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j7 Sec ft A & t .. MEDFORD Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER . i.'r. y Fair Max. in Un. 41.; MAIL ill ,lia "". V 4 r . V Forty-fourth Yrar. Dally Ninth Tnr. ",i . i in i i or Properly Vnltfetl at $250,000,00 Jeop ardizedOwned by English, French anil Belgians Lines Extend for 250 MHes and Carry Millions of Passengers Monthly. MEXICO CITY, Oct. 12, liy cnur Sit lo Vera Crux. On!, 1-1. Tho sciz nil of the Mexico Trauiwnys coin iiuiy lines li.V I lie ( niriiiir.il govern ment tndny was made ut llic point (if the buyniii'l, Tin" Mexican Tramways rnuipnny, Mil,, u foreign corporation, cnpl- tuiini t i,iii)i),n(iii. iih iiiuiii' .r- lice is hi Tqniuto, Can. Slim ll v Ih'I'iim' noon soldier sur rounded (ho (tut in building occupied liy of (ices ami ilnnl, while, u dcgu limi ul' officials entered tho prcmisr mill sorted notice mi General Orate lluil all tin books, rolling stock ami other property of the company, with the, exception of en uli in llir vaults, iiiiihI In' delivered to (lie chief of po lice. Tin? order was given I" G"' iiiuiii' of tin' Hiiprcino I'liicf ami was signed liy Jlif governor of the federal district. 4 I'tpUimtioH of Mrawiiro Tlic giivcinmcut explained ihat tlii' ineasiiie wiih a provisional one, taken in tin' interests of imlilii' welfare ami dm' lo tlm stnnpngc of llit rttn'ot rar tral'fii' of tin; itily on noon of Inst Thursday, when tlm motormcii, i'oii. dncor, inspectors ami shopmen struck heoniist' their demands fnitun linMi'ii-i' in wages, an eight hmir duv and recognition of llic union were riot grunted Ir- tlio i'oiiiiniiy in I In' four hours' lime limit specified liy lu stiikcis' I'oianiitli'C. Tin1 principal owncis of llic iiii' orly ant P.m'lish, Picuch and Belgian, with hoiiiii Amrrii'iin btookholdors. All I'nr i' in m'lindoyi'M wore I. opt in tin building li.V trooiix, Tlii' iiiaiiaisriiiriit made a vigorous protest to llit' Hi ii riliuu, British, French ami Belgian legations. A I'liniuil protest was reg. Mined ulsn wiih Curniiiru. llainoM iin Mnungrr Cnrrauzn IiiIit di'HKiiiiti'd Tiiiiiiih Hiiiihh ns aclinu Ki'iicrnl iiiiiiiiikit of llll' H.Vblt'ltl. Till' lilll'H of till' HIIIW iiin" fonn a network over tlio entire federal distiiel, extemlim; for nearly 'J.'id mileH ami earryiiur millioiiR of liasMi'iiKi'iN niontlily, I liif o a deirei'latlon ill Hit MfJii 'nil peso, (lie iminiiKViiieiit iiiforini'd tlio overnineiit today of (h inaliilily to (iniil the iU'IiiiiiiiIh of tlio men for Miortor lionrrt ami dyulilu wares, tie I'lariii); Unit naHHenijerrt wirn now lie iiiK IraiiHpoileil n less than ,(j fvi cold. Iiiiiaediitlely tliereafler Mil-diei-s tool; iiosHUNhion of (ho properlv. The iit Iiiih imiihi'd u ju'iiHiitiou hero tin tlm tramway company and the allied Mexican l.iht & Power iMiinpiiny, Ltd., mipplv itll tho linht, heal, power and triinsporlntion with in a radliiH of lliiily miloH of the cap ilal. The joint' liivfstinrnt of the al lied companies reiireseiitH nearly $ 1(10,(100,000.. I'aHM'iiourA aiiivintr fiom Akiiiih Calienli'H nay Ihat (U'lieral Villa U thirty niili'ri north of there wiih a lai'Ko force and determined lo fight iiiiIiish the adheri'iitH of Cahnntiv aKiee to a coiumiHHlon form of kv crnincnt. BATTLE IN PROGRESS . OF LONDON, Oct. 14, 2:15 p, m. A -(liHpatoli to the Iteuter Tulernm com pany from Offend, under date of 0i toher 11, HiiyH! "Following violent I'ligiiReiiumta near Quatreeht ami Melle, moru tliiui (100 (lennaiw were hilled mid a larKo iiumher of otlieirt wounded. French minim) 1'iikIIi'uih clunked with hay oiielH and tool; -100 Oermiiu priNouuiH, Tlm eui'ipy wiih olilim'd to re lire iu the direction of Oni'dewm, The lm tie henna iikiiIii IIiIh moriiiiiK hi Ihu ulhhuilioud of UyAo," CA1P SEIZES CONTROL Of MEXICAN TRAMWAY COMPANIES' LEY UNES . UNDER COM OF MltlTARY WAR DECLARED BY PORTUGAL LATE MADRID RUMOR LONDON, Oct. 14, 1S1 p. in. A Ccntrnl Nnwn illNputch from Mudrld HnH It Ih roportcil from I.InIihii that I'ortiiKnl Iiuh iti'clurcil war iikhIiihI (lerinttiiy. Tlm iiii'Khuk,i which Inckn official ronflrmallon, In uh IIhIiciI In Muitrlil with all rvnervc. LONDON, Oct. H, 1:.ir. p. in. CiiIiIIiik from I.UIion, tlm rorrev pomlent of tho Central New nay It In reporlcd that tlm (Ittrmun uilnliitur to I'ortiiK! anil other (li-rmunii re hIiIIuk Iu LIkIioii arc nlxiul lo leuvo for Madrid. An a rcHiilt of conference Imlwcen tlio IcaitiTM of tho varlotu I'ortu B u Mio purtleit noil tho prculilent of th republic, Ihu rorri'Rpundont con tlniK'H, It lian been rt'iolvrd to con voko coiiKrcn Oitolior 1G Iu order to pimn a votu for the mobilization of the lortUKticnt troopH, BANKERS Gil HICIIMON'I), Va Oct. M. Dis cussion of the niitioii'rt now currency nyMoni marked tlm firnt k'IhthI hoh nlon here today of Ihe Atncricnn Haukurs' iiHHociation'M convention. "Only the wisdom of nmna;i'innil by the direetorH ami officers of the var ious niKcrve Ininkx nml of Ihe frd crnl reserve lioanl can Insure the MiicechH of the cxM'ripipn!," derlnrcd Atthur IteynoliN, prcMlileyl of tho oh Htclation, In hin Annual addrcHx. "It Ih a jiiHt criticism of Ihe iiich lire," Hiiid Mr. lleynolds of Ihe io serve law, "to hii that it docs not take the 'overnuieiit out of the hank ing huHiiu"4s and that it confers upon one of our government officials an extraordinary power and discretion unwarranted hy the spirit of our in htitutioiiH ami rcpiiKiinnt to repub lican principles." NBW YOHK, Oct. ll.-Caplain KolhaiiKO of the Belgian sti'iimer Kiimlaml, uliich anived todav from Londini said that his home iu Ant werp had been destroyed hy a Ocr tuaii shell and Ihat he had lost his saViuirs of a lifetime. "When the attack on the forts lu Kiin," Hiiid Captain KoIIiiiiw, "my wife Kent two of our children to mo iu London, while she stayed iu Ant werp to look after our home, our properly and (ho other children. When nua of the big shells struck our house, my wife was hurled out of bed, She and tho children, scantily child, escaped from the house before other shells fell there. Later they suc ceeded iu reaching Kngland." HA1TIEN BELS DEFEAT GOVERNMENT OAPB rjAlTIKN, Haiti, Oct. 1L The lltutieu rebels have ileleateil tho government troops near Limonade, on tho north count. Tho president U retroatiiiL' toward Oriind Itiviore. Other government forces arc return lug to Capu Ilaitien. E E liOHTQN, Oct. II, Tho Iloston mirh uxtdiaugo resumed husinesH to day after having been closed slnco July ilO. Tho shout showing tho daily sales, usually Issued at the close nf IiiisIiiuAh, will no! bo published for the present. CURRENCY SYSTEM MEDFORD. FRENCH DENY MAN CLAIM OF Operations Developing Normally, As serts Official Statement Ad vances by German Cavalry North ef Lys Repulsed Aviators Pursue Troops German Attack Repelled. I'AKIH, Oct. H, ri:10 p. in. Tho following official annoimcemeiit was gicii out in Paris this afternoen: "In the Itrlgiau field of operations there wore some cucmmtrrH during llic night of October l'J-13 and dur ing tho day of the Llth iu the region around Oheiit, French nml KiikIWi J roups havo occupied Vpres. "First On our left wing, as far as llij Oise, tlie operations are develop ing normally. "Hfcoml On tho center previous reports of !he progress of our armies in the region of Horry an lino hnve been continued. ; "Third -On right wing I here i-f nothing new." FUo Ncms InouMCfil "Wliile it is not our ciitoui In re ply lo the inaccuracies of the Oennan press, it serins to us prowr to de nounce thu falso news iublished-in certain (lennan newspajurs concrni ing the pretended destruction of two divisions of French cavalry. This information is absolutely erroneous. Tho truth is that certain forces of French and (lennan cavalry with sup-, sirtt have been mgugvit for several ilityn.jihiiig tho front at La Hasse.0, F.stacieH and linilloul. The Oennan cavalry succeeded in making a ery iiigiu iKivance neiwecii ine canal oi Ln Ilasspi' and the Lys, bit they were obliged lo draw back In the ter ritory ndrlh of the Lys, "The losses sustained by the fler man cavalry arc assuredly as per ceptible as our own. One of the (!er man divisions suffered particularly because it was pursued during one rathe day bv our aviators, who did not cease to throw down bombs on tho (Ionium troops. Not .Marking Venlun "Another case is tho fact that the (Ioniums announce tht'v arc under taking tlio investment of Verdun. In this instunco also, to team the truth, it Ih sufficient to refer to the situa tion as set forth, oil several differ ent occasions iu tho Fieuch official coiuiuuuioatious. "Tho (Ioniums have no) succeeded up to tlio present timo in hurling themselves against tho fortified Ksi- tmn il erdilii. They have, however, made two (utile ef foils to envelope, at a considerable distance, the French forces, which arc operating around Yqrdtin. One of these ef forts wan characteriifd by their rt-tempt-to go throimh tho Arvonno for est between llinarvillo and Vareuues. It will bo recalled that this move ment failed, with very' important losses. Vdid not oven nnnouuoo at tho timo (hat two (lennan battalions hud been annihilated in this engage ru,cnt. .iieiijK) Airvmnco iuiis "Tho other enveloping movement mi the part of tlio (iennans, under taken in much greater numerical strength, was directed toward, cross ing the, Mvuse in tho region of St. Miutol. If tho (lennnns sucuocded i rcnohing this river in front between Mniiey and ChaVoneourt, nil their et torts to ndvunco farther resulted in failure. Thcso Gentian forces found themselves cuupht on the flank by dutaohnients of onr troops which advanced from tlio south to tho north through tho southern section of (ho heights of tho Mouse, and through tho southern section of tho Woevro dis triot." BRYAN TO PROBE nugr seizure WASHINGTON, Oct. U-Seore-tary Hrynn today telegraphed the Hrnnlliun minister at Mexico City fM' lufonmitlon ooneerulng tlio selxtiro of th o I ram way system. Senator Stono of MifiHoari had taken Id tho state department telegrams from constit uents Interested in the uropcrly. VH ORKClOrt, WgDNESDAY, TAX ON PATENT IttS CUT FROM WAR em WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. Propos ed taxation of proprietarv mi'dicines iu I li( war revenue, hill was ordered stricken out today hy the democrats of the senate finance committee. Iff. ports had come of geuernl opposition throughout the count rv ami Majority Leader t'udenvood and other mem bers of the house ways and means committee had given notice thai the house would not agree to n tax on "the sor mini's medicine." Action, however, did not include elimination of the prnposed lax on M'rfumcs, cosmetics and chewing gum, which had been added to the house bill. The committee nUo accepted an amendment to the proposed tax on shipments of newsp per. This would eliminate bills of Iu Hug iu tho shiit incut of news and provide that alll bundles included inn general pack age on a single train or other con veyance, should be regarded as one shipment. In lien of bills of lading, the witness would rcnuire imblfsher to issue on tho lfith of eaclAmontl) a sworn statement of the number of such shipments made in the preced ing month and nttach to these stamps to the value of I cent for each ship ment. ShiMuenls of newspapers mudo within the county of publica tion would he exempted from tax. GERMANS PtAN to mmi BELFORTFORTRESS LONDON. Oct. H, 10:12 u. in. A dispatch to tho Central News from Copenhagen says: "According to a TJerlln dispatch received here, the Germans arc pro paring to lay siege to Dulfort with as largo forco as possible. Almost tho entire civil population ling left the city." llolfort Is an almost impregnable fortress In Franco Junt ucross the AUutlun border opposite Muelhati seu. In tho Franco-l'niBslan war It withstood u. slego of mora than threo mouths. The town has a population of about 20,000. COTTON PINCHED BY EUROPE'S WAR WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. Some idea of tho extent to which the cot ton gmwing industry has suffered as a result of tho European war was disclosed today in a census bureau reiwrt, showing that for tho first two months of the cotton exports fell off more, than a million hales compared with tho sumo period, last year. Domestic consumption of cotton during tho same period decreased more than 7f,000 haled. Imports of foreign cotton, how ever, increased 42,102 bales, having liPeii brout'ltt' from nmroad, compared with 15,234 bales last year, Kgypt sending 13,241 bales, or 3,088 bales more than a year ago. ARRIVE AT HAVRE LONDON, Oct. II, 7 a. m. A lieu tor dispatch from Havre says tho members ot tho llelginn government arrived in Havre at 8 o'clock Tues day evening and wero. received hy the minister of marine and the local authorities, Military honors were rendered tho Itolgians mid thu popu- luce gave them an enthusiastic, rccc- itioi. BELGIAN OFFICIALS OCTOBRR 14, 1914 GERMANS TRY FOR REPETITION RUSH TACTICS Rapid Sweeping Movement That Took Them to Gates of Paris to Be Again Inaugurated Ostend to Be Seized Entire Army Corps Is Thrown Into Lille hy Von Kluck. LONDON, Oct. H. 1:40 p. rn. Out of the mass of wholly Irrecon cilable assertions regarding the war Iu I'nrope emerge the seemingly en tabllshed fact that tho nermann are attempting to ropeut the rapid sweep trig movement which five weeks ago took them almost to the gates of Purls. With most of UelKlurn already oc cupied, there Is nothing that can Mop the Invaders reaching tho coast and remaining there at least tempor arily unless the Hrltlsh naval guns arc ahlo to render tenure ImpoFalblc. The length of their stay at tho popular seaside retort, should tbey seize Ostend, will, of course, depend on the outcome or the great battle now understood to be openlug near the frontiers separating the prov inces of West Flanders and Halnaut from the French department of the nprth. lieyond nn unconfirmed report of fighting in the direction of Zee bridge, a coast town IS miles north east or Ostend, there Is no further news of, the German advance In this vicinity. Further south there is reason to believe that the left wing of the allies has been strongly rein forced, and confirmation or this Is round In the statement In the latest report trom General Joffre, the French commander-in-chief that the offenstvo against the Germans has been resumed In that part of tho lino of battle In order to strengthen his forces in this vicinity General Von Kluck bus thrown an entire army corps Into Lille. Thl.i, manufacturing town has once before been In in German hands, and It has been within tho Gorman lines slnco an early stage or the hostilities. Its occupation today does not seem to have been seriously opposed, In fact, It Is explained here that It could not havo been without disarranging tho allies' lino. According to observers in London, tho Germans havo been particularly auxlous to reach Amiens and thus secure control of the railroads to the north end and to tho south. ALLIES LEFT INVADING ARMY PARIS, Oct. 14, 7:01 n. m. Tho left whig of tho allies, where tho Freuoh and British forces havo taken tho offensivo at certain points against tho Genuans. is expected to ho tho scene of sharp fighting. Tho oecuoation of Lillo hy the Ger mans, it is believed by tho French, will bo of short duration The no lions iu this vicinity previously hnvo been principally engnfements be tween the contending cavalry forces, but tho French official communica tion now speaks of "our fon'e.V' in general and not ns uroviouslv, "our cavulr-," iu roferriiiM- to tho troo-w urouud Lille, ludicatiii"' that in ad dition to tho squadrons of allied cav alry their infantry also has got for ward, Tho German nnny corps, which has occupied Lillo, ovideutl" is part of tho torco which bus been released from service In Belgium. Haying failed iu their attacks at Arms, Albert, lloyo, Lassigny and Tracy lo Mout, there wus speculation on tho result of tho next effort of tho Germans, Tho allies, who have maintained a solid barrier, hoped not oiuy to beep tlieir Hues intact, but to make some progress as it U re ported they did yesterday, WING CHECKS EFFORTS OF LINES AT POINT SWORDS BEAT INTO PLOUGHSHARES FAIL FOR PEACE WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. Swinging the bundles of swords, uIiom blades by order of Secretary Hrynn had been turned into mimiture plowshares, .Senators William Aldeu Smith and Mi'Cuiul'Pr made nn ostentatious entry into the senate chamber today, after a meeting of tho foreign relations committee, in which their attitude to ward the pending Nicarngimn treaty had been anythoing puhrdltmuuitnii had been anything but peaceful. Iu the committee meeting each member had been presented with the handle of a discarded nnny sword and n note saying that the blades had been mnde into plow-shares piijsr weight- for ambassador and min isters of foreign nations, who had signed peace commission treaties with the United States. The republican members refused to mnko peace with the secretary in the war over the treaty with Nica ragua whereby ihe United State would obtain the Nienrngunn canal route and naval station rights in the bay of Foiiscon for .3,000,000. The committee lacked ono of n quonim, and the democrats vainly sought unnnimoiw consent tii poll absent members in a vole on the treatv. I LEAVE LEMBERG LONDON, Oct. 14, 4:1(1 p. m. In n dispatch from The Hague Ihe cor respondent of the Kxehnnge Tele gmph company says the Austrian le gation at The Hugno announces that the Itussians have evacuuted Lem herg, Gnlicia, after a fierce fight. Lcmben has been in possession of the Itussians since shortly after the beginning of their Galiciau campaign. L KILLED IN BATTLE FAKIS, Oct. 14, 0:10 a. m. News wao received iu Paris todny of tho death of Geueral Itondouy, commnu der of (he third brigado of French colonial infantry. The general was killed while leading his brigade against tho enemy. Two Knghsh nurses have met their death in field of battle. The wom en were killed by an exploding shell while they were on duty in a field hospital behind the center of tho al lied armies. CHASED BY BRITISH NEW YOHK, Oct. 14. Officers of the Dutch steamer Prinz Wilhclm V, which uriived today from the West Indies, reported that tho vessel had been chased by a British cruiser wliile off Ashury Park. Two Ger man citizens wero aboard tho steam er. When the British cruiser ap proached thu steamer was headed in shore. She ran well within the three- mile limit. Tho war vessel then turned and steamed out to sea. WOMEN TOLD TO LEAVE TURKEY LONDON, Oct. 14, 2:."i(l p. in. Tho Amsterdam correspondent of Heater's says that the Frankfurter Xeitung publishes a communication from Constantinople which says the British ambassador, Sir Louis Mal let, asked tho women of tho embassy lust Monday to leave thu city, mid told them; ''You iniut accept the hint with out nuking tho reason." REPOR RUSSIAN NO. 376 0E BAYONET ZONA A ,- . . 'i' i i '.. TO WITHDRAW STATE MILITIA Secretary Garrison Wires Govern Hunt That Militia CemrtcalM K nation Additional Troops Sent to Frontier to Prevent Mexicans ProM Cressintj or Interferhtf , . PHOKNIX. ArU., Oct. 14. Accepting tho view of th secretary of war that every thing possible was being done to protect llfo and property, Governor Hunt announced to day that he would not at this time send the Arizona Na tional Guard to N'aco or eUe whore on tho herder. WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. Secre tary Garrison today telegraphed Gov crnor Hunt of Arizona that the dis patch of state mllltla to Naco or to Douglas, as proposed by the gover nor, would greatly complicate the situation at those places, and that the United States' forces there are now doing everything that should be done to protect American Uvea ad property from the danger to which they are exposed by the rightist Mexicans across tho line, short et actually Invading Mexico. He earn estly advised the governor to use his Influence to prevent Arlsona cltlxeM from exposing themselves to danger. Secretary Garrison's message fol fel fol eows: Garrison's Message "I have just received your tele gram ot October 13. We have at tho present timo at Naco, Arizona, 14 troops ol cavalry and two ma chine gun companies. Gonorul Dllss reports to me that It the local In fluential men ot Naco will help allay the excitement It will greatly aid In handling a delicate situation. One of the greatest embarrassments arises from tho activity ot tho Inhabitants of Naco, Arizona, and or surround ing places, who attempt to get near the boundary lno to observe the righting. "Wo aro doing everything Bhort of Invading Moxlco and driving the combatants away by torco that we 'can possibly do. Adltlonal troops' would not be or any use to us In do In what It is proper tor us to do, under tho circumstances. Were yotl to send state troops to Naco It could only have the ofefct ot further com plicating the situation and adding a new olomnt of risk. Divided HcspoHslbility "It would also Introduce tho great, peril which arises out ot divided re sponsibility. An Ill-considered wove on our aide may prccipltato an armed conflict between the Amerlacn forces and the Mexicans with ultimate con sequences that no one can foresee. I feel you should give tho gravest con sideration to the great responsibility you assumo in this rospect before you determine to do so. "I can nssuro you and you people that wo are giving constant and sym pathetic consideration to the sltua- ( Continued on Page Five.) PARENT-TEACHERS WPP? Members of the Parent-Teem' -association appeared before' ta A school board Tuesday eyeatsy, ud urged and recommended that mot equipment be Installed la th puMk schools of tho city, upoa the grottad v ot Increasing the effleleaey et !', teachers. Complaint was wade tteti' the teachers were hampered to tef. work by the lack ef equlMt til many of the departments. TlM' "Parent-Teachers' aseoutaUea -was 'SS)V seated by Mrs. Porter J, Natf, Mm. k H, French, MImMmn a4 fMf interested In 'tMs wart, 1l4Ml beard taak th 4r wMb J vUeatsat. f. y . m Wr I .n 'flic ,nli SKED V ', C i J, ..j a- ii'; k.-fati