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MEDFORD, ORKCOX, SATURDAY, OCTOBER .215, .11)13
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THREE GREAT BATTLES HAG E IN FRANCE
IN LOSSES mm "vTSKL WW'S peace disbanding of
I m& WIAIHTA1NED IN "Sa.4'. uKbi FAINTS DEBATED AUSTRIAH ARMY
.uj.P b.. MFIISF MM....... lV- UK RFOM HOW IN MR!
v -a mm a B M 1 ka mm a M w I t . . t ,
U I ll U l I A V V I ' " VANCOUVER. H. C. Oct. !6. lJCJf V "
rilllllllLlIil l'rlvate advices received here j3wS8yr M
I U U 1 1 UllIU Pershina Reports Heavv Fiahtinq On today stated the Canadian Pa- oC8! '
clllc Kauwuy company's passen- W88 " I
ger steamer Princess Sophia. f5j- A I
which grounded near -Skat;way, - tr !
Alaska, .Thursday, with 300 t r
nassenKcrs aboard, foundered
Allies Take 15.000 Prisoners and 200
Guns British Continue Advance
Towards Mons While French Push
North and Eact of Laon and Strike
on 17 Mile Front From Sissones to
. aCliteau Porcien. Advancina Over
a Mile.
Pershina Reports Heavv Fiahtinq On
Both Sides of Stream Resulting 'in
Capture of ; Enemy Positions
Strona Counter Attacks Reoulsed
Except at One Point.
PAIilS. Oct. 2(i The untile lias
flareil "D nirnin mid heavy ltlitiii','
is now under wav from Valencieimes
to the Mtmse. TheGei'innns are i'iulit
iiiff well everywhere hut the nllic
continue to make substantial nrourc.-s
in the tusk of ilrivini back the cue
niv oil the Mouse line.
.Althouuli the recent fii;liliiir has
been marked 1iv no sensntiiinnl de
velopments it is huvinir a cumulative
effect which, apart I'rom the urouml
Uliined adds considerably lo (lie wnst
uae of men and material wilh which
the Germans must reckon, The last
four dnvis the cnemv has lost well up
ward of 13.000 prisoners and 120(1
cms. His total losses euunot be
less than 30,000.
Three llatlles in Progress
Strictly speukiuir there are three
larue battle's in progress, all of which
are bciiiif roiiiluett'il with ennui suc
cess for t lie allies. The first is beiiiu
carried on by the lirilisb Third and
iKourlh armies, which, pushing on to
ward Mons, have reached the Vclen-eicnnes-llierson
double truck rail
road. The second is the atlack of
General Mnnuin north and east oV
l.non, which has resulted in a twin on
a front of eiuht miles for a distance
of two miles. He has carried bis line
out of the swamps around Sissuns.
The third battle is beimr IniiL'lit by
fieneral (liiillaumuut. on a t'roni of
17 miles from Sissones to t'hatcau
Poreein. where the I T ntnliiii; line joim
ibe Krieudiildc system of defenses.
The overuse 'in has been a mile, al
though at some points the advance
has been creator.
French Statement
PARIS. Oct. .'ti.On Hie Sorre
front, French troops captured Mor
tiers after violent fiu'htini:. Itctwoen
the Oise and the Scire rivers, the
French maintained contact wilh the
cnemv. Between Sissonne and Cha
teau Porccin the French carried their
lines forward on a front of four and
n half miles to n depth of two mlies at
certain points thrniiL'h the German
position.
Durius the hiu'lit there wn heavy
artillery t'iL'htimr between the Oise
nnd the Sorre. Contact was niain-
oftninod wilh the enemy all alone the
front reached vestcrflnv.
"On the south bank of the S
river the French attacked the villa
of Mortiers, wllich fell into their
hands nfter a violent I'iulit in which
the? took lfi" prisoners, inchidinc
two officers."
llreak lleminiin Mne
FRENCH HBADQUARTKRS IX
FRANCE, Oct. 26. (Reiner's). Oen
eral Debeny's army between the Oise
and the Serre Is attacking General
von Hutler's socalled Hermann post
Hon on a front of 15 "miles. The
Germans have converted the village.
generally situated on the crests of
ridges, Into fortresses and are resist
lng bitterly, knowing the safety of
the German army facing General
WITH TIIF. AMERICAN' A II MY
XOKTI1WF.ST OF YKl.'Dl X. Oct. ill.
(2 p. in. ltv the Associated Press.)
The trains made Friday bv the Ameri
can troops east and west of the
Meuse wore maintained today in
-pite of violent enemy opposition ;iml
harrassinir artillery fire auainst t!ie
American front lines and areas in ibe
rear.
On the extreme left the Anicri.-ans
l.ave strengthened their boid on the
liiuh C-'ouud in the southern ua.-t of
Hours. tsue wood.
VANCOUVER, R. C, Oct. 2li.
'rlvate advices received here
today stated the Canadian Pa-
ciflc Railway company's passen-
ger steamer Princess Sophia.
which grounded near Skagway,
Alaska, .Thursday, with 300
passengers aboard, foundered
during the night with all the
passengers and crew. Local
Canadlan'J'acIfic offices could
not confirm the reports.
(Continued on Page Four.)
V
U-BOAT ACTIVITY
io'ATUMST EBB
LONDON', Oct. 28. German sub
marine activity reached such a, low
stage this week as to become almost
negligible as a war measure, notwith
standing that' many more F-boats arc
lurking In the Atlantic and the Med
iterranean. The llrltish admiralty
looks upon this situation as part of
the German peace offensive. It Is
believed at the admiralty that If Ger
many elects to fight lo Hie end of her
resouroes her greatest sulimnrine ef
fort may be expected late In lit'eem
lier and In January.
Heavy Fighting on Mouse
WASHINGTON. Onct. 2ii. Ilenvv
fishlius on the Yerdnii front is de
scribed in General Pcrshin's commu
nication for Friday. Strons Gorman
( onnter-attiicks ea;-t of the Mvitsc cv
( rvwhere were repulsed except in the
Holluc wonds. where four ci.-oessivc
assaults forced a partial withdrawal
bv the Americans. West of liie Mouse
the American lines wore further ad
vanced in face of determined resist
ance, s
The statement reads:
"On the Verdun front the buttle
lias continued with violence oa-t of
the Mouse. Lute yesterday our
troops cwlar'-ieil thojr important sains
south of the ('onscnvovo-llonivillo
railroad and occupied completely the
Hois d'Orinont. Today the cnemv
counter allocked repeatedly with
strons forces on the front from tin
Hois il'Ormont lo the Hois d'Klraves
Kliemy ltopulsed
"Altboush supported by violenl'ar
lillory his attacks were repulsed will
extremely heavy losses. Only in Hoi
Helluo did ho succeed in slishtly push
back our line. At this point altc
three assaults failed before Ibe stub
born resistance of our troops, the
fourth attack forced us to withdraw
Irian the eastern part of Ibe wood.
Hostile forces which attempted to
penetrate our positions northwest of
the Hois Hclluc. were driven back
i Iter n severe strussle lusting
throiisout Hie dav.
'West of the Meuse our troops have
advanced In Ibe face of determined
'istnnee on the slojies northwest ot
Grandpre and have entered the
southern portion of Itnis d'Hoitrso-sue."
SAILORS REFUSE 10
CARRY PACIFISTS
LONDON. Ocl. Jfi n.i-utcr'.O
Arthur Henderson, leader ul the la
bor nartv nnd his s-eeretarv and n
Belirinn socialist. Cnmille llnvs
munne. wore unable to tro. to Kninr
vosterdiiv with Albert Thomas ami
M. Vandervehle beenu-e the crew ol
their ship refused to end if ihev won
abqnrd.
The men said that thev would no
sail wilh pacifists and pro-Oernmi'
Mr. Henderson nnd his two commit'
ions left the ship and hailed a taxi
eab but the driver refused to take
them and thev had to earrv their lui'-
iraire to the station. Mr. Ilender-.ii
subeiiuentlv stated in London that
he was iroinir to laris to meel Sainue'
(ioinjiers in connection with the or
ganization of the world-- labor con
ference alter the war.
E COURT
TO REVIEW CASE
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2(1. A re
view of the case of Thomas ,1. Moon
ev of San l-'ranciseo, was asked to
dav in n petition filed bv counsel fin
Moonov with the United States su
preme court. Moimev is under sen
tence of death for murder in connec
tion with an explosion which occur
red during a "preparedness' parade.
SAN I'UAXnSCO, Ocl. 2(. The,
application for the write of review fil
ed bv Thomas ,). Moonov ihrouuh his
attorneys in the United States su
preme court followed two separate
lusals ol the state supremo cour
to unint him a now trial.
Moonev's eonnel contended in th-
California courts that his convictions
was hrouiht about through malfcas-
uiece and misfeasance practiced bv
District Attorney Clmrles M. Kickorl
m'd Iho San KraiH'ico police depart
ment, hut that such alleged wroiiL'
doiii- did not hci'ome evident until
after his trial. The state supremo
court hold that it could not m out
side Iho record in the case and af
lirmed the sentence of death. A
write of error was nked lor and re
fused and the case was then prepared
tor the hii:het tribunal.
Mooiiev is in San Oucntin peniten
tiary nwnitintr execution.
f 1 ,
WASHINGTON', Oct. 211.
Violent fighting continued to-
! day on the line where the ltal
lans with the British co-operat-
lng launched a new offensive.
ngnlnst the Aastrfans yesterday.
A Rome disputcli to the I nil km
embassy says the Fourth army
has frustrated attempts of tho
enemy to reconquer territory
lost yesterday and has enlarged
its gains.
Solf Says Proaram Will Be Loyally
Fulfilled Denies Cruelties In
Evacuated French and Beluian
Towns Only Men of Military Aue
Deported.
Ol
ALL Of SERBIA
LONDON. Oct. 20. Krnveln. sixty
miles northeast of N'lsh, has been oc
rupied by tho Serbian troops, says t
Serbian official statement Issued to-
dav. in the saino region the Serbians
linvo crossed the Ternltfa river.
The kaiser, tho crown princo
and the son of. tho crown prince.
So unpopular. Is the crown princo
that the kaiser, could he. perpetu
ate his dynasty, would pass over
the -crown princo and bestow the
succession upon his grandson,
itiuc WUhclm. I
7.000 MILES OF
WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES ON
THE KKUlilAN FRONT, via Sulonlkl
.Monday, Oct. 21. Illy Associated
Press.) WJth tho capture of NIsli
sufficient rolllng'stocU was taken to
establish railway communication
from tho Serbian front to the sou.
The enemy, in addition to showing
his Intuition of evacuating Sorlila as
(luickly iih possible, apparently de
sires to give evidence of a nmro con
ciliatory splrjt- At tho Important
gold mine near Ziiyleher which was
abandoned last week, tho machinery
lias been found Intact. II. was In
charge of an Austrian superintendent
who was left -behind wilh Instruc
tions to turn tho mine over to the
Serbians. .
FLU GAS MASKS
YAM I MA. W-h..N Oet. l!fi. C'itv
ofliciaN today issued an order, thai
bciiitininir (i o'clock tonight, nil
clerks in stores, hnnk-4 orpublic of
fices should wear maks and a No
forbade tho street ears earrvini; more
ns-onyers than can be seated. Open
lir meetings Scheduled for Sunday
niuht wit he permitted but after that
none mav be held. There are now 1."U
caes in the fit v. There have been
ix deaths.
WASHINGTON', Oct. Sum
marizing the situnUon on'the western
front today, General March said the
Germans have evacuated or been
driven out of 7'ion miles of Hellun
and Krench territory since .Inly IS.
During the pant week 410 pijuare
miles have been freed from the cn
emp, General March added. All tho
coal fields In northern Franco have
been recoiupi'-red except for a five
mile tract where the allies' advance
is now being pressed near the Uei
glnn border.
General Marrji pointed out that
the Franco-American lines from the
Meuse to the Oise Htand nearly paral.
lei to the sreat railway line near the
Belgian frontier nnd constituted a
tnreal against inai line inrvom
entire length.
feel in if ii
-idont Wil-
HKItNK. Oct. 2(1. The
Oermnnv in regard to I'rc
son's new nolo apparently is much di
vided. Tho conservatives, militarv
and pinker papers on the one cade
fare ervintr that (lie premeni in
;tenU to subjugate ami annihilate
;(iermanv. The liberal papers on the
s appreciation at
ort toward Wiirhl-
other side, expre.
Ihc -pre-ideal's el f
wide pacit icalioti.
The reactionary elements are
struuuliiii! desperatelv tor their tra
ditional priib"jc ami traditions, hut
their opponent expre-s conlideiiec
that the liberals in (he reichstat! am
the yovornmetit are siiflicienllv pow
erful to master them. The vote ol
confidence in the reich-Oai: is re
yarded a 'favorable to the conclusion
of peace.
"Shall We Dissolve Partnership or Fire the Boss?'r
L COMI
10 ASSIST BELGIANS
TIIK HAH UK. Od. 20. II i scmi
ot licinllv explained in dipat'dic
from Iterlin that neutral residents of
r.russe!. who have cone to the troJit
to inveMiuate conditions there have
been formed into a commiyee of i
uiiirv. It is said th"rr vi-its to cit
ies near the battle lino was made tor
the purpose of nccrtaijiiiuf what
eouhl be done for the ref n-jee. Thev
have enmmunicnted their report to
the German nuthoritie in Ilehjiuni
and to the Ilck-ian. French and Hnl-uowrnuieiil-.
MIIIIMILJlWMMMMBMMMWMllBlltllllllllWIW
I ij .feaag ; .iV-l
Official Statement Published in
Vienna Pa tiers for Demobilization
Peace at Anv Price Popular in
All Ranks Sifctv First Principle
Governs.
LONDON, Oct. 2ti. The Gorman
I'ovoruuicnt is not contemplating at
the iircsont lime anv further note to
President WiUon, snvs an Exchange
despati'h from Copenhnuon. It is
probable thah the .government will
make a declaration in the roichstai:
lo the effect that Germanv is await
imr peace oondilions of the allies.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 2(i. Dr. Solf
the Gormnn foreiun secretary, speak
inir in the reichstair Thursdav said
'As for Alsace-Lorraine, it is clear
as they were expressly mentioned
amontr President Wilson's fourteen
points, wo iutoo fo regulation of these
(lUOftions. Havititr accepted Wilson's
pruiirnm as a basis of pence we wil
loyally fulfil the program in all di
rectious and at all points."
Speakiii" in the reehistau on Thurs
dav, l)r. Soil'. Gorman foreiun minis
ter, said that Spanish ' Minister Vill-
alobar, roiirescntinL' I'";'ish and Mel
"inn citizens a d Commissioner Van
Hree, of the M'-iyian relief orjani.
tion .visit od Tournai. Valeneiennes
and Hcnain on October 18 and re
nnrtod that the (icriuan militarv nu
lltoritics had done e ervthinir in their
power to relieve the condition of fu
uitives and residents in llie lioni
Ijarded towns. ,
Tried to Protect People
Dr. Solf also said it had boon re
ported to liim that (rermail authori
ties Imd tried lo protect the people!
of tho.-e cities auain-t plundering and'
that efforts had been ituule to safe-;
L'tiard food supplies and save art
treasures,
Onlv men of military aye had been
removed forcibly. Or. Solf asserted,
and even then exceptions had been
made in the oases of physicians,
clergy men, firemen, policemen and
those employed in supplying food.
Ii'eferrini: to uuclioiis asked on
the previous da v. he said I ho yov
crumcnt repudiated unv doubt of it.
honeslv to earrv out tlw principles
'aid down bv President Wilson.
"Having in replying to (lie presi
dent, taken its stand on his messages,
the envernmenl is resolved" to act ac
cordingly," he said.
Alsaee-IOrralnc
The question of A!ace-Iorraino is
purely a German internal one. I ion,
declares Karl Haass, the new govern
or of Alsace-Lorraine, in n state
ment published in the Strasshnry
Gazetle. The statement is a replv to
declarations made in the rcic'jstm;
bv Or. Kicklin. a deputy from Alsace
Lorraine, mid amounts to a govern
ment manifesto. It is i-m-d in
agreement with other deputies in Alsace-Lorraine.
The statement of llerr Haass de
clares that the future of Alsace-Lorraine
must be decided bv a vote of
the population and that it is an in
ternal i pies ion of German v with
which a peace conference eouhl have
nothing to do. It conclude- bv sav
ing that n new era is opening for Alsace-Lorraine
which will enable J he
two provinces to form a point of re
conciliation bdu'eon France and Ger
many, "and to collaborate in estab
lishing a compromise bet ween t wo
'ivjtiat ions called to work in com-
LONDON, Oct. 26. An official
statement that demobilization of the
Austro-Hungartan army is being pre
pared is published by newspapers of
Vienna an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Copenhagen says.
PARIS, Oet. 26 In well-informed
circles it is stated that the nomina
tion of Count Julius Andrnssy as sue.
censor to liar on Hurlnn, the Austrian
foreign minister, is above all, Impor
tant from the viewpoint of a conclu
sion of peaco and an application of
the "safety first" principle in Aus
tria. It is said that peace at any
prlco Is now popular at Vienna and
Budapest.
Peace at Any Prlco j
The Zurich correspondent of the
-Ion rnul Hays that the new foreign
minister Is understood to bo a parti
san of direct peuco negotiations with
the entente without recourse to the
offlcea of President WtlBon. He says
that, the situation In AuBtrin-Hun-gary
is such that tho monarchy will
soon capitulate nnd throw itself on
tho mercy of the allies.
Tho Czechs are now mastors of the
situation at Prague, It Is said. The
Slovaks havo decided to chango the
name of Pressburg to Wilnonvlllo.
Tho Ruthonians of Gnlicla have de
cided for a senuratn tlkrulnlnn state
I comprising regions of Austria-Hun
gary Inhabited by Uuthenlans.
Anarchy In Hungary
It is reported that anarchy reigns
En the ancient imnuhian monarchy of
Hungary. Tho correspondent snys
I hat In Austria no notice is being
taken of decisions urrived at by Ber
lin. Vienna newspapers are publishing
articles relative lo preparations for
demobilizing the army. One news
paper says that two Infantry regi
ments Htalloned ut Karlowitz have
revolted. Karlowitz Ja a village In
Croat ia-Slavon in, Hungary.
(Continued on Page Four.)
Here you nee (thanks to Hie cer-ready nrtiM) the four kings of Oermnay iwho tnid "Knur
Deuces"?! In session nt Potsdam, called by Kaiser Pill for the firt royal conferenre in yearn. There nto
King WUhclm II of Wuoritemherg. WUhclm the Damned of Pruf-siA (boss of the concern). Lurinig or Ba
varia and Krlcdrich August of &ixony Sonic ay th other three kings of Germany are bkvly to wive
Prussian Hill the boot. . .
ZURICH, -Oct. 26. Prince Fred
erick Lnbkowltz and Huron Nadherny
who represents the strongest nntt
German tendencies nt Vienna havo
left that city for Switzerland charged
with n mission 'about which no de
tails aro given, according to tho
Xensle Journal of Vienna.
INFLUENZA CASES
DECREASE AT FKO
SAN ERANCISCO. O-.I. 2fi. Tho
San Francisco heallu board reported
H02 new cases of Spanish influeu7.ii
and 22 deaths at 11 o'clock todav, n
decrease of 'SAT cases nnd Jl deaths
compared with the report made a
the some hour vosterdav. Medicnl
authorities allribuled tho decrease to
the general wearing of masks and
other preventative measures.
Orders have been issued that io
outdoor clrnreh services he hold to
morrow unless all attending 'wear
aia.sks, The same order was issued
for concerts ami other publie gath
erings planned for mil doors.
T
WASHINGTON. Get, 2. At
o'clock tomorrow morning th Fnlt
ed Slates will complete Its test of
daylight saving. At that hour clocks
of the naval observatory here and
oilier agencies by which time Is reuu
lated In this country, will be slopped
for one hour, while the sun, which
dally has been lugging further be
hind the nation's docks, has n chance
lo catch up. At the same time the
train on all railroad:! of the country
will utop by order of Director-General
McAdoo and rf'iimin motlnnlosH for
oiif hour and then proceed on tlotr
journey.
DEEP DENIS DRIVEN
with th io num. iii aumy in
l''l(,W('i:, ici. Tho prmiin
with Nulitln'.'. ilciiiicriiivly today on
III" new llni' ulnim th Hi-hnlilt cnniil
mill I hi' Uhnni'lli' rlvor In tlio rrglon
of ViiliMi.-lpiiiHn lo which (hoy hnil
hi'i'ii forri'il by iho llrlilsh enrlicllni!
innvi'niont north anil i'oulh of Valou
rliMinim. In Hid flKhtliiK Krlilny thu IlrlllKli
iiinilo ili'i'P ilonls In thi (irrmiin ilo
fi'imi'ii ii r.rtli mnl iinuth of Vnlcn
oi. ' ti ti . In spllo of the di'tormlueil
loiiinliiiiri' of uii oni'iny.