til ' ' ft fflffra "(! . FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES .i ' CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY i i THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1915 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS D F HI Aged Women and Even Children Join Ranks To Resist the Invaders of Their Country-Putting Up Desperate Re sistance With Indomitable Courage, They Are Still Forced Slowly Back, Getting But Little Aid From Allies Who Are Anxious To Get To Constantinople London, Oct. 19. Serbian defenders (ire putting their last ounce of strength into an effort to delay the invaders of iSerbia on their way to Constantinople. Even aged men and women, together with Serb children, fired by the crisis iu the nation's affairs have joined the fighting lines, according to dispatches received here. But despite their gallant defense, Uiey are being forced slowly to retire before the might of Field Marshal Von Alackensen's German armies, contesting every foot of their fatherland The Serb losses are admittedly tre mendous. The invaders, however, have suffered proportionately moro heav ily. - From Strumnitzn. now in their hands, it is expected the allies will head north ward and threaten ssofin, so as to dis tract the Bulgars from their west ward advance toward tho German lines. The allies hope the Serbians can de lay the Teuton hordes long enough to Hive the British, French and Italians a free hand against Constantinople, now (lie goal of both Teuton and ally. Meantime, the belief growing here that the allies, reported landed at Kiios, intend to hammer through to the Otto man capital. Railroad facilities for iiui'h a move are good. And, while Turkish resistance is an ticipated, it is believed here that it will be weak from scarcity of ammuni tion. (ierman concentration in the Cham pagne and Vosges suggested that a French drive is contemplated, to keep the Teutons busy on the west front. The Hermans reported unimportant gnins thi the east front between Riga and Dv .iiislt. Elsewhere, however, the Rus sians are still on the offensive. Serbians Pushed Back. Loudon, Oct. 19.-BIoody battling between Serbs and Bulgars is still in progress today along a ten mile line between Vrnnia and Ristovatz. The Uulgars are trying to cut the Nish rail road between these points aud thus de- Prisoner Is a Physical Wreck -Expected Judge's Charge Will Favor Him By Alice Roh'e.) tl'nited Prens Stuff Correspondent.) Coino, Italy, Oct. 19. Crumpling tin ,!,. tit. .,...:.. I.:- .I-.,,,.:.. t.i inony, when he bared the tragic details f his love for Mary Scott rantln.! California!!, porter Charlton, youthful! American presented a pitiful figure ini court today "when his trial for murder was resumed. Ife tried desperately to answer in Italian Judge Seincen's questions re ' Harding details of yesterday's story ol 'low he had gone mad with love for this beautiful woman, lint, thomrli he had studied the language in prison, he Hon in the city council providing for was far from possessing the fluency for' reducing the mayor's salary from i, piesentntiou of an adeqiintrt defense, j "" to $3,0110 per year and the annuiil Then, too, the inefficiency of the in-' "Jintl of the city comuiissionerH in- b-rpreter accentuated Charlton'. dis-j''1" fruln r'."u0 ,u tress to such mi extent Hint some of' The city commissioners huvc hud Hie American correspondents .interced-j grout sport during the Inst week slush "d for Charlton with the court. nig others budgets ami voting for sal- One during his pathetic storv, Charl-ior' reductions iu -departments other a dramatically appealed for the ':in ,hl'ir own- Wl"' , '"Wits .nidges consideration, dwelling oil his : Wonting encounigemeiit. 'nudicap through iinfnmilinnty with Incidentally, Commissioner Daly's Hie language und his inability to ex- budget wbs under consideration today. DRIFTING TO DEFEA T OR A COMPROMISE PEACE By J. W. T, Mason. (Written for the failed I'res.) New Vork, Oct. 19. Resignation of Sr Kdward t -arson as attorney general "f England is perhaps Hie first step In Hie overthrow of the present govern ment. This would be more certain if Great Britain had statesmen capable of succeeding the present cabinet mem bers. But this) is not the case. The greatest political minds are now In cluded in the coalition government, and it is improbable that a ministry of iperior talents Could be organired. Three men in Great Britain possess CHILDREN OR SERBIA lay the allies from aiding the herbs. Sofia claimed- the capture of obscure villages a few miles inside the eastern and northeastern Serbian frontier, and asserted the Bulgars had occupied the Morava valley in the Vranin region. Vienna met Serbian claims that the Austro-Germans had beon repulsed along the Danube, with an official statement describing tho Teuton's steady progress all along the Balkan front. This stnted that the Serbs had been defeated in the region of Avala, 12 miles southeast of Belgrade and were retreating slowly on both sides of the road to the south. North of Ralja, the Austro-Uermans are attacking the Ser bians fiercely. In the Mucva district on both sides of the Morava the Serbs were reported retreating. The Bulgarians continue to occupy heights in the northeastern Serbian trinnglo between the Danube and Timok rivers. Germans Capture Town. Berlin, via London, Oct. 19. Field Marshal Von Mnckensen captured Ob renovca and the Teutons advanced fur ther in tho heights south of Belgrade today s official statement announced Several Serbian villmres were taken, The statement confirmed the capture of Varuia 'bv the Bulgarians. They have advanced into the Pirot vallev crossing sevornl streams and taking villages in their pafh. , , Obrenovnc is on the Save river about 40 miles southwest u Belgrade. The town of 1'irot is 25 miles from the Nish railway. State Declares War. Rrmic, Oct. 19. Italy has declared war on Bulgaria, making Serbia, F.ng land, France and herself definitely un der declaration, and Russia "in a state of war," which amounts to the same thing. press the subtlo shades of legal differ once. Then he sut back in tho witness chair, hopelessly. ThroiiL'hout the trial, his manner has been one cf insupportable guttering. and anxiety to got the case over us speedily ns' possible, t'nder extreme nervous tension, he has been seemingly on the point ot collapse. Judge Seiaeea'n attitude, however. has been vorv kind, and he has done all possible to assist him with the lun gunge, It Is believed that his charge to the iiirv will be favorable. The close of the trial is expected at the end of this week. Most of the testimony is in executive session but besides the regular officials, however, three elegantly-dressed women are con cenleil in ,i partition In a corner of tiie courtroom listening to the evidence nrnrniCCinriAr IJaly VUHIII15IUIH;1 lAUJf Hunting for "Bunk" Fortltuid, Ore., Oct. 19. "I'm going to see how much of this economy talk I of some of the commissioners is 'bunk' ; and how much is sincere," With this remark City Commissioner W ill If. Daly today introduced a mo the characteristic of American energy and activity Sir Edward Carson,) Minister of Munitions Lloyd deorgc and Lord Norlhcliffe. Carson has Just retired because he objects to the policy of muddling through the war: Lloyd George recently warned his eountrvmen thst they could; only hope to win the wr by nsing allj their energies; and Lord Nurthciftel has long been pessimistic regarding the government ' methods. Their unanimity of judgment at this, critical time suggests that Great Britain ! drifting, if not to -defeat, then at least to compromise pace, Leaps From Bed and Begins Shooting Despite the Pleas of His Mother Los Angeles, Oil., Oct. 19. Harry Duncan, a lather, slayer of Police Ser geant J. F. Toolan, is hiding somewhere in the city today while scores of pa trolmen aud motorcycle officers search for him. He killed Toolan at 4 a. ra. when the sergeant, accompanied by Patrolman W. tt. White went to Duncan s home to arrest him on suspicion of having stolen automobile tires. According to George Duncan, a brother, Harry Dimenn leuped from bed when the officers pounded on tho back door, rushed to the head of the stairs, und opened fire. His aged moth er clung to him desperately, implor ing him not to shoot. Toolan fell dead. " Wheu White had summoned help, of ficers removed Toolan 's body and sur- routiuod the house. Mrs. Duncan cried from a wfndow that there were only women in the place, but the police Droke iu and found George Duncau hid ing in a wash rooi-.. Harry had es cuped. Eleven Rooms Were Set On Fire Tacninn, Wash., Oct. 19. The lives of several persons were endangered early today wueu tires were discovered in eleven diffrunt unoccupied rooms in the three story rooiuipg house on South h street conducted by Mrs. Alice H Rngnor. That the fires were of incendiary or igin there can be no doubt, according to Fire Marshal Chantler, who investi gated. Carpets, beds and curtains, in five rooms on the second floor and six on the third floor, were set ablaze. Lodgers asleep in tho house, were aroused by a woman residing across the street who saw the glare of the flames. Firemen extinguished the fires before much damage had been done. Fair Frounds Office WfflNot Be Moved On account of vigorous protests made by the people living near the fair grounds, tho postofficc department held up tho removal of tho sub-station to the Crown .Drug store. This does not indicnto that eventually n sub-station will not be established in the business sction of tho city, as the letter from the postoffice department to Postmast er lluekestein merely stated that tho removal of the sub-station had been held up, awaiting a more complete re port as to the advantages of a station iu the business district. Tho substntion near the fair grounds was originally established when they had no service. Now that this section of the city has a service of twice a day, it is of more general benefit to the city according to the postmaster, to have the station located in the business dis trict. Tlir? letter from the postoffice department nt -Washington culls for more general Information and reasons why a station located in the business district would be of more general bene fit than one located near the fair grounds. Will Report On Sinking of Submarine Snn Francisco, Oct. 19. Carrying a secret report of his findings iu cntiiiir tion with the sinking of the submarine F-4, and the death of the crew of SI, Lieut int Commander ' Furor, who has been conducting an investigation, 1 tmlnv from Honolulu, l-iirer would mnlie no statement upon his re port. He was instrumental i the rnis ingof the F -4 from jts wntcry griiye. I-ofe Bui hns promised t' give hit 'wife a diamond pennant when th Georgia lynchers are brought t' jus tire. Th' funner who iimvI t' com t' j town with a little jug o' hsv tied be hind his vehicle now das an' extra tire -there. CITY TO BE ABLAZE 11 ... " E Millions of Lights to Flash Greeting to Tonight to Their "Daddy" LIKES PHONOGRAPH BEST OF ALL HIS INVENTIONS Says Electric Lights Though Were Best Thing For World He Has Done San Francisco, Oct. 19. Ablaze with millions of lights the lights Thomas A Kdison made possible through his gen ius San Francisco and tho bay cities tonight will burst forth in a radiance of welcome to him. Fvery big building on both sides of tho bay will dnzzle with his wonderful inventions, every street light, every ex position searchlight will be on full blast. Through this great illumination the man who started life ns a telegraph operator, will ride to the Commercial club, where, as a telcgraphor again, he will join with the men who today "pound brass, " in banquet whose menu will be printed in Morse's code, and at whose seats tiny telegrnph poles will carry wires to the electric chief's placo. "The Foremost American." As he makes his way to the banquet hall, great dots ancr dashes from nn electric, sign atop a skyscrnped will flash forth California's messnge of wel come to him as "foremost American." The exposition will honor him Thurs day, with "Kdison day." It will be a holiday for this mnn who revels in work, and who boasts that he sleeps only four hours out. of the 24. Knjoying the city with him wns Luther Htivbnnu the plant wizard, and Henry Ford, who aspires to put the world on wheels and at peace. The three visited the exposition, saw all .a sights, and fet ed and honored. Phonograph Hia Pet. Chatting with newspaper men, Ed'non was asked what he regarded as his greatest work, "Oh, I like the phonograph best,' he smiled, "but I suppose the begin nine mRde with the ctrlc, light and electric power transmission did most to nelp the world." He thought a moment, and grew remi niscent, recalling a great "failure" li the list of glowinir successes. It wus his method for extracting iron from low grade New Jersey ores. Just as he had the system complete, alone came a discovery of ore that could be scooped out by the triiinload and the inventor wns disappointed Wife No One Chased Him Around the World Han Francisco, Oct. 19. After a fit ful voyage over tho mntrlmoninl sea to say nothing of around a goodly part of the world M. Rubinstein, Honolulu merchant, arrived hero today, en route to Dallas, Texas, with his first love, who hud threatened him with bigamy proceedings. Rubinstein said he married wife No. I years ago in Chicago. Later ho quit her and we.it to Arizona where he got what he supposed were divorce papers from a lawyer. He later married in London wile No, 2 and went to Hono lulu. Then he Ion-id he was not legal ly iinspliccd from No. 1, who had trail ed him, so he had the second wedding annulled, quit his business and agreed to go bad', with No. 1 to Dallas. PAP.DONED BY PEE8IDENT. Wilmington, Del., (Jet. 19. En route to New Jei-ey to vote in the suffrage election, President Wilson today par doned ( Hiiicron Spear of New Vork, former heal of the Collins Wireless Telephone company, who is serving a fivo year term ill Atlanta for criminal conspiiucv to Use the mails to defraud. DENIES BEINO DEAD. Iioiolou, et. 19.-Seen today at the II ,'inl ni aviation grounds Giiiiiame White, aviator, denied persistent re ports Hist lie had been shot as a spy. ! THE WEATHER Oregon: To night and Wed nesday unset tled, probably rain nortlinest; generally fair south and east portions; south erly winds. fITH LIGHTS FIR IZARD 01 i Soldiers Are In Ugly Mood May Attack Mexicans For Revenge Brownsville, Texas. Oct. 19. Engin eer H. II. Kendall and an unidentified United States cavalryman were killed and Dr. K. S. McCain, of Cameron coun ty, Harry Wallis and Conductor Moran were injured when Mexican bandits early today held up a "Frioo" train seven miles from here, later the ban dits fired tho railroad trestle, blocking the pursuit of a detachment of troops while they fled into tho brush. Terrorized passengers said the bnn ilits. derailed the train andthen swarm ed into coaches, shooting at random. Tho Mexicans afterward burned a 300 foot bridgo between the wreck and Brownsville to delay pursuit, and also cut the telephone wires. Five hundred soldiers and civilians aro trailing them. The bandits, reported led by Lus De larosa, a noted Mexican from Matam oros, removed tho bolts and spikes from tho nuts. Tho train passing over the weakened spot jolted tho rail out of place and the locomotivo and tho two forward cara were ditched. Engineer Kendall was crushed to death. Before the passengers had recovered from the shock, five Mexicans entered tho first cur still on the track and be gnu shooting. Their bullets hit three American soldiers, killing Corporal Me lice instantly. McCain and Wallis ran into the toilet but wero dragged out and shot. McCain was hit iu the abdomen Jind is dviug, Wallis' left hand was shot awav. Other Mexicans entered the train im mediately, shouting "Death to tho gringoes. Kill tiie soldiers. They told the passengers to hand over their valuables. Those who resisted were clubed with revolvers. Several passengers were forcod to re move their shoes and outer clothing. One swnrthy bandit pulled tho shoes from the bloody corpse of the dead soldier. Mexican passengers, however, were not inolestnd. McCain and Wallis probably would have escaped, had not a M.exiran pas senger pointed out their hiding place. The informant was later taken into custody, and it is believed ho will be lynched. Lnrnsa's connection with the holdup wns established by the bandit a cheers of "viva Don Luis," and "viva Luis De Darson," whilo they worked. All of tho raiders were armed with car bines of the Cnrranzista pattern. The remnants of a camp alongside the track indicated that tney bail wait ed a long time for the train. A dyna mite bomb, too, was found iinexjilodcd nearby. . Americans hereabouts are much ex cited, mid military authorities fear a concerted attack on tho Mexican in reprisal. Soldiers too, are in an ugly mood, and officers are having difficul ty in restraining them. Nation Cries Out For Leaders Who Can Show Courage and Face the Truth By Ed L. Keen. (I'nited I'rcss Staff Correspondent.) lomloii, Oct. 19. "tan the Asipnth ciiliinct Ini-1 7 That wus what nil Kngliind in lied to i day. That there have been differences in the body over ninny of the gravest problems of the war has long been known. I tut the resignation of Hir Ed ward Carson emphasized tin m so slnirii- Iy tout many politicians cxi t the speedy fall of the caliinct. The illness of 1'rcuiier As(piilli strengthened this feeling. ci'o Oiic doubteii tjie genuineness of this, though it was recalled, however, that the same forerunner preceded the res ignation ol Tliiiophilo Delcasse, I 'rem Ii foreign minister. On one hand extreme pressure Is be ing broiignt to bear to prevent whole sale resignut ions, as this would neces sitate a nationiil election, and it is generally felt this is no time for such a test. On the other hand, it Is lis serted that lilt liicrensiulv vigorous prosecution of the war alone can pre vent such a development, however ill opportune It might lie. AN OKLAHOMA WRECK. Chickasaw. Okl Oct. 19.-Two per sons were killed, another is missing ami three wero iiijmed, one of them fatally, vshen n southbound Kock Island pas senger train crushed heinl oii into a fast freight nt Agawam, 1.1 miles south of here early today. EAI8E IS 1000 FEB CENT. New Vork, Oct. 19. In a soaring market, Bethlehem common today sold at an even 500, aa advance of 470 since the war started. WAS NEWS OF ONE YEAE AGO TODAY A desperate general Herman attack , was repulsed by the al lies, France said. Germany re ported "strong "opposition" at Ostend, on the Ysor and at Nieuport. An allies' Lille at tack was reported repulsed. Kussian successes reported at Warsaw and south of Praomysl were denied by Austria. The British submarine K-3 was re- Iiorted sunk iu Hie North Sea iy German battleships. Berlin interpreted the sending of Por tugese troops to Africa as indi cating British aid against Boers Japanese, for "military pur poses," havo occiipiod tho Mar shall Mariannn and Carolina islands east of the Philippines. Japanese blockade boats, To kyo said, destroyed the (ierman S-90, which sunk tho Japanese cruiser Takachiho, TIGHT WAS A DRAW Winnipeg, Man,, Oct. 19. Johnny O'Lenry of Seattle, champion light weight pugilist of Canada and Patsy Drouillord of Windsor, fought - a HV round draw hero lust night. Drouillurd was knocked down for tho count of nine In the second round but came back fighting harder than ever. O'Lcary had the better of the bout but it wns declared a draw. The biggest crowd that ever witnessed a bout in Winnipeg snw the go, II Will Call Election In January For Election of Congress and Step Down Washington, Oct. 19. Mexico today re entered tho family of nations. After nearly three years of civil war and rev oliition, the new government wns bom, with General Venustiano ( iirranza at its head, with the titlo of "chief ox ccutivo of the defacto government." A note from Secretary of State Lnnsiiiir to Eliseo Arredondo, Car- ituiMi's cousin, according Carraimi's recognition, wns Hie, formal step in bringing Mexico back to tho fold, Sim ilar notes wero sent to Arredondo by all tho conference countries. The titlo of president, provisional or nil interim, will lie assumed ny i.,ar ranza or conferred by the congress he proposes to convene shortly. Within the next two days President Wilson Is expected to lay an embargo on export of munitions to tho "rebels" of Moxieo. t arra ii7.il wilt prolianiy soon cull municipal elections for December in the territory lie controls. Then in January ho will cull an election con gress to assemble In the spring to ar range for the June presidential dec Hon. In this he will not be a candi date. IS TIIE BOLE QUESTION. London, Oct. 19. Whether the reslg nation of Sir Edward Carson us nt tomey general, foreshadow tho fall of the Itntisn cnmiift wns discussed nn every hand today. Everywhere it. was recognized the crisis in the govern meat's affairs Is grave. "We should deeply regret to sen the lin vei nniest come down," said the Globe, "but it assuredly must fall nil less it siiows strength and decision Iu such grave mutters ns the Gallipoli ex pedition, the rescui) of the Serbiiins, problems of recruiting and waste, and Zeppelin attacks. "The nation cries out for leaders who can show courage to face tiin truth. If the cabinet fails lis now, it will full." FIRST OF JAP LINEI18. Sun Fruucisco, Oct. 19. Iiiaugtirnt- ing the Toy Kisen Kaisha's new ser vice neiween ,iiipilll, ctoiiui iiiiencii hum Kan Francisco, the Anyo Maru, a spleu- lidlv eouippcd liner, arrived here to day. She carried only four cabin pas sengers, but in steerngo carried !100 SUFFRAGETTES CLAIM NEW JERSEY IS THEIRS Trenton, N. J., Oct. 19. -Headed by ill foremost eiti.eii, President Wilson, all New Jersey today went to the polls to register its will' on tho statu wo man suff rage ipiestioii. ' Conservative judges said the vote would bu close, lie suffragists cliinii-. ed their majority ' 25,000 while j the "antis" said they will have a! i hiroM nut torit V. The battle of the "pros" continued to dawn today, sad they wero un hand during the day to see that there were no election frauds. At Newark, a wenry-eyed group of suffragists held forth when the sun law tied over the city tins morning They had talked all day, and nil night, even though in the fatly hour of the SECRETARY PLANS A BIG FLEET 1 I Will Enlarge Dry Docking and Repair Facilities On the Pacific Side ANNUAL WAR BUDGET TO BE NEARLY $400,000,000 Plans to Expend $500,000, 000 For New Ships During the Next Six Years Washington, Oct. 19. The Pacifio coast, within two years, will be euard- ed by the largest fleet in it history. under plans of Hocretary of the Navy Daniels, it wns learned today. Con tinued operation of tho Panama canal is tho principal factor in his proposals for the Pacific fleet, and the Atlantic fleet will frequently cruise to Pacifio waters. When dryiloc.klng and repait facilities have been permanently en larged on the- west coast, Daniels pro poses to divide the fighting forces and keep a Btrong- fleet in tho west. His plans for const defenses include tho strengthening of protection for San Frnncisco und other largo citle. Increase la Big. Under tho ndniinistration's defense program, tho annual "war" budget will bo from .'lflO,000,000 to 100.000, 000. This represents an annual in crease of from $145,000,000 to 17r,. 000,0(10. The differing number of new dreudiiaughts each year will cause this liuctuatioii. Officials are now discussing whether a permanent change in revenues will be necessary to meet Hie enormous ex penditure proposed. 1'residoht Wilson is expected not only to outline the dofenso program when he speaks In New York Novem ber 4, but also to suggest the question of raising revenue. The annual expenditures planned for Hie army range from $155,000,000 to $175,000,000 after next year's proposal for ir IN l,U(Hi,(llill. The present year' appropriation was (110,000,000. The Navy Budget Grows. Tho navy budget annually for the next six venrs is expected to runge from 05,000,000 to 225,000,000. Permanent upkeep of tho proposed in creased fleet und army will likewise inenn a tremendous Increase in the an mini "servico" budgets. ' Daniels plans to expend $500,000,1)00 for new ships alone in the next six years, while Secretary of War Garrison ex pects to spend $10.1,000,000 on arms and ainmuiiition and $81,000,000 on forti fications In tho next four year. For maintenance of a oitir.cn volun teer army of 400,000 regulars, the same number of reserves, and a 140,000 regular army, It is estimated that the increased annual cost will be $25,000, 000. Increase of 1,000 in the number of officers drawn from tho militia largely will cost another $500,000. Cut and Stabbed But Marry Anyway Sacramento, Cn! Oct. 19. With bridii an 1 groom bearing numerous cuts and stabs inflicted last night by ii spurned lover in an attempt to thwart the marriage, With Treadwell, department store cashier, today becnino the wifn of II. A. Grltibiy. Although in much pain they decided to curry Out their marriage plans. .1 1 1 ii it Dins, the discarded lover, was iu the police station on a charge of disturbing the peace, us tho marriage ceremony was performed. Japanese bound for the British sugar plantations iu rem, and 100 otner steer age passengers. She is in charge of Captain Totu and carries a fl,Oo0 ton enrgo, nun uing they found scarcely any one except the patrolmen mid milkmen fur an audieiiei). The suffragettes uukWi a whirlwind close. Kour hundred of them nil over the state conducted meetings well into the night, They centered their work chiefly is the big Industrial centers, where their ! right lulmitteiliy is iinrcicsi. it iiies- cities tiro carried, said the suffragists, the rest of the state will be easy. The polls opened at 6 o'clock and will continue until 9 tonight. President Wilson left Washington early this morning, and was slutcd to east hi vote In a fire house voting booth at Priuccton early thia efttin i noon, , MP