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Ta Whole or the Kmmmf Cummmmi.
cmmi Mam " v-"
A boat to Pall
LoBdoD. 8pt. 10. -Onerel Hall's
i tote smsshsd th Hludnburg lint
l" today on front of lgbt mile and
'to a mlmum depth of two mile.
i lust north of Bt Quentln.
t Tut BrltUh and Belglsos attacking
4 to Flndr'advnod to an avrhg
I iimih af five mile ovr a Una of
I elsht mile.
i ' Roulars U In peril, and th whol
Jf tht nmy'oommunlctlo la
Belgium -rudders. plrtlcolarly J ot
? tha Belgian coaat, la thratna.
Pari. Bept. 10. Qanaral Oour
I ud'i army attached this moraine oa
th northern slope of ' Bllvu
heights. Mont OoavelUt and Boueoe
i Till. Thar crossed tha Alllnbrook,
1 -which flow toward Challeranie and
J tha height dominating tha Tillage of
, Manra were taken, - '
Parla. Sept 80,-Th ft snchl ", In
the Champagne returned their at-
Itack today.; The Oermsne violently
counter attacked Ut night South -of
IBt. Quentln, but failed. The progreaa
of breaking the hold ot tha German
Invader on Trench aoll la ehown by
jj the fact that no longer la any ot the
i Trench departments entirely oecu
i pled by tha enemy.
j London. Bept. 80. Th French
ara progreaelng along tha Chtmln
; Dea-Damee toward the aaat. Tha
? enemy la retreating behind tha All-
ett Hrer.
) London, Bept. 80. Britlah, Amer
t Icana and lAuatrallana puahed for
t ward between iDelllcourt and Oonne
)t Heu In the face ot the severest oppo-
sltlon last night.
The allies yesterday took 4,000
prisoners north ot St. Quentln, and
'.; a.uaaC Brltlsll Jons..!iT.nter-;
ed tha northern auhurba of Cambral.
v Worth west of UOatelW and to tha
southwest the German counter at
a tacks presad the British back some-
w what
5hiPF,P0PS
MTEOfMEfi:
C. A. Sldler, clerk of the leaal
toard, atatea that men subject to call
No. 1168 will not be Induoted. Into
the service Immediately on account
of tha rapid spread of Spanish In
fluenta. Those from this vicinity
who were to go In this call are: En
nls Robinson, Fred R. Hyde, Thoa.
MoClay, Victor B. Vlnyard, Harry
Klncald, Kenneth I Vlnyard,;.,Wm.
K. Stone, V. Warde Hyde,?, Valoe
Royca WhWe, Wayna W. Wlmer,
John f. Ward and Harry O. Neely.
Richard Every and Carl M,- La-
throp were ito go aa alternates. "
It Is reported that the army sur
geons have Just made a new serum
that will prevent the spread ot the
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disease. The postponing of thls.Prllament
movement of troopa will effect thoae
at Camp 'Lewla where there are many
cases 'of inf luensav,bst not In Call-
Tornla, a th disease has gained no
headway In that stats as yst. - ;
CLOSE AT S P.D;
Blata t'caarJl of Defasisa Makea itigkl
IttUlai WMrm WIU Da Kaforeed j
by War Indaatrlea Board ,
Tteull business will soma to a halt
dally at p. m. In the atate of Ore
gon, commencing Tuesday, Octobsr
1, aoeordlng to ruling mad by the
stste council of defense and to be
enforced by the War Industries board
nii tka trnitad ifitates lovernaeat
says tha'pbrtlad Telegrnnfl f.The
only eseeptloa" made la la tha-owe
at druc "stores, which may remain
open until 8 p. m. AH' retail eetab
llahmenta will be permitted ta trst
ev-t busUM up to 9' pl'm.'otf fstur-
dsy;1ut'0n Sunday town are to be
closed up light. Even , confection
erles. clgsr stores and fruit atanda
must observe te Sunday closing
Uw. The aim of ths asw ruling Is
to conserve the available manpower
of tha nation.
uTae-acluaJ-vadtolnal and prescrip
tion, department, of drag store tinay
remain open at hours optional with
themselves, as this line of business Is
considered necessary for the public
ood. Thla la the on and only
otptloo to tha r4r.' which,. ecoraV
Ing to the council of defeat, will
be vlgorouali aforcedv ,i hi i
Bevafal lines ' of business - have
foreseen 4h order, and hav, ..pre
viously announced Uielf latenilon to
cloe at I p. m. dally.. Thrsww
tha cigar dealers ot ta qlty kgd' lh
aervlo atatfona of the Standard and
Shell Oil companlea. ; t
Thr resolution -embodying la
new order, as given out by Chairman
miiAAk,'fr the. state council ssyst
Resolved. That on tod after uc-
tobe l.,lll. all ssle of, merchan
dlia at Snv point' within th stste ot
Oregon, on th. first day of th wek,
mmmonlv kaownds Suhdayi at.'S'qy
time after P. m. on Saturday, and
at any Um after p. m. on any oth
er dv of tha week ahouio oe uis-
contlnued during the continuance oi
the war; provided, that such talee
may ba made at any drugator until
8 p. m. ot any day of th wek cpt
Sunday, and that th torgolng pro
hibition ahall not apply in case.m
drugstores In th filling of prescrip
tions, eal of medicine aica room
necessities, any or all of which may
bs sold on any day at any hour; pro
vided, further that the aelllng of
meala or articles of food In restau-
nu. hotels, lunch counters ana esi
Ing rooms shall not bs deemed the
tale ot merchandlae under the term
of - thla resolution; nd,lroviaea
further; that the sale of - gasoline
distillate and lubricating oil t .-
and nubllo filling atations, ex
cept In th aupplylng ot motor trucka
actually engaged directly or wuireci
i in war Industries, shall b deem'
ed tha sale ot merchandise and sub
ject to th terms and condltlona of
this Resolution. ; jj
. Ri.m. Or..l ept.' 80. Governor
Wttliycombe hei telegrama ' from ' all
ovar the stste protesting against the
Sunday closing order. Delegate
are coming to confer with .tha gover
nor, and It la uncertain whether he
favor th enforcement'Of thorder
oi not. ' 'J
1 AUSTRIANS INVITE
ALIIES;TQ,TALK.PEACE
Amsterdam, Sept. 80. The propo
sition that .presidents ot parliaments
of fcellKrents and neutrals be Invit
ed to meet for unbinding discussion
ot basis ot peace has been Introduc
ed in the lower house ot the Austrian
Portland, Sept. 28. Food Admin
istrator Ayer ha ordered a reduction
of one cent a loaf In. bread prices
la Oregon.. ',: '
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. London, Sept. JO. Chancellor bti
tha Exchequer Bonar him suted thkt
the fighting ended at aeon toda.j
Cnfier th term of th Vulgarlia
armistice, Bulgaria completely glvpa
ua control of tha railways,. j
London, Sept. 80. Strong bellpf
slat hr this arternoo that I a
peso offer from Turkey 'la Immin
ent .
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London, Bept. 80. Bonar Law
ata4d,,tha the ; control, of Ue Bal-
CarJaa, rlwys jlvesibj anies con
ptet control of Bulgaria. AUudtag
to th Pslestln campaign, h said:
Th msgnlfloent success of our
armlet la Palestln has resulted Jn
th axtlnetloa of a gmter part of
th Turkish army, but aomethlag
mora ta going to follow."
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London. Sept. 80. British ear
airy ta Bulgaria I approaching Pat
London, Sept. 80. The Belgians
hav taken Routers, ths Important
strategic point 18 miles northeast of
Tpres.
si!
'i Th capture of Roulars by th Bel
glana la on ot th moat brilliant
and important tliruata of th present
flghtBJi'aa:t"wlltlObbly compel
the Germane to make a speedy - ,
drcjd l-J SVkm-lQ :
-ATKEY-flFEFEIISEtlil!;::?,m
Wsshlngton, Sept. 80. Th key
ttone ot th great German defensive
arch in France under aasault In
the FrancoJAmerlcan ottenatve be
gan Thursday morning In the Cham
pagne over a front ot 40 mile. Be
oauae'bf the t)lsce of attack selected
By 'Marshal Foch, military officials
regarded the new oftenstva as on of
wide strategic possibilities. '
Th point ot attack selected ,' by
Marshal Foch caused no great" sur
prise here. As far back as 1915 the
French strategists saw that the
Champagne front offered the great-
eat possibilities In repelling the ,ln-
vaders with the least expenditure ot
men. There wss tierce fighting that
year on this sector, but the French
lacked th reserve power to press
forward In accordance with their
strategic designs and were forced to
settle back to tactical operations and
defensive measures. . .
i Since then th Una between
Rhelms and Verdun haa been rela
tively unchanged, th last offensive
effort of the enemy against Rhejms
In July having failed to break it - On
that occasion, American troopa 14
ed In repelling the eastern Jaw of the
enemy ptneer attack on the cathe
dral city, Ue ,48d (Rainbow) alvl
ston having been brigaded with the
French troops on this front where It
pDITION M,
rich, where thay .wUl cut oB comaa-
akatloaa betweea Sere and Sofia.
Field Marshal ran MaekeoMa la.ao-
parted to have arrived at Sofia and
la, hurrying German divlaloaa south
ward to help . th Bulgarian aad
Auetrlan who ars working on tha
defensive work at Nlsh. - -
Paris, Sept. 80. Aa armistice Um
bee concluded between th awe
and Bulgaria, on tha . alllea' , own
terms, it is otidally announoad. Thla
is orobablv Ue first step ,1a Bul
garia's withdrawal from bar aUlaace
with the. central power, and come
a few day law haa; three years attar
Bulgaria, enUred tb war, qn October
8,. 1811. ,, -..' v. ' .
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Hi llafawlMMatlsaMsr. 4
iaedsred aa. the Brltisk ta Pa-f
treat from the .Belgian' coaat.
London,' Bepi.; lO.-Wxmude" ha
been captured by the Belgian troopa,
It was officially announced tonight
' After breaking up a "violent enemy
counter attack the Belgians eaptured
Terreest Height and at th clot: of
the day had advanced to within less
than two- milea of Roulars;-" s - 1 -. r
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won high commendationi from! ith
French leader. :. r.i '.,.)
As "the French plan, of 1111. has
been .tilBcuased. lt . contemplated , the
driving ot a greet wedge through the
line of the Mouse, where It skirts
the forest of Ardennes near the Bel
gian border. Resting on a. wide base
and supported by the fortress ot Ver
dun on th east, auch a wedge would
in effect divide the German army and
In addition menace the whole , com
munication system of , the ,-, . enemy
forces In northern France and Bel-
glum; It would have threatened the
Belgian gateway Into France and It
seems certain that a hasty retire
ment by the enemy to the Meuse line
must have resulted.
8everal tacts ot utmost ' signifi
cance and of particular interest to
the people of the United States are
sharply disclosed by. the, new offen
sive. , For. one thin?.- the power and
will of the allied . forces,;to continue
hammerlba at the enemy without
rest is apparent. With the smoke
of the battle In the et Mlhtel salient
nardiv cleared ewer ana vim a ov
mile stretch of th line to the north
and aouth, bt ..8U4jue.nt!,.lii?a con
tlnual flame of attack' H was -joe-slbl
to organls and deliver a new
blow on a 40-mlla front and drrve ta
(Oontlased ea page 8.)
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LLUW !
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IKTICOT
Tb City Laafca Ova JOWJOOO,
Wbila the (Mat a Kooat Na4ad
. $700,000 Go Over Top
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Portland, Sept. 10. Oregon la
waiting aa ftva alatrlcta Uit are lag
ging la the fourU Liberty loa eam
palga.. .X law counties other .than
th five ara not yet over th top hut
ar galnglag ao rapidly that they will
be over bsfor atght
The Mlv- dtatrleU are 'Clataop.
UsastlUa. sUrioa, and, Jackaoa eoon
tlSBd the. city, of Pertlaad. ...
The sut lack Ism than 870O.00O
of Velag over, aad Portland aome
thlag betweea three and four mil-
Hf), 1.' .'II. .M. t,0-.m,.
Portland la today oondocUag a
slacker drive. going oartleulariy af
ter certain wHhy indlvlduala who
have pasaed of their duty with a
subscription of a tenth of what ' It
Ought to o. 'TbrPortlaad commit
tee held up three prominent alaakers
ia the public press thla morals g aad
th local drive will be replete with
sensation if matter do not take a
turn for the 'better Immediately.-
Th commute - 'mad"' aaaouaee-
meat' thla. morning that 1U actions
henceforth wnld ee draatle, and, at-
ready a rlslbto Increase In the quota
la aotlcaabl Jn the .booth' where
Libert loaa snbserlptlons are being
taken. '
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Washington. 8ept
10. President
Wilson today stopped Into ths breach
of the senate fight" over' ta woman
SuVrage resolution and la a personal'
addreea Id tha aenaia chamber aaked
for Its, passage as a war measure.
The president eald:. .,.. i,
. 'I regard' the 'concurrence of the
senate la'th conitttutionaf amend
ment proposing1 ' the1 extension i of
wjoJtan Suffrage to women aa -vital
lv essential to. the. successful. Droee-
Www
cutloa ot Ue gTest war of humanity .Sept SO. Th Belgians la their
In which we" are engaged. 1 tave, drive north and east of fpre cap
torn to urge upon' you th oo'n.idera- tured 800 gun.' Th BrKleh : there
tlons wlilch led m to that coaclu- yesterday took 87 guas. "
alon."..;'. '. -.. v ... :j ra j. !." - -J 1 .. 1 1 b i ' -
Washington,
Sept.
80.-
-The . sen-
,te. tailed- to reach a, vote, today on., lrZ'FLZi '
;k- .v... ' tk1'.. .ni Messlnea-Wytschsel tiosltlons.
the suffrage measure. The vote will
probably be taken tomorrow
MJNKD BATTLESHIP IS
U "' 8AFK. IN DRt DOCK
.Washington, jBept 30. Th bat
tleship Minnesota which struck j a
mine yeeterdsy off th Atlantic coast
arrived safely at a naval stattoa and
Is now in dry dock. . . i
OXCEEIS'DIT
Msjor W. K. Croweon and Private
A. E. Powell, ot Med ford, are In the
city today and will attend Ue meet
ing of the U. of O. military unit at
the courthouse tonight at 7: SO. Ma
jor Crowson hss chsrge of the mili
tary training at the Ashland,. Talent,
Medford and Grants Pans branches.
',- The meeting tonight twill be ,'for
the purpose ' of further . oompleUng
the organlxstlon here and to gather
in at many new member a Mssllbe.
Major ' CroWson state that th In
struction which th member of the
local organisation, will receive here
wtll.o ot great eenvTlt-to them as
they can, upon, recommendation, of
Ool. Sower ot Jthe University of Ore
gon, go directly from this city to th
offloers' training camps.
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rAJUD Cl?ATC3 lfDIOA'r9
THAT ALUZttZXZSUOJgSSaO
WILfi QITK DnCTHIVB BLOW
mo a ii ii o
f: it i,.t l f .
Heavy Fir Froes Haa Artillery
Fall to BSof TJsaas ta IVar
Steady Advaace.. . -
Parla, Sept. Sft. Oeaeral Fooh la
fighting, five . battle .slmultaaeously
and aucceesfully oa the west front.
a feat that Is unparalleled la the hla
tory of aay war.-'Oaly Oeaeral Foch
aimseM kaowa whea ta alll wlU
strike, the decisive blew. . . . .
London, Sept. 80. The Britlah
have cut the Hindenburg line oa aa
8-mlle front, pesMtratlar three -asilea
aboat St Qusatla. AUade suokv la-
tease Qr it Is.lmaosalble for. Ue
Germane to get aay quantity ot men .
or material in or out Th British
ar la ao hurry to clear up tbd slt
aatl6a aboat Cambral, aad ft may he
two or three, days before Usy arte-,
ally .take, th. town.
With the Americans Near Verdaa.
Sept. 80". Over hilts swept by la
tense grtillety aad1 maehrt gun fire,
and through lowlands often filled
with suffocating gases, the Ameri
cans crawled steadily forward today
betweea the Mouse river and the Ar-
gonna forest
" ' '
"London; Sept. JO.- The Serbians
captured Caerevo east of Vele air
mile from. the Bulgarian . border.
cutting off the Bulgarian ' retreat
Over TOO prisoners wer1 taken! The
Bulgarians' are 'retreating near r the
Bulgarian border' east of Vele. i
With th British Army in France,
.Havre. Sept, SO. The Belgian and
British armies defeated the Germans
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Medford is in the wet column
again, aay th Medford- Tribune.
Thla, tline U U water. , The vote Eat- -;
urday decided, the Issue in favor of ,
the bonds, and, 'although there Si'..
stiff opposition, the majority WM a
substantial one, and It may. be ; ihid
Uat the valley .haa, turned Its ac
toward prosperity , and .Its bad; on
adversity. It remains now tb push
the good W9rk vigorously to a happy
conclusion. - ' .
Total pomber votes cast, 8(1. To
tal' in favor of bonding. 141, total
opposed to same, 120; majority la fa
vor ot, 21. ',.,..,.
The new Irrigation proposition will
cover, approximately, is.uvu acres
of land. - ' 1 v '
i;o. 322 is hi msT
HtlBGUTCECjX
Waahingtoa, Septic SO. President
Wilson drew the first draft capsule.
It contained number 822. The next,
18 number are all big one.
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