Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 13, 1916, Image 1

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Medford mail tribune., October 13, 1916, Page 1, Image 1

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1916)

Page of 6 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (2.6 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Page of 6 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextUnlverrtt,- of Ore, Library j MEDPORD Mail Tribune FORECAST '.lilt TOXKiHT. AM) SATUIOAV. WEATHER .Maximum yesterday, 71; Minimum toduy, HI. Fort v-flx th Yir. MKIVFORO. ORKfiOX, "KIM DA V. OCTOUKR 1:1. 101(i NO. 17.") Tl Rumanians Forced Back on Two Fronts, Claims Vienna Italian Gains Admitted No Infantry Ac tions on Somme for French, But British Make Gains. U10 Ort. i:t. While tlx- en Icnte iirmie in uniilieni Knim. and in llic Ansti'o-lliiliiin war llicater are lieeiinu up llieir linivy blows mi t he lines nf I heir Teutonic foe, tin In Iter i- out imitii; to counter henvily by tlelivi'iinir ernliinu tn!es on the Transylvania front, 'I'tie I'uniauians a re beinj; forced lmek in northeastern Transylvania as veil as ahnii;- the Kumaiiiaii bonier in lhe 1 lei'iuiinnsiiuit and K roust ;mU re gion, according to lhe current wur office I'epfirts. Vienna claims thai the Rumanian resistance lias been brnken mi both sides of the .Mums river, where Hcrlin yesterday mi noiincetl an cnciivlinir movement in )rntess. The Rumanians are ilcrlnr eil to lc in t'liirht here, while their re t real continues near KionMndl. where Kinjr Ferdinand's troops are tailing back toward the frontier passes. 11 a I inn Gains Thinned. Italian pains in the filitini: of Wednesday on lhe Carso front, where ficneral Cadorna i- jnisliin.tr toward Triest, are admitted by Vienna, which mentions progress for the Italians east of tlie Oppnci'hiasella, mid their capture of the town of Xovnvas. Elsewhere, however, they are declared ,tl 1 y i v frMi" .-1 Keir aLU')jits to advance and to have ToM a total of 27t)l) prisoners in recent engagements. An air raid carried out by forty French and British machines on the Manser works at Obcrndoif, (lerniany, during which four Ions of explosives were dropped and six (ierninn ma rhines shot down as they attempted Jo defend the works, U announced bv I'aris. Quiet Along Soninie. No infantry action in the Somme vepiun is reported by Paris today, but intense activity by the artillciy is in evidence both north and south of the Sotnme. In the former region tin rtvtich apparently are preparing for another drive in the reyions of Morval and Hoiiehjiv er-nes. while their vans .are pounding the noinlihoihood of ('liauhies, soutii of the river. f'roiM'css for the HritUh in yotcr d;l '.- fihtin.ir on the Somme front was announced in an official London Ma lenient. The British advances were scored he'ween (biedecourt and Ij'.sboeufs anil north of fiueiidocottrt. Sonic l.'ill (iennans were made pris oner. L YASlllWrC. Oct. l.'i. Radical elianucs in thv treatment of mail on nciilnil :ships ni'i' proini-cd in the re ply of the Tii-iti-h and French gov ernments to the American protests :i-riiiiKt intirfirenei' with mails. The . i . k l.i !. in f I'llil IlliC, W illlC IWI l Ol illl liltllH"MI- meut of the contention of the rii:ht to search for information of value to an enemy, are regarded by the allies ns sufficient to inert the wishes of the Vnited States. tHherwi.se tlie two note which are" nfw under consideration at the Mate deportment are devoted to an exten sive academic discussion of the whole .-nhjeet of the treatment of mails in time d" war with voluminous notation-, from the hiMory of the Ameri can civil war and of other wnr- up to date. PARTS. Oct. i:l Forty French and British aeroplanes dropped Tour tons of explosives last night on tlie Mau wer workfl nt Obendorf in Germany on the Necknr river, the war office an nounced today. Six German ma chine defending the works, were shot dow n. TEUTONS STRIKE CRUSHING BLOWS AT RUMANIANS FIRST PHOTOGRAPH 5s 5Eis I." Tho first photo ol the (iernmu submarine, the l'-5it, which, wltli ntlu-r suliinarlnes, has liiiuiubt the war to the coast of the Tailed Slates. The- T-.Vt Is here shown as she looked In the harbor of Newport, IE. l.( flying the (ienuaii flux "i with t'ficeis and crew on deck, Officers said tin l'-hoal is one of the InrucM of the tei'iuaii suhinei'slhles, whn a inons. ler eoiuitju-ed wltli the Vnited States Miltinarine I)--, wiiich was nenrby, Tito l-5:t, eutiivly unheralded, Imhhcl up at Newport Sni uitlay, discitchcd a mesMie to the ieruinn eintmssy nt astiinloa and departed, without asking for repairs or taking on n pound of supplies. Shortly afterward reports were received oT the sinking or ships and other reports that nil lowed quickly showed a raid was on that would probably he the most extensive and destructive of the entire war. RUMANIAN KING ASKS ALLIES TO King Fcdinand Would Spare Nation Fate of Serbia and Belgium Faces If.lernal Sacrifice, Preserves Faith in Allies' Cause, But Wants Not to Be Forgotten. LONDON. O.l. W. The Times publishes an interview iven to its correspondent with the Rumanian army by the king of Rumania, in which the- mnnareh appealed to the allies not to permit his country to suf fer the fate of Serbia and Hehrium. "The Rumanians will tuft falter," the king said, "in their allegiance to the cause, nor can the enemy win them from their faith in their allies. Yet the Rumanians pray thai, in spite of their existing exigencies and their own huge problems, the allies will not allow the nffnivs of Rumania, who has staked her nil in this con flict, to pass into the back of their minds and to suffer to such an extent that she may meet the fate of cither Belgium or Serbia." Ila4 on liincin)es. King Ferdinand -aid that Rumania had not been moved to enter the war by mere expediency, but that her de cision was based on the hii;ge-t prin ciples of nationality. ''Against Ger many' continued bis niuje-ty. "there was at the beginning of the war no hostility, rallier, perhaps, f riend-hin, ffM' economically (icrmany wn. an as set to the development of onr indus try and potent instrument in for warding the prosperity of nnr coun try. But with the progress of the wnr Rumania beyan to feel the subtle force of enemy intrigue endeavoring in every way to force us into the struggle against oar own real inter cMs. small country in a great war which promises to last for at least another '-car. faces certainly internal sacrifice and the consumption of her rc-ources. Bat nch U the confi dence of Rumania in the ju-tice of her cau-e and the faith of her allies that Mie has east her lot with them in the conviction that her great a--ociatcs-will sec that she docs not prove to he the third small nation destroyed in fhis great conflict." SHEVLIN'S ESTATE VALUED AT TWO MILLIONS MINSK A POMS. Minn.. Oct. The cMale of the bite Thom.'is I,. Shc I in. mill innu ire Jiimbi-rmaii and former Yale footlmll -tnr. valued at .J.lS!l.(l7I.fid. in the repot t of the ex ecutors, who acted as appraiser nf the cstaic. tiled in probate court here todav. SAVE COUNTRY OF THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U-53 THAI CHICAGO'S CHIEF OF POLICE JAILED ClIlCACiO, Oct. i:i. Warrants charging Chief of Police llcaly with conspiracy and with malfeasance in office will be applied for by Stale's Af tnrney Maclay Iloyne this after noon, Mr. 1 Joy m: announced today. "I shall probably ask for the ar rest of oilier persons also," said Mr. Hoyne. The charges arc said to have had their root in the chief V. administration of the law with regard to vice, saloons and gambling. Mr. Iloyne explained tlmt his ac tion was due to the assertions of the chief, Mayor Thompson and the ''city hall crowd" generally, that Mr. Iloyne was playing politics in an endeavor to defeat the republican candidate, who is Harry B. .'Miller, for the state's at torneyship, Mr. Iloyne is a democrat. "Grand jury proceedings are se cret, fiud although the idea is erron eous, the opinion ncwrtheless prevails that the grand jury is under the thumb of the state's attorney,'' said Mr. Iloyne. "For this reason I have determined 'o throw the whole matter into open court, where the public may judge whether I am doing my duty or merely playing politic-.." L REACHES SEATTLE SKATTPK. Wash., Oct. PI.-The women's Hughes campaign train ar rived from Spokane early this morn ing. The campaigners were met at the railroad station by a large recep tion committee of republican women and were mafic the feature of n par ade of women's republican (dubs afoot and decorated automobiles. The proccs-ion, led by a band, moved tbroiiuh the business district to the Moore theater, where a large audience had leathered to hear the visitor- speak. Albert .1. P.evcridge sat in a box at the theater. The speakers were Mis Mnty Antin, Hr. Katheriue Bel ment Dnvi-, Mi. Maud Howe Klliott and Mr-. Rbcta Childr lorr. At the door of the theater where the women spoke, the women's bureau oT the Wood row Wil-on Independent league distributed handbills a-kin" : "Are the women of Washington goinc In permit the plutocrat- of the east to dictate to them how they s!u,ll vote" The handbill-. avo a list of the "backet's" of the ''women's billionaiir train." After the meeting in the theater -nine of the campaigner- -poke at the land products -how, where ex-Senator Bcvcridi:! aUo delivered an nd dress. The special train w ill h ave for Ta cotnn ni 5:J(I this alteriioou. REICHSTAG PUTS j MORAL GUILT OF BKRWN, (),.(. PI. Herman news paper comment on yesterday's debate in the reichslng alludes to the I'ai-t that all the parties put forward their recognized leaders and their best speakers, placing the discussion on a high level. Summarizing the comment upon the remarks of llerr Naumann. the radical lender, and )r. Haviil, the socialist leader, regarding the origin of the war, lhe Overseas News agency says; "Both these members recalled how on .July :i0, PHI, the atmosphere seemed to be cleared by the under standing reached in London between Foreign Secretary Hrey and (he Her man nmbus-ndor. Prince LichnowMii, with the consent of the Russian am bassador. One further step towards the maintenance of peace was taken when the Herman chancellor obtained from Austria-Hungary an acceptance of this program. But il is pointed out all this; work wa- undone by the Rus sian mobiliat ion, which could have been prevented with great ease. If Oreat Britain had acted toward Rus sian in the same manner as (Icrmany did toward A u-t na -I I ungary then the world war would have been avoided. Since (ireat Britain undid this work and Muce the li ti -inn war party WHY I AM FOR WILSON Uy KHiKNK MANLOVK UMIODKS (Aulhor dl' "(iond Men niul True." "Tlii' 1 i-si i- of llic Mntll," cli-.) foi; wii.soN, i:i:c.rsK 1. IViirr. neutrality: Mr. Wilson lias held its to these, single liainled. Miil'liiM-hintf. At no time lias lie revise Ijiven tali IT. tlx US .'!. Lealershi ineninc tax. ehild eurreney. Iraiuin -J. Keenuse lor such pniyrcHsivc and coiistrui t ivc legislation he ohtains snp i-1 from the opposition more notalily ihan any other leader in our hislorv. He is president' of I he I 'nited States ami not president of a political parly. .j. l!ccause when Wilson stuinlilcs. he stumbles forward: when he breaks his harness, he breaks a trace and not the breeching. RAIDED THE COAST OF U-BOAT SIGHTED 200 MILES EAST OF BOSTON, Oct. 1 A submarine of unidentified nationality was re ported about 210 niileH oust of New York by tlie steamer Bovic In a wlre j lews message today. The course of jtiic Mihmartne was not staled. Confirmation that the British i steamship Bovic sighted a submarine i off the coast was contained In a ! statement by a naval officer hero to jday. He said: ) "A passenger steamer reported to I Nantucket Shoals lightship that she jhad sighted a (icrman submarine, well astern, this morning." j Xo position was given nor was the direction of the submarine stated. I The Bovic, which Is due in New j York today or tomorrow from Al an ' Chester, Kngland, reported sighting ' the submersible in latitude 40'. 7 ; north; longitude !$."" west. It was added that the submarine was ! "astern," hut whether pursuing tb'1 I Bovic or keeping an Indifferent course was not stated. The figures (of longitude as received are not cor ! rect the degeres given being wrong, 'but it was said the error probably : was one of only a few degrees. 'therefore felt it -el f -appoit ed by Kug 'land. war became unavoidable, j "The new sui per unanimously jagrce that the fad- thus stated settle llhe (pie-tion of moral guilt." sel liis I'aee to any other fjoal. 2. With inst ruetioiis from us lo tariff dowiiw (low nwaril. he aril revision nf has the and legislation on lalmr. hanking' ami eredits. vocational enlisted men, and rural lor our other measures ( past and to come) in 1 i i in u-i 1 1) 1 1 up THE UNITED STATESiSHALL NATION T""""" ivsvinxiN PUINDEXTER TO i Gardner Says Campaign in Washing ton Complicated by Progressives on Republican Ticket and Reactionar ies on Democratic Best Bets Now Are Wilson and Poindexter, I Uy (ill.SON (!.l!l).IOIt). SKATTI.K, Wash., Ocl. J:i. Tim vlrtor.v of MIIob I'oliidi-xti-r In thn rpniilillcan Hnnatorlul ii-nniii-lis may result in ciirryinK this state for UtlKlies. The prosreflslves rlrauetl up the stand-pal repnlillcniiH In the pri mary finlit, and tills will reconcile many of lliem to slayliiK In the party and votliiK the stralKht liiki, wli.j othersvine would have jione to Wilson. Not all the progressives are recon ciled. I lair a dozen "ex-proKreKslvo leaders are out rampaln'nluK for Wil son, and the Wilson manaKers, while privately admitting I hat I'olndexter will he re-elecled lo tint senale, are (illte hopeful t Ii ii I tit.- presidential vole will c,o lo Wilson. l-roivsslve Omlor. AmoiiK the progressives on lhe stump for Wilson arc- Ole ilansou, originally a republican iraitifil in l.a l'ollette'K political school in Wiscon sin, a charier member of the progres sive party and two yeurs aK tlie pro. Kresslve candidate for I'niled states i senator; KdKar ('. Hnyih-r, i hali inan ' of tlie progressive party slate com mtttco, the manager of the lloosevelt j I'luhl four years nn; Olio I'use, two I years ano progressive candldale ror governor; llenry A. MiLenn, presi i dent of the Alaska-YuKoii eposilloa; ! ('. J. Kraser, aclliiK cliali iuan of the I progressive party cnaiiniilee, ami Ijalf I a dozen olhers. i I'andldale I lushes made lhe same i mistake here he made in ';i!l''rn!i. I lie look up Willi thi' old slallil-pat j crowd lia'l;liiK William IV iiuinplirey ! for the scnulorlal noiuiiiatiou, and did not meet I'nllldexler. The til l, els lo (Continued on page three) DEUISCf AND PLANS Will WLSON ALSO A VICTOR SECOND TRIP TO U.S.'GERMAN AIRSHIPS AMSTKIMiA.M, (i.t. :t. A(--..nl-itiu In llic i hmilnirMcr Nn-'ltrn liti'ti, ('njidiin I'jtiil Kui'tii' tt' the (mtmiiih snliitinriiM' hciit -chliiinl, it'i! iiii; iu a Irlf'.'J'ain o' conui iiliiliil mil - I'runi hi nntivc (own mi lii- vt-utc lo tin' t'titl nl Slah'. 11 in I rt'iiuii, -.-lid li'- whs lni- uilh ii'rMini!ioii- lor a -.ciunil 1 1 1 1 hit'w-s tin- iM-i-an, liii-li woiilil " .-ooii Ih'iii. REJECT PEACE ASKS HARMON Former Governor of Ohio Detines What He Considers Paramount Is sue of Campaign Big Question Is Whether Peace Policy in a Warr Mail World Is to Be Upheld. I IXl INNATI, (., (),.,. ,v rtmi- aer more menaelui; lo I lie peace anil well-lieiu of the l uiteil Slates tliau an thai lias yel eonfronted il would result from lhe ileleai. ol' I'resiilent Wilsmi tor n-electioii, is the opinion of former (invcruor Juilson Hiirmou of I'lliio. Harmon, twice ynvernor, t'oriuer ui lorncy "i-iiernl ol' the I'niteil Slntes under I'resiileni Clevelaml, ruilrnnil exi'cuiive ami sluilent of world pol itics, told loilay lor tlie first time whal in lhe iresenl campniHii he con siders lhe issue that should determine llii urse of American voters No vember 1 1. To lliscii-dit Niilion. "Tlie biu'i'-l iiiestion in this caiu luiijjn," I In i iiniii dc'i'larcd, "is wlivtlmr an uiliuinist ration which, in lhe midst of n world war, with tremendous forces al woik to drapr us inl.i the eonfliel, lias kept us at peace nml iinsperini, is lo be upheld or discred ited. "Iietwecn lhe election November It and tlie inaiejuraliou March 4 four monlhs will elapse. Should I'resident Wilson be ilefealed, Ihoso would lie lour months in which his hands would be absolutely lieil in handling the deli eale diplomulii.' ne.eoliiitinns lui . alone hove kepi us from lu-roniin I u nylcd in wni "For to oilier Millions l'.resiilenl Wilson's deleal would mean simply lhal his foreign policy had been dis creditcd Ihal the people of lhe I'nit cd Slnles refused lo back him up in his efforls In keep this country lit peace. A .Nation Adilll. "four months between his defeat and the iuaueiiralion of the new tid-lnini-tialion would lie n period of ab solute chniis so far us our foreign re lations were concerned. And out of lliis eonililion init'lil and under pres ent conditions very likely would arise complications of lhe i;reatesl daiiirer lo lhe I'ulure of I his country. "In limes like Ihese a nation's irrealesi safeguard is its, solidily. In Kiinipe tin- people are slaudin: solid ly behind Ihcir novcrninenls are liackini; I hem up with their lives. 'i'elly differences, minor doiueslie issues ami disaerecmenls are laid iimiIc till lhe liiu danger has passed. Nolhinir is permillcd lo weal-.en lhe solid Mipporl they are irivinr their governments ill a lime of crisis. A Tim.- or Crisis. "liul tills is a lime of crisis for lhe l uili-d Stales as well as for the tuitions of llunipc. We. loo, must back up our admiuisi raiion. Not be-cau-e ue are iu war. bid because it lias kepi us out of war. I'y support ing lhe colir.-c of lhe Wilson udmin ist ration wilh our votes we will les sen lhe likelihood of lui vina to sup porl liie eoui'se of sonic olher lldmill- i-i nil ion w itli our li es. "I can 1 1 1 in I,- o,f nolhim; so lnmcid able as lor ihis nation, iu u time of peace ami plenty, which has been se cured lo us only by I In- tireless ef loils of I'resident Wilson, lo invite dauber and di-a-ler by a ehanve of aiiiniiiisl ration. "Kvery issue lluu'hes has raised or has si.iiuhl to raise is insisnificanl lii'side the is-ue of whether President Wil-i'ii's hamllncr of our foreiiin re Inlioiis is to be upheld or diseredileil. "Iluulics has been a sreat disap pMintmcnt. lie has not measured up to presidential standards iiHtpiUL'n ri'v.-nls hmwi'li' nr (Continued on page alx) IIKIU.IN', Oct. 1 :? A auecpfistfut nt tack liv ijcnnun naval ueru))lntn upon Itu.iun transports In the Itu ninntHii hurlior of Constant:;,, on tfco iihu U f.oa. a ropnrtr(i ia an :.:!:niraltv i-tali iiti ut IssimmI untlrr ilutp of Octo hr 12.