"Stop the reign of Hell,
With a rain of shell."
WEATHER Maximum Yostcrdav, 95; Minimum Todaf 54. FORECAST Tonight and Tomorrow: Fair.
Medford M ail Tribune'
Unl- erslty of Or?gon
Library
"Buy Liberty Bonds,
Or bye-bye Lite; ty."
Forty-lghth Tear.
Dllly Thirteenth Twr.
MEDFORD, OREOOX, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1918
no. lo t m
SERB
S BREAK BULGAR DEFENSE SYSTE1
Mr
GREEKS
Serbs and French Penetrate All Bul
garian Trench Systems on Serbian
Front and Cross Cema River in 20
Mile Advance British and Greeks
Hit on IQ Mile' Front Carrying
Enemy's Outpost Lines, Advancing
2000 Yards.
LONDON', Sept. 20. In Macedonia
tlie Serbians have extended their front
westward to the Cerna river and it
now is 2") miles wide. The total depth
of the advance is 13 to 17 miles.
Five thousand prisoners and 80
guns Imve been eaptnred.
All The Bulgarian trench systems
on tile Serbian front have been pene
trated. Allied cavalry has taken up
til pursuit nnI one cavalry unit has
crossed t lie Cerna, 'JO miles north of
the Sokol position. Another force of
horsemen has moved the same dis
tance northeast.
Greeks unci llritl-.li Strike
SALONIK'I, Sepl. 'JO. The Hritish
nnd Greeks in their attack on a 10
mile front on I lie HiiUrnrinns on both
"sides of the Lake Doiran are meeting
with stiff opposition, hut have car
ried the enemy's nut'inst lines. South
of Doiran a (rain of 2,000 yards has
been made. More than 700 prisoners
have heen eautured, says the Hritish
official statement issued todav.
I
HOLLAND TOLD
TO RELEASE SHIPS SHOOTS DOWN 1 1
TO SECURE FOOD
Uncle Jam Tells Dutch That No Food
stuff will Be Sent as Long as Hoi
land is Intimidated by Huns and
Keeps 400,000 Tons of Shipping
Rotting at Wharfs. .
BY ASSOCIATED I'HF.SS, Sept.
20. In Macedonia the allied success
cast of Monnstir, bus hen followed
by an attack on the Lake Rohan front
1 the British and Greek armies. A
fi othold on the enemy's first position
was (.'allied, according to an officii
report which says that the fighting
is still going on.
Kntraiifc to Serbia
This attack seem sto be a move in
the direction of the Vardar valley
which has been considered tl.e uost
fi'jsihle avenue into Serbia from the
south. Lake lioiran lies on the east
ern side of a range of hills which runs
mirth and south between the lake uud
the Vardar. If the Anglo-Grecian
attack is successful, it may open up
a new phase of the fighting nr. I ins
f i ont.
Kast of Monnstir, the French, Ser
bians and Cirecks continue . forge
nhend. Reports of the ficht.ng indi
cate that ;he Bulgarians have Slur
ried up reinforcements without, hov
ever, being able to stem the tide of
defeat. Hi'Ji hills have been o.irrL'd
hv the allies, who have reached ti e
O run river at a point about 1.1 miles
distant from the eitv of I'rilcp, which
seems to be the present o'jji'etivu in
the fighting.
I'prtslnir in Ittininnia
Anti-Oerman uprisings in Humnnin
nrc reported from Germany. It is
said that the Hiimuninn qii"cn, who
has heen violently anti-German,
prime mover in the disturbanc!. King
Ferdinand is said to bo hold'n.r alool
1 ill it is tinted that he nmv yield lo
pressure us.d join the nnti-Teutoni?
forces.
Dr. W. S. Solf, the German secre
tary of state for colonies, and lien
cm! Mncken.-cn, German f omuimdec,
in Ihe near east, have been il irried to
Bucharest r- a result of the j.'tbr. ak.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. Bosnia.
Herzegovina, and Croatia are lo he
formed In a single provincial govern
ment under Ihe Austro-IIungarian
empire, with Count Tlsza. former
Hungarian premier, at Its head, ac
cording to an nfl'.clul ill'patcil today
rem Swilzer and.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20. Hol
land's appeal for American supplies
to meet her food shortage, while
400,000 tons of Dutch shipping con
tlnue to lie idle In European ports,
is the subject of an official statement
Issued by the state department to
day expressing the hope that The
Netherlands government would fol
low the example of other neutrals
and open the way for general re
sumption of trade by lifting the em
bargo upon the movement of her
ships. .
In effect the department, gives no
tlce that so long as Holland permits
herself to be Intimidated by German
threats to destroy even ships plying
between neutral ports, there can be
no arrangement for American food
stuffs similar to those entered Into
by the t'nlted States with Switzer
land, Sweden, Norway, Denmnrk and
Spain.
The statement discloses that The
Netherlands government never has
availed Itself of the offer of the
United States and the allies to put
100,000 tons of bread cereals at the
disposal of the Dutch people uncon
ditionally after the government had
failed to approve a tentative general
agreement reached at London last
winter. -
RED X HOSPITAL
SHELLED BY HUNS
8 YANKS KILLED
WITH TMK AMKKICAK AW MY ON
THE I.OlHiAINK KliuNT, Thursday.
Sept. 11). (Hv the Asosrintcil Press.)
Eijrht Anicrifiins were killed when
n eleariny: lu'-pitnl wjis hit hv a Ger
man shell Wednesday nijjht. The
enemy threw a la rife number of hi'h
explosive projectiles into the region of
the hospital mi two successive nii:ht
and finally hit a laitre tent where
passed patients were confined.
A In rye Ued Cross aifain-t a field
of white had been laid on the ground
before the ho-pital sp that it would
be observed hv Herman aviators. Of
ficers sny that the Germans were de
liberately firing on the hospital as
there are no wnnd near where troop-
iniylit be concealed.
The majority of the Americans
killed in the hospital were privates. j
Several members ol the medical eorp
were nmontr the injured. t
The shell struck the hospital about
midnight, and there was preat eonfu
sion owiiiir to the darkness. Other
shells continued lo fall in the near
vicinity of the lm-pital.
Officers speak in the hiyhc-t terms
of the heroic tttempts of the attend
ants to relieve the suffering of the
wounded. Every menjber of the staff
did ull possible lint withstanding the
danifcr from the other slielN. The
nuic at the hospital are men, as
women nurses are not permitted so
near the front.
ARIZONA FLIER
HUN BALLOONS
Lieutenant Luke Makes Specialty of
Night Raids on Enemy Balloons
In One Flight Brings Down Three
Along With One Airpftne Rick
enbacher Has Six Victories.
Rain Makes Front Into Boq.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
LORRAINE, Sept. 20. It a. m, ( Hy
Associated press I. Continued ruin
which transformed the front Into a
bop, making troop movements diffi
cult and transport almost ImpoRslhle.
slowed down activities todoy. There
was scarcely a movement on the
ground.
The aortal activity continued In
tho unfavorable weather, altho In
lessened rtereo, Some nlr patrols
scouted over tho emmy lines In the
rain. -
WITH THE AMERICAN' ARMY
ON THE LORRAINE FRONT, Sept.
20. (Ily the Associated Press.)
Lieutenant E. Luke of Phoenix, Ariz.,
fattened his record of enemy balloon
destrouction yesterday by shooting
down two additional balloons, making
a total of 31 in four days. In addi
tion he brought down two airplanes in
that period.
One of the lientenanCs victories
over an enemy plane was confirmed
hy himself. He landed by the side of
the fallen machine to make sure that
its occupant did not-escape, and turn
ed them over to the French. Ha then
returned to his squadron with the
confirmation papers in his pocket.
Gasoline Exhausted
On the fliifht during which Lieu
tenant K. Luke of Phoenix, Ariz.,
brought down three enemy balloons
and an airplane, his ;asolinc became
exhausted and he was forced to de
pend on the small emergency tankful
with which all American airplanes are
equipped. Lieut. Luke turned on thU
supply, xuf'i'icieiU. only for ten min
utes, and though oil Ihe German side
of the lines, he went after his two
opponents in Fokker machines. '
The first was an easy victom, fall
ing in the French lines. The second
fell on the German side and Lieut en
ant Luke was unable to follow be
cause of his shortaife of mis and so
landed near the first German. He
had only a few pills of gasoline when
he entered ftie fij:hl, the last few
minutes of which he had devoted
imullaneouslv to fiphtinjf, puidinu'
his machine and operating his hand
ifusoline pump.
Itickeuhackcr lKmn.s Six
Lieutenant Edward V. Rickenhaek
er of Columbus, Ohio, has downed two
more airplanes during the past week,
one being officially confirmed. Lieu
tenant Rickenbaeker is now officially
credited with six victories. The
Lrroup to which he and Lieutenant
Luke belong has 2S enemy airplanes
and balloons to its credit since the
offensive bean. Confirmation ot
these victories has been certain in
nearly al cases'.
Lieutenant Luke originated the idea
of night raids on enemv balloons and
he has been verv successful. He was
h.te in returning one niubt from a
raid and came down in a wheat field.
discovering it was not too difficult to
land at night by the aid of rocket
flares, and most of his attacks have
been en fried out as the balloons were
about to nseend.
Havoc With Enemy
On the first day of the American
offensive, Leutenant James Knowlos,
Jr., of Roston, flying over the enemy
lines, discovered that the roads were
badly jammed. lie added to the con
fusion by fl"ing at a height of about
'Mi yards and shooting at and fright
eninir the horses. He reported the
condition of the ronds and fin Ameri
can night bombing squad wns sent
out. These airmen caused havoc in
the enemy artillery and greatly mi
i reused the congestion of the road.
LONDON, Sept. 211. Tin
advanced defenses iif till' 1 1 in
dcnbiirg; line west iiml northwest
of St. (Quentin have been broken.
Tlie new front borders the 1 1 in -denhnrg
line almost everywhere
except west of St. Qjicntin,
where the town is girdled hy n
powerful defensive system, com
pleted on the east nnd siiilh hy
the double water line of the
eanal and the Soiiiine. Tho po
sitions tuken-hy the Hritish form
it network of wooded hills commanding-
the Cnmbrai-St. Qiien
tin road.
president Issues Proclamation Calling
Upon Citizen: to Celebrate the Dis
covery of Our Country in Order to
Stimulate a Generous Response to
the Fourth Liberty Loan.
WITH TIMS AMF.IilAC'AX AH MY
IN' LOHIiAINK, Sept. 2(1. (noon, by
the Associated Press.) Several pris
oners from the 87tli German division
were captured hist light by an Aineri
can patrol west of Vniidicres. Thi:
division had been in this sector only
t' few days. It is one of the German
crack divisions anil it was marched
into this area from the cpnet sector
west ol' Hlicnas where it had been
resting-.
The prisoners said the 871 II would
have been sent opposite to the Ameri
cans sooner but that it hud been well
shot to pieces on other fronts, in
cluding that north of the Manic dur
ins; the German retreat, and bail been
compelled to await some replace
meals.
An American officer visited tin ob
servnthin post during the day yes
terday and whicl be was there Ihe
observer saw a movement of troops
on Ihe cross roads west of the Mos
elle. The Germans were moving
southward. The officer telephoned the
artillery, which responded promptly.
The gunners opened up on the road
ways and a direct bit was scored on
the crossroads just ns two enemy
sepcads reached Ihat point.
Through powerful classes the of
ficer say Ihe shot take effcl, killing
some of the enemy and wounding oth
ers. Great confusion followed unci
alter Hie nrlillcrvmcn bad fired on
the crossroads and the rciiion nearly
III minute-, Ihe troop movement to
ward the American lines ceased.
The crossroads were not used dur
ing the remainder of yesterday.
ALLENBY RENEWS
PALESTINE OFFENSIVE
LONDON', Sept. 20, 7: in p. in.
British forces In Palestine under com
mand of General Allenby, attacked
the Turkish pomHIoiih on a front of 1 r,
miles on September 1!). The HrltlHh
broke thru Ihe Turkish lines between
Karat and (ho sen and puMied for
ward for a distuneo of 12 mllen.
Three thousand Turks were taken
prisoner by Ceneral Allenby's forces.
Tho main Turkish forces In Palestine
are now teln closely pursued hy the
UritlKh.
WASHINGTON, S-nt. 20. To Mop
Indiscriminate transfer of cultMcd
men from one duty to another the
war (epartmenl todav ordered that
fcnW 'ed men miv no longer apply for
trunsfer and that officers shall not
request by name the transfer of en
listed men except for potent reasons.
Transfers will be made In the fu
ture, after requisitions railing for
men of certain qualifications have
been made.
NEW FINE TROOPS
WITH TIIK AMKKirAN Alt MY
IN AI.SA K, Sept. JO. i:v the A
soratcd I're-s. ) Tin-re are indica
tion that Ihe enemy ha plai'Ci) iuw
tronpo in the line in Alsace opjMiMtr
the Anu'ricntn. Sotne portion of the
front, houcxrr, apparently arc not
h !d hy these new men.
LIBERTY DAY TO
BE OBSERVEO ON ALLIED LEAFLETS
OCTOBER T
HUT ER ORDERS
GIVEN OFF CERS
Allied Propaganda Amonn Boche
Gets on Nerves of Hun Command
ers Northcliffe Declared the Most
Thoroughgoing Rascal of all the
Entente.
110,000 HUNS
CAPTURED IN
BRITISH
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20. Presi
dent Wilson today proclaimed Satur
day, October 11'. the four hundred
and twenty-sixth anniversary of the
discovery of Anieric-a, as Liberty day.
and called upon all citizens to cele
brate It to stimulate a generous re
sponse to the fourth liberty loan.
The president's priii'liiuuilion fol
lows :
President's Proclninutlon
; "Kvery (lay the (treat principles for
which wo are fihriiijr lake fresh hold
unon our thought nnd purpose unci
make it clenrer what the end must he
and what we must do to achieve il
We now know more eciiainlv than
we ever knew before why free men
Ijr.niKht the ureal nation and fr.ivein
nient we love inlo existence, he-'ic.sc
it prows clearer and clearer what
sunreme service it is lo he America's
privilege lo reuclcr to the world." The
anniversary of the discovery of
America must therefore have for is
ill Ihis falefiil year a peculiar and
Ihrillim; siiiiiiricaucci. We s.r.bl
nake it a day of arclenl rc-de lica-
tion to the ideals upon which our
ai'vcrnnicnt is founded and by vr.'.cl
our oresenl heroic tasks arc? insm"I
"Now, therefore, I, Wooclrov. Wil
son, president of the t'nled Sti:lns,
do appoint Saturday, the twelfth day
of October, IMS. as Liberty H v.
"On that day I recpiest the it. n..
of every community of Ihe I'-iitcd
Stales, city, town and countryside.
to celebrate thp discovery of our
coimlrv in order lo stimulate a l-cii-
erous response to the Fourth Liberty
loan, ('oiniuemorative addresses, p:i
U'nnts, harvest home festivals or oili
er demonstrations should be nrraii''-
ed for in neiuhborhoods under the
ueiicral direction of the secretary of
ll.c trcasui" lid Ihe immediule ilii"c
tion of the liberty loan committee in
t o-opcralion with the I'niled Stales
bureau of educalion and the public
school authorities. Let Ihe people's
rosnonse to the Foil lib Lihertv loan
tMiress the measure of their devotion
'o the ideals which have "aided the
eountrv fro mils' discover- unlil now.
and of Iheir determined purpose lo
cefend theni and jruuranlec their Iri-
inohs.
"For Ihe purpose of parlieipalin? in
liberty day cclebralions, all employes
if lice federal j.'overnmcut tlirouiilioul
the counlrc whose scrvi.-es can he
scared may he excused on Sutiirdav
Ihe I'JIlt day of Oceober, for the en -lire
day.
"In vitncss whereof, I linvo here
II, to set my hand nnd caused Ihe seal
of the Fnilcd States to he nffi.xed.
"Done District of Folumbiu. thin
lllth day of September in the vear of
( ur Lord, one thousand, nine hun
ired and eighteen and of the indo-
nendence of the I'niled States of
America, one hundred forty-two."
WITH TIIK AMF.RICAX ARMY
OX TIIK I.OHIiAlXK FliON'T, Sept.
(By the Associated I'ress.)
20.-
W'ASIIlNliTOX, Sept. 2V.- Ship
tonnage, actually delivered to the
KtnerKency Fleel Corporal ion so far
tills year amounts to 1,MI,0(MJ tons,
with 2,59il,i)O0 tons launched and
keels laid for 4.1 o.'l.iiliO. (lencral
MjinsKer I'iez of the fleet corporation
giving these figures to the senate
commerce committee' today, "aid de
liveries for the month of September
probably will reach 4uo,oil0 tons.
Mr. I'lei told the commllteo that
tho government plant Ht Hog Island
Is expected to produce twenty ships
this year, far below the niimbor call
ed for In tho original program. He
said, however, Ihat the output would
bo Increased fifty per cent when the
plant was f lijly supplied Willi skilled
ric ii.
Kfforts made by the German high
command to counteract the effect of
the allies' endeavors to express their
war aims to the German people nre
evidenced in an order from Gererai
Von llutier, which has fallen into the
hands of Americans.
The order follows :
"The enemy begins to realize that
we cannot be crushed by his blockade,
his superiority in numbers nnd his
force of arms. He therefore is trv
ing trickery mid underhanded meth
ods of which he is pnstmnsler to in
duce in the minds of the German peo
ple doubts of their invincibility,
(.rills Xortliclirro
"He has founded for this purpose
a special ministry for the desl ruction
of German confidence. At Ihe head
of Ihis ministry he has put that most
IboroiiftliKoing rascal of all the 'en
tente, Lord Northcliffe, who lias been
given billions for in t'lnrni'iii opinion
ill Germany and at the front by menus
of paid agents, assassinations of am
bassadors and in all other ways in
favor with the entente methods.
'Aviators are consliiully distrib
uting increasing numbers of leaflets
and paaiphlets. Letters written by
German prisoners are falsified in Ihe
most outrageous way. Tracls and
pamphlets are wrilten to which named
oT German poets, writers and states
men nre forged.
"However, obvious Ihcy may ap
pear lo the man who thinks twice,
they may suggest n doubt, even for a
moment, in Ihe minds of those who do
not think for themselves, and shake
their confidence in Iheir leaders, their
own strength and in Hie inexhausti
ble resources of Germany. Germany
may he saved by confidence.
(ive to t'ominanderH
Lord Northcliffe forgets Dial
German soldiers are not negroes, Hin
dus, illiterate French or Americans
incapajde of seeing through inachina
tions. 'Tick up the leaflets and pamph
lets and give them to your command
ers for transmission to the high com
mand, which may be able to make
valuable deduct ions from them ns to
the aim of our enemies.
"You will thus help the command,
also help to hasten the hour of victory."
British ant! French Troops Make Fur
ther Progress in Envelopment of St.
Quentin German Resistance Stub
born and Battle Raging Over 20
Mile Front French Also Advanc
ing Toward Chemin-des-Dames
Mangin Nears Fort Malmaison.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. Scitn-
lors from cotton growing stales dis
closed today that at their recent
While House conference, ('resident
Wilson made it clear il was his inten
tion not only to fix a price for ihis
year's cotton crop, hut ulso (o order
government control of its distribution.
I'he president gnvu no intimation
of vlutt lie would consider a fair price
it was said, and any action will awail
Ihe report of the special committee,
which the prc-ident announced last
week would impure into the general
ubjeet.
WASIII'.VCTON, Sept. 20. The
house latu today passed the war rov
enuo bill, designed to raiso by taxa
tion approximately JS,ls2.niio.iliio of
tlie 2 I or moro billions needed by the
nation for tliu current year. The
lingo measure the largest of Its
kind In the history of any nation.
now goes to tlu senate.
I'asnago of the bill was iinnnlinous
A formal roll call, demanded by .Ma
jority Leader Kltcliiu. recorded il.'iii
years anil no nays, which niiuoum ed
by Sneaker t'lnrli una irrnii...l I... n
roar of cheers and applause.
.BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sept. 20
British and French troops are mak
ing further progress In the envelop
ment ot St. Quentin. The German
resistance continues stubborn and
battles are taking place along a front
of more than 20 miles from south of)
St. Quentin to west of Cambrai.
In the north the British are push
ing toward l.o Catelet and have ad
vanced a mile nearer the town on the
west, capturing an Important farm
position between Epehy and iempire.
South of this point tho Australians
nro east of the outpost positions of
the Hlndenbur line nnd the steady
progress of the British threatens the
main defenses of the line all the way
from 1, empire to St. Quentin;
Over 10,0011 Prisoners
Vest of Cambrai where the Ger
mans mot with a serious repulse In
an attempt to check the British oper
ations in Ihe south, Field Marshal
llalg has struck back at the enemy
andotaken the strong point of Jloeu
vres, on tho canal Du Nord, which
was captured hy the enemy earlier In
the woek. The Germans thus lost
the only gaii they have made In the
fighting Blnc Monday on the :Cam-bral-St.
Quentin, front. Tho British
havo added more prisoners to tho
total of 10,000 announced Thursday
night.
South and southwest of St. Quen
tin the French are working steadily
toward the city. After the capture of
Benny the French, took Esslgny Lo
(rami, less than four miles directly
south of the town.
MuiiKln's Threat
General Mangln's threat to the
security of tho Chemln Dcs Dames Is
compelling the Germans to make
strong attacks, to protect that Im
portant ridge. In the region of Allo
niant, where the French nre within
two miles of Fort Mulmalson, which
dominates the ridge on the west, the
enemy Thursday night hurled five
attacks against the French. All the
attempts were broken up with ex
tremely heavy casualties for tho
Germans.
Northeast of Vallly on tho Alsno,
the French aro advancing toward the
Chemln Dos Dames ami have wrested
farther valuable ground from tho
enemy. West of Ithelius a German
attempt to cross the Vesle has heen
defeated by tho French.
ltntn has been falling on the new
American front southwest of MetZ
and operations there are virtually at
a stiuiHl 111. Metz Is under fire ot
Amorlcan guns.
JA!
OFF FOR RUSSIA
TOKIO, Sept. 11. --(Ily tho Asso
ciate I'ress.) t'zeehu - Slavalc
forces from Ihe west and thoso from
Vladivostok alter having effected a
.pitiftiou at Tehito, an- concent ratinut
nl Irkutsk in preparation for an nd
inncc to the relief uS the Czeiho-Slo-va
ks in Furopcuti liussin, uys tt war
office ntinoutif cmciit todav,
The relief force will he commanded
by General Gaida. I be t echo-Slovak
leader.
LONDON, Sept, 'JO In northern
liiissia, Kareiian troops severely de
fcaled forces led by Gorman officers
at rklitiiiskayn, says nn official
statement issued by tin war office lo
day. 'I'he batlle took place Wednesday.