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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
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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
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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
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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
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