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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.
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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
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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.
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IS LINE DEAD?
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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.