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Medford
il Tribune
Forty-eighth Tear.
Dally Thirteenth 1
MEDFORD, 'OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER .10, 1918
NO. 145
FRENCH AT
BAQTIdN? DP IAUSTRIA WANTS :
unuiiuiuiui
HUNDEFEHSE
THREATENED
Foch's Forces Within 3 Miles of St.
Quentin and Controlling All Ap
proaches From North,' West and
South and Within 2 Miles of La
Fere, Which Has Been Set Ablaze
By Germans Preparative to Evac
uationRapid Progress Made.
10 TALK PEACE
E
WTH ENTENT
Baron Burian Suggests an Exchange
of Views Between Central Powers
and Allies Doubts Whether Over
throw of Eenemy Possible Bol
shelviki to Pay Six Billion Marks.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Sept. 10
Fast . progress was made by the
French today in. closing In upon
St. Quentin and La Fere along the
southern section of the Hindenburg
line. They are within two miles ot
La Fero and within. three and a half
miles of St. Quentin.
Near La Fere the French are push
ing toward the north of the St. Go
bain bastion defending Laon. They
have made a considerable impression
on this powerful position by direct
pressure, In the Scrvals sector couth
of La Fere.
The Servala station was captured
yesterday and by taking Driqucttay,
farther south, General Petaln's troops
have advanced to wilhln little more
than a mile of the town of St. Go
baln, on one of the highest points of
the bastion.
Near Laffaux, around tho bend in
the line south of the bastion, the
French made further progress north
of the town.
Encircling St. finliuin
The headway thus made in en
circling the St. Gobaln positions con
stituted the most Important feature
of yesterday's operations, because
tho objective in this sector is un
questionably the German base at
Laon, the kcystono of tho wholo Ger
man defensive system.
Having forced a passage of the
Croznt canal opposlio tho La Kerc-St.
Quentin front, (lie French have nip
idly developed the forward push. Ad
vances' of well towards five miles
beyond the canal have been scored at
some points. Five towns were taken
In this region, including Essigny-Lc-Grand,
directly south or St. Quentin.
three and a half mllos distant. To
the north, beyond tho Somme, Etrll
lers and Itoupy were taken, while
the French forces In closing In on La
Fere captured the I.lez fort, north
east of Llez. and important wooded
land within two miles of la Fere.
AlmiK Aisnp Front
On the Franco-American front,
south of the Aisne, there was an im
provement In the allied position in
the Glcnnca region.
South of the Alsno tho enemy has
concentrated much artillery and
heavy firing Is roported. Infantry
engagements here havo been con
fined to patrol encounters.
The llrltlsh have mado headway
In their turning movement south of
llavrlncourt, where tho left flank of
the German positions behind the
Canal Du Nord, defending Cambrai
on tho west, is being assailed. A
German counter attack on the new
HritlFh positions near Gotizeaucourt,
southenst of llavrlncourt, was com
pletely repulsed.
In Flandors the British are contin
uing their pressure in tho direction
of Armentieres, and last night they
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LONDON", Sept. 10. llrltlxh naval
air forces between September 1 and
September 7 mado four attacks on
German submarine shelters and
workshops on tho docks at Druses,
iielgium, says an official admiralty
statement l??ued today. Several hits
were obtained. The Ostend docks
and a motor boat depot at lllatiken
burg also were attacked with good
results.
CHICAGO CUBS 1
DEFEAT RED SOX
IN FIFTH GAME I
Flayers Strike for Larger Share of
Receipts Fails but Delays Game fur
Two Hours Agree to Proceed for
Honor of Baseball Scon Now
Stands Boston 3, Chicago 2.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 10. An ex
change of views between the central
powers and the entente was tenta
tively suggested by Baron Burian,
the Austro-Hungarlan prime minis-J
tert In an interview with German
newspapermen according to a Vienna
dispatch today. .
Baron Burian Is quoted In a dis
patch from Vienna today as saying:
"I am certain that this war must
cost this tormented earth a terrible
amount of bloodshed and an immeas
urable destruction of precious posses
sions before the end can be reached
by tho military overthrow of the en
emy, if, indeed, this Is at all pos
sible." Oppressed, Xot Hopeless
Continuing, the foreign minister
said:
"Wo are oppressed by the same
cares but we are not down-hearted
You can convince yourself here that
we, just as in Germany, are waging a
dofcnidvo war, rejecting all re;3po;ud
billty for the prolongation of the war
which was criminally forced upon us
by tho enemy.
"No party can he sure of the issue
until the end of the war, but it is not
to bo expected that either party
should renounce the possibility of a
military victory."
Bolshevik! Pay Tribute
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. A new
trer.ly signed in Herlin between Bol
shevik controlled Russia and Ger
many .provides that if the Russians
fight against tho allies iu the north,
Germany will guarantee no attack
against Russia by Finland.
Germany further guarantees that
the' coasting and fishing fleets of
Russia and Finland now in Russian
waters will not be molested. In re
turn for this the Bolshevik! promise
to pay to Germany Fix billion marks,
of w.hich one billion is to he in goods
from the Ukraine; 2,51)0.000,000 In
gold and paper and the remainder in
German marks or Russian gold.
This Informal ion came to the
state department today in a dispatch
from Ambassador Francis at Arch
angel. It Is assumed at the state de
partment that this is one of the sup
plements to the Hrest-Liovsk treaty.
It also indicates the determina
tion of Germany to utilize the Bol
shevik" to the uhno-t in the efforts
to stem the activities of the allied
forces, the Czeeho-Slovukc and the
Don Cosaeks and other loyal Russians.
Ilium Impressing Finns
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 10. A large
number of Finns have arrived at
Gaylo during the last few days. They
declare they left Finland because the
Germans were forcibly mobtll.lns
for work on the Murman coast both
White and Red guards from among
the refugees.
STEP NEARER PASSAGE
WASHINGTON. Sept. 10. War
time prohibition moved a ftep nearer
today when the lioue ah'rii ultural
committee derided to report favor
ably the food production bill. Includ
ing the amendment added by the
senate makltiK prohibition effective
July 1, f 19.
Tho committee inserted a provis
ion permitting the Importation of
Italian wine until May 1, 1H19, aa
requested yesterday by the Italian
Kovernment thru the stale depart
ment. As passed by tho senate, the
bill would Mop importation Imntcdl-atcly.
FBVWAY PARK. BOSTON, Sept.
10. The Chicago Cubs reacted to
day and made a last ditch fight, de
feating the Boston Red Sox by a
score of 3 to 0. "Hippi" Vaughn,
the Cubs' lilg lefthander, stopped
the Sox who "were helpless before his
speed and curves.
Tho Cubs defense glittered with
sparkling plays and they were loudly
cheered by the big crowd.
Leslie Mann, the Cubs' leftfleldor
ran up a steep embankment in the
ninth Inning, fell as he turned to get
the hall driven from Miller's bat. A
second later Hollocher, after a hard
sprint toward tho foul lino, robbed
Hopper ot a hit with a great catch.
The world series now stands Boston
Red Sox 3, Chicago Cubs 2. Score
by tunings:
U.
Chicago 0 0 1 O'0'O 0 2 0 3
Boston . OiOOOOot) 0 0
Two-base hits: . 'Man. Paskcrt,
Strunk. Stolen base, Hollocher. Sac
rifice lilts: Man,, ijhean. Double
plays: Merkle to Hollocher; Holloch
er to PIcK to Morklc 2; Whlteman to
Shean. Left on bases, Chicago 6:
Boston 4. Bases on balls off Vaughn
3; Jones 5. Struck out by Vaughn
4; Jones .-5. Umpires O'Day, Klein
and Owens.
II. 10.
7 0
5 0
Two Hour SU'ilio
' FENWAY PARK, BOSTON, Sept.
10. After a two hour strike by the
lioston Red Sox and the Chicago
Cubs for a readjustment of the play
ers' share of tho world's series re
ceipts that met a flat refusal by the
national commission, tho playerR of
tho two contending teams agreed
they would contest the remaining
games If It was publicly announced
they aro playing "for tho sake of the
public; the good name of baseball
and the soldiers and sailors present."
Tho decision to play was not made
until 3 o'clock when after a stormy
Besslon between the players and the
members of tho commission. In the
club house, Harry Hooper, tho Rod
Sox right fielder who headed the
commission of players, said:
I-'or IbiM'bfill's Sake
"Wo will play the game for the
sake of baseball. We have not been
given a square deal."
There wej-e over 2 0,000 person
present when Hie players came on the
field for practice.
The national commission Indicated
very clearly they would not, change
the rule hnvlng no authority to do so.
Conditions Ideal
The day was fair with nn uncloud
ed sky, and weather conditions were
ideal for the game.
A large detachment of wounded
soldiers brought to this country from
overseas lata Saturday arrived In the
grand stand and took box seats. The
entire grand stand and the bleachers
rose en masse while the band played
"Over There!" and gavo tho heroes
threo lusty cheers.
During the continued absence of
the players from the field 'the band
marie gallant efforts to entertain the
crowd which was showing remark
able patience.
FRENCH CLOSING MEDFDRDIBOY
gft IN ON LA FERE; KILLED IN BATTLE
DOUBLE TURNING THEM
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General Foeh Is executing n great double turning movement against
the Ilindcithttrg line fnni Ypres to Ithcliiis the greatest flunking strat
egy of tho war. Kiting In south of Ypres and opposite Arras ho is
pinching off the 'lift Unshoe salient, tvMIn toiitli of l.a l'V;e bo Is throw
ing in tho French and Americans to roll up tho major portion of the
Miiideiihiirg lino from (he south. ; Tho map sli'Mvs tho Mimletihiirg lino
and Iho direction of these two movements, really reel Ions of one great
strategic plan. .
Ei
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FINED FOR APPLAUSE
CLKVKLAND, Sept. io. ror bav
ins applauded In court yesterday
during the opoding session of the
trial of KiiKone V, Ucbs on a charge
of having violated the epionase act.
Hose Castor Stoke. Mrs. Margaret
Prevey and .1. J. Fried today were
fined !-'." and four others $10.
The government hr-irun introduc
tion of evidence Immediately after
Judge Westenliaver levied the fines.
LONDON', Sept. 10. Tho moral
effect of the allied bombardment of
military objectives In (iornuin town?
along the Rhine Is constantly in
creasing, livery source of Informa
tion brings this word to the allies.
Tho scarcity of (iermnn planes at
tho start of the llrltlsh offensive in
August Ik largely attributed to the
fart that the German masters hail
been compelled to heed the clamor of
the press and people for greater de
fense against the allied bom Muni
ment, and had recalled great num
bers of fighting planes from the
front.
An example of how great, this
withdrawal was: Allied aviators re
turning from a bombardment of Kaar.
brucken encountered 40 German
fighting planes before they readied
their -base.
With nil the bombing the allied
airmen aro doing along the Khfne
they am kicking strictly to military
objectives and indulging in no
"slaughters ol Innocents.'' The air
ministry points this out In view of
stories the Germans have been
spreading recently.
Onn example; When British air
men arrived over Cologne recently
and found their view of the city ob
scured by clouds, they refund to
drop a pound or explosives and made
off to another town whero they oiil'l
ho rertain of dropping their hombs
on strictly military targets.
EXPERT LICENSES
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. -lunula
thins limit iiiK the Iks nance of ex
port license lf eorporations organ
ized under Mte and federal laws
and to rsld nts of the Fulled States,
accredited representatives of foreign
xovernmentK .and forniun corpora
tions maintaining bona fide bran bet
or r'5id-nt representatives, were an
nounced todav by the war trade
(ma rd. The n''w regulations become
effective September 20.
I
AltCMANdKI,, Thursday, Sept. U
(Ily Associated I'ress.) Jinny
Holshcvlkl ensaiied against tho allies
aro Ignorant as to tho Identity of the
forces thoy aro nK'ntlni;, an Amor-
lean official, who has returned from
tho Holshevik front with prisoners
Inlormcd tbo correspondent today
Some of the captured Ilolshovikl do
clnrcd their commanders claimed
that tho soldiers dressed In tho tint
Tonus of the allied powers were Itua-
Kiun white KiiardH masiiieralltiK. An
other prisoner thought ho was light
ing ugalust the (tennans.
At one place tbu Holshcvlkl sent
a force of boys, I I to 15 years of age
to tho front.
Two soldiers from the Itusso-Allied
forces were found dead and with
their clothing removed. Apparently
they bud been shot after being cap
tured. Fugitives arriving from Vologda
brought reports that a reign of terror
had been instituted by the Holshcvlkl
in Vologda and that many persons
uf tho Hourgcoslo class wore being
executed dahy. 'J'lii-re is no confir
mation of this however.
HUNS FIRE CITY
Important Progress Toward Northern
end of Hindenhurg Line Addi
tional Ground. Gained in St. Go
bain Rerlon French Win Com
mand of Railroad to Laon Citiilcl.
OF THE MARNE
Lester Jacobs of the Marines, Killed,
by Shell at Chateau Thierry in
Driving Back the Hun Ray H.
Moses, Whofe Father Resides at
Jacksonville, Killed in same Battle.
I'AKIS, Sept. 10. Important pro
ess toward the southern end of the
Hindenhurg line in the neighborhood
of La Fere north of the St. (iohuin
massif was made bv the French
forces today. The war office tonight
announced the capture of the Liez
fort, northwest of the town of Liez,
and of woded regions to tho enst and
outhenst of Lie., within two miles
of La Fero.
Additional ground was pained in
the St. Oobain region south of the
Cise where the Servais station was
taken as well as a wooded nren about
n mile and u half to the south.
lress In Far
North of the Ln Kere region tho
French "resscd in fur, capturing the
I owns of Remigny, Monlesocurt-Liz-
erolles, ('lustres, Sera icon rl-Lc-firnnd,
Ilounv and Ktrcillers, the lasl
two towns within three nnd n half
miles of St, Quentin.
Improvement was effected in the
French positions north of Lnffuux,
opposite the end of the (Muuniu des
Domes. There also was a betterment
in the position in I lie region of (ileu
m's, rod th of the Aisne where Franco
American forces are operating.
That the viar is com In r closer
home Is evidenced by the fact that
today news was received of the death
of a Med ford boy being killed in
action In July, and of the tjeath of
WIN FLEET PENNANTS
WASHI.YGTON, Sept. 10. Wes
tern Hhipyanla captured five of the
kIx pennaatK awaided by (ho Liner
Koney J'ieet corporation la the July
Hpced up competition, the other go
iiiK to Ni w Jersey.
The a aid announced today by
the committee tire;
ttte'd ,anln- First, J Skinner and
Kddy, No. 1, .Seattle, Wu.sh.; second,
Bethlehem 8hlpliilhlliitt Corporation,
Alameda, Cal.; third. Northwest
Steel company, Portland, Ore.
Wood yard is First, Grant Smith
Porter company, Aberdeen, Wash.;
second, Grant Hmlth-I'orter company.
St. Johns. Portland, Ore.; third, The
I Foundation Co., Kearney, , J,
CloNhiK (jrndually In
WITH TIIK FKKXCII AIIMV IX
FRANCF., Sept. in. (Ily the Asso
ciated Press.) French troops forced
the crossing of the Croznt cimnl
Monday overcoming strong opposition
and oeeupving important positions in
the triangle formed by the brunches
of the cauul and the road from La
Fere to St. Quentin. They also ad
vanced north of the Oisc, taking the
Liez fort, am! north of the Ojsc cap
turing Klreville and Koupy.
(icneral Humbert's forces now
command the entire region west of
lite river and (lie canal from Lu Fere
north beyond a single track railroad
that crosses the river at Me.ieres,
They command all of the approaches
to St. Quentin from tint north, west
and south and are within three miles
of the town. The occupation of Fort
Liez gives the French command nd
f illy of the entire country around La
Fere, hut the valley of the Oise to a
considerable distance northward, the
valley of the Serre eastward and the
railroad line lendiu-; to the Laon cita
del which is visible from the height.
La Fere Iturulng
(Jeneral Mangin's army south ot
the Oie took Servais, closing in on
La Fere from the soulh, while they
improved their position north of Luf-
I'atix. Loth the third ami tenth
French armies are now practically on
the line where the pursuit of Die (ler-
mnns stopped in the sprm" of U17
The burning of La Fere hetrays tie
fear that the line is not entirely Mif
there.
The Hindenburg line, however, eom
prises a wide system of defences hav
ing a total depth in some places of
nearly 10 miles and the fall of.' its pil
lars does not mean a breach in the
position. The St. (lobnin forest, pup
poed to be the strongest purl of tin
hue, is now tightly preyed from the
north by the oemtui1 i"ii of Servais
from the wes hy the capture of Par
iis, while Ihe French in the trout o
rrenes are crowding it from (lie
Minth end.
another young man In battlo whose
father lives In Jacksonville and who
Is credited as a Medford soldier,
altho he enlisted In Idaho. He also
was kilted ln July. These deaths are
the first on the battlofields of France
to befall Medford or Jackson county
soldiers.
The sad news not only created a
profound shock to Medford people
nnd elsewhere thruout the county as
the news spread, hut cn'uscd the rela
tives of many soldiers to Rrow'appre- .
henslve ln view of tho fact that news
of the deaths in July has Just been
announced.
The two boys who sacrificed their
lives for their country were Lester
Henry Jacobs, aod 19, son or Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Jacobs of North Riv
erside avenue, and Hay ill., Moses.
21 years, old, son of Kupono Moses of
Jacksonville, who resided at 707
West Kleveiith when Kay enlisted at
GranKe,vlllo, Idaho. lister Jacobs
was a member of tho marine corps,
2.'trd machine gun company, and Ray
Moses was a menrher of the 2nd En-
, I filacers, 15. F. company.
KiWr for Hervlco
Tho untimely end of Lester Jucohs
Is particularly sad. Ho was a mag
nificent specimen of young manhood,
being six feot tall nnd well propor
tioned. His ardent patriotism and
eagerness for service Induced him to s
Inereaso his ago by two years when
ho applied for cullHtment nt the
marine recruiting oflice In Medford
iu June, 1!H7. Ho was then only 18
years old. However his patriotic
parents would havo given their con
sent to enlist hud ho asked it, and
nfter ho had enlisted threw no ob
stacles In his way.
He met his death on the Chateau
Thierry luiitlet'ield in Ihe great drive
of the murines against the Hermans
iu Ihe second battle of the Manic,
which so electrified the American
penple will! pride. Ilie hist letter re
ived from Iihm by bis parents was
written on July LI, which arrived here
a In nit the middle of August, The
brave murines went over the top on
July in the memorable drive on July
17th or IKlh, mihI on July i'Jtli he met
the death of a hero.
The telegram appraising his mother,
Mrs, Mary ',. Jacobs, of his death,
was received today from Washington
I roni George Parnelt, major general,
commanding Ihe I. S. Murine corps,
as follows:
Ofilclal Notice Itccelvod
'leeply regret to inform you that
Private Letter Henry Jacobs, marine
corps, was killed July PHh, hy enemy
shell fire. The body will be interred
iibmnd until the end of Ihe war.
Please accept my heartfelt sympathy
in your greiit loss. Your sou nobly
gn ve hi"- I i li in I he service of his
count rv."
LIMII OUTPUT OF
(Continued on Pao Six.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. Manu
facturers of rotlon thread were dir
ected by the war Industries hoard to
llmtt their output of white thread Ut
fourteen alos, of black to seven and
of colored to one, with nil spools of
the small practical diameter for 2on
yards.
LONDON, Sept. It).--Continued
advance ot the entente allies on the
tiiiltlel rnnl in France is making u
profound impression on Austria-Hungary,
according to a dispatch from
Zurich to the Kvening Star. The re
cent departure of the Austrian troops
irom Vienna enured riotous scenes in
the An-drinu capita).
Thousands of angry women, the
t:-pntch says, raided the railway stn.
t'oiis, prole-ting niruiii-J the depar
ture of the men,