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r EXT CORN SAVE WHEAT til WEATHKR Maximum Yesterdav, 67; Minimum Todav, 41. FOKKeAST Tonijriit and T. .morrow: Hnin, Wanner Tonigtli. " . Medford Mail Tribune food -miN wkM vw Forty-eiRhth Tear. Dally Thirteenth Tear. MEDFORD, OTCEGOX, ; TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1018 NO. 181 ALLIES HEARING 'GH EWT HM BE RESISTANCE OF GERMANS INCREASING Boche Makinn Stand Alonq Line of Sheldt French Attack in Center Opposite Ghent While British Strike From Tournai to Valenciennes Pressure Maintained South to Le Cateau French Advance North of Serre Americans Meet Resistance. ARMIES REACH PERIOD OF REST IN HUN DRIVE liRITISlI UKAIWAIiTKliS IN Hl'XOmr, Oil. -J2. fliimler's.) Striintr French i'ori'i'H ulliM-koil this- nmrniiiL' on tin- rcnlnr if Hie iillioil front in lielirium and lire reported to be mnliinsr excellent prom-ess in the direction of Ghent.. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 22. Allied troops on the nortbern end of the front In France and IlelKlnm today are driving into the German line from west of Olient past Tournai to Valenciennes. This is the line or the Scheldt and two of the Important points on it Tournai and Valen ciennes are almost within the grasp of the British. German resistance Is stiffening be tween Tournai and Valenciennes, the southern end of tho cighty-mllo line from Valenciennes to the Dutch fron tier. The British armies, however, continue to progress. Ourcq, within less thnn'a mllo of Tournai on the ' west, has been captured and the Brit ish hold La Sentlnello, one mile west of Valenciennes. Itritisli Alunir Scheldt North of Tournai the British are along the Scheldt on a front of five miles and north and south of this sector rapidly are gaining the wes tern bank of the river. Between Valenciennes and Le Cateau tho Brit ish maintain their prossuro and have reached the Escaillon river at Thlant southwest of Valenciennes. French forces continue their pres sure on the front from the junction of the Oise and the Serre eastward to Vouzlers. On the extreme left they have advanced north of the Serre. Hast of the Alsne at Vouzlers the Germans have ceased their violent efforts to dislodge the French from Important hill positions. The French here are In a position to outflank the Germans facing the Americans on the sector west of the .Meuse, which accounts for tho strong German ef forts to drive the French back. Gen erul Uouraud's men, however, have defeated all enemy nttacks. Motz an llingo Development of the plan lieinir followed hv the (iennan high command in eonduetinir its retreat from Northern France and Hclgiiun makes it apparent that .Metz is being used as a pivot lor the movement. While the (iennans are pouring fresh divisions into the line in front of the Americans northwest of Verdun in an attempt to hold the line firniiv. the rest of the German legions are swing ing hack toward the Belgian Iron tier. It seems certain, however. Mint the Handing lline ha? been out Hanked in lielgiiim, where the Scheldt river has been crossed and east of l.e Ga teau where the British and Americans appear to have fought their war through all obstructions. This line, therefore, inuv be rendered unten able for the Germans, who mav be forced to fall back to the line of (he Meuse before attempting to stand. To Disorganize llotrnit In the meantime attacks hv the nllies in Belgium, cast of the Scllc B river and in the Oise region threaten lo disorganize the German retreat. (Continued on Page Four.) FORM 35,710 IONDOX, Monday, Oct. 21. Brit Ish casualties reported for the week ending today numbered 3 7 . 1 .1 0 com pared with 3.i,"10 for (ho previous week. They are divided as follows: Killed or died of wounds: Officers, 617: men, 4.971. Wounded or missing: Officers, 1 liH; men, 30,19$. ' Arimies Rest While Bid Guns Catch Up Fiqhtinu in Progress in Snots to Straighten Line British Reach Thiant South of Valenciennes and Are at Tournai. WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN BELGM'M. Oct. 22. (By Associated Press). The general situation in Belgium this morning seemed to be that on most of the front the allied armies had reached a period of pause which is inevitable when rapid ad vances have been made. German resistance stiffened appreciably dur ing the night, especially along the Scheldt river. On the front of the British Fourth army, with which Ihe Americans are fighting the night was quiet and the situation is unchanged in .the Valen-clennes-LeCateau nfea. Straightening; the Lino Fighting is progressing hero and there along the allied line north of Valenciennes Ifor 'the purpose of strnlghtening out the front and con solidating positions. Between Tour nul and Valenciennes the British con tinue their progress toward the Scheldt. On the front of both tho Third and Fourth armies high velocity guns and other artillery are active. German machine guns on the eastern bank of the Harpies river which had been causing considerable trouble have been put out of action. British Take Thlmit LONDON, Oct. 22. The British have advanced to the left bank of the Kcatllou river and have captured the western part of the village of Thlant, five miles south of Valenciennes, It is announced officially. The British after sharp fighting have advanced to within less than a mllo of Tournai. OFFICIAL TEXT OF LATEST HUN NOTE RECEIVED President Not Expected to Reulv Be fore Tomorrow if He Does Then No Official Comment Until Wilson Speaks Immediate Peace Not at Hand No Armistice Likelv. I'rench Make Progress PAKIS, Oct. 22 Further protfresR was made last night by the French on tho Serre front, the war office announces. Tho French reached tho railway northeast of AsHls-sur-Serre and also the St. Jacques farm, north west of Chalandry. "Xorlh of the Oise the night was characterized by great activity on the part of the German artillery. "On the plateau east of Vouzlers the battle diminished In intensity last night. It is confirmed that the attacks made yesterday by the Ger mans were very violent. We have identified elements belonging to 1G divisions. 'This morning a German attack against La Pardonne farm was re pulsed completely. "In the Vosges French patrols took prisoners in tho region of Col lion-homme." Towns In Flames WITH TUB AM Kit I CAN ARMY NORTUWKST OF V Kit DFX. Oct. 21 (Ity Associated Press.) The town of Brleulles and Clery-le-Petit. along the western bank of the Meuse, and north of the American line, were re ported to be burning today. There was little fighting activity during the forenoon. The Germans bombarding tho American left with mustard and other pan shells. NKW YOIJK. a,.. 22. General IVr-hiiiir hu sent a letter of appre ciation to tin farmers of America who he savs have not onlv supplied their ouotu of fmhtini: men mid botiirht lnrM-lv of the Liberty bond, but have increased crops both last vcar and this more than one thousand hughe's jibove normal production. The letter, addressed to Carl Vroo itinn, iiMtnnt serretnrv of au'rieul ttire, and made public here bv the committee on public information, Mtv : "Food is of vital ce-sitv. and from itlie dav of our enfrv into the war America's nnnv of food pro. ducrrs have r. tide red invaluable mt ivce to Ik allied cause bv support ing the soldiers at the front through their devoted and splendid work in the lields nnd furrows at borne.'' WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. The of ficial text of the German reply to President Wilson will not be delivered bv the Swiss legation until tomorrow. This was announced late todav at the state department. WASHINGTON. Oct. 22.' The of ficial text of Germany's latest note to President Wilson was received by cable todav at the Swiss legation. Frederick Cedcrlin. the Swiss chnrne. arranged to deliver it to Secretary Lansing as soon as it could be de coded. Indications were tlit no announce ment of a decision bv the president could be expected before tomorrow. Secretary Lansing was with him un til nearly .mutninht disenssinir the wireless version, but there now must be further conferences and it is as sumed there will be exchanges, with the allied capitals. Comment Withheld Oflicinl comment continued to be withheld, awaiting an indication of Ihe president's views. Kverv one ex pected him to decide very niickly whether the note creates a new situa tion. Opinion ns to the probable attitude of the president did not differ on the irreat point that immediate peace is not at hand and that however sin cere the German overtures mav be no armistice will be agreed to except upon conditions of surrender that will destroy forever the power of the kaiser's war machine. Some observers thought no answer would he made and the German unit ies left to complete their enforced evacuation of occupied territory us best tbev miuht with the allied armies at their heels. Others believed the next step would be a suiiLrcstion that the German military commanders, if ready to accept dictated terms, should approach General Foeh on the subject of un armistice. Diffcivme of Opinion Those who are convinced that the enemy is bciitcn into submission and that efforts at barL'aiuim; now are merely a prelude to complete surren der are iruided bv confidential dip lomatic advices purporting to show that there has been a real political revolution in German v and that the people in power are ready to throw out the kaiser anil all his war lords. It was leutvned todav that a pri vii te despatch from Gcrinanv has been published in a Copenhagen newspaper stalinir that troops on leave 'are re ceiving orders not to return to the front and that to this extent demohi i.aiop bus been hcL'iiu. .Military men here, however, regard it as inconceivable that such orders would be uiven. WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. Safe Ar rival at Paris of Lieut. Kdward V. M. IsaHcs, who escaped from the Ger man prison camp at Vlllenghen after being taken prisoner bv the mihmnr Ine which rank the transport Presi dent Lincoln on May 31, was an nounced today by the navy depart ment. Lieut. Isaacs wan captured when the suomaritie went among the boats and rafts from the Lin.oln searching for ofricers. Details of Ms escape were not Riven. Lieut. Isaacs' wife lives at DuUff In. Ariz,, and is the diuighlor of Major General Derosy ('. Caiiell, l S. A. ANYTHING PLUNDER FOR HUH SOLDIERS WATII THK MUTISM ARMY. 'M. 'J2. Hun oldiers surprised iulo flmht leave curioM- eolcction- of loot behind. On one halt ii field parcel-, done up and addressed for uiuiliiiir home contained in one ca-e onlv prie-U robe, in another haricot benns. Door handles, clock-, tele tr rni ih wire md metal onnim-tiK wcre collected for shipment. Hun Prepares Three Lines for?, winters oianu in uei&iuini ft Y TiwilWV-Q tcim.uq JAIX-LA.CHATEU.E j I "!V P5TXsv"' Vi if W LODGE BRANDS GERMAN NOTE 'ASCLUMSYTRAP Tin lliirs me ostahli.-hed ly llio (ieinuuis In lUdulniil on which to nakn a Htnild If driven out of lYalico and hold the nllies Illicit from an In. vaslon or (iornniny this H inter. The second lino runs Into the first at. Meicres, mid lr this line rails to hold the third ft- Antwerp to Alx-tn- ChaiHdlc Hill !nj the final stand in llclKinm, for the latter point is on tho (ierniaii hordcr. The first line lias al ready liecn hroken hetwivn (ihent and Valenciennes. TANKS REPLACE TROOPS IN ORIS IMS! LONDON. Del. 14. (Correspond ence of the A-sociated Pre.) Thirty-six tanks one battalion - have at least a thousand casualties every day they are in in tion. The llritish war expert who made this statement hile discussing the present allied offensive continued: "We have used in the Huh tint to dale onlv a fraction of the men Ihe enemy have been accustomed to em ploy for similar offensives aid we have made up the difference largely with tanks. Since the ultimate vic tory will full to the side with the hitr iest reserve, the more tanks we have the mose assured our victory. ''It has been commonly thouuhl that a direct liil by a shell means destruction tor the tank. Not nl wnvs. A fortnight uuo a tank receiv ed seen direct hits from a German 'sevenl v-seven' uuti. but the tank fin ished the job mid trundled back to its lines. "Another in the Cambrai region went over a ri-e directly in front of a ( Icrmnn howitzer. The ho wit zer fired from ."n vards away and a shell tore off par; of the tank'? idc. p., it the tank went ri-jht on. driving x'vz over the howitzer ami pultiiiL' it oht (( action." LIFE BOATS OF AVSTKIfiM, Oct. 22.- German foiccs at Mius.-c!h are vorking Incpii santly to r'-niove war material from that city, according 1" the ltoosen daal rorrppond"nt of tho HandclH blad. He s;ivrs that many regiment of German troops are tnavlni; Ihe city and that there Is much excitement fitnotig the people. On the other hand Antwerp is very calm and has not been afP-Tied by recent events. PRINCE MAX TO ADOPESS REICHSTAG UPON PEACE ULIJNK. Suit?eriMii!V Oct. 22.' (HawiM Prince Miivimtliuti. Ihe German imperial chancellor, will -peak at a pb-narv lueetint: of the reach -law on Tiiedn v according to Iterlin nilviec-. Dehale on genera! polinc- S fidlow. WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. Two of ficers and ninety-ulno enlisted men of tho army lost their lives in the sinking of the American steamer Tt- conderoga in tho war zone September HO. This announcement today by the war department brought the to tal loss of life to 21.1, the navy bav- Iiik previously reported 1 0 officers and 102 men of the crew dead and 2 officers carried off as prisoners by the otiemy submarine that Rent the J vessel down. More than half of the soldiers lost on tho TIc.onderoKH were from Ohio. Tho list also Kuve the names of four teen privates saved. The officers lost were Lieutenants Joseph W. Freeman of Wetumka, Ala., and Cleveland C. Frost, Ibrea, Ky. Tho TtcondcroKU, formerly the Germaiisteamer Camilla Kelt kilters, was torpedoed 1 7. 0 miieH from shore. The only known survivors were three, officers and five men of tho crew, n addition to the fourteen sol diers Raved. The nubmarine fa re ported to have shelled tho lifeboats, kllllni; many. 1 OFFICERS, 99 IN 10SI ON T1C0NDER0GA WASHINGTON. Oct. 22. -Two of-li'-ers and W cult-ted men were b-t in the ini,iiij of lb" I'. S. S. Tie.n dertcjn bv a German submarine i tmd-oeeiiti September :in, the ti;i.v i!c mi rl ment announced loda v. Ti'e o! fiecr- ( I'll' Lieut Joseph W, F !'. n an. Wi ruiTipt-.il, Ala., and CeeIsuio C. Frost, llerea, Kv. KEEP PACIFIC ISLES FROM GERMANY, PLEA SN'OVFV I lit ) ...(,-.ili..nv bti'.-e no de-ire to -ce Pacific i--iiiliiii- handed back o Gcrmanv. I he iietitcj pr'me itiini-t'-r. Watt, voiced the M'li- tllili'Ut of the people in tllH u lien ho -aid in a recent speech. ''Whether I lic-e to into po--c-.ion d' a neutral or allied or friend - i Iv tMwer 1 ii'i pot care. but if we ihp-s tliem back to GeruuiMV e '.ball lev up a Ic.'aev of trouble for otir children and their children lor t,t.iii years to cottie.'' Huns Endenvorinq to Involve Us In ftiiiloniatic Discussions If An swered at all. Should be bv Demand for Unconditional Surrender Re forms Pure Camouflaue. ALLIES REGARD GERMAN N T A NICER E WASHINGTON. Oct. 22. Senator Lodye of Massachusetts, republican leader, in a statement today branded (ieruninv's latest note ns n "clumsy trap, awkwardly set, to involve ns in diplomatic discussions." and said if it is answered at all, it should he with demands only for unconditional surrender. "It seems to lie unbelievable." said Senator Lodtre. "thai nnvoae should be taken in hv the last (Jcnian note. It is varni-hed over with a little false fbitterv. directed to the president ami the people of the Cniled Slates, which can deceive no one. If will not bear the slightest analysis. Pure CanionflaKo "Thev desire to discuss details. What thev call details are the vital issues of the war. No ill tent ion need he siven to their denial of illegal and inhuman" actions. Onlv a dav or two niro thev tool 15.000 women e"d t'irls od of Lille when thev abandoned tlmt cilv, Ts 1 lint n mili hirv net, is it hderpM'onul law? Thev wjsh to refer the destruction of our "omen and children on th" Lusitania to a neutral commission. The Aim1''!- "Mn oeople do not intend to have the decision of ntiv coniin;,;on on pitch onesGon lb-it. The AineWcan oi(Ub' hnv" not for"otten ln dirce- ':n of ibpGefm-tn tiiiidstcrat Ib'nos Ai"1-- to sink end leave n- trace. 'Of repartition and it most he ve" larro the" is not a word "Of con?", all they snv about 'd'nneieT the-V frncnrnient is wwo o'lmn'ifl-'Tp. There hey l''n no elce :o' in Ger'-'i'tiv, I i-- 1 1 1 r mie 'dd "iebsla"'. "riveroed bv lie same forces j'"' intof.Mjti No lleply XtM'esHiU'y "The president's reply I" the Aus tria n note was complete and univer sally approved. do not think there should he any reply lo this German note, hut if there is. let it be simply that we demand the same lernis which I he allies forced upon 1 ti i Iltm rin an unconditional surrender. 'Cncoudi tiotial surrender." is easily said and will be understood bv at! the world. "There is somelhini'' repulsive in havintr the invaders of ltcl"ium and the makers of the villainous peace thev forced on Russia and Uuiuaiiin talking about iu-tice and honor." U-BOATS ESCAPE F: LONDON, Monday, Oct. 21. Speaking In the houso of commons today, James Thomas Mac.Namara, financial secretary of tho admiralty, said them was good reason to believe that all German ilehiroyera nnd tor pedo boata which had (heir banes at Ostend and ZeebniKe have escaped to German ports. Kvery possible atep was taken to Intercept them, he said, but he added that, seeliiK that passage could be made at nlfilif and Mutt Dutch terri torial waters could be used, there was no certainty that the, meaaiircH taken would be eflhacfous. SHELL TURNS TORPEDO FROM DOOMED CRAFT LONDON. Oet. 2J.- ojticers of a Itnti-.li vc-m-I report the narrow es cape of their ship tluiii be i im torpe doed bv the iiue k work of (heir l'mii-lid- in delii-eiin-j the eniu-e of tin torpeilo hv shell fire. The jiunners had iMdiccd the apiuoiieb of the tor pedo before the olhccrs, when it was ' t 7UI) yard , from the boat. Two well placed hoK and the torpedo wcnl spinnniL' Im i'imIc-. v bv the boat. HUN GOLD HOARDERS ARE EXPOSED BY AD LONDON. M. J2. - Advert i-e-meiits pi llerlm pat.cr-t uK the fact that their hoit-e- lurl bee nrobl:ed ol tHUmti worn, of uold tiitike;. bpiiielit dun ii the wrath of the pubi;. upon the heads of re-idcnts of P.cr- hn's 1'nrk Li .ctlci appfaudinj the thieve- who by their acts (.. l-osed the hoaider- arc published m the paper-. , Max's Renlv He!d Enuivical and Plat itudlnouslv Phrased to Permit Quibhtinu Attempts Division of Allies Hiah Command Considers Situation Grave. Not Yet Desperate. PARIS, Oct. 22. The Oernian re ply to President Wilson was received here too late tor the afternoon pa pers, but was eaaerlv discussed m official circles and in parliament. Amotiir deputies of all shades of op inion (he impression was, first of nil, that tho reply betrayed more than previous eommiinicalionH the state of depression and the demoralization oC the German people. As n whole the note is found to bo so euuivocal and plutitudinouslv phrased as to leave, the door opca. for iiuihblimr. Nowhere is there evi dence in the reply of a tieunino de sire to accept the only wav in which peace can be concluded. . All thai is apparent is the anient desire of tho German 'general staff to tret an arm istice ut any price in order to re-or-iranize its reserves of men and ma terial. Typical Document "The German note is n typical doc ument," savs the Matin. "In it :mg expressed the sentiments of a bar-, barons people who failed in a forav. There is no a word iti Ihe nolo which reveals thai stoical strength of which France and other nations have so often uiven proof in misl'oHune." The Journal savs the note seeks lo divide the allies and seeks also to draw from President Wilson n formal declaration that "nolhiu will be nsk ed contrary to the honor of the Ger man people," Colotiel.de Thoniasson in tho Petit .Journal savs: "The Hole is proof that the Ger man hiuh command considers tho sit uation of iu armies most trnve bub not yet desperate." Piece of Shuffling LONDON. Oct. l2.-Tho Germnn reply to President Wilson is regarded here as "mere afLMimetit and protes tation." In L'ovcrnmeut, diploma tin and political circles the view is that it is not a reply but simplv a resort to verbiage ilesjuned to cover tho absence of reply. One highly placed official described it as "badly camou flaged insincerity." The irovernment has not considered the reply in detail, although Premier-Lloyd Gcorao nnd his cotlcaL'ties held protracted delib erations todav, lleurv M. 1 1 vnil inn n. leader of tho Itritish socialists, said: "The reply is simplv another pieeo of shuf flitur. I hope President Wil son will answer it very abruptly and ' briefly. "If President Wilson were to ac cept this reply as a basis for negotia tion he would simplv be sacrificing the dignity of Ihe position which ho has worthily L'ained." Press Impatient New-papers utmost without excep tion view the German reply to Presi dent Wilson with impatience and dis trust, "Germany slill impenitent," U I he cat it ion on Ihe editorial of tho Chronicle, which dismisses the reply as obviously inaceptable. The Graph ic is more optimistic and savs "Ver bally, the Gentians are irettimj sli'jhtlv closer to ''ie point of view on which all the allies mean to insist." "The iii'.'U'cr ill the wood pile" in the German reply, accordimr to tip Kxpre-s, i the desire "for an armis tice based tut an elaborate estimate o Ihe rival forces as they are to dav.'' This, (lie newspaper savs, ,h a "dtim-etiioiis twi-t of the WiLou eot'dition-.' and continues; ' c dare not consent to a its; pciiMon of ho-1 Jit ir-i unless wo can oht. rin in October the terms we sh;il (Continued on Pago Four.) DRAFT CALLS AGAIN WASHINGTON. (M. L2. Dm ft rnll--. sil-pcnili'il tliit-i' wi'i'ks :ii;o p. i-iiiiM- of the iiitlilciiM MHiinnu', now arc eoiiiL' nut nu'iiin m rcrtnin iritnen wlirrr I l.i snn;i'ioi L'cnt-rnl'H olfico I'll il'-' i'li'l it Mill- In M'lul tho men In I'miliiiinieiits. Tin' liiciililii-H unii Ihl' I'MI'I hllllllilT lif llll'll will uiil Im iiniiiiiiiii'i'd nr I hi' pri'ii'iil.