Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER I'nlr, Wanner Thursday. .Max. HI; Mln. -(0.5. Forty-riftli Tear, Dolly- Tenth Ye-vr. MEDFORD. ORECJON, WUDXUNDAY, KKPTI0MI3UR 8, 10115 NO. 345 U AN m SENDS NICHOLAS ro Fiei lifts Grand Duke Nicholas, Idol of Russian Army, Sent to Caucasus by Em peror Is Unimportant Position Action is Sensation of Hour, as Ef ficiency Due to Late Commander. PirrnOGKAD, Sept. 8. Grand Jlnko NIchoIns hwr been transferred to the CnucnsiiB by Emperor Nicholas. Tho emperor took this action on as suming commnnd of tho military anil naal forces of rtussln. In transferring tho grand tluho ho appointed lilm viceroy of tho Can casu.i and ronunandor In chief of tho army In the southern front. The action of Hmporor Nicholas In transferring his cousin, tho Grand Duko Nicholas, to ho Caucasus, In perhaps (ho most Important chnngo of thin nattirn which has lienn mado liy any of tho belligerent nations. Tho only roiuparnbtn Incldont wan tho re tirement by Kniporor William last Oc tober of Lieutenant Gonoral Count Ililmutll Von Moltko an chief of tho German mm stuff. t'niiiiperlmit: 1'o-t Tho post to which Grand Duko Nicholas has been transferred Is of relative nnlmportanco as compared with tho prestlgo and vast powors of bin former offlco as commander In chief of nil Itupsla's -djroat fighting forces. Tho Caucasian campaign plas only a minor anpect of tho war. Tim Russian and Turkish forces In volved In tho struggle In tho lllaclc Ha region aro not lnrgo. Although thero was heavy fighting In tho Cau casus earlier In tho war hostilities havo been conducted In only a per functory mnnnor for several months, as both of the nations Involved hail need of all nvallahlo forces In other quarters. Nation Deeply Sllriril Tim trnnsfor wns made In connect ion with n general' reorganization of Mich Importunco that it has stlrrod tho nation deeply. Tho grand duko replaros tho fa mous viceroy of tho Caucasus, Count Von Vorontzoff-Dnshkoff. Kmperor Nicholas addroeaed to the count a communication acknowledging tho valuo of his labors, and stated that "ho ylehlod to his request to bo per mitted to dovoto his enorglos to work for which his stato or health Is more equal." Tho emperor therefore re lieves him of tho post of vlcoroy nnd attaches him to his personal staff. In rollevlng tho grand duko, tho omperor addressed a communication to him which read: KinpeiorV Communication "At tho beginning of tho war I was unavoidably prevonted from follow ing; the inclination of my soul to put myself at tho head of tho army. That was why I entrusted you with tho rommandorshlp I" chlot f nil Hio land and son forcos. Tndor tho oyos of all Russia your Imperial high new has given proof during tho war of a steadfast brav ery that has caused a fooling of pro found confidence and called forth tho slncoro good wishos of all who follow ed your operations through tho Inev itable vIclMltudos of war. To Go to tho 1'itint "My duty to my country which has been entrusted to mo by God impels me today, whon tho onomy has pene trated Into tho Interior of the em pire, to tnke supremo command of tho foi ces nnd to aharo with tho army the fatiguo of war and to safoguard with It Russian soil from attompts of the enemy. Tho ways of I'rovldenco (Continued ou page six) L IBERALS CONTROL RUSSIAN DUMA PKTHonrUD, Sept. S.- Ttw Novo Yremya announeea the fnniw ' n new majority iu the lumi, l'' i-oHipriM". th ItUrwl mid irirrri.ivi element, ifjJueititf the eon alive mnjoiilv. T UW"! 'I""r- ,,"', ' ciiu-idl-t. H Vlftlll ali'-, nlll'TMllv ''" nuiil. favombJv o the funwOH.H " :!. ii majority. 1 -iip' ' " i,i-H .ini.-i in.iriiv. il.. ilr. , i- it- b..uiid " l'hl ilililiuaut. GERMANS DEN! HESPERIAN SUNK BY SUBMARINE Officials Declare Steamer Must Have Struck a Mine or Was Destroyed liy Some Agency From Within Submarine U-27 Blamed for Athrck Upon Arabic. ftH Ht'HHH f f llKKLIX". in London. Rein. 8. The commander of n Gumma "" Mihtiinrine which hns relumed to "itfi baho has reported to the nil "jnimlly Hint he toipedoed the " 'liner Amine in the belief that the .Arabic's action iuilieated Hint " she wns nhoul to nltnek the null- marine nnd that he fired in solf tiilHrcuMp., f t t JjEllLINVSopl. 8. l'orsons ia n position to spent; with authority as sert positively tbo eonviotion Hint Hie Ftcnmsliip Hesperian wns not torpe doed by a German submarine, at least inulcr tho conditions thus fur de scribed. The nssiiiiiplionjliat tho Hesperian was sunk by n German submarine is met with cver-incronxing doubt in of ficial circles. In official tpuulors it is believed Hint the Hesperian must have struck a mine, or possibly win destroyed by some agency from with in; Hint it may bo icgurded as cer tain she wns not torpedoed" by a (Ionium shbumrino under Hie condi lions set fortlriu nrevs dispatehes nnd 'a neeoiinls given bv pnbucngcrs. May Have lilt. Mlno Tlu'o jtorons point out Hint de tails pi von ia pros reports inny bo adapted quito ns woll to Hie theory that the Hesperian struck a mine as (o Hie nosmnplicii' Hint she wn.s tor pedoed. More over, it in said, Hiere is not n ninth1. pnitii iiidieuliou Hint n submarine wns ioneeiued. The degree ot nssutnueo with wliielj this theory is ndvniired seems to be based on knowledge of additional in structions UMicd to submuniio com innnders since Hie Arabic was sunk. Now Hint the U-27 hns been given up definitoly as lot, nn official stnto iiient probably will he issued soon concerning Iho Amine, soiling foitb Hint all submarines which might pos sibly havo been involved have re turned, with one exception. U--7 Sank the Amble It hns boon established Hint Hie Ar able was not torpedoed by any of tho Mibmariues which havo eomo bnc to port since Hint time. Whether Hie missing boat, which wna operating in the vicinity of the Ar.ibio difnslor at approximately Hie time theieof, tor pedoed .townships, and if so, what jiihlifiontiou her eommnndci' hint for bis aetiin, oun rover be known posi tively. Gnimunv therefore will bo uu ublo to furnish the definite ropoil on 'ho ease, whuh s defiled by the United States BY WASIIINOTON, Sept. 8. Pros pects of a billion biuhel whoat crop this year woro Increased by today's government report wliloh forecasts ysi million bushels, based ou its Sep tember 1 oanvas. Spring whet lndloatos a orop of 332 million bneholi, an Increase of IS latllloNS since tho August predict ion wu Huuie. Jtttlitmtoe are aa fel lews: Corn SS5 wHIkJM. 0U 1 108 lAllliout. lUrl.y 22 3 millions. Iluckbwt IS mil Haas. Whiip notntops 406 millluRS. 8m. jioistoss f-'o million. Tobacto, pounds, 1120 millions. Vt 1 S willlon busbrU. HIh J mtlUons. liar tons. SI mlllteng. Ailen, 214 ml'liolis I'lrfcbc. bl luliliou.. BUSHELS WHEAT FORCASTED GOVERNMENT MILITARISM TO CONTINUE SAYS KING ALPHONSO More Arming Than Ever After War Says Spanish Monarch Unable to Visit America Great Reforms Arc Ahead Socialists' Dreams to Cc Partly Realized.. " l'AKIS, Sepl. S.fxinur Alfonso, of hnain lins had to aiiamion plans toe n.visit lo Ameiicn heemiso dC Hie war. ho told Scaur (.'erillicr, an Argentine jonmalUt. "It is (piite impossible lo propheny when tho war will end, Hie monarch is quoted as saying iu n report of Hie conversation printed by tho Kspana Review. "It wns my pel drenni to vims Amerieu, but I sjinll not be uble to Kit now for years. When the wnr 11 over the work here will be enormous. To hasten n'fonns, wo shall have to nbaddon nil outworn forms, ami it' f do aid deceive m.vsclf Hie role Spain will have lo play will be such that her progress, which hilheilo lias been at a snail's pace, will bo increased to a tremendous speed. Arm .Moro Than liver "The sumo progress may be expect ed for all huninnitv if tho war re suits ia disarmament," observed Se nor Cevillier. v "No," Jcturncd Kinj Alfonso. "Af ter tho war nalions will arm moro llinn ever. When one 6Cos a eoubtry like Dcliiiin, neulrulicd by agree ment of nil nalions, eventually find ing, ao other defense tliuu her own armed force, it is easy to uiidci-dnnd Hint oilier countries hi unit little, realize that to c.ist it is indispuus able to work iu times ofieaee and surround ourselves with tho most positive of nanrnnleos." "Dock mil your majesty think tho lower soeiiil orders will exercise pres sure on tho jxoveiamonts to prevent them from iiicreasintr dm biiVdou of tinned pence?" asked the interviewer. Socialism to Advaurw "I think, ami you may repeal this," replied tho Spanish inter, "Unit so cialism will become daily moie pnv ommcutnl and (hut socialists will ob tain satisfaction for their more just aspirations by IckiiI method without having: t' aso violence, hut I think also thai its they evolve thev will find out they hnvo been deceived by cer tain politicians who have mado of in terna! ioiuil pacificism a banner on which they laivo lived. "Kvcn the pnoifieists will recognize after this wur whilo tho instincts of tinman naturo remain unmodified thero aro no better sutVt;unids for likiit ia inleriintional questious thnn foAsiht and stionc;Hi. Hesid(, af ter the wnr there will be no unem ployment. On tho contrary, there wilj be woik for all, ami it wHl be ntcesHnry to work. The vvoihl will continue to be whet it is, and iu ten or twelve cnrs we Oiall n-k: our--clvcs iistbiiinleil, 'but what hap pened?'" T AT $2.50 PER ACRE SALKSr, Or., Sept. R After di cussin at length the ouotion whether county iiso--oh should put tho laml- embraeed iu the Orison & California railroad land uriint on the assessiiu'iit rolls at a greater value than .2..r)0 an acre, (lie tlu lux com mission today decided In defer in slriictinj,' iiMscMwora ou it until after tho conference to bo held here ou September 1(1, when idaas fur Hie dis- pokilion of (lie tfrnnt will be framed to present to congress. All county board of equalisation will meet .Mumluy, and iu view of the rjtceiit, deciajim of the United States supruwe eonrt, which rferrwl settle ment to eongivus, the astMMsur have hwH askhm the eottuni--nn lr ia-strtK-tiotis aa (o the value turv bouhi put nu tho lands. Tfw terms of the urat provide Hint the laiul lull be sold at fi.fiO hT m.iv, but It bus u ical value much higher Hi.ni tbut. ALllAXY, X. Y., SptTH. Pi..- M-rth i,t' Mil ii'lieilieiit ImIHiim liiiiO "trikiua; enploves of the L'uitetl Trac liwit fomrmav bice uud iu Troy, n'ol the iii'iu-i.il- uf the road were i 'iu'U lvlu. TAX GRAN N RUSSIAN WAR LEADER REIVED BY CZAR fmtk J AP& ' fi'rauil Duke Nicholas of Itimsla, who lias been ncciatuiisl as oun of the Ki-ciitest slnitogM.s of the war for Ills masteily ivtivat la the faco of tho Austro-ticrtmui onslaught, bi'is Is-en ivb'Kattsl (o Iho comparatively iiuimporliuit (sist of leader of the Itusslnn fortes opjstslut; t li o Turks la in the Caucasus. Nominally the Krand duke Is surceelcl by tho ciniK-ror. What inllltury imia or what general stuff officer will la fact, assume (ho active leadership of ltussla's hard pressed forces Is not announced in the emperor's order relieving the Kmml dal.e. AMERICAN LOST I LONDON, Sept 8 Wesley Frost, American consul nt Quociutovvn, In formed tho American embassy hero today that ho had received an uncon firmed report that one of tho mlsslni; sailors of tho Hesperian was an Am orlcnn.cltlzen. Thus far Sir. Prost has been unnblo (o very tho roport. A seaman named Wolff Is said to havo been nn American. Tho Iobh of Wolff, tho American, Is reforrod to in todny's state depart ment dlspatohos, but officials regard ed their Information ns so incouclus ivo Hint they lot It bo known they did not rcsard it as final. If tho nows dlspatchos and tho of ficial advices finally agroo iu allow ing conclusively that an Amorlcnn lira has been lost, It will not altor tho situation until tho manner of tho Hesperian destruction hns boon ostnbllshod. Tho state department oxpocts Ilor- llu will mnko every offorl to clear up tho doubtful points and tbut somo satisfactory explanation will bo given. Tho fact that tho lost American., was a inomber of the crow Instoad of a pasBonRor will not altor tho oaso. Ponding rocolpt of further nnd moro definite Information tho situation ro mains unchanged. L LONDON, S. .l K The r.m.n a! of Gram Duke N'ninil .- mine , n yieut surprise in KnirLnxl. With vumcr np lironeliinK, it u- believed thai, vvh.it willi M shortage uf Miruuiiaitnai and otJier difficulties be had ueeompliF.li cd nil that was luimanly mKible. li traasfer, theivioio, wu from a eleur sky and murks the uuml laiportuut eluiage of command iu an.v arinv dnr iK the jfreut wur. It is the iroueiiil inttresMou here that'ICmperor Nuholus will not ileler- liUUe ierFoli.ill u..oi the -iriilc.Mc iunauila to be iliu.d, hut will iu- tmat the uV.tiiiic- of hie unuie to the ehief of the (.'''"end luff. Aa the religion limd uf the !(u - j Mini nutii'ii, the i'iii'rir iihim , ii i- Miiitt'd out, -lii.nl, 1 prove to be a ireiit iiiuiul Mimiilu- t.. hi- tn..j.-. Hi M nJo regarded hem iIihiii effect nail v of nunor4 thxt ilo-'iu i oileliilat-- uuclii-iuu o( a separ ate KUll, WEN HESPERIAN NICOLAS RE1A SURPRISES ENGLAND MILITARY RULE GOVERNS IN IN TEXAS mfoWN'SVILLK, Texas, Sept. 8. Tho United .States army today took tho most Important step It has yet made la tho border complication!) of toll Ipwer Hlo firnndo valloy whon an order was Issuod horo kIvIiik to army officers command over tho actions ot the civilians on tho river bank la case ahoolliiK across tho Internation al boundary Is rosiimad. Local peoco officors horotoforo havo boon permitted to jmrtlcipato in returnluK tho flro ot Mexicans from tho other side of tho rlvor. la eomo cases tho poaco offlcors havo pursued bandits floolni; from tho Toxns side to tho rlvor banks and then hold bat tle with them across tho Internation al lno. Iluroaflor tho army will at tempt to handle nil sltua'tlous, Thero Is a doublo niirposo In this. Tho CorranzA authorities havo an nounced that they hollovo they can co-operate bottor with Americana In supprtMielnK bandits if thero Is no di vided authority ou tho river bnnk. It Is oxpoctod Hint further Import- ant ordoro will follow and that tho army with four thousand men avail able In this section can throw out pa trols so Btroiin that Moxloans frying to csonpo from tho Amorlcan border or those trylnjc to Invndo Toxas, will have difficulty In trying to cross tho Itlo Grande, LONDON, Sept 8 Weather con ditions, which In past wurs havo prov ed an efficient ally ot tho Illusions, tire hkmIii Intorvenliiic on their side. Tho rivers have been swollen by au tumn floods to such an extent that they promise to form an lui passable barrier to a further advance of tho invaders. Tills dispatch represents the Immediate objective of the Au tra-Uermau campaign to he the seiz ure of the entire railroad system from Riga to Leiiiberg, thus Insuring con trol of lines of FowwHRleatlua for a further peMtratkm of White Iluaaln. On the other froufa oveuts pulut lo a coueerted movement by the allies. Hrinub warlils and the guns along ilia lfclgiuu coast have Jollied the tho run of artillery fire along the weitieru frout. All this Jjlvea support l the growing belief ihssi,eniioH that aa offensoive uiovewent of some na ture will soon mark operation-, of tho utiles iu (he vtcat. WEATHER FIGHTING EOR THE RUSSIANS s Austrian Ambassador's Interference With Employes of Munition Plants Causes President to Break Prece dent by Calling Upon Secretary of State Lansing. - WASHINGTON, Sojit. S President WIIhoii went to tho stato department today ami conferred with Secretary Lansing. It wns Kcnarnlly under stood they discussed tho case of I)r, Dumbn, the Austrian ambassador. Tho president's action was no un usual that white house and stato do parlment attaches woro slow to real le wbal had happened. So fat as officials could recall tho only prece dent for a president going to call on a secretary of state was ' recorded when Prcldent MoKluluy went to call on Secretary HnV. Visit a Surprise Tho president's call was not ar ranged In advance. Ho loft his study and panned out of tho executlvo of fices through a little used entrance, .crossed tho nveuuo which separates tho white house grounds from tho stato, war and navy building, and walked up tho main stntrwny unat tended, whilo dozens of surprised tourists nnd employes stopped to look. Tho president continued on up tho Innor stairways and Into ono of tho long corridors lending to Sec retary Lansing's private offlco, whero ho passed by tho messenger on tho door nnd entered unnnnounccd. Lnto yesterday Ambassador Duniba conferred at longth with Secretary Lansing about tho correspondent taken from nn American correspond ent by llrltlsh secret sorvico men which dlsoloHod that the Austrian ambassador was concerned la a pro ject to laterforo with tho operations of Amorlcnn munitions plants. Tho niuhassndor explained that bis gov ornmont had Instructed him to glvo tho widest publicity to a decreo mak ing It a criminal offeuso for any Austro-IItingnrlan to bo concerned in tho mnnufneturo of munltlonuW war for his country's enemies. Ouiirom.s Duiubn's Visit So fur ns was known tho ambassa dor did not disclaim his action nor did ho disclaim having reported on tho project to his homo govornmoat la documents which wero found on tho Amorlcnn correspondent. Tho stato dopnrtmont rognrds tho uso ot nn Amorlcnn passport for messongor to ono of the bolllgoront governments as serious, Seerotary Lansing Jienrd nil Dr. Dumbn hnd to say and let It bo known (Continued on pngo six) NKW YOltK, kept. 8. fJroat Urit niii'a third shipment of gold to the United Slates within five weeks, pluu ed in the sub-treasury here, amount ed to $10,105,000, noil nut approxi mately .f(JO,000,000 nu icporled yes terday flow Portland, Me., ueeording to an official announcement made to day by J. I. forffnu & Co., the oon hignee, Ameri"iin seeiiritiea neoompnnyiui; the gold were unoffieially reported to bo worth approximately $.10,000,000, mukiug the total value of the ship meat about $.il),000,000. The gold iu the shipment consisted of American gold coin to the vuIuh of $7,i0,000 uud J,:i00,00l) llngliJi eovereiguH amountiuy to approxi mately n.or.,oio. This inukes a totul of $130,000,000 whuh hue urrivcd here for Iiuglnud' aceoiint hiuee curly in August. Thi (treat sum, it i U'lieved, bus all heeti used hi pn jiot; or mnnitioaa of wur and other Hupphes tu KnsrlaJtd ami France from tin-, count rv. Whatever the Imlulic. due n.iv be, it Ui still lar.'e eiioiuh to -end the rate uf hit-Hue,' douii 11411111 nliiy In I.(I2' at the o(iNinv, a lo- of Vi u cut over mht. Tln i-i -I1., eelil-i beliiw ln.nii.il icitl Ue 11I-. ubovi tli'.- low u'vuftl hvte tot iieilin.'. WIN VHIH ANNG V 1BA GOLD SHIPMENT SENDS EXCHANGE RATES DOWNWARD EBONDN GrUN TABLED AFTER City Council Postpones Action on Mcdynskl Plan to Bend City for $1,020,000 to Refund Paving In debtedness -Fiery Oratory on Tap Sargent Leads Opposition. .An ordiunnco calling for n special election September JH (o voto upon Iho fcdyiiRki iirojioMition to rcboml tho city for $1,020,000 for tho paving indcbtciliicfld wjp tabled at tlio regit Inr meoliiiR of tho city council Tuorf ilny nislil, for fittiro consideration. It vvas Iho Kiormicst session in inonlhs, full of peisonnlilics nnd fet' vid oratory. Several times tho fool inj:rt of the oralow roso to rcat heijjhlM, nnd on ono or these oecnfc imiR Colojicl Snrgent culled E. IT. Fehl it "foor.lehended kid." Jint boforo this rejoinder tho fifienl ncnt mado a speech in which ho snid ho wan eorry ho voted for Iho colonel. Ho said I10 thought tho colonel wan for the people, hut Hint iie wan for tho corporations now. Sargent 0kmim Del into Colonel Snrient sounded tho open ing gnu of tho bond issue nrgumcat. Ho mndo a speech which ho rend front written notes. Tho .;ist of his rn mnrkH wn Hint the cily should pay its debt without impairment of credit nnd that it could bo collected under tho llanerofl net, favoring the bring ing pf a suit ngainst all delinquent property holders. Colqnel Sargent said Hint ho doubted tho legality of. tho bond issao as proposed, and that Iho repudintion of any nnmioipal ob ligation would work a hnrduhip. Ho also said tlio bond issue was unjust nnd inequitable. During tho remhrks of Colonel Sargent citizens opposed to him grunt ol thoir disapproval. Tho speech, however, wns well received nnd revealed a sentiment ngninst tho bond issue. Vavvter Opposes Jw.no Attorney W. I. Vawter followed Colonol Sargent, and snid it would bo poor policy for tho city to attempt a bond issuo of over n million dollars on uu nsscsscd vuluutioii of .f 1,000,- 000. While not doubting tho eivio patriotism of tho-io favoring tho bonds, Attorney Vuwler declared it seemed impractical uud unwise licit Anderson engaged in nu argu ment with Colonol Sargent upon tlio morits and demerits of tho bond is sue. Mr. Anderson said ho had paid nil his ussessments nnd was in favor of tlio city collecting tlio delinquent amounts tinder tho linneroft net, "il! it could bo done." This ho doubted. Ho declared somo solution should bo offered and that those nblo to pay should pay without trying to dodgu their obligation. "I lived in a town ouco Hint repudiated one intercut pay ment," said Mr. Anderson, "and ib never recovered. I spent tvventy-fivo yeari of my life trying o rebuilt Hint town, nnd it is now ns it was then, lleforo I would go through tho Kama esperioinjo in Medford 1 would givo my property nway and move out." .Miles Wants Collections After a ton-miuuto argument led by Mr, Anderson, in which everybody took part, Mayor Emoriuk rapped for order. Cnuiiullmnn Miles arose and said Hint it wns his opinion that tho debts could bo collected with concessions, nnd that if tho city took tho propor oourso it would bo easy, Ho haid at first ho favored the bonding issuo, hut tho moro ho thought about it tho worso it seemed, and spoke against uuy upheaval of Hw finances of tho city. Councilman ModyqsM spoko in fa- (Continued on Page Pour.) EN ROUTE TO ENGLAND AMSTKHPAM, Sept. 8.-Tlirvo irhiie, coming from tho cant, pass ed over Dordweh, in South Holland, at G:30 o'elouk this morning towuvii the English const. Another airship pussou over a sub urb of Amsterdam. It came from tho oouthwekt and iluappearM ia an catuly direction. WARM A m '1 tti $1 i 12