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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair Tonight nnd Friday. Mat, HO; Attn. .10.5, Torty-flfth Year. Dully Trnth Yrnr. PINSK CAPTURED BY GERMANS IN EASTERN DIE City Nearly Hundred Miles From Brcst-Lltovsk Taken By Invaders Advance Along the Dvlna Re portedRussians Prepare to Abandon Dvlnsk and Vllna. IlEItLI.V, Sopt. 1C Tho capture of tho Russian cty of Plnsk, about 100 miles cast of Ilicst-LltovBk was an nounced today nt nrmy headquarters. Tho occupation of PliiBk marks an eastward advanco by tho Gormans of nearly 100 miles slnco tho taking of IJrest-Lltovsk on August 25. Further bucccdscs havo been scor ed by tho Germans on tholr fight for JUgn, Ilcrlln announcing an ndvanco nlong tho Dvlna In tho direction of Jacobastadt. PHTItOOItAI), Sopt. 10. Although both Dvlnsk and Vllna havo been flanked and aro bolng hgard pressed by tho Gormans, tho Russians nro still holding theso positions, nnd, accord ing to war oftlco advices thoro Is no Immediate hurry for their abandon ment. Dvlnsk Is regarded as tho stronger position, becauso of Us pro tection by tho Dvlan river. Neither- point has further strategic Import ance, each having been emptied of stores and abandoned by government nnd prlvato Institutions, ItiiHslan Km cesses Russian successes In tho vicinity of Tnrnopol, In Gallcla, aro causing ela tion, but It Is pointed out thnt thoy will not oporato to betray tho army Into pushing Incautiously Into tho Toutonlc lines. As nn cxamplo of tho tactics bolng followed In this re spect thoro Is cited tho Russian not ion northeast of Dubno, whoro nftcr raiding tho Austlah positions nnd cap turing Kit, 000 prisoners tho Russians voluntarily retired to their former position. Tho lino In tho southwest Is re garded as tho moro secure, slnco it is guaranteed against n turning movement, ono flank resting on tho Rumanian frontier nnd tho other on extensive- marshes along tho Prlpctt river. Russian Taking Prisoners LONDON, Sopt. 1C Solncldent with Rarl Kitchener's optimistic re marks In tho house of lords concern ing tho position of tho Russlnn armies they nro showing nn Increasing dis position to rcassunio tho offensive at many points on tho enstorn front. Thoy nro not onlv pressing tholr at tacks agnlnst tho Austrlans In Gallcla hut for the most part aro holding up tho Gorman rush In mid-Poland. Tho Russians nlso assert thoy havo thrown back tho Invader near Sviontsjauy, whore tho German cavalry cut tho Pe trograd rc.llway between Dvlnsk nnd nnd Vllna Tho Gorman battery still holds out at tho bridgehead near (Continued on pago six) E DULl'TII, Minn., Sept. 1C De tails of tho giant aircraft "Canada," said to bo tho first of a fleet of air destroyers being constructed for tho Urltlsh army at Toronto, wore receiv ed hero today In an uncensored let tor, taken across tho Canadian border, mailed In tho United States, and sign ed by an aviator in tho servlco of tho Urltlsh government. Tho "Canada" Is a blplano and Is said to bo unique In many features. Its control is automatic and, It Is ssld, It can carry ten bombs weighing 200 pounds each. According to the letter, Zeppelins do not carry bombs as largo or as destructlvo as theso. Kvery part of tho machine was de signed and niado In the United States. It Is equipped "with two rapid flro guns, so placed that thoy can flro in front, behind and above. The air craft is equipped with two 100 horse motors. According to tho letter the "Can ada" has been given a trial trip and ban ben accented by the government. AT AIRCRAFT CANADA DHJ OR SERVE WAR aaMpu H4Eka British prize court seizes 4 ship cargoes American Meat Products and Rubber Consignments Confiscated-Declared Goods Were Intended For Use in Germany and Shipments to Neutral Nations Merely a Blind. LONDON', Sept. 10. Tim Ilritisli prize contt today condemned the grentor pnit of the American pro- duets forming the cargoes of four steamships. The uroduets, valued nt sovcrnl million dollars nro declared forfeited to tho crown. The Judgment wiih dolicred by Sir Samuel T. Kvnns, president of the court. It involves the unrsroes of the Norwcginn btcnuishirw Kim, Alfred Noble, lljornsljoinc-Hjornson nnd Fritl I a n (1. All tho goods on these vessels, consisting principally of American meat products, nro confis cated, with thn exception of n smnll propmtion which tho court released to claimants. Cnse Pending Months The case has been pending for sev eral months. The steamships were seized lust November. Tho henring closed Inst month nnd judgment whs reserved until today. Sir Samuel snid it was plain these shins were enrrvimr towards Concu- hiigcn when captured, moro than HI times the amount of goods which un der normal circumstances would have been taken to that port. That fnct iriivo practical and overwhelming nssiirnnco that the gonls were in tended to find their way ti normally, although, of course, it did not prove conclusively that they were destined for nn enemy of Great Hritnin. Ono circumslanco throwing light on tho real destination of tho goods, Sir Samuel said, was that tho expor tation of lard hv ono American com pany nlono to Copenhagen in three weeks after the outbreak of the was was 'JO times more than in periods of peace. As to tins ot canned nient, lie snid, it had not been Miown thnt they had been sent to Denmark in nny i! rent utinutitv before tho war, yet hundreds of thousands were on the wny when tho vessels wcio captured. These tins, it seemed, could not linvo been meant for any persons other tliuu German soldiers. Rubber Not Gum Referring to the consignments of rubber, described as gum, the piesi dent said: "I have come to tho conclusion thnt gum is not a trim commercial description for rubber and thnt it was used in the ships' manifests in order to avoid the difficulty which would lesult in ils capture by a belligerent. Any concealment of this sort will, while I sit in tho prize couit, weigh hcutily ugainst thobo who adopt such courses." Sir Siimuel allowed ono claim of a Danish manufacturer for n quantity of rubber, which he said had been shipped in good faith for use in his factory. Destined for Germany Tho meat cargoes, shipped for the most part by tho American pnekiug companies nnd valued by them nt $15,(100,000 were found by the piosi dent to bo destined, except- for faomo small item, not for consumption in Denmark, but for delhery in Oor many. Ho held that their eventual destination was tho German govern ment, for tho use of its naval nnd military forces. To rule otherwise, Sir Samuel said, would be to ullow one's eyes to be blinded. T LONDON", Sept. ltV Adwces from Constantinople, according to the Athens correspondent of tho Ex change Telegraph company nro to the offeot Unit all government insti tutions such as the Ottoman bank, are making preparations to move to Hio interior of Asia-Minr. Deouuse of tho fear of an insurreettou in tho Turkish army all Turkish artillory soon will be placed in charge of Ger- muus, KS MOVING CAPITAL EASTWARD MED1T0BD, BALKAN .RULERS WHO MAY ANYilfINT BE DRAWN INTO THE WORLD WAR ftH jilt iimrL "& fflHWlliiw 4P4HBHBM0BMt t , JZZf-mKt auntwwmoo On verge of fighting. Left lo King Constantino of Greece, who is czar, Ferdinand, at right, tho Turks RUMANIA LIKELY TO ENTER WAR AT LONDON, Sept. 1(1- A Copen hagen despatch to tho Hxchango Tele graph company snys German news papers were permitted yesterday to faddish sensational telegrams, inti mating that Itumuniii's participation in tiio war tuny bo expected nt any lime. Tho massing of German nnd Aus trian troops on the Kiimnninn frontier has resulted in the Ilalkan nation making preparations for ovcntunlties. A largo part of her nrmy already has been mobilized and reservists in other countries huvo been ordered home. A steadfast refusal of Kumnnin to permit the transortatiou through her territory by Germany of military supplies for Turkey is supposed lo havo aroused the animosity of thu central powers. Recent ud vices fioni Rome woro to tho effect thnt negotiations wero un der way lor the formation of n new Balkan league- to be composed of Ru mania, Serbia nnd Greece. Hulgaria, it was said, was not included in the negotiations becnuso of her ngreo ment with Turkey by which she will obtain possession of territory nlong tho Dedcngntch. Montcngrn prob ably will act in accord with the other three powers as she already is nr uiycd on the side of thu allies in the wp.r. LONDON Sept. 1(J. An imperial decrco ratifying tho Turco-Rulgarian nccord will be issued September till, nccording to Constantinople ndvices rcccixcd at Alliens mid transmitted by the eoi respondent of tho Renter Telegram company. The new front ier, it is 6iiid, will be traced bv Ger man staff officers. SENATOR- LANE E KL'GKNK, Ore., Sept. 10. -Hurry Lnne, United States senator from Oregon in nn interview here today ex pressed himself lib being opposed to tho proposed American loan of ono billion dollar t oKngland and Franco. "I urn oppoicd to a loan of one bit bin dollars, or any other sum by American bankers to (I mat Hritain and France, no matter what the basis," said Senator Lane. "1 think if they have u billion dil Jars to loan, it should bo loaned to (he people to use in the development ot our lands at homo and not be put into the hands of people who nro going to kill other people with it.'J WASHINGTON, Sopt. 1G. Formal notice that western railroads Intend to ask tho Interstate, commerce com mission to roopen tho western rato caso In respect to tho rates on pack ing houso products, fresh moats, live stock and gran products, was filed today by tho carriers. Tho roads dcolarod they would bo unablo to file new tariffs on thoso products in conformity with tho com mission's decision In tho western ad vanco rate caso by Sept. 30, the ef fective date o( the erder, N MINUTE PPOS D TO LOAN OREGON, THURSDAY, right, King Kerdiuaiid of lloumnmu, who is beheed rciuH to aid the allies; bound by treaty to aid Serbia tl the latter is attacked by Hulganu, whose .no behoved to linvo won over, BOSTON BEATEN; VENT SPITE ON T TY FENWAY PARK, IIOSTON, Sold. 10. Detroit reduced Huston's leSd In the Amorlcnn lengilo raco to a gamo and a half today by dofentlng thu Red Sox 0 to 1. Tho Tlgors assault was so offcctlvo that Reston called upon thrco pitchers. Dnuss on tho other hand had tho Red Sox batters nt a loss successfully to hit his shoots. Tho gnmo waB marked by n show of hard feeling between the contend ing players which at tho closo wna re ' fleeted lu a demonstration against j Cobb, Attor ho caught tho ball for ' tho last out of tho gamo, tho crowd from tho bleachers surrounded him. Ho was Jostled and himself pushed thoso about him until tho police camo In and broke a cloarlng. Halls of papor woro thrown nt Cobb until ho dlsnpopared Into the Uoston dug out. FENWAY, PARK, UOSTON, Sept. 10. Probably tho largest crowd of tho season nt this pnrk saw tho Red Sox, leading tho Amorlcnn lenguo pen nnnt rnco by two and a half games, meet tlio' Dotrolt Tlgors, holders of second placo today. It waa tho first gamo of a sorles of four, tho result of which will go far to decldo tho cham pionship. For IloHton, Foster pitch ed nnd Thomas caught; Daiss and Stanago for Detroit. J. HAM LI PROTESTS LOAN OF BILLION TO ALLI CHICAGO, Sopt. 10. Senator J. Hamilton Lewis today mado public a lettor, protesting against tho proposed billion dollar war loan, which ho has sent to Secretary of tho Treasury McAdoo and tho federal rosorvo board. Senator I owls said his pur pose In making tho lottor public was so that tho public might couiiuol with tho bankors "looking to tho proper guardianship ot tho money of tho peo ple" "Tho loan," ho snid, "would Invito repetition of thu panic of ISO.'!. In the course ot hi a letter, tho senator said: "The amount lemanded by theso financiers Is Jl, 000, 000, 000. "Tho statement from two official bankers of tho government that, the amount of usnblo money In America for America lu excess of rosorvo Is 12,000,000,000, "Now If It bo said that our pooplo do not need tho money at homo nnd that It should bo loaned abroad, thou I suggest that wo loud It to South Amorloa. Thoro wo would havo a chanco to build up trade and wo would got collateral and socurlty resting. on empires of valuablo land. This Is tho sauio form of collateral wo woro ablo to glvo Kuropo upon which we obtained loans In tho days of bur needs. Ily this systom I sug gest It will bo seen that no discrimi nation against any European country now at war coull bo made. ws SEPTEMBER 16, 1915 E TO VOTE PARIS, Sept. 1(5. Parliament on rcnsseiubllng today will havo to con-. sidor among various Important meas ures ono calling to tho colors a con tingent ot 100,000 youn gtueii wlu In tlmu of pcaco would begin mtlltnry service In 11)15. Thoy nro IS and 19 years old. A memorandum written by Minister ot War M Hieratic dated Sopt. 10, ac companying tho monsure, says: "It apepara now to bo necessnry to anticipate tho need of tho contingent of 1917 for uuxt spring, Tho mini mum tlmo for training In flvo months, It will bo necessary theroforo to call out this contingent In October or nt the latest in November." The bill also authorizes tho gov ernment to retain at Its disposition thn class ot 18SS, which tindor thu old laws would be automatically re leased from obligation to sorvo, Theso nro. men of IS years of ago. Thoy havo not yet boon cnllod out. Minister of Finance Rtbot's mem oranda accompanying tho bill Intro duced In tho chamber of deputies' to day appropriating 0200 million francs ($1,210,000,000) for tho expanses ot tho Inst qunrtor of tho year, say that Franco lias alroaily advancod QftO mil lion francs ($110,000,000) to her nt lies. According to tho most recent finan cial ropoits, Mr. Rlbot said "tho Hv enlgo monthly wnr oxpenscs ot Rus sia woro 1,800,000,000 francs ($300, 000,000 ) Germany's monthly wnr expenses approach 2,500,000,000 francs ($500,000,000) whllo Great Ilrltnln s exceed this amount," t IIERLIN, Sopt. lti Tho Gorman admiralty gnvo out todny un account of tho Xoppolln raid over London on Wednesday night of last weok, Tho btatement follews: "Gorman naval airships successful ly attacked on tho night of Sopt, 8-9 tho wost part of tho cijy of London, largo factories noar tho port of Nor wich and thu Iron works at Middles brough, "Great oxplotlons nnd numoroiin flrcu wero noticed. Tho .airships woro sbollod violently by tho enemies bat teries, but all returned safely." LOSSES AT DARDANELLES 87,630 LONDON, Sopt. 16. Tho admiralty announced today that In all proba bility tho Urltlsh subniarliio E-7 had beon sun koff the Dardanelles, Tho statement follews: "The enemy claim In havo sunk tho submarine 1M, Lloutenant Command or Arlchlbnld D. Cochrano, off tho Dardauollos, and to havo takon thrco offlcors nnd 25 men of tho crow pris oners, As no iiows has boon received from this submarine slnco tho 4th ot September It must bo presumed that this report Is correct." FRANC ANOTHER N WAR P ES GERMANS ill) (I LONDON A SUCCESS STANDARD OIL 10 PARTICIPATE IN BILLION LOAN Rockefeller Reported Considering Terms of Proposed Credit to Al liesNot Agreed on Rate of Inter estPayment For Munitions May Be Excluded From Operation. NEW YORK, Sopt. 10. Standard Oil millionaires, Including John D. Rockefeller Jr. It was reported today, nro considering tho terms ot tho pro posed billion dollar loan to Groat ilrltnln nnd Franco with n vlow to participating, Differ Upon Inteit-sl Members of tho Anglo-French fin ancial commission and American bankers working for tho success of tho proposed billion dollar credit loan to Great Ilrltnln and Franco, linvo somnwhnt different ideas, it bocamo known todny, ns.to somo of thu terms governing tho loan, chief of which Is reported to be tho rato of interest. Tho commission Ib reported to ho llovo tho maximum rnto should bo 5 per cent. Many Amorlcnn bankors bollovu tho mnminoth Issuo should yield at least fivo and ono halt per cent, whllo thoro Is soma talk ot ro qulrlng six per cont. A 5 par cont loan, tho commission Is roportcd to huvo said, should bo sold at par or a shade under. Somo financiers hero nro said to doubt whether tho American public would subscribe to u Btrnlght n per cent lonn without collateral, at moro than OH, If thnt. Exclude Munitions Payments A possibility that obtained wide spread discussion today was that pay mont for munitions ot wnr would bo excluded from tho operation ot tho proppned credit lonn. This roport was that big credit loan 'would bo used to pny only for foodstuffs nnd other prime necessities nnd thnt pay ment of war munitions would bo mado In gold. ft developed todny that tho pro German group of New York fluanclors hnd railed to receive Invltntlons to participate in tho negotiations, al though tho point hns been dropped thnt thoy would wecolmo It. Certnln members of tho group huvo full soma what hurt by tho failure to Includo them. TERRITORIAL ARMY l'l'ntOflHAI), mu London, Sept 10. An imperial ukiiMi wns iHhued today culling to tho color reeron of the tentorial army. The uciiuto in instructed to detoiiuiue the ugcH and numbers of the reserve nnd the district from which they bhall he called. Premier Cloromykiii linn been au thorized to prologue the Duma. I'liblio feeling Iiuh been utirrcd deeply by Huh uuiiuuiii'oiiioiit. It wiih mudo known todny thnt u meeting of diktnet couneiU and municipal leagues would he held in Mom'ow next week. TRIAL IS POSTPONED WARRliN', It. L, Sept. 10 -A con- tiiiuiieu ot two wiekb was oideied when the cinen of Mr. ICIunboth Tiftuny Illuir Slohr, luunued of incit ing the muidcr of her hu&bnnd, Dr. ( Franklin Mohr, nnd fiocugo V. llenlU, (', Vietor UioWn nnd Henry Kpellmun, (ho negroes, ehniged with tho actual commission of tho crime, were culled today. JOHN D. SPRECKLES JR. WEDS AFTER DIVORCE SAM FHANt'JSCO, Hcpt. 10. In order lu outwit ncquiiintuucux John D. SpreukloH, Jr., of this oily nnd .Misrt Sidi Wirt, worn murriud but night, Thrco w-uokg ago Spreuklex nnd his former wife woro divorced. She wus nuuried tho siimo duj m Honolulu. RUSSIA CALLS OUT NO. 152 300 DELEGATES DISCUSS LAND GRANTDISPOSAL Conference Convenes at Salem to Suggest Plan to Congress For Salo and Settlement of Area Senti ment Divided Upon Proposed Plans Aawtcr Chairman. SALEM", Ore., Sept. 10. With 300 dclcgntcsfro m nil parts of tho state nnd with government nnd railroad of ficials present, tho Oregon and Cnh fomin lnnd grant conference con venned hero today to Biiggest n plan to congress for tho snlo nnd settle ment of thn area in question. W. I. Vawter, temporary chuinnun, mrtdo n brief opening nddrcss. After r cceivmg roports from tho committco on procedure, the conven tion listened to nil nddrcss by Gover nor JumcB Withyooinbo. Vlthycoiiilo Bjcnks "Accepting ns n rcnsonublo pro- sumption thnt congress will desiro to sco nnd act for itself," Bind tho gov ernor, "and that it may bo chary about adopting nny suggestion you mny offer without1 further investiga tion of its own, I nm disposed to bo liovo that whatever opinions predomi nate in your deliberations, it would bo well to invito eongrcsn to send to Oregon n sub-committee of its public land committee. Surely it would bo nlong ii logical line, nf ford jug con gress direct nnd official first hand information upon any phase of tho ense, nnd likewise giving nctunl sct tlcrtf mid other interested parties to tho question opportunity for nuthori tutivo henring." Altornoy General (leorgo "XI. Brown rend tho grant nnd tho decision of tho United Stntcs supremo court nffect- lug it. Helitluicnt Divided Although sentiment wns divided on nil tirmioHcd nlniiH. thcro wero two which seemed to receive tho most fuvor with tho delcgntcs. Ono pro vides for concrress to enrrv into exe cution tho original grnnl, whioh stip ulates thnt tho land shall bo sold nt $'2.1)0 per nere. Tho other provides for mnking the Mnto the trustee for tho disposition of tho lands ns it bees fit. Announcement dus mado thnt neither R. A. Uooth of Kugene, or A. It. Norton, of Omuls Pass, who had been selected to represent their counties nt tho conference, would bo present. Former Governor Oswald West, in addressing tho conference, ndvocatod, n plan for the state to purchase tho (Continued on pngo six) PACKERSTOAPPEAL FORFEITI WASHlN'aTONT, Runt. 10,-Stato department oflielaU wero little sur prised ut the lindiug of the London pruo com t in tho Amorionn meat cargo catos, YJiuthor tho United States will protect will bu decided Inter, The disposition bus been to oxhuubt legal mouiib before proceed ing in diplomacy. CHICAGO, Seplp. 10.-Iicury, Veeder, of counsel for Swift & Com-' puny, Hiiid thnt tho contentions of thu packers would bo pushed as fur us possible. 'Probably wo will nppeul," he said. "Just what notion wo will take (o ob tain further ausibtanoo from Wash ington can not bo stated ut present, Tho puckers must first confer." Guy C. Chepard, vice-president of tho Cudahy Packing compuny, which oscuped with slight loss, said that his company proved that its shinmout had boon bought outright by Danish merchants. C. J. Fuulkner, of tho legal stuff of Armour and company, snid: "I don't sco how England juslifie-j that deeision. Goods shipped on thrco of tho four sjiip. involved wero sent hefora tho English order was issued, Wo could not stop tho ship ments whon tho order did conlo out thoy wero on tho ocean," PRIZECOURT RULING NG CARGOES Jfl y i