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Maximum yestcrdny, HI ;
Minimum today, 48.
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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-
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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.