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i ,i u PAQFi FOUTl MEDFOKT) MATL TUTBFNR, BEDFORD, OKTCOON. TllCKNnAV. OCTOIWR i, mil Medford mail tribune AN INDICPKNOKNT NKW8RAPKR FUHLiKIIRO BV13RT AKTKRNOON KXCKIT BUNDAT BT TUB MKDFOilD 1'IUNTINO CO. OfflCA Mall Tribune Ilullillne, 2S-17-1I North Fir street; tutophone H. Th Democrntlo Time, Th VUdford Mull, Tho Medford Tribune. Th South ern OroRonlun, Tho Ashland Trlbuna. HOW TQ INCREASE TAXATION wnnamiPTiott xatm On jrrnr. by mall.... 18.00 On month, by Mnil) . .50 Par month, delivered by carrier la Medford, Jnckftonvllle and Cen tral Iolnt,. ......... .SO Saturday only, by mall, per yer 3.00 Weekly, per ycnr..., . 1.50 Official Paper of the City of Mtdford. Official t'nper of Jnckton County. Entered a Btcond-clAia matter at Medford, OroKun, under ta aot of March t, 187. With Medfoni Stop-Over STEAM ROLLER OF RUSSIA FORCES WAY INTO PRUSSIA WASHINGTON, October . Colo-iii-I CJoIfjuw.-kf, mililnry attache of the Itussiiui oinbu-y, issued todnv the following official report from l'elrefral: "On .September 28, nfler stubborn fighting, our troons captured the Herman position at Awgu-towo and Knpclz. On .September '2D wo took the defile between the lnho of Sinno, Servje and Lojiiuny.'' Tbe Hermans have been driven linck into the region between Stiwnlki, Sejny niul .Mnrinnpol. Our advance continue.''. Oermuit siege artillery continue the bombardment of O-ow- jetz, but without fcuoeo. At Schul nlkin niul Andrcjew only uuimportnnt Hkinnishcrt nrc reported.'' PUT WAR TAX i3N AUTO OWNERS WASHINGTON. Oct. 1. Demo crats ot tho senate substitute com mittee on (tmince voted today to sub stitute for tho tax of two cents a gallon on gasollno In the war revenue bill, a tax on owners of 25 cents per horso-powor on automobiles and $1 per horse-power on automobile sales by mnnurqeturors. The committee estimates that would yield an an nual revenue of $16,000,000. An owner of a 30 horue-power car 'would pay an annual tax of $7.50 and a manufacturer selling such a machlno would pay 30. Senator Williams Introduced amendments to tax all government employes except tho president, su preme court Justices and congressmen ' of 1 per cent of their salaries and to eliminate the tax on casualty, dam ago and accident Insurance. Another amendment would tax retail liquor dealers from 25 to $300 a year ac cording to the volume of their busi ness. Senator Thompson of Kansas pro posed an amendment to Increase the Internal revenuo tax on distilled 11 quros from f 1,10 a gallon to 11.25 on llquorg in bond and hereafter produced. TRYING TO HEAD OFF FUGIT AMSTKIU)Ar, Oct. 1, vin London, 7:15 ii. in. A dispatch to the linn riclnblml from Mnuhtricht Kiiyn that the florinnns in tho Helgimi province of Lieu have iuod u piorhminlion directing that no Jloleians between lliu iigcH of 20 niul 'Ii) yeni, who tiro liuhlu for military M-rvice, ediull dox into Holland. The eomvpon deut htalert that the Herman aie ar resting ami hciuliug into Hermany all the llelgiaiis in tin category whom llii'V can find. Many, however have eluded capture ad have arrived ai Alacrttiichi, UNCLE SAM'S COIN WABIIINOTON O.I. J. KimIoiw Inf Hi'orelaiv Ali'Adon'u notion in WlllldlHWillg I'M!' IIIOWII" I'lllllU fiom cfilalii IniuU, I'li'i-idi'iilWIIoon M' cliili'd (lint llio.ii IiiiiiU went mil iNng I la' piiiiii'v foi (lie object for WMl'il II UMM ll'HI"lllll. Ill' IIIIIUlli- ftl I In- minify mii (Mil put in llii' UiU w Mn4i''ii lliu win IN." TAXES nvo high in Orojjon pninniyly beenuso of tho extravagance of tho legislature. This yoav four mills of tho ton-mill levy fixed by tho oounty court was paid tho state. It had to bo to make up tho'six millions of tax payoi"s' nionoy spout by tho legislature. Alany of those appropriations wore vetoed by Governor "West and as promptly passed over his veto. The legis lative machine never missed an opportunity to take a slap at the governor, regardless of the merits of tho issue involved. In the previous legislative session, that of 1911. tho goy oivnoi' vetoed some seventy-odd bills, saving several mil lions of taxpayers' money. The vetoes wore returned after the legislature had adjourned, hence wore effective. Last year, in order to prevent similar economy, tho legislature recessed until all vetoes had boon returned. This legislative machine was championed by the Port land Oregonian. Captained by lalarkoy in the senate and AloArthur in the house, and directed by standpatters, the public service corporations had easy sailing and land and appropriation grabbers secured whatever they wanted. The opposition of the governor alone prevented a still greater raid on the public treasury. Tn the. effort to injure and discredit Governor AVost. nothing litis boon overlooked. .11 is reform prison policy has been constantly assailed, his law-enforcement efforts derided, ins road-Duiiding plans and ins program ol econ omy belittled, lie litis boon the victim of unrelenting and unscrupulous newspaper hostility and mendacity. His sincere and honest efforts have been distorted. Abuse without stint, has boon heaped upon Jiim. All this because he did what he conceived to be his duty to the people. The state institutions are managed by the board of con trol, consisting of the governor, state treasurer and secre tary of state. Since the present board took hold, there has been an increase in work of l0 per cent. For the first time, all state institutions tire being conducted on business lines and within the appropriations provided. There are no deficiencies to be met. The administration is excellent, but it is in spite of and not because of the legislature. The political machine that is responsible lor the leg islature and high taxes is the same machine that is seek ing the election of .James Withycombe as governor. The Portland Oregonian and all the standpat, corporation con trolled forces back of legislative extravagance are doing their utmost to elect Air. Withcombe so that there will be "harmony" between the legislature and the executive so that there will be no vetoes to curb extravagance and head off graft no business man to expose crookedness only a smiling, affable old gentleman to nod approval to his political sponsors. The governor of Oregon should not belong to the same political party as the legislative majority when that ma jority is dominated by the .sinister motives, that it has been ruled by in Oregon. The governor of Oregon should be a man of nerve and backbone, a good fighter as well as a good business man, to stand between the people and the predatory interests. Dr. "Withycombe is none of these things. Ctod help the taxpayers of Oregon when they turn the state completely over to the Portland Oregonian and it gang of corporation cormorants, for there can be no sure' wav to increase taxation than to vote for Vithvcombe! P EN WRITES I 10 AIO ELECTION OF IN SENATORS WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 President Wilson today opened Ills letter- ril ing campaign for the election ot democratic renntorn and representa tive, lie wrote letter endorsing Senator Chamberlain of Oregon and Senator Shlvely of ItidhuinpnllH. Others will be written lit the near future. In ItU letter to Senator Owen, on dorslng Senator Chamberlain, tho president declared that tho, "maln tnluuuco of the democratic majority in tbe yennte is of tho utmost Import ance to tho country If the present policies and program of tho gowrn ment nre to bo sustained ami contin ued, "and I take It for granted that voters everywhere will feel the force of that motive." Tho letter endorsing Senator Shlve ly was addressed to .Majority Leader Kern of tho senate, and wax as fol io wh: "I am genuinely surprised that any question should have urlmut as to whether I want Senator Shlvely re turned. I do most decidedly wish It, I have admired Senator Shlvely'H stcadfnst devotion to duty nnd to tho standards of tho party and his un faltering loyalty In all matters of public policy, an all hN party asso ciates have and I learned to liavn a very warm personal feeling and ad miration for him. It would, In my Judgoment, be a very great loss to the party ami to the senate If ho should not bo re-elected. 1 trust that there Is no doubt of his re-election, "I need not tell you, my dear sen ator, what my sentiments are toward. ourS(ilf." To n request by Senator I'oiucreuv that he speak In Ohio. President Wit son today reiterated his determina tion not to go on tho stump. He told the senator bo felt he must remain actively nt the head of the govern ment In Washington. Secretary Urynii today announced that he would speak during the cam. palgn not only tn Ohio, but aluo lu Indiana, Iowa nnd Nebraska. Ho said he had not considered speaking In Illinois, but added that ho would probably speak In accord with the wishes of the democratic congres sional committee. IELLS HISTORY OF NW GUNS Geography of the War Zone IIEHVE and IIATTICK Two miuiII village in Belgium, n mile and a half npart, the latter seven mile from the German border, and the former fif teen miles cast of Liege. They are .situated amid most picturesque scen ery, in n country dotted with busy manufactories and pretty country houses. The making of glnssware and laces is engaged in to a limited extent. The rock nenetruled by moM of thu'rnilwav tunnel in Hik dintriet is of u bluish limestone, frequently veined with quartz, and often used for building purposes. ANT1VARI A .Montenegrin sea port, on n strip of country running between the Adiiatic sea ad the Su torman range of iiouulnius with a population of about !(.)0I). At a few hundred yards it is invisible, hidden among olive grove. The line bay of Antivari, with I'rstau. its port, U di taut about one hour's drive through a barren and forbidden couulrv, hut in by mountains. The town w but twenty-three miles southeast of Aus trian (Jattato. Kinhini; and olive oil refining are the principal indu-dra. SA.VOK A dMriot of Oaliciii, Austria, on tho bolder of lltinniy. The Carpathian mountain form the southern frontier nnd the Snn river rus through the district from miiiIIi to north. Jt luu a level surface and many salt mine, its capital of the Mime name is on the lull bank of the Sun, :tl) miles southeast of I'lzemyxl and (12 miles Miiithwcit of Tat now. It has a population of about 2.PII0 and is the seat of an impoitimt caltle maiket. KAI.IK,- On Italian Poland bor dor is Kalis, one of the oldc and finest cilics of Poland uIiom an liipiity is indicated bv an abundance of objects of ancient art and com which Iiimo been discovered on the silo, ns well as by numerous banal luiuiiiiU oxiMiug in the ticiiul.v, In 170(1 Augustus lliu Nliong ot Poland decisively defeated tho Nncibts mid scvcinl minor coiiIIM tool, plin'i) In JH: ami the Iowa iwi the i'ciic of lliu I'lii'iuJIy iiHinlJng ot the Kiisniaii mid 1'nutsimi lump jn )Hllft, in iniun my of ttlui'li mi ifun olidUli tin IMM'i'li'tl by S')i'li"ln. I, Knlw l on Him haul ol I be J'loiliu, ulilrli Hiimi J'uiwt. Hie buiiiiilni) of l'uiii. Jin population, of whom more than a tiiird nre Jews, is about ''(l,000. Itib- oons, clotli, sugar, leather and beer nre its principal manufacture IVANOOItOD On the right bank of the Vistula, in Itiis-ian Poland, is the fortified town f Ivaugorod, which tonus with Warsaw, Novo Georgievcsk and Jlrest-Litovsk, the Polish "quadrilateral." It is III miles (by rail southeast of Wiirsaw, at the continence ot the Wicpr with tho Vistnln. The town is defended by nine forts on tho rigiit bank and by three on the left bank of the Vistula. The works are about two miles in ex tent. The townV industries are few, its activities deoending almost solely upon garriMtus stationed theie. Fl SOITII liKTIIMUIKM, Pa., Oct. 1. Thirly-seven lepreientnlivos of American motor truck manufacturers who have been demount rating their t nudes here for several weeks, were informed today by K. (. Grace, pres ident of the llcthlchcui Steel com pany, that lecomiiieiidatioiis for lliu types of 1000 trucks wanted by I'Vauce and l(usiii for use in the present war, liavi: been made bv a committee of Krcnclj officer- now in South Hethlehein, but the contracts would not be awarded today, The Ilethb'hciii Steel coiniiaiiy, it was Warned here, is the purchasing agent for Itusnia and Franco for mo tor tiuck and mine suoplios, Midi as hIiocs, blankets and hoicshoes, TANNEM ELECTED TO SUCCEED WM. BARNES NEW YOIIK, Ocl. I. Kieduiiolt V. Tanner, pnuuiiv election campaign liimiagoi o Pflricl Attorney Climb's Wlillmau, wn uiiiiiiiiiiil.v I'lt'clcd till illeiJiimii chilli man of Iho ic lillbljIUIl "late ooiHUlillor 111 mcocil Milium Ihiiiio. With Mclfoid II ali Mtdford usdo ITALY TO PURCHASE iAMEl IICAN AIRSHIPS NKW YORK. 0t. 1. Willi n com mi 'ion Irom I lie Italian government to purchase aeroplane- and aircraft motors of hiuli power, I'.nea lto-i, Itailun atcut for an American uero tdano manufacturer was it oa eager on the steamship Tomas-o Di-Sa-voia from Genoa, which reached New York lodav. ''The Italian government has -evented! dirk'ihles two of which are a big as .eppelins, 2811 biplane- niul seventy . hxdioplanes," Mr. IW-i said. "Seven of the livilrooluiicx are complied to launch torpedoux. At the outbreak of the war I turned over to tho government several flying mnchines, one of which was of six hundred liorM- power, dc-igned for a trans-Allantio lord." SHORT OF FOODSTUFF LONDON, Oct. 1, 1:.m p. in. Hugh II. Gib-ou, secretary of tin American legation at Hnissels, iia just arrived in Loudon. lie says that lirusscln is quiet, but the food Mippl, is becoming low. The Geriunns per mitted arrangements to bring food from Antwerp to llms-cls, hut u the supplies voio about to bo shipped, military movements disarranged rail way tiaiisportaliou making Hie mov ing of freight impossible. Major Hans Von Horwerih, who was formcilv military attache at the German embassy in Washington, was among the first Geimau nfliccr lo culer Itriissol-. He remained there for many weeks cxlciufuig coiiilcmox lo American and oilier foreigner--. The major i now in I he war .one, I'm It 'Jofmr Itemlve to smokn (lov, Johnson c. fum, the bent, urn Ibuiulty patroaltu Iioiiio IndUHtry, If USED BY KAISER HKKI.l.W Oct. I, A momhor of ,t... .. ....... I,.. ..ii ...i... . , inc viuiiiuiii I'luiiiiiiiDiu, wiiii ior iit'in - ly ten yoarK has been eonaecteil with tho army budget commltteo of tho Kelchntng tolls tomo Interesting things of the history of tho how fatu ous -C'-rcntlmotro sbtgo guns which served tho tlermaiiH so effectively at LIcko and Namur. "Tho snrprls,, that Ooriunny pos sessed such mortars,'' ho says, lu an artlclo published by the None Zuer eher Zoltung, "wns as groat In flor many as It was lu other countries. After completion of secret tests with these gnus some time ago, and the do. clslon of tho government to order a number ot them. It was a problem as to how to keep tho matter a secret. Secrecy Malulahuil "Over to officers took part tn tho discussions at which tho military bud gut was prepared for submittal to tho budget committee of the Itolch stag. When a new clause waH reached with only tho heading "Arms," the chief of tho department of Arms re quested thai for the tlmu being this subject could nut bo discussed. At the conclusion of tho conference ho told mo In strict ronftdoiico that tho title "Arum" Involved now slogo mor tars. "The gonoral stnff requested ur gently that not a word bo said of the matter In tho commltteo; not oven tho officers present hud any knowl edge of It. "Sl weeks iiro I visited an am munition factory as moinlivr of the armament commission nnd ancer talued that any number of projectiles nnd cases for those mortars could bo produced within n very short tlmo. In reply to my question whether these mortars did not wear out rapidly, a director of tho company said 'Thoro are not etioiiKh fortresses In existence lu the whole world to wear out a single molar. ' As a matter of fact our army iosesses 3(ino mortars of (in earlier (Into, which are still tisualdo." Weapons Popular Tho official North Herman (la zctto also discusses these now mor tars with special reference lo their projectile. It says: "If a weapon of tho Herman army has a claim to popularity It Is tho II'-, centimetre mortars which In spite of their hugo dimensions hnvo managed to remain concealed. In fact, the nlck-nnme "llrummer," which has hecnglvcn to those mortars shows how far this popularity bns pro grcHsed. One cannot ho astonished that a shot which hurls with accur acy n weight of S00 weights over n spare of a Cermau mllo to Its goal causes an ntmnsidierlc pressure whlc,h for miles around hurls everything Into tho air, Honoris hnvo shown that the projectile, after It has left the mortar causes a great nolso only by cutting through the air" Chow lentlot'v scut bv eiiruei' pigeon to Tl Kan, ni Shun Tung province mid thcitcc n Peking h,v telegraph, indicates thai tho (lennaii irtiivmciil Irom Iho second line of del'en-es ui;otiul Tvdng Tan, which look place Inst .Mondrtv, was due to the o ci whelming uumtiioul -d length ot the .liipanc-c, Tho repoit says that the .lunatic, o loes were 1700 killed timl Hlll wounded, it result of (ho progress of tin1 (leiutau wai-hnis' .illuck, cotiiiled Willi th-' laud force- ' iiioeveiiienl. A MS E HEADACH E, COLDS CONSTIPATION Hot a la cent box Take a t'astaret tonight to cleanse your Liver, Stomach and llowols, and on will sitiolv (eel gloat by uturnliig. You men and women who have head ache, coated tongue, a had cold, am blllouH, nervous, upset, bothered with a sick, gassy, disordered stomach, or haw baikaelto and feel all worn out. Are you keeplni; jour bowels clean with CasearolH- or merely forcing a passageway every few days with salts, cathartic pills or castor oil? Cascarots Immediately cleanse and regulate tho stomach, remove tho sour, undigested and fermenting food and foul kupos; take tho excess Idle from the liver and carry off the con stipated waste matter and poison from tho bowels, Iti'inomber, a Cascaret tonight will straighten you out bv morning. A in. cent linx from vour druggist menus healthy bowel anion; a clenr head and cheerfulness for mouths. Don't forget tho chlldieu. IT Theatre TODAY Final Reckoning Two Pall lli'oui'lio I'Vitturo Cameo of Yellowstone Two Part Hying "A" Western Thtjl. lor of tho First Water An Eavesdropper Kejslouo Comedy 1(1 Don't .Ml.- It r - Always -Klc MRS. H. L. LEACH Expert Corsetiere 32(5 North Bartlett. Phono fiM M. J. H. BELL Piano Tuner Recently factory manager for Hell llrothers' Piano Co., M uncle, Did, Combining a thorough practical knowledge of piano building with "0 years' experience lu nil branches of piano work, Including touch regulat ing, voicing, tuning, finishing nnd all repairs. .Medford, Oio, Hotel Holland STAR Theatre TODAY KLAW AND ERLANGER Presents the CliiirmiiKj Ciidul Ivuiiiiincti "CLASSMATES" FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ALICE JOYCE PAGE THEATRE WED. OCT. 7 WILLIAM r.LLJOTT I't.Mnti A new tlirco acI comedy JAPANESE WIN BY PKKIN, China, Oct. II, 7:V. p. m. A (lennaii icpoil fiom T-ir.gTaTu, the forliticd o-tmi of the Kjuo Ljyr'j i.TULJlL STORAGE For 12 to 1."i cjirs a)h,s tttl .joininf,' S. P. inn-lcntfc. low rale. Iniiiiiv Unmetl In vest incut Co. or forenoons ol' P. O.s.senbnie, -I t I S. liiv-ersido. Southern Oregon Elcetric Company Light, Ileal and Powor "Wiring. Get our e.slitnato hoforu lotlinj; your ;joh. inn S. liivcrsidc. Phono 18!)-R jra.dtt I minus delivered , dt C0nn Outlwlm CmHinfl "Tho Love-Story With A Laugh In Every Lln" PltlCKS RIM' to $ I. SO, Scat .Monday, Oct. r, .Mall Onlcis I leeched Halo, Now dCHj-i not ruti t'l ar ilunt oil -Unit f4m,c:i-.t itliuliun that Icuti lour tiinoH tin luni; an wny oilier. Black Silk Stove Polish U In n then liy ir'f It'ii tnoru rairji;ii.!uim!iil 0 II cni Iftllir iiuurij, i Trrttir.iyaiirDatl'ir uivt,)(.ur oKfiurif fr ywr lib rrnfftf, if ja, .rvi'imiilt llMUalUUJiy', ev,r tiivtl, your lirilwiirif or u ..err il Jf il tiiil.MrUt.1 r- luml yuur 'lUgm'm "A JShliio In Evur Fvtirjf limit -J? rmmm GWG?W wmdSmf John A. Perl UNDERTAKUE Ld AMUianl SM H, HAIITLICrr I'I.omm M, 41 )! 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