Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 07, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextUniversity ef Oregon X Library x WEATIIER Maximum Yesterday, SO; Minimum Today, -J7.o. FORECAST: Tonight and Tomorrow: Increasi ng Cloudiness and Cooler. Medford Mail Tribune Forty-lghth Tear. Daily Thirteenth Tear. MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, SI0PTEMI5KR 7, 1918 NO, 113 ALLIE retreat of fleeing huns SPEEDED UP British, French and American Armies Gain Important New Ground From Ypres to the Aisne-St. Gobain For est Attacked Allies Within Nine Miles of St. Quentin Germans Re sist Desperately but Are Falling Back Everywhere. 8 GAIN ALL ALONG 100 MILE PROMT MANGIN'S ARMY 80CHE MORALE RED SOX WIN 20,000 YANKS AMERICAN LINE FRFNRH WIN FORCING HINGE BEGINSTO GRACK THIRD GAME BY SUSTAIN MINOR ALONG THE AISNE a CCD M flC UIIM CDflMT IIMItfD IWAT COME IK 9 Tf1 DATTI C lAnilMne DllCUCn AUCAfl LH ILIIL 111 ui nun i nun i umuli. uliuii uuuilui-liui umiillvvuuiiuo ruoiiLU hiilhu , , - KYTIIE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sept. 7. Accelerating the flight of the retreating Germans the British, French and American armies gained important new ground last night and today alono- the entire front from the Aisne to the west of C'amhrai. , In the northern part of the front the British have pushed forward on a front of more than 15 miles. They have driven in hard on the left flank of the Cicrmnn line protecting Cam brai along the canal Du Xord, occu pying the greater portion of llavrin court wood and capturing several ad ditional towns to the southward. French Gain J-argo South of the Soiume the French nre reported to huve effected a gain to an average of two miles on a 120 mile front. They took the important town of Tcrgnicr, only two and a half miles from the Iliudctihiir"- line at La Fere, and swept over- several towns northward toward the British front in their progress. It was heyond the Disc, however, that French forces made their most important gains. General Mangin's , army has a dilticult task before it here, where the Germans are estab lished in the extensive forest of St. (iDlxiiii, the key poine of their defen sive system. The French have al ready pushed through the outlying forest of Coney, however, and by tak ing Barisis have begun to pros in on the St. Gohuiii massif itself. Ill the Xoyon sector the French now hold the important junction point at Ham and the further retreat of the Germans on the old Ilindenhiirg lins between l.a Fere and St. Quentin is anticipated. Attacking laion At points along this front the French apparently have reached ground beyond the British defensive line. The statement from l'aris shows tin m on the edges of the upper forest of Coney, also a part of the St. Go bain bastion defending l.non, and they are unofficially rcnorlcd to have 1ushed into a big stretch of entirely new ground in this area. The Ger mans are desperately resisting here. On the Aisne the French have taken the Conde fort anil Conde Stir Aisne. whence their movement Ihjculcns the Germans who are still clinging to the river to the east alon-r the front held b" the Americans. Thus it seems that there can be hardly more than a momentary halt hv the enemy here, ami the reports from the American front indicate that the allied lines alreadv are moving Franco-American Forces Displace 30 Miles of German Positions, Remov ing it at One Extremity 10 Miles Massil of St. Gobain Key of Kai ser's Defenses, Capture is Disaster (Continued on Page Six.) ON MATHER FIELD MATHER FIELD, SACRAMENTO, Sept. 7. Two men were killed today in a collision of airplanes near the field. William G. Wil-on, a cadet, was killed instantly. His home was In Berkeley, Calif. James E. Wil-on, I'uehlo, Col., also a cadet, died from injuries sulTcri'd in a tall. The airplanes collided nt nn alti tude nt :i,.-nil feet, it was announced. The collision occurred at Wul-h station j'it south of the ticld. A civilian who ilnc-ed the collision, said the tno airplanes collided al most bead on. The cadets were not related. AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS IX FRANCE, Sept. 7 (Reuters) The outstanding event of the week on the American front has been the passage of the Vesle and the carrying of 'he line forward to the borders ni the Aisne. Already by sheer strategy Mangin's army has displaced some lit) miles of the enemy's front and is removing it at one extremity almost a third of that distance northward. That the Germans know they have to fear an even more complete stra tegical disturbance at its hands is dramatically proved by the deal with which they tried to bar the path. Those dead lying at Jagigny plateau were not sacrificed in any reckless spirit; they were devoted to an at tempt to frustrate the "reatest dan ger that now threatens the German line in France. French on Plateau The French have possessed them selves of the plateau northward of Landi-icourt on one side of the Ail ettc and have reached the ravine at "ivaillon on the other, while farther north they arc on the borders of the forest of Coney, close to Fresnes, Seeing that they have thus pene trated the line which one had almost grown to renrd as a German Iron tier, it is no wonder the encniv is sac rificing men, guns and morale in a desperate effort to gain breathing time for some fresh allotment of their reserves, since hereabouts the massif of St. Gohaiu between l.a Fere and I.aon is the essential hinc-e of the line, hum lunge iirokcn more ilisas ter would happen to them than from the fracture of anv other part of the line. To Avert Calamity In the efforts to avert such a cal amity the Germans have brought one division by road from Met, ami an other from Rltcims, sending Ibem al most starving into the battle. Hut the defense of St. Gnhuill means much more than the defeat of Mangin's army, for Laon and St. Quentin are the flanges of the binge whose nin is at f,n Fere and one point is as essen tial to its security as another of tin1 three. Hat for the American lur-r interest is in the southernmost of the three, since should it give wav they will have bad a iao-t creditable ham! in the business. And after General Mangin's telling successes all ccs will naturally la- riveted on the two armies which arc closing r- one of tlicm fri.m the west, the other from the -otiih. n the posj. lions by which l.aoii is still so formid ably defended To look tor speedy ictory here would seem too wild an expectation, but then who a month ago could even have e. ted the ad vance already made. 16,500 SLACKERS Demoralization of German Population and Widespread and Growing Dis satisfaction in German Army Re portedPeople Despondent and Army Mutinous. NEW YORK, Scot. 7. More than 1, "it'll men were inducted into militnrv serviee and 1'i.luill others were ad judged scnou-ly dclinipii'iit as a re sult of the slacker roundup in New York and northern New ,lcr-ey early this week, Charles '. DeW I.v, duel agent of the department of justice, announced today. FRUIT SHIP SUNK IN COLLISION. JERSEY COAST NEW YOUK, S.pl. 7. The tuilcd Fruit company ship Aliniraulc, cur r intr piisseiigi-rs, was sank today oft the New Jersey const iii u collision with n government vess,., The p-. sengers were all reported lo have been rescued. LONDON, Sept. 7. Demoralization of the German population and wide spread and growing dissatisfaction in the German army, accompanied by mutiny and desertions, nre describ ed in a dispatch to the Daily Tele graph from its Rotterdam corres pondent. The correspondent says that information reaching him is so sensational lis to inspire skepticism but declares that he has received cor roboration from autborative sources which establish the authenticity of the information. He nsserts that the German army is filled with despondency and seeth ing with mutinous spirit and that alarming outbreaks have occurred in several units, principally Bavarian and Silesian troops. One incident of the Aris front terminated in a whole Bavarian division being disarmed and transported to Bavaria where it was placed in a prison camp and the mil tiny of one of the Silesian regiments resulted in nearly a hundred of its men being executed. , , A huge number of desertions are occurring ,tbc correspondent savs. and it is estimated that there are more than 'Jll.llllll deserters in Berlin alone. Large numbers arc scattered throughout the country. Disobedience and defiance of offi cers is common at the front, accord ing to the correspondent's informa tion, and a similar spirit is shown in the munition factories, where the workers ure deliberately slowing up. Ultimo Holff liureau LONDON, Sept. 0. (By the Brit ish wireless service). The German official news agency, the Wolff Bur eau, Is blumcd by tho Cologne Ga zette for the munner in which the German people have taken the de feat of tho Teutonic forces to heart. The Gazette complains that the Wolif bureau's offieiui reports instead oi allowing the facts to speak for them selves, aroused the impression, Willi their description of great German successes, thut Germany's enemies never would be able to recover from the terrific blows being dealt them, that they weie exhausted and that it needed only one supreme exertion to accomplish their utter defeat. Harvest Also Ovor-c-silimitol The paper recalls as a further ovll how the harvest was uvcr-e-illniutetl in the first years of the war, how German hopes were dashed on prom iced supplies from Russia and the L'kraine und on the L:-uoal wur, and how Inventions of all sorts were trumpeted forth." Tho Gazette quotes from a Woirt bureau dispatch of April Hi, whlcn spoke of lae enormous supplies ol clothing captured In Uiihs.u, Italy and northern Francs, and which rep resented the booty in rubiicr and coppor as sufficient to cover tho Ger man arniy'u requirements for a year. Xo Wonder Disappointed "It is not to be wondered," the newspaper says, "that there would be disappointment and mistrust when afterwaid we are asked to part with our clothes and duor handles to cuver urgent needs. Even tho thickest thread of patience will get worn out by such methods of reporting." The Gazette, admitting that the German people's morale "bus bce.i taken by HUiprhe," deplores tbe fact that "the internal front has been dented." Boston Americans Defeat Chicago Na 1 tionals, Making Two Out of First Three Games Played Cubs Baf fled by May's Slow Ball Vauyh Pitches Ajrtight Ball. COMISKKY PARK. CHICAG. Sept. 7. Mays slow uall baffled the Cubs today In the third round of the world's scries and Boston took the lead again by a count of 2 to 1. The Boston twirler kept the Cutis' blows scattered and Impregnable de fense on the part of his team mates baffled the locals' attack. Vaughn pitched airtight ball except In the fourth Inning when he hit Whlleman, Mclnnls singled and Schnng's safe hit sent his team mates across. Pick's scratch douhlo and Killefer's single scored the lone Cub tally. The first crowd of real world ser ies magniture attended the game this afternoon. Revival of interest was attributed partly to the Cub victory yesterday, and partly to tho perfect weather. Kstimutes placed the size of the crowd at more than 33,000. Score by Innings: Boston Americans. R. II. K. 0 0 0 2 C 0 0 J 0 2 7 0 Chicago 'Nationals. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 I . 7 1 Two-bayo lilts, Mann, Pick. Stolen liases, Whlteinan, Schung, Pick. Sac rifice hit, ilollocher. Double plays, llollocber to Morklc; Vaughn to Alerkle. Ieft on liases, Americans Ti; Nationals 8. First baso on errors Americans one. Base on balls off .Mays 1; Vaughn . Hit by Pitcher by Vaughn, Whlteinan. Struck out by Mays, 4; Vaughn 7. Passed balls. Schang. Time 1:57. Umpires: Klein at plate, Owens at first; O'Dny at second; lllldebrand at third. General Pershing Sends Report of Minor Casualties German Retro prade Movement a General Retreat Upon a 100-Milc Front Says Gen eral March. ALLIES 10 HOLD WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 Bolshe vik authorities In Moscow have been warned by the allied powers thru the ministers of Holland, Denmark, Switzerland and Norway that they will bo held personally responsible for tho safely of allied consular offi cers and missions now Attained in Russia. Reports from Pclrograd received today thru Stockholm, say the Maxi malist papers are openly advising Hie murder of French and English nationals In I'eirograd. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 7. The In struments of ratification of the Russo-Gcrman supplementary treaty were exchanged yesterday by Russian and German representatives, accord ing to an otflclal dispatch from Mer lin. WASHINGTON'. Sept. 7. Charac terizing the German retrograde movement as a "general retreat" on a hundred mile front from Arras to noar Rhelms, General March In his weekly statement today pointed out that the German lines now are sixty miles from the French capital at their nearest point as compared with forty miles as late as July 15. Reports to tho department, Gen eral March said, show thut.. the Franco-Americans hud reached the Aisno on a ten-mile front last night while tho French and American troopB farther north were within ten miles of St. Quentin. 20,0(1(1 Minor Ca.siuiKles General Pershing has sent to the department a report of minor casual ties. They total 20,000, most or them being men who were so slightly wounded that they wore roturnod to the ranks within a few days. . General March disclosed that (len- ornl Pershing will forward by cour- lor, twice a week lists of all wounded. Tho complete list will bo made public from Washington and casualty re ports cabled from American hoad quurters will include Only duad and missing. Complete data In each case will bo included In tho list of wounded, so that relatives, muy be advised fully. Tho chief of staff said Czecho slovaks, Cossacks and Japanese forces had cleared the trans-Siber ian railway from Vladivostok to the river Volga. Amortrun troops In Italy still arc in reserved sectors and have ' not taken part In any activities. Americans Withdrawn Organization of the first American fiold army In France is progressing so rapidly, General March told inein bers of the senate military committee today, that nearly 115 per cent of the American troops brigaded with the British and French have been with drawn und uro being assembled at a point ho did not designate. Between 110,000 and 100,000 arc thus brigud cd. This accounts for the small num ber of Americans engaged ill the present- forward movement of the allies. Tho situation on tho western rront, General March said, Is more satisfac tory this morning than- It has been In months. Good progress Is being made, be said, und tho outlook is bright. At no point along the front where the present battle Is raging are the allies more than 12 miles from the llladenbiiig line while un the up per part this line has been pierced by the British troops. SPANISH WAR VETERANS MUST REGISTER THURSDAY WASHINGTON". Sepi. 7.- Vcleran- of ihe Spanish tuir within the new Iralt age limits will be required to register on September 12. Provost Mar-hal General Crouder ha- an nounced that there is no justification for ii prevalent impression to the cmitrarv. OE FINLANDIPUT AT '0 4- PARM, S pt. 7. I I lavas l-- A treaty of alliance has been concluded between Germany ami Finland, under which the f entire man power of Finland Is put at Germany's disposal, ur- cordliiK to a dispatch to the Matin from Copenhagen. 4 t IS LINE DEAD? E STOCKHOLM, Sept. Contrary lo rojiortN received from ff filial (l Mievlk Bourccii, travelers who hfive arrived at Haparunda, Sweden, from Momow, uKfiert thut Premier l.enlnt In dead. STOCKHOLM, Friday, Spl. . American reftiKeoft from Mnm-ow who HrrlvtMl al Hujuirundu, Sweden, Thurfdny, hh lhat whflu th( ctoiui raKOd In Monro mid i'oiroxrad aftalDHt JImj Hntir'oHu I ho HolnhuvUi neWKpapern demanded thn liven of ono thousand mmhprn of th Monr K'?osl for every Bolshevik! killed. The Holfholk nnwHpnpern openly rhnrgf tho Itriilnh and Fro urn with attack upon Premier Lenin" and Mows I'rlrrky. Big Guns at Work Tearing Gaps in German Left Flank West of Rheims Trying to Exact as Large Toll as Possible In Retreat New Forces Brought Up. Enemy Entrenched. HEW V E WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OX THE ASXE, Sept. 7. (By the Asso ciated Press, noon.) The Germans fell back a short distance early todav before the pressure of the French nnd Americans to the cast of Rcvillon at nhoiit the center of the line between Conde nnd Rheims. From the hills northwest of Roman, Iiotween Rovillon and Moiiigny, American troops brought in 40 nriH oners this morliiiifr. The French nnd Anierienns were cngiifrcd in rectifying their lines fae ine; the Germans along the Aisne canal. Touring Holes In Mncmy WITH THIS AMKRICAN ARMY ON THIS AISNIO FRONT, Sept. 7. (morning). (By Associated Press.) Additional forces and supplies wore brought up by both tho Americans and tha French during Inst night and early today tho Franco-American lino was again advanced. Tho allied artillery of both heavy and small calibers Is bolng used to tear holes In tho enemy linos. . The now forces wore brought up along tho Aisne to tho wost of Klsmns whero tho Germans are ontrenched along tho canal parallel to the river. Tho big guns behind tho -Franco-American lino wcro sot In play upon formations far to tho rear, whllo all the cross roatls were subjoctcd to, a punishing flro. Determined lteslstanco WITH THIS AMKRICAN ARMY ON TUB AISNIi, Sept. 7. Morning. (By Associated Press). Tho Franco Anierican line continued to close slowly but with unerring certainty about the German left flank that had clung to tho sector to tho west of Rheims. Particularly determined re sistance was displayed by tho enemy remaining nt tho point in tho angle made by the lino swinging upward toward tho Aisne. Tho Germans useil their artillery lato on Friday with all possible vigor and their machine gun crows defended the retreating army point by point. Nevertheless the lines of both the French and the Americans wero advanced early to day. Bound for tho Aisno Reports brought Into headtpiarters Indlcato that the German divisions in Ibis sector uro as rcrliilnly bound for the Aisno as those already across lhat river far to the west, but that they are determined to exact as large a price as possible before yielding the territory. Tho German artillery wub active along tho river front, throwing nn enormous volume or high explosive, idirupnel and gas shells Into our Hues. Heavy (Jims Active WITH TIIK AMKRICAN TROOPS I.M FKANCI-:, Friday, Sept. (I (By Associated Press). The artillery fire on the American sector In the U'onvro region was heavier today than It had been for two weeks. In the Vo.'ges. however, the firing actlv. (Continued on Pugo Six.) U-BOAT DISGUISED AS FISHING CRAFT AN ATLANTIC POUT, Sept. 7 Two German submarines dlhguhcd ns fl.-hing craft, and carrying sails. nre operating a few hundred mlles off the Atlantic const, according lo Information transmitted to tho naval authorities by the officers of British and French steamships arriving here today. Tergnier Occupied as Foch's Troops Advance from 2 to 4 Miles on 20 Mile Front Ham Lett to Rear British Progress on Entire Battle line. Particularly In Flanders and Northeast of Peronne Halg's Forces Cross Nue!a-Fins Road. LONDON, Sept. (1. 1 p. m Terg nier, three miles west of La Fere, hns been captured hv French troops. Tho French have advanced on a 20-milo front to nn nvernge depth of two miles nnd at some places to a depth of four miles. They occupied Terg nier without opposition. The French troops nlso reached tho forest of Coney nnd now nre on a big stretch of entirely new ground. Uritisli progress on practically the whole battlefront from Ilavrincourt wood lo Ihe river Aisne continued this morning with rather greater rapidity than had been expected. , : Present Battle Idno The Uritish line starting at Ilavrin court wood, pf which the British oc cupy practically one-hnlf - runs through Jlelz-Kn-Couturc and Fins, then by Liorumont, LongavcsncN, Tineoiirt-Rniicly, llancoiirt and Ter try lo Lunchy where it joins tho French line. The French line runs ns follows: Aiibigny, llury, Ollc.y, south of Frieres-Fnilloiicl, Tergnier, then west of Aiuigny, through Petit liurimH, HiiMsoles-AuIers, which the French also luivo captured, then to the west of Mont lies Singes, Lal'I'aiix Mill and west of Snncy to Cclles on the Aisno where the line joins the old front. Flanders Advance WITH THE IlltlTISII ARMIES W FRANCE, Sept. 7. (Hy the Asso ciated Press.) (Noon.) Uritisli troops today advanced to the east of l.ongavesncH and Lieramont ill the re gion norllirast of I'cronne. Other forces ol' l-'icld Marshal Ilaig crossed the ritr!it-l''ins rood. In the l.ys salient Ihe lirilish north of Eriiuingheni are pushing toward the western bank of the river Lys. The Itrilis.li have advanced north of Hill :i to l.e Rossignol. Tbe Uritisli ure well lo the east of llancoiirt ami lire more than nine miles to the east of the river Soiume, Along the Col ogne river, Tiucouii has been reached. French Push Forward PARIS, Sept. 7. - tin the rront be tween the Somme und the Oise the French continued to press forward last night, overcoming the resistance of the (iermnn renr vuard, according to today's war olTii-c report. I'li-bing east of Ham, French troops have made un advance, win ning the lower I'orcsl of Soucy. North of Ihe Vesle where American troops have been advancing Ihere is no Hinmje in Ihe situation. (Continued on Page Six.) WASHINGTON. Sept. 7. General llorvalh. leader of a large faction of Russians In Slherta, and many years manager or (lie Chine; o Eastern rail road, has gone to Irkutsk and Joined forces with tho Czecho-Slovaks, ac cording to information reaching Washington today. This removes tho most trouhlesniuo factional dif ferences among the antl-llolshevlk elements now virtually controlling Siherla and promises a quick solution of tho governmental problem la that section pf the world. Horvath Is a representative of tho old regime, having been one of tho cznr's favorites.