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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1917)
MEDFORD MxVIL FRENCH VIC1S IN SIX MONTHS CONSTANT FIGHT Battle of Chemin des Dames Ranks Above That of Verdun in French Estimation German First Line Losses Over 200,000 Fighting Is Hand-to-Hand. FRENCH FRONT, Sept. a. (Cor respondence.) To say "I come from tho battlefield of the Chomln des Dames". tlio Ladles' Road lamps a Fronch soldier In tho popular mind today as a hero. Verdun had seized the popular Imagination owing to its position as the door through which the Germans hoped to break to reach the heart of France. Even the bat tle of Verdun, in which the French by their long-suffering determination to resist, succeeded in thoroughly de feating tho Germans, is considered by some observers a lesser operation than that of the Chemin des Dames, Vijfjose possession means the com mand of tho great road to tho north by which tho Germans must retreat. The outcome of this groat batllo has at the date of writing not been finally determined. All that the cor respondent of Tho Associated Press, who has followed the operations closely, con affirm is that tho French after the1, Cirst capture of the fa mous road with all its observatories as a result of their offensive begun on April 18, have been ablo to hold all their gains, to Inflict almost un believable losses on the picked troops of the Crown Prince's army and to re sist successfully all the furious coun ter-attacks of the Germans. Fighting InceKsnnt. During the months of April, May Juno, July, August and September the fighting has been Incessant. In the first attack by the French, when they started their offensive on the Alsne, about 30,000 German prisoners and 200 cannons were captured. Slnco then attack has followed attack, eith er from the French or tho Germans, and when the total of these opera tions is summed up the result is shown that every four days during four months there has been a battle on a more or less extensive scalo The net result of those fights Is that the French todny hold all they gain ed at their first assault. The Germans have utilized on tills battle-front forly-nine divisions, which havo been sent in to tho com bat and withdrawn when exhausted that Is to say, when a division had lost In casualties at least -1000 men. This gives roughly on the German sido 196,000 casualties among the front line troops, without taking Into account tho killed and wounded caused by the extremely heavy artil lery fire directed on the linos of com munication in the rear, in the period since tho first French assault on Ap ril 10. This Is almost double their losses before Verdun during tho sim ilar period of 1i)Ui, whon severe fighting was going on there. (liuriM-tcr of I-'iglitiiiK, .'- The character of the fighting on tho "Miemin des Dames is totally differ- t from that at Verdun. At Verdun IWas always possible to retiro with- oVgreat disadvantage for a certain 1 Wxce which may be called tho Tuierlng area owing to the na rangt10 ground wllh lis successive Inys. .hills and Interventlng vill as lieiho Chemin des Dames it hould sessary to hold on, for "'"l a fevsldo retiro for more Cl' e adva the other sido gain penintin,. a of the observatories, went a, n th.watch over all that are here, no dcttiy's lines. Thcro ho fields of harRines of trenches, tors, and the txvdre and no shnl ways open to suddef sarles aro al to fight hand to ha"1'8 and have Positions'. ) hold their Tho crest on which I. Dames runs is ihB a jiemln des many parts, over the p,rhlado at tho enemy may not bo ' which peep. Till now the Frencf6rt ,0 ways been able to retain thclV al over the edge and. full of ,,-Jook In themselves, they Intend to jPce ZONE OF BATTLE HAVRE, Sept. fl (correspondence of the Associated Press). Male civ ilians in the llelginn towns of. Uimie mnrek, Ktaden, Klverdinghe, W'mi nteu nnd ' Holders, which recently were evacuated by the Germans, have been forced to work near the Clemnm first line trenches in Helpum, wit li the result that many have been killed by exploding shells, iieeurilin.; to in formation received by the Belgian jroverniucnt. The civilian population of these towns was ordered to g0 to the rail road stations. The women, children nnd old men were packed into the forward cars of the trains, while nil men and boys between l(i and (ill years were placed in the rear cars. When (he trains started the rear cars were uncoupled nnd the occu pants forced to undertake (he haz ardous work near the first lines. In most cases the women nnd chil dren did not know that they were separated from their husbands nnd fathers until 'they arrived at their destinations. The forcible conscription of Belg ian civilians bus become most wide spread in the regions of Courtrai and Menin, where about 2000 men al ready have been compelled to per form military work. until the time comes for advance. a fu,' Colonel II. II. Sargent, U. S. A., formerly a resident of this city, who for the past year has been nn .as sistant to the department quarter master of western department nt San Francisco, Oil., and who during that timd has been chief of the finance and necountiin; division for the Pa cific slope nnd Alaska, has been de tailed professor of military science and tactics at Princeton university and will be plaited at the head of the new military work and instruction at that university, lie expects to leave San Francisco about October 10 for Jlcdford, and lifter a stop here of u c'ouple of days, where Mrs. Sarirent, xvho is now here, will join him, will proceed lo Princeton uni versity. TURKEYS FOR SOLDIERS ON BATTLE FRONT CHICAGO, Oct. S. That Fnlted States soldiers and 'sailors now in service are not to miss their Thanks giving turkey dinner is evidenced by all announcement today that Chicago poultry commission men tomorrow will make bids on- 1,000,000 pounds of the birds that will be required to feed the army at home anil In the Philippines. A consignment of Hil, ooo pounds of turkey is said to be already on tho way to tho soldiers In France. TRTBUXE.. MEnEOED-ORICOOX, -i - - . 1J4 - . ; rrrr- .aIONDAY. . -I 1- OCTOBER fi, 1017 FACIE TITREE WCKXXOOCOOxroSOOXX Theaters and AUroies ooooooooooooooooc MAY BUCKLEY IN EUGENE WALTER'S . POWERFUL AND FASCINATING DRAMA, ."THE KNIFE" we! . v.-..-'" -. .v. . - 1 'X srsi-V Which Comes to Tho l'agc, Tuewbiy Kvcnlng, October Kltli. "OPEN PLACES" AT PAGE TODAY WITH Thrills nplunly are provided for thrill-loving audiences in "Open Places," t he Essanu'y feat tire in which Jack Gardner, the former nui sirrnl" comedy star, is appearing at the I'hjjc today. 1 1 i nj'i ti.tr on a ro mance between n little New Knehind scliuul teacher and a nictnher of ( 1111 ada's celebrated Koyal Mnunted l'o lice, tins picture presents rapid-fire western action from- start to finish. The scenes are laid in the mythical town of Kawhide, Mont., alonjr the Canadian boundary. To this little outpost of civilization comes Mnilie Andrews, a prim Masachusetts miss, "to teach the west its manners." She is attracted by the mountain-like stature and picluresciue manners of Dan Clark, a typical "wild and woolly westerner," and falls in love with him. They are married, ami even before t he honeymoon has u aned, ( 'la rk turns out lo be a. brute. He mis treats iMollie, (lieu flees across (he boundary I o escape a rrest on a VIRGINIA PEARSON f$!& ""K WILLIAM TO 1 LOS AXCll'.LKS, Cnl.. Oct. 8. Out of Nogales, Jfex., ostensibly for n tour of the I'nitcd Slntes, has come in the guise of un humble commission merchant a man so distinguished that the national government has assigned an army major to accompany him tbruoiit his visit here. The man is (ienernl Alvaro Obre iron, former minister of war in the southern republic, who says there is no political significance to his visit. "I am merely here to tour your country, to visit your foremost cities, to pay you a friendly visit," ho de clared. "It is the first time- I have ever been in (he I'nitcd States. Un til now nfl'airs in my own country, both in my private life as a rancher J Itialto lodav and I ouioi-roxv. cliarge of murder. In the year that passes no word is heard from Clark, and Jlollie finally gixes him up us dead. Constable Calhoun of the mounted police enters her life. His kindness anil generosity win her lux'e. They arc planning lo get married, and happiuc-s seems on the horizon for Hie liltlc xvoinau, xxhen Clark again puts in an appearance. One of lliose clcxcr twn-rccl O. Henry stories rounds out a very pleasing hill. General Olnxxgou. nnd during; my niilitnry activities, havo so engrossed my attention Unit I have had no tune to travel." General Obrcgon is accompanied by Major llarvcy V. Miller, U. S. A., iornier instructor in Spanish nt West l'oint nnd personal friend of the Mexican xvarrior. 1 lo expects to bo in this country about txvo months. "If I have any mission whatever in this country," says the general, "it is to extend the bund of friendship on behalf ot my country to 1 nclc Sam: .Mexico desires to the utmost the friendship of the United States." fieneral, Obrcgon slates thai Mex ico will remain unequivocally neutral in the world war. All efforts of Ger many to incite Mexican fecliii .iL'iillist (he I nitcd Slates, he slates, are being squelched by Ciirrau.a. ".Mexico wants. no more fighting," says the warrior-stiitcsnian. "Wcl mood has been a blight on the coun try. We desire now only to establish pence. We want industry to thrive, xve xvant happiness to come to our people, xve xvant our homes to echo again with the merry laughter of children. "I'lesidcnl Carninza is rapidly bringing nboiil the rehabilitation nf (he nation. Our greatest problem now is probably the matter of finances, but in time this need xvill be met. "Villa is no longer a menace; his Turmn. in the PARIS. Oct. R. l.ouls representing Cotcs-du-Nord chamber of dputlc, wa, arrested to- . accused of commerce with the enemy. The warrant was Issued by en examining magistrate. An ofriclnl statement Issued by the chamber of deputies Sept. 17 said thnt an envelope containing 2." nnn francs In Swiss hank bills, had been found In Turmel's locker In .s. 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