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Newspaper Page TextWEATHER Maximum Yostordav, S)."; Minimum Tenia v, 52. FORECAST Toniit and Tomorrow: Fair. M edford Mail Tribune University of Orstjim Lllwary . x rorty-lhth Tear. Dally thirteenth Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 19, 1918 NO. 153 4 4 i it.. 1 k ' 1. BRITISH CAPTURE 8000 PRIS0NERSIN SMASH THRU FAMED-HIHPEMBUBG;LIWE haig's ayss runuco dim Several Thousand Yards of Defenses Captured in Viileret Sector of Cam-brai-St. Ouentin Front Heavy Counter Attacks Fail to Stop Brit ish Onrush Sanguinary Fighting in Progress Enemy Making Every Effort to Check Allied Advance. Foch's Tactics Pin Down Large Bod ies of German Troops at Widely Separated Places Boche Forced to Man Line? Heavily From Metz to Laon and Defend Cambrai. WITH THE UttlTISH FORCES IX FILANCE, Sept. 19. (By Associated Press). Field Marshal Haig's forces up to midnight last night had cap tured a total of more than 8000 Ger mans as a result of their drive of yes. terday on the Cambrai-St. Quentin front. Several thousand yards of the Hln denburg outpost line was in British hands this morning in the Viileret sector, southwest of Le Cntolot. Forty guns were captured by the British vesterdoy. Among the 8000 prisoners taken twenty-three German regi ments In eleven divisions were repre sented. An assault delivered by the Aus tralians at 11 o'clock last night In the center of the Viileret soctor rorc ed the stubbornly resisting Germans to pull back to strongly fortified defenses. Sanguinary Ki!t( inn . Furious enemy counter attacks at numerous places late yesterday re sulted in sanguinary fighting. In every case the Germans were thrown back with exceedingly heavy losses. More than 300 prisoners, including thirteen officers, were taken in the mid-night fighting. The British took forty guns, many machine guns and trench mortars. A most portentloU8 counter attack came just before dusk in the region southeast of Havrincourt, a little north of the main 'battle. Here the Germans threw in six divisions sup ported by forty bateries. They were completely repulsed. The opposition to the 'British as sault varied. At many points the en emy fought to tho last ditch while at others he surrendered freely. Scared hy Tanks The moral effect of the British tanks was very great. It was late in the afternoon before the Germans began to make serious counter attacks. Then all their h able infantry was tnrown against strong points. Hepeated attacks were delivered against Gauche wood. All were shattered by the British. A heavy thrust from Vlllors-Gulslaln was thrown back with severe punish ment, as was another effort near Hargicourt. j Wednesday's attatk secured to the British all the Important observation points looking over the Hindenburg system as well as a hold on the ad vanced Hindenburg line in the center. HUNDRED FRENCH TANKS HELP PINCH OFF ST. MIHIEL SALIENT I1Y TIIEASSOC'IATKD Press, Sept. 10. Attacks 'made by the British anil French along the St. Quentin front show that Marshal Foch lina pinned down large bodies of the enemy forces iu widely separated ports of the line. The Germans are forced . to man heavily their lines from before Met, clear down through the Lorraine and Vosges sectors, while there is always a very real threat on the vital posi tions nortli of Loan. In the mean time the line from Khcims to Verdun always presents itself ns nn invit ing field for an allied ol tensive. The ltritish troops in di'scenlc fighting .are plunging Jfarther into the Ilindcnhurg line nnrlh of St. (juentiu, while west of Cnmbei they have withstood vicious counter at tacks. The enemy is making ever-: ( ffort to retain his positions on J.e thirty mile front mid to cheek the new f allied move which threatens both St. Quentin and Calibrai. British Plunge Ahead How serious was the menncc to the security of the llindenbur'i line by (he British thrust north of Sf. Quen tin is shown by the strong counter attacks the Germans have thrown against the llrilish lines from G.iuzcn- rourt to the Arras-f'ainbriii ro.ri, thus extending the battle line n-nrly 11 miles northward. On the front i.ttacked Wednesday Hie British arc pushing ahend against bi!:cr resist enee toward the St. Qnentiii-Ciimbr.ii lush rood, railway and ennui three Iniimrtnni enemy defense lines. From l.einpirc to Contract, which I he British now hold, the Germans have been hurled from the forward lines of the Hindenburg position. The British at l.empire are four miles from Le ('iitelet. and within one mile of the high road and the canal. On a short front west of St. Quentin tile French arc working stcudiic toward til.' town mil! are on the o i!-kir;s of l.'nllon, two miles from St. Q'lcnlin Germans Hurled Hack German counter attack at Tios cault and oeuvresj. suiithw?-t and west of Cninbnii, we' precede,! liy nr. intense artillery bombardment which severed the Briti-li eoiiimnni-' (ation lines. At both points the Germans were hurled buck wi'h heavy losses. The enemy enteve.i the l.rilish trenches at some points lint was immediately overwhelmed. I : ' 1 mini BULGARS IN U.S.ACEOFACES KILLED N BATTLE Descendant of Israel Putnam, Lead ing American Flyer, Attacked by Four German Machines and Shot Through tbc Heart Glides Machine Back to American Lines. t'aliles from Franco tell liow nearly loo French tanks niiled tlio Vnnks in their assault against the southern side of llic Huns' St. Mllilol salient llio action that is threatening .Mot, with rapture by the Americans. In this French official ptcturo you see a a fleet of these tanks starting out to attack enemy lines, . GERMANS rtERllGIN WINS " sew . isiEiiruK French Also Advunre WITH TUB FRENCH ARMY I.N OARDY, Wednesday, Sept. 19. (Continued on Page Eight.) PEACE DEMONSTRATION LONDON, Sept. 19. It Is rumored in Berlin that when the rolchstag meets thero will be another peace demonstration similar to that of July, 1917, according to an Amsterdam dispatch to ths Exchango Telegraph company. It Is said that tho terms of a peace resolution are being draft ed by the mnjorlty leaders In consul tation with tho Imperlnl chancellor. The reUhttag will conveno Novem ber 5. TO BE PROBE WITH HI IF, AMKKICAN FOItCKS IN LORKAIXK, Sept. 1 !). ( Hy Asso ciated Press). Entrenched in the second lines of the Hindenburg sys tem, the Germans nlong tho front southwest of Metz appear to have ac cepted the new situation. Tho turtles they are employing aro wholly defen sive ones. The (lermans are carrying out n half hearted and seemingly pert'unc tory bombardment. Kven challenge patrols are refused by the enemy ex cept whero a conflict is inevitable. , Cerman 77 caliber guns aro reach ing the American forward positions, while those from the MIo'b and the 107's aro fulling In the back ariAs. Only at extreme intervals does the enemy fire give the Impression that a concentrated effort is being made. It would appear that the Germans are convinced that further attacks at an early date are improbable and thoy themselves have neither the a'blllty nor the heart to -counter at tack. The situation rapidly has be come like that on old sectors where both sides nre content to ha miss each other day in an. I luy out. A bombardment that is heavy en ough at times to be called a barrage is laid down early In the morning. It Is followed by another some hours later. The remainder 'of the day l devoted to occasional shots and at tempts against the active allied air planes. American observers, both aerial and those at fixed posts, report de creased activity behind the (ierman l:nes. This Is taken to indicate that f units bfitleroil In tho American advance have been relieved by fresh er troops. Success Puts French In Possession Gf Plateau Commanding Ridge of Chemen-tles-Dames Wedge Driven Deeper South of Hindenhurg Posi tions in St. Gobain Region. IN FULL RETREAT BEFORE ALLIES WITH TIIH A.MF.HICAN' ARMY ON TIIH I.OUlf A1NK FHO.VT, Sept. 10. (Hy Iho Associated 1'iwn.) Kirs I Lieutenant David K. Putnam of New ton, Mass., American ace of net's, wa killed late Wednesday afternoon while on putrol duty along the Ameri can lines. Lieutenant l'utnnin was flying with Lieutenant Wendella Robertson of l'orl Smith, Ark., when they were at tacked bv seven (Ionium machines. hour of these made for I'litnum's uir plnne and three attacked Robertson's. The attack was unexpected nnd the enemy was able to fire from above. Lieutenant Tutnnm was shot twice throned tho lierrt. His machine glid ed to the earth at Limey, within the Ainericnn lines, where he was found by l's comrades. Lieutenant Rob ertson returned Hiifely. F FROM SERBS Allied Troops Advance More Than 12 Mites and Progress is so Rapid That They Have Been Unable to Count Prisoners and War Materials Taken Bulgarians Completely De feated and Serbians are Pussuing Night and Day. LONDON, Sed. 10 H.dshevilii forces are retreating on both the lmrlliern and southern i'rouls, accord in to n Stockholm dispatch to the Oaily Mnil while a trlegrmn received in Stockholm from Moscow stnted the ('zecho-Slovnks still held the city of Samtmi, which the IhiMicviki recent ly claimed to have retaken. WASHINGTON', Sept. 10. Inves tigation of political and propaganda activities of the brewing interests was ordered today by the senate. It wil! be directed particularly at charge that the brewer have bought n Va-di-( iiiuton newsnaper, contributed unpre cedented sums to campaign fund, in fluenced newspaper through adver tising contracts, paid money to citi zens and even government official and obtained pledge- from tncmlHTs of commas. The action follows the publication here of statements by Arthur Bris bane, editor and owner or the Wash ington Times, disclosing that to buy tho Time. Mr. Brisbane was furnish ed $.175,00(1 b a loan 1y C W. KH Kcnspan, a brewer, president of the Newark. N. J.( Federal Trust com pany, acting for a group of brewers. WITH THIS FKENOH A II MY, Wednesday, Sept. 18. (By tho Asso ciated Press). General MaiiKln's army nttarkort ulong the front north east, of SolsBoas today and captured the Colomlier) farm on the plateau just east of Sancy and just south of the point where tho Chemin Des Dames branches off 'from the road lending from Soissons to Laon. A strong counter uttack led by the Grenadiers of tho Prussian tiuard was repulsed by the French, who drove the enemy back of tbe road leadliiK from tbe pliUeau of Ange Gardiene to the Colombes farm. This I road is leis than a half mile from the Chemin Des Dames. On Commaiiiliiiu Itidge inis success puis me i-rencn in j possession of part of tbe important j plateau of Angu Gardlene, which commands the rfde along which runs I the famous "l.mllea Way" for a con-1 fidernblo dlsturice. It also' drives j deeper the wtd'e south of the M in- j ilenlMirg positions in the St. Co ha in region and fa Ilitates operation In j ItcporU from Moscow nre Mint Hie lloUlievik I'on'es are retreating on both the northern and southern fronts. On I In north Ibey are being forced by bv the entente allied units while Czecbo-Sloviik armies along the Vol-iii are also advancing. 'It iw also reported that the Czecho slovaks have taken Ihe city of Perm. If this is true they seem to lie on the verge of uniting the forces which have been fighting in we.-tern Siberia with thoM which have been engaged in Ihe valley of the Volga river in sonthen.-tern Russia. From Perm to Kazan, where the Czecho-Slovaks are known to he in less tluin 'JOU miles, a distance which seems yreat when judged by tho standard of Ihe western theater of (he war, hut which is rela tively -bort di-tnnce in tbe east, where there is virtually no organized resistance. (Continued on Page Klght.) Tho enrollment In the high school is approximately three hundred twenty-five. It is expected that, many more will enter tbe beginning of next week. Regular classes arc being held In the work, nnd tho work In starting off atin!aciorllv in all departments. LONDON, Sept. in.-The former Ru-siaii dowager cuipic-s and three prince-' and two yrand du-lic-ot ' who-e Mimes nre not reported, were1 burned to death about a month alter; tbe Ru--ian emperor was shot, ue- 1 rording to n -tory rei'ciiing London. The source of the -torv i- given con- j -iteration in -ome tinrl r and an in-ve-tiiiiition ha- been lnrled. I A large delegation of Ashland women Is epectfil ' attend the county W. C. T. V. convention hero Friday afternoon. PALS Judas A. D. 33. Jiuliis, llic Ardi lictrayci'. litirl nt rcckuiicil 'I'u lie (itil-djiiiiiictl hy any Willn-lin Sci-tnnl, Yes so it, is. Tluuili .Iiiilas citrus our liatc, , tiaitor lie willi unc lcdi'ciniiiK trait; le liaised liiinscin lint Williplin I iy it lircatli Sends liiilliniiK id his IVllowineii to di'tttli. And still liis living carcass funis the earth. r.efnrc this rustic can otia1 Judas' vtrth, Jle linist lie selt'-snsiiended hy a rdjic. ('iiii)i-, jwil nf. fndas! seize yoiirnnly hope! Kdiiimid N'aiice 'ooke. K'lipyriKlit. I9IX, N. K. A.) , Ik'srciitlnnt of Isrui'l I.ii'uli'iiiint David K. l'nt utttii. n lc sci'iiiluiit iif (lencnil Israel I'utiiiiin, ivhh (illiciiilv I'rcditi'd willi 12 aoriiil victdi'ics, lino f t'icia I v with 20. lie enlisted with Ihu l.iiliiyi'tti' flying spiiiidriin nml lirmmlit down his first I'lii'iiiv .laniinry lit, 1!)IS. Hi' wns iiwiii'ili d tin' French wnr itiiss Mnrcli 2:1 a ft it lui vin;; wi'ii fivo viilnrii'H in tin' air. Ill' was ilci'iinilcil with the military medal liy the Kreni'li govern menl. Lieutenant I'litnaui wiih transfer reil to the Aineriean aerial eurps as first lieiitenaiit in June. His. aehieve ment June 10, nf hrininjr down five fieriuan airilaties iu ime day has been eelipsed only onee durin; the war, Aviator Item Komk of Ihe Kreneh iiriny, Imvint; destroyed six machines in one day. Lieutenant 1'u! mini's lust 'aerial vietory w-ns re ported Septemher 2. LONDON, Sept. 19. The Bulgar ians are In full flight in Macedonia and aro burning storos and villages, a Serbian official statement received hero reports. The allied troops now have advanc ed more than 12 miles and their pro gress Is so rapid that they have not been able to count the prisoners and war material taken. New regiments thrown in by tho Bulgarians - nave been forced to retreat with the oth ers. . The Ilulgarlnns have been defeated completely and tho Serbian troops are pursuing thcm day and night. . Tho Serbian and French troops have taken tho towns of Topolets, PoUhlBhta, Hcshlshta, Molynltsa, Vltoltahtu nnd Haslmbey. They novo also taken the heights of Kuchkov Kamem. Stolo (iff to Friitii-o IIKI.r.NA, Monl., Sept. 10. Lieu tenant Putnam's sister, Miss Mur orie I'litnaui, is visiting an limit, Mrs. John llavid at Vandalia, Mont. Lieut. I'lituam, who was 20 years old, entered Harvard I'niversily in the full of 1010, and when an amliiitanee unit was lieimr organized there, ap plied for permission to enter. He was lejei'led because of his youth. A short lime later while his mother was ill in a hospital, llavid went to her room and said i;oi)dhye. "Why, where are you going" she asked. "To France." was his reply. "How?" "I'm goiuir on a cattle boat and it leaves in an hour," lie answered. Ar riving iu France, he gut a job driving an ambulance and a little Inter nian uged to join the La Fayette esea- drille. While in training1 once h machine fell 2,000 feet to earth and he escaped with nothing more serious than two broken teeth. WASIIINCTON, 81 pt. 19. An In Inrnnt I01111I agreement for the pool ing of all available tungsten among the fulled Stales nnd the allies. reached thru the Inler-nllled muni tions rounrll nt Turin, was announced today by ( lialrinon Huruch of the war Industries board, lis terms will bo made puldle If the nrrangoinenl Is finally approved by President Wil son. in Fun night BY ASSOCIATED I'KESS, Sept. 19 In Mueodonla the Bulgarians are In flight northward before the Serbians and French. Hurled from important helghtH, the enemy now has been forced buck twelve miles and the pur suit continues. The Bulgarian retreat from the Sorbo-Urcok border Is reported to lie In the nature of a flight and the en emy is burning Btores and villages In his path. Tho allies have captured additional prlsonors and war mater ial which have not been totalled, bo fast has been their advance. A score or more Horlilnn villages have been reconquered and the Bulgarians have been driven beyond Haslmbey, on the Ccrna river, fifteen miles southwest of 1'rllcj), tho linmedlato object. IteoigMiil.e Mho It in not unlikely the Bulgarians will continue their retirement at least to iho Improved road running east unit west thru iPrilep. Should the allies succeed In pressing tho Bulgarians back to the nortti of Pri- lep a complete readjustment of the Teuton linos In Muccdonlu and Al bania from the Adriatic to Suloulkl would bo Inevitable. ARMY DEATH RATE L POOLED BY-ALLIES ALBERT STRAUSS 10 WASIIINdTdN, Sept. ID. Tho surgeon general announced today that tor the two months' period end ing August .'II, the dentil ruto of the entire urniy was 2.IH compared with the death rate of men in civilian life of military age of (1.7. WASHINGTON. Sept. 10. Albert Struiiss of New York, now represen tative of the treasury department on tbe war trade hoard, wiih nominated hy President Wilson today to sni' eeeil Paul M. Warburton, ns n member of tlie federal reserve board.