Medford mail tribune., October 20, 1916, Page 1, Image 1

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KVlIt tomuiit.
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GERMAN FORCES MARNE BATTLE
E
Central Allies Force Back Ruman
ians, Who Also Take Offensive on
Transylvania Serbians Capture
Towns on Cerna River Germans
Storm Russian Positions.
ISI'CIIAKKST. Oct. 2(1. TIip liul
.unriun anil (umiiumi forces in l)ob
rml.jii have taken tin- uffi-nsivi' ulunj;
(lie whole front. They have forced
hack the Itunninian left wiiitf, the war
jlfice annonnced today.
The Ktiinanians have taken the of
fensive in the Oitnz valley, through
which the AuM ro-(iernian forces in
vaded liiiiiiania, the war office an
tionnccd today. They liave driven
liack the invaders to the frontier. The
rcnlM' of attacks on other parts of
t lie hunt also is reported.
On Macedonia Krotlt.
l'ARIS, Oct. . The war office
announced today that Ihc Serbians
have captured the plateau and village
of Vulycselo, on the .western end of
the Macedonian front, puttine; the
Unitarians to rout.
The slalenicnl says heavy losses
were inflicted on the Unitarians. The
Serbians captured 100 Unitarians
and three cannon.
Yelycselo is two miles north of
Itrod, a town on the Cerna river, the
capture of which was announced yes
terday by the French war office.
Storm Itnssian Positions.
IlElil.IN', Old. 'JO. (Jerman troops
yesterday stormed iniporlant Igussiun
positions with . adjoininu lines on the
west bank of the Itiver Narayuvka, in
(lalVeia, mid ''repulsed hanfiainarily
counler-altai'ks, snys the Herman of
ficial statement issued today. The
Hermans captured fourteen officers
anil 'JO.'jU men and took .11 machine
inns. f
The bailie between Austro-Gcminn
forces and Rumanian- on the frontier
ridges of Transylvania is progressing,
says today's German official state
ment, while in the Kumnnian province
hordcrinii the UUiek sea the finhtin;;
between the Itiisso-Iiunianian annies
and the forces of the central powers
became more lively.
Unit feim Drive.
The forward movement of the Serb
ian forces in the bend of the liiver
Cerna, in southern Serbia, has been
halted by Hie Iroops of the central
powers after a temporary Serbian
success, says the Gennan official
statement issued today.
The i renter part of the trenches on
I be road between Kntioourt IAbbaye
and l.c Itanpie, w liioh were captured
by the liritish on October 18 were re
taken yesterday bv German troops in
'an attack, according to the official
statement issued today at the (icnuaii
armv lieathiuarlers.
ICIDE
SKATTI.K, Wash., Oct. 20. I.co
O. Pratt, u clerk in the Canadian liank
of Coninieree, was shot and killed in
the bank nt 1 :1." o'clock this after
noon by Mrs. K. (' Soper of 2.V20
Twentieth avenue northeast, Seattle,
who then shot nud killed herself.
The motive of (he woman is not
known. I'ratt was 18 years old, Mrs.
Soer about HO. I'ratt had been nt
the daily mectinir of. tile clearing
house and was just entcrini the bank
when Mrs. Soper, who had evidently
been waiting for him, met him with
pointed pistol. He turned before she
fired and was shot in the back, lie
fell o the floor, was taken into the
inana2vr's olfiee and died in a few
minutes. The woman fired upon her
self immediately after brinsin down
I'ratt. A Inrfre number of depositors
were in the bank, which is situated al
Second avenue and ,Iames street. The
shooting caused preut excitement in
the bank and in the neighborhood.
None of I'ratt's friends could Kivp a
rces.in fr jr ,,.,.'. .,,.(
I'ratt wa unmarried and lived with
ilia parents.
RE SUM
0
THRU DOBRUDJA
FIELDS SCENE
OF DESOLATON
Terrific Destruction of "Allied Ad
vance Ruins Country Over Which It
Creeps Nothing Left of Cities and
Villages Save Ruined Sites Allies
Dominate the Air.
OTTAWA. Out., Oct. 20 The tcr
ril'ic destruction wrought on the but
lie ileios ol I' ranee is described ill an
ofticinl eoiumunioue from the Ciuiiid-
a n war record oftice, which has been
made public by Lieutenant Genera!
Sir Sam Hughes, minister of militia.
Incidentally, the conimuniiue reiter
ates the claims of liritish leaders in
regard to the superiority of the allies
In the air and in artillery. In the lat
ter respect, the Canadian officer says,
that the allies are firiiif; five .-hells
to the Germans' one.
Describing the desolation caused by
the tremendous strnle, the eonimun
iijiie says : s
"Never has the human agency con
trolled such engines of destruction,
nor has war ever so profoundly im
pressed itself upon the face of na
ture. Xo planue could be more ruth
less, no natural blijjht more devastut
inS." Infinitely Distressing.
After describing the peaceful
scenes in the rear of the battle line,
the perfectly tilled fields, the farms
cultivated to the last inch of their
available space, mid after pitying- u
tribute to the "brave, silent industry
of the women, the old men and the
children" of France, the commuiiiifue
continues :
"The transition from this scene of
beauty, peace and ancient prosperity
is infinitely distressing." Fields; are
given over to the trampling rows of
tethered horses and are disfigured by
a variety of encampments, from or
dered while tents to huts of biscuit
tins and low discolored shacks of
nondescript material. This nrcaof
active occupation gradually thins and
abuts it region of more sinister ap
pearance. Here trees have broken
bodies and the houses seem in pain
for their roofs are rent, their windows
gone, their walls scarred and pierced,
lint the full view of the land of war
is reached with the crossing of the
bleak, greasy slopes east of Albert,
with their ehalkv scars cut bv the lone-
lines of trendies.
l.u Itoiscllc ill Itiilns.
"The view suddenly sweeps into the
valley. lie fore La lioisselle there
weru the original Gennan and liritish
lines on July I. This was the outer
wall, the stoutly resisting shell of the
defence through which Hie indomitable
English had fought their way and so
permitted those who followed, other
English, Australian. South African
and Canadians, to come and deal their
blows.
"Of La lioisselle there is more up
on the map than upon the ground. A
lew shattered trunks here and there,
a splintered beam, perhaps a corner
stone or two, some cellars roofed with
wreckage. Otherwise only the up
heaval of tortured earth, mine craters,
heaps of rotting while sand bags,
half-choked trenches and a dreuily
litter of' old wire, cans and human
rubbish remain.
"On the. left is the twin city of des
olation. Ovillors, and between the two
the white road runs beyond mid
mounts to ihc level of I'o.iercs. I'oz
ieres shares the fate of La lioisselle.
Xo hand could trace the outlines of
a single house or garden plot. There
(Continued on page two.)
KAISER VISITS ON
I
AMSTERDAM, Holland. Oct. 20.
Kmperor William visited the Cham
pagne front on Wednesday of this
week, according to the Cologne Ga
zette and presented General Von Kin
em (commander of the Saxon army)
with the laurels of the Order of four
le Merlte.
The emperor was in excellent
spirit!-, the newhpaper says, and
showed the greatest confidence In the
result of the war. He expressed
llveiy satisfaction over the heav
lo.-scs of the British and French.
MEDFORD.
BANKING LIS
AID TO FARMERS
SAKS WILLIAMS
Comptroller of Currency Describes
Relation of Federal Reserve Law to
Farmer Places Him on Business
Basis Prevents Centralization of
Country's Money in Wall Street.
INDIANAPOLIS, liul., Oct. 20.
John Skelton Williams, comptroller
of the currency, speaking here today
before the Farmer's National con
gress, described the relation of the
federal reserve law to the farmer and
closed with a personal statement
brought out by President Wilson's re
cent allusion to attacks on the
comptroller.
"I see that our president. In on ad
dress at Shadow Lawn," said the
comptroller, "tells the country that
the bankers or certain bankers, or
some special Interests arc after my
official sculp because 1 as comptroller
enforced the law. This Is no mir
prlse to mo. I know that 1 have been
held up as a kind or ogre, a raw bend
and bloody boneB, a terror to the
banking and financial interests of
the country. Maybe the best answer
to that may be found In the records
and indisputable facts that the na
tional banks of the country today arc
stronger and in better condition than
ever before; that they are more
numerous than when I became
comptroller; are more prosperous
and show a smaller proportion of
failures and losses than was ever
known in their history; and my of
fice Is receiving a steady stream of
applications for charters for new na
tional banks and for permission to
lncrcaso the capital of the existing
banks." '
Protected by Tjiiv.
Mr. Williams said the new farm
loan law "will forbid the grasping
from using for their own advantage
the necessities of their neighbors,"
and that It puts the farmer, on the
same plane as the business man.
"The farmer," he said, "is enabled
to borrow according to his industry
and commercial standing. It will
not bo possible to have the money
supply locked In the great centers for
speculation or gambling purposes.
while the real producers and legiti
mate productive commerce are
pinched and denied, perhaps Just at
the time of their most Important
need."
Cries of back to the farm, he said
were futile without promise of com
fort, happiness and prosperity.
"Put money, or opportunity to
earn it," he said, "on the farms and
the people will go to them fast
enough and stay with them. This is
precisely what the federal reserve
system is doing in a large measure
and we hope the rural credits sys
tem will do In even larger measure."
Decent mlijit ion l'ol'rcd.
He told of the decentralization of
huge accumulations of money from
the few great centers and its trans
fer to the federal reserve banks
"twelve reservoirs from which pipe
lines already run to nearly 8,000
banks, available to every reliable
farmer, storekeeper or business
man."
"God Almighty alone." he said
, 'knows how many strong men have
strength, hope and power sapped by
unfair interest rates, how many
promising boys and girls deprived of
opportunity and driven to worthless-
( Continued: on page Hi)
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Oct. 2il. The
entire southwest was in the grip of
la.-t night's storm wave, tempera
tures almost everywhere throughout
Mis-onri, Kan-as, Oklahoma, Arkan--as'and
northern Texas setting new
low records for this early in the year,
according to the weather bureau re
ports here. The thennometer fell in
Kan-as to below 20 dcirrccs. wet of
Concordia; in Missouri, to 2t. at St.
Joseph; in Oklahoma lo 28. at Okla
homa City; in northern Texas to
freezing, aiol in northern Louisiana to
:tti degree-. Snow flurries were gen
eral, according to the reports.
OIMWOK. FRIDAY. OCTOHFU '20. 1)l(i
DISTURBING THE HARMONY
" SH-H ! Not so Loud,
LONDON, Oct. 20. Kxlremely
turbulent conditions in Athens on
Wednesday night arc reported in a
dispatch from Umiter'B correspondent
at the Greek cWUul, sent this even
ing. Greek reservists have taken tha
law In their own hands despite the
presence of strong entente detach
ments of murines, who aro Riven vir
tually no assistance by the Green
authorities in maintaining order, the
dispatch declares.
"Tonight," the message reads, "It
Is evident that the reservists are out
of hand, for despite the fact thnt
strong cavalry forces aro escorting
the French and Greek marines and
soldiers spread about everywhere the
reservists assembled in groups, have
taken the law into their own hands
and the Greek forces for tho mainte
nance of order do not disperes them.
The chief of thj French police con
trol has notified the editors of the
anti-Ventzclos press that beginning
tomorrow the French will exercise a
newspaper censorship and that news
papers printing antl-enlento articles
run the risk of sur.pcnsion.
Twenty-five officers and Goo men
of the Athens garrison have gone
over to the national movement and
left for Salouikl, according to an Fx
change Telegraph dispatch from
Athens.
Newspapers announce, says ( be
message, thut .lamina, in Greek Kpi
rus, also has gone over to the revo
lutionist r, lint official con Urination
of this Is lacking.
I.. L. t'onisfr of Prospect was In j
Meilfon! attemllns to bttKtncsH mat- j
terH ThurRiliiy and Krlilay. i
VkyIamforVilson
iiy Mrs. Antoinette Funk
I'rorrcsaivc l.tndrr of Chicago.
The issues between the parties
ere draw n here wr least ex
pected Ihcm, and they were drrwn
by Mr. Wilnon
when he forced
the Eight-hour
Law through
Congress, one
of the ninnt
far reaching
acta of any
('resident a t
any time. The
method, the
haste and all
of the details
are of minor
i m p orUnce.
even the im
mediate effect
of aettlinK the
Mrikc p;ile in
to insiKiiifirance hcide he fact of
the recognition of the hort work
ing day. That ix the uitpiate tri
umph, and industrial .iuMice ha
pone forward a quarter of a century.
HOUSEHOLD KENT DECLARES
i
,;1 v;i ,c II
HEtVALlJ
Vau'U A wkn the Bmbj "
TO 1 SERVICE
OF U. S. ARMY
WASHINGTON, Oe. JO. Army
aviation officers are preparinjr lo
carry tliciiM-nmpnin for I he develop
ment of the air service into the field
of bnllonliH nud other lilitcr-tliitii-nir
enit'l.
.Mnjor Charles De F. Clinmller nf
the sijiiuil curps, who bus had many
,yenrs of pnielieni experience with
Ihitllonns, ha been appointed bead of
;i new division emiied in (lie aviation
i service ol" the signal corps. All mai
lt ers peilniniii" to tree and captive
i balloons dirigibles, hydrogen general-
inif p!anl and the like will hereal'ter
be under his charge. He i now in
New York assembling a staff ol' of
ficers tn aid him, preparatory to the
eMahli-hinent id' a f-ebonl for the
Irninin of nl'Iirers and men lor the
balloon service similar to the aero
plane training station.
Iiis have been advertised for two
1 spberir-iil and two kite balloons, which
will be the I'irM etpiipincnt for the
new branch of the aviation service.
With the Dimls for aviation Work
made available by congress, it is
planned to add more balloons or dir
igibles as rapidly as the men to handle
and eare for them can be trained.
The balloon school prohnhlv will be
c-tabli-hed at Fort Oinaha, Neb,, or
pu"ihlv at .lirn. ., where it is ex-ii'-eted
the fir-t balloon equipment for
the armv will be eon- nieteil.
IS SHY 15,946
SAI.KM. Or., Oct. JU.Comnletc
j re-iisl ration figures fur all enmities
in Oreyoii. ave Wheeler and Curry,
shows that the total number of per
sons roistered is K!Im4, whb'h is
lJ,07(i less than the total lor the en
jeral election of I fM 4. It was Mated
!at the -eerelarv of Mate's oljice to-
day that complete returns from Curry
and Wheeler enmities me not expected
jtn increase the tojjil bv more than
1 'J.')".
j The I'i'publiei.n ieisi ration totlv
jlK!,fJ!V an ite-ccase of dem
ocratic, 77.lii-H. deerea-e of .!:!;
: prnres.-ive 1 lii.'i. deerens,. of H'.Ur;
prohibition To.'d, deerea-c of !.'tHl ;
isoeialist li!MH(, decrease o f 'J 1 " I ; mi--leellaneoiis
!I.",M. deerea-e of H!S7.
I RECORD FOR LONG DRY
SPELLS IN FALL BROKEN
POItTI.ANh. Or.. ort. 20. The
record for the longest drv -pell in the
fall o the year wa- equalled ill Port
land today. lhi- bene: the forty-second
dav in which there ha- been no
rain. The pre ion- drought period
for the same enti of time occurred
in l.S!". Pair wether i- predicted for
tomorrow, which promises n new record.
TARIFF ISSUE
I
Independent Congressman Says We
Have Departed From Indiscrimin
ate Protection Restiltinp in Creation
of Trusts by Appointment of Tariff
Commission to Encourage Industry.
Ily COMiKKSS.MAN WM. KKNT
(The only independent elected to the
house of representatives.)
SAN KKAXCISCO. Oct. I'll. At
conMiinily reeurriui: intervals
throughout this campaign there is a
harking bark to our old friend, the
protective tariff, as though that were
a paramount issue, Itv the appoint
ment of a nonpartisan tariff commis
sion, to report not only to the presi
dent, hut to the house and senate, and
to keep constantly in communication
with the proper committees of the two
houses, there will he furnished a ljiiis
for a treatment of situations its they
may appear.
We have departed from indiscrim
inate hifih protective tariffs that have
resulted in the creation of trusts and
special privilege, but neither tin
president nor the liberal mid thought
fill portions of either parly for a inn
meat believe that there is nnythiue;
sacred or fixed in the theory of pro
tection miy more than there in the
theory of a tariff for revenue.
Treating Symptoms.
Certainly the retention of the duty
on sucjir to the end of making our
country mure scif-snstaiuin.ir in the
event of commerce bein diMurbed,
points to the need of and determina
tion of treating the symptoms as they
arise. The granting of added duties
on dyestulfs points to a reversion to
the idea of giving such infant indus
tries as may lit our country an op
portunity to develop.
It is a matter of deep regret til
any one who studies economics and
believes in peace, to realize thai the
madness of the world compels some
reversions to protectionism. For the
bald theory of protection means com
mercial war, and commercial- war
lends ami h ails toward physical com
bat, and ihiis there is danger of trav
eling in a vicious circle. Kor this
reason, if peace and good will are
to rule between nations, tariff adjust
ment should be entrusted to those
who realize the axiom of economies
that both parlic may iain by trade,
rather than to those who believe that
the purchase id' eoinminiit ies from
another nation spells out injury to the
nation purchasing.
Campaign of Crlliclsm.
The arguments in favor of Mr.
Hughes remain lo be put forward.
Ihc whole campaign is ba-ed upon
criticism of Ihc incumbent. It is an
attempt lo torture out of shape and!
proportion every is-ue tiiat can be
brought up and to blame I'leMdctit
Wil-on for any delinipieucies that may
appear in the splendid legislative rec
ord of the Ih-I four years: to condemn
him for leadership and al the -nine
lime to promise that Mr. Hughes will
be more of a leader in the sen-e of
forcing congress to do his will.
"There is much that is cruel and
disloyal in the partisan bitteriie-s that
lays added burden- upon the back of
a great man struggling in a terrible
world crisi- to save tin- country from
the tormcnl of war, and who i- at the
bailie lime holding up the lamp of
p copies,.
Ora-p of I'rcMdcnt.
In a world hbhlcd bv tin in-anity
ol' war, we among the yreat nations.
(Continued on Page Two.)
ra OF CREW OF
CUNARDER 10SF
SKW YOltK, Oct. 2'. - The Can
ard line announce: here today, word
nan been received that all but two
of the crew of the Mteaaier Alunta.
which whs totnk yeMerday by u mine
In the KngliMi channel, hud been
aved. The menace rendu: "Ail patt-nengei-H
waved. A.- far as can trace,
all crew KHte except two."
Another mfssane received, (lie of
ficial mi ill. reiterated previous in
formal ion t hat mII passengers were
tnadoft "fdndii v at Valmouth. so
they were nol involved In the disaster.
1 AS
WEATHER
Maximum yesterday, 75;
Minimum unlay, M.
NO. 181
While In Auto Parade, Man Leaps on
Auto and When Pushed Off, Fol
lowsHad Knife and Litiuid in
Grip President and Bryan Shake
Hands for First Time in Months.
lMTTSIU'lifJ. Oct. 20. While on
the automobile ride during his hour's
stay in Pittsburg, the president lost
his hat, and the car was stopped while
a secret service man recovered it. A
man, apparently a working man with ,
a hag of tools, jumped on the rnuuing
board of the automobile, but was
knocked off Ijy secret service men.
The man chased the president's con
veyance for a block before he was
arrested by local detectives.
The prisoner gave the name of
Kichnrtl Cullon, aged 22, a machinist
of this city. On his way to the policu
station he told the police that he was
not at all satisfied with President
Wilson's conduct of the Kuropean
war. In the bag he carried was a
knife with a blade five inches long uud
a bottle id' liipiid the police are en
deavoring to analyze. Also in the bag
were several wood chisels. The pris
oner is held by the police for obser
vation.
President Wilson and W. J. Ilrvun,
former secretary of state, met here
today for the first lime for months.
The president stopped in Pittsburg
for an hour and a half on the way
from Chicago to hong Branch, X. J.,
and Mr. llryan came here on the way
to speak at Johnstown, Pa.
As soon as the president arrived
at the "station the former secretary of
state catered Mr. Wilson's private
car and the two men shook hands. A
large crowd outside the ear witnessed
the greeting. The men spoke together
only lor a moment or two and then
left the car.
The appearance of Mr. Bryan caus
ed a five minutes' delay in an automo
bile tour of Pittsburg, arranged for
the president. Automobiles for the
president's party were waiting out
side the station and President and
Mrs. Wilson immediately entered one
of them. Mr. Bryan and Secretary
Timmltv rode in another..
WASHINGTON. Oct. 20 Authori
zation was given today by Lieutenant
Colonel Hquter, chief of the aviation
section of the army signal corps, for
the complete equipment of two addi
tional neroplnne squadrons for the
regular arm. When the material,
costing about $XM0.O"0 for .each
squadron, has been delivered at San
Antonla, Tex., the regular army fly
ing serviceVtll be tripled.
Orders for enlistment of lt39l men
for the new squadrons have pono out
and selection of officers is being con
Mdered. The squadrons will be organized by
Major Benjamin I). Koulols, com
mander of the first aero squadron,
who has been detached to visit aero
plane manufacturing plants.
Kaeh squadron will have 12 aero
planes of types required by regula
tions ju?t compiled. It will have, in
addition, 2." motor trucks and other
equipment.
SAI.KM, Ore.. Oct. 20. Pointing
out that during the hfennium ending
in September, 11.1 patients were re
ceived suffering from general paresis,
Or. K. K. I.ee Steiner. superintendent
of the state hospital for the Insane,
recommends In his biennial report Is
supd today that legislation he enacted
requiring nil cases of capital sexual
diseases to he reported In order thnt
thev may be quarantined. The report
declares that prohibition has de
creased the commitments to the asy
lum for insanity due to alcoholism, j
CRANK A
PRESIDENT
E T AR