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FRENCH WIN
Brilliant Advance Made in Capture of
Bouchavesnes, Near Comhles,
Which Is Isolated and in Danger
Foch Now Enabled to Strike at
Peronne From North Entente
Offensive Develops in Macedonia
Bulgnrs Continue Invasion.
l,uXI)OX. Scpl. 1:1. Instead of
resting on the fti'oinul won in yester
day's (Trent :il tuck north of the
Soinme, the I'Yeneh continued their
thrusi lust nijrht, enotnrinjr the vil
lage of Moiicliavesues, mid n wooded
area neurhy.
Itniiflitivesiirs lies east of the
Tluupme-Pernnnc mad, cut in yester
day's drive, and its capture with ad
jacent territory aimnrently assures
K reach possession of this main high
way to I'ernnne.
Cmnhles Cut Off.
(''inhlcs is now cut off from the
south and in n dangerous salient,
while General Koch is in u favorable
position for a stroke from the north
nt I'eronne, which appears seriously
threatened by the new French ad
vance, one of the most important
made in any single operation since
the Soinme offensive bejrnn.
The British, who hold the lines
northwest of (Zombies, are maintain
ing a firm jrrip on Ginchy, but as yet
apparently have made no attempt to
jrain further ground to the east, Lon
don today reporting the general situ
ation unchanged. -y'
In Mticedouin the entente offensive
is developing along the western sec
tor. Athens announces a joint ad
vance by French and Serbian troops
who have captured Sorovitz, nenr
Fiorina, while Paris reports impor
tant progress- particular! n consid
erable gain by the Serbians near Lake
Ostrovo.
On Macedonian Front.
PAIilS. Sept. ..Kt. Not withstanding
the stout resistance of the Teutonic
allies, the Serbian troops on the Mac
edonian front have made important
progress at various points, it is an
nounced by the war office. Violent
fighting is in progress in the vicinity
of Lake 0-troo, where the Serbians
have gained considerable -ground.
Italian troops are in action on this
front in the Struma region, the offi
cial announcement discloses.
, ATHKNS, Sept. 13. French and
Serbian troops have taken the offen
sive on the western end of the Mace
donian front. They have captured
the town of Sorovitz, near Fiorina.
llrltlsli Timet he.
LONDON',. Sept. VX The Hritish
troops, which took the offensive re
cently oil the Macedonian front, forc
ing a passage of the Struma river
and captuiiug villages, have made no
further efforts to advance.
'Except for nalrol encounters cast
of the river, there have been no de
velopments on our Struma front,"
says an officih report issued today.
"On our Doiran front both our own
and the enemy's artillery have been
active.''
1 ... Italians Advancing.
HOME, Sept. 1. 'I. -Italian troops in
Macedonia have driven back Ilulgar
ian detachments near Lake Hntkovo,
the war office nnnounced today. The
statement savs:
'Snloniki front : On Monday and
Tuesday in the district west of Kut
Lovtt hike our columns had skirm
ishes with Unitarian detachments,
which were driven in beyond the De-mir-Ilissar-Ooiran
railway lines."
BLEASE DEFEATED
COLI MHIA, S. C. Sept. IX Gov
ernor Richard 1. Manning hni been
renominated fur governor of South
Carolina over former Governor Cole
L. litease, according to nearly com
plete unofficial returns from yester-
dav democratic ntiiott primary eoni
piled here today.
II
REJECTED BY
I
liiterliorough and New York Railways
Formally Reject Public Service
Commission's Recommendations
and Decline to Meet Employes Ar
bitration Agreed to by Men.
.NEW YORK, Sept. 13. The Ititer
borougk Rapid Transit Company unci
the New York Railways Company for
mally rejected today the public serv
ice commission's recommendation for
a strike settlement made' yesterday.
The two companies, controlling the
subway, elevated and "Green Car"
surface lines, declined to hold fur
ther conferences with representatives
of the union and announced that It
is tlicl intention to continue to
operate their lines on the present
basis.
Brooklyn detectives, it was dis
closed today, are Investigating an re
ported plot to damage property of the
Interhorough with an explosive. A
cylindrical package was found by a
track walker near the Borough hall
subway station in Brooklyn late last
night. It contained, according to the
bureau of combustibles, dynamite of
the powerful kind, generally used in
undersea operations.
Reasons for Itojectlon.
The formal repectlon, presented by
Richard R. Rogers, general counsel
to the two companies, read:
"The Interhorough Rapid Transit
Company respectfully represents to
the commission that it cannot arbi
trate Its rights to enter into agree
ments with 10, SOU or Its employes
out of 11,800 when the employes
who have signed are content with
those agreements and are endeavor
ing to carry them out in good faith."
The agreements roferred to are
the "master and servant" contracts
which bind the m on not to ask for
wage increases or betterment in
working condlti"ns for twoyears.
The distribution of the contracts
among the Intei-borough and "Green
Car" employes forced the strike, the
union leaders claim.
Kniptoyes Willing.
Following the reply of the trac
tion companies, the strikers, through
William D. Fitzgerald, general organ
izer of the Amalgamated association
of tOlectric and Street Railway Em
ployes, informed the commission that
si: liters could not accede to the re
quest of the commission to bring the
strike to an immediate conclusion, in
view of the stand taken by the trac
tion companies. Ho accepted In be
half of the union the recommenda
tion that the nief-tions nt issue be
submitted to arbitration.
But few surface cars were operated
todav and passengers were forced to
use the subways and elevated roads,
where the congestion was extreme.
There was little or no violence dur
ing the night, largely due to the fact
that policemen were stationed on roof
tops where ntlacks had been made
on elevated trains.
Hugh Frayne, state organizer of
the American Federation of Labor,
announced today that between 12,000
and 20,000 men will take part in the
parade and demonstration tomorrow.
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BKRUX, Sept. 13. "Russian
methods of warfare are described by
several eye witnesses," says an Ov
erseas News agency dispatch. '"An
Austrian sergeant major who escaped
from the Russians, reports that sol
diers of the 22nd and 23rd Siberian
rifles told him three German infan
trymen who were captured were tak
en behind the lines and stubbed on
command of Russian officers. A non.
commissioned officer of the Cossacks
said a Russian order had keen Issued
to kill prisoners.
"Three Russian soldiers of the
Fifth Turkoman rifles who are now
prisoners say the commander of their
company repeatedly ordered them not
to take Germans as prisoners but to
kill them. A special order Issued In
August says:
" 'Comrades, when we attack, ev
eryone shall keep in mind tlmt Aus-
triaus may be taken prisoner, but that
Germans as far as possible, shall be
killed.' "
ARBITRATION
RAFFIC CHEFS
MEDFORD
GREECE LIKELY
10 ENTER WAR
WITH ENTENTE
Retirement of Zamais Ministry Pre
lude to Nations Joining Belligerents
Bulgarian Occupation of Grecian
Territory Makes Policy of Neutral
ity Impossible Longer.
ATHENS, Sept. 13. The belief Is
entertained in the entente cajiltnls
that the retirement of the .amis min
istry is preliminary to the entrance
of Greece in the war with the allies.
Recent dispatches from Berlin und
Vienna show that there also It Is re
garded as probable Greece will soon
abandon neutrality and join the en
tente powers. ,
The precise cause which led to the
resignation of the ministry huve not
been disclosed on account of the ex
ceptionally rigid censorship, A Lon
don dispatch yesterday said M. Zalmls
had complained that Internal inci
dents were preventing him from deal
ing with the external situation. It Is
believed in London that his resigna
tion was due to the fact tilut he ac
cepted the premiership on the under
standing that he was to maintain neu
trality and In view of the Bulgarian
occupation of Greek territory had
found this impossible.
Retirement Vnexeted
Up to the time of the first dispatch
announcing that M. Kainiis- had pre
sented his resignation, his retirement
was unexpected, for it was under
stood the premier had assumed dic
tatorial powers and was in an excep
tionally strong position. Political af
fairs reached a crisis after the Bul
garians Invaded northeastern Greece
and the followers of former Premier
Venizelos -served warning on King
Constantino that he must abandon
the advisers who It was said had mis
led him and Influenced him in favor
of Germany. At the same time M.
Venizelos expressed confidence 111 M.
Zalmls, whom he asked the king to
support nnd it was understood an
agreement had been reached under
which the Zaimis ministry was to con
tinue in power with the strong sup
port of the Venizelos party.
Armed Neutrality Over
After the fall of the Venizelos cab
inet last October, on account of the
king's disagreement with Its policy
favoring intervention in the war with
the allies M. Zaimis was called on to
form a cabinet. He announced a pol
icy of armed neutrality. The cabinet
resigned in November, but In June XI.
Zaimls was again placed nt the head
of the government. Although advo
cating neutrality he was regarded as
having a predisposition toward the
entente.
H.
(illl'AdO. Sept. IX -Friends f
If. t'hnmlli'f Kftnii, former western.
natii.mil mid iulerejleiule golf
elinmpicm, learned today Hint lie wns
secretly divorced bisf July. Mrs.
Kfiiin; wlin-e home is in t'lii-nu, ob
tiiineil the decree. Incompatibility
w.'ih given ns Hie cause. Mrs. Kgnn
obtained tile custody of their daugh
ter. Kpnn lives nt Mcril'nril, Or.
"CLOSE-UP" OF SOLDIERS IN ACTION ON S0MME FRONT IN FRAN CE
llrri'' a "(low Plrlurp of tlio Men Wlm Ar ItnltlitiM tin 11m1 Smninn l-'niftl In JOiii-oih. 'I'Ucy wrp Itril
Isli Soldicm I'n-iwrMl for On Altar k, I)ali Ih-InK I'nn lilcil Willi (ins IIHiiM-tn. The I'liiini- Wan Tnkrn I tiir
Iiib n HrllMi Ailvanrr, WMIc lli lMr hlno (Jnnm-r Wi-re In Anion.
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A Dinner Provokingly Delayed
liKliUX, Sept. i:t.-Tlu Itul.triiriiin
army . wliicli is invmliny: eastern ltn
maniu has nuuic fntther ains, says
tlic official hnniiinTimmt made yes
Icrday sit Sofia, wliif-n Vollous:
"Our t roups aic contiiiitin"1 to ad-vnni-c
in Dolirml.ja.
"On the iNfiicednnian trimt near
Ostrovo In Ue there was activity ''
pntruls, as well as artillery fighting'.
"Two Italian compr.nies with nia
ehinc !nns and oil-' soiiadron of cav
alry ailvanced in the direetion of
Hntkova, near the Struma river, and
Dziinia. We niadc a cinmter attack
nnd dispersed thein.. Thirty Italians
were captured. This was our fir.-t"
encounter with Italian troops.
'in an encounter in the Struma
valley, near Xevoylen and Kardziko,
on Septemher It), (he enemy lost seven
officers .and nlioitt 100 men killcil. We
captured many rifles and a quantity
of ammunition. We took priimer two
Scotch officers and more than 100
Hritish soldiers.
A hostile fleet is cniisinr off the
Aegean coast. Our hydroaeroplanes
made a stnceful attack on enemy
wa rships in the hnrhor of Ka vala."
ASSUME FULL BLAME
OTTAWA, Out., Sept. 13. The fit.
Lawrence Bridge company has noti
fied the Canadian government tnat it
arceptH full responsibility for the, full
of tho Quo!h-c. Iiiilge B:,n am! gnve
notice that it would undertake to re
place the s,an and complete the
j-ldge as soon if poKlblc.
With Hteel scarce It Ik helieved It
wlil cake two yeara to coiiHtruit a t.ew
t(j'.in
HE I THAI HER 101H-
CHooa dntri kr W. C. UorrU
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SAN FIIAXCISCO, Sept. i:i. An
entire haslietfal of piettes T steel,
brass shavings, empty ; eartride
shells, nails, screws, .u.yUMlolts and
other pieces' of metal, some of which
had heen removed from the torn bod
ies of the San I-'ranciseu preparedness
parade bonih explosion victims, form
ed today one -of the evhihits in the
courtroom of Superior Judge Krank
II. Dunne when lite trial of .Warren
K. Hillings, 1 charged with having
planted (lie bond, was resumed. As
on the two preceding days of fche trial,
the courtroom was crowded to its ca
pacity, it being understood that the
prosecution might reveal some of Us
i promised sensational evidence.
Hillings was the only one of the five
persons charged with complicity in the
explosion who was present today, the
court having yesterday ordered Thos.
.1. Mooney and his wife, Kena ; Kd
ward Nolan and 1-rael Weinberg ex
cluded. Judge Dunne yesterdnvYefused to
admit the pieces of the exploded
bomb into evidence, hut ruled that
they might be exhibited lor purposes
of idcntificutiiui.
! PULITZER'S SON ,
PARALYSIS VK1
HAW IIAItMOIi. Me., Sept. HI
Joseph I'uliter. Jr., Ilic New York
publisher, and his family Were tpiur
untitled todav at the I'uliter summer
e-talc here becau-c id infantile par
alyMs. Mr. I'ulitcr's son, Ualpb, JO
vein's old, who recent I v returned fi'om
a summer camp in another slate, ha
cunlracreii the iliM'asc, il was an-
niiuucctt.
WILSON PLANS
El
Constructive Program Outlined to
Meet Commercial Needs of Nation
Which May Result From End of
European Conflict Tariff Revis
ion by Commission Included.
(Iiy Cill.sox (i.UiliNl'.lf.)
WAKIIIXOTOX, Scpl. IX 1'ivsi
lenl Wilson is nlioiil in ininouni'c
plnns mi which ho hns liccn nt mU
lor im'ctiii!.' tin- (iinimi'i'i'iiil nci'ils
w hii'li may result I'nuii I lie rinse of hi
win' inn! In!- inn-nil ycni'iinni'iilnl
uiil In linsiiu'ss. If oli'i'ti'il, In' in-
li'iuls to' use his inllni'iii'i- to securi'
Hip followiiii; li'uilnlivi' ami oxwu
ti pi-iiriini :
1. A revision of the tariff iilniitt
lilies lei'iiiiiiiieiiileil hy the iion-pnr-tisnn
lariff eoniniission to meet the
nllereil eoniineieial neeils ereati'if hy
the reviseil tiuil't's of wai-rins; powers
nml the pressure likely to he applied
hy new eoniinereial alhanees. The
president's tariff poliey ailinils a
i-eiisnnalile ainounl of proteetion and
due consideration of revenue.
Kxtenil Credit System.
'2. OrKiiui.iitioii and extension to
fnreiun eountiies of the credit imir
chineiy of tint I'nited Stales, of which
the federal reserve system, is the
present nucleus. The I'nited States
has become the fj'i'al lending and
mvninjr nation of the world, and this
pie-eiuiiieiice involves dnnsors and
responsihilities which must he met hy
legislative and executive net inn.
.'I. Oi'iini.alion of American in
dustries hy means of earlels, or fed
eral incnrpniulion, for the purpose of
more successfully ('onipclinjr in the
lorcicn markets, of Die world. This
policy, now urged by the federal
trades eoniniission, involves a depar
ture from the Sherman law's swopping
ban on nil co-tipct'ntivc organization,
Th president's idea is that size shall
not lie regarded as n nicnnce and Unit
regulation shall curb improper prnc
licos in domestic markets, while com
bine linn enables the business men of
the 1'iiiled Stales to get their share
of the world's trade.
1. Development by the federal
I rude commission of n uniform sys
tem of accounting and cost keeping
for the use of private business.
I'-xtendiiiK Transportation.
.". Developing and improving
transportation facilities on land and
water, r'nr the latter purposes Hie
new law authorizing the government
to purchase f,-in,(mo,nim worth of
shipping and put Hip vessels into
commercial service is the first step.
The second step is the extension of
Icdcral aid on a large scale lo th
railroads of Hie I'niled Stales. This
aid is to be worked out along lines
recommended by the special joint
committee recently crcalcd by con
gress at the instance of Senator N'ew
lands. and the lines most likely to be
followed, in the judgment of Presi
dent Wilson, are (a) the elimination
of the present system of regulation
by stale coininissions with their vary
ing regulations and placing Hie whole
railway system under the control of
the federal intcrslalc commerce enrn-
mission; (b) icl'iiiiincing the roads in
such a way thai Hie abuses of fren
zied finance may be corrected, hut at
the same time money provided for
ndriiinlfly providing improvements
and extensions.
These policies are regarded as sll
plcmenlnl to the enactments in th
interest of Inbor which have charac
lelizcd the recent congress.
ELECTION RIOTS AT
CIIlCAtiO, Sept. l;l.-- Police were
ailed In quell disputes nt the pd!-
in M-vcrat wards at loony s primary
election. One arrc-l wn made of a
man who was reported to have at
tempted (o vote under another name
I'M Ityut- and a sl;illtin" aiaoni;
wuikers for rival deimci -a tic Taction
wore reported at several precincts in
the eighteenth uanl.
A heavy vote was cast in nearly
very republican ward in the city
during Ihe early hour, while the vole
in most of. the democratic strongholds
was lighter thau expected.
FOR EMERGENCY
AT WAR S CLOSE
NO. 149
COUNTY FA R
EXHIBITS OPEN
10 IHE PUBLIC
Tomorrow Is Community and School
Dav and Record Attendance Ex
pectedExhibit Most Complete
Baseball and Athletic Events
Racing Program Provided. '
t School nml Community luy.
Itnxebnll commencing nt 12
o'clock.
narheciio, free, at 12:.1o
o'clock. , :
Kulny riKc. Ashland, Apple-
Bale. Clrants I'ur.-. and Medford
represented, for rhnmplomihlp
of Southern Oif;a:-ii.
All Jackieu county srhoolM
repretiented wltti a varied ad-
sortmcnt of events Included In
such meets lantlnR for three
hourR.
4.
JnckRon county'i big fair opens to
morrow. It Is a community and school
day and the record attendance Is ex
liected. In many ways, It will he the
big day ot the fair.
In spite of the moving of the
women's and children's exhibits up
town the exhibit building at the fair Ik
already crowded nnd there is the cer
tainty of a large number of exhibits
yet to come In. The large number ot
' xhlblts may be attributed In largo
part to the district plan put In opera
tion by D. M, Lowe. The county wo,h
divided into ten dlHtrlcU. All o( these
have sent In. large collections of
grain, vegetables and .fruits wltutno
exception ot the "I'lioonlx district,.
The collection from Ih la district Is ex
pected to be put In place early to-i
morrow morning.
Fruit lMilblts Largo.
The fruit ehihlts are the largest
and best In the history of the fair.
It has already been necessary to tuke
two of the sections of the machinery
department for t ho display of tho
rows of tempting fruits.
Where only six entries of grain col
lections were received last year, .10
are now In place. One of the most
interesting exhibits of grains Is that
of the Sperry wheat. This grain was
evolved after ten years of experi
ments by an expert of the Sperry
Fluur Mills Company. Last year the
grain wus divided among many sec
tions, O. M. Lowe of fkslilanil receiy
ng 15 pounds. Krom this 15 pounds
he raised 21 bushels or wheat at tho
rate of 44 bushels to tbe acre. The
wheat was sown on light, dry land
and 'during the hot spells was not In
least nfrected. The 21 bushels, will
be distributed for an experiments!
purpose over the valley.
Llvb Mock Is coming In rapidly.
Most nf the horse stalls are filled, as
are the sheep pig pens. At 1 o'clock
this afternoon coops of chickens were
entered. Livestock entries are ii0
per cent larger than last year.
ItarlxH'iic Tomorrow.
lOntrles for the races and the buck
ing horses are ntmoxt oil on hand and
the bui'liaroos with boots, loud shirts
nnd high huts are much In evidence.
Preparations for tho big barbecue
tomorrow noon are nearly completed.
Serving tables have heen erected and
everything Is In readiness to build the
fire nnd put tbe hoof on the spit.
The Vawter-Darls building is re
sounding to the sounds of hammer
and saw as the booths of local mer
chants are Indng put In shape for dis
play. Several are already completed.
The stage for the style show has been
erected. During -the program of
about an hour and a half In duration
(Continued on dk two.)
KILLED IN FLIGHT
llKKI.IX. Sept. CI. AcconliiiR to
rcsirU lioin Solia, says an Overseas
Nen-fi agency announcement today,
flencrnl Bossnrubeku, commander
"f the ri ntly captured liumaninii
fortre.x of Tnrlnki, attempted to es
cape in a boat ai'ter the full of tho
InM fortification. The boat wn nnk
hy Itulgnrinn artillery and the gen
erul was drowned.