Medford mail tribune., October 02, 1918, Page 1, Image 1

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Dally Thirteenth Tear.
MEDFORD. OREOOX, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1918
NO. 1(9
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CAPTURED BY
FOCH'SHY
Cornerstone of Hindenbura Defense
System Taken bv Aliles Germans
Make Desperate Struaale and Fire
City Everywhere Allies Advance
Throuah Enemy Lines British
Drive Salient Entirely Throuah De
fense System Opposite Le Catelet.
BRITISH SMASH
THRU GERMAN!
LINEOFDEFENSE
Salient Driven in North of St. Qtien
tin Breaks Hindenhurq System
Camb.-ai Encircled and Attackers
Take 1.700 Additional Prisoners
Ground Won All Along Front.
nniTisir headquarters in
FMAINCI?, Oct. 2. (Renter's.) Tho
long, bitter battle Is still raslni!, but
It lias turned so definitely in favor of
the British that it is scarcely even
now premature to hail it as a great
victory.
To the north of the sector where
the chief tactical gain of yesterday
was scored (In the region north of
St. Quentln), there was continuous
and desperate fighting. Again and
again the reserves of enemy storming
troops were flung into the counter
attack and Hieibattle swayed with In
credible fury. Amid all this surging,
however, pur troops were gradually
shouldoring forward.
This morning the sun was shining
and everybody, even the tired troops
who went thru the heavy gruelling
of yesterday, were cheerful.
The fighting was resumed this
morning with tho enemy opposition
Increasing as reinforcements hurried
to the line.
LONDON', Oct. 2. (1:30 p. m.)
Between Cambral and St. Quentln
the German line of defense has been
broken. It is uncertain what lines
the enemy has In the rear. The Brit
ish advance threatens the German
line of retreat in tho Olse valley and
also from tho massif of St. Goliain.
In view of the loss to the Germans
of St. Quentin and the lines to the
north of that city an enemy retire
ment on a fairly large scalo seems
probable. Given fairly good weathor
some very big changes on the wes
tern front may be seen before winter.
YANKS COMPEL "St
iiminnMim nr N RETALIATION FDR
WITHDRAWAL OF destroying France
awMM mnnro -
Americans Make Proaress in Ar
aonne Forest Drivina Germans
Back to the Juncture of Betunhild
and Kriemhild Systems Enemv
Attacks Growina Weaker.
St. Quentln ruptured
PARIS, Oct. 2. St. Quentln Is
taken and tho cornerstone of tho
Hlndenburg system has fallen.
Tha-ks to the prodigious and un
relenting efforts of the armies of
General Debenoy and General llaw
llnson, under the general direction of
General Fayolle, it is a most re
sounding triumph. But it is not the
only place where victory smiles upon
the allied arms.
St. Qucntin's fall shakes the whole
German system. Its effect will be
widespread. This will be accentuat
ed by the strong piiBh that Is being
made in the upper Olse valley. The
allies here are across the multiple
waterways upon which the enemy so
largely based his defenses. Before
them lies the open country, which is
Ideal for tanks.
Hun Itolrent Prolmhlo
Under the circumstances the hold
ing ity the crown prince's armies of
their positions on the Aflette nnd tho
Alsne is out of the question. Out
flanked from the north and harried
by General Mnngin, who is now along
the Aisne, as far as south of Craonne,
the crown prlnre's armies are In a
much graver position than were those
of Generals von Boehm and von ilu
tlcr on the Marne and the Avre In
July. The same danger threatens
the armies opposing Gouraud.
A general German retreat becomes
more and more Imperative. Tho
problem for General Ludendorff Is
(Continued on Page Three.)
AMSTKHPAM. Oct. 2 Plans nro
under consideration of the reorL'uni
ir.ntion of both the imperial German
nnd Prussian ministries on the lines
of u parliamentary system, iicfonlimr
to the Berlin TiiL'eblatt, wliii-li (inotes
Friodrich Win Paver, the imperial
vice chancellor, to this effort.
The yico chancellor, the newspaper
siivs. received the lenders of nil t lie
parties vesterdav imd discussed the
contemplated pnrliamcntoriration
which the vice -'chancellor declared
would extend lo the Pril-sian as will
lis to the imperial minNtrv.
The representatives nf (he rlirli
of the Im'c iendcnt Socialist and i'l
the Poles, the Tnueblt.it slate-, have
refused to oo. operate in the tormn
tion of u coalition uo eminent.
" British Create. Salient
WITH TUB BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE. Oct. 2. (By Associated
Press.) British forces, 'breaking thru
the German lino on the Benurevolr
Wlnncourt front and capturing both
these villages together with Seque
hnrt, created a salient which aided
materially In the capture of St. Quen
tin by the French. The capture of
Beaurevoir cleared up the situation
in tho Gouy salient to the north.
The British Fourth army took
these places, while the Third army
captured Crevecoeur and Humilly,
south of Cambrai, and tho high
ground east and north of those vil
lages. The Canadians had a hard day yes
terday north of Cambrai. tho Ger
mans making a determine stand
around the burning city.
The British Third and Fourth ar
mies took 17U0 additional prisoners
yesterday.
Canibnll Is Mined
PARIS, Oct. 2. (Havas). Cam
brai has been mined, but the British
have fought around the town and
thus foiled the enemy's plans. The
Germans decided on September 1 to
burn Cambrai and forced tho civilian
population to leave.
LONDON, Oct. 2 Wide gaps have
been torn in the German line be
tween St. Quentln nnd I.o Catelet by
Field Marshal Jlalg's forces. The
British commander reported today
tho breaking of the German line on
tho Fonsommes-Beaurevoir front.
(Beaurevoir Is 2 miles east of l.e
Catelet nnd Fonsommes is nearly ii
miles northeast of St. Quentln.)
Sequehart, 4 V4 miles south of
Bellicourt, has been captured as has
the hamlet of Preselles, Just north.
South of Cambrai, British and
Scottish troops, together with !.ew
Zcalanders have occupied Crevecoeur
and Mumllly.
Field Marshal llaig reported the
Australians had finished the work of
clearing out the German defenses
south of I.o Catelet and Gouy nnd
freed .Toncourt, Just to the south, of
enemy troops.
SHOE PRICES FIXED
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2 Maximum
nnd minimum retail prison fur shoes
as agreed to by tho Industry and
ranging from $' to 12 for men and
women, were announced today by the
war industries board. Shoes nrc
grouped in three classes a3 follows:
Class A from $!t to $12; class U,
$ti to $ S . r ft ; class V, M to f .V.'iU.
Proportionate prices will be fixed
for youths and children's footwear.
I The cutilng of shoes beglna Octo
ber !.". The agreement wa.i sub
' scribed to by committees represent
i Inn manufacturers. Jobbers and re
jtnllcis. I'urh retailer will hs re
quired to Un a plflce and failure
I to do sn will mean rutting off f.up
iplUs. Ka;h rlas of shoe will be
J stamped witn a elas number.
WITH TIIK AXLKMOAX ARMY
XOHTIIWKKT OK YKIJDl'X. Oct. 1-
(Bv llio Associaled Press.) The
enemv ioniiiht nppenrs to be. with
drawing nn the Amerienn left. Hrnnd
Iv spenkiiiir lio i tioiuir in tho direc
tion of the iuneture of the lietunhihi
nnd Kriemhild systems.
In the Art;onne forest Americans
made progress today. Knst of the
forest tliev are operating north of
Cierires and hold iiositionw on the
road from (Jetties to Kxermont.
In this district there has been stiff
fiuhtimr. local positions rcpentedlv
chnmjii"- hands until the Americans
todav established their supremaev.
German efforts to penetrate or
bend the line between the Mouse nnd
the Aisne dwindled rapidly today.
The Americans repulsed a coun
ter attack north of Apmuont. The
German front line and back areas
were shelled viuoroiislv. In the af
ternoon the clouds disappeared and
aviators were able to resume their
observation patrols and pursue ene
my planes and balloons,
Restoring the Comity
Engineers have converted the
areas back of (he American front
into an orderly plan once more.
Ii'oads that have been untouched for
years and made wnre bv the move
ment of truck trains and urlillerv.
were onee more made passable.
On the left flank of the Americans
the I'Yem-h pressed their lines slieiii
Iv forward, bringimr near the time
when the Germans must fluid with
less hopefulness to maintain tlicr
line west of the tfeiiM.
American detachments in the Ar
oniie forest continue to clean up
that wilderness, sendin,r hack scores
of machine l'iiiis. trench mortars and
other captured material, anions ?!iifi
were three observation balloons.
Thev had been left in their shed at the
ea.-tern edi'e of Evermont wood.
Mines Itemovoil
In adidtion to their work of re
eonstructim; bride.es and roads the
engineers have had to remove nu
merous mines. Many positions
abandoned bv (lie Germans have been
elaborately cituipped with mines, but
almost everv mine was sprunir bv the
engineers who traced the winn to a
trap left nearbv. There was a form
idable outhiv of mines in the town of
Vanuois. which had been ned as
a German headmiarlet.
Peiow the level of the town (here
was hundreds nf vanN of subterran
ean passives which had been ttuiud
into eomlortabie. even luxoruuis
puarters. ;
Information reaching American
headouajters eont Mines to imlicale
contusion bcliiiul the German', hues
in organization. It is known the ene
mv is tisiii!.' units as small H pln
toon to reinloree (hoie in tiie
riulitinir line. t
WASIIIlN'iC.TON, Oct. 2. An
ultimatum to Germany regard
f ins the ruthless destruction of
cities nnd private property in
northern France and Helgiuin is
4 being ured on the allies and
3 the I'nited Slates and is under
consideration.
The burning of Cambrai and
St. Quentin and the devastation
4 of one of the most populous re-
gions of ICurope as the Germans
retreat, has aroused great In-
! dlgnation, nnd it was said In
i diplomatic circles today that
S Germany would be warnod soon
) that if she allows tho work of
j l destruction to continue, severe
! reprisal will follow.
4 It is suggested that the cities
4 of the Hhlne should be marked
for destruction nnd the Berlin
government told that for every
French and Pelgian city ruined
without military reason a eity
fr equally important and valuable
sentimentally and materially
will be laid waste.
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RAPID PROGRESS GERMANS MOVE
iVlADE BY FRENCH ARTILLERY FROM
IN AISNE DRIVE BELGIAN COAST
2.0 CD Prisoners Taken and Many
Towns Redeemed Germans Beina
Forced Back to Old Line Boche
Retreat Becomina Swift as Allied
Forces Push Forward.
LONDON, Oet. 2. (." p. m., by
Assoeiated Press.) Two thousand
prisoners havo been taken by the
French between tho Veslo and the
Alsne in their operations of the last
two days.
General Berthelot's army is mak
ing good progress between the Vesle
river and tho Aisne canal. Tho
French troops have captured five or
six villages and their advance at some
points has reached a depth of from
five to six kilometers.
Allied Forces Continue Advance.
Workinq Forward Throuah Sea of
Mud and Encirclina Roulers and
Menin. Both of Which Have Been
Fired bv the Huns.
fURK FORTRESS
nr ruAJiRnnnn i
IN BY BRITISH
Advance Is lEapidl
PARIS. Oct. 2. The arm Ion or
General Gnurnud and Ilerthelot on
the fronts east nnd west of KheiniB
continued lo advance today against
the Germans who appeared to be fall
ing, back more hurriedly than at any
time since September 20.
Turkish Bn:e in Svrta and Palestine
Captured cnrl Fall Prouaulv Means
End of All Turkish Resistance in
Pa'istine and Syria Is One of the
Holv Cities of Mohammedans.
LONDON", Oct. 2. Damascus, the
capital of Syria, was occupied by
General Allenby's forces on Tuesday
morning, according to an official
statement issued today by the British
war office.
Damascus Is tho Turkish 'base In
Syria and Palestine and its fall prob
ably means tho end of all Turkish re
sistance to General Allenhy in Pales
tine and Syria. Tho ancient city Is
the junction point of railroads
I Aleppo Is tho most important Tur
kish base in this region of Asia-
1 .Minor as It Is a junction point of the
railroads from Palestine and .lnso-
, potamia.
I Damascus has a population or
about l.Mt.tuMi. H Is one of the Holy
Cities of the Mohammedans and the
Arabs regard It as one of the four
paradises on eart h.
I The rapture of Damascus marks
an advance of lltn mlle.-i by General
Atlenby's forces since September liO.
In that time tho British have cap
tured more than ri'l.non prisoners,
destroyed at least three Turkish ar
mies and driven the enemy from Pal
estine and a great part of Syria.
WITH TIIIC FRICNCII AUM1FS IN
1 Fit A NTH, Tuesday, Oct. 1. (By As
sociated Press.) Three French ar
mies won important successes today.
While Genernl Debeney's forces were
marching thru St. Quentin to Itouv
roy across the Somme, (Jeneral Ber
thelot's army made a big gain on the
St. Thierry massif, northwest of
IthciniR. Farther east. General Gou
rnud's army advanced still further
north toward vita) German positions.
General Berthelot's men havo vir
tually crossed tho hills between
Itheims nnd the Aisne. On that river
they hold the left bank as far east
as Concevreux and have taken Bou
vaincourt llorvelon, Trigny and St.
Thierry. They also aro In Nouvll
lette, a mile and a half northwest of
Uhcims.
Important. Gains Made
General Gouraud, attacking In tho
Champagne sector, advanced north of
Aure to within a thousand yards of
Mry. Farther east, even moro im
portant results were obtained In tho
advance north of Boucouvlllo and
Binarvllle. His line was pushed on
to Vteux nnd Lancon, crowding the
Grandpre gap and putting the Ger
man forces west of Hie Mnnl poIs-Voii-zicro.i
lino into nn awkward position.
Their communications with the
forces operating in Argonne forest
and east of It are virtually cut, which
means that this reon becomnH un
tenable. German counter-attacks In
tho region south of Mry were repulH
ed with severe losses to the enemy.
PAWS. Oet. The Germans are
movim: their heavy artillery away
from the Belgian const, according to
reports received here todav. The
Belgian nrmv, co-operalinir with the
British army under General l'lummer
and the French army of General Dn
iruotte, successfully renewed todav
I heir heavy attacks on the Flanders
front.
Monht on Flro
PARIS. Oct. 1. The towns of
.Menin and Roulers, railway inactions
in Flanders, have been set on fire bv
Germans in face of the advancing
Belgian. British ami French troops.
French aims now control the railway
lino running from Ostein), through
Thou rout and Roulers to Court rai.
British monitors ure eo-o a ting
actively in bombarding the German
line on and near the coast.
I
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LONDON. Oct. L!. French and
Belgian troons have made fresh pro
gress in the direction of liooglcde and
1 homers ami inc iiriiisii nave seieu
I l.edegheni on the Roulers-Meiiin rail
way, savs last night Belgian official
statement. A British detachment has
crosses the Lvs between Wervico and
Comities.
RETIREMENT
10 BELGIUM
INPROGRESS
Lona Trains of Transports Movinu
Back Behind German Lines Boche
Defense System Crumblinrj Under
Foch's Blows Hindenbura Line
Broken hv British Cambrai En
cirled and In Flames Roulers and
Menin Burninq.
WITH THK AMFRK'AN FORf'KS
IN FHAXCK. Oct. 2 (By Associated
Press. If was reported late tonight
that the Americans on the front be
tween the Mease and the Argonne
had again moved forward over one of
tho most hotly contested sectors of
their advance, the ground north and
west of Montfaucon.
Itoiilers Outflanked
WITH TIIK HKITISH ARMY IX
FLANDF.RS. Oet. '. (Bv the Asso
ciated Press.) Field iMarshal llaigs
forces today captured Rolleghem
caplle and advanced for a distance of
ii.lbll) yards southeast of Roulers.
Heavy rains nnd mud have been in
terfering with progress of I be Belgian
army and the second British nrmv.
Today with the weather clear and
cold, a change favorable to the allies
was expected.
The Belgian and British forces now
are astride the Roulers-Mcnin road.
The second British nrmv co-operating
with the Belgians in in Flan
ders front continued today to press
forward. In the process of encir
cling Armentiers it took the hamlet
of Le Bisct, close to Armentiers on
the north.
Strong Counter A (tat Its
On the Belgian front Belgian and
French troops have been 'nhteeled
to violent eoul tier-at lucks. Neil her
hese nor the bad weather, however,
have stopped the advance, althoaLh
the e oinhiiialiim has tin1 result of
slowing down the allied pro--ess.
The Germans are making desper
ate efforts in Flanders ns every
where cNe to slop the onrush. They
realize that if the allies push even
live miles further eastward on the
Belgian front Ostein) will become un
tenable, while an advance of H) miles
would jeopardize I lie cut ire const line.
The Belgians today continued lo
work forward ihroiiL'h a sea of mud
and have taken llooL'lede ami lland
zceine, northeast of Roulers, Thev are
also dosing in on Roulers.
K BURIEO ATST. PA0L!g(jY
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2. FtrHifir;
evidence of German preparations for
evaluating the Belgian fofcco't
reached the state departmentitoday
in dispatches snylng hospital.- post
offices and the contents of ijoraue
houses of the German fourth! army
district were hclux moved ha.fc and
turned over to the military govern
ment in the interior.
(lerniau civilian a'Jihorl'Ies 8r! be
ing generally rci-nle and tdri(t reg
ulation". i'ff'"-tin the iniiritltue dis
trict are being enforced. Ke?ef's
Belgium whbh are to be sent to the
front by the Antwerp navy surf are
said to tie preparing to ha Bel-
glum.
WASHINGTON, O t. 2 --TolisM 'no
tion of t-'4 vc.wls of I, duo, hum dead
weight tons is the additional pro
gram of the hl.plng board dlsHosed
today to the bouse appropriations
eominlH'e bv Chairman Hurley In
c!))a!nii.g his ropiest for additional
anthMrba'ions of 1 1 h 1,'Mi'i.utiu for
the pr i-nt rival year.
The program coainniplale the
biiiiuii.g oT 2 1 0 i teel and 2 i 1 wooden
ships Some of the larger veoel
would cost more than $ i.onu.itou
eacli. i,:tt the ;erage cost would be
nlioc.i that amount. The shlppinr
bnord's f 'n a res Include requests foi
jrM.iV'u.nuu for plant facilities, mur
ine railroad aod drydoeka,-
ST. PAt'I,, Minn.. Oct. 2. Stale,
municipal, c.vie and Industrial activ
ities la St. Paul and Minneapolis
halted today when the body of Arch
bishop John Ireland of the Roman
Catholic dloce.e of Ht. Paul, was
borne to n grave In Calvary cemetery.
The ceremony In tho Archdiocese
cathedral this forenoon and tho fun
eral procession at 11 on were con Hid -ered
solemnly impressive.
Nearly on1 thousand Catholic
clergymen participated in the core-riH-ny.
More t h.m pi'venty-flve thou;ind
jpcr.-ons escorted the body to a email
green plot In 1 alvury cemetery.
E
County Agricultural Ak'''iI Cain
rHurmil Just ninlil Irotn h!fl wofk
and a half a''nee t the htitto fair
unil in l''ii Ua:iU.
WASHINGTON, Ort, .Tolo
Rrnma to llio troanury toilay liiclli'at
cd "that II10 Kotirth l.llmrty loan han
lilt tho ntrhlc which will put It mop
iliii nnn, nun. unii minimum hy tho
nml of the allotted period," accord
ing to tho official hoadriuarlr-Pft au
nounci'mont. No official total.i wuro
lavallahln.
i OpilmlMIc uar n'w prompti'il of
ficial to Honud a warning against
any rclaxallou of effort. In tho two
and a half wi'k rcmMnlim, at least
$5.iili(l.0ii(l,lliMl tnuBl lie pained. It In
estimated, since. miliRerlpt lona n far
prohahl)- do not le.uh tho lilllloll
inapk.
BY ARSOeiATKI) I'HESR. Oet. 2.
Oerinnnv's (lelenses between Cuin
lirai unil St. Oitentin. nr erunililinii
under the ileteriuined blows of Mar
shal Koch and the time of the expect
ed (lernuiii withdrawal from France
and 'Helirium niipurontlv. is drawing
appreciably nearer.
I'nder the nllaeks of British,
French and American troops the Hin
lenliurtr tlel'uiiHn KV.sli'm from tho
Searpe lo the Oise, u distance of f)0
miles, is hoinir overrun. In the norlh
Ihe vnliialile network of railroads ill
Flanders ratiidlv is becoming useless
mid in Hie south the French nro
pressing viirnrruslv their ndvnneo
west nnd norlh of liheims.
Alone; the road ruimiim buck from
Ihe St. (Jucntin-Cumbrui ..lino in
Franco Ions; trains of trnnsporlH nro
moving towaril the lielfimi frontier.
Itetli'enient In I'roirrcss
Militnrv observes expect, now that
a retirement is nctiinllv in proL'ross
that the whole (lerinan line will crum
ble as the Teulonie uruiies make their
wav buck to their next defensive
positions.
St. Uiicntin nml rmnbrai nro in
flumes mid the lull of tho latter will
probably mean Ihe abntidouinent of
Douai bv the enemy. Lit Fere, south
of St. Uiicntin, seems in peri) and it
Hint eitv is taken bv the allies, tho
tleriuans will probably be forced to
retire from Ihe St. (Inbuilt forest
and f.uoii. Vhcn this occurs tho
backbone of tho (leruian line in
northeastern France will he broken.
Northeast of St. Oucntin, the Ilrit
ih have advanced more than fivo
miles eastward from the front line of
the llindeuhuri: positions. A salient
most dangerous to the enemy has
been driven in between St. Quentin
and l.e ( alelet, and the British tiro
ailvanciiitr tlinuicli u hiir tiiui in I lie
enemy line ucross iuiporlunt roads
and railways Inward I, a Calcau. one
of the most important traffic eenlern
west of Ihe (lerinan border.
( 'umbra! Siirroiinileil
Cambrai has not vet been occupied,
bv Hie llritisb, but Field Marshal
ilaivhas taken important liciihl
soulh of the lown and east of the
Scheldt canal, thus ilruwiriir closer
Hie net about Cnmhrui. The French
niel with-soiriliMl resistance in en
leriiiir St. Ouentin. but succeeded in
pnshiiiL' Hie enemv beyond the canal
which cuts throm:b the eastern sub
urbs. Norlh and south of the town
the French have ndvanccd farther
casl wo rd.
In Flanders, Ihe fierninns are re
porlcd lo have sel fire to the railwnv
inactions of Iloulers ami M--;n nnd
to be rcmoviui' their hitr iriuis from
Hie Beluiaii coast nround tho subma
rine base of Osteiid. which is beitu;
out flanked. The Helirinns nw nro
(Continued on Page Three.)
WITH TIIK A MFKH'AS" Ali'MV
NdlfTIIW KsT Ol' Klilll N, Tues-
Inv. Oct. 1. - (By the Associated
I'ress.l Twenly patients, mniw of
Hu-ai already siil'l'criiu: from wounds
received iii buttle, were killed wh 'n n
(n rniaii shell sli-nek an American bos.
nihil eveml nihls iiiio. The hos
pital was only a short distant e bo
hud the I'iL'hlititr line.
It is posjble that it was a strav
shell, but it appears tirobable that a
deliberate attempt was uiad- to at
tack Hie hospital.