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MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, Al'CiUST, 31, 1918
NO. 137
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MOUNT KERIiiEL GAPTUR
HUN RETREAT I m mm hTBi
n iv mo FINEST TROOPS DRIVE RUSSIAN Wi VSM
111 Ln lUL tu
ACCELERATED
Mount Kemmel, Heioht Dominating
Ypres Ridge Reoccupied Mont St.
Quentin Near Peronne Beina Sur
roundedGerman Counter Attacks
Regain Bullecourt and Creek Pro
gress of Americans on Soissons
Plateau Allied Pressure Continue!)
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 31
Mount Kemmel, the height domin
ating virtually all the northern side
of the Lye salient In Flanders, is
again in the bands ot the British
Dispatches to London state that this
famous hill, for which the Germans
paid a terrible price in April and
which was defended to the death by
the allies, has been captured.
There have been no reports, how
ever, of an attack being made on
this hill and it eeems probable that
the Germans retired from it. There
are evidences the enemy's retreat
from the Lys salient Is being acceler
ated, the British having taken the
station of Ballloul, as well as Mount
Lille to the east, and being In posses
sion of the bank of the Laws river
from VJello Chupollo to Lestrem on
the southern side of the salient.
llritMi (tutu n. Mile
In certain vital sectors of this bat
tle area the British have gained from
one to two miles during the last day.
While there Is every evidence that
allied pressure against the German
lines from Soissons to Arras contin
ues, the desperate attempt of the en
emy to cover his retreat seems to
have 'brought about a pause for the
moment. At only two points
southeast of Arras and northwest and
north of Peronne have the allied
forces moved ahead.
In the former sector north of the
Arras-Cambrai rond, the British have
occupied the St. Servins farm, close
to the highway, and have moved into
the village of Eterplgny to the north
east. This village is on the east
bank of the Sensee river and its cap
ture marks the passage of that small
but important waterway at a vital
point.
Forced to Withdraw
Counter attacks delivered In con
siderable force compelled the British
to withdraw from Bullecourt and
llendecourt. Here, however, there is
little to Indicate that the Germans
have decided to make a stand.
' The British official stutement says
that the town of Clery, which is lo
cated on the Sommo to the northwest
of Peronne, has been taken from the
Germans. Advices reaching London
today, however, state that Mont St.
Quentin, a mile and a half north of
Peronne has been captured by the
British. This report would seem to
Indicate that Peronne Is being sur
rounded by the British, Field Mar
shal llalg's men having forced their
way across the Sommo to the south
of Peronne yestorday.
There Is hard fighting going on
north of Soissons, American and
French troops striving to capture the
high plateau that dominates the
Alsne and Ailette valleys and also
endeavoring to force their way far
ther toward Coucy-Le-Chateau, an
Important concentration point be
tween the Olse and tho Ailette. The
Gormans are' fighting hard In this
sector, however, and appear to have
checked the allies fur the time being
AM ST Kill) AM. An. .11. Tel.
pmnf say it lenrns n nt'W sicknc
probably cholera, ha broken out in
Hefgiiim. Thirty young person died
this week in n village near Hiest, 17
miles northeast of Loin am. The Ocr
iiiiiii! nre vigorously trying- tit locul
ie the disease.
TO HALT ALLIES
Center of 80 Mile Battle Line Quiet
but Resistence Increases at Both
EndsFrench and Americans Make
Progress Over Plateau' North of
Soissons Vital Point of Line.
" PA l! IS, An.!.', ill. While the center
of the 8(1 mile Imtlle line was rela
tively quiet, enemy resistance in
creased yesterday nn both Willi's. He
was unable, however, to arrest the
progress of the allies. At the north
ern end General Horne ami General
Byng gained important ground Cor
future operations by Inking- Hullc
court, the most solid position in that
sector. Last night's British official
statement admitted that British trops
hud been forced back to the wotsern
outskirts of Iiullevoiirl.
liattlc Koyal 1 tunes
General Mnngin attacked the
southern end of the line. The region
in which he is fighting forms an el
bow where the line iiiuiiiiy from
Dunkirk to Noyon meets a line run
ning at right uncles across France
to Nancy. This "hinge" position is
exceptionally strong since it is bas
ed north of Soissons on-a high pla
teau overlooking the valley of the
Aisne, to the south, and the Ailette to
the north. There are wooded ranges
of hills in this Saint (lohain country
which dominate Limn and a serious
defeat here woulrl oblige the enemy
to make a precipitate retreat and
force li i in to abandon not only the line
of the Vesle, but the three lines form
ed by the Aisne, the ( hemin des
Dames and the Ailette.
General Lndcndorff in consequence
has thrown in the best divisions he
can muster. These lire Alpine regi
ments, Prussian guards and picked
Bavarian and Saxon units.
General Mnngiti, however, has in
his command some of the finest
American divisions; together with
elite French and colonial troops. The
fighting during the last 4H hours has
equalled in ferocity anything as yet
seen during the war.
Plateau Half Won
Nevertheless the enemy hud to give
way, and the Franco-American
forces have won half the plateau be
tween Soissons and the Coucy-Le-Oiutcau.
The Soissons-Coucv and
the Koissons-Anizy-Le Chateau roads
nre threatened and the Germans are
faced by the danger of the French
getting behind I he Cheinin des Dames
in their rear.
Conservative military operation
here views the situation with great
satisfaction. It is felt the Germans
delayed their retreat too long and
that they are fighting so hard and
sacrificing men to gain time becuuse
the llindcnhiirg line is not vet readv.
WASHINGTON, Aug. .'11.-Hollies
of milk have been siibsliluled for bot
tles of wine in christening- ships at
Portland, Ore., and suggestions hne
been made to Hie shipping board Hint
the substitution be made geiicrul at
all shipyards.
The bottles before being tilled with
milk, neenrding to the I'm timid cus
tom, must be filled willi coin- con
tributed by the workers for French
and Belgium war orphans.
SOLE TO SUCCEED
LONDON, Auk. 31. It Is rumored
In Berlin, according to a dispatch
from Amsterdam to the Central News
Agency, that Chancellor von II' rtlliiit
shortly will retire owing to bin ad
vanced age and will be succeeded by
Dr. W. S. Solf. the iicrman colonial
secretary.
MILES
Entente Army and Czech Troops
Route Enemy on Ussuri Front At
tempt to Assassinate Lenine Only
Wounds Him Americans Leave
Moscow for Petrograd.
VLADIVOSTOK, Monday, Am;. 31.
(fty the Associated Press.) Kn
tente allied forces and Czooho-Slo-vac
troops have attacked the liol
shevik lied Guard on the VsMiri river
fnmtand driven the enemy hack for
a distance of 1.") miles. Prisoners;
-were taken and booty was captured
by the allied forces.
Thirty-eiht wounded French and
Ozecho-Slovak soldiers arrived here
from the I'ssuri fiirhting zone. The
men were transported by the Ameri
can army medical corps which over
came the irreatest obstacles to obtain
sanitary train to move them to Vlad
ivostok. They were turned over to
the eare of the American lied Cross.
lenino Assaulted
LONDON, An. III. Criminal at
tempts have been made on the life of
Lenine, the liolshevik premier, al
Moscow, according to a Russian
wireless message received here today
from the Russian capital under date
of August HO. 'Limine was wounded.
' i "
Americans J.euvo Moscow
WASHINGTON, Am:. 31. Ninety
five Americans, inehulinr nil consu
lar officers eveept Sonsul General
Poole, all the personrx'l of the Y, M.
C. A. and Y. W. C. A.,' representatives
of the American hank and a number
of private citizens left Moscow frfr
Petrojrrad on a special train the ev
eniny of Auust 'J(i. American inter
ests previously had been turned over
to the Swedish consulate.
With the Americans were the Ital
ian militarv mission, a party of "1
persons. This news, transmitted to
day through the Swedish government,
did not eon firm recent reports from
German sources that the last of fthe
entente representatives had left Mos
cow anil itis thoturht here that the
British and French consular officers
probably still are detained.
The Swedish government has vised
the passports of the Americans and
others who had left Moscow or had
been advised to leave Russia and that
permission from the Finnish govern
ment to pass Ihrouiib Finland would
be awaited at Petrograd. This per
mission already has been authorized.
BERLIN STATUTES
IN IL1G POT
AMSTKHPAM, Aug. :il. 'The
bronze statue in licrlin of Freder
ick I, William I. and Frederick III.
are to he thrown into the munitions
melting pot. That of Frederick I.
disappeared today. Three hundred
statues and memorials in Havana in
cluding ."ill in Munich ulotic and u
score nt l.eipsic anil Sarony lire
doomed to the same fate.
VASHINjTOX. Aiis. SI. Plans
for President Wilson's speech mak
ing Tor tho fourth liberty loan ure
i taking shape and It wan said today
his campaign might carry him to the
Pacific coast. The president probably
will make nearly a score of addresses
In many sections of the country, cull
ing on the people to subscribe to the
Litlon's war fund and telling them
what has been done with the money
already provided.
The Itinerary of the trip or trips
has not been prepared and there will
bu no announcement for the present.
tiZXJ TO FEEL FOCH'S PIN
llnig's drive north of the Ancro opens the way for u Mileozlnr move
ment against the ruinous Lys salient, shown on this may, which is ri
limrknhlo for its detail of tJie network of strategic roads and railways
within (be salient. Tho heavy lino is tho battle front heroic Hie llritish
renewed tliclr advance Thursday. The present Imlllo line Is from a mile
to two miles farther oast.
I
62 CREW MISSING;
WASHINGTON', Aug. .11. The
I'nited Stales cargo ship Joseph Cad
ahy was torpedoed at sea about 700
miles from the Knglish coast August
I, mid li'J members of the crew are
reported missing. Thirteen were res
cued. Two submarines made the attack
and two torpedoes struck the ship, the
trisl striking the fuel lank and the
second the engine room. The captain
of Hie Cuduliy reported that he was
taken aboard one of the L-boats and
ipieslioned. (If the missing 11 were
members of tin- naval aimed guard,
only two of whom were reported res
cued. The ship was torpedoed about
1 J ::!(! o'clock at night and iippureully
went down ijiuckl. How many, if
any of the sailors lost their lives in
the explosion, has not been reported,
AN ATLANTIC I'OHT, Aug. .11.
A British freight steamship which ar
rived here today from an Kumpenti
port brought Jli members ot the
American sienmship Joseph Cmlaiiy
which vuis torpedoed and sunk Ang
Use IT when westbound. The sur
vivors said tlwre were li!) men m tile
crew and thai I lie lute of the others
was unknown.
Tin Jo-cpii Cuduhy was a tank -hip
of It, 1102 Ion- gross under command
of Captain ilil grove.
Itev. I. Myron Boozer will begin
his pastorate at the First Presbyter
Ian church tomorrow and will preach
at the forenoon and night services.
Itev. Mr. lloo?.er only recently resign
ed his pustonite of tho Presbyterian
church at Grants Pass.
FOR A RE-TRIAL
CIIICACO, Aug. William I).
Haywood, general secretary treasurer
of the 1. W. W., and 111 of his asso
ciates sentenced yesterday to prison
terms ranging from III days to '2(1
years, and to pay lines aggregating
"2.7.t.",liiitl for con-piracv in interfer
ing with the government's conduct of
the war, will appeal llieir cases,
(icorge I-'. Yniidervecr, chief counsel
for the ib'tcli'iauls, was busy today
preparing In take the cases lo the
higher courts. o anuoiiuecil that
next Tuesday he will apply lo the
Tinted Males cir-uit court of appeals
for a w ril of error.
The I. W. Y., it is s,, id, is collect
ed a dclen-e fund with llic idea of ill
limatciv taking the ease- lo the I'ni
ted Stales supreme court.
William II. Haywood, in n cell at
ill nnly .jail loday. said he intend
ed lo write his nulobioLTnphy ill the
near future. He bus had several of
fers from publishers anil he has de
cided to accept tiieiu. He admitted
he had litlie hope ol gaining his fri
dom cillier by appeal lo the higher
courts or bv pardon.
"If tlii- were a ar verdict tin
might be some hope, but I don't look
on this a- a war verdict," said Ha
wood. ' fear we have not much to
hope tor even when tile war is over.
I figure that if we all were guilty ol
conspiracy we -luaild bae re -ei veil
the siltec sclilciicc. callollt under
stand why some were given major
terms and some short terms, "
(1. H. Sat dwell, division superin
tendent of the Pacific Telegraph and
Telephone company, left last night on
a bu.'lness trip to Portlund.
YANKS GLIMPSE
SPIRES OF LAON
F
E
Heavy Artillery Fire Continues Be
tween Ailette and Aisne Rivers
Americans Overlook Citemin-des-Dames
From Plateau British
Make Progres: on Two Sectors.
PARIS, Aug. 31, 1:10 p. m.-The
positions won by the American forces
north of Soissons. La Liberie points
out, give them a fine view along the
Chemin Des Dames. The Americans
now can see tho lowers of the Laon
cathedral.
On French Trout
PARIS, Aug. 3). Heavy artillery
fire north of Noyon and between the
Atletto and the Alsne rivers is ro
ported In tho official statement is
sued at the war office today.
Tho statement reads:
"During the night there was heavy
artillery fighting In the region of the
canal Du Nord, north of Noyon and
between the Ailette and the Alsno
rivers.
"Oermnn rnlds In the Champagne
were unsuccessful."
WITH TUB riKITiSH FORCHS IN
FRANCIS, Aug. 31. ( By tho Associ
ated Press), llritish successes on tho
Lys salient sector of tho halt lo front
havo caused the Germans to start a
retreat from tho neighborhood ' of
Kommel to opposite Bethuno. The
withdrawal Is progressing rapidly.
LONDON, Aug. 31, 1:10 p. m.
Mount Kemmol, the famous strong
hold southwest of Ypres, which was
the scone of terrific fighting during
tho Gorman offonslve In Flanders
lata In April, has been captured by
tho British, according to advices from
tho front.
Mont St. Quentin, a mllo and a
half north of Peronne, has been taken
by Field Marshul 'llalg's forces.
On Ailette Itlver
French troops mado a small nd
vanco on the Allelic river and in that
neighborhood occupying the southern
outskirts- of tho wood 51)0 yards
southwest of Coucy-Le-Chnteau.
In tho Lys salient the British hold
La Couturo und Lestrem and are
west of Dolllleu at the Nootetioom.
Field Marshal llalg's forces also
have progressed a mllo und a hulf
east of lluilleul. British troops huve
taken .Mom De Lille and Kemmel
11111.
The British troops which captured
Mont. St. Quentin now aro moving In
the direction of Passu, about two
miles northeast of Peronne.
Surrounding Peronne
LONDON, Aug. 31. Gorman
troops have been driven rroin tholr
positions cast of Clary, on the Homme
northwest of I'eronno, and the Brit
ish advance In this locality Is contin
uing, according to tho official state
ment Issued at the war orflce today.
British forces havo entered tho vil
lage of Dranoutre, south of Locro, on
the north side of the Lys salient.
On the south side of the Lys Bai
lout thu ItiitlHli have occupied tho
vitiligo of La Couture, noilheast of
llelhune.
The British have ruptured n strong
point known ns tho ht. Servins arin
und tho village of Ktcrpigny north or
tho Arrns-Camhrai road and jniith
casl of Arrus.
BOSTON, Aug. 31. Tho Boston
American league team clinched Its
lltlo to the league championship to
day by winning from Philadelphia in
thu first game of a doiiblcbcader (
to I, Italli pitching. Should Boston
loso ull Its remaining games and
Cleveland win the rest ot Its games
the lied Sox would si III bo champions.
ROMNEWUN
MAN POWER
BILL SIGNED
BY WILSON
Registration of Men Between 18 and
45 Ordered on September 12
Measure is Practically as Drafted
by Department Work or Fight
Clause Eliminated but Will Be En
forced Under Provisions of Proc
lamationPresident Issues Appeal.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. Presi
dent Wilson today signed the man
power act bringing all men in the
United States from 18 to 45 yeurs of
age within the army draft and im
luediutely nflerward issued u orocla
mution fixing Thursday, September
12 as registration day.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 Septem
ber 12, was sot today by President
Wilson as tho date for registration '
for the army draft of all men In the
United Stntos between the ages of IS
and 45 Inclusive who have not regis
tered or who ure not now In tho
nnvnl or military sorvice.
In a proclamation issued immedi
ately after ho signed the new man
power lillL authorizing .extension of
tho 31-31 draft ages, the. president
called on tho younger and' older men
to onroll on that day with local' draft
boards where thcylmuko their perma
nent homos. ,
"We solemnly purpose a decisive
Victory of arms," said the president.
"and deliberately to devote the tur
gor part of the military man power
of tho nation to tho accomplishment
of that, purpose. It Is the call
to duty to which every true man of
the country will respond with nrldo
and tho consciousness that in doing
so, he Is playing his part In the
vindication of a great cause at whose
summons every true heurt offers its
supreme service."
Registration Details
Tho hours of registration will be '
from 7 a. m. lo 9 p. ni. and all state
and local officials are called on to
make immediate arrangements for
maintenance of registration places
on that day.
All men within the new ages,
whether citizens of the United States
or not, must register, unless they are
diplomatic or consular representa
tives of foreign nations.
In case of Illness on tho registra
tion day, arrangements fur tardy en
rollment may ho made with local
boards and men who expect to 'be
absent from their homes may resis
tor by mult, sufficiently In advance
tlitit lit,, rei'lut rut Inn mci-H rnnnliH
the board by September 12. If a man
has no pormanent residence he Is to
register at tho place he Is on Septem
ber 12 und those out of the country
on that day aro required to enroll
within five days after their return.
l;t,ll(Hl,0() lo Sign
At least thirteen million men will
place themselves subject to call for
wur service under tho new registra
tion, It Is estimated, altho only those
without dependants, In good health
(Continued on Page Six.)
PFOPIE OF ESTHONIA
' STOCKHOLM, Aiiit. :tl. An ofti
ci;il Kth')iiiiin ciiiiru'r liounti tor
I'miK't) )m tmivetl lit-re. Ho sUites
Unit tli (irriiiiins art! suppress. ni tho
l.stlii-iiinn n.itiuniil litV and culture
in i-very wny. NtiviiinTs itru cen
miiviI, he sniil, mill m'IiiioIh arc; closed
or linni; Ot-niiiinird.
r'tmd rctjiiisit inning linn Iuhmi in
tlitulrd juM I he limnl ml ion him boon
Tixoil nt ti (U;ir!cr of n kilunim
daily aii-l tho meat ration tit a tiarf
trr of n -iiloniin wookly. Tho ootir
i r Mated lltufc (oTtnan oppression
n-i tlimitchint; tho national spirit
and inTotisiiii tho passive rosUtuaco.