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Forty-sixth Year.
MRDFORB, OTCIXION. MONDAY. orrOUKH Hi. 1 0 1 1
NO. 177
.Mail Lribune
ORB
v
IF ASHAMED OF
AMERICA STAY
ABROAD
COBB
Popular Writer Says No Truth in As
sertion That United States Has
Lost Position Abroad Because of
Wilson's Policies Says Hughes
Reminds Him of Old Huntinq Hound
liy MII.TOX WiOXST.Ii .
NKW YOliK, Oft. lli. "I'm for
AYondrow Wilson bemuse lit- is gel
ling us itihI v for v:r mill keeping lis
mil il' il."
I ins epigram
ma tie answer was
made by tho most
popular ami most
v idol y r e u d
writ or in America
Iivin S. Cobb.
His reply onine
s p o n t nncously.
There wns no
chance for ii
JYnme-Up (if II lilt of
hhitjht thinus he
was Id :y because lie did nob know
ho wns to 1)0 interviewed until lie wns
I'Muirlil on 1 1 to fly in trout nf the the
ater, whom his lutest'play, Wilder
Sentence," is beine, produced.
Interviewing' Cohh is a joy. lie is
1 ho same Cobb, modest, and f'riondly,
uilh (ho same inexhaustible fund of
stories that ho wns whon n working
ro)ortor in Louisville.
"Iemombor whon wo woro kids
hiiok in Kentucky, working for twolvo
honos a week, nnd no oiht-hour day
cither?' ho questioned.
"Xovor mind ancient history. Why
are you for Wilson ?"
Oohb (Jives Itojison
''Well Koom'VoII hiis been wrou:
nn mure subject .thun' any nuin ol'
his tiino, hut ut'tor I sjiw tho holl that
is wnr in Europe, f came hack homo
convinced of tlio profound truth of
one thing' Toddy said: 'Spoak softly
nnd carry a hir stick.'
"I was in Belgium whon thai littlo
country was invaded ly tho mn.ynifi
ceutllv prepared German army. I saw
towns in flamos, women, ohihlron and
oh! men fleeing", game littlo llolgian
soldiers dying". AH at once it. occur
red to mo that our Anieri'an dream
that novno would over attack us was
false unless we were prepared to repel
attack.
"So I came hack home rampant for
preparedness.
"I think raised my feeble pipe for
it before it became a propaganda, 1
began to preach big army, big navy,
military' training in colleges and
school-;, 1 think I was about the
fir-t to take the present war as a text
for preparedness. 1 sprung this on a
cold, austere crowd of wealthy Xew
Yorkers, and when TliKV rose (o it.
1 knew people with warmer blood
would. After that I went on a lecture
tour and whenever 1 talked about
preparing our country T got the kind
of applause George Cohan uot when
lie di-ooveiod the American flag wa -a
grand old rag-.
IHg, Stick lliiMtio.s
''N'ow ns to this big slick business:
The trouble with Toddy and Charles
Kvasion Hughes is that if they had
control .of the stick'they would want
to hit someone with it to ee whether
it Would really break a skull. . fudg
ing by their speeches, they would
want to try it on Germany and Mexi
co, cither or both.
"I admire Wilson because ho 1ms
the inclination to get us ready for
serious eventualities and the splendid
ability to keep us nut of trouble.
'"If there is one thing- worse than
not getting ready for war. it U get
ing us into one.
"Wil.Min may not bo a 100 per cent
(Continued on page four).
FLIGHT DISCREDITED
WASHINGTON". Oct. lfi. -The re
1 ortcd flight of tlu members of Gen
eva! Carranza'B family from Mexico
t'H v was discredited today by Secre
l.iry Lansing, who paid the state de
partment had information that the
la.nily wilt iip goinK either to Snl
t:iio, their old home, or to Qneretaro.
I:ie prpv.slomil capital, nnd the s
of 'he national eonveniion set for
(u-'obcr 21.
i. d
I
T
E
German Pressure Forces Ferdinand's
Forces Across Border On Somme
Allies Keep Up Unrelenting Drive.
Capturing New Positions Heavy
Fighting on Russian Front.
LONDON'. Oct. lli. - Tout oui
pressure against the liumanians ulnii
the I ransylvauian frontier continues
unabated, according to the latest of
ficial reports, and at one point tit
least King Kerdiuand's forces have
been driven back well within their own
territory.
This crucial point for the liuniau
ians lies southwest of Kronstadt, in
tho southern reaches of tho Torzhur
per pass, where they are making a de
termined stand at liuenrn, some seven
miles south of tho border. The Teu
tonic thrust hero is aimed in the di
rection of Bucharest, which lies sev-cnty-J'ivo
miles across tho Rumanian
plain from its edge at Cniipulung. ten
miles southwest of liucaru.
On Koinme Front.
On the Soimm; front, in northern
Franco, the entente 'forces' are keep
ing up their unrelenting drive.
The Kronen last night, after having
checked tho German counter-attacks
on the positions won " Saturday in
their pocketing attempts : around
Chaulnos, south of the Sonum resum
ed the offensive north of the river.
According- to Paris today, hey suc
ceeded in penetrating German posi
tions at .Sailly-Saillisel, pushing up
to the edge of the Bapaumo road, lie
newed fighting- brought on by a" Gor
man counter-attack was in 'pUfjrcss
when the official report wu.-J ?.' lul.'
The British have recent ly been'ad
Vaneing in the vicinity of the Stuff
redoubt and the Schwabcn redoubt, in
tho Thiepval region, on their north
erly flunk. Kast night the Germans
made a si rone attack on the now
British, positions near the Sehwaben
fortification. They wore beaten back
with heavy losses, London declares.
In Macedonia.
In Macedonia the entente forces
have resumed their strong offensive
south of "Monaslir. Sofia declares
the Bulgarians frustrated attempts on
their lines west of the Monnstir-Fiorina
railway line and in the bend of
the Cerna. Along the line of the
Struma on the eastern end of the
"Macedonian front, the British have
pushed their outposts further toward
Doiuir-I lissar, patrols having entered
the town of Bursuk, eight miles south
west of Deinir-llissnr.
Berlin reports that strong attacks
were made by the Julians yesterday
in Volliynia, west of I.utsk. Today's
official announcement reports that
these assaults broke down with se
vere losses for the Russians.
Petrograd slates that henvy forces
of Teutonic troops have assumed the
offensive south of Doinn Watra, in
the southern Carpathians, near the
junction point of the Iiiimtinian
Transylvania ami Bukowine boundary
lines. Hani fighting continues in
Galicia, east and south of the Bem
borg district, without either side mak
ing advances, says the statement,
which also reports the repulse of
strong attacks further south of the
region of Kormoze and Kirlibaba,
nort It west nf t he I btrna Wat ra reg
ions. The Russians took nearly 1200
prisoners.
DEFAULT IN TRUST
PORTLAND. Or., Oct. Ki.-The
semi-annual interest due yesterday on
approximately 1)50, 000 nf o per
cent bonds of the Home Telephone i
Telegranh eomnanv, whose inoiiert v
! consists of plants in Portland, Oregon
City, Albany and Corvalli-, will he
pas.-ed, it was itnnounoed here today.
Most of the bonds are held in Port
land, t:
Default in the payment of interest
is the fir-t step in a proceeding con
tempiatcd to reduce the bonded in
debtedness, and, through a reorgan
ization to place the company on a
more sound ba-is.
According- Jo the company' report
for the last, fiscal ear, the n--cts
amounted to t ",!,(i;l,s0."j and liabilities
totalled .fViSrjlM.
T
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AIMED TO TAK
BAT
KENTUCKY IB
HANK NEGROES
BURNS BODIES
Negro Accused of Assaulting White
Woman and Another Who Voiced
Approval Pay Penalty Jail Doors
Battered Down and Steel Bars Cut
identified by Victim.
PA1HHWU, Ivy,, Oct. lli. --Two
negroes wre lynched by n mob hevt
todav and their hodtos burned. On::
was charged with attacking a white
woman and the other was accused of
voicing approval ul his action.
Crowd Kstimatcd at (,OO0.
One was taken from the county jail
and the other was seized on the
streets. Followed by a crowd esti
mated at (i.000 persons, a large part
of them in automobiles, the negroes
were taken to the home oC the
woman, about two miles awny. While
one of them was held for identifica
tion the other was taken to a tree,
a rope, thrown over a limb, his neck
encircled in a noose and an automo
bile hitched to the other end. As
soon as the other negro had been
identified as the asasilant of the
woman, he was led to tho same tree
and the members of tho mob lowered
the bodies and burned them on a blaz
ing piles of brush.
The lynching eamo after five hours
of labor to enter the cells in the jail,
and were the outcome of an attack
made Friday upon Mrs. (ieorge R,j;
at her home in the suburbs. The mob
gathered about 7 o'clock today, after
hearing that the police had arrested
Brack Finloyt a negro about 3n years
old, to answer to the description of
Mrs. Rose's assailant. Tht; mob de
manded the prisoner, and brushed
asidW the police reserves, y ho bad
been sent to the scene. They bat
tered down the jail doors, hut found
that the prisoners had been locked up
in steel cells.
Jail Is l-'nrood.
Failing to find the keys, they sent,
for a foundry man to cut the bars to
Finley's cell. Shortly before noon he
bad made, an opening sufficient for
the negro to emerge. The march to
.Mrs. Rose's home was begun and on
the way Asa Thornhill. about 20
years old, who it had been reported
lauded Finley's attack, was seized.
The cavalcade, when it reached the
'loH nome,' had grown to seve.al
thousand.
While Finley was being identified
the leaders of the mob resolved to
l.nnp Thornhill. Pleading for his life
the boy was bound and executed. In
a few minutes it was announced tint
Mis. Rose had satisfied herself of the
identity of Finley. He was hanged to
t;ie same tree and a number of shots
fired into his body. Quickly the mob
gathered a quantity of wood, built a
fire and placed t he bodies of hot h
regroes upon it. The mob and spec
ta'.ors then dispersed.
ASKED TO REDUCE
SIZE OF EDITIONS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. Reduc
tion in the size of Sunday newspaper j
as a means of conserving the news
print paper supply of the country and !
possibly preventing the suspension of:
f-naller newspapers was recommend-j
ed in a letter snt today by the fed-!
eral trade commission to all the pub-'
lishers of large Sunday newspaper;:
in ihe United States. I
1 he letter follows:
"In connection with its in vest i ca
tion of news print prices the commls-'
sion has given serious consideration f
to possible menus of preventing the
siifpensfon of papers baceuse of the'
scarcity and advancing prices. Th-: .
present situation can only be alio-1
viutrd by increasing the output or re- i
during consumption. j
"The commission bas conferred
with a number of prominent pub-j
lishers regarding wa.y to reduce emu
sumption in addition to the cutting
'ji'f of returns, eliminating waste?:,
etc.. whicli many newspapers are re
ported to have already done. Thcr--"
".iblisheni are of the opinion that
there ts still an opportunity to effect,!
a considerable reduction in rousnmp !
lion by catting down the size of Sun- j
day newbpapcrit." ,
BET ON THIS MAN AND YOU SURELY WIN! U-BOAT PROBLEM WALL STREET
SHIPJSTQ EUROPE STONINGWiLSON
K 1 FROM AMERICA WITH MONEY
jpljp 1 Norway, Holland and Spain Now
s Mj Playing Leading Parts In Stibmar-
K:tfr.!. I".. Controversy at Berlin-Reply
.' v of Unite" states Satis,ac,ory t0
glfW $ Germany as Being Neutral.
.aim
i iv is the next ptvstdent. TPs Mr. Clmiles Wooilrow Wilson
tl s. This i miai'Uable coniiosit o iiludograpti, made from pictures of
t democratic and republican candidates in exactly Hie same pose, con
tains (lie eyes, nose, month, hair right ear and eyeglasses of (be presi
dent, nnd the eyebrows, whiskers nnd collar of his opponent.
PRESIDENT SAYS
OPPONENT SEEKS
as.
LONd liKANClL" X. .).. Oct. 1(1.
President Wilson delivered a political
speech here today to 2(10 members ot
the Wilson Volunteers, who came here
J'rom Xew York to discuss campaign
problems with him. Mol of the mem
bers of t lie delegation wore described
as "Independent democrats,"' but
Mime were pi'oure-Mves, Many ot
them planned hi make campaign
speeches lor the president.
The provident declared the real
problem before (he nation was the
uniting of the pro-.: revive elenicnt-. of
the country, lie -aid the democratic
party now i overwhelmingly pj-ogres-sive
and . Hint other prore-sive men
should join u il h il.
"The (pioiion iieCure the country,"
he said, "i whcliiei it will retain the
in-t I'Uincutalil y w hich has cnacled
pj'oyre--tve !t"iliition."
He added the leaders of the repub
licans art reactionary.
The pie-ident -aid the people op
posing him waul to ns(. the army and
mivy of the nation In culled money
owiii'4 iheiu abroad and thn,t thev
(Continued on Tate Four)
WHY I AM FOR WILSON
liy YAAA'AW SKIHJWK'lv
(Kdilor of the Atlitnlic Monrhlv.
IGlh l''.r jx'iico and prosperity, I feel ;i rilizens
sjmt it mie in President Wilson, Inn ns an independ
ent in polities, my paramount reason for easting my
vote in his favor is thai, through his steady emirate
and dexterous management he lias made the demo
era! ie party, after fifty years of opposition and
flahhy initiative, an efficient' inst fitment of govern
ment, and has thus otn-e more restored the parly sys
tem in its full vi'op to the American people.
Mr. Wilson's foreign policy of patience and of
peace oives hope for the new world. Mr. Hughes'
pale relied ion of ('ohmei Ii'oosevell 's demands re
verts to the outworn code of the old. Despite fine
talk of nalioiial honor,' this lias an evil significance.
I solemnly believe that Mr. Ilnuhes' (lection entails
inevitable Avar with the Mexican people.
At In tine Mr. Wilson has kept every projnise. Mr.
Hughes will not even make promises to keep.
The support behind him is composed of violent op
positcs. Such a campaign excites neither my svm-
pathy nor my respect.
111
T
Tl ACRE TRACT
!E
lUtlTISir FRONT IN Fit AN't'K,
Oct. 10. In completing the capture
of Sehwaben redoubt, on the ridge
above Thiepval, the llrltlsh took
a prisoner for every yard of front or
L'SO for a front of lesa than :ii0
yards, .not to mention the number
killed by the artillery preparation
and In hand to hand fighting before
the survivors stirerndered. The Ger
mans manning the trench and those
in the reserve dugouts could hardly
have been crowded Into one line back
of the parapet. This gives an idea
of the importance the Germ unit at
tached to the last bit of high ground
along their old trench line south of
the Ancrn on the Thiepval ridge)
which their desperate resistance
characterized as 11k; most precious
two-acre plot in all Franco.
After (hi Uritish got the first ball'
of the redoubt the Germans marie re
peated counter attacks to recover pos
session of it, and for the hist week
t here has been no cessat ion of t he
lighting. Now the Uritish look down
ill along the valley to Grandescoitrt
rud it is Impossible apparently for
Ihe Germans to maintain batteries In
that area.
Cm. IN, Oct. 111. - Norway, Hol
land are Spain are now playing the
leading parts in Germany's interna
tional submarine problem to the sub
ordination of the United Stales,
which so long and so often lias held
the center of the stage. The Asso
ciated Press correspondent discussed
the present situation whh Or. Alfred
immercan, under-secrotary for for-
eoru affairs, who indicated that
tables had been cleared, and that ne
gotiations were In progress so far as
the Fuited States is concerned.
Holland's ('as'.
The case of Holland Is simplest. It
concerns only ihe llloouiersdijk,
which was sunk off the New Knglaud
coast by the German suhmarlno lT-T:,
Germany Is unwilling to accent the
cabled version of Ihe circumstances
under which the Itlooniersdi.ik was
sunk and is convinced the submarine
commander must have kept within
the German prize regulations, as
strictly enjoined. Full compensation
has boon offered, in event the com
mander exceeded his. instructions.
Spain's grievances have to do with
the sinking of fruit steamers. Strictly
speaking, these are valid prizes, bo
causo tho cargo is contraband, bound
for hostile ports. The Spanish gov
ernment, however, pointed out that
Hie prosperity of the country and par
ticularly oT Ihe grenl class of small
fruit raisers, has -been affected se
riously by Interruptions of this trade
and Germany has offered to let such
ships pass unmolested If racy are pro
vided with proper certificates from
German consuls and If the entente al
lies permit similar cargoes ship for
ship to pass for the German market.
No reply has 'been received.
Norway's Action.
The Norwegian measures, barring
submarines from Norwegian waters
In accordance with British, memoran
dum, is regarded as Incompatible with
Norwegian neutrality. No exhaus
tive report on Ihe legal aspects of the
question has as yet reached Dr. Zim
merman's hands, but the under-soere-ttiry
said tho matter undoubtedly
would ho the subject of a strong pro
test to Norway. He took the position
that Norway was unjustified under
interna t tonal law in differentiating
among Classen of warships and mak
ing t;ules applying to one specific
class.
Dr. Zimmerman spoke with high
satisfaction of the terms of America's
reply to Ihe memorandum of the
entente allies on the treat meat of
submarines. He declared it was
marked by a true spirit of neutrality.
The appearance and activity of u
German submarine off the American
coast has not been made the subject
of diplomatic negotiations or compli
cations, he continued, and all reports
indicated that the German com-
j mander had observed in every way
the letter and spirit of Germany 's
! undertakings with the I'nlled Slates.
i He said no communications on that
subject, had been received, either
through the German embassy at
Washington or through the American
embassy here.
E
SAN" I'liAN'CISCO, del. III. The
Tailed Slates circail court of an
' I'euls affirmed today the five-year
penitentiary scnlcnic of lb. una- II.
Sheridan, former pniileut of the
First National bank of i burg, Or..
who was convicted of misnppropriiil
ing funds in violation of ihe nalioiial
bank acl. Sheridan is 711 year- old.
.lodge Kr-kinc M. lio.-- wioic a di---cnling
opinion upholding the plea ol
the former bank president ihat eoii--cnt
ol' depo-ilors lo his -iib-l il ut ion
of personal notes for (heir ilepo-its
Ic'jalized taking of the money. Slier
clan, il was ehai'.'eil, u-cd nhoul S'al.-
i Him obiaincl in Ibis way.
Amos Pinchot Says $2,000,000 Spent
in New York Alone by Bell-Hops of
Privilege to Beat President Wail
Street Appears as Protector at
Patriotism in Campaign.
liy AMOS I'INCIKIT.
NIAV YOliK, OH. 1(1. Wi.ll slrwl
mill l-'illli iiviMiui' Imvi! iiuirki'il Wnncl
row Wilson I'm- slaiiu'lili'r. Whpthrr
Im (Ms slmiiililiTi'il in- nut is I'oiiun
uli'ly a iiii'iliiui fur Hit' public to (le-
Hlll
In Xi'w York, my ilntf, lln ri'imli
lii'iin iirniiiiiziiliiiii is iiwiii'il, as it
.'' '"".v Ims Imi'ii, li.v liiylily ivsmc.
lalilc ri')ivM'titalivi's nf Wall street
anil Kil'tli avenue. Tliev hold Ihe
eheek hooks, anil the inijehine Hoes the
rest. Toilnv there is no Slleh tliinrr in
ute as a reniihlieiin imWv in
sense of a irnmu of neonle ni'mm-
izeil to ean-y mil ilel'inite principles
thai is, unless inoteeliin; opportuni
ties to make money at the public's ex
pens,, ami politically killing ,,1'f any
hoily who nets in the way is n set of
ilelinite principles.
llell Mops of Prlvllesv.
Ill this state alone, the hell-hops of
privilege, lo whom Colonel Roosevelt
now mills himself as n patriotic re
cniil (I ask his pardon for the hy
phenated word hell-hop), will proli
ahly spend nhoul two million dollars
lo heat Wilson. If they succeed, they
will call il cheap at the price.
I mil not a democrat, nor n personal
friend of Ihe president; hut I aui (to
in" to work and vole for him, he- ,
cai'sc, as I look at il, he has.heen the '
attorney .lor. the averaue American
citizen in the slrii.HKh' that everlast
ingly jtoes on hehvpen him and Ihe
privileged class, between the person
who earns a dollar and Ihe one who
fiets it.
Wall Si reel is not only slonhitr Wil
son willi money, it is slirewillv nsiic
an appeal lo patriotism to yet votes
lireventins the I tilled Stales from es
I'or its own candidate. It charges that
Hie president acted nmiatriotically in
eslahli-liinK American rule in Mexico.
Kroin Wnll street's point ol' view, this
is prohnhly a perfectly sound tirjil
inenl, lor Wall slreet has nhoul three
hundred million dollars more money
invested In Mexico than Ihe Mexicans
have. I'Yoin litis it follows that we
should inlcivenl or crab Mexico.
There is no use uripiini," this proHjsi
lion with Wall street. American in
vestments would he safer if the presi
dent would send Ihe army down there
10 look nl'lcr them.
President DilTees.
The president, however, docs not
see il in thai Tiuht. lie takes the
ground thai the chances are that the
Mexicans will work out their own sal
vation belter than Wall street will do
11 for them, lie has given that struij
juiiin; neighbor of ours n chance to es
cape Ihe ah-ciilce landlordism of for
eign wealth Him has brought its peo
ple to revolution and starvation. As
a western congressman wrote me. nil
Ihe Mexicans need from the L'niteil
Stale- is a little lime and a little hu
manity. If Americans arc to shorit
Mexicans at all it ought to he in the
stomach with corn and beans.
As to (icniiauy, there were just two
ways lor the 1'nitcil Stales to settle
the submarine iiucstion. One was
war. the other was diplomatic negotiation-.
Wilson chose Ihe latter, l-iy
those despi-cd "notes" be avoided
war. won a great diplomatic victory,
mid gave the I nilcl Slates a right to
(Continued on Page Four.)
SUNK By TORPEDO
IIKftl.l.V. Oct. lii. Aciordlng to a
Oirlstinnla dispatch to the OvnrsenK
News Agency today, the Hnimuiiaii
Kleamer. Ill.strita, sunk by 11 German
f. ubiea i : re, was nn aiuuiunlllnn ves
sel 1,0'inil irom P.rpn to ArcluinKel.
when she was sent to the. bottom,
fihe was Insured tor 2ri,0mi,niii)
kronen.
A rhristlanla dlspateli on October
l-'l. renoMud the sinklni! of the Itls
t'ltii In- a torpedo.' She was u vessel
ot H.I..SS tons.