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Newspaper Page TextUniversity of Orcf-on Library i MEDFORD FORECAST FAllt TOX'KillT. A XI) SI XDAV. WEATHER Maximum j-oloiliiy, 71!; -Miniimmi today, -III. Fortv-Rfxth Year. MEDFORD OT?EOO. KATl'UMUY. KKPTKM BITR 2.1. lfllfi NO. 15S 8 REPORTED RETREATING FRO n J Mail Tribune -mm M A ORTRFSS ALU ES UK IN ON CHS ON 1HE SOME Conflicting Reports From Rumania Germans State Entente Forces Re newing Attacks Severe Fighting iiv Volliynia British Take Half a Mile of Trenches. i:imi:. scps. -j:1,. Tin. ri'iirai f tin- (Icniuiii army un.lcr Kii'lil Mar shal von Mackenscn in t lit' l 11111:11111111 province nl' llohrnilja continues ue cordiiij; tn n teloirrani received liy the Wireless I'i-cs today I'roin Switzor liiiiil. The liiniulii' fortress ol' Sili-s-Irin. recently captured ly the fior 111:111s nml lliilnaiiiins. is siiiil to have Iiccii :i iian.i 1 111 i'l tn llic liussian nml liuiunnian I'lit'ccs. s liiissiiiii iiiivnl 1'oii-i's in ilii' l!l:i"l; sen nrc snicl In have resumed their liniliburdmont il' llic liillgnliun se:i jmrt nl' Vnriin. liKIII.lN. Sept. i:. liiissiun mid Kumnu'mn troops in Doliruil.jn have been iilta.'kiujr Kield .M.'ii'slnil vim Mni-kriisi'ii's forces on lioth flanks nf the battle line, iii'i-firiliiijr to the w:ir n! lice announcement today. The attacks, wliirh on tin' 0110 I'liUik were near tlic Danube nml on the other southwest pt' Tuprni Sari, fourteen miles southwest of ('onshinzn; wore repulsed. Closing; In on 'oniblcs. I.ONIiO.V, fciept.' 2:. (lermnn trenches on :i front ol' about 11 luill' mile e:ist ol' t'oiit'celette in the Stminio rc.e.inn, were captured Iiv the llritish hist nitihl, the war oriiee announced tn.hiv. PAWIS. Sept. 'S.'. V'reneli p:lrols approached the ei!e.c of Coinhles, oil the Souniie front, lust night. The of J i-t:il statement issuctl here this af ternoon says they found a great many dead (ieruinns on the field and took a few i.risoiiers. South of the Soniine there is active artillery lighting. Krcncli aviators engaged in lifty six aerial fights ycslerday. Four fiennnn aerunliines were shot down. On lEiissiiin Front. I'KTIiOdliAl), Sept. 'J:!. flennnn trooi.s in the region of Lake Xoroez. on the norlhern end of the Kussian line, launched 11 iras attack lusting two hours yesterday, and in the in tervals between the -in.-, waves dense columns of Toulon troops advanced against I lit' Kussian positions, says the Uussian official statement issued today. The attacking forces, die stalenient adds, were driven hack each time. Wussian advance guards made a surprise attack on a Turkish fortified post near (iiimiichan. in the Can- casus, lircakmn- through the position and illl'licting severe lo-ses 011 the Turks. A greater part ot' the cani stores were burned by the Russians. Macedonia Fiiint. I'.I'.KLI.V, Sept. 2.1. Unitarian succes-cs on the Macedonian front, on the extreme weterlv end of the line and east of the Yardar. are nn- ( Continued on d&k two.) GERMAN EAST AFRICA LISBON, via Paris, Sept. 2.t. An extensive Invasion of German East Africa by PortiiRuese troops is re ported fn an official statement issued by the war office. The statement Fay: "After the passage of the Rovnmi river our columns advanced eight miles and occupied Mioho. The left column seized Katiim? and the Ger man barracks and then proceeded toward N'acoas. The columns on the center and risht marchinR toward the Mlgomba depot reached Taketo on Hovunia lifiy. The enemy re treated in the direction of fi.'isawara wept of Kindt. The natives willingly Accepted PortiiKiiei-e domination." GREEG I 1 Fl Government Said to Have Tele graphed Definite Proposals to Al lied Capitals May Declare War on Bulgaria on Own Account Vene zelos Says Nation Betrayed. ATHENS, Seit. 23. The Crook government is said on I lie host nu Ihorlty to have telegraphed definite proposals to the allied capitals, which it is said, will mean Greece's entry into the war. . If the uncertainty of j the relations between r.reece and the , entente continues it is regarded as not Improbable! that Greece may de clare war on Bulgaria on her own account. Semi-official efforts' of the cabinet to ascertain from the entente minis tors here a statement as to the desires of the allied governments have been fruitless. The ministers were given to understand that as many as three members of the Creek cabinet were ready to resign if the entente wished. The sole reply was that instructions had not been received. Venizelos ilepronclies. ' PARIS, Sept. 23. Former Pre mier Venizelos of Greece, in an Inter view, cabled from Athens to the Petit Journal, declares that the Creeks must defend I heir national interests regardless of the government. .U. Venizelos is quoted as saying: . "Although Rumania entered the struggle, the. court party which gov erns us seems 10 peisisi 111 1103 iunu. j of what It calls neutrality. This policy is persisted In oven after the shame ful Kavala incident. You ask me what the future will bring forth. I am not in a position to answer, but certainly something must be attempt ed if Greece does not w ish to die. "What was done at Saloniki, though Impoverished and precipitate, and recent manifestations of the islands of the archipelago, show that everyone realizes that if the govern ment has forgotten lis duty toward the nation, the nation must itself im mediately take In hand the defense or lis own interests." Mutiny on Cruiser. LONDON', Sept. 23. Athens , is filled with rumors that 300 men of the crew of the cruiser Averoff have mutinied, according to a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. The report says that the remainder of the crew and detachments of marines were sent away in boats. Other ships of the fleet are said to have quelled the mutiny. The Averoff Is an armed cruised, built in March, 3 910. She carries a crew of ii'iO men. WILLINGNESS TO ENTER CONFLICT WHY I AM FOR WILSON l!y THOMAS A. EDISON'. (Kanious American Inventor.) T do not believe that there was ever a president wlio has had as many liijr questions to decide as Pres ident Wilson. His decisions haven't T. X. KiMmiii. integrity of purpose. Wilson has won victories by diplomacy that are far more important to mankind than any victories that we could have won by war. I believe there are times when a nation has to fight. I!ut Will' for the sake of war or war for the purposes of coiiiiest is horrible and unthinkable. Wilson has now had about four years of experi ence, and J think he has earned faith ami trust. I do not think it logical or sensible to change to an inex perienced or untried man just for the sake of change. E UNI E ON STRIKE Workers Ballot on Sympathetic Strike to Aid Striking Traction Workers Leaders Ask Toilers to Stay at Home Until Traction Companies Unionize 750,000 Involved. Xl'.W YHliK, Sept. :!. Trmli unions in this city nml Westchester county toilny hei::iii to vote on the iiuestiiin of rutil'viii" llic action of ieiglilv - two delegates win tcidny culled for "general suspension of work next Wednesday." The labor chiefs appealed to all union wage-earners to slav at home until the traclion cniiipiinios make it possible lor them to ride, in the sweet ears without offense Id their union allegiance. It is asserted that no such action heretofore had been taken by the trades unions of this country, nor has a strike involving so ninny trades ever been called. Its maximum effect would call from work 7."t).000 men mul women. Up tt .Members. Leaders of. the movement refrain from calliii'j: H 11 sympathetic strike. They declare that many of the. unions nlready have voted to ratify their recommendation and that any union man who does not emit work Wednes day . ill lie denounced as 11 trailor. 'I'o what exlenl the" 'expect till unions to respond to the suspension call was not disclosed. "How can I toll.' It is up to the unions, Hani Illicit rraync, pencral organizer of the American Federation of Labor for New York stale. It pointed out that Wednesday is the beginning of an important .lewis! holiday when many workers ordinal' iiv would slay at home. Oinse of Strike. The call for a cessation of work i: bused on the grievance lint men of union affiliations cannot ride to their employment except in cars manned by non-union conductors or motormen, and under Ihe protection of the police. Statements issued by the leaders in dicate that they are incensed by Mnvor Milchel's warning that he stood ready to use the military power to restrain violence and that they eonsidor the city to be dominated by the traction interests. To reinforce the police, Commis sioner Woods has instructed the cap tains to select Ion civilians in each precinct to be sworn in as special pn liepmen. They would add about find men to the department. Frank Derrick of Fagle Point spent Saturday in Medl'ord transacting business. TRAD ONS OF NEW YORK VOT always pleased nie just as I suppose they haven't always pleased other people, hut when yon look over the record it is so pood that criticism comes close to heini; nothing more than cheap fault-findine-. A fool or a coward would have had the I'nilcd States in all sorts of trouble. As it is. we are at peace, the country never more prosperous, and we have the strength that comes with honor and RICH PAY BLACKMAILERS . J s3W 1 f Z-"' . 1 K s Mr. Kthviml Donahue and "Doc" jfji Kdwanl Donahue, called by the NCcf-et Jly'' ---I service 111111 Iho "master minds" of p.x-SW IdacknmiliiiK syndicate and fake 1VXy ') mK-J nM'l'lM',"s-' 'aids indicailnK black- fXy 0 j8J?5j mailei'N nmiI as Sow York iiiillioii- Jfify ffew l,ire '''". Wmm billings rOUND ' Wf! GUILTY OF FRISCO Jhs?. bomb outrage TREVINO TO LOSE JOB FOR DEFENSE OF CHIHUAHUA IlKOWXSVll.LK, Tox.. Sept. ?,. It was reported in Miitunioros, oppo site here today that lli'iieral Tievino duukI'm! liifi attempted ilefenye of Chi huahua City on IuiIali:o day from the Villa attack nml as a teflult, may he removed from command of the army in northern Mexico and nucceeiled ly General K. I. Nalarrate, now com mander of iTie rarranza forcea in TnmaplipaH. A new fitory of the Chihuahua City attack wiih told iu .Matnmoros today hy a Mexican army of lifer, lie naid 10.000 civilians from the aurround ing section were Invited into Chihua hua to participate In the celebration and that auioiiK them were "00 Villa followers. At a Kiv'en signal, the bandits di vided into gangs and made attacks on various parts of Oie city. One of these hands attacked the municipal palace where General Trevino was at tending a ball. Trevino was wounded Jn the Hhoulder. Another division of the bandits at tacked the penitentiary, releasing! 1' prisoners, among whom was General .loso Lopez, who was represented to have been executed Hevera! months ago. According to the Mexican army of ficer, in the battle which followed. 20ft Villa bandits were captured and CO killed. A MILLION FOR SILENCE j SAN I'llA.XCISCO. Sept. -: -W'ar-jren K. I!illiirj. tried here foi'ilie niur- jder ol Mrs. Myrtle Van I , one of I tin- ten peiviuis killed by the explos ion ot a bnmli 1I11 1'iiiir Ihe Sun r rnn eiseo preiai'eilne ptiraite .Inly -'-, was today I'nuiul sriiilly in tin- i'irst ilevrce by Ihe jury that lieanl Ihe evi ili'liee. Lite iluprisunmeiit was reenrn meiuleil. RAN I'ltANCISCO. Sept. 2.1 . The jury in tho trial of Warren K. Hil lings, charged with murder for the alleged placing of 11 bonili that ex ploded here July 2:!, while a pre paredness parade was being held, re sulting In the death of ten persons. I was expected to begin Its riellbera :tlons before noon today. A verdict ! may be reached liy night, i Judge Krank limine of the superior 'court, who lias heard the case, ! planned to deliver his Instructions to jtlie jury at the opening of court, i Attorneys for both the stale and .the defense appeared finally confi jdent of a verdict in favor of their 'side. . KALKM, Ore. The car (Shortage on th1 Southern Pacific rail road ttnliiv broke all prcviouH j record, tc.ftHiinK a total of 1,(107 earn, accordlnn to reports received by jth Oregon public ervlco cominla fdou. J The greatest number of ears the company li ad been nbort before was 1 ABORPROBLEMSiGRAND OPERA CHIEF CLOUD ON! President Opens Porch Camriaiyn liy Discussion of Relations Between Capital and Labor Eiuiit-Honr Day Principle Not ArbUratable Discusses Railroad Settlement. LONG IlitANCII. X. .1.. Sept. till. President Wilson opened his "porch campaign" here today with a speech to a delegation of New Jersey busi ness men, gathered at Shadow Lawn. Outsido of his speech of acceptance. It was the first address lie hud de livered since his nominal ion. President Wilson declared In his speech that Ihe chief cloud 011 (He Ame.rlcan horizon Is the relation he- tween capital nnd labor. So long us capital and labor are antagonistic, lie said, there will ho danger. "1 do not regard the principle of the eight hour day as nrhitratablo," said the president. "I made that plain at the beginning or the railroad con ferences." New Spirit in Auiericfl. The president declared that .Ameri ca had devoted itself "time out of mind," to peaceful pursuits and that business is the expression of this ob ject. A new spirit has come over American business recently, ho said. "There never was a time when the pulse of energy and success heat so high in the blood of America," he said. "Iluf Improvements urn to coino. America. Is about to release her energy. Tho problems that are before American businesfl are world problems. Some look backward." President Wilson replied to the at tacks of Charles 10. Hughes, the re publican nominee, on the administra tion's action In respect to tho eight hour law for railroads. "When I was discussing tho rull way situation," he said, "I realized that the most important tiling was to bring employes and employers to understand each other better." elan I'li'senli'il Coutfi'i'ss. t "It would lie Intolerable for the commerce of tho country to be held up," said Mr. Wilson. "The danger In the Bitiintlon was tho people of the nation were not. represented." The president pointed to support given by republicans to his measure In congress, lie said: "This had to be done at the time It was done." The president declared that labor is "not n commodity, but a form of co-operation." lie urged the necessity of a better understanding between capital and labor. Mr. Wilson said lie believed In an eight-hour day because under It men do better work. He cited court de cisions (o shuw that, an lnvestlga (Continued on I'ul'c Two.) vl- RESCUE CREW OF LOST SUBMARINE KKlil.lN. Sepl. JM. Tin- exploit nf Aust ni-Hnnu;t riaii aeronauts v hit. with (wo aeroplanes, re-cued twenty nine men, Ihe olliccis and crew of the French -ubuiunnc Foueault, is de scribed by tin- Tagehlutt. Official a niioiiuccntcnt was made at Vienna yesterday of the sinking nl Ihe Fmi caull by an AuMnan scaolnue in Ihe southern Adriatic. ''The -in was rou'jh at the t itnc iiii'i I here was jd-r daicer that the Ati-tnan aeronauts would be captur ed by hostile war-hip-. Nevertlte-le--, the Au-tiiau aviators told llic men from Ihe French submarine to swim to the -eaplaites and take hold of them. The commander and sec ond officer of thi' -iibiuaiine were allowed to climb into the pilot's scat-. The aviator signalled for help and half an Icur later a torpedo boat nrrnrd and look on board the men from ihe submarine," HORIZON-WILSON STAR HERE TO BUY ORCHARD Schumann-Heink Comes to Purchase Fruit Ranch for Son Youth Will Have to Serve Apprenticeship as Laborer to Learn Business Diva Discusses Plans for Family. Ai'UMrv ;iinl nittt hirlnitMl ! !ov of ten il is Miid that otic imttiiif(ticnlly pict luilcs the other, 'that even tin s'. must In- siilioritiiiiilc to the ur tisi. And yi-t one .uivnt artist is tho living ret'ulntion of 1 hit t theory. Tin -iiril n t' motherhood shone out above .ill else from the eves ol" Madame Sehmnaiin-I leink this niontin;,' as she stoml hy her ear hel'ore (he MefiforI ;inl told ol' her plans for her Hoys, her 'theories nf how they might host lie made men such as their father be fore them, nnd spoke with sliinin.c, t eves of the loss of her eldest son. Sehuinann-lleink is viewin- today part of the Van llocvenhm'" orehard, near (odd Hill, which she is contem plating purchasing for her son. Henry, whit i a friend of the owner. Mut in line with her theory that any man to succeed must start his trmn- in-r I'm in the ground up, she explain ed, Henry must snend at len.-t n year working on some oreha'd in tlys vi- ctnitv as a common laborer; (hat lie must learn to work and be familiar with all details before he eun take oveiMhe mauneiiieut of a large prop oily. Another of her sons worked two years in Texas as a cowboy utul be came imbued with the idea of becom ing a ranchman. And now he is work ing as a butcher, and will continue to work behind a block until a term of two vears of such service has ex pired before he may take over his eheri.-hed Texas ranch. One lloy (iVrmaii, Frederick, the third son, is now a common seaman on a (termnti t -boat, lie is the only son, madam ex plained, who is a (Icnuan. The oth ers are real Americans, He shipped as a stoker on a liner and wont to Kuropc, bjil was interned and later relumed to America. Kor several months he traveled with his mother here, but .at last grew restless, and, unable to stay away from his mother country and Ihe conflict, returned to flermany. Success, the plaudits of all Amer ica, wonderful homes iu San Hiego and New Jersey have failed to drive from the heart of Sehumanu-IIeink tin longing for her tos( husband nnd son, and she told in language .strong ly colored with Herman accent of her restlessness, nf the haunting' memor ies that di'tve her to set off in her car for the land of forgetfulness that seemed to lie .for the moment, on the I'acilic highway and in Portland. where live dear friends, t'ntil she (Continued on Paije Four) l.ost; liKAN'cn. x. j., Sept. 2:t.- Prc-ideut Wilson's program toda v called for the first of a series of speeches he plans to deliver at Shadow l.awn in his "porch cam paign" for re-election. He planned to address a large delegation of New Jersey business men mi the attitude of his administration towards Amer ica u business. Waller llines page, American itm-ba--ador at London, who arrived here la-l night, remained over this morn ing to disi uss with the president ltriti-h interference nilh American trade. The president iiilormed him fully of the re-cnlmeul in this coun try over llriti-h restrictions on neu tral commerce. President Wilson to day accepted an invitation to deliver an address at Omaha, Neb., October 5. Complete arrangements have not. been made for the trip, hut il is ex incted that he will arrange his sched ule mi that be can make speeches in one or more cities, .