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MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1918
NO. 131
VICTORIOUS ALLIED ADVANCE-CONTINUES
BRITISHTAKE
BRAY: DRIVE
AT8APAUI
Haig Smashes Through German Po
sitions All Along Battlefront South
of Arras Four-Mile Advance on
' 12-Mile Front Many Guns Cap
turedBritish Capture 14,000 Pris
oners in Three Days, 30,000 Since
August 8 Heavy Fighting.
I
LONDON, Aug. 24. (By the As
aoriatod Press,) Bray is reported
to have been cnpturel by the British.
Several thousand Gerninn prison
ers have pnssed through the cases
behind General Byng's third nrmy to
tiny. No effort to count the guns
captured lias been iiiudo lip to this
time. '
The British woro smashing through
the German positions this morning nil
along the biittlefront.
The British arc reported to have
captured Bccordel and to have reach
ed the high ground southwest of Fri
coiirt. The British have pnssed well be
yond Happy Valley.
Attacks Besomed
LONDON, Aui;. 2-1. British at
tacks in (ho Albert sector were re
sumed this miiriiintr according to an
official statement issued by the war
office today, which says that the
British have made progress.
In the fighting during the last three
ilnys tho British have captured 14,
000 prisoners.
LONDON, Aug-. 24, 1 p. m The
British third army is advancing very
rapidly, it has gone forward in
some places to the depth of four miles
on n front olj 12 inilcs, according to
dispatches received in London today.
The British foiirlh army is on the
outskirts of Bray where heavy .fight
ing is proceeding.
There can bo no doubt that prior
to tho British attack tho licrmans
were contemplating n retirement.
Tha British attack had tho effect ot
hustling Iho enemy and preventing
him from carrying oat bis plans. This
has been proved by tho large number
of prisoners taken.
No roturn has yet been mado of
tho total number of prisoners taken
by tli French, but a conservative
estimate ot the total of Anglo
French captures since July IS con
firms tho earlier report from l'aris
placing them well over 100,000.
To Savo Itapaiituo
WITH TI1K BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Aug. 24. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) A large number of
cannon, including complete, batteries
of howitzers and trench morlars, have
been captured by the British north
of the Soaime. Immediately south of
the river, the British have taken 12
cannon.
The village of Bchagnies, miles
north of Bnpaume on the Bnpatiuic
Cojcul river, five miles southeast of
the British. Urilish forces are oper
ating east of Bihu'ourl, within two
miles and a hail' of Bnpaume on tiie
west.
British forces are reporlcd to have
reached points cast of llenin, on the
Aras highway, has been reached by
Arras. Thcv are in I he outskirts of
(Continued on Pago Four.)
LONDON. An?. 24 Gorman mo
tor boats attempted a reconnalfsnnce
In the neighborhood of Dunkirk,
France, yesterday morning. They
wore driven off by British and French
patrolling vessela. Ono enemy boat
la believed to have been destroyed.
The allied forces differed no casualties.
SPAN NEARING
E
Germany Vigorously Protests Span
ish Intention to Replace Sunken
Spanish Ships Topedoed by
U-Boats With Interned German
Vessels Negotiations Fail.
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 24. Ger
many has energetically protested
against the intention ot Spain to re
place sunken Spanish ships torpe
doed, by interned German ships.
Negotiations Fail
PARIS, Aug. 24. (Negotiations
between Berlin and Madrid over
Spain's decision to replenish" sunken
Spanish shipping with German In
torncd vessels have failed, according
to the Potit Parlslcn. Chancellor
von Ilcrtllng will not furnish any
guarantees against submarine war
fare, it is said, and Spain is maintain
ing its position.
It is said that at a meeting of the
ministers at San Sebastian last night
complimentary decisions were reach
ed in the controversy with Germany.
Slay Sover Relations
LONDON, Aug. 2 4. Germany's
reply to Spain's announcement as to
submarine warfare says that such a
procedure as was indicated in the In
structions to tho Spanish ambassador
at Berlin might possibly result In the
severance of! relations between the
countries, according to a Copenhagen
dispatch to tho Exchange Telegraph
company. The note declares, how
ever, that Gernfnny is ready to con
sider limiting the operations of sub
marines outside the danger zone.
It Is said that Germany has in
formed Spain that she cannot rendor
any guarantee in this respect and
cannot treat Spain in an exceptional
way. Germany, tho note says, hopes
that Spain, which has expressed a de
sire to maintain her neutrality, will
really remain neutral.
IN ALLIED CAUSE
LIMA, Peru, Aug. 24 Two hun
dred Peruvian troops at Ancon. 'HI
miles from here, have mulhiieil. Major
Armando I'atino, the leader, has is
sued a revolutionary manile-to which
condemns the government, calls for
immediate declaration of war on Ger
inany, unconditional delivery of in
terned German ships to the United
Stales, and the sending of n divison
of Peruvian troops to France and ap
peals to Peruvians to listen to "the
words of President Wilson and place
themselves resolutely on the side of
tlie allies.
The mutiny bus resulted in rumors
of a revolutionary movement through
out the republic. The I rouble, howev
er, is not seriously regarded. Several
columns of loyal troops now are en
deavoring to capture Ihe insurgents,
linmors of disturbances at Are
ipiipa nnd Cuzeo are nut confirmed.
COAST POWER PLANT
WASHINGTON, Anjr. 21. Prnpr.M.
eil- distribution of the $J00tH00,0l0
aked by the war (rutin honnl fur
irm eminent eon-lni'-tiun or improve
ment of power plants in war imluv
trial renter, was Mihrnittnl to the
Iioikr ennimen-e cninmittee tinlny by
Lieutenant W. V. Stanley of the army
engineer.
The eMinmte include $10,000,011(1
for the Piieilie --lope nnd some terri
tory we-! of the Itorky mountain, ll
w estimated nNo that $:n,,J.iO,0(M)
will be needed for ndditionnl power
eijiiiptneut in feci. tiered territory in
the middle, western statvs.
WITH
HUNSOVERSHIPS
F
IKE EINE FOR
11
ISTANCE
LONDON, Aug. 24 The Ger-
mans evidently expect (to bo
pressed back to the Meuse, says
the Amsterdam correspondent
of the Daily Express, as they are
fortifying positions along that
river in Belgium. The Germans
are digging extensive tronchos
between Dinant and Givct.
Glvet is ninety miles direct-
ly cast of Bapaume.
LONDON, Aug. 23. British air
fighting on the western front during
tho last week provides a striking in
dication of the difficulty now con
fronting Germany In the air.
in the battle area enemy scouts
are compollod to operate In large for
mations at a much greater height
tljan fonnorly.
Hovcro ulr- fighting has'oeciirroo.
botween Albort and tho Amlcns-Itoye
road, resulting, according to latest
reports, in the destruction of 02 en
emy machines and the driving down
of 21 airplanes out of control. Twon-ty-slx
British machines have been re
ported missing.
This superiority has been attained
without any diminution of the aerial
activity In other sectors. Attacks on
the Rhine provinces havo -been press
ed with the utmost vigor.
Coupled with a virtual cessation of
raids on London, the increasing ntim
bor of bombing raids into Germany,
of which there were 21 during tho
past week, must bo demoralizing,
showing Germany that she is unable
adequately to protect her air fron
tier. WASHINGTON, An-,'. 21. liepulj
lieaus of the senate in eonlerenee. to
day adopted u resolution nriti" ac
tion at'thc earliest possible date on
the pending federal woman suffrage
amendment. The resolution did not
advise the republican membership
how to vote.
LODGE FLOOR LEADER
LI
WASHINGTON. Aug. 21 Sonntor
Henry Cahot Lodge of Massachusetts
senior republican In point of servlco
and ranking minority member of tho
foreign relations committee, wsb
elected unanimously for floor leader
by republicans of tho senate In eon
ferenco today to Biieceod the late
Senator Oalllngor of Now Hampshire.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 Anolher
successful bombing of railroad yards
at Coaflans by American aviators,
without the loss of a mn nine. Is an
nounced In General Pershing's com
munique for Friday. It says also
that an American outpost on the
AUne between Fismes and Hazoorhes
driven back by a small local action,
later reoccuplcd Its position.
BRITISHSDRIVING -HUNStFROMTAIR
ON BATTLE FRONT
HOUSE EXEMPTS
IE
IN DRAFT BILL
Trial Vote on Man Power Measure
Postponed Until Monday by Senate
Work or Fight Clause Amend
ment Rejected Policemen Not Ex
empted Either.
WASHINGTON, Aug S4. The
new man power bill extending, the
selective draft to all men between
the ages of 13 and 45 years was
passed by the house tonight with
only minor changes in the original
draft ot the war department.
On the first roll call only two neg
ative votes wero cast by Represen
tative London of New York, the so
cialist, and Representative Gordon
of Ohio, democrat. The final vote
was announced as 336 to 2.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. When
the houso resumed consideration of
the man power 'bill today the amend
ment ot Representative Madden of
Illinois to bar government employes
from deferred draft classification on
account of their employment was do
tcatod 140 to 128.
Plans for a final vote In the senate
on the administration man power bill
before adjournment tonight wero
abandoned -late today by Chairman
Chamberlain, who announced that It
would go over until Monday. Prohi
bition leaders, he said, had agreed to
lay aside temporarily the natlon-wldo
prohibition measure which was to
have come up automatically Monday.
Amendment ItejoctiHl
A "work or fight" amendment pro
posed by Representative Black of
Texas, similar to the ono added to
the bill by the senate committee, but
modified to meet objections of or
ganized labor, was rcjocted by a vote
of 91 to 52.
An amendment by Representative
Smith of New York to exempt from
draft police officers in cities of 500,-
000 population, was rojected. Mr.
Smith read a letter from Mayor 14 y-
lan of 'New York, urging the neces
sity of permitting policemen of the
new draft ages to remain on their
jobs.
The house reversed Its action ot
yesterday in removing the exemption
of members of congress from the new
draft and by a vote of 153 to till vot
ed down the Gregg amendment to
mako all congressmen and statu leg
islators amenable to the draft.
Chairman Unit of the military
connniltce lost a final fight for the
McKcnzic amendment for separate
classification of youths from 18 to
211. The house refused 101 to I III to
recommit the bill. Then n roll call
began on the bill itself.
0
10 JOIN ALLIES
PEKING, Aug. 20. fBy tho As
sociated Pressl. A Chinese contin
gent on the way to Join tho allied
forces at Vladivostok has reached
Mukden, Manchuria, according to uu
announcement here.
AMSTERDAM, Aug. all. General
I). I,. Ktcherhalchnff, former Russian
commander on tho Kumanlan front,
and General V. A. Tchnreinlsnff, for
mer commander of the Russian nor
thern front, a Moscow dispatch to the
Itheniwh West I'ballnn oltung of
Essen says, have accepted commands
in the Cze ho-Slovak army.
ARBITRATION TREATY
WITH JAPAN RENEWED
WASIIWI'ON, Aug. 21- The nr
hitration treaty belween Japan and
the I'nited State-, was extended for
another term of five years today hv
ihe signatures of Secretary Lnning
and Viscount l-hii, the .JnnancHC ambassador.
CONGRESSMEN
EVERY AVAILABLE
.
TUB HAGUE, Aug. 13.
(Correspondence of the Asso-
clntod Pross.) The Gorman
government has summoned
every available man to the col-
ors, says a letter Just received
hero from a newspaper corres-
pondent In Gormany. Of the
two hundred thousand workmen
at Krupps between 30,000 and
40,000 have been called up for
service at the front.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. Beliof
among naval officers that tho traw
lor Triumph has been destroyed by
hor German prize crow after a day
or two of playing havoc with North
Atlantic fishing fleets grow today
almost Into certainty. DlBpatchos
from naval patrols again failed to
mention tho sighting of the raider.
The opinion here Is that tho Germans
ont the Triumph to the bottom and
returned to their submarine.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. Delay
In tho capture of tho trawler Triumph
armed by a German Biibmnrlno to
prey upon American fishing craft,
was crltlclBed In the scnato today by
Sonntor McCumbor of North Dakota.
He doclared thoro was no oxcuso for
the navy's fulluro to deal with hor
promptly.
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania
followed with an attack on Iho navy
department, saying tho siibmnrlno
chaser program had been delayed
and that ft was duo largely to "pro
crastination of tho secretary of tho
navy."
Sonator Chambcrlnln of Orogon,
replied with a defense of tho navy
and praise of its work In safely con
voying troops. Senator Penrose snld
his Information was thnt tho troops
were carried over largely In British
transports convoyod by British war
VC8SOI8.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. Recent
activities of the Federal Trade Com
mission in relation to big business in
terests have drawn nn emphatic pro
test to President Wilson from the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States. It was learned today that the
headquarters of the chamber here
has scut a letter to Ihe president vig.
orousiy criticising I be commission's
action. The letter lias not been made
public. While House officials do
dined to discuss it.
Hitter resentment against the com
mission unions some of the lending
business interests was nronuscd by
its report on profiteering as well as
by Ihe protracted investigation of tile
pucking industry, culminating in a
report denouncing Hie five great
packing concerns as a monopoly and
recommending the government as
sume complete control id' Ihu meat in
dustry.
JESS WILLARD WILL NOT
FIGHT UNTIL WAR IS OVER
DENVER, Colo.,, A pir. 21. .less
Willard, hciivywcicjtl. clniinpion, will
not engage in a mulch to defend his
title until the war i-ended. He stales
he will confine himself to exhibitions,
the receipts to go to war charities,
" A CANADIAN ATLANTIC PORT,
Aug. 24. An enemy submarine, ap
pearing In a comparatively narrow
stroteh of water on the extreme east
ern coast yesterday sank several
mall craft. It became known here
todar
OVER
1,
U.S. SOLDIERS
General March Declares Situation
Now Favorable to the Allies Brit
ish Duplicate French Success
Statements Regarding . Army of
Four Million.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 1.TIic to
tal number of soldiers embarked now
has past-ed the 1,500,0(10 mark. Gen
eral March, chief of staff, announced
today.
Commenting upon Iho military sit
uation, the chief of staff pointed out
that since last Wednesday tho French
ndvnnco bus continued in the plateau
overlooking Noyon down to the Oisc
river, making a miiximiiin ndvanec for
these troops of nine miles since Aug
ust 18. This has forced the enemy
back across the Oise.
The British Ihrust Thursday in Iho
Albert region resulted in an import
ant advaneo between Ihe Anero nnd
the Somme rivers, which General
March said, has developed a new sal
ient.
The rest of tho line sineo Wednes
day has been reasonably quiet, he
said, the allied activities being eon
fined to "nibbling" luetics and artil
lery fire.
Kavornblo to Allies
The chief of slal'f said llio . situation
on Iho western front now was decid
edly Favorable to Ihe aliles.
The French success, ho said, has
been duplicated by Hie British, who
inaugurated an nllnck Wednesday
soulli of Arms. Rapidly advancing,
Iho British reached a depth of llireo
miles, but Iheir progress has been
held up by German counter attacks.
The railroad to Arras still is in (Icr
ninn hands, according lo latest offi
cial advices, anil Iho (leiiniins are
utilizing largely in Iheir defense the
railway embank incuts.
No recent reports have come to the
department from General I'ershiug
regarding Ihe progress in Ihe organi
zation of Ihe first field army. Gen
eral March was unable to say wind It
er the American divison forming this
nrmy have been conceiil ruled in a
new American seelor. ,
HepliMviiicnt Division
He said the H.'lrd division (Penn
sylvania ami Ohio troops) is serving
as a replacement division; Ihe .'17lh
(Ohio troops) is in the fourth nrmv
corps. Tho 7!Mh division (District
of Columbia, Maryland and I'ennsvl
vania troops) is in training in the
rear oT Ihe line.
This division at Ihe same lime cap
tured .'l,"00 prisoners.
Anolher American division ill a sin
gle action took complete 10 Germnu
batteries and presented them to Gen
eral Pershing.
Oenerul March snid statements he
made recently in hearings before Ihe
mililnry uffairs committee were the
results of cold blooded military op
inion and were not intended lo raise
the hopes of the people, lie appar
ently referred lo bis testimony Hint
nn nrmy of 1,01111,0(10 Americans
could win the war next year.
Further improvement in Ihe ship
ping sihiulion was noted anil Gen
era! Mnr'-h said Ihe program of Irnns
porling tie:.ps lo France, wus going
ahead without change.
General Mareb spoke warmly of
the achievements of Ihe American
soldiers in France.
"The American soldier deserves
the confidence of the American pen-
(Continued on Pago Throe.)
E APPO!
I GENE
SALEM, On'., Aug. 21. Governor
Witheombe today apoointed Charles
F. Bcebe of Portland lo he acting ad
jutant general of Oregon, lo succeed
John M. Williams, who resigned to
nccept a commission as major in the
adjutant general's department of (he
regular army.
NOW N FRANCE
NOYON NEAR
FALL; FRENCH
FLANK CITY
Menace to German Positions Along 50
Mile Front Increases Hourly
French Cloes to Heights Above
Chemen-des-Dames, . Outflanking
Hun Line 20,000 Prisoners in
Three Days Fires Indicate With
drawal From Vesle River Line.
LONDON, Aug. 24. The town of
Noyon is expected to fall at any mo
ment, uncording lo information re
ceived hero this afternoon from tho
biittlefront in France.
PARIS, Aug. 2-1. Artillery actions
in the region of Lassigny nnd between
the Oise and Iho Aisnn rivers are re
ported in Iho official statement is
sued by the war offieo today. Raid
ing operations in Lorraine also aro
reported.
' WITH THU FRENCH ARMY IN
FHANCK, Aug. 24. (By tho Asso
ciated Press.) Further evidence has
been gathered that tho victories of
Iho allies have affected considerably
the morale of the Gerninn troops. Tim
eniiso of Ihe depression, which in
quite general among the prisoners, is
Iho conclusion I hey havo reached is
that the allied artillery and aircraft
I are superior to theirs. They nttrihiito
their delcat to the success or I no
French encircling Iheir strongest po
silions nnd in well directed und con
cenlrafcd nrlillery fire.
Dissensions seem to havo arisen be
tween different elements of the Gor
man army which has resulted in bit
ter recriminations.
The bulk of Iho Juvingy plateau
is in Iho bunds of Ihu Trench, French
cavalry patrols crossed the Ailetlo
today although Ihe Germans resisted
desperately.
Closing in on 'Noyon
BY T11F, ASSOCIATED I'RESS,
Aug. 24. Willi the allied advance bo
tween Arras anil Soissons Iho men
ace lo the German positions on the 50
mile front increases hourly.
West of Noyon Iho French havo
forced n crossing of Ihe Divetto at
Evriconrl, three miles from Noyon,
and they maintain their strong pres
sure from the soulli und cast. Be
tween the Aisiie and Ihe Allelic, north
of Soissons, General Maugin's Iroops
are idose to (he heights dominnting
Ihe Cheniin-ilcs-Dnmes, increasing the
niennee to the Gerninn positions ulong
Ihe Vesle.
General Mangiu is sharpening tho
salient which bus its npex immediate
ly north of Soissons.
Ivneiny to llctlro
Fires are burning behind (be Ger
man position north of Ihe Vesle and
the enemy may be preparing to re
lire. Infantry and transports bavu
been observed moving northward
from Iho Vesle in loo last few days.
American and French pressure con
tinues along the river and Ihe Amer
icans have gained some more ground
about Fismes,
In the last week more tluin 20,000
prisoners by the French, not count
ing today's, have been taken and
more than Till towns and villages re
gained. WITH THE AMERICAN l-'ORCES
ON TBI-: LORRAINE FRONT, Fri
day, Aug. 2:1. (By tho Associated
Press.) Thrco German - airplanes
brought down In ono day, a record
for American aviators, has been cred
ited to Lieutenant Donald Hudson,
Washington, D. C. Official confir
mation by the French authorities
has Just been mado. adding his name
to those of Ihe other four acres of
the Amerknn army.