ft Ik FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY ; THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1915 - PRICE TWO CENTS Bfl GERMAN IV SERBIA NO! Serbs Fighting Desperately Make Every Foot of Ground Gained Dearly Bought and Inflict Tremendous Losses On InvadersIsland of Cyprus Is Dangled Before Greece As Bait to Tempt Her to Throw Her Influence and Aid To Allies Paris, Oct. 21. Field Marshal Von Hnekensen's battering ram is still Jiammering its way through the Morava valley, Serbia, toward Constantinople. It is now proceeding a little faster.' Kvervwhere along the northern fron tier for fifty miles east and west of Belgrade there is more or less fighting, but the main drive is in the Morava valley. Von Mackensen is reported to have been heavily reinforced in re sponse to a reported urgent request for additional forces. Serbs, fighting with an ardor that will go down in history as a brilliant feat, are inflicting heavy losses on the Teuton invaders, but in turn, the Serbs themselves are being mowed down in enormous numbers. Bulgarian forces are across the Ser bian frontier at many points. Their inain object is to cut the Salonika rail road, Serbia's means of communicating vi it h the outside world and receiving allied aid. Severe fighting proceeds south of I'skub. The number opposing them, besides the Serb dofenders is un l.nown, but probably the Franco-British force is small. Salonika dispatches said the Bulgars are still on the offensive though re peatedly repulsed. Whether they have taken Vrania, as reported, or not, it was in the Serbs' hands at latest ac counts. North of Vrania, however, the Bulgars held the railroad to Kish. In the extreme norttynst, Austrians md Bulgarians are still struggling in Hie difficult mountains toward effect ing a junction. Radubevatr, on the Uumnni'nn - Bulgarian - Serbian border, was taken bv the Bulgarians, and its inhabitants 'fled into Rumania for Mfety. A response is anxiously awaited to the allies' offer to cede the Island of Cyprus to Greece, if she will join them. There is likewise a hopeful curiosity as to the purpose of Rumanian repre sentatives who arrived at Odessa yes terday en route to Paris. Optimists bo beved they are bringing an offer to iiid the allies on certain conditions. Cyprus the Bait On the Hook, london. Oct. 21. Hoping to tempt Oreece from her present position in the Balkan situation the entente allies have offered her the Island of Cyprus, 60 miles from the const of Asia Minor, the third largest island in the Mediterran Mn nnennliiiir to the Telegraph today This paper stated that this offer fol lowed in the wake of notice that the allies cannot tolerate Greece's equivo- e:il nnattinn The proffer is a uirect puni, the Telegraph, to give this island the moment she turns her forces to the aid if beleaguered Serbia. The Daily Mail said today that the illies will send an ultimatum to Greece, .isking that she define her position. Germans Take Offensive. London, Oct. 21. Gathering new strength, Teutonic Invaders are press- iag sharpiv tneir iigmwK i" i onion. Russia is feeling again l.iuht of the German offensive the and .fears it. The Pctrogrnd official stntement re .i.ivp.l hra srlv toiiav said that fight ing "continues", in the region of the Aiitau rond southwest irom n.g;t, " ! rana has receiveii American rwuiu .u the Dvinsk front southeast of Ria, tjn)1 iu Mexico, that country will have Hie Germans were on the offensive. Ml.tnnl president for a year, accord Their attacks, the statement claimed. itu, to reliable information today. Car- .-.ere repulsed, though the indications 1 Speak In' o' preparedness is th' ole .-isyi-ig. "W vho remcin- oat funny fun got toing, we see when we hsint got a Sunt" WhT is rich batchelort rHROUGH STOPPED YE are that the Russians are not holding tlieir own.' In the south, the fighting, however. is to the Slavs advantage. There thev are continuing to pursue the Austro- German forces, who are in disorderly rout on the Styr left bank, falliug back to tho forests. . German Attack Falls. Paris, Oct. 2J. The Germans' tje metidous effort to pierce the French lines east of Rbeims failed pitifully, the war olfice statement today de dared. A "violent dense" attack followed heavy bombardment. Three attempts were made along a five mile front. Artillery and machine guns shot them down before they reached the French entanglements, German night attacks at Bois Givcnchy and also cast of Moncel were, repulsed. The Bulgars Have It. Paris, Oct. 21. Bulgars have occu pied Radu.jevatz, Serbia, and its in habitants are taking refuge in Ru mania. Radujevatz is close to the junction of Serbia, Bulgaria and Rumania. Italians Bepulsed. Berlin, Oct. 2 1 .Italian infantry at tacks against the Tolmiuo bridehead, Monte Habotiuo and Mont San Michole have been repulsed with, extreme Ital ian losses, but in the Judiciaria region the Austrians have retreated "to the main lintf of resistance," a Vienna of ficial statement today admitted "Big engagements" were reported on the Tyrolean front near Tresassi and on the Viegereuth plateau. Two at tacks in each sector were repulsed by the Austrians Japan Sends Munitions. Vienna, Oct. 21. That Japan has heeded the Russian plea for supplying her with munitions was indicated to day by a wnr office statement, which reported capture of Japanese firearms and ammunition in tho Galie.ia strug gle. This seizure was incidental to destruction of an armored train in the Putilovka rivor region. An infantry scouting party wrecked the train after a sheH from the Austrian positions de molished the locomotive 100 yards distant. Fighting in the Kolki district was reported unchanged. F Carranza Will Remain As Chief Executive and Be Candidate Next Year Washington, Oct. 21. Although Car rana will reman ui i"- ! "chief executive" of the de facto government so as to quality as candi date for the constitutional presidency when general elections are held. Ou the other hand, if he assumed the pro visional presidency" and wns so recog nized he would bo disqualified from entering tho lists as a presidential can didate. Report now point to tne eBriy ex tinction of the Villa movement. The Villa movement. Thel'v . r kiuu. "in Yillintu agency here disbands Saturday, and its head Knrique Lloreiile will go to New York. Angeles. I hno, Itnoul Mndcro and other Villistas in this count rv will remain here, instead of re turning to MexirO tearing that fur ranr.a would not grunt them immunity. Nor will thy rejoin frilla. Stute department dispatches showed disbimdmeiit of large Villa forces, whose ammunition is running low. The rugged remnants of a once powerful bodv nre seeking refuge in the moun tain's of Sjnora, while Villa, tuo one time hope of the l.'nitod States to bring order to Mexico, is elected flee ultimately to this country for asylum- TEN HAVE SKIPPED. Washington, Oct. 21. Ten in all are missing fiom the (ierman interned ships Prinx Kitel Friedrirh and Kronprinr Wil'iielm, an official count today re- ivealcd. ii- r- la civilian pn.Tsici.u - 'bluejacket. TIME FOR REFLECTION They Robbed Uncle Sam Which Is Wicked If Not Done Scientifically Fort Smith, Ark., Oct. 21. Nine years and three days in leaven worth penitentiary, plus a .M,OUO fine was imposed today upon John Caspar, Kaa sas City distiller, who pleaded guilty to an indictment iu the government's "million dollar moonshine conspiracy" case here. I nspar was connected with a distillery here, which, it was claimed did business after being sealed by tho government, without paving proper rev enue. Iu this ease, revenue nieu and gungers were involved. Sentence was also pronounced on otiiers who pleaded guutv. Henry Brown, Harrison, Arkansas, former government gunger, two years in iAavenworth and 14,0UU fine, X. L. Williams, of Winston Salem, N. v ., former revenue agent, one year and one day in Leavenworth and $1,000 tine. Charles Bre whacker and George Hart man, of Kansas City, the same, John iwiev, or fort smith, sir months in the local jail and $1,000 tine. With pronouncement of these sen tences, the government felt it had brok en up a ring, whose speculations, it is estimated, cheated the government out of thousands of dollars in internal rev enue over a period of yours. Designates Thursday, Nov. 25 As Time to Return Thanks for Manifold Blessings 1 Washington, Oct. 21. Calling upon the nation 'o observe Thanksgiving Day, November 25, President Wilson to day issued a proclamation characteriz ing the uasf year one of special bless ings in which the country had main tained pence and asserted its rights wiinoui a oreacn or irieudsuip, ins proclamation lollows: "It has long been the honored cus tom of our people to turn in tho fruit ful autumn of the year in praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for the many blessings and mercies to us as a nation. The year that is now drawing to a close since wo last observed our day of national thunksgiviug, has been, while a year of discipline because of the mighty forces of war and changes which disturbed the world, also a year of special blessing for us. "Another year of pence has been vouchsafed us: another year in which not only to take thought of our duty to ourselves and mankind, but also to adjust ourselves to many responsibili ties thrust upon us by the war which has iuvlolved almost tho whole 'of Kurope. Have Remained at Peace, "We have been able to assert our rights ami the rights of mankind with out a breach of friendship with the great nations wiCi which wo have had to deal; nnd while we have asserted our rights, we have been able to per form duties, ami exercise privileges of succor and hcipiuiiiess which should serve to demonstrate our desire to make offices of friendship the means of a truly disinterested and unselfish ser ee. Our ability t serve all who could nvail themselves of our services in the midst of crises has been in creased by a gracious Providence, by more and more nbuudr.iit crops; our ample financial resources have enabled us to steady t.ic markets of the world ami to facilitate necessary movements of commerce which the war might oth erwise have rendered impossible; add our people have come more nuil more to a miber realization of the part they huve been called upon to play in a time when all the wuihl is shaken by niarelleled distresses and disasters. "The extraordinary circumstances of such n time have done much to quicken unr iiiiiiouai consciousness, anil lo deep en and confirm our confidence in the principles of peace uml freedom where of darkness and perplexity have come tinner counsels or polities an. I a clear er perception of the, essential welfare of the. nation. Country Is Prosperous. "We have hail prosperity while other peoples were at wcr, lint our prosperity lias been vouchsafed us, we believe, ou ly (hut we mignt better perform nine tiuns Hhii-h war renedeied it i in pus sible fur them to perform, ".Now, tuererore, 1, Wood row Wil son, president of the ('nited Slates of America, do hereby designate Thurs day, the twenty fifth of Novomber next is a day of thaulciv ing and prayer, and imitc people throughout the land to cease from their wonted occupations, and in their se-eral homes ami places of worship render thanks to Almighty Mod. "In witness whereof, I have hereun to set my band and caused the seal of the I'nited States of America to be fixed. Dune at the city of Washington, this 2l'lb day of October in the year of our Lord oue thousand nine Hundred fifteen, and of the independence ot ths MEXICANS ATTACK AIB KILLING THREE J BATHE One Hundred of Them, Many Wearing Carranza Uni forms In Party SEVEN AMERICANS PUT THE GANG TO RIGHT Reports Say At Least Half of Attaching Party Was Put Out of Action Brownsville, icxas, uct. 1. l.ess than a day after Carriinz.a had been recognised as chief executive of the Mexican de facto government, more thau 100 of his countrymen many of them in Carran.ista uniforms today killed three American soldiers and wonuded nix iu un attack upon Ojo De Agua, bD miles 1'ruiu here. The killed were: Sergeant Schaeffer, Troop (1, Third cavalry. Private McConnell, Company D. Sig ual corps. Private Joyce, Company D, Signal corps. The wounded: Sergeant Smith and Corporal Cnnsler Company 1); Troupers Kubley, Iloliner, llehr and l.nuglnnd, ot fompnny it. The Mexicans completely surrounded the village. All were well organized, and seemed to be regular soldiers for thev answered bugle calls. American outposts discovered them and gave the a'arni, after recognizing tho Mexican call of "charge. " Kight American soldiers with Tifles and seven only with revolvers went in to the action nud defeated them. They fled after a sharp exchange at almost pointblnnk range, leaving five dend and one wounded. These were dressed us Cnrran.ista soldiers. Last details said that over half of the attacking party was put out of ao tion. Reinforcements from Mission drove tho raiders across the river where they exchanged volleys but without casualties. The Yr.uaga ranch near Sebastian was burned by other raidvrs, but they were driven off by a posse. WAS NEWS vr wu YEAS AGO TODAY The Franco-Belgian const bat tle continued, Allies blocking vicious German onslaughts. Ger many claimed the capture of 20.000 British nnd many ma chine guns lit Iiille. The Prussian Diet voted 3715,000,1)00 more for wnr. Chancellor Delbruck declared Germany would fight to lasting peace. Austro Germans continued to drive the Russians back to Oalicia and Bukowina, Vienna said. The German army's left wing retreat from Warsaw continued and 2,000 Atistrlun officers ami men and many machine guns weie captured 111 Galicia, I'etro gad claimed, Kuglaml released one, but held two other, American oil ships, while America filed an other protest, Kngland assert ed the oiler Brlndilln, held, is German owned. STEAMER TOE ALASKA Seattle, Wa-di., Oct. 21 Negotiations for the purchase by the Aluska Steam ship company f the steamer Kansas City were under way today in San Francisco, it was announced at' the Io cs! office nf the company today. R. W. Buxtcr, vice-president, and It. H. I'icrsou. suncriiiteiideiit of the company, "":are endeavoring to purchase the steam er for the Purine. Mull line fur the He- gttle-Alssks tun United Stales of America the one' hundred fortieth. j "WilODIiOW WJI.HO.V, j ' 4 By the president. "Robert Lansing, secretary of state." THE WEATHER : Oregon: Tonight and Friday un settled, probably rain west, gener ally fair east nor tiou; and souther ly winds. . frms IS ft Outcome of War Depends By Carl W. Ackerwan. (United Press staff correspondent.) Berlin, Oct. 21. sjnnanv is confi dent of bhiaiinir her wav throuirh to Bul garia and Turkey soon. Then the cam paign against r.ngland will really start. "Iu a few more weeks," a high of ficial of the foreign office told me to day, "the wuy will be opened through Serbia to Bulgaria and lurkey where great quantities of food and raw mater ials are stored. We will have all the auntolinn cotton and wool required, so that wo will not need America's. Wheu communication with Bulgnria is estab lished the war against hugland will E Doctor and Woman Become: Pals, Used Dope and Are Human Derelicts Seattle, Wash., Oct. 21. At the city juil are a man and a woman today, nerve-torn by the ravages or drugs. Throe years ago both were glowiug with health nndfilled with ambition. Mrs. Alice Hunford, arrested lust Fri day with Or. H. G. Gillissie, who is ac cused of looting the Swift pharmacy of drugs, met the doctor in Vaucoure, us she wns walking along a street. Two men insulted her and Dr. Gillissio came to her rescue. They have been pals since. She wns a domestic then in a Vancouver home, and ho was chief surgeon for a rail road. They began using dope and In lost tlieir positions. They became hu man derelicts, driveu from place to pluco by the police. A few days ago they came to Scuttle, penniless nnd suffering tortures be-1 ennso thev could not get drugs. Fri day night Dr. Gillissio disappeared. He returned the next morning jjith a suit case full of drugs. Ho and Mrs. Snnford then satisfied tlieir cravings, but they took too much and tho proprietor of the npartments wh're they were staying, notified the police. "Plcns tell the young people about our cases," said Mrs. Hanford today. "Let them take warning by the ex ample we have set." Deliberately Violated . ' . . 1,. Ampnran npiiiraiiiv nmCUUXU nsuuauij, Pan Francisco, Oct. 21. The British government deliberately plotted to defy Amorican neutrality laws and furnished money for this purpose was tho startling accusation of l.'nited States District Attorney Preston in court here today. Arguments of tho British "recruit ing" cases were heard today by Fed eral Judge Pooling. No jury was present. Judgo Iooling will instruct the jury ou the nature of tho verdict it will return when he has threshed the matter out, he announced. Rnlnh K. Blair, Dr. Thomas Addis, Lieutenant KenuetU Croft, Harry U ! Lane and Clive D. Lawrence are ac cused by the United States government of recruiting men for the British army in violation of American neutrality. llnir to tho Preston the plot wns planned to be within the letter of the law. io written or m" .. tracts were entered Into with the re cruits in order that no violation could Inn chamcd. The organ- i.,nii,n nf friendly societies was the means for reaching the men he stated. The money for keeping tne men si n 'list of names of probable British sub- iects were furnished liV tne inu. . . - Consul General A. Carncgi R..SS he told! large sum of money by he directors of i iinlie Dooling In 1S55, I'reston stated j the company to be applied to paymei. a rlt h m hi lister, several consul and of services rendered, or to be rendered -a HMtisii miuisiii, , tl ir tu t ,y the government. As un nidus-1,,,-inor officers w. ? fll &ril corpora?,,,!, dealing with one of 'own government for s mlar v dull. n i retirees of the province nf American neutrality during f f;,,,,,,,,,,, ,, M.nm fr((nl Crimean war. ,i , er,.w the Pacific const coal mines : .lames .1. Dunne, Tor in. " j; based his argument on the 'i", definition of conspiracy, in. j pointed out that the men ' re.ru t. . ' ...... ..i b...i tviir lielllu were llrnisn sun.).-' returned to their own country. THE ANNIVERSARY OF BATTLE OF TRA.FALOAB London, Oct. SI. indomitable Nelson lies fast III eternal sleep, and ll hot f riu-tion of a century has rolled away siu.o when was fought the battle of Trafalgar. Hut the thundering guns, the screaming shells, the lamentations of the sorrowing, cannot shut out from liritinh ears the elinjiient sil e from thut day of ninety-nine years ago; and in the British h'Mirt the feeling Is serene and sure that this day's sun will full up on some victory, some master stroke, that will make a mad rejoicing 'midst the watching shades of Trafalgar's lost leg on Results in Balkans really begin.- "We have enough of France and Russia already to guarantee satisfac tory pence terms with them. Our suc cess in the Balkans means menacing the British empire. Once tho way to Con stantinople is open to us we can strike the Sues canal and Kgypt." Count Roventlow of the Tnges Zei tung emphnsized similar views. And, that the outcome of the war prncticnlly depends upon the success of the Balkan campaign is the consensus of opinion among informed men. Rumania and Greece aro closely watched, though officialdom is con vinced that they will remain neutral. I OF SHIPS FOR NAVY This Increased Cost Will Amount to $20,000,000 for Ships Next Year Washington, Oct. 21. Tho war In Kurope has increased the cost of navies. The increase ' in naval construction rates will cost America more than -'0,000,000 next year, experts today estimated, if Secretary Daniels' pro gram is approved. Soaring steel prices, due to the do- niBiid from Kurope, higher wages, and now wrinkles in construction huvo Imosted the cost of siiMrdrendnaughts from l 5,000,000 to ll),000,000, Tho last destroyers nut homed by congress cost l)2.r,000, while tho price now is 1,300,000. Because of tho failure of destroyers as scout vessels, navy authorities hinted at a program of fifteen new ones next yeur and 45 within five years, might possioly bo reduced. Sea going submarines will be In creased a hnlf million in price, masing a cost of l,r00,00(l Const submarines just contracted for were at MO.llOO. l:ittiro estimates ure at flfiOJMM). Secretary Daniels, however, is hope ful of reducing costs through competi tion between private and government vards and through construction of gov eminent armor plate and projectile factories. KILLED BY AUTO. Tucoma. Wash., Oct. 21. Mrs. W. J. MncKay, ngod 7 is dead here today .11 iH:.,.i. .,luin:ni ml, , BS B rt-SUIV Ul 111. uiiun """" result of injuries sustained when e was run uowi. uy un Biu.,um.,,ii, . An,,rw fw Mr. MncKay 1 1... I. was rossing tne street with ner agou husband and both were hit. She wns dragged several feet, according to the police while MucKay was thrown to one side and escaped with only a few bruises. The accident occurred lust night as tho couuln wcro returning home Pacific Coast Coal Company Had Fund For Greasing the Big Officials Victoria, H. C, Our. 21. A further startling turn in the Pacific coast coal mines case involves tne whole AH'iiride cabinet in a scandal which Is being un llt u directors came in touch with a. I i i n i t ra t i vi authority at many fondly disposed govern- m () ,t J( (m(i ... . .particular Instance that has nlready I come to light this friendliness was .;.i I ... c.l.,,.1.1.. i, l, ,i;r..,.i,,r. that they appropriated iriO,ii(ii) ns a melius of demons! ruling to members of tlic Mi-Bridii cabinet that gratitude sometimes exists In soilless meliora tions. This fenturo wus strongly lirougni out yesterday in the tedimony or j Charles C. Mii liener, of New York, who is attempting to get the stock of the company pooled. He related inside in I fnrmntinn which bore clearly on the so called "reptfle fund." Mich r stilted . t lint the fund wns intended to he, used i for political purposes. Dr. II. h. Young, 'minister of agriculture and education, was the recipient, he declared. MILLIONAIRE PINCHED. Pittsburg, Oct. 21. Kxplnnation of today's sudden advance, in Bethlehem Steel was given here today when It was learned a noted millionaire, form er partner of Carnegie, was caught 10, 0(10 shares short, and offered as high at 00 at private sules. He lost it mil liuii dollars. RUMANIA AS WELL AS GREECE MUST BE PAID III ADVANCE If the Island of Cypres Was Added to Albania Greece Might Be Tempted OFFER OF BESSARABIA WOULD GET RUMANIA England Comes Through, Will Russia and Italy Follow Her Lead? Br J. W. T. Mason. New York, Oct. 21. Great Britain'a offer of the Island of Cyprus to Greece for her aid in Balkan opera tions will probably not be sufficient to obtain King Constnntine's consent to alter his position of armed neutral ity. It is, however, the first advance in tho way of a proffer which the al lies have miido to tho Balkans. If the principle is continued, Greece and Rumiiuta will eventually receive their full price. Heretofore tho allies' bids have boen assurances that the Balkans could koep what they conquered. The risk, how ever, wns theirs. That is why the al lies failed in their negotiations with the Balkan capitals. The Greeks might engage on the al lies' side if immediate possession t)f southern Albania were added to the 'priis offer This would mean that Italy would have to sacrifice Albania, but it must now be apparent to the allies that their military position will necessitate some sacrifices. Russia may realize that she will have to pa'y for Rumania's participa tion In advance, To do this, she pos sibly will offer Bessarabia, and Ru mania hardly could resist such a temp tation. Thus tho Balkan situation may again change, and decisively, 10,000 Englishmen Killed. Berlin, by wireless to Tuckerton, N. J., Oct. 21. Ten thonsund Hnglishmen wero killed or wounded in me recent (jrive around Loos, the Tages Zeitung ' .... i i j j fti . i0,iny. Sftl.l KlllrtV. TlieV BUHC.ROII in ummo . rows of eight sections, arrording a spectnelo of Nnpoleouie battle not seen since modern weapons were in troduced. They rushed forward witli pontoons to cross the German moats and with cavalry to round up prison ers "Thev showed admirable bravery," said the paper, "but were ehecked even before they reached the German entanglements, a hundred falling per second. Bulgars Cut Railroad. Paris, Oct. 21. The Bulgarians have cut the Saloniktt-Nlsb railroad at two places and the Serbian army U pre cariously situated, according to a news dispatch from Nish, dated Wednesday, received today. Russians Make Gains. Isuidon, Out. 21. Herman forces were severely repulsed around Vilna and I'insk, according to a Petrograd dispatch today. The Russians were said to have captured scverul positions, 3,.'i(lil prisoners und much equipment. Bulgarian forces aro reported to have captured V run in. Will Send 400,000 To Assist Serbians London, Oct. 21. At leost 400,001) Franco-British troops will be sent to help the Serbians and to invade Tur key and Bulgaria, it was reliably bmrn ed today. This decision was reported reached in a conference between French Minister of Wur Millerand, and the military committee of the British cabinet. .... i. !i u hit,cd that the offer of the island of Cyprus to tlroece for ! I,er aid. bucked bv en nlliud ultimatum requiring an rxpin-iv "'" Athens concerning her attitude will will over (Ireece with -111(1,0(10 more. Ruman ia's .joining the allies is deemed nn in creased possibility. 2,000 TONS OF PAPER. Portland, Or., Oct. 21.-Two thousand tons of print paper consigned to Australian news papers and wholesalers, which is on the municipal dock wait ing to be loaded on a steamer today represents the first ship ment of Oregon paper to the Antipodes in more than a do cad". The paper wns wild by the Crown Willamette Paper com panv and the order was filled at ' the Camas, Washington plant.