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WEATITE1? Maximum Yesterday, 79; Minimum Today, 4. PKFXlPlTATI0N-.l t. FOKKCAST Tonight mid Toininnmw: Showers. PUT YOUR DOLLARS INTO KHAKI. BUY BONDS. Mebforb mailt ribune BACK THE FIGHTING MEN WITH THE FIGHTING LOAN. Torty-eUfhth Tear. Dally Thirteenth Tear. MEDFORD, OKEGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, .1918 XO. 1G3 LENS Am ARMENTIERES EVACUAT IN FAR-FLUNG -GERMAN RETIREMENT HUNS FORCED TURKISH FORCES MAXIMIUAN OF B0CHERE1BEAT Tn PIUF HP ORDEREDTOQUIT BADEN NAMED s5is 20-MILE FRONT .ly.L'M'. PFRISITIMF ffifMNffllOR. i DN IN HANK a ww www m mm - mw mmm m -mr C0AUF1ELDS Withdrawal From Northern Portion of France Forced bv Allied Suc cesses in Flanders and Cambrai Sector Douai Rcqion Also Involv ed and Wav to Lille Opened Allies Continue Pressure Alonu Other Portions of Line. Disaster in Palestine Brinas Recall Of Sultan's Armies From East Surrender Near Because of Failure of Germany to Send Military As sistance Demanded bv Turks. BY TUK ASSOCIATED PRESS. Oct. 3. Lens, the chief conl minins city of northern France, bus been evacuated bv tlie Germans. In their widespread retirement movement near the Kelsrinn bonier Armentieres also has been evacuated. Tlie scope of the enemv retreat is thus accentuated in the liuht of the official announcement from llerlin. It now seems certain that the line to the south of Lens, Inward Douai, will he involved. divine up Armentieres. the Hermans are also lavinir Lille open to the al lies. Lille is less than seven miles ciiHt-southeast of Ariuentieres. On 20-Milo Front On a front of twenty miles between Armentieres and Lens tlio Germans continue to retire from the salient west of Lille. North of St. Quentin the British asaln are stormins the German defense lines, while In Cham pagne the French are pressing north ward, threatening the German communications. Evacuation of tho Llllo salient Is the direct result of the allied ad vances in Flanders and around Cam brat. Tho British are keeping close nt the heels of tho Germans who al- ready have retired an average of two miles, but there is no indication ot when the enemy will stop. Oiiitiime Pressure In Flanders the Helgians, British and French continue their pressure against stiffened resistance or the enemy. The salient driven by the al lies threatens tho German hold on Belgium and an advance of perhaps ten miles toward Ghent probably would compel the enemy to retire to the northern Meuso line. On the Camhrai-St. Qucnlln front tho Hrltlsh have maintained their gains notwith standing strong German counter thrusts. The now British attack north of St. Quentin probably Is against the Beaurevoir-Fonsommes line where Field .Marshal 'Hals holds a sharp salient. Generals Ilertholot and Gouraud continue their attacks north of Khelms and in Champagne and have taken further ground from the en emy. North of Khelms the enemy soon will he In the open where the French advance may ho more rapid. In Champagne General Gouraud has captured Challerangc and his guns now command the Junction of Vou zlers, farther north. In losing Chal lerange the Germans lost command of tho railway running thru tho Ar gonne forest at Grandpre. The line was tho main supply line ot the Ger mans facing the Americans cast of the Argonne. To Ksrn (Jliillt Trap In withdrawing the Lille salient tho Germans are endeavoring to get out of the giant trap which Marshal Foch has constructed. Whllo hnm- (Continued on Page Four.) WASHINGTON'. Oct. X The Turkish forces in I'ersia have been ordered bv Constantinople to leave at once, according to u report reach in1,' the state department todnv from Teheran. This action was taken, it is said, because of the disaster to the Turk ish troops in l'ulesliiie. It is also reported t hut the British probably will re-occpv llaku. Surrender iNear LONDON. Oct. .1 Tho Turkish situation lookiuir toward surrender was described -in diplomatic circles here Ibis morning as movinir. whereas in the same uiinrtcrs two davs a-jo it was declared to be stagnant. No official action, however, lias been taken. There is every indication, diplomats snv, instead of (icrmnuv tbreatenin'jr Turkey as was reported a furtniirht imo when llulirorin was waverini:. Turkey now is threnteniutj tierntanv. This has resulted in an effort bv (icrmanv to nel some troops to Tur key. Kaiser Appoints Heir to Throne of Baden as Successor to Hertlinq Is Leader of German Moderates and Has Advocated Abandonment of Ideas of Conquest. AMSTERDAM, Oct. 3. Prince Maximilian of Baden, has been nam ed German imperial chancellor, ac cording to the Zeltung Am Mlttug of Berlin. A council meeting took place at the chancellor's palace in Berlin last evening, according to advices receiv ed here. Kmperor William presided and the meeting was attended by Field Marshal von Illndenburg, who had come to Berlin with the emperor. Former Chancellor von Hertling, Vice-chancellor von Payer nnd sev eral state secretaries were in atten dance. Itcirlistag to MM Tho leaders of tho German parties hnvo decided that n plenary session of the reichstng shall be held Tues day or Wednesday next, according to Gennun advices. The members will bo brought together on this occasion to hear tho government statement of Its policy. v Prince Maximilian Is heir to tho throno of tho Grand Duchy of Baden, lie was horn July 1(1, 18G7. For some years he has been recognized as tho leader of the Delbrueck group of LONDON. Oct. (Ilv the Associated Pre.-.) In the week eudiiuf today the allies have captured lio.1100 men anil 1.1W0 nuns on the western front. I'AIUS. Oct. :i. Durim.' Ihe " period from September II) to September :I0. the allied armies in France and Iiclt'iiim have captured :.M4 officers: VJII.HIJ men: l.tiOO cannon mid more Hum 11.000 machine l'Iiiis, an official statement reports. Since duly !." and up till Sep tember :I0. the ullics have cap tured r..-)l8 officers: 24S.dil4 men: II. Hl!) cannon: more than '.ill, (1110 machine cutis um! hun dreds of mine throwers, the statement says. 4 4. I If. I. tin,! ll, ("'.in li... I IVu-Lru have sen! a hii-.-e force to Sofia, the """ moderates and upon the fall of Imperial Chancellor .Mlchaclls, November 1, 1917, he was put for DRAFT m SEN! IGHT WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 I'nexpect. ed delays In the printing of the mas ter list of 17.000 order numbers for the new drnft registrants has pro Tented copies being sent to district draft boards. It was said today, however, that all the boards would have lists In the mail addressed to them by tomorrow morning to bo given out for publica tion Immediately upon receipt. I'utuarian capital, are discredited. i ini.ir.- I.. ...i. ,! .!, m,l.i.' M,ll,lnlo fnr , diplomat I'aniiHar wilh Turkey chancellorship. His name, hqwever, points out that it will lake the ,11,1 t ,,0 before the emnoror as rcatcst pressure on Enver I'lisliu, a prime Maximilian objected for dy- sfroii'j pro-dcrmnn. to make peace na8i(. reasons. proposals. Ileporls that Turkey I shocks Pun-Gcmmus took up with Germany I he nueslioii ' (.;nriv in tho present year Prince of lurkcvs reiiuestin pence lire Maximilian cave a semi-official inler- ha'liictcrizcd as. "intelligent antici- ..,, i .i,, h he outlined his views nation" mi, I evidently emanated from UI1 Germany's peace terms. Ills stnto the demands Turkey made for mili- lent was a rude shock to the Pan tnrv be.'p. i Germans In that he advocated the Kaihn e to L-ct Ibis help which Gcr- ' abandonment of all Ideas of con inv. it seems, will not be able to '.. Me advocated an Anglo-Saxon ive. ami fiiithcr Teuton reverses on ln llle SPnn tKll tho German empire must serve as a nuiwarK in the we.-lcrn front, are sure to brim: proposals from Turkev. This is the belief in the bet informed circles. protecting tho western nations from tlie spread of Russian Holshevlklsm. Prince Maximilian's wife was for merly Marie Louise, Duchess of Brunswick-Liinebourg and bears the title of Princess Hoyal of Groat Bri tain and Ireland. To Save Dynasty WASHINGTON", Oct. 3. The re ported selection of Prlnre Maximilian ot Baden to ho Imperial chancellor of Germany ln succession to von llert Jlng, was received here with some surprise as 'it was known about ten days ago the prince was oforod the post but de.-llned It after consulta tion with the king of Baden, who GENEVA, Oct. 3. German mill- Inrv a nt tier! I Ina lisive hemm to rO- move the Inhabitants of Alsace. ac- j ttionlit the position beneath the dlg cnrrtinir tn the Demoerate. in exnecta- ' nity a member of the royal house. tion of a Franco-American attack on the frontier. The inhabitants of twenty villages He Is known to have a consider able influence with the people of the various kingdoms that go to make up InMnriinir ForrottP Gnu!.-.van and , ho German empire and it Is believed Winkel already have been Font to i the kaiser and von Hindenburg may llavaria. Some of the villagers have expect mm to be or assistance in sav- PPAKIS. Oct. X (Ilnvas.) A wide retreat nf the tlennan forces on the western I'nuit is t'oresccu bv the Berlin department tif pntpniziuidii. Tlie statement published bv that bu reau. Oermanv is said to be netuallv shaking under tlie iissiiults oT Ibe re assembled enlente forces. Il is neee-snrv for Oermanv. Ibe statement adds, that a porlion of Ibe Cicnmin defensive itositious be main tained in Ifcluium ffnd France so that I lie Kiitberbind will be kept safe from (lie battles now bcinir decided. The German statement then asserts that the Amcriean offensive bclween tlie Meiisr mul (be Aruioiiue is dvini! down ami thai the French otTcnsnc in the ('ainpjtiiiNe remains entangled in the first zone of the German defence system. Il is admilled that I'ritish troops have obtained sncecsses in the 'nm lirai region and ulso that IlaiuV forces are tiulitini: on the outskirts of ihe eilv. Tiie German propniMindn. depart ment admits thai the Itritiii mid ilel iiaii attacks in Flanders have ob tained initial important siicccsse-.. From La Bassce to Lens Enemv is Retreating LLIe Reported Order ed Abandoned Breach Above St. Quentin of Greatest Importance Germans Continue Resistance. LAST SACRIFICES HINDENBURG NECESSARY FOR iKt rjjn IHLVV UHllld Allies' Armies Can Be Depended Upon to Pursue Their Course Until Bene fits of Colplete Victory Are As sured and Barbarism Forever Ban ished From the World. escaped across the Swiss frontier. Fear of disorder Is rampant thru out Alsace-Lorr'olno. Food Is scarce and Uttlo fuel is available. Tho Gorman authorities In Alsace Lorraine, tho Domocrnte adtis, are afraid of a general uprising In those ing many of the Imperial preroga tives that would be endangered. If tho country Is Rranted proposed po litical reforms. ttcnl Human Being LOS ANGELES, Calif., Oct. 3 provinces when the allies cross tho- Prince Maximilian of Baden, new frontier. German Imperial chancellor, Is a (Continued on Page Six.) GIVEN 10 RED GUARDS STOCKHOLM, Oct. 3. War Min ister Trolzky, according to the Social Reholutlonlst newspaper Narodne dlelo of Petrograd, has Issued an or der that all tho women of Kazan be delivered Into the bunds of tho Bed Guards. Kazan, an Important Junction point of tho river Volga, was held for sey ernl months by tho Czecho Slovaks. This probably is the pretext for the reported order of Trolzky. SENATE 10 VOIE Situation Grave. The German situation on the west ern front is rrave. the Frankfort Zcilunir admits. ;wMin that the Ger man front is trnidiHillv erunhlinir. "The allied plan of alleck,' it adds, "is bciiiL' carried out in an ex traordinary manner. It is an nwi.il strain on our front. The situation on the Meuse where the American al ia, ks are iust heinnintr. is extremely critical. I 'art of the Cbemin ties Dames bad to be irivcti up ami the whole Gcnnaii front is cratiiiuiiv crutublinu under the allied ntln l.s." The evacuation of liek'iiim is he me discussed openly in Berlin, say ailviees. Concerniii'.' A l-uee - Lorraine, Ihe German Iul'Ii command takes the iiuucslion lliat it be neutralized and joined to LiiAembury tbu mak.'i'.' i buffer slate between France au Ger:itanv. Itavai-lu May Quit The German censor at iei!in ru'r-mit- ihe German press to punt j rti elcs dwellim; on (he probable sit.ui- ; t'on nl Germany in Ibe ca-e (lint A- 1 ta bhou!d be for ed to lav don in r inns utnler pressure, accor'm to a i vices reai-iiiri'j I'ari.-. I. i dc rinred that if An-tri-lliinirarv shoiii! L'lve in. Havana miifht follow her example. LONDON. Oct. X Field Marshal Haiti's announcement that tlie Ger man retreat lias been bci:iin in La Hassce sector is commented on as u development of far-rcaehinir import ance. Il is assumed and unofficially stated, that Ihe lown ot La Itassee has been evacuated. It is also believ ed that the eiicuiv withdrawal in volves Lens, and there is a report, too, I lint the Germans have ordered that Lille be abandoned. Fiicon firmed reports come from Holland Hint tlie Germans are prepar ing to evacuate the Flanders coast and the towns behind it. Tlie breach in I lie niiidenbiirir sys tem hetvccn Le Oatclef and St. Onen- tiu bv Hut British, Australian and American troops is considered of ureal importance. Taken in conne lion with the retreat further norlh, il is believed that tbe whole German line is slink im,". .Nevertheless, tbe armv is pnllum up u tremendous re sist a nee ami extraordinary firece tiubtimr continues. The bailie is 1 lucluati-" without !,rrcat chanucs from Cambrai southward. Germans Imperilled! The view is taken bv tint Mail llmt the breach in the line north of SI.; fluent in imperils Ibe whole German position. It savs that the break in Ibe line was a tremendous fen I which has eclipsed evervl hiicr tlie tritih have doiicin the past. No more fu rious fiulinn" bus occurred during Hie Vvbole war. I Kcfi'iriii" parliculaily lo Ibe stnc-1 le in Ibe sector' north of Cambrai, I Ihe Mail's correspondent telis liow in ore sunken road caplured bv Ibe Can adians - " British there was nil ene my machine tuii every four yards, but most nf them bad been knocked out bv arlillerv fin. Ahm' the mad bodies of men were initiated wilh the wreckage of machine nuns. The fiuhtimr never ceased and as the dav advanced German reinforccpieiitH streamed forward in success' uroups. Illoodlet of (ombaU Tbe liuht was very trood and tbe British uunners fired round after round with open sights. Germans fell bv the hundreds, bill Ibe caps in Ihe ranks were tilled and the enemy still came on in emit numbers. Tbev reached the points where Ibe lines were beim: fiercely atlaekeil and even dented Ibe linti-h advance lines and stopped for tlie lime beinir further progress tbere. Bv evenimr a deadlock was reached nnd one of tbe bloodiest combats in recent history developed. It ended in a considerable but not ambitious ad vance bv the Bri!ih. Tbe enemv suffered terribly. British forces did not escape unseal bed, nor has anv dav of the five which have been filled with bard continuous fiirhtini:. been without its price. PAWS. Oct. X With victory in siiibt the allied nations should set themselves fori he last sacrifices nec essary before the final triumph is se cured. Premier Clemeiiceau declared today in a rinuiuir pronunciiimento. The premier's words are embodied in a letter lie has sent to the coun cil ueneral of Ihe Loira, which lias passed an address stroiie.lv siipporl iiiL' the irovcriiment's course. Complete Success Certain The councils representing; the peo British Strike On Six Mile Front Northeast of St. Quentin Capturinq Many Towns and French Smash Throuqh to South, Effectina Wide Breach Allies Near Turcoinq In Advance in Flanders Enemv Re treats Three Miles in Lille Sector. BRITISH HIOADQUAUTEHS IN FKAJNtUC, Oct. 3. (By Associated Press.) Field .Marshal Ilaig's forces are reported to huve captured Kami court, (iouy, LeCatelet and Seque hart. This hns not been officially pie." snvs the premier's respoiisc.ronflrmod. More than 2000 Ger- ean depend upon the iroverninent with Marshal Foch and the united allied armies, to pursue their course until the benefits ot complete suc cess are wreslcd from tbe enemv. The splendid victories of Ibe recent week have definitely determined the for tunes of war to the stupificution of the enemy who now suddenly discov ers ihnt be has trrossl deceived him self. ''These victories are only tbe first sheaves of Ihe fruitful harvest of which the bit-best recompense will be the liual deliverance of the world from the oppression of implacable brutalilv. and open the wav for its marvelous deelopmenl. Let us sa lute the ulorious aurora whose first ravs illumniatcd tbe victorious fronts of tbe founders of the American re public and of our revolutionary fore fathers. In Abyss of Defeat "In tbe abvss of irreparable defeat the Prussian militarists ill bear tbe shame of the greatest attempt at wroin; doim; of which a barbaric peo ple has been able to dream. The supreme obstacle to the rciyn of r.L'ht and law ninoim mankind is about to disappear in the acclaim of a victory in which it is our duty to make ef fective the triumph of liiimaiiil v. 'For this let us continue to be true to ourselves. Le us accomplish Hie last sacrifices caused bv the supreme convulsions of savnuerv. The col laboration of all in the revivifying of the world will achieve the work of idealism toward which so many fen erations have uloriouslv souuht the way ami that Ipstorv reserves to us tbe inexpressible lrv "f realizing." mans have been taken prisoner today by tho British. WITH TII10 BK1TISH ARMY IX FRANCIC. Oct. 8. (By Associated PreHH.) Tho British launched fresh nttncha this morning on a front of nearly six ml lea between Serpiohnrt and llony. northeast of $t Quontln. Amiln there has boon desperute fight ing along, tho IHndcnhtirg line ln this area und more ground of the most important nature hnn been gained. In Flanders further substantial advances have been mude and there hns been extraordinarily heavy fight ing ln which the Hrltlsh forced their way forward by sheer might. l-'rciicli Kfffwt Breach WITH TUB FKKNCIl ARMY IN FRANTK, Oct. n. (By Associated Press.) 2. p. m. General Debeney'n troops In tho region of St. Quentin yesterday began to smash thru tho lines of tho Illndenburg position over tho entire, front of that army. Those lines were two and one-half miles deep in some places and were supported by several strongly organ ized woods. They wero defended by mnchlno gun sections which proved unahla to check General Debonoy's advance. A breach made In tho Illndenburg line west of LoTronquoy was widened to the outskirts of Loud ins. Farther, north the French troops In conjunc tion wilh the British forces took sev eral small pieces of tlmherland in tho face of vigorous resistance. Tho west hank of tho Crnzat canal nnrlheuHt of St. Quentin Is now In French hnnds as far as Iiesdlnes. General Dcbenoy's men ,havo occu pied Omlssy. A footing also has been gained on the east bank of Ihe canal at Morcourt, tho western part of tho town being In French bunds. WASHINGTON, Oct. Tho fed eral woman suffrage amendment I which failed In the senate last Tues day by two votes rnn than the requi site two-thirds majority, today was (returned to the senate calendar in position for future action. By a viva voro vote Hie senate adopted a nio , tion by Chairman Jones of tbe suf frage rommlttee for reconsideration of Tuesday's ote. WASHINGTON. Oct. X A dis patch from Switzerland today snvs since (he allied offensixe lura" in the west the Germans have with drawn troops from the German-Swiss frontier and rcplaeed them wilh P.a- Ivariau InufUtrmn. whose laxietv is permittinsr hundreds of deserters to reach the Suiss outposts, A Bava vannn oMici r is ojioled as declaring that Ihe German morale m vcrv low. ai:d that hi country bad done finite eiiou-b livlitinu f"f tbe kmu ot I'rus- t-M. PARIS, Oct. n Occupation of Bul garia by allied troops Is progressing normally, according to Marcel 1 1 n tin of the F. ho de Paris. German Iroops appear lo bo organ izing a dofenMvo line along the Dan ube. It appears communications be tween Sofia und Constantinople have been cut. Huns lEedeni Three Miles LONDON', Oct. U, :i : 4 5 p. m. (By Associated Press.) Tho Germans have fallen back three miles In their retreat along tho Lcus-Armentiores lino, It is reported this afternoon. WASHINGTON. (M. :!.- PPresi deiit Vi!.-oii lodav delivered one of the lew but hiirhlv interest im; presidential add resr a v. hiii in nil likelihood "ill iieM-r find its wav into print. The prtsjdent received a delegation of fiiiiic hundred women sui ruL'ist represent iny nntel iciilly every state. They came to express their thanks for bis address to lite senate eaiber in the week and for his eftorls to ward adoption of the woman sal 'iraae on-litutrofi.il nmendmcnt rcsolutii.n. What the pre-idciit said will nit. tie printed becnii-e Ibe affair was private, hut it can be said that be cvpn"-'-'d his views of the senate'- reieetioii in terms which have at tracted Ihe woibj's attention to his llK'turic, SOFIA, Monday, Sept. .TO. (via Amsterdam. Od. :i.) Tho llTikNirian ;overnment in announcing officially today that an armistice had been signed and orders given lo suspend mllltiiy opeatlons, declared that it will be only a short time until peace Is made, people are asked to main tain calm and order. KHKNCII HKADQCAIiTKHS NKAR ST. OPFNTIN', Oct. H.--(Havas). In their retirement from St. Quentin the Germans removed all Ihe Inhabi tants. When tho French troops en tered tho town there were no civil ians lo he found. The Germans continue to shell St. Quentin. In on atlempt to stny French pro- GKNKV A, Switzerland, Oef. Riilaria has not betrayed her allies who were Informed of every step she tofik thru many Kuropcan press channels, the cuo Zeltung of Zurich declares. It asserts aUo that, on the contrary, on September 211, for In stance, King Ferdinand pent an ur gent appenl to German hend'iuarters for military aid, giving nutbe that he otherwise would be forced to open negotiations with Hie enemy. Ger many, however, replied that It was ImpoHKlblc to comply. (Continued on Pago Six.) COUNTRY LAGS IN H WASHINGTON. t. !). l.lherly hoiul sules lmvn passed tho hulf-hll-llon dolliir murk, hut the country still Is nearly tfcnt ninount hehlnd schedule for tho first tour days ot the niinpnl.mi. In ndilltlon to the half-billion of flrliilly tnlnilnteil, however, treasury reports today show ninny millions of dollars worth of bonds hnve been sold hut not yet reached the hnnks. It will lake two or three days to round lip theso reports,