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University of Oregon x Library "WEATITER Maxiintmi Yesterday, !)!; Minimum Today, :2. FORECAST Tonight ami Tomorrow: Fair. FITT AIL TRIBUNE. 1LS - - MEDFORD .KiVhJueKTr. . inSDrORDTRKOOX', ' AVEDN'KSDAV 8KPTEMIJER 18, 1918 widesore Utile ini r ' 1 I " iifiRRFAKS FRANGE REJECTS GRIM APPROVAL lTT vffS Mwratf to president mSRsffim I II 111- IffllUL Clemenccau Says "We Will Fight Un- Rejection of Austrian Peace Effort Es?TC''l!rW rr"Srfl U l the Hour When the Enemy Un- pleases Army in Franee-"Kaiser Vv J,n17'i I ..o.u..o av..v, van i rm wiiyuimg Line 1 iuu uver Jfc VAVJisiiiSpWffop- II tV .A Prima rind Dinht 1c nn I nnnur Pne. ..,.- . n.-.J T JrWlScird1- MtZiSl. TeSiM ifuA sible" Just Peace Wanted. Made in Berlin by Army. M''Mhi fiTTC Qwerzft NSSr v.:.;, SPrenwntri Lyt-tVONC;AV.'.0;'? !?ft-t JSSK, RJ?di A?rV NO. 152 . que British ldvanee 3 Miles on 15 Mile Front Northwest of St. Quentin, Outflankinp City, While French Ad vance to - South 1 ,500 Prisoners Taken and Many Towns Captured Counter Attacks in Cambrai and Laon Sectors Repulsed. WITH THE HHITISII ARMY IN I-'RAN'CE, Sept. 18. (Hy the Asso ciutcd Press.) Field Marshal Haul's forces this morning attacked the Ger man positions on a considerable front mrthwest of St. Quentin. Simultan cously French troops carried oat nn operation on the riyht. Successful progress was made on both fronts. Three Mile Advance LONDON, Sept. 18.-4:30 p. m.- (liy the Associated Press.) In their attack today northwest of St. Quen tin the Itritish scored nn average ad wince of from two and one-half to three miles on a l.'i mile front, nccord injr to reports up to this hour. The town of Hardcourt was cap hired by the Hritish. The front under attack runs from Ifolnon wood went of St. Quentin northward to Gouenncourt. The. Hritish attack took them far nearer the line from which the Ger man offensive started on March last. The latest reports placed Field Marshal IIuik s troops at an average distance of about a mile from this line. 1500 Prisoners Taken Prisoners to the number of 1,500 are reported. The fifth ting; was continuing this afternoon. The town of Fpehy, toward the northern part of the fronl under at tack, was almost surrounded hy the llritish this afternoon. The Pritish have crossed the 1 1 in -denbur-r line nt two points at Vil lcret and "t Gouzeuacoiirt. The depth of their penetration beyond, however, is not reported. Villcret was taken by the advanc ing forces, as were Le Vcrtjiiicr, lionssov and Hertbaucourt. HY TtIK ASSOriATLD PliKSS, Sept. 18 Field Marshal Ilni;.', two months from the day of the allie 1 of fensive on the Manic, has heirun a closer investment of St. Quentin. Mis troops are attacking northwest ol the city with the evident intention of outflanking it on the north. Ifolnoii Captured The new operations" followed the I'titish capture of Ilolnon village on bih ground three miles northwest ol S. Quentin, Tuesday niyht. Ilolnon is on a hill as is MaisM-my, r aptured last Saturday. These hill position P dominate the terrain north of St. Quentin and the road connecting the city with Camhrat. From these favorable points the llritish are moving in toward the cilv. Full details of the operation are lack inr bat undoubtedly the i'.rilUh will meet with stiff opposition. The Ger mans here are on or ner tlic llinden burir line, "nnd captured documents show the cnemv troops have been or dered to maintain their position-;. Huns Counter Attack To the north the Germans nre us- Con tinned on Pago Klght.) nr iLRfiAT lAwnm v ui u uuni Lnnuuu I 1 AX ATI-ANTIC PORT, Sept. IS. i yfWe rirst ortlrer ann m men 01 me " !,roiKie.se Pteaniphip i.Ixopp, lor- Uifiofd Svtniiiier 12 two humlroil llA's off the north Atianllc roast, irmeil here yestenlny after nls day" In an open boat. The captain and 1 4 iien reached port yesterday. A third ''tioat 'Uh Zi men still Is missing. . - V - S PAIilS, Sept. IS. (I lavas. "We will flight until the hour when the! enemy comes to understand that bar uaininx between crime nnd mht is no lon.i;er possible," declared Premier Clemenccau in nn eloquent adddress in the senate last evenimr. "We want a just and a strong peace, protecting the future auainst the abominations of the past." The premier, who was enthusiasti cally greeted was given nn ovation as he concluded and the senate vot ed that his address should he posted throughout the country. Gratitudo Toward Troops In the beginning, M. Clemcneenu spoke of the gratitude the people of the allied nations feel "toward those r'ervelons soldiers of the entente,' by whom these nations would at last be liberated from the barbarian men ace, lie recalled the threatening at titude of Germany toward pacifii France which had endured for a half century, thc infamous wounds, bru talities and tyrannies of an enemy who would not forgive uy for havm saved from the wreck the conscious ness of right and our indispntubh claims of independence.' lie pointed out how without tin lightest pretext Germany hurled her self upon French territory, devastat ed the fields of Franco, burned and pillaged her towns and villages and enslaved her men, women and child re ii. Day of Glory romo ''The enemv thought that victory would cause all this to he pardonced,' continued the premier, "but fortune has changed. The dav of glon' has come. I in r sons are completing lue formidable tnk of their fathers, and with brotherlc nalions, are securinir a sunremc victory. All right minded humanity is with our troops who arc liberating the nations from the Juron of evil force.' The Paris newspapers treat .pre mier Clemeiiceau's speech as in ef fect n reply to the Austro-IIuntiarian nence note, couphii" it with that ot Arthur J. Ihillour, the Pritish for O'gn secretary. They declare 1 lint th. responses which President Wilson, Secretary Palfoiir ami Premier Ch iu- cnceuii have made show them agreement on the question and as i willing to permit a disru-sion ol pence which would dissipate theslorni Iriving against the central !ovrs. WITH T1IK AMK1WAX A I! MY IN FKANCK, Sept. 18.-(Uy the Asso ciated Pre.) From the manner in which the American army received the news of President Wilson's reply to Austria-1 1 angary's peace note, its at titude might be characterized as one of grim approval. The report of the Austrian sugges tion that a peace conference be held circulated rapidly yesterday and the orticers and men expressed the be lief 1 lint none of the allied govern ments, certainly not theirs, would yield to what they regarded us a trick of the central powers to gain time. Mailt Huns Defeated As the news of President Wilson's brief answer moved steadily toward the outposts and was passed on by one soldier to another, there was a feeling of relict' among the officers of high rank and an air of satisfaction from the enlisted men. The nttitmle of the soldiers, often repeated was: "Sure he . won't. The kaiser can't put over anything like that on him." The American army, as yet only slightly scarred by war. has all the enthusiasm that characterizes all troops at the beginning of hostilities. The Americans wish Germany de feated. Aiislriaiis Ileal i.o Danger The Austrian prisoners in the hands of the Americans appear to realize the danger 1o them of the con stantly increasing American army and are not inclined to underestimate the menace that goes with the enthusiasm borne of a victory so easily bought as was that in the St. Mihiel salient. The Anslrians continue to insist that the peace offer was not n trick of Germany's but that it should be at tributed solely to Austria's deter mination to get nut of what her peo ple think is a bad bargain. There is no doubt the American soldier would be disappointed if peace were to he made, except, on the un conditional surrender of Germany. CUES PROTEST TEARING UP OF ILROAD LINE Councils of Medford and Jacksonville Protest to Colonel Disnue Order Sanctioning Dismantling of Bullls FJailroad Bondholdeif and Mort gagee 0'iects as Does Lumber Mill, This map shows the iinmcdliilo (InriKi'r of cnpluio liy the itllles In which their ndmui'o luis placed the cities of St. Quentin, l.c Tore and I41011, all bulwarks id' the IlindeiiliiirK line. Tho hattle lino is that before smashes l the allies of the past few days. SEPARATE PEACE .WATKUTOWX, S. ri.f Sept. 18. Snow Cell in Watertmvn ye-trrdny tur nlitmsl an linur. The .-.now melt ed as last as it fell. 'AIMS, Sopt IS. (Ilavas). The liclginn government after consulta tion with the allies, ueeordltiK to the Petit I'artelen, has decided to refuso without elaboration the reported of fer of a Bcparato peace made hy (ier Au Amsterdam dispatch Tuesday said that dispatches received from Iierlin declared that nothlim " was known In competent circles in Ilerlln rosai'dlnt; the reported separate peace proposal to Helgium. Information was received in Lon don Sunday night to the effect that (ennauy had made an offer to Hel gium. The terms included the provis ions that Belgium should remain neu tral until the end of tho war, that Belgium should uso her-good offices to secure the return of the lierman colonies and that tho pre-war com mercial treaties shall again., lie put into operation. Tho proposal con tained no admission that (iermany had wronged Belgium nor anything concerning reparation or Indemnities. I H 101 E WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S. Vis count lchijo Motono. who resigned as minister of foroign affairs of Japan four months ago, died lit Tolilo yes terday from a stomach trouble with which ho had suffered for a long time. Tho veteran statesman had boon In 111 health many years, lie had suf fered a relapse from what appeared tp 1 10 a partial rcvovery recently fol lowing the unfavorable reception given his proposition to renew the pressure upon t'lilna for ndopllon or tho proposed Tar reaching Chlno .lapanese agreement. Viscount .Molono was born In and was a typical product of tho Jap anese sy.slem of civil service, having advanced regularly to tho various grades in foroign and diplomatic of fices from the position of translator, which he filled In Intnl. In turn he had been counsellor, secretary of le gation at I'elrograd and minister at Paris and Brussels. The people of Medford and Jack- onville nre up in arms and will figlit the proposed attempt of S. S. Ilulli: to either stop the operation of tlie railroad between this city nnd the county seat, or to dismantle it nnd dispose of the rails to the govern ment. The oily councils of both cities have adopted resolutions of protest which were telegraphed to Colonel Uriee 1'. I)isiiie, who is tho head of Hie tinny spruce division and whose heudnunrtors arc at Portland. It will he remembered that last week Mr. Ihtllis announced that the road would have to discontinue operation because the government had requisitioned three miles of its rails, nnd that the work of tearing up 1 lie rails would he begun in about two weeks. It later developed lhat' the war department's requisition had been made only after Mr. Hullis hud sold three tuilcH of rails through n Portland broker to Ornnt Sniilli-l'orter HrolhorK Co., spruce operators, and placed ui the market for sale all . tlie railroad ciiuipmcnt, . Other I'rolests Filed llesides Ihe pridesv of the two city councils, protests have niso been made by W. S. llarnuni, In Resistance to Allies on Macedonian Front Weakening Major Opera tion Underway With Intention of Cutting Off Turkey, Crushing Bul garia and Freeing Serbia, Rumania and Jugo Slavs Advance is Made on 15 Mile Front. LONDON, Sept. 18 (By Associat ed Press, 4:45 p. m.) Bulgarian re sistance on the Macedonian front Is weakening and the allied troops have advanced an average of ten miles, according to tho lntest reports to celved from Salonlki. Fifty guns have boen captured. The Bulgarians fought well when tho allied attack was launched, but their resistance has become less for midable as tho allies have moved northward. ' Major Operation WASHINGTON, Sopt. 18. It has ' been hinted In military circles for some months tnat this autumn would see a major operation on the Mace donian front and from the news of tho past fow dnys It appears that the . operation has bogun. While it Is not ' posslblo for military reasons to give tho number of mon intended to par- ' ticlpato in this movement. Its object - who ns I is clear: To cut ATf Turkey from tho FIRST PHOTO OF AMERICAN TROOPS ENTERING GERMANY if.:; i.M WASHINGTON, Sept. iS. lohn W. Davis of West Virginia, now solic itor general of the fulled Slates, has been selected by President Wilson to succeed Waller Mines I'age as Amer ican ambassador to Great Britain. The annotimemcnt of Mr. Lavls' selection today disclus'il that he had arrived safely It Switzerland, where l.o is to head tin .'.merit an delegation rt the Homo 1 oufereiice between An-erican and German missions on the treatmer.i and exihanue of pn. onerr. of war. Since he came to Washington seven years ago as a member of con gress from thn first West Vlnlnla district, Mr. Davis has been an active Mgurc. Hardly had he begun his fec und term when Pre'dent Wilon ap pointed him solicitor general, in !!H2. The decision of Ambarradnr Page to resign on account of III health was announced three weeks ago. . ' . Mi .m What n thrill tbe e V.inl.ei' ibuigb boys milt have expeilencivl win 11 III Is picture nils taken, honlim tlleill numbing iicp. the Ireliih iHirder into Gorman) ! Hie lionbr post, re seinbllug 11 lull her pole, can lie seen n little to (ho center of the picture, older, holds n mortgage against other central powers, to crush Bui- . e railroad property of $(i:i,()00 mid by the Ciagmin Pox and I, umber com pany, whose lumber mill and box fac tory will be put out of commission if the rails are torn up. The mill has n ontraet to cut lies for the Sonlh rn Pacific, operalcd by Ihe govern ment and the lanil on which tint tim ber is cut was recenllv sold b" Mr. Ibillis to (tagiion, and was only pur- hased because it lay along the rail road. Any attempt by Mr. Ibillis to tear up any part of the railroad belore an answer is received to the protests fit - d would be followed by interesting cvchipmciits it is said. A close watch is being maintained on the ruil- toad. Vp lo lale this afternoon no ply had been received from Colonel llisipie, who is giving the subject thorough investigation. 'I'he rcsoliilion of Hie Medford oily oiilieil which was adopted illialii 11 ouslv and telepgraphcd lust night to Colonel liple, read as follows: .Miilford'H Protest ''lie it resolved that the common council ol Hie 1 uy 01 .Mcuioru 11 hv makes a special ap I to Colonel llrvce P. Ilisiiie lo rescind any order that has been made for the removal nnv rails from Ihe Mi'dl'ord and Jacksonville railroad or Ihe exlcti sum lliereoi. 1 lie people 01 00111 immunities are 11 unil in Ihis rcipicsl Medford mid Jacksonville originally iiilriliiiled substantially to the build ing of the road. 'I'll aid connect: this e. iuiiiIv uilh the county sea! .lcdford rceenlly anlhori.cil the i nt .'blil,0(lll bonds for Hie extension of this road lo the copper belt. Is suiinee was iircvcnlcd through llu courts on technical grniind-. Med ford looks to an cxti'ii-ion of thi road lo the copper and chrome belt "The r Mil of the road III thi time would he a serious bbiw to Ihis (Continued on Pngo Might.) gurin and to freo Sorbla, Rumania and tho Jugo Slavs of southorn Austria. Germans Helping Bulgars BHHLIN, Sopt. 18 Gorman troops are aiding the Bulgarians In their de fense ngnlust the allied attacks In Macedonia, nocordlng to an official statement from tho war offlco today. The Bulgarians nre fighting against tho Kronen, Serbians and Crocks. PRESIDENT'S PEACE Drive Progressing BY ASSOCIATED PKESH, Sopt. 18 In .Macedonia tho allied drive is ' progressing. Serbian and Kroncb. troops after taking tho important So kol rldgo, have pressed forwurd ten miles on a front of moro than fifteen nillos. As Iho allied offcnslvo In Mace donia continues the impression Is growing that uu operation of major proportions may have been 'begun there. Tho front whero tho fighting is going on, Is almost shut off from tho world and oxcepl for official re ports there ere few dotalls known as to the progross of tho entente forces. Sofia admits tho allies havo been successful at some points and says Unit tho Bulgarian troops havo been withdrawn lo positions further north.. Maps of the region whore the battlo (Continued on I'ttgo Klgllt.) LONDON", Sept. is. American delegates to (he Inter allied labor nnd socialist conference, today presented proposals that the conference Indorse the H points laid down by President Wilson as tho conditions on which pence may be ei tnblliilieil nnd main tnlned. , SEA LEVEL CANALS ASKED FOR EAST WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 H. A sys tem of government-owned doep sea level canals extending from Massa chusetts to the south Atlantic states Is recommended In a report submit ted to the senate today by Secretary Itedllelil in response lo a resolution adopted last July. Such action would not only be of wide commercial vniiie, but would ho of great mililary value us web, su:d Secretary Kcdlicld. Permanent iieipiision by the federal government of the Cape Cod and tha Chesapeake nnd Delaware canals unit Ihcir prompt improvement, n well nsi the early construction nerosa New Jcr-cy of n sen level canal having a minimum depth of 'J.') feet is recom mended. The Caie Cod cnnnl is be ing operated now by th? rni'road ad ministration. ,
