TUP MORNING OREGOXIAN. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1918.
FIVE YAM KEE FLIERS
reported hissing
Americans Fail to Return to
Own Lines After Carrying
- Out Bombing Expedition.
BOCHE ATTACK CRUSHED
Terrific Barrage Blols Oat Thin
tine of Unemj Infantrymen Who
I Aro Iljcovcrcd to Bo Advan
cing West, of Moselle River.
WASHINGTON, Sept ?8. Five Amer
ican planes are misirg as a result of
an attack by a superior German force
during a bombing expedition in Lor
raine, General Pershir.sr reported In to
day's communique received tonight by
the War Department. With the ex
ception of artillery activity In Lor
raine and Alsace the American sectors
remain Inactive.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE LORRAINE FRONT, Sept. 16.
(By the Associated Press.) In the artil
lery exchange of Tuesday the Amer
ican gunners held the upper hand, de
stroying German .mmunition dumps
near La Chaunse. In addition to a bi
gun, and making direct hits on the rail
road near Cbambley.
A number of boxcars also wen de
strayed by direct hits near Chambley.
Tuesday night the Germans threw 800
shells Into the regions around Xammes
Bcney and Chateau St. Benoit.
German Infantry attempted to attack
the American lines west of the Mosell
last evening, but the enemy troops were
driven back by the Are of the. Amer
lean artillery.
When observers reported that a light
line of German Infantry was approach
Ing, the American big guns threw
terrific barrage into that area. There
were no further movements by the
enemy.
Observers reported this morning tba
there were no living Germans in the
region where they were sighted las
night. Quite a number of dead, how
ever, were seen.
Three enemy balloons were de
stroyed last night by Lieutenant F.
Luke, Jr.. of Phoenix. Aria., on a flight
Into the German lines. This makes his
total nine balloons In three days.
With Lieutenant J. F. "Whener, of
Lverett, Mass., Luke left his airdrome
at dusk and crossed the line. Within
3i minutes the American aviators had
completed their work of destruction
and the flames could be seen from the
American airdrome.
Task D Ge4 Work.
One other balloon was destroyed yes
trday and three more are believed to
have been shot down, but the reports
have not been confirmed. Bad weather
prevented bombing, however, and the
only observation possible was the ad
Justment of artillery fire.
Squadrons of American - manned
tanks, operating for the first time on
a large scale in the attack on the St.
Mihtel salient, played an important and
dramatic part In the defeat of the Ger
mans.
Divided Into brigades light. Inter
mediate and heavy the tanks swung
out onto the field of battle immediately
arter the barrage. Before the day
ended they had entered the villages ot
-Nonsard. Fannes. Lamarohe and Bin
ney, considerably ahead of the Infantry.
Early in the action difficulties were
experienced in getting to the front
sufficient gasoline, although a great
fleet or gasoline tanks had been pre
pared to carry supplies. The gas tanks
were attacked by the enemy er were
mired and it was here that Americas
ingenuity came to the rescue.
Sleda Carry Gaaoltae.
Barrels of gasoline were trundled
and rolled over the roadless fields by
daring volunteers, to meet the most
pressing needs. Bobsleds, curiously
enough, were fonnd more efficient than
wagons in carrying supplies, since they
could be dragged over the mud without
being mired, and on them hundreds of
gallons of gas were conveyed to the
fighting tanks.
The advance of the tanks brought
out many examples of daring on the
part of their crews. One Major whose
machine was equipped with a 37-railll-meter
gun. Instead of a machine gun,
violated his orders and went far ahead
until he was within range of Nonsard.
With one well-placed shot he knocked
two Germans out of a church steeple
from which they were firing a machine
sun.
A Lieutenant, shot through the palm
of the left band by an explosive bul
lett. was sent to a hospital, but es
caped and walked six miles back to
the field. He appeared at his tank with
the statement that he could "carry
on" with his right hand.
Woaaded Refaa tm Qalt.
Several others were wounded but re
mained on duty. No, one was killed,
however, even though a German six
inch shell plowed clear through one
small tank, destroying It, but injuring
only one of the crew. Another tank
captured a battery of "77s," but was
so far ahead of the Infantry it could
not turn over the guns to them.
Tba story is told of another tank
which went Into a town with a ser
geant armed with a rifle perched on
the turret. This machine captured two
batteries of "77s." five machine guns
and many me a.
Tanks were occasionally as much as
two miles ahead of the infantry, throw
ing consternation Into the Germans.
Part of the success which attended
their share In the battle undoubtedly
waa due to the intensive training given
drivers, who are taught to operate
their machines blindfolded, guided only
by signals from the gunners. This
sometimes Is necessary when the driv
ers are blinded temporarily by splashes
of mud.
For several daya before the offensive
the tanks which were to take part were
maneuvered Into an Interior town,
while the civilians watched them with
amazement, with no knowledge of
. what it portended. Some time before
the battle the tank crews received
their final instructions on a hypotheti
cal battlefield, mathematically divided
tip into debarkation points and supply
depots.
nearer the line from which the German
offensive started on March 21 last.
The latest reports placed Field Marshal
Haig's troops at an average distance of
about a mile from this line, though at
Vllleret and Gouzeaucourt the British
drove their way through the Hinden
burg line to a depth not reported at
this hour. The fighting continues.
The attack was begun at 5:20 o'clock,
after a brief bombardment.
Coupled with the news of the success
of the allied forces in the early stages
of the operations came reports that
heavy fighting had developed at many
points, particularly about Fresnoy,
Roussoy and Epehy, in the British xone.
and about Savy Wood, where the French
attacked.
Unas Hurled" From Ridges.
The section along which the assault
was made is a most important one.
Tbe British, prior to today, had worked
forward until they had established
themselves In the old support line be
tween Epehy and Verguier.
In front of them the Germans were
sitting on a dominating ridge In po
sitions which represented the British
front line before the Germans launched
their offensive last March.
In addition, the Germans held the for
mer second support line of the British.
The crest of this ridge dominates the
Hindenburg line, which lies to the east.
Hence the value of the possession of
this ridge to either eide is obvious.
For days the Germans, who undoubt
edly had expected a drive here, had
been feverishly fortifying themselves
along the ridge, whose loss will be a
serious menace to the Hindenburg line
in the rear.
FRENCH DRIVE FAR
OH 6-MILE FRONT
Advance of More Than Mile
Is Made in Co-operation
With British Forces.
GERMANS COUNTER ATTACK
BRITISH PUSHING FORWARD
(Contfaned From First Pare.)
Holnon Wood west of St. Quentin
northward to Gouzeaucourt.
The British attack took them far
6 Bell-ans
Hot water
Sure Relief
ELL-AIMS
'FOR JN DIGESTION
Veteraa Troopa Used.
The British army In making the
tack, employed veteran troops.
have worked wonders in the last few
months.
The Germans In a local attack on
Moeuvres last night forced the British
to withdraw from that village.
The British attack today probably
surprised the enemy, the night being
favorable to the assembly of troops and
the preliminary barrage being short.
The Intense attack'moved by progress
ive stages as it was necessary to pause
while the enemy pockets were cleared
out.
Reports from the French are tha
they had progressed well In conform
ity with the British advance, especially
in the region of bavy wood. The new
during the early hours was fragmen
tary, as rain was falling when the at
tack was launched and airplane obser
vation, one of the sources of early In
telligence, waa impossible. The weather
improved later in the day.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE. Sept. 18. (By the Associated
Press.) The British troops made
powerful attack against the German
lines to the west and northwest of St
Quentin today and most important re
suits were achieved. A deep advance
into the enemy territory strengthened
the already powerful grip tbe British
have on St. Quentin, one of the most
strongly fortified parts of the Hinden
burg line.
Hlxh Ground la Galaed.
To the south the French co-operated
in what is likely to prove an operation
of vast portent with respect to the
Hindenburg defensive position.
The zone involved in the British
movement lay, roughly, between Hol
non on the south, and Gouzeaucourt.
Within a lew hours Feiziere. lempleux
Le-Geuirard, Epehy, Roussoy and Vil-
leret were behind the advanced British
forces, and bitter fighting was in prog
ress at many other points in the for
ward zone. More .than 6000 prisoners
were sent back to the cages.
Tho advance thus far recorded in
some places more than three mile:
means that the British at numerous
points gained the crest of the ridge
along which their old front line ran
prior to the German offensive In
March, and from their new positions
were looking down on the Hindenburg
line in the valley to the east.
That hard fighting would be en
countered in this sector was a fore
gone conclusion. The main enemy op
position came from machine guns and
artillery. The counter barrage which
the Germans sent over in reply to the
British bombardment waa much more
severe than the enemy had been able
to provide In the recent fighting and,
as an additional new feature, the Ger
mans maintained a heavy barrage over
the back areas with high-velocity guns,
which they had concentrated for the
purpose.
Back Areas Bombarded.
The shelling of the back areas during
an attack Is to be expected, but a bar
rage has seldom been attempted, and
then without great success.
The German infantry surrendered
quite frequently in places; in fact, in
the center of the attack, where the
Australians were working, a considera
ble number of graycoats deliberately
charged through the British barrage to
give themselves up.
The assault began at dawn. Tin for
tunately rain began to fall about '.
o clock and when the British went
over the top the ground was already
limy and hard to negotiate, especially
when the ridges were reached and
the men bad to charge up them. Tanks
accompanied the troops and rendered
invaluable service in the early stages
or ue conflict, wmcn waged warm
from the start.
The British preliminary bombard
ment was brief and waa followed by
the customary barrage for the protec
tion of tbe advancing infantry. The
Germans immediately replied with a
vicious fire from large numbers of
guns concentrated behind the St. Quen
tin canal.
Airplane observation virtually was
Impossible during the first hours of
the fighting on either side, so that
the gunners were shooting by man
nd were therefore greatly handi
capped.
Soa-ar Factory- Takes.
On the north Peizlere and a strongly
fortified sugar factory to the northeast
were taken by storm after' hard fight-
ng. i-peny proved a tough nut to
crack. Here the famoua Alpine corps
had been brought up, and tha German
army boasts no better troops than
these.
It was futile to attempt a frontal
attack, against this place, which was
fairly bristling with machine guns.
The British, accordingly, worked about
c to the north and south and saueesed
It out. Roussoy was carried by storm
nd a hundred prisoners were gleaned
from the surviving garrison.
In the center the Australians had to
fight for every inch of ground they
took, but they pushed steadily for
ward until they reached the crest of
the ridge. By 8:30 o'clock the Aus
tralians already had taken a total of
500 prisoners. Most of these were
Bavarians and men of the first Ger
man reserve division and they appeared
to be of a poor class of men as they
came straggling back disconsolately
through the driziltng rain.
One of the hottest engagements took
place Just south of La Verguier, where
the Germans- had fortified themselves
in a mllL This stronghold was sur
rounded and 180 of the garrison were
forced to surrender.
New Tlmm Plaaee Downed.
On the right flank- there was equally
ard fighting. Holnon had been taken
yesterday as a preliminary to today's
attack and from this point the British
went forward. No great advance was
expected in this zone, however, as the
line had already been pushed forward
practically to the old positions.
Last night German airplanes were
busy bombing the St. Quentin sector
and the enemy utilized a number of
new-type planes of huge size. Three
of these were shot down east of
Peronne. They were capable of seat
ing eight men. The most astounding
thing about them, however, waa that
they carried bombs 13 feet long which
contained 2000 pounds of explosives.
This is by far the biggest bomb the
Germans have yet produced.
Menace to St. Quentin "Grows More
Pronounced as Allies Avance to
East; Poilus Capture Several
Hundred Enemy Troops.
PARIS, Sept 18. The French attack
on the right of the British in the St.
Quentin sector resulted in an advance
of a mile and a third along a six-mile
front, according to the War Office an
nouncement tonTght.
German troops last night launched
violent counter attacks against the
French positions on the plateau north
east of Sancy. seven miles northeast
of Soissons. The attacks were unsuc
cessful. (By the Associated Press.)
British and French veterans have
made another vicious and successful
smash at the Hindenburg line. Sweep
ing forward on a front of 22 miles, they
went ahead from one and one-third to
three miles, taking many prisoners.
The most important aspect of the ad
vance is that it makes more certain the
capture of St. Quentin, whlcn tne Ger
mans have been ordered to hold at nil
costs. This important city is virtually
surrounded on three sides and its fall
seems only a matter of days.
Old Trench System Taken.
Field Marshal Haig's third and fourth
armies charged over the trench system
occupied by the British before they
were pushed back by the Teutonic flood
last March. They capturea, in wiae
sectors, the outer defenses of the Hin
denburg line.
The British assault was over a irom
nf 16 miles from Holnon, West of St.
Oiirntln to Gouzeaucourt, North of
Epehy. In their advance. which
rP3rhi.il a. demh of more than three
miles at some points, they took more
than 6000 prisoners.
Not only did the blow bring nearer
the capture of St. Quentin, which the
Germans are struggling desperately to
hold, but it went far toward wiping out
tho onlv bulce in the uruisn line
which resembles a salient. Epehy, at
the apex of the bend, has been taken
and the same fate has oeianen gou
zeaucourt and Hargicourt which stood
at the ends of the wings.
Huns Start Counter Attack.
The Importance which the Germans
attached to the territory wrested from
them is indicated by the announcement
that thev launched counter attacks as
soon as they could be organized irom
Hardcourt to the Omlgnon rivuiet.
The result of their efforts remains ob-
While tha French advance was less
spectacular than that of the British,
with whom they co-operated, they were
equally successful In gaining tneir or-
lAftlvoa Thpv moved iorwara on a
front of six miles to an average depth
of one and a third miles, adding sev
eral hundred prisoners to the untisn
bair. Thev now hold the southern out
skirts of Contescourt, less than three
lies from the suburbs of bt. yuentin.
This city, where the troops of Von
Goeben scored a great victory in 1871,
s one of the buttresses of the uouai
Cambrai-SL Quentin-La Fere-Laon line.
beyond which it has been announced the
iermans would not tall back, vvun tne
French in the outskirts of La ere.
with St. Quentin Invested and with the
British battling doggedly for Cambrail,
he srreat Hindenburg deiense system
s in danger of being breached at three
of its strongest points. Once ousted
from it the Teutons will have back
of them no strong fortifications until
they reach the Maubeuge defenses.
Enemy Positions Strong-.
The taking of St. Quentin remains a
difficult task, however, for the Ger
mans are in strong defensive positions
and a captured order from General Von
Morgen to the 14th reserve corps em
phasizes the importance or tne terrain
they hold. He orders them not to yield
another foot of ground In the im
minent decisive battles."
While the British and French were
forging ahead relentlessly in the west
the Serbs and the French In Macedonia
were making more emphatic their de
feat of the Bulgars, who have been re-
n forced by German troops. There Is
every indication that the offensive in
the near east is of major proportions
and that it will develop to the limit
It has widened to the west of Sokol
and the east of Yetrenik until the front
xtends a distance of 10 miles. The re
sistance of King Ferdinand's troops is
weakening as they are forced back.
While Marshal Foch was following
his policy of striking at widely sepa
rated points along the battle line, the
ay was one or comparative quiet lor
General Pershing's field Army. There
was no activity of consequence on their
front beyond the usual artillery and
patrol activity.
married. Theirs was a Vancouver,
Wash, marriage In September, 191
There are no children.
Viola Wiles on Tuesday evening
greeted her husband's homecoming
with an egg. She threw it with force
and it splattered all over his suprised
countenance, alleges the husband, W.
E. Wiles, in his suit for divorce. Other
charges of cruelty are made. They
were married in Albany in 1901.
Lillian Beers charges cruelty and
infidelity against John Beers. She
names their hired girl as co-respondent.
They were married in Portland in 1911,
and have three children. The wife de
mar.ds their custody and 140 a month.
Clara Montgomery wants a divorce
from James E. Montgomery and the
custody of their three children. She
charges cruelty and drunkenness. They
were married at Joseph, Or, in 1902.
Desertion is charged against Gay-
lord B. Mallett by Lydia Mallett. They
were married in Portland in 1902, and
separated in 1915, says the wife.
TWO CITIES UP IN ARMS
MEDFORD AND JACKSONVILLE
FIGHT ROAD REMOVAL.
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ROMANCE ENDS IN COURT
MOTHER OF JOSEPH KOENEKE
FILES ACTIOX FOR DIVORCE.
LoiIm Campbell, Bride f Tea Days,
Charaea Hnsbaad With Deaertlosu
LUlUa Beer Alleges Cruelty.
A romantic elopment which culmi
nated in the marriage at Vancouver,
ast week, of Joseph Koeneke and Bes-
ie Hayes, both minor children, re
ceived a severe blow yesterday when
the young bridegroom's mother filed
the Circuit Court a suit to have the
marriage annulled. She alleges her
son and the bride are both too young,
and (hat their marriage was held with
out her knowledge and consent. She
asks that the marriage not only.be an-
ulled but that the bride be ordered
to resume her maiden name.
Louise Campbell, in a suit filed yes-
erday, alleges E. J. Campbell de-
erted her ten days after they were
Proposed Discontinuance of Southern
Oregon Traction Service Brings
Out Protests.
MEDFORD, Or.. Sept. 18. (Special.)
The people of Medford and Jackson
ville are up in arms and will light tae
proposal of President S. S. Bullis to
either stop the operation of the South
ern Oregon Traction company railroad
between this city and the county seat
or dismantle It and dispose of the rails
to the Government.
The councils of both cities have
adopted resolutions of protest which
were telegraphed to Colonel Brice P.
Disque, head of the army spruce divis
ion, with headquarters at Portland.
Last week Mr. Bullis announced that
the road would have to discontinue op
erations because the Government had
requisitioned three miles of its rails.
Later it developed that the War de
partment's requisition had been made
only after Mr. Bullis had sold three
miles of rails to the Grant Smith-Por
ter Bros, company, spruce operators,
and placed In the market for sale all
the railroad equipment.
Besides the protest of the two coun
cils, protests have also been made by
W. S. Barnum, who holds a mortgage
atrainst the railroad property for $63
000, and by the Gagnon Box & Lum
ber company, whose lumber mill and
box factory will be put out of commis
sion If the rails are torn up.
Any attempt by Mr. Bullis to tear
up any part of the railroad before an
answer is received to the protests filed
will be followed by interesting devel
opments. A close watch is being main
tained on the railroad. Injunction pro
ceedings are being planned.
The protest resolutions of the- two
councils recite that both.cltles contrib
uted substantially to the building of
the road and declare that its removal
at this time would be a serious blow
to both communities.
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DRESS MADE OF SACKS
WARTIME CLOTHES FEATURE
LANE COUNTY FAIR.
OF
Exhibit Hall and Stockpen Crowded to
Overflowing Fancy Work No
ticeably Absent.
EUGENE, Or., Sept. 18. The war.
time house dress, made of flour sacks
and looking like a much more expen
sive garment, is one of the creations
shown in the made-over garments di
vision of the woman's department of
the Lane County Fair, which opened to
day with exhibit halls and stockpens
crowded to overflowing. .
The dress was made by Mrs. Emily
Christensen, of Eugene, route 2, from
314 flour sacks of the 100-pound size,
which were purchased In Eugene in
1917 at the rate of 60 cents a dozen.
The most noticeable feature In the
pavilion was the absence of the fancy
work from the woman's section and the
appearance of great quantities of made-
over garments, the product or wartime
economy, which the Fair Association
has been seeking to encourage by offer-
ng special premiums. President c u.
Rorer. of the Fair Association, declared
tonight that agricultural, horticultural
and livestock exhibits are the best ever
assembled here. The three days' racing
programme will start tomorrow with
the 2:12 trot and the free-for-all pace
as the principal events.
'OWER PLANT PROJECTED
Rich Lands in Lake County Are to
Be Irrigated.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Sept. 18.
(Special.) Development of a power site
at Crescent, In Northern Klamath, has
been undertaken by Dr. N. E. Winnard,
of Heppner, according to Don Jolly, a
resident of that section, who arrived
from there yesterday. He says the
Dower will be used for pumping water
on lands in the Fort Rock district in
Lake County.
The power site is on the outskirts
of the Town of Crescent. Engineers al
ready are at work on the project, ac
cording to Mr. Jolly.
There are large tracts In the Fort
Rock district which with water would
produce abundantly.
DANCING
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LieHoney's beautiful academy 23d and
Washington. New classes lor beginners
start Tuesday and Thursdsr evenines.
AU'dances guaranteed in eight lessons.
Ladies, S4; gents, 35. The on". school
teaching from 8 to 11. Plenty ot prac
tice. No embarrassment. All dances
thoroughly taught. Extra step room foi
backward pupils. Private lessons at all
hours. Normal instructions for dancing
teachers. A printed description of all
dances for pupils free. Advanced class
for fancy steps, etc.. starts Mondav
evening. Call afternoon or evening this
week. War stamps ta-ken. Phono M.
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Albany Wan Out for Police Chief.
ALBANY, Or.. Sept. IS. (Special.)
J. Q. Rodgers announced yesterday that
he will b; a candidate for Chief of
Police of Albany in the forthcoming
city election. He has been a member
of the police force here for the past
six years. John Catlin, the present
chief, -will be a candidate for re-elec
tion. There is a rumor that S. C. Wor.
rell, a former member of the police
force here and now a guard at tho
State Penltentfary, may also be a can
didate, but this has not been verified.
Prisons to Zet Contracts.
WASHINGTON, Sept IS. Under an
executive order announced today the
President authorizes the placing of war
supply contracts with the heads of
prisons and reformatories at prevailing
prices and directs that prisoners en
gaged on Huch contracts shall receive
wages corresponding with those pnld
for similar work In the vicinity. Con
gress already lias provided for Indus
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