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MF.PFORD. OREOON. MONDAY, OC'TOM-IU L:i. 191t
NO. 183
MAIL
CONSTANZA
CAPTURED
BY TEUTONS
Rumanian Fort on Black Sea Taken
by Mackensen's Forces Is Eastern
Terminus of Only Railroad Be
tween Black Sea and Danube
Shuts Off Aid From Russia and
Munition Supply of Which Ruman
ians Are in Want.
r.reiiAHF.sT, m. 2:1.- -The war
office announced today that the I!u
m.'itiiun forces in 1 hihruilju had muile
11 further retirement before the army
of Field Marshal Von Markensen.
On the north, where the Teutonic
pressure is also licitisr applied in the
nttemnt to crush Kuinania between
the two jaws of tin' Teutonic military
laaehine the sueeess of the operation
seems less pronouneed.
' Tlii! Kumaiiians. with liussian hel),
apparently are making sueeessf
stands in the various pas-.es leading
ifrom Trnnsvlvniiinii to Uumaniaii ter
rtlory. In some ot these hilly rojr
ions, notahlv in the Troliis, (litus and
Slanie valleys, Iiiimnninn forees an
reported by I'ctrogrnd to have driven
fieneral T'alkenhayn s troops slightly
backward.
IIKKI.IN', Or!. JX The Iiumaninn
fori of C'onstnnza has been raptured
hv the (lennans, the war offiee un-
nounei'd toilay.
Troops of the central powers have
crossed the raijway line running be
tween the lll.'lek sea port (if t'on
stmi7.li tuiil the Uivrr Danube, nl n
point to the east of Murfattnr, the of-
lieial announcement mivs. The fort
ress of Constana was taken by fier-
nian and liiilgiirinii troops.
On the left wine- of field Marshal
Yon Mackensen's army, the statement
.ulils. the (irrinnns and their allies
are approaching the Danube iown ot
Tehe'rnavoila.
Contanza wri one of the principal
obicctives of Field Marshal Von
Mn'-kenscn in his campaign in Dob
riidja. It is of particular importance
hv rciisnn of the fact that it is the
cistern terminus ot' the only railroad
between the Mack sea and the Dan
ube, which it crosses at Tchernavoda
Object of Campaign.
Von Mackensen's new campaign in
Dobrudja was he" tin only last week
on October .10, when an offensive
nloncr the entire lino .from the lilac
sea to the Danube was opened. Th
earlier effort of the field marshal
wa started scon after liuinania's
trance into the war. It was notably
successful in its sweep down the
Danube, resulting in the capture of
the fortress of Turtukai on September
S and of Silistria a few days later
hut came to a halt on September 'JS,
when the liuiuaniaus announced a de
feat ot the forces of the central pow
ers w,l to the smith of the Con
st an za -Tchc rna oil a line.
The oppo-ins armies stood dead
locked here for several weeks, while
the Teutonic offensive under General
Vim Kalkenhayn in Transylvania was
opened and the Itumanians were
driven back to their northern frontier
passes. The pressure from the south
was then renewed and apparently
without a check of any account Von
Mackensen's iii'tnies have forced their
wav northward Inward the railroad
(Continued cn page tlx)
WHEAT SELLS AT
MIXXKAI'OI.IS. Minn.. M. 2X
Five tlum-nuil lm-hols i.l" X". 1 I'ur
lun wheat solil in the cn-li market lure
tmlny nt .J 11 liu-hrl. Tin- wheat wa-imri'iin-i'il
liy 11 lo.-sil enm-ern limn
uniithei- Infill linn fnr millinir pnr-)...-(-.
Several fiir- "I l m i n:
Durum to arrive .-old at tin- same
itii-c.
puliTI.ANH, Or.. Vt. 'JX-- Miilcr-iinnoimi-iil
lure loilny that atnither
iidvnnee of L'n ecnl- ii barrel on flour
v. mild In' miiili' Tlmr-iliiy. Tlii- will
ini'ten-c the vrii'c of t lit to .f7.('
Ju l- ImiTi'l, ti ni'W Ii tj: li rii-onl.
GREY FAVORS CHARGES HUGHES
WORLD'S COURT IN AGREEMENT
FORCIBLE PEACE WITH HYPHENS
British Foreign Secretary Favors
League to Enforce Peace at Close
of War Asks Neutrals to Wcrk Up
Sentiment Favorable to Sustaining
Such a League.
LONDON. Oct. 2:!. In an import
ant speech at a Him neon Riven ly the
Foreign. Press association today. Vis
count Grey, British secretary for
foreign nffairs( expressed approval of
tho league to maintain peace after
the war. lie declared however that
the nations which went into such a
league must have a public sentiment
prepared If necessary, when a critical
time came to uphold their decision by
force.
The foreign seeret'irv referred io
Herman utterance regarding ponce
and the claim that Germany must
have liuarantees for her future pro
tection, and added :
"Precisely because the war wirs
forced by Uermany upon tho world it
the allies who must have t;iinr;m-
U'CS.''
Advice to Neutrals.
Vi-enunt (irey was nke what a
neutral should do for civilization at
tlie present time.
"The bct tiling nentraU can do will
be to work up sentiment for an agree
ment to prevent such wars for the fu
ture. Had there been an interna
tional conference of all nations in
101-1, it would June prevented this
war, as the would have demanded
that lielpian neutrality be respected.
This is work for neutral countries In ;
do." .... i
"Ve must lie prepared to undertake
more than that: when the lime comes
they must- lie prepared to uphold it
by force. We nniM ask them:
"Are you prepared lo play up when
the time comes? If such a league
.-hnuld be formed everything would1
depend upon whether every nation1
was so permeated with its spirit that
it would be ready, even if "its own in
terests were not vitally affected to
uphold their agreement by force."
(.'mh1 Will Needed.
Viscount Grey said neutrals should
have somelhinii- to say after the war
regard intr the methods by which the
war had been conducted and whether
all developments of science were to be
utilized for destruction of the human
race. After sayinu it was the allies
who must have guarantees for future
protection, he observed lie would like
to see the ("ierman charge that any
other nil t ions planned agression
apainst Ueljiium investigated by ane
independent tribunal. Amitlier point
the secretary said :
"We cannot have pence without
sood will, and in Germany in Hill
(here was the will for war and not for
peace."
lielerrine, to expressions of regret
for the horrors of war which he at
tributed to the German crown prince,
tin secretary said ibe time lor such
thoughts was 101 1, ami that the pow
ers which then strove for peace and
advocated a conference which wa- re
fused, did so becnu-p of their kiffiVl
cdue of the horrors of war.
FIFTY PERISH IN
" LA KK I0, Tex., Oct. 2.1. Fifty
persons were killed and a Rreat num
ber injured In a rear end collision of
a freight and pasweniier train at Ra
mos Arispe, Mexico, on last Friday,
according to reports reaching the bor
der today. It a m os Arlspe is between
Saltillo and Torreon, CoahuHa.
A freight train heavily loaded with
coal, according to the story here,
crashed into the slowly moving pas
senger train. Thi dead were taken
i to Saltillo and buried. It Is not be
I lieved any Americana were injured.
MIGRATORY BIRO LAW
ARGUMENT POSTPONED
WASHINGTON, (Vi. I.V-ar-''
1 1 1 n i f 1 1 of the case tc-ting the con
stitutionality cf thi moratory bird
law and the j ;i il vv n mail pay divisor
cum-, i.ive-tiiraling claims of S00 rail
roads a::aiiis the I'ovenm.eut for
mail tran-portnlioii was po-tponi-d
tothiy by the -upn me court.
Democratic National Committee
Charges Tl.at Candidate Entered
Into Alliance With American Inde
pendence Conference, Secret Racial
Organization Denial Issued.
N'KW V(i;K, Oct. 2:!. -The demo
cratic national committee made public
today what were described as addi
tional details concerning the person
nel of the chief promoters of the
Ameiiean independence conference,
"the secret racial orunni.ntion which
it is now admitted by Charles Kvans
Hughe, and Chairman Willcox of the
republican national committee ha
been in personal and direct commun
ication with luM li the republican can
didate and his campaign mnnng-ers."
Tlie statement gives a list of per
sons whose letters and telegrams were
read at the conference and says that
it appear that Cart K. Schmidt of
Detroit was elected to act as national
chairman of the organization," and
that O'l.cary was appointed chairman
of a committee on plans. Commit
tees on platform were aUo elected, the
communication asserts.
I'lank Adopted.
,"lt is sufficient at this time to point
out," the statement continues, "that
after and us a residt of the secret
personal conference between Candi
date Hughes and the O'Lenry com
mittee, and alter and as a result of
the secret negotiation-, between the
promoters of the O'l.cary organization
and Mr. Hughes campaign managers.
the following- declaration in behalf of
Charles Evans Hughes vas incorpor
ated, us. the main plank of the. pint
form of the organization.
" 'Wo call upon the American peo
people to use the opportunity which
the present campaign offers lo con
demn the abject surrender of Ameri
can rights to Mexico and European
nations, and to support a man who
openly pledged himself unflinchingly
to maintain these rights against all
nations." '
Scilerl Denies It.
A telegram from Frank Sciberl ol
Itoston was Jven out here today by
the republican national committee in
support of the denial by Charles K,
Hughes lat night of the ilcmocratii
national committee's charge that tin
republican presidential candidate en
tered into an agreement with thi
Ameriean Independence league, of
which Sciberl is a member. The Id
eg; ram reads :
"The statement made by Mi
Hughes relative to conference with
committee of the American indepen
dence conference is ubsolulely true.
Mr. Hughes saw the committee, of
which I was a member, made no prom
ises, did not criticise Theodore lioos
evelt and made statement to the com
mittee that he stood for all Ameri
can right."
Verified by Willcox.
William Ii. Willcox, republican na
tional chairman, said in making (he
telegram public that it wa- a volun
tary message, unsolicited by the na
tional committee.
The charge of the democratic na
tional committee contained what pur
ported to be a report made by Mr.
O'l.etii'y, a member of the conference,
at a session of the conference in
Chicago, of what occurred at a meeting-
between Mr. Hughe- and the com
mit lee, headed by IT henry. The lat
ter was (piotcd in the report as ha
inM said: "Mr, Ihinhes promised that
his future conduct in he speech-making-
line would be entirely satisfac
tory to Ihc interests of (he commit
tee." I
LOXUON. Oct. 2.. A lioKtile aero
plane apiearfd tclay over Margate,
on the Koiithcaflfrn coaM of Fnuland
and dropped three lionilif. Two ier-
sons were Injured.
Thf followine officinl arrount of
the attnel; whs piven out her? today;
"A hostile aeroplane wan reported
over Marfte at 10:O."i this morniiiR.
Three bombs were dropped In the
niftonvllle. diMriet of tlio town.
Slight damaue was caused to a hotel
;t n d on e rn an a n I o n e wo m a n w ere
allRhtly Injured.
USING TAFTS
FRENCH CAPTURE
OE SOME LINE
PARIS, u.-i. I'::. Kreneh troops in
the Somme region luive j'onyht their
wav lWw:ml in the neiuhliorlum,! of
Sjiilly-Sailli-i-l. i-jipl urin the entire
'-pur No. 1JS, we-t ol' I he village. Ihe
v;tr oi'fiee jnuinunt-i'd IimIm-
"North nt' the Stuume, towntil the
end nl' the day yi-lerduy. we earried
out a tniunr opi-riitiiin which was en
tirely sueresstul. After brief artil
lery irenai ;i I mir Ii'mrps carried in
a Mtierb ru-li whole of ride
we-t of Snilly-Siiillisel, nu whieh we
gained :i I'nntiiej (li'tnher 18.
"Suiilh of the Snnnue, despite a
violent Imiiiba rdinent of Ihe wooded
region north of ( linulnes, the eneiny
did n o rnieu liis ;il tempi s nu'ain-t
nnr new po-iiiori- during tin niiiht.
"Ka t t her suiil Ii nil eneinv
oiin-ile.
main im:ii..-t e, f. trenehe- in
,i i ..i' il ;t..,. t;,,,.
f illi.il Tin. ti.i I iiiiml nl' u'l-i, mi
er- taken iiv u -ini-c Sittnnlav in the
f'liaiilnc. -ci-i.i
iii'.i sixteen ni l i
nitw l.'ill. ini-liid-
l.liNIHiN. (I.
lli'jllt tllt'li- W:i-
lu'lliii!: .Tjaiii-t
Sa is Ji ii I ( iiieail
iillici.il ii ii in ill llf
:. -M. iiirii: the
'nn-itleralile eneni
i;r rronl het ween l.c
i-ulirl," a ? luday's
nii-nt .
"Him- lrii"
liuw occupy the near
f flu- t wo mine ei'dec I'linucd Iiv
eneinv Ve-lcnlav III Ihe lilul'l'
til
until nl' Yprc I
i j ; 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i n Il
'ml ai
ir I in
e so I is I a
iliuli."
1 1 ir-
hi. I'ASd. T.... u.-l. '.!. II. in
f nivcment - itie beiii sent h'uni
.Iiiihcz to I bili.iiiliua Cilv to
-treriL'tlieli Ilia- 'jacii-i'li tin-re. ri-iniil-
reeeivi'il t'rnl,! ! Ill- liijl it II r.v il lit illicit ie
ill .IllllleZ ln.l.iv -tilled. A ilelaell-
incut nt 1
.-, -.,l.!ier I
.luurcy. la.-t
iiiirhl tm- ( liilnii
ll'Utlli'i-il III .I'll,
lllllliliel-. 7"i IM'I
their llnl-e- we
( hie hiinilreil a i (
Hi Cil, it was an
z t.iiluv. (II tills
i .-i itll wiii-li, ami
tit!. en with tin-in.
aid to liaie .1 .
ed tliem Siilui i!ii .
A ranelici wlm arrived beie It
Ojit f'nlii-nte, S.'i miles siiuth nl Jua
rez, today -;iul tbal rusiii-i band-' ot'
Mexicans were -teiilin iuir-es anil
Iniilitii; (lie nineliis in thai vieinitv.
OLD DISGUISE
ROOSEVELT SAYS
I
AI.IifQI KKQI K. X. M.. Oct. 23.
Theodore lloosevelt was i;iven a cor
dial reception here today.
After breakfast he. was the central
fipure in a parade. There was a
mutinied esi-ort. including a do.cn
former "row;h riders" and two cow
Rlrls, who prcsenled Colonel Itoose
vi'll with hoqucts and were thanked
and complimented,
Colonel Itooseveli spoLc from a
platform erecteil hi front of a down
town hotel.
lie denounced Feerelnry of War
lialier for the tatter's reported com
parison of Washington's soldiers with
Mexican revolutionists and criticised
the president for pnltini; Secretary
linker in I lie ealdnet In the first place
in" "" Kceilll!
him lliere afte
till!
j ''"pol'lcd comparison.
'"I'hls statement of Mr
Maker's
lacqiilesced In by the silence of Mr
Wllso
said Colonel Uoosevelt.
"shows Hint Mi. Wilson. Ill his heart
believes tiiat Washington was no bet
ter (ban Villa or Carrana: that the
nu n of the revolution stood on a level
with the miscreant crew, who, during
the last three inrs and n half In
Mexico, have ni'ii'ili'ii'd Americans by
the hundreds and Mexicans by the
tens of thousands. These men have
perpet rati d every species of outrage
upon women and children and have
turned all Mevico into a hell of
sliirvallon, disease and misery: they
have done this with the active nr pas
sive assistance of the American gov
ernment under the bad of Mr. Wil
son: and Mr. Wilson's cabinet officer
now defends tle-m by the Toulest
slander on Hie man who made us a
; nation.
Colonel Uoosevelt said that Hie
i man w bo professed .-in-li doctrines
'was "wholly unlit' to slay in Hie
cabinet and Hie president who re
' tallied him was wholly unlit to re
' main pl-e-ldelit of ihe I'liited Stales."
j Colonel Koosevelt is to HlHilk at
i I, as Vegas. X. M .. tonight.
WARSHIPS RENAMED
AFTER LEADING CITIES
WASIIIN'nToN. del. j:i. Aetine
Seefi llirv nl' tin- Navy 1,'iiii-cm H iiii-lllilllu-eil
tiiililV the lllilliin-ll CMli-iTS
Wii-lliiielnu, Wcsl Virginia iilul t'olii
fiiiln llail lu-eli l-eiiiiiiiiil Seattle, Hunt
ilu.'!iitl llllil I'llebin, le-iecliclv. Till-
-late mime- will be ivi n In new 1ml
tle-llili-.
BRITISHCAPTURE HUGHESTHROWN
30.001) TEUTONS OVERBOARD BY
SOMME DRIVE ILLINOIS G. 0. P.
Three and a Half Months of Battle
Develop British Fighting Efficiency
Have Driven Germans Back on
Eleven-Mile Front to a Depth of
Four to Eight Miles.
(Copyright P.Uii AssoriatiM Tress).
lllllTlSH I'ltONT IN KUANCK.
Oct. JS. Mori' lluni llii-on uml one-
hair months of bult! on Ihn Sonimo
with tho lionvloHi loiu'i'iitrailoii of
utillery. Infantry u ml pvery tyjie of of ,)p tat(. ,nmpaign. At the sam
war inntpi'lal and the most sklll'ull time they claim thu state for the rfl
und desperate fiuhtlnn the world )t9 pubUrnn state ticket and express a
ever known, has resulted in marked
development of llrllfsh fitting effi
ciency and of means for reduciiiK the
losses of the nltacliers. In the way
of concrete achievements tho llrltiah
have taken ,10.000 prisoners, or a lit
tle less than I.TiOO for each of Ihe 21
villaKcs captured, with an iivoraise
population of 300 souks. They have
taken 125 Kilns, 111!) trench mortars
and trench Runs nnd 42!l mnchinc
nuns. They hnve not lost a nun.
The British have driven back the
Hermans on a front of 1 1 miles, to
a depth of four to einhl miles. Former
citizens of captured vlllanes are re
questliiK that they bo allowed to re
turn lo them and build new homes on
the ruins of their old ones.
Heavy Losses Kecocdeil.
The offensive has consisted of In
tervals of preparation nnd sleme work,
alter each bit; Bonernl attack, to pre
pare what Is culled a "Jumping oft"
place for another ' nenernl attack.
Through' .luly, owinK to the heavy
cost of tnking the first linn trenches,
the llritlsh ensualtlei' prolinbly were
heavier than tho Herman. ThroiiKh
August, when over a large pari of the
front the Hermans were out ot their
second, as well as their first line syu
tem of defenses, nnd the battle be
came one of digging and fighting In
the open for both aides, caHitallleit
were about even. Yet from all In
formation the correspondent can
gain the Herman losses were not less
than 2.1 and possibly 50 per cent
higher than the British during Sep
tember, when the llritlsh gained the
most ground.
This is due, according to the rirlt
ish officers, to the superior power of
the British shell fire, the numbers
or llritlsh aeroplanes, tlie Increased
skill of the British soldiers and the
use of the tnnkK. The British staff
did not place much reliance on these
new contrivances. They are only
one of- the Inventions nldlng tho of
fensive against modern fortifications,
which will be used next spring when
the British are fully prepared. Calcu
lations as to the value of the tanks
are hard to make, hut taking the
average opinion of experts at the
front, these weird motor rurs have
saved n loss of 20,000 men in Ihe
reduction of slronn points and ma
chine gun positions.
Can't Have Too .Many films.
The offensive at every step proved
that no army can have too many gnus ar(. K0,)g to 0iPt.t Wilson. Incldeu
which will kill and ilcinnrnlizo an tully. Mrs. McCormlck claims mucU
enemy with projectiles fired from a (.r(,it ,,. getting for tho Illinois
distance of nnjwnere from 2,ni.in to
r,,niin yards. The great value has
also been proved of portable machine
guns. Men posted In shell craters
with these weapons have a formidable,
power whether their side is acting on
the defensive or offensive.
Not In ground tallied or prisoners
or guns in ken does opinion at the
front lay emphasis on Ihe nearly four
months of ceaseless fighting every
day bringing its lesson. Officers are
always using Ihe word morale, which
(Continued on page hre)
NI-:W YOIIK. O'-l 2:',.- The erlnie
or homicide decreased ill New York
L'O per cent during the nine months
ended September compared with
tlie same period a year ago, accord
ing to a report niilde public toilay by
Police Commissioner Woods. There
was a lolul of III" cases compared
with li:i the previous period. In the
1 fi I il period. 27 persons were coir
vieied of homicide nnd 42, eases nre
tlll pending.
Republican Headquarters Admit Wil
son Will Carry State on Account of
Women Vote, and Are Confinini)
Efforts to Electing State Ticket on
Which Women Cannot Vote.
fly (1U.SOX RAIlDNKfl.
C'tUC'AOO. Oct. 2 3. That Illinois
would ko (or Wilson If th election'
were hold today Is frankly admitted
j)V ln(1 republican monascrs In charca
hope that the coming three weeks
may turn the tide ot sentiment tok
Hughes. .
To tell the truth' I waa amazed fit
this open admission at republican
stale headquarters. I would not havu
had the courage to claim Illinois for
Wilson. , There are too many lon
nnces at worlt on the republican side,,
and too great a normal republican'
majority, to be overcome. .Put when
the republican managers themselves
tell mo It will go tor Wilson I can do
nothing but accept their Judgment.
lluulu-N Thiwvtn Over.
The state and national campalKH
are being separately handled. ' The
state headquarters are In tho Great
Northern hotel, while the national
headquarters are in the Conway
building. At national headquartors
western chairman Tone Hort la Btll)
claiming Illinois and a' hundred
superfluous votes In tho electoral col-,
lege tor Hughes. '
The truth Is Hughes has been
throw n overboard by - the statn
managers in ttio . hopo that by so
lightening the ship its crew may get
to shore.' ' ''
State Ticket Alicanl. '
The state ticket la headed . by
I'rank O. l.owden, formerly congre.-.
man from one of the rcntrnl districts-
of the state and has on It Medill
McCormlck, the first bull mooser to
gig-back Into tlie "party of hla
fathers." Jle should have Raid
father-in-law. Mrs. JlcC'orinlek is a
daughter or Mark llanna, while Mc
Cornilck's mother was a daughter of
Joseph Medill of tho Chicago Trib
une. The Hanna estate nnd ton
Tribune eslnle are helping defray the
expensea of the stnte campaign, while
the Pullman palace car estnte l.ow
den married one of the three I'ulluiun
daughters Is. likewise helping to
underwrite the state activities.
It's a tine, rich, strong, disinter
ested campulgn, and now that Candi
date C. 10, Hughes has been sewed up
in n bag nnd fed to the whale, then)
is a right good prospect that
'Colonel" (by rouitesy) l.owden .will
be elected governor by a hundred
(more or less) thousand majority,
and .Medill McCormlck, perhaps, may
come to Washington to render dis
interested service for tho party of
Lincoln. Ilannn and Penrose.
Women for WUson.
The women of Illinois, It seems.
women the right to vote a Tight
which does not extend to the ataW
ticket and members of congress. Now
Ihe women, by tlie first exercise of
that privilege may elect n democratic
president, and If they arc not careful
to keep their pacifism away from
their husbands, brothers and sons,
may defeat her husband for congress.
Approximately a million Illinois
women are to cast, their votes for the
first time for presidential electors.
A few early canvassers showed thesp
women were a I most overwhelmingly
(Continued on page three)
GAIN 50 PER CENT
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 It. A 4l)0
per cent Increase In the operating In
come of the nine principal express
companies ot tho United States for
the fiscal year ended last .luno was
shown today In tlie Inter-state com
merce commission report on their
revenues and expenses. Por the 13
lnunHis the companies had total
operating Income of $ll),rifiO,6S(),
against 2, .V "it;, Hi 2 tho previous year.