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Turttikni, Fortified Town, Falls to
. Teutonic Allies Capture of 20,000
Prisoners Claimed Rumanian Ad
vance in Transylvania Continues
Skirmishes in Macedonia.
J'tfTROGRAD. Sept. 7. Turtuknl,
fortified Rumanian town on tho Dan
ube, about 70 miles southeast of
Bucharest, has been evacuated by the
Rumanians, according to the Russian
official statement, issued today.
IIER.LIX, Sept. 7. More than 20,
(Klfl Rumanians were taken prisoner
when l!ulgarun and Austria troops
raptured the Romanian fortress of
Turtukai, says the official statement
IsRued today by the German army
headquarters.
The official statemont says that in
the capture of the Rumaninn fort
ress, more than 100 guns were taken.
The official account of operations
in the lliilknn war theater, also shows
thai slrouir Itiissinn forces have
reached southeastern liumania near
the Bulgarian border where they are
now emin.ued with the Unitarians and
1 he (icnuans. The statement adds:
"The number of prisoners taken by
litem, according to accounts already
received, exceeds 1!0, 1)0(1, among them
two generals and more lhan 4011 oilier
officers. More Hum 100 cannon were
captured. The Wumniiintis suffered
heavy casualties'
On Transylvania Front.
IIUCHAREST, Sept. C, via London,
Sept. 7. Rumanian troops have oc
cupied Gyetgyo-Ditro-OrsoKa-panSj-on
tho north and northwest frontier of
Rumania, says the. official statement
issued by the Rumaninn war depart
ment today. Seven guns, a number
of machine guns and important, am
munition stores were captured from
the Austrians.
German and Bulgarian forces, hav
ing received numerous reinforce
ments, continue to attack with great
violence the Rumanian fortress of
Titrtakai. The garrison of the fort
ress is ceaselessly counter attacking,
the Rumanian statement adds, the
losses on each side are said to have
lieen serious.
On Macedonian 1-Yont.
LONDON-, Sept. 7. On the Struma
front in Macedonia, several successful
raids were made by entente patrols
on enemy trenches, 'according to an
official statement today' ,
The royal nav'y- successfully shelled
n battalion .of, enemy Infantry con
centrated pBMftte Xeocharl.
"On thai Jj9i'fln front there was
consicTerablo artillery activity. Hos
tile guns which were shelling Vladoja
were silenced."
PARIS, Sept. 7. Tho French of
ficial statement, reporting operations
in Macedonia, says there was Inter
mittent cannonading on the front as
a whole. A British cruiser beat down
the fire of Bulgarian batteries on the
lower Struma, the statement adds.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. Secre
tary Lapsing said today no protest
liad yet been made by nny foreign
government against the trade reprisal
jirovisinn of the revenue bill and that
the legislation has been discussed in
formally with the Itritish ambassador,
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice. The American
embassy at London milled today that
the Hritish foreign office "will give
special consideration to different
cases where large amounts of tonn
age arc not involved1' in the negotia
tions of the department to secure
elimination of certain Americans
t nun the "blacklist."
SLIGHT INCREASE IN
INFANTILE EPIDEMIC
NT.W YORK, Sept. 7. The health
authorities today reported another
slight incrca-e in infantile paralysis
epidemic. There were fifty-one new
cases, an increase of eight over yes
terday, nud twenty-right deaths, n
jise of six. y
RUMANIAN FORT
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RUSSIANS SHELL
CITY OF HALIGZ;
Gateway to Lemherg in Flames 5600
Teutons Taken Prisoners Car
pathian Advance Continues
French Capture Mile of Trenches
on Verdun Front.
, lSKIil.lN. Sepl. 7. After heavy
fighting with the Russians in the see
tor southeast of Lemherg, eastern
Galiein, the flermans have fallen back
in the sector between the Zlota l.ipu
and Dniester rivers, (he war office
aiinonni'ed today.
PETiiOGIiAl), Sept. 7. The Has,
siaus arc bombarding the Cinlieinn
town of llalicz, about sixty miles
southwest of Leinberir, says ihe Rus
sian report issued today. The town
is in flames.
Tlie Russian statement adds that
Russian troops have occupied the
railway lines belween Iliiliez and
Scmikovitze and W'odniki.
In the fighting in eastern flalicia
yesterday the announcement says the
Russians .took "iliOII more prisoners.
Italic. Ilomlint-rietl.
The announcement adds.
"In the region of llalicz our troops
occupied the railway line from llal
icz to Scmikovitze and to W'odniki.
They are h'liuhnidiiig with heavy mid
light artillery the town of llalicz, in
which the enemy is still stubbornly
holding: out.
'The town is now in flames.
"In this region yesterday we cap
tured a lotal of forly-1'ivc officers
and ,")(i00 men, including' twenty-two
German officers and about :!000 men
and live' Turkish officers and (I8"i
men. The captures of guns and ma
terials are being' counted,
"In (he Carpathians our advance
continues."
Yti'diin Lino Taken.
PARIS, Sepl. 7. The French have
enplnred the German first line
trenches oyer ti front of one mile on
the Yerdiiu front. The breach in the
German line was effected on the front
northeast of Verdun, between the
Yaux-Chapitre region and the town of
Chcnois. The French took 2"0 pris
oners. The French statement adds (hat n
puff effort made by German troops
to dislodge the r'rcneh from Hospital
farm on the Somiiie front was without
success ami thai the Germans were
dispersed with heavy losses.
(ici'iimitH ISepnlsed.
LONDON, Sept. 7. A German at
tempt to regain possession of Leuze
wood, on the Soinme front, Hast night
led to haiiil-fo-iiaud fighting with the
British. The war office announced
loday that the Germans were beaten
back.
LONDON, Sept. 7 A raid by
British aeroplanes on Turkish posi
tions in Ai'ish in the Sinai peninsula,
ninety miles east of the Suez canal,
is renorted in an official statement
today. Twelve bombs were dropped
on a Turkish aerodrome apparently
with good results, and the British
machines returned undamaged.
MEXICO (TIT, Sept. 7. In out
lining tin policy nf Kl Pueblo, one of
tin lemhi,,?- newspapers of Mexico,
under its new ihiinii;eineiit, Herberit"
Bnmn, now iu director, hns m.iclo
iin nppenl to the press of the I'niteil
States nml Culm for eo-openition in
efforts to footer friendly relations
anionic thne countries. Asserting b1
has no doubt of the jjonrl faith and
honorable intentions of President
WiUon in regard to Mexico, he ap
peals to the president to withdraw
the American punitive expedition so
that the Mexican members of the
joint commission now meetiu? nt New
London, Conn., will not be in the dis
advantageous position of having to
attempt a settlement of the difficul
ties between the United States and
Mexico with "pistols at their breasts."
It wilt be the policy of Kl Pueblo,
Scnor Itarroii says to convince for
eigners that Mexico i friendly to for-!
tign capifal.
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MEDFORD
FORD SUES FOR
MILLION DOLLARS
LIBEL DAMAGE
Automobile Manufacturer Seeks Balm
From Chicatjo Tribune for Being
Called "an Anarchist," as "Ignor
ant, Deluded, and an Anarchistic
Enemy to the Nation."
CIIICAOO, Sept. 7. Suit lor
$1,(1110.(101) was filed by Henry Kuril,
the Detroit manufacturer, attains) the
Chicago Tribune, in the I'nited Slates
district court here today. Mr. Kurd
asks for personal damages as eiini
pensation for on editorial printed in
the Tribune June 'jit, which it is
charged called Kurd an "anarchist."
'I'he bill charges that the Tribune
sought to bring the plaintiff into
public hatred, contempt, ridicule and
financial injury by publishing til"
editorial.
Called 1 1 im Deluded.
The editorial, it is charged, referred
to Mr. Kurd as 'ignorant," a "delud
ed human living," and. an "anarchistic
enemy to' the nation which protects
him in his wealth." The editorial
also charges that employes of Mr.
Kord would lose their positions if
they went to the border as members
of the nalioual guard.
The bill quotes the editorial as say
ing :
"Kord is an anarchist." r
"liwpiirv nt the Henry Kord offices
in Detroit discloses the fact that em
ployes of Kord who are members ,of
or rocruils in the national guard will
lose their places. Their wages will
stop, their families may get along in
any fashion possible, their positions
will lie filled-nnd if they come 'back
safely and apply for their .jobs again
they will be on the same fooling as
any other applicants. This is the
rule of Ihe Kord employes every
where." .Men lall the Price.
"Informnlion was refused as lo
the number of American soldiers un
fortunate enough lo have Henry Kord
as an employer al this time, but at
the Detroit recruiting office it was
said that about seventy-five men will
pay Ibis price for their services to
their country.''
'Mr. Kord thus proves that lie does
nol believe in service to the nation in
Ihe fashion a soldier must .serve it,"
the editorial continues. "If his fac
tory were on the southern mid not (he
northern border we would presume lie
would feel the same way. We do not
know precisely what he would do if
a Villa band decided thai the Kord
strong boxes were worth opening and
that it would be pleasant to see the
Kord factories burn.
"If Kord allows this rule of bis
shops o stand he will reveal himself
not as merely an ignorant idealist,
bill as aii anarchistic enemy of the
nation which protects him in his
wealth.
Should Co to Mexico.
"An American so ignorant as
Henry Kord may not understand the
fundamentals of the government un
der which be lives.
"That government is permitted to
take Henry Kord himself and com
mand his services as a soldier if nec
essary. ... He takes the men
who stand between him and service
and punishes them for Ihe service
which protecls him. , . . The
proper place for so deluded a human
being is a region where no govern
menl exists, except such as he fur
nishes, where no protection is offer
ed except such as lie prefers. . . .
"Such a place, we think, might be
found anywhere in the state of Chi
huahua, Mexico. Anywhere in Mex
ico would be a good location for the
Kurd factories."
XKW LONDON, Conn., Sept. 7.--The
American members of the Mexi-cau-Aiuerican
joint commission to
discuss international' relations met
here today lo study a mass of data
relnliw io border conditions in prep
aration for the resumption tomorrow
of formal scs-ions. The Mexican
delegates put in their lime individ
ually studying records during Ihe.re-
ailTri
OREOON'. THURSDAY. XKPTKU IJKU 7. 191(5
RUMANIAN INFANTRYMEN IN WORLD WAR REVENUE BILL
(ffr
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rk --C i .
The type of infantrymen liumania is sending nyain.l tlie central .w
ers is shown here. The peculiar donide-ealed cap murks (lie liiiiuanian
soldier. 1 lis lieavy overcoat is turned up at the sides to make walking
easy.
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FAILS TO TIE-UP
X KV VOIiK, Sept. 7. A strike
was inaururnlcd on the subway and
elevated lines and surface systems of
tlie Inteilionin.uh Rapid Tnnisit'eoni
jtany today, hut tip to noun the city
appeared onlv siihlly affected.
I'niou leaders who demand advoca
tion by the company oi Ihe so-called
''master and servant" cont racls bind-in'--
the employes no) to ask waire in
creases fur twn years, elairned (hat
fMKIO men had walked out, including
4000 on the subway and elevated
syslems. Traction oiTicials asserted
not more than 'J00M men bad unit. and
that with the aid of strikebreakers he
company was inaiiiluiniii"' normal
schedules on subwav and L.
The "iireen car" system, operated
by Ihe Xew York liailways emnpany,
was chiefly affected, "nnarently not
more than '.U) per cent of these cars
rnnniiii:. !'"rci in Manhattan and
the lli'onx boroiiLrhs no railway lines
were affected.
Tlirouiibout I be districts affected
little disorder was reported, altlioimb
in Harlem and on tin- cast side there
were a few mtmp- di-iarbances.
WASIITXGTOX. Sept. 7. -All ar
rangements were completed today for
the transfer of the executive offices
of (be white hou.-e tiom Washington
to Asbury Turk, X. .1.. tomorrow. I'W
the first time since Mr. Wil-on be
came president a complele staff of
secretaries, clerks, telegraphers and
other attaches will accompany him
on bis vacation.
Although President Wilson plans
to spend most of his time at Shadow
Lawn, tlie estate at Long ((ranch, X.
J., he will go to Ashurv I'ark as of
ten as necessary to visit the execu
tive offices and at (carl to public bus
iness, liecaiise of Mr. Wilson's de
cision (o make only a few political
speeches away from Shadow Lawn,
his campaign will be of tho front
porch variety.
BILE
rAXYOX VILLI-;. f'r., Sept.
An automobile that wjis Moh-n al Nil
vert nn Or., by six convicts who es
caped from a flax funn near Salem
on August 1 lias bet n found in the
mountain, according to wmd hioughl
here today. The ma'-binu was run
over a precipice pn, crashed down
inlo a canyon stream 175 feet below
Aflcr sending it ovr (he elilt, the
convicts burned all accessories and
.-ome supplies which ihc.V hud stolen
at Cotnirg, Xone of Ihe men lias been
captured.
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8 HOUR LAW AS
IIAMI'T(t BKACII, X. II., Sept.
7. Charles K. Hughes, in an aildresK
here today, referred to the Adamson
law "not us an ciht-hour a day law.
buL a wa.ye law," and declared that
failure of pler.s for the settlement of
industrial deputes was tint "another
:-((" from Hie ahdicnlion oT' jidvern
mcnt ilsell,"
I lis audience applauded loudly.
"We cannot afford to surrender
I what we have won for our institutions
m this country, the nominee said.
''Wbat have we won We have won
the rifiTil lo free discm-sion, a free
pre, a democratic form of govern
ment, free asemblajie, free leuila
lures and an executive chosen by Ihe
people. We have left aulonacy. We
have left tyranny. We have left
force. They shall not eome hack if
we can prevent it.
"We have recently seen what I re
gard as a very depjorahle Mirrcnder
of that principle. I am for (be arbi
tration of iudulrial disputes. That
is in the interest of lahor. Labor can
not afford to surrender that prin
ciple. "Wo have recently had a( the pro
posal of the executive an act passed
by congress confessedly in ienorance
of Ihe facts, confessedly iu iirnorance
of-what justice demands. It is not
an eight-hoai'-a-day law, it is a wage
law, and nobody knew whether it was
.just or not
WASHINGTON. Sept. 7.-A bill
giving to widow, of officers or en
(isLrd men who served in the civil or
.lc.ican wars or the war of 1H1J,
and who have reached (he age of 70
years, pensions of 20 a month in
stead of the present $12 a month,
was passed toduyjjy tin senate. It
already has passeil the bouse.
Willows of civil war soldiers drop
ped because of marriage to another
person, an restored to tlie roll by
the' bill.
FOR DAY OR TWO
i'OKTLAXIb r.. Sept. 7. Mus
tering out of the federal service of
the (bird Oregon infantry regiment,
which ban just relumed from tho
Mexican border to Camp Wilhycomhe,
near here, probablv will not begin for
a day or two, it was -.luted at the
adjutant general's office here today.
Captain Keuiielh I'. Williams, I'niled
States mustering officer foj" Oregon,
j is at present in San Francisco, mid
jil is expected Ibal the troops will be
'li'-h in camp uitlii his return.
BUNE
S AGREED UPON BORDER ORDERED
BY CONFEREES
Measuro Will Prohnbly Be Acted Up
on Tonight and Congress Adjourn
Salmon Amendment Cut Out
Wine Tax and Dye Tariff Provided
Income and Inheritance Taxes.
WASIIIMiTOX. Sept. 7 Con
foreoH on the revenue emergency bill
lute today reached a final agreement.
An effort will he made to dlsposo of
the measure In the house at a nlKht
session and administration leaders
will try to hold the senate so that
It also may net and congress adjourn
lonluht.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 Conferees
on the omorKoncy revenue hill today
struck out the Phelnn umeudinent to
empower tho president to retaliate
iinainst citizens of bclllKerait nations
which Interfere with United States
niallH. Tho argument which prevailed
In the conference was that It might
work great hardships to Americans
in foreign countries by counter retali
ation. ' v
The conferenco abandoned the
Chumhei'lnln amendment to prohibit
admission of Pacific ocean salmon or
halibut through a foreign country ex
cept In bond from an American port.
This, It was decided, might develop a
commercial war with Canada and
bring nbout retaliation against the
American Atlantic coast flshorles.
Wine anil Dye, Duties.
Other senate amendments clothing
the president with retaliatory power
against Interference with American
commerce and embargoes on Ameri
can goods to . foreign nations w?re
agreed (o. They lisvo the sanction of
the state department whllo the I'lio
lun amendment did not.
Tho conference then approached
the wine and dye stuff tariff, which
became tho principal ft umbllng block.
.Majority Loader Kltchln moved to
strike out the senate amendments
Increasing the duties on coal tar,
medlclnnl derlvlties and flavoring ex
tracts. There was no fight, however,
on the Increases on tilt rates of Inter
mediate and finished dye-stuffs.
The conference eliminated the
$:i00,000 appropriation for the tnriff
commission. Threo hundred thous
and dollars was retained for l!)17,
hut as the bill now stands, the ap
propriation for future years won
eliminated.
Inheritance Taxes Kept.
The house managers yielded the
demand for tho restoration of the tax
on copper, when the senate conferees
threw out the stump taxes.
The income, Inheritance and corpo
ration 'stock taxes! as fixed In the sen
ate bill were approved.
Agreementon the wine tax and
dyesluffs tariffs In the revenue hill
was reached by the conference com
mittee shortly before 4 o'clock and
the committee rushed their report
toward completion for submission to
the house tonight, and possibly to the
senate, should the house act in time.
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S.M.ONIKI. Sepl. 7.-Colonel
CIri(HoiiloN with Ihe troops of the
flrcck garrison nt Nerc, forty-Cive
miles mirthfii-t of Snlmiiki, has mic
cccdcil in milking hi-i wnv to the sen
port of Kaviihi, on Ihe Aegean sen.
when lie reported to have seized
Hvii flirt-., de-pile the opposition of
the Itiileuriiiu troops whieli h.ol occu
pied llieui.
II vva t'epolleil I'loln fircek soiiree
ill Suloniki ln-t week Unit Ihe entire
lolec ill' llliolll llllllll men miller Colo
nel Cliii-loiloiilo-, whieli IiiiiI left
Sere, lo resi-t the llulcn rinu invasion
of Miiecilnnia, IiiiiI been cnptiireil by
liulgiiriiiiis. '
SMALL NORWEGIAN STEAMER
RILDA SUNK: CREW SAVED
IfOTTKUIIA.M, Sept. 7, The small
Norwegian sleniusliip Uil.ln has been
sunk. The crew was saved. The
li'llilii was uf Kll Ions rii".-, I l l feel
long mill Imili al I'lcsloii in lss:i.
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Minimum today 50. ,
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I5,0C0 Guardsmen Returned From
Mexican Lfne Now Out of Service
Guardsmen Still on Border to
Remain for Present Oregon and
Washington Regiments Affected.
. WASHINdTON, Sept. 7. The 1.1,
(Kill giiiirilsinen returned from the',
lioriler by tin recent order of the war
department were today ordered mus
tered out of the federal service. The
tfunrilsincn remiiiniiit; 'on the bmilr"
slay there for the present. .-.')
Included in the demobilization cr
iler is one Orei-on, one Washington
ami one Cnlifiirnia regiment.
The war depart incnl olfieinl !nn
noiiuceuient snys
"The seeretiiry uC war direels ( lint
nil the orgnniv.nl ions of the national
guiinl in Hie federal service recently
ordered from Hie border to their re
spective iiioliilinli.iii camps he mus
tered nut of the federul service ns
soon as practicable and returned to
Ihe noinial status of uuliiitiul cuiii'd
troops, except in the case of the four
teenth New York regiment, whieli is
to he held in service at it a mohilizn -lion
camp during the prevalence in
that lcgimenl of pa in -typhoid.
''As soon as it can he safely done,
this regiment also will be mustered
out., Similar precaution should he
taken with any oilier organization re
liirnin.,' from the hinder suffering
from any infection or which is miller
suspicion of being1 infected.'' " '.
The troops nffectcd lire three reg
iments from Mew York, two from New,
Jersey, ,nnit from Maryland, .two from
Illinois, two from Missouri, one from"
California, one from -Oregon, one
from Washington nml one from Lou
isiana. '
These unils comprise id the nggre
'.'11 1 e about l.'i.OOO national uiirds
inen. In instances where there is no
reason lo hold Ihe troops because of
disease infection, the mustering out
will he done immediately.
Western regiments affected by the
order are the fifth California infan
try, third Oregon infantry and second
Washington infanlry.
All organizations composed exclus
ively of students also were ordered
mustered out of the federul service.
The order, however, does not affect
individual students cnrullcil as such
in national guard organizations.
DOl'Cil.AS, Ariz., Sept. 7. Six
masked bandits, who last night held
up the flolden Stnle limited of the
Chicago. Uek Island mid Pacific
railway near Apache, forty miles east
of Ihiuulas, early today were beint;
trailed by a sheriff's posse, organ
ized immediately niter the holduii.
The altempled robbery was a com
plete, failure.
The bandits nfler six attempts to.
blow open the safe of the express
car, abandoned the .oh and disap
peared on cow ponies. The passen
gers were mil molested. One shot
was fired ul the mail clerk its he
closed Ihe door and locked himself
in the ear.
Two of the robbers honriled the
lender at Apache, covered the engine
crew with revolvers, and niter tho
first three cars were detached were
joined by four companions, nwaitiiifr
at a camp fire nearby.
ClllC.UfO, Sepl. 7.-Charles E.
Hughes' second speaking I t ip -will he
confined lo the stales of Illinois,
Wisconsin nud Indiana, according to
the itinerary issued today by repub
lican western canipiiign hcadiiniir
ters. The present plan is lor .Mr.
Hughes to visit iown, Kansas, North
ami South Dakolu nud Oklahoma on
his third am) last trip west iu October.
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