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Newspaper Page TextUnivwsity of Oregon I ilif ary WEATHER Maximum yeMerdny, -IM; Mln. toduy, 'AH. 1'ieilp, .(KJ. I Medford Mail Tribune i FORECAST Touitflit and Tuesday rni a luciWHsiiitf Southerly wluUs. Forty-Blxth Tear. Dail- Ktpvnth Year. MEDFORD.. ORKOONr, MONDAY. 0(TOHKI 1910 XO. 189 AMERICANS ON VESSELS SUNK ATSEA Destruction of British Huise Trans port Marina by German Submarine, Without Warning Revives Subma rine Issue Vessel May Have Been Government Transport Crew of Freighter Rowanmere Shelled While in Boats. , WASHINGTON', Oct. 30. Destine lion of tin; British horse transport Manna by a Gorman submarine with out wnrninj;, with possible loss of .American lives ami the endangering of the lives of seven American citizens in the submarine attack on the British freighter liowaninore, reported from Qjiecn.stown today by American Con sal Frost, contain possibilities of re viving the submarine issue between the. United States ami Germany. Investigation, officials realize, mav disclose that there has been no viola tion of German pledges to the United States. Nevertheless, the first reports, in complete and transmit led by the American consul as "provisional," - caused some uneasiness. The report on the destruction of the Marina refers to the ship as a "Brit ish horse transport." If it turns mil that she was in fact in the transport service of tho British government, il may be found that the mixed crew of British and American horse tenders could claim none of the immunity igainst attack without warning that Attaches to a merchant ship. . , Collecting Information. Orders wero dispatched at once to telegraph nil information regarding the status of tho Marina and her crew. The following is a summary of Con sul Frost's dispatch: "The British horse transport Mar ina with a mixed erew of British and ' Americans was reported sunk without warning by German submarine gun fire at 3 p. m. October 28, 100 miles ; west of Cane Clear, in an official rc . y port received at the state department i today from Consul Frost at Queens town. Thirty-four of the crew of .104 havo been landed at Crookhaven, while seventy others, presumably those in boats .1- and 3, arc missing. Consul Frost says his information so far is purely 'provisional.' " Survivors Shelled. Survivors of the British freighter Howcnmore, sunk by a submnrine af ter nearly an hour's chase, were shelled after they had taken to their boats, according to another official dispatch from Consul Frost. No casualties were reported. The freighter was bound from Bal timore to Liverpool with a mixed cargo and was attacked by the sub marine on the 2."th, 140 miles south east of Cape Clear ami after fifty minutes' attempt to escape had her steering gear shot away. Thereupon she stopped, the report says, and sig nalled that she was abandoning' ship (Continued on page three I. SAN FKANCISCO, Oct. 30. The dominating financial note of the fis cal year in California was an unex ampled expausion in the industrial activity of the state, says State. Su perintendent of Banks V. K. Williams in his annual report to Governor Johnson, submitted today. At the close of business on June 30, 1916, the aggregate of assets in state banks was .f 817,744.349.70, an increase over the preceding vcar of 88.!83,381.76. i This represents an increase more ' than six times greater than that of the preceding year when the increase wa 14.424,631.0o. At the close of bus iness on June 30, 1916, there were in state banks individual deposits aimc gatine .fti7fl.3mi.lfll.At;, an extraordi nary iuerea-e over the preceding vear f of 97.89tU07.S7. 'TIS NO TIME TO PLAY POLITICS SAYS GARFIELD Martyred President's Son Says He Votes as an American and Not as Partisan, for Welfare of Nation, Which Demands Re-election of President Wilson. By I I A Kit Y B. HUXT. WILLIAMSTOW X, Mass., Oct 30. Son of a martyred republican president, and futl mindful both of the f teachings and he tica tllnt should uiu'l that placed li Is fath er In tho whiio house Harry A. Gar iield, son of ex-prciil- I dent James A. liar- (v-'rt j I u!, ...111 east Ms votu xovambor 7 for H.A.6ABHl.D the democratic nom inee for president Woodrow Wilson Is Not ii llcinoci'iit. Garfield will not vole as a demo crat. Neither will he vote as a re publican. He will vote simply as a patriotic American who believes that the future welfare not only of till.' nation, but of tho whole clvillzd world, demands that, in the present crisis, America keep at the helm of her government a captain who has steered the course, who. despite the fiercest cross-currents of world poll tics ever known, has kept Ills craft safely In, mid-channel and off the rocks of war tiiat threatened on every side. "This Is no time to play politics." Garfield declared today in telling why lie will leavo the party of his rather to support Wilson for re-election. "This is a time only for the most thoughtful, conscientious, ..sobor ac tion on the part or every voter. The best Interests of tho nation and the world, not of the party, must guide, us. Man of Vision Xeeded. "During the next four years, as perhaps novor before, wo will need 1.1 the white house a man of vision and of experience. "President Wllr.on has both. "Without stopping to entnnerato the long list of legislation that has been placed on the books In tho last four years is proof that ho has vision. "And his labors in those four years hdve fitted him with oxperlenco, as no other man Is fitted, to meet the demands of international readjust ment that the next four years are sure io bring "In our foreign affairs, under t tie most trying eondltios, he has been admirably neutral. Ho has won with diplomacy when others would havo rushed to war. Follows Father's Ideals. "I know President Wilson. I know bis fine characteristics as a man. A'.i these tilings combined gle me abso lutely no ground to stand on except to support him for re-olectiqji." Garfield, in supporting Wilson, does not feel that he is violating the ideals instilled In him by his great republican father. He Is not for getful of his father's teachings, lie could not be ir he would. For James A. Garfield was edu cated at Williams rollege, the very school, tucked away here In the deep Berkshire hills, of which his son is now president. And the traditions of r Continued on page six) ( I.KVKLANI). (I.. Oct. 311,- At a -ale conducted under the direction of the United Stales district court here today, I lie Wlicling - Lake Kric rail mail was sold tit Blair & Cn. and Kuhn. Locb ! Co., New York, for fl.'.Oilo.OilO. The reorganisation plan call- for the addition of 0.'iS4.7ti8 to the road's trca-ury. Stockholders arc to he a ced .'J7 a -hare to provide (his amount, and in return aro to be given prcfom-d stock of the road. The new money i- to be usi-d in ne'ctiir obligations of lite road anil in improving track and adding o tb pdliii stock. bf: jo, u r.ni,: ALLIES CAPTURE MORE TRENCHES E FRONT British and French Gain Ground- Berlin Reports Capture of Another Pass in Transylvania Macken sen's Forces Catch Up With Re treating Rumanians in Dobrudja. LONDON, Oct. 30. Both the Brit ish and the French on the Soiume front report a successful continual. on of their efforts to drive the points of tho wedge created by their prolonged offensive, further into the German lines. This point .il present projects across the I'eronue-Bapaumo road at Snllly-Siillllsel. Last night the French again struck the Gorman front here and according to the 1'aris war office, captured a system of trenches northwest of Sailly-Saillisol, advancing as far as the Sailly church. , Immediately to tho northwest, at the convergence of their front with that of I he British they have been pounding for two days at German po sitions near Lo Transloy, and have reported the rapture of Beverul trenches. On Itiimaiilan Front. The Kiimanlans apparently arc con tinuing their more effective resistance to tile Austro-Uornian pressure along tho Moldavia and southern Transyl vanlan fronts. Berlin report?, however, a Teutonic success in the Kothenthurni Pass re gion south of Hcrmannstndt, where strongly defended heights were taken from the Rumanians, together with more than 700 prisoners. In Dobrudja Field Marshal Von Mackensen's advance, which has been pursuing the defeated Kusso-Uumnn-lan army, has t;bt Into (ouch with Russian cavalry and Infantry In the northern part of the province, Berlin announces. A repltltlon of Russian attacks In Vol.vhynla lias resulted In fnrthor de feats of tho Russians, the Germans war office declares. On the Sonime front just south of tho river near Peronne, the Germans yesterday successfully stormed the French lines from La Maisonette farm to Blaches, according to Berlin, cap turing more than 400 prisoners. CHICAGO, Oct. 30. Vance C. Jlc Cormlek, chairman of the democratic national committee, came to Chicago today for what Is expected to be his final conference o! the campaign with .Senator Thomas J. Walsh, manager of Ihe western democratic headcpiurters and predicted a landslide for Presi dent Wilson in the November election. "f see by tho papers." he said, "that Mr. Frank II. Hitchcock claims the election of .Mr. Hughes and giver, a list of states that he professes to believe the republicans will carry. Of tho 26 states he claims for Hughes, I do not regard six as certain for the lepnbliraii candidate. "Tho1 Wilson sentiment In Ohio that makes Mr. Hitchcock concede the stale to the democrats does not stop at imaginary state lines. It extends to all over this section and by this miien, we know tnat Illinois and In olann also are fo the president. The same senl'mont :a sweeping to the P'ic'fic coast. "I confidently expect the president tc larry Connecticut. New Jersey, Delaware. Marylmd and West Vir ginia; In fact the filiation now looks as if these states ore to be no longer 'n doubt. "The swing I toward the presi dent and there are no signs of abate ment." ASHLAND POLLS SHOW STRENGTH OF PRESIDENT A mi rniwliiflfri iit 1 lie Vininv' 4 lir jitcr ji! A-llMfni unions it pntrmi- (r the wpfk I'lMiinu- S.tlti;:t)tv. OrtirltrT 'JH, re-uit-.! nn fnlinw-: HjiiiIv - Itm-m i, HmIh-x n VjU.,n -JO, PRETTY TOOGH PECKING! .W i WASHINGTON, Oil. 30. Women of Ihe country contributed $101,11 1-1 to the campaign fund of the National Hughes Alliance, women's committee, according to the financial statcmcul filed today with the clerk of the house by May II. Ii'iini-cy, treasurer. Kx peniliturcs of Ihe women's committee up to Ocfoher 'S-' were 0.",303. Among I ln largest cnul ributors were Mrs. Daniel Guggenheim. New York, and Mrs, llarrv I'avne Whitney, tlO.000 each: .Mis, F H. Ilnniinan, f.'iOIIO: Mrs. Willard Slraighl. 7."llll ; Mrs. Cornelius Vnudoiiiilt. Mrs. Felix .Viirhiirg, Mrs. Alexander Smith Coch rane and Mis. W. II. 'rocker, liuii ingamc, ( nl., .i'J.'aui each; Mrs. Walter Rosen. New Yoi l;. 117."). Women who i-oMl rilmlcd .IIMHI each were: Mrs. ' T. Slolcsbury, Mis. T. Coleman Dul'onl. Mrs. Simon (iug.jcn lioi.ii, Mrs. ( 'ha lies linicjliion Wood, Mis. John I). Arehbahl, Mrs. A. A. Andcison, Mrs. Giffoi, I'inebot. Mrs. Titfany Bhike. Mr- Li' ingsion Itck inau and Mi-s lie'en Fri-k. Various oilier amounts have been pledged, unionc them .fln.Ollll bv Mrs. Collin ('. Iluntiiieion of New York, VON STEIN APPOINTED l-ONDON, Oct. .'J0. A IJ.-rlin dis patch for ward 'mi From Amsterdam, Isayji that the Gfrman emperor hat ne.it Ueiiteminl (Jdieral Adolf Wild Von Holienliorn, ihe I'niBriian minis ter of war, to tak'j rotnniand of an army corps on (lie weMtern front find that the nilnlxtor lias appointed t PruHHian minister of war and fltat Lieutenant (Jcnrral Von Stein. The jrhanpe. it i fsui I, U due to tho desire j that the mlniMi r of war, w ho initFt j deeid military measures at home, 'Hhrnitd have a tiioroMKh experience in (The incregHir)? wnnts of the army lu i tin field. WALL STREET SUBMARINE WAR WOMEN GIVE $$ ENRAGES NORWAY TO AID HUGHES AGAINST GERMANY i wmmw nmm CUKISTIAXIA, Oct. 30. Correa- pondence of tho Associated I'ress) i Never before dnnng the war liaa the j Norwegian pres so unanimously ex pressed, the rebutment aronaed in i Norway by the last, steps in the Ger nian suhmarine wnrfar6. ' The Areh i ladet calls it pir.it y and says it is the Renenil opinion that (he Gorman war ,'aKainst mercantilo .ships is directed , especially ai;;tin'. Norway, adding; i "It is a fact lhat this continual tor 'pedolng of Norwegian shljis deprives Germany of friend? in Norway." Pulilic opinion In Norway at pres ent Is greatly ex. -'ted ami the popular i feeling toward Germany is far from friendly. Ship owners have decided not to permit their vessels to sail to ! Russian ports in the Arctic, and the war Insurance voiiipanh's will take no risks on ships or cargoes with such ! destination. The AftenposN'Ti says Norwav does mot so much fear German suhmarine; 'warfare near tho American coast art lit must he supposed that the 1'nlted j Slates is butler piepan d than are the 'small ii'Mitral nations to prevent ; wholesale torperiolrg of neutral ships. The German submarine warfare Jtlyis far has o.-t Norway 171 fillip ; with a total tomiaae of !!;:.", orto. REFUSE 10 REVIEW WASHINGTON, o.-i. ;(. The hi nreine cnurt I'hImv relu-cd In review ;iii-mt--itl by (';ilitiniii Icderal euuri- Nil' -ixtecn -uil- rnnleiing title of the j Sniithci ii I )citi- cninMiiny Ik li 'T ; t'nmt land ;il S;ici;iineiitu, ('nl,, t.n J which thr riiilinjul tennmaU ate lo j rjtted. Oi riijil of jf w, the pli'ifi -tiff'- n--ertf'd. wiiiibl L'ie the iiiili"jtd Jl.erj.rl.uil eMiitnd nf the terminal j jOKju'ily. VON HINDENBURG WILSON Ii ASSERTS FRENCH GROWSSTRONGER NEAR EXTINCTION IN CLOSING DAYS French Show Great Tenacity, But Another Offensive Will Leave None British Lack Cent Strategists Welcomes Entrance of Rumania Day of Reckoning Nears. IIKltLIX, Oct. 30. Kleld Marshal Von lllndenbiirK, (tprni&n chief of stuff. Is quoted bv the Overseas News Agency as follows: "The French show Rieut tenacity, but they are eMermtnntinK lives by tluir method or IlKlitlns. AH their lenne ty w ill b" of no avnll, for In the end there will bo none of them left, 't his fate of tho French nation Is ow itiK aiiove all else to the Hrltlsh. If the Mritlsh ask next spring; for one nice offensive campaign they will rob Fiance of the remainder of her army and her nutlonul stroiiKlh. "This war will malic no great cbaiiKe In the estimate of British military accomplishments. fireat strategists, in particular, are lack ing amoiiK the l.'rltlsh. Welcomes Itunuinln. "The Triinsylvunlan sitnallun Is ex cellent. Tho Knitialnluns are In re fit and the d.iy of reckoning Is coming. I welcome, their entrance Into the war with Joy. Hy means of it wo got out or trench warfare." "Itepl.vlng to i o.iestlon regarding tho reported attempt against the life of the Queen of Rumania, Field .Mar shal Von lllndenhurg shook his head and said: "Attempts or this kind always must be condemned." (This Is the first report to reuch the United Rtmes of an attempt against the life" of CJueen Mivrle of Rumania). "The field marshal Ihen spoke about the visit lo Merlin of the Turk, tsh minister of war, Knver 1'anha. whom bn cnlled a 'clear honest and trustworthy man and (in excellent sol dier." "The chief of slaff expressed his admiration and respect for tho Bul garian king und Ihe crown prince of Austria. Have Only Seven Hays. "The field mur.'linl said that since tho beginning or the war bo hud been on home leave In order to sec his fam ily only seven days. Kpeaklng on the importance of steep, tie said: " 'The main thing Is sleeping. Sol diers must In? able lo sleep that Is a most Important niuillty. As for sleeping of army commanders while great actions are f.olng on, the field marshal said: " 'Wliy not? If everything goes as you want It. Then sleep perhaps somewhat less sound, and If every thing is well then, of course, 'you sleep all the I.. tie." F. KILLED IN BATTLE I'.KIi'l.l.V, (,.. :lll. Ciiplaiii lloelke. file famine, (iciinau aviator, i-oHiiled with another aeroplane in tl our.-c of an aerial combat on Oi'tohcr and on laiiilin behind the (ii-riuan line died a- a re-nil of hU iujurif-i. n 0,.,,l.,. '.'7, Cjipiniu '.:e bail -hot down M- f.,iii,.h bo-tile iirni pllilie. I.OMhiN, del. :tn. Captain I'.oc'kc, the iiolril (ieruian aviator, wbo-e death un- reported xe-torday ill new.- agency ili-patchc.- from Am--terilam, ba-ed on a Merlin inc--aije, i--aid by the Lxi iiaii'e Telegraph com-pnliv'- Ain-te dam ciirrc-poiiili-ul to lime been bloiii:ht down by a I'.riti-h .iiialnr eu-l of Carntirai. A CoioL.ne nie--ai'C brought tlii- new.-, il i- .-aid. I'aptain lioelke'- dentil, add- the eorie-pondenl, wa- ennoiiti I hy Kmiiei or William at a liinelicon yicn on Saturday at ( a-tle I'.ellcviic bv III nneror lo Field .Mar-hal Vim 1 lilidenbin u. Tlie new-, it i- -aid. made il deep impre--ioll. e-peeiallv upon the etnpi-ror. win, had .-cen the mialor a lew dav- prciMii-lv on the we-tern front. Nothing Short of a Cataclysmic Dis turbance Can Turn Drift, Says Rickey Voters' Minds Pretty Well Made Up and Switch Unlikely Be fore Election. Illy II. X. Hlel.ey, lidltor of tho CieveiHud Press). CLUVFLANIJ, O., Oct. 30. That tho Wilson tide, which begun to run strongly several moulds ago to be exact, when the country discovered soon after Hughes" nomination .that he ills not big enough for the Jou to which he aspired lias been mount ing higher and higher with each suc ceeding week, Is as certain as :my7 tiling can be in this world of uncer tainties. Tnat nothing rhort of a cataclys mic disturbance can turn the tide (lur ing the week between now and No vember 7, Is so probable that ono lu tempted agalu to use that dangerour. won! "certainty," Not ninny. If any, presidential elec tions have been won or lost during the but week of a campaign. Hiiiiinifrfiix Away. Of course tho political leaders con tinue, to hammer away, up to the viry laet minute before the polls closo ci election day, but they rcalixc that at the very outside there aro only a small fraction ot one per cent of tho voters who havo not made up their minds how they are going to vote, during the months that preccdo thu final days of the campaign. Tho final efforts are very largely for tho pur pose of holding the lines steady. Tito situation, as It stands today, seems to he nbo:;t like this:. The Wilson leaders have supremo, confidence In the president's re-election by an ovrwhclmlug plurality. Tho republic-mi leuders hope that tho drift to Wilson Is not us strong as It seems to bo, and t hat' their candidate will win hy a narrow margin. Tho most optimistic Hughes leader bus neither expectation nor hopo that his candidate will v in a sweeping vic tory. IN-oKii'sslvcs Hold lliilanee. In tile early weeks or the campaign. It was the easiest thing In tho world for the Hughes piople to demonstrate with pencil and paper that Hughes' election was a foregon conclusion. They simply put down the figures of the Tart vote In 1912; added to these figures, the Uoosevelt vote In 1012; then wrote down the Wilson vote In 19t2 and declared Hughes elected by tho difference. The assumption was that because Uoosevelt torpedoed the progressive ship, hud declared lor Hughes, all the progressives would swim ashore, and gather around the Hughes banner.' v Tho progressives all got ashore but most of them seem to have preferred not to follow the man, who torpedoed their ship. Just, what percentage or ttio pro gressive vote for Uoosevelt In 1912 will he cast for president Wilson No vember 7 in ust he more or less of a guess, bat It is well within the facts lo say the Wilson record of progrcs- (CnuUnued on page '.hre6) M'.W VOI.'K, (lei, ill). The predic tion that Charle K. Iloiihc.. will have coiiriilcrahlv inore than ollll electoral vote- mi- maile loilnv by ('haiiinan William It. Willeox of the rcpiiblicun national committee. "Mr. Hughe- will have :ilu electoral Mile- or mure," Mr. Willeox said. "My lepoii- show that Ohio, Illinois and Indiana will alt go republican, as well as New York Mate. We al-o eon-ider Michigan -ale, and although there is a bitter light in I'tall. I be lieve thai will go republican. The democrats have been claiming Minne sota lately, but my reports front that -late do not indicate that it will go democratic. .s to Wi-on-iii. there arc a good many varyiii- reports from lliere. bill I was Mil todav by author ities from that state that it will be in the republican column,"