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MEDFORD 0RE00X, MONDAY. SKPTKM WVM 18, 1916
NO. 1.r3
GREEK POLICY
OH, YOU PUSSYFOOTER
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SOME FRONT
IS
ALLIES FORCING
MILLION
T
FRENCHWOMEN
GERMANS BACK
OF NEUTRALITY
SECUREDIN YEAR
DROP GAY GARB
CONTINUED
BY SWINDLERS DURINGCONFLICT
Forward Push by French and British
Continues New Thrust by French
at Chaulnes Isolates Deniecourt
German Losses Enormous British
Advance on Left Bank.
LONDON, Sept. 18. The now
thrust by the French south of the
Mver Somme In northern France,
where the Important railway town of
Chaulnes Is their objective, has re
sulted in the complete encircling ot
the village of Deniecourt, tho Paris
war office announced today.
Deniecourt formed the center of the
wedge the French are driving Into
tho German lines north ot Chaulnes,
Its resistance holding up their ad
vance between Dorny and Vermado-
vlllers, complete occupation of which
villages by the French was announc
ed last night.
German Losses Heavy
Further progress has been mnde by
the French In this region and heavy
counter attacks by the Germans on
the new' French positions both north
and south of the Somme have been
repulsed according to today's report,
which announces that the Germans
sustained enormous losses, two battal
ions being nearly wiped out.
The French have taken 1200 pris
oners and ten machine guns. - ,
The British are keeping up their
forward push north of the Somme,
scoring their advances, at isolated
points, apparently In operations to
'straighten their line and secure their
linM nn rnntlireri frrntiml.
,1 London today, reports an apprecia
ble advnri'ce'rjn theTbft bank' where
the British line has been driven fur
ther toward Le Sars, along the Po-zieres-Bapaume
road north of Mar
inpulch and east of Courcelctto.
' In the llnfkans
' On the Macedonian front an en
tente attack in the " Struma valley
northeast of Salonlkl was repulsed by
the Bulgarians, the Sofia war office
announces, a counter attack forcing
the entente troops back to the west
bank ot the river.
The forces under Field Marshal
Von Mackensen are continuing to pro.
gross in their campaign In the Ru
manian province of Dobrudja, Sofia
reports. Some Indication of stronger
resistance by the Rumanians and
Russians, js rurnlshed by the official
statement which reports heavy coun
ter attacks. '
The presence of a division of Ser
bian troops In Rumania, alluded to
in recent press dispatches, has not
been officially accounted for. The
probabilities are that soine Serbian
troops were forced Into Rumanian
territory during the Teutonic drive
through Serbia last fall, being intern
ed there and liberated for services
with the entente forces when Ru
mania entered the war, or else that
the division Is composed of Serbian
residents of Rumania.
British forces have occupied the
greater part of German East Africa,
the last remaining German colonial
possession, London today announces
the junction of two British forces to
the south of the central mountain
range. The British have dislodged a
strong German force from the Ulu
guru hills In the south central por
tion ot the colony and are driving the
Germans southward. All ports of the
colony have now been occupied by the
British. -
SACHAMENTO. Cul., Sept. 18.
Governor Hiram V. Johnson in a
statement issued today recognized the
possibilities of n fight tomorrow in
the republican state convention, not
only fur the control of the convention
itself, but also for control of the re
publican party machinery in Califor
nia for tile next two years. The gov
ernor paid his respect to "certain
self-constituted leaders" of the re
publican party, who, he said, are "un
willing to accept the decree of a ma
jority of the party and wish to fight it
out again with the legislative nomin
ees in tomorrow's convention,
New Premier Announces a Very Ben
evolent Neutrality Towards Entente
Allies Attitude in Other Matters
to Be Decided Later Denies Sug
gestion He Is Pro-German.
ATHENS, Sept. IS. Nikolas Ka
lagoropoulos, the new premier, made
the following declaration today:
; "The new ministry will follow a
benevolent, very benevolent neutral
ity toward the entente. It will de
cide its attitude in other respects
after examining the situation and
studying the diplomatic, documents."
.. Premier Kalagoroppulos indignant
ly repudiated any suggestion that ho
is pro-German In his sympathies. The
cabinet was sworn in at noon.
ATHENS, Sept. 18. Premier Ka
lageropoulos announced today that
the new ministry had assumed full re
sponsibility before the country for Its
acts. The cabinet evidently accepts
the note prepared by the entente pow
ers last June In the same spirit as the
previous cabinet..
. The note referred to said that the
entente powers did not require
Greece to abandon neutrality but de
manded the demobilization of the
army, the formation of a non-political
government and the holding of gen
eral elections after demobilization
bad restored the electoral body to
normal conditions.
ATHENS, ' Sept. 18. The first
boat load of Greek soldiers from Ka-
vala arrived here today. The men
marched through the streets crying
"Down with the Bulgars."
The demand for war Is growing
rapidly among tho people. Even the
anti-Venizelos press plans an active
pro-war campaign which will be op-'
ened tomorrow, i
BKKL1N, Sept. 18. The allied
forces in eastern Rumania have re
ceived reinforcements, the war office
announced today. They have tuken
up a line across Dobrudja, a few
miles south of I lie railroad running
from Constuii.a to the Danube.
Abandonment by the Germans of
the village of I'erny and Deniecourt,
together with positions between Bur
Icux and Vurihnndovillcrs, south of
the 'River Somme, is reported in to
day's official statement. . North of
the river, Jhe statement snys, the
fighting developed favorably to the
Germuns.
A German attack against the Rus
sians who are attempting to capture
I'm Galician town of Hulioz resulted in
the defeat of the Russians, who lost
tho greater portion of the territory
gained on Saturday, the war office
announced today. .In addition to in
fliction heavy casualties on the Rus
sians, the Gormiins took 3500 prison
ers and sixteen machine guns.
E
LAHKDO, Tex., Sept. 18. Uandits
held np a passenger train September
12 near Tamosopo, rifled the express
car of $02,000 in gold, robbed the
passengers and then pushed the train
liuwn the mountainside into a deep
canyon, according to an nirparently
reliable report reaching here today.
The passengers were permitted to de
train, thus preventing loss of life, the
report said.
On the following day. according to
the report, a constitutionalist troop
train sent out to apprehend the ban
dits was blown up at the same spot
the holdup occurred, forty soldiers
being killed.
GENERAL STRIKE RUSSIANSlENEW GERMANS LOSE
I NEW YORK ON OFFENSIVE AGAINST LAST STRONGHOLDS
THURSDAY NEXT. GALICIAN CAPITAL
KEW YORK, Sept. 18. There will
'belli, sympathetic strike of labor
unions to 'aid the sinking street rail
way employes until Thursday at
least, anil one may be averted alto
gether if renewed efforts of Mayor
Mitchel to settle the present street
ear .striko in the meantime are suc
cessful. , This was announced today
after a conference between the mayor
and five labor leaders, representing
the street railway employes, tbu long
shoremen's union, the stationary en
gineers and firemen's union and the
stale federation of labor, the latter
appearing for a number of labor or
ganizations' whose trades connect
with the opehitidu of '('he traction sys
tem. t ' ' '
TJie mailers '(old the mayor that She
vui'ious organizations I bey represent
ed were determined to strike unless
the municipal authorities took ' sonic
action to compel (be traction heads to
observe their recent agreements with
the railway employes nnd that they
hud come to him as the last resort.
The mayor promised to make an
other effort to adjust (he difficulties
and said he hoped to give the men an
answer by Thursday. The labor lead
ers promised thai meantime no gen
eral strike would be called. The
mayor announced that he would ask
Public Service Commissioner Strauss
to join him in bis final effort to ef
fect a sett lenient.
OF CONGRESS FIRE
SEAt'LK, Wash.. Sept. 18. A
private hearing on the cause of the
firt oil the steamship Congress off
Coos liny last Thursday was began
before I'niled States Inspector of
Boilers Lord anil Inspector of Hulls
Whitney in the federal building. Of
ficers, members of the crew and pas
sengers Were rpicstioncd. If the tcs
timony.shows that no one was guilty
of ncgligcnec or violation of federal
regulations, the hearing will be final,
the inspectors say.
GENERAL ALBERT L. MILLS
CHIEF OF MILITIA, DEAD
WASHINGTON", Sept. 18 Major
General Albert I,. Mills, chief of the
division of militia affairs, died at his
home today after fifteen hours' ill
ness from pneumonia.
PKTIIOGHAD, Sept. 18. News of
a scries of new battles in the general
neighborhood of Ilalicz, in Gulicin,
ends nil almost unprecedented period
of (piiet extending on all the Russian
fronts except that in Asia Minor,
where the Turks without marked sus
cess are slendilv repeating their ef
forts to launch an offensive against
the left flank of (he Russian Caucas
ian army.
Thus, after weeks of suspended ac
tivity, General Hrussiloff has energet
ically resumed bis campaign againsl
licinbcrg. llalic., which obstructs (he
way to that oily from the. southeast,
is again being subjected to the most
violent pressure by the Russians, who
are throwing the greatest weight of
their attack north of Ilalicz on the
Naravavka to Podvvscko.
It is believed by Russian officials
here that the left flank of the army
of the German general. Count Von
Rot inner, will soon he obliged to give
way before the fierceness of the Rus
sian onslaught, leaving them a way
to Ilalicz open from the north.
It is here that in the first important
series of buttles, in which (he number
of German prisoners taken argues
defeat for the entire German division,
all three arms of Hie Russian forces
contributing almost cipitilly to the re
sult. The Russian cavalry particu
larly distinguished il-olf by executing
a brilliant charge reminiscent of old
time warfare.
VILLiSTAS' ATTACK
ON GUERRERO FAILS
El, PASO, Tex,. Sept. 18. A tmall
blind of Villlstas made a "hidalgo
day" attack on Guerrero, eighty miles
west of Chihuahua City, but were re
pulsed and fell hack across the line
of the Mexico-Northwestern railway
toward the foothills of the continental
divide, pillaging Isolated ranches as
they went, according to private ad
vices here today.
Recent reports received hero have
asserted that American cavalry scout
ing patrols have been operating be
tween Guerrero and Namlqulpa In
search of Villa.
It was not considered probable that
American patrols would encounter the
bandits, who probably are making for
secret lairs In the hills of the district.
IN EAST AFRICA
... LONDON, Sept. 18. All official
Htateniont Issued by tho British war
office today regarding operations in
German ISast Africa says:
"Tho enemy has been dislodged
from tho Uiuguru hills with the loss
of many men, quantities of stores and
most, if not all of his artillery and
gun ammunition depots, which con
stnntly aro being discovered and de
stroyed.
"On Friday British forces which
had fought tholr way slnco August 28
through and to tho east and west of
the central mountain area, affoctcd
a junction near Kissakl, at the south
ern end of the hills., tho remnants of
the enemy's troops having retired to
tnu nuuviiuiini,
, "West of tho Uiuguru hills. Men
tenant Colonel Vandcvonter's columns
am approaching the great '. ftualia
river on the road to Mnhciiige, driving
a strong enemy detachment south
ward before them.
"Llndl and Mlklndnnl, the last re
malnlng ports In the German colony
have been occupied by naval forces,
Small German forces retired inland
In ouch case."
SOFIA, Sept. 18. "Our advance
In Dolirudju continues," says an offi
cial announcement Issued hero today.'
"The enemy occupied a fortified ad
vance position near Kobadln. Our
troops are in immediate contact with
him. Our cavalry occupied the rail
road station at Adjenlar. Sixteen
"wagon loads of food were captured.
"A brigade of the enemy yesterday
attempted a counter attack against
our column on tho extreme left to
ward the village of I'ulutche, but was
repulsed with great losses and left
In our hands several dozen prisoners,
as well as eight caissons, one gun,
four machine nuns and other mater
ial.
"From the number killed and
wounded and the largo quantity of
war material lying about It appears
the enemy sustained enormous losses
during the fighting on September 12,
13 and 14.
"On the Danujie toward Ilekla there
was weak artillery firing on both
sides. Wo sank a barge In port at
Turn-Hcvereln.
"On the Black sea coast the day
was calm." ,
Alleged Syndicate of Blackmailers
Under Arrest Confession Made by
Two Sixty In Band, including
Pretty Young Women Operations
From Coast to Coast.
CllK'AOO, Sept. 1H. Confession
has been made by two members of the
alleged syndicate of blackmailing,
eight of whom are under arrest here,
that ooerntions, of the swindlers has
netted them $1,0(10,0111) within the
last year, I'ederal officials annoiufecd
todav. ' ...
The confessions, it was declai'Cil
liscloscd that tho alleged band num.
hers nt least sixty a third of whom
are said to be women young, pretty
and crntty. A dispute over the di
vision of spoils, it was said, led to
the confessions. Arrest of a score
or more members of the syndicate arc
expected within a week.
Two Mnko Confessions
The men who confessed aro "Dick"
Itarrett and F.dward J. Thompson, ao-
ording to llinton (I. Clabaugh, head
of the Chicago bureau of the federal
department of justice, lloth are at
liberty, he said. Ihey will become
witnesses for the government, how
ever, when tho eight members of the
alleged syndicate, arrested in a raid
on a fashionable apartment hotel
Saturday night, tire brought to trial.
Fears Hint they would receive long
prison sentences caused Thompson
and Barrett to confess, Clabuugh
said, lie declined 16 sny, however,
when they gave him tho information
that led to the raid.
The operations of the band aro de
clared to have extended from const to
coast. Men nnd women alike hnvo
been victims. Persons of wealth were
the lobjects in every cuse. Five
wealthy: mm socially prominent mem
bers liit';('hiiuigo's society lire duclnr
cil li hitvu been bmckmuilcd out of
fc(,ltlo oTbeir mimes .were with
held.'
Hall Totals $I(IO,(IIHI
Hail aggregating $100,1100 linn been
fixed by the members of the alleged
hand now under urrest. They lire to
be given u henring tomorrow. Those
under arrest and the hail they will he
required to give lire:
Edward Donahue, alias "Doc" Doll
iiliue, $'2",l)()0.
Mrs. Helen Kvers, alias Mrs. George
V. ISrown, $i",(HI0.
Henry Hussell, alias II. ,1. Kusscll,
$2f,(lll).
Mrs. Fdwnrd Donahue, $2:1.1100,
Jiiuies Christian, alias Junius Ktdi-
crtsj $.-,(1110. , ..' ...
George llliiud, alias Joseph Pearl,
', ' , ... ;.
Flunk Crocker, $.1nill.
Mrs. Frances' Allen, alius Mrs,
Frances Chapman, $.'0II0. '
' .' International Ofieratlons
They fleeced a multimillionaire of
New York out of $40,01)0 by threaten
ing hint with arrest for alleged violn
tion of the Mann act, Ivvo of the mem
hers of I lie syndicate impersonating
secret service agents for that purpose
They frightened a wealthy Phila
delphia woman who had been too
friendly with a stranger in a cafe into
giving them :i.".,0ll). They look $10,
000 from cneh of five (')iicugoaus,
two of whom are women. They
brought about their own arrest, it is
alleged, by taking $:i.il)t) from Mr
Ucgiuu Clipper of Philadelphia, and
ill'tcrwaid kidnaping her.
T
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 18. A tolo
gram printed by the Cologne Gazette
today says the Italian attacks against
the Austro-Hungarlan positions near
Gorlzla on the plateau of Koman,
which have been proceeding for two
days, are not to he compared with
any battle, however bloody of tho
Italian war up to the present, but
only with the great fighting In the
west or the last Russian offensive
The correspondent says the Italians
are adopting the iaeii.n employed by
Coneral Drusslloff and adds that thoy
aro subjecting the short front between
VSrlcpprach and the sea to continuous
assaults by thick infantry masses.
Money Saved Given to Aid Republic
Gallant Nation Has No After
War Labor Problem Like Other Na
tions, for It Is a Country of Little
Farms Owned by the Farmers.
ll.v CIIAS. KDWAKD Kl'SSKLL.
l'ARIS, France, Sept. 5. (Special
correspondence.) What do you think
of a Paris of plainly dressed women,
without style nnd without distinc
tion f
' You don't think of it; it isn't think
able. jyol, illicit ,is well try lo think
ot hot ice, boiling snow, walking on
the sky, breathing n .vacuum,
"The poorest shop girl in Paris',",
runs tile old suying, "drosses with urt
and style."
Plainly dressed French women
would bo like nn intelligent congress
or an unselfish politician. Nature,
you say, produces no such things.
Yet I have looked upon that mar
vel oi mnrvels exactly that.
Women Abundon Fashion
The men of this extraordinary na
tion have astonished tho world on the
battlefield and in tho managing of
their government. Its women have
been just us wonderful in their house
hold and personal affairs. For the
averago French woman to sacrifieo
her artistic sense in dress is like ask
ing her to give up her soul immortal
hut she has done it now. . .
To such an extent that on u Sunday
you enn drive all day in the avenues
and parks and see scurccly a French-
womiin not dressed with extreuiost
simplicity and pinching economy. ...
J hey wear their old dresses and old j .
styles. - In the department stores they ..
raid 'the bargain counters for such ;
cheap xtuff us formerly they would
not. look ut. ,
What is more, Ihey did all this on . ..
their own motion. No government hud
to lecture, to exhort or even to ask
them' to save. They seem lo have felt,
all of them, that when tho life of
France hung in the balance was no
time to be thinking of dress, nnd they
lint the clumps down bard on every
expenditure, big nnd little.
Tlu-lft Practiced
The whole nation is doing it. Thrift
was always a pre-eminent French vir
tue, but since the war began tlioso
people have found new wrinkles in
it that make their old-time thrift look
like extravagance. M. Fiibot, their
1 1 li ii in-1 ii I genius, says Ihey are fight
ing the war on their stockings, mean
ing their savings. But the amazing
tiling is that as fast us they empty
the slocking ut one end they put
something into it nl. the other.
:.T6 beat a people like that is some
job.:
Fbr this reason (wilh some others)
France is fur mid away better oft
than any other country in tho war.
High prices and all, she is in the best
condition, and the least likely to get
hurt.
Iiicrciasod Cost of Living
A few staples have been cruelly
high-priced, and there bus been no
corresponding increase of wages, but
you enn't find here lh usual results
of that sort of thing. The ocople ac
cept it stoicully. To them it is a part
of the invasion, to end when tho in
vader is kicked out.
Nearly all the French coal milieu
aro ut present in the enemy's hands;
as, therefore, coal must be imported,
it has readied unprecedented figures,
$2., n ton or mole. Potatoes, too, for
some mysterious reason, have risen
almost 100 per cent. Hut many other
(Continued on page six)
L
KL PASO, Tex., Kept. 18. General
Jacinto Trcvino, commandant in Chi
huahua City, has ordered martial law
proclaimed throughout tho state of
Chihuahua, General Francisco Gonz
ales announced in Juarez, lie also
aunoiiiiecd the receipt of dispatches
saying that two-thirds of Villa's force
had been killed, wounded or ruptured,
but asserted that lie had no eompleto
estimate of the casualties on either
bide. . i j
MARTIAL