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Medford Mail Tribune
Forty-eighth Tear.
Dally Thirteenth Tear.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST .10, 1918
NO. 13G
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HINDENBURG LINE
DEFENSE LI
Canadians Go Through Strongly
Fortified Hindenburg Line Toward
Which Germans Along Somme Are
Retreating, on 7 Mile Front Along
Scarpe River in Arras Sector Ad
vance Continues in Other Sectors
French Temporarily Held Up.
BY ASSOCIATED PEiESS, Aug. 30
Moving forward with sustained
power, British armies east and south
east of Arras appear to have crashed
thru the Hindenburg line. Dispatches
received today seem to Indicate that
they now have begun to roll up "the
German forces on the front to which
the enemy is rotreating along the
whole Plcardy front.
Bullecourt, wiuca was on the Hin
denburg line, was taken this morn
ing. Hendecourt-Les-Cagnicourt to
the northeast of Bullecourt, has also
fallen 'before Field .Marshal llalg's
men. South of Hendecourt and
slightly to the east, liiencourt has
been captured by the advancing Brit
ish. East of Arras further gains are
reported.
The Drocourt-Qucant "switch lino"
now is within striking dlstanco.
Along Somme Itlvcj'
Farther south the British have
taken the village of Combles, where
there was terrific fighting during
the German retirement a year ago
last March.
Along the line farther south, which
Is held by the British, the night pass
ed without change. There were
counter attacks by tho Germans
against General Mangln's army be
tween tho Ailette and the Alsne, but
those were repulsed by the French.
Along the front from the Somme
south to theiN'oyon region and thence
".ast to the Ailette, a sector which Is
vluMly Important at present, the en
emy appears to have checked the
French until ho can extricate his
forces from the perilous position in
the Ballent between tho Somme and
the Olse.
May Koreo Hlg Ilotrciit
Progress southeast of Arras would
seem to be the most important fea
ture of the news from the great bat
tle Canadians, It appears, are slow
ly advancing along tho Arras-Cam-bral
road and ore widening tho gap
In tho famous lino to which the Ger
mans retired IS months ago.
It seems that any great additional
British, success in this region may
shatter Germany's hope of conduct
ing a defensive campaign along this
front, to which. It Is probable, the
Germans are now hastily withdraw
ing. In central Plcardy from the Somme
north to Bapaume the enemy Is re
treating eastward toward St. Quon
tln. Large numbers of prisoners,
many guns and much material are
falling Into the hands of the British.
Elsewhere the apparently untiring
British, French and American forces
are maintaining their pressure
against the enemy, who now has lost
all his Important bases west of the
Hindenburg lino except Peronne,
(Continued on Page Three.)
CHICAGO, Aug. 30. Air mail f..r
Chicago will be delivered for the first
lime on September .", when n trial run
fitr the Chicago-New York aerial
service will he made, Cnituin It. It.
Lipsner, director of the service an
nounced today. If present plans are
carried out regular aerial main
schedules between the two cities will
lie started October 1 and will greatlv
sliced up mail service between New
York and Hie 1'ucifie coast.
PENETRATED
COMBLES TAKEN MOONSHINERS
BY BUSH IN RAIDED IN SOUTH
'SOMME DRIVE 200 ARRESTED
River is Crossed South and West of
Peronne Despite Destruction of
' Bridges Advance Continues in
1 Flanders ,ori Arras Front, and in
Picarcly as Germans Retreat.
LONDON', Aug. 30 British troops
have captured C'ombles, between Ba
paume and the river oomme, It was
officially announced today by the
British war office.
Advanced British troops have
crossed the Somme river south and
west of Peronne.
Between Hendecourt and tho Ar-ras-Camibral
roau the Canadians at
tacked the German line and made
favorable progress.
East of the Sensee tho forces of
Field .Marshal Haig made progress,
capturing Bullecourt and Hendecourt
Les Cagnicourt.
The British also captured Clery-Sur-Somme,
on the Somme river be
tween Combles and 'Peronne.
Somme Is Crossed
"In spite of tho destruction of river
bridges, our advancing troops crossed
tho Somme both bouUi and west of
Peronne.
"We havo taken Clery-Sur-Com-bles.
In Ibis urea alone wo took
moro than 200 prisoners and u few
guns .yesterday. '
"London and West Lancashire
troops made important progress, yes
terday east of the Sensee river, cap
turing Bullecourt. and Hendecourt
Les Cagnicourt after hard lighting
together with the powerful German
trench system protecting these vil
lages. '
"Between Hendecourt and the Ar-rns-Cambrul
road un attack delivered
by Canadian troops early this morn
ing is reported to be developing fa
vorably. ''Astride the river Scarpe English
and Scottish troops continued their
odvanco yesterday and gained val
uable ground In the direction of F.ter
pigny, Hamblain-Lcs-Prcs and PIou
valn. The village of Uemy is held by
us.
"A number of prisoners was cap
tured In these operations.
"In the valley of tho La we and Lys
rivers wo continued to push for
ward." French Maintain Guilts
PARIS, Aug. 30. German coun
ter attacks 'between tho Ailette und
the Alsne were repulsed lust night by
tho French, says the wur office state
ment today. The French maintained
their gains east of Pasly, north or
Soissons.
South of thr'Sommc and along the
Canal DuNord there was no change
In the situation during the night. Kn
ffmy raids along tho Veslo where
American troops are stationed und In
Champagne failed. The statement
reads:
"Along tho Somme and in the.re
glrfn of the canal I)u Nord there was
no change during the night.
"Between the Ailette and Alsne
French troops repulsed several Ger
man counter attack. East of Pasly
wo maintained our gains.
"Along the Vesle and In Cham
pagne German raids were without ro.
suit. The night was unlet on the re
mainder of the front."
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 30. A Rus
sian volunteer army has captured the
Bluck sea port of Novoronsyck, ac
cording to a dispatch from Kiev.
When tho Germans captured Se
vastopol the base of the Russian
Black sea fleet, a part of tho Russian
fleet escaped to Novorossylck, on the
eastern coast of the Black sea. in
May the Germans threatened the port
with submarines and airplanes, but
It apparently remained under control
of the trans-Cauration government.
Biggest Round-up of Illicit Whisky
Distillers on Record in Mountains
of Southern' States 486 Stills
Seized 30,000 Gallons of Pale
Booze Poured Into Streams. .
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. The
biggest Intensive round-up of Illicit
whisky distillers ever undertaken 'by
the government has just been com
pleted in southern mountain districts
by revenue agents and has resulted
in the seizure of 4 86 stills, arrest or
200 moonshiners, killing of outlaws
and two sheriffs and tho wounding of
a number of olhorgoverumont meu
and liquor makers.
Kifflit Necks or Itulds
This systematic campaign has been
under way eight weeks, mainly in
mountains of Tennessee, Alabama,
Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and
South Carolina all dry states but
announcement was withheld until to
day to avofd giving advance infor
mation to moonshiners of the activ
ities of a flying squadron of 14 ex
perienced revenue agents.
More I hull 30,000 gallons of pale
moonshine whisky was seized and
poured down mountain streams. Over
$100, DIM) worth of Illicit copper stills
of all sizes and uther parapliernnlia,
automobiles, horses, mules und wag
ons belonging to the distillers, was
taken. About 31,000 pounds of
sugar was confiscated and moat of it
given to the Red Cross. Recommen
dations for 321 prosecutions have
been sent to the department of Jus
tice and forwarded to United States
attorneys, while most of the moon
shiners are behind bars In southern
jails awaiting trial.
Deserters Caught
More than a score of deserters
from tho army were discovered par
ticipating In moonshine manufac
ture in southern mountains and two
of them were killed In Georgia. In
Tuscaloosa and Jefferson counties,
Alabama, the sheriffs were shot, and
the killing or moonshiners occurred
in Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama.
Extraordinary significance is at
tached to the concerted raids 'because
Revenue Commissioner Roper under
took the enterprise largely to demon
strate that prohibition can really be
made effective. In addition, the pur
pose wus to dry up the sources from
which great quantities of moonshine
liquor has boen furnished clandes
tinely to soldiers In southern trulnin,
camps.
MING 10 DELAY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. Unex
pected ojstuc.es uuveloi'ed tuduy In
tho path thru co:iKruu of the man
power bill extending the army draft
to mvn of IS to 4 ."t. but laders pro
ceeded in full conririem-e of tiuving
the meuauie Jn PrusiUeut Wilsoa's
hands before night.
CriHclsm of the conference draft
adopted yesterday in tho house, be
gan In the senate when the bill was
received. Necessity for legislation
to supplement the bill's provision for
allotting homesteads to men under
21 and criticisms Irom republicans
of a published article regarding the
war department's educa(ionul pro
gram, furnlfhed subject for debate.
Several Senators denounced the al
leged plan us socialistic, tho Chair
man Chamberlain, Senator Wads
worth and others were of the opinion
that the bill's provision for npecial
and technical training for drafted
youths would be used merely to en
large the present training education
al ystem.
HKIfVK, An. :if.- Women' Mif
fraiif IradiT n mrrviiiu on oint
Ikiil'ii in nmiiy Swi-? nuilim-t where
women hnve md won the otet but
whi'ti' (lie fnbjt'rl is uiulcr rHid
eriitinii bv llic nirlii(incntary iniilmr-iliis.
KING GEORGE GREETING
vW43ujU If ? Wft 1
I irnt fv : v v ,
Jet ' i.4 p't x&
ft
Tho klnc lU'compinttet) by Ai!mir:I Sims niJfiiHrd Hip Army vs. nvy
Atneriraii hall name inn) perHomially unit (ho phiyt'ivi. Tho liliiH; never
1 nils lo jiriH't Aniorimn Hohlleix perHonully when opMortnnlty otTo::i and
welcome each ari'ivjil with it letter.
I
SAN KKANCISCO, Aug. ISO. Call
fornia voters centered their attention
today on the legal tangle which has
been created by the nomination for
governor on tho democratic ticket of
Mayor James llolph of this city, de
feated candidate on (ho republKan
ticket, the party with which ho regis
tered. The matler will be taken to
tho slate supreme court for an inter
pretation of the election laws. Ac
cording fo (Jar rot W. McKnerney,
local attorney, his Interpretation of
that srriion of the stale primary law
which ho believes has u direct bear
lug on the muddle, means that (he
vacancy f by t ho dis(iia!ificat ion of
Mayor Kolph would create a vaciin. y
In tho democratic nominal ion which
cannot bo filled for the NoM'mhcr
election.
This view is shared by IMdnre
Ml. lock woiler of Los Anrvib's, demo
cratic nnllouiil committeeman for
California, who said In a statement
last night that 1 ho situation even
threatens tho power of the d'mocra
tlc party to put a presidential elec
'toral ticket In tho field In li'JU.
Governor Stephens, the tucci'ful
T-nndldute over Mayor Itolpb on the
republican tlcku, uecordlng lo fig
ures based on r-Mitrns from (iiM) of
the state's precincts, has HiHli
votes while his opponent Is credited
with 1 42,1-1 7. There are still 7n;j
precincts yet to make rottirps.
WITH TNK AMKItlCAN A It M V I.N
KltA.N'CK, Aug !l.- (My Assoelaleil
I'ressj. In three different patrol
encounterH in iho Vogf-n bt.st nihl
the (Jermjins were driven off when
the Ameibaii fire became too hot for
them. The enemy casualties are un
known. Tho Cormun artillery fire In' the
Woevro Increafled materially 1hh(
night. An enemy Airplane was shot
down yesttrday after It had attacked
neveral Amerban observation ln 1
loons east of St. MIchlel.
YANK BALL PLAYERS
:3
20 YEAR SENTENCE
E
CIIU'ACO, A iik. :iO-The first hvo
of the !7 defendants in the I. W. V
enfjo sentenced bv .lude Lnndis to
day wrre Meyer i'Yiedkin of Denver
and Olen lioberts of Fresno, Cul.(
who were each pven 10 days' inipris
onmcnt in the county jail on each of
Die four coiiuls in the indictment, the
Kcntonce o run concurrently.
William IK Iluywooil, secretary and
treasurer of the . V. W. and M oth
ers were sentenced to lill years' iiu-
iris(iiiinenl und 2)1,11110 fine encli
The folio winy were sentenced to
one year and one day in the Leaven
worth lienitenliary, lined $.",00(l each
on the fiiM and mtoihI counts nnd
H, each on the third and fourth
counls;
1'Ycd Kelson, Kocliford, Ills.; foy
A. Hrnwn. Sen tile; Walter Smith,
I'clliii'jhain, Wiir.li.; (leu rue 1 1n rdy,
Seattle; ( Iiarhw uii-uii. Duluth
Min.; J. l. Htiskelt, Jerome, Ariz.;
If ii y Conies, I'iti-buri:, Ta.; Aiwon
Sopcr, A -toria, ( Ire. ; Oeorye
Seeil, Sao I-'n'nei'-i-n : Charh's Me.
Whirl, It'eddm-,', Cat.; Charles ,Iae.bs,
Denver.
CONDEMN SPRUCE
HKATTLK. Aug. 2!i.AcIIiik on
IiikI ructions from the war depart
meii, United Hi uteri Attorney It. C.
Kanndorri, will Institute court pro
ceedings, ho announced hero today,
to condemn for air1, raft purposes,
many million feet of spruce timber In
Clallam county, Wush., owned by the
('. A. (ioodyei.r l-umber Co., of Seat
tit. Tim action Is to bo taken fol
lowing failure of tho government to
acriuite the timber at what was con
sidered a reasonable price.
The proceedings, which will be the
first of the fruit resorted to In the
northwest to secure spruce for war
purposes, we i Instigated by Col.
Uric; V. h:s)iie, head of tho spruce
production campaign,
BOND ISSUE OF HAIR'Q ARftJIV
$1,500,000 10
WATER VALLEY
Directors of Medford Irrigation Dis
trict Select Big Butte Creek as
Source of Supply to Cover 20,000
Acres of Land Cost Per Acre is
$75, Annual Payment $5.
liis Rutin crook ns (he source of
supply and one million nnd n' linlf
dollar bond issue lo lie voted upon
Scptein' er 28th, arc the two dci isions
reached by the directors of l!i, Mod
ford irrigation district after 11
months' study of the entire water sit
uation of the I(oj;ue River valley.
This announcement is made today
by the directors of the district which
comprises a little more than 20,000
acres of the very best land in the
whole northwest. The dale of elec
tion iu which '.his issue of bonds will
be put up to the landowners of the
district is September 28.
On Kept. LI, 1017, tho Medford Ir
rigation district wns formed by a vot
of ltl.'i in favor and 78 nirainst. Leon
ard Carpenter. E. O. Coleman and
V. A. Polper were elected director?.
Organization of the district was im
mediately perfected and W. C. Ilntn
inntt was enimnod ns engineer to
studv the whole project and mul;e a
preliminary report, Work was un
dertaken to dctcniiino tho bust source
of supply of water and oie,ht pro.
;e:'ls f.o'led to stand the tests. Throe
proiects remained and there were
studied from every point of view.
.Ample Supply Assured
Early study of Hu? Unite toe;,, her
with water measurements made on tho
stream at Kutte Kalis indicated that
a sul'I'ici) y of water did not flow in
that stream for the district and it
woidd be necessary to supplement this
supply with waters I'niin South Vork
of Itouc river. This made the oro.
,jcel more expensive than cilli 'r of the
other two. Stream aie'isnrcments
made at the point nf division of the
district canal f;nvc consider 'bio high
er volume of water than at Untie
Pulls and the 1'nileil Slates reclama
tion department was asked to end a
man to investigate. As a result of
the investigation of Mr. Hat"hohlei
and I'icld Knineer ,1. H. I'iatt, it was
proved that an underflow entered Itij;
Unite abovo flic point of divhion
which was so Inio than an aiap..'
water suiml" was assarcd. In order
that no mistake should be made t lie
election of bonds was postponed an'd
complete summer measurements could
he obtained on the stream. Tlies"
records have now been made and even
in this exccntionally drv year the
amount of water is more than aaiple
for the needs of the district.
In niiuouncint: the decision of the
board of directors to call the bond
election for September 28, Leonard
Carpenter, president of the board,
saiil :
V to Land Owners
''The issue is now siunrelv un to
the land owners ns lo whether they
want water or not. The officers find
engineers have spent eleven mouths
iu utlieriu dala and compiling esti
mates. We have satisfied ourselves
of the Itic Unite source of suonlv und
we have the word of one of tho best
(Continued on I'ubo Three.)
3 FORCE ON SHE
LONDON, Aur. 30. The famous
Metropolitan police aro on Htrlko.
Tho call was :iutd ut mldnlKht nnd
it (r said that men at every Rtutlon
except' four refused to no on duty.
Tho city of London poliro, who
number Mia, are not affected. The
Metropolitan' forco Iiiih between 4'mm
and uftoo mom licrn. Kluht thmmand
of them huve Kono to war. The
Metropolitan police (b'inand Increas
ed waues. recognition of their union
and the reinstatement of a dlKchai-R-ed
man who wan nctlve In llio police
men's union.
uniu u niuii
win MILE
OF PERONNE
Germans Driven Behind Somme River
and .British Cross in Pursuit
Many Towns Taken in Rapid Ad
vance of Allies Peronne and
Country to Rear Under .British
Guns Fires Indicate Withdrawal
of Boche Forces.
LONDON', Aiitr. :)0, 7:30 p. m.
Troops of I'icld Marshal llai today
crossed the Hindenburg line to the
south of ltulleeourt. In the Lys sal
ient the Ijritisb are reported to huve
taken Noote Hoomh, three miles south
of Itailleul. Tho Germans have er
treated from the town of Knilleul.
North of Soissons Prench troops
today captured Hill l.M) nnd they now
hold all the hih ground between
Soissons and Leury, according to in
formation received from the battle
front this eveninjr.
WITH THE PKENCII ARMY IN
PKAXCH, Au. :tll (Ity the Asso
ciated Press, noun.) (icueral Hum
bert's troops which yosterduy took
Noyon and advanced to Mont Simeon
lo tho .Jmrljfeiist, resumed their' nt- '
lack this moruiue; and are advancing
up the difficult heights north of the
Oiso.
WITH THE IIUITIS1I ARMY IN
FRANCE,-Aug. DO. (I!y the Asso
ciated Press, noon.) lliaches on the
south bank of the Somme and about
it mile from Peronne has been cap
tured by (ieneral llaig's forces. Tho
Itritish entered Los Hooufs and pa
trols passed through Morvul to tho
south.
The Prilisb this morning pushed
forward in an easterly direction from
Itapanme. liritisli made further ad
vances north of Lens. At one place
they pushed forward n distance of
1,00(1 yards. Lo Transloy, on the
Hnpauine-I'eronnc high road was re
ported captured this morning.
lrlven Over Soinine
The (ioniums have boon driven be
hind the river Soniiue everywhere
along the 'British front. The whole
western hunk is now in the possession
of Kield Marshal llaig's troops and
at one place just south of La Chu
pellctlc, a Itritish force has crossed
to the cast bank.
In the operations concluded this
morning .'10(1 prisoners fell into the
hnmls of the Itritish on this side of
the river.
The (Icrmaus havo destroyed nil
the bridges across the Sou'ime, in
chling the ruilroad bridge and the reg
ular bridge nt Peronne.
Northwest of Peronne, however,
the Itritish swept in so rpiiekly that
the causeway over the Somme at
( lory on tho north bank was secured
intact, fiery is in Itritish hands.
Peroiino I'litler l-'lro
North of Peronne tho flormnns now
(Continued on Page T'jree.)
11110 AVIATORS FALL
110 DEATH IN'TEXAS
WICHITA PA1.LH, Tex., Aug. 30.
Llnutenanl K. It. Mi tilftln of PrcB
no, fal., and Cadet Kills Ilcruard
llitlioock of Washington, l. C, were
killed liiHtanlly nt Cull Field this
morning, when thulr plane (ell 2000
foot. Their plane (ell from the top
of a loop.
Cadta Itaheock, who 1b a son of
Brigadier (icncral Itaheock, who Is
now In Prance, was taking his first
lesson In nvrobutlc flying. He was
2 1 years old.
Lieutenant McOlffln was 2 8 years
old nnd was married, his wife being
nt fall Field at the (lino of the acci
dent. llnliooek's mother In In Washington.