Medford mail tribune., September 30, 1918, Page 1, Image 1

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NO. 1G2
PEACE OFFER
HTiKEY
ISIMiMl
Armistice Concluded Between Allies
and Bulgaria on Allies Own Terms
Bulgaria to Demobilize and
Withdraw From Allied Territory
and Turn Over Railroad Lines to
Allies Turkey Cut Off While Al
lies are Enabled to Restore Front.
LONDON, Sept. 3(1. Strons bclii-f
exists here this afternoon that a
ponce offer from Turkey is imminent.
PARIS, Sept. 30. An armistice
lilts been concluded between the nllies
and liiiljrnrin on the allies' own
terms.
The announcement was made offi
cially today.
Allied Terms Control
LONDON', Sept. 3(1 Spcakini; at
the Guild Hall today, Andrew Honor
Law, the chancellor of the Exchequer,
said a Unitarian convention had been
signed by which ho.-tililics ended to
day at noon.
Bulgaria by the terms fixed, yjves
Bp completely, control of railways,
the chancellor stated.
Control of the Unitarian railways,
the chancellor pointed out, gives con
trol of Iiulrnria.
Alluding to the Palestine campaign,
Jlr. llonar Law said :
"The magnificent success of our
armies in Palestine has resulted in
the extinction of the greater part of
the Turkish army, bill something more
is oin to follow."
Uiilnuriu Cut of War
Hulpiria has. sinned an armistice
with the allies ami the first break in
the alliance of the central powers has
come.
Terms laid down by the allies were
' accepted by Ilularia ami hostilities
between the nation and the allied
powers wiil cease. The allied terms,
as reported from semi-official
sources, included the demobilization
of the Unitarian army and !tul!;uria's
withdrawal from allied territory.
Willi llulizuria under allied con
trol the position of the remaining' cen
tral powers in the Ibtlkans ami the
Near Kiist will be ino-t serious. The
main communication line between
liorlin and Constantinople will be
cut and Aii-liia-lliinary will he open
to invasion from the Danube.
Allied Troops l'ro;ress
I'.cfore the sit'iiiou of the Unita
rian armistice, the allied troops hail
made further substantial progress
toward the invasion of liiilirnriii anil
the liberation of Serbia. P.rilisli ami
Greek troops are approaching Pet
rich, near the Struma, while on tin?
north the Serbs are pressing toward
I'sknh. Kast of Velcs the Serbi.iu.
are within six miles of the Ihil-'arian
border.
Kalian-inn representatives agreed
to an armistice probably the first
Mcp in Huliinria's withdrawal from
the alliance with the ccnlr.,1 powers
a few days le-s than three years
after she entered the war on in; '-ule
of Germany. It was, on th i ne r fc.
pil.'i. that ltuli:aria issued a ummI'i'--
AMERICAN UNITS FOCH STRIKING
ACROSS CANAL HAMMER BLOWS
(Continued on Pago Six.)
Ill NAMED
AT IE ACTALET
Yanks Brilliantly Attack on Several
Mile Front Between Cambrai and
St. Quentin and Go Through Hin
denburg Main Line Thousand
Prisoners Taken.
WITH THE AMERICAN FOIiCES
XOtfTH OF ST. QUI NT EN, Sunday,
Sept. 20. (By the Associated Press.)
American divisions brilliantly at
tacked on n front of several miles in
conjunction with the Uritish this
morning. At nightfall they were re
ported to have trained their objectives
only by sheer miht and niter killing
lnrjre' numbers of the enemv.
Elsewhere alonir the front between
St. Quentin and the sea important
fjains were made today and tonight it
seemed tiiat the German resistnne.
was slackened. I'riiisli, Heli:ium and
Americans attacked the (iermans all
day. The situation contains so nianv
possibilities that nnytl)ii; may hap
pen nt any moment.
Capture JOO Iloelie
One American unit is reported to
have passed throuirh he Cntelet and
have reached (Jouv. Other units which
stormed and captured Naurov have
passed through l.e Ca beret wood.
Early in the forenoon 'M (iennan
ofl'icers and 1,1)00 of other rank had
reached the Aemrican collecting
eaire.s but this number included only
those captured during the early
staires of the ntlnck.
Afler hard fih(inr the troops
readied the canal and scrambled
across as the barrage swept on ahead
of them.
The attack seems to have carried
the Americans through the main llin
detihurtr line west of the canal. The
(iermans resisted to the almost every
where. I Icavv f'ihtiiit; continues in
the locality where (he Americans at
tached, but last reports indicate the
Americans, having reached certain
points were "leap-flowed'' by Aus
tralian troops who continued the ad
vance. Ulteml With !c
As the Australians passed through,
some of the units showed plainly
what hard battles they hail been
J'i'jhlin cont inued furiou-ly the
cheered. At other places where the
titrbtinir cont a inued furiously the
A merieans wnrUnir their machine
fjins and rifles, cheered as they
worked. The Americans co-operated
closely with (lie Australians and kept
a si ream of bullets directed at the
Mermans all the time.
The ground over which the Ameri
cans passed w;i littered with (ler-n-an
dead and the same was true of
other section- of the front. I Jeep pro-rc-s
was reported virtually every
where. Cambrai Near Fall
It is reported that the Hritih have
(Continued on Page Six.)
AT FIVE PLACES
British and Belgians Striking North
of Ypres, British at Cambrai,
British and Americans at St. Quen
tin, French at Chemen-ties-Dames
and French and Americans Gain.
WILSONASKS YANKS TACKLE
PI
L
1'AIiIS, Sept. 30 Marshal Koch is
fighting five buttles simultaneously
mid successfully. Kuch buttle is so
timed and placed tluit euch iirmy
supports unothcr, nil forniin:; nn i
ilisnensiljle mirt of the whole effort.
General Grunt's iden of n contiuii
oils concurrent ntlnck hv u niultiplic
ity of forces on ninnv fronts is be
ing renli.cd by the allied generalissi
mo. There lire five battles today;
there may lie more tomorrow, nil in
terrelated mid working as smoothie
as the cylinders of a well adjusted
automobile engine. All are directed
to the same end-Mo wear down the
enemy's strength. Marshal Foch alone
knows when the allies will strike the
decisive blow.
The enemy is si ill fighting well. II
is still ofTering splendid res'Mniue
west of tlic Argomic, but how lo-ig
can he keep it up?
Withdrawal Is Xear
Kxpcrts agree that the enemy's
i withdrawal to a shorter line, prob-
nhl" that of Antwerp, lirussels, Mcis.
eres and Mclz, is imminent. Some
believe he lias hung on too long and
jtliut he will have:great difliriUy in
preventing his relrcut from I'egener
jaling into a rout.
An examination of one sector of
jthc J-inile trout on which General
iClouraud is attacking in the t'unm-pa'-'iie
will vive an idea of t'11 (Irr
'i nil w-uslngo On the eve of t'e; nt
ilack flencnil I.iincdtormm reir.l'nrecii
the defenses wilh two or three divis-ioi.-
Alter two days' fighting he
iIiitw in 10 more divisions. Thus
or Tt divjions have bei n used un
on a front of '2'2 miles only.
First Decisive Step
'fhe soundest and most conserva
tive observers here consider that yes
terday marked the first step in the
decisive phase of the war. The llel
viuns arc close to Holders, the llril-i-h
inarching' un the I. vs. will outflank
I l.ille; the Siegfried line is goini; to
pieces at two vital points, namely,
t'anibrai ami St. 'iiieiitin: l.e Calcic),
(lie central pillar of the llindcllburg
sy.-leiu is out Hanked ; General Maii"in
is (Invite' the-enemy north of the
Clicmiii-iles-Iiamcs; General Gonr
aud is at the gates of ( hnlh tiiicm' on
his way to Voimcr". the key to the
lateral railroad communication of
the Germans. Moreover, diirim: the
hi-t week the allies on tin- western
I rout have taken more than "ill, (MM)
prisoners.
PREMIER 10 JAPAN
WASHINGTON, Sept. no. ltd
llara. one of the leaders of the great
Seu Kni parly, has been appointed
premier or the new Japanese cabinet.
Mirreeitlns the Ternuchl ndmlnist ration.
President in Address to Senate Re
. quests Passage of Constitutional
Measure for Equal Suffrage as
War Niettsure Women Equal Fac-
t"tittt n ir
tors With Men in Winning War ami
Entitled to Voice Necessary to
Democracy and Future of Republic.
M NUNti
mwnn
WOOD
Fighting Resemble; Duel in Dark
Room Heavily Fortified Rcyion
Being Won Foot-by Foot Over
Dead Boches Bat bed Wire En
tanglements Hid by Grass.
NUMBER 322
FIRST DRAWN IN
DRAFT LOTTERY
President Opens First Capsule in
Drawing to Place Order for Call
for Military Service of Men From
18 to 45 Who Registered on Sep
tember 12.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. Presi
dent Wilson today stopped Into the
breach of tho senate fight over the
woman suffrage, resolution und ill a
personal address in tho senate cham
ber asked for Its passage as a war
measure.
The president addressed the son
ato in part as follows:
President's Address
Centlemen of the sennte: The un
usual circumstances of a world war
in which wo stand nnd aro judged
In the view not only of our own peo
ple and our own consciences but also
In the view of all nations nnd peoples
will, I hope, justify In your thought I
as it dues in mine the message 1 have'
come to bring you. '
I regard tho concurrence of the
senate tn the constitutional amend-1
AMERICAN HUAIJQUAItTEnS IN
KIIANCE, Sunday, Sept. 29. (Itcu-
ters). 1'ighttng along the new front
northwost of Verdun has Bottled
down to the dreary business to which
tho machine gun has reduced modern
warfare. Progress is being measured
fliy the laborious reduction of 'small
points which aro held by small
groups of men. but able to paralyze
forces out of all proportion to their
fighting value. .
From a dramatic viewpoint tho
greatest fighting has taken place In
the Argonne forest where It lias ro
scmbled a duel fought to the finish
In a dark room. The density of the
forest Is complicated by tho strange
ness of the ground which resembles
nolhing so much as the bnck ribs of
a flat fish, with the ribs on one sldo
shortened to half their length and
the beckbone running north and
south. Theso ribs represent series of
ridges and ravines which aro almost
1097,
6147
1T.23,
AMSTKIiDAM. Sept. .'10.-A pro-po-al
that nil vice presidents id' the
parliaments of belligerent and neutral
-tales shall be invited to meet for
an unbindiii'-' ili-cu-sinn of the basis
of peace have I ll introduced into the
lower house of the Austrian parlia
ment. The motion, says ft Vienna mes
sace, was intmdie-cd by lleer Neu
mann, a Liberal deputy, ll would
empow) r the pre-ident of (be cham
ber of di lies to coney the invila-
lion to the parliament-' of the hellit:
erellts and neutral states. The meet
ing wo:il,l be la 1,1 at a place ii'-'l'eed
upon.
AMERICAN UKADQt'AItTKItS IN
Kit ANTE, Sept. :io ( Renter's 1 . The
outstanding achievement of the
I American army In the latest offen
sive undoubtedly was that of its avi
. alors, who have done all that was ex
' peeled of them and much more.
Their commander, Colonel Mitch
ell, proudly claims there Is nothlnit
to beat them and It will be long be
' fore their record up to and Including
j Saturday is surpassed, with sixty ma
, chinos down nnd twelve balloons
' burned without a slnt'le casualty.
ment proposing the extension of tho
suffrage to women as. vitally essen
tial to tho successful prosecution of
the great war of humanity In which
we are engaged. I have come to uigo
upon you tho considerations which
havo led me to that conclusion. It is
not only my -privilege, It is also my
duly to apprise you of every circum
stance and element Involved in this
momentous strugglo which seems to
mo to affect its very process and llsj
outcome. It Is my duty to win the
war and to ask you to remove every
obstacle that sland3 In tho way of
winning It.
As War Measure
had ni'suined that tho senate
would concur in the amendment be
cause no disputable principle Is in
volved but only a question of the
method by which the suffrage is to
be extended to women. There Is and
can be no party Issue involved in it.
Holh of our great national parties
are pledged, explicitly pledged, to
cpialiiy of suffrace for the women of
the country. Neither parly, there
fore, It seems to me, can Justify be.u
tation as to the method of obtaining
It, can rlL-iilfiilly besiiatc In substi
tute federal Initiative for slale Initi
ative, if the early adoption of this
mea.'uiro is necessary lo ttie success
ful prosecution of tlie war, and If the
method of stale action propur.ed In
the party plal rutins of fi Is Im
practicable, within any reasonable
leim'lb of time, if practical at alb
And its adoption In, In my Judgment,
clearly necesiury to tho successful
proseiution of tho war and the suc
cessiul realization of the ol jeets for
which the war Is being foilglit.
That Judgment I take the liberty
(Continued on Page Six.)
General Pershing's report on Sat
urday's operations stuted the Amer
icans had brought down twelve bul
j loons and more than sixty enemy alr
planos, while less than a third of
'that nunilier of our planes are miss-las."
perlonsly steep on the easlern side
but less abrupt and longer further
west. Tho ravines follow each other
in ceaseless succession along the
backbone for about 2."i miles.
I .Most roniililulile Ta.k
I To such a position would be sufflc
iicnlly difficult If It had been in the
I enemy's hands only a short lime, but
much harder since ho has been in
possession or It for years.
When the enemy had built a series
or stoiio mansions benealh tho hill
sides and constructed approaches of
stoue-llned trenches, tho formidable
character of tho task may bo under
stood, lint even moro formidable
than tho dugouts and trenches lstllie
wlro woven endlessly among the
trees. Hundreds upon hundreds or
milus of wire havo been strung there
Hlncu two years ago. Thru It have
grown weeds and grasses morn than
three feel high, making the obstacle
more serious by concealment,
fighting fool liy foot
Thru such a iniinlry have the
Americans been righting their way
root by fool. Young In years, young
111 experience unci In depressing dark
ness where death may be ambushed
behind any or the myriad trunks id
trees and while the rattle of machine
nuns Is multiplied anil magnified by
Hie forest into a deafening snarl or
Ihuiidi'i', every man knows how sipall
bis cliiuices ale or being seen hy
friendly eves if he should fall. Even
when 'Hie Indefatigable stretcher
bearers find him. the task of getting
him out trom the e malign surround
In its Is one of dimming magnitude.
Mow (he wounded are Icing rescued!
Even th.ir saviours reiircely know
that their work Is being magnificent
ly leu to d and Is winning lervenl
tributes. Notwithstanding eveiyihlug
die troops have gone Ibrii Hie forest
alnioul as steadily as their comrades
outside. Even the (Iermans are not
1
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. Presi
dent Wilson personally today opened
tho ceremony of drawing numbers
for the 13,000,000 men registered In
tho new draft. 'Ho drow the first
capsule which contained tho number
322.
Tho following wore drawn In turn:
Number 1 Is 322, 7277, 0708,
1027, 10,109, 830G, D360,
7123.
Number 10 Is 2781, 9783
10,080, 438, 904, 12,308,
7ii12, C3G0.
Number 20 Is 374S, cr, 10, 3S08,
1210, 10,845, 19117, 12,52 1, 0593,
B941, 3073.
Number 30 Is 13,728, 20, 0857,
1255, 14.122, 11,101, 2132, 10,702,
3235, 739.
Number 40 Is 10,057, 0S09, 4948
S772, 71134, 535, 8(191, 1 1,060, 8858,
219.
Number 50 Is 10,518, 42S7, 12,
839, 025, 72, 11,338, 832, .10,191,
1 4,023, 14,043.
Number CO Is 961, 8G37, 2S97,
7834, 4723, 10,050, 4327, 3505, 348,
7234.
Number 70 Is 4, 12,842, 4482,
9022, 1901, 4SSIJ, 10,009, 12.930,
134, 14.P19.
Number 80 Is 12,210. 8317, 395,
5240, 12,284, 1 1,255, 057, 12,lilS,
3531, 1 4,301.
Number 90 Is 1.1.754, 1 1,404, 13,
84 1, 8(155, 0777, 7952, 1 1,1111, 15,
71111, 13,359, 12;ISI.
iNiimber too Is 1 1,232.
IDENBIG
LINE BEGINS
10 CRUMPLE
British Cut Defenses in 8 Mile Front
3 Miles Above St. Quentin Rou
lers Near Fall British In Suburbs
of Cambrai Lille Being Outflank
ed Mangin Driving Enemy Across
Chemin-ues-Dames Gouard at
Chailerange 50,000 Prisoners.
LONDON, Sept. 30, 7:30 p. m.
(Ity Assoclutod Press.) British
troops advancing In Belgium today
captured Gholluwe and are now
about two miles outsldo of the Bel
gian railroad junction of Monln.
El
t.ONKON, Sept. 30 (5 p. m.)
The llritish have cut the llindenhiirg
line on n front of eight miles nnd
luive penelrnted it lo n depth of thrco
miles in flunking operations ubout
St. Quentin. ...
The Herman communications in
lliis region are under such tin intense
I I'ire that it is impossible for them to
get any ipiunlily of men or Uniterm!
in or out.
The llrilish un1 in no hurry to elenr
up the situation about C'auihrai and
it tuny be three or four dnys before
the ncliially lake the town. The Gor
man eominiinieiitions there nlso linvo
been ruined and Ibey cannot bring in
help or take away much niiiterinl,
Houlcs fall Near
The capture ol the Jlelgiun rail
head ul' Itoulers, norlheast of Ypres,
is imminent. 'Ibis would provu a no
rioiiH loss lo the (iei'iunns us it is nil
important eomniiiiiicatiou ceulor. The
Hermans facing Iho Hrilish und Itel
giun allaeks are not fighting so well
as I lie allies expected.
Ilelgiau troops in their drive north
und ensl of Ypres have captured 1100
German gnus. Itrilish troops in thu
suiiiu area yesterday took UV guns.
I'ri.Honcrs Taken
Sept. :il). Jiritish,
(Continued on Page Klx.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. The
Anieritan government, In reply to
Horinany's threat to execute Amor
ban prisoners of war found In pos
session of sholguns today gavo notice
that If (lermany carries out any such
threat suitable reprisals will be
taken.
Secretary Lansing's reply made
public today declares that the use of
shot guns Is sanctioned by The Hague j
convent Ions, and that In comparison
with other weapons now used In
modern warfare Iho shot guns used
by the American troops cannot bo
the subject of legitimate or reason
able protest.
' If the Cernian government should
carry out Its throat In a single In
stance," sas Secretary Lansing's re
ply, "It will be the right and duly of
tho l ulled Slates to make such re
prisals as will host protect, tho Aincr
Iran forces anil notice Is hereby given
of the Intention of the government of
tho I'nlted States to take such rerrl-siils.''
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.- Ilnlil
Inli k Muipliy, American i oimil-gcn-eral
in .Sofia, who accompanied the
llulrai bin pb nipoicntlarloH to Salnn-
TONAL
II l I U.' L' .1 '. 'IM 1
I I .!.., .in. MM liPC'tt"-- 111
fkl, wh'Tfi Ih.'.v (irrdimtMi the armlj.- r t In- l(r'n!;inir tin- liol.l or i ho (.Vrmiiii ;
lir.ak.i In Iho v;iluu of corn took
ti.-( hufr ln-.-n ort!rc4 b u k to li if j tUX ,t,r nn 'n-rM !i -hI i, li.,wri h j I,H,' " '"illctliiH f-in-ur.i.'il in whirl)
(o.t hy tin- Main oViKirtmiMi.. No j fit,-i l)lt not U,n-r miv of the ,rill!,'rM Inf'Trcd to iiiciin Hid Ik-sIu-
Mi! il in nntdo plnln Hint hf liml noj,v ll,,- micihv. The Mhwilmn w.ts
imtrurtlon lo purtl. Ijmlf In th m- l,l,Ii-ln'il In tin- ri' ji,tiiiv ol' lour
2o.iii.lnnR nml pralmhly mird nnly ,.,,,. ,,( t(.,tnrl(;i ,,c im
it nn o)H.rvnr. Antrnni-, p irol willi K:tt u rl:i v rlom
Ki-sf ttifip in prii-n wiiH for tNovt'inlter
ecu ii, whlfli afti-r inltl-dny totichoft
$1 :t,'. a full of 7 l-f! a lnulwM coin-
I (MM)
IJN'1HN,
Ann'i tran ii tttl Australian forces
hiMh t l"i uid .l ni-lit on Iho
Iront liclwi'.'ii 1'cllM ourt nml tionnu
licii, in the tiii'r of iln si'Vi'irst opjio
silinii, il-'rld .Miir-luii lliii' nnriounml
todny.
Koiir ilumsiiriil prisoners wore tak
en hy flu1 nllji'il I'nrces yvstcnlny I"
Hie notrh ol' Si. (Jut'iiini ami lofty
uiiM wrro enphired ihere.
Hrilish I'turcs liavn entered tho
northern snliurb-t of 'amhrai.
On the front noillnvesl of !, Cnti'
lel, (rerinati eotinler atliiek.s pressed
the Ilrtlih h;ieU lo the outskirts of
Yiller)-iiii'shiin, while lo the 8011II1
wet of 1-e ("atelel similar jiri'sisnro
sent Field Mar-hal Hair's troops liuelc
to the ed-e of tho village of llony.
On the front soatliea-t of DfMiia
the llrti-di have wilhdrawn from Al
leiix and Anlieneheiil-Aii'ltae,
Itelnhin CroKrcLVt
HAVKL, Sun. lay, Sept. 'JO. Tho
lleh'iiui nml Hrilish armies defeated
the (ierinitn: tmlay in heavy lihtin
on the I''l;iii.lers ndu' and on tho cs--ine-
'yt-i'haeli' poit ion, iierordinff
tn the nliieiiil statement is-;urd by the
1'i'lian war ollire tonight.
"The .Meiner-Vylehii('tH rido
has heen oeeiipied ami tin- UennnliH
have heen defeated in efforts to de
lend the .ipprouehe- to the river I.Vs,,?
l!i'itifh and Helzian troops on Sat
iird.iy and Sunday look mom (linn
flJMiil prisoner-;. They in enptun1!
more than L''hi ans, some of u hoiiyy
rnlilier, as well n- a very considerable
quantity of other war material,
Kinir Albert's forces 11 1 dusk thin
cvcniiii: were atlaekini tho (lermnns
at St. I'eiter on tho Itoulcrs-Mfnin
road ami at 'nllieimdcnhnlk, (wo nnd
11 hall' miles wcM of Holders,