- aeirarawnrv t m Li Medford Mail Tribune SECOND WEATHER ,.Fnlr Tonight nnrt Thursday, JIav. 7H; Mln. .11, EDITION 1.1 -m HVHflMnM4'it ? MiHBaaMmi k 1 r i Forty.fifth Tpnr. DallyTenth Year. GEIANCH HEAVY LOSSES GEI OF GERMANS IN Rl ALLIES ATTACK French Official Report States That Enemy's Loss Exceeds Three Army Corps Advance Stilf Continues, Germans Being Forced to Abandon Extended Front. PAWS, Sept. 20. Herman ensu- nllies in (Ik recent offensive of thu French mid Hritisli, including killed, wounded nml prisoners, wero given ofliemlly by llio French war office toilay as in excess of tin strenptli of three iinny corps (inoro tknn 120,000 men). There is no interruption of the fighting in Champagne. Progress of the French in the Ar tois region, northwestern France, con tinues. N'orlli of Mussigcs the wnr office snys 10(10 Hermans surrendered. Tlic tol of thu roiiiiiiiinii'iition fol lows : Ti-ciiicmloii.s Losses "Tlio reports which nro coming to hand make it possible to record cnoh tiny iiidio fully the importance of tlio success obtained by our recent of fensive movement in thu Chiimpngnc district, combined villi that of the allied troops in the Aitois district. "The flennnns bavo not only been compelled to abandon nlong an ex tended front certain positions strong ly entrenched in the defense of which they had been ordcicd to resist to the ory end, but they have suffered losses Ibo -total of which in hilled, wounded ami prisoners amounts to more than thu effective strength of three army corps (120,000 men). The total number of prisoners is at the picbcnt time in excess of 23,000 men; the number of cannon brought to our lear is 70. Seventeen thousand and fifty-five private soldiers and .'till of ficers taken prisoner by us already have gone through the town of Chal ons on their way to the points where they are to be interned. Hill No. 110 Taken "Orgnnicd efforts nro at present under way to clear up the field of bnt tlc and to take definite count of the nuns of all kinds and of the wnr mn Icriul which the eiiemv has been com pelled to abandon to us. "In the Arlois district the progress jeported yesterday to the cost of Sanchez continued, and in the course of Inst night, nfler n stubborn en gugenicnt, wo readied hill No. 1 10, the oiilniinnling point of the crests of Yimy nml the orchards to the south of this point. The number of un bounded prisoners made by us in the course of this fighting is moio than 300. "In tlio Champagne district the fighting is going on without respite along the entire front. In the region to the north of Mnssiges further groups of Germans- bavo surrendered. In this sector alone the total of pris oners last evening renehed 1000. The enemy has bombarded iolently our trenches to tho north nnd to the south of the Aine, in the regions of St. Mnnl forest, of Tro.on and of Vailly. Wo lcspondod to this fire with en ergy. L LONDON, Sept. 20 German iiohb nniws today announced that two gen eraU. unnamed, have been dismissed from Clerman commands In tlio west rn war zone In connection with tho recent setback at tho hands of the 1'roneh and British, according to a dUpatrb from Amsterdam to the Kx abaiiBO Telegraph eompany. It l probable, the dlspatoh adds, that a ne 0rman oommandor-ln-ohlor C th western arms soon will k,, appoint IB this connexion the ! KtW Marshal Von IHnden burg to wu'lawi Yaqulua lUfw IWrtot will hrai half M-n f pnlMd - GERMAN GENERALS SE THEIR OBS mts LTIES IN ALLIES' OFFENSIVE EXCEED 120,000 KILLED, GERMANS BEGIN RUSH ON SERVIA WITH 300,000 British and French Land Forces to Aid Servians Near Salonikl, Greece Bulgaria to Enter War by Octo ber 15 Plans for Campaign Being .Made for Attack Within Fortnight. LONDON, Sept. 20. "Three hun dred IhoiiKnnd Austrian nml Herman troops have begun nn advance on the Herman frontier in the direction o! Orsovn," says the Athens correspon dent of the Kclinngo Telegraph com pany. Allies IjiuhI Troops ' HF.lt LIN, Sept. 20 (by wireless to Sayville). Hritisli and French troops intended for service in Serbia have been landed at Port Knthrin, near Snloniki, Greece, according to reports from Hudapest received by the Frank furter Zeitung, the Overseas News agency announces today. lliilgniLn In Fight PAULS, Sept. 20. "Bulgaria and the central powers have concluded n precise agreement, according' to au thoritative information," snys ' the correspondent nt Saloinki, flVceec, of the Temps. "Under this agreement, Hulgurin will enter the war on Oc tober lfi.'' Attack In Fifteen Days PAU1S; .Sept. 211. The Athens cor ress):ident of the llnvns News agency says it is expected now that llulgarin will begin an nttack on Ser bia within fifteen days. Plans for tho enmpaign are now being drawn up by the Bulgarian gen eral stnl f, tho correspondent says, with the assistance of numerous Her man officers who have nrrftcd in Sofia. Bulgarian officers say no attack will be made on flreeee. Cabinet Crisis PAULS, Sept. 20. A Huvns dis patch from Athens snys: "The Bulgarian ministers of fin ance and commerce have resigned, ac cording to ix report received from ft leliable source in Sofia. Tho real cause is said to bo the complete dis agreement of these cabinet members with Premier Undnidavoff on the pol icy to be followed in iew of the de termined attitude of fiiecce." King Ferdinand granted an audi ence to Former Premier Malinoff, leader of the partv, faoroblo to Uus-' sin, nnd usked him, it is understood, to form a liew minuet. F PUOVID1WCF, H. L, Sept. 20. Mrs. Khabelh F. Mohr was indicted by the grand jury here today as an accessory before the fact in cornice tion with the killing of her luisbnnd, Dr. C. Franklin .Mohr, on August 31 last, and three negroes, Cecil Victor Broun, Henry Spellmaii and Ueorgo W. Hi-nlis, wero indicted on the chargo of murder. Another indict ment charged the negroes with as sault with intent to kill Miss Kinily O. Burger, and Mrs. Mohr as an acces sory befoie the fact. F.aeli of the delendauts pleaded not guilty. STATE PAID HIS BILLS INDIANAPOLIS, S.pt. 20. Testi mony ttiHt the state bad paid his bills for living and entertainment, owm on jrttginar h woman who vUitod his hhw, wtfc ivwi todsy by Charles V. Clark m tk trial of Mayor Joph K. Bail, ckrjtxl with election ooimpir- wy. C'hsri wa h atatu wjIiimm undwr rr-auiHMiwliMi. On dtrwet uxam- ituiiioM M hud trwtirtM tVxt when be went to Mile be found ht imme al-n-.ul wtt'J MEDFOllD, ORTSnON, AV1S1)NUSDAY, SEPTEMT3KR 29, 191.1 I QUEEN OF BELGIUM ON THE raa3.'snaB""rtajg"-" L ;. ' IS ' m MfMNUlM Ti,ViBW?lCJBvYv. s1 Tho "Quivn Without u Count that tJuy strlji of Belgium territory ATMIiNS, vih London, Sept. 20. Tho (Ireclc gOM'rnment has released the Sikhs nnd flourkas, who were sur vivors of the British transport ltnm uzan, which was sunk by a subma rine. They were scut immediately to Malta on the Messngeries Maritimes fitenmer Sibnni. Many of them had no opportunity even to obtain cloth- There has been no pieious an nouncement of the sinking of the Itamaran, n steamer of ,'M77 tons, al though n wireless dispatch from Ber lin on-September 21 stated that tlm Frankfurter Zeitung reported that n largo British transport from Ilgypt for the Dardanelles had been sunk by n German submarine. This vessel could hardly have been the Itaiimznn, however, for the Frnnkfoit paper said the csscl in rpiestioii was a !'.-000-ton steamer wliieh has been sunk in the Mediterranean off the island of Crete. AltDMOHi:, Okla., Sojit. 29. Four separate Investigations woro undor way hero todays In nn attempt to fix the blame for Monday's Kasollnotank explos)onwhtch cost tho lives of 47 pfersons and a property loss of moro than ono million dollars. t; - $iiK . K EA SURVVORS ROM BRUSH TRANSPORT Mm MwMhtP&l!nE3'iZyfkTT&4 JMa fft. BtiMMU'n. .j. A MMMMt 1 F f ui IK WMMwLm'i- JtiwJfciJUkw Jfflej$$r'tl cfSamwtMm&hmMwS K mMMMv flp f" ' &llj tS RbV SSlmWtMdtaiMwmSK. kMMkMmMl-itmtMuMMkBMw&S&?''i&W''' m-&KM7Klb MmMlMmMmMtMmMLLt tMmt. il Hu 'm4HHRRmJHn' " MaMMmTMmMmMmMMmMmwPMmMmwmWkv AMSvtftMMwMmUMmMmMtMmMmMmMmtvaMmMmMmu ' i & MMMMMmMmSfa i?w$lMMwKMMMMMMMMwm!fefa- 00EiJMMMwMWMMMMMMMt t iJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJH vjljiKff tofiEfS oLkmMMMMMt. H Kcfn-tnry Ijtnsing (the nritnv "'ln's him out) and the A. II. C.-ll. their verdict will U: "l'niiiioiuil president." 1he aio, MMidlng fimin left I'riiBii)-; Jisniiilin Mende, (.iiiileiiulni flic. i Mini" tealrmm 1 I ' w? HffiPIB I I -v-; - s m w&m nr . i y" Wm"- B Bl Sk i-.lL! t It "v- .7 .. -v " -x-'&frM c l. isV Z.::mmW- a-' i-y" Is here shown talking to a ltrlll that sllll ivnmlns in the allies' Iianils, GERMANS CLAIM ALLIES'' ATTACKS IlHItLIN, Sept. 29. Itocapture from tho Hritisli ot'part of tho terri tory won from tho riermnns north of Loos was announced todny by the war office French attacks near Rouchez nnd Ncuvlllo nro said to hava been "part ly repulsed." In tho ChampoKno district Frenc'i attempts to break through the Ger man lines are until to bavo been un successful. Tho text of the statement follews: "WoBtorn theater: Tlio enoniy'n at tempts to break through our lines continued with hlterness in tho pres ent region of nttacks. A counter nt tack, followed another fruitless Brit ish attack, led to toll recapturing of part of tlio territory wo abandoned north of Loos." LONDON, Hopt. 29. Sir Charles Cheers Wakoflold was elected lord maor of London by tho council to duy. Sir Charles will succeed Sir Chnrlos Johnston, whose torm oxplres In No vember. Tho mayor elect Is an nldor m nn of tho rlty of London and has ben decorated with tho Ordor of tho Legion of Honor v . K W H H IK kJs-- . h v ,-mm . k . I -.AirAV.' XTSBTTVK " - "i f SBffiS .ys" VT 7 N. '' 1" MM4 I- kr1 & W Z " iJ? PARTLY REPULSED CUM JURY CONSIDERING ITS VERDICT! tjmxmmffiis&fmmmma K. C. Sihk'I, seci etai) 5 It. S. .Vimiii, flBHBHBIHHIHIIHIHHMHft tjW BATTLEFIELD 5Ki P3 A, VL IBHjh JBf " "... .mm sh orriier during' a visit she inailo to SUE LOOTERS OF NKW YOItlv, Sept. 29. Jacob M. Dickinson, receiver of tho Chicago, Back Island and Pacific ltnllroad company, todny brought milt fyi tho supremo court hero to recover J7, ino.nno from the directors of the Chicago, Book Island nnd Pacific rnll road company. The JT.r.nn.OOO Is allogod to hnvo heon unlawfully diverted from tho funds of tho rallwuy coiupauy to tho Chicago, Book Islnud and Pacific rail road company in connection with loan transactions Involving stock of, tho 'Frisco lines. Tho defendants named nro Daniel 0. Iteld, William 11. Mooro, Itlohnrd A. Jackson, Francis h. lllno, William T. (Irnhnm, Ogdon Mills, Kdward 8. .Mooro, Henry U. Mudg.o and the ex ecutors of tho estate of Cuorgo (I. McMurty, docoasml. Uecolver Dickinson asked tho court that tho defendants he reiiulrod to account 'for tho money expended by tho railway company In connection with tho loan and that "the defend ants nud each of thom bo required to pay to the plaintiff tho sum of 7, r.no.OUO with Interest thereon from the first duv of December, 1909 " ROCK i a 501 000 MN ' - -". $mMWMmmwwmmWmmn I'. , eniiferiHts ubo hold tho fate of Cat rana In their to light aniiiiiil tlio tnldo, Igimvlo Culfloron, lUdlilaj Vrgeiillnn; Doiuliilru Da (iaiua, Bnull; WOUNDED AND NO LET-UP IN E Field Marshal French States Allies Will Push Advantage Secured to Really Decisive Issue British Bat tering Third Line of German De fenseGerman Attacks Futile. LONDON, Sept. 20. The British nro buttering tin (bird lino of the Oennnus in the vicinity of Loos. The French nro maiiitaiuiug their offen sive in Cluimpiigue. Tlio (lennans in the Argonne apparently have bem tin able to muke important gains nnd lime refrained from infnntrv attacks. This sums "up briefly the situation in the west us seen in London todny. No grent change in conditions is shown, but Kiigland attache's high importance to indications that the of fensive movement of the nllies is not to be relaxed, as was predicted in some qimrlers. A short bienthing spell lias boon succeeded by tho hard est pressure on flormnn positions nl the points weakened or blinttered by the artillery rush. To Maintain Picssuro That it is the intention to maintain this pressure is indicated by a tele gram from Field Marshal French to the lord mayor of London, thanking him for his memsagu of good will. Tho British commander added that the message encouraged his troops "to push the immediate success to n tcal iy dccisio issue." This leads tho public to believe there is to be no stalemate, such as followed the bat tle of Neuve Chapellc, but that with new British forces in the Held nml ample supplies of iimmuiiitinu, flon eral Jolfrc and Field Marshal French plan a iviil test whether Herman re sistance in Fninco nml Belgium can he broken. Itiissln Not Doing Will KuHsiu, though encouraged by tho progress of her nllies in the west, has not been doim; so well in the lust day or so. The AiiNlriuus hnvo stemmed the UiiHsinii advance in southern Pol and and retaken Lutsk, The Her mans are renewing the great move ment against Dviirsk. Bulgaria lias not replied to Foreign Seeictnry (lre' "friendly ulti matum," but special dispatches from Athens nud other points say it change is noted lit Sofia, and that events are now less likely to take a turn unfav orable to the entente powers. DUTCH TO PROTEST E TIIK IFAOUF, Ma Loudon, Sept. 20. The Dutch goieinmcnt has iiiuib a serious protest to Heiniaiiy con cerning the passage of Herman air ships over Dutch territory. Holland declares it expects (leimuuy to take adequate measures to avoid violation of Dutch territory in th future. hands, It Is niHcUsl Cailos .M. Do Pitiui, Seeietai) U using; li. H. MuJUv, If NV OFALLLEDARMY NO. 1G3 PRISONERS METHODISTS OF CITY MUTINY Medford Congregation Up in Arms Over Transfer of Rev. J. K. Haw kins to Oregon City to Make Place for Bishop's Supporter Appeal to Prelate to Rescind Transfer. An indignntinn meeting was held in tho First Methodist Episcopnl church nt Medford Tuesday night to protest ngninst tho notion of Bishop It. J. Cooko nt tho Oregon annual confer ence in removing Uev. J. K. Hawkins from Medford to Oregon City. Tho meeting wns called by tho official bonrd nnd wns largely nttended. By unanimous notion n committee of fivo wns Appointed to visit tho district su perintendent, Hov. II. J. Vnn Fossoil, at Aslilnml this jnori'iing, ui-ging him to interccdo with tho bishop in nn cf fort to retnin their pastor of last yenr. Tho feeling is genoral, both in tho church and out of it, thnt rank injus tice hns been dono to tho pnstor. They contend thnt innsmuch ns Mr. HawkiiiR hns been on tho chnrgo only ono yenr, nnd that his work has been in every way satisfactory, having united u divided church nnd cleaned tho slate of tho indebtedness of u year ago, and having had scvonty-ono neccssions to tho membership during tho yenr, ho is entitled to different t rcntmont. .Methodists Agrlovwl Church members nro further griev ed to think that their pastor, nftor such n good record and being in Bitch fnvor, should seemingly bo mndo thu goat to aid in making nn opening fdr a eloso friend of tho bishop's tin 11 rownrd for loynlty to him in his ad ministration of Portland First church 11 f fairs. Mr. Hawkins has been six teen years nt work in the Oregon con ference nud lias been advanced in every chnrgo to which ho has been moved. Uev. II. ,T. Vim Fosscn bus consented to use his intluenco to tho extent of his nbihty to obtain the re sults desired by tho delegntion. A telegram of protest was sent to tho bishop by this committee todny. Back of tho changes mndo lurks tho church fight in Portland over thu forced consolidation of congregations ordered by Bishop Cooke, which has created widespread nntngonism to. ward the prelate. Uev, T. B. Ford of Oregon City, whoso pbieo is to be filled by the Uev. Hawkins, lias been 11 11 n 1 hi supporter of Bishop Cooko mid is rewarded by being mndo super intendent of tho Salem district. Dr. Ford wns president of the Portland Methodist Ministers' association last year Urn stood by tho bishop in tho factional fight raging in tho metrop olis. To fill Dr. Ford's pnstornto nt Or egon City, the Uev. Hnwkins is trans 1 cried fioin n 1 100 11 year pulpit to (Contlnuod on pago throo) I ISLE OF CEYLON BKUL1N, Sept. 20 (by wireless to Tuckertoii, N. J. 1 "Private reports from tho British whuitl of Ceylon' says the Overseas 'ews ngenoy, "uro to the effect thnt tho entire island has been 111 a stato of rebellion since Juno I and that nil tho ten plantations on the island bavo beon destroyed, moro than 2000 persons having been shot dunujr the rioting. "At Colombo tho strugglo wns teiotio ono, streot fighting takim; idaee Mini shack being ransacked, tha ruporU declare. Tho damage dono amounted to moro than 10,000,000 mnrka ($2,600,000), Sixtv person nre shot theio mid 1800 urrads nuru muds. "Tho monsoon wns -(he, worst tho ishtiul had experienced m J.00 years and Hiportitious Mohammedans re. Irded its severity as a punishment by Allah. A comet aLu ha bcea ecu,'' BISHOP S ORDER REPORT RE m 1; ij Hi "j 1' iGU'IU iu