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Newspaper Page TextM EDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE FORECAST FAIR- TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WEATHER Maximum Yesterday Ul; Minimum Today SI. Forty-sixth Tcnr. nitlly Klpventh Yrnr. MEDFORD ORKOON, SATURDAY. HEPTKMHKR 16, 191fi NO. 152 BULGARS WIN BEST DAY FOR THREE VILLAGES IN IN DRIVE OF BRITISH ARMY FRIDAY S DRIVE OM KILUNG WO ' jT " i ' i , - 1 - PRESIDENT TO IN NORTH BUT LOSE IN SOUTH AGAIN APPOINT BRITISH IN WAR GEORGE RUBLEE Germans Concede Loss of Courcelette, Martinpuich and Hers, But Retain Combles Counter-Attacks Repuls ed by French Kinchy Surrounded, But Still in Teuton Possession. LONDON, Sept. lit. The heavy of fensive launched yesterduv by the !ritish north of the Suiiuue, I lie most powerful in weeks, was successful in gaining ground along the entire line, except immediately opposite Ciiiichy, where the Germans clung on desper ately, today's dispatches indicate. The most important points gained were the villages of Courcelette, east of Thiepval; Martinpuich, south of the l'ozieres Uupauuic road and Flers, two miles north of Oinchy. These three villages are now completely in possession of the Hritish, Loudon an nounces today. The Germans already have begun counter-attacking tile French at points where they recently advanced, both north and sontli of the Sommc. Paris today reports the repulse of German attacks east of Clery, imme diately north of the stream, and near Jternv, below the river, southeast of F.slrecs. liuss Is Admitted. MERLIN, Sept. .10 Alter severe fighting on the Solium; front yester day, says today's German official statement, the German troops were forced back throii(ili the villages of Courcelette, Martinpuich and I'Ters. The town of Combles, the statement adds, w as held bv the Germans in the face of strong British attacks. The German -official statement re, purling operations in France says: "The battle on the Siinune was es pecially fierce yesterday. A strong assault by about twenty Anglo French divisions (1(10,0(10 officers and men) was directed against our front near the Aucre and the Somme after the artillery bad reached its highest intensity. "Following upon hot fighting, we were forced back tlirougliThe villages of Courcelette, Martinpuich and Flers. Combles was held against stroii'r ISritish attacks. "Farther south on the Somme all attacks were repulsed with sunguin nry losses, in some instances after band-to-hand fighting;. "South of the Somme from Uiirlcux to Deniecourt, French ' attacks also were repulsed. Fighting still contin ues for possession of some sapheads. Counter-Attacks Lost. PA If IS, Sept. German counter-attacks were made on the French lines both north and south of the Somme last night. They were unsuc cessful, -the war office announced today. The assaultswerc delivered til the east of Clery, on the north bank of the river and cast of lScinv, to the south of the stream, below Per onne. During yesterday's fighting, to day's bulletin states, the Krcnch took 400 misoners. In a single trench the bodies of eighty-six dead Germans were picked up. HOT- AFFECTED WASHINGTON. Sept; 10. While the state department is investigating the late British order rest minim: com merce to Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Holland, officials are in some doubt as to whether it affects Ameri can goods already covered by letters of assurance through the operation of the Netherlands overseas trust. British embassy officials say it does not. They say that no change so fundamental as that reported in London dispatches could possibly have been made without notification to them here. The only official information before the state department H cablegram from Consul General Skinner, dated September 1 1 seems to support the view that the new order actually works no change for it says "it is presumed that American goods al ready covered by letters of assurance wilt not be stopped.'' . . Attack Most Extensive Since Open ing Day of Offensive and More Ground Won Push Was Down Hill Germans Fiercely Fought Every Foot of the Way. BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCIS, Sept. 16. Army officers universally are speaking of Friday as the best day for the British arms since the offensive began on the Somme front. With the exception of July 1, Hie at tack began yesterday was the most extensive of any in the ten weeks bat tle. For tho first time new ormored motor cars of ingenious pattern, suit able for crossing trenches and shell holes, competed with the infantry as the British swept down from the ridges to the lower ground toward Bapaume. At this writing the Brit ish are beyond the village of Flers, which they took early in the morning and are established in Martinpuich and Courcelette. The slow plodding work of recent weeks, which included the taking of Glnchy and Gullleinont had for its object control of all the high ground from the region of Thiepval to the juncton with the French on the right. The Germans fought hard for every foot of it. Delville, or Devil's wood, High wood and the rib of earth with the windmill crowning it beyond Po zleres, have been steeped with blood of men fallen there in their long stand under the heaviest orgy of shell fire -in the history of war, as experts agree. 1'iish Down Hill. , The British puah-was largely down hill. They put behind them the high ground whose slopes give them Bel ter for their guns and whose crest gives them observation for their ar tillery fire. Evidently the Germans did not expect the attack, considering that the offensive was over and that the British would settle down for the winter in their new and advantageous positions. (Never before, probably, have more guns been playing over the same length of front than along the six miles where the British made their advance on July 1 and Where they have continued their offensive with phlegmatic and dogged persistence. The Germans kept on bringing up guns, until now they have 1,000 in this short sector. The Associated Press correspondent moving ovor the region of the devastated villages and shell torn earth Intersected by new roads, saw on Thursday how enor mously tho British had Increased their own artillery. Artillery Knnnnous. The Infantry went after those new motor cars, across tranches and shell holes. So ludicrous was their ap pearance that the British soldiers laughed at them in the midst of the charge. They cheered them as they played their streams of machine gun bullets. Like some prehistoric mon sters they must have seemed to tho Germans, who had to seek dugouts or flight, or else they surrendered. British everywhere gained posesston of the new German trenches, except opposite Glnchy. There the Germans e'ung with desperat-; courage and dcx to bone tenacity to remain on that bit of high ground in that plcce-by-plece defense of hit. There he stl.l ko-ns up the strugip at last ac counts. Again In High wood he had kept a redoubt with a nest o! machine guns which the armored motor cars on gaged, machine gun to machine gun. while tho British infantry passed around it as around a rock In a flood. SALEM, Ore., Sept. 16. The Wil lamette river was being dragged here today in an effort to recover the body of 1. eland Hendricks, managing editor of the Oregon Statesman, who has not been seen since he went bathing in the river late yesterday, leaving his clothes in a boathouse. There seemed little doubt today that be bad been drowned. Views of the Quebec Bridge over the St, Ijtwrence river which collsel in the coinxo of construct ion, killing about n down men and injuring ninny. The Upper view shows the central spun, weighting 5000 bins, which fell while being lifted into place between the two centiloveis shown below. The span is 1300 feet long; the anchor arms on each side an additional 30O feet each. ' HALT PLANS FDR NEW YORK, Sept. 16. While labor leaders were perfecting .plans for a sympathetic walkout by 75,000 workers to aid the striking railway men, officials of the lnterborough Rapid Transit Company against which the fight Is principally directed discussed today the possibility of in stituting acton charging conspiracy against tho union leaders. Business men and merchants whb have suffered heavily because of the traction tie-up are said to be co operating In the movement to restrain the labor leaders. James L. Quacken bush, genoral counsel for the lnter borough In this connection said thttt his assistants .were ' collecting evi dence of the transactions of the union leaders and ' that when "sufficient cumulative evidence had been secured and conditions so demand, action will be" taken.";. "(Mr. Quackenbush said he was cer tain his company could obtain an in junction restraining the strikers and their loaders from interfering with the loyal employes of the lnterbor ough in the event such a course Is deemed advisable. WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. Ambas sador von Bernstorff today Informed the state department that the German government would consider "null and void" any loan to Belgium negotiated in the United States during German occupancy of that country. State department officials declared 'they had no knowledge previous to the announcement of Germany's at titude that the Belgian government was seeking a loan In this country. The German position was summed up in this statemont: "The imperial German government through ltB ambassador at Washing ton, has informed the state depart ment that in view of the statements that the Belgian government Is trying to contract a loan In the United States and has for this purpose disposed of the Belgian state railroad, any such arrangement made during the Ger man occupation and without previous consent of the German government will be considered pull and void, by Germany. - LONDON, Sept. 16. King George sent the following message today to General Sir Douglas HalK, the British commander in France: "I congratulate you and my brave troops on the brilliant success just achieved. I have never doubted that complete victory will ultimately crown our efforts, and the splendid result of the fighting yesterday con firmed this view," OF BATTLEFIELD BRITISH FUONT IN FliANCK, Sept. Hi. The work of the new arm ored ears in co-operulion with the British infantry, in their ohiiiges in yesterday's successful attack, was the theme of the talk throughout the annv today. "The idea was so good when it was offered," said a stuff officer, "that I we hud some built, and the way they have gone over ihc ground and enfil aded the Germans with niiichine-giin fire is some return for the surprise the Germans gave us with their gas attacks in the first battle of Yprus."' Kvidently the British were able to keep the building of fiiese curs en tirely secret and the first that the Germans knew of their existence was when in the misty dawn yesterday morning they canie liiindling across shell crntcis and over tree stumps, cutting down ninny small trees on their way toward the Geriiinn trenches, on to the second line and even to the third line. The return to carlb of the ichthyosaurus or dino saurs snouting bullets from their nos trils, could not have been more amaz ing. 'Tanks" is the slang word the army staff has applied to these slrnnge creations of machinery, hut they look less like tanks than anything else in the world. It is hard to say what they look like. They have been coin pared both to nriniiilillos mid measur ing worms, und lo ninnv oilier weird creeping or crawling objects of nat ural history.. A iniin-ol'-wiir's liirrot crossing holds, jn und out ol gui- leys mid through fences would pre sent u spectacle resembling their progress. It is small wonder that anybody wbo sow in action one of these armor ed motor cars if cur be an allow able name should hold up bis bunds. They have brought a new element into the grim, monotonous business of war, trenches, shells und bombs. It was the "tank's'' day. and the "tank' made good. PITT.SHL'RG, Pa.. Sept. Hi, The fact that kIx men alive been mitMlng since an explosion lant night at thy plant of the Aetna Chemical company In Oak dale, a Kithurl), today prompt ed a hurried InvcRtation by the cor oner's office. Officers of tho com pany declared they did not know the nurnbor of caHiialtk-s, but expressed tho belief that all at work-in the building had been killed. A large party of workmen Is searching the ruins for bodle. The plant where the explosion occurred was said to be engaged In the manu facture of a high exploitive. . Fair and Warm Coming Wesk WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 Weather iiredlc tlor.H for the week heKlnnlng Sunday, Hepteniber 17, iPKiied hy the weather bureau today, are: "Rocky mountain and plateau re gion: Generally fair with tempera turea averaging somewhat below the normal. "Pacific state: Generally fair with temperatures above the seasonal average." IN ILL STREET NEW YORK, Sept. 16. Impres sive buying of railway shares, which had Its Inception in yesterday's late dealings was resumed with greater activity during today's short session of the stock exchange. The move ment appeared to be predicted on the highly favorable conditions under which the leading transportation roads are known to bo operating and probauly received addition stimulus from the recent report of the inter state commorce commission, which showed that In the past fiscal year the principal railroad systems of the country had for the first time in their history made net earnings In excess of a billion dollars. Today's advance was led by Union Pacific, Groat Northern, St. Paul, Atchison, New York Central, the principal coalers, Reading excepted, cotton carrying lines and numerous minor issues. Gains of the first hour, in which dealings assumed enormous proportions, ranged from one to almost throe points. (Another striking feature of the session was tho new record scored by United Statos -stool at 108. In tho main, however, Industrials and re cent favorite specialties were rele gated to comparative obscurity. Sales for the first hour aggregated almost half a million Bharcs, of which rails, it was estimated, suppllod fully two thirds. , . . Total sales aggregated almost 800, OOO.lluO shares, or at Ihoiratg of 2, 000,000 for the filllliiy. I ItKIiUN, Sept. Hi. -According lo the Yt-sisclie Zi'itun, lliisin lins in duced Itnmiiniu to prohibit tibsidute ly the sale of liipior imd to consent to the ii!Miinlmcnl nf Ifiiinns us member.-, of the Rumminin M'ciet po lice mid depMrtmeiit uf finmicc, tuid us eommimdciv ui the forts in north- etislern Kuinnniu mid iMlininislrnforH of the rjiilroiid. The newf-puper hivs a pen-on wljo wih in lliicliurest when Kimmniji dec In red unr ii'jninst Aus tria jiserts thnt n member of the rVtro-'rad police force led u mob which iittiicked Jews, killing three and won nd in a hire number. HILI.SHORO, Ore., Sept. IB. Flen nott Thompson, who wa last week convicted of the murder of .Mrs. Helen Jennings May 15 last, was to day sentenced to life imprisonment hy Judge George II. Iliigley. When asked if he had anything to say Thompson replied: "All I can say Is that I am not guilty and I hopo that It will some day he proved that I am not guilty 'Attorneys for the defense asked for a stay of execution for 60 days to file a motion for a new trial. Berlin Reports Decisive Victory Over Rumanians in Dobrudja Serbians Route Bulgarians on Macedonian Front, Advancing Six Miles North east of Fiorina. Ml'.ULIN, Sept. 10. The Teutonic allies in Duliriidju have gained a de cisive victory over the Hussion und 1 mil ii in ii forces, says an official tel- ram from Kmperor William to the empress. ' The telegram was forwarded yes terday and as officially given out rends : "Field Marshal Von Miiekensen just informs me that the Biilgniian- I urkish-Gcrnian troops m Dobriitliu have gained a decisive victory over Ihc liusso-Uutiiiininn forces." MOULIN, Sept. 1(1 Field Marshal Von Miiclicnsen, in command of the trooos of the central powers in the Balkans, has decisively defeated the ltumnniiins und Russians in the prov ince of Dobrudja und is now pursuing them, snys the official statement is sued today by the German army bead ipiarters. . Bulgarian I'm s on the Macedon ian front have occiinicd a new posi lion alter losing IWiilkn MiUe, in a buttle with troops of the entente al lies. Serbs Win Victory. ! I'AKIK, Sept. .10. Serbian troops have put I he BulKuriuiiH to rout in tlm fighting on the western end of the Miicedtmiun front, the war office an nounced today. . The Serbians have lUlvimeedVix miles inrrtheW of Fior ina and have captured thirty-two can non. The Krcnch and Kussian forces also. have, defeated the liuluarians. SAI.0NIKI, via London. Sept. 111. ..The liilf;iiniins are fulling linek in ili.-iiiili'i- tiiwiinl Monastir, purNiieil hv the vielorioiiK Serhians, affording to an official slaleinent issued at Serb ian headquarters. The text of the statement follows: 'After two days' artillery prepara tions and the oeeiipatioti of the en emy's advanced posts our troops ear ned out a derisive attack on the -rin- ci"'i lliiliiiiriiiii positions in the direc tion of Fiorina, which was crowned with complete success. The Unitar ian positions at iMalkanidze and Ma in reku are now in our IiiiiiiIh mid (len- enil Ho.yiid.jcilT's army is retiring in disorder toward Mnimstir, pursued hy our victorious troops. . 'We made a large iiiiuilier of pris oners and captured I wcnty-iiiiie guns, including several of lienvy culiher. The Bulgarian losses are enormous. One Bulgarian regiment lost l.'illd men. Our troops have nlreadv de scended into the plain of Klorinn.'' Ilritisli Innrtive. LONDON, Sept. 1(1. -Ilritisli troop. are engaged in active operations along the SI riiina front on the right flank of Ihc allied position at Kiih'niki, hut ap parentlv are not milking anv forward thrust in force in this region, accord ing to todnv's war office announce incut on the fighting in Macedonia which follows; "On the Struma front our raiding detiiehnienl-x crossed the river und at tacked D.iimi Mali am! Koinaja, enn luring otnc prisoner-. Our mounted trooos rained villages ot Ihe upper ami lower (Indeli (in the Lake Tulii- nos rcL-ion i. ''On the Doiron front our arlillery is iiiiiiiitiiining a slciidy hoiiilutriliiient of enemy positions." LONDON, 8opt. 16. A dispatch to tho Evening News from Amsterdam reports that the Gorman guards along tho Dutch frontier towards both llol gluin and Germany, havo been with drawn. From Belgium, adds the dispatch, numbers of Belgian families, who for months had aupealed for permission to enter Holland, are now streaming across the line at various points with their belongings piled on every kind of conveyance. Wilson to Continue Battle Against "Senatorial Courtesy" in Behalf of New Hampshire Progressive, Well Qualified for Trade Commission, Who Is Persona Non Grata. BY FREDERICK M. KERBY ' WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. Presi dent Wilson Is preparing for another battle with "senatorial courtesy. , The session over, George Rublee, member of the federal trade commis sion, will receive a new recess ap pointment, and at the short session In December the battle btween the reactionary group In the senate, led by old Doc Galllnger, and tho presi dent will be renewed. ' Rublee hns been serving on the federal trade commission without pay since Ills first appointment was made bpforo the sixty-third congress ad journed. The senate refused to act on his appointment at that time, and lator a rocoss appointment was made. Reactionaries Objected The reactionary republicans in the senate did not want Rubloe on tho federal trade commission. Rublee la a progressive. He has been closely associated with Louis D. Brandies In many cases which the "people's law yer" has handled. Rublee was Bran- die's assoclnte as counsel In tne fa mous Balllngor Investigation. He helped frame the provisions of the federal trade commission act when the legislation, was before the senate, and Is woll fitted to serve on the com mission. - ..... . ' . Biit.Uublee halls from New amp shlre, Which Is Vlso the native! heath of Senator Jacob H. Galllngor, leader ' of tho republican minority In the sen ate. Rubl6e had the temerity to op- poso Gnlllnger's re-election. Because he had done so, Galllnger sought vain ly lo find some grounds on which he could urge tho rejection of tho Rub lee appointment. ' Blocked by (Jiilllngcr Tho question of Rublee's confirma tion was referred to a Biib-commlttce of the senate commltteo on Inter state commerce. Galllnger appeared before this commltteee In 1915 to ex plain his opposition. He quoted from a newspaper clipping a statement by Winston Churchill In a public address to tho effect that "Rublee was tho man who helped put the rollers undor Galllnger." ' Churchill, called bofore the com mittee, testified that what he roally said was: "Rubleo was the mnn who holped put the rollers undor Ballln gor." The typesetter simply got tne names mixed. Galllnger was left high and dry and without an excuse for opposition. So he fell back on "senatorial courtesy." Senatorial courtesy" Is a polite namo for political blackmail. When one senator objects to a confirmation on the ground that an appointee is "personally obnoxious" to him as Galllnger did In this case It has been the practice of the senate to stand by the single objector and re fuse confirmation. I'olltlinl lllarknuill So long as cncli senator has this "right" to object to a confirmation and have his objection sustained thru this kind of "courtesy," It means that each Hcnator must be consulted about appointments from his state; thus. (Continued on page Hi) SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Sept. 16. Fourteen thousand and sixty three of ficers and men ot the regular army and National Guard started out ot San Antonio today on the biggest practice march In the history of the American army, an eighty nillo "hike" to Austin. i Eight days will be consumed In the march to Austin. There will be three days of camping at Camp Mahry, Eight days will be spont In the re turn to Sun Antonio. The division j I" made up of Wisconsin Illinois, Kansas, Texas and Missouri guards men and is commanded by Brigadier General Henry A, Greene.