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Newspaper Page TextUniversity of Creeen Library i Medford Mail Tribune . FORECAST KAIlt TOXKillT AM) THl ltSDAV. WEATHER :.l Maximum yestcrdny, HI ; Minimum today, 48. Foriv-slKth Yonr. Dully i:i'Viuli Year. MEDFORD OREGON. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMHER (i, 101i NO. n:, ALLIES SECURE GAINSBOTH IN EASTANDWEST British Capture All of Leuse Wood, French Take Clery Russians Force Teutons Back in Volhynia, . Capturing 4500 Prisoners Con flicting Reports Rumanian Invasion l.OXDOX, Sept. fi. While Ihc Oor m:in wore mtikinr uttiik nl'tor nt tnrk south of the Sunmie last nilit, Kei'kiiif; to recover jrrouml won lv the French in their Intot iilvuiue, the liritih struck another hlow north of t lie river. An official announcement jVoni London says all of Leu.e wood, part of which; wan captured yester day, is now in:, possession of the Hritisli. Kihtinrr continues between l.euze wood and Comhles. The attacks south of the Koinnie were delivered near Deuiecourt. Al though Cieruian infantry charged re jtciitcdly, its efforts, the Paris war office announces, were broken' hv the French fire, n the Verdun sector the (icrnmns prepared an attack uritiiist Fleury, hut the Paris communication says French quick-firers prevented I hem from debouching. Russian Pwsmiw Exerted. Russian pressure is heinjf main tained on the Aiistro-Oerman lines in Yolhynin and eastern Galicia, and .violent fihiinfr continues. Petrosrad announces 4500 more prisoners have hecn taken alonjr the lower Gorod enka river, stmtheast of I.emberjr. Accounts of the invasion of Dob rudjtt, the eastern portion of R,u mania, by Unitarians and Germans, are at variance. An official Ruman ian statement reports that the invad ers have been checked nnd that the entire llobrudja frontier is in posses sion of the Ruinaninns. Recent Ger man and Unitarian statements have reported (he capture" of several Ru manian towns and (be infliction of considerable hisses on the Rumanian .forces. OcmuiiLs CoimhmIo Reverses. IIKKLIN, Sept. (i. Russian forces, says the official statement issued to iliiy n( Ihi' German nnny headquar ters, hnvc pressed liiick the center of Archduke Charles' front between the Zlotu Lipa iiml the Dniester river in (iiiliein. The town of Clery, on the Somnie river, three Mud a half miles north west of Perrmiw Jins. lieen ruptured from lh(' IfaJrJ'wM by .Ircitipsi of the entente n 1 9jt-Cy'ijvsJ the" official state' nient today fss'iicd ly the Oerman army headquarters staff.' Seven of the Tnlrakan works in southeastern ' ' Rumania, . including their armored batteries, have been stormed by troops of the eentrat pow ers, nccording to today's German of fieial statement. Russian Successes. Pin'ROGIiAl), Sept. (!. Russian troops yesterday eapturcd a Teutonic fortified position in the region of the lower (lorodenkn, in the direction of Italic., Oulicin, and drove the Aus-tro-(iernians toward the northwest, says the Russian official statement issued today. The number of prisoners taken in the fighting; on the lower Gorodcnkn,! the statement aijds, so fnr amounts to 4.O0 men, among whom were about '2000 Germans. Italians In Allmnln. I.OXOOX, Sept. (!. A steady ad vance into the interior of Albania by Italian forces from Avlonn is rejMirt- ( Continued on page Hi) PRICE 75 CEN1S SAX FRANCISCO, Sept. fi. The Inner sugar refiners here announced a drop of 7. cents Hr 100 pounds toilav in refined sugar in consonance with recent decrease- in raw sugar quotations. It was said to be the most important change in refined su gar since Kuropeun demands sent prices up to $7.8.1 per 100 pounds. Today's drop left cane granulated nt ti.4.'i n 100 pounds. "Simply the result of s'lpplv nd tlcmaud," explained one operator. STEELTOUCHES PAR IN STOCK MARKET BOOM For First Time in History. Steel Com mon Passes Hundred Mark Re vival of Public Interest in Market Shown by Heavy Business New High Records Made in All Lines. NEW YORK, Sept. 6. Revival ot public Interest In the stock mar ket on a scale unequaled since last year's sensational movement In war brides, was indicated by today's operations, the first hour's business aggregating fully 400,000 shares, or at the rute of 2,000,000 shares for the full session. New high records were made by some of the! popular speculative favorites, United Stales Steel for the first time In Its history touching par, which is actually equivalent to 102', 4, adding Its recent regular and extra dividends. . Mercantile MarlndK which have been the spectacular features of the last fortnight, also scored new maxi mums, the preferred In the first hour going four points at 124 and" the common 3 at r0V&. Inspiration Copper at .19, Kelly, Springfield Tire at 84 Vt and Atlan tic Gulf and West Indies at 74 fur nished the other new records. Everywhere In the list, excepting the railway division which has shown marked restraint prior and since the passage of the eight-hour law, gains ranged from one to three points. In dustrials, equipments, munitions, mo tors, metals and petroleums sharing variably in the rise. Profit taking served to reduce early advances, but fresh buying helped to check any pro nounced recessions. GEORGE P. IMS WASHINGTON', Sept. (1. Presi dent Wilson today nominated George 1'. Minis postmaster at .Medford, Of. Colonel George 1. Minis comes of an old and influential southern fam ily. He was born at l'anntlsville, Teun., in 1801, and has had n var ied business career, having been mer 'hunt, banker, hotel man, farmer and orchardist. In 188." he was appoint ed by President Cleveland postmas ter of Newport, Tenn., and in 1888 re signed to go west, lie has never been a candidate for any office, but hn.- ilwnvs been a democrat, in season and out. Colonel Mims has lived in the Pa cific northwest since 1S8!1, first lo eating in Douglas countv. From there he moved to Idaho. In HI07 he came to Medford and has since re sided here, lie owns the Seven Oak' orchard, north of Central Point. Colonel Minis' nppointiuent follow ed a long contest among local demo crats for the office. Manv candi dates were in the field and many knockers. Postmaster Woodford's tenn expired in June, nnd Colonel Minis will take office as soon as his bond is approved. I.OXO ItRAXCIl, X. J., Sept. fi Congressman Thomas .1. Scully of New Jersey announced today the re ceipt of n check for .t0 from President Wilson, The money is to be divided anions Monmouth eounly hospitals, in nccordance with the president's program in accepting Shadow Lawn as his summer home. When Monmouth county citizens, headed by Congressman Scully, made arrangements for the engagement of Shadow Lawn. Colonel Orccnhttt, the owner, refused to neeept rental. The president, however, insisted on con tributing the sum required to charity and refused the tender of (be place under any conditions. . SENATE DEBATES SKULL AND CROSSBONES DECORATE FLIERISUFFRAGISTS SHY CONFERENCE TO B1LLT0 LIMIT Filibuster Begun for Corrupt Prac tices Act While Conferees Debate Revenue Bill Measure Is Taken Ud Over Protest of Leaders of Both Parties. WASHINGTON, Sept. fiPros pocts for adjourning congress today went glimmering when the house and senate conferees begun informal dis cussions on the revenue bill. The conferees found some obstacles which it is hoped will lie smoiTthcil out to morrow. The house meanwhile put in its time hearing political speeches. The senate, having' nothing else to do, look up the Owen corrupt practices bill, but democratic leaders said it had no chance of passage nnd would be put " aside whenever adjournment could be secured. INlper the Obstacle. Representative Munn. republican leader, declared the senate amend ment taxing print paper above certain prices would have n tendency to in crease the price and drive the indus try to Canada, lie said, however, that an investigation would doubt less show no justification for raising the price. The senate decided H'2 to 14 to take up Senator Owens' corrupt practices bill, which would (.'really curtail campaign cxnondilurcs and impose heavv penalties for violations of its terms. Seven republicans voted wilh the democrats to take up the bill nnd seven democrats voled against the motion. There has been a lively lighl against the hill, during which mere nave oeen ciiargcs anil reei-im- millions from both sides. The vote to take it up today does not necessarily forecast delay in adjourning con gress. Lenders Object lo Hill. The senate took it up, having nothing'clsc before it, but administra tion leaders said that in their opinion it could not reach a vote. Republi can leaders insisted that they would never let it reach one. It was planned to adopt n concur rent resolution fixing the lime for ad journment as soon as the revenue conferees can indicate when they can reach an agreement. Such n resolu tion would check any nllempled fili buster on the corrupt practices and would end debate. i The proceediics settled down to the semblance of a filibuster. Xo effort was made to replace the bill wilh any oilier legislation and Senator Jlust ing of Wisconsin said that he for one was ready to stay until nfler elec tion to pass it. BERLIN, Sept. 0. The iiermnn newspapers today published a state ment obtained from a competent au thority declaring that recent reports current In foreign countries that there had been hunger revolts In Ger many were absolutely false. In fact, it is said, not one person has been killed In Germany on account of the question of supplies.. The denial was in reply to stories printed In French newspapers alleg ing that seven women had been killed in Merlin, that 20 persons had been killed at Muelhaiisen and that the king of WuerttemburB had inter vened to stop the riots at Stuttgart. WEST rOR HUGHES CHICAGO, Sept. fi.. I'nitcd States Senators Pornh of Idaho. Ken. von of Ohio, Curtis of Kaunas. Sterling of South Dakota and Jones of Washing ton, nnd former I'nitcd States Sena tor Iturkelt of Nebraska, will make speaking tours of the central and western states in behalf of Hughes and I'airbnnks In October, according ton an announcement made here today. ELE T ON FUND tlSi 1 Wt 1 Dentil, marked on the bull of tills I'ni'ilian blpliine used in (be Krcucll vonniioltnrliur service, shows the spirit of the men with In. The hlplnnc Is used for scouting mid two machines are used to lig;lit. off nttacks. MEXICAN TROOPS SAN. ANTONIO, Tex., Sept. . If Francisco Villa gels w-iihin .striking distance of the American expedition ary force, General Pershing's sol diers may join troops of the de facto jrovernment in an offensive campaign to exterminate the bandit and his fid- lowers. This was the statement of General Funston this afternoon. KL PASO. Tex.. Sent. (1. Trains leaving Juarez for the south today carried heavy additional guards of soldiers. Mexican military authori ties would not discuss reports that the sten had been taken because of the norlhward march of Francisco Villa, said to be opcrntitig in the Santa Clara canvon. Twenly-foiir cases of tvphus have been discovered in Juarez. Kl'forls are being made by I'nitcd Stales im migration aulhorilies lo nrevent Ihc disease being brought into Kl Paso. Ilipolilo i In. a brother of the bandit chieftain, turned over by fed eral authorities to stale authorities. were placed ill the local county jail charged wilh an alleged conspiracy to lestroy a bridge last Kebruarv. PiKRLIN, .Sept. ti. Subscriptions to the fifth German war loan contin ued to be received in large amounts. The corporations have subscribed 2!),IMI(I.(I(I(I murks. LONDON, Sept. (i. --Subscriptions to the German wur loan ilnriti" the first two days indicate that the loan is u failure, according lo report- from Merlin lo the Kxcliaicre Telegraph company via Am-lcidam. The re turns for the first iwo days were far behind the total raised in that time for previous war. Inan-. SHOPS SIOUX CITY SIOl'X CITY, la., Sept. II. A ileal which it is saiil will call f.ir the ex penditure of nearly if 1,11011,0110 in Sioux City, was closed by the Chi cago, .Milwaukee & SI. Paul road to day when land was purchased f,,r the erection of shops and roundliou-e. Itonil official- sav the new plant will be the second largest on the entire system. It was announced that the -hops will biiug ncarlv ."000 working lien to Sioux City. Work on the sloqis is to begin at once. ! IN STORMY SESSION I LONnOX, Sept. 0. According to a Budapest telegram, says Uib Iteute correspondent nt Amsterdam, yester day's session of the Hungarian diet was uu extremely stormy one. When Premier Tlsza entered the house he was greeted with loud shouts of "re sign" from the parly of Count Ml chad Kurolyl. The three other op position parties remained quiet. When order was restored Premier Tlsza, who was repeatedly Inter rupted, said the nttltude of the Itu mnnlnns was without precedent In the. history of the world and that he hoped measures, which had been taken would shortly bear fruit. "liumimiii. will not escape her fate," the premier Is quoted as de- daring. "I am confident that we will win this war on all frontiers. Our duty Is to maintain the unity of Hun gary In its fight for existence." Kx-I'reinlnr Count Julius Andrassy agreed Hint the entire energy of the nation should be exerled In the fight. which was In self defense, but critl elzed the manner In which the gov eminent carried on Its business nnd its lack of foresight. The position of the country, the ex-premier said, w serious, but not critical, and while he bad confidence in the outcome, there must be a new leadership. WASHINGTON, S,pl. C.- Presi oi-iii uiison (iccuicil loilav that it would be iuipo-sihlc lo nominate be lore l lie end o the present session ot congress the members of the ship ping lion rd provided for by the ship ping lull, tlie members of the tariff commission created by the revenue bill, or the member- of the board ere uted by the workmen's com pm sat ion laws, lie expect- to make recess ai piiililiiiciils wit Mr, the next wo weeks. BELGIANS 10 OPERATE NEW STEAMER LINE NT.W YOIJK, Sept. (i. , fleet of .leauisbins I iliam-erl It V- the Itel.n,,,, ! governinciil will be operated between j New York and Pi-cncl, and Italian (ports by the 1,'oyal Hclgiall Lloyd . -i e iM-iup , i-,, j i.tn , nns aOIIOIIUC- !cd here t.,day by A. W. Iliiek. lt & i Ihc tines American agencies. A direct service to Havre with sailings ever- ten day-, will be instituted will, Ihc ib-partiire from Ibis port on Oc tober ' of Ihc Helgiau steamer llal- AT ENDORSING ANY CANDIDATE National Association Will Not Be Committed as an Organization to Any Presidential Nominee Will Work as Heretofore for Both State and National Suffrage for Women. ATLANT1C CITY, N. J., Sept. (i. The National American Woman Suffrage association, which opened its forty-eighth annual convention here today, will not, according to in fluential leaders, indorse or criticise as an organization anv candidate now in the field for the office of presi dent ol the I niled Stales because of their views on equal rights for wo men. It was said by sonic leaders, who include Mrs. Carrie Chapman Call president, and Miss Anna llowari: Shaw, former president of the usso ciatiim, that the association will vote down till the amendments committing the iissocialion to work exclusively for the suffrage amendment to the federal -constitution or to work f equal suffrage through the states alone. The association will continue its fight' for both Ihc federal and state aniendnients. it was declared. The momentous question nl'feetiiig Ihc organization eaine up at the af lernoon session when I here was three-cornered debate between three prominent members of Hie ussoeia- tion. Miss Laura Clap of Kentucky lavored dropping the work on the federal amendment and confine the association's aclivities to stale legis Intioii. The opening session ol! the conven lion in the forenoon was confined to the routine reports of officers. Mr Frank M. lioessiug of Pittsburg, vice-: president and chairman of the con grcssionnl commiltec, warned Hie del egnles not to let the cause of equal rights sailer Irom over-confidence because Charles K. Iluglies, the re publican presidential candidate, had indorsed the federal anienihneul. PROBE SECRET WASHINGTON, Sepl. (i. Delails ol the secrel Japanese ileuinnds or China will he galhcrcd by Ihc stale Icpnrlnicnt from all availabl., sources. I lie hoot-1 akahira agree ment of !MIH provides that Japan and the I nited Stales shall nollfv ea"h other if any event ihrcalcniiig the tntiis quo in China takes place, but as yc this government bus had no official word from Japan about the deiuiinds which are fell to have n leciilcd political nature. Japanese Charge Tan.'ika said to day while he had not received the iclual demands, he thought those published today might he essentially orrecl. flic acts of reparation for Ihc Clieiig-Chialau incident itself, he thought natural lor such a serious trouble, though he was surprised at the inclusion of rights of Instruction in the army and schools,, as he said those rights have been long reco"- nizcil. 'flic question ol special rights seemed o bii tirelv loo vague for leliiiilion, though thai, too be said, had been recognized by China af rcadv WASHINGTON. Sept. . Inder liainuaiiship ui; Senator Tall, repub- ienn of New Mexi an iinol'llcial bureau for the investigation of Mcx- iean affairs has been established here to receive and investigate eom- laiiitu of Americans and others ro arding loss of lite and propcrtv in Mexico during the revolutions there. Ail lilillolinccnieiit by tile bureau ays its nlijcct is. to "ii into Ihc whole question that has been agitat ing the American press and public or a inutiber of years, and (o do- lop in the public uiiiid an adequate idea of the situation,'' ' BIG PEACE TO BORDER OPENS Views Exchanged Between American and Mexican Representatives Summary Shows Growth and Strength of De Facto Government Credentials Presented. NEW LONDON, Conn.. Sept. 6. Ail exchungo of views In which con sideration was given to the -"growth, control and constitutional, govern ment" iit Mexico, marked the first formal conference here today ot the Mexican and American commissioners appointed to bring about air amicable nn( pernintient settlement qf Interna tional difficulties.:-- : - ; - . A summary of the proceedings is sued at the conclusion ot the me-aUg alluded to the de facto MctUaA eminent as having "become every duy Btronged during the last two years and In particular since the recognition of the government." Thin summary agreed upon by Luis Cabre ra and Franklin K. Lane, chairman of the Mexican and American delag tlon, respectively, follows: "This morning's session lasted three hours, during which Mr. Cabera presided. The Hist matter of import tance was the presenting ot mutual credentials. In accordance with the Mexican form of opening conferences, Mr. Cabera made a declaration of the purpose ot the Mexican members of the commission saying it yaa their duty to fulfill In every way possible the greater responsibility cast upon them by First Chief Carranza anil that they all stood committed to giv ing their full powers to bringing to u conclusion this conference in such n manner as would be most profltablo to Mexico and the United States. After that Mr. Cabera stated that It wits the desire of the Mexican mem bers ot the commission that the fullest information should be given to the commission regarding nil matters involved and that they were quite ready to meot the Americans In a spirit of utmost frankness. The member of the commission then exchanged views in general about the situation in Mexico and es pecially on the border with the view to making a preparatory study of tho subject. FUNERAL ZEPPELIN CREW I.ONIION, Sept. ti. A great crowd, tbcreil todav to witness tin- tmici-:il of sixteen mcuihcrs of w crew of the Zeppelin which wns brmighl down during Satiirdnv night's raid. In view of the strong nrotcsls Hindu against the burial of the Oermnii air men with military honors, n strong force of police was on iltitv to main tain order. The whole route to the ceincterv ill the little villnL'c of Pol. lers Har, where Hie bodies of the Ger mans were buried, was lined with im- lice. Spectators beiiilll to arrive v I rain, iiiilomobilc and bievcle loin- I,,.. lore noon ami seized on the hill near the entrance to the cemetery ns u point of vantage. Others gathered in nearby fields, for eutriince to which farmers iiiiule a small charge. During the night a common grnvo was nrenarcd lor Hie men nn,t a smaller one for the German officer. LA FOLLETTE WINS ' MH.WAlKI'.i:. Kept. 0. United Slates Sennlor liohcil AI. Lal-'ollelto anil Governor Kmiiuiicl J,, philipp, conservative republican, were renoiii inateil, according to incomplete re turns from Wisconsin's primary elec tion held ye.-terdar. very light vole was polled. La Kollelle apparently lias a lead over Malcolm 0. Jeffris, eousei vativo republican, of several thousand votes and estimates are being made that give him anywhere from JO.OOo to -'.",IMU) majority.