Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
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MTCDFOBT), OKEC10N, MONDAY, SKPTRamEU 13, 1913
NO. 119
Tn:t.awcT i.
GERMAN DRIVE
ON EAST FRONT
IS PROGRESSING
Only Along Galician Frontier Is Teu
tonic Advance Held in Check
Ruzky Declares Petrograd in No
Danger Bulgaria and Turkish Al
liance Affirmed.
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IJHRLIX, Repl. 13. Tho lint-
"" tic along tho Dviim rivor, which
"" 1ms been virtually hi a state of
"" deadlock for soveral days, has
T swung in favor of tho Germans. "
" Tho war office announced today ""
that tho Hussinns had been
"" ejected from several pnutiuns
"" on the? left hank of tho river.
"" Tliis Iiattlo probably will decide ""
the fato of Riga.
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LONDON, Sept. I.'J. The Auslro
Gertaan nrinies on tho eastern front
(till striving for definito results arc
making progress every v hero except
along tho (lalicinii frontier, where the
Russians report a further success.
In tho iioi th, whore thu Russian line
has been straightened bv n with
drawal of forces, Field Maisliul Voa
llindenburg is directing a violent
drive toward Dviusk and a crossing
of thu Dvina. In tho center Crown
Prince Leopold has forced his way
ever Zclwinnku and in attacking in llu'
Motility of Skidol. In I ho south Meld
Marshal Von Mackouseii on both
sides of thu Pinsk railroad in press
ing cnstwnrd toward the town. These
movements hae resulted in the cap
ture ol several thoiiHRiid Russians.
I'ctrogrud Not Kudnugcrcd
flencral Ru.ky, eoiiiuiaiidor of the
northern Ru-sinn artuy, doolaros pos
itively that there i no danger that
Pelrogrnd will fall before the guns
of invader.
On the other front there i littie
to repot t. It appear to be establish-
cd that Bulgaria lm struck a bar
gain with Turkc and I'lenuer Rado
M.iuill', in rc-poiiM? to an appeal of
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BY SUBMARINE
WASHINGTON', Sopt. 13. Gor
many's explanation of tho unsuccess
ful attempt to doe troy tho Canard
liner Orduua on July 9 Is that tho
submnrlno commitndor violated his
instructions which wero not to attack
any liner, but because of tho woathor
ho was unablo to muko out tho char
acter or nationallty'of tho Orduna.
The Ordunn, bound from Liver
pool to New York with somo 200 pas
sengers, of whom 22 woro Amorlcaus,
was attacked by a torpedo, which
barely mUsod hor, nnd thon wns shall
od by the aubniarlno until sho was
out of rnngo.
To substantiate tho statement that
the German conunandor was inallnod
to follow his ardors It Is stated that
lie soon after allowod tho steamer
Korinandie carrying n cargo of lum
ber to pass uumolestod.
The aerniitn oxplanatlon, which
comes in the form of a note, was laid
bofore President Wilson today by
Secretary Lanslarj and may figure in
the discussion of the submarine issue
with Count Von Ilernstorff, the (Jer
wan ambassador.
ORDUMA
ATTACK
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THIS"ISN'T THE"RUSSIAN"KRMY IN RETREAT-IT'S FRECKLES LEADIN' THE
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Lansing in Conference With Bcms
torff Germany Musi Confirm As
surances of Cessation of Attacks
by Submarines of Liners Before
Formal Negotiations Conducted.
. WASHINGTON, Sopt. ia Secre
tary Lansing announced today after
a conference with President Wilson
that no decision had yet been reached
by tho United States of Germany's
proposal to arbItr.Ho tho Arabic caso.
It was Indicated in official quar
ters that both Germany and tho Unit
ed Stntcs ngreo that to arbltrato tho
quostlon of Indemnity Involves arbi
trating tho Justification nnd tho facts.
Secretary hanging's . conforenco
with (bunt Von llornstorff began at
noon.
It was gonorolly believed that bo
foro tho United States will enter Into
formal negotiations on tho Arabic
caso In particular, It will bo liccos
sary to confirm Gorman's assurances
of tho cessation of attack by subma
rines on llnors.
Tho declaration that tho United
States would not discuss tho husltan
la caso until It had bon established
whothor tho sinking of tho Arabic
was n Justified act; Increases tho Itn
portnnco of tho decision on tho Ar
abic note
Ambassador Ilornstorff's confer
ence lasted half an hour.
Tho nuihnsfrador made it clear that
tho situation had not como to an im
I in km). From bin manner sumo of his
questioners inferred that his confer
ence with tho secretary forecasts u
favorable outcome and that probably
arbitration uiiuht be agrcd upon.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1:1.- The
I Police today continued their search
tor "Charley," inising member of tho
gang of hank robbers, ouu of whose
number, known as George Nelson,
hot nnd killed himself euily jester
day morning at thu end of a six-hour
battle in which he ktood oft n large
toice of police in his barricaded
apartment in a lodging house.
Two other lucinborH of Nelson'
gang that last mouth lobbed a Los
Ansclcb bnnk of $:t(l()0 were under nr
rent in tho southern city today and
tho Sail FrmieisiMi imlicu woro
-cur'hiuir not only for tho man known
a "t'harloy," but for a woman who
was hclicNcd bv tenant in tho lodging
hoiifct? wheio XeUou fought hi battle
to ho the bandit' wite. A photo
Kraph touiid in his room was identi
fied l lodgers as the woman known
as Nel-on's wilo.
FIE FROM GERMANS
LONDON', Sept. 1.1. A wholesale
exodus of the xopl in urtuullv all
of the towiibhips and vdlafes of tho
IUiMiun provuiuu ot Oroiluo is re
pnrtwl. The ioplo am i'leeiiiK afoot
to. the lturaiiiohi, the junction point
of the Vilua, Itono, Ilrest-IJtovsk
uud AIiuk railroad.
The refiifEeen, nuiaberini; thoiiiaiidri,
are Klepiuv m the woh)s at night,
drenched bv the cold r.nns. Hut au
thorities are doing their utuift to
relieve di-tre--..
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James J. Hill Says Loan Is of More
Vital Interest to United States
Than to Countries Seeking the
Money New York Fails to Promise
Needed Amount.
Ni:V YOUK, Sipt. 13. Financiers
of tho west nnd northwest cnino to
Now York today to holp tho ,Anglo
French flnanclnl commissioners ar
range) n way by which Great Ilrltatn
nnd Franco can nay for tho hundreds
of millions of dollars worth of exports
already shipped abroad nnd other
vast amounts contracted for and con
templated. Tho flrnt of tltoso arrivals was
.lames J, Hill, rntlroad builder and
fluanclor of St. Paul. Mr. Hill was
Bald to bo provided with data upon
which he bnscd his bollof that tho
flotation of n mammoth credit loan
hero to Gront Ilrltnlu nnd Franco Ib
of moro vital intorest, perhaps, to
tho United States, than to tho two
countries seeking tho loan.
Fostus J. Wade of St. Louis also
registered hero today. It was said
Mr. Wndo would probnbly sco mem
bers of tho commission Into today.
Hankers from Chicago and Cincinnati
also woro said to bo in town or on
their wny hero.
Seek Half llllllon
Tho commission, it Is understood,
was not cheered by tho result of tho
preliminary canvass of financial in
stitutions throughout tho country a
fow wooks ago. This cnnvnss showed,
according to reflnblo reports, that not
moro than $100,000,000 or $150,
000,000 could hayo been mtbscrlhcd
toward tho proponent forolgn credit
loan nt that time. Tho minimum
amount sought by tho commission is
half a billion dollars, llecontly tho
talk has boon of a billion dollar loan.
Aid, thoroforo, from out of town
firms nnd n gcnornl realization of
tho close communion between tho es
tablishment of the credit nnd tho con
tinuance without chock ot tho great
volume of Amorlcnn oxports, woro
welcomed by tho commission nnd lo
cal firms nllko,
.Meet With Morgan
A meotlug wns hold between tho
commission and J. P. Morgan, Ilon
ry P. Davidson, of tho Morgan firm,
and Frank A. Vnndorsllp, prosldont
of tho Nntlonnl City bank. Mossrs.
Morgan, Davidson nnd Vnndorsllp
called on tho cominlsHlonorH. Tho
conforenco lnstud woll Into tho after
noon. Tho commission loto today dovlat
od from its policy of having Amorl
cnn financiers call to sco thorn nt
their headquarters by sending Sir
linblngtou Smith, on tbolr bohalf, to
tho offlco of James J. Hill, railway
builder and flnnnclor, to obtain from
him bis views on tho proposed big
credit loan.
WOULD CLOSE PORIS
SAN FHANl'lM'O, Sept. LI. Hep
resnntatno Fled A. lirittcn of Illi
nois, member of the naol at lairs
committee of the house of iepieen
tathes, said on hi arrival heie todav
1'ioiu tho Oiient that he will introduce
a bill in the neit eouxreM to uluw? the
American ports of Pearl Harbor, Ho
nolulu, .Maiuta bav and (luuiu t the
wHrhiM of foreign nutious.
He Mild he favored the immediate
I'OUstiuetiou ot fortv Mihmttiinc aud
the a-sitfmMoJit of tHeut to the I'u
i ilw i oast.
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I'ncle Sam lias demanded that Austria i-ecall licr minister to Wash
lugtoii, AinluisMidor Diimlui, Itecaiiso lie iuU'IhvI Aiislrlans in Atiieilran
iiiuultlon plants to sti ike. Tlicso cliargcs followed tho aiivst by Hrltuli
authorities of fiipl. .J. 1'. Aitlilbald, an Aiueilcan newspaper eoiivspond
wit, who was mriyliiK a letter fiinu Anibassador lliiiiilui to tho Vienna
foreign office MiKKcsting strikes to tie up wai orders for the allies.
RECALL OF DUMBA
VERY
DISPLEASING
10 FRANCIS JOSEPH
GF.Nr.YA, Sept. 1 . The iwiim
morning impel are n pl te with lead
in jy nrtulea on the news coinerning
Dumha, the Austrian ambus-whir to
the United States, considering the uf
fuir one of ital interest.
Prom the lu-ticle it would appear
that the 1'(UohI for his recall baa di
vided Aiiutro-Hiingariuu t a tenia en
into two ennips. Those of the jmrty
of Darou lluriuu, the foreign minis
ter, apparently uiu peraiiaduil that
AinbiiBtiudor Diiniba acted under thu
influonoo of Count Vmi Ileniatuiff,
tho Genua n ambassador to tho United
Stutoti, without oi deis from the home
gnvoruiueut. Tho llutignrian mrly,
on tho contrary, behevos that Dr.
Dumlm did Ilia duty in order to pre
vent anus nnd ammunition rcaeliiiiK
tho powora of (lie ipiadmpltt entente.
It g iiloaued from the newspaper
nitidten that liuipoior Kraiuria dosejih
was displeased when hu learned of thu
aidiou that hod been tiikiui bv thu
United States and in huubmiucc ho
expressed the view that icrauiialit.v
of Ilia Austrian umbusaudor was a
sufficient ituarautce niminst state
ments attributed to him by the United
Stares, which were without a solid
basis in fauL
It is declared IiUcwumi that tele-'
grams of somewhat bitter tone weie
exchanged on the subjeet between
Foreign Minister Iliiraui uud Dr. Von
Ucthmniiu-IIollweK, theQarmun chan
cellor. The (Jennaii ompror is de
clared to have been irreatly iuterested
in tho dtivelopiueal aud (d have re
called Poreigu Minister Vou Jagow
to llerlin, the foreign Mutilator bavin
boon pivjairiug ou Kutunlay Ui ru to
ViHiina.
The n,uestitu of diplomatic nipt arcs
with the United States U being din
eiiaawl by the mpci.
THKNTOK, N. 1)., &, 13. Kmuw
from two to six inehe in deplb has
fallen iu North Ii.iUU Mid eustein
Montana, uioeh of it melting as ii
tell through the iiifht. Most of the
grain in thu ii,-in still is un
th reshed.
RECALL AND HIS PRETTY WIFE
C VI JPIP woot
VJ'fcrw'wv'
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LONDON, Sept. in. -Another Zep
pelin raid was made over the east
coast of Kugbind last night. There
were no casualties.
' The attack i described in U'u fol
lowing official statement:
"The east coast was again visited
by hostile aircraft last night ( tho
Piih-KIth). Uomha were dropped, but
there were no casualties uud tho only
dujaiKju reported is that bomo tele
graph wires aro down and somo glass
is broken."
Tho demnnd is inudo by tho fllolio
for of'fuelivo mousuru of reprisal for
the Zeppelin raids.
"It is useless to dlaguUo the fact
that nothing big or strong will bo
done unless tho government is arous
ed to action by publio opinion," tho
Ulobu says.
"Lei the (loriuans roalio that for
every town in tliis oomitiv thut Ii
honibatdecl a iloneu poueoful towns in
lennany will be bombarded. Let
them also know thai for nvury life
lost or every humble dwelling destroy
ed we ahull exact a liberal toll from
the monies of wealthy (lurmuns who
fattened on our riunmcicc and who
draw their dividends irom our peo
pie. The effect would lie magical."
SAN FlIANClSro, S.pl. 1.1. A
ineMsnge to Hind, It'olph il Co. of this
city, owners of the William T. Lewis,
which was toi'edoed off the coast
of Ireland, Kedember 2, n-eeived to
duv from their lwdon ugeiita, slated
thut it is doubtful if thu damaged ship
is worth itertuanent iwinng. The
ship is waterlogged in Itautiiv bay,
Ircluiid, whom it was towed, Hull,
must aud rigging were damaged be
yond repair bv the shell fire of the
submarine.
EPELIN
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BRUSH
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First New Butlyct Includes Taxation
of War Profits, Not Only on Muni
tions, Out on Industries Increase
in Income Tax Probable in Problem
to Raise Revenues.
.LONDflN, Sept. j:i. Kcgiiiiilil Mu
leiina, ohancellor of the oxehuepior,
will introduce his first new budget iu
thu house of commons on Soptumbur
21 or i!.1. llu has spout miiny woeks
in Boarehing out possiblu moans of
adding to the ordinary rovonuo nnd
meeting tho enormous oxpuiwcs of tho
war, which now amount to ucuily
$20,000,000 dnily.
Wlmlover tho eluineollor innv linvt,
in mind, ho has kept his secret close,
ly. Gossip already him doubted the
income lax nnd reduced thu exemp
tion figuru, increased the duly ou ton
to a shilling a pound uud added great
ly to the import tuxea on pelrolo for
the wines, spirits, sugar and tobacco,
especially cigars.
Thy War ProfltH
Apart f i om those, n bold lino of
action undoubtedly will he taken on
luxation of war profits, not only ou
munitions, but ou industries like ship
ping, which aro umassiug enormous
hiiiiih. Tho hupf trust and wholesale
distributors of foodstuffs nlso nre
mentioned us likely to be culled upon
for largo contribution (o tho e.
chenucr. Imposition of taNcs on im-
lioi led luxuries, iucludiiig automo
biles, is being canvassed as a mcami
of raising revenue or of nssinting
national economy nnd lighting the ex
change market by decreasing imports,
Incivnso lucoino Taxi's
An incrcauo and oxtonslon of tho
Incomo tax Is oxnoctod In most qunr
tors. An attempt to rostrlct tho vol
ume of imports Is urged by many
public men. Tho most likely meas
ures in this direction aro largo addi
tions to thu duties on ton, tobacco,
wlno, sugar and petrol, and possibly
now duties ou luxuries of vnrlous
characters. Othor taxos which havo
bean suggestud aro upon railway
tickets, thoators and motion platuros,
automobllos and cnrrlagoa nudum
plovers of domestic survniitH. An In
ereako In chnrgos for lottors, tola
grama and telephones, nil of which
aro under government control, is n
furthor possibility.
It Is estimated that tho total In
como of tho inhabitants of tho llrlt
Ish IsIoh lu 112.000,000,000 a yoar.
Of this loss than five billion dollars
Is now nssossod for taxation. Tho
now legislation to -oxpoctod to roach
at least throu and n half billion dol
lars moro. For tho small workman,
it Is potwtblo that the eollootlon of
tho tax may ho lu wookly Installmonta
by means of stamps affixed to n wook
ly war tax card.
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ItOMIS, Sept. 13. A battle ho
tweon Italian and Austrian naval
forcos, the former assisted by a
ronch Biibmnrina, occurred on Thurs
day last In tho Adriatic sea. The min
istry of inarlnu announced today that
ono Austrian torpwlo boat had bson
damaged nerlously.
Thu statoment follews:
"The l'renrh riibiaarlne Paplu, as
sisted by our naval forces, torpedoed
on September 9, in the Adrlatle noar
Cape I'lanka, a group of Austrian
tornedo lioatH, one of whlcii was ser
iously (iM'aagfd "
IN
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A DA 0 WAR
ITALANS
EED
AUSTR AN WARSHIPS
GANG GOINTO.SCIIO'C'L!
TROOPER SLAIN
ATM WITH
One Cavalryman Killed and Two Aro
Wounded in Attack Upon Patrol by
Mexicans at Plimpton; Plant
Siumil Fired nt In Darkness by
Gang of Forty Bandits.
PKOWNSVILLK, Tox., Sept. 1:1.
One United Stntcs trooper wns killed
nnd two others wounded, ono prob
nbly fatally, when u gang o Mexican
bandits early today attacked tho
American paliol of seven men ut an
irrigation pumping plnnt several miled
up tho rivor from this point.
Tho soldier killod wns Private
ICrnft, who roceived n wound through
tho head. Private Fornoy was allot
through tho back and is expected to
die. Privnto Walsh nlso wns wound
ed, but his, condition is not consid
ered serious. Tho firing wns heard
by nearby detachments, who loented
it ut tho pumping plant on the Los
Itidlos project, but nshislanco which
was rushed to tho beleaguered men
oamo too Into' to prevent tho onsunlty.
Tho squad of troopers wns fired upoii
from tho darkness by n gang csti
mutcd nt forty. It is thought that
the bandits havo nro.sscd into Mexico.
Immedinloly upon receipt of n re
port of tho fight, Colonel A. P. lllock
som, eommnnding nt Port llrown, Is
sued orders doubling tho United
States nrmy gunid, both nt tho inter
national furry aud tho international
bridge bore, lost n renown! of tho bor
der warfare oeour.
Colonel IJIooksom has requested
(lonornl 13. P. Nnfurrnto, eommnnding
in Jfntnmoros, to nrrcst two jrbxienns
ou tho ohnrgn that they are known
as the ringleaders in recent troubles
on the lower Ilio Qrnndo.
A. B. C.
TODI
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WASHINGTON, Sept. l.l.-Sccra-tury
Lansing announced todav that
tho next meeting of tho A H C con
ferees to disouaH thu Mexican situa
tion probably will bo hold in Wash
ington either ou Wednesday or Thurs
day of this week. The secretary to
day dismissed Willi President WiUou
(lenurul Carra nza's latest note.
Unofficial i-eport hnvo l-enched
here that a supplemental unto is to
bo sent from Carmnza sourcos out
lining in detail what might bo lnndu
matters of joint consideration, Thi.i
would include war indemnities and
guarantee-, lo for goers.
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LONDON, Sept. 13. Lloyds ro
nort that the Hrltlsli steamer Ash
more has gono nshoro aud sunk. Pour
mon of th crew are missing. Thq
isuialnder were saved.
The last report of the stoamor Aah
moru avnllabel In shipping recordtf
was that slio sallwl from Montevideo
August 9, for St. Vinoent, Oupo Vordo,
8ha was n vessel ot 2810 tons groits
and belonged to the Adam Stoamshlp
company of London. Slio wua built
lu l9i.
vt-ssvve
CJTTA.
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