Medford mail tribune., September 22, 1916, Page 1, Image 1

UiHvfsltv of Oregon
i Medford Mail Tribune i
FORECAST
Fair ami rooler tonight
ami Sal unlay.
WEATHER
Mat tin um )tstei'lay, 1)1;
Minimum today, fto.
Fori v-Rlx tli Y.-i.r.
pully -i:'-viil)) Yc:ir
BATTLE IE
Ruimiiian Announcement of Victo-y
Followed by Berlin Declaration
That Tncircling Movement Has
Compelled Retreat in Disorder of
Entente Allies Russians Take
Carpathian Peak British Gain
Ground on Somme Front.
LONDON', Sept. 22. The llde of
the ureal baltlo In the llumanian
province of DoOriutja has again
turned, this time in favor of tin: cen
tral powers, according (o lleiiln to
day! l'leld Marshal Von Mackenson
lias succeeded In breaking the Ru
manian and Russian resistance, the
Clernian war of floe reports, executing
an encircling movement which com
pelled the entente forces to retreat in
disorder.
It was only last night that an of
ficial announcement from Bucharest
declared that the battle, which had
been In progress for six days, had
ended Wednesday with the defeat of
the (iernians, Bulgarians and Turks,
who were retreating southward burn
ing' villages as they went.
Situation Critical.
If t lie German victory turns out to
be u decisive one, the situation prom
ises to develop seriously for the Ru
manians and Russiuns, who have
been lighting to protect the railroad
running from C'onstair.a, on the
Ulack sea, to Tchernavoda on the
Danube. The battle was fought not
more than 21) miles south of the rail
road and its loss would mean the cut
ting of the convenient water route of
'communication between Russia and
liumania by way of Constanza.
Through Tchernavoda In addition,
lies the route to interior Riimanii!
over the only bridge spanning the
Danube along the entire Dohrudja
front.
In the fighting in the Carpathians
the Russians have taken the moun
tain peak of Smotreo. which already
had changed hands several times.
KIsewhere along this rugged front
the Russians have been attacking
heavily, but according to Berlin,
' were beaten off.
IlHtisli Strike Haul.
The r.rltlsh are again striking hard
on the Somme front. Their latest
thrust, delivered last night, netted
them .two lines of German trenches
on a line about a mile long between
J'Iers and Martlnpuieh, London an
nounces today. It Is at this point
that t lie British have pushed farthest
toward Bapaunie, which is little more
than three miles distant from Flers.
Last nght's advance straightens 91U
the former bend in the line from
lartlnpuich to Klers, which now runs
almost directly east and west.
The French, for their part of .the
Somme fighting, have had another
series of German attneks to cope
with. Strong forces advanced .In
waves, this morning against positions
recently captured by the French be
tween Rancourt und Friez farm. Ac
cording to Paris, the Germans did not
(Con tinned on Pnue Two.)
OF HUNGARY YET
AMSTERDAM. Sept. 22. Count
Jlioliael Kurolyi, president of the
Hungarian independence part v.
speakin. In the llttn'.'nriun diet today,
formally asked the I uiiriuriiin prem
ier nhelher I In- king "I' llum-nry had
abdicated hi sovereign ri.lit. to the
Oorninn emperor, at rdine; to a
r.iidopc-t dipat i lo I In- Tijil.
I'l.ii.ici Ti-r.i, the dtspiiti h add,
replied thai Count Karolvri had liecn
wroirjly informed. The kini: of Ifun
iii ry, lie said, fully retained his sov
ereign right..
GERMANS H BULGARIANS THRU mm LINE IN DDBRUDJA
TURNS AGAIN
1ND0BRUDJA
YORKERS
PREPARING FOR
MOB VIOLENCE
Repeated Threats of General Strike
to Help Striking Street Car Em
ployes Brings Threat of Mayor to
Use Military Union Leaders Con
fer Today.
NEW YORK,' Sept. 22. Repeated
threats of a great general strike to
help the striking street ear employes
caused all branches of the city gov
ernment charged with enforcing the
laws to prepare today for outbreaks
of tnob violence. Mayor Mltchel's no
tice that he stood ready to invoke all
the civil and military power at his
command to suppress disorder was
followed by greater police activity
and a warning that persons convicted
In strike riots would receive heavier
punishment.
The police department told the
traction companies that they could
re-establish night service as soon as
they were ready under assurance of
adequate protection. Thus far,
6,700 policemen have been disposed
at strategic points. This police
guard Includes a patrol of a0 auto
mobiles and 100 motorcycle police
men along the most exposed car
routes.
Men Meet this Aftrrnrain.
Trade union leaders representing
about 700,000 workers will meet this
afternoon to decide whether to call
for a general strike. Some of the
labor leaders said such a strike If
ordered would begin Monday or Tues
day. The call, they said, would be
based on the ground that organized
wage earners should not ride in cars
manned by strikebreakers.
Cross-town surface lines where
cars ran last night were not molested.
The lines were under heavy police
guard.
The early morning bombardments
of elevnted trains wtre resumed, how
ever, strike sympathizers lurking on
roof tops throwing bricks and bottles
which shattered car wlndowB. Several
passengers were injured in 16 attacks
reported by the police.
Postpone Arbitration,
The plan announced yesterday by
M. ,L Regan of Hie state hoard of
arbitration and mediation to enforce
arbitration was temporarily aban
doned today and the hearings which
he announced would be held Mon
day have been postponed. The ques
tion will be taken up, It was an
nounced, at a meeting of the state
industrial commission Tuesday.
Prior to entering into conference
with tr national and city union
leaders this afternoon, the committee
of five strike organizers announced
the plan of action w-hicli it was said
would be presented to the conference.
Union heads would notify shop fore
men tomorrow if the plan is adopted,
that all union employes in Greater
New York and Westchester county In
the trades involved would refuse to
go to work Monday unless other
means of transportation than the
transit roads affected by the present
strike, Is provided for them. This
plan was described as a combination
boycott and strike.
XKW LONDON'. Sept. 22. The
Mexican-American joint onmniis-ion
today virtually concluded its work
for this week. A majority o' the
commissioner. will be im of town
tomorrow anil it is said that the con
ferences will not be rc-unicd until
Monday. Major General Tusker II.
Illi-, !ii-lant chief of staff of the
I'nilcd State army, who had been
here in an advisory capacity. alo
was away today, but is expected to
rcltVn on Monday.
The commi-ioncr cxpeclod to
continue today con-nlcration of re
ports, official and unofficial, of c-on-I't'iii
conditions in Mexico.
MEDFORD
AGED MAN "SPENDS MILLIONS
Ktlvvai'il Morrison, called (lie MM
; Alice tit right." He took the girls
OF STEALING COIN
CHICAGO, Sept. 2 2. .lames U.
Ward, attorney for Kdward Morrison,
alleged millionaire bankrupt, was
ordered held to the grand jury by
Federal .Midge Landls today on
charges of perjury. Ward has come
into posession of $2,11)0,000 of prop
erty owned by Morrison, whose
vanishing millions have been a sub
ject of inquiry before Judge Landls.
Joseph Buriisteln, n junk dealer,
reputed father of two girls Morrison
recently adopted, also was held to the
grand jury on a charge of perjury.
Burnstein had testified that his wife
made a deathbed confession that the
83-year-old millionaire was the real
father of the two girls.
Ward's bonds were fixed at $1.1,
000 and Itnrnstein's at $",000.
Judge Landfs directed State's At
torney Hoyne to investigate Attorney
Ward's relations with his aged client
regarding the hitter's property.
Judge Landls also directed that the
president of the Illinois State liar as
sociation take immediate action with
a view . to disbarment proceedings
against Attorney Ward.
Instead of protecting Morrison's
wealth. Judge Landls declared that
Ward was "actually bent on acquiring
Morrison's property."
KdWHid Harris, Ward's stenog
rapher; John Sommers, who testified
he had spent $100,000 of Morrisons
money in providing the aged man
with o,ueitionalle forms of entertain
ment, ; and Hobert Minnehan, a
broker, who was unable to expluln
how he came Into posession of
thousands of doiiurs of Morrison's
wealth, were also ordered held to the
grand Jury as witnesses. Their bonds
were fixed at $2,100 each.
HKI1LIN, Sept. 22. "German sea
planes on September 20," sayn a re
port issued by the ndmlialtv under
date of September 21, "HuccesHftilly
attacked with bombn two Russian j
ships used as starting places for
aeroplanes, which, escorted by one ,
cruiser and several destroyers, ap
proached the Bulgarian coast near '
Varna. The hostile sea forces were i
compelled to retire Immediately and j
were pursued by our seaplanes.
"German hydroaeroplanes later sue. j
cossfully attacked hostile transport I
steamers at Constanza and dropped j
bombs on the railroad in north lo-t
brndja. In spite of heavy shellins; al
the raiders returned." ,
LAIS ACCUSES iLIAN IRflOPS :TARIF
1
MORRISON LAWYER IKE PROGRESS
OliKOON. FRIDAY. KKPTKMP.Kl? 22. Ifllfi
TRYING TO BE BOY AGAIN; GOLD
tUion-os Millionaire" und the Iturnst
from the homo of their father, a d'h
IJOMi;. Sepf. 'Jl'. Italian troops
have made furl her progress on the
Treinino front, (lie w'nr oHice an
nounced today. "iVrsisli'ut Imd
weather nnin interfered with the ac
tivity of ttie troop- yesterday
llironilionl Hie whole lliealer of op
erations." The s-lntemcul mivs:
1,evertln,ie, ome further prog
ress is reported in connection with
our pei'MMcnt advance til the head of
Vanei Cisnion valley and toward the
summit of Monte Sicf, in the umer
Cordevale. On the Julian fmnt there
wtre limited artillery actions.
" Hostile batteries shelled (lot iia
without doinu' niiv liann."
LEFT 10 ARBITRATION
niCRLIX, Sept. ,2. The German
and Dutch governments have come to
an agreement to submit to an inter
national committee of investigation,
after the end of the wnr. the question
Involved in the sinking of the Dutch
steamship Tiibantlu.
"This decision." says the Overseas
News Agency announcement, "wns
taken in the interest of friendly,
neighborly relations.'
lll'.l.'LIN, Sept. 22. -Th
submarine Koik-iuis has hc
the southern Adriatic I;
r'rciich
sunk in
bombs
dropped from A u-t ro-i lunga nan nn -
val a'rop!ane-. the Ail-Irian admir-
alty announced today. The crew of
twcnlv-tiine men were rescued and
made prisoner.
WHY I AM FOR WILSON
I!y IUVIN S. com?
(Noted American writer and author of ".ludu'e
Priest," He.)
irvins.o.i.1.. hnvewon.
D EBAUCH ENDS IN COURT
cln sisters he. adopted Margaret at
etto junk dialer, lo live with him.
SUBJECT IN BRIEF
Ml'.Nt'Jl:;, hnl., Sept. 22. t'Jiarles
K. Iluuhcs' second dny in Indiana
was u day of many short stops,
whisking iulo towns and out, with
station crowds, brass hunri lirief
rear plat form ahliesse and hand
shnkinir. Into the day's program were
crowded twelve short speeches. The
j thirteenth will he delivered at South
! Itcnd toni-M.
j Al Newcastle, I tie l'ir! shtp, Mr.
j Unfiles ,-p(d.e briefly on the tariff.
A! Anderson, where the special was
swilched to another railroad line, (he
I nominee lefl the train and made a
short talk at the eourtliouse. Kepuli
J liinn enthusiasts had bronchi to
town an oh) cannon that, saw cam
paii.n service in I he days of (larfiehl,
,and this boomed out a dcafenim; sal
jute as the train slopped. The front
of the courthouse had been plastered
'yesterday with Wilson and Marshall
posters, hut they were all torn down
early this inorniti", and when I he
nominee arrived the front of the
huildinji was covered with Hughes
posters.
Kaynioinl Uohins, who was ehuii'
imin of the proyrcsive iiiitionnl eon-
' vent ion. s pi die lo I tic crowd to (ell
:t hem that Mr. Iluyhe-'' voiee was poor
'and 1 bill he would better not -penk
'in the open air. The crowd wanted
'to hear Hughes, however, and -hout-,
ed lor him. The nominee poke for
j ten minutes, di-re-ja rdinr siiiaU
from members t his part v to sit
(down.
i At Mnncie another erowd fleeted
iiiui. Mr. Unfile- confined his
speech mostly to lite taril'f.
MORE BILLIONS FOR WAR
VOTED BY FRENCH DEPUTIES
j PALMS, Sept. 22. --Tin chamber of
; ilcpnt ii- today unanimoti--lv voted
war credil- for the remainder of he
i vear, amounting lo M.MilH.OlHI.IMHI
j I rime-.
My eliief reason for iutendiiiL! to
vote for the re-eleetioii of President
Wilson is this:
He has preserved Anierieaii rights
without saerifieinir Anierieaii lives;
he has won hy diplouiaev and slates
inanshiii what hi'a-' l'iiiis eonld tint
CAR SHORTAG
E
Booth-Kelly and Other Willamette
Valley Mills Forced to Close.
Throwing Men Out of Work
Closer Co-operation of Shippers
and Railroad Promised.
I'OKTLAND, Or.,, Sept. '22. A
closer co-ope rat ive effort bet ween
the Southern Pacific Wailroad com
pany and lumber shippers to relieve
the I'rciuht car sluulage in the slate
was ajiieed l at the close today of
the hearing wltitdi has been held here
durinir the lust three days by the Or
egon jmhlie service commission.
President William Sproule suinresled
that the shippers submit a plan for
the etpiitablc distribution of ears and
promised that the railroad would fol
low out this plan.
"Any railroad company," lie said,
ithai does not' recognize is respon
sibilities in a large way to its pat
rons is a failure. It is necessary for
its officers to know the view of the
natrons of the system." He added
that he and Vice-Pre-idcnt W. II.
So. tit felt thai their time had been
well spent in nllendiii'.' the hcnrinir.
J. X. Teal, altornev for the lumber
men, and Commissioner Trunk J. Mil
ler expressed their appreciation of
the railrond officials ::ttitnde.
Mills Closing Down.
A recital of the aeule distresK of
the Willumetle valley lumber produc
ers, caused by the ear yhorlaan mid
alleged lux methods of distribution of
curs for loading, vn yiveu hy A. C.
Hixon, niauauer of the llooth-Kellv
Lumber company.
''We kept the mill minimi, at
Wendlinrr as long as possible, hut
were compelled lo close I km I HI so of in
ability to get enough ears lo send
lunlber to markets," said Mr. Ilixou.
"Kive hundred men are employed at
lite Springfield null, but it will be
closed tonight, llirowing all out of
etnplovmcut.
"The industrial life of the Willam
ette valley depends almost entirely
on lumber. It hrintrs Hie only pay
roll of value from oulside the state.
When the mill ul Coburg was closed
the little lown of TOO or Hill) people
went to ruin and property there be
came valueless.
Kfreet, Disastrous.
"The effect id stagnation to the
lumher industry is felt everywhere in
the stale, directly or indirectly. Our
company now has on hand about
20,(M)I),II(III feet of lumher. ahoiit HOP
curs. We have orders for lloO ears,
but eannol ship ln'ciMfC of having no
cars. Our storage space i filled and
there is nothitt-r it do hut dosc down.
The situation is as had as it could he
for the , lumbermen. I heir employes
and every dependent bii-iness.
"As a means of relicviny ourselves
from linhilil- hy not filling order for
lumber, we have bought in the slate
of Washington lOO ear- of '.unber
and shipped it cast. Several lumher
(Contlnucil on Last I'sge)
STEEL AT 1 1 4 IN
N'i:V VllUK. S,.,,. 21. I'niloil
Stale Slfci ua aain Ihc i Iau-
i lar IValun- ol" toilav' Irailiti'.', in
' wliii-li lianai'lion allaiui'il Ihc Iiuim-
' lulol of ) ,.--J."., Iihic. Tin
iimki" (lie I'ourti'i-ntli r'onriMii ive
iroyiuar )'.ion hi wiiii'Ii ilralnii:
)liac cxli'ndcil o or well over 'vi'ii
j limine-. Sli-el n.-c lo 1 1 I-"' jnl !
, fort llu- cloi', niakili'.' an fxlrrnii'
aiu of ;t, on tin flay ami i:tiuu
it potion hiuli n-iMi liv llial niuc-li.
Ttie Itirnovcr on sled alone uiproi.
i mill ! J.'ill.OIMI liare. I'l'iee- never
jhel'ore eiiialeil wen reL'islereii hy
I he heller known eopiei. I'eiilral
j Leather aiul everal other iue of
less ii otililleliee. ' The market eloel
j in a fever of aetivity, rail-' alone
j -.Imwinvr (h eiileil reeessions from Until
lies! cilolation..
CL
LUMBER MILLS
NO. 1.T7
STORYOFVILLAS
TISSUE OF LIES
General Trevino States Vllllstas Car
ried Nothing Away Excejit Convicts
From Chihuahua Captured No
Munitions Nor Anything Else and
Were Driven Out by Artillery.
WASIHN'IITON, 8i'.. -..-.iencfiil
Tri'vino, the (,'arrana eimimauiler nr
Chihuuhna City, leleuraiiheil the
Mexiean etuliassy here loiliiv that .
Villa diil not lake part in pe.nn in
the attack on Chihuahuu City lust
weely The attaekintf I'orees, he saiit',
were maile up ot a eninliinatuin of
haiuiit junlas.
CIIIIIUAMUA CITY, Sept. .22. -CoiuiuentiiiK
on (lie report 111 Ameri
can nnwanaperH, uttrlhutcil to llrlna
(llef Oonernl (ieoi'BO Dell, at El Paso
Tex., of the Villa ralil upon tlila city
yBt Saturday, (leneral Jacinto' Tie
vino, eoinmandinK the Carranza army
ot the north, today ismied a. state
ment, to the Associated Press in
which lie dewerlhes It as a "ilasue ot
lies and falsehoods." '
"This foolish HheddiiiK of Mood
waB with the intention of creating
difficulties for the conferees of t lie.
commission at New London at the
machinations of American and Mexi
can political interests. They, them
selves, are now satisfied thut they
have, fnllod." ... j- . '',
"I am at loss to know where Gen
eral Hell obtained such had Informa
tion." he continued. "The' Vllllstas
carried ahsolutely notlilltR away with
thorn, except some of the prisoners
from the penitentiary, many of whom
have since returned here. They cap
tured neither ammunition, cannon
nor nnythluK else.
Driven Out ly C.ihin,
"Our artillery iirove the Vllllstas
out of the places which they had
taken and pursued them In their
hasty retreat with shell, leaving thorn
no time to carry anything away with
them ns they led, galloping In email
groups throiiuh the narrow Btreets
of the town."
Cienerul Trevino asserted that
every unit of his force was co-ordl-nated,
that all prisoners examined hy
him. agreed that Villa's hand did not
number more than 000, that there
were no defections from the gurrlson
and that all of the automobiles In the
city are accounted for, none hetnu
carried away hy the ontluws. flov
rrnnient artillery fire , was only
ceased, ho said, when the hnnillts had
been repulsed and there seemed
danger of hitting the pursuing forces
under fienerals Itnmos aiid Merriero.
(leneral Trevlno's wound In the
arm, rerelved during the Villa fight
ot Saturday, was healed sufficiently
to permit him to discard the sling
which he has been wearing-since he
was wounded.
Itcport Second lliiml. .
SAX ANTONIO, Sept. 22. "fistl
oral Hell's report was made up from
Interviews had hy officers of tho
army Intelligence department with
persons who Tied from Chihuahtiik
City and was not based on border
(Continued on pe two.
I 'AH IS. Sept. ..'.The asrricul
tural situation in r'runce on the com
pletion of the hurvi'sl was summed nr.
aulhorilalivelv today ns follows:
"The wheal yield i somewhat hp
low that of the avera'je year, hut in
the wet. eenlral anil -out licaslprn
-eelion the hares is sul fieienl ns
a wltole. The situation as to oats is.
Unite fa ora bio. Potatoes suffered
fntm'drvui'ss, lint good crops were
raised in nuinv sections. The beet
yield was sufficient.
"Vineyards suffered from the lionf,
l.ul on the whole the yield is consid
ered it satisfactory nut'."
RAID ASSERTED