Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 26, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textj MEDFORD LTRI "TV. TTT" FORECAST I 'm I r nnd Warmer ou l-'rl- WEATHER Maximum yeterdyt 72 Minimum today, :.M, it duy. Kortv-slxth Yi'ftr. rnt!!v t!j"vnth Ynr. Greatest Popular Demonstration in City's History for Woodrow Wilson Makes Four Speeches Advo cates League of Nations to Prevent War No Ground to Fear Europe at Close of War Nation Not Help less. CINCINNATI, Oct. 20. Cincinnati today gave President Wilson the greatest ovation in the history of the city. Croat crowds blocked the streets and the cheering was continu ous along the routes traversed. A shrill chorus of locomotive whistles In the railroad yards as the president arrived furnished nn un usual leature 01 his reception. The engineers and firemen stood on their engines find waved to .Mr. Wilson. """ "Whistles Screech Welcome. During the. entiro ride from the si at ion to t ho hotel the president stood in his automobile waving his hat to the people, who cheered from windows of high buildings a Ions; the sidewalks. The bombs bursting high in the air added to the din. The special force of secret service men and police tried vainly to keep thej crowds off the street. i The president's program included four speeches, a reception, a lunch,, a dinner and an automobile ride. Ar rangements for his entertainment were made by the non-partisan city club. Mayor Coorge Puohta, a re publican" officially welcomed, him. - Local democrats, however, have a political color lo the president's visit by their cheering. President's SMMch. In his first speech President Wil son declared that the present war is the last one, involving the world which the Tniled States can keep out of. He again advocated a league of na tions to maintain peace after the pres ent war. He said that at times the duties of neutrals under present con ditions became very difficult. Denying that the present prosperity "of the Vuited States is due to the Kuropean war. President Wilson de clared that there is no ground for fear that Kurope, during the wart is stor ing up goods to dump on markets in America after the war. Nation Xot Helpless. ' We have means of defense and .means of offensive," said the presi dent. "We are not helpless. We are not blind." The president said America should feel sympathy for Kuropn,' not fear. He spoke of the "silly imagination" of men who say Europe is preparing for an economic w ar on I he nlted States. The president flatly denied repub lican claims that as at present con stituted, the I'nited Slates was un ,j ire pa red to meet t be opposit ion of Kuropo. He spoke of the anti-dumping legislature passed by congress. ' Kvery man has the task of believ ing in himself what he would have the whole world believe the Tinted States to be. Our tasks are to be much greater In the future. ''We have got to make a team of ourselves and pull the great chariot in which rides the Statue of Liberty," The president held a reception in the chamber of commerce following his address and was kept busy shak ing hands with the enormous throng for more than an hour K.gm-j 'T for more than half an hour. (Continued on page five.) Mil CASHIER LOS A Xf J ELKS. o.-t. I'll. --It. .1. chin;;, cn-hier nf the ah nlinc Oil i-Mfnii:t!iy, ;iirc-led bite InM niiit. I';m' t d t'-day it elm rue d embezzlement, i .in d alter an enni hint ion of the hunk-. II alleged, -huu.-d a ci.-ti(!eV ot' !C4s. Veiling t"!d the ;:iitinn itic- a tci-enW- ehative ill the eoii,(iai) lii;tn;i't rneiit eanc, an e :iriiiti;.t ion of tin- h..nk-, the fir-t in fourteen c;iis, "Be SB 51, "B u mb mill Families of Wealthy Sent Out of the Country Because, of Disturbed Economic and Social Conditions- General Drive Against Villa Now in Progress. WASillNCTON. Oct. .. Official reports received here showing that members of the Carranzat Obregon, Trevino, lluerta and llndero famil ies are now In San Antonio, Texas, have puzzled observers seeking nn explanation of the gathering in the I'nited States of non-combatant Mexicans. The reports do not explain their presence. Some officials believe, however, economic and social conditions gen erally n Mexico are such as to make Mexicans of the wealthy class anxious to get their women folks out of the country for the present. The dis patches indicate that most of the women have come recently from Mexico. deports Xnt Con finned. The slate department has not re ceived, so far as known, any official rejorts bearing out the charges of General Carrnnza's political enemies that his grip is relaxing and that he Is preparing to leave Mexico. The exodus to San Antonio has been used lo support this view, but high officials have seen nothing showing such a development is to be expected. It is agreed in official circles that the min istry situation in Chihuahua state has been in ado highly uncertain by re newed bandit activities. Despite per sistency of reports that Villa is per sonally leading his men against the Carrnn.a garrison at Chihuahua City, neither the state nor war departments has received convincing reports that he is alive. Ol-stucle to Success. Military experts are frankly pes simistic of the result of the Car ranza campaign against these bandits. They believe that the de facto troops have little chance to destroy the brigands because they have no trans port trains and supply systems which would permit them to chase the out laws Into the barren hill country. It is f.iiown that thi weakness of the MoxVan forces has been strongly pre sented to the American-Mexican com missioners. To thi minds of Ameri can nrmy officers it represents a se rious obstacle to the present restora tion ot order in northern Mexico.' Hounding lp Villa. CHHirAHl'A CITY, Oct. J;. An cm eloping movement hy Carranza troops is now under wav with Santa Ysiihc! as the objective, it wit- an nounced by fleneral .laeintnu It. Tre vino today. This movement lias for its object (lie surrounding- of the Villa forces in the vicinity of Santa Ysnbei, twenty five miles oulliwe-d of here. Reports received hy fleiieral Trevino Mate that the tield ol the Villa operation- grad ually i- being nanowed and confi dence in the ultimate defeat of the Villa f'oiec- is expri'-sed at military headquarter- here. (ieneral Trevino denied a -Inn'tagc d' ammunition at the Chihuahua gar rison, lie announced that he had re ceived frequent hipmcuN of ammuni iion from the inini-ter of war at .Mex ico City( ami is now well supplied with all id' the elements neee.--.arv for the campaign again-t Villa. OF $32,000 SEEN ST. LOl'lS, .Mo., (b t. "J;.-Detective- here today reco ereil .:i.(MM of the :i'J,(hMI Moleii from a payma-tef of the UurroughV Adding; .Machine company in Detroit, Augu-d . The detectives discovered the money by opening two .-nlety depo-it hove- at the Mercantile Ttu-t com pany. The -afety depo-it boxe- were rented three days niter I be robbery by a man who gave ihe name of .Jame Laire. The ke, to the -al'etV dc-jM.-st hove- .ve!e received today from Dalla-. Te., where dame- Walton of St. L-ui- Ma arre-lcd la-t Saturday. In hi- eniife--ioti Walton '-aid the money wa- in (lie -ai'e depo-it vault-. MEDFORD. DANUBE BIG E IS DESTROYED Teutonic Allies Capture Tchernavoda and Continue Progress in Dohrmlja Defeated Forces Split Into Sec tions, Part Escaping Over Bridge, Balance Retreating to Mountains. lIKItLIN, Oct. Uti. Kb'ld Marshal Von Ma(;kensen is progressing with his operations against the Itussn-Itu-nianlan armies in Oobrudja the war office announced today. The bridge over the Danube has been blown up by the Rumanians the announcement says. -Teutonic troops have pushed their way farther into Itumaninn territory on the northern Tront. tiround has been gained on the road to Siuaya. LONDON, Oct. 2. A Home dis patch to the Wireless Press says it is reported from llucharest that after the evacuation of Tchernavoda by the Russians and Rumanians the bridge over the Danube at that point was blown up by the Rumanians. fie nun n Successes. DKRLIX, Oct. 2i;.--The capture of Tchernavoda by Field Marshal von Mnckensen's army has definitely turned the military situation in Dob rudja in our favor," writes the mili tary critic of the Overseas News Agency. "The right wing of the combined Bulgarian, Herman and Turkish force marched on after the taking of Con stanza and in a powerful push ad vanced 20 kilometers (about 12 miles) beyond that place. Krom that moment the capture of Mcdljdio was only a question of a few hours, as the town was threatened on (he flank. The Russo-lliimanian position thus being rolled up from the east, the western point of support on the Dan uhe, the town of Itasova, also had to be given tip. "With this situation brought about the attacking Teutonic allies stood before the strong Danube bridgehead. Tchernavoda, which then had to serve us a cover tor the hasty retreat of the defeated Russians and Human hi lis. Today the railroad line from Constanza to Tchernavoda Is com pletely in the hands of the vietoriou; allies, constituting with valuable ma terial in locomotives and cars, taken with it, a first class base for slrate gic. operations. All this material was abandoned by the fleeing Russians and Rumanians. Defeated Army Is Split. '"The defeated army was separated into two parts. Those who did not remain on the battle field or were not taken prisonert saved themselves by flight across the Tchernavoda bridge over the Danube to the north ward in Dobntd.ia. After the capture of Tchernavoda this famous Danube bridge was dominated by Von Mack ensen's guns. The bridge iK tin largest in all Europe. Its total length across both branches of the Danube and the swampy and frequently Im passable terrain traversed, being 1 kilometers. It was completed in "With the loss of the C'onstanza Tchernavoda line by Rumania, the transport of provisions from Russia will have to be conducted over two minor and less erffciently equipped railway lines In Moldavia or by way of the Danube ports of Oalalz and Ibratlo, which are by no means com parable to Constanza. At the same time the most oinportant route for artillery transportation, by way of the railway from Constanza to Bucha rest, is very nearly eliminate. Ship- ments must go by way of Ibralfa and Ploesei. "The military situation for the Ru manians during the past two days has become much more critical, especially as the Oernians and Austio-lluiiKar-ians already have partially conquered the mountain passes," BRITISH STEAMER SIDMOUTH SUNK, BUT CREW SAVED J.ONhON. Oct L'li. The British I steamship Hidmouth has been sunk and h'r 'rew has been safely landed, reports Lloyd's shippinr avnt y. The Sblmouth hailed from Cardiff and was built in Hie.'!, of lM." tons gross nnd belonged to Aiming brotlMTs nf Stoekion. She ua last reported as arriving at Spezia. Italy, from Cardiff on September 1. BY RUMANIANS ORKCOW Tl 1 1'ltsDA V, (KTOl'.KR Uli. 1M( A ugustus Thomas Stages Election as 'The Days IVorF i 1 Augustus Thomas. T lil'CHA R EST, Oct. 2 -The cap oi' Mount ture by the Rumanians Kerekharas on the Transylvanian r 3 front, was announced today by thej,,.- . , , , . .. war office. In the Onlt. valley fiRht - lug continues beyond the Rumanian frontier. The Austro-C.erman torces nave now (iriwn pver.vwlicrc iiryoml . tup wpsieni ironiinroi .Moldavia iiiic;,,,,, ; nn ),. h(. t li..a,:lit of lie iionunrn im-omiiio oi uiimaniai ino stnlpmont says, very' honvy. TlH'tr losses wprp PIOTIIOGKAI). .i(. 211. -The prcs suro ol Alarsliul Von .Macken- sens army in la.nriicija iiRainst tnn ,,,s, s ' I(. realesl inii,oilanee In Russian and Kinnaiilan forees Iiuk 1 1 1. MVI.ia-, Aiiierii-iiii. To m v siir wonkene.1 somewhat, the war otfleo j ,.(,,, . , , ,,., , nnrWd annoiineed today. v,lt, :w ..i,,, j,, ,, ,.il,,M On the. Transylvaninn front, the ! y.,r.ls in his li,,in.' town of St. Loni statemeiit says. Humaiilan troops ar-.in,i , , ,. ,,. m,,.,. rliinan rested the progress of superior Auk- I x. n Missouri a-si-mlilv ol' the .1.1 tro-Clennan torces. lni'Jil of Labor. j "I saw how the iln Worlierl, III! . VKTItOC.HAI). Oct. ;. Unsslan jMVi,.l, , n,,. rin.ii,.i ami the eiejin- troops In the wooded Carpathians are k,,,.,,- t i-i i' lony hours and successfully withstandiiiK Teutonic ' (heir ollen iuadeiiiMle pay. I am assaults, the war office announced to- Utrnnu lor them.'' day. It reports the repulse of an nt- j llinul Itinu! IIIiik! tack nn the lieii;ht nortlnvest nf Capul ! When n imiu has lor years written mountain in that region. i , , . , ,)la.s that have made ii-eat auillenees PKTIiOCIt A I). Oct. 2r,.rn,t.r..!",,-h wll"".i" Ali'!,.i' " '"' by the Russians of the town of Itljar, in Persia, northwest of Ilamadan, was announced today by the war office. Teh official account of operations on the Cnucafdnn front follows: "In Persia our detachments as a result of a stubborn battle, occupied the town of Hilar, northwest of Haniadan. They took a number of prisoners and captured two cannon." COLI'MltCS. N. M.( Oct. 2i;. Villa bandits opera t hm near Namiipiipa, only miles south of the American expedition's southern outpost, have demanded the -horteninK of the American troop line and gradual i evacuation of M ernii territory by the Cnited Stale army, Americans coming to the border from Mexico i I report. What Has Distinguished America Among the Nations l!y I'KKSIDKXT WtbSON. 'I'lic only tiling tlt.'it Iwis ever (list inuislicd Aijmt ' r , ica iiiiiini the nations is iliat she lias mm Famous American Playwright Would Cast Woodrow Wilson as Hero, Huyhcs for the Heavy Comedian and Roosevelt tor "the Cutwood Robber." j Dv MILTON ItRoNXEli. XKW YORK, On. "Jli. "I would call ihe ureal national drama now he . in- enaeidl before 1 UH.IIiiO.mMi Aiucri-jcan- 'The Day's Work. I should east Woodnnv Wilson as the leading- man t n i id the hero, if were consiilering it as inclo-drama. I .-hoahl ea.-t Hughes lor wnal we call lite eonieilv heavv. !Roo,eeli would he Muled for what I lie old theatrical dnv- we called : M he cut wood robber. I " 'f iiiuood was a cloth drop rep roentimr a forc-t sce:ie, ami it was I easily dropped down between two istay;e 1 rce. The robber wa- the fel low who skulked iiero-?- in front of ;lhis lo staccato niusi;'. In our piny I he leading heavy is (he man of i wealth and the leading juvenile is the mini who is working for the average day's wage." i Stages the Kleetlon. I was Inlkmir to AiilmisIiw Tliomn .i,., t-. ...,miul ii.-imr ni..i.;...iii .h-,..., j,,,,, .;,IU(ini lutiUlim , k i....... ,lllt h(l w.il(.s 1)is vUy Mu th)l, (Works a ait director of all the "rent i,.. i ,. ii,..., ,i ....i,,,,,....., ,,,) 1(k,., ,,;, 1W ., , tsl v tv lii; i 1 1 I,. ; .,i,;(. ,.i.,v ,,,,. i,..:,,,, .....i .r,P Aiiii'iiean vole The iihove hi: aner. If wn, ni' entilx', ;:ieil jdculil rl', Then 'I'liiiniiis lii'clune serious. Ill t'eels 'erv keenly thai the preeul enli- iiiir ii iiit mum im'iii ninifi-iin play ).-iiid diii more to end sectional feclinv. )than all tl litoriaN he bim-clf had M-ver penned - then .-ayin ihin'is with ja "punch" eonii-.- natural. Mere are jju-t u lew that Thomas put oer the opiate. And they came juM like thir-: Hiii'j ! binu ! hiiej ! ! "I am for WiUon tor president be-;eau-e under his leader.-liip for Ihe jtir-t t'Mie in luenly year- the onl of the nation has hceti artieulale. 1 "lie has he-jim and yreatty advanc ed a rc-t'H jit ion of government to the .people: he ha- taken from its ihront the -ra-p of plutocracy, and from its pocket i Ihe lintel - ol -pceial pitvi ' letic. j Aid for Plain People. "Cndcr him the epaii-ion and con traction of (lie ii.'ition'- currency, c. ipeeially the eolit ru el ion. ha- been I placed in lite pie'- control. "l uder hi- applieaiion of the iu iconie la Lrieat iinli iduiil aeeuiuula-Ition- of wealth- many of them the re-ull of Icj'i.-lat ive taotiii-in are at 1 f Continued on page ilr) slmwii Iliat all men iiv I'litillcd lo llic licncfils of the law. This was her mission in the world, and if she for gets thai mission she will have lost her di.-t io'-t ion. She will have t i i -1 1 conc down into the common level where jiower is a law and ils misuse a sure avenue of disyraee. At Soitlh erii soeiet dinner at New York. Mc- eclllher 1 t. BURNED BONES CONFIRM TALE E Eviilenoe Unearthed Clinches Murder Confession of Santa Monica Rancher, Who Admits Killiny Wife and Son Defense Claims He Is Victim of Hallucination. l.OS A ytlKI.KS, Oil. Jil Hurn.ul and broken ! i-m foil ml Tuesday in a tes.spool and v hieh the district at torney's office staled const ituied tiinchinu evidencn suiutortiuR t ho al- 1 -i'.od doublt murder confession of I lienlon 1,. Bnrr.'U, a well to do apod1 rancher of Han'u Monica, were boinn I examined today by scientists, follow ing a startling tlieoiy advanced ly defense 'ittorne's that the two sup-' Pi? '" taurtler vi-tims vmo alivo and Parrot was the victim of mental su-l ;jostioii. .Mwinwhile then came to lifiht un confirmed ovidonce that Mrs. Ireno Ilarrott, tho supposed murdorod wife and Ha.vnioiid Wright, her sou, uIko stipnosod dead, wero seen waiting for a jttnoy cutsldo their home the day tluv wore allouod to have been killed, Coat radlclnty I ;vhhno Amonn tho facts advanced to show It;irrott did not kill his wife and stop son n week ago yesterday in tho ham on his ranch, burn the bodies and secrete the bunes in a cesspool two days later, were the IoIIowIuk: The wood fire In the back yard. It was said, could not have consumed tl.cMlosh of two bodies. Tito bones found were old although recently burned and they did not compose, two skeletons. They wore r.ol I on iid until I he third day of .sea iv h on tho ranch, and thou upon HHKf-'OBtlon of an cm t shier. Blood sinlns on tho ground worn too Irrsh. r.ut.ions, cartridges ami portions of clothing wore found unburned with tho l.ones, supporting a theory of soni" run plotting lo involve Unrrott Hiding thorn to the fictitious skele ton I arts lo makn Identification vn re r. Prayer Itern'shes .Memory. Itarrett, It. was alleged, has shown himself unusually open to suggestion hy tho authorities, changing details of his alleged confession to fit. this state's theory. Mr-tails which he could not remember suddenly came (o him "after prayer," when he had boon tftkou lo the ranch, confronted wiili wiiucsscH caused to view sud denly ihe bones laid ou the floor, enter in tho darkness of night the larn wnere the supposed murder oc curred, and submitted to other ex aminations THrty-mii letters written to Barrett, by Ceorge Korbes. an blaeksmlth, arrested last nih i- iSiMcion of complicity, never Mrv o i ( on wep' said S"en hy Barrett, his attorney although Barrett, repeatedly said ho read them and then beiau the fpiarn l wnh his wife, which ended in t'ie supposed murders. M rs. Barrett, ni-cording to some evid. nee. Int"n''ed lenvlnu her nas lan.l about tli., tiuie she and her :-ori v. re missing. All these .iv in a statement i tbuis were atH aiici n casting doubt iiji n (onfessiou, tiven f.o ' I 'jo a"od nrin readily last Sat urd;t when he sur rendereil voluntarily ihree d;ts a:'t"r the diva!pe;intnce ot his wife and .-t-'p son. and which had been alieiM repeatedly since. AVIATORS ATTEMPT SAN IHKflO. Ciil.. Oct. i:i;. - In an attempt at .t tin-mile i rnss-couiil ry flight, five mllitarv nemplanes start ed from the North Island military aerodrome this lunruintv. The mirth, ward flight is scheduled io end at. j hu:lewoodi near l.os Angelc, and It Is the jdau of the aviators to attempt 'a return flight, to San IMilto this 'afternoon. Threi nf the machines are manned by five officers, who are completing their i for jnn'or military aviator lb-en- 4's ; At the head of the Met is a ma chine piloted by Lieutenant Herbert , I in rg ue, chief f B im; in--t met or, and j bringing up the rear is a Id plane piloted by Civilian Instructor Smith 1 and equipped with wlreb apparatus lu charge of Kadio Otliccr Culver. DOUBLE CNM NO. ISfi F T Rcpuhlicaii of the Old School, for Eighteen Years United States Sena tor, Says Present Republican Party Has Its Feet in Wall Street and Its Head in the Hutjhes Campaign. tlUAM) l'OBKS, S. I)., Oct. I'll. Another stalward republican of the old school Henry Clay Jlansbrough, fr.r IS years a Vailed States senator from North Dakota has declared hlfi support of President Wilson. In nn open letter to Koiinbllcan Candidate Hughes, in which he subscribes him self "a Wilson republleiui," Mr. I lansbroiif-'h invites tho nominee to Huppose that he and the president oc cupied the reverse places. "Suppose," he says, "yon had been president of the Called Slates during a period fraught with ntnrtling. and enexpected world events, and that Wood row Wilson should resign from Ihe bench and take the stump against .' nt. "Would not such a campaign on his nnrt Impress you with tho littloncsa lu his conception of tho high duties be longing to your groat office?" ttecniutls Achievement, Mr. Ilansbrough then recounts tuu great achievements of" President Wil son his peace policy, tariff eommis slont federal reserve act, rural credit bill, eight-hour measure assu mi ng that Hughes had caused these to bo enacted, and adds: "Had you exercised your best judg ment In confirmlty with tho best in terests of all the people, re gardless of their party affiliations, and -Mr. Wilson, seeking to. supersede-you as tho chief executive, of tho country, were to declare that nothing you had done was right and everything you had done was wrong, I ask you if thn result would not be very depressing lo you. a patriotic and fair-minded citizen? "This was the fooling that prompted me, after listening to one of your first speeches in this campaign, to declare myself In favor of the re election of Mr. Wilson. .Asks llugli(s Question. "Hut for, the fact that you are seeking an office, wouldn't you cast your vole as 1 Intend to cast mine for the man, who lias done his level best and succeeded In many big things, rather than for tho man who ignores the bigger things nnd doaln vaguely with teh little tilings?'1 Senator Ilansbrough. in a pag adverstlsement lu the lending pPprs of the state, "paid for by the proceeds of my last year's wheat crop In Itnm sey countyi not inspired or paid for 'by any political organization." calls j upon bis friends to vote for Wilson, i Ho says in part : "I am a republican of Lincoln-Mo j Klnley school, which is something en tirely different rrom the brand now being advocated by Theodore Koose vob., :ind Ceorge W. Perkins, tho chief supporter of Mr. Hughes. Different Itepiiblicanlsin. "II Ik d If feren t because t he re (publicauism of Lluoodn and Melvin I ley was grounded in the broad democ racy inherent in our republican Instl t'ltions. 'The repaid lean ism of Itoosovolt and il'erkins has its feet in Wall id root and ils head in the KughoK j campaign. The body of it is labelled c.ll over with stickers signifying its (ownership by monopoly and special' jiO'lvtlege. "Never before In all Its history has thi' republican parly been o com I h-fely under the domination of evil i influences. And at no time In the past lias It ever been t-o devoid of ' Issues. (Continued on page five) SPECIAL SESSION OF ST. PAI Oct Coventor .1. A. A. ininmuist today issued the call for a special scsion of the state legis lature, to assemble nt 1 t a. m. Satur day, October for the purpose oC considering legislation that wo nidi make it possible for lh .Miiucsot:i Na Ion ill Cnardsincn, now at the .Mexican border, to vote In the general election, November 7, HANSBROUGH NORTH DAKOTA for mm