop i were pushing north today through an ! immense dust cloud. "The devil himself could riot hold out against all that," said one cap tured German subaltern. "We didn't know which wav to turn' Official Statement PARIS, Aug. 2X- Between the Oise and the Aistie French troops advanced their line during the night to Gunv and I'ont St. M;ird, just (Continued on Page Six.) IN WEST TO STOP SAX I'll A NCI SCO. Ami. -':i. All highway, mini and street work, ex cept that necessary tor war purposes, in all slates wc-l nf tin- lim-kv inoun tnins i lo lie stopped in 1(0 days in the interests of furl nm-erviilioii, il wns announced here today liv I'rof, II. M". Kol-iom, federal oil ndmini-tru-ti.r fur California. CZECHS DEFEAT BOLSHEVIKI IN TRANS-BA KALIA Decided Victory in Russia Allies Capture Petopoff, Commander in Marmansk Region Red Guards Hang 300 Czech Prisoners Allies Retreat on Usuri River. LONDON, Auir. :. Lord Robert (Veil, the British undersecretary for foreign affairs, announced this even ing that reports had been received in London to the efteet that the Czecho slovak forces in trans-Rnilkntia" had captured the town of - Bcrchnieu dinsck, south ot Lake Baikal and had achieved a decided victory against the Bolshevik forres. AMKTKKDAM, Aug. 211 General Petopoff, commander in chief of the Red Guard army in tbe Murmansk region, is a prisoner in the hands of the allies, says a Pctrourad dispatch to the Wester Zcitung of Bremen. He was caught by pea-ants while at tempting to lice, and handed over to the British. ..Czpcho-Slovaks Bunged. AMSTERDAM, Aug. 2:1. Russia Red Guards, in the capture of Sim birsk, on the Volga, according to a Moscow dispatch to the Hamburg Nachrichten, publiclv handed in the market place :iU0 Czecho-Slovuk prisoners. The hangings, it is de clared, were a rcpisal for "atroci ties committed in the Mwn during iis occupation by the Czechs, Allies Outnumbered LONDON, Aug. 2:i. Allied li'oops on the Csuri river front north of Vladivostok outnumbered by the ene my, have been forced to withdraw ,f ter heavy fighting, snvs a dispat-h to the Daily .Mail from Harbin dated Wednesday. Briti-h and French troops wer" en gaged in the battle hut the brunt of the fighting fell on the Cossack and Czecho-Slovay troops. Japanese units aided in the retirement. Bolshevik monitors operating on Lake llangka arc harrassing th" al lied left and have detained additional Czech forces. Commands are b:'ing given the Bolshevik in German. & KILLED IN EXPLOSION WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. Explo sion of. a depth charge on board the United States chip Orfzliu at sea on August 17 killed Lieutenant Com mander William Price Williamson and three enlisted men, and wounded commander ft. I). White and IS men. A report rea hint! the navy depart ment today rhows that Lieutenant Commander Williamson, who was executive officer, was killed Instantly and that Commander White, the com manding officer, had his Jaw broken and a knee cap fractured. The sail ors who lost their lives were Samuel T. Lambert, Riverside, X. J., Frunk J. Mayer. Cincinnati, Arthur K. Baird, I'itlsuurg. Commander Williamson was horn In Virginia and was appointed to the naval academy from Minnesota. AUSfRlANS TRY JO WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. An of ficial dispatch from Switzerland to day soys that attempts on the lives of officers are inereasing In Austria. It is reported that several comman dants of Austrian corps have advised officers in the rear to have revolvers with them always. , MAP SH0GING PROGRES ' I J IjWGO'lARCk.tQ ALLIES REAPING PAIilS, An?. 'J.'l. The allies are rcaiitm Ihe fruits of the victories of July 1S and AuuM 8 in f In .n'-i-j,t critical silaaliun in which the Ger nancouiniand finds itself. T!ic l!cr inan relireuiciit around Noyon, i! is held here, is tlic logical coneiaca''t' uf tlmse vietories. General Maiiiiin's pressnie between Annt 1H and 110 resulted in the cap ture of more than 10.0(10 prisoners and on the 'J'JinI lie foreed the enemy to beyond the Ailelte. The araiy of General Von Kben is in mh-Ii a predic ament that he is bound 1 make a formidable enunlcr attack nr to withdraw to llic Cheniin Dcs Mames. In (he no nh (lie l'ritish third nrmy has pashcfl tlie Germans .so daiiu'er H fly near Itiipiiume that Ihe Ger man command ha tumid it ne"c;irv to connter atla-k in foree. The loss of Itapnnrne in (he present ein-um-slances will amount to a disaster, nc eiirdiiiif to ti'iiii'ii here. The Front troiu Las-inv to the Somme remain- stationery. lioye has lost iis itiiM.r!,ui'-f, now lh;it all the roads leaditi!.' to it are umbr Ihe fire of the I'r nch artillery. AN ATLANTIC I'OItT, Aug. 23 The Hrltlsh steamer Ijlomcrl has keen torpedoed and sunk off tho Atlantic coast. More than 100 of her crew, mnny of them Chinese, soine severely Injured, were rescued and hrounht hero today by another Hritlth steam er. A Swedish steamer which arrived hero today reported that yesterday morning she was held up liy a sub marine hut that after n parley with the IMkihI commander, was allowed to proceed. DUNKIRK DYPREiT: J HAZEpoucj:I apnet3m " . fl LILLE B liil-ABASSEE BE.THUNE V ViLEMS DOUAI ARRA5D S g marquin rSisillWpCAMBRAI a a . HINDENBURG So 'sTQUjZfJTIN J a ' nNE5LE A1. S , 'fl nHAM . BoROYE aMoVDIOIER nLAFERE - V TARDE.NOIS oVlLLC EN OULCHY0 a TABDE.NOIS EATESTBATTLES S OF ALLIED OFFENSIVES 4- Uroken line Indicates lmttlo f front befoi-o Koch hogim offcu ! sive. Dotted lino is today's hat- Ho front, lllack line is old llliiilonlniri! line. The isreat Hellish offensive now underway has straiKhlened the lino helweeii Ai:ra.s und 4 llray. ltaiaiiiuo is endangered. I Hetween Itlhceoiirt and KoIn- 3 sons tho I'Vench tiro making f their main effort having crossed 4 the Oise east of Noyon mid hav- sV ln driven n wetblo north of 4 Soissoiis within two miles of s f tho old HiiidonliurK line. 4 In I'landerK, the l.ys snllent, 4 4 which included Mcrville, lias heeii cut In two. SENATE VOTES WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 General debate in the senate on the man power bill closed unexpectedly lale today and Chairman Chamberlain of tho military commltteo proceeded with formal consideration of the uieasuro with the committee's amend ments having precedence. The house agieed to vote ut 0 o'clock on the Mcivoime amendment, written into tho bill by the military committee, providing that registrants between IS and 211 shall be put into a sepurato class to be called last. Lowering ut the proposed maxi mum draft age to forty years was urged by .Senator Lodge of Jlassachu sens in senate debute today on the man power bill. He said military ncccsbiiy demunded the. calling of youths over IS but that hu coulu not tuo the wisdom of taking men over folly years old when the number secured Mould be so small. "But we seeiii to shrink from the responsibility ot taking men below 21," ihe senator added. "Kemember wu must get men, not voles." Senator I'omeii'iio of Ohio opposed drafting of 1 X car old buys. Hefore taking hoys, Senator l'oin ereno said, the governmi'iii should go Into deiericd classes, whhh he com plalued, aro being treated lis If ex empt instead of merely deferred. Thousands of men could bo secured by reclassification, ho declared, and hut 02U,liiiu have come from tho de ferred f'asscs lo coluplele the war program. WASHINGTON, Alt!, j:. -Aiir- .llice-, rcilclu'd the slule ilcUlllllM-lit today lli.il I lie oiili-Hiil-lievik mv-crniiietil-. al Oin-k and Vladivostok are in lull accord, which ofiiciuK -aid meanl Unit nil Siberia virtually is un der one ;Mivcrinneiit with a miiiiN or liou near Irkutsk eonlrnlleil hy llol tdlevik fiilcc aided hy lorincr fler nun and Autiian trisuhrrs. E PEACE EFFORTS Peace Must Be Dictated to and Not Negotiated With Germany to Place Her in Position Where Slie Can Never Again Disturh Peace of the World. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. An ear nest warning against "Insidious and poisonous" Gorman peaco propagan da and a declaration that peace must bo dictated to and not negotiated wllh Germany to place hor in a posi tion whero sho never ngain can dis turb tho world's ponce, were mado In tho senate today by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, ranking republican of the foreign relations committee. Peace terms which must and will bo forced on Germany wero specific ally detailed by Senator Lodge In ad dressing tho sennlo in support of the mnnpowor hill to extend tho nrmy draft ages. Thoy Included complete restitution of Belgium, unconditional return of Alsace-Lorraine to Franco nnd of Italia lrredentn to Italy, nafe ty for Greoco, Independence for Ser bia nnd Itutnunta, und independent Poland, Independence of the Slav peoples and froedom of Russia from German domination, including return of Hussiun territory wreslod by Gor mnny In the llrost-l.itovsk treaty. Furthermore Senator Lodge de clared Constantinople must he made a free port and Pale.il iue never re stored to Turkish rule. Victory Worlli Having "Theso life tho principal condi tions," ho said, "which will give a victory worth having. No peace Hint satisfies Germany can ever satisfy us. It cannot bo n negoliated peace. It must ho a dictated peace and we and our allies must dlclalo It. "Tho (ionnnns, repulsed and losing will probably try tho methods which I hey havo used luoro I linn once dur ing this wnr with terrlblo effect. They will begin an insidious nnd poi sonous penco propaganda. Willi this weapon they have succeeded In dis organizing Russia. It Is Hie German propaganda which we shall bo oblig ed to face in the ensuing months and It therefore seems lo me of vast Im portance lo know exactly what wo mean by peace. Generalities will not sorve. It must bo as It Is commonly said wo havo all said it a Just and righteous peace. HnfK lor Democracy "Hut what Is u just und righteous ponce? We Intend to make the world safe for democracy. But what exactly do wo mean by democracy? If wo mean, ns wo undoubtedly do, tho deniocra.y of Knglnml, France, Italy nnd tho I'nlteil Stales, wo can all understand It, but the Tlolslicvlkl mnsquorade .under the name of de mocracy and the Bolshevlkl by a com bination of treachery, corruption and Ignorance, have reduced Russia, to servitude under Germany and have engendered n form of democracy as dangerous to the world ns the gov ernment of llohenzollerns." FIVE RHINE CITIES I LONDON, Ai. rive import - not ho-tile airdromes were heavily hnmhnrded hy Prihh aerial Hiiiiul nniM on Hie nivhl of Aumi.it '-M-'JJ, aeeordintf to an ollieial tateaient issued today by the Itnlish air min istry. ', Military ohjeelives at Frank fori and Cologne, the statement in hi, were heavily nttaeked and jt'mmI ie Hultn uere oloeived. LODG WARNS AGAINSTGERMAN RdRFD RY Al 1 1F.S JEWISH BATTALION w ' r-tan a taw WIN INNS FROM HUNS Prisoners Taken So Rapidly it is Im possible to Count Them Rapid Ad vance Mae on Wide Front Ger man Reserves Thrown In Fail to Check Onrush Third Army Gains a Mi!e and Fourth Army Two Miles Each on Seven Mile Front. LONDON, Aug. 23 Dolry Becque rollos, Boyelles, Hnmellncourt nnd Gomiecourt are now held hy the Brit ish third army, according to a report. Tho British are pushing their attack toward the southeast from Gomie court in the direction of llupaume. LONDON, Aug. 23. A battle Is raging today In France on one ot tho widost fronts of tho war. It extends for about fifty miles north from Sols sons, livorywlmro, according to now rocelvod here this afternoon from the huttlofrnnt the battle lias been going successfully for tho entente allies. Spreads Itupldly - BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, Ang. 211. ( Renter's llmit- od). The British offenslvo so vigor ously resinned on Wednesday morn ing, has .spread so rapidly that It Is difficult to keep pace with tho devel opment of it. What now is borng witnessed Is the unfolding of a bril liant' tactical schemo which must bo causing tho deepest concorn to the German high commnnd. The rapid advance of tho British, patrols along tho Albort Rapuume road toward Turn Hill Is threatening lo flank nuy counter movements against the Brttlshr gains furthe north. Some British batteries advnnced several times in tho lust two days. No longer do the lumbers bring ammu nition at a walk. They vome up at a gnlliip In a cloud nt dust. Tho French airplanes are ns num erous as ever and the Boche ma chines aro being hurried mercilessly by bombing squadrons which fly ahead of tho Infantry and attack the German columns on the march. Itotli Armies (ain LONDON, Auk. 23. The British third army has gained more than a ml lo on 4 front of moro than Boven in It OS. The British fourth nrmy has gain ed more than two miles on a front of sevon miles. The fourth army has taken moro than l.'.ilO prisoners today. Tho third nrmy captured moro than 000 (ienmuis jn tho town of (loinleeourt alone. Vimy Tohio Taken WITH TIIK liKMTISll AliMY IN' I'liANCK, Any. '-M. llv Ihe A o eiated Press.) - lirilih troops this innrrnii'.' are rrpoili'd t have eantut ed ( liirunulli's nnd 1 Icrloville, so (th (Continued on Pago Two.) o GOES 10 PALESTINE MAY YOlik', An-. 'JM.-Men who enlist in Ihe Jewish battalion of tho Krifi-.li annv were assured .servief iu Pulestihe ill a stnlement issued today by Major ('. Uroonian U'hilo of tho Priti-h and t'ani'dian reertiitinij mis sum. Major White dc lared reeruita v ill" li'bl under the Jewi-h fhtji until their services are no longer required."