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MEDFORD, OKKllON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1914
NO. 188
naiiv .main Tr.
.JOJBB..I.-U.-I ' ' J 'J-
OF FLANDERS STILL CONTINUES
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BLOODY MASSACRE
GE1KK NEW REBELLION
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YSER 7 TIMES
TO DEATH TRAP
No Quarter Asked or Given In Battle
Over Western frontLand Resftn
bles a Shambles Kalser'i Force
Cut to Pieces Repeatedly,. But Re
inforcements Still Roll In,
LONDON', Ocl. 2K, :2H p. in. All
Kt filings News dispatch from North
ern Prance and timed 7 o'clock this
morning n:
"It U reported horn tlnil tlio Ger
mans arc falling back all along tho
lliiti from I. a Haiwee to tho sea."
LONDON, Oct. 28, I 32 Ji. ill.
Tim "bloody massacre," an It U '
scribed by those on the npot, anion
tlio sand dupoa nml thn canals of
('landers, shows n yet hut fow signs
of slackening. Tho valor of tho (lor
tunii attack has been porUlontly
countered by equal valor from tho
hlrmly raiikii before them. Apparent-
I) no quarter In bvlnic asked or kIvcii
In this battle on thn western front
nml (ho Inml over which It Is being
waged resembles n shambles.
Seven times altogether, tho Ger
mans have crossed nil ro-croscd thn
Yscr. Kucli time they aucrcded In
gaining tho loft bank they founil
themselves- In a don tli trap coin
innndec) by tho gunn of tho defend
rit, Immovably retrenched. twhlnd
the railroad embankment runulns
more orleirparallel to tho Yscr, and
romp)etely barring iliclr progress,
Home Oorriiail forces, according to the
latent report In London, auccocdod
In (linllng shelter enough among thn
Mini hlllockH to enable them to re
tnln n foqlltig between tho Yser and
th rullroiid running from Dlxmudn to
Nleuport, but thin number up to tho
present tlmo Iibh been Insufficient to
dislodge the allien.
Uclnforreniriil ArrMiug
Gorman reinforcements nro nt 111
rolling up and the efforts to brcuk
through tho lino nhow no sign of
cessation. 'Nor U It expected that
thof mI until tho exhausted masses
of moil i each tho limit of their en
durance,, Tho Ilelelrtn government Iibh liocn
Mir red lo greater activity by tho
comment thttt Uwrn are largo mini
horn of joiing and phMcully ablo
llclglana enjoying llfo In Knglnnd
when their proper place, It la con
tended, In In tho ranks of their own
army.
IIcIkUhn HuniinoniMl
A call has beon turned by tho Pel
Klmi government summoning all cf-
fli'leutH between tho ngea of 18 and
:i( to enlist for tho duration of tho
war and announcing that after No
vember 1G nil bachelors are to bo
automatically enrolled.
HlmultancoUsly It la declared here,
tho llritish government haa repented
of IIh recent Imtructlons forbidding
thu capturu of rcsorvlats of tho enemy
on neutral vessels, and haa with
drawn thlH ordor. Tho publlo wol
comoH tills change of front as It h
opposed to giving facllitlca to tho
flood of carman and Austrian re
aorvlsts to Join their rolora and thutt
neutralize tho fresh troops tho allies
uro ablo to send Into tho Hold.
CANDY MERCHANT II
SHOOTS UP FAMILY
(lALIIHUimO, III., Oct. 38. W. M.
Htromborg, a confectionery manufac
turer nml ii member of ono of (lulus
burg's bust known families during a
fit of temporary Insunlly said to huivo
bnuii rmised by Ibiuor, eaily today
abut unil killed liU three children,
nml painfully wounded Ills wife,
Tlio Mituillnif was lie result of a
iiuurrol In Ilia inldillii of thu iiIkIi!
wriin HlriiiulioiK iliiinmiileil morn
liml ilolliliiK' Maforo liU wife I'Mild
k( Ilium, liii Jiimi'iiii mil uf buil,
ill I'm il nml e(( lliu Iiiiikd lii an
hour liv M'IuiukJ m a almlguu,
Hllb wit i liu HM lL khuolfMV,
EMS OUT IN
SOUTH AFRICA
Beer Generals De Wet and Beyers
Head Revolt Germans Invade the
Portuguese Coleny in West Africa
Unrest In Albania Growtrtf
Greece Occupies Territory.
LONDON, Ool. 2H, 10:15 n. ml
The liallln wliU-li nil the world i
wateliiiig htill HWiiVH hack nml forth
in the little ilihtrint of Went Plunder,
where tlio allied force are ntnio;liiic.
to check the (Irmtnn mlviinci to Cal
ni, hut rip1cN of wnr nwn nro not
ed in widely xcpnrutcd oiutM.
KirM coiiicn the new rebellion In
South Afrlrn, when the Iloer lenilT,
Cliri.stian De Wet nml (Jeneral llev
ers, fonuer rommnniliint of the mill
tnry fon-eh of the I'nion of South
Africa, have taken thn field against
thn union government on the IiccIh of
the ehcokinu of the rehellioiiK move
incut uniler Colonul Muritt. fienernl
Do Wet wiih the fnmoim antagonist of
lird Kilehener during the ltocr war,
nml the um-iniug. he in now lending Is
t rented by the British presn bb far
morn serious thnii tho Mnrltr out
break. In t a (on In Afrlrn
An event iierhiijw hciiiiI In poten
tial importance h the reKirted Uer
man invnuion of Angola, jho I'ortn
guese colony - in West Africa.
Whether thin report is tme, the ilis-
patch coiiicn almost coincidental with
the iiiinuuuueiueiit that Munucl, for
mci' Line; of l'lirtugal, has offered
liW HerviueH to Kinjr George and Is
willing to tnke the field ngninst Uer
many with Hie army of tho lrlii'
gueso rcpuhlir. Acconliup; to report.
jraiiuel huh reeeutlv in Portugal.
Thirdly, tho unrest in Albania
serins to be growing. Not only litwc
both Italy and Greece announced their
intention of nriiteetiii their interests
in this territory by I'pice of anus
hut (he Turks are said to he active in
a campaign to send troops nml pro
claim Albania a imrt of thu Ottoman
empire.
Hunk off Irloh Cat
Asiile from these political outcrop
pingH of the great war, Kiighiml re
ceived u shock in the iicwk that a
Mcnmer, Iho Mnnehehler Commerce,
hnd been sunk off the coast of Ire
Intiil hy a Geniinn mine. Up to the
present time nil such disaster have
been confined to the eastern const.
Tho region where this1 vessel was
struck h on thu first route of the
great Atlanlio liners' from Liverpool
nml of tho Clyde Line steamers from
New York nml Cntiudittn ports. The
inference is that thu UrnriniiH, by
penetrating this urea, hoped to reach
thu tiansH)ttH bearing Cnnndinu
troops to the llritish Isles.
Of thn battle on the Yser, London
heard little ncwn this inonilnp;. The
Gonnnn rush to reach tlio French
const woiihl appear for tho time be-
(Continued on Page Fife.)
ESCAPED YOUTHS
BURGLARIZE STORES
SAI.KM, On, Out. tiH. Three burglaries-
and tho theft of u horse ami
liiigy nml automobile have been com
mittcil hy Pat Iteilly ami Alike lldgun
slnco their escape from thu stnto re
form siihool last night, acconliup; to
iufonnutinn received here. Heilly is
18 yearn old ami Hogim 17, iiml both
were commltteil from Porllaml. Thu
sheriffs office here first learned of
their escaiio when advised from Tur
ner Hint a lmiso ami buggy had been
stolen by llieiu,
I'Vniii Ihero llicy iliovn lo Marion
ami robbed a aloio till, Jefferson
was llm imU hcciiu of (heir opeia
lions, a sloii) being' rubbed of knives
nml inxois, Here llicy dlwcmdiij llm
lioivn nml lnigK)' nml slide uu milo.
iimhllu nml Hid lo Albany. In Ihu
uk limn hey inlcicd u uciiciul utf
uliumlUn iiloiii mnl wtilijn,il Ibew.
svhes with aw olulhloi hniI protU
iouo,
HCXMpug
OSTEKD FILLED
WITH WOUNDED
LONDON', Oct. 'J8, 2:13 p. m.
Travelers renehing AuiHterdum from
Ostend declare that as the fight in;;
between Kicuort and Dixinuilo in
creased in violence, Ostend became
more nml more crowded with German
wounded, according to thu corrc
spoiidcnt nt Amsterdum of Router's
Telegram company,
Kcurly all the inhabitunts of Os.
tend nro flceinc; tho city, tho corrf
spondent continues, and the streets
are choked with German troops mov.
ing to the front nnd exhauhtvsl sol
diers returning. In tho vicinity of
Obtcml tho Gennnn forces arc almost
exclusively marines. On tho sen
dyke tho Gcnnans have posted henvv
nriillerj' which was HtieeesHful in
driving off llritish warships in tho
vicinity. Five hundred llritish pris
oners wcro brought into Ostend, but
subsequently they were transferred (o
Ghent. There arc also many wound
ed of tho allies in Ostend nnd tho
roada to Ghent nro jammed with
marching soldiers, At n point not far
from Obtcnd tho Gcnnans have creel
vd an airship shed of non-inflammable
material. Food in Ostend is
scarce.
EMDEN9NKS
JI
HJWL1N, Oct. i. via wireless to
Suyvlllc, ,L. 1. The Gonnnn oruisor
Knidcn, HCuordiug (u an official an
nouncement issued today, has suuk a
Jnpiincho lluvr bound for Hingupoiv,
According to (he Iluliun newspup.
SliiHipu, (he German cruisers Kiiulcn
nnd Karlsruhe, up (o (ho pieseitt
time, have sunk (hill) .three eseU,
UKRi'fKiilIng " (oniinuo of 150,000,
riwlks newpacis report that slnco
(liu nspliiii) by the Genniiiis of Ciinip
Dvs IIoiiiiiIiin ll I'Venitli losses in I lie
bullle lino between Timl mid Vcninn
hurt) hern inoie Ihun 10,000 incn. The
IVfHi'h officers, iici'oiillnjf u slulu
M)ti(iU Id Utrn iiuvpM's, iuwpWl'1
of Ihu iHlV'iior iullly of Ih Viwb
OF KAISER'S ARM Y
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FRENCH MAINTAIN
POSITIONS ALONG
LONG BATTLE LINE
PARIS, Oct. 28. 2:43 p. in. Tho
French official announcement Issued
this nftornoon say a that yesterday
tho German attacks between Nleuport
and Arraa wcro less violent. The
Froiich positions everywhere wero
maintained nnd French forcca con
tinued to advance to tho north and to
tho east of Ypreg.
Tho text of tho communication fol fel fol
eows: . "During the day of yesterday tho
Ocrman attack In all tho regions be
tween Nleuport and Arraa wero Icsa
violent. Our positions wero every
where maintained, and wo coutlnued
to advance to tho north and to tho
east of Ypros. Vo also mado sotno
progress between Cambrin, to the
southwest of I-a Uassce and Arraa.
"Further Information continues to
confirm previous reports that tho
German losses In dead, woundod and
prisoners havo been considerable In
the northern region.
"On tho right bank ot tho Alsuo
tho Germans attempted at night a
very violent offenslvo movement In
the region of Craonne. On tho
heights of tho highway Dos Dames
they have been repulsed.
"In the 'Woovro district our troops
have- continued their advance in tho
forts botween Aprlmont and St.
Mlhlel, as well as in tho forest ot
Lepotre,"
"Russia: To tho south of War
saw the fighting oxtends from Rawa
to tho Junction of the rlvor lira.
with tho IVstuln on a front 100 kilo-
actors (G2 miles) long, In tho reg
ion to tho north-east ot Rawa the
Russians have Inflicted heavy losses
on tho (ioniums. There haa boon
furious fighting In tho foresta be
tween Koilcuca and Radom,
"In (lallcl'i, tho Russians are malt
lug progrv, To the south of Ram
bor, In tho narrow valley of tho Pod
buj (hey surrounded tho 38th divi
sion of llm Hungarian Motived, to
gelher wllh detachments fiom (ho
laudsirum mid destroyed (hem coin,
pluloly, laplurlntf 30 pleco of ar
tillery mid a ijuuiilliy uf war mslcr
Ul 'In l.'sit I'ruuls pailU) Nllumpls
t loUHlrr olfuuslm MoVtmeu( hh
(ha pM o( (hy (Jitwsus iiul(d u
flluir '
ourtcsy Orccon Journnl.
JAPAN ENLARGES
ARMY TO INSURE
PEACE IN FAR EAST
XKW VOHK, Oct. 28. The Knst
and West News Kurcnii issued this
afternoon tho following statement
which was received bv them from To
kin under dnto of teday:
"Yukio Ozaki, minister of justice,
who has heretofore consistently nil
vocal ed (ho disadvantage of Japan's
entering into (ha rnco ot armament
expansion with (ho great powers,
makes tho following statement with
regard to the navy and army budget
to be presented before tho coming
diet:
'"In tho next budget no proposal
for tho construction of uny new bat
tleship will bo made. It will only
provide, for tho building o subma
rines and torpedo boat destroyc. ,
with the solo purpose of placing the
defense of Japan's adjacent sens on
a snfo basis. This will set nt rest
any suspicion somo uuvnl power may
hnvo harbored toward Japan.
"'At the present mouiunt ngnin
Husia places her faith in Japan, and
China relies upon us for tho mainten
ance of its territorial integrity. Con
sequently tho increase, of tho army
hitherto so much discussed will bo
undertaken so far as (ho pcoplu can
easily boar (ho burden and to tho ex.
tent of insuring peace ii tho fur
east.' "
mkjsm" -
OUT; 1ISB0N
LONDON, Oct. 2S, 7:50 a. m.- Ac
cording to a Central News dispatch
from Copenhagen, tho Cologne Qa
xetto reports (hat an epdemIo of
cholera has bioken out at Lisbon,
and that tho Spunlsh government luu
stopped all communication across thu
frontier.
Rclnfercefnenti for Germany
LONDON, Orl. 28, 7,(0 a, in. A
dispatch to thu Times from liuruo,
HwllMrUud, m (hut Dm Ocnuuns
tru roivlvliiK larKu rfliidmsiiiniils
In AIH' end that lli Frnrh am
fiiukiux yrval prvprIMJii fur fcu (
lark Mlt Relfwit which Is puvf
fully wlwMi
c
BREAKS
TO
IES SO ALSO
Washington Officially Advised That
Carranza Will Step Out If Villa
and Zapata Give Up Their Posts in
Army and Retire to Private Life
Opinions Vary as to Result.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.- -The
American' government was oflcially
Informed today by the minister f
foreign relations at Mexico City that
General Carranzn had submitted his
resignation to the national conven
tion at Aguas Callentcs on tho con
dition that Generals Villa and Zapa
to resign their posts In tho consti
tutionalist army and retire to pri
vate life.
General Curranza's nctlon. It was
ktatcd, was taken purely In 'tho in
terest of domestic peace. No word
was received of what action was
taken by the convention. Opinions
varied In official circles as to wheth
er Villa or Zapata would glvo such
assurances, although tho northern
chief had repeatedly stated to Amer
ican consular agents that lie had no
ambition to bo president of Mexico
or hold any ot the numerous offices
for which his name has been men
tioned. It Is believed thcro would bo
less difficulty in adjusting tho sit
uation with respect to Villa than as
to-ftipata. . .
IDENT
TO
WASHINGTON, Oct.
dent Wilson was naked
2S. Presl
today by
"Mother'' Jones, tho mlno strike lead
er, nnd James Lord of tho mining de
partment of tho American Federa
tion ot Labor, to closo down tho Colo
rado coal mines, It tho operators con
tinue to refuse tho federal plan of
mediation already accepted by the
minors.
They also asked tho president not
to withdraw federal troops until
somo solution ot tho labor trouble
bad boon fpund.
Tho president listened nttentativcly
nnd said ho wag earnestly looking
for a solution. Ho is said to be
doubtful of his authority to closo tho
mines, but was told that In tho opin
ion of tho labor leaders ho has tho
authority to do so.
Mr. Lord told tho president that
employes of tho oporators wero being
mustorcd Into tho stato militia and
that fighting would follow if federal
troops wore taken out.
"Mother" Joiicb described condi
tions in tho coal Golds and told tho
president that women nnd1 children
have been brutally treated and tho
stnto officials wero unable to cope
with tho situation.
President Gompors of tho federa
tion was at tho uhlto house when
"-Mottier" Jones nnd Mr. Lord callod
but ho did not sue Mr. Wilson,
HUNTINGTON, W. Vn , Oct. 38.
Llghtueii puisuiia wero Injured, flvo
of them smlously, when lluoe Pull
mutts mid a day coach of Chosapouko
and Ohio WushliiKloii-ChleuKO fast
train No J, was derailed (his morn,
lug (en miles mid of Jluntlujstoii,
Two Pullman luind over rnllliijr,
down u hi till uinbmiliiiiunt.
A bri'btM whwul on thu day isih
U Mimed (o Ii.ivk miiM'il till ce
0'inl. All lb Jiijuitid W in Iks
0)vrluDui j'nllMMiia,
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WILSON ISSUES
THANKSGIVING
PROCLAMATION
President Calls Attention ef Ameri
cans to Blessings ef Peaee ami
Opportunity for Helplmj Distmeetf
Nations of the World Names Ke
vember 26 as Thanksivinf Day.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 'J8. Presi
dent Wilson today issues a proclama
tion designating Thursday, Novem
ber 2C, as Thanksgiving day.
Tlio president's proclamation,
which refers to (he fact that tlio
United Slates is at pence while tta
rest of tho world is at war, follews:
"Hy the president of the United
Slates of America.
"A proclamatien:
"It lias long been the honored cus
tom of our people to turn in the fruit
ful nutumn of the year in praise and
thanksgiving to Almighty God for hLs
many blessings and mercies to us as
n nation. The year (hat Is now
drawing to a close sinco wo last ob
served our day of national thanks
giving, has been, while a year of dis
cipline because of (he mighty forces
of war and of change which have
disturbed (ho world, also a year of
special blessing for us.
Privileged by Peace
"It 1ms been vouchsafed to us to
remain nt peace, with honor, and hi
somo part to succor the Buffering and
supply (he needs of those who are in
want. We have been privileged by onr
own peace nnd self-control in somo
degree to steady tho counsels and
shape (he hopes and purposes of, a
day of fear and distress. Our people
have looked upon their own lifo as u
nntion with deeper comprehension, a
fuller realization of their responsibil
ity, ns well as of their blessings, and
ii keener sense of tho moral and prac
tical significance of what their part
among tho nations of tho world may
como to bo.
''The hurtful effects of foreign war
in their own industrial uml commer
cial nffairs have made them feel tho
more fully and seo tho more clearly
their mutual interdependence upon
ono another, and has stirred them 10
n helpful co-operation such as "they
have seldom practiced before. They
hnvo been quickened by a great moral
stimulation. Their unmistakable ar
dor for peace, their earnest pity and
disinterested sympndiy for thoso who
are suffering, their readiness to heln
mid to think of tho needs of others,
has revealed them to themselves us
well as to the world.
Our Crops Feed the World
"Our crops will feed nil who need
food ; thu self-possession of our peo
ple amidst tho most serious anxieties
and difficulties and tho steadiness
nml resourcefulness of our business
men yvill sorvo other nations as well
ns our own.
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ANTWERP SUPPLIES
SENT TO FRONT
LONDON', Oct. 28. 8:03 a. w.
An Amsterdum dispatch to tba
Chrouiolo, dated Tuesday, says:
"The only nows arriving here today
from Ilcrlin is to tho effect that the
liy lit for tho Yser cuual is going ft
vorably for the Germans.
''During thu lust few days Mm
Gcnnans huvo been sending grwt
quantities of food, blankets and otkr
stores from Antwerp (a mm HkWH
ilfstiiuitloii mid the (ownnpof4 ut
Antweip fear (hers will ba a Wt
of lhfc artlolss. Tho (kmuuNi w
Inking 210 pr cent of llw Itmwmy
jecelpts,
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