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YEATITETi Maximum Yesterday, 80; Minimum Today, 42. FORECAST Tonight ami Tomorrow: Fair. THE MORE BONDS THE FEWER CASUALTIES. MEDFORD .Mail j. EIBUNE SAVE YOUR COUNTRY OR SLAVE FOR THE HUN. , Forty-eighth Tear. Oally Thirteenth Tear. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTODKR 1, 1918 NO. 103 RAMnF YANKS REPULSE BULGARS FEAR CII1"1.., SENATE REJECTS TURKEY SENDS IMIIN RRAQP fiCDMMi I imp HEAVY ATTACKS OF REVOLUTION m by ai. ULhlfmil LI IL Cambrai Burning, Lille, St.-Quentin and Laon Being Surrounded and of Little Use to Boche Allied Sledge Hammer Blows Increase in Inten sityNew Offensive by French Between Aisne and Vesle Belgian Wedge Widens Menin Menaced. BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oft. 1. French, British, American and Belgian troops continue (heir smashes against the German defenses further increasing the peril to the German armies i'rom Verdun to the North Sea. The important bastion of Lille, Camhrai, St. Qucntin and Laon more and more are becoming of less use to the Germans. Camhrai was burning today, hav ing been set on fire by the Germans, while Field Marshal Mail's i'cuves were pushing into its suburbs on the north, west and oiitl.u'est Around St. Quentin flic British were extend ing their iron rinr. Between St. Qucntin and Cambrai the JtrilUh are crossing the Scheldt canal at several points having taken Vendhuile on the canal west of Le Catelet and midway between Camhrai and St. Qucntin. Northeast of St. Quentin the ItritMi have taken Leveniies, cast of a 'mint running north and sontli through St. (Quentin. m Itclian l'roi-css It:tpil The wed-c driven in between the forces of Lille nid the German sub marine bases ojihe Itelirinn coast is beiny; widened rapidly. The Belgians are encircling Winders on the railway line f'roni Lille to the submarine bases of Oslend and Zeehriie. Far ther sonlh the Britir-h menace Jlenin, on the same railroad and are nhuiv. the Lye west of Men in fur a distance of five miles. The ton es under Kinir Albert, arc mi open ground and il would seem that the railroads fnnn im: and within the triangle of Lille, Ghent and BniL'cs would soon be lust to the Germans, brinu'in about the cvaciiatiuii of (Mend and JJeehruue. New J'remh Inrivo General Bcrtholdt resumed Tues day morning his onslaughts nain-t the (Senium lines between the Veslc ami the Anise west of liheims. The French here are inarchinif toward the eastern end of Chenin-des-I lames and the open country north of Iflicims by which Laon can be outflanked. From the Sitippe to the Meuse the French and Americans maintain their strong steady pressure agaiu-t the German forces defending the import -aiit communiciitiun lines runniiii: enst to Metz from Laon to the St. (Jiin tin region. We-t of Ar:onnc the French are nres-ing up the vallcv of the Aisne toward Challeranie and Vouiicrs. Since September the French have captured more than i:t.iMHI prisoners and in excels of ;i00 guns on this front, Fa-t of Arjonne the Americans continue to maintain and improve their po-itinn-in the face of strong German re-i-t-aiu'e. (Contlnuea on rage Six.) AT ST. QUENTIN Germans Hurl Forces Reckless of Consequences Against Americans Holding Hinttenburg Line at St. Quentin Canal Tunnel and Suffer Enormous Loss. WITH THK AMERICAN' ARMY ON THE ST. QUENTIN' SECTOR, Oct. 1. (By Associated Press.) American forces on the Tlindenbnrg line south of Gouy were heavily en gaged all day Monday and the action continued all night. Australian units have-been co operating with the Americans. Near the north and south portals of the tunnel thru which the St. Quentin canal runs, the fighting has been especially vigorous. It was at this point that the Americans passed over the canal. Thousands of Germans were poured Into the struggle. Tunnel Scene of Itnttlc The St. Quentin canal tunnel runs for more than five kilometers under a mountain. The canal was held by BROUGHT PEACE Sprc?d of Bolshevikism in Sofia arrl Failure of Teutonic Allies to Eend Military Aid Induced King Ferdi nand to Turn to Entente, for Help Declares American Consul General. PARIS, Oct. 1. It was the fear of revolution at home and the failure of Germany and Austria to send him the military force he required that induced King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, to turn to the entente for help, ac cording to the American consul-general at Sofia '(Dominick Murphy) as quoted in a dispatch to the Mutin from Saloniki. The consul-general, the dispatch states, gave interesting details on his arrival at Saloniki from Sofia in company with the Bulgarian pleni potentiaries, of the conditions in the Bulgarian capital leading up to tltc demand for an armistice. King Fer dinand assembled the grand council September 2 3 with the result that a formal demand was mndc on Berlin lanro numbers cf Germans on board and Yicrmn-for-" immediate- ussls- of electrically lighted barges. There are wldo tow paths and galleries leading off from each side of the canal and In them the entire garrison had quarters. This sector Is one of the strongest parts of the Hinden burg system and the Americans have found It lined with tunnels, dugouts and galleries which require a great deal of mopping up. Large numbers or Germans havo been killed but be fore they were silenced the enemy masses worked thlr machine guns with the greatest vigor. AVhen the Americans swept past tho southern end of the tunnel the Germans remained In hiding until the Americans got n littlo wuy past and then they surged up and plunged Inlo tho fight. They wcro engaged first by tho Americans and then by the Australians. The tunnel mouth was choked with dead. This action began Into last evening and contin ued until 8 o'clock this morning with unabated intensity. American units are now holding enemy trenches In the tlindenbnrg lino from which tho Germans have tried to force them. RrcryvAierc thero has been fighting of the lArd est character. Yanks Hold Their Positions Reports just received Indicate that north of llellicourt there was heavy fighting and tho Americans In spite of great pressure against them have hold their positions, in not a few cases to the last man. They fell fighting rather than give up a single Inch of ground to tho desperately fighting Germans, who seemed to tance. Notwithstanding tho urgent tone of the demand Gormany and Austria responded with evasive pro mises for the future. That settled the determination of King Ferdinand to forsake tho pow ers, which had brought only desola tion to Bulgaria, and entrust her des tinies to tho entente. But' what Impelled the king most, tho consul-general's account Indi cates, was the fear of revolution. Annrchy was making serious pro gress in Sofia. Workmen and sol diers had held meetings and passed laws. Bolshevism in Its most exces sive form became the regular order and manifestations were hold before the royal palace. King Ferdinand, It Ih added haunt ed by recollections of (he execution of former Emperor Nicholas, was unable to sleep. IIo considered It essential for his country and for his own surety that a strong foreign military force should Intervene and thus it is added, as Germany could not give him that ho turned to the entente. LONDON', (M. 1. -British forces marching north from Pal estine have virtually surround ed the city of Damascus. They are established on the north, west and south of the city .it was ol'lii'ially announced today. The troops which have ef fected this movement are caval ry forces. Some 1.0UU prison ers and five guns were taken i'rom enemy rear guards. E PARIS, Oc.t. 1 The allied offen sive continues to train strength and the Herman resistance to weaken. Yesterday saw nno'licr army,- that of (Jenerul licrthclot, join in the chain of hntlle willi u mice, ss cipinl le that achieved by the oilier groups. His army attacked lilting the Veslc river I northwest of Khcims. It was on the extreme wing of the buttle line that the most iiuporliint EQUAL SUFFRAGE OUT FEELERS TO VOTE 53 TO 31 President's Appeal Followed by Per sonal Letters Failed to Change a Vole Various Proposed Amend ments Meet Speedy Rejection Vote Shy Three of Needed Majority WASHINGTON', Oct. J .Women suffrage was beaten today in the sen ate. Hv a vole of 53 to 31 Ihc senate failed lo give the two-thirds nia.joi'il.v necessary to adopt the resolution passed by Hie house submitting to tin slates the Susan H. Anthony suf frage amendment lo the federal eon stitution. ' Heforethe vote was announced Chairman Jones of Iho woman suf frage committee, c bunged his vote from live to no, in order to ask that the vole he reconsidered mid the rcso Int ion left pending. Wilson's Kflorts Fail President Wilson's uppeul in be half of the resolution iiparently made no change in Ihe voting, the opposition- securing c very Vol e'Hn'J-'Hniim'd. The majority lacked I wo votes of the iierjssary -.70-?H?ds and Hie change recorded for Senator Jones made il three. The senate rejected the proposal of SECURE PEACE Advances for Armistice Said to Be Semh-Official and No Notice Will Be Taken of Them Convention Signed With Bulgaria Purly Mili tary and Not Political. tenure ot the iln.v s operuhons were Senator Kreliui;liuvson of New .Jt-rsi-y, lo ne iinimi. ino renmrKnwe ad vance of the Belgian left ('overs the SAX I'UANCISro. Oct. 1. The l.lu.nim shipyard worker.- in I'neilic cout stales hue heen ordered to re main at uork on Sittiirdnv ntttTiiooiis have been hurled asalnst them rc- f ,v their respective iron trades coun- pnrdless of the coat. As a result of jrils depute effort- of union- in some finnk of the second British army and permits it to auvance safely to capture the erossim:-? of the Lys river at Wnrneton, Comities, Court rai and Men in. The British advance guards already hold two crossings and arc approaching a third. Once the Lys is crossed, General riuni'T, his flank protected, can push boldly toward Kseuut between Oiulendnrde and Ton run i, and com plete the envelopment of the Lille-liOHbaix-Tourcoinjr region, which even now is gravely threatened. On the extreme, riidit General Goii raud's advance toward Montliois i important because that village is only a mile west of Challcranjie and the railroad which joins that locality to Aprcmont virtually has been cut. Grand pre, through which two German sections facing the French ami Aincriciin armies on either side of the Aronne forest must pass, is un der an enfilading fire from French uuns. As n result the object for which the French and American armies are lipditinir is made easier for them. On the center the German rcsisiance is desperate and progress is naturally low, but Camhrai, St. (Quentin and Le Cnlclet are at all intents mid pur poses t;i ken. They have "nut been occupied ljfejniM ot mines ami traps. to restrict suffrage to men and wo men who have acquired citizenship by birth or, naturalization, tabling his amendment hv n vote of M) to :t:t. Amendment! Ist Moving toward n final vote on the woman suffrage amendment today the senate rejected fil to 22, the proposal of Simator Williams to limit the franchise lo white women. The sen ate also rejected (i 1 to 17 an amend ment by Senator Fletcher of Florida designed to apply tlie resolution's prohibition auainsl abridgement of the franchise because of sex to the federal government on! v. YAIlPLlS EQUAL TO ANY ON tho fighting the Americans are hold- Injs lines forming a salient which ipuifter- holiduv, to declare n Snturduv half Frank ('. Miller, secrelniv hulges slightly westward between ! of the Sun Francisco Iron Trade', IWRIS, Oct. 1. fiincral IVr-l.iii'.' on hclialf ot Ihe American fir-l army coin.'1'alelated Major .Inmes fi. llar Imn!. commander of Ihe AiiH'ti''un supply s. rvice. for the tnuniier in which nere-ary supplies had heen Iran-portid In Ihe front in rccnt operation-. Gouy and Joncourt. hut thlB, at lust reports, was hclng gradually elimin ated. The general In command of one of the American divisions was warmly commended by Hrlll-h officers for i lie milliner in which ne managed to pronii I protect the flank between his com mand and another division north ward. Kvory where alonR the British front tho battle was progressing under un favorable weal her conditions. The Ilrltlsh movement appeared to be piv oted on Joncourt. Wintry winds and rains, sweeping In from the North sea dreiKhi'd Ihe fighting armies and chilled them to the bone. On the important Flanders battle field the rti'lelans and Hrltlsh not I only gnined further ground but beat down completely (he de.-perate counter-attacks of the (lettnans who are striving to eliminate the allied men ace to the territory they hold be tween Itoiilers anil Ostend. Council announced here today. Hepre--eiitalives of the councils in Vancouver, Tiicotnii, Seattle, l'or land, I. os AiiL'i'le and San Francisco are meeting here In await a new wage agreetiient which I hey 'said had hcell 1 by the I'liitcd Stales ship- huililiiiL; lul"r adjustment board. They expected lliat tins agreement would provide lor a nSiurditv hnif holiday, hut said they would do linth itii; in tin-, rc'.'utd uiitii Ihe agreement was lorthfoiiiin. The conference Pul.ty his Inken lip With ritlti'ililtcc lepurts. BOY-ED COMMANDS HUN BATTLESHIP AMSTF.IIHAM. An;. 1. The no torious Captain Itoy.Fd, loriurT Her man naval nllaihe nt Wu-hiiiutoii, has ,jii-l retired from the director ship of the press .ectii.ii ui' the (icr taan navy department to eoniiuntid a hatt'.e-hip. OP SfSJ FRANCE I'AIUS. (H. 1. On one day dur itiL' la-t week Americans di-chnr'd itti.itj? tons of cjico from ship at all the porN in France. Ouj-in: an other day they dielm r'ed 11 J!tH tons ui one partii'iihir port. Itoth are record pert'urmiineo, wAlriL PAW HOUSE WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. The tioiifP today packed without a dlffcnt. In vote and mmi( to ihe pwwi'e 1h ariiuliilt-lratinn water power bill, pio WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. A most favorable report on I el lavilaiul airplanes with Liberty motor man ufactured in this country has been made to Major General Kenlcy of military aeronautic!-, by an olficcr of the air service back from lauce. The officer's report says the ma chines compare favorably with the be.-t British and French make-. The lir-t planes arrived in France May lit' last, and since Ihcn have been comini; in evcr-increasin number". "The plane and motor has become very popular with our pilots," said Ihe report. "We obtained approximately- 'M miles per hour at uround .level with one plane and without any s per in I preparation obtained an al titude of 10,0(10 feet, in JO minutes and 2) second4, full load, excepting bond's. We were able to loop, dite I ii ri 1 i.tli,.rvvi,r. u utit llu-n t.b.i.t..i. .v actly a- well ah we wo-dd any rha-e plane. "The Freri'-h mini-der of wnr thought so well of tlie Liberty motor i Hint wIm' under secretary for aviiitmn, , M. l)uMeni!. informed rue Hint the j Fi'-lM h Mould ','holly take eery nu ' tor ue eouM protliM e which we could jli'it ne our--elve-:." 1 The utatft mlllCu eompnnv will drill thru the .".(reels of Hie renldene vldln for (iovcrnment acipiinil hm teriion tomorrow nlnhl. Th com and extennton of cI(M;lrte powr ' jinny will !o diamied early ho that plnntf. H anthor!ze the exprndi- ( the mmbera can allend the (irlzzlloH lure of $1 7ri,nno,afto for extondln dance which will be ttlven for the exiPtln plnnlft or building new oiik. j benefit of the lied Crm M GRASP OF BELGIUM THREATENED LONDON, Oct. 1. "Feelers" have heen put out by Turkey for an armis tice, the Evonlng News today says It understands. While those advances wore hold to he semi-official no' notice will ho taken of them, the article ; states, until an official telegram Is received. liONDOXi, Oct. 1. Dulgarla, dur ing tho discussion over the armistice at Saloniki, indicated sho wns not nvorso to attacking Turkey, accord ing to rollnblo news recolved in Lon don, Router's limited states today. Dulgarla explained, however, that sho could only act militarily In this connection In co-operutlon with the allies.. . Routers Reached and Railroads Seiz edBritish Advance Up Lys River Sumarine Bases Endangered Intense Fighting Over 250 Miles of 400 Mile Front Allies More Than Maintain Ground Won at Cambrai arid St. Quentin and Further South. PARIS, Oct. ' 1. Approximately five-eiglilH o tlie Franco-llelgiiin front is involved in tlie present great battle. The Intrnnsisennt estimates Hint out of u total front of nearly Kit) miles active lighting is going on along an aggregate frontage of 2,"i0 .niles. ' ' Austrian .Manifesto ICxpocted 1.0i.l)O.V, .Monday, Sept. .'10. With Ilulgarla out of tho war thru tho armistice convention signed on t Snnday, involving her complete mili tary surrender, Interest In tho Near Kaslern situation Is being focused on Turkey. There was deep satisfaction In London over the dny'B developments, but no excitement anit no demonstra tions. The keynote of tho nowspapor comment Is a warr ing to tho people not to think that the war Is ended. The Gorman army, 11 is pointed out, Is yet a great army mid as yet unde feated. According to Vienna messages, Kmperor Charles Is to Issuo a iniitil festo to tho peoplo tomorrow and It Is felt that this must he an utterance of historic importance. Tho convention with llulgarla, signed yesterday, was a purely mili tary arrangement. No political prublems are dealt with. Purely .Military There has heen much discussion In the Kiiglhdi press of the status oT King rcrdlnand, and suggestions have been made that he he deposed. Tho governments of tho allies take Iho view Hint according lo their prln- elpln of self-determination the ipicS' tlou of who should ho llulgiirla's ruler Is a question for Iho llulgarlati people to decide. Thus It. Is pointed out, the allies have given a practical application to the self-determination principle at the first opportunity of fered. This armistice remains In Torcc until the final and general peaie set tlement. It constitutes u complete military surrender by liuiirarla. She not only ceases to be an cncmi, but ceases lo be a belligerent. WITH TriH IlKITISII ARMY IX' KRANt'K, Oct. 1. (Jly the Associat ed l'ress.) Not one Clermnn now re mains on (he western side of the St, Quentin ennui. The enemy was driv en hack in heavy fiiditing lust even ing mill lust night. The QenniiH lire holding Hie east hank in great slrenglh. iSELLS FOR 4 MILLION I'liliTLAN'll, Ore., Oct. 1. One of the erc-ilc-l IiicImt diaK ever liiuil on Ihe racitte eou-t ivn announced ii'-rc lodiiy in Ihe -nle of h7.(lilt) acre: of limber l.Mti-' in the Klmnulli In dmn ic-ervulien, north of Khiiiinlh l'i 1 (He., by Hie Oregon Land iind l,ivc--to'k eolllpllliv lo Ihe l.nl I'ell While I'ilie Lumber lieolupniix I Kim-.'- Cily, Mo. 'I he eoii-iili ia lion c- not 11..-1 .! public hut limber men e-tiniale tlml Hie property's val ue i- nhont $ I, Dun. bun. Tlie tniel cru ses alum! 1 ,riili,iiiMl feel nod was acquired by the Oregon company thruu'jli cxeluinvte of oilier iuii'U ivnli Ihe ovcrniiicut, Progress In llclgliiin IIAVHK, Sept. Ml. Ilelgian nniV Hritish forces under eoninianil of King Alhert I'onlinueil today to mnko good progress, reached Routers nnd crossed Ihe Koulers-Menin roiid. The ol'I'ieiiil slnlemcnt of Ihe lielgiun war office says Hint Iho I!rili.-.li forces have renched Hie River Lys on n front from Warnct to Wnrneton to Wcrvieipt. Tlie number of prisoners was fur ther increased hut il has not been pos sible to fount (hem. I'-lloiit liases Lnihingcrod WITH THK IIRITISU ARMY IN' I'LANDKRS, Oct. I. (Hy the Asso eiuted l'ress. )SI rou; Hritish pa Iroi i huvu fought llieir way Ihrough ' the town of W'lirnclon, on tlie Lys river between Anneiitieres and Men in, and nl-o liavn gone through La liasseei ille mid St. I'eters. Tlie (ieruiiins toiluy continue to light as desperately as before hut ev ery hour sees Hie menace to their, Ilelgian coast positions arottnil Os tend increased. At ihe same lime tlie llrilisli ami Hclginns are drawing closer lo llruges. Tile continued success of Hie Flan ders opcrnlions, it is expected, will have wide and most important ef- . I'eets in more ways llian one. The Hermans will try to hold on there as Ibey never have held any place hefore and it is not improbable Ihe fighting may declup into a very fierce hallle. Fighting at t'aiiiliriil BRITISH IIKAIIOI ARTKHS IN FI.'AM'K, Oi l. 1. Heavy eounler nlt.ieh were delivered by the Her mans today 1 1 1 ii i ll Ihe Canadians, Aus Iraliinis mid Americans outside of t'anilirei. 'Ihe allies however, havo more Ihnii maintained their ground. Knetiiy Irenche some ditunee eust of (iofinelicii and Villcrs-tliiisiuin have been reached ami held although tlie Hermans re-isled to Ihe utmost, Tlie Itriti-h here litcraiv cut and shot (Continued on Page Six.) WASHINGTON. Ocl. 1.- Drawing of numbers of Kl.illlO.OIMI dm ft reg istrants was eoniileted nt 8 o'clock this morning, hours nheail of Hie schedule. The last number taken from Ihe gla.-s houl was ll!,7;il,
