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MEDFORD. OREGON. "WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1915
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GERMAN REPLY
MIC IKING
IB BE PACIFIC
President Wilson Informed Unoffic
ially That German Answer Will Be
Satisfactory Berlin Desires to
Avoid a Break With United States
Nature of Reply Is Mystery.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2". Picai
dent Wilrion hns been informed unof
ficially from sources close lo Count
Von Hcrnstorff, llic Qcnnnn nmbns
sudor, that tho next communication
from Merlin on tliu sinking of the
White Star liner Arabic will be of n
character satisfactory to tho Unit
ed States.
Coming close on the telegram which
the ambassador forwarded to the
htnte department yesterday by direc
tion of his government, declaring it
was not tho intention of Germany that
liny American lives should bo sacri
ficed in the sinking of the ship, this
development was regarded us indicat
ing that Germany would make somo
proposal satisfactory to tho United
States respecting Hiibmurine attacks
on ships purely of n passenger-currying
nature.
Dtvdro (o Avoid Itrcnk
Officials aro at u loss to conjee
iure what 'tho German government
will propose, but the assurances Hint
then! is every desire in lierlin to
avoid a break with tho United States
bus relieved tho Kit nation very much.
Heretofore Germany has contended
that neutral lives could not insure a
bellinerenl ship against attack, espe
cially thoso carrying munitions. In
its reply to tho first Lusitnnin note,
Gcnunny proposed to designate cer
tain ships which would he guaranteed
against attack, but tho Amcricu'i
government flatly rejected the pro
posal. Officials wero eager to know
what position Germany would now
take without stirrendciing Iter con
tended right to Mihiunriuc warfare
against the enemy's commerce.
Aim of Administration
Tho aim of President Wilson and
all administration officials is to avoid
a rupture with Germany, but to do sq
without nny surrender of neutral
lights was reflected by officials in
formally whilo discussing the latest
phase of tho situation. They wero
hopeful that a disavowal of tho sub
marine commander's act in sinking
tho Arabio without warning would bo
forthcoming, but tho administration
ib ready to listcn'to Berlin's noxt
word.
EDISON'S INVENTION
, NKW YOUIC, Aug. 25 Tho In
stallation of tho now nickel batteries
Invented Uy Thomas A. Edison by
which It Is hoped to prevent tho es
cape of uhlorlno gas In submarines
was In progresn today onvboard tho
submarlno K-l at tho Now York
nnvy yard.
Chlorlno gas Is ono of tho groat
est 'dangers of undorsea boatH and
many officers with thorn bcllovo It
caused tho loss of tho F-4 at Hono-
1 ill several months ago. If tho bat
torlos aro as offectlvo as It Is hoped,
tho navy will possess tho first un
derwater craft in which tho danger
of chlorlno Is eliminated.
10 CURE TUBERCULOSIS
PARIS. Aug 25 Dr. Louis Ron-
non, a physician connoctod with tho
NeCkor hospital and a member of
the medical faoulty of the University
of Paris, hat announeod. to tho The
rapeutic socloty that ho Is able to
prove that tuberculoid, contrary to
the fteaerally aocepted theory must
It treated by chemical weans and
not by mi-ums.
lr. Kmmr that his rc
neareaea have boeu directed towards
Hading a eubetaaee wbkh will kill
bacilli in an animal organisation
vnho.it injuring (be elenienU of ' luar
tttat organuation. Jconranu4.
E
HEKLI, Aub. 2 &. Ambas
sador Gerard tit 2 o'clock this
afternoon received a request
from Foreign Minister Von
Jagow to call upon him and
loft' a luncheon party to re
spond to tho Invitation. Tho
ambassador conforrod a halt
hour with tho foreign minis
ter. Ambassador Gerard af
terwards would say nothing
regarding tho conversation.
RUEF TREATED AS
DE
SACHAMKNTO, Cal., Aug. 25.
Governor Hiram W. Johnson today, in
commenting upon tho parolliug of Ab
raham Iluef from tho San Quenlin
state prison, made it plain that tho
former San Francisco grafter was
not "exiled" to Mendocino county by
the board of pardon directors, but at
his own request, designated that
county as his place of residence. Tho
governor snid:
Tor two-ycirspast it hns been re
pciiti'dly V.alou'.that Ituef will bo
treated exactly "like every other mini
in btato prison neither more lenient
ly nor more harshly.
"Tho prison directors, notwith
standing the agitation in his behalf,
required him, ns they required nil
others, except in extraordinary cases,
to servo half his net sentence, lie
served half his net ienteiieo and then
was paroled.
"Kan Francisco newspapers linvo
endeavored to make it nnncnr that ho
hns been 'exiled' to Mendocino conn
tl. The prison diieelors merely com
plied with Ituef's request that his
residence be Mendocino county.
GARZA ALSO REFERS
ANSWER 10 CHIEF
WASHINGTON, Aug. 'Jo.-General
Iiexualdo Garza, Carrauza comman
der at I.ampazos, Mox., responding
today to tho Fan-American pouco
appeal, joined wilii his military usso
ciatcs in declaring that tho proposal
could bo answered only by General
Currunza himself.
Stato department officials said
that General Cnrruiirn' response had
not been received. A personal mes
sage from General Carranzu denied
reports that Villa troops had recap
tured Durnngo.
EXTENSIVE FLOOD
E
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2'.. Flood
damage in tho Canton region of China
is so extensive that it is impossible
to givo adequate relief. Admiral
Wintorhultor, commanding tho Asi
atic fleet, reported that the gunboats
Wilmington and Callan still were on
gaged in aiding the relief work or
ganized bv the American consul-general
at Canton and would be kept ut
work us long as they could be tuoful.
10
STOCKHOLM, Aug 25 Another
pioteet has boon raada to the Gor
man government by Hwoden. Tho
romplalRt In thia instanoo has to do
mth tho shotting ef the Swodlih
steamer Oqtland. which sHbieqtiently
was takea Into ('uxbaven by tbo
;rmani The Swedish government
the steamer carried no
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CI E SJOHNSON
BALKAN STATES
NEAR SETTLING
No Definite Step Yet Taken Towards
Revival of Balkan League Marshy
Ground and Bad Weather Impede
German Advance, Which Is Making
Slow But Steady Progress.
LONDON, Aug. 2C Tho Balkan
states aro unquestionably nearer do
termination of lliolr future rotations
with tho warring powers, but so far
as has been announced officially, no
doflnlto step has been taken toward
revival of tho Ilalkau leaguo and its
adhesion to tho causo of tho entente
allies. There was no confirmation
today of various rumors which ex
cited London yesterday, chief of
which wero reports that Dulgarla
had declared war qgalnBt Turkey and
would assist In tho attempt to forco
tho Dardanelles.
Tho English press characterizes
unofficial German explanations of
tho Arabic disaster as Inadoquato but
Interprets efforts to explain as evl
donco of Germany's realization that
her relations with tho Unltod States
havo reached a serious phase
Swamps Hinder Germans
Tho furious efforts ot tho Austro
Gorman armies along tho eastern
front In tho last 24 hours havo not
been as fruitful as UBtial In respect
of tho amount of ground gained
which Is taken to mean that they
baro now reached tho dreaded swamp
regions. German and Austrian ro
potts stato that further advances
havo' been achloved both north and
south of nrcst-LItovsk, nnd that the
Pulva river lino has been passed.
Austrian cavalry has entered Koyol,
and Is said to bo advancing to tho
north, but tbo outflanking move
ment from this quarter will bo con
fronted by tho harrier formod by tho
river Prlpct 'and tho adjacent
marshos.
The Gorman press polntH out that
tho armies ot tho central powers face
a Horlous obstacle In tho Immonso
and rondlcss Prlpct swamps, whllo
tho leading Hungarian nowspnpors
describe tho tactful position of tho
Russians In this region as oxtromoly
favorablo.
Invaders Haniix-rcd
Another explanation of tho pauso
In tho Austro-Gorinan ndvanco
against Hrcst-Lltovsk Is that tho In
vaders aro bolng held up by contin
ual rain and mist which hampers ro
connalssances nnd artillery flro.
From the other fronts thoro havo
been reported littlo changes.
A Russian noroplauo squadron
bombarded tho Asiatic suburbs of
Constantinople on Monday, 41 per
sons bolng killed or Injured, accord
ing to a nows ngency despatch from
Athens,
IJombs wero dropped Inst night by
n hostllo nvlator on tho Gorman
town of Offenburg, outsldo tho war
zone, Injuring 12 civilians, Uorlln re
ports. Tho sinking ot another Ilrltlsh
trawlor In tho courso of Gorman
submarluo operations Is recorded.
In an air attack on Gorman lines
ot communication, a French aviator
droppod bomliB on tho railroad sta
tion at Lorrach, southwest of Frl
borg, tho Paris war offlco says. Only
minor operations aro reported along
tho other fronts.
NKlV YORK, Aug. 25. Tho eas
Ing ot tho diplomatic tension bo-
tween. Washington' and Uorlln ro
suited In a series of spootacular ad
vances among war stocks during to
day's oarly trading.
Studobakor roso 13 U to 117 ft;
Willys-Overland 13 V, to 1S8; Now
York Air Urako and Gonorul Motors
gained flvo points at lOS'i and 100
respectively, and Cruclblo Stool made
a similar improvement at 78.
I' U. Stool rose at tho opening 2
to G, whleh was addod to later. Steol
was again the market loador In tho
settse that Is Hrvod as a guide for
the bettor known issues. At this
morning's high level t had recovered
all but a point of Its reent ten point
dt'.lioe,
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PHOTOGRAPH OF I0RPE00ED ARABIC'S CAPIAINTfTfMQ MF
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His coolness saved mnnv lives. Captain Will J. Finch of the Arabic,
recently sunk by n German submarine. This snnp-diot of tho captain wart
taken on the boat deck bv a woman passenger.
BRITISH
OCCUPY
800YARDSTRENGHES
SEIZED FROM TURKS
PARIS, Aug. 25.- A French offi
cial roport on fighting In 'ho Darda
nelles between August 20 and tho
morning ot August 2C, relates that
tho Ilrltlsh loft wing hns mndd pro
gress against tho Turks, occupying
800 yards of Turkish trenchos In the
northern zono of tho fighting, nnd.
that a Fronch aviator on August 20
was successful In sending to tho hot
torn a largo Turkish transport.
Tho statement as given out by tho
Fronch war offlco this afternoon fol
lews:
"Tho period of flvo days slnco tho
Issuing of tho Inst communication
on tho Dardanelles has bcon marked
In tho northern zono by further pio
gross on tho part ot tho Ilrltlsh loft
wing. Thcso Ilrltlsh troops havo oc
cupied S00 yards of enemy trenches.
"During tho night ot August 23-2 1
a Fronch company was successful In
a surprise attack on n Turkish posi
tion used by tho enemy for listening
purposes. In the morning ot August
25 a detachment of Turkish soldlera
endeavored to ro-occupy this posi
tion but they woro ropulsod.
"An August 20 our squadron bom
barddo with success a point of de
barkment ut Acbachlllman,
"In splto of tho vlolont flro of
numerous hostllo battcrlos one of
our aviators was successful In sink
ing at Its anchorage, a largo Turkish
transport."
KKW YORK, ug, 2". - Detailed
advlcos recelvel In ro today from
Kingston, Jamaica, show that the
damago done to tho northorn coast
of Jamaica by the hurricane on
August 12 and 13 was greater than
Indicated by earlier dlspatohos.
Torrlflo winds felled a ores ot ba
nana treos, destroying fully prao
tleally tho ontlro banana orop.
Tho railway Let won Port Antonio
and Duff Hay was virtually wlpod
out and wagon roads along the ooaat
were destroyed while In other tac
tions general damage to crop, biilld
Inga, wharves, railways and road
wore roported.
Coeoanut plantations eseaped with
slight daman but coffee and plmwN
to eultlvalioHs were seriously dam
aged. The growers are reported to
have already undertaken to restore
their plantations and another ba
nana d"p Is proii.Ued wltluu tu
OiODtftl.
II
RUINS
MA
BANANAS
GOVERNORS M
FAVORS
BUDGET
ANO CONSERVATION
IIOSTOS', Ana. 12". Fo liner Oov-
( in or William T. Haines of Maine op
cued the general dicuxsioit at the
governors' conference Hint followed
Governor Anmuuid'ti uddresa today,
lid fhoughl it unfair to charge it gov
onliir wjtli rcjK)n.ibiIlly; . for every
act. of subordinate officers nnd sug
gested iliiit tho governor' lenu of
offieo be extended nnd Hint ho should
not ho eligible to succeed himself.
Governor Charles S, Whitman of
New York favored n governor's
budget, but questioned the wisdom o,f
providing that tho legislature should
have no authority to appropriate in
addition to that leeommeiided by the
executive.
"Conservation" was the Hidijcet of
tho second formal add nuts of the
loreuoou, which was delivered by
Governor Whitman of New York. Tho
speaker maintaiued that so long as
stulo boundaries did not prevent
rcoklosH wnido of natural resources
beyond tiio fdulo they served as ob
stacle to progress in conservation.
Ho cited tho federal migratory bird
law as an iiistauuo whore tho national
got eminent found it nccossar.y to step
in and save tho birds from extermin
ation. Ho urged uniformity of laws
for tho prevention of forest fires and
river pollution and for water stor
age. ON OIL PRODUCTS
WASHINGTON'. Aug. 25. Re
alignment of ratos of petroleum oil
and Us products In carloads from tho
mid-contlncnt field, which Includes
producing and refining points In
Kansas and Oklahoma was ordered
today by tho Intorstnto commerce
commission. Numerous railroads
wore ordorod to ostubllsh now ratos
by November 1. Tho ro-adjustmont
lurolvos Increase us woll as do
crease. The eommlwlon holds that tho
prosowt ruts of 17 cents a pound
from the mid-continent fletil to St.
I.oule Is too low awl fixed 10 cents
u a reasonable maximum, Inoliul-ln-
all Mississippi river points north
of St. I.ouis and south of Keokuk.
Other new rate fixed Ineludu SV&
cents to all Mlaalwlppl river orosa
Inaa north of Keokuk; SS eonta to
Chicago and territory taking the
charae rate; the tit Paul lorrltory 31
'f'lita t.t . innltioi ( I Aitlo fiml
oi" -X ' -s cc(.u 1(.ju Ukiuhgwa.l
RE-ALIGN
A
Russian Positions Southwest Of Fort
rcss Broken Through, According to
Berlin Official Report Progress
i
in German Invasion, But Desper
ate Resistance Reported.
UKRL1N Aug. 25.5 Tho Russian
advanced positions to tho southwest
of tho fortress of Ilrest-Lttovsk woro
broken through yestcrdny by' tho
Germans, according to nn official an
nouncement given out today by tho
army headquarters staff.
Tho text ot tho statemont follews:
"In tho eastern thenter: Army of
Flold Marshal Von Hlndcnburg north
of tho Nlomen river 750 Russians
woro tnkon prisoners during success
ful engagements In tho neighborhood
or Illrshl.
"Tho army of Gonornl Slchkorn Is
advancing victoriously towards tho
oast, fighting nil tho wny. This
army captured 1850 Russians and
took Bovoral mncshlno guns."
Cross XaitMV Itlvcr
"Tho army of General Von Scholz
reached llorocokwa, captured Knys
zyn and crossed tho Nnrow rlvor to
tho south of Tykocln.
"Tho army of Gcnornl Von Gall
wltz captured tho Narow rlvor cross
ing on tho Sokoly-IIIalystolc high
road. Its right wing has , reached
Orlankn, aftor having back tho ono
my. This nrmy took mora than 4700
prisoners Including IS officers nnd
nlno mnchluo guns.
"Army of Prlnco Leopold of Ba
varia: Yesterday tbo cnoiny at
tompted In vain to bring our purslt to
a standstill. Ho was attacked and
thrown back Into Illalowloskn forest.
South of this' forest our troops
renchod tho region to tho cast ot
Wlerschowlczo. Wo captured moro
than 1700 prisoners.
At Krvit-MlovMc
"Army of Field Marshal Von Mnc
kensen: Pursuing tho dofoated ono
my this army group Is approaohlng
tbo hills on tho western bank of tho
Ilesma, north. of Ilrcst-LltovBk. On
tho southowstcrn front of llrost-Llt-oVs
at Dobbynka, tho Austro-IIun-garlau
nnd German troops broke
through Uio advanced posltlona of
tho fortress yesterday,
"On tho onslcrnbank of tho nug,
northeast of Vl.idovn, parts of tho
nrmy of (Jenorul Voft Llssliigen nro
advancing toward tho north,, fight
ing nil tho way."
BERNSTORF STILL
NKW YOniC, Aug. J.',.-Count Von
Henistorff, tho German ainlmHsador
to the United States, remained in au
ulusioii hero today witli hiu plans for
the next low davri undeveloped. He
had received no further advices fiom
Heiliu bearing on the sinking of the
Arabit, ho said, and did not know
whou Hitch word would bo received.
It was within tho range of postd-
bilitica, tho ambnssudor said, that ho
would go to Washington lo eonfor
witli Secretary Lnmiing before rvuolv.
ing fuither word from Herlm, but till
vould be, if at nil, upon Secretary
I.uiiningK iiiMt.ition.
COl.OGNi;, Geniiany, u-. 2.'.. V
diMitli to the L'ologtio tiaxette lroin
Sofia says:
"ItlihfMriH bun kaaiiiul llu Allutu
- - --- lv. . i i ....OTV
yoveruineui umi no uoUI iHtouunim
aaJimt Ureeoa ate enlci taint! by
Huliaria.
"Kvideuee is at baud that RumiiiiM)
baa nut yet abandoned In r ctlmu to
uiduee Mulsnria to om u umit-.t ..
tiou agHiuat Turkey in ..i. t H,(
qundruide entiuita iuiuvm.
"The concluKin r ih Tunn liul.
k-niian aifrf.-iiient t- levarde.l :i n
r-i f kuuri lor UulijMtiau dii.loui
STAYS IN SECLUSION
BULGARA
HOSTILE TO GREECE
EXPOSE GROT
IN PARLIAMENT
OE MANITOBA
Royal Commission Reports Hurjo
Over-Payments in Construction of
Buildings at Winnlpen to Provide
Campaign Fund for Recent Govcrn-mentEx-Mlnlstcrs
Involved.
WINNIPKO, Mm., Aug. 25.
Charges Hint enormous ovor-pny-
ments wero mndo lo tho cohtrnctorg
who erected tbo now parliament build
ings of tho 1'rovinco of Manitoba;
Hint these over-payments in part at
least wero designed (o provide n cam
paign fund for the recent Iloblin gov
ernment, nnd Hint fiotno members of
Hint government woro cognfcnnt of
what wns going on, wore sustnincd
today in tho report of Ihe royal com
mission which inquired into tho
charges.
Tho threo mcmbcrs.of tho commis
sion Chief ilustieo Mnthers, Justico
MacDonnld nnd Sir Hugh John Mno
Donnld, Winnipeg, city pnlico magis
trate, nro iinnnimous in their findings,
which wero published today.
llrlbc.H for Witnesses
Thomns Kelly & Sons nro tho con
tractors nnmed in tho report ns hav
ing received tho enormous over-payments.
Tho report filnles Hint tho com-
piifiKionorH wero hampered by tbo ub-
f,cnco of material witnesses nnd tho
reluctance of others to (citify, and
ehnrges that $2!i,030 was spent in
keeping ono witness nway. Dr.
Simpson, ehnrged with having been
tho financial agent who raised tho
election fund out of tho parliament
building extras, was pot questioned
Jiy tho commission, having left for
military sorvieo in France.
I'onr ox-cnblnct miniwlors, includ
ing Messrs. llowden, Coldwell nnd
Armstrong, wero criticis-cd for their
reluctance in testifying, and Sir Red
mond Ifoblin, ox-premier, tho report
said, "mndo common causo with thu
contrnctors to resist discovery, mid
took mi activo putt in sceuriiig for
tho contractoi-s uldo coiiiihcI for that
purpose"
Investigators llnndlcaMHl
Tho report ehnrges that Uowden
"niado many false Btutements" in Ids
evidence, nnd that tho commissioners
wero further hnndicappod by tho de
struction nnd mutilation of records,
tho refusal of contractors to produeo
their books mid their withdrawal to
n foreign country to proveut their law
ing compelled to do so.
MYSIIinm Salt was tho witness, nl
Icccdrby tho commission to have been
bribed to keep out of Cnnada during
, MM.. ..U 4iM,ln
W. A. Klliott, an employe of tho pub
lie works department; l. G. Hook,
anollier employe who wns sent nftor
salt with $10,000 and claims ho was
robbed in Omaha, and Harry Wliitla.
ICtuiMiB City, woro all interested
themselves in keeping Salt out of tho
country, nnd that Mr. Coldwell in
spired tho alteration of Salt's book 4.
Or. Simpson dictated tho amount
to bo (taid for tho election fund bo
fore tho amount of "extras" was set
tled, according to the report, which
ulaiinu suuli amounts wero pnid llim
by tho contractor whon received from
Hie government.
tfl0,0( Fraudulent
From April 21 to July 0, 10M, just
(Continued on l'ngo (J.)
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I.imH HOCK. Ark., Aug. M.-
KeporU at tuyiii from Newport stato
that (be Ut jhrvice with pointH
unrlh had ' l(fon roaumod. Mftcon
hundred ration fiiwij JiUJe lf,y,ic
nuiehod Newport this morning. M r
A. T. Iliibt.v bus iauel a tuildo
puotfl fur aid.
CAivrnor George W. Hnys today
detailed Vvfo squud of Mtntu militia
t roport to Newport ufltc tj,. Tho
trooi will oo thin aflumoon and
tike large quantities of tents and
blankets lot tho uso o( )ho euffrri4
eYTVkKlMaMi