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0rm HIM""' 207 Second a"tc Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER I'rolinblo rain Mux. 02 Mln. 12; I'mlp. ,11. Forty-fourth Tear, OMIy Ninth Yrr. MEDFORD. OIMGON, Li,, 1,H HI ..)-l Lil-J KIMDAV, OCTOISHIt 2, 19M NO. 100 TRIP TO PARIS AS ALLIES TURN WINGS OE LINE MA NEAR COMPLETION GF ROUND I Zm t . : -i ,. fV SPEEDY RETREAT ACROSS BORDER NOW EXPECTED Process of Allies Conslderahlc While German Progress on Meuse River Stopped Fighting at Roye Ends In Favor of French Battle of Cra cow Opened. LONDON, Oct. 2, 1:10 v. in. Un It'MH nil algna nrn wrong llio (lormiiii iirmlca In Franco or nl any rnto muni i( ihcm nru iionrlnK tho completion uf their rounil trip, TIiIk, It la hulil hero, Ih the mil)' conclusion hinted at ovii by Hit) llerlln imwanapora (ti ho drawn from tlm roporta, both of' tlelnl nnil unofficial, ot llioao on or near tlm scene of action. It In evident that (tin progrcsa of tho allies on thtilr loft Ik considerable while (hv lioln IhroiiKh which tho Our limit mlKlit havo pierced tho lino of French fortrtsaofl on tho Mcliio river sldo linn been Mopped. Allies Win nl Itoyn Thn flerco battling around tlm heights of Itoye, to tlm northweat uf "No) mi, sconta to linvii ended In favor of tho French. Tho helghta woro cap. tured by General Von Kluck'a mrn on Wednesday, but on Friday, nc cording to n frrnrli report, tho all leu regained control of tlm position. Antwerp, temporarily tho HoIkUu capital, ought to lx capahlo of main talnliiK n lone defonao. King Albrrt U a romantic figure of tho war In thU tmartor. Ho eonatantly gooa Into tho danger xoim and his determlnntlon, fearlossnena and activity recalla theme of Ktadathnldcr William In tho historic nlcgo of l.nldon. That tlm haltlo of Cracow, which opened yesterday will bo n long and arduous struggle no one iiieatlona. In ('nmiiiaiKl of (Ynrmv (lenural Von HlndenhurK, tho Oer man commander who scored notahlu ucci'nkuh In eastern I'ruaala against tho Invading Htiaalana, hna taken an prnmo command of tlm combined (Ser mon and Aualrlnii forceo. Thcao un doubtedly nro n formidable, army, though thn aliened total If two and a half mllllotiM of men la discounted. ' Itoportn of tho (lormon headquarl era nlaf dismiss the situation both In hla mill tho llelglan theaters with tho curt "no change." From I'etrograd, however. It la officially aaaartod that tho "Ituaalan troop cnntlnuo to drive tho enemy from tho border of tho Huwalkl and l.onta government uml thero hna been continually determined fighting went of Blmno. Tho Oornian troopu which attacked Onsowott are rutrun(. lug precipitately to tho north. Sarajevo Ou Off J'ctrograd nlao announces that con. Mdoniblo forces of tho enemy am concentrated In tho woKloru dlatrlcta of 1'etrokoff and Klolco, Huaalan Poland, Tho Montenegrin unity, nccordlng to an official coinmunlcatlon, atandn aeroHH tlm road npproachliiK Barnjovo, the ntipplluR of which thus huvo boon cut off. Tho Montcncgrlna havo commenced their attack of Harajevo, tho fall of which, It in claimed In tho report, "nonius Imlneut." Tho aamo an notincoment uaya that by thn cnptttro of VlamilUu tho Horvlnna huvo cut off tho retreat of tho AuHtrlau army. SECRETARY LANE TO SPEAK IN WEST WASHINGTON, OH. 'J. -l'icsldoiit Wilson uml Hccrelury l.uiie discussed lodny (he legislative Hiliiiillon us II liffceU t Jit) iiilinliilslnillnii's Conner. miIIimi hills. Tliey expeel Hie Alas l.llll I'Wil liillil leasing lull In lie iiM eil bel'orn iiiliiiiniliielll Mini llie li enil In till li'ii.lnx hill iiinl Hie Ki'iieinl limn hill In lie imiiii'li'il t'liily niut nnoii. Hi'iiiiliii) l.mie i,kiei'lM In iH'iil. Id Hie wel iliilllitf Hit t'iiiuM'Doiui ninjiHl(ii, ftUSl ur toiHHiu r 4- 4 LONDON, tJel. ii, fi:,i.i. m. - In a ii"iili'i I'iiiiii AimhIpi1- ilum, the i,iirri,Miiiiitli,nt of the Cent nil NVhh "t.w tnUici" reaehln then; today from HiunhcIh net I'm III llml there it " everv n-iiHon to nnlieipale the eaily withdrawal of the tier- liuiliH ft oin Hie Helfjlitn eupltitl, Wiiiuiiletl men are liefiij; sent luieW lo (lennany, lie miijh, uml the (lermnn official iluenmeiim lire Ijeinjr tiuekeil up, The tier- " miiti general htnff Iiiih left Lux- I'liilimir" in eighty iiiolor earn for Main. GERMANS SUFFER OF I'CTItOOIlAO, 0(1. 2. via London, 3:0" p. in -It la tho opinion ot oh aerxera hero (hat aa a rcault of tho recent flnhtliiR on tho ltuln-(lrr-iiinu frontier, (ho Herman ponltloua are aufferlui; from effort to concen trate troopa from four directions In the aoutheuit rollah border, where a doclxlve battle la exttectcd. Tho north dlvUlon of the Oermait army lauded betweuu Meptel, In Kut 1'ritaala and I'olaiiKon, In IlUaila, but Iirnreeded no further than Itoitayonl, In tho proWuco of Knvnu. Tho army from the province of Huwalkl, re pulitod at Druakenlkl, on tho left bank of the river N'lemen, la now at (emptliiK to crlHH Ihla river at Qretch, whore n blc battle In in proreaa. It uvldeutly In the Intention of thin army to flank tho HtiKalana under (leucrnl Huzky. A third army la try Iiik to proceed from NlednuburR, In Kaat rumtln, Houtheaat In the direction of Waraaw, but apparently without Hticceaa, Hlmuttancotialy tho main (lermnn forcea, Marling from I'ohcii, are procccdlitK eaalward with Cracow na their objective. Tho aouthcrn ill vlalon of tho (lermnn army already ban Joined with tho Auatrlanu at Cracow, SEIZE AMERICAN COIN WASHINGTON', Oct. '-'.--Seizure of .'(0(1,01111 ik'mih liy Mevieun hiildien. from Hie Ken Del Monte mine, an American mnpeity, was reported to day IhroiP'li I'oreiKU eoiiMilar repte henlativeH in Mexico. The money U believed to have been lukeii hy (he hiune hand which Keixeil J.oOO.OOO piiHOM from it llritiwli eorponttiou. The HritiHh ciiiIiuhhv lie re Iiiih made rcpt'CM-ntiitinnH lo Hie Mute depart ment. KI'l'orlH are liciiiK' miide through American eousulut' iiueutH to teeover the loot. SENT TO PRUSSIA WASHINGTON, Out. 'J. The Huh hliiu m'licnil htaff report of opera tioiH iiKiiiimt Hie (lermatiN was reeeiv oil (cm)iiv hy Colonel Uolejewhki, mil. ilury attaclio at (lie ItiiKbiiin em hiiKrty, It iiiIiIh llml in Hie wenleiii ilihicl of Hie pi'iailici'M of 1'iolrokow niul Kielee the (leimiin fiireed are com posed elileflv of uilillery ai'iiiy coijm iiruuuhl I'm h 1 1 I'liiuee, "Tlm oienilloiiH of Hie Oiiiiiiiiiin ill Kliitiiliiii leirilory liuve iliiimiihlnil. eil llieil' Ii'IhIi'IU'.V Id kei'i iilnioul ex i'IiihIwIv In iiiiinivi'i lilulituivN," NII)M Hill lUlllll'll. 'TH (ll'IIIIIHI III- llllt'iy innl kiipply i'iiIiiiiiii kcciii lii'ln li'M In Hie mini of niiliniiry eoiinlo I'llllllv. (ll'MIIIIII lllllll'lil'M Mll lllljll'. Ii'col) iiiik,mi din (iiol day of (heir uihmivv lulu liu iioih'v v( Kulix." M DIVISION POLAND ALLIES LEFT IN TURNING MOVE NEARS BELGIUM Von Kluck Pushed Gradually Toward order Terrific Fighting In Re gion of Roye, Where Germans Are Reinforced Attempt to Cross the Meuse Falls Allies on Offensive. I'AltIS, del. ''. The tinning move incut of (he allien' iinuicH in North ern Frattee Iiiin InminlU the exlieiue of llifir Iclt viu within about thirty inilt'H of Hie llclKiiin frontier. An official htatemcut ixstied by the Fieueh war ofliee thin at'teinooii xaya that pint of Hie Inittlu line sticlcliln cnrriillv inutli anil hontli him been extendeil north lo it point ninth of Annx, Thit. line on wliirh the allies are nltemptiii lo envelop Hie (Icnnaii rijlit wiu nmler Hen erul Vol i Kluck hah been piihhed Kiailuall" toward the llclsiau fron tier tin Hie UenuaiiH widened their front in defense, until it extend home fifty five mile from Hie anle thai roslM on Traey-le-Jfrnit. The htalcnii'iil nays: "Oil our left Mint; the buttle con tinues with terrific finlitini;, notably in the region of lloye, wliere the (Icr manx atineear lo have concentrated important rciufniYcmcutK. The net ion extend more and mine Inward the north. The front of Hie battle line in now extended into the legion of A mm. "On (he Meusi (he Germans at tempted ut niyht to throw a bridge neniH (he livrr near S(. Mihiel. Tin? liriib'e wiih ilcHtroved hv our pin. "In the Won vie district our offen sive continues and pnirfHe step by slop, notably in the re)ioii be tween Apremont and St. Mihiel. "On the remainder of the front there huvo been attempted oulv par tial operation here and there." SfK NATION'S WASHINGTON. Oct. 'J.- Several southern eonKivsMiieu ii)icaled to ('resident WMhoii today not to eon scut to nit adjournment of conpvss until the cotton situation in the south wiih relieved. They asked thai f 1.10,. 000,000 he loaned lo cotton p lowers hy the j;o eminent, irTUSSIANS c3" IGBRMANi AU5TWAI RUSSIANS HAVE ISOLATED PRZEMYSI. AND ARE MOVING TOWARD TARNOW, minimi Hoods, aflsr inuvluir fiom l.imbsiK and capliirlHK JalosUy, i proctxilijir aloiik- h lUwy ;; loOiucow mid his wt llis WUluk Klver, bii dy' insicli fiom Tanww, Aiielhr army III Hit toutu lit nd I ,V4ic.l wrslWMiil aluuir lhrnoHillpr Ih OaipuHiUn. rilurln Kbyiuw. t lb Junction ef mrl r!lwy I I; jluii, twinly Mils seutb ut Hi ftrirsu at l'imyili whlvh lby havs sewpUlily Itvlatsd, PETITION 10 Ml mo COIKIOH I'OltTLANI), Ote, Oct. 2. -Ilecall petltlona bearing 10.UO0 alKiialtirea were filed horn today for jlio removal of tho mayor ant(two city coin mlialouera. (Jtohm Incompe tency In dlHuharcu of their dullea la nlleRCd. To oppoxu the commtKalonerti at it apeclal election to ho culled, tho peti tioner have mimed II. K. Kennedy to run ncnlnat Mayor II. It. Albee, W. A. Lcet nh'alnsi Coinmlmloner W. L. Ilruwator and It. )i. Abry aKaluat C'oiuiitlMlouer It. U. Dlock. t. LONDON, Oc(. 2, 'I5 -The offlclnl ulformnllun btircnti hna le aned tlm followlnn on behalf of tlm admiralty. "Tho (lornmn policy of mlne-luy-InR. combined with their submarine activity, makea Ii neceasary on mili tary grounds for tho admiralty to adopt counter ineans. "Ilia MnJeNty'a Rovcrnmont ha therefore authorized n tulno-layluR policy In certain areaa mid a nystem of mine flelda haa been eatabliahed and Is lielnc duplicated In n conald- urablo scale. "In order to reduce the risk to noifcutubatuutit tho admiralty an nounces that It Ih dangerous honce forward for shlpa to cruaa tho area between Latitude 52, IS north and fil.40 north and LoitRltudo 1.35 cast and 3 cast. In this connection It must bo remembered that tho south ern limits of the German nilno field la Latitude S2 north. AlthoiiRh theso limits nre assigned to tho dattRcr area It must not bo supposed that naviga tion la safo In any part of tho south ern watern pf tho North Soa. Instruction!) havo been Issued to bin majesty' ships to warn cnRt-go-Ink' vessels of thu prcscuco of thta new mine fluh. GREAT BRITAIN TO LAY MINES IN CERTAIN SECTIONS ft ioo 'io loo Two x CEASE EXPORTS OF FOOD STUFF 0 WA Z H Holland Agrees to Prevent Shipments to Germany r.nd Other Belligerents Simplifies Differences Arising From Shlu Search and Seizure of Cargoes Friction Eliminated. LONDON, Oct. ', 1 :l.'i p. m. Hoi hind has given ai-inniicc that it will prevent the expoi latum of footUtuifs lVoui llollitud to Germany or to other countries now ut mir. ThU action liv the Hutch foveriuueut "reatly simplilii'M the dilference wliieh have arisen eoneeiniii" eart;oeh of food destined for the N'ctlicrhtud and makes it possible for the llritish gov ernment to cease the scixuie and in vestintion of nirvnes of foodstuffs eoiiMuued to Dutclt dealers. The decision will eliminate also the friction eauned hy the seizure of fooditutfrt hound from the United State to Itotterdam. It ii doerihed as 'iiitifvin both lo the llritish for eign -eeielnry, Hir Kdwiud Grey, mid the American anibn'ndor, Walter Mines Paee, who have been eonferr- i ins daily n to what shipments may ihe properly considered contraband. A ureal pereeuliiKe of the American exports to Holland is wheal and other foodstuffs, the hiatus of which i in unit tlinr.iiK.lili di.f llli'il. The llritish mid American xovem incuts nic still exe'ian-'iu'- rcpresen- tntiniw rcKiinliuir euois-r and some other coinmoditicx shipped from Ameriemt eompuiiie and considered as eoulrabuud of war. Much Ameri emt eopiier shipped lo Dutch ports is reported as Viiif; sent for sale in the open market without consignment to u definite customer. Great Jlrit niu ivh for Ihe copper seized mid Hie ipicstiou has uricn whether Mich seizure is an iuterritiitiun of trade, inasmuch ns the ear.'o i not defin itely sold uml hilled to n delimited firm. HONOLULU, T. II., Oct. 2. The llritish ICestrol, which arrived here today from the Kauuiut; islands, re ports that the cable station there was destroyed hy the (lermnn cruiser Nu rnh ur'. The cutting of communication bo tween Vancouver and Australia was reported last month, mid it wits sup posed then that the Xuruhur?, which had left hero not Ion-,' before, was re sponsible. MILES 10 LIFT CURTAIN ON LONDON, Oet. '-, 'ItlO a. in. A eorresiKdidcut of the ('en- " (nil Neds at Calais, wlio has re- tuiucd from a tour near the al lies' Iclt, hv: "Wi.liinit di-elysin,. militnrv secrets, I run say that I have seen i.,miy thiiiKs that remove 11113' mis'j'iviiiKs us to the out come, of the battle. The moment is near when the curtain will he lilted on the greatest drama ever seen ip war. The German lij-lit will" i in extreme dan- BIT." ft IILIILIN, Oet. 'J. hv wireless to Sayville, L. I. According to an nouncement made in Merlin today, the great .battle in France is Mill unde cided. The Germans nrv described as hammering the French position at numerous points with their heavy nr tillcry. Thu attempt-, of the ullie to break through thu German lines huvo been repulsed. Tho heaviest Iimsc havo been in the Argoune region. The Gorman continue t.o make, steady progre.sa. In the fighting before Antwerp the German urtillen litis silenced two of, the Helgiau forts. German troop captured thirty aeroplanes sent froia France lo Belgium. In the eastern iireua the Itussimi' offensive movement from the Niemen river against the Germans in the province of Suwalki is declared to have failed. It is officially reported that the Itiissiau fortress of Oo wetr., in Kussiau Poland, was bom barded hy the Germans until Septem ber 'J."i. The fighting in France, the siege of Autwcni nnd the offensive operation under Gcncrul Von Ilindenbcrg, all going on ut the same time, nre taken in Itctiin to indicate that (he Gentian a nny is not lacking in men. A statement given out in Jleilin mivi that about 1120 officers of the Itussiun annie nro held its prison-' ei" of war in detention in Germany. CINGCADE WEDS AETER DIVORCE Ilarrv 1'ingl ade, policeman, mid Laura Woodloy, n waitress at tho Medford hotel, were married ut Yreka, Oil., this morning, according lo u telegriiin received by A. W. Wal ker. Three weeks ago Uingcade sc oured a divorce front his wife on the ground of cruelty. lie will not re turn lo HiU city, according to hi frielids. There is a state law prohih iling the marriage of a divorced cou ple within u year of the time of tho issuance of the divorce. Cjugeadu mid hi bride went to Abhlaud Thursday afternoon and took the afternoon southbound train for California. He did not resign from Hie police force--jiint left with u farewell to Hie chief. A '.peeial fill ed his place last night. Ilollt thu eon trading paitic aie well known in this city. Mrs. Ciuucuiiu was manicd leu (lay iigu, mid since (hat lime has been in Ahlani mid noilliciu Cali fornia. Siucii I lien liu luu not ie turned lo I lii cily. l'0ecuor Kellv millMUliei'd llii iiimmug llml if I'illiiT of Ihe illinienil iulliu iimim vMllilu Ihe juiUilinlioii of JacUoii i'oiiiiIj Munmil I'r Hieii ii'l under Hie li- Jiih Mould he UiiH'd BERLIN ASSERTS TWO ANTWERP FORTS SILENCED H WON DILL A REVIVER Republicans Assert Anti-Trust Meas ure Is Step Backward Declare the President Ignorant of Its Sinister Results and That Administration Has Surrendered to Wall Street. WASHINGTON, Oct. '.'.Senator Norris, republican, led the attack on the Clayton trust hill conference re port in the senate today, reiterating Hint the conference managers had "pulled the teeth of the hill" and made it a "Sunday vcliool statute." Senator Claop, republican, declar ed the report was an "absolute step backward." He ouoted from Presi dent Wilson's pre-election speeelitfs to -.how that the president was oppos ed to theorv of trust regulation hy governmental commissions, vvhivh, he said, was the theory on which the administration's anti-trust prog tain -was framed. "Since tiiis conference report came in," said lie, "I am convinced it is part and nnrccl of u general policy of which the president may be itr norunt: of which the conferees may be tguonpit which will nut the gov ernment back into the hand of big business. Itut I don't believe Hint the president or the conferees have con sciously surrendered to big business. I believe that the president i, ns u former president was once described, tin amiable veutlcmau surrounded bv men who kuon- what they, wont atn how to get it' Senator Clapp said. He added that the president wns too enerosscd with other problems of international import to give proper consideration to the Clayton bill. Senator Hristiiw replied, saying: "1 am convinced that tho president has surrendered his administration to the most sinister influences in this re public. There has been no adminis tration vincc Hie beginning of this government, which has so ubjeetly surrendered to the Wall Street inter ests as thin administration'' TO SETTLE 10 WASHINGTON, Oct. 'J. The eotiu eil of generals representing nil de ments, in Mexico will convene ut Agnus Cnlientcs, October 10, accord ing to official udviees iceeived hero today, with a purpose of settling all difficulties. It will bring together for the first time a full representation of General Villa's adherents with those from Currnnzu mid Zapata. Stae department officials wete ttnahlo to estimate the effects on Ihe political conference in Mexico City on tho approaching meeting of thu military chiefs. It was assumed that nothing will he done of fiir-ieuehing couscipienco before the Agnus Culientes confer ence has assembled and indieuted wliut degree of support can he ex pect eil for the policies adopted by thu Mexico City convention. Official reports told of the opening of tho convention in Mexico City, but gave no indication of the outcome. I ENLISTS AS HE MONTHDAL, (Juo., Oct. 2. Dr. John (Jcortu Aduiul, one of thu world' fiiiuoiu authorltleu on tuber cuius), luu diluted km a private- III the hutlullmi which la lido raUud ut McGIII HuDerally fur nvivlco III IJn rope. Dr Adaiul pelded Vr It' I VOU liiluiuulluiul tubeuiulosla eon. MU In WalilnKlmi Mild Imi iH shoMvtfil Mill liulim bcraUiO ut III KOUMi(U Wulk, DGD1SS MEXICAN HIES CRISIS OCTOBER