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MEDFOKD. OREGON. Tl'KSDAY. OCTOHKR 191(5
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dvSdS GOVERNMENT FOR RUMANIANS
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Thirteen of Crew Still Missing-
Americans Probably Amonq Tbem
Lansing Awaits Definite Infor-
.mation Before Action Conflicting
Accounts of Sinking German Em-
cnassy uoes noi ueneve rieayes
Given U. S. Violated.
LONDON, Oct. 31. Tho number of
missing from ihe Ilritlsh steamship
Marina. which was torpedoed , by a
bubmarino off the Irish coast, has
now been reduced to 13, according io
a telcsram received at the American
embassy today from Wesley Frost.
American conBtil at Queenston u.
Kitty-two more survivors have been
landed Jlr. Frost reports that anions
tho 13 there will probably be Anu.-:i-i
an fatalities.
i.unjjo.n, oct. ai. i ne iiritixn
steamship Marina Bank within 10
minutes after being torpedoed, Wes
ley Frost the American consul nt
Queenstown, reported to the Ameri
can embassy today. He said survivor
stale that the vessel was torpedoed
without warning.
Sixteen Americans Tjiudcd.
LONDON, Oct. 31. A private tele
ram received today from Crookliavon
by Robert P. Skinner, American con
sul general, says that among the sur
vivors from the Marina, who were
landed at Crookhaven are 16 Amerl-
Sinith, a veterinary.
There were 49 American? in the
crow of the Marina. FirKt reports of
lior sinking said that only 34 mem
bers of her crew had been brought
to land. Mr. Frost sent word yester
day to the American embassy at Lon
don at the Marina had been torpe
doed without warning, hut the British
admiralty said it had not ascertained
whether warning was given.
Case Incomplete.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 Secretary
Lansing said today that his reports
on the destruction of the British ship.
Marina, with probably loss of Ameri
can lives were still too incomplete to
permit of any conclusion or to allow
him to discuss the case. Fuller re
ports with affidavits of American sur
vivors have been ordered by cable.
This morning's news dispatches
saying some of the survivors had
seen the wake of a torpedo and that
the ship was struck twice, added grav
ity to the situation.
Officials noted, however, that the
British admiralty was not prepared
to say the ship was torpedoed and
that Consul Frost's report yesterday
said she was destroyed by gunfire.
Infomuilion AwaiU'd.
Entirely nsldo from the first as
pects of the case, officials made it
clear that no conclusions could be
drawn until all apparently conflicting
circumstances had been cleared up
d evidence had been gathered In
legal form.
Immediately the case was viewed
na mnra earlnna llian om aluna tlia do.
structlon of the Sussex, as it is thef"" ' i'.","""'" """
first loss of American Hfo, but the
state department gave no evidence of
tension as It set about gathering the
facts.
Today's news dispatches Indicating
that the sea was very rough at the
(Continued on Page Two.)
EXTRA DIVIDEND FOR
NEW YORK, Oct. 31. The Unilod
States Steel corporation today de
clared an extra dividend of 1 per cent
on Its common stock in addition to
the regular quarterly dividend of
1 per cent. The regular quarterly
dividend of 1 per cent on the pre
fprred stock was alBo declared.
Total earnings of the United States
Steel corporation for th,e quarter end
ing September 10, 1916, were $W
81.n67, breaking all previous
records.
Republican Hih Protectionist, Mem
ber of the New York Supreme
Court, Says That to Vote Against
President Wilson Would Be to
Brand Himself a Hypocrite.
Uy MU.TON IsliOXXKU
NT.W YOlfK, Oil. :il. "I'lv-iilcnl
Wilson's siine methods of dealing with
our intornnlinnal relations constitute
tlu prime influence
which led ine to
support li i in. I have
at times eluit'ed
under his M-eminji
insOtiMbility to out
'ilties perpetrated
ni:niiM ik am!
have, often joined
in the repuliliean
eliorns of eiiudi'in
nutiipii. Hut my so
ber second iliuuulit
ilas itlivuvs been
JUSTICE. TOBD
tlmt tile pre-itlent knew a tlioitsjinil
tilings nboul the situation which I did
mil know iiinl that my criticism was
lo .-ay the least, highly presiuuptu
ous. This was espceially so in ve
speet to sonie phases of the Alexieell
situation. Vel i believe with the
president that it is of t ranseenilent
importance to cultivate -rood feeling
between litis country ami the I.atin
Anierieiin republics and our Irealment
id" .Mexico niilit make or mar the
president's laitdalile plans fur pan
Amei'iean unity aiid friendly co-operation.''
1m Supremo Court Justice
The speaker was Justice John Ford,
a member ol the .New- lurk supreme
ciiuri, a man who seldom allows hin
self to he interviewed, lie has been
I'i.L'hter all his life. lie started out
by fiqlttinij for an eiluealiun. wnrkini:
on a farm and later as a slutie dresser
mil studying nil the side, lie paid
his way through Cornell university
by ihe seholarhips lie won by his
brilliant class work and the monev he
irncil during llie summer. .
A repuliliean, he started out as a
vouie lawver who opposed Itoss lorn
I'lalt, then the supreme political fig
ure in .New l nrk slate. I-Jeeled to
the state senate for two terms, he was
l thorn In the side of the machine and
lis corporation pets.
Fold later was elected to the slate
supreme court.
The other day he scut a letter to
ihe -resident nnnoiincin?. his inlention
of siipporliiifr him.
After tiiruins; down the New York
newspaper.-, he consented lo talk to
mc as to win- he, a lil'eliuur republi
can and former editor of Ihe Ameri
can Economist, the leading high pro
tective tariff organ, hail decided lo
vote for a democrat.
Wilson Stands Like flock.
'Oul of the troubled sea ol' inter
national disputes. ' he said, "stands
Wi!ou's rock of (libraitar iliM-ribed,
lie kept u- out of wal l' That lias
become t rite, I know, yet it cannot loo
often be repeated, 1 ju-c it means
so much to all of us who hae enjoyed
peace and prosperity ill llie miiUt of a
warring ami starving world.
"Another con-idcnil ion operating
on niv mind was the splendid body of
(.MUM I (Ml till I Ilia II If tin 111 HUM I 111 I "II IM
(he interest of the plain people, as
contra-di-timriiwhed 1 rnm the oli
garchy of predatory wealth. The list
is too Ioiil' to give in full, hut the fed
eral re-erve, rural credits, eight-hour,
child labor, imomc tax nnd many
other laws could be named. N"o such
record of real progressive social ser
vice lci-lation was ever made by any
(Continued on lnge Two.)
STOCKHOLM, OH. SI The crown
prlnrefs of Sweden pave Mrth to a
non today.
' The Crown Prince Giistav Adolf
was niarrl-.d In 1fio." to Princess .Mar-srarr-t
Victoria, daughter of Prince Ar
tiitir, DuUn or Cunnauulit. They now
have four Pons nnd one daughter.
Battle in Progress in Szurduk Pass
Declared to Have Resulted in Bril
liant Victory Russians Start Gen
eral Offensive and Capture First
Line Trenches. -
l.nXlioX, (let. .11. The halt It- that j
has been in progress in the Szurduk ;
pass region on the iiumaiiian-Trau- .
sylvanian frontier has ended in a bril
liant victory for Ihe Kumanians. ae-
cording to a wireless message from
lltielicrest today. The Austro-Her-
maii forces, il is declared, have been
alsed from the frontier utter liav-1
ing los much artillery and many pris- j
oners. j
Along the whole front of the ;
TniUsylvanian Alps on Ihe northern:
I i ii i.-i it border the Teutonic lines!
have been shaken by Ihe Ituiuaninn j
attack, the dispatch adds.
The eastern front again is stirring i
with neliviiy. l.'rom the north of Ihei
Yoihyniau region o the south of
llaliez, on the Lcmbcrg front, the
Russian arc iillacking and in the
sector west of I.utsk report the cap
ture of Aiistrii-derman first line j
trenches.
Ilci-lin Contradicts,
lterlin announces not only the re
pulse of li'ussian attacks on Ihe'
Shara and below Stanislau, south
east of l.cnibcrg, hut claims the cap
lure of iinporianl llussiau positions in
the Xaruyuvka region.
Fighting on Ihe Transylvania front
continues violently in Ihe mountain
pusses anil near the frontier. No fur
ther advances by the Aulsro-ticnnaii
forces are claimed; ."however, while
I'eti'ograd reports the liiiuiiininns )
continuing their successes in the .1 in
valley, pressing Field Marshal Von
r'allicuhayn's forces farlher north,
lii-rlin claims llie failure of liu-
ninni.ui ellorts lo capliire heights
north of Campuluug. where the Aus-tro-(!ernian
advance had pressed a
considerable 'distance into Wumnninii
territory, southwest of KimiM.tdl.
On Somuic l-Yont.
Berlin's rcpoil on the lutes) oncra
lions on the Sonimc front announces
repulses for the llrilisli near l.cs
llociil's, north of the river, and of the
French, who allocked l.a Maisonette
I'arm and llie new (Sermon posilions
south of Itiiiches.
The (ieruian artillery broke up at
tempts by strong French forces to
advnne in ihe region of Chaulncs,
is deHi iicH,
In MiHT'lonin further progress for
the Krem-h mid Serlniins west '(if J,Ue
l're-b:!, south west of I In- M-m.itir
reinn, is reported by I'jiris. Tile
Muluiiriiins nnnminee jim entente de
feat in nttiicks in the (Vrmi region,
snnlheiisl of Monjisiir, nnd the driv
ing bmk nf the Seihinns in llie M.
lenii-ji district.
(!iinijiny Ji:i direct cd reprisuls
upon liiLs.ijtri pi'i-oncrs hcc.-tn-e of
l.nssiiin iKiii-eninptiiinec with German
demands fur improved 1 real meat of
leriuan prisoners neeniihnif tn a
emi-nfl ieial aniiouneement in Jlerliu.
Certain Kus.-ian officer-, have, been
placed in camp when- I he discipline
i.-. especially severe.
CHINESE DISCORDS
NOW HARMONIZED
WASHINGTON, Oel. 31 Ameri
can Minister lieinxdi a( Peking in a
di-piitch received today by tiie s(j(te
department predicted a harniMnizing
effect oil Chinese internal political
struggles a n re-ult of the election
by parliament of Feng Kwo Chang, as
vice-president of the republic.
THE.
JVOMEN IN FA MIL Y A UTOS
SPREAD JFILSON TIDINGS
Peace, Prosperity and Humanity, Their Message to
- Voters A Work of Devotion, Without Glitter,
Says Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, in -Charge
of the Movement
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EASTERN UN PRESIDENT OFF
IN DEAD EARNEST
XKW YOI.'K CITY. Del. :il. The
humble Ford al:d all the other little
it's that earrv the plum people
ibe i i,,-., of
j1(1
' l'lliled Stat
s and pleiisiiii
s uboul Ihcir busi-
bine come into thcivi
own as ngencie.s for reaching (lie vot-
ers in n' presidential campaign. As
usual, woiiu-n are Ihe innovators.
Leaving' private trains and oilier
expeiwive frills o tlm Muglies cam
pawners, women pledged to the re
election of the i.rcMdenl u ho -ve
them the child labor law and the chil-
itldren's bureau
a re Ol'"!! niZlll"" I) V
itiei-hhorhood- from New York to
California t. preiVl the pospel of
WiUon, peace and humanity through ; t hora. prohahly delivering a
every countryside and every eity!8pciech. Later he will test and dine
ward. ' j privately at a hotel, in the evening
(n a hi- map nt headouartcrs eol-
ored pa-es are proutin as county
al ter count v reports llie enlistment
of women volunlects. They will carry
pamphlets am) lea i lets, as well as
personal mc-a '.:-, Iclling why they
regard the president's election -is all
important. The n.-rk i- being direct
ed nt headipiartci'-i by Mis, Chnrlc-
Ihtna (Jib-on and other enthusiastic'
Wil-on wnrkcr-.
"Our women volunteer are not go
ing out villi a Ida re of trumpets to I
tell other people what they should
do," said Mrs. (iih-on. "Knch woman:
will cover her own immediate neigh
borhood and lulls in neighborly,
friendly fashion with those she meets
along the country roads and at the
farm houe and in lb'1 cilv streets.
"There will he a lot of devotion and
no glitler about thi- work. The "wom
en undertaking il a re acting 1 imi
deep conviction--not from a relief
tri'in the boredom d uncial hie. The
kind of women who are to drive their
EVOLUTION
W wl k m rM
S ON FINAL TRIP
I.OXO IlltAN'CII. X. J., Oct. 31.-
I'resident Wilson will leave here to-
night on his last trip of the cam-
iPalgn. He will speak in llul'lalo and
New York City and will shake hands
w,l crunn l inuny
j and towns In Now York Htnte. Whllo
j arrangements for his speeches havo
en nmde hy non-partisnii orgnnl-
tions. his campaign managers expect
'his trip to have nn important effect
: tn(1 campaign in New York state.
ArrivhiK in Buffalo at 1 o'clock
l omuil uw Ui li noun .mi. n tinuu 1 1 1
'""'or through the principal .streets to
the Mlieott club nnd will have luncli -
! anuresH a meeting unuer in
; auHp.IceB of the executlve.s eluh. He
i WI11 l('nve i'aio ior .mmv i one cu.v
will leave Buffalo for New York cHyhis
at 1 0 : :i r. o'clock tomorrow night, ar- j,,-,,.,, opporluuities ami great dan
riving in New, York at fl o'clock oii,,-ers. Ii is ji new world. Thee na
Thursday morning. lions of the oihcr side, after the Kur
The president will be accompanied
hy Mrs. Wilson, Miss .Margaret Wil
son, .Miss Helen Wood row ltonesi See- '
retary Tumulty, iir. Cary T. (Irayson, ;
the while house physician, and seve-j
ml members of the white house staff, I
family cars along the roads for us I
don'i get hored with life.' They are in j
dead earnest, and they have something 1
thev are sine is worth -aviug to tins:
friend- and neighbors ihey meet along
their way.
"No di-trict will he too remote or
oh-curc lo be inelnd
I in thi- canvass.
ill i
i thai
ipb-
a not her step towa id realizing
electing a president is the pe.o.
own bu-iiie and that the good
iti en-' dul ie- a re nol confined to
oting on election day."
Ok' I A CANDIDATE
HUGHES OPPOSES ICIER! FOR
ANY
EMBARGO
ON Ml I
Heckler Smokes Out Candidate
Would Maintain Right of America
to Ship Munitions to Belligerents
ar.d Oppose Warning of Americans
From Travel on American Ships.
col.l Mlti S. In-1.. Oct. :tl. fh;i.
K. llimhes oiiv l.ilil a heckler that
he wa- in favor of the mniulcnaricc of j
every American riyrht, "inclmliuir the;
li.uht of travel and the rihl of ship
nienl.'' .Mr. lluuhes had been astu-d if he
favored an embargo on munitions or
ihe passage of a resolution by coti
yress warniuy Americans otT meich
mil ships flying the fla-r of belliger
ent ualtens.
Mr. Iluvhes Njnilie in the open air
here before a croud that hail come
for miles to hear him, and choked the
streets around Commercial park. He
was spenkiiiir of the competition
American enterprise will have to meet
from Harope after pence when a man
in tin crowd shunted :
Heckler Asks Quest Uhh
'.Mr. llnirhes, as a hcrsonnl tnl-
inii'er, may 1 ask you a ipiestion .'"
Then was the usual confusion re
tnltinu I rum an attempt to heckle.
The nominee asked the crowd fur
quiet -o that the ouestioner nnirht
proceed.
"In the event of your election.'' the
man asked, "will you or will you not
favor or oppose an embargo against
the shipment of munitions from this-
country lo Kuropc, or Ihe pa As aire of
a war resolution warning Americans
nol to travel on .ships owned li''')i)i
lioiis al war T'
"I, sir llie nominee replied, "am
in favor of Ihe maintenance of every
I'ihl, ini'liulin,!,' the liylit of travel and
the rights of shiunents. It is a very
important rii:ht that we have as a
neutral nation and it is very important
thai at Ibis lime, when the "real war
is rnt;in. we should vindicate neutral
rights and maintain the integrity of
international law. To my mind, it is
a
ry thonjihtle-s policy that would
surrender any of ihcse important
riphts because of any sentimentnl
coiisidet'iil ion, when we have the vast,
necessities of neuiral coanncree and
the importance of ihe rights nf nen
I nils lo consider with re-ipc to Ihe
future nf the Cnilcd Slates."
Thi' crowd cheered Mi1. Hughes and
'Hie heckler si ted: "Hiank you.'
i i-1 mi iii ii i inn im i icKnin) .
..Tu. fnmi:,i(, of American pros-
, M.ri, v n inMh,ls WUH yin when
;,;. , , -U I-1- interrupted him, "is to h
j r - not .-imply in patriotic -.enli-
;,m.llt mniS nM. rili.enship. The
! foiindntioii must be found in ouml
; governmental policies. We hav,
, j,, wurt n(- n,,. iwcntielh centui'V
!
(Continued on 1'iige Two.
COI.I'MHI'S. N. M., Oct. 1 . A se
ries oT skirmishes at long range be
tween Car ran a cavalry nnd Vlllu
bandits occurred recently south of
Namlquipa without advantage to
either side arrivals from the interior
who reached here yesterday reported.
Namhpiipa is miles southeast of
Colon ia iMibtan, the Anieriean army's
field headilUHI'tel'S.
LUMBER MILL
EN ROUTE HERE
Semon Returns From East, Havitnj
Purchased and Shipped Machinery
for Appleijate Industry Reports
East Too Prosperous and Busy to
Pay Much Attention to Politics.
The mill machinery fur the Applo-
'alc l.iunher company, which will op
era te in Medford, will arrive in this
il y within three weeks, according lo
'. .!. Semon, who returned thi morn
ing I nun New oi k( where he puv-
hased the mill mid saw it started on
its journey west, llie mill is of the
band type, ami with rcsnw will have a
apacity of HO.IMHI feel jM'f ten-hour
lay. The mill is in lirst-elass sham
and the equipment includes HOOfl fept
of vard rails, a number of yard curs
and a saw filing oitttil.
Negotiations nre still under way for
the site on which to erect the mill.
That most favored lies just west of
I lie plan! of the Trail Lumber com
pany, on the west side of town. Def
inite information as lo whether tho
site can he secured is expected before
tomorrow niht, when there will he a
meeting of the stockholder of the
project. At this meeting also action
will he taken on contracts for sup
plying the Kwuunii llox Factory com
pany of Klamath Kails with lumber
for running n factory in Medford.
Work has been pushed in grading
roads to the timber held hy the com
pany in (be lulls west ol Jackson
ville. These roads will be complot-
d, enmps established nnd limber will
be inoved f(o the new mill n's soon "lis
it I... erected.
Cnpi'cccdenlcd Prosperity.
On his eastern trip Mr. Semon vis
ited maiiv states. Kvervwhere from
Montana ea-t he found unprecedented
prosperity. In the election lie found
but little interest, especially among
ihe working men, who are now enjoy
ing a period of high wages and gen
eral pro-peri ty such n.s thev have
never known before. These men, said
Mr. Semon, have no desire for n
change, cannot he told hy the repub
licans, when their pockets are full,
that there is no such thing as demo
cratic prosperity.
Seattle will go strong for Wilson,
staled Mr. Semon. Kiom Seattle east,
he stated, he witnessed dozens of polls
and straw vote-, all of which indicat
ed a land-lide tit the democratic can
didate. All through the east democrat-
are ol lering even money and an:
finding no one to h'ke it.
Swing to Wilson, ,
In Salamanca, N. Y said Mr. Se
mon, he obscned u magnificent Wil
son banner Vhich was hung across
llie street. Impming about the ban
ner, he learned that llie lands tor its
purchase had been solicited by the to-
al hotel proprietor. Only the dona
tion- ot republicans supporting" il-.-oii
were accepted, vet in that small
(own were enough who qualified so
that oiilv a -mall aiuotiut was given bv
aeh.
"I have ".ecu more campaign but
tons from Portland to Medford," con
cluded Mr. Seinon, "than I saw on all
the re-t of my trip. In the ea-t they
are too busy ami Po prosperous to
talk politic-. The men who are work
ing arc ,-ayiug little, but in their sat
isfaction with pre-cut condition is
-ecu an itnnien-e popular swing to
I'le-idcnt Wil-on. 1 consider now
that there i- 'nothing to it.' "
10
IK ALL CARGOES
nl'I'.NIIAdKX. (i, t. :il.
A
ili-
palch I'mni I''i'i-1 rif.-hii I'rn In
t ho
llrrluiike I nleiiile -.ays Hint Ihe eap
tain id' tin oruei;ian stenmshti.
Sleinlie-.l, who wa- lak-'n to Krinl -i-ichalVu
with the tnemher of hi
. rcw e-leriln,v, n iorl-. tlmt the eoni
inamler of the (irntian Mihninri'ne
uhich allk I i vessel toll! him that
all rarvoc- lor I'.nulalnl wnillrl ho
Ireated as eontrahaml in the t'ullire.
It. .T. Moser. necretaiy of the
Triumph Mnehino company of Port
land, has heeu u business visitor In
Hie valley the past two days.