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NEW OFFENSIVE I
Greek Port ot Kavala Pillaged by
Bulgarians and Inhabitants Massa
cred by Turks Serbs and Bulgars
Engaged in Battle Rumanians Re
pulse Germans in Dobrudja.
LONDON', Sept. 14. A wireless
dispatch from Koine says tlmt ut the
general rouneil of the central pow
ers lit tliQ liciiil(iiiirters of the Gcr
lniin emperor, un offensive campaign
in the !iilkuiis whs mapped out and
that Germany will send '200.000 men
mid Austria 100,000 men for this pur
pose. Kavala Pillaged
PAiilN, Sept. 14. The Greek port
of Kavala was pillaged and civiljans
niassaered by Turkish unsliilmsnuks
on Hie withdrawal of the Greek Har
rison, according to n Snloniki dis
puteh to the lluvns agency. The dis
pateli says that the ltulgnrians sent
an iiltiiiiatum to Colonel Christobuii
los, commander of the garrison, on
the night of September 10. Colonel
Christoboulos then left with 1500 men
for Thasos.
A terrible panie occurred ill the city
when the garrison withdrew. The
bashibiisouks entered and after
breaking open the prisons indulged in
all orgy of pillage and innssaerc. All
who could fled before the invaders.
Tlie Bulgarians are now camped at
Caldornian and Kucliuksorman. Ilul
garian aeroplanes flew over Kavala
on Tuesday and dropped bombs which
killed nine persons.
' Kavala Evacuated . . ' .
ATHKNS, SeptTflC'Viu" London,
Sept. H.-TI10 llritish legation today
t informed'' Garrett Droppers. . the
American minister, that the Greeks
have surrendered to the Bulgarians
the last of the forts defending the
seaport of Kavala, in northeastern
Greece. Several of the forts were oc
cupied some time ago by the Bulgar
ians. Warships of the entente allies
have removed 1300 Greek Holdiers to
Thasos.
Iiiotiiig at Kavala is reported and
it is said houses and shops have been
pillaged. A number of Americans are
endangered, as is property of Aineri
. eiin tobacco companies to the amount
of more than $2,000,000. No ships
are permitted to remain ill the har
bor. Itulgars ltepnlsed
ri'.TROGKAD, Sept. 14. Ruman
ian troops have repulsed a series of
attacks bv the Germans and Bulgar
ians in Dobrudja, the war office an
nounced today.
"la the region of Silistria. on the
light bank of the Danube, fighting is
still proceeding," the statement says.
"The Hiiiaanians repelled a series of
attacks by Gcnniiii-Dulgarian troops
and captured eight light guns.''
PARIS, Sept. 14. Serbians and
Bulgarians are engaged in violent
fighting on the Macedonian front.
The war office announced today that
the Serbians had captured Bulgarian
trenches near Vcrrenik, and a height
northwest of Lake Ostrovo. An en
gagement south of the lake is turning
in fuvor of the allies.
Engagement Impends
LONDON. Sept. 14. The Mace
donian campaign of the entente
forces apparently is not being press
ed on the right of the Suloniki "si-
( Continued on Page Two.)
BERLIN, Sept. 14. Recording to
a Sofia dispatch to the Overseas News
agency, Bulgaria la greatly aroused
over the atrocities upon Bulgarians
In Dobrudja charged against the Ru
manians and the entire press Is de
manding punitive measures.
The Bulgarian government, adds
the dispatch, intends to Invite the
diplomatic representatives of neutral
countries at Sofia to make an Inves-
elgatlon of the district and will reg
ister an energetic protest with neutral
nowers.
GERMANS PLAN
IN THE BALKANS
ATROCITIES AROUSE
BULGAR RESENTMENT
MEDFORD
SECURITIES GO
UP UKE ROCKETS
Extraordinary Rise in Stock Market,
Unequalled Since War Bride Boom
of Year Ago Steel Rises to 107
All 0liers Gain From 2 to 5 Points
Reading Sells at 114.
N KV YOliK, Sept. 14. The ex
traordinary rise in the stock market
of the last fortnight, uneipialled since
last year's movement in war brides,
attained wider and more impressive
proportions todav, the first hours
trading of almost half a million shares
being attended by gains of 1 to 3
points ill industrials, equipments, mo
tors, oils and shares of almost every
oilier description, with a 20-point ad
vance in Bethlehem Steel at 375.
United States Steel was the eliieS
feature, rising to iW'- in the first
hour and exceeding its previous rec
ord by three-quarters of n point.
All Stocks Gain
Demand for Studebnkcr, Industrial
Alcohol, Lackawanna Steel, Baldwin
Locomotive, New York Airbrake,
Mexican Petroleum and related issues
carried those stocks 2 to 5 points
above yesterday's final prices.
Hails were relatively inconspicuous,
although Heading, Union Pacific and
New Haven were higher by 1 to 21,"
points, Realizing sales or profit tak
ing, was ia such enormous volume
during the forenoon as to effect re
versnls of 1 to 2 iioints from best
prices of the opening. This was off
set, however, by fresh buying power,
much ofwhirli seemed to orinigate
from out-of-town sources.
There was no let-up of the fever
ish activity of, the first hour; fiulesui
"1 o'clock 'amounting to 1,170,000
shares, or at the rate of almost
2,000,000 shares for the full session.
High Records Made
Additions to early high records
were made by United' States Steel at
107, lieoublic Steel nt 0!) nnd sev
eral of the leading coppers. General
Motor was the star performer, rising
.').') points to 750, a gain of 17fi points
since last week.
Heading also sold at the unpreec
dented price of 114 and other lead
ing rails developed renewed strength.
END IN FAILURE
PARIS, Sept. 14. The Germans
made vigorous efforts last night to
drive the French from territory cap
tured recently on the Somme and
Verdun fronts. The war office today
announced the repulse of several as
saults north and south of the Somme
and east ot the Meuse at Vaux-Chap-
Itre wood.
LONDON, Sept. 14. The British
have made further progress on the
Somme front north of Glnchy, It was
announced officially today.
"The general situation is un
changed," says the statement.
. PETROGRAD, Sept. 14. "On the
western (Russian and Galician) front
the situation Is unchanged," says to
day's announcement from the war of
fice.
"On the Caucasian front In the re
gion west of Kighi hostile Kurds are
showing Increased activity. Nea
Hamadan in the valley of the River
Falplanrhat, our detachments as a re
sult of engagements captured camels
and cattle from the enemy."
BKRLIN, Sept. 14. The Danish
maiT on board the Norwegian liner
Kri.-tinniiif.jord, from New York to
Bergen. wa confiscated by the Brit
ish authorities at Kirkwall, accord
ing to a report of the po-tmn-ter gen
eral of Denmark, the Overseas News
agency announced today.
IN STOCK BOOM
MEDFORD OUKfiOX. THURSDAY, REITKMnEI? 14,'-1916 1"
GENERAL STRIKE
NEW YORK
AT WEEK'S END
Sympathetic Walkout of 70,000
Unionists Allied With Striking
Sheet Railway Employes Threat
ened Unless Mayor Succeeds in Se
curing. Amicable Settlement.
NKW YORK. Sept. 14. A sympa
thetic strike of 70,000 unionists allied
with the striking street railway em
ployes will be called Saturday night
unless Mayor Mltchel and the public
service commission succeed In bring
ing about an amicable settlement
prior to that time, was the prediction
made by James P. Holland, president
of the state federation ot labor, at a
masa meeting held today, following
a parade of 10,000 ot the striking
traction men and sympathizers.
"The match is ready," Holland de
clared, "if nothing It done by Satur
day a strike that; will astonish the
world will be called."
StWJce-broakcrs Enough
The New York Railways company.
operating many surface-cars lines, has
dismissed employment agencies re
tained to engage strikebreakers, and
more than 1,000 of the latter have
been discharged
Today's parade, In which labor
leaders said, inocr than 10.000 men
would participate, was planned to
start at eight o'clock and proceed to
Union square where a mass meeting
was to be held this afternoon. Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, Meyer London.
prominent socialist, and leaders of
the car men's unions were on the pro
grain. '
Mivynr Has No Plan
Mayor Mltchel admitted today that
lib had no plan which promised any
settlement of the strike. He rejected
suggestions to grant a franchise to a
motor omnibus company or to ask the
governor for a special session of the
legislature to enact a compulsory law.
Officials of the transit companies per
sisted In the refusal to submit to arbi
tration. Five trolley cars came together in
series of rear end collisions on
Westchester avenue In the Bronx to
day and ten passengers were Injured,
one soriously. The accidents occur
red nt the foot of a steep Incline and
the car crews, who said they were
strike-breakers, claimed the rails had
been greased so that the brakes
would not hold.
ZAIMIS RESENTS
POLICY OF FORCE
USED BY ALLIES
ATIIKNS, Sept. 12, via London
Sept. 14. Kvery effort to persuade
Alexander Zaimis, the aged premier,
to remain in of live was fruitless. His
pride was wounded by the appearance
ot the allied fleet off Piraeus at the
very moment when negotiations had
been begun for the entry of Greece
into the war. The arrest of Austri
ans and (lemnins in Athens by French
and llritish ligents and the invasion of
the French legation by Russians who
tired shots there, taken in conjunc
tion with the continual internal dis
cord in -the face of a great national
crisis completely discouraged the en
tire cabinet. The result was not only
to precipitate the retirement of the
Zuiinis ministry, but to bring to a
standstill and ios-ibly even to end all
discussion of a departure from neu
trality lor Greece.'
' iiojM; the entente now sees where
its policy of trying to force matters
lead-," a prominent Greek official
with sympathies for the entente said
to the A-socialed Press today. "The
moral effect of Greece's entry into
the war with the allies unquestionably
would have been a shortening of the
war by many month-. Without a fig
lire like Zninii-, detached from pol
ltics, to conduct the negotiations
there is scarcely a ghost of a chance
tliHt this can be arranged. God
know.-, nobody in Greece has opposed
enlrv into the war lor the last fort
night, ami if this country does not go
in, the responsibility must fall upon
those who are too impatient to await
the end of legitimate discussion of de
tails."
Mail Tribune
ITALY'S GREATEST ACTRESS REPORTED DYING
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Kleonoru Duse, grealc-t Italian actress ami often called the richest
woman of the stage, is reported dying at her villa in Lugano, Italy. She
is .17 and has been on the slage forty years. She visited America twice.
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CIUI-AGO, Sept. IM-Mnrtiu 11.
Flnnuignn, a saloonkeeper, was ar
rested here today in connection with
the mysterious robbery five years ago
of the branch of the Hank of Montrc
al at New Westminster. II. ('. Loot
umounling to $271,000 was obtained
by the robbers. .
The arrest of Flaanigau was made
as a result of the arrest in Toronto,
Can., yesterday of Michael B. Short
all, a marble worker of Chicago, who
was attempting to pry open a safety
deposit box in the vault of the Bank
of Toronto. f
The box, rented by Flnmiigan four
years ago, was found to be stuffed
with Canadian bunk notes. Shorlall
told the Toronto police he had been
employed by Flaiinigaii to make the
trip lo Toronto.
Flannignn, the police say. is the
same man arreslcd three years ago oa
a charge of having in his possession
stolen Wesl minster bank notes. That
time Flaiiuigaii gave the name of
Michael J. Flanagan, He escaped
conviction, as the numbers on the
notes did not correspond with those
stolen from the British Columbia
bunk.
('harles Larkin, child' of Ihe de
tective bureau, said Iliat Flaiinigan
denied any knowledge of the bank
robbery, anil that he was in no way
connected with the arrest of Short -
all.
Flaiinigan is being held for Can
adian authorities.
Flannlgan later was released after
the police had qucntioued hlin.
PRESIDENT'S SISTER
NF.W LONDON, Conn.. Sept. 14. -
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si-tcr. ),.. i- nr'v,.U ill her,.. r.
norte.l todav In ln'e -.rnnn wcL-er
The bulletin i.,i,..l bv l!ic t lendii...
physician said :
"Mrs. Howe bed a cnmfnrtahlc
night, but -how- more weakne-s in tbcj
la-t tweiily-four hour-."
INCREASE IN INFANTILE '
PARALYSIS REPORTED
NI'.W Y'lHK. Sept. I I. The report
on infantile parah-i- for the twenty-four
hours ending at 1(1 a. m. to
day -hows an increa-e over the low
record of the previous day. There
were thirty-six new case-t and eleven
deaths, as against thirty-one new
cases and nine death- for the day before.
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TfBW LtlNTlTIKfCimn". &ptt'IS--
Amciiciin moniln'i's ol' tlio inturmi-
iiohti! ctimmissiiui mooting In re were
occupied IimIjiv with the Me.icjin run
t'erces in invest iptlinp: Hie ciuisejnil
effect of Mexican tuiuiiiK decrees niul
mlvisiiur with Mnjnr (lenenil IMIkh as
(o the inililnrv situation on the hol
der. Then; is little prospect Mint the
joint commission will return to the
formulation of n bonier protocol un
til the American members have reach
ed a tentative agreement amoni' them
selves its tti the wisest course to pur
sue. They will then present their
ideas to their Mexican associates for
general discussion.
It was indicated today Mint niie
tious of real estate and other taxes
in Mexico as thev effect American
niiUK'tl v holders will he lmhcil tat
Sy the joint eomaiisMoli y jhcjijts ex
ai.uualion ol the tinning taxes
been completed, '
In the case of land under
Carrana decrees a pauit iV damni
is assessi'd npiin.-t lands .tying idle
which American iiitere.-ts.have com
plained to the stale department
amounted to con fiscal ion of their
holdings.
Ah in the ease of mining tnxen,
i'arranza officials have asserted that
their purpose, was to foster small no
'eraloiH and lo compel Ihe abandon
meat of In rye holdings for sneciila
live purpose only.
CAMP WITH YCOMIJi:. Or., Sept
j 14. M company. Third Oregon In
Ifanlry, the first company In the Unit
Ie,i Ht""'" lo l,e """-' lnto ''
1 oral service following President Wll
"' '',lcr for mobilization, seemed
I " to paKH OUt Of existence today RH
a military unit
With the exception
of four men. the entire company
which was organized In Salem,
tuned lo take the federal oath ncres
sary for their continuance as a Na
tional Guard organization when they
are mustered out of the federal sr
i'
It was staled y memliers or tne
company that they had refused to
continue In the service because of ob
lections to Captain Max (Sehlhar re
nialnliiK In command. (.1 company of
Oregon City also Is showing a dlsln
cllnatlon to take the new oath on si in
liar objections to Its captain. Offl
cers believed, however, that the men
would not hold out.
NEW
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PRESERVE OPEN
Russia and Japan Formally Assure
United States That New Russo-
Japanese Treaty Preserves Integ
rity of China and Open-Door Pol
icy as Guaranteed In Treaties.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. Doth
Japan and Russia have given the
United States formal assurances that
the new Kusso-Japanese treaty docs
not repeal or affect the treaties ot
1907 oi 1910, In which these nations
pledged themselves to maintain the
integrity of China and the open door
policy.
The assurances wore given to Am
bassadors Guthrie nt Tokio and Fran
cis at Petrograd, In response to In
quiries. The state department today
received from Mr. Guthrie a note on
the subject addrossed to him by the
Japanese foreign office Btutlng In
unequivocal terms that Japan had not
for n moment ontertalned an Inten
tion of departing from these policies.
Departmental officials let It be
known that tho statements were en
tirely satisfactory nnd that Inquiries
regarding the new treaty ovor which
they had been considerably perturbed,
probably would not be pressed furth-
Cb Ion's Integrity Assure
The treaties ot 1807 and 1910 be
tween Japan and Itusula affirmed
China's territorial Integrity and the
open door policy. Article two of the
1907 treaty, which was reaffirmed
with rllghtly different wording In the
1910 convention, roads:
"The two high contracting' partleB
recognize ..the Independence and ter
ritorial fiiferfHTy' oT"the"erilpIre o'fTtrl7
na and tho principle of equal oppor
tunity In whatever concerns commerce
and. .industries of all nations In that
omplre,. unci cnnano to sustain and
defend the, maintenance of this status
quo,and respect for this people by nil
the hpcclflc means within .their
reach."
Satisfaction Expressed
Stile department officials today
express satisfaction with the unequlv.
ocal reply made by Japan and the
statement from the Russian foreign
office. They felt theso assurances
left no doubt as to tho maintenance
of the open door policy and regard
for American Interests In China un
der tho terms of tho now Russo-Jap
anese treaty, although Its text has not
yet teen madu public. Officials do
not expect that American lnqurles at
Toklo and Pclrograd will be pressed
further, nnd Hint a copy of tho new
convention will be forwarded In due
course.
IL'
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. II
Vice-President Thomas K. Marshall
will be notified of hi- renominatioii
on the deuiocnil ic ticket tonight
Prominent democratic leaders, includ
ing National ('hairman Vance Me
Connick, were to arrive here today.
The program a- arranged calls for
nddrcHM.-. by J. A. M. Adair, demo
era tie candidate tor Knveraor of In
diana; Kvatm Wonlleii of Ithlianap
oh mid Martin II, (ilvnit of New
York. Mr, Olynu i to deliver tbe no
tificatioti address, after which Mr.
.Marshall will accept formally tli
uouiiunlinu.
ATTACK BY VILLA
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. II
General FuiiHtnn said today that Gen
cral Hell at i'A Paso had sent a n'.es
sage that be bad reports that an at
tack on Chihuahua City by Kranclseo
Villa was feared by the Carranlstas.
He facto government troops wcro lie
ins rushed into tho city from the
south, It was roported.
General Pershing's latest dispatches
placed Villa near Guerrero, some 80
miles west of Chihuahua City.
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Maximum Yesterday IKS;
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NO. 130
3G00 Attend Barbecue at Fair
Grounds Community and School
Day Provide Program of Interest
ing Events Exhibits Surpass
Those of Previous Years.
Friday, Ashland's Day
llaseball, commencing l'J
o'clock. j
Two-year-old running race,
three-eijihths mile.
Cowboys' pony race.
Hull riding.
Quarter-mile running race,
float roping.
Cowgirls' riinnint! race.
Half-mile running race.
IJclay race.
Ducking contests.
Wild-horse race.
Novelty races mill stunts.
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Uptown Show Tonight
t'ptown exhibit, corner Central
and Sixth streets, 8:1.) p. m.
Style show and program, vocal
solos, quartet selections and u
concert by the Med ford bund,
followed by dancing.
The 11(10 Jackson county fair op
ened today with tile largest exhibits
of livestock, fruit, grains, manufac
tures and minerals in its history. All
available display space, with tho ex
ception of small sections in the space,
devoted to minerals and mnnufac-'
turos, hrof Wen filledT' It was Com-
'At 1 o clock tins ntlcmooh more-
I li ii n 11000 people had passed through
the gates to parlako of tho barbeeuo
and to witness the field sports, the
ball game and the relay nice! At
tendance from tho rural districts is
especially heavy,
".000 Fed ut llarbeeue
At 12:05 the attack began on the
barbecue feast. In spite of the fact
that over 2000 people were fed, and
generously, there was plenty for nil.
Klever. hundred und forty-four
pounds of beef were roasted, ;i((((
Inrge loaves of bread were consumed,
together with "00 pounds of beans '
and 1.10 gallons of coffee. About"
tbirtv-l'ive merchants attired in while
aps and aprons served the hungry
throng.
'flic program for Ihe afternoon eon-
sisled of a ball game between the
l!cavcr Portland Cement plant team
f Cold Hill ami the Medford city
(cam. Kollowing Ihe ball game was a
field meet between Ihe various schools
ol' the futility. The entries for these
vents were large, the small schools
bing well represented. Ashland sent
a team of seven men under tho tutel
age of lleiuie lleudcnreich, former
University of Oregon track star.
Medford was well represented by six
of Conch Klum's huskies.
Indoor Exhibits
At the Vawler-Davis building,
where the women's and children's ex
hibits and those of local incrchunts
are on display, a style show and pro
gram will be given beginning ut 8 : l."
this evening. On the program are' a
number of vocal solos and quartets.
(Continued on Pago Two.)
ASKS IE TO
ATIIF'.NS. Sept. l:i, via London.
Sept. 14. M. Ilimitracopulos has
a-ked King Con-tnntine to allow him
forty-eight hours in which to con
sult his friends before deciding as to
whether he will undertake the for
mation of a new cabinet. The former
minister of justice also wishes to
sound the minister- of the entente
before reaching a del ision.
M. Ilimitracopulos is known to
have declared that his acceptance of
the premiership will only be made on
the ha.-is that he is given full power
to control tho national policy. He
will insist that his hands must bo
free to take whatever steps the pres
ent crisis calls for, even to lite entry
of Greece into (he war. .
RECORD CROWD
OPENING DAY AT
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