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MEDFORD, ORKOOy, TmiSDAV, NOV10MI3EJI 10, 1014
NO. 199
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GERMAN CRUISER EMDEN, DARING RAIDER, SUNK BY AUSTRALIAN CRUISER
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TERROR OF SEAS
SOI IN FIGHT
AT COCOS ISLE
Etmlcn, Destroyer of Twenty-two
Ships, Mostlv British, Destroyed by
Australian Cruiser Sydney in Bat
tle Flemarkable Career of Vessel
Cruiser Kocnlgslxru Bottled Up.
LONDON, Nov. lo. l'jsso p. in. -It
was nffieinllv announced iii London
IimIiiv llint thu (Ionium cruiser Km
ilrn hits lii'cn driven uxhuro iiml
Inn mil,
Tint Iommih among tho officers and
lew ii tlti' Kmdcu un lepnrted tn
llUVl ! MT.V lll'llV.V.
Tim Kuulcii wiirt ilcstroacil hy tin1
Australian cruiser Sydney. Hln was
iliiion nshnro on tin island of tin
Cim'om or Keeling group, southwest of
Immi, in Hid linliiiii oi'i'iiii.
Tin Sjiliiev nihtcd tint Linden yes-
tenia' morning. Willi NiiKrior
"pi'i'il lu nt nnco rloHoil in iiml gave
liultli. Tlu Ociinmi lioiil could tint
ii'iipo. Them was a nniiiiii" fight
nt the cud of which lliu Linden, burn
iiiK from tint shell of the AuMtruliiiu
lioiit, wiih beached.
Tin' oiiniutltios on lliu Sydney are
suid o lmo been ulight.
KoculgthurK Bottled l;p
The nilinirnlty statement which mi
iiiniucos thn destruction of tin) I!miln
in tlin linliiiii ocean mnl the bottling
up of tin ICncnigsberg on tin I'tist
i'out of Africa, rend oh follow.:
"Aflur tlin whereabouts of tint Koe
nigMiurg Iiml been iinlii'ali'il liv tlm
n 1 1 nek on th Pegasus on the IDtli of
.September, a eoneciitrnlinn of fast
cruisers huh arranged by tlm iiilmi
rally in Fust African waters, ami a
1lniioiiili anil prolonged search uiik
lllllill! by tlli'nO Vessels.
"Thi hi'iiioh resulted, (Vlolicr 30,
in tin! ICocnigxherg's being licnvfrcil
I iv II. .M. S. Chatham, Captain Hhlimy
It. Drury-Lowe, hiding in shoal water
alioiit six null's up tin Ittifiji river,
opposite Ma fiu Island, (Icnmiii Lust
Africa. Owing to a greater draught,
tin Chutlimit coulil lint reach the
KnenlgHhci-g, which prolialilv is
aground, except at high wntir. Part
of I In crew of tho rCoonigsbcrg has
licen hiinli'il ami is entrenched on thu
hanks of Hid river.
ltcjnnikllo History
"Both these entrenchments ami
tin Knenigsborg herself havo hecu
bombarded hy tlm ('hiithiiin, hut ow
ing to tho ileiiht palm groves amid
which thn ship lies it is nut possible
In estimate thu iliiiiiiuto iluac, I'eml.
ill),' operations for her capture or 'le
st ruction, effective Mops have, hecn
taken to hluek tlm Koeuigsborg by
sinking colliers in tho only nnvigablo
chniiiiel In tlm river.
Tlm L'uiilcii hurt contributed tn tlm
hlxlorv of thu war one of it h most
leiiiniknblii chapters. For sheer an
ilacily ami success it bus few paral
lels ceilaiuly iiiiiio siiieu the Ala-
liiiinii, thu fatuoiiH old Confcilcrato
warship, ruitmcil tho kciis'. Twenty
two shipH, iiiontlv Itrilish, hiiM) hecu
siiul;, ami one Iiiih hecu captured hy
the (Icrimiii cruiser.
Piryeil Upon (.'oinineno
Sliico early in AuiiHt tho Linden
(Contluuod on pngo two.)
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10 REOPEN LATER
IMIOF.NIX, Ariz., Nov. 10. Tho
Valley hank, tlm largest finuuc.iul iu
slitutiou in Arizona, failed to open its
doorri today. Tho stalo haul; exam
iner is in charge. Tho hank had ilu
positH aggreguting $2,(100,000, hut
according tn statements today, had
loss Hum .t:i0,000 on hand at thu
oloso of hiiriinoHs ycslerday,
ItopivrieulutivcH of tlm other hanks
of thu city went into conference
later wifh Governor Hunt mid J. C.
L'alliighnii, state auditor, ami it was
aiiiiouiiceil Hint thu Valley hank
would reopen its doors for liusiucHH
touwrowi
ALLIES REPULSE
1LENTATTACK I
AROUND YPRES
French Official Report States That
Action Continues With Great Se
verity German Effort to Break
Thtough to Straits Unsuccessful
Allies Report Progress Along Front.
LONDON, Nov. 10, 1:02 p. in.--Tlm
inoveinciit of retivat of the (ler
iniiii ariuv in Itelniuin continues, an
cunlinir to a teleKrnm reccivcil hy thu
hxeliuiiKi' ri'li'Kruph coinpanv fiom
i t it Kotterilam corrcspomleiil. Thirty
five thousand men ami 100 nuns have
left Thiult in the direction uf (llient,
ami forty-eicht waon londs of Hum
itioiiK have left I truces for tho same
ilrslinatiiin. y
I'AKIS, Nov. 10, 2:10 p. in. -Tlm
French official hiilletiu iven out in
Paris this afternoon siivn that vch-
tcnlay the action coutiuiinl with
creat severity hetwceii the Ma ami
tlm region of Amicutmrci.
Tlm text of the I'limiiiiinii.'ntiiiii fol fel fol
eows: ''Tho action continued all day es
tcnlay with tho same inlensity that
Iiiih characterircil the previoim fight
ing hctween the sea ami the region of
ArmeiitieroH. Tlm encoimtern were of
particular violence for the reason
that the opposing forccn wurc niter
nately taking the offensive.
"Siiiuming up, it may ho said that
the day wan marked hy tho checking
of a (icrinun attack in conxidenihln
forco to tlm south of Yprcit, ami hy
perceptible progri'HH on tho part of
tho French force in tho vicinity of
HlxHchooto ami hctween i pres ami
AnnenlioroH.
"Lipiallv on tho front of tho Hrit-it-h
troops all tlm (icniimi attacks
wen repulsed with energi'"
"Along the major part of the front
from the canal of La llassce, ns far
an the Woe re, our troop Hindu se
cure the results- attained in the eoumo
of tlm last few days. Thcic should
he reported also our progress in thn
region of I.oivrc, hctween liheiins and
Herry-aii-Hai.
"In the Vosges fiesh attacks on tho
patt of tho enemy directed against
the heights In tho south of Mount
Saiuto Mario and tn the southeast of
Tliiinn, all have heen repulsed."
HOUSTON, MAS,
CANAL OPENED
HOUSTON, Tex., Nov. 10. A new
ihyp-wnter port sprang into official
liciug at 11 o'clock this morning when
President Wilson hy pressing a hut-
ton at tho white liousu tired tho big
mil in this oily that miuouuceil to tho
world that tho Houston ship channel
was n reality.
Tho opening was mnrked hy np.
propriato ceremonies in which (lover
nnr Colquitt, tho Tomih ilogolation in
congress and hundreds of other
prominent Tomuis took part.
BIDS OPENED FOR
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 0.-t-UIi1b for
nix now torpedo boat dontroyora
opened nt tho navy department,
showed tho Foro Hlvur Shipbuilding
company ut Qtilncy, MnsH., tho lowobt
bidder for two of tho craft at ?79G,
000 on eh.
William cramp and Sons of Phil
adelphia bid for throo boats nt f 82B,
000 oaeh and tho Hath Iron-works
bid for throo at $8G0,000 each.
Other blddors woro tho Soattlo
Construction and Drydoek company
for two Imta at ?8G0,000; tho Now
port Nows Slilp-bulldlng company for
two boats at ?87(,000 each, and the
Union Iron Works at Ban FruilpUco,
two bontH at 880,QOO encli,
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Tin Hrltlili Ilk'lit cruUcr Herinci wbs reortel Mink b a German submarlno In the Straits of Dover on October
at, nml on tho miiiio itale a torpedo fired from the Turkish torptMlo boat Wauvcnet-I-Mlllct sauk the l!u.ihin gunlxiat
Kill nnets during the fighting In I ho Ulack Sea. The Hrltluh light cntlser Hermes was a 5,000 ton ve-uel, built til tSOS
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ABAN
REPORTED SUNK BY
EAT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. Navy
department officials rcftiboil to bo
dlnturbed today by persistent rumors
that tho cruiser North Carolina at
llelrut, Syria, had been aunk by a
mine.
"There Is not tho least approhen-
iilon for tho ship," was tho official
answer to all Inquiries.
Although no messages have coiuo
direct from tho North Carolina slnco
November. 2. sho tins been In con
stant wireless communication with
tho cruiser Tennessee nearby, and of
ficials' pointed out today that official
dispatches wcro coming through from
tho American consul at Dclrut whoro
tho North Carolina Ilea In tho harbor.
Tho ship would not linvo left tho har
bor -without notifying tho navy do
purtmont, officials said.
TIG TAU ADDS
HKHLIN, Nov. 10. -Johanes
Kcmpf, presitfont of tho Keichstng,
lias received thu following dispatch
from Kinperor William:
"Tho heroic defense of Tsing Tan,
that model settlement of Gorman cul
ture, built with tho labor of many
years, brings new laurels to tho spirit
of faithfulness unto death which tho
Gorman people have so often shown
since their army and their fleet have
boon, in defensive wnrl'uro aguinst n
world of hatred, onvv and covetous
uofyrt a will which, if God wills, will
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OLDFIELD LEADS
ENIX RACE
SKLIGArAN, Ariz., Nov. 10.Ilnr
nuy Old field passed through hero first
shortly before noon. Davis was seo-
ond, Nik-rent third. Old field's clniw
rd time showed him half nu hour in
the lead on the last lap to the Pros
eott control.
NLL'Dl.F.S, Cal.. Nov. 10. Just nt
daybreak twelve racing cars, burviv-
ors of the trans-desert test from Los
Angeles, shot away today townnl
Prescoti on the second leg of the 67.1
mile race to Phoenix.
V, ('. Duraiit, who heat Harney
Oldficld technicallv hy one second
into tho checking station last night,
was first away. Oldficld was sec
ond out and the other ten cars fol
lowed. Several of (he cars wore in precar
ious condition ami tho rough roads
lying before tho racers aro expected
to put .several more out of thu run
niii" hoforo tho Prescott night con
trol is reached. The distance to
Prcsoolt is 2.10 miles. If the leaders
maintain tho speed rales they set
yesterday despite tho rain-swept
roads, they should rench tho control
shortly after noon.
Tho ram that accompanied the rac
ers from Los Angeles eastward to
this point sweut on ahead of them to.
day, making tho roads slippery mid
heavy. '
WHEELER PRESIDENT
OF STATE UNIVERSITIES
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. Henja
inin 1. Wheeler of tho University of
Cnliiorniu was clouted president and
Oakland, Cal., was chosen as the
place for next year's meeting nt to
day's session of tho annual conven
tion of slate university presidents.
Nxt year's convention will begin
August JI0. The fifty dolegates to tho
convention wero received today by
President Wilson,
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SOUTH GALICIA
PKTHOGltAI), Nov. 10, via Lon
don, 4 p. in. The Austrian evacua
tion of tho position to the southeast
of Lemherg, in South Guliein, and in
Iliikowinn, is reported in Petrograd
todav to he continuing. There also
arc indications here that the entire
Austrian lino from Strv to Czcrno
witz, is gradually being abandoned.
Dispatches received hero from
Crornnwitz, capital of the crown land
of ltukowina, declare that with thu
exception of n garrison of reservists
of tho oldest levy, no Austrian troops
aro left there.
Tho engagements recently have fot
the most part been trivial encounters
between individual columns. Only nt
Ixolomen aro thu Austriaus seriously
disputing the Kussian advance.
PEOPLE OF ODESSA
FLEE TO
1UJULIN, jNov. 10, (yla wireless.)
Heports reaching hero frptn Sofia,
Hulgarla, sot forth that a mujorlty
o( tho inhabitants of Odessa on tho
l)uck Sea havo (led to tho Interior.
Workmen's riots havo brokon out
In tho Kussian government of Yoka
tortnoslatf, and according to tho
samo authority, Russian reservists
havo miittnlod at Luhanlsk whoro 15
mutineers woro shot down by loyal
troops.
LONDON, Nov. 10, 10:0(1 a, m.
An official Austrian communication
issued on Monday ami telegraphed
trom Vienna via Amsterdam to Rou
ter's Telegram company indicates
that tho Austriaus now are fighting
ljn So,. WQi, over tljeJr owu border,1
EVACUATON
BY AUSTRIAN ARMY
INTERIOR
10
OF
Constitutionalist Chief Aarecs, With
Some Reservation, to Reccnize
General Gutierrez as Provisional
President, Provided He Really Gov
erns Villa's District.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. Dis
patches from Cordoba to tin eonsti
tutionuliHt agency here today say that
Carraiizu, at a conference with Gen
erals Ohregou, Yillareal, Hay and
lirnavidcs, agreed to recognize the
nctions of the Agtins Cnlicntcs con
vention with some reservation..
A message from Cordoba to the
agency said:
"Cnrrnnza informed the roniim.
ion that while he was not bound in
nny way to recognize the validity of
the convention's actions, that he was
promoted by the feelings of patriot
ism to turn over the executive power
of tho nation and the chief command
of the constitutionalist forces to any
man niuncd hy the convention to gov
ern for n definite re-constitiitionnl
period, who would actually assume n
real control over the division of the
north, assuming command of the
troops and having the central govern
ment in fuct, and not merely in the
ory, govern that portion of the re
public in n like manner as all oth
ers." All available Carranza trooos were
moving uoullr tixfayfrotn ' Piedras;
Negras nml Saltillo, according to of
ficial dispatches received ut the state
department.
From previous ndvices tho Wash
ington government has learned that
nt G o'clock tonight General Gutierrez
would take tho oath of office as pro
visional president.
AUSTRIANS DEFEAT
IIKKLIN, Nov. 10. (by wireless.)
According to an Austrian official
annuonccment received In Berlin, tho
Austrians in a battle In western Ser
vla of tlireo days' duration, defeated
130,000 Servians who havo been
forced to retreat of Valjcvo. Tho
Austrians mado many prisoners and
captured a largo quantity of war ma
terial. An Austrian aviator has thrown
bombs on Cottinje. Montenegro,
damaging the station.
BILL FAILS TO PASS
POUTLAND, Or., Nov. 10. With a
few scattered precincts still to bo
heard from, the vote aguinst tho initiative-measure
to abolish capital
punishment in Oregon maintained u
lead today of approximately 700.
Since the count began, following
Tuesday's eleution, tho lead has
switched from one side to another
several times, hut it is believed tho
present majority against can hardly
bo overcome.
RUSHED TO GHENT
LONDON, Nov. 10, G:25 p. m. A
dispatch to the Contral Nows from
Amsterdam, nays:
"Tralnload after trulnlotul of Gor
man arttllory is leaving tho Lys val
ley in tho direction of Ghent.
"Tho Gorman army headquarters
has been transferred to Alost."
Tho town of Alost Is 15 miles west
of Brussols and 40 miles east of the
righting area around Disulfide,
CARRANZA
RECOGNIZE ACTS
COMMON
120.
SERVIANS
WAR
CURD
By FIVE ALUES
Porte Enters Conflict Withstit Sri
diers cr Ships to Send AgaNft En.
emies and Has Only One Rttwrtf,
to Hold Subjects of Eirtmy ac
Hostages Americans Not Mslestwl
PAULS, Nov. 10, 12:33.11. in. A.
dispntch from Bordeaux to llni I la
vas News Agency, dated November 0,
says that a formal declaration of
war, signed hy tho fivo allies, Great
Britain, France, Belgium, crvin. nml
Japan, was issued Mondny against
Turkey.
The French deelnrntion is remark
able. After mentioning tho Black sea.
episode as tho direct cause of war, il
says that since Turkish warship
commanded hv German officers, with
out duo cause, had bombarded Hus
sion ports, a state of war existed hc
tween Turkey on tho onu hand nml
the five allies on the other.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. Ameri
cans in Turkey havo not been mo
lested In any way slnco the outbreak;
of tho war and aro in no danger.
Ambassador Morgcnthau reported to
day. Tho Turkish minister of war In
formed Mr. Morgcnthau that Turkey
was anxious to conduct tho war with,
every possible consideration and
courtesy to non-combatants, but that
if-England and O recce atUcked any
unfortified towns, reprisals would,
follow- In tbo detention of their sub
jects. Turkey, according to its war min
ister, has neither soldiers nor ships
to send against its onomlca and
would havo only ono recourse to
hold the subjects of tho enemy as
hostages.
Mr. Morgcnthau reported, however,
that ho was making rapid progress in
arriving at an understanding with
tho Ottoman officials regarding thej
departure of British and French sub
jects and that already ho had se
cured tho release of several English
men who had been Imprisoned.
From references in official mes
sages to apprcnhcnslon on tho part of
tho Turkish officials that Grocco
would bombard unfortified towns on
tho Ottoman coast, tho belief grow
In diplomatic circles today that par
ticipation of Greece in the genornl Eu
ropean war was becoming moro l'rob-,
able.
Official advices from Bulgaria and
Itoumanla havo been meager anil
thoro has been little light shed hero
on tho report that Russian .diplomacy
was endeavoring to persuade Servia
and Bulgaria a section o( Macedonia
as a boon for the lattor's entry Into;
tho war.
RUSSIAN REPULSE
IN EAST PRUSSIA
BKKL1N, Nov. 10, via Tho Ilaguo
nnd London, 10:'J0 n. m. Auothur
Itusiuit rcpuUo on thu hloud-drenuh-
ed and trench-scarred hills of. tho
eastoin frontier of Fast Prussia has
been reported to Berlin from Gunibln
nen, under date of November 8.
Simultaneously with their opurn
titiiiti against tho ninin Gcnnun urmy
under General von Hindenborg on thu
lino of tho Hiver Wuorthe, the IUis
siniis attempted to break into Fust
Prussia by tho old routo south of
Wirhalleii, but they wero met ut tho
frontier by General Yon Worgeu'w
army, and after very houyy fighting
wero driven hack across ho frogtler.
No reports of new developments
havo been received couoerniiigr the
lino further south on tho Polish fion
tier, mid nu Austrian bulletin un
noimces dofiuitoly that there Um
been no fighting1 on their part of tb
battle front, ' ,
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