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MEDFORD, OKEGOX, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER G, 191S
NO. 142
RAP D ALL E
WYE.TOHURR
' I i i
NEATKNOGK- BRITM
niiT- mnu'Q ACROSS SOWIME
UU I . ruun o QH WIDE FRONT
NIL WIM
D RUSH A
Blow Struck Hundred Miles Away
Loosens the Joints on Vesle Front
British Rout Best Hun Divisions
as Result Mo?t Serious Defeat
No Stopping the Great Advance
Heavy Losses From Shell Fire Suf
fered by Germans.
Both in Flanders and in France
And the Vesle Has Been Cleared
Most Important Event in Sector
Germans Destroying Munitions and
Supplies.
HIS ALL HIGHEST
PUTS THE GAG ON
iYWHEN YOU HUNT HUMS
PTiisn US' PUNCH
IN Nil I hT Km v -
111 ULL IIUIIIUII I S I S- IIAI P
a l ii n Li rat
Berlin is Now Unr'er Martial Law
The People Are Getting Restless
Admonished to Keep Very Still
About Events on Western Front
Inconvenient Questions.
FRENCH ARMY IN FKANCK,
Sopt. 6. (Reuters.) There probab
ly never was a neater instance ot a
strategical offensive than the fashion
. in which the Germans along the
Vesle were put to flight by a blow
struck many miles to the west of
them. Had we attempted to force
the line of the Vesle tactically we
should have lost at least 10,000 men
and possibly three times that num
ber. linckhono Broken
By the blow struck on the Soissons
plateau, However, a blow was in any
case inevitable, the Vesle has been
cleared in the operations along the
Allette. At those operations some of
the finest divisions of the German
army have been prevented from hold
ing up the British advance and the
Hlndenburg line thus has been bro
ken by a battle nearly a hundred
miles away from it.
Tlie Iiist ItiilKO v
Altho the German withdrawal is
the most important event in this sec
tor, 'by far the most serious one was
their defeat between Terny-Sorny
and the Allette. It is no wonder
that their troops wero commanded to
resist to the last man, since If they
are unable to hold the neck of the
hill to the south of Vauxaillon they
will have to withdraw thoir entire
garrison from the iynt Rouge pla
teau and fall back to the last ridge.
WITH THE FRISNC 11AU.MY IX
TUB F1KLD, Sept. 5, Thursday, (By
the Associated Press). The Germans
tonight are destroying bridges and
flooding the country between Chauny
and La Fere, which Is an Indication
that they do not expect to remain
much longer in advance o( their old
line which ran from I, a Fere to Ba
rlBls. Today their retreat continued
in daylight east of tho Allette river
and their columns incurred heavy
losses from shell fire.
Face llfiidcnlMll'f: l.ino
Between the Allette and the Aisne,
French troops advanced to a line
from Mnrgival to Qulncy and Chivies,
while to the north they occupied
Coiicy-I-Chaleau and Couey-Lc-Vlllo,
approaching their old lino of
1917 around the edge of the hilly
region of St. Gobain. There they
LOXDO.C. Sept. 6
east of the river Somme to the south
of Peronue, the British have captured
the villages of St. Christ-Brlest and
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 5. Berlin
and the province of Brandenburg
Advancing i have been placed under "the law re
lating to a state of siege which pro
vides for a fine or imprisonment for
persons inventing or circulating un
Le Mesnil-Bruntel, Field Marshal truo rumors calculated to disquiet
Ilalg reported in his official state
ment today. A number of prisoners
were taken by the advancing troops.
On tho Flanders front the British
tho populace" according to tho Co
logne Yolks Zeltung.
Traitorous CJossip
A notice accompanying the decreo,
are established in portions of the old I which Is signed .by General von Lin-
Gorman front line east of Xcuve Cha- slngen ot the Brandenburg province
pelle and In the old British line in calls attention to the circulation of
the Fauqulssart sector.
Take Town of IIussii
The British also' have advanced
frivolous and sometimes malevolent
.traitorous gossip, exaggerating the
transitory successes of the enemy and
northwest of Armenticres. North of .casting doubt upon Germany's power
Peronne British forces are in posses-1 for an economic resistance and de
slon of tho town of Bussu and are I predating the wonderful achieve
ments of her troops, who it declares
are victoriously withstanding the en
emy. A Word to tho WIm
General von Linslngen expresses
In the immediate vicinity of Tem-pleux-La-Fosse,
Xurlu and Equan
court. Southeast of Poronno tho British
have reached Alhies' and Mcns-Iinr
Chaussee. They havo captured the i tho hope that this admonition will'
villngo of Doingt. r suffice and that it will not be neccB-
sary to. enforce the decree. The
St ill Pursuing
LONDON, Sept. 6. British troops
today captured Xeuve Chapelle and
Bussy.
Field Marshal llaig's forces crossed
tho Canal Du Xord on the whole front
except from Ilavrincourt north to the
Scarpe.
Between the Somme and the Oise
French troops have captured the
Mock of 111 1 Is known as the Outre
court Musslf, which Is within throe
miles of Chauny.
French at St. (ioliiiln
The French have secured a good
hold on tho northern bank of the
Alletto and on tho terrain between
that river and the Oise. They arc
approaching if they are not actually
on tho llindenburg line atSt. Goblan
Itself.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IX
FRAXCE, Sept. 0. (I)y Associated
Press, noon.) The Australian troops
Volka Zoltung adds that similar de
crees have been issued in Breslau and
other cities, add operative immediately.
(Continued on Page Eight.)
INE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6. The
navy department was informed today
that the American steamer Lake
Owens had been sunk by a submar
ine. Five members of the civilian
crew are reported lost.
The steamer, an army cargo car
rier of 2308 tons, was sent down by
gunfire in foreign waters September
3. All members of the naval guard
were saved and only one, Chief Boat
swain's .Male H. W. Lincoln, is re
ported slightly Injured. Kxcept lor
the five missing, all members or the
crew have been landed. Six are ser
iously wounded.
Can't I lido (iricf
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 5 Apparent
ly It has not been possible to hide
from the Germnn people tire bitter
disappointment among tho German
military authorities over the evacua
tion of Kemmcl, ono of the strategic
strongholds southwest of Yprea. The
Kokal Anzelger's military correspon
dent says the evacuation was effected
"with a heavy heart."
Can't I'lKlerstnnd
More outspoken is Koostor, mili
tary writer in tho Berlin Vorwaerts,
who is completely at a loss to under
stand why "the proud Kemmel bas
tion" was surrendered. He conclud
ed that tho fact tht two American
divisions had been seen on that part
of the front indicates some enemy
He
v rY
iT " If.
Telling Progress Along Whole Line
French Face Hindenburg Position
Old Line Outflanked North Aisnc
Lille, the Great Flanders Manu
facturing Center Threatened.
Hero's Sccreturyof War Baker's . reached .loTro at field hendquartorn,
personal picture of General Foch, j his only repij w;u, "Tres bleu' ivory
commander In chief of tho allied ur-jwell). When tho Gurinuns reuihed
mles. It was drawn by Major E.'jthe west bank of tho Mamo, .loffro
Requln, Marshal .loffro's chief of , issued bis famous command ot tho
staff at the beginning C. the war, and , day. Major Requln took the dlcta-
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sept. 6.
Continuing their pressure along
the front from Rhelms to Ypres, the
allied forces aro pushing 'back the
Germans on virtually this entire 150
mile line.
Tolling progress has been mado In
particular by the French and Amer
icans along the southern part of the
front. The Fronch are before the
old Hlndenburg positions along a
considerable stretch in this sector,
where they are closing In upon the
bastion of St. Gobain, the keystone of
the German defensive system in the
west.
Rapid Allied Hush
Farther north the enemy armlos
are still in retreat beforo the Fronch
and British, who are capturing town
after town as they mnlte rapid strides
toward the Hue from which tho Ger
mans attacked In (heir offensive of
last March. Ham is almost within
Americans Push Hard After the Huns
Fleeing Before Gothering Storm '
The Boches Backbone is Broken
Pursuit is Conducted in Autos, so
Rapid the Flight of Frightened
Fritzies Airdromes Housing the
Paris Raiders Destroyed.
now military attache of tho French
mission to Washington.
Major Requln was with Joffre at
the time of von Gluck's drive to
Paris and tho French retreat to tho
tion to this order:
"Tho Germans havo gono aB far
as they will. Paris la at our back.
They shall not pass. Tho least France
expects of each of her sons Is to die
Marne. As reports of tho retreat where be stands."
havo crossed the River Somme on a coup that had boon planned had been
wldo front to the south of Peronne. cleverly frustrated without casual-
British troops have captured the ; "es.
towns of St. Christ. Brio, Lo .Mesnll,
Doingt and Alhies, and are now ad
vancing to t lie east of both places.
Going While it's Good
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IX
FRAXCE, Sept. 6. I My Assoclateu
Press.) The Germans launched
threo counter uttaeks against Hill till
In tho Lys salient. Two' were re
pulsed anil once Hie British fell hack
to the north of the hill for a moment,
Farther north the British have reach-
LEADER 0F1.W.W.,
IS IN THE TOILS
PERSHING REPORTS
AMERICANS ADVANCE
PLENTY AIR" PLANES
CHICAGO, Sept. (. Julin W. WASHINGTON, S.-pl. (i. - (icncml
"Shorty" Wil.-nn, u leader of the I. W. j IVr-lim;;' eonipnmiiiiie for Thursday
W., tinil Mrs. Minnie W.viminn, sister j tells nl' the eontmcd advance of the
of William I). Haywood, eonvieled ! Amerienns and French norlh of Ihe
leader of the I. W. V were taken into
(Continued on Pago Eight.)
THE REGISTRANT'S
E
Inconvenient yuoMions
AMb'iti..L)AM, Thufsuay, Sept. &.
bfl'uus 10 counteract the incuiiveii-
lent fiuent. ous tho U or man people mo
beginning to &ck, are now being
nmao in Germany but with reauiti
thus tur wli.cn bcarteiy cua be buiU
to lieurien tnu puouc.
Uoporuio Sitiiution
Count von i'otmuowKi-Vchner,
former chancellor, Wednesday point
ed out tii iU it la now a matter ot vic
tory or political and economic de
struction lor the lalherlaud. Ho ex
horted the people, cspo dully the
women to have faith.
lie urged that from the legislative
tribunal, the pulpit and the profeu
bioual chair tuere should liow an un
ceasing titieam oi warm and patriotic
Impulse.
The lierlin Vorwaerts complaint
that tht people are not laid the truth t li -li nil lniiMinr W
wiilrh It nay a 1b the caiinc for all ru- nmi' for tin- trim t
morn tvi afloat,
WASHINGTON', Sept. 6. Becaune
many men of the new druft ages are
expected to refuse to rlaim exemption
for military pervlce, regardless of the
need for them at home, the provost
marshal sener;.!' office loday fi"K
gested that employes or InterKted
dendents ?hould not fall to file for
mal claims fn Mich cases.
The questionnaire leaves the ex
emption claim open 1o ho filed by
Others tlinn the reentrant himself.
AtncrlcaiK IhTornlril
WITH TlfK JiltlTlSlI . KM IKS IN
I-'HANCK, Hepl. fi. --Illy Associated
I'rcHW), ve Americans have been
decorated with HrltlMi honors for
tonvpi(uou Kall;4itry on the llrltifh
front. They are:
l.lrut. Allau KtaiK Ik Hoiinulio of
San KranriiMO, ami l.ti'iift nant (Mcnn
Miivey Haiisiim of (irand Itapids,
-Mir-h ; ('orpiiral John .lohtiHton and
I'rivate La wren re Harlly Collter and
private Kobert Hurley Hall.
custody in a raid mink on u vet side
house.
Meiititiciitlon INiiivc
Miduicl I'. Snlliviin, ns-i-liinl
stale's iillorne - lodnv derdjired Unit
Juhu W. Wil-on, nrresteil Int niyltl
had been unilivelv iilnit it'icd us hav
ing been iuiiii-nlel in I lie i!;inliiii: o
tbe hiuiib in the Cliicit'jn IVdrr.-tl ImiM
in'.. The cM'losiui) of Ihr ln'inb killed
four pep-nn. and resiild-d in serious
injury l a s'orc other-. YiIui
is believed jit one time lo lnive lit-en
private seeretury to Willinni I', llnv
wood, Lieneiiil se'Tcturv tretisiirer.
Mr. Sullivan said Wil-nn bud bciu
idenlilied by four mpmhis us (he innn
seen runnirm away from tbe Adutn
htri-et ciitrunri to tbe fetlerd lviii ltin-r
shortly betor the bomb exploded.
I. V. W, llMklll'MT
l)eteetive. !aid Vi!-oti inhnitted lie
was employed aw n bookkeeper by the
I. W. . and Ibift lie hud lu-r-n in the
lne--diiy to jir-
ot lluyuond to
the office of the feileral pro-e.'utol'
in order that Haywood milit Mtlcud
to -ome prnule Im.iiies aftaiis.
He denied any connection with Ihc
explosion.
WITH Till-; ISKITISII A KM IKS IN
HiAS' K. Sept. o.--(li Hie A-'-eiated
I're -O Ahum the u hole Iroiit
f roni it - -'nitlmi n et i emity to t be
j Kapiininc ( 'unihrui road the lire of
thi cthmm hi; aun -.iwnidhii'..
VUi- indi-ates that tin- foTiin'ii-. uie
making -.tn nuous eltort- to yet their
artillery behind the I iinderihiirr' di'-Vne-..
Vesle. Tbe dispaleh follows;
"I le.yibpini'terH Amencun expedi
lioiuirv forces, Sept.
"Section A. Our troops, continu
ing (beir advance in co-operation with
the Krencb, have crossed the plutcmi
'norlh of the Ye-,le mid have reached
the eicl of tbe slopes leailin to the
valley of the Ai-ne, There is notli
irt" of iinporiiuiee to report troni the
nliier r-eetors occupied bv our troops,"
Sufficient AirplaneN
WASIHNHTMN, Sept. li.-('onfi-l
d'-nliiil mc-isUL'es from Henerul Per-!
shiiiu uud other n porls from Krance
indicate that the Antenean army How
is supplied wit h nl'l icicnl airilanc.
n kiinN (o protect il- men in but
tle, fo-ncml March, chief of bluff,
jave this iiiformatinii to members of
tbe hoii-.e iniliiiirv eomtuitlee today
;il their wcekli conl'erenec at the war
dejiaitnicnl,
Traiisporlatfon I'effe IckI
Trunportnl ion of the L'nited
St nles t roop in Krance has been
h in lily organized by Colonid Samuel
K. Kelion. who h;m returned home and
ivported Ihiil the ituution is eniiu
ent ly Mil i-.!'u'tory, ( lenernl Mareli
lotd the emiHiMltee.
loualy threatened. The Americans
have moved up along tho Alsne lino,
reaching tho ground immediately
south of the river.
1 1 ii us Need n Host
The Germans north of tho stream
appeared inclined to halt temporarily
but there seems to be no question
that they will speedily be forced to
resume their rear guard march and
not halt It ngalu until their old line
at tho Chomin Des Dames is reached.
Old Mne Outflanked
Through tho continued French
progross on tho Gorman right flank
north of tho Aisno, however, even tho
Chemln Des Dames line seems vir
tually outflanked and the retirement
may not stop short of the Allette.
irt-lhiK f'mnlirla
Tho campaign for Cambral has
hulled as far as the push on tho
direct lines for tho city is concerned
but 'the advances which tho Angln-
Krench forces aro making Houthwurd
along tho lino aro calculated to work
notably toward tho succoss of th
main drive. The Somme and the
Canal Du '.Yord water harriers havo
been passed In this sector and the
German stand hack of tho canal In
tho north may be rendered futile.
Mile Threatened
On tho Klanders front tho llrflish
pressure seems likely to drive the
Germans farther than they apparent
ly had Intended going in thoir retire
ment. Field Marshal llaig's troops
are pressing in upon Armeutle
Doth from tho north and south and
their thrust seems likely soon to lie
considered as threatening Ulle, tho
great mfinufuet nrlng center of nor
thern Franco, southwest of Armen
Geres. In this seetrfr tho llrlllah are
moving east from Xeuve Chapelle
and havo pushed at several points
beyond tho old German Hue.
WITH THE AMIOIUCAN FORCES
03 THE A1SNE FRONT, Thursday,
Sopt. 5. (By Associated Press). Ia
their endeavor to keep up with tho (
Gormans who are retreating beyond.
tho river Alsne, the Americans have
organized automobile machine gun
detachments with three men to each ..
car. More than thirty cara were op
erating north of the Vesle river early
today.
Automobllo Trip
Aa not much Gorman infantry had
beon sighted, the aiitomdbllo 'ma
chine gunners wore uncertain Just ..
where their advance mlgt lead them.
Tho outfit had supplies of food and
the allied grasp and Chauny Is sei-j equipment to enable them to keep
aftor the Germans for days.
Sceno of llcsolntion
As tho Americana pressed forward
it was a different sight than that
which had greeted them In their ad
vanco from tho Marno to the Vesle.
From tho Vcslo northward over the
plateau tho Germans had cleaned up
virtually everything, tuktng with"
them all of vnluo or of uKe and wero
burning that which they could not
move forward or which might be of
ubo to tho French and Jimerlcans.
Ilotwoen tho Murne and the Vesle tho
Germans had left groat stores ot sup
plies and ammunition.
I toads Quickly Repaired
The roads on the plateau north of
tho Veslo were In fairly good condi
tion, nltho In some places over ra
vines the Germans had endeavored
to destroy small bridges. Engincora
quickly repaired tho roads and Amor-
leans on foot and on horseback and
inulo teams, automobllo trucks and
motorcycles went ahead along grain
fields overrun with weeds and passed
villages with houses shot to pieces,
hut now li ore encountered anything ot
military value. .
Paris llomhlng 1'lunt
Tho pluleau for every few mlloa
was dotted with frames of German
airdromes from somo of which tho
Americans sky tho German raiders
who bombed Puris ovidently operat
ed. Three or four of these frames
stand In aviation fields at a score ot
places. Tho American officers be
lieve that this plateau must hav
(Continued on Page Eight.)
. WaMhlH Gas Shell
WIT I f TIIK PUTISII A KM IKS IN
KUAN" K. Sept. Ii. I'.v tin- A n
"jatcd Pie--.) The Itnlih have cup-tur'-il
more po-l nroioid Hnvnneourl
v ond.
' In many places north of the Sendee
river the Germans arc firing tlmus-sand-
of ji)i -dielU indiscriminately.
TODAY'S BASEBALL:
CUBS EVEN SCORE
(OMISKKY PARK, CHICAGO.
S'pl, II.- The Chienvo National ev
ened up the world serie- lodnv by
dcleatlllL (he Po-tnli Amerii fill' It to
I. Tyler's pitehtnir ua- largely ie-pn?i-ib!c
tor the result, bu! on sev
eral occa-inns he was rescued I rout
thrciiteninti Mtui-linn by line field-
lll'j! I til-ll. who pitched for Itn-lou,
w as miMeody, Score :
po-ton o o o n n ft 0 o 11
t bicit'-o ft ;t n ft ft o ft s :i
FOUR WINGED BY
WITH THE AMERICAN' ARMY IN
I.OItliAIM:, Sept. 0. IU.T Associat
ed Press). American aviators in a
buttle with Herman airmen near
I'onl-A-Moiisfum today routed the en.
emy. One enemy maehltie Is hollovcd
to havo been driven down,
W ITH TIIK AMKIUCAM ARMY IN
I'UAM i:, Wednesday, Sept. . (l)y
the Anso(liited 1'rensl. Ten florman
airplanes nttacked a croup of Amer
ican pursuit planes litis morning And
after a Jirlnf flulit one Knkkor was
hrouuht down hy Lieutenant Siroso.
An American machine went down
behind (lie Cermnn lines apparently
illnler control.