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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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."