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University of Oreoon Liurary jk WEATHER Maximum Yesterday, 92; Miniiuuiu Today, ir. EOliKOAST Toiii-lit aiid Tomorrow: Fair and Warmer. nn EDPOKD TRIBUNE Forty-eighth Tear. Dally Thirteenth 1 MEDFORD, OREGOX, WKDNKSDAY, AlTillKT 2S, 1918 NO. 134 GERMAN PROMT M Y CRUMBLES ENEMY IN RETREAT ON HE FRONT Chaulnes Captured by French Who Advance 6 Miles on 12 Mile Front Occupying Nesle British Advance All Alonp Line Bapaume Is No Mans-Land Drive Along Scarpe Makes Progress Germans Strive Desperately to Check Allies. BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 2S. German forces In southern PIcardy are retreating over a wide front. ' After the capture of Roye by the French yesterday, tho German front has crumbled. The lines which have held back the French and Hrltbth for the last two weeks are giving way and today's official reports show the French on a line less than three miles west of tho Somme river and canal. Thirty villages hove been captured toy the French in the udvan'co which started early Tuesday. Chaulnes has ibeen captured and ninny other vital points have been taken from the re tiring enemy. While the French have been smash ing the enemy's front along the haulnes-Roye line, the British have swung forward In the sector east or Arras. North of the Arras-Canvbral road they have reached the outskirts of the villages of lluucourt, Itemy and Boiry Notre Dame, about a mile cast of the positions whore they were known to be yesterday. Allied Sleam Holler flushes South of the Somme the British have taken Faucuncourt, while nortli of the river they have gained nearly all of Trones wood. In the Flanders area the British huve advanced their line over a front of four miles astride the Neuf Ber quln road. This is the area from which the Germans have been retir ing for the last three weeks. Every means known to modern warfare are being used by the enemy to stay the onrush of the I til t Is li and French, but the allies' machine moves on. Heavy reinforcements have been thrown Into the fray by the Germans, mostly In the center around Ba paume. The one desltt of the enemy appears to be to find a line where he can stand long enough to make an orderly retirement. I'eronno Appl'oiirhcil Among the ruins and shell craters of the old Somme battlefield about Bapaume the Germans nre putting up a stiff resistance. Bapaume Itself Is now part of No Man's land, but the Germans are clinging to evory foot as long as possible. Great confusion Is reported behind tho German lines on this sector and the enemy Is digging a trench line to the east of Bapaume. North and south of the Somme the British press onward toward Per- (Contln-.ed on Page Two.) FORD G. 0. P. RACE PETFiOlT, Mich, An?. 28, Inmn plete return in tlx Miehian senalor iul content in Tuesday's primnry from (14 nut f Sit count it's jnvp Command er Truiinm II. Newberry n plurality of 1 ;i,0: 1 over Henry Fordwho wh. n eandidate on both ti' kcK, and ( hasp S. (Mmrn. In the demoeratie ballot in:.' the Ih'trnit manufacturer won no early race from his lone opponent, ,J,itnc lletnip, liunre-. today heiiii: two to onp iu favor of his eandidaev. ALLIES ADVANCE 118.000 BOCHE TAKENPRISONERS ICE JULY 18 General March States 1300 Cannon Captured Another Deep Salient Being Driven in Enemy Line Which is Now Being "Put Between the Pincers" Whereabouts of Troops. WASHINGTON, Aur. 28. The number of prisoners taken, by the allies since July 1 has passed the 112,000 mark, General March said today. In the same time the allies have taken from the Germans 1,1100 can non of (he field nn caliber and larg er. The French advance noted in this morning's official statement from Paris, the chief of staff pointed out. marks the creation of another deep salient in the enemy lines winch is now beiiur "put between the pincers." The French have reached Nesle and are within two miles of the Somme at thin point. Since last Saturday, the Ilritisr as a result of Iheir persistent ad vance, have overrun the lliudeiibur lino for a distance of one mile on a front of three miles. Allied Pressure Continues Latest dispatches to the depart ment, General March said, do not in dicate any cessation iu the allied pressure. The British apparently are contiiminy: their progress on the Flanders front. On the French front the attack, on a ten mile trout went forward two miles and culminated in the capture of lioye. Since then very important i; round to the en -4 of this place alo has been captured. General March confirmed the re ported advance of the Austrians in Albania resulting in (he withdrawal of the llalian front eaM of Herat. Summarizing the military activi ties on the western front since Satur day, General March said the Kriti-Oi had carried the allied lines between, the Scarpe and the Somme over the hilly plain east of Albert against de termined resistance on (he part of the enemv. I lyi ik (iMiin Ahead ! On Tuesday the Itrili-h continued to a depth of five mile-; along the very important Cambrai-Arras road. General Itvtm's men are reported ; working ea-t of Vis-ln-.tois and at la t reports had gained Kuittnine-Ue-- Croiille. south of Yi-Kn-ArtoU, Pet ween Fontaine and Mapaume the Hriti.-h took ground near Vracourt. Delville wood ("I 'evil wood") was taken by the Uriti-h and (hen loM. It is reported it ha been captured again. Klciiients of JO enemy battalions have been found mixed up on a trout of le.-s (hail four mile- near Ilapaume. North -of the Scarpe considerable progress has been made and the Hrit- isli are reported driving eu-tward ! from Oppv and liavrelle, which thev hold. CVmst Troops in I'mncc The -Illlli divi-ion (National Guard troop from ( alit'oinia, I'tah. Arizoi nn. New Mexi'-o and Colorado), has I not yet reached France. 1 In answer to (iiietion. General' March said the ninetv-lir-t division. J (troops of Alaska, Pacific coast (Continued on Page Six.) CINCINNATI, Aug. 2 S.--Provost Marshal General Crowder has Riven formal permission for the world nr If which will start In ChlcaKo Sep tember 4, August Herrman, chair man of the National liasehall Com- niUtlou ttuuounced today. , MAP SHOWING Litse ecf-oteti. x DRIVEN filled 4 5 IfliMTlar lotcencnv'T a : 3"tvv .a Mo til il ft WW ' Merviil o Qulrylc5tc (n.l ft LONDON, Ahi;. 2S. Oix the t'- .suri front, north of V!a!i.voatolt tlie Itolsheviki have retire;! ptx miles be-' foro a general ntlvunro of ull the I allied Torres, according to reports re ceived In Shanghai and transmitted by (tenter's Limited. I American ami Japanese troops, the advices add, ate entraining for the I Cssurl front. News from (he front, it i:; ad'ded, j Is meager owing to t lie fact that the Japanese have taken over the prop- j aratiun of information of the Czechs. The Japanese are feuid to be extreme ly reticent. Seiiietioff VIrlol-iniiM PKKING, Friday, Aus. L'3. ( My the Asscx-iated Press). General Se- ; menoff, the anU-ltolshcvik leader, ' has cios.-ed the Sioeriaii frontier and j retaken Matsievrfki station. w-L ol .Manchuria, eajitiirini; prl.'-onois. The! .lapune.-e troopu are enaed with the j Itolsheviki near Dauria. It is repori:d (he allh have taken ; over the opera t Ion of thk railways, J It is probable the railways wiii te i operated ly the American enKlin ern I under John F. Steven.-. WASHINGTON. Aug. 2S.--Com-j plete failure of the attempt of Gen-J oral Horvath. tho antl-Hnlf hvlFt ! leader to estaliiih a dictatorship in Hiherla Is reported ia advices lodaj J from Vladivostok. Itepresemat ive ' of the allies at Vladivostok interveu- j ed to tiphidd th authority of tlie new 1 government there. j J7 Jsjff.e3sbe0HjKyik i K I In t s J I Must ALLIED ADVANCE IN PICARDY AND '.S?.. .,.W.. J MBERT jV Kiiiffft,- a an y Morcawi o IVojrjrt tj ttlitwcijvrt srbonnM5 ft,, .:.:. itarcclcave sj- : w r r w.ri Hr - . . Nf Wan R'jn,7W . KouvrJ Hjjncuv;.iic-,: .;.ArviUers j : . . Oavfinicourt ffft,'S '''s-gv Cue'?'" : 'Artdcchv rt wyty..:.-' M..Mr rrWWM lJ V 'LI WITH THK FKKNCII A If M IKS IN FUAN'CK. Tue-day, Aug. L7. l.Midnight, by the A-.-o- ialed Press.) -Activity lichind the German lines on tin- Aisiie and the Are J'riml ha e iiM-rea-t d grenlly inee (lie French mh-i-i'-m'- anntud lioye mid otl the phitemi North o Soi--o)s. u (lie region ea-t of liovc (be Genuan seem (o be preparing tor an eventual retirement. The Fn lu ll pushed on tmlav and cap! i tre, ( 'ii;i'ilnst nl ter taking Chaulne w I by assault. In the -outli I hey reached Ann, (wo ntilc- OlltlCjst ft llMC. I)rieii liom the high ground pro teeting I'cionr.e on (he ve( iiii.l !?- d bcvoml iic I lindenburg line in the regimi of Air,'-, the Germaiis ite t ighliiig de-p, r.Hely but nppai enllv with mth-h con i n-ion, to s(;i - the I'. l it -i-h atta k - iu the re'i'Ui of Hapjiuuie. Since rtooh tod;iy he:ty reinforce-riifiit- hae In-' 'i put into (he enemy line ill llil- lejioii mid fc-i Ijtu e tin-re lia -tiltiiM-d. Appan-ntly the n-c of t lic-e i i-i n I ol eettietlt s s ,,V t lie purpose of giirr.' the eiieoiv. tiu.e to dig in on a in." paralleling the c;mal Mil Nord on the We-t. Whether lie will be utile to li..!d lliis line 'doubt ful. His net e tense ii:e ejis uould he behind the e.nial hit Nord, about six U-lh's e;;-t t.f It.ipuuii.e. Along the So i nie in spite of stub born resist. nii-e tin- ltrili-h hae pu.-hed the Ionium-" otf the high ground hei w n Mat icon it uiid the river. Smith of the river tlicv have rea lied I 't, pierre,' ix mile ues id I 'e i on ne. Noil h of Marieoiirt the German- nuide vieiou counter at tael, (hU e eiiiii;4 and the lli'iti.-h had V BATTLE LINE. Z2t -tiewl 'ft Cgt.iitiii V iiomoie. I t,..ttmrfM ft Mtfsisi, ronliint hi- . v. ' i .iejiecouw. y . . s-r -vtv i r it ku. fijlton&ii ' VWiAian&T,l. CONTINUE FIGHT ALONG THE VESLE AMFI.'HAN FoifCKS ON TIIK I'.Sl.F. Aug. 'JH. - American and French big guns arc pounding- away 'at the enemy and (he German have ! been unable to bring up reinforce j nienls. I I'ighting Jielween Auiciir-an troops 'and Gcintuu ton-e- continued all nigh! jilt the region of Haoehe, to the ea-t of Fisines. Fnrly (Iu morning I the Ameiicjin -erured a loollodd on the eastern out slurb of (he town, j Some German -niper and machine i gunners are -i iihht nly clinging to the northern edge of Ita.oehes, using ' cellar jtiiil the walls of houses for i ploleelion. j W'hde (he Ameiicaii ti ps- gained ground in t lie v inn it y of I'uzoches, German forres, alter lighting which la-led all night, gained a hohl upon l'i-melte. There were numerous hand I to hand encounter- in (he (own. SWISS DUCK THREE HUN OFFICERS IN LAKE i'.F.KNK, An..'. 2.-Three Herman ollirel- in on inlclnmclit eiilnp were rii-intly un iMi a goiiil dui'kiiig by Swi-s n.liiist s, ''j,. Swi-s boys ucre iiiiiirliiii across tht. briili. at l-iiciriic Mian the (iiriiuui olliccrs called on thrill o salute with the --oo-i-str, in (ii-iimm fa-liioti. Tln-y rr't'ii-.-il. iiicl the HiTiiialis, liixjihiiin 1. 1 iic in-all in .' len-.Miii'.'i-, ucrc iniiiic-ilinli-ly throiMi into a liciuliy l ike. lo the lip s of Hip ei',,1111,1 t lie V liinl uiiiiicl ilnriiig the duv. Tlie rreate-l Itriti-h inl-. unci, of the day was ri in ili' south ol the Seaipe. 4 w. .... ..' '. ... G ENTIRE LINE BATTLE RAGES Three American Soldiers Killed in Clash at Nogales Mexicans Open Fire at Customs Guard and Battle Rages Most of Night Armistice Declared and Apology From Mexico NOGALKS, Ariz, Aug'. 28. I'm fortnd regrels for yesterday's clash between Mexicans and American sol diers were expressed by General Klias ('ales, military governor of Sotiorn, (o Hrigadier General He Honey Cabellt iu a telegram received from General Guiles at Magdalena, Sonora, e rly today. General Callcs staled he had been ordered to proceed to tho border by President Cnrnnzu to express these regrets personally. Throe Americans Killed A revised list of the casualties suf fered by the Americans shows that one officer and two enlisted men were killed and -8 soldiers mid civilians wounded in yesterday's fighting-. Three of Hie wounded nre reported seriously hurt. The American officer was Captain Jos. !). Ihmgerford, who commanded h troop of negro cavalry. Among the Mexicans killed was Fe lix IVnaloza, mayor of Nogales, So nora, the Mexican town opposite here. An agreement by which fur her (rouble will he avoided, is expected to be reached from conferences be tween American and Mexican offi cials who were summoned here fol lowing fighting at the inlernalional line late yeslerdnv between Ameri can soldiers and Mexicans in which three Americans were killed and '28 wounded. The Mexican casualties in the fighting are estimated at rn. Among the Americans wounded is Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Her man, commander of (he border palrol here. His wound is not serious. Cause of Quarrel The fighting began at 4:L" yester day afternoon when a Mexican at tempted to cross into the Cnitcd Slates. A. A. Harder, n Failed States custom guard, twice ordered (he Mex ican to halt and when (he latter failed to comply with the command, Itarher drew bis pistol but did tint fire. Two Mexican custom guards, ac cording to llarhcr's account, resent ed" his interference with the Mexican seeking lo cross the line and opened fire. Their bullets missed Harbor, but struck Harney Lot, in charge of the American guard. Lot ?. was shot through the arm and the lungs and ran to the Western Fnion telegraph office nearby the American side, shouting fur iis-i-tanee. He fell un conscious nt (be dor and was re moved to the base hospital, where lie died. A-i the Mexicans' bullets struck Lotz, Harber returned the fire and j felled the Mexican guard who had mortally wounded the corporal. I-(ring Iteeonies (General The ( i ring then became general, Mexican appearing suddenly in the doonviixs ,, houses, nn the roof of buildings and iu the surrounding hill (Continued on Paxe Two.) liiFMAHCE CLOSED By WAR WASHINGTON, Auk. 2S. Kxten- nion or 1) 11 ii U lim aero ui inndat tons to IndiiKtriea phut down or curtailed be- eitiife of the war, hnn been proposed to (iovemor Hanlln of thn federal reerve board, by t'halrmnii Karueh, nf tho war IndiiHt rien "board. Il was paid today Governor I larding now in workliiK out plans to aid In lidliiK over Kiu-h pluntH. ALONG BORDER WITH HAN FRENCH NEAR IU; FAIL IS REPORTED Manyin's Troops Cross the Ailette German Retreat on Somme Battle field Grows Precipitate Progress Continues as British Strike in Flanders on Scarpe and Somme and French From Chaulnes to Sois sons Many Prisoners Taken. PARIS, Aujr. 28. (lluvna Apcn .) Acconlinj; to ikIvU'cs received from llio Aisne lintlle front this nf lemoon French troop in co-operation wilii the American forces con tinue to ninke progress northwest of Koissons in the direction of Chnvijrny. I'AHIK, Auk. 28. fleneral Mun ftin'n troop hcaun croKKiiif? the Ail ette river toclny, it whs announced here this al'lct-mum. Krencli, troops have re-oecupied Mount Kennad, two miles soul Invest of Noyon, nceordine; to tlie Temps, which says that Hie French aro ap proaching Noyon, which prohalily is in their possession. Itotrcat n Itotit I'AHIK, A uk. 2H. (liy the Asso ciated I'ress.) The (Ummin retreat on I he Nomine liatllel'ield has hecomu prci'ipilate. The French first and Ihiril armies ure at no point losing contact with the enemy and ure in I'liclinK heavy losses on Hie retreating Hermans. French cavalry is harrassitn; the rcl renting (lermans in the Chuulues region, humpeiuK the withdrawal of Hie enemy forces. . ClmlllliCH Occupied PARIS, Auk. 2H. Cliaulncs has hecn occupied by French troops, ac cording to the official statement is sued today by Hie war office. Progress toward the Somme was continued this morning by the French, Ihe statement snys. Sineo yesterday 'M) villages have been taken by them. Among the larger villages taken by the French are Omiecuurt, uliotit two miles east of t'haiilncs; Hulntre, three miles northeast of Hove! Roig lisc, a mile and three-tpiarters south-, east of Koyc toward N'oyon, and Ver pillicres, so'uth of Hoiglise. Ammunition Itctakcn WITH THK ISIIITISII FORCF.S IN' FltAXl'F., Aug. 'J.H. (My the Asso ciated Press.) Hritish troops today captured the Trones wood north of the Somme. Ciiiui'linn troops in their ndvnnce astride the Scarpe yesterday eup tured more than 2,0(10 Hermans. The Hrilisb have recaptured large (Continued on Page Two.) GOLD HILL LIE E SAI.F.M, Ore., Aug. 28. The stale lime plant at Hold Hill, operated hy labor from the stale penitentiary, will lie in operation between September G and 10, according to Warden Murphy, Aho has just returned from tho ipiarry. Much delay has been en countered iu getting money from the state emergency board, which finally allowed .", Out) . and subsequently there was delay in obtaining machin ery. The plaul has a capacity of 100 tons a day, hut the output will not he that rcut for some lime after opera tions are started. The next meeting of the lime hou rd will lie ut Hold I loll about the middle of September.