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MEDFOrtD. OREGON. THTlfSDAY. OCTOUKIJ 19. 191(1
NO. 180
CHICAGO GIVES
I
Wilson Speaks Upon Need of Pro
gressiveness in Nation Dam Prog
ress and It Breaks the Bounds
Object Is to Improve Society
Streets Jammed With Crowds.
CHICAGO, Oct. 19. President
Wilson has it busy twelve hours he
lore him uu t lie occasion of his visit
to Chicago tuduy. II is expected to
murk a high point in the local demo
cratic campaign l'or re-election.
Arriving in tilt city shortly before
noon, his first engagement takes him
In the Press club, where he is to be
the guest of honor at a luneheon. In
the altemooii lie is to address a meet
ing of the Non-Partisan Women's
league, presided over by Mrs, Flagg
Young, fonner superintendent of Chi
cago public sehools.
The president's principal address
of the day is to be delivered tonight
before the new Citizens' Allegiance
league at the pavilion in the Cnton
stock yards, after which lie is to de
part for Shadow Lawn.
Ovation for President.
From the hotel, where Hie president
tarried but a few moments, he was
taken to the Press club for luncheon,
and tile first address of his visit in
I he city.
The streets along the way to the
club were literally packed with spec
tators ii ml windows high up in the
skyscrapers were filled. A srpind of
mounted police preceded the presi
dent's automobile. Cheering was con
tinuous. Kvory where the crowd surg
ed toward the president and at every
hall the crowd tried to reach him to
shake h;i:ids.-
Speaking before the Press club of
Chicago here today, President Wilson
deelaved he regarded the campaign
ns "a great interruption to the ra
lioiial performance of public busi
ii ess.
Need of Pi-ogress.
The president said some peoph
when asked what the campaign is all
about replv thev want to stop "all
this progresMveness.
He said he could not understand
this attitude, because progress is nut
ural.
I Ic added some people hate to
change their point of view.
' Progressive policies involve
change," he added, "but they ought
not to be resisted unless they involve
deterioration.
"If you want In pet your nock bro
ken try to stop progressivencss. Its
object is to improve society.'
The president said business men
should not resist progressive policies
but should try to guide them. II
said no matter how (he people vote on
November 7 they should be progres
sive.
America Only Item.
''(let aboard," he invited. "I some
limes think some men do not get
aboard because they cannot guide it."
"America is not the only item in
the reckoning," he said.
Do not dam the thmd ot piogres-
siveness too long, or it will break the
bounds."
He spoke of the need of light on
public uestions, saying the object o
the new tariff commission is to throw
light mi the tariff.
"I want to lind a bodv of men ab
solutely fair and non-partisan,'' he
said. He added that he wanted a
(Concluded on page five)
LOS ANGKLKS, Oct. 19. Four
members of the women?' Hughes
campaign party remained here today
for addressed at various educational
Institutions and industrial plant?,
while the major part of the women
went to San Diego. The special ear
will pass through Los Angeles on Its
return from San Diego and proceed
to Phoenix, Ariz., Where addresses
will be made to in o r 10 w . Th e f 0 u r
other member?, headed by Mr.1. Ray
mond Koliins, wilt rpeak tomorrow at
a number of Southern California
towns and rejoin the main pait upon
its return here Saturday morning for
a five hour stop.
RA
OVATION
TO PRESIDENT
BREMEN
I'SLI
CONCEDED BY
Big German Submarine Merchantman
Virtually Admitted Lost by Ranking
Diplomats Vessel Now Month
Overdue Loss Will Not Interfere
With Return of Deutschland.
WASHINGTON, Oet. lit. Los of
the (J em nut submarine merchantman
Hremcn virtually was conceded today
by ranking Teutonic diplomats in po
sition to be familiar with the move
ments of the vessel. The Rrenicn is
now one month overdue.
It was admitted that German offi
ials not only in this country, but in
lierliu, were without information as
to the fate of the Dremen. AH they
knew is that she left for America
from liremerhaven and that she
hould have arrived at an American
port soon after the middle of last
month. It is regarded as doubtful
that accurate information concerning
the fate of the vessel will be avail
able until after the close of the war.
if then.
Another Kxpected.
The disappearance of the Bremen
will not cause abandonment of the
project to send merchant submarines
regularly from Germany to the I'nitcd
States, it was said. There appeared
to be reason to expect that another
submarine sea freighter, either the
Deutschland or some other, would
reach an American port some lime
within the next month.
German officials in Washington do
not believe the firemen could have
fallen into the hands of the British
unless she had some accident to her
machinery. They pointed out that,
unlike naval submarines, merchant
ubmarincs avoid all localities fre
quented by shipping and therefore
are not open to the same risks.
Hope Abandoned.
When the Bremen was a week over
due no anxiety regarding her was felt.
The Deutschland was just a week
overdue when she en me through the
Virginia capes, and the weather con
ditions then were much better than
those which have prevailed during the
last month and a halt. When the ves
sel was two weeks overdue anxiety
was apparent in various Teutonic
quarters, and word of her arrival was
anxiously awaited.
Since then hope that the submarine
might he sate has iiwimneri eaen oay,
ind today she was spoken of ns hav
ing been lost.
PIANI AT BAYONNE
UAYOXXK, X. J., Oft. 1!. The
Standard Oil company ru-openod Its
plant lii're today and several hundred
men returned to work under police
(tuard. These were not strike, but
are employes, who were forced out
when the company closed its doors,
after strikers and sympathizers en
Kajjed in violence, which resulted in
loss of life. There was Utile disorder
today.
With federal conciliation commis
sioners on the ground and the com
pany expressing a willingness to con
sider demands for better wanes If
they resume their places, indications
were today that the controveisj
would be settled shortly.
ILK UP A CENT
NEW YORK CITY
NEW YOKK. Oct. 10. An in
crease of 1 cent a quart in the re
tail price of all grades of milk was
announced today by the Borden's
Milk eompany. As a result of the
apreement, which settled the recent
milk strike here, the distributor are
now paving higher prices to the
dairymen. The Horden company is
one of the largest distributors in
the I'nitcd States, Peglnuing tomor
row, grade A milk will be 12 cents
a fpiart. grade Ht in cent", certified
miifr I cents and buttermilk 1
cents. The milk supply here ha
Beam become normal.
TEUTON ENVOYS
WAR TO LAST
YEAR IN OPINION
OF BATTLE LINE
Officers and Soldiers of British Front
and German Prisoners Agree That
It Is Fight to a Finish Between Man
Power and Resources of Two Foes
Plan to Crush Rumania This Fall
(CopyriKht by Associated Cress I
UKITISH KUO.vr IX KltAXCH,
Oct. 19. The war will last another
yeur, according to the consensus or
opinion anions tho Itrltish soldiers
and their leaders. It Is also the opin
ion of the Germans, If the views of
prisoners count for anything. Before
the grand offensive started a high
authority informed the correspondent
of the Associated I'ress that the Ger
man would not be broken this sum
mer and that slow operations, wear
ing down the Germans, would be In
augurated and would probably last
through another summer. With tho
approach of winter conditions, which
would make military movements dif
ficult, this officer recalled his pre
dictions, and speaking of tho situa
tion today, he said:
'We know what the German re
sources were ami what ours were and
the time required to force a decisive
victory for our arms is a matter of
calculation."
Time Is I'linnRed.
German prisoners taken during the
summer Invariably spoke of peace
being a certainty In the autumn. They
regarded the Sommc thrust as a final
effort of the allies for a decision and
that after It, peace would be made.
Their tone has been entirely different
of late. They recognize that It Is a
fight to a finish between tho man
power and resources of the two foes
and that an ultimate decision will
come from the fearful attrilion on the
western front,, which now will know
no inturjnisslon until the end. The
Germans are delermlned to make
every village on tho western front a
fortress, which will yield only when
reduced to powder by shell fire and
every gully and crater a machine gun
post to secure their defensive against
a critical defeat.
At a period when the wcuther Is
adverse to offensive operations else
where, the Germans are apparently
concentrating every possible man and
gun against Rumania. The view of
tho liritish officers is that the Ger
mans hope to crush Kumania so that
when they have to face a common al
lied Offensive In the spring, they may
not have to defend the immense
length of the Dumauian frontier in
addition to what they have had to. do
fend this summer.
Ciiniacter of Fighting.
It is a universal remark among the
British that never has the morale, of
the prisoners varied more than now.
"You will notice that we arc always
taking prisoners and that the Ger
mans get few of ours." said a' staff
offlccd. "Though small parties of
our jnen are bound to get into hazard
ous positions In tills kind of intricate
operations tit close iiiarters, they die
rather than yield. This shows their
morale and the temper of the situa
tion. Some Germans have never
(Continued on page five.)
El
FiLISS, Oklu., Oct. 1 Kanchnv.-n
from several counties, reinforced by
numerous deputy sheriffs waited at
daybreak today for some sign from
the rainet where it was believed the
men who last nlnht robbed Atchison.
Topeka and Santa Fe Express No.
(0.1, had taken refuge. It was ex-
fpected that the robbers, in the hope
jof liberty, would make a dash and
I precipitate a fight.
1 Perry Norman, express messenger,
was killed by th robbers when he
'showed signs of fight. The express
safe was demolished by an overcha'ge
i oT explosive. Much of the contents
I was destroyed. Humors -a(d the
bandits obtained I"."".
Sir ni'i participated in tho rob
Wry , f la - n i n z the train at a d eo
late spot north of Hllss on the 101
ranch. Their work completed, the
outlaws fled in automobiles.
WHY I AM FOR WILSON
liy IAT11EK lU'K'BAN K
: (Famous Horticultural Scientist.)
I believe President Wilson to
statesman we liave ever had.
Times are too serious to talk in terms of repub
licanism or democracy. When it's America that is at
.stake men have got to vote as Americans. A fool or
a coward would have had the I'nitcd States in all
sorts of trouble. As it is. we are at peace, the country
was never more prosperous, and we have the strength
that comes with honor and integrity of purpose.
SAGINAW. Mieh., Oct. 1.-Chns.
K. Mushes delivered two speeches here
and at I Say City today before audi
ences that paeked the halls where he
spoke. The nominee a-sailcd the ad
ministration for the I'ndcrwood tariff
and the Adanison law and repeated
his denial of the charge that a vote
for him meant a vote for war.
''Men are going abroad in this
land," Mr. Hughes said, "saying that
a vote for me is a vote for war, he
eause I have criticised weakness and
vueillatiou on the pari of the admin
istration, A vote for me is a vote for
permanent penee based on self-respect
and esteem and re-pect of oth
ers. "We have but one desire, and that
is an intense desire to 1:0 along in our
peaceful pursuits, promoting our
prosperity upon which we can build
a strueture of social .justiee. Kvery
one desires peace. No one more than
I why, 1 have devoted ull my life to
the institutions of.pvuce, institutions
fnat deal with a peaceful settlement of
ontroversies.
"Hut in this world vou have got to
maintain not only your security by
proper preparation against every
emergency, but you have got to main
tain your security bv winning the con
fidence and esteem of other nations
We cannot do that if w.e do not main
tain the dignity of our own citizen
ship.
"If
want to know the Xv
things ought not to be done, look at
the way in which they were done in
Mexico. That, to inv mind, is an il
lustration that stands out in bold re
lief of the policies of this adminis
tration. 1l was meddling with mat
ters that did not concern us. It was
a. failure to maintain American
rights.''
126 SHIPS SUNK
BY DE LA PERRIERE
OF U-BOAT 35
IJKUI.IN, Oct. 1!. The order of
Pour he Merlte has been awarded
Lieutenant Commander Arnauld de
liU Perriere. commander of the sub
marine !.-;." for his achievements
in sinking I'M vessels, totalling 327,
000 tons.
Among, the ess.-sl destroyed by the
l."-:;.' were one French and one Kng
lish small cruiser. While assigned
to the Mediterranean command Per
riere sank a number of loaded trans
ports, munition supply ships and 11
armed merchantmen. He Is credited
with fighting 17 battles and In voyage
destroyed rn.nno tons of shipping and
brought home four cannon as prizes.
The t-:i:
last June.
visited Cartagena, ripain.
The arrived In Cartagena on
June 21. It was later officially an
nounced that the submarine carried
an autograph letter from Kmperor
William to King Alfonso of Spain and
medical supplies for interned Mer
man. News dispatches from Spain
aid that f'ommandi r de La Perriere
had stated while in t hat country that
he had sunk r.n ships Including the
Frem h liner, La Provence.
Villa Captures San Andres
CHIHCAGCA CITY, Mexico. Oct.
1ft. FranciMn Villa and a part of jn Wu.d .. dedicated here to.
his bandit command took posesslon of ' j v J,,flc- ol New Mexico,
the mining town of San Andres, sr.. ,;.;;.,( l',rI'(..(.M,Jltlve of Pre-iden!
miles west of here jeUeiduy. ift4U IWuSoti.
iTcalest
ILi
LONDON, (let. Mopiic the un
settled conditions in (jr,.rc0, which
apparently have militated again-i a
determined pushing of the entente
operations on the Macedonian front,
fresh and successful attack- by
French and Serliiun troops are re
ported. Paris announces 11 Serbian victory
in the Cerna river region southeast of
Monastir, where the town of I trod,
within the bend of I he I 'emu, is de
el 11 red again to have been wrested
from the Bulgarians, who recently re
captured it. A delayed report from
Sofia announced that Serbian attacks
in the Cerna sector had failed of suc
cess .
Interest attaches to possible devel
opments in the Vardar region, in the
center of the Macedonian front,
where little but artillery activity has
been reported during the vigorous op
erations on either flank. Lus( night's
announcement from Paris that hostile
trenches west of the Vardar had
been penetrated (on depth of u quar
ter of a mile in 1111 attack by French
troops indicates the- possibility that
entente offensive m force is to be
it.x,L.ndcd to this important sc.
tlou of
the front
lies alout
The line of advance here
the railway line toward
I skiip.
In nnrsuini; their closing operations
on Pennine, the French on the Sommc
front are continuing their recently re
newed pressure southwest of th
town between Ibnchcs ami La Maison-
I'tte, on the opposite bank of the river.
They carried the entire (iernian first
line in this sector yesterday and not
only successfully withstood several
umler-attacks, but e.vteuded Iheir
gains, the Paris war office reports.
CUNARD LINER
SUNK BY
INE
E
NKW YOKK. Oct. !!!. The Cunar.l
liner Aiauuia h;t- been sunk by a mine
ia the Knglish channel between Fal
mouth and l."ndoii. according to ca
ble advices to t he Cuua rd line here
today. Four members of the crew
were lost, the remainder rescued.
The Ahiuuia calico! at Falmouth "ii
Tuc-dnv and was on her way to Lon
don when she .-truck the mine some
time this nuriiin-r.
The Alaunia sailed from this port
October 7 with pa-.-eiigcr-, but ail
were landed at Falmouth according to
the usual cu-tom.
Captain llcnisnii and some of I he
crew were saved, according to I he
cable message, but some are missing.
The Alaunia's crew numbered li'HI.
When she sailed from New York she
carried IH.'i cabin pa-.-engers and ."H
steerage, of whom a few were Ameri
ca ns.
The Alaunia wa- a comparatively
r,c:v boat, havinu been built in 1HLI.
jshe u;i .VJll Icet bmg anil had a
lro- tonnage of l:t,l.", a- til led
I beam and a depth of Li fed.
ELEPHANT BUTTE
DAM IS DEDICATED
KLKIMI ANT PI TTF. N. M.. Oct.
The Klepliant liuttc dam. eom-
1 1
Ipleted recently at a eos of . 1 0.ofm. .
' liOO and intended to int ml the In 1 g-
'-I artiib-iallv retained bodv of water
tlic
GLADDEN VOTED
FOR A. LINCOLN
FAVORS WILSON
Or. Washington Gladden, Famous
Clergyman and Author, Who Has
Been Republican Since Party Was
Organized, Gives Reasons for Sup
porting President for Re-election.
I1Y C. C. LYON".
COLI'MIU'S. O.. Oct. 19. Wa.su
lug ion C.ladden, famous clergyman
and author, who has voted fur every
republican president elected, will this
year vote for President Wilson.
"My first vole for president was
jenst for Abraham Lincoln In 1S00,"
says Dr. Chidden. "In 1!1, 1 voted
for Itoosevelt with the progressives.
"It seems to me that the Ideas and
principles of progressive democracy
are better represented today by the
democratic party and Its leaders than
by the republican parly and Its lead
ers. That Is why I shall vote for
Wilson.
Admired Hughes
"For many years I have felt great
admiration for Hughes and I rejoic
ed to see him elevated to what seem
ed to me the summit of u lawyer's
just ambition a Heat upon the su
preme bench.
"No man. in my Judgment, can ever
leave that eminence for party leader
ship without stepping down; and !
was gratified when Justice Hughes
in his correspondence with Kuhhl
Wise, two or three years ago. seemed
to make it clear that such was his
conviction.
"It inny lie admitted that no citi
zen has 11 right to decline any call to
high service which Is made upon him
by the American people; and if such
a call could lie made practically -tiurtn
lmous there could be no question; but
the call to be the candidate of u po
litical parly is another proposition
and 1 am impressed with the wisdom
of members of the great court who
have maintained that every occupant
of that high position ought to put at
once and forever beyond his sight
the possibility of his ever becoming
such a candidate.
Opinion I -ow e red
"I confess that my opinion of Judge
Hughes was perceptibly lowered when
on the supreme bench, he obviously
kept that possibility open; and sub
sequent events have not reassured
me.
"With Wilson's general conception
of political duty and responsibility
In a democracy I am In cordial agree-j
meat, and I have greatly admired
the directness, tho tact, the persis-,
tenee and the courage by which he
has led his parly forward to large
legislative achievements.
"I do not think that ex-Presldeat
Kliot has overstated the case when
he says: 'Anyone who surveys the
extraordinary series of legislative and
executive acts accomplished in three
years and a half will realize two
things: First, that President Wilson
has proved himself a parly leader
of unusual power; and second, that
the parly thus led has done much
more for the country than the re
publican party accomplished in five
times as many years.'
Formerly Appi-oveil
"The moderation and rationality
exhibited by Wilson In the conduct
of our national affairs were almost
universally recognized by our people
during the first year of the war;
most of us heard during all that
time from men of all parlies the
warmest expressions of gratitude that
(Continued on page five)
U-BOATS 10 SINK
AMSTL'ltDAM. Holland. Oct. 19.
Vh" Volks .eitung of Cologne, says:
"Cei 111 an su l marl lies will opera le
In the future In the whole Atlantic.
They will visit the well-known fh p
plng routes around the eastern point
of Nantucket island and will sink
!.'! ! fli merchant m'i: after giving the
crews op port unit y to sa e t he ni
sei ves,"
The news 1 hi per believes this ac-
tlvity will tntliieme the supplying of
food, especially of ba on and lard to
Kng.and.
W I N FOR
LA FOLLETTE AND
Peace and Prosperity Aid President,
and German Vote Divided Reac
tionaries in Control cf State and
Progressives of Both Parties Unite
for Wilson and Senator,
. V-
liy CILSON (JAIiDNKK.
MADISON, Wis., Oct. Wiseoti
iu probably will give its electoral
vote for Wilson, while re-elect uijj
Itohert M. La Follette to the tutted
States senate. The position of gov
ernor, now held by K. L. Philipp, re-
uiblican, is in doubt.
(eriiiitu Vote Split.
The Ociinaii vote has been relied
upon to carry this state for Hughes.
f the (iennuns had gone to the polls
the day after the Chicago convention,
Hughes would have had most of their
votes. His declaration for suffrage
lost him many of them, and the pros
pect of Theodore Roosevelt as secre
tary of state has alienated nuny
more. Altogether the Germans are in
a very uncertain slate of mind.
The (termini eoinpose'one-tenlh of
Wisconsin's voters. There are ap
proximately j:i;i,0(K) Gemiun-born
people in the slate's tola population
of 'J.:t:S0,n(MI. Kven if this one-tenth
were east solid, it would not control t
the election. The "pencc",vote and
the "prosperity" vote and the "labor"
vote are far more numerous in the ag
'rre'jate. Wilson gets these, nnd some
of the Germans.
LaFollette's campaign is interest
ing Wisconsin much more than that of
Hughes. That La Follette has not lost
his hold on the slate is shown by the
big virtory he won in the prima rierv .
If was a clcau-eut light against a
strong reactionary, M. G. Jeffries,
well financed, and Ln Follette came
out with KlO.timi votes to his ohhi
ent's (iti.OlM).
Ui Follette n Winner.
In the coining election KnFollette
will have democratic support us welt
as republican. The Wilson adminis
tration will do nothing to hurt him,
and it is safe to assume that La Fol
lette will do nothing to burl the Wil
son ndiuinist ration. His democratic
opponent is William Wolfe of La
Crosse." Wolfe's candidacy is (piite
perfuueiory.
There is a real fighl between Gov
ernor ,. L, rinlipp and his demo
cratic opponent, Hurl Williams. Phil
ipp was put into office two years ago
by the .standpnt republicans and he
has given a decidedly standpnt admin
istration. He is charged by bis op
ponents with turning the railroad
commission over to the railroads, the
food and drug commission to the
dopc-lers, and it is said he has de
feated the purposes of the workmen's
compensation act.
Crippling l iiiversity.
Hut the main count against Gover
nor Philipp is crippling Wisconsin's
famous university. Through his con
trol over appropriations, (he governor
has been able to exercise n laming
influence over this famous center of
progressive thought.
The professors are cowed. Speech
i- les- tree. Courses are less radical,
less thorough and truth-telling as to
the fundamentals of polilieal econ
omy. Moreover, it is felt that Gov
ernor Philipp, if put into office for
another two years, would dare to go
to greater lengths in the job of mak
ing the Cniveisity of Wisconsin more
like the Cniversity of Pennsylvania.
For these reasons, progressive sen
timent, regardless of political denom
inations, will concentrate on the dem
ocratic candidate. Hurt Williams,
n hili Governor Philipp w ill be stip-
( Continued cn page atx)
LOXHON, Oct. I ft. The sinking
without previous naming of tho Nor
wegian steamship Sten, Is reported by
Renter's Copenhagen correspondent.
The IK members of the crew were
landed at Chrlstlansend.
The Swedish bark. Greta Vrem wbh
t set afire by a German submarine,
Kighteen men from the hark were
'lauded at Frledrkkshaven.
PRESIDENT