Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
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iMEDFORDt OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1915
NO. 184
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FLEET OF ALLIES
British, French and Russian Ships
Destroy Harbor Works Teutonic
and Bulgar Invasion of Serbia
Continues to Progress Greece and
Rumania Likely to Remain Neutral.
LONDON, Oct. 23. Tho British
admiralty today issued the following
.stnteinent:
"Tliu bomburdmont oC tbo Bulgar
ian const wns carried out by nn nllicd
buiuidron composed of British. Itus
niim mid Kreneh ships on tlio nfterl
noon of the 21st .
"A number of military positions
wen shelled nnd serious damage wns
in 1 lifted on the luulior works, the
i ail way station nnd on shipping at
Dcdenghateh. flrent euro wns uxer
eiced by the nllicd squadron to avoid
tiring upon any points other than
thoxe Known to bo of military import
ance." Driving Serbs Hack
German, AiMro-Ilungnrinn nnd
Bulgnrinn nnnios invading Serbia
ocr the northeni nnd eastern iront
icrs t()iitinuu to push back tho do
fenders. necording to today's Herlin
official btiitomcnl. Gonifnn troop-
have forced a passage over tho Driim
rivor and havo driven tho Serbians
from the heights south of Yisegrad.
On the caslcui section the Unitarians
have captured tho towns of Negotin
inn! Iloglyovo.
Tho Geminn officinl statement also
nM)its that Ititsfcinn warships havo
bombarded several ports along the
lio-tb coast of Coiirlnull nini hnvu
landed some forces near Domenow.
llulUnns Stlli Neutral
The status of political affairs in
Hit Balkans is nhnont equal in inter
est to tho military situation. The be
lief is growing here Hint neither
Greet e nor Ktimnuia is likely to enter
the wa at lcnt miiIoss the entire al
lies tram some decisive attewm.
11 recce apparently regard this in
more important than the offer of the
island of C.vpiUB, and it is feared in
Athens that tho nllicd troop have
criuo too Into into the Malkun licld
Bombardment of tho Iliilganaii
coast bv an allied fleet raises hopes
in Kic'lnnd that the entente powers
vwll uol bo content witb landing
troops in Saloniki, but may cause
cnoimh of a diversion elsewhere t
mrngc n considerable body of Mid
gut inn troop. It is expected lion
that the arrival nt the Dardanelles of
(ieneral Sir (.'hallos Monro, the now
eonimnndi r of tho e.kditionurv
forces, will bo neeomanied with new
military activity on the Gullipoli pen
insula. IVe.ssiuv lTJMll filVCCO
In the meant hue it is expected that
the entento powers will eontinuo to
ecrt prossiiro on Greece, mUing oh
jcctioim to her present altitude.
Tlw'so objeclioiU are based on both
military and political ground.
Greece's treaty obligntions to Serbia,
it is held, wore, relied upon by the en
tente power as one of the osential
elements of maintaining in the Balk
nns the equilibrium to the building up
of which they contributed. They take
the position that Greece is bound to
support her treaty with Serbia.
KAISER PRESENTS
LONDON, Oct 23 Emperor Wil
liam has conferred tho docoration of
tho iron crois of tho first and second
claa on King Ferdinand of Dulgnrla,
according to a dispatch prlntod by the
Amsterdam Telegraam, and forward
er by the correspondent of Itoutor's
Telegram company.
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INSURE SAFETY
OF EXPORTS TO
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Government Unofficially Aids In For
mation of American Trust Company
to Handle American Products
Abroad With Assurances That They
Will Not Reach Belligerents.
WASHINGTON, Oft. 2 H. Forma
tion of nu American Trust company,
similar In organization to Tho Neth
erlands Overseas Trust, to handle
American products nbrond with as
surances that thoy will not reach tho
belligerents, was announced today by
Secretary Hodflold of tho dnpartment
of commerce. Tho company will havo
tho unofficial recognition of the gov
ernment. Secretary Uedflold said that It was
contomplnted to havo tho company
handle nil export shipments from tho
United States to neutral countries.
Ho snld that whllo tho Rovernment
would not officially Kuarantco to bol
llgoront countries In Kuropo that tho
goods shipped under agreement with
tho American company would not
reach their enemies, tho government
would exorclso such supervision as
would Insuro tho complete neutrality
of tho commerco carried on by tho
now American compnny.
Secretary Uedflold said that tho
compnny Itself, under tho unofficial
recognition of tho Kovcrnment, would
mack such arrangements with bellig
erent European countries as would
assure tho safety of American neutral
bound commerce- from Interference
by belligerents.
In considering unofficial recogni
tion by tho government for tho now
coucoru, It was mndo a rndltlon thnt
tho compny must hnudlo tho export
husluoss of all American firms which
might mako application, provided
thoy could moot tho conditions laid
down by tho belligerent countries
with which tho concern might oper
ate. Tho understanding was reach
ed that fronts of tho tronsury depart
ment In export cities In tho t nlted
State and commercial agents of the
department of commerco nbroad
would co-oporato to assuro tho com
plete noutrallty of all transactions
handled through the concern.
NEW YOItlC, Oct. 2.1. One reason
why tho air craft of toh nations of tho
entento aro not now making so many
attacka on Herman cities ob linroto
foro is that tho Germans havo Invent
ed n now anti-air craft gun with an
nccurato range of more than 10,000
'foot, according to Lloutonnnt Paul S.
II. Arbon of tho Ilrltlsh army aviation
corps. Lieutenant Arbon wns sent
lioro to Inspect somo machines bolng
constructed In tho United States and
Cannda.
HONEST, THIS IS HOW IT
YJUN cAR. fft0WM,NOV POUV
rAeAN TO sp SoO WAHT
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YW6S ARE C0MIH6 AIOUG RfJB, FuHqAS THIS WILL OB TtlB IMT M0H&S WB. r , jgSggMgygjpjHHHH
PyT WE. HEED MORE M& TO Villi THIS ELECT l WILL NBEP FoR VtAIR CAMPAIGN - ' RB$B&" " , . H
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IHOS. EDISON,
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This Is Wilson's first vacation. He and Henry l'onl Join In
incut to education ami enterprise. The ttio Jmvo been observing tho tr
lie iiioi-o woik than pleasure.
KAISER 10 SPEND
M'DAPKST. Oct. 21. Tlio mili
tary experts on tho tiowsoapors horo
OHtlmnto thnt no moro than six
months moro will bo required to es
tablish communications with tho
Turkish army. Tho l'oatl-Nnpolo,
however, says:
"Tho Gorman omperor will spond
Chrlstmns In Coiistautlnoplo at tho
hoad of his victorious troops."
Tlio editorials In the uowspapors
dwell on tho Iinportnneo of the Ilnl
kan camimiKn as a moans of estab
lishing bails for an early peee. The
Pestl-Hlrlap sas: t
"The stroke through the llslkans
will bring peace nearer, for It is a
Btroko aimed directly nt EiiKlnnd,
which latoly has been the only obsta
cle In the way of an early peace. As
soon as her world nower Is threaten-
jed, sho will nianlfeiit a wiHliiKMi'Ss to
consider the qutlon of peace."
XMASATTHEPORTE
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GERMANY
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OLNLVA, Oot. 2 1. Germany again
is closed from llusrl in Constance to
travelers. No aleameis are allowed
to npproneh tho landing on the Gor
man shore of Luke t'onalnuce. It i
assumed tltHl tho ob-iug of the fion
tier is to keep intelligeuoo of the
movements of Gorman lroop fitnn es
enpirg. Portland Livestock Market
POItTINl), Or., OoL SKI. Cnttle,
steady receipts, none. Steer, choice
ffl.7."l(i?7.0f, good dffJIfJ.Sffl, medium
5.2SC f.7."i : cows, choiuo $.!(! . ').'.',
good $-lMUTS, I'ltHlium $:i.75(
i.V)'. heifera, clioiec $rM(jit(, good,
fl.TWS; bulls, eluded 3..r)UCnl;
slaus choice ifrl.IW" 1.25.
I futf Steady, i" fipla 371. Piimc
liubts $7(i7.fl, cboi'tt medium $(l..1t)
f7' pigs, O.U'm.i i. 'il, rough $.i.7."(
(1.10.
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11 a, m. Morning Prayer.
7:30 p. in, Evening Prayer.
WM. 11, HAMILTON, Vlcaf
CO.MO, Italy, Oct. 23. Today's
session of tho trial of Porter Churl
ton, tho Amorlcnn who is charged
with IihvIiik murdorod his wifo, wns
given over largely to tho reports of
alienists. The export for tho prosecu
tion read a lengthy roport which
reached tho conclusion thnt Charlton
was entirely responsible mentally.
The expert far the dofenso argued
that tho prlsouor wns Irresponsible
lloth desired to ompllfy tholr writton
opinions by oral discourse, but tho
Judge cut them short.
Lcs Darcey Defeats Clahuy on Points
SYDNEY, X. S. W., Oct. 23. Loa
Ihtrccy, the Australian middleweight
champion pugilist, today beul on
points Jimmy Clnbhy of Hammond,
I nd.. claimant of the world's middle-
weight eluunnionshlp. r the itndtiim
here.
MR. Worn WB WAMT
Not) TO BB A CrtHOlPATe
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IN CHARLTON TRIAL
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PARADE
FORSUFFRAGE N
NEW K HIT
Nearly 50,000 Women and Men in
Line in Greatest Demonstration In
History for Votes for Women-
Mother and Child Division a Long
One Suffrage States Represented.
XKW YOHIC, Oct. LM. Suffrngo
lendera mohilired nearly fiO.OOO wo
men and men for the mnreh up Fifth
avenue thin atteruoon in the greatest
demonstration ever mnde in fnvor of
wonmn auffrngi'. Over 2.1,000 women
wore in line at II o'clock, the hour
scheduled for tho start from Wash
ington Sipmre. In addition to the
women, there were iiinrly n many
men favoring suffrage registered to
take pari in tlio pnrude.
Jim elnet Jeature in this years
march, aside from tho numerical
strength, was tho mother and child
division. Scores of children in bnltv
carrlngea, decorated with yellow and
white or purple, white nnd green rib
bons, were included in this division.
Miss Alberta Hull, as grand intir
shut, led the parade. Miss Hill and
her staff were on horseback. They
wore black ridiuv habits, black derb
ies nnd bioad sashes of puiple, white
and green.
Ten women representing, "Victory,"
"Liberty," "Kdiinllty" mid "Justice,"
nnd the siv contingents rodo on n
"Victory" float in the main body of
the parade. Oilier divisions repre
sented the statci! whoro women now
have tho franchise, countries having
equal suffrage, professional women,
business women, college, teachers,
nurses, actresses, nrli-ts nnd various
nationalities.
TO SCENE OF VICTORY
VKKONA. H..U. ()rt A. -Kin"
Victor Kmmunuel climbed to the
snow-covered crest of Iluuchkool
mnuiituiu yesterday to congratulate
tho Alpine troops who had just cap
tured several Austrian positions. The
ascent wns difficult and luthcilo lias
been mulct taken only bv experienced
luoiiuliiinecrs.
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niMNDlSr, Itnly, Oct. 2.1. -The
Italian fcqnndroii 'fe taking pint in the
blockade mid bombardment by the
entente ullied warships of the Ilul
gNrlan const in tho Aegean sen, ac
cording to a wireless message receiv
ed here today.
By Allman
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Pfitroorad Reports Situation Along
Entire Front of 675 Miles as Sat
isfactoryCzar's Forces Victor
ious In Center and Southern Sec
tions Thrive Divisions Annihilated.
LONDON", Oct. 23. Tho latest oE
ficinl news from retrogrnd gives
somo Indication that Held Marshal
Von IiimlonlntrR'g drivo toward tho
Ibiltio port of 11 iff a has ngnin been
checked and that, nearer tho center
of tho German line, Ocnnnn counter
attacks havo been repulsed. Fighting
on the left bank of tho Styrkim in in
progress, nnd tho llussinns nssert
they havo made further captures of
latvc number of men. In tho Cau
ensiiH lively notions, in which cnvnlty
in taking nn important part, arc re
ported. Vionnn acknowledges Auh
Irian troops have tctircd in Qalicin
under tho ptussuro of superior Hus
811111 forces.
Danger 1h Aertel
I'KTItOaitAl), Oot. 23. nusslnn
military nutlioritto regard the situ
ation nlonir Hie entire front of np
proximntelv 07,"i milcH ns fnoni'd,
front th ir point of view. Thrco dnys
nt;o the Qcnnnn efforts between Mitnu
nnd th Quit' of llisa presented n scri
oiih problem. At tho present timo tho
stntiiH in thnt sector is considered by
tho HiiBslnuR ns satisfactory. Tho
Germans linvo been checked nnd their
sphcro of notion is being narrowed
constantly.
Eastward tho ltiisiians nro biic
coMfefully prcssiiif? tho Oennnns, Knin
injr ground in ninny jtlnccs. Thcii?
most considornblo success recently
has been at Postnvy. This town wns
taken nnd the Germans wero driven
westward through IJukn, iu n fiuruo
bnltlo.
r'rom that violnitv south to tho
Hnrannvichi rogion there is littlo ac
tivity at present. In tho iminedlutu
vicinity of Harnitovichi tlio Husstuiis
aro still on tho offeiitdve.
Tlireo Divisions Cut Up
In Galieln tho Russians nro follow
iw; up their huccosscs nt Novo Alex
inctz. It is stated that three German
divisions wero out to pieces there.
Tho Itussiuu authorities nttributo
their succcsk to tho vigor of tho litis
Man nttnek, the oxhnustion of Ger
man troops nnd tho increasing diffi
culties of tiansportntion with which
tho Aufctiiiins and Germans havo to
contend. It is stated, howover, that
tho Gennnns havo detached two arm
ies for sorvieo in Sorbin. Thcso nro
the annicB of Gciiorals Von Gallwitz
nnd Korevc-s.
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PRICE OF VICTUALS
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UliltLlN, Oct. 23 (by wirelosa to
Snyvlllo). The Gorman federal gov
unnnimt today dcaided to assume,
control of tho price and supply of
vlntiinle throughout Germany,
Up to tho prouout timo tho stuto
proWnoittl nutboritioe have been con
sidered eoinpetant to handle tho food
situation.
Tho Gsnunn govonimont now con
sttlcni it necesnry, tbo Overseas
Nuwa aneiiev says, to equnlizo tho
ponUlnu of tho various sections of tho
uwpiro as to the distribution and tho
price of victuals whiolt nro abundant,
but HiiiUtr different conditions in tho
varioia states and provinces of Ger
many. Xaw regulations will bo mndo in or
Ur to avoid dtfureneivs nnd to dis
Irlbut in nn oqual tnnnuor food
tfcrmuglKmt GvniHuo', thereby nssur
iiiir for the eomlug lnouths full sup
plii" at rsuMinnblo pnutM in nil distil-1-.
I.oNDON, Out. as. Tho Amstcr
I nu . rrepondiMit f HwiteHs Tele
nub 0omjmiy mvh that aecording to
atlvic frtnn lloilin tho fcdoral coun
cil has fotbidilen the huIo on two day-
of cc eh au-cL ot diihcs cou&utiiuj of
meat.
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