Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 16, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTO HELP WIN THE WAR BUY LIBERTY BONDS. WEATHER Maximum Yesterday. M; Minimum Today, 4i; PKIX'IWTATIO .80. FORECAST Tonight and Tomorrow: Unsettled, Probably Showers. Medfo: 1mT A yy T- IBUNE TO KEEP THE WAR WON BUY MORE LIBERTY BONDS. rorty-elKhth Tear. D41y Thirteenth Tmt. . MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1(1, .1918 NO. 176 RUMORS OF ll pekSh,ncb i IS BEING DRIVEN FROM FLANDERS inniniTinu iNOUWcLUt HDUIbHIIUIl PLENTIFUL No Official Confirmation of Rumors That Emperor William Has Quit Job But Reports to That Effect Nu merous Germany to Reply at Once to President's Note Report ed Will Accept Prescribed Terms of Capitulation With Some Stipulation LONDON, Oct. lfi. (( p. in. I!v the Associated Press.) Tlio Dritish foreiun off ire state J this cvuniiiL' that it had no official confirmation of the rnmor that the German etuneror had nddicated but that opinion in well in formed circles was not disposed to reject these rumors. 1 LONDON, Oct. 10. (r:0H p. in.) Heater's limited learns that the Ger man replv to President Wilson is ex pected to lie couunmiicnlcd iiiimedi ntelv and Hint it is likely to consti tute a nencral exceptance of the pres ident's conditions. Rumored Capitulation AMSTEH DAM, Oct. lfi. The Nicuwe Hottordainsclie ("oiirant today issued a special edition irivimr the re port that Germany had capitulated and that Emperor William had abdi cated. ' AMSTERDAM. Oct. lfi. X move ment can be observed in the Ger man capital savs a dispatch from Herlin to the Ti id to brim: about a cessation of the submarine war as the result of President Wilson's note. AT NEW POINTS Americans Continue Advance West of Meuse Anainst Stiff Resistance Huns Evidently Fiqlitina to Permit Main Forces to Get Aawav Path is C'.it Through Barbed Wire. AJ'JW VUKK, Oct. lo. A calile message Iroin fieneral Persliing' urjin people to buy bonds which has been received here says: "Wo have toiled cheerfully against the day of battle, and the spirit that has ured us on has been the determination to be worthy of those whom we left behind when we crossed the seas. The news of America awake, of the national spirit more strong, more unified, more determined, thrills us all. It is the knowledge of that spirit which makes us certain that our people at home wiil stand behind us as they have from the beginning so that we niav return soon to you. the victory won. Buy' iberty bonds to your utmost and make victorv sure." LONDON. Oct. lfi. (0:12 p. in.) The German replv to President Wilson's latest note probably will be sent today. accordine: to news receiv ed here throiuih diplomatic channels from Holland. It is expected that the reply will be an ncceptiiice of President Wilson's terms with some stipulation to the effect that the in terests of the German people must be respected. LONDON, Oct. 10. President Wilson's reply to the German peace note produced "a most unfavorable Impression" In Berlin, says a Central News agency dispatch from Amster dam today. The publication of the reply, It adds, was followed by a panic In Herlin banking circles and on the Stock Exchange. The German supreme command, the advices state, will come to Berlin ni the end of the present week, to deliberate on mobilization, concen tratlon of the national strength and the raising of the military age. lleclsion Kvpcctod It Is exnected that the German chancellor will make a decision today on the matters contained in Presi dent Wilson's latest note, says a dis patch from Copenhagen to the Ex change Telegraph company. The German newspapers point out. the message adds, that President Wilson's note had the effect of a cold douche on the hopes for peace engendered by his tlrst note. Some of the newspapers comment on the note In the sharpest terms and with unbridled words, adding that the language of President Wilson now has become excited after the (Continued on Page Eight.) WEAR GAUZE SHIELDS WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. Many of Washington's army of young women war workers appeared today on crowded street cam and at their desks with their faces muffled In gauze shields as protection ncalnst Influenza, a practice specifically ad vocated by some bureau chiefs who feared titter demoralization of their war operations. with Tin-: ami:kicax kokcks NOIiTIIWKST OF VKIIDUX. Oft. 3fi. 32:10 p. in. Bv the Associated Press.) The Germans todav con tinued their resistance uuainst the advance of the American forces on this front, t lie strength of the oppo sition fullv euiialliii"- that of vester dav. Willi nut 'nine uurts, some nrtillerv fire and minor counter-attacks the Germans this morning interposed desperate resistance to Pershinu's men all nlont; the line. All the counter attacks were ensilv repulsed. Thev had the appearance, because of the small numbers of men empUived, of being efforts to throw confusion into the American ranks in order to gain time. lVrHlilnft's Report WASHINGTON. Oct. Id. Sub stantial trains on both sides of the Meuse a trains! stubborn-resistance bv a reinforced enemv was reported to day bv General Pcrshiuir in his eon munhiue for Tuesday. The dispatch follows : "Our troops today continued their attack on both sides of the Mcu.e. encountering stubborn resistance from a reinforced enemy. Kast ol the Meuse I'Vench and American troops have gained ground. West of (lie river the lighting has increased 111 violence and our troops have inn dr. uhstantial gains ineudiu!- 1U1I -!!!), which changed hands three times. '-? have broken the Krienihiide-Kt.-i- lung at new points, where our meu closed with the enemv in a serie-i of hand-to-hand encounters in winch they took prisoners. Cutting Way Through P,Y TIIK ASSOCIATKI) IMiKKS. Oct. I'Vhtimr their wnv through a maze of barbed wire fences and over tangled lines of trenches the Americans west of the Meuse me slowly cutting their wav through the Kriemhilde line. Thev have eimivd Hill which dominates much of th. csuntrv wet of llotunngc 11,1 1 l.a'e per et rated the second line of defense in the vicinity of Landi'.'.--t-!-St. Georges. The battle in this area hits In en most savage. The Germans are maK ing everv effort to hold thcr posi tions. Thuv are pourim lro.-.h '.'.oops in- the struggle in the hope that American onslaught imiv he tavrd before it reaches the immoi.tiit lail roa i lines in the rear of the German front. A vic.torv for the A'u,rir;in in tiit Amoiine sector would hvid tlk' faW of Germany on tne western front .it.d compel a general rr treat bv the enemv from France. In AImio Pocket French and Italian troops are mov ing more lowiy aioh" me line irom the Oise to the AiMie taan thev d:d on Sunday when they wiped out the greater pari of the I.aon-I.arcre sal ient. It appears that the Germans are gradually emptviii" the po ket formed when the allies broke the lines north of St. Ouentin and along the Aisne at Ilerrv-au-Ibie. The French, however, have passed Sis-one, General Gnurnud's nrmv lias crossed the Aisne west of liethel and this advance renders the enemv position further ea.-t rather perilous. As the progress of the French eon tinucs tlie Germans in the t'ham- , w.,. ni c. .ii.f t-iu tn tn bn vlnwli' in- Ivolvcd in anotlier pneket Mich as has often forced n rap'd retirement on various sectors of the line. FOUR LOSE LIVES IN OAKLAND HOTEL FIRE IN FRONT RANKS LONDON. Tuesday. Oct. 15.--Describing the first davs of I ha new of fensive iu Flanders, I he correspond ent of the Mail at British hcadtiiiai ters writes : "The German front line was Ik Id strongly. The In vnrians advanced in the face of the British barrage and calmly set up their machine guns, Thev did all that was asked of Hum but they met a division which in iis charge went clean through and around the enemy and readied the Holders railroad before the German supports could arrive. Highly ai de ground was thus luken at '.he outset and bigger objectives thrown open. "The enemy has put tlie most and the best of his men in (he front ivhUs and when these were forced back the British had less trouble in ad vancing. German forces at Wcrvicoii and Menin. which guarded the right of (he Jiriti-h attack, apparently made only slight resistance and sur rendered at once. The canal was behind th"-1 and when the British ar tillery had deM roved the bridges the enemv troops felt that they were be ing sacrificed and ran toward the British lines. Before the end of the first dav all the principal industrial towns iu west ern lielgiuin were being threatened. To the north the Germans along the coast are also in peril. During the day there was plenty of evidence that peace was expected v the enemv and t hat this ex peel a I ion was operating toward lowering the morale of the German forces. The issues of the battle are immense and are already viib!e on the field. PEAK OF EPI1C WASHINGTON. Oct. Hi. Hcinark aide improvement is .-.liown bv todnvV reports from rvtuv camps and can tonments on t he in I luen.a cpideuiic. Army medical ofticers now confi dently believe the peak of the epi demic among the soldiers has been passed. Secretary linker, announcing (he good news, sail) it indicated that measures taken bv the surgeon gen eral's office had brought the disease under definite conlrol. WASHINGTON', Oct. Hi. There were deaths from Spanish in fluenza in lid cities the week ending Gclober 12 as compared with l!l Ihe week ending Sept ember 1 I. when the disease got its first foot In -Id in New Kngland. In the same period there were 4.1(1!) deaths from pneumonia. PHILADELPHIA. Oct. Kb- Tlie number of new cases of influenza re ported for the "J 1 hours ending at noon today was l.OHli as against 1. !!)( reported vesterdav. In the same period there were 4(i( deaths from influenza and 24 " from pneumonia. KING ALBERT. 1 i 4 l I " t. t oa 1 I ALLIED ADVANCE OUT-FLANKING GERMAN FORCES ON COAST AND FORCING GENERAL WITHDRAWAL Sweeping Steadily Alicart Over Lowlands of Belqium. British. Belqian and French Armies Rauidiv Wearina Awav Extreme Riaht Flank of Ger man Battle Line. Forciria Evacuation on Larqe Scale Stiff Rear Guard Actions Delav Pursuit of Retirina Germans Lille Outflanked From North and British Enter Outskirts Work of Destruction. P. S. l.oosnly or It. K Wednesday in Medford. I). 3, spent PARIS. Oct. i. A hlKh Orman fi'iirtlmiiiry In MelKlum declared on October I) that Herman occupation of HrilHHe'a would end at the Intent within 1 r. dayii, according to reliable Inronnation received In London, nays tho corrcHpondent of the lOcho Paris. K.ING AUBEBT Tills is n new photograph of Klim Alhei't (r ll llllll, who Is IciiiIIiiU tint allied Mlia-h hi( h Is llrlvInK the linn from lielgiuin. F! v. hist Acv- fnrel's llL-e of ol' I he li'IK. I'd. Hi. Krench niylit enptnreil llie vi liotniti ..uilliin a niil important railway iunciimi of lletliel ill the Cliiiiinmuiie, the war olliec nn noiinceii today. The l-'reiirh made some further ppiL'l'es lo tile I14H-1 ll of Sisons, while l.elweeil Si-sotlK and Hetliel delhey ri'iinl-ed n Moleiil enemv eoim iter attack ncir St. (icrmaitiinolit. WHEN THE YANKEES ARE HOT FIGHTING. THEY ARE WORKING OAKI.AN'H. Calif.. fM. Hi.- Two women and Iwo children are report ed lo he in the ruin of n lire thai cli-troveil Ihe Melropole hold here todav. .Manv persons have heen car ried out ol the i 1 1 1 1 1 1 II nhicll ii -till hariiiim. L5' ovp- tWs , v'J'A mrmYivHw- p:r-4iK,lMT tilt mf&m l'AUIS. Oct. 10. P.rithih patrols enlered (lie Koiilliweislern suhiuhs of Lille this inorniiiLr. HU1TISH AH. MY HI'.ADyrAl! Th'liS IN l-'I.ANDI'.liS. (Id. Hi (lieuter's.) llcluian eavalrv lliis mornim: was reported to he within u mile of the important railway center of Thielt. That town is onlv ahoiit lo miles southwest of (Uient. lllioi-out t'aplilred LONDON. Oct. HI (ti p. ni.1 The llek'ian city of Thoroul has heen caplureil hv llie allied fon-es in their l-'landers offensive. The fall of Conr trai is iniitiineiil. with Tin.: i-iii'.NCii I'-oiici'.s IN' ! FI.AN1 H-:HS. Oct. 111. (llavas.1 The (ii'i-iiinns lodav resumed their hms; i-ansse liomliai'dnieiit of Hie French seaport of Dunkirk over the straits of Dover. There were some civilian victims. Thielt Approached WITH TIIK DlilTISII AliMY IN KI.ANDI'.HK, Ocl. Hi (II n. in.) Hv Ihe Associated Press. I The allied nruiies resunieil their allacks Iu Plandei's this uiorninsr and innde liirlhcr nolahle advances. The cleiirinir wealher aideil in Ihe ol'leu sive. The caviilrv opcralimr well in advance, is now hall' wav lo Thielt and Pithhem, le HelL-ians stormed and look the town of Housljeciiue, east of Wer- vicii, mid now are (isihlim; in the streets of llallaiii, soatli ol Menin. Thev have reached Ihe outskirts ol llarlehecke anil have caplureil l.ich lervclde. There was heavy resislance at l.ichtci'vehle. hat (Ins was overcome and the Allies now are lieyond Up town. I1Y ASSOCIATKI) PIIKSS, Oct. lfi. Sweeplnn sleadlly nhead over the lowlands of llelniuni, tlio HrltlHli, I'rencli and IlelKlan armies nro rap- Idly wearing away the. extromo rlcht flank of tho Herman liattlo line. Twelve tliouHiind prlsouerH have heen captured In two days. Tills Indicates n victory of Kieat Importance, even If Ihe (ierninn Rain wax not of tho utmost Importance In tho develop ment of the Hilled offensive. Allied forces have captured Menin and W'ervlcii and nro across the Lys river Iu the nolnhboiiiood of tlio lat ter town. There are iinofltcial ra tions that Tliourout lias boon taken and It Is confirmed Hint the British are wil hill two lulled ot C'ourtral. This completely outflanks Llllo from (he north. Tlio allies nro now about oleven miles from llrunes and !!" miles from Client. They have ad vanced about Beven miles Hinco Mon day moinliiK. TMs pliol.mniifi lakm nt f1inl- 11 lliierry .lion, lion American .olillers nro caiplojeil in hclpliiK n-.loie llie riilneil lounn nf Irnnce nlii-u the y are not fmhtliiK on the rmiil for llu-lr IiIm-iikI tremo right wiiiK is being threatened more nnd more as tho allied wedge lu KlanderB is driven deeper. The en emy resistance seems to be slacken ing In Flnndors and it Is believed hero that Important results may bo soon within a few days. The advance ot tho allies Is from two and one-half to five miles on a at) mile front. On tho right the Brit ish hold Menin nnd Wervicq and have Courtrul almost within their grusp. Tho evacuation of the great Industrial centers of Llllo, Roubalx nnd Totircolng seems lnovltnblo. On the left tho Belgians are approaching Tliourout, twolvo miles from Bruges and within twenty miles of the Dutch frontier. There are signs that tho Germans realize tho days of their occupation ot Belgium are numbered. They have begun tho work of destruction in wcstorii Bolglum. According to In formation reaching Parts, the Gor inaiis nro preparing to got out of Bruges and Ghent and even Brussels. Work of Destruction Itculim l'AUIS, Oct. 18. The German ex- HUNGARY'S ATTITUDE I A M .ST K l( I) A M , Oct. 1 1. llun Hary'n nttlttxto towonl Austria has materially . hnnfied, Dr. Vtkorl Uia ItuiiKnrlan pmnlf'r, dcrlaird In n ro rffil Hpf i't Ii, ftrcordlnt; to a lludapfst (llnp'ttdi tn tho Vonslsrhn clliiliK of Merlin. Tho premier nrldcd that tho validity T th InatlOH hrtwreti Aus tria nnd HniiKtirj ran u mattor for (llKftiHslnn. Ilunnary, lin paid. tmi;it ho ri'pre tii ntcMl at tho lu aco confiTPiuo. Men I a Captured WITH Til 10 AhhIKD ARMIES IN DKIAilUM, TuoHday, Oct. 15, 9 p. m. (I)y AaHoclated PreHa.) Monln has ration. Allied troops are a mile east oT Koulers nnd advanced patrols are within a mllo of Courtrul. The bya river has heen crossed between Co mlnos, which hus been captured, and. Warneton. Reports Indicate another croRHlnK effected at Wervicq. South of the zone where mud-spat-torcd allied troops are fighting for ward thru rain and mist and over Micky ground, tho enemy has begun a withdrawal. His troops are being moved backward from Pont-a-Vennin and Ilerclau and from the Holleghem front. Hero British patrols have reached tho outskirts of Neuchln. Kverywhero tho (icrmans are fight ing roar-guard actions with large numherH of men Involved. Tho wounded returning from tho front are pluHtercd with mud. ('nemo Is Stormed Cuomo has been stormed and taken and the Belgians havo cap tured Itevern station. They are east nnd north of tho Bevcrn canal and nro beTore Iseghom. Today's gains have further turned tho Ccrinan lines north and south of tho urea under uttnek and the enemy retirement reported from the south ward Is tho result. Further with drawals on a broad scale may be ex pected unless the weather continues so had as to prevent further advance. The enemy Ih showing signs of great ncrvoitHneuH and more fires and ex plosions aro reported. Kliir.'Whoro along the front other British forces aro gaining but their progress has been merely to straight en tho lines ami to carry out consoli dating operations. Knemy defenses of great strength were encountered during the day by tho British. There wore wire ontan- ( Con tin uei on 1'uge Kfght.) CONSUL POOLE SENT WASHINGTON. Oct. lfi.-HeWitt C 1'nole. former American cnnsul- I'encrnl at .l w, has heen sent to Arehmiuel with tlie rnuk of counsel lor tn'osiM Anibussndnr Krnnci?. TIih promotion uiven Mr. ioolo as n reward for the excellent work lie iliil hci'nie lie was ordered hv tlio M;ie ilcin linenl - leave Moscow.