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MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 39, 1918
NO. 179
ALLIES
WILSON
CAPTURE E
EJECT
S AUSTRIAN
RE BELGIAN C
B W U
PEACE OFFER
6,000 INS
I HEMMED IN
ON BORDER
Allied Forces Capture Whole of Bel
gian Coast Large Body of Ger
mans Cut Off bv British on Dutch
Frontier Many Towns Occupied
bv Allied Forces in Rapid Pursuit
- of Retirina Foe Entire British and
Belgian Front Moving Forward.
LONDON. Oct. 10. (2:10 n. nO
Allied forces have captured the
whole of the Belgian coast, ucennlin:;
to information received hv the Kven
ine News. The allied line now ex
tends from a position on the Hutch
const to the cast of Orouncs and to
the south of (,'ourtrai.
(IOOO Huns Shut III
AMSTEKDAM. Oct. Ill British
troops have entered the lleluinn town
of riecloo, aecoi'dinir to a despatch
from Hluis to the Teleirrnut'. Six
thoiisnnd GcTimms have heen xliut in
utriiiiist the Dutch frontier.
LONDON. Oct. in. (1 :0.-i p. m.)
Mnnv Gerinan columns with numerous
cuns nnd ntitomohiles traveling' cast
ward, arc passinir Sluis. a town on the
Holland frontier. 10 miles northeast
of Bruires. German sentinels have
nhnndoncd their posts on the canal at
Sluis.
TurcoiiiK I.ilKTatiMl
WITH TIIK ALLIKI) I'OI.TI'.S IX
HKI.Glfll. Oct. lit. lltv the Asso
ciated l'ress, aftcrnoin.) The towns
of Cherenir, llasmv. Vred and t'alte
let have heen captured hv the allied
forces.
The entire British and Belgian front
was still moviinr forward this moni
int;. The Belgians were miininir
steudilv and the British in Ihc north
ndvani'ini; in the face of coiisidcrahlc
opposition, occupied Ihc llcrscuux
Mouscran railway to the cast and
north the French lihcrulcd the towns
of Turcoini: and Wouhaix.
llarlcheke has hene cleared of the
cnemv hut allied patrols puhin: cust
wurd have heen fired upon. Movin.'
out of DessclL'hcn and .Mnrrki', whii li
were occupied, the allies are advene
int southeast. The cnemv nrtillcrv
is firinir heavilv mi the British in this
section of the trout whore the allied
troops arc rapidlv drawing close t'
the Scheldt river.
KvamntiiiK Brussels
AMSTERDAM, Ort. 19. Illy As
sociated Press). The evacuation of
Brussels by the Germans has already
beRiin, according to M. Ilclnrlch, an
activist Belgian deputy.
The deputy Is quoted thus by the
correspondent of the Nleuwo Van
tcn Dags at Kgscndaal, on the Dutch
frontior, who says the deputy him
self has arrived at Brussels. The
evacuation reports refer to the Cer
nmn troops nnd not to the civilian
population of the city.
GERMAN ARMY
STILL ON RUN
ENURE FRONT
I
Lutienilorff Swinqs Back His Whole
Right Allied Forces Continue At
tack Southeast of Cambraf on
Pivot. Takina Nearly 5.000 Prison
ers in Six Mile Advance.
PARTS. Oct. 19. Tlie Germans
are still on the run. The victories of
this week have obliged them' to make
a conversion of the front on which
thev are engaged and that is n. tiekel
ish operation under the tremendous
pressure to which thev arc being sub
jected. General Taidendorff is swinging
hack his whole right, using ns n
nivot the plateau through which runs
the eanal from the Oise to the Sam-
ore, wnn i ne ioresis 01 wc.worai ami
Du Nouvion ns supports to his rear.
He has concentrated all his available
forces there and notwithstanding the
stout blows delivered hv General
Rawlinson and Debenev the pivot still
holds.
King1 Albert's armies are pressing
Ludendorff. hard, lie mnv he driven
further and faster than his plans
nrovidc fin- and in addition fo that he
has the task of finding troops to
cover another weak spot namelv.
the Slcnav irap. the'hack door to the
. llliincland tbroiiLrh Luxemburg,
which is heimr tireless v assailed bv
General Gourand and tlie American
armies. Notwithstanding all his ef
forts, the German commander has not
heen able to prevent this slow but
sure Franco-American advance.
GERMAN REPLY
0 PRESDENT
SENT TONIGHT
Kaiser Reported to Have Accepted
Wilson's Conditions Generally Ex
cept in Case of Submarine War
fare Which It is Declared Must
Continue Until War Ends.
OKXEVA. Oct. Ifl!). Germany's
reply to l'resident Wilson will he de
spatched this eveninir. neeordinsr to
information here todav from n diplo
ma tic source.
Although the German press is pro
hihitcd from discussing the matter, it
is understood that Germany accepts
President Wilson's conditions tencr
allv. with one exception. She de
clares that the submarine warfare
must continue until the war's end.
She denies havimr inflicted cruelties
or curried out devastating measures
hevond the scope of mililarv necessities.
LONDON-., Oct. 19, 1 p. m. (By
Associated Press). The (iennans
were still holding tho outskirts of
Xcebrugge this morning, altho tlie
Belgian forces In their eastward ad
vance had reached tho Zee-hriiggc-Bruges
canal.
AMSTERDAM. Oct.' 19. British
troops are approaching Si'jls on the
'Dutch frontier 10 miles northeast of
(Continued on Page Four.)
MASKS OF GAUZE
SAN FRA'NCISCO. Oct. 10. Bar
bers and hotel room aUcndantH thru
out the state were ordered to wear
niedfeal jtaiufl masks during tho per
iod of the Spanish Influenza epidemic
by executive of tho state board of
health here today.
British Advancing
. LONDON, Oct. 19. The nritish
are continuing their advance in Flan
ders north of the Senaee canal. Field
Marshal Haig announced today.
Southeast of he Catena where
British and American troops aro op
crating, Bazucl and Mazlnghien have
been captured.
The British have advanced more
than six miles, cant of Doual and they
are in contact with tho Germans east
of Vrod and Cnttelet in that region.
Tho French Take :WMM
PARIS, Oct. in. The Frencl con
tinue successfully their advance
south of W'asslKiiy and east of Guise,
the war office reported today. Thoy
have reached tho Cambre canal on a
front of nearly nine miles south 01
Hannappea.
Along tho canal the French hold
tho towns of Ilunnappes. Tuyigny
and oyalea. Sinco Octoher 1 7 in
this ret-ion tlie French first army has
taken more than liono prisoners nnd
20 Rims.
East of Hothel the Germans havo
heen driven from the territory be
tween the Ardennes canal and the
Aisne west of Attimiy. The town ot
Amldy-Haul has been captured in ad
dition to prisoners.
Agreement ltenchel
AMSTERDAM. Oct. !. The offi
cial jext of President Wilson's note
tg (Jennanv has heen received and
an agreement has been reached in
i principle regarding ihe reply, the
Frankfort Gazette slates.
The foreign affairs committee, the
newspaper adds, has heen made ac
uuaiutcd with the definite terms of the
rcplv. which it is understood will he
handed to the Swiss minister tit lier
lin Saturday afternoon or evening.
BERNE, Switzerland, Friday, Oct.
IS. The German reply to President
Wilson will not he completed and
dispatched for several days, accord
ing to the latest Berlin advices. It Is
expected that the reichstag will ho
summoned to meet on Tuesday.
Tho grand admiral of the fleet and
tlie chief of the naval staff have ar
rived in Berlin for consultation over
the answer. It is believed that tho
reply will be neither a full accep
tance nor a refusal but worded so
that the, door will bo left open for
further negotiations.
Berlin reports show tho holding of
.a peace demonstration by thousands
of workmen. On the other hand, the
patriotic and economic associations,
including tlie great German manufac
turers association, have adopted
resolutions urging tho organization
of a stubborn defense.
WITH THE ALLIED A KM IKS IN
FRAiNCK AND BELGIUM, Friday,
Oct. IS, 10 p. m. (By Associated
Press.) British and American troops
southeast of Lo Cateau captured
1200 prisoners and 120 guns today
and have advanced about four miles
since the attack began yesterday
morning. Tho British are now more
than three miles southeast of Lille.
On the Belgian coast, British war
ships aro shelling tho retreating Germans.
American Tank. Binsy
WITH THE ALLIED ARM IKK
FAST OF CAM Hit A I, Friday, Oct. IS
COPENHAGEN. Oct. lit. Ger
many's reply to President Wilson as
announced by the Politikon will deny
the president's accusation of German
cruelties and declare the submarine
warfare cannot be stopped as long
as thero is no agreement as to an
armistice.
The reply, the newspaper declares,
will not reject the president's de
mands but will make further negoti
ations possible.
OF UTAH DEAD
(Continued on Page Pour.)
00
SUNK U-BOAT
NEW YORK, Oit. 19. The Anier
ban steamship Lucia, equipped with
buoyancy boxes and supposed to he
unMnkaide, has b-en sunk, according
to word received here today in ship
ping circles. She was torpedoed by
n submarine In ihe Atlantic hut de
tails are larking.
SALT LAKE CITY. I'tuh. Oct. p.l.
Former Tinted Stales Senator
Thomas Kearn-. mining magnate ud
railwav builder, died at his home
here vrMrrdav following a -trokc of
apoplexy .-altered -ewrnl duv- ago.
.Mr. Kcjtrn- ;i Mru-k hv an auto
mobile about two weeks ago arid llie
exeitcmi nt due to the accident i said
to have brought nil the stroke.
INFLUENZA CASES
' IN SEAIIIEIDECREASE
SEATTLE. Wah.. Oct. l!. NVw
in 1 1 neii a cu-e- a re ilcerca-in-r in
number here and deaths Imu, iiitlti-
eiiMi are incrca-im:. the citv hcuitl)
Iepa rt mi nt jttimmiiceil . lodav Tlie
end of the epidemic arid iiic ban n
public n--eriiblai:e i- nnl v :;i iLl;t,
tlie annonnt ciuent taid,
BOCHE FIEE
TO NEW LI
E
German Forces in Belqium Retirina
Rapidlv Toward New Positions
Ghent Reported Reached bv Cav
alryHun Troops Reported Re
moved From Brussels British
Warships Assisting Pursuit of Ger
mans Alonq Coast.
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Oct. V.). German forces in Belgium
still re retiring catwnrd toward a
new defense line while the British.
French and Americans southeast (f
Camhrai are drivinu a wedire into the
German defenses north of the Oise.
Ghent. Ill miles tothwest of Brus
sels, the Belgian capital, is reported
to have heen reached hv French cav
alry. Reports received in Holland
are (hat tlie Germans have heirun to
retnovo their trnopn from Brussels,
evidence that the new defense line
mnv he east of that citv.
All nlutiir Ihe front in Beluiunt from
the coast to east of Courlrai the al
lied troops are pushing forward.
German units are reported to be hold
ing out ' in Zeebruggo with Belgian
troops on the canal running southeast
of Zeebrugge to Bruges. It would
seem that these troops will he cut off
and either forced to surrender or flee
to Holland. .
Wursliips Assisting
British warships huve come to the
assistance of the allied land forces in
Belgium and are shelling 'ho Ger
mans who are trying to escape
through the narrow neck of land be
tween Bruges and (he Dutch frontier.
East of Lille and Douai the Brit
ish are moving eastward toward
Tournai and - Valenciennes already
have advanced more than six miles
along a front of more than ,'i(J miles in
this region. The British are ap
proaching Chercng, les htliau eight
miles west of Tournai. Several
scores of villages have been liberated
here.
Southeast of Camhrai the allies
havo made a wide breach in the tier
man lines aloiiL' the lower Scllu and
(he Samhre canal and cnntiue to
light ;'eir wav eastward. Tlie Brit-i.-h
and French war ol fires report
the capture of ni'ue than -I.LMHI pris
oners in the fighting here and a .-core
of villages including Wassigi.-v, Ba
zucl, llanuappe? and Tupignv have
been taken.
Progress of Advance
On tho north the Briti.-h are within
two miles of tin Sambre canal at
Chalillon. The French have taken
Audignv forcM and huve reached the
canal on a trout ol' nearly nine miles
.south of Ihc toiot and bevoud the
bend of the Oi-e, north of Novuk,
three miles east of the railway
limctiou of Giiic. 'J in allied Wedge
makes pockcN lo the north and to
the south. The Germans are with
drawing from llie southern ppcKct
with the French m close pursuit. EaM
of Bethel the J n neh have reached
the Ai-nc on a wide i'ront and cap
tured Audilv-llawt.
Driti-h and American lroop. fight
ing their wav into tlie fliinding line
southcut ul' l.e ( ateatt arc advanc
ing unite rapi'Mv in spite ol the des
pernnle reM-iam-e of tlie eueuiv. B
i- rcpitrtcd thm l.L'OU prisoners and
I'JU unn were captured bv the al
licb ve-tcrdav. Mure the lighting be
Lan there 'I Inn -day the German- have
been jureed l.n 'k more than lour
miles.
General Gmiraud's men have ad
vanced Wr-t i the Argoiinc foresl
and have taken unite u n: -tep to
the ntn-1'- '' VoMaere. The advance
will tend to render unstable the Ger
man po-ilinn- in the lore-t and mav
assist iie Aiiicncaiis figlilui eaM J
t!i" Argoiinc.
The American front ha- heen the
scene of eon-taut putrid fighting
with General t'er-ing'- men moving
ahead shghllv in Enes and Banthe
ville uimil, Theri' hu heen ni con
cert eil a 1 1 ark in thin return since
Thur-da v.
OVER 1 MILLION YANKS POUND
YANKS SEN! TO
FIGHT GERMANS
General March Announces That
Enemy Has Been Driven Out of 800
Square Mi'es in Four Davs En
tire Line in Retreat on 250 Mile
Front Yanks Fiphtinq Gallantly.
WASHINGTON'. Oct. lil.-More
than 2,000. (Mil) American soldiers
now have gone overseas. General
March told the members of the sen
ate military eominitlee todnv at their
war, department conference.
While (he conference was in nro
"ress General March was notified that
the Germans had evacuated (he en
tire Belgian roast up to the Holland
bonndurv ami that it is now in pos
session of the allies.
British patrols participating in the
allied advance in .Belgium are re
ported to have reached the Holland
frontier opposite Bruges. General
March was informed in today's earlv
dispatches.
HOO Square Miles Evacuate
The German retirement from Ihe
Belgian const district. General March
adedd, is increasing in breadth and
sliced. The movement to the rear,
on the whole, he added, is extremely
rapid, as illustrated hv (he fact (hat
the territory evacuated in four days
totals more than H0(l sipiare miles.
To the south in France, the general
said, renewed at lacks hv Anglo
American forces opposite Douai have
carried (he allied line up to the has
tily constructed German defensive
systems, which follows in a general
wav the Seiisee canal and marshes.
No attempt to cross this barrier has
vet been reported.
The liindrubiirg defense system is
now entirely behind the allied ad
vance and Marshal Foch is continu
ing his presMire without giving Ihe
enemy the slightest opportunity for
a rest.
Entire I.lue In I tc treat
General March called attention lo
the fact (hat the German retirement,
starting last week on a (iO mile sec
tor hc ween Ihe Oise and the Ar
goone had spread during Ihe week
until it aifected'all except l." miles
of the 2."i(l-milt' front from the coast
to the Mease.
While this retirement 'was in pro
gress, he said, Ihe American nrmv
norlhwe-t of Verdun was fighting ils
wav forward arain-t si ill' resistance.
The 'J!Hh division (New Jersey. Dela
ware, Marvhuid and Di-trirt of Col
umbia troop-1 identified as one
of those operating ca-f of tlie Mensc.
TheK'itli (Michigan mid Ea-t Wiscon
sin) i- rm acting a- a deput divis
ion on I he line of com in tin iru I ion
while the K ith ( Kentucky. Indiana
and Southern Illinois) is reported as
having iu-l anrved in France. The
ItKth di i-ion ( Indiana. Kentucky
and West Virginia) has not yet nr
rivrd over-ens.
AMSTEKDAM. Oct. 1ft. Vladimir
N. Kokovsoff, former mlnlMnr of fin
ance durum tin; imperial regime, and
Prince Shakovskoy, former mlnlMer
of trade and commerce, durinn the
Kererpl-y renimr, liavo been KUin
marlly 8hot, according lo a .Moscow
dispatch lo thu Kokal Anzeiner of
Berlin. They tiad been condemned
to death by tho peoples court.
WAY FORWARD
A N ME S
E
Persliinq's Forces Improve Positions
Against Heavy Resistance 140
American Airplanes Successfully
Raid Feeble Counter Attacks hv
Enemy Repulsed.
1
LONGER
PEACE BASIS
WITH THE AMERICAN EDUCES
NORTHWEST OE VEKDEN. Oct. l!.
( Bv the Associated l'ress.) Gen
eral Pershing's troops todav contin
ued to improve their positions in the
region of Bantheville and the wood of
Bantheville. There are some indica
tions that the Germans are planning
a withdrawal to what are helievco (o
he new lines of defenses a few miles
in Ihe rear.
This possible retirement of the
Germans is believed to he due to the
menacing position of the American!
at tlie edge of the Kricmhilde line
below Eandres-et-St. Georges where
General Pershing's men are steadilv
advancing.
MO Airplanes In Bald
All the aviators who look part in
Ihe all-Amrrican bombing expedition
behind the German lines mirthwest. of
Verdun Friday have been aecounied
for. One of (he 1 10 airplanes Inking
part in the raid has been reported
missing Imt it returned during the
night.
Latest reports from Ihe different
sfpiadrons show (hat the scout planes
in protecting the homhers brought
down VI enemy machines.
Observers report (hat excellent re
sults were obtained at the various
minis bombed hv the expedition.
While (he bombing sriuadrous attack
ed (he (owns and vilalge, two siniad-
rons of pursuit airplanes flying at
low altitudes attacked enemy troops
along the roadways with small homhs
am machine gunfire.
Counter Attacks Feeble
Eecble counter attacks were made
bv the Germans Friday morning east
ol" the Meuse river hut they were eas
ily repulsed. There were lively ar-
tillerv duels during thu morning but
little infantry fighting.
Tlie Germans continue In rely
chiefly chietlv on machine guns lo
cheek (he Americans. American pa
trols havo been active in the center
and on (he left wing, where thev have
established out pos lines north of
Cole dr Chatilloii. They have par
tially cleaned out l.ogcs wood ami
penetrated further into Bantheville
wood. BeratiM- id' Ihe wet wcnlher
the enemy has been n-jug many gas.
shell.- rercnlly. The American gun
opened unite a hea vv bombardment
at 7 o'clock this morning.
During the advance veslerdav the
American troop- raptured 'JO.OOtl gal
lons ol" German g-i-oline.
President Tells Austria-Hunqarv
That Conditions Have Chanqed
Since He Made Peace Stipulations
In January and That Czecho-SIo-vaks
and Juqo-Slavs Have Been
Recognized as Independent Govern
ments 'and Must Be Freed.
FOR FIRST OF WEEK
WASHINGTON. O.-t. H.- North -ciri
Rockv Mountain ami plateau re
gion: Showers Monday or Tuesday
will) tcm perai ore above normal ;
cooler hv Thursday.
Pacilic Mates: Fair, except rain
in Washington and Oregon Monday
or Tuesday a 'id probably Friday ;
slight temperi'Min! changes.
Washington, o.t. in. Hun
drctU of cities and towns he tore noon
today reported the umtus uilolrd t
them in the Fourth Liberty io.iu and
went fontutd during the. alii-nioon
to pile up oversubscription i,
Bv iioim the national managers v--tuialid
that total sub.-rrip' kmi.s had
gone above $;,(HH.Ofl(l,IHb!.
Banks have five das in uuich to
count up this luM hour I lord of sub
.srripiions, together with unli.ii pay
ments, and report to Icdi ral recei ve
banks.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 111. The
Tweltth Federal l!e-erve disinrt en
tered on Ihc Dual (in v of Ihe futinii
Liberty loan campaign todav '.u'.h
.-:HI(i..V(i.(hhi of its KU.lMMUMm ac
tually deposited in it;, banks, Lih,Mu
loan headline rtcrs here atnioiiii: eT.
Oicuon, Idaho. I (ah, Alaska ami
Hawaii were olfieialv ovei subrribcd.
it was announced.
Sun Francisco's total at noon to
day was given nt Mli.liH:t,,!)'i, an in
crease of $1 I.Vil.itlti since the lust
tabulation.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 1!). Presi
dent Wilson has answered tho peace
note of Austria-Hungary with a dec
laration that the Auslro-Htingnrian
government must satisfy tho national
aspirations of its own people and
thev, tlie people, shall ho tho judges
of their rights and destinies.
Tho reply was made hv Secretary
Lansing veslerdav through tho
Swedish minister in Washington. It
calls attention to the tenth condition
of peace enunciated hv President Wil
son on .lauuarv H, which snv tho
people id' Austria Hungary should ho
accorded the freest opportunity .E
autouoinuH development.
The note calls attention to tho rec
ognition hv (he Cnited States of tho
Czecho-Slovaks' national council as '
a de facto belligerent government and
states that this country has also
recognized the justice of the national
aspirations of the Jngo-Slavs for
freedom.
Text of Note
The text of the note handed lo tho
Swedish minister follows :
"Sir:
"1 have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of vour note of the sev
enth instant in which you transmit
a communication of (he imperial and
roval government of Austria-Hungary
(o the president. 1 am now in
structed hv the president to request
you to he food enough through vour
government lo Convey lo the imperial
and royal government the following
reply :
"The president deems it his duly
lo say to (he Austro-llungarian gov
ernment (hat he cannot entertain tho
present suggestions of (hut govern
ments because of certain events of ut
most import iHice, which, occurring
since tlie delivery of his address nC
the hi It of .January hist, have neces
sarily altered Ihe altitude and re
spoiisiliibi v of the government of the
Cnited States. Among Ihe fourteen
terms of peace which (he president
formulated at llial lime occurred tho
follow ing :
"' The peoples of Austro-Hiin-garvl
whose place among the nations
we wish to see safeguarded and as
sured, should he accorded (he freest
opportunity of autonomous develop
ment Hcco&nizliig Slav People
"Since that sentence was wrilteii
and uttered to the congress of Ihn
Cnited Slates (lie government of Ihn
Cnited States has recognized I hut rt
state of belligerency exists between
the Czecho-SlonlH and the German
and A ust ro -Hungarian empires mid
that Ihe Czecho-Slov:,k national
rouiu il is a dofueto belligerent gov
ernment clothed with proper author
ity to dircd the military ami political
at fairs of the Czceho Slovaks. It
has aKo recognized in Ihe (ullcst
maiier the ju-lice of (he rial loiialisl ie
(Continued on Pqkq Four.)
LONDON, o,.t. 1!. Refugees ar
nviiu' in Holland t nun Belgium re
port that a number of ships on the
Eecioo canal carrying German offi
cers and "ar material, were shot to
Piece-, and sunk with all on hoard hv
Belgian trooiw on Friday afternoon,
sus a despatch from Amsterdam to
the Exchange Telegraph.
The German troops, neeorditig to
llie refugees, are ivlrealing toward
Gheht and Antwerp,