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bat and withdrawn when exhausted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.
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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.
''"linn, i.ater a news dispatch from
Paris stated that M. Turmel refused
to explain how he came Into pose
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locality nnd in time he xvill be run
down. Perhaps the thing that we
xvant most now is the friendship of
Hie I'nitcd States; we are neighbor
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of brotherhood should bo strong be
Ixveen us."
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