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L'"l7r-?y of Crtpn 1. 1 Vary Medford Mail Tribune I FORECAST KAlIt TOXKiHT COOI.KIt TOMOIIKOW. WEATHER Maximum yewtenhiy, HI; .Miiiliiimu today, -II. Fori v-nix th Year. Ilallv Htevonth Year. MEDKORH. OHM80X. TUI-lSDAY. (KTOMKK 17. 191(i NO. 178 1 E At Conflict's Conclusion, Belligerents Face Refusal to Pay Debts or Gov eminent Ownership of Industries, States Russell on Return From Trip of Investigation. Uy CHAltl.KS KDWAIi!) KISS!'.!.!.. XKW YOliK, Oct. 17. Graiul are ibc lairv tali's vnu get ulioiit war loans and war financing, but if a book were to be written about the iiotuul performance of some of these nations the only pood title for it would be "The Jini-Jiiius of Money; or, the V'ilil-Kvcd Konutnee of thu Kinaneial Dottv House." We used to think no nation could possibly make war unless it had u money ehest big mid full. That was .last another childlike mistake of ours. You don't need any money ehest to make war. All yon need is u sound, reliable printing press ami a sublime faith in this new deity of Muddle Through. Modem Kinuncliig. Here is the way they do il : First, they eoi'ral all the gold in the eounlry, partly by issuing bonds for it and partly by grabbing it from individuals and banks. Then they start the printing press to turn out billow after billow of pa ver money, alleged by a transparent i'ietion to bo secured bv this handful of sold. This paper money they pay to the soldiers, to labor and for munitions and supplies, thus spreading it thickly ovvr the land. Then they levy new In.ves and issue more bonds, gather the paper back anlo the treasury, pay it mil for M'ngcs, munitions and supplies, issue more bonds, collect more taxes and gather it again. Meantime, with paper victories, they fool their people into confidence in the paper money, or compel them to take il anyway; or cjsc, all other money having disappeared, what it yocs at is called "par." The jro Id they grubbed at the outset is used for such supplies as must be bought abroad, where paper doesn't go much, except for walls of rooms or for pantry shelves. A lleiiiitiFul Process. l!y this beauliful process, it is true, these bond issues are piling up like another Tower of linbel. Who cares a rap On with the dunce. I-H in sanity be unconfiued. After us, the smash-up ! lint some persons not iu a stale for Hie padded cell have been taking; n ipiiet survey of the circumambient asylum and have returned with Hie be lief that for some, at least, of the na tions now engaged in treading the Madman's Delight, there will be bul one, course open when the war is over. That w ill be repudiation. Oct rid of your debts by taking your ready pen in hand and crossing them out, while yon tell your creditors to n worry. Kcpudiution that is perilous bus iness; as perilous as stalling- an ava lanche in the mountain. If the war (Contlnuea on pxge six) CHICAGO. Oct. 1". President K. D. t'nilerwonil of the Erie railroad is for President Wilson's election. Approving t tie same idea held by Judge Lovett of the Union Pacific. Underwood said. In an interview pub lished today, that the democratic party had "achieved the seetninsly impossible and Is worthy of a future trial." While opposed to Wilson on the eight-hour law. Underwood declared the president had shown honest mo tives, and he pointed out ttiat the re publicans also stand for an eight hour day. As for the outlook for prosperity. bs pledged by the republicans. Under wood said: "I am not carried away by the statements and promises that any po litical party on the outs make." He expressed himself as not hold ing the view that Wilson had op pressed big business. RP ACES REPUDIATION OR mmm ALLIED FLEET LANDS TROOPS L Following Recognition of Venizelos Government, Bluejackets Are Land ed at Athens Entire Greek Navy Seized Heavy Fighting in Prog ress Along All War Fronts. LONDON', O.d. 17. The (ircck sit uation apparently again has entered a critical phase. Following yesterday's advices thai the entente powers had formally rec ognized the provisional government set up by runner Premier Venizelos and his followers in the island of Crete, news dispatches from Athens today report a new note of "an' ex tremely grave character" handed the Oreck government bv Vice-Adiniral Knur-nut, commanding the entente fleet, causing King Con-tantine to re turn hurriedly lu the capital. Coincident with this, the landing from entente warships of more than 1000 bluejackets who have occupied the railroad stalions at Athens and Piraeus and various public buildings, is reported, together witJ.i the summoning- of an urgent cabinet council. Kntli-c Xnvy Seized. The entente allies have taken over the Greek battleships Kilkis (former ly the United States battleship Idaho), the Lcnmos (formerly the Missis sippi) ami the Aver-off, says Hunter' Athens correspondent. Allied crews were pnt on lion rd Ihe battleships, the correspondent says, mid Ihe Greek crews were landed and seal to Athens. On October 11, Ihe nllies tookover ihe entire Greek fleet except the Kil kis, I.umuos and Averoff. This meas ure, it was explained unofficially, was intended to insure the safety of the tllicd fleet, as fears had been arous ed of a disturbance at points where ihe war vessels of the allies were ini- horcd. Concerning- the fighting in Greek Macedonia. Paris reports the repulse by the Serbians of a Iliilgiiiiiin coiin- ter-altack in the t'erna river region. southwest of .Monaslir, and consider able artillery activity. Only patrol uclivily has developed in Ihe Struma sector.. Heavy fighting continues on the Soninie front, in uorllicrn Prance. r'rench troops last night again took the offensive north of the river and pushed their way farther into the vil lage of Sailly-Saillisel. on (lie Pcr- onnc-Mupaumu road, capturing- an other group of houses and repulsing a German couuler-attack, according to Paris. On (ialician I'lont. In Galicia, southeast of llaliez, the Austro-Geminn forces have begun heavy nllacks on the Ifussian lines. Petrograd makes this announcement. instancing Ihe launching of assaults in the district north of Korytui.a and in the vicinity of P.olshovlsc. five miles north of llaliez, after intense irtillcry lire. The fighting- apparent ly still is in progress here. The strong offensive opened by Teutonic troops near the junction of Ihe borders of Ituinania, Transylvania and llnkowina has so far been fruit less, according to the Petrograd of ficial bulletin which records the re pulse by the Iiu--mns of all attacks. Itucharcst reports that Austro-Gcr- mnn attacks in Transylvania have been repulsed by the ltiimanians. The Rumanians are holding their ositions west of the frontier. KtLssUins Defented. lierlin reports that the Russians have suffered a heavy defeat iu Oiil icia. Repeated attacks were repulsed (Continued on page six) HOOD RIVER FACES HOOD KlVKIl, Or.. O.-t. 17. The most acute labor shortage in the hi--tory of the flood River apple di-trict re-ulted today in the circulation of a petition by grower among local bus iness hou-es asking that as many of their clerk- a- possible be allowed to! take part in the apple harvest. Kilmer- have also a-ked that the Hood Kiver high school be elo-ed in order that Ihe students may help pick apples. GREEK CAPITA RECENT BATTLES E BLOODIEST YET Tremendous Assaults Launched by Allies Fail to Break German Lines Despite Hall of Steel, Positions Not Reduced So They Can Be Stormed Loss of Life Staggering. liKRl.lN, Oct. 17. 'Detailed re ports about recent lighting on the Soiume front show distinctly that the attacks between October it and Octo ber 111 are to lie reckoned among the greatest actions in the whole Soinuie battle," savs the Overseas News agency. "The objectives of these great French and I.ritish efforts were ,iia paume ami Pennine. Moreover, nu merous hostile attacks of violence were directed against the front from Courcelctte to St. Pierre Vaast wood, north of the Somine and between r'resncs and Mazancouit, and against Chaiilues, south of the river. Of these engagements, those north of the Soninie were most severe. "On October !. 10 "ml 11 Ihe main centers of combat were north of Thicpval, north of Courcelctte, near Sailly-Saillisel, and in Hie vicinity of the St. Pierre Vaast wood. On Octo ber 12 a great and well co-ordinated attack was launched over the whole front from Courcelctte to Iiouchav esncs." Speaking of the attacks on October 12, the news agency says: Artillery Onslnuglit. ''The defenders of the Sonnne front had thought it impossible that the vio lence of the artillery fire in the grcnl attack early in October could he ex ceeded, hut nevertheless even this was surpassed. In spile of the terrific hail of iron, the llrilish and French did not succeed iu reducing Ihe Ger man positions lo such an extenl that they could be stormed, French and Mritish infantry iu compact waves charges were made, all failing- eoni- wcre speedily brought lo a standstill by the German curtain of fire. Notwithstanding their heavy losses, they attempted one attack af ter another. Near Snillv-Saillisel six barges were mad, all failing com pletely, with the heaviest losses for the enemy. German infantry left their shelters and. standing in the open, shot down Ihe enemy columns with rifles uiid machine guns." The effect of the German fire on the French and llrilish, tin- news. ngeney says, was simply shocking. The necount continues: Itffect Shocking. "The Germans had not lost their energy and will, notwithstanding days of heaviest shelling, lack of sleep and the impossibility of obtaining' suffi- ienl food on necount of the interrup tion of conmiuuicutioits. The enemy displayed remarkable tenacity, but more remarkable was the bravery id' the Germans, who mil ottlv had to de fend positions against superior num bers, but were culled on to make counter-attacks and expel the enemy wherever he succeeded in gaining a foothold in the German line." Whole columns of French and lirit- ish were literally mowed down by the German fire, Hie news agenev savs, the places where the fighting was fieriest, especially before Ihe French troops. Prisoners speak of the attack as 'hell on the Somme' and useless slaughter. The tragedy of the Sonnne seems near a climax." SlniARD OIL REFUSES r E BAY ON NIC. X. .1.. Oct. 17 The de mands of the striking Standard Oil employes were again refused today -.vhen a committee representing the strikers conferred with George llen ncssy, superintendent of the Standard O'l company'! nia'n plant. The eom miitee was appointed yesterday as the lesnlt of a mass meeting arranged by the city authorities. Superintendent Hennery informed the comniittco, it was reported, that he would deal with them when they dropped their wage demands. He fcnid the company wa ready to grant or arbitrate the other demands re garding working conditions and re arrangement of hours. ALONG SOMM IB EMPLOYES AN WHY I AM FOR WILSON liv llAliIJ Y (iAUKl KL1) (President of W'illi.iin.s (illeo;e ami smi ol' former president.) UI have decided to support Mr. 'Wilson. His char acter its a man, his sympathetic understanding of the problems of the day, his record in office, his unusual ability, pre-eminently displayed in nieetino- and deal ing with the three great emergencies of his adminis tration, and the importance of maintaining tin unin terrupted policy ttt this juncture in world affairs, lead me to believe that the best interests of our' eounlry will he served in keeping the present administration and its party in office for the present. Permit me to atld that Ihe sectional issue, raised by some of out- republican leaders, is repugnant to the American spirit and the welfare of our institutions. Under the circumstances it offends the sense of fair dealing with political opponents, it tends to arouse old fires of passion, and, if successful, will disunite a people now united and incidentally destroy the 'party that fosters so calamitous an issue. PRICE OF WHEAT CHICAGO, Oct. 17. Wheat prices made an excited leap upward today of 7&c a bushul n the result of the stampede to buy. It was said export transactions amounted to 2,500,000 bushclB and that the Ilritlsh govern ment appeared to be making every effort to choapen the cost of handling American wheat notiibly In the dl roctfon of cutting down freight rules on the Atlantic. PORTLAND, Oct. t". Wheat prices broke all records on the local market today, spot bids advancing from two to four cents per bushel. Spot blucsteni bids wore quoted nt $1.41 as against fltl'ie a year ago. five thousand hushols of November bluestcm were sold at $1.42, a record lor the present year. POHTI.ANI), Oct. 17. -He'tauso of the sharp advance In whoat prlcos, the price of flour will be increased, here either 20 rents or 40 cunts a barrel tomorrow morning, millers an nounced today. A 20-cent advance would place putents at $7.20 tier bar rel, equaling the record of February 0. 191."), while a 40-cent advance would break all records. XKW YOliK, Oct. 17. Four llclg- ians anil one man claiming to be an American were removed from the Holland-American liner liyudaiu by llritisii aiilhorilics at 'Kirkwall and Kahnouth, according lo officers of the ship on her arrival here today from K'.dterdani. The American nns-emrer was Krnest Vouic.'. I'asport iricu larilies were alleged hv the llritisli. Wireless advice- that submarines had been active near the American coast were received by t'apliiiii Krol of the Ityudutn soon after leaving l-'al-mouth and at ni'jht all lights were kept burning, iiiclmliun name and na tionality in clcclric letters- three feet high nlona the rail on each side of the vessel. Xothing wa- ,-ihlcd, the ofticcr reportcd. BKKMN, Oct. 17. ntimanlan troops in TranRylvania are makin-; a stand In the frontier passes againH the Teutonic armies, German head quarters announced today. No notable change In the situation Is reported In the statement, whl'h follows: "The Rumanian" are offering re sistance on the toads through the parses on the eat-tern front I (Trans ylvania). South and west of Kron stadt the position generally Is un changed. "South of Donia-Walra (Southern Carpathians) our troops won some heights east of the Nt-gra stream." nmiiii TARIFF HUGHES' Tf .MITCIIKI.I,, S. I).. Oct. 17. -('has. I'.vans Hughes Inday assailed Ihe ad ministration for Ihe I'ndcnvood tariff, which he declared lo be inadcipiale for the agricultural interests of the nation. Mr. Hughes spoke before a crowd of farmers, many of whom had come from miles around lo hear him in the corn palace here. "Our opponents reaffirm in. their platform Ihe principle of tariff for revenue only and indorse the I'ndcr wood net," Mr. Hughes snid. The nominee read the democratic platform plank in this connection, (pioting- the phrase applying lo the tariff as "pro viding sufficient revenue for econom ical ndininistralion." "Xow, let ns look at Ihe figures I of imports and' of revenue," Mr. Hughes continued. "Iu the fiscal vein- ending June ilh, llli:i, under Ihe I'ayne-Aldiii h tariff, our imports were .tl,K(MI,llllll,(lllll and our tariff revenue was $:I1II,II(I0,IIIMI in the fis cal year ending June 110, llllti, Under Ihe I'liilei-wooil tariff nnr imports hud increased lo $'J,1!I7,IM1II.(MI(I, hut our tariff revenues had fallen lo .f'JI-IM!0,MI(l. "Think of thai ! A vast increase in imports and a vas( decrease in rev enue. Our opponents furnished neither i nomical adiuinislralton nor revenue for the economical adminis tration. "Wc must bine atlctpiuic g-ovcrn-mcntal policies for maintaining- con trol and insuring the advantage of our own uiarkcls. Wc inu-t have protec tion of American agricullura! inlcr csls. Otherwise, our plans of depart uiciifal regulation will be mere bar ren forms." STEAMER TRUST 10 T NORT HKATTLK, Oct. 1 7. Thu Shuttle Times says tliiit Ij, C". Oilman, presi dcnl of the Crcat Xortltern I'm-ific Steamship coin ny, arrived in St. Paul today to Htihmit to the direttoiK of hin company the offer of the AUik k a Ktea ins h i t co m pa ny to b u y th e passenRer liners. Great Northern and Northern Pacific. The hid wrh given to President Oilman In Portland by It. W. Itaxter, general manager of the Alaska Steamship company, w hich le Hlres to use the boats in PmhoI Sotind- California service. POKTLAND. U,, Oct. IT. Ten ; million feet of lumber will be ex ported to foreign parts from Port land and other lower Columbia points j during the next week or two. accord ing lo the announef nieiitH of lumber nii: here today. Tnj? is the most extensive olMiore lu.'iber trade recorded here In many months. The shipments Include Vitio.noo r,!,'t I" t' l'nited King dom, 2.rpHi(Ofto to Halboa and 4 .MOO,-' ou feet to Hawaii and Australia. GREAT INTERESTS PROSPERITY OF ING CHANGE Shall Foreign Policy Be Changed? If So, How? Asks Lahur Advocate Who Wants a Change? The Far mer, Toiler, Lover of His Country or Interests Seeking More Money? BY CLAHKNTG DAK now CHICAGO, Oct. 17 President Wil son has shown u broad and deep sym pathy for his fellow man. lie Is hu man. He talks less of markets than of men. Trade and industry are not his first concern. With Hughes, we hear about the tariff, about business, about the strict rules of law, about an Inundation of foreign "goods. Iu short, about money and his desire to save the country by being elected presi dent. Few men iu hUh places have evor been moved by such sympathies s Wilson, and at the same time had the wide vision, historical knowledge and good judgment to know what could be accomplished. What Change Impends? If Hughes Is to bu electet there should be some reason for present dissatisfaction and some hope in a change. Shall Mr. Wilson's foreign policy be changed? If so, how? It is dishonest for Mr. Hughes or Mr. Itoosevelt to criticise Wilson's policy without showing what they would do. They dare not announce a policy of their own different rrom the one that Mr. Wilson has followed with rare patience, fine Judgment and self-control. Would Mi. Koosevelt use his big stick on Germany, or England, or Mexico, or all of these nt once? Those who are to furnish the blood and treasure ought to know. lias the interference with a letter, or oven the sinking of a ship, been grave enough to make us plunge deliberately lulo the red maelstrom? Ho our men and women believe they should furnish the life and treasure for this mad carnage War Advocates, All who want war are against Wil son. War on whom and how much? With U. S. stock selling a third higher than in all Its history, with this com pany earning more than r0 per cent on the common Htock for the current year, shall we give them more? Are we to take a greater tribute from the consumer for the steel trust and other trusts, whose stocks are now soaring at the mero hope of Hughes and a wild carnival of greed? Do we want more tariff on steel? Do wo want more on woolen goods? Do wc want more on sugar? If we do not want more on these, on what? Pray, what do we want? Does the working man or the farmer want a higher tariff In this carnival are they to be the sheiirers, or the sheep? After-. he-War Conditions, If we are to be Inundated with goods after the war, I want to he present at the Inundation, for I can use the goods. Hut why should we, in our strength and greatness( borrow trouble over the competition of our afflicted fellow men? Wages will be higher in Kurope than ever after the war. Wages are regulated bthe law of supply and demand, lu Kurope, 1 after the war, there will be more work to do and fewer to do it. Immi gration will turn the other way to i build up her ruined cities and her blood soaked land. Is Mr. Hughes against an eight- hour day? He says not. He Is only (Continued on page three) PRESIDENT OFF FOR I.ONti I'.IJANl ll. X. .1.. (i, t. 17. -I'll idem Wilson will leave here to nionovv ut II a. in. for ( hiciigo, where on Thiir-diiv be will -peak I three times, lie plan- to return here ai iniouigui r riiiay. I lie iirt .loiiincv will be made by way o Alio. uy and Itoffalo. and the return trip liv way o' Pittsburg. Mr-. Wil and Sccic-! tary Tumulty will accompany him. Thi- will lie the president's third Irip into the middle m-t since thi' campaign started. He has one mori on bis speaking program - to Cincin nati ou ictnbcr oj. SEEK SAYS DARROW NATION DUETO IGULTURE President of National Farmers' Con gress Asserts That American Far mer Has Never Seen So General or Widespread a Period of Agricul tural Prosperity. INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. J7 I'ros icrit, ircmrcilncss unil conditions ncluilimr the Ailunison cinlit-liour lnw, were union; tlic subjects discussed by II. K. Storkbriilsic of Atlanta. On., president of tlic Kiinners' Xiitionnl congress, ut tlic oH'iiin session of the thirt.v-si.xtli unniinl meeting here todny. In pint he suid: "The Amcriciin fnriner bus never seen so j;cnernl or widespread a per iod of agricultural prosperity as that of the present year. TIioukIi the far mer may still fail to receive his fair share of the consumer's dollar, the milli producers of New York, the wheat growers of .Minnesota, the hojr raisers of the corn belt and the cot ton fironers of the south are too busy count in.!.' profits to w orry much Over the oilier fact. Cause of Prosperity. ''We are told by misinformed par tics that the farmer is a mere inci dental beneficiary from the fti'm'rnl prosperity resulting from the foreifiii war demand for American products, t'lircful study, however, shows no justification for such an assertion. "It is primarily the products of our soil which Imvi! miiilc profits for "our merchants und have overburdened our transportation facilities. Those who have arffiicd lo Hie contrary linvc simply mistuUen effect for cause." lie declared that the Kuropean war hud shown that successful wiirfnrc, offensive or defensive, depends ureal- ,' ly on the decree of indiistriul prepar edness, lie continued : ''I'rcparedness.bi'ini,' merely nil other Icriu for efficiency, we come to n consideration of that indispcnsilile form of efficiency iu which we lire most directly interested agricultural prepn redness. Farm .Mnimu,emcilt Kfflcieilt. "The present prosperous condition of American agriculture is the best possible proof of a decree of efficient iuana!cinent on American farms." Referring to the recent railroad strike sit nut ion, ,r. Stockbride said the funnel's must be considered as employers of labor and economically . the farmer is not a lu boring man. "I believe that there is no industrial or commercial disuirrecnient which niay not be eipiitiihly settled by arbi tralion. 1 believe that provision' for enforced uibitratioii should be made for such disputes us cannot be adju dicated by mutual agreement. 1 urge this body to nicmoi'aliM' Ihe federal congress to enact laws toward this end, with provision for eliminating the objectionable delays allowed un der the similar law of I'linuda." liNDON, (Id. 7. According to the Vossischc Zrilnng, says a Uculer dispatch from Amsterdam today, the commander of the second (ionium army corps ha- forbidden the publica tion of the I'oinmcr-chc Tagespost for printing an article entitled, "ltcstmc tion of the itrcmcn," the (jcrman com mercial submarine. After thi' article appeared the iicw-pnper received a warning for violating the censorship regulations. It is now e-lablished, it is added. t Ii ii t the new- of the destruction of the lo'cmim was incorrect. XKW YOltK. Oct. 17. The new suiier-dreailnaiiKlit Ari.-.onH. nullt nt the Xew York navy yard, will bo placed In cnmmisidon there this after noon with the customary ceremonies. Sl;p. will he commanded by Captain John 1). McDoiihIiI. formerly chief of Btntf to Hoar A 'I in I in I Kletclicr. llor main armament consiHtH of lj-luch Riinj In four turrem. She 1 (108 teet long and displaces 31,iUU tons. AGR
