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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.
('