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MED FORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2.1, 3.018
NO. 181
ITALIA
ALLIE
dimes h
r Hit mum
In Mont Grnnna Sector Italians Ad
vance Across Oinic River Takinq
Monte Solarolo. Mont Prassolan
and Mont Pcrtica and Capturina
Islands in Piave 3.000 Austrians
Taken Prisoners Italians in! Ai-
bania Also Advance.
I.ON'DOX. OH. 2". n. m.l
Iluliiin troops Ittivc lieirnn an offen
sive between the I'iave and the Iiren
ta. In the Mont tirappa scetor Thurs
dav tliev itdvanrcd across the Ornie
river and captured Monte Solarolo.
part of Mont 1'rassolan and Mont
l'ertien.
In the Piave river the Italians have
eaptured the islands of Crave, l'ata
Imlli and Manviorc. Tlie weather on
the front is unl'avoralile.
ROMK. Oct. 2.'). In hitter fiulilina
vesterclnv in the resiion of .Monte
Grappa the Italians established them
selves on the northern bank of the
Ornie river. Tltey captured, nearh
3.000 prisoners.
Itrillsli and I'lciuh Alii
LONDON, Oct. 2.',. Ilriti.-h and
French troops are aidintr the Italians
in their new offensive. Aceordim: to
reports reaehiiiL' London today the
.Ittaeks of the allies are ineetimr witli
considerable success, notwithsland
inir tho unfavorable weather condi
tions. On the Piave front the British
have gained a footing on some
Islands in the river and captared en
emy garrisons of 4 00 men. The Ital
ians have made proKress between the
llrenta and the Piave, overcoming
determined resistance, repulsed counter-attacks
and captured four hun
dred prisoners.
On the Asiago plateau the French
have taken .Monte Sisemol, increas
ing their number of prisoners to S00.
LONDON. OH. 23. In northern
Albania, according to news received
here todnv. the Austrians have fal
len back bevond the river Matia.
Krcncli Advancing
LONPON. OH. 2.".. (1 p. m.)
French forces, advauciui: northeast
ward between the Oie and the lYron,
n tributary of the Serre. have pene
trated the village of Villcrs-lc-Sec
and surrounded the village of l.e
I'erle. northwest of Yillcrs. The
French nKo have made souk? advance
further east ahum the Serre and the
Soucbe.
The French have crossed the Serrc
litween t'reev and Mortiers. Farther
east thev have taken the vilale.o of
Vesles-e- Cauinont and Pierreptint.
PARIS. Oct. 21.-On the Aisne
front east of Iicthel, French troops
have captured the vilaircs of Amblv
and Fleurv. takine llll) prisoners, the
war office announces todav.
In the reuion of Lonachanips who-
(Continued on Page Four.)
NEW YORK, Oct. 2.V Vlrslnius
St. Julian Muyo, wealthy New Haven,
Conn., manufacturer, will have to
pay to Wilhclmlna Meyer, the woman
who lived with .Mayo as his wife for
more than ten years after a ceremon
ial marriage, the sum of l".ono
and costs for tireaih of promlso to
marry, under a decision today of the
appellate division of the supreme
court.
Counsel tor the plaintiff set forth
In his brief that Mayo Induced her
" to conlr.nl a ceremonial marriage
with hlin at a time when he had a
wife living and from whom he had
not been divorced."
8 FORCING BACK HU NS IN BELGIUM
iTISH SMASH WILSON'S REPLY ,4 WILSON ASKS IFOCH DRIVES
iUHNb L Hit mttl5 ArPKUVAL r- HJK ArHKUVAL
m So iMsiiSr
CALLS FOR KAISER POSITIONS ALONG
10 QUIT THRONE BOTH SiDESiMEUSE
Heavy Battle Races North and South
of Valenciennes With Haiq's Forces
SIowlv Pushinq Forward Germans
Killed bv Thousands as Thev Had
Orders to Hold Regardless of Cost.
WITH TIIK AIJ.IKI) ARMIES IX
FRANCE AND PF.PPIl'M. Oct. Uo.
(liv tli1 Associated Press.! Filitintr
which compares in iierccness to ill
most iinv irt i ho war continued
throimh tin night on the field of great
battle nortli and south of Valen
ciennes. Related reports indicate thai
the British have entered tlie Gcr
man defenses, gninin" considerable
ground, and pressing eastward :-lowlv
but surely.
8100 Prisoners Taken
Since Wednesday morning the Brit
ish Third ariuv has taken (i.lHKl pris
ohers and the First mid Fourth arm
ies each has taken 1,'JDO, making a
total of 8.-JM0. More than 100 can
non were captured Wednedav and
Thursday.
Heavy fiahlincr was takinir place
todnv on tlie hatllefrniit in the region
of Valenciennes, especially south of
the town. Tlie P.ritish liave uained
l: nnuul at almost every intint alonu:
trr front.
On tlie hii:1i ground south of Valen
iennes the hallle is ruiiiiiir with in-1
lene furv, but the MritNh are mad-!
uallv overcominir the enemv. !
At Inst reports the Pritish held lliisi
line : Prmu FeFunx to liohersart to ,
Hni:lefontaine to Ciliissimiit's to
Iiendimites, where they are within
a mile and a hull' of l.e(aeiiov. to
the east of Uuesnes to Sonunaiipj' to
MoiiMiauv.
The Hritisb irained Monchauz after
bloody filitinir.
Killed Ity Thonsiiiifls
Tho lirilish line is now within one
mite of Kandreire.-. Desperate liuht-
- is rciMHted in the Hois I'eveiiue
and the neighborhood wliere tho fier
mnns were killed by tlie thouanls.
It appeared tliat the ueniv hail been
ordered to hold on regardless of the
o-.t. Tlie Ocri'.ians apparently were
liposed in L'li-at depth and had sev
eral hastily con-tructed lines of de
fense whi'li thev were determined to
retrain until do fen -ens further eat
ward had been prepared so that the
(icrmnn armies to the north and
out U eouhl escape. The enemy had
been supported bv con-idernhly, ar
tillery nil abniL' the tront.
To the north the Itriti-li bv bard
fiiihlini: etabli-hed luists between
tho river and the canal east of ps-
cautpotit. North of rre-nc-, some
progress was made toward ( ondc
airaiiist heavy and vigorous machine
iiun operations, Purille, l.eljni.
Meehot and Ituridun were captured
after strong opposition had broken
down.
Mains Ciipliirefl
LONDON', Oct. Sk The Tirili-li
hae captured Main1:, southeast of
Valenciennes, Field Mar-hal 1 1 iiiis an
nounces. The Dritisli also have captured
Vendiiries-sur-Pcaillon, on the tront
below Valenciennes.
A Herman counter-attack was re
nulsed and fiuhlimr was resinned
earlv this tnornins.
BUSH PRESS
President's Answer to Germany Pro
nounced . Masterpiece of Diplo
macy Reveals Closest Possible
Aureement Between America and
En q land Autocracv Must Go.
T.ONDDX, Oct. 2.". Commentins
on President Wiiron's note to Ger
many, the laily News pays:
"The imperial chancellors note
left matters In suspense but the
president's takes them where they
should he. The sincerity of the Ger
man people's desire for peace is to
day brought to tho final tost. If the
Germans accept the president's terms
there is no reason why JightinK
should not end in less than a week.
Mr. Wilson, beyond question, speaks
for every allied nation."
('onimemlK Xoto
The TeleKraph commends Presi
dent Wilson's correct attitude toward
the allies and especially welcomes his
reference of the matter of declaring
an armistice to the military leaders.
The tjmes says:
"If the Germans will not accept n
peace of Justice without violence,
then violence will make them accept
a just peace. Tho difference between
Gorman violence and the 'force with
out stint' which President Wilson
proposes, if necessary, to employ, r
that German warfare is violence In
tho service of rapacity while warfare
of tho allies is warfare in the service
of righteousness."
Pnder the caption "The Hetort
Courteous," tho Post says:
"President Wilson's note Is a mas
terpiece of diplomacy. It rivets the
German Rovernment to an unquali
fied acceptance of his peace terms.
In what may he called the president's
ultimatum he asain offers the Gor
man people an opportunity to get
themselves as nearly risht as may be
and provides at the same some guar
antee of food faith."
Solitary Yilir
The Kxpress describes Mr. Wilson's
note as the greatest of the series of
his masterly state papers.
After eulogizing the note of Presi
dent Wilson as "an admirable state
ment," the Times expresses sat Is far-J
Hon that It reveals the closest possi
ble agreement. between American and
British views.
The solitary adverse criticism of
Mr. Wilson's note appears In the
Graphic which complains of the
length of the document, adding:
"At" such a crisis bandying words
suggests a lack of dignity and creates
a loop-hole for further diplomatic
wriggling."
The Daily Mail says:
"President Wilson states the terms
with a composed dignity worthy of
the greatest masters of our languago.
Autocracy must surrender or take a
heating, and here we may leave the
peace offensive, without forgetting
to thank Mr. Wilson for the masterly
skill with which he exposed Its insincerity,"
AI THE POLLS
President Auncals to People to Re
turn a Democratic Contiress If
They Approve of His Course in
Critical Perio Republicans Pro
War But Anti-Administration.
'A S ft..t .- A,, ...w.fi.w.nc
crowd assembled before the lieicii-
stag buiMinir in P.erlin yesterdav eali-
itlir I'm tint Illiilii.tilii.il i.l' I-'inimriil-
William and the formation of a re
public, accftrdiui: to a special dispatch
'om Atiricu to l.'lntorniation.
leafier, who ha just been released
1 ii Mil pnoii. was applauded Iraiiti
caliv. lie was compelled to c:iicr a
carriage lilted with flowers, Inmi
winch lie iihkIc . t-ii...
that the time of the people had airiv-
'l.
f'llP I' V HAG K V f ,.( o Tli..
German rcaci.-lai gave Prince Max
imilian, ttie German chancellor, a vote
of confidence, the Fallot standing
lSlii to ."ill. sav P.erlin di.-patches.
Twenty-three of the members did not
otc.
ItlMTISIl IIKADOFAUTKIIS IN
PIIANVK AND liKI.GIl'.M. Oct. 2.1.
( Renter's. ) In the continuation of
Priti-h forward movement south ol
Valenciennes the Priti-h today cap
tured I.e Tnileris, eat of Solcs-mes.
PRESIDENTS NOTF
LONDON. O t. J.I. Pre-id.'nt Wil
son's note wn- received in Iterlin in
tho eo,ir-e of TIntr-davV '-niti
tlie reichlai', whi-h immediately jid
joiirncd, P'-cordmi: to nn Kxchane
Telegraph dispatch irom 'opciihacn.
Di-cii--ion of the note wa tiU.cn up
in ei-t if iiia I meet 1 1 of the ii'c: li
stai' uicmlicr-;.
' NKW YOltK, Oct. 2.1. Five avow
ed unar:'hisis. convicted of clrculat-
lag anti-government literature in
! cludii.g p.iinphle'H urging munitions
j workers to g on ptrike, were sen
tenced to confinement in prisons in
the federal court here today. Three
of them were given twenty-year
terms, a fourth, who turned state's
evidence, wax eominittfd for three
years, and the fifth, a woman, for
fifteen years.
Time for Gntt ( Art
PASKP. Switerlaiiil. Ocl. 'J"-.
' otnmeiit on President Wilsiin's !at
o A note tit (icraianv is beuinniifr to
apiuai' IP (timan iap-r-;. T.ie .a
)H:iia! ciltiii'j o' Pcrlin sav-:
"Pr"'iditil Wil-on has anwend
oeicklv Well, if ever Kmcpcior d -ham's
in voi a i ion that Gnl be u itb
him is in sca-on. it is mlit now."
't he Ni'iieste N'achtichten of i'etlin
sji v
"III -pite fit" eeryiiuntr we ft el ic.P
tln- nii-wei itiirius us "ranr lu-ace.''
WITH TIIK AMKKMCAN AW MY
N'ttliTIIW KST OF VPKDL'S, Oct. 2.1.
- li. m. Pv the Aoeialed Pres.)
The American troop, despite strong
(icrmau arlillerv lire, improved their
positions nl tli re import a lit points
along the front eas ;in.l west of the
Mcuse during the night.
Fast of the Mcti.-o I ho Americans
drove the enemy from the eastern
cdi:o of tile ilois iPOrinout, uainiug
their objective.
In the region of Graudnrc. west ol
the .Mouse, the Amcriniis .straight
ened out their lino and captured sev
eral important ridge. J let ween
Wnppes wood am! Panteville wood the
I Aaicriciiii line wu extended ilespito
stubborn resistance.
Heav v German counter attacks
east of tho Mease were thrown back
early todav bv the American troops
holding Itclleu wood and I lie lines on
either side. The Germans are usimr
their heavy guns and machine gun
extensively.
It i reported (hat the Germans ar
prepaiing new defensive positions li
the viciuitv of Pinoieiiav. four and
one-half miles north of Grandpre, atw
that tin v are expected to lake a stand
in that rci'ioii within a week.
Burian Quits Ministry.
PASKI.. Switzerland. Oct. 2.'.
j Fmperor t'harle-. according to a liud-
apet di-patch, lias acct pied the
rcsi gnat jun of Pn ron Pitriaii. (lie
An' ro-1 lnuiariaii ) oreign nun 1st i r,
and, nisi) the Hungarian cabinet nc,-,d-id
bv Dr. Wek r'e. fount Julius An
!ras-v, 1 1 in '-: rii ti -t ite-fi,!i, ha
been appitilltcd In -;ic. et-tl F.alull Pit-
lia u.
WITH TIIK A M Kit CAN A It M Y
NOKTII WKST OK VKItHl'X, Thurs
day, Oct. il l. Ity the Associated
Prei;s. I Atnci ican;; captured an Im
mense German armored Wattle pin no
Wednesday north of Itrlealles. The
nuo blue was virtually 'Intact hut 1 ho
pilot and gunners cnaped.
From ciiM of the Meiife German
artillery i ndcavored to prolet t the
plane, but the American guns let
down a counter-fire unon the enemv
! nun Pinnbi.'f -men t n. Win n u lull
came America a troops haub-d the
plane to safety.
A number of vnluaMe Instruments
an cl two machine guns W'ro captur
ed. The Initio plane was cpilppud
with a horati diopplag devhe and had
a gun ami r sighting arrangement fo
fixed that the gunner an st- to
shoot directly beneath him. This
gun was for firing on ro;nl.-i. Half
the fu-iUuc wan covered wiih rpiar-ter-lnch
armor.
PIJIPADPI-PIIIA, Oct. 2.I.- - 1,'cvis
ioif'(H the entire s!iii building pro
gram o the Pnilcd States is in pnt
peet in Pie imini'diate liiturc, accord
ing to Charles Pie, vice president
it t:d general manager of the Kmcr
gency Flced eoriMirat ion.
"This revision will alleci not nnlv
the wuoden dtip-." Mr. Piez said, but
steel and concrete escU as well. It
is hroujht about uartlv biM-an-e ol' the
ene.riMiUM cxpcii- e which .shipbuild
ing.ii as pi;!-( d on 1 lie nation and part
Iv becau-e tiie orcjinal program ha
been loitioi ni to be adiiislcd to the
needs o ilie war.
COTTON SHIPPERS MUST
CONFORM Tf) STANDARDS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.1. Presi
dent Wilson today issueu an appeal
to the peoplo to return a democratic
congress in the 'November elections if
they approve of his course in this
critical period. .
Return of a republican majority to
either house of tho congress, tho pre
sident said, "would be certainly in
ter i.- etc d on tho other side of tho
water as a repudiation of my leader
ship." Tho president said he would ac
cept tho country's verdict without
cavil, hut that if it was adverse, the
power to administer the groat trust
assigned to him would be Bcrlously
Im paired.
Following Is tho president's ap
peal: President's ApjK'al
"My Follow Countrymen:
"The congressional elections are at.
hand. They occur In tho most criti
cal period our country 1ms ever faced
or is likely to faco In our time. If
you have approved of my leadership
and wish me to contlnuo to lie your
unembarrassed spokesman in affairs
at homo and abroad. 1 earnestly beg
that you will express yourselves un
mistakably to that effect by return
lug a democratic majority to both
the senate and house of representa
tives. "I am your servant and will accept
your Judgment without cavil, hut my
power to administer tho great trust
assigned me by the constitution
would bo seriously Impaired should
your Judgment lie adverse and 1
must frankly tell you so because so
many critical Issues depend upon
your verdict. No scruple of caste
must In grim times I lite these tie
allowed to stand In tho way of speak
ing the plain truth.
Sacrifices of All
"I have no thought of suggesting
that any political party Is paramount
in matters of patriotism. I feel too
deeply tho sacrifices whhh have been
mado in this war by all our citizens
Irrespective of party affiliations to
harbor such an idea. 1 mean only
that the difficulties nnd delicacies of
our present task are of a sort that
makes ll Imperatively necessary that
tho nation should give Its undivided
support to the government under a
unified leadership and that a repub
lican congress would divide the
leadership.
"The leaders of tho minority In
tho present congress liavo muiu ra
tionality been pro-war, but they have
been anti-administration. At almost
every turn since we entered the war
they have sought to tako the choice
of policy and the condu.t of the war
out of my hands and put It under tho
control of instrumentalities of th'd'
own chooHlng.
No Divided Control
'"This is no time either for divided
council or for divided leadership.
Il nilv of command is as necessary
now in civil action as it is upon Ihc
field of battle. If the control of the
bouse acil the senate should be taken
a wa v from the part v now in power
an opposing majority eouhl assume
WEDGE Hill
!SE
8.430 Germans Taken Prisoners in
Two Days Battle Which Continues
With Unprecedented Furv From
Valenciennes to Le Ouesnav With
Mons as Objective Americans
' Make Slialit Gains Alonq Meuse
Sector French Advance.
(Continued on Pago Four.
nY ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 25.
As the allied forces In Ilelgium and
Prance contlnuo successfully to
Gtorm tho stubbornly defonded Ger
man linos, Italian troops on the Ital
ian northern front have bogun an of
fensive against the Austrians.
Hrttish troops today are smashing
their way eastward on tho sector be
tween Valenciennes and LeQuesnoy
which la vital to the security of Val
enciennes. Farther south the French
who havo been gradually forcing the
enemy from tho pocket between Oise
and tho Serre, havo resumed their
pressure and are reported to havo en
tered Villers-lG-Sec and surrounded
PaKerto.
American forces have made, fur
ther gains cast and west of flio Meuse
despite strong enemy resistance. Tho
Germans on the western end ot tho
lino aro reported to bo preparing to
withdraw northward from Gran'dpre,
where their positions aro outflanked
by tho French oast of Vouzlers.
General Diaz in his new offensive
Is reported to have driven the Aus
trians from important heights north
and west of Monte Grappa, between
, tho Piavo and the llrcutn. In tho
Piave tho Italians havo captured two
Islands.
In Belgium and north of Valen
ciennes the allies maintain their
pressure, but the operations are of
minor Importance, as the situation
on tho north depends upon the Brit
ish success around Valenciennes.
East of PeCateau tho British are be
fore the .Morn nil forest, whilo south
along the Oise and tho Serre, the
French are pressing hard against the
Germans.
HUM! Prisoner Taken
Since Wednesday morning the Brit
ish armies fighting forward from a
few miles north of Valenciennes to
east of PeCatcau have taken 8400
prisoners and 100 guns.
Field .Marshal llalg, his troops
having readied tho western edge of
Hie Mormal forest, apparently Is
striving to outflank that natural bar
rier on the north, by advancing thru
IjoQuckiiov toward iMons and Mau
Iiouko. Tho Germans are fighting
stiffly to prevent this, resulting in
desperate combats In the villages and
other vantage points south of Valen
ciennes. The British, however, are
pushing steadily ahead nnd have
taken Malng and Vendlgnlos. Fight
ing was resumed on this sector Fri
day morning with the British ad
vancing from tho hills east of the
Ecalllon river toward the railroad
and high ground between Valen
ciennes and DeQucsuoy.
Nonrhig Comic)
Immediately north of Valenclenneg
tho British have taken additional vil
lages and contlnuo to approach the
important crossing of the Scheldt'at
Comic. This town is t milos north
east of Valenciennes.
French troops oast of the Sambre
Olso canal la tho region of Pong-
(Contlnuod on Pago Four.)
SHELL HUN CENIERS'PEIOENI URGES
WASHINGTON. O.t. ;. Kan
'of ton shipi.--r w ere no il ictl toda
bv ('barb s .1, Brand, chairman of I he
cornniUec on cotton i!i-t rdiuJ inn that
, bcL-innini; aVuianrv I. thev nil! be re
lipiired to make their sales eotilni'-t-j
in term of teilcr.it ni licial cotton
stai;datd.
I WITH TIIK AMF.KICAN AliMY IN
! I'ltANCK, Thurs.lMV, ltd. 2. (liv
the Associated Pre-s i Arncrit .oi
Pi -inch tMiris manned bv American
blue nickels rii - operating' with
j Trench Iklihi firin- upon German
; railroad center back of the Serre
;)..t fronl on Wclae-da v. The Amrr
i jeans ilirecp-d their shells' against
I railroad hmppIv stations and iune.
Ilo'its in the rc-jion of Vermis ji.
jaPo in the vicinity of Paov.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 'J.n- Another
Ihc inove in behalf of women suffrage
was made lodav bv President Wilson.
I le addressed tho voters of Oklahoma,
who net on the Hiift'riue amendment
November .", reiteral nvj his iuil'uicnt
that a-'opli'm of woman sufl'raue is n
iiere-saiv port of the program ut
jii:iico and ri'coiif.1 ruction.