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01"" WV1 Ui 207 V JV K - s. V a W SECOND EDITION Medfqrd Mail Tribune WEATHER Partly moldy, prolwble rain .Mux. Ail; Mln, 40, W-W?;S MEDFQRD. OUIMJON, '.ITlffllU V, OCTOlJKR 20, 'l.QM " N0 18l mm now firmly intrenched m alsace Belgians repel violent attacks by Germans t I ' '" " ' '' ' ' " -'""" ! . 111 11 fc GREER EMS WILSON'S GUIDE PROGRESSIVES SHOULD NOT SUPPORT REPUBLICANS SAYS ROOSEVELT ALLIES REPORT PROGRESS ALONG LINE OF BATTLE French Report Says Belnlnn Army is Hnldlrifi Its Position on River Lys Advance on Meuse Held by Allies No Change In Situation l East Anstrlnns Repulsed at River San BRIBE EFFORTS G.O.P. MANN PAULS, Oct. 'JO, fl:20 p. in. in ciening satisfaction was shown Ii.v Ik iioii ill' Paris today mi rending tin' latest iciiirM from lint front. Those Indientu that tin- allies arc con tinning their offensive operation, which in tlio opinion of Flench ob servers, piomii tin best lesults. Tim iii'tion nf tin' llelgtitn aiiny ntnl of n wpiiidrnii uf wniships in repulsing nn iilliii'k liv lln enemy In n subject of pniliuuhiily fiiMiriililn eniniiiciit. Tin public was funnily gratified I iy tin announcement of tin' situation in AIniioc TIiIm was the firxt time in xoiiii' days Unit tin' war office hit imlii'iili'il definitely tin' I'n'ilrli mihI tioiiH. It N now seen tlint the French troops htivo almost reached lln outlet of the valley lending to the plains of tlio River 111, which flows through Alsace nnil empties Into tlio Whine. 1'icmii In A tare Tin' l'mich now consider ttint thev an' firmly crfta'dUbed in Alsare on tmritory doubly dear In tlu-in. Wont has hern received ulrtii that lint Oer nitiiw ar' hastily preparing now do Ii'iihIm' works around Ktnihiirg mid digging uiuiiiiicruhlo trviichrs m front of iIiTm city. Vineyards linvi been li'M'h'il hy the (Irriiiiin iik5iii'im In cauying out this work. Aili-r long I'oiitinui'il iMotiatiiiiiH thinugh thr intermediary of the Aiiirrii'iin legation at Heme, Swit yet hind, oxehiingcs att' aliout to hi' iiiaili' among the helligetcul enuntiies of hiti'nu'il civilians. Tin French offirinl I'oiiimiinii'iitioii giwu nut this afternoon says that tin' Itclgiitti unity is holding its po-i-lion oirthi' Rher L,h. TIik offirinl communication fol fel fol eows: Ilolglnni Hold Own "In llclgiitm, in spile of Intent at tack on tlui part of lliu enemv, the llclgiuii army hits held it k position on the line of the River Vser. "There havo heen other notions in the regions of Yprcs, between the ullii'il foieos operating in this terri tory ami tlm forces of tilts I'lti'itty. "On our left wing, tlio Gennuus continue to hold hli'ougly their ail vn nee poHtN ai'ounil I.iile in the ili lection of AnnentieicH, Foiiiiii'h anil Lit HiiHHre. "On (ho Mciihp tlio eiiriny has en ilen voted in vain to iliivc hack the liilvaiicu pimlH of our tmnpi, ulio have iiiocil out along the riglit hank of thin Htream lu the peiiiuculn of the ('amp iIch Itoiuains. "To Hum up during tlio day of Oe toher 111, we have niiiile piogtcHH at varloiiK point on the front. "ItiiKsiau: In KiihI I'iiihsIii and on the Vintujji liver there ix no change in tlio Hituation. The cffnrtH of tlie AiintiintiH to orosa tlio river San have heen repulsed. The hattlo south of I'rzemysl Ih eoiitinuiug under condi tioim fuvorahlo to the ItiiHsiaiiH," Ashland Tidlnijs Relates Story of At tempted Bribery and Corruption In Behalf of Wllhycombe As a Re sult of Machine Methods, Paper Will Support Candidacy of Smith. NEW VESSELS FLY STARS AND STRIPES W'ARHINOTON, Qui. 20. Bcvouty lour tonugii mint vchkcih with an aggregate of 'JObVWl gronH tons, lutvo soiiKht proteiitinii of tlio Slurs mill Ktnpcri hy taking American registry since the Kuropeait war hegau, an conling lo an official statement is. lined today hy tlio department of commerce, Ureal Ilillnin Iiiih heen the hcavleM loHcr, iih hlxty-lwo of Urn vchsi'Im nruvloiihly sailed under the KuglMi Hug. Seven flcinmii ami five HcIkIiiii vi'nscIk coiupletii the ll, hiilyoiliiu of lliu t'HKeU nie flclghlt'l'H ntnl twenty aii pntseil HHh. Tim iciniiliilng live nic mil iIch- lllllllll'll. i;let''ll iTNMI'lM NCCIIICll IHI" llonii icUliv Uniiiiuh Aini'ili'in A talc pf allcmpli'd hrilicrv and corruption, whereby WJIIiycomhc sup- iMirtori nro 'iiccuxcd of having tried to buy tin' editorial iulhicnce of (lie Ashland TlilingH lu behalf of that candidate, offering therefor the iiiinr nificent sum of fifty plimkH, in ex jiimcd in tbc issue of the Tiding, dat ed October III. Tin- offer was indig nantly spurned and as n coimeipience of the corrupt slnnd-pat sditical iiielbuds ciiiloyd, "the some iiialii- liiiiicd for so many yean lo keep Or egon nailer putty iiiaehiao domina tion." tbc republican TidiugH will sup pott Dr. ('. .1. Smith, democratic can didate for governor. Tlio storv of the traiisncliou as printed in the Tidings is as follews: , "Monday morning, October 1'J, be tween II and 10 o'clock, n local sup porter of Dr. Wilhycomho called at the Tidings office and asked for n private conference with Mr. flreer. Of for in 1 I'ifty Hollar "He asked how the TidiugK stood on Withycoinjie. Wo replied wc were not enthusiastic. Ho fin we bad let the gubernatorial campaign alone and h night wc sbouhl continue lo do so, "lie said Ilia local committeo would meet nt 10 oVIoek and desired the Tidings to come out for their candi date. Wo told him we did not feel like doing so. He said the commit tee would raise fifty dollars for the Tidiims if it would support Withy uombe. "We told him the Tidings had ad vertising space to sell and would charge tbc local committee the sumr rate made other political ndvettlsers. "lie said it was not advertising space they wanted, but editiiriul' support. Tilling .Vot for Side "We told hint ho had misjudged the Tidings, that the editorial iiiflurure of the paper was u sitcicd thing and not for sale; that his proposal amounted to no less than an iiruilt both to our Intelligence and integrity, and continued its in the detenniiia lion not to suppoit Dr. With.teomhc "He went away and returned in about an hour and ordered an adver tisement announcing a meeting for Dr.Vithyeombo for Tuesday night at the nrinory. "Already the candidacy of Dr. Wllhycninbo wiih losing our favor just in propottion as we found that bis most ciitbusiaslio local Htmportcrs were Iboso who, under tlio old ma chine rule, dictated tlio opposition lo popular government, They were no torious as ultra reactionary, opposed to tlm Oregon system, favorablo to assembly nominations, opposed to L primary mid everlastingly ugainsl Statement No. 1, CONFIDENCE IS IN THE PEOPLE President Tells Bar Association That Law Needs Humanizing Public Opinion Mistress of the World Less Technicality and More Princi ple Needed In Practice of Law WAHIH.VfJTO.V. Oct. 20. Willi nn nililrcsH of wcleoiiio liy Prcnlricnl Wlluoii, with former President Tafl In tlio rlialr and tin entire supreme court Hit! In;; as guests of honor, the American llnr association licgau to il uy Its annual eslon here. lu his Introduction of President Wilson, Mr, Toft pledged tlio anno clatlon'H curliest co-opernilon and Its deepen personal confidence In the president's ability ami purpose to Ktildo tlio ship of Htnto wifely through tlio European itIsIh. Mr. Tuft nnlil tlio American people were hack of tlio president lu his hunil- llug of tlio International Hituation ami that ho hud tlio confidence of tlio nation. Confidence in I'coplo rrcmuent wiinon'n response wn tliak his Rtrrngth letted In tlio con fidence of tlio peoplo. Ho plended for (ho "humanizing of tlio taw" In this time of International crisis, not only n respected International law hut an to municipal law. Ho until tlio world was now "stirred to Its depths" but that the hest courso for a nation to pursue was tlio disin terested prt. Jlo ndded that tho tin- set I led world conditions made a good tlmo for freeing tho Jaw from tho dry consideration of cold precedents and Injecting Into It moro of tho viewpoint of Justlco for tho ordinary man. "Tho opinion of tho world Is the mistress of tho world; and tho pro cesses of international law nro tlio slow processes hy which opinion works Its will," said President Wil son. Lust Court, the I'coplo "What Impresses uio Is tho con stant thought, that that Is tho tri bunal at tho bar of which wo all sit. t would call your attention. Incl- 1 'V!-,J ---jHiM K"$KKK9w&rM . wwesrr tw cuvroiKir (Tlieodoro IJooHovolt to T'tircssivos of tlio nation.) J am very sorry to say that f do not' think anything whatever fan ho done through tho republican party as now organized; in any event, as far as L am concerned. The result here in New York has shown that it is utterly use Icss for njpJoMi(l(,:H7)rJogjjniyre)ul)liNm of promi- RAILROADS PLEAD FOR HIGHER RATES TOF A OUN I nonce to conic out in such a way as (pmak(j it possible foe there to be co-operation between the, republicans and pro gressives on any terms which J. would consider. In all big states the republican party is more reaction ary, more comnletolv under the control of tlio lrar flnn it was two years airo. There is literally nothing wiintnvcr to bo done with it while it continues as it is now; it at pres ent is as far as the poles from the vital principles of Abra ham Lincoln republicanism, and T am sorry to say that actual experience has convinced mo that any effort to maivu a comomauon necween tnc progressives and the decent republicans for good government has resulted only in these decent republicans being forced into subservience to the machine, and tho machine gleefully and screamingly announced that the progressives 'have surrendered to the republicans, so that the situation becomes worse and not better. I do not believe it would bd right in the eohtcsfs this fall for the progressives toSuppo"rt the republicans in any state, no matter what, the republicans in these, slates may say, because in a great majority of the states- rjic repub licans have come out; with the utmost cynieisni against tho progressives and in favor of all the worst practices of the Bourbons two yeai-s ago, and where this is the case, victory for republicans in any state, even though nominally achieved under the banner of some man who says he is for me, would in its sum total result in advantages to the utterly Kourbon and reactionary machines. As things are now, it is worse than useless to support the few republicans who announce that they ore for me, but that they intend to remain in the republican party, for this merely means that, if elected, they will strengthen the great mass of republicans who not only intend to oppose me. which is unimportant, but to oppose all the things for which I stand, which is very important. REfUS NG dentally, to tho clrcuinstancoci that It doc not olwervo tho ordinary rules of ovldonco, which has so mo times utiRRested to mo that tho ordinary rules of evidence had shown some signs of growing antique "Ever) thing, rumor Included, Is heurd In this court, and tho standard of Judgment In not with regard to tho character of tho testimony, hut tho charactor of tho witness. Tho motives uro disclosed, tho purposes nro conjoctud and that opinion Is finally accepted which seems to be, not tho beat tounded In law, perhaps, but tho Itest founded In integrity of character mid of morals. "That Is tho process which is slowly working Its will on tho world and what wo should bo watchful of Is not so much caloua interests, ns 'sound principles of action. Tho dis interested courso Is nlwuyft tho big gest courfio to pursue, not only, but (Continued on J'ago 6) (Continued on Page JH JAPANESE SEE MORE ISLANDS TOKIO, Oct. !!0. JnpiiiH'HO huvo seized tho islands in tho Ladroiui or MiiYiiiiino group. Previous announco. tnont hits been made of the occupa tion by Japan of islands in the Mar shall nnd Caroline groups, Tho occu pation of nn island in tho Marianne or Lndrono group Iiiih not heretofore been reported. Tlio Minimum islands lie directly east' of l.uxoii and about 1700 mill's from Manila, In this group is the isl and of Oiiiiiii, which was ncipiiicd by tlm Unilcd States in 1HIIH. lure. the United Klnlcu mnliiliiinii n mill mili tary force mid there Is n nubia sta lliui mi lliu linn between Manila, lion nliilil ntnl Hun 1'YiiiicIhcii, Tlm Mail iiiiiui iinii Is iibniil ADO miles south of lliu lloeiilti UlmuliJ, which belong u Jiijinii, Tho lolal men of lliu Mar. Iiumutf k nbinii jjo hijuhid iiiIIvm, Most of tltcm nro densely wooded and all nro described as fertile. Tho cli mate is temperate and salubrious, With tho captain of Gun in, all the islands in this group wcro sold by Spain to Germany in 1800, nnd form parof a government district of Ger man New' Guinea. It was annouliced front Tokin, Oe cobe? (1, Dint tho Japaneso squadron sent to dent ro v tho Gorman fleet in tho Hon tli Hi'as had lauded bluejack ets ut Jiilult inland, the seat of gov ernment III Ilia Marshall archipelago, annexed hy (lenimny in 1KHII, The Marshalls pre In tlm South pacific, about midway between the Philip pines mill Hawaii, lalult Island Is thlily'flglit inih long mid twenty Ivwi lulll'ii itlt. 'II Inn heen lite huadipunlciH ufii big tletniiin com jmny i.iiii liailfiUillh Ilia Marbal mill HlljHCCIlt glOIIli Ut Iklrllllk WASHINOTON, Oct. 20. Today's hearing before the Inter-State Com merce CommUslou on tho application of tho eastern railroads for increased freight rates on their contention that financial exigencies brought on hy tho I'uro)Kan war mako thorn needful, was devoted largely to n cross examination of President Wil ls, nl of tho llnltlinoro and Ohio on tho relations of that systent to tho Cincinnati, Hamilton nnd Dayton. l.ouls O. Itrandels, special counsel for tho commission, laid stress on his questions on tho Maltlmoro & Ohio investment of more than $20, 000,000 n tho Ohio lino nnd Its as sumption of obligation of a ltkc amount. Tho witness said tho in vestment represented only nn annual Interest charge of 1,000,000 nnd In sisted that would not havo affected tho present situation of'tho Hue, "If ou did not havo tho Cincin nati, Hamilton and Dayton you 'would havo tho money )ou linested, would you not?" suggested Commis sioner Meyer. "Ccitiilnly," tuisworod Mr. Wll lnrd. Taking up stntcments filed by tho carriers to support their plea, Clif ford Thorno, appearing for sovoral stato railroad commissions and ship pers associations, asked Mr. Willard If it woro not true that tho years picked by tho railroads for compari son to show fnlluro of now Invest ments, to earn any rettiriiA woro the only years that would show that re sult. Tho statement compared fig ures for llt0 nnd 1013. Mr. Thorno rend figures for 1013 nnd sovoral other yearn both before and nftor 1010, which showed earnings on now capital. Mr. Willard did not challenge tho figures road nnd his cross examination closoit. REHEARI OF LOS ANGELES--SWIIC1G CASE WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. Tho In-tcr-Statu Commerce Commission to day denied tho application of trans-. continental railroads for a re-hear-Ing of tho so-called Los Angeles switching ca.io. Tho orginal decision of tho com mission was sustained by the su pieiuc court. Taken In connection with the com mission's refusal to re-open tho case, tho action Is regarded as meaning tlint a general charge for "spotting'' cars, when tho shipper's side tracks are within switching limits, may not bo approved by tho commission. The commission's decision pro nounced unlawful a cliargo made by railroads for locating cars within certain limits, which service was hold to bo n regular one and not properly a basis for an additional charge. CZAR STOPS SALE FOR ALL TIME OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS CLAIM JAP LOSSES ATJSING TAU HEAVY PICKING. Oct. 21, l:0.- n. m. Uef- ugees who have come out of Tsing Tan, the fortified position in the Ger mnn possession in Shantung prov ince, are authority for tho statement that up to the lime they left the Jap anese bad lost several thousand men before Tslng Tan, while the casualties of tho Germans did not amount to more than sevenil hundred, PETROGRAD, Oct. 20. The Rtts sian government will never again em bark in the manufacture and sale of nlcoholic dnnks. This statement, eonfinning previous reports, hns adopted in tho name of Emperor Nicholas himself. The Russian Union of Abstinence, which devotes its energies to com batting alcoholism, addressed to Em peror Nicholas n solicitation that ho forbid forever tho sale of spirituous liquors in Russia. His majesty re plied in n telegram gent in the name of Grand Duke Constantino nnd nd drcssed to the president of the alli ance, in which he .said: "I thank you, X long ugo decided to interdict for nil time In Ru-.-ia tho salo of alcoholic drinks by the government." OF AC1IVITY IN GERMAN FLEET LONDON, Oct. 20, C:22 p. in. In a dispatch from llotterdam tho cor respondent of tho Kvonlng News de clares that tho German marines nro leaving Antwerp to rejoin tho Ger man fleet and that tho Gorman ships nt Kiel aro being extensively pro visioned. VILLA TERRORIZES MILITARY CHIEFS FEW SURVIVORS OF J RAKIIO, Japan, Ot 20,, p, in According lo Information reaching hero today, only threo of tlm 281 members of tho crow of tho Jnpaiiomi cruUer Tukitehln, sunk by u niliiu In Kluo-Clnnv buy Oiiobor 17, siirvho Gin illmuler. Tho body of Cuplulu Ho Iiiih been iccclvvd, The most of lliu nulfii'i' l tlilblo ubuvt) tho Mln,', SAN ANTONIO, To.mis, Oct. 20. Tho Mexican eonsulato hero today received n report from Mexico City stating that General Francisco Villa created n panio nmong the delegates to tho convention of military ohiofs in Agnus Calieutcs today by moving an unuy of 18,000 men to a position vhem ho can envelop the oity nnd imprison tho entire conference. Villa's army is icvortcd to bo within an hour's march of Agnus Calieutcs, To oppose him there nro Cnrriiiun troops at Monterey nnd Kallillo, hut it would lake several days to get litem to Agnus I'alientes. Aciioriliug to tlm message from Mexico City lo the consulate here, the delegate nt Agnus ('ulieiilo, who III. elude unity chiefs uf tint coiinlltii. tlniinli! a i my, bine imnlo mi nppcwl In furniimi lo giniiiinlro Ibcii' I'icc. ibun dining Ilia imtivculinii, which wii cumvi Imluy, Tin1 hmwiM that Villa's soldiers, who nro in Agnus Calieutcs as escorts to the chiefs of Villa's army, rob them and instill them in the streets. They ask that Agnus Calieutcs and the sur rounding territory bo declared nen tral during the convention, or that tho convention bo removed to Mexico City. Antonio T. Villareal, president of tho convention, today ordered that a train currying K. 0. Morcute; Carlos Doniingucz, Manuel ltonilla and An dreas Ciizmiiu in the border ho stop ped. These men were released from prison in Mexico City last night by order of (be Agnus Calieutcs coiivcii. lion mul wein t'i he permitted to go In Vlllii territory. Tliey wcio nrrct' cil nn chuigc of iilli'inpllng In iiicitu lebellloii ujfiiliikl C'mruuxii. It l peeled I hey Hie lo he held tiw bo1. IE OF BATTLE NOW FLOWING W FAVOR OF ALLIES LONDON, Oct. 20, 1:3! p. tn. Nothing has been received up to (lie present from the Gennnn intelligence department to counteract the Ilritish impression conveyed in the news, both official nnd unofficial, published hero Hint the tide of battle both in the enstern nnd tho western theaters is not for tho moment flowing in favor of Germany. The picture, however, continues so blurred that it is impossible, except for tho commanders on tho spot,' ac curately to gtingo thb effect of tho momentary changes on tho ultimate result, so it may be that the Gentian general stnff, when it considers tho time right, will present n scene of an entirely different aspect. The Belgian minister at London has no continuation of the story that tho allies havo reoooupied Oslend, but in any ease, tho Gennnn hold on that peuport must be somewhat pro carious if tho nllies Mill retain tho positions assigned to them in the lat est French official statement. Should tho allies push their wedgo beyond Roulers, where its point rest ed yesterday, Ostein! would bo in con siderable danger of being cut off front tho rest of tbo Gentian army. Tho German nro making; great ef forts to brenk through tlieir oppon ents' lines in tho neighborhood of Arms, where, as General Joffro's statement points out, that fighting bus proceeded for ten days without u respite. ' H AD TO I ROES WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. Wealth will come moro quickly lo the young farmer who einbnrfa in tho business of raising hogs than tiny other branch of farming ho may ohooso, K. T, Cash of St. Louis fcu.lt) i-f "4ht tion today before 700 member of Ihn American Meat Packers' association attending the. ninth miunwl cohohi Hon, 'Thoro is iaiiiii wofy lu rMWujf hogs (hmi In oilier hruM of fiw iinri" Mr, Cush suld, ''(mumm) jlwf can be fed worn vk.ply mh4 put V MAml in Ihn Hmkl tor hM U Iuciwimc mM wMI muhmt t l vrmm Ukk wimm, k tUL wilt wcw, js'uiliiiK J'Hrllitr utiluu hy Vllll HU MnW'. :-A Ml m ''5-.i fi a r r.v 'VI i -up f U