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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1914)
v. rM( .: n -, "- ,'(' STEDFORT) MATE TRIBUNE, MEDFORP, OKECiON, FTUDAY, STCPTTOPER !M. ton " A r - ,'J. FXUt KEC ISRSKR JJi! l IHlHSISSSRsa!" WK5wff?C W? OF DIVERTS WATER EXTEND TIME TRIPLE ALLIANCE BY BALKAN STATES E t I OF PIS REM LEIGE FORTS TELLS F RAILROAD LINE TO SEA FROM YREKA ID BY- EMBASSY KILLS TROUT FRY T E i GERMAN VERSION COMMANDER WOOLEY PROMOTING N R PASHA ANSWER SO BY TURKISH ROM STREAM AND R LIGHTING IT AGAINS UK CROWN PIC HOW II HAPPFNRD I 14 r J V WASlrisaTfe," Fcpt. 11. -The Oerninn cmljnwy received the follow ing wireless toitny from Itcrlin: "Hcnihiunrlcrs on Thun-dny in ' firht offieinT report snys Unit m t Imltle enst of PnrU the Genunns hrjil their own in n heavy two days' fixlit againbt (superior forces attack ing between Menus, Montmiraile anl from tho direction of Pari. Wc cnplurcfl fifty Rim1? anil several thou sand prisoners, but retired the flauk when tho advance of wlrong hostile columns was reported. The enemy ailed to pursue." "Hendqunrlers also reports fight ing west of Verdun and in tho east ern scene of war. "Vienna rejwrts that the Austrian Ifnvc assumed the .offensive in tins re gion of Lemherg. This mark tl.c second stnjje 6f n nine-day battle in which 1!0,000, 4000 , cavalry, IflOO tnnchiue guns' and 200 field gnus were engaged on the Hussian side. "On Sunday night the Amtrinns annihilated the entire Austrian To mk dixision near Ahtrowitr.n. The enemies are using duni-ilum bullets'' Tho vnncnard of the right wing f llic flermnn troops advancing over tho Manic river eastward from Paris were attacked by suicrior forces, but the attack was stopped, the German vanguard being taken back, the ene mies, however, not figuring. The Gertnnn? captured fifty guns and several thousand men." daubsT to sail saturday WASHINGTON, pt. 11. Cap tain nuet, U. 8. N., retired, command ing the hospital ship Red Cross, ad vised thefcivf t fepVftment today that the ship woull,kU tomorrow from Now York for Europe. Ho said no difficulty had been experienced In re cruiting an American crew, With Medford'trsde i jiwarord said. LONDON", Sept. 11, 0:30 n. in. General Lcninu, the Hols-ian eommnn der, who gained fame for himself by his defense of the l.icgo forts when ho was made n prisoner, sent the fol lowing letter to King Albert of Hoi chim, ncconling to an Amsterdam dipatcli to the Central News: ''After the honorable enangvment of Aucuot 4. " and 0, I considered that the I.iege forts could only play the role of forts or nrre-te (probab ly, stoppage). 1 nevertheless main tained the militarv government in or der to co-operate the defence as much as jiossihlc and io exercise n moral influence on the garrison. "Your majesty is not ignorant that I was at Fort I.oucin, August 0, at noon. You will learn with grief that the fort was blown up, the greater pari of the garrison being buried un der the mins. Thnt I did not loc my life in that catastrophe is due to my escort, who drew mo from n strong hold while I was being suffocated by gas from exploded powder. "I wns conveyed l n trench, where I fell. A Genunn captain gave me n drink and 1 was made n prisoner and taken fo I.iegv. "I am certain that I have shown enrele?sncss in this letter, but 1 am physically shattered by the explos ion of Fort Ijonein. "In honor of our nmU I have tuir rendered uchher the fortress nor the forts. "I deign to ask you pardon, sire. In Germany, where I am proceeding, my thoughts will be as they always have been, on llelcitim nnd the kinir. I would willingly have given my life the better to serve them, but death was nof granted inc.'' SERVIAN PRISONERS SENT TO ESZERECM, AUSTRIA NEW YORK, Sept. 11. Four thou sand Servian soldiers captured by the Austrian- passed through Huda Pest yesterday on their way to Eszereem to join 20,000 !tu.inu sol diers nlrendv eiieiinix.il there, nc conling to an official htatement from Vienna, inside, public hero today b Count Von Ucrnlurff, the German ambassador. Citizens, of Hntte Falls hne com plained to County Attorney Kelly that the water from a tributary of Hig Hutc creek) emptying into the main stroam at Hntte Falls, has been cut off without leave or license by nn irrigator, who never troubled to Mvure water richt or made a filing for same, the creek bed left dry for n mile and a half an-.l thousands of fish left to perish. Kot onlv were the native trout killed, but also the eatern brook trout fry recently planted by the state perished. The property irrigited is the old Hoekmau ranch, recently purchased by the-,). S. Owen company, and it is alleged that the man making the di version is J. 11. Mnndiy, caretaker. A wnter richt is ownel on the stream by William Chambers, lower down, but he also was cut off without warn ing and his water appropriated. ANGORA OATS WORTH $10 EACH James Kershaw, the Antelope An gora goat raiser, today sold a herd of Angora docs at 5 a head,. As ho has already realized $2.00 a head from them in mohair, and values tho kinds from each at over $3, these goats realize him $10 a head. Tho kids next spring will yield a similar nmount of mohair, produc offsprings that can bo cither kept or marketed, so that tho valuo or a doo Is about $10 to tho goat raiser but they must be well bred to get tho desired result. "Tho manure alono pays for tho keep of tho goats," gays Mr. Ker shaw. "It brings up worthless an'l worn out land so that it will pro duce as much as three tons of oat hay to the acre. "Tho feed of tho goat costs next to nothing, as they range on brush land and aid in clearing and redeem ing It. "There Is good money In goats and tho back country farmer that neg lects them Is losing money. It. 8. Wool ley, promoter of tho proposed harbor and town of Woolloy. port that collapsed when tho federal board of engineers recomonded Cres cent City ns tho practical site for a harbor, Is now promoting a railroad down the Klamath river to tho sea. according to tho following from the Yreka News; "Well Informed people In northern California for years have held that It was only a question of time when a railroad would be built down the Klamath river connecting Yreka with the coast at Crescent City and Eu reka. And of late it has been con ceded everywhere that tho time Is near at hand when such a road will be an accomplished fact. "Now comes H. S. Woolley and fi nancially powerful associates to tho Yreka chamber of commerce with a proposition to finance the proposed road and asking our chamber to en dorse the enterprise, which was done with enthusiasm at the meeting Mon day evening. Subscription agree, ments arc already printed and It Is probable that the stock and bonds will bo taken rapidly after tho cam paign ofr subscriptions begins. It Is proposed that tho capital stock Bhall be $5,000,000 with a bond Issuo of the fame amount, the bonds to run twenty years and bear six per cent interest. "Mr. Woolley and his associate undertako to make a survey of tho proposed railroad during this year, commencing at Crescent City and following up tho Smith river to tho divide between the headwaters of tlia Illinois river nnd Indian creek, mak ing from this Junction point two branch roads, ono going down Indian creek and up tlr Klamath river to tho mouth of tho Shasta river, and up the lattor to Yreka, to connoct Ith tho Southern Pacific railroad at oMntague; tho other branch to fololw tho Illinois river across tho dlvldo to Grants Tass and up the Ap plcgato river to Medford. "It Is proposed' to. start tbo work of grading at Crescent City, Yrcki and Medford on for beforo Juno f, 1015, and hate it completed by Sep. tember 1, 1917, the rails to be laid Application of the idly of Medford for un extension of time until Octo ber 1 for the filing of an answer to the suit of the CaliforniivOrogou Power company bus been grnnled by the federal court at Portland. The work of drawing up the complaint will he begun next week by City At torney MeCnlie, and Special CouuscIh Gus N'ewburv nnd II. I). Norton of Grants Pass. Attorney Norton will hold n conference with the local at torneys next week. At the city council meeting next Tuesday iiiKlit plans for a defense will bn made nnd some members of the council favor steps for it com promise. Others, however, still cling to the original idea of "freezing out" the light company. The chief 'defense of the eily will he thnt the company's franchise for twenty-live years is in violation of the oily ordinance pro. vidiug ten years as the limit of Die life of n franchise. The estimated cost of the suit is placed at $.IHI0, which will be assess ed to the losing side. The chief item uside from legnl fees of two sieeiully hired attorneys will be transportation and fees of witnesses to the federal court ut Portland. TURKISH ENVOY IS OF LONDON, Sent. II, II -M a. in. Telegraphing from Kunie, n cone spoudent of thu Daily Telegraph de clares he has learned ftoiu dlplumalii' sources that Itoumnuin, Greece and Hulgiiiin linxe sij-ucd an agreement which may be regarded iih n real al liance, under the tetms of which these throe nations engage to inter fere whenever ueeessaryin order to prevent Turkey's aiding Genuany and Austria in the piesent war. If Tur key remains neutral, however, tlue three slates will do the same. It is ic-tortcd in Itotue, the eorre sMiudent continues, that llerliu tins become resigned to th idea of Italian nrutrulit.ii but she is determined that Italy shall ut least leuuiiu ueuttul until the end. Why Hot (Jet tho best stnoxe, Uov. Johnson, and also nstrntiUo bom. i . . PAH1M, Sept. 11, ll4!r it. in. AfJ dispatch to the llnwis ngrney fraiijt Home snjst ' i ' "A telegram fiom Athens to tlm newspaper Vltnu says that a lnleiit. discussion utose between (lie euiwtt prince of Turkey nnd Knver Pasha, the Turkish, minister of war, oi th subjccl of the political Hllunlion of Turkey. "Knver Pashnj. becoming greatly excited, firod two shuts from n re volver at lite prince, who was slight, ly wounded. The prince icplicd nnd tihnt Knver Pnfdiu In the leg, "Accoidlng to another version, Kn ver Pasha has since died of the wounds leeeived in the duel with the crown prince." IH It TmUr Hesolve to smoke (lor. Johnson r. mrs, tho best, and thereby patrunlm homo Industry. tf ' ..... 1. - ' . - ''. ' '! WASHINGTON, Sept. 11. The German embassy today received the following message from Merlin: "The three entente power, appre hending Turkey's Intervention in fa vor of Ocnnnny and Austria, express, ed to Turkey their readiness to con sent to the abolition (if capitulations in case of Turkey's neutrality during the present wnr. "Turkey replied that her neutral ity was not to bo purchased, and drawing the consequences from the notification of the entente, ambassa dors, at once issued iriidcs revoking the capitulation." and tho road In running condition by December 1, 1917." 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