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"WEATHER Maximum Yesterday, "82; Minimum Today, 52.5. FORECAST Tonight and Tomorrow: Fair. nn Medford M AIL TRIBUNE University of Oreflon X Library X Forty-lRhth Tear. Dally Thirteenth Tear. MEDFORD, ORECOX, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1918 NO. 150 AUSTRIA ASKS FOR PEACE CONFERENCE SEPARATE PEACE OFFER BELGIUM While Austria Proposes That Bellig erents Meet to Discuss Peace in Neutral Country, Germany Offers to Withdraw From Belgium Provid ed That Country Remains Neutral for Balance of War, Thus Prevent ing Allied Invasion of Germany. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1G. Austria's peace discussion pro posal reached the Swedish lega tion hero late today and ar rangements were made at onco for its delivery to tho stato de partment. Secretary Lansing authorized the announcement 'that he would have a statement to make as soon as he could read the note. In official and diplomatic quarters this statement was ex pected to disclose the govern ment's intention to reject promptly and completely the Austrian proposition. BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sept. 10. While Austria was pre poring her note to the belligerent na tions, proposing that they meet in informal discussion of peace terms in a neutral country, (.iermnny whs making ready to make another offer of 'Vepnrnlo pence to liclgium. t is announce?! that the Helium govern- lnent has been approached with a pro posal that if she will remain neutral dining the remainder of the war, Ger many is ready to withdraw (o the frontiers that were violated in Aug usts, 1M I. It is affirmed from VWlin (hat the Austrian government acted on i(s in itiative in sending out its proposals, hut the offer of Germany to Itclgiimi points to what may be saiil to be more than n co-incidcnct and probably a desperate "pence offensive"' is now well under way. Itcjoctod by All In London and Paris the offe r of Austria was merely coldly received, while at Washington it was pointed out that the Tinted Slates will not entertain any peace ter.tativcs that can, at best, bring only a temporary respite from hostilities, and will leave Germany nnd Austria free to "lironk the peace of the world at any future date. Even in the German press there seems to he little hope that the nllies will agree to meet rprescnlnlivs of he central powers. The newspapers of Merlin point out that similar steps by Germany ami Austria have failed in the past and that while the people will no doubt be hopeful for n ces sation of the struggle, there is little prospect of its early termination. Order of Charles AMSTERDAM, Sept. 18 Tho note In which Austria-Hungary Invites belligerents to a conference for ills- SERBS L AUNCH BLOW CAPTURING AHEAD ON MAIN BULGAR HEIGHTS Allied Troons Begin Offensive on Ma cedonian Front, Taking Important Hill Positions in Serbo-Greek Bor der East of Monastir Which Have Withstood Allied Efforts for Years. BY THE ASSOCIATE!! Press, Sept, l(i. Allied troops are on the offensive on the Macedonian front. Reorganized Serbian forces, aided by French units, arc attacking the Bul garian positions in the mountains on the Serbo-Greek border east of Mon astic f I Three important hill positions, which had withstood allied efforts through several years, already have tallen. I he heights of Sokol, Dobro polo nnd Teak Yetrinik. The ensur ed positions are about midway be tween the Ccrna and Yardar rivers end command the upper course of the Lerna inter it makes n wide curve southeast of Monastir. Several bun dred prisoners have been taken in the advance, which continues. WASHINGTON, Sept. 111. Launching an offensive against the ulgarians on the Snloniki front by the rc-organized Serbian army, in co operation with French forces, and capture of' three strongly fortified Bulgarian positions, is announced in an official Serbian communication re ceived here today from Saloniki. The positions taken are Teak Yet- frinik, Dobropolie and the mountain Sokol, which the Ittilgnrs had held for 18 months and were regarded as their strongest places. Starting yesterday after artillery preparation the Ser bians and French moved forward, reached tneir objectives mul were still going when lodayis war state ment was made. PUSH NG BATTLE FRONT French and British Creep on Towards Laon, Cambrai and Peronne French Capture Vailly and Mont Dcs Singes British Advance in Flanders, and West of Cam!rai. (Continued on Page Six.) CALL ISSUED FOR 29,016 NEGRO TROOPS WASHINGTON', Sept. 30. A ilrnft call tor 20,01 fj holto registrants, i'mm '.V. stud's fpmlified for mornl military service and to entrain fur national army camps Septctnher 2"-27 was i-sucd t'vlny hy Provost .Mar.-hai (ienerul Crowder. - Men called and t he camp to which they co, include: California. 100; Lewis Wa-h. Nehniskn, 'lit; Iewis Yadi. Oregon, (i; he wis. Wash. Wi'-hitiL'ton, .: hew is Wah. Wvutmng, yij Lewis, Wash. HY ASSOCIATED PliESS, Sept Hi. Hritisli and French troops on thf main battle front m France continue their Advance. North of the Aisnc the French have enntured Vailly and nearer the ("hem in Des Dames have stormed Mont De. Sinycrs an important hill position. Astride the Searpc the Dritish hnvf pushed forward new posts, wlnh along the Ypres-Comines canal, southeast of Ypres, they have ad vauced on a front of two miles. West of Camhrai and around St. Quentin tho activity has lessened niter the Hritish capture of Muisseniy. ltrilish Creeping On Xow the Hritish are creeping north near the Hindenburg line In Picardy. Maissemy, northwest of St. Quentin, has been taken from tho Germans who were also forced out of Ilolnon wood, farther south. Tho German retirement In the Fland4'3 area Is still going on, ft he British pressing closely on the heeU of the enemy as he extricates hlB forces from the perilous sal lent Into which ho rumhed last April. Fast of the Ailetto and south ot the Alsno close contact with the en emy Is being maintained. Nikolai l.cnlno. the ttolshovik pre mier of Russia, has sent a note to the people's commissaries and Soviets an nouwing that the Uolshovik govern ment is helpless and that It must form a defensive and offensive allt- anco "with another power." Ho adds that tho Russian people must not "recoil" from an alliance with Imper iallsts. 10 DIVIDE ALLIES LONDON, Sept. 1 G A. .1. Balfour, tho British foreign secretary, giving his personal viewpoints on tho Aus trian peace note to visiting Journal ists, said: "It Is scarcely possiblo that any thing can come of this peace pro posal." Jle said ho was utterly unable to see that a conference proposed by Austria could have the desired end. "I cannot honestly, in the propo sals now made to us as I have been ablo to study them," Mr. IlaUour said "see tho slightest hope that tho goal we desiro, the goal of a peace which shall bo more than a truce can real ly bo attained." Coming aftei1 tho recent npcoch of Froderlch von Payer, tho German im perial vice clnuncellor, Mr. llaltour said: "This cynical proposal of tho Aus trian government is not a genuine at tempt to obtain peace. It is an at tempt to dlvldo tho allies." Mr. Lulfour said no one .should take upon himself the ta-k of rejcit ing with a ii:ht heart any proposal which would shorten the Ictig.ti -jt the wa r. lie nlso declared that no coalition ever hud been so .-(rung as th." allied coalition and that the enemy would not succeed in breaking it. BERLIN COUNCIL FAVORS AN EARLY PEACE AMSTL'liMAM. Se,t. p;. Snciali-t li'einhfrs of the ttiunicipal council ol Merlin rai-ed the loud iicstinn in the council meeting Thursday, according to the Tclegrnnf. One speaker ex claimed, "It is time tlie war came In anil end." The public gallery a (lauded loudly. Advance in Flanders LONDON, Sept Id. Hritisli hoops last night advanced north of the Ar-ras-Cniubrni road, establishing posts in the vinicity ot Sjiuchy-Ciiueliy am: Oppy, Meld Marshal lluig reported today. On the rianders front (he Hritisli pushed ahead in a successful minor operation on both sides of the Vpres Comities canal on a front of more than two miles. HERO ACE. J. if Ueut.e.gchamberLaw l-'irst hitmt. F.dmuml 0. Chamber lain, marine e,ons aviator, was rec ommenced foV he Victoria Cross and the Congressional Medal of Hon or for downing five hoc he airplanes and disnhlimr two while on a flight as uest of a Hritisli air smiadron on Inly 28. Lamlinir with a disabled en- sine behind the Hun linos, he dis persed a company with his machine 41m and took one prisoner. When h reached (he airdrome he asked lhal BR T SH REGARD AUSTRIAN PEACE GALWAY CASTLE OFFER AS SHAM SUNK BY U-BOA Press Pronounces Proposal to Free Belgium as Another Brest-Litovsk Scheme Result of Eenemy Appre ciation of American Military Par ticipation in War. LONDON1, Sept. 18. Austria's In vitation to tho belligerents to meet In informal peace discussions is lit dignantly rejected by the London morning newspapers. Tho offer of peace to Belgium Is regarded as a shameless Insult. "Tho Austrian noto does not bring real peace any nearer," says tho Ex press. "Preliminary conditions to peace have been statod ovor and over his exploit be kept secret, us lie again by the allies nnd there Is not feared 11 reprimand because lie was on furlough. XeniliiK St. Quentin WITH TIIK MlflTISII AHMY IN FRANCE, Sunday, Sept. I.j. (liy tin Associated I'rt'ss.) Muissimy, a vil luge five miles northwest of St (jiicnlin, has been captured by tin Hritisli. This adds another important post tion to those recently taken along thi ridges west of St. Oiicntiu. Southeast of Ilolnon wood the ltrit ish also improved their lines slightly. Fighting of ii local nature continues on the tiorthern battlet'rotit near I. a liuse, where the enemy has been forced to. give ground steadily. Mritish thinners bombarded flic llitulenburg line fiercely for hours yesterday nnd heavy enemy losses were inflicted, (ierman gunners maintained an intense fire in the (louzeuiicourt sector and deluded llavrincourt with exphe-ives yester day. The sun ciiine out warm this tnorn inu', drying rapidly the walcr-lotrcd L'rimtid cut which it was hc-omitt'-' (Conllnuod on Page Six.) IDGEPORT iiiii!tf;i:iMiii Conn., sept. in." lluiMlrid of the -.Inker- of Hridr lort iiiimil mil tai'torio, acimy iiu1 pendant ly, i''(urriel to work today. The nur-s meeting this al't'Tnoii i--expected foniuiUy to deelari' tlr. strike al ;in end nnd thus rceojifi4 Wil-on'-i tlen'nnd that the ma dun-i:-ttt return to work, E HEAVILY IN EFFORTS 10 STOP FRENCH 154 LOST ON I Passengers, Mostly Women and Child ren Steamer Topedoed Without Warning Explosion Causes Ship to Buckle Onrush of Water Trc mentions Otic Life Boat Smashed. YANKS PLANS ASSAULT ON KRIEMHELD' WITH TIIK FRKNCII AHMY IN" f RANCH, .Sunday, Sept. 1."). (liy the Associated 1'ress.) The sacrifices the Germans are making to stop the slnvv hilt stendv ndl'illlee nf flellcral i Manuin's forces toward the Ohemin hands- Thy wlH not 1,6 frlon(l8 nor Des Dames are evidenced bv the I wiI tncy aBree to any nole n 11,0 cor" the faintest snRRcstlon that tho cen tral powers will aprce to any one of these conditions. They who drew the sword nro scheming to save them selves from perishing hy tho sword. I The disingenousness of the note be trays tho fact that it originated In I Wllhelmshaven. Relative to tho offer of poace to BelKlnm tho Express says: "This is another Brest-Lltovsk scheme and part of the sumo plan for preserving the power of tho IlohenoL lerns." After reforring to tho sinking of the Gal way -Castle as a no-Incidence of tho offer of peato the newspaper suys: Will ot Shake Hands "Tho allied peoples will not shako larger number of tho enemy dead found on the field of Siilmday'M and Sunday's operations. The number of ner negotiations. Democracy now Is at the helm of tho world's affairs. Militarism Is tottering and if the prisoners whieh increased during the ' UKrmnn PPe w.sn 10 save inom ,l .v (, .,,. ili in i "iim filun w vfirv'solves from falling with It they must Inrjro for the length of front nttaek ed. The dead are thickest around Laf faux mill and cast of Ynnxaillon, where the enemy countered violently j today in n vain effort. (leneral Manila's troops not only' maintained their grains but pushing on from Vaiixailhtn, captured the pla teau to thi; southeast, whieh j;ives them ii vantage j:ronnd of jrreat im portance. Kl"dinir the fiehl of bat lle (o the stitilh the l'Veuch nlso made nuule appreciable trains by occupying Menncjean farm and ground conid ernbly east of that position. Furliu south they took by slortu Hill 1(1!) north of ( Yltes-Kur-Aisno. The tiennans came back repeated ly in strong force all nlnnir Ibis front and fought stubbondy but with no other result than to increase (heir ex I ; emel; heavy hisses. Further advances by tho French en Iho biub ground Cs and south of the C'hetnin Des Dmnes will make thL' (' rman po-itimis then1 Hons. very pr-M a- HOUSE ACIS UPON WAR REVENUE BILL WAKIIINtiTOX, Sept. Hi. All other hiiKincsR dl'pat:ed, the iioiie today not down to real work on the (X, coo, nno, noil rcvenuo bill. Con sideration of iinieiidmentH bei:nn un der rule limltiui; inemtierH to five minute npeeclieK on each amendment. Leadem were eolirident o panning the Idll not later than Friday. insist on the preliminary conditions which alone mako useful talk possi ble." "Our peace terms have been mndo abundantly clear," says Iho Post. "When Germany nnd her dependents aro ready to accept them they can let us know." The pacifist Dnlly News is tho sole exception to the prevalent tono. An ticipating general rejection of the Austrian proposals, It Bays that re sponsible, sober-minded men should nevertheless faco tho proposals sipiaroly. Americans Celebrate) American residents of London cele brated tho American victory In pub lic places Inst night. Londoners, informed by special cdf tions of the continued pragmas of tho Amorlcnn nttack and tho Austrian pence offer, displayed oxiirheriince and hopefulness In marked contrast with the gloom of the summer montliB. It was felt that with tltc American army righting under Iho guns of the fortress of Met, and with Austria making an official hid for peace, things at last were really mov Ing In the deal red direction. Austria's note Is In the bunds of the government, together with Infor mation that (lerniiiny has made c direct orfer of pea-e to llelgliiin. I. Pile Impression It Is needless to say that these peace feelers make II t tin impression on cither the government or tho peo ple. They are pointed out, however, as n revelation of speedy enemy ap preclntlon of the miaiiliig of Amer ican military participation in tho war 1'olltlrnl circles believe that (icrmniiv realizes the soon w ill lie compelled to PLYMOUTH, Knglnnd, Sept. 10. Pathetic scenes were witnessed here when hundreds of survivors of the torpedoed steamer Galwny Castle were landed at 7 o'clock on Thurs dnv morninir. Tho passengers were mostly women nnd children nnd it is believed that whole families hnvo been lost. Anions the survivors were little tots scarcely nble to walk, crying for their parents. Parents were searching1 for news of children, and women were vainly seeking lost husbands. Tt mut tered nothing that warm dry clothing vm: distributed to take the place of se.'nly nttire, survivors snatched be fore they left tho ship. Their one I'lought wns to get news, of relatives and friends. Ship limbics When Hit There seems no reason lo iloulil Hint the vessel was torpedoed without slightest warning. The explosion oc etirred between the engine room nnd the stoke hold, which is taken to rule out. liny possibility, that the ship struck n mine. The explosion caused the ship to buckle in n most extra ordinary manner. She was Injured at the extreme bottom and wns bent and lorn clear to the upper deck run1. seemed likely to break in two lit nny niorr.ent. The inrush of wntcr was tremendous. Captain Dyer ordered the bonis lowered nnd issued life belts to till passengers. One bout was swamped mother was damaged herausc the falls became fouled nnd nno'lier wns swept buck against the liner bv a ivnve and smashed by the propeller. Anoihir narrowly escaped a similar fine. 151 Are Missing Of (ho pascsngcrs nn Hie llriti.li liner flnlwav Castle, sunk hy n Oer- man submarine on Thursday, lot nn missing. The number of passengers on the steamer was 7-lrt instead of !HiO, ns ut first supposed. LENINE SEEKING DEFENSIVE TREATY Americans Busy Consolidating Posi tions Won Last Week Preparatory to Resumption of Offensive Vic tory Dislocates German Lines From Verdun to Swiss Border Yanks Under Fire of Guns at Metz At tack Just Right to, Spoil Plans. PEACE PROPOSAL n AMSTKIl DA M, Sept. The A i i t ro-H unzarian iiene proposal caused rxcltcl Mieculutlon In foreign runem y Sunday : tatcd to have run into the million. Murkfl, whh h cloned Saturday at 31,.r were largely nought privately Sunday afternoon at 31, white Aus trian crowns no from 17.2.1 to (Continued on Pane Six.) CARDINAL FARLEY MAMAltOXKHOCK, X. V., Sept III. aidinal Farley, ureibi--h'ip ol New York, who suftercil a relapse on Saturday after purlin! recovery from an attack of pnemiuiia, may sink at any moment into n living condition, it wns iinuounccd lodav. TiY ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sept. 16 Along tho battle line American at tention Is directed ehlofly at tho front Inl Lorraine, where the Amer icans are under fire rrom tlie fortress of Metz and aro appnrnntly making , ready for a drlvo against the "Kriem hcld" line, to which the Germans withdrew from tho St. Mihlel salient. rom this front American forces are on tho .threshold of Germany. The victory of General Pershing's men has had more than a merely lo- ' CAl effoct. Gormnn lines to the south- oast have been weakened by tho tor- Iflc blow dealt along tho heights of . tho Mouse, while to tho northwest, ' the Germans aro forced to adapt themselves to the new menace which has taken from them tho cornerstone of their posts onat of Verdun. The aerial anil artillery arms have been netive on the new American front southwest of Jlctz. The enemy guns have been hammering the Amer ican lines, hut no infantry attacks hnve developed. Allied aviators have bombarded railroad centers and other military targets in the Mctz area while enemy uiriucn havo bombed some places within the American lines, including SI. Milncl. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 10. Hints that the liolsliuvik government of liu-ssia, may seek alliances with ulher powers lire contained in a note ad dressed to the peoples' comniissnries and Soviets hy Nikolai Lcniue, the Ilolnhcvik premier, printed in the I'ravda of i'ctrograd and republished in the Lokul Anzcigcr of licrlin. The note reads : "The position on the Czccho-Slo vnc front is becoming more danger- oiih daily. Wis are daily becoming ill crcu-iiigly convinced that alone we uro nowcrl less, r'or the soviet gov eminent there is only one way out uamelv to conclude a defensive and offensive ulliani-c iMth another pow r. "In order to save the power of Ibe workers am pca-iint, we must not even recoil from an alliance with 1111 pcrinlists." ENGLISH COLONIES TO SIT IN WAR CABINET LoS'llON", Sept. 111. I' tiller a new otflcinl arrangement, the dominion are to st-ml to London permanent representatives to sit in all regular nicclitiiis of the war cabinet. Ar rangeineiits arc also tinder way for the representation of India, which ha fiirui-.hcd mauv troops, in the war cabinet rcgiilnrlv. ltackwnrjl Movement PAIUS, Sunday, Sept. Wliilo the Americans tire operating in Lor raine toward I he iiorthcnst the bat tle has extended fur down into tho Vosges region. The (lerninn staff is seeking to rectify its lines there. Tho forced retreat at St. Mihici caused n backward movement along tlio heights of the Meitsc. This double recoil will establish Hie allied lines in trongcr positions over n very wide front. W ITH TIM', AMI'.IMCAN ARMY IX I.OIi'RAINI',, Sept. HI. p. in. (By the Associated Press.) Acliv- ily of the (lernuin artillery increased somewhat during the forenoon today. No infantry nttaeks, however, were made. Intense nrlillcry aelivity marks the operations early today. The Germans have not resisted mi nor movements calculated to consol idate the American line, which now has b line firmly lixed. Towns AltiirkiHl Allied ni-ht bombing nirplnnen Sunday night dropped more than 17. tons of bombs on t 'oitrecllcs, Khrangc, Snarliriickcii, Houlay, liulil, Coiil'lnns and other points. The bombs dropped on Conl'lniis were directed against the (Contlnuod on Pago Five.) RETRIAL APPEAL SAN MiANVISCn, Scjd. Ifi.-Tho petition iL' Thomas J. Mooiicy l(r permission to seek a writ oC error I'roiu the l uiicd States supremo court lullowiiiir the refusal of the lower cmirU tfi u'nihl him a new trial wan denied hy the t'alifurnia supreme court today. This is the last step ho can take in the stale courts. The court said it was without au thority to j runt the petition as it had oerrutcd pnt petitions on which tho present )oMimi was predicated. The petition is to he presented to the I'nitcd Slate supreme court, Maxwell MeN'iiM, counsel of record for Mooncv, jinnouncelf
