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MEDFORD. OlUSCfOX, TUESDAY, OCTOBER u 1H14
NO. 109
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ALLIES EXTEND LEFT WING NORTH OF LILLE WHILE MIKADO'S
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UNE OF BATTLE
EXTENDS NORTH
EIGHTY MILES
Left Wliiu of Allies Extending More
mill More Widely Between Somme
nntl tlc Olse, Alternate Advances
and Withdrawals German Attack
Near Sass'ny Falls.
PARIS, Oct. 0, 3:04 p. in. Tim
following orieliil communication wns
t;l lit In Pails thin nflernoen:
"On our left wing Uio front In ex
lending morn ninl moro widely. Very
Important innHMcit of Gorman cavalry
liavn Ikmhi reported In tlm environs
of l.lllo, coming front forces of tho
oiiomy which urn making u iiioutnotit
In tlm region to tlm north of tlm Him
between Tourcolng, (In tlm depart
ment of tho north, seven miles north
cast or Mile), unit Arnirntlcrvn, (nlttu
miles northwest of l.lllo.)
(ii'itiiiiii Attack 1'nilit
In Dm vicinity of Arrim ami on
tlm rlKlil bank of tlm river Hointim
I lio sliuatlon sIiowh little rhnngo. Ro
ta ecu tho Sommo nud tlm Ainu there
Imvo been alternate advances nml
withdraw nlm Nuar l.ntialmty tlm one
my unilertook nn linportnnt attack,
s li loll, however, failed.
"On tho right hnnk of tho Alsno,
north of Holwions, wo hnve, with tlm
cooperation of tlm llrltlsh army,
itimlii a slight iiilvanro. Wo alio
made boiiio progress In tho vicinity of
ltcrry-uu-Uac.
"Thorn In nothing to report from
tlm rout of tho front.
"In Helghim tho Helghm force,
defending Antwerp have occupied
strongly tlm Htm between tho Hhor
Itupel ainl tlm Itlver Nelho; against
thin line tho ntluckH of tho Germans
havo failed.
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LONDON', (VI. O.-N'u oonfinnu
linii has enim 1'ioni miy Oonniin
Hiiiri'o of tlm reported rrumvel liy
I Impel or Williiini of Field Marshal
Von Mollko from the post of chief of
I lie (termini general staff nml Dip
succession hy .Major General Von
voighln-lthclj'., This story was re
ceived ill London Inst night from
Anihleidnin. General Von Voighls
l(hct, according to mi official nn
nomieemeiit from lleilin Inst Sulur
ilny, was iccoiitly appointed ipiurtcr
mister general "' I'm (Ionium tinny
in place of General Von Stein, who
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Illlll IM'I'II gl.CII lUIIMIIIIIIU III llll llllllj
OOlS,
Fieneh lumps nie well established
ill Alsace, according to n news dis-
pnleli from I lei foul, Franco, nml the
(Iciiiinn foii'PK I ie lore them are not
numerous. Aimllier newspaper cor.
icNpomlcnt telegraphs tluit tho
Fieneh 1110 forlificil in excellent po
hilionH in Hid Vosges.
A MTond Hussion iirmy U now
lliieiitening Ilia town of llusj-.t, in
custom Hungary, according to
nous dispatch from Koine, lluszt Is
foity milcH from tlm lioiindary of
(liilicin, near Ilia crest of tho Cur
piilliinn inoiiiilniiiK.
Tlm day ho far has hi ought no
neuri from the hiiuiio of operations hi
llm ciiHlcrii nrou of tlm war, iiIoiik
tlm fleritinn-llti.-ihinn center, whore a
lintllc of viihlcr proportioiiK than the
mo in nnrlliciifctcrn Franco in unit! o
he nliont lo lieyin. Kmpcror NicholiiK.
im at llm Itiibhinn front nml llm im
pending coinhiit inny hecomo of nn
iicmi inipoiliiiicc.
DYSENTERY EPIDEMIC
BREAKS OUT IN BOHEMIA
I'AUIH, Oel. II, I ill) p. in. Ill n
ilUpnlcli from llomc llm eoiichponil
cut of llm llnvnx aucimy hji.vh it In
i cioilcd fiom Vlcnnn Mini nn epl
ilcnilii of d,cilli'l'.v Ihih hi'oken mil in
Jlolivinlii ami Moutvlii,
VON
MOLTK
HAV
WITH KAI ER" SARMY
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ISLES IN PACIFIC
Bluejackets Land on the Marshall
Group Assurances Given Japan Is
Not Violating Promise to Confine
Content to Orient Islands Used
as Base for German Cruisers.
WABIIINOTON. Oct. C Japan
linn no dcHlKn to violate In nny Hcnne
tho iindertnklni; nhu Kave at tho he
KlnnliiK of tlm wnr to conflno Imr
military oporntloiiM to tlm Far I'nxt.
the JnpaneMo cmliamiy hero announced
today, and tlm landing of Jnpniicim
bluojackctn on Jalnlt Inland, one of
tlm MarKhall Kronp of (icrmnn Pa
cific IhIiwiiIh, In recorded at tho oin
tinBhy hero an fully within tho ncopo
of tint plede.
Without direct nthlcoH from Toklo
on tlm Hiibjcct, tlm official nro lonfl
dent that tlm nolo purpoiu of the
Japaimim lamlliiK In tlm Mumhall
Inlnmln wan to protect commerce;
prlvllcKO npcclally rcucrvcd In the
Jnpancno tindertakliiR. It In known
that Jaultilt had hecn iiinde a haim
for Herman eminent In tho Honth Pa
cific which were pre) Inn on llrltlnh
and Jnpancno cotnnmrco. It In Mid
too that largo qnnntltmn of ntippllcn
had Itcen Ktlicrcd there hy tho (Sur
man government.
.Ia;w Don't Want lUtirin
ArcordlnK to tlm undurntandliiR
here, tlm Jnpunrno have no inirpoKc
or dcnlro to retain ponncftMon of tho
Mam'liull Kronp, an wan cyldent hy
tho dentrnrtlon of tlm German forti
fication", nnnn and nnimunltlon
found there, which certainly would
have been retained If tho Japanese
denlKited to entnhllHli thcmnclven per
manently. An noon an further unn of
Jalnlt an a Cerman hano of nuppllen
linn heen rendered liuponnlhle, It In
expected that tlm InlandH will ho vn
tated hy the Jnpancno though a cruU
er tuny ho left on guard there, or al
lowed to pnnN Into llrltlnh ponnesilon
an wan (Icrmnn Samoa.
Kahle ndvlcen to the cmbanKy from
Toklo liearlug on tho complication
that haH arlneii helweeu China and
Japan over the neUuro hy tho latter
of tho Hhan-TiuiR Hallway, net forth
tho Japaneno contention that thin ac
tion wan.no moro In lolntlou of Chi
netm neutrality thnti wan tho landing
of troopn In tho neighborhood of
Tnlng-Tau.
Ilnilioads Ovtncri Uy (irrnmiin
Though nominally owned hy n pri
vate corporation, It In declared that
the railroad wan nctunlly a German
governmental property and an nucli
wan nubject to nolzuro hy Japan as
nny part of tlm German property or
fortlflciitlonn at Tnlng-Tau. Tho rnll
rond nlxo wan nald to ho absolutely
uorennary to the development of tho
JapnnoKo plan of campaign ngnlnnt
tho Gorman naval ntntlon and lta out
lying defonnes.
Tho Chlneno government Itself wnn
declnred to ho thoroughly conversant
mnko no Ihhiio with Jnpnn on thorn,
further thnn It regnrdn nn necessary
to plnco on record tho fact that It has
ntilvcn to bo absolutely neutral In or
der to avoid ponnlblo futuro punish
ment at tho bands of Germany In tho
uveal that tho latter should In tho
end prove to ho victorious.
CONFEREES ACT
rrtpT
ON ALASKA BILL
WASHINGTON, Oct. C Final
iiRrcomcnt wuh reached In couforoncb
botwoon tlm houuo and senate on tho
Alaska coal laud leasing; bill, do
Hlgnod to open up tho coal rosomcoH
of Alaska. Tho conforonco report
eliminated senate amendmenta which
would have given claimants to these
coal lauds preferential rights. It re
tained most of tlm ho u no bill provi
sions, Tho conferees adopted tho senate
amendment to appropriate 100,000
for surveys and other work and
HKreud to make Krunllng of Iobsoh
ilUrretlnniiry with tho serretury of
the im vi lor, liibivutl of iiimitlittory.
HELD BY KAISER
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SP9UTING FRON UPON TIG TAU VICTORY ON BOTH
LASSEN'S CRATER REPORTED FAILURE! BATTLE FRONTS
CIlll'O, fnl., Oct. 0. -Hulls of
fire ninl llaines of ros ucre iecii
liiht iiioiit spouting fiom the craters
of LnBHcn I'eak. Therm iirelialls are
what the volciuioloninth call Ixmilm,
nml are Hiiperhcatcil boulders torn
liMwe from the throat of the erater
ami shot upwaiili hy explosioin of
hteam.
The streams lisini; on the snow
clad slopes of the mountain are
lirinpii! down so much rit, ash and
slime, that the initiation ditclics in
the valleys are becoming choked mid
the nl falfu fields uic bciu oveilaiil.
lliinelif r ami homesteaders have m-
titmncil the government for pcniiw
niou to build catchment basins on lint
Crook anil Lost Creek, thirty miles
down st i cam from the foot of the
mountain.
RUSSIAN REPULSE
LONDON', Oct. 11, 11:17 j. m.-Ac
cordiiiK to u incsMigc fiom Iludit
Pest, sny tlm Kcuter otirrospoudonl
at Ainstordaiii, the battles with tho
HussinuH who entered Hungary have
not yet been concluded, hut the Itus
sinus havo been repulsed at it fsiint
to tho northwest of MttrniuorosciKV
and at Tnmrkoez. Genuan troops
participated in the fighting.
Hctwceif I'olonn and Aknos, tho
HiiiiKiirittn dispateli says, llussinns
iiRuin nttctnptcd to break through tlw
allied Qcnnaii and Austrian lines,
but xvcro forced to retreat. Tho
Austrian mid Oonumt troops hotly
pursued tho Hussions and captured
many prisoners',
JURISTS PAY IRtBUTE
TO
CIXUINNATI, O., Oel. ll.-Promi-pent
jiiiH?tH,muliiiciubci. pjl the bar
from four stales paii) tribute lo tho
memory of jhe llite Justice Horace
II. l.urloii of the United States su
premo eolirt in the rooms of the cir
cuit cotut of appeals hero today. The
supreme court of tho United States
was lepresented by Associate Justice
William It. Day, who presided at the
exercises. On tlm bench with Justice
Day were Judges Warrington, Knap
pen mid DtmWon of tlm circuit coiut
of appeals, and praclically nil of (lie
federal dlxliicl court Judges of this
circuit. The Ohio Hiiprcnie com I
lit'iivli ul (ended in body,
AUSRIANS
CLAIM
NORTHEASTERN FRANCE-TODAY'S DISPATCHES
ALLIES' LINES EXTENDED NORTH TEN MILES BEYO NO LILLE
I'KKIN'O. M. (5, 7:i: p. in.--A
coiiiiiiiinicatioii received hero from n
Ocniiau source in Triur Tnu, the for
tified Ksition ur thi Kloo Chow ler-
ritory, muv that in a (Ipnnun sortie
last Friday iv'ght the flernians Ul
niio mnn killed and three wounded,
while twenty-live (icnuiius nr'c miss
in. N
The Mnti-li battleship Tnuniph,
nccordiug to this same infonuntioii,
lias participated in the bombardment
of Tsiiijr Tati.
A (iennan toriicdo boat recently
engaged with the Japanese has re
turned to the harbor, undamaged. The
(icnniiu gunboat Jaguar was slightly
damaged.
Information lias been obtained
fptm a reliable source that Inst night
the German authorities giive instrue
lions for the destruction of all rail
road bridges and stations still under
their control along tho lino running'
cns ad west through Khan Tung
province. The Germans endeavored
further to trmisfer nil the rolling
Kock of this lino to the Tien Tsin
J'ukow road, but tho Chinese hoard
of communications issued instruc
tions to prevent such transfer.
The Kussinu government, it is re
lated here, hns undertaken to find
capital for the Chinese government
for the construction of n railroad line
from Harbin to Hlngovicshtchcnsk,
with n brunch to Tsitsikhar, in Man
churia. A leecnt dispatch from Toklo said
tbnt in n suiiunse night attack
against the Jaoanese before Tsiug
Tnu, the Germans had forty-eight
men kjllcd. This same dispateli said
that four Japanese shells had struck
the Genuan gunhont litis, a sister
ship. of tho Jaguar, which retired to
the inner hatbor nftcr the CNcbiuge
of shots.
BUTTE OFFICIALS
BY
JIUTTB, Mont., Oct. 6. Sheriff
Timothy Drlncoll and Mayor Lewis J,
Duncan weru today found guilty of
neglect of their duties mid removed
from office by Judgo Royo Avers In
tho district court after a trial of tho
two rases which lasted moro than two
weeks.
MEXICAN RAIDERS ARE
REPULSED AT ESPERANZA
VF.UA CIll'Z, Mux., Oct. (). Mexi
can raiders, followers of Ocuuial
Aguillai', who appealed at F.permixii
josteidny, were driven off by the lo
cal uiiitUoii. Tlieio weio hut few
ctutiullictf,
IIKKLIN, Oct. 0, hy wirclc-is to
Soyulle, 1- I. An order of the day
written by General Von Hoohcn, pub
lifhed officially todny. says that
Fort Camp Des Itoiuaiiis, on the river
Meuse, near St. .Mihicl. after u iitim
bcr of hnrd fight-, Iiua been taken by
the Gerimins. Five French officers
nml more than .1(H) men were made
prisoners. The remainder of the
French force peri-bed in the ruins of
the eascmntes.
It is officially stated that the Hum
sians were completely defeated near
Suwalki and Augustowo, on the east
Prussian frontier, October J and '2.
The Germans made MOO prisoner?!
and captured eighteen cannon and
many machine guns.
The situation, it is announced, is
most hopeful everywhere for the Ger
mans mid Austrimis.
TURKISH
ENVOY
RUSTEN BEY LOST
NKW YOK, Oct. !. The where
abouts of A. llustein Hoy, Turkish
ambassador to the United States', and
his plans for returning to Kuropo
caused considerable sKeulation to
day at the offices of the Turkish eon
sul general here. Kusteui Hey came
to tliis city last Saturday from
Washington, with the announced in
tention of taking a boat for Europe,
but at noon today no accommoda
tions were reserved for linn on any
outgoing steamer.
Itustem Hey engaged passage on
the Sunt Anna for Naples yesterday.
The Sunt Anna wn due to sail this
afternoon. Later in the afternoon
the Turkish iimbas-ador letiirued to
the steamship offices and cancelled
his hooking. Still 'Inter in 'Hie day,
lliistcm. Hey caino bud; for tJicvthird.
time and re-engaged passage. Tills
morning ho eunevMcd Jiis, pTityugt'
COLORADO STRIKE
WASHINGTON, Oct. C, Prosl
dent Wilson and his cabinet today
consldorod tho Colorado strike situa
tion and as a result furthor efforts
will bo made to got the coal operators
to uccopt tho plan of settlement al
ready adopted by tho minors,
Secretary Wilson said a settlement
wus still bo I ii b sought along the linos
of tlm urUlnul plan und thut uo other
method, was III conlvmplRlJoU'
REFORMS FOR
MEXICO URGED
BY CARRANZA
Resignation Offered by Mexican
PuWic Schools From Proceeds.
Leader Promises Municipal Lib
erties, Division of Natural Lands
and Cuttini Uo of Large Tracts
MKXICO CITY, Oct. 0. -General
Vcuiistianu t'nrranza proposed the
following reforms for Mexico in the
statement which he submitted last
week, when offering his resignation
to a conference of eoiMitutionulist
general), and gov croon :
"Assurances of municipal liberties,
division of national lauds and of
lands which the government may pur
chase from Inrge holders, expropria
tion of lauds in the vicinity of mun
icipalities of oOO or more, the pro
ceeds, to he used in creeling schools,
markets nml courthouses; obliging
all large bit-iness interests lo pay
weckl in coin nil their employes;
limitation of hours of labor of Sun
day work; workmen compensation
laws for injuries; just taxation of
laud; tariff laws intended to help the
poorer classes; importation of ne
oeiticv, sneh us the couutry does
not cultivate, mid reformation of
banking laws to penult the establish
ment of state bank-."
General CnrrnnJi proposes giving
the marriage contract u civil char
acter, at the same time taking nwny
all undue intervention of state offic
ials; establishment of absolute di
vorce Inns when both parties con
sent and the general betterment of
the working eliisscs.
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PKTltOGHAD. Oct. C Tho follow
ing official statement was given out
today nt Russian general headquart
ers: "Tho Russian offensive campaign
continues. Tho fortified positions
(of tho enemy) on tho frontier are
under a heavy artillery fire. Tho
enemy has received reinforcements
from tho garrison at Kocnlgsborg.
There bus been particularly desper
ate fighting in tho vicinity of Uakal
argowo. "Railroads In East Prussia are
Crowded with troop trains and our
aerial scouts ronort nn uninterrupted
movement of Germans In a westerly
directions. German columns and
Gorman troop trains are withdrawing
across tho frontier."
JUDGE DAY HEARS
E
CINCINNATI-, Ohio, Oct. C As
80cla(o Justice William R. Day of tho
supreme court of tho United States
tjook a l!aco on tho bonch of tho cir
cuit court of appoals hero today to
hear nrgtmi6nts in tho appeal of
John II, Patterson, president and oth
er officials or former officials, of tho
National Cash Register company of
Dayton, convicted on tho chargo of
voluttng tho Shormuu anti-trust law,
No decUlon is expected for sovoral
months.
According to Judgo M, L. Femed
Ing, chief justice of tho Ohio court
of appoals, only ouco boforo In tho
history of tho United States has an
associate justice of tho supremo court
of tho United States presided over a
lower federal court, This wag dur
ing tho trial of Aaron Ilurr for trea
son In May, 1807, when Ohlof Justice
John Marshal of tho supremo court
sat lu tho district court ut Richmond,
Y,
RUSSIANS
RFPOR
GERMAN
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CONTINUES
AN
CAS
STAMP MS
UPONMEDICINES
VOTED IN BILL
Perfumes, Cosmetics and Chewing
Gum Included in War BevttHW
Measure Passenger Autos Only
Affected Tax Proposed Up
Amusement Halls and Theaters.
WASHINGTON, Oel. 0. Stamp
tnxcrf on proprietary medicines, cos
metics, perfumes mid chewing gum,
such ns were included in the Spanish
wnr taxes, were voted into tho war
revenue bill todny bv the dciuocratM
of the senate finance committee just
before the mettsnre wns turned over
t othc democratic senate caucus for
approval or revision.
The committee added the medicine
tax section to make up for a deficit
that their original revision of tho
ImiKe bill might cause, and nVso (o
increase the revenue i much as pos.
siblc, it being understood that the
secretary of the treasury would not
object if the estimated revenue to be
derived should exceed 10().00l,000
by a substantial amount. No accu
rate estimate has yet been given the
committee ns to the amount to he de
rived from this new tux, but it will
amount to several millions.
Graduated titomp Tax
The amendment would provide for
n graduated stamp tux of of u
cent on articles costing not moro
than 5 cents, to of a cent for moro
than l."i or les than 25-rcnt nrliclcs,
nml Vff of it eenl for each !M centn of
value additional. Articles included
in this list are pills, powders, cord
ials, traehes, bitters, tonics, piasters,
liniments, salves, ointments, waters
(except natural, mineral or carbon
ated natural mineral waters), es
sences and nil similar articles for
which a private formula is claimed. ,
Similar rates of taxation would be
applied to perfumery, cimelics, hair
oils, pomades, hair dyes, dentifrices,
etc. The proposed tax on chewing
gum is 4 cents for each box worth $1
or less, and 4 cents additional for
each added dollur of value.
Tax Upon Automobiles
In perfecting the measure, the com
mittee stipulated that the proposed
lax of .")() cents per horsepower iif
automobile sales tdiouhl apply only to
passenger automobiles.
Another tax added is on sparkling
wines, not otherwise Specified in the
bill, at tho rate of 1 cent for pints
or less mid 2 cents for more than n
pint.
In the proposed tax of 10 for gen
eral amusement hulls, exception is
given "chautaitipias, lectures, lce
tuns, agricultural ur industrial fairs
and religion, mid charitable enter
taiumeuts." Senator Simmons, chairman of thu
(inanco committee, submitting tho
bill to tho caucus, pleaded for party
harmony and proutut action.
(Continued oi page two.)
HOUDKAl'X, Oct. 0, 4 p. in. Ncwx
described ns ''most citeouragiug" has
been received toduy from Antwerp.
It is said that thu Geiman attacks oh
this place stem to bu blackening
somewhat in intensity.
The German troops reported in tho
official miuouiiceuicnt of this utter
noon to be near Lille, in the depart
inenl of Nord, indicate, in (he opinion
of French observers, Unit GeromHy "
has been forced to draw off force,
from Antwerp lo iclicvo tlm GerwiHii
right wing in France, which U. hard
pressed by the allies.
It haw been miuoiiiicMil here by n
creditable iiullmrily tlit Wiwlw,
Kpeucer Cliurcliill, iirl lurd of Uw
lliitii.li udniimlty, is now ut Awtwmy
coiiniiltiii" with the HttflM
bluff,
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