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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!
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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
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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,"