University Of Orcnon
I it'.riiry
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FORECAST
Kuir tonight tuid tomor
row. Uglit frost tonight.
BUNE
WEATHER
Maxim urn yot'rilny, 77;
Minimum ItKlii)', iiU.
Forty-sixth Yt'iir.
liully Kl.'V.'nlh Ti-nr.
MEDFORl). ORKdOX. AVKDXKSDAV. ()( TOUKK IS. U)1(i
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LIKE LINCOLN
THAN ANY MAN
OFfRTII
Ids M. Tarlicll, Famous Authority on
the Great Emancipator and Histor
ian of His Time, Draws a Striking
Parallel Between Him and the Pres
identMany Features in Common.
liy 'MllmX I'.liONNT.Ii.
NI'.W YOllK. Oct. 18 "The more I
stiuly Wooilrow Wilson, the inure I
see the pimitlel he-hvi-i-n
him iiiul l.in-i-ohi.
Wilson uiiiki-s
nic think of I,in
eo!n in his intense
Anierieiinisin, i n
his entire devotion
to the wull-briii;r of
the iiveriiqe ltinn of
our country :md
not to imv purtie.
itlur f ii v o r e il
iihl M. Tnihcll.
Thus I tin II. Tiu liell heynn. in her
i-tmlv in the iniiet Ciraineivv 1 "a ik sec
tion, wli-n I iiskeil her whetlier there
renllv wiis. a parallel between Lineoln
imi! any mat! of our time.
Ilraivs t'oiniuii-ison.
Ilnrdly anyiine could jtWe a more
niitlioritalive and iinprrjmlirrd ans
wer lliaii she. The life of Lincoln
limn has been one of her deepest stud
ies. To Lincoln she lias devoted some
of her best ami most famous books.
".Mont presidents," said Miss Tar
licll. "no matter how peaceful their
times, have, serious, problyms, . and
most of Ihem are inclined to think that
no president since Lincoln has had
suck troubles. In the (.,,e f Wilson
the, parallel has more to rest on.
"Moth men had a pretty clear is
sue that they kept to the front. With
Lincoln the main idea was the preser
vation of the I'liinn. Wilson is seek
ing to keep the peace, with honor.
"Wilson makes up his mind what his
object is: he sticks to it, and you can't
fii-l him avvny. That was Lincoln. Hi
st tick to. his object like n dog to a
bone.
.Slow to Decision.
"Wilson, like Lincoln, doesn't make
up his niiiul rpiickly, or without deep
tliniijilit. A decision with him is not
ii mailer of impulse. Wilson takes his
time. He jrets all the facts. He weighs
tlicni, drawsj his conclusion anil then
lianas on that. Anil while he does
this bis mind is open to new facts.
"He lias no pride of opinion. His
mies accuse him of shifting his
position. An intelligent, honest num.
"lien in a po-ition where the facts
shift, must chan-jc bis position. Otb
erwise he would be doamatic.
''Lincoln, too, used to he accu-cd of
shirting his position, but lie replied
thai whenever hi- was convinced his
view was wrong he would change. It
was the true view he was after.
"I think there have been lew ocens.
ions in our history in which intelli
gence called more urgently to a man
to shift his position that in Wil-on's
case. And this was so because tor u
long time every morning he was con
fronted by a new set of facts in a new
set of circumstances.
Trying to I'l-eserve Pence.
''Lincoln used to ny before the war
Hint the dispute about slavery should
be settled by ballots and not bullets,
so Wilson's position is that in a civ
ilized world rca-onablc processes and
not bullets should settle disputes.
"Wilson, amid a world in anus, has
been trying to preserve the little body
of international law that the world
had worked out. He has prevented
the world from stepping back entirely
(Continued on page two.)
U. S. 10 CARE FOR
ATHENS, Oft. 17, via London, -tober
18. On the initiative of tin
central empire's Wa-htnuton been
ji-ked to iH'tniit tin American legation
here to take charge of Au-trian. Itul
L'aruin and Turki-h interc-t in cne
i.l h declaration or' iv:ir Iiv ftteece nr
jher complication-. ! Vrmiinn ha-
-7 d
REGENT STREET
RUINED BY RAID
OF ZEPPELINS
Berlin Reports That Raid of Septem
ber 23 Upon London Destroyed
More Than Ten Million Dollars'
Worth of Properly, Killed 400 Sol
diers and Inflicted Great Loss.
I'.L'III.IN, Oct. IS.-Kycwituesscs of
the Zeppelin raid on England on Sep
tember report, according to tile
Overseas News agency, that bombs
hit the (iiimsby barracks, killing
more than lull soldiers, and that about
sixty men were killed on board a
cruiser which was hit by a bomb. It
is said that Itcgeiit street, London,
was for the most part laid in ruins.
1 Ten .Millions damage.
"Kye-witnesses state that more
than Hit) buildings were badly dam
aged, some of them being completely
wrecked," says the news agency. The
damage is estimated at more than
C2,0(I0.0U0. Kegent street, London,
which is the main artery of com
merce, was for the most part laid in
rains. In a southern suburb of Lon
don an ammunition factory was hloun
up.
"In Liverpool a bridge and tracks
were damaged so badly that it will be
impossible to use thein for a long
time. Several benzol tanks near the
Thames were damaged.
"The Orim-by barracks were hit
and more than -10(1 soldiers were kill
ed. A cruiser with four funnels,
which was anchored in the Iluinber
was bit by a bomb and about sixty
men were killed. Two other warships
were badly damaged. At Hull some
buildings were damaged so badly that
only the walls remained. , . . ,,
Jiainnge at Leeds.
"(Ii'eat damage was inflicted on
anuuuaition factories nml railroad
stations at Leeds. An alcohol fac
tory and other buildings at Ports
mouth were struck, twelve cars load
ed with horses were destroyed, a dock
was damaged and railroad car- were
blown up."
The news agency gives a quotation
attributed to a London newspaper in
which the theory is advanced that the
pui'iM'sc. hf the Zeppelin attacks is not
the killing of women and children, but
the curtailment of the production of
ammunition by causing the supeusion
of work in ammunition factories after
waruings of Zeppelin raids have been
given, rather than by the destruction
of the lactones. The news agency
says tin- newspaper stated thousands
of working hours were lost in one
week, and continues :
"(lerman papers compare these re
sults with the affirmations of British
papers that the air attacks caused no
damage. They point out the fact that
the liriti-h government blocked the
(-allies of the Hearst International
N'ews Service because it sent out 'in
correct reports to New York about the
successes of (Jeniinu airship-.' "
lliitWi Itt'iMirt a Denial.
The official ltriti-b air account of
the Zeppelin attack on the night of
Sepl ember issued the following
night, said no reports bad been receiv
ed of any military damage, it was
said a considerable number of -mall
dwelling houses and shops, two fac
tories, a railway station and some
empty railway trucks were destroyed
or damaged, and that thirty persons
were killed and 111) wounded.
GIANT ZEPPELIN BROUGHT DOWN BY BRITISH AIRMEN
ni '
The pittuiv shows plainly the Mmctuiv of thee glnnl of the air
Meel f 1 -Milieu ork with the hnie In the ha kgmnjid. The Z'p juM missed
Lord Major at A public evbibitiun. .No charge ia uuide, but sltfht-frecin
RUINS CHECK
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Bucharest Reports Resumption of Of
fensive and Pushing of Falken
Itayn's Armies Back Rain Inter
feres With Fighting Along Somme
Deadlock Along Russian Front.
LONDON, Oct. 1H. -Official an
nouncements today from the entente,
side report an effective stand by the
Uuiuanians against (Icueral Von l-'al-kenhnvu's
armies along the Trausvl-
vanian bonier and the sanguinary re-
pulse liy tile l-rencli ol heavy tu-riiiim
assaults (in the new French positions
in Sailly-Sailliscl, on the Solium
front. The approach of the cold season is
accompanied by no diminution in ac
tivity in most of the Kuropean battle
areas. In some of thein, indeed, the
efforts of the belligerents apparently
are being redoubled. This seems not
ably true along the eastern front from
YulliYiiia to itiuuauia, whence contin
uous fighting is reported, with a vir
tual deadlock the re-ull so far.
Ki-ivc licpoltcd Chocked.
I-'urthei- south, the attempt of the
central powers to drive a wedge be
tween the Ktissinus and liiuuauians
near Doina Watra. in the southern
Carpathians, is in an uncertain stage.
Lerlin has reported the capture of
some heights, hut l'etrograd claims
tlio repulse of nil the Teutonic at
tacks. Temporarily, at least, the tide of
battle apparently has changed along
the Transylvanian luii-dcr. llerlin has
conceded the stiffening of the Kiiman
ian resistance along this front, and
llucliarest advices today declare that
King Ferdinand's troops, arc milking
a successful stand at one point at
least, in the l'redcal region south of
Kroiistadt, where they are pushing
(leneral Von l-'alkcnbayn's armies
back. Kroiu the Kmuanian viewpoint
all the military news is reassuring, it
is declared.
Russian troops in force are report
ed helping the Ktimnninus to defend
the passes from Traii-ylvania into
their territory.
On Somme l-'ltuit.
On the Somme front Herman at
tacks were delivered against the
rrench line both north and south ot I
the Soninic. Three assaults bv tb
1 DRV
RANSYLVAN A
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Oermaiis upon the French in Kailly- Knpids, where In- will speak tonight,
Saillisel are declared by Tans toll for his deparinre early tomorn.w
have he'n repaired with heavy losses ! morning l'r other Mifhi'jan cities ;uid
to the Geinian. who also were re- j YiumjiMowii. (.. where he will make
nelled nt'ter thev had ained n tnolhi" ' lh last speech id' hi- third tomorrou .
in a Kreiieh first line trench in Hern-yen-Sjinterre,
south of the river.
On the Iiritih front, in the Somme
region, progress by Ceiiera) Hair's
forces between the Albert I'apauiue
road and Kesboeufs i reported, de
spite the prevalence of rainv weather.
"Itain fell heavilv dnriinj the ni-hl ."!
-ays today's official report from thej'd' his car and .-Unk hamU with a
front in France. '"Notwithstanding ! "imnber of adtniiei-.
this, we made process at "various! Thu train left for Niles, Mich., at
points between the AHiert-Ibipnume ! :" l-
road and Les Koeuf-. We have taken
some prisoner."
ROOSEVELT SPEAKING i
AT KENTUCKY TOWNS I 1nMK, ,,. ls. , ,,
LOL'ISVILI.K, Ky.t Oct. 1 S. Theo-I Mount Pasubi... in the Trent ino. v.
dore Ftoosevell came to Kentucky to-'terdav broke the !a-t A it-t'io-1 1 .in -day.
Hear platform addresses airman lines of lv-i-unce in l!ie ic-jou
14 eastern Kentucky towns w ith t between Co-ina-ji and l.'t.ile. sv-
the principal speer h this evening at a
'Louisville park, were on the day'H
'program.
SPECULATlONiSRIFEOVERGERARDSRETURN HUGHES ELECTION POLLS INDICATE
rfe--E IMPERILS PEACE MINNESOTA FOR
fEH SAYS mm WILSON 40,000
y- t i-'?vrv Alleging Domination of Wall Street in
ftS Xsl Republican Campaign of Candcm-
frLt ft yf. iJ'S JSv nation and Praising Reforms of
E If Administration, Secretary of the
I ' t ff t El ' N it"jLXS Treasury Speaks at Chicago.
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JAS V CrEEARp -- -Sh.
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The in rival of James V. (iei aid. f
and Mrs. (ieral'll, shown here, has liegun seelllatioll as to the reasons for
Ills departure from (ieriniiny. (.'erald has denied he licars any peace ovcr
tllles. The liiMpiel Mrs. (icranl is shown rallying was pieseuleil to her
l-y a reception eoiiiiniiiee of piiiiiihii-nt city, slate and national olllcials.
I
t'lllCACO, Oel. 18 Charles '
Hughes spent virlnallv tin entire day
en route Jicnn Sioux ilv, lit., 1 i
puints in Michigan, wlieiv he will
speak late (inlay anl ttinilil. f
Mr. Muj-lu's' I'iisl -pcec-li til' tlie day,
n I'eai'-plat t'nrm address, was down
on the program t'r Nile-, where he
will remain liltrni iiiiiiiitc. Me i
due ti reach Kaliiiaain at -I p. m.,
and to remain tin-re an hmir and a
hall". His program calls i'ov his ar-
Irival .-.htirtly hi'I'uic 7 o'eltn-k al (irand
Charles , Ihu'Jics was greeted by
il number of republican leaders and
a crowd of several hundred when he
!nrrived in Cliica-o ,i 11 ::S() a. in. Ite
' fore (he (rain was switched to an
! eastern railroad preparatory to -tail-!
inir on the trip HnoicJi .Michigan, .Mr.
Hughes appeared on the rear plat form
! ITALIANS BREAK AUSTRIAN
I
LINES IN THE TRENTINO
i the Italian fd'lt'ial -laleicent
i-ued
j today, and -torimd 'he Au-triai
north of the miuhhii ot 'Casfdn
me,
IN RAID OVER ESSEX IN SEPTEMBER. THE CREW BEING KILLED IN
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and nn Idea of the innminnth promrt ions nt a 'Zeppelin Mill W gained by coiiimri.-oii of the ure kr! monster'
striking the cotljtge In its ! t Ii plunge. HHP' of the (innwin air-hip are heing shown to Ixnidnners by the
are Invited to Uivp coins in collection bo.vs for (ho benefit of tlie Red t'ros society and Kitchner memorial fund.
oiled states ainliassiiilor to lierlln,
I
1
,HmLK, Uta., Oct. 1 S. Reaching
a inaxinium velocity of 110 miles an
hour, the tropical hurricane pausing
inland from the (Jiilf of .Mexico early
today, swept over .Mobile with ter-
j rifle force ranin for about two
I hours before, it tie-ian to subside. Not
I wil hstandini; the forco of the wind.
the damage done In .Alobile proper
was est im a led at not exceeding a
Tow thousand dollars.
One life was lost, a nero woman
killed by a live wire. There were no
other reports of casualties in this
city.
C AIA'KSTO.V. Tex.. Oct. I X. All
danger that this place would feel any
serious effects of the tropical dis
turbance Is believerl to have, passed.
XKW OKI. KAN'S. La., Oct. IS.
An east to Miulhcnst unle was hlow-
I inji U'.t miles an Immii at Fort Morgan,
Ala., at the entrance to .Mobile Hay
! at i;: !." this mornin. aecordliiK to
(a radio niessaue receivt'ti hnre.
j The storm st rink Fort Morgan
I altoul -I a. in.
All telei apli and telephone cou
neetioiis between .Mobile and New Or
leans was lost after ! a. m.
1 Kt'forts to reacb Feusacola from
New Orleans tailed aficr S o'clock.
SALKM. Or.. Oct. IS. liev. II. I
''Hlt'J of A Mia ii w a-, elect eel prc-i- j
d Ml o I lie Ol e'.'oii 'aptl-l eo!eiitioil
al the annual inceliji- here today. L'ev.
F. I;. ( le.cnjcr ol I'l iidieton am! liev.
.1. M. V'l
i o I'ortlaiid were elected
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CIIICACO, Oct. IS.- I'raiM- for
I'resiileiil Wilson's diplomatic and
legislative aidiievenients and charge
that "Wall street ha- always ilomin
ated ilie republican party," and that
vietorv for that iiarty next month
would endanger the country's pros
perity were voiced here today by Wil
liam (i. McAdoo, secretary of the
treasury, before a political meeting in
a downtown (heater.
"The American people are licinjj
asked (o put in peril the peace and
prosperity the country is now en.joy
in under 1'ioidcnt WiUou by turning
their "itvernmctit over to the inexpe
ieuccd Mr. Hughes and the ora nixed
band of iiteompatihle elements which
are supporting hiii," said Mr. Me
Adoo.
"For two month- thev have eon
deuined every act of the democratic
administration i" the most unfair and
untruthful manner, but the American
people are still without a detinite an
swer from Mr. Iluuhes to what they
will do with the v.ovei nment if they
Met pos.se-siou of it.
lloosevclt DoiuinaleH.
"Tlie only definite thinu we liavi
had in (he campaign came from Col
onel Itooscvtdt, who said at Ilnttle
Creek, discusiinu: the Lusitnnia: 'You
ask me what I would have done. I
would havu seized every interned (ler
"man ship."
Al r. McAdoo then (pmlcd (iermaiiy's
declaration of war on Portugal In1
cause of seizures of (icrman ships bv
that eouid ry, and added :
I "Mr. oo.-evells action would havi
j resulted in war he! ween the l'nite
j Slides ami ( lei ninny, and now come
t M r. 1 1 ml; lies ami nilmits, as far as h
lis ever ilefiuile, his accord with the
bellicose a 1 1 ilude of M r. Woosi'vtdt,
This is shown by his reply at Louis
ville to the oiicstion us to what hi
, won Id have done in tlie Liisitaniu ease
I lie said in substance that he would
have threatened (he kaiser o effect
ivelv that 'the Liisitania would never
have been sunk.' This is characteri
t ill e ji-CMi i nr .mi. 1 1 ui lies acii ii sk-
. : . i i I 1. . ...I .. 1.
: d what he would have done alter the
Liisitania had been sunk. I challenge
him to answer that ip(stioit.
"Who can doubt that if Mr. Ilo-he
is niadeju'esident, Mr. lioosevelt wil
he (lie dominating influence and di
rector of our foreign ami domeslic
! policies
l'resldeiil's Power.
'A president has it in his power b
pliiiiLM' the eoiintrv into war at imv
moment. A single misstep, a rasli a
or blunder on his part is all that i
(necessary. Il does not reipiire eour
'aiie or statesiiniiiship to provoke war.
I Any wildman or blunderer in tlie pres
idential chair can precipitate such a
i calamity."
Tahiti" up domestic affair, Mr.
McAdoo said that the democratic ad-
ministration had inntiyurated the sys
j tein by which the country's money
mild be kept outside of New York.
'He said he believed Mr. Iluuhe if
fleeted, intended to cs.d)li-h a -en-
fContluupa on puce lx
THE A IRSHIP S FALL
4 . :
If Straw Votes Hold Good, Wilson
Will Win Gopher State by Landslide
Peace Sentiment and Weakness
of State Ticket Factors, Says
Gardner.
1 i
By (I1LSON GARDNER.
ST. VM., Minn.. Oct. IS. It8 tho
same here as In the Puciflc coast
states. Wilson ls runuinn very
strong how atrong is tho only ques
tion.
Will ho carry Minnesota? Chair
man Wehaton of the democratic statu
committee is almost ready to claim
the state. If he dared to Hay what
he really believes, I know he would
claim it. Hut, in a state which counts
its republican majorities in terms ot
seventy-five to a hundred thousand,
such a claim would sound like an Idle
partisan bluff.
The political situation is nothing
short of remarkable. All the polls
and straw votes taken show such uu
overwhelming Wilson sentiment that
the results are doubted, even by thoso
who take them. Something, they
think, must he wrong. The vote must
represent some local condition or
some passing sentiment. If these
straw votes were taken at their faco
value Minnesota would be for Wilson
by upward of 40.000 majority.
Curried by Roosevelt.
Four years ago Roosevelt carried
Minnisota, polling 1 25,856 votes.
Wilson polled 106,426. TaTt polled
(j4t3:t4, According to the straw votes
recently taken, the Roosevelt vot
now seems split about even between .,
'Wilsun undvIIughe. " ltv MintieapoMn '
and St. Faul, Roosevelt gets rather
more than half. Supposing Wilson .
holds bis democratic votes of four
years ago and gets half of the Roose
velt following, his vote would be 169,
:tr4. Civing Hughes Tuft's vote and
half the Roosevelt vote, Hughes
would get 127,622. This woiild givu
Wilson a margin of 42,092. This
would mean a Wilson landslide.
Reihaps that is what will happen.
Opposed to this ultra-Wilson show
lug Is the fact that the republicans
are not through with their campaign.
The party Is well organized and has
an ample war chost and there are
still several weeks before election.
The principal reason for the Wil
son sentiment Is :"IIe kept us out ot
war." The peace vote and the labor
vote are unanimously for Wilson.
This part of the country has likewise
had uninterrupted prosperity and tho
voters feel that they are called upon
to choose between a continuation ot
things as they are or a plunge Into
the unknown. They choose things as
they are.
Senatorial Fight.
Hughes will not be helped here by
the republican state ticket. Tho re
publican candidate for United States
senator to succeed Moses Clapp Ir,
Frank H. Kellogg, who for years has
been tlie attorney in the northwest,
for the steel trust. Kellogg was also
special counsel under Roosevelt's ad
ministration in prosecuting the Stand
ard Oil company the prosecution
which lias "dissolved" the trust and
"reduced" the price of oil and tho
profits of John l. ! Kellogg is a good
talker and is making a hard cam
paign, but be is finding It uphill
work. The democratic candidate for
senator Is Dan W. Lawler, a well
known St. I'aul attorney and ono ot
the best spellbinders In the stato.
The present governor, J. A. A,
(Continued on pagilx)
STATE iLHIA
STILL IN SERVICE
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