Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 13, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextWEATHER Maximnin Yesterday 85; Minimum Today, G2.5. '' PRECIPITATION, .11. FORECAST Tonight and Tomorrow: Rain and Cooler. EDFOED M AIL TRIBUNE M rorty-lKhth Tear. Dally Thirteenth 1 MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1918 NO. 14S YANKS REACH GERM B W D ING OUTENTIR BANS COMPLETELY VICTORIOUS Yank Offensive Not Only Completely Eliminates St. Mihiel Salient But Carries American Lines Right Up to German Border Within 4 Miles of Forts of Metz Pagny on Moselle Reached All Villages in Salient Occupied,, BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sept. 13 The victorious offensive In Lor raine has not only completely elim inated the St. Mlhlel salient and re sulted in the taking of at least 12,000 and probably many more prisoners, but has carried the American line right up to the German border. This has been reached at Pagny, on the Moselle, which is immediately ucross the river from German Lor raine. The advance also has. taken the Americans over fully five miles of the road to Metz. Pagny is on the direct line to this German citadel, and not more than ten miles distant from that. The first of the defensive forts of Metz, indeed, Is still nearer the new American line being not much more than four miles away from Fort De Som my. Operations Contiiiuo The American offensive iri Lor raine was reported today to lie con tinuing its brilliantly successful course. Not only has the St. Mihiel salient been speedily wiped out, but a heavy blow has been dealt the Ger mans in the loss of men and mater ial. Already 12.000 prisoners and sixty guns have been taken, according to today's advices. The rapid progress of the American forces on both sides of the salient renders it probable that great num bers of Germnns were caught in the loop upon which General Pershing's troops have closed In. Close Only Itnilrniid The Americans early today had advanced eight miles on the south side of the salient to 'the important town of Vlgneulles, lying on the only railway line in the loop, which town todny Indeed is reported In American hands. South of Vlgneulles the town of Heudicourt Is declared to be in American possession, whilo to the east toward Thlaucourt, Pershing's troops acquired the Important Thlau court wood and the town of Ueney. Meanwhile on the westerly side of the salient where the going Is more difficult, the American advance on a "12 mllo front Is acknowledged to have scored three miles. The con verging operations thus appear to have resulted in the cloBlng of tho neck of the loop to a point where It Is now not much more thnn five ORDER IN-DRIVE E ST. MIHIEL SALIENT EVMHiOF AIBffi rin"-! WON ORDERS 1? nnf1H1INS LILLE REPORTED LIGHTS HEAVENS aUgS STRIKERS BACK Sg THRU FUGITIVES lWm3St4$fS! PENALTY "S, J i '. , i.n. .wpl . .w. .1.111 i j rreMiiem inai umess nev tieiurn . ' ' ' W" " . ' . I 5 'J 'V fcoAUlNS" iu nui f. aiiu Hume uy war tsoarns , E W Wommer SCQ! I Wafle Award' They Wi" be Barred British and French Continue Closing in Process Upon St. Quentin Brit ish Advancing Slowly Upon Ca:n brai and Douai British in Flan ders Piishing Ahead. f LONDON", Sypt. IU. Nu- incrous fugitives from the city of Lille are reported by 1 Solarium newspapers to be arriving nt Miiliiics iiml Antverp,uocoriling to a dispatch from Amsterdam to the Central News agency. Ap- parently Lille is being evucunled bv the Germans. Closing ill on St. Qiiciitin IiY TIIK ASSOCIATED 1'liESS. Sept. LI. While the Americans are thus driving forward the r'rench and Hie Ilritish arc continuing to make progress ulnng Hie north and south sections of the battlel'riint. French troops lnstniglit dosed in toward St. (jucntin, capturing tlie town of Suvy, little more than two and n half miles from St. Quentin's ' outskirts. The Ilritish advanced far to the northwest of St. (jiientin. Inking the village of Jcnncourt and gaining pos session of lliilnon wood. Further norlh the Ilritish were sub jioted lo ficrman attacks in consid erable force, in one of which tin as sault on Iluvriiii-oiirt, which the Ilrit ish took recently, the enemy was its' sistcd by a squadron of low flying airplanes, lie was repulsed, however, with very heavy losses. Further German attempts to dis lodge the British along the Canal I)u Nonl line west of Ciiinlirai were frus trated bv the British lire. (Continued on Page Six.) PRESIDENT SEIZES Oi ni 1 1 111 i Advance WITH THIS BKITISH FORCES IN FRANCE. Sept. 13. (By Associated Press). HrltlHli forces In tho ad vance yesterday In the Havrlncourt sector southwest of Cambral pene trated the German positions In some places for a depth of 2000 yards. Farther south, I'iold .Marshal Haig's forces occupied St. Fcnton wood. LONDON, Sept- 1 3. German troops last night delivered an attack. with the co-operation of airplanes on tho town of Havriwoiwt, south west of Cambral, recently taken by tho British. The ntlack was repulsed with great loss to the Germans, Field Marshal Halg Announced in tho of ficial statement today. Farther south on tho front oppo site St. Quentin tho Ilritish have gained possession of Ilolnon wood. A German altack opposite Moon v. res, on the canal line west of Cam bral, failed completely. British troops have captured the town of Jeancourt In the St. Quentin sector north of Vermand. In Flanders tho British made pro gress pushing ahead west of Auchy In the La Bassee region. Story of Opening of St. Mihiel Battle! First in Which Americans Pre-! dominate with French Co-operating Baker Witnesses Boys Go Over Top Following Terrific Cannonade. WITH THE AMElilCAN ARMY IN L( Mi HA INK, Sept. 12. (Hy the As sociated Press.) The allied offen sive on (lie western front for the first time 'is dominntinily American, the French co-opratinir, and in n mili tary sense it is regarded ns a enn t inning phase of the battle which be gun early last summer. Newton I). Baker, the American secretary of war, with several other notables, witnessed the bpijinninjj of the bottle from a French fort close behind Ihe middle of the line. It was precisely 1 o'clock of n rainy moonless night when n single dash of flame shot across the sky. U was fol lowed by other flashes which grad ually merged into a sheet of white light on the horizon. Mighty Thunder Rolls Gradually there began to roll from this flnme-lit area a mighty thunder, amidst which could be distinguished now and then the crack and boom of German shells bursting. The front over which the attack was made was so extended that the brillianl bonds of vivid light soon stretched from far eastward to west ward lighting up the clouds. Soon there began to arise star shells, signal rockets and flares thrown up bv the enemy to betray the Americans should they leave their trenches to begin an infantry attack. To this general col or scheme there was soon added a reddish glow as ammunition dumps exploded and buildings set on fire be hind the enemy linns began to blaze. Yanks Over the Top The nrtillcry lessened n little in in tensity and German star shells hurst with more frequency as 5 o'clock ap proached, as though the enemy sus pected that was the hour set for the infantry altack. More and more am munition dumps exploded just before .", the artillery bombardment suddenly resumed its original intensity and ns the skv was beginning to tinge with dawn it again took on a white look along the horizon. Precisely nt 5 o'clock the thunder of the guns ac companying the glare of liirht stop ped and in the sudden silence the Americans went over the top. All along the line could be heard the chattering of German 'machine guns and then suddenly the thunder com menced again when n barrage was laid down to protect the soldiers as they approached the German trendies. All KIcincniM F.ntploynd Into the battle had "been brought nil the elements of modern warfare. Hravy black lino shows bat do lino before drive began, shows present battle line, touching crimui boiikr. While line LOSS OF SALIENT it (Continued on Page Two.) WASHINGTON', Sept. 13. --The war department has taken o .t Ihe Smith & Wesson company nt Spring field, Mils-' , aril wil op"iute the pl-int and business t- vr.1 continuon-. -in'iicn in k!iJ , reveut ii duslt .;! i;i-. turbnnces. The company recently gave nut'rt J tlmt it would prefer to hnvp the gov. eminent operate its plant rnt'ier than abide liy fi decision of the war labor hoar J cufon ing eulleitic baijainin. METZJORTRESS PARIS, Sept. 1.1. : p. m., by the Associated Props). Officers of the American general statf expected a desperate resiManco where the arm ies now are battling in the St. Mllii' l sector. The presence of Field Marshal Hindenburg at the Met)', fortress four days conveyed th? impression that tho Germans expected an American attack and were resolved to defend the positions bitterly. DDE WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. Bogfon nl directors of the railroad adminis tration were inlrueted today to claim deferred draft chi-dficfttion for railroad general oiti-crs, shopmen, trainmen!, skilled yard men, road and maintenance of way foremen and !-l;illed workers, telephone am tele graph operators and other e.-sential employes. All telephone arid telegraph compa nies were authorized today to file claims for exo-uption of "nliMdutely indif pen-uble employes. Bi-:ULi.V, Sept. 1.1. "Wo now are on our now linos which have been prepared," says the official statement reporting military operations on the wostern front issued today by tho Gorman general staff. "During the night," the statemont adds, "the evacuation of the St. Mihiel salient, which was liable to encirclement,, and which had been uifder consideration for some years. was completed without Interference. "In anticipation of the attack of tho French and Americans on the St. Mihiel salient, we began evacuating this salient a few days ago." VIKNXA, Sept. 13. In the St. Mi hiel sector of the western front Aus-tro-llungarians south of the ('omh)es height, says the offlclnl statement Is sued today by the Austrian war of fice, assured the systematic reheat of tho Germans. ALL YANKEES LOOK! ALIKE 10 ITALIANS LONDON1. Sept. U. Major Jamep II. Perkins, American Iteit CroKB com missioner fo.- Kurope, tells tills story for tho first time, tho ft happened in Italy lust year: When the Italian retreat started, the American iterl Cross in Trance immediately dc.-.patched lo Italy ahout 1', trucks with iiinbuiances, medical supplies and reiii f for the people behind the lines. The trucks were old the only ones that could bo spared. They broke down utsuin and aKain and were delayed lor day. nt u time. Then America declared a state ot kiii-' with Austria, and the next day Ihe relief train cuno huinpiiiK Into Italy. "The people slured In wonder," said the major. "They did not dlf ferentlate between the American lied Crot;s and the American urmy. Here were bit; trucks and men In Amer ican uniform. Tiiey stood clieerinv and tulkiiiK about the wonderful ef ficiency of the American army, which tho next morning after the war dec laration could roll Into Italy, with a lonn truck train!" HUNS REQUIRE OWN TOURISTS IDENTIFIED A.MSTKl.'I'A.M, Sept. i:i.-Thc tier-mail-, are L'rNiwiu' iniMru! f'ul not only of foreigner-., hut of themcUc. Ii'i'jid control over summer I ravelin1. has been cxcrcif-cd, holiday uiakcr lieinu- advised to lake with them nu ll ilorMiiiii'iitnry eidenee of their identi ty ai military paper, tnatTiui:c li cences sclnji'1 diploma, Iwnk hook income tax receipt, etc. WASIIINCiTOX, Sept. I!!. Yoster day's registration of men between IS and -l"i for military servi.-e was eilii per cent above tlie advance elimiile, and may have added close to I 1.0'tll, 001) men to the iiuiii power rolls, nj cordinj; to reports that commenced eominir to I'rovost Marshal Genera! Crowder today from state draft ( x eculivcs. The first j-roup of states to present partial or complete totals al! showed well over expectations. The fir-t reports of yesterday's registration came from liliode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ore von and the Itistrict of Coluuihia. Uctjist ration of August of nicn who had reached 'Jl since June 5 last, added l.'n.ilKII men to the nation's man power enridluieiit, the provosl marshal general aiiiuiiiticed today. This was just l,S less than the ad vance estimate of 1."iH,0l 1. SAN KHANCIril'O, Sept. lit. livery hunk In tho -state of Oregon subscribed to tlie fulled Slates trea sury certificates of indebtedness of the series of September Iteserve bank oftl'-iuls, who m,ide this an nouncement hero tonight said that Oregon claimed this Is u record achievement. With a quota of $:!:., :!on. (urn, the Twelfth federal lo;icrvo bank dis trict subsrrlbed $ III. .",1111. 1100 to flllt ed Slates treasury certificates of the series of September :. This Hubst riptlon nial;es up the re malnlnn dcflcp ncy or ( I :i.s.",o,0oi) duo to under subscriptions of tho Is sues of .June 2' and July II, leaving an excess of $:s."i(l,niii), Tho allolnieiiLs usslttned to the Pa cific northwest and their subscrip tions follow: Idaho, $1,32S,00U, 12,1.17.0(111; Oregon, :!, 1 0.1 ,01111, $.1, i; 1 0.0IKI ; WaHhlhKton, 4.ft.'l.'i.00i), $S, 109, .11)0. Simultaneously with the rinsing of tho subscription hooks yesterday, an nouncement was received hero from Washington of a new rerii-s to tie dated September 17 and to mature January If,, ltilti. Hooks on this Is sue will cioKc September 2 I. WASHINGTON', Sept. 1.1. .'resi dent Wilson today himself took n hi ncl in the enforcement of industrial pence ninl continued war production. In effect lie frnvo notice to employers inul employes uliko Hint no interrup tion of production would he tolerated; that bolh the government -owers of conminnclocrinn and tho vvork-or fisht order will ho npplied rijiidly wher.' necessary to deiil with recalcitrants. The president's warning was ttiven in n letter to union machinists nnil (Jher striking workmen nt Bridge port, Conn., who left their joha in war mntennl plants a week ago ho cause thoy were dissntisl'ieil with nn award hy the war labor hoard to which wiiim demunds hail been sub l. itled. Tho men were told to go hnelc to work on pnin of being barred t ro in eniplovinent for u vcur and of losin- nil claim to exemption from rnilitnr" servieo on oceunntioual eroundrt. President's letter "Gent lenient : I am in reeeiot of your resolutions of September 0, an nouncing that you have begun a strike ngainst your cmnlovers i-i j llridgeporl, Conn. You nre nienihers of the llriii"eport hranclics of the In ternational I'liiou of Machinists, As Mich nnil with the approval of the na tional officers of your union, you signed nn agi incut to submit the oiiostiims as to the terms of your em ployment to the national war labor lo.ird and lo abide hv the awiu'l. which in necordauce with the rule 'P procedure approved my ine might lie made. "The mcuiier of the bourl were mil aide to reach u iiniinoiis eoiicln n'un' on ill tin issues presented end as provided in its constitution Ihe ipi slinns upon whii h lliev did not i grce were rallied before mi nrbilra ( i, Ihe unanimous ehoice of the nu m Ik is of tlif. hoi, rd. Ill) Per Cent Sallsfled "Tlie arliilralor thus ehosi n has mule an award which more th in till per cent of the workers nlfected a ccpt. You who constitute les., than III per cent refuse lo abide liyttlie award, altliuMh yon ere t'.c best paid of Ihe wind.- body of workers af fected, and an. therefore least cut: tin! to press ,i further :m r"'is.. of w:i jes bei'.il.-e of the high cost of liv ing. Itut whatever the merits of the if sue, it is closed hy Hie award. Your strike nuoinsl it a breach of faith calculated to reflect on Ihe siiveiily of national oronicd labor iu pro i burning ils a 'ptance of the pi-,ii"i- (Contluited on l'ugo Throe.) Large Numbers of Germans Still Corning in Prisoners Include Aus trians Sent to Help Germans All Villages in St. Mihiel Salient Taken Battle Line Runs From Moselle River to Heights of Meuse Towns Left in Good Condition by Enemy. ITALIAN AVIATOR WINS VICTORY IN PAJAMAS ItOMK, Sept. 111.- An Aiislrian air plane wliirh Hew omt Valium, Alba nia, was brought ibiMii by two Italian "dialers. The pilot of one of them bad b en bathing in the sea. He .wain ashore, donned a pair of paja a:as and mounted to light the enemy aviator, who w.i brnnght down sc riollsly wounded. LONDON, Kept. 13., 7 p. m. (By Associated I'ress.) Twelve thousand prisoners linvo been taken by Hie Americans in their offensive nt St. Mihiel. In addition to the 12,000 prisoners who liuvo been counted, large numbers of Germans are stil! coming in. Aus triuns tiro included among the prison ers. The railway from Verdun to Com niercy, Tool and Nunev now is open to Ihe entente allies. All Ihe villages in the St. Mihiel sal ient were captured hy the Atnerienns and the front in this sector was re duced from some JO miles to n little nriler 20 miles. On C.emian Hordcr The latest news from the St. Mi hiel sector shows that tho battle line now runs ilirocilv from I'agny on tho Moselle river to llnttonvillu nnil along Hie front of tho heights of the A.'eiise. Pugny, n town on the Moselle river, is on the western border of Germnnv. Most of the villu.'es captured hy the Americans in the SI. Mihiel salient were left in good condition by tho Germans. The town of St. Mihiel was prncti rnlly iinilaniagcil. The Germans left the railroad from Verdun to Com n crcy, Tool und Nnney inltict nnil this road will prove it great help to tho (elite allies. Another valiiuhle line of rail from Tliiaueoiirt In SI. Mihiel hy which tho German fed their troops in tho sal ient was also left intact. The opera tion of the Americans must be re i.anlcil ns a big local success All the objectives were reacheil, Advauco CmithtiicH LONDON, Sept. LI, 1 p. in. Gen eral rershing's forces iu their attack on the southern side of the St. Mihiel salient have advanced for n distance of eight miles. The assault wns mad? on a front of fourteen miles. The American were making rnpiil progress in the continuation of their drive. On the west side of the St. Mihiel salient where '(lie country is much more difficult and where the Ger man resistance has been more deter mined, the American have niailo nn advance of three miles on n 12 mile front. General lYrshing's forces so far have captured 0,."it)0 prisoners nnil (Continued on Page Six.) STOCKHOLM, Thursday, Sept. 12. - Ncporls from IVIrugrad slate that Maxim Gorky, the Kussian nitthor and revolutionary, lias accepted the pot of director of ItoUhcvik propa ganda. The report add that Gorky declared that the attempt on Ihe life id' the Holschvik premier, Lenine, cau-cd him to decide to co-operate with the ItoUhcvik government. STOCKHOLM, Thursday, Sept. 12. Hear Admiral A. V. Ila.voznff, former coiiiiaandcr in chief of the Kiisian nnval force in the llallic, was miinlcred in I'clrogrnd yester day, soys n Hclsingfnrs disputed. SUFFERS FROM CHILL MANCllf.STKIt, TiiRland, Sept. 3 I'rnniler David Lloyd George, who became III last night after his recep tion when ho was presented with tho freedom of tho city, was roported this morning to ho progressing; satisfac torily. All tho etmugemonts that had been nindo for hint today, however, havo been enncoUod. Last night's announcement stated that thn premier was differing from u chill and hud a high temperature.