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MEDFORD. OlfKOON, MONDAY, OGTOBKIt 5, 1M
NO. 1(8
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RUSSIA CLAIMS GREAT VICTORY IN H DAYS BATTLE ON RIVER NIEMAN
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CZAR
CAPTAINS
AM IN HELD
Great StrtiQulc of War in pastern
Field to Follow Defeat of Germans
at Nieman Invasion of Poland
Falls Three Million Men to le En
liayetl In Comlr.j Battle.
pltroorad, ().-!. :.. -i:iHiir
Nicholas, ennniliilidei' ill chief of tlio
Kiiiuu unities has arried at tint
heiiibpinitcrs nf Hit1 active army.
This inl'iii tiuilioii wan giwu out to
day fiinii gcnetnl hcadipiailcrs.
I'KTItnUKAl), Oct. I, lu London,
IM. .1. In Russian military circles
il ix fell that tin Russian gencinl
staff in 1 1 1 1 v able In uuntyrc ami will
Im- nlili' ti forestall Hit) intt'iiilril (ler
man iimisiou of Russia.
Gcrtunu Ilefentnl
In spite of tin- gienl itiiMrtitiit't (if
Hit" light day liattli between General
lt'niH'iikitniift on the Russian !
ami General Von lliudcnhurg mi the
Gentian side, which has just come In
an t'lnl ami in which Hie OerinuiiH
wen iml only nnl successful in cross
ing llm Riwr Nii-ini'ii according to
iiMirls 1 1 ere, lint wcic driven liark
with heavy Insse to tin' frontier, los
ing the cntiio province of Suwnlki,
excepting Hid ton n ol that name, it
is I In- opinion of Kiumiui observers
that tin' Germans iuli'inli'il this costly
ami fut ilr drimuistrnliou to draw the
Russian troop from Knot Poland as
a iiri'liniiniiryy tii their main object
ir. ThN, an revealed hy lln prcht-nt
fighting near Wnrstiw, wax an at
li'iiiit In 'take Warsaw ami thence
moi' southward to outflank tin' Rus
sian a i my, which, having occupied
(lalii'ia, is now inoiuvg through link
nwinn into Hungary. It is declared
hero that this intent has been mink'
iniMiHiliu hy (lie hail condition of
tin- mini. The hi'avy German arlll
lory Mink iulo ihe roadways ami
I'otihl not no on. Nor Iiiih Iho Cl-r-until
attempt to take tin1 offensive
at Cracow Unix far lirrn pioductlu'.
Until Moiurtli I'rrscnt
Tin' n-Mirlnl presence nf mperor
William in Marl Prussia ami the de
parlnri' of F.uipcror Nicholas for Hip
I ronl In lal.cn here In einpliasie tin'
tremendous inipiiiliuii'i' of tlm im
pi'mlinc haltK't nhicli laav h' the lii
(iit I'onllii't of llin war up to thi'
pri'-rnl fiino in rilln'r tlio wi'htriu or
tlm I'lihti'in art'iias. Thrrt' million
nirii, il in I'htiimiti'il in I't rj;riiil, will
lie I'npap'il.
ItiiHiuiiK lit'lii'M- thai if tlic (Icr-miin-Aiislriiin
army in Ufi-ati'il at
Crai'ow tlm war will hu virtually vv.
tlranli'il thin iltifi-iil, they ilt'i'lnii'
Ihcin will tlii'ii he iiiMiffioiriit fori't'S
It'll to hIi'iii tlm Itiihhlnn invasion of
Sili'sin, ami tlii'iii'u to llichlau ami
Hi'ilin, as ui'll an Ihn ltussinn nil
vaniuth llinmli Crai'ow to 'iumin ami
tlirotiith Traiixylvaniu to ltntlii lVnt.
JAPANESE SEIZE
I'KKINU, Del. (I, 1:1111 a. in. The
.liipnuene cavalry, the advance niinnl
of lite truopH that oceupyintr Hie
(Icnuuii.ouiicd railway connecting
Ihe (Icruian IciimM posKCMhiou of
Kiao'Chow with ThUNiiii, in Ihe went
of SIhiii-Tuiik, Iiiih icaclictl 'IVintf
Chow, lliiity-l'ivn iiiilc went of Wei
llfieu.
Tim .lapaiii'Mi leualloii Iiiih prom
I-.C dllm Cliimfe foieiun nil ice thai
.1 m i.i ii woiilil occupy Ihe rallmiy uilh
I liit I'l'Nfxt lioopx poxkihle, who would
ii'iniiiii clnc In Ihe line ami llml
eiviliiiii raili'imil uii'il uuiilil Im
hi'iiuwhl I'ioiii Jnpiiu In duphii'it Ilia
Mllllll'l' mh illllll in Mim pomiihlit.
I'liillii'i', all Ihn t'liiiM'!' railroiiil i'lii
(ciwHuuviJ tJ ay two,)
AGAINST KAISER
GERMAN
OWNED
CHINESE RAILROAD
OUTER FORTS AT
ANTWERP FALL
STATES UN
Belgian Statement Contradicts Ger
man Claim, Statlnn Situation With
out Change Vlctcry on Nieman
River Also Claimed Indian Troops
Off North Progress, Says Kaiser
ANTWKIM', lfelKiiiiii, M. .'., via
l.omlnn, 1:1111 p. rn. At riling to of
fii'ial iinnoiiiicciiu'iit niaili' lii'ii' loilav,
thi' Hiliialion of thi' forllfii'i pimitioiiM
aroiiinl AnlM'n nniniim today with
out rliiinp'.
IIKHI.I.V. (h't. fl, hy win-li-sH to
Sayulli'. An nffii-ial rrport fimii
tlm (li'iinan army hi'inlipiarti'rH iin.vs
(Iml in tin' n'ii'P' of Antwerp th' f"r,M
of l.ii'ir, W'lii'lhiin ami KoiiiiiKhhoyckt
ami Hit' iiiti'imi-iliatn nilonhtH, with
thirty u'Iiiin, havi' ln'i'ii taki'ii.
"TIiiih a hrrai'li him limMt iiiihK' in
llir oiili-r I'iii'lii of fortH," the report
iiiMk, "rt'inlfiinc an attack on Hit)
imiiT ciii'li' of fortH anil tin.' town
itM'lf Mssilte."
IliiKslnii llefr.il Clnlnml
Near Atiiinlnw, the thinl Siberian
nml parlx of the luenlv-heenml Has
hian army eiinit, eompoiin the left
win of the ItuxMnn army, on itohm
inu the Nii:nii'ii river, were ilefeatrtl
after a furious liattlu litMlng two
lll.VH.
More than 'JOllO uuwoumleil ltus
hiaitH weie miiilo priHimerx ami a
Inre ipiuntitv of kmuh ami iiuieliiiie
pinx wrru naptiin'il."
Olhur pit'hw matter civi-n out in im
fieial ipinilers nii.vh:
''The foren f native troop from
HrilNIi Imlia, reeeullv lamled at Mar
ecith'i, has left that Hiit for the
uuiiliwanli
"Mrili-li Nhipx have arrhcil at l.is.
hou ami are pnihahlv tlestinel to
Iraiifport l'orttiKtiese triaips. I'orlu
KiiI'k eicoperatiiiu in the war in im
minent, the mnliiliratinu of the 1'ort
UKiiexe I'tireet, it U lielieetl, Inning
lietii ordered nu the demand of the
Hntiidi K')veriiiiu'iit.
the Uiimaiiian crown prince luis
(Continued on Paso 6)
If 10 WASHINGTON
WAHIIINUTON. Oct. 5. John It.
Hllllnniii. cuiihuI nt Hnltlllo, nnj I'roH-
lilout WtlHon'n perHoiinl roirchcntu
tlvo In Mexico, Iiiih not advised tlio
liroMilenl or tlio objective, it tlio
hurried trip, ho Ih making to Wnsh
tiiRtoii, lie nuked tlio ntnto depart
meat for iennlnlon to como without
NayltiK why, and Is oxpectvd hero to
morrow. OMi'IuIh hero nro payliiR llttlo at
tention to tlio flKlitliiK around Nneo
between Governor Maytoromi and
(Icnerat 1 1 111. i
LONDON READY
LONDON, Sept. -. (correspond
unco of tlio AsMicinted Press.)
Tests over London last night proved
that searchlights' can delect a Zeppe
lin even iu foggy wealher.
Incidentally the populace derived
great amusement from the experi
ments, It was the, lirsl foggy night of the
last month not a thick, pea soup
fog such as November and December
bring, hut a very marked fog, The
llritish alrnliip which has been mak
ing nxpciiiiiciilal llighls over London
hy day and hy night the lal foil
night iiiadn her appearance at dusk
mid Mailed iivcr (he city scwrnl
hoili'M, Hcaiidilighls wnn lialneil
I'd n 1 1 siucinl sliiileglu ioIiih ami
llicy iiiaiiiigcil In follow' her whoever
he wciil, Much of Ihe time Iheiii
wcic Ihii kIiiiIU plii)nu nil I lie liiu
blVViU WUligu.iillUH'd viull, ttpd
, -. W'J vnx Jvy rf!i$L 7
S -- kSIW IrT. STATU tL S (,, IV
TURKEY INSISTS
OF ITS TREATIES
WASHINGTON, Oet. 5.-Nolwith-htandin
Ihe protrM of the Hiwrn,
including the United States, Ihe
Turkish government in oarr,iti out
ita program for the ahroKatiou of
tlio capitulations already luci pro
ceeded to put iulo effect the new nlid
increased uiiHtoms rates proposed to
replace tlio low arhitran' rates fixed
iu the capitulatioiiH.
Ak An iudieatioii of the c,ml feel
ing iu Turkey toward America, Ain
dasHiulor M'orKeuthait today advised
the Htnte department that Oetoher 1.
the day the abrogation of the capitu
lations went into effect, he ami Ihe
minister of war went to Hubert col
lec, an American institution, and
theru arranged for the adiuNMon of
a special class- composed of the min
ister's brother and his two sons.
FOR ZEPPELINS
they k,ept her in sight wien she diop
ped down near to ihe roof of high
huildiiigs', nml followed her upward
course and her sudden turns and
windings. Many thousand people
were, out in Ihe streets gnzing on the
spectacle.
It has been believed that the Zep
pelins will ehnose a foggy day for n
raid on Lniidoii, if they attempt such
ft hazardous exploit, juM as the
llritish flying men took advaulagc of
it thick misl fur their flights across
llelgiiini into (leiiuuiiy, when homhs
tvyi'o dropped on Duseldorf, and, h
iulslaki uu Miieslriiilh, iu Holland.
Dvcjry picpnialloii has been made
III give the Zeppelins a warm recep
tion ll'.lhey lilt ado llugllhli air. Aeio
pluiies fully eipilppt'd for lighting are
kil Irf iciii'nii anil could he ihiiicIi
ill HU lire tWgiili' nil the nhnkv nf
I lie lcll, If CIhiiii of uu iipiioiiehliiu
Zvijivlli i fviil unt,
UPON ABROGATION
TOO MUCH MODKHX HKHMAN
I
A SILENT JMIOTEST.
LONDON, Oct. .'., 10:1(1 n. m.
Russian reports indiente that the (Icr
ninu offensive toward the Niemen
river from the Hast Prussian fron
tier has ended iu a (iennan rout after
the battle, of Aitgustowo, under way
since September-.). If these icports
are true, it means that not only has
General Henuckampff been given an
opMirtunity to resume the offeiiMc
but tlio important fortress of Osso
wetz. has been relieved fnuu invest
ment. An official statement from the
commamlaut of the German fortress
nt Koenigsberg", however, directly
contradicts the Italian report and
the Herlin version of the lighting',
though it does not localize it iu; par
ticularly as the Ilussinn report, niain
tuiiw that the Germans along the Kast
Prussian frontier have generally
been victorious.
As was expected, hiihseipient re
ports have discredited the rumor that
Ihe Russians were investing Cracow.
It was hardly possible for the Mus
covite forces to have reached there
in Mich a short time, hut a report
that Cossacks havo reached the
neighborhood of Cracow is distinctly
cnidihle, as the famous Russian eav2
airy is showing an ability to cover
tin) same wide field of operations as
tlio I'hlaiis in the western war arena.
UNITED IN DEATH
INSTEAD OF'MARRIAGE
WILLOWS, Cal Oel. .'. fiiilcd
HI tlealli instead of (he muiTaigc tie
I hey had planned, Henry Cutler, n
clcik, nml Mis Hhiiiche itiihliilt were
fniiml lilVlt'Hft today in mi niiloiiiobila
Iwi'lic inilen wel nf hcic,
HHII pliuiieil In Cuvier' liuml uu
till iiilloiiinlic pnl. k uppoH'il
lie thai Die j(il mid llli'il coiilllilllvd
ulvlvlVi
RUSSIANS
CLAIM
GREAT VICTORY ON
RIVER
NIEMAN
CUIi'IJRK.
,S. Y. Ilrrtld.
TO
EOF
E BILL
WASHINGTON, Oct. .V Cancan
action to expedite the passage of the
wnr revenue bill through the senate
was practically agreed on today by
democratic leaders after democrats
of the finance committee has captur
ed their rewsiou of the measure, as
it piisst.t the house.
Perfecting' the stamp tax features,
the committeo determined to elimin
ate tlio proHsed tits on casualty in
surance, life insurance taxes having
been stricken from the bill Saturday.
As completed the measure provides
for the tax of $1.3(1 per barrel on
beer, 'JO cents a gallon on sweet
wines, 8 cents on dry wines, 1 cent
n gallon on gasoline, 50 cents per
horsepower on automobile sales, $2
(Continued on page two.)
F
LONDON, Oct. 5, 2:13 a. in. Tlio
Antwerp correspondent ot tlio Dally
Telegraph, telegraphing regarding
tlio fighting around Antwerp under
ditto ot Saturday, Hays:
"Tlio (jcriuaiiB continue, their of
fortH to capture Antwerp. They aro
In a dosporato hurry to accomplish
It, pounding away uncoaaliiBly with
their artillery at Korts Wuellioui and
Wavro-St, Catherines and dinging
their Infantry forward Iu frautlc ef
forts to break through,
"Their ocs havo been enormous
and tlm number killed uro uHtlmatcd
a u high " 8000 dining tlio prevent
movement.
"Tlio llclgluiiH adopted a clover
rumi ut Wuellieiu, After thu bom
landmen! had lunled kuvurul hour
thu fort reimcd u reply, whereupon
Ihn (lurnmu luff, thinking thu fort
out of iii'llon, in tiered tlio Infantry to
HlltHIH'O III t'OMt forillUlloil, ThH IK'N
glvu yuuiivu wniM uutll tkty vuuli)
A
R H
PASSAG
WA
RFVFNU
RANTIC
ATM
ALLIES RESUME
OFFENSIVEUPON
BELGIANBORDER
Fiflhtir2 in Procress Around Oonai
Decisive Action Looked For to End
Three Weeks' Battle Germans in
Eastern Prussia on Defensive
Cossacks Invade Hungary.
LONDON, Oct. .'., 1 :1.- p. m. The
fact that fighting is in progress in
and around the town of Doiiai, mid
way hew teen Arrn ami Valenciennes,
on Ihe railroad to Mons, is taken in
loiiilon to show how surely the allien
in northern France have piixhcd the
forward movement they hope will en
velope General Von Kiuek, comman
der of the German right wing-, in n
net o steel.
For the la-t week the Germans, so
far as eun be iisi-erlained froai the
few facts known in London, have
been vainly hurling themselves
against different iwjinU in the allied
line in an effort to tli.-covcr a weak
ine-h iu the net. At the present, time,
in the view of General Joffre, com-maiider-iu-chiff
of the French force,
the process of attrition has gone far
enough to justify the resumption of
oftciisno movements on the part of
the allies, as is announced in the lat
est communication from French
headquarters.
To Itesumo Offensive,
Apparently the intent now is to at
tempt bomcthing decisive against the
German right wing mid if possible
brill'' to an end this contest which
for magnitude mid stubbornness is
without precedent in history.
The scries uf highlands slretehins
north ami south nlou the allied left
are the master keys of the battle, and
ti considerable force from over-seas
and elsewhere has been pushed up to
secure control of them.
At Soi-j-ons', the German trenches
already havo been captured, but the
Germans continue to fight fiercely
and are still attacking at this point
as elsewhere along the entire line of
battle, which their latest official re-
(Continued on Page HI
TWELVE PERISH IN
INE
III RM INGHAM, Ala., Oct.
Twelve men are known to he
dead
and twelve iujuied as a result of an
explosion today iu the Mulga mines
of the Woodward Iron company, 18
miles northwest of Hirmiugham.
Four of the miners killed were
white and the remainder were ne
groes. Rescue gangs were organized im
mediately after the explosion, but all
of tlio bodies have not heeu recov
ered.
see tlio whites of thoir oyes and then
oponed a murdoroua tiro.
"Thus far tlio forts lu tlio outer
ring ot tho Antwerp dofcusoa havo
suffered a llttlo harm from tlio Ger
man bombardment. Tlio Gorman
big gnus aro not being worked by
regular soldiers, but by men In citi
zens' clothing, who woar only an arm
lot to Indicate thoir military occupa
tion. Undoubtedly thosa men are
employes of tho Krupp factory, hast
ily summoned to roplueo tlio losses
ainpng thu regular gun-layers. Tho
heaviest German guns am lorated
north of Vllvorde, whurn foundation
of reinforced concrete huvo been pre
pared.
"Thu derma n shells huvo practical
ly wiped out most of tlio little vjllsgus
mid hamlets In lliu outer circles of
the Antwerp duftuiMis, 'j'lio Germans
I hold Malliivs, although ut m
heavy coil, as the town U ubjtt to
u onlBiit bomburdwi'iit row tti
Autwip fil'
UPON
ANTWERP
EM SESSION
FOR NOVEMBER
NOT SCHEDULED
President Outlines Legislative Pro
gram for Remainder of ScssfoM
October 15 Fixed as Date for Ad
journment Legislation for Winter
Comprises Bills New Pending.
WASHINGTON, Oct. .',. Outlining
tlio legislative program for the re
mainder of the session of congress,
President Wilson told callero today
that no extra session iu November
was contemplated. He added that
only some extraordinary emergency
would necessitate an extra session
following adjournment of the short
session iu March.
The president said the war tax bill,
the Clayton anli-trust bill and tlio
Alaska coal leasing hill would com
plete the important work for the
present session. October 1.7 is tlio
date tentatively agreed on.
Asked about threats bv Represen
tative Henry of Texas to fight
against an adjournment until cotton
relief measures were passed, the
president said that the membership
of the house, rather than Mr. Henry,
would decide when to adjourn.
For the next session the program
as outlined by the president will in
clude the Alexander ship purchase
bill, the Philippine bill, the genet ul
leasing bill, the general land bill, the
general dam bill ami the usual ap
propriation bills.
Regarding the presidential primary
bill, which he favors, the president
said today that he had held several
conferences on the subject mid had
found them would be great complex
ity in framing the details iu order not
to conflict with stnte election laws.
He said it would he difficult to com
plete the legislation this congress, but
that he was still at work on the sub.
jeer.
The president said he did not think
it necessary to act on the safety at
sea convention during the present
session. The Revburn. securities in
sued bill also probably will go over
until the next session.
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WASHINGTON. Oct. 5. Itcprc
sentatlve A. Mitchell Palmer, demo
cratic candidato for United States
senator from Pennsylvania, appeared
today before tho senate elections
committeo lu connection with tho In
vestigation into the campaign ot
Roger C. Sullvan, democratic candi
dato lu Illnols und Senator Dolso
Penroso, republican candidato for ro
nomlnatlon lu Pennsylvania.
Mr. Palmer gavo Information re
lating to protectlvo organizations of
manufacturers iu Pennsylvania, al
leged to bu financially Interested la
tho Ponroso campaign.
Itepresoutnttvo Itupley, progres
sive of Pennsylvania, also was on thu
conuultteo'a witness list-
Represntntlvo Palmer declarod that
a congressional Investigation wan
welcomed in the Pennsylvania situa
tion; that both tlio state corrupt prac
tices act and the- federal law sail
boon violated. Political conimittaoa,
ho said, hud refused to make public
their receipts and disbursements.
Ho produced letters from tho
Poniisylvaula protective union lead
ing to show taut It had ben organ
ized to promotu tho candidacy wf
Heuutor Penrose, Manufactures Im
Pittsburgh hIoiio, Mr. Palmar
sorted, hat bwm nmtu4 1S9,MW
by this protvetiVtf hhImh Im W
Hlor Pnuroso's raNdldsef. J I
nine Hid mmmll Mr, trnttm
lug lo huvt) jwe rm Om Vmmri
vaa IMsll Mnt m' Am&
IIhh, wh m intlmH-ktwH miff
uwl t Mr. m,
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