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EDITION
WEATHER
Cloudy, protiaMo ruin
Max. 77 j .Mln. lit.
Forty-fourth Tssr.
Dully Ninth Yr.
MEDFORD. OHiaqON", THtJRHDAY, OC'J'OBER 15, VJU
NO. 177
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AIDES REPORT
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DIG BATTLE LINE
German Troops Reach Irupes in the
Westward March Allies Advance
Near Arras Enemy's Trenches
Cautrred In tfw. Center Repulse
Near Verdun Turned Into Victory.
PAULS, Oct. Ifl, i2::i0 p. in. -TIo
-official communication given nut by
llit French war olfiett thin nftcnioon
i iirt follews:
"In IlclIntii, Herman (ni(iri com
ing from Antwerp arc marching to
ward tint west, niul the evening of
October II they reached Ilia region
iif Ilrugtvi niul Tlilt'lt (fifteen iiiIIch
MiutliriiHl of llrugcs).
"Firtil tn our loft wing, tlio en
I'iny bus evnttitiitcd the. li'tt bank of
the Lys. Hrlwren Hip I,n ami llip
ennui of l,u Hassco Hip situation
sIltlMH no change.
"In IIiq region of Lens ami lie
I ween Arras ami Albert, our progtcss
Iiiih been marked.
"Ilrtwrni tlip SoniiiiP ami llip Oisc
llicrp Iiiim licru no change. The Her
mans lin'it cannonaded our Hup with
out, however, dclivrritiK any infanlry
attacks.
"Second On tlm ectiler between
Hip ()ii ami Hip Mpiimp-wp luue ail
vnuccd In Hip. direction of Crnonne.
"To ihe northeast of tlip highway
from I terry ait Hue to Whelms ami to
Hip north of I'rumiy lit the direction
of Heine, several Herman trenches
llllXP llPPII lllketl.
"Iti'twrcti llip Mt:iip ami tlio Mo
selle, after being repulsed during
OpIoImt KM I, our troop advanced
on (he I till to the south of the high
way from Vcnltm tt Melr.
"Thin!-On our right wing tliu par
tial offensive inopiiPiit undertaken
by Hip (IcnuiiiiH in the Dun de Snpt,
to tlm north of Sninto Die, has hceu
It finitely cheeked.
"Ill Hllssilt tlio fighting PolltillltPh
along tlio front, beginning in Hip i
I'inily of Warsaw, strctchinc along
the Vistula am! the San an far as
I'reinysl ami farther into a south
erly ilireotion an far an tint DuciMcr.
"Them has heeu no change in Knst
I'lllsslll."
BANKERS AGREE
RESERVE STATUTE
KICIIMUNI). Vit., Oct. 15. Kloo
Hon of offlccrn ami disposition of the
Woxlor plan to bring about changes
In tlio federal roservo low today At
tracted attention of the delegates at
tlm fortloth convention of tlio Amer
ican Hankers' association,
Convention leaders agreed that
Hid Wexter plun would bo adopted.
It would authorise tlio appointment
of u commlttoo by tlm association to
router with the rcsorvo board over
changes that would innko member
ship In the new banking system mnro
attractive to state- and Having Insll
tutloiiH and trust companies.
Tlio recommendations of tlio nom
inating committee for now officers
were:
Prosldont, Wlljluni A. Law, Phlla
delphla; vko-prcs)dont, Juiiicb K.
Lynch, Han Francisco.
Tho convention will adjourn todayi
Tlio association adoptod a resolu
tion declaring "A prompt and lib
eral Increase In railroad rates through
out tho United States Is essential In
order to enable tho railroad to fl
nunco their obligations,"
WILSON CRIU
WAHIIINHTON. Oct 115 -Hr Mon.
n Curd mi Iihs nipiiillutud Hid Inliir.
uw unci bed I" lift) HI1"" his us.
lug from Ntiw Vorl( letenlly, In
wIiIdIi hu uus suhl U) lisyo ri'Nuvlod
vry hu ivcd'iil Wilson's policy I
Id .lJ (V rlV-ll'V'
progress;
M
UPON
CHANGES
GARDEN
BATTLE RAGES
Fl
I
Occupation of Ostend Expected, Al
though German Rush Meets Stub
born Resistance Whereabouts of
Antwerp's Defenders a Mystery-
No Marked Chance In War Zone.
LONDON, Ool. l.", 1 :'!." p. m. Tlio
"linttln of the riverH," the lout,' line
of which Ntill stretches across
France, hi (toil in Hid background to
day in contrast uilli Hip eompnra-
lively Hinall field of ocralioiiH in the
ilcimrtincnt of Nord ami in Went
Flanders, where Hip contending allilpil
ami (ienniiu iinnioit iiiav decide dur
lug tho next week a phase of the
struggle which hi'i'itiup acute when
tho Hermans occupied Antwerp ami
Ghent.
Km rep Into Ontrntl
It seems plain now that Hie Her
man plan wan to sweep on to Ostein!
ami thi'iipe to the French ports in
the Name itiipetuoiiH way that char-
aiitpriri'it Hie ruh toward Paris, but
in thin, llritihh military exKrts Nay,
the invader,, haw heeu meeting with
Hip most stubborn kind of resistance.
The rigiilncss of Hip censorship,
however, precludes more than guesses'
an to which Nide scored in the fight
ing wliieh follow eil the retirement of
the IlpljiatiH ami the advance of the
(ienimiiH In the vicinity of Oheut. In
the rear of that city it in Haiti that
the (ienmiiiH have 1(10,000 men, ami
all higtiH indicate that a violent bat
tle for ihhsp-nJoii of Oitteinl niul
other channel xirtM in inmiiiieut or in
actual proreHH.
What became of the llelKian'anny,
wldch retrcatvtl from Antwprp.iis not
yet known to the public. .Nor !n the
compoMition of the allied forcCH seek,
inc to cheek the Herman ncavnird ad
vnttco elenr.
Discount Orcupatlon
An wiin Hie caxp before the fall of
Antwerp, Hip ItritMi preN in a
ttieasiirc dihcouuts the (lenumi occu
pation of Osteml, though il wan
pointed out today Hint if Hip allies
decide to hold the town of Yprew,
wllich cutN the (lemma line, the con
tinued occupation of Osteml would
lie difficult.
OenuaiiH are reported in Ilelpum
an far northwest as ltmnen, which
place their cyclists ami patrols are
said to have entered.
Nothing dtirinj' the forenoon indi
cated any marked chmiKo in the hit
uution in r'ranen or in Hie easteni
arena.
SOON TO NAME
SUCCESSOR TO
CHIEF CARRANZA
WASHINGTON, Oct. IT.. Adjourn
ment of Mexican convention at Aruss
Callcntoa last nlitht, without acting
on tlio proposed resignation of fJcn
oral Carranxa as first chief, pending
tho arrival of additional delegates
representing Zapata, was announced
today In official dispatches tu tho
stato department from consular
agents Carothera and Kanova. Octo
ber 20 woh tentatively agreed upon
us tho date for ro-conveulng tho con
vention,
AUUAS CALIIONTKH, Mexico, Oct.
15, Unofficial reports of tho .results
of tho pence conforenco hero yester
day say that u successor to General
Carranxa for tho presidency of Mox
Ico Is to bo named soon, Thoso re
ports, wlilch uro brief, don't explain
when (Jcncrul Carranta s to resign,
or how, but Indlcato thut tho confer
enoo finished Its work successfully
last nlKht,
WAHIIINOTON, Oct, K.. Coonol
llatfluld, at Nacu, ArUoua, tele
'gruphod Hccrolury (lurrlsou toduy
that Hovei nor Maytorena'hsd at least
4U0Q troops attucklug tho Csrronna
sirUi;n, that hu was looking for 600
mmi from (hu Cmisnua district and
tlisl a lurgu fort'o of lelnforceiui'iits
wero exnei'led fom Novulu, C'ul,
Hutflvld suld no morn Uullvd HluU
(roups uurt uwwkd lo tnfont order
M IllV bV'r VWi
RC0NTR0 0
NORTHSEAPOR
SMS AMERICA
IMPAREDIll
RESIST ENEMIES
National Security Commission Pro
posed by Representative Gardner
United States at Mercy of Euro
Dean Combatants Is Powerless
Against Real Power.
WASHINGTON, Oct. IS. Inquiry
into the preparedness of the United
titoics for war, "offensive or de
fensive," by a national Heeurity com
mission, wuh proposed in a joint res
olution introduced in the house today
by Representative Ounlner of Muh
saehuhetls, who recently returned
from the war zone in HiiroiM-.
"I have introduced this resolution
to investigate the military status of
the United Htotes," said Mr. Oanlner
in ii statement nccompjinyinj the rei
olution, "because I know that it pub
lie Hcareli will own tho eyss of Amer
icans to n situation which Ik brine
concealed from them. The .United
.States is totally unprepared for a
war, defensive or offensive, ngninsl
a real ixiwer. In inv opiuioji, the cf
feet of the vast sums of money scnt
by Coniegio in Iiih peace piopagandn
was 'to blind Americans to the fact
that our national security man n
military (mint of view is undermined.
Truth Is Concealed
"Nearly eyerv anny and navy of
ficer to wIiom I have spoken tells me
the same story of inadequate Kceur
ity. I luivo yet to speak to a KinRlc
member of cither the committee on
naval affairs or the committee on
military nffairh of the house of rep
resentatives, in whose judgment I
have confidence, who does not in pri
vate make the satne admission. Yet
H thN-Kftilcmeu hccui o consider
it thuir tluty.to refrain from any
(Hlblii) Hlntcnlent."
'Mr. (Jardiler, referring' to the juos
perily of the United States mid to
tho "wonderful South American con
tinent, whieli.yvc have closed to Kuro
pian colonir.ltion by the Monroe doc
trine," nsserjfd that he could not un
derstand "hdw any intelligent htu
dent of history can fail to see that
we are impotent to defend ourselves
and to enforce the Monroe doctrine
bv moral suasion and financial might
alone.
"Tho time has not yet come," Mr.
Gardner assorted, "when the United
States can afford to allow tho mar
tin spirit of her sons to he destroy
ed, and nil tho Carnegie millions in
the world will not silence those of us
who believe that bullets cannot he
stopped with bombast, nor xiwder
vanquished bv platitudes."
OF BATTLE RAGING
LONDON, Oct. 15, C:U p. nt. A
dispatch frqm 1'etrpgrad tp tho Mess
agoro of Home, says that tho Austro
German atuiy yesterday was com
pletely defeated In the neighborhood
of Warsaw, Russian Poland. Tho
Austrlana and Qermaua suffered
enormous losses. Tho Husslans aro
Stated to have taken thousands of
prisoners.
IH2IILIN, Oot. IS. ' (lly wireless to
Bayxlllo, h, 1.) Itwas officially an
no unfed today that" tlio battle of the
east of WirVallon, in Ilusslun Pol
and. whlclMias been raging since
October 4, was favorable, to tlo Ger
mans. Hopostyd attewpts of .tne litis
Slans to storm thotrVf4hc8 nv re
BulUHl In lujavy losses. Tho Husslsn
e'rrUrlH(r'Vh(:6ut he Qann by
terrific artillery 'flro vlallyi iyb far
have failed.
I'KTKOOKAD, Itussla, Oct, 15.
Tho Itusslail guliural staff Issued tho
following ststument (oduyt
"Thnrs Is Ht cIihiiku to report on
tho Hast i'riisslsn snirienlral Vistula
fulls.
"Hoiilli of 'unis) a Husslsn
column uy.suiJ and duftislud tliu Aus
lllsiis, akvu StfH'ii officers sud &00
'l'Jlvr jirlwieif, snd I'ttHftluK
CONFLICTING TALES
DAN
POLAND
Governor West
Central Point, 2 p. mM( Friday, Oct. 16
Ashland, 8 p.m., " " "
Eagle Point opera house, 2 p, m.,
Saturday, Oct. 17
Medford Natatorium, 8 p. m.
Saturday, Oct. 17
CHAMBERLAIN'S
BILL INCREASES
WASHINGTON, Oct. IS. -Sena-(or
George K. Chamberlain has in
troduced the following bill, increasing
.widowV pensions fnun fl'J to 10
Iter laoiith, and otherwise beuclitting
Mirvivtirs of the civil war:
"lie it enacted by the senate and
house of representative- of the Unit
ed States of America in cougrcbs as
sembled, That section one of the act
'entitled, "An act to incrcae the pen-
ttiou of widows, nnoor children, and
so forth, of deceuMil soldiers mid sai
lors of tho late civil, war, the war
with Mexico, the various Indian wars
and so forth, and to grant a pension
to certain widows of the deceased
soldiers mid sailor 'of the Jate cixil
war," approved m 10, lKliS, be
amended so as to rend as follews:
"Section 1. That from niul after
Hie pnstutge of this act the rate of
lensiou fur widows, minor children
tinder the ago of 111 years, and help
less minors ns defined by existing
laws, now on the roll or hereafter to
be placed on the pension roll and en
titled to receive a less rate than hcre
innfter provided, shall be $10 per
mouth; and nothing herein shall he
construed to affect the existing nl
lownnce of $J per month for each
child tinder the age of 1(1 years and
for each helpless child; and all acts
or parts of acts inconsistent with the
provisions of (his act am Iterehv re-
pealed. Provided, however, that Huh
act shall lie not so construed as to
reduce any pension under any act,
oublie or private."
DENY CARRANZA
OF A VILLAREAL
MKXICO CITY, Ocl. 1.'). The
Mexican foreign minister, Ysidro Fa
bclla, today denied that General Car
ranta had resigned tho supremo
power of the constitutionalists in fa
vor of Antonio Yillarcul, governor of
(he state of Nuevo Leon.
Tho repudiation canto to the state
department Ihioiigh Ambassador
I'ltgli'lu Loudon, who has inquired of
tho'HritiMi office as to the authen
ticity of (ho interview.
, Sjr Hdwnrd Unv, the British for
eignrminister, informed Mr. I'ng'o'lhut
Whillu Sir Lionel had hitbinitted (o an
interview regarding conditions in
Mexico ok lie left Hie United State,
lie had not reflected in any way on
(he policy of President Wilson.
It wax intimated at the statu do.
puitmeiit (hat this closed (hu inci
dent. Minister rubella uil Ihul (Ipneiiil
CaniiiiKa I'oiikhlui'i'il that Ihu acllou
of (liu Mexico City convention u in.
jticlliig bin ic.lKiiallon sell led llie
iiilPsHon, but If the i'iiiiumiUiiii t(
AkIIu ('hIU')iI vii I id o i'c)i).dei
Ihu inullrr, Caouiirii, wllh Hi a sums
U& imHoni uml ilMiilcsimlne.
wuuW lor In lt will vt iliu iwJyiM
WIDOWS
PENSIONS
RES GNED IN FAVOR
Has Something
Worth While to
Say to the People
of Rogue River
Valley. He will
speak at:
Fl
TELLSOF GEORGE'S
MURDER THREATS
lllnlnc John, u Klamath Indian,
who dcrcrlbcd himself as the best
friend of Jim George, on trial In the
federal court for tho murder of
Peter Drown, and his wfo Kato
John, a Piute, gavo damaging ov
dence for tho govcrnment-thl. morn
Ing. Tliey told of threats George
made against the life of Ilrown, on
two occasions. Moth times Drown
was talking to Oinla Hubbard, aa
Indian woman whose charms both
Brown and the defendant admired.
Blaine John testified that be heard
Gore threaten tho life of Orownj
while Omla Hubbard, was staying at
tlio homo of .Miller George, and' tho
dead man was a guest thero also.
The wltnetu suld George told him In
a conversation that ho was going to
Kill Ilrown. Under cross examination
lie said ho warned Drown,, who
laughed at the threat. Oinla Is sop
crated from her husband, and George
from his wife. ,
Kato Johns testified' that George
told her at tho gambling grounds
that he was going to kill Brown
"sotno day." At tho time Brown
was chatting with Omla Hubbard.
Later Kato testified Gcorgo told her
not to bo afraid because of tho threat.
Tho testimony Indirectly Indicated
that there was keen rivalry between
Brown and George for tho lovo of
OmUt Hubbard, and' that Brown be
ing younger, found tho most favor.
Theodoro Dcschner of Portland,
for 52 years n repairer of rovolvors,
gave expert testimony. Ho testified
Hint the .two burets taken' from tho
murdered mans body wero fired
from a Smlth&Wcsson revolver, and
that Peter's cartridges, werq used,
This latter tcxtlmony. ho proved by
Mipwlng that ,Uie rifling of a Smith
Wesson bullet whirls, to tho, right,
and peters bullets to the left, The
bullets that killed Brown whirled to
tho loft. Tho government then
proved that a Smith & Wesson gun
was found under tho pillow of tho
defendant's bed, and that four days
before tho crime ho had purchased a
box of Peter's, cartridges.
Buck Kwlng of this city, with !0
yoars experience with guns, corro
borated tho technical claims lu tho
testimony of Mr. Desehner.
An Indictment returned by tho fed
oral grand jury at Portland was Intro
duced by tho government, Bhowing
that .Gcorgo had been Indicted for
bringing liquor onto the, reservation,
unit thatf Peter Drowt'and his broth
er itarnson, were mo two ,auu only
wltnehsos.
INrNES AND WffE
ADMITTED TO BAIL
HAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 15.
Victor K. limes and his wife, of Ku
gene, Oregon, Indicted for murder
and conspiracy (o murder In cohiiuo
(Ion with Ihu dUsppesraiioo of Mr.
Kloli Neliu Dennis and her sister,
Miss llesltlto Nulins, of AlUula, (la.,
last June, wont tusiiluij ball at a
lis hts corpus timing (turn Mr.
luuas' Mill N.v4'ut HW sn
bf vtf'9 l f KAMI,.,
MR
FRIEND
SLIDE BLOCKS
AT
Several Ships Unable to Complete
Passage Earth Movements on
Both Sides Into Channel From the
Slopes at Culebra Cut Dredging
Operations Must Continue.
PANAMA, Oct. 15. A Hcrlous
landslide In the Culebra Cut at a
late hour last night Interrupted com
pletely all traffic through the Pana
ma canal. Several ships In tho canal
have been unable to complete their
passage.
Tho report Indicates that there
were earth movements on both sides
Into the channel from the slopes of
Gold and Contractors' Hills, opposlto
each other.
Colonel GocthaU and other offi
cials today were making an examina
tion of the damage.
It Is salt) traffic through the canal
probably would be Interrupted for
some time.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. News of
the landslide Into Culebra Cut caused
no alarm at the Isthmian canal, com
mission office. Whllo regretting tho
temporary closure of the canal the of
ficials say this slldo will have Its
compensations from an engineering
point' of view because It will hasten
tho final subsidence of tho mobile
material in the cut. thereby Insuring
tho iwrancnco of tho waterway.
No official report on tho slide had
rcachod tho commission today. It
was recalled, however, that In almost
every reference to the Culebra Cut
operations. Colonel- Goethals had
pointed out that the earth had not
reached a stato of cqulllbrum, and
that probably It would be necessary
to continue drodcliiK operations
there for many months after
waterway was opened.
tho
UNTIL SATURDAY EVE
t
" Attorney Ueucrul Crawford
has extended the regiitratiou
" period for the November elec-
" Hon until Saturday evenintr. Tho
"" registration books willdlos alT-
G o'clock Saturday aXternooai.'-1
"" Tjhis step was made ia order ia
" give all voters unregistered to
date throughout
chanco to do so.
the state a
The time of
grace will increase tho registra-
turn heavily. All voterx are
urged to register at once.
f
HAMBURG LINER
BY
LONDON, Oct. 15. 4:53 p. m.
Tho admiralty announces that the
British cruiser Yarmouth bus sunk
tho German Hamburg-American lino
steamer Markomuunia, in tho vicin
ity o Suatra my! bus captured and
Vtf ta .lug Into a harbor the Greek
8teauor Pontports,
,Tho Markomanulu had a gross ton-
nagojof 505
tlo African sor)
and wus engaged in
sorylco.
AbP COAL LAND
BILL AGREED UPON
WAHIIINOTON, Oct. 15 Tho
Alaska i'ohI lund limning bill, an ad
liillilstrulloii meusuro designed to
open up (ho coal resource of Alaska
under a leasing sy.tvni, whs surwd
today by (hu housu, ( was In Ihu
form of a cunfwisiico iupurl lrsdy
Mf'I'M r Ihu swls. II WJ jivi
lu Ihu prtwNwHi Un Biif y Um
COMMERCE
PANAMA CANAI
SUNK
CRIER
GOVERNOR TELLS
HOW BOOTH COT
TIMBER TRACTS
West Explains Acquisition of si
Kelly Holdinqs Through Railroad
Favoritism, Dummy Locators,
Crooked Politicians, Land Lotteries
and Loot of State's Urthrlght.
.
OV. WKST HPKAKH AT
Central Point, 2 P. M. Friday.
Ashland. 8 P. M. Friday.
Kagle Point, 2 P. M. Satur
day. Medford, 8 P. M. Saturday.
PORTLAND, Oct. 15. In reply to
a challenge from the Portland Ore
gonlan. Governor Oswald 'West la
telling audiences how It. A. Booth,
republican candidate for tho United
States senato, acquired his vaut
timber holdings. Governor West was
formerly stato land agent and famil
iar with tho acquisition of timber
lands by great corporations a decado
or so ago. Among tho means used
by tho Uooth-Kelly Co.tho governor
gives the follewing: Connivance
with dishonest railroad officials, use,
of dummy locators, co-operation with
a crooked state -totltlcal machine,
robbing of working girls and work
ing men, deception of his relatives,
land lotteries, exploitation of worth
less land and loot of tho stato'a
birthright.
The foundation of the Booth-Kelly
fortune, states the governor, lay la
the acquisition of 17,000 acres of the
Southern Pacific land grant through
tne connivance of railroad officials
I whb ran a little syndicate oa the
I 'do In Oregon, whllo stockholders la
tho cast wondered why thoro wero
no dividends. Tills amount was
eventually Increased to 70.U00 acres.
Tho Booth-Kelly company Itself was
organized In 1898, with a capital
stock or 150,000. In 1890 It was
capitalized at 91,250,000, and this
amount had Jumped In 1912 to 2,
500.000. Itullroatl Lands Never Paid For
Theso railroad lands wore never
paid for, says tho governor, until af
ter tho timber had been cut. Not a
dollar wag paid for them, save in In
terest. A branch road was built to
Wcndllng and tho Booth-Kelly mill,
this concession was secured througli
Jho Influcnco of friendly railroad of
ficials, although all other railroad
Improvement In this state had bocH
denied for years. Low freight rates
wero procured by this samelnfluenco
and tho Booth-Kelly people not only
got their lands for almost nothing,
but wuro nblo to get out their tim
ber at n reduced rato. Tho Wend
llag branch, together with their mill
and tlinbor holdings, onublo Booth
to control tho situation and crowd
out the small timber owner.
Llnc-up of Officials
T. T. Geer "was elected governor,
John H. Mitchell and C. W. I'ultoit
were lu tho United States senate, J.
N. Williamson In congress and Bin
gor Hermann, commissioner of tho
general land office, John Hall,
Unltod States attornoy, Henry Mel
drum in tho surveyor general's of
fice and Henry Booth In the Hose
burg land office. At this time tho
people had not been brought to the
full realization or tho value of tim
ber lands, But on tho part of those
who did see their value a tuovemeat
was begun to acquire large holdings
(CobUbum oa pace .)
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NOW IN DWKER
NIHIL Hervin, Oct. II, via IamA,
Oct. 13, Islft p. m. In u ujMmUtU
official cumiiimiiculIoN today tk
Hurvlaii government HHuwnm tkat
llulgruilu N no longer l 4aHr, Tit
ipiiIom of rcllifd official, tvijh
nlng today, Octolwr 1 1, w h M
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