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PUT YOUR DOLLARS INTO KHAKI. BUY BONDS. vT3A.TnEIi--Maxiimini Yesterday, 77.3; Minimum Today, 55. PRECIPITATION ,2S. FORECAST Tonigh t and Tomorrow: Rain. edford Mail Tribune M BACK THE FIGHTING MEN WITH THE FIGHTING LOAN. Forty-eighth Tear. Dally Thirteenth Yer. MEDFORD, OREOOX, SATriiDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1918 NO. 107 AMERICANS DRV E HUN ROM H WA T Between the Meuse and the Aire. Americans Score an Advance of Three Miles Over Most Difficult Region. Capturina Manv Towns Germans Forced to Give Un Val uable Territory as French Also Strike on Both Sides of Rlieims. DQUAI FIRED BY TREAT BEFORE ALLIES More Fires Started in Cambria and Torch Applied to Many Villaaes Heavy Finhtinq Proceeds All Alona Line, but Main Battle Today is Raoinq on Camoanne Sector. KG THREATENED BY YANK ONRUSH I.GXtnoX, Oct. 5, 4:P.n p. m. Tty Associated Press.) In their offen sive between the Meuse. anil the Aire the Americans havo scored an al- vance of from two to three miles over the most difficult country encoun tered In ' the Argonne fighting. Among the towns reported captured Is Cunel, a mile and a half northeast of Romagne. The forward sweep of the Amer icans is progressing brilliantly, ac cording to advices received by La I.lberte this afternoon. The Amer ican forces are In contact with the last defenses of the Urunhilde line represented by the woods between BrulUes and the Meuse. PARIS, Oct. 5, lp .m. American troops attacked again this morning between the Meuse and the Argonne along an extended front.' The ad pance at some points has reached more than a mile and several villages have been taken. Germans Forced Hack PARIS, Oct. 5. I'niler pressure of French and American attacks In Champagne the Germans have retir ed on their left flank nnd given up territory, the war office reported to day. West of the Sulppe the French, keeping in touch with tho German rearguards, have reached the heights southeast of Moronvlllers. French and American troops gained' further ground north of Hlanc Mont in the direction of the river Ames. Along the Alsne canal In the re gion of Rheims the French are press ing the Germans vigorously and have crossed the. canal nt several points. The French havo reached tho out skirts of Bermerltoiirt, east of the canal. The French have maintained their gains In heavy fighting east of tho Argonno forest. Northwest of Rheims In tho last five days the French have taken more than 2500 prisoners nnd 31 suns. Against Strong defenses WITH THE AMERICAN'S NORTH WEST OF VERM'X, Friday, Oct. 4 (By Associated Press.) In the at tack yesterday east of tho rgcrnno forest the corps holding the middle of the American lino met with most determined resistance during the day. Tho Amerhuns ndvanced be hind a terrific barrnge. This bom bardment of the enemy lines began at 5:30 o'clock, 22 shells falling each minute along the German lines. This was gradually Increased to fifty per minute at 6:43 o'clock. The American fire had hardly be gun to slacken when tho German bat teries began to speak and the enemy machine guns commenced to impede the advance of the Americans. Never theless, the troops In the center mov ed steadily ahead. They fought their way thru Clerges, which they had shared for several days with the en emy and before noon had driven the Germans out of Gesnes. In front of Romagne lies the stron gest German line In this sector. It Is a long, intricate trench system which is built on a curving line so (Continued on Page Four.) WITH THE liHITISH AKMY IX KlfAXVE. Oct. .-. ( ISv the Ao- ciiitcd l'res. 11 a. m.) fircat tongues tit l'liune were s-liootinu ui tmlav from the ritv of llmini anil mure fires have been started in C'ttin linii. The Germans also have tip lilicil Hie torch In ihhiiv villages in the i'aiulmti area. As the smoke mid tlatncs rolled :;i from the ruined places llicv were nc- roi.iiiauicd bv e:t.losions. in wltii li l! Germans blew un the stores thev were unable t- s.tvc and winch 11. ev !;! n.it uMi 'c- k'.t'.e behind, fearint! v wonlii he n.-i'il bv the Hrili.-n to hast:'!! the tVru..ni retreat. SUPPLY LINES General March States That American Advance Imperils Communication of Germany With Army Despite Heavy Reinforcements hy Enemy Advance Continues. HY ASSOCIATED PKKSS, Oct. 5. French and American troops are smashing into the German positions jn Champagne and have forced the enemy to withdraw from valuable ground in the hill country near the Suippe river. Kast and west of the Argonne and northwest of Itheims, there has heen heavy fighting to the advantage of the allies. On the northern sectors hostilities apparently .have quieted down. Hy advancing over tho heights of Hlanc Mont and tho Medeah farm the French and Americans placed the (lormans in tho eastern part of the hill country ahout Moronvilliers in a dangerous position. The enemy re tired hurriedly toward the river Ames. Just west of the Suippe the French are moving toward Moronvil liers. Retween the Suippe and Khelms t.e Germans are in a deep salient am! 'he indications are that they will retire from it alotgether. The tier man position is being further endan gered by the French attack north west of Rheims. I'iglitfiig About Klichns (leneral Hcrthelot Is attacking the German positions along, the Aisno canal wllh great vigor. He has cross ed the canal at several points and has reached the outskirt sof Hermeri court. Heyond the canal is fairly open country over which tho French could move to take in the rear the enemv salient east of ltheims. In the last five days General IJerthelot has taken 2j00 prisoners and 81 guns. West of the Argonne the Germans arc fighting with desperation to stay the advance of General Gouraud to ward their important communication lines. Heavy counter-attacks were flung against tho French line south of Montpois, but to no avail. American Vvvss Onward Kast of the forest, after having taken Important positions, the Amer- leans are pressing northward into the Kriemhild defence system. The Ger man defense is most stubborn, espec- WASHINGTON', Oct. 5. The American advance northwest of Yer dun threatens the crentcst single line of communication between Germany and the west front General March said today and General IVrhinir. forees have now readied a point within 18 miles of this creat arterv. The progress of General Per shing's forces caused (lie German man ircncru! sin IT to throw into this sector manv divisions of reinforce ments the chief of sluff said, hut de spite this the Americans not ndv have maintained the positions won hut have pushed forward until thev now face the German Kriemhild line of defense. Forward Movement Suuiniariziinr t ho news for the past week as excellent. General March said offensives conducted bv the al lies on three major sectors had re sulted in a forward movement of the hattlefront for pruetieallv the entire stretch from the North. Sea 1 dun. General Gouraud's armv ius! west of the Anronne forest has fouuht its wuv forward to a point where it also th real ens German comuiunicn tion lilies. The Ilritisli drive on Cumbrai and St. Ouentin which was aided bv I he J7tlj (New York troops) and :iOth 'Tcnnes.-ee, North Carolina. South Carolina and District of Columbia troops.) American divisions, develop ed into a battle for t he entire llindcn bur; line. Hritish General March aid. have broken entirely across the enemv s zone nt del ease, making breaches in the line whieh were clos ed liv the Germans only with trrcat difficulty. In Other Fields In Flanders the drive of the allies has reconipiered 7-" souure miles of Belgian territory and has formed n semi-eircular salient 111 miles deep. The British are within live miles of l.ille. Itcferriin- to the Balkan situation General .March said the Italian ad vance in Albania is closely following the Austrian army retirinir aloiir the coast, lie added that the recent na val attaek upon Ihira.zo, behind the Austrian front, wa scxtremelv im portant i nconneetiou with the allied strategy. American troops nt Archangel are comma tided bv Colonel (icorife K. Stewart and include I he .THHh in fantry, part nt' the :tlOth engineers ( Michigan and cast Wisconsin troop-) and the necessary ho-pitul and medical unit--. The return to this country of Brig adier General Henry Hutchfns, for merly wllh the Texas National Guard troops In. France, was announced by General Alarch. who said General Pershing had "asked permission to send this officer home. The reason for the transfer was not announced. IN FAVOR OF BORIS PI ' NON-PARTISAN LEAGUE GRILLED ,U2WN "PRINCE-' DOR.1S- f 4 COPIiNHAGFN.'Oit. 5. Tho official correspondence bureau has given out a dispatch from Sofia dated Friday staling that King Ferdinand of Itulgaria ah- 4 dicated on Thursday in favor of Crown Prince Boris. The new king, it is declared, has already assumed office. King Ferdinand took the Bulgarian throne in 1SS7, but f his election as monarch was not 4 conflrtned by tho great powers until IS'Jii. Prince Boris was born January is, (S'H. BY ROOSEVELT America Cannot Afford to Accent Ler.ri of Any Organization Not First and Foremost in Patriotism State Socialism No Cure for In dustrial Ills. GAUSEDIBY PEACE LONDON, Oct. . Reports from Swiss and German newapnpers indi cate that a great political disturbance is going on in Austria-Hungary. It Is stated that Baron von HuHsurek, the Austrian premier. Is likely to be suc eoedod by Heinrich I,animnsch, who Is one- of Austria's foremost peace advocates. According to the Vossische. Zeit ung's Vienna correspondent the Ger man parties in the relchsrath are sending leaders to the emperor to urge federalization with self-deter-nif nation for the German races in Austria. The correspondent add." that Count Czernin and representa tives of tho constitution parlies in Iho upper hoii-Ge also are going to urge the' emperor to adopt a similar course. The Budapest correspondent nf the HILLINGS. Mont.. Oct. .". Amer ica cannot afford to accept the lead of uitv part v. nor of anv organization calliiiir itself non-partisan, but realty acting as a part v. whieh is not firt and foremost American, and nothing but Ameriean. declared Colonel Theo dore IJoosevelt here today, in an address in which be outlined various uliases of the war and its manv side lights. ''There are real and urnve causes for complaint amomr the fanners here in the northwest," the former president continued, as he rend front a pnper figures whieh purported to show discrepancies in connection with the prices paid for wheat ai.d in freiuht rates, but he aserted thai ''manv of the remedies proposed arc not only false, hut mischievous and very urave harm tnnv be caused by the character of tl" agitation coii- i ducted bv some of the men who pro- fes sto he seeking the-te remedies. Socialism Xo Curt "To introduec stale socialism as a relief for these conditions would result in nolhim: but widespread (Inniiim1. Some of Ihe conditions com plained of eim be met by slate action. There s-hnuld he federal control of clcvfitnrs and flour mills wil h es tablished terminal elevators at con venient points, ' "Bui I ciuphaticallv disbelieve in any purl v. and cspceiallv if tiiat par ty culls i I self a iion-parlisau party, whieh organizes a single class against other classes. J object, just- as strouulv whether such a political or uauiation claims to he in the inter est of townspeople or eounlrv peo ple, of inen-hants, lawyers, farmers or wnl'C earners. "When the Non-Partisan leauue first appeared I was inclined to wel come it, and il was with real reluc tance that I was obliged to believe thai the leaders that controlled it was of sued a character as to threaten this country with evils an alogous to those which came from Bolshevism abroad or from I. V. WVsm at home. ' Ghost Bailee of H litis "Finally. Ihe mectini: of the league at Minneapolis nbout a year at:o was turned into irhnst dance of the Huns within our catcs,and it became evi dent to me that, insofar as thov dar ed, the most prominent leaders of the league were plavini: the name of sedition and didovaltv and that thev were seeking to uctpiirc puwer bv pandering to and intlncm-m ihe base spirit of 'i'eed and envy and ignor ance and ebis hatred, Thev were trvniL' to do what Leiiine ami 1 rot- MM IAN 0 LAUNCH PEACE DRIVE AT ONC E New German Chancellor to Reaffirm Reichstan Peare Resolution and Declare Aqainst Annexations in West and Full Restoration of Bel- qium Through International Fund. BASEL, Switzerland. Oct. 5. The rcichstug peace resolution of July, 1917. will be reaffirmed by Prince Maximilian of Baden, the new Ger man Imperial chancellor, in his dec laration of policy before the reichs tag today, according to information here. Tho new chancellor is expect ed-to develop the scope of this reso lution in his statement and indicate desire for a speedy peace. EXPLOSION DEMOLISHES WAR PUT Dozens Towns in Shattered Condition as a Consequence of Destruction of $18,000,000 Munition Plant of T. A. Gillespie at Morgan. N. J. Loss of Life Estimated at Upwards of 137 Over 2000 Working at Time and but Few Accounted For. PAfilS, Oct. D. Prlneo Maximll inn of Iladon, the now Gorman Im perWl chancollor, will doclaro against annexations in tho west hy (lermany nii'l In favor of the full restoration of Belgium, according tn n dispatch to l.e Journal from Zurich. The restor ation would, however, be carried out by means of an International fund. There Is Indication also that tho chancollor will make known a dispo sition to confide the revision of the nrest-l.itovsk and Bucharest treaties to a coiiKress of nil the belligerents. Ho will declaro against payment of tho damago done to France, II Is de clared, and will demand the freedom of tho seas In the Gorman sense of that phraso nnd tho return of the Herman colonies. It Is further fore cast that tho chancellor will favor partial and progressfvo disarmament, but that he will not entertain nny Idea of nn arrangement with Trance concern lug Alsace-Lorraine. Inlly on the American rlRht, but on tho center and left the Americans i General March added that orders for are successfully following up their earlier gains. North of St. Quentin the British and Trench continue their vigorous pressure, after having captured im portant points Friday. Around Beau revolr and he Catclct the British havo moved forward for substantlul gains, while near Chnrdon-Vert, the Trench have taken an Important height. Prisoners taken Friday in this region by tho British and French aggregated 120. West of l.ille the Germans con tinue their withdrawal but apparent ly not as speedily as In the first two days. Allied troops nro reported within four miles of this Important ALSACE-LORRAINE i.. VILLAGES EVACUATED OKKKVA. Switzerland". Oct. .. Vort v vitlairiw in Alsace-Lorraine from Basel to Ctdiuar have been evac uated bv tlic civilmn population, nc cordini: to the heniocrate. The ticr tnaii aiitboritic-, the immviuiimt savs, now have ordered the inhabitants of MulbnuM'U. Altkirrb and otber small er town to prepare to leave immediately. (Continued on I'age Four.) NO PEACE EFFORT E THK IIAfil'K. M. -V- IMh.n.! Iu l nt in it I'd ii.e btHrjcn w lo in iro- : i.-.lc J ur pcai'c. it v..m d --; : 1 1 d bv the foriM-ji: ol li- (.;. v. Here t-i:- t n wimi of tnit1! i'i !bc l:it-.i.cn, o t ho B.'rli.i T i'ji' ! j't In Dial 1 ft ( '., tbe f if 1 1' a! a'ii:tiitticciii nl .-i.tte.s. General Uulchins discharse from the service had not yet been Issued. l.K.'O.OOO Troops Abroad Ih'-pitc tbe cpiilcmie ot Spani-h in i'lucii.a ciiibarkalifin ot Amcriran troop i bciii- cotitiiiiud at rh(v rale of inorc ill. in 'J.'in.lHlO per month. Gen eral .March nmioiiiicfd toilav. Tbe total cniliarkcd to date now bus paus ed the l.K.HI.UOU mark. The Scpl.-m-bcr .-.hipiiu'iits escfeded L'.Vl.UUII. al tboiiL'li cais of inlliicna in camps at home exceeded lOO.lHHi. " Tbe policy oi tbe war department ill M-mbiar over-ca onlv men who have imt bad tin di-i'a-c anl w have nut been expn-cd to it lias nc-c---.jt"tcd mutciiitl read ni-tmciit ot the -In i .i .tn- sr-hi-dtit". but h.i - not iu tert'end with the total number embarked. Vofslsche ZeitHNK reports that Pre micr PKene uaa riM)unR,eu i mna z, ,aV(1 dmie tv li'i .iiiiius .AnurasH in enier ins raoinci with Count Albert Appnnyl and Count Stephen Tlsza Count. An drassy, however, will only consent to enter a coalition cabinet on condi tion that Count Tlflza be excluded and wtshe.; Ihe participation of the Kr.rolyi party and 'he social-democrats. No common phi! form vet ex ist ami it sec ins there Is iinph oppo sition to a coalition Kovernment. "The I. W. V. Iciiders have been convicted of dilovnltv and vet it was to the bead - '' tiiis urbanization, that a leader. W. ). Ilavwood. wrote, on Aprli ."), 1!H7. a letter in which lie spoke of 'lliis damned war bnincs-.' "There i-n't a German abroad, or a piu-( icnuni at linaie, w ho tines not wish Mice'- tn the Nuii-I'artisan lea1.' ie n- nt hrc-.i-nl r'onlrolled. and to Ihe I. V W." RyHfliiANoiwourasM TAKEN IN FLANDERS IIAVlii;, Kri.Inv. Oct. I -In th ocration.. ill Tliiiut.-r- st;ic Sm!hi Imt 2. the lichiiin. T.Mi-li .nil Krcnili funtM hate tnUe ln..'iini prinncr-. ll"o L'un- ami fi'iM iiincliinc 1,1, lw tl... ..ttl..,..t -.t..ll"ltt Iniin Ihe IS'i::i.'in war olliic !nnilit. E OFFsJERSEY COAST WASIIliNOTOX, Oct. Ti. The American carao steamer San Saba of tho .Mallory line was sunk yester day 1T miles southeast of HarneKat, N. J., tiio navy department was in formed today. It Is supposed the ship Hlriick a mine. lioVv many of tho crew were rescued Is not yet known. A slcamer proceeding to New York reported that hhe pit ked up four men and one body from tho wreckage, Naval vessels wero immediately sent lo the scene to search for possible survivors and to sweep tho vicinity for mines. Tho San Salm was li l-'S KI'ops Ions. NKYV YORK. Ot. After more than 18 bourn of terror, n dozen . towns in northern New Jersey wero in u xhntlcred condition this after noon us a conscipicnce of the muni tion disaster and rairimr fires which coutnncd Ihrouuhout today. At the $18,000,000 shell tuakiui; plant flue of the ureatest of its kind in the world of T. A. Gillespie and company, situated at Morgan, X. J., an explosion from nn unknown cause scattered fire brands anions tons of trinitrotoluol, the most powerful ex plosive known. Detonation followed upon detona tion and these repeated shook tbe ter rain for a radius of fiO miles, incluil imr New York Citv. where huildinss were shaken and ulnss shattered. 1,okh of Life I'nkuowit With the situation at Morgan such that lircmcu, soldiers, sailors and civilian workers found it impossible to penet mte In n zone within (wo miles of the Gillespie plant, no defi nitT' estimate could he made of the number of net-son who perished. Tbe I lames In i mini: upopposed threatened two urcat munition plants in tho vi cinity. 1'nol'ficial estimates 'plac.cil the dead at upward of K(7. Tho nieht shil'l was known to number 2,000 nersuns and the ones accounted for this afternoon were numbered onlv in f-corcs. . I'ourtccn bodies were reported to have been identified. That others are in the ruins is believed likely. It is feared some men were destroyed and that notruce of them ever will be found. Towns Evacuated Communities surroundim; Morgan with populations totalling more than liO.OliO were evacuated almost as completely as if they were in Kuro pean war zoucs. Homes lurto been ruined and tho roads Icadnur out of devastated dis tricts were Ihmnucd all last niuht and all day with men, women and children fleeing to points ot safety. The Atlantic division of the Ameri can Wed Cne-s dispatched anibu lauccs, motor canteens and uutoino bilcs eonlaiuinif physicians, nurses and social workrs inlo northern New Jersey. Mot soup, sandwiches and other food was served to Ihe buu ury and tent colonies were put up. GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE. T '111' I (est Libert v J.omii advertisements ever writ ten hiive been written bv the ktiiser and tin; (iernitin armies (hey have beeirwritleii in blond and in llairfe, al (lie pointjof t iehaynet and at (he ean non's mcpiith lliey liave been written in (lie innn een( blnnl nf little ehildren and in the red .shambles of liOiivain (hey have been written in the ch irred embers oi' I'air cities ami on einmblinr walls that, si a i id as silent mnmimcnt.s b Immes I hat are no more they have been burned into (be llesli of innocence, and branded on the breasts of virtue (hey have been wrilli n so indelibly on the face of the seas that the slain is still iion the waters (bat hushed (he vic tim's prayers t hey have been written in the name of (!od lint in the hand of Hell, in (he jruisc of defense but in tin' cause of dominion, antl they have rallied one hundred million Americans to the ensigns of freedom, sold three Liberty Loans, are about to sell a fourth, and will sell them indefinitely till the race is emancipated from the maw of militarism and the .tyranny of autocracy. SEVERE, REPRISALS PA It IS, Oct. - ( llavas. ) Threals by Austria that allied aviators drop ping or carr In:; proclamations will ho puuMicd wjlli dtMiti lias brought a th rent of reprisals from tho Krench government. The A iptro-M unitarian government Iiuh been Informed thai if French aviators are executed the Kreiu b authorities will retaliate by Inflicting the nunc penalty In double propori Ion n poll A usli iau officers who are prisoners. 07 WASHINGTON, Oct. T.. -Weather predictions for the wwk beginning Monday issued by the weather bureau today nre: (Northern Itoeky mountain and pla teau regions: entitled with show- j era Tuesday or edn day and ngaln at the i nd of tho week. Tempera- turi'H mostly iilmv nornml. i I'nciric stales; Shower .Monday or j Tnenday and probably Friday. Sea sonal tcmpcralute. HiinilrcilN IN'iisbcd PKN I'll 'AMItdY, N. .1.. Oct. .r. With flames rniriiiy; fro mtlie build ings where explosions occurred ail ni-iit lonir at tlic ureal shell loatlim; pliiut of T. A. Gillespie and conipanv at Moru'an, X. J., indications at 10 a. m. tmhiv were thai iicrhups linn dri lls n' persons hail perihed. Of the company's 'J.OUO ni-ht shift employes, only 10 1 luid been definite l iiecoMiitcd lor. Whclbcr ihe 1,!I00 unaecontded for were deml or merely had fled, it was itnpnible to del ermine, Kircmcn weii- t'iiihl tiiLT the flame?- and scattcr- ( shell were exploding and all cu (Contlnuod on Tago Four.) SERBS DEFEAT PAIUS, (let. - Allied forces in Seibnt have come into contact with tlic Aiistio-Ilunu'ariaiM near Yrnnie, sniillierri Serbia. Serb forces oper ating aL'iiin-'t the Aip-lrians took I'ru uvs on Thursday. I.ONItoX, o, t. -Au-lru (lerman troop-, have been dcl'cntcd in lichtimr with Ihe Serbians, who ntm-aed them toward the old Sci -bo-Turkish fron tier, snvs n SeH'iiin ollicial slatmcut Friday. ('