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. , ! FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES ' , .; m ' CIRCULATION IS , OVER 4000 DAILY ;.V ' ffniRTY-NINTH YEAR NO. 225 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY; OCTOBER 21, 1916 ON TKAIaB AMU NBWIl r iV.lVy.Ei J. IT IS lJCUfl IP STANDS FIVE CENT 3 TWO GREAT BATTLES ARE RAGiNG IN THE BALKANS Field Marshall Mackensen Makes Tremendous Smash . at i Russo-Rumanian Front at Dobrudja Capturing Villages t Germans Denver Terrific Counter Attacks On the Somme FrontSerbs Crowd Bulgars Back and Are Drawing Near Monastir By William Philip Simms, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Paris, Oct. 21. German troops apaprently are trying to regain the initiative on the Somme. Repeated terrific counter attacks have been delivered by the Teutons, especially north of the river in the past few days, preceded by a heavy expenditure of ammuni tion. Each of these blows, according to reports from French headquarters, has been shattered one after another. The French continue slowly while surely winning their objectives on the Somme, namely, the heights, Failways and important highway junctions. The Germans are suffering greatly from inferiority in the aeiial branch of warfare on the Somme, the head quarters reports today. As rapidly as German airmen appear along the Anglo-French front they are attacked and driven back. The German commanders thus far lack information about movements going on behind the allied front. . In several instances in the last few days the Germans have spread a curtain fire over vacant ground, wasting shells lavishly for lengthy periods, either because of poor range directing by their aviators or because of nervous ness on the part of their commanders, fearing an attack at some unexpected point. - ;. French officials declared today that they have learned that the Germans are now systematically trying to create the impression among the neutrals that France is worn out by 27 months of war. On the contrary, they said, France is determined to continue battering the German line with huge, newly-created artillery and other offen sive materials all winter, despite rain, snow and sleet, maintaining the initiative, preventing the transportation of troops to other fronts. .The French plan to keep their own troops as comfort-; able as possible and the Germans as uncomfortable as pos sible during the coming winter months. German Make Gains. Routh of Dorno Vatrn, oa the Bumnn- ' London, Oct. 21. Two great battles! inn frontier, - Austro-Clermnn attacks lire raging in the Balkans while rainy weather on the Somme front and heavy xnows in the Carpathians have impeded ' infantry actions in two main theatres of war. Smashing heavily nt the Russo'Ru li.aninn front, Field Marshal Mnckeiisen lins resumed the offensive in Dobrudja ' .("it is striving to reach the important i'onstnuza railway. An official stale ; jnent from the Bucharest of a Russo ' Kumanian reverse, and admits the loss of a village to the Cterman and Bulgar in a forces. Mackensen s new offensive, it in con sidered certain here, was ordered to lriug about the withdrawal of Ruman . inn troops from the Transylvania Troi T.ie Kuinnninns continue vigorously on'....- , thp Carpathian, the defensive. Suported by the French, the Serbs - have made further advance in the battle southeast of Monastir ,the French wnr office announced today though the Bui ; Krians refuse to concede defent, but . ndinit fierce Serbian attacks. The al- - lies have advanced north of Velik, ; Teachin? th village of Shirk Baldek, it isi officially announced in Paris. - .-Who remembers when shoes used t - roaie parked like codfish in big wood ' eu boxes? Ther km-never be anything . approaching amicable relation between droopin mustache an' a cream puff. demoralizng the enemy and were repelled and enemy put to flight, the Russians capturing n machine gun, ft trench cannon and a number of pris oners.. Fight ing all along the eastern front hos resulted victoriously for the Slavs. In the Ulianovsk HWttlemeutsf north o'f Kisielin, u artillery battle Is raging lu the region of JaroRtavica, northeast of the Tninopol-Zloczof railway, a Buss inu detachment penetrated a' Teuton trench at night, bayoneting those who resisted nnd returning with prisoners. Near Konikuhki, the Russians sur prised and captured three enemy posi tions. At Barnov farm, along the an- juvka, au enemy attack was repulsed. A I liiiort. .nnu'f.11 .nnliniiDB tit liimlpi- on- ........ . .. . . - - - - i Athens Under French Rule. London, Oct. 21. Vice-Admiral Du Fournot, commanding the allied fleet in Greek waters, has assumed complete con trol of the situation at Athens and has tiken drastic steps to prevent further rioting. The Greek police and gendar merie now perform their duties under the eye of the French commander, who approves all police orders. No police of ficer can be dismissed or transferred without his sanction. The vice-Admiral received these pow ers through an nppoiutment from the Greek ministry of the interior to be "chief inspector." He is empowered to appoint inspectors with similar pow ers in other Greek cities. ' An Athens dispatch to the Chronicle today said that this new arrangement has brought culm to the Greek capital though negotiations between Greece and the allies are temporarily at a standstill. Serb N earing Monastir. Faris, Oct. 21 The Serbs have pushed nearer to Monastir iu their new of fensive, it wa officially announced to day, mnking further progress in the bend of the Cerna rTVer. North of Velik. the allies have reached Skirk Baldek. The most violent artillery nctiuu is going ou on the allies' right wiug. . . Fighting Is Desperate. Athens,. Oct. 21. Desperate fighting continues southeast of Monastir, the .Serbs, supported by the French, attack ing on tha whole front. The Serbian advance across the Cerna has menaced the strong Bulgarian posi tion at Kcnali, barring the way to j Monastir. The Serbs are now advancing against Eenali from both south and east. ' - - (Continued on page six.) COLBY SPEAKS TOR WILSON Portland, Ore., Oct. 21. Bain bridge Colby, of New York, the man who nominated Theodore Roosevelt at the lust progressive convention, arrived in Portland today on a speaking tour in be half of President Wilson. He will talk at the armory tonight. Preparations have been made to accommodate the biggest crowd assembled since the visit of C. E. Hughes. WRECK ON LAKES AS RESULT Seven Reported Lost Wrecked Barge Ship mg Held Up by Gale Detroit, Mich., Oct. 81. Seven men reported lost today in the foundering of an unidentified barge, believed to he the B. L. Filer, of Chicago, off Bar Point, at the Detroit river entrance to Lake Ktie. One member of the crew was believed te have been rescued by th D. & C. steamer Western States. A wireless message from the West ern States to the D. & C offices here gave the information of the- wreck. Wirelessed reports from the Western States gave the name of the foundered craft as the B. L. Fisher, but records here failed to-shbw'the existence of such a vessel. Marine men believe the barge is the Filer. The Filer left Cleve land October 19 for Chicago in tow of the steamer Tempest, of the Hamilton Transportation company, CliieaRO. No word has reached Detroit concerning the Tempest. The Western States was en route tl Cleveland when she came upon . th wreck, off Bar Point. A 50 mile gale which swept the lake throughout the night had held the D. & C. steamer in shelter at the mouth of the Detroit river- She was due in Cleveland at 6 o'clock this morning. The lone survivor of the barge's crew was reported to have been rescued from (he rigging of the ship. .Shipping on all the Great Lakes wns in shelter today, awaiting abatement of the storm. CAR SHORTAGE UNTIL JANUARY. Portland, Ore., Oct. 21. Northwestern shippers will have to endure the freight car famine until January according to the statement today of L. C. Oilman, president of the Spokane, Port land & Seattle railroad. Gilman believes the movement of northwestern grain crops eastward in unprecedented quantities has much to do with present conditions. AEREDONDO TO GO Mexico City, Oct. El. Eliseo Arre dondo, ambassador-designate to Wash ington, will return to Mexico City to become secretary of gubernacion in the Carranza cabinet, it was learned from authoritative sources today Ho will be succeeded, at Washington by Luis Cabrera, at present head of the Mexican section of the Mexican-American com mission and one of the best informed men in Mexico on American affairs. General Pablo Gonzales Is leaving at once for Atlantic City to replace Ca brera. Arredando will meet General Carranza' family at Kan Aitonio and journey to California with them before returning to Mexico City. General Fran cisco Coss arrived enrly today to take Gonzales' command in Morelos. Wives of English Officers By Hal O 'Flaherty - (United Press staff correspondent) London, Oct. 1 (By mail) Offi cer' wives and families, left iu straitened circumstances, are being cared for in a magnificent manner by the British government. Private ho tels, boarding houses, residences and public buildings ar being commandeer ed daily for occupancy by families of 'fighting men. The method or sexiring these place is causing owners some inconvenience but in all cases the first complaints are followed by cheerful acquiscencc. A private hotel iu Brunswick Square vrhii'h hn been the home of three Unit ed Press correspondents, was taken over by the government today after onlv four days notice, llneceforth it will be the residence of the families of nine Knglish army officers. The lessees of the Brunswick Square house were actually flabbergasted when government agents told them to evacu ate with all their guests, who were re quested that evening to find new homes within two day. There w consterna tion among the feminine guests, two of whom had been recently saddened by the deaths of relatives by German bul let. However, after the first flurry and when the object of . the move be came clear, the grumbling ceased. At VLSOH PLEASED STverdTct leaders No Longer Talk About President Carry ing Election JNSTEAD THEY SAY IT'S "A WILSON LANDSLIDE" 10,000 Wait at Lancaster iit Cold Drizzle For An Hour to Hear Him By Robert J. Bender. (United Press staff correspondent.) Long" Branch, N. J., Oct. 21. Back at Shadow Lawn today after what he re gntds"the most successful trip" of hi campaign, President Wilson prepared to launch his most vigorous efforts during the two weeks now remaining before election. This afternoon he addressed a delega tion of farmers from the veranda of the j-ummer White House here; Wednesduy he leaves lor Cincinnati, where he speaks Thursday, returning to Long Branch for another "porch speech" next Saturday, The 'following week hoi speaks at Buffalo, New York City and final speech at Shadow Lawn. The democratic lieutenants no longer believe the president will "carry" the election. They are talking "landslide." They're a mighty confident group of party leaders. They believe that the trip of the president through Pennsyl vania yesterday,- when thousands of peo ple met the train at every station in npite f the coijinvous downpour of rain, indicate "the way of the tide." At Lancaster, last night, a community which hasn't gone democratic since the Civil war, fully 10,000 people waited in a Cold drizzle for more than an hour and gave the president a great ovation. President Wilson himself was tired but highly satisfied today. He is con- fident of the verdict of the voter two weeks from Tuesday. His long visit I with former Secretary of State Bryan, the first meeting they had enjoyed to- gether since Bryan's spectacular resig- inntion, put him in fine Bpirits. ' rue little luncheon party which served to bring the president and his former cabinet premier into intimate touch Bgain was unique. When Bryan reached Pittsburg the president asked him to ride in the same automobile with him, "No, this is your day," Bryan re plied. "I am just an interested onlook er like the rest-" They rode iu separate car. When they returned to the train the president asked the commoner to take luncheon with him. Again Bryan do- mtirred, but this time the president said: "Come on now. I have had a plate laid specially for you." AUSTRIAN PREMIER SHOT Berlin, via wireless to Say ville. L. I., Oct. 21. Count Karl Stuerkin, Austro-Hungarian prime minister, was shot and killed while at dinner today by an editor named Adler. in Government Care least fifteen people are pounding t.on don s pavement searching for new homes today, realizing that they arej helping the government provide for those whose need it great. To compensate the owners or leasee of commandeered building, the gov ernment allows a certain portion of the yearly rent. The furniture and serv ants are taken over with the buildings, the government becoming active head of the hotel or residence. The empire' agents who inspect the premise to be used for officer's families are skilled iu the work, for they invariably take over those containing every couveu- lience. Six months ago, London newspapers ; contained scores of advertisement ask- ing dumicile for officers wives. The little "ads" were pitiful in a way, as each suggested the picture of a nervous and fear stricken woman who had waved farewell to a husband going to the front, smiling bravely until the train pulled out and then sobbing her way to tome strange hotel Today there advertisement have practically disap peared. The official heart of the gov ernment ha been touched and hence forth the men at the front will know that their fnmilie arc in good fur rounding. ROOSEVELT FINDS OLD COMRADES ARE Boys Glad To See Him But Are Not With Him Politically GOOD NATURED JOSHING FEATURE OF RECEPTION Wilson's Pictures Every-where-'Hurrah for Wil son" Was Farewell Cry By J. P. Yoder. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 21. It was hard for Colonel Roosevelt to remember what be came out here for today. He made a 2,100 mile jump from Louisville with only a few stops in between, to utter his most -bitter denunciation of Presid ent Wilson' Mexican policy and urge tho election of Charles Kvaus Hughes, but wherever he turned he found old scenes and old faces that tended to take his mind off his job. The Colonel wa-s met here by a big committee composed of members of the G. A. H., Spanish war veterans and Con federate veterans, headed by Dwight B. Heard, an old personal friend, and Jack Greenway, a major in the Rough Riders, who before that was Yale' famous backstop who caught the curve of "Dutch" Carter, brother-in-law of Hu ghes. There were tho usual hands and day light bombs to greet Roosevelt. He launched at Head' house, with Jack Greenway, and then spoke at 2:0 this afternoon. The colonel was to be guest of honor at a dinner at tho Head home tonight when several friends of rancli- ing days were expected in. 'Roosevelt had been urged not to stop today until he reached Phoenix, but he forced Regit Post, in charge of hi tour, to arrange a atop at Prescott, home of Bucky O'- weiii. wucKv died in The colonel' arms half way up San Juan Hill and the colo nel, although the stop hud to be made at U:1U ordered Post to wire ahead that ho would make a short speech. Gallup Woke Him Up. All day yesterday and today Roosevelt was in hi element. He simply drank in the western scene. "By George," he exclaimed at one timo during lunch, "I'd like to be young again and be out here. If it weren't for Mr. Rooaevclt and the children, I'd build myself a cab in out here with a bath tub in it and just stay until I died. By George, but I would." But it remained for Gallup, N. M., where he raised half of his Rough Ki ders, to furnish the reul thrills of the westward bound trip. Nearly all of the towa of 3.UUO crowded about to see him He hadn't started speaking when noisy heckling began. - "How's Teddy, but Wilson for me, shouted a railroad man. Roosevelt attempted nguin and ngair to start speaking, but oihers took up the cry. "How ubout Wilson; I'll bet you love him." "I love no ono too proud to fight," retorted Roosevelt. "We've all got good jobs, why should we change f" was shouted. "Yes, but you forget the thousands out of work until tne European war pnt money in your pockets," said Ruose vclt. "How about tho 1007 panic!" a man called; "at that we would vote for you if you wore running." "What did you ever dot We've got eight hours," yelled a railroader with brass lungs. Teddy Lost His Temper. "You fool and coward," shouted the colonel, "go home and sober up." Then as Roosevelt was declaring no American was killed by any foreigner during his term, a man at the edge of the crowd who held a baby iu his arms, shouted: "Yes, but you let the Taps into the school when I lived in Californis." "And I ent the battle fleet around to Japan to prevent trouble," called back Roosevelt. "How many mint juleps did yon have at Louisville f " asked the raiituad man. The colonel was lenning over the end of his car, shouting in his loudest tones, obviously enjoying the verbal battle royal. The railroader was the last man to shake Roosevelt' hand as the train pulled nut. "You're a grand mnn, Colonel," he called, running along with the slowly moving train, ' ' but me lor vt oodrow Wilson." The colonel called Oallup his best platform stop. With tho colonel on the platform, while the colloquy wai on was Jim Ritchie, Troop O, Rough Riders, who once had a gun argument with an other gentleman. Jim is now a coal min er, let the world know, a Wilson demo crat. Cowboy La for Wilson. "I'm for Wilson, I'll admit, col onel,", said Jim belligerently, "but I didn't ride in here to see no politician. I came to ace my old colonel and I want (Continued on page lx.) BACKING WILSON )(c jfc )(c )c st sfc sfc sfc )(t sc 9c sfc fc TAKES CANADIAN GRAIN '': Winnipeg, . Man, Oct. 21. All existing grain contracts in ' Manitoba wheat have been tak en over by the British govern ment, it, was officially stated this afternoon. v WOULD HAVE GONE INTO MEXICO UP TO IHBHiLT Roosevelt Saya He Would , Have Made War, Oa Mex ico If Present By- J. P. Yodej, (United Pres staff correspondent.) Aboard Roosevelt's Special . Train, Prescott, riz-, Oct. 21. Ex-President Roosevelt would have gone Into Mex ico up to the hilt if he had been presi dent last spring, he told an audience here today, and he would have put 1n charge of the border difficulty a man of the type of "Bucky" O'Ne'ill. Prescott wai "Bucky V home town. "Bucky" died in Roosevelt' arms on San Juan hill. Roosevelt declared "Bucky", if alive, could have cleaned up the border in 90 day, Roosevelt said: "I am asked what I would have done in Mr. Wilson ' case about Mexico. Tho answer is perfectly simple: I would either have made up my mind to hit or not hit. But under no circumstances would I have hit aoft. "The right rule Is don't hit all If you can help it. If you must hit a man, don't hit him soft: knock him ouv "Pershing was sent after Villa. If he was sent at all it should have beet understood that the job was to be put through up to the hnndlp- When Car ranza said Pershing could not use the railroads I would have Instantly re sponded: 'General Pershing will use the railroads and he will treat as an enemy anv man who Interfere with him.' "When Carranza said Pershing could not enter the town. I would have said: 'He shall enter the towns. He shull go anywhere and , he shall treat anyone opposing him as acting In the interest of villa.' "Above all, aiji Carranza and the Carrnnza soldiers fonght our troops and killed them, Icahould have instantly di rected Pershing to utrike back a hard as he knew how, and not inquire which particular bandits killed our men. If this had been done, the trouble would have been settled last June, It would have opened the miue and I will guar antee that four-fifths of the insurgent armies would instantly have gone back to work when they found they could get wages and food and protection. "We now have 150,000 soldiers on the border. They've been there four months. If 'Buckey' O'Noill were alive toduy I would have put him on the border with a proper force under him and I will guarantee that in 60 days there would not be a bandit venturing to wiuk cross eved nt us, and if we had a man In the White House this kind of thing would be doue now." GET PART OF FUND This Will Amount to About $50 a Month While Boys Were On Border Through Major W. W. Wilson, act iing adjutant general for Oregon, Cap tain Max (Iciilhar has received word from the war department concerning the dependents of soldiers during the stay on the Mexican border, and the information given states that such sol- brj ,he peopi0 0( tin country to real dier will be given a portion of tho L ftrnmu making only 15 week of relieving the dependents. Some time ago a letter was addressed from the adjutant general of Oregon to the chief of the militia bureau at Washington asking for information concerning the dependent ot suMicrs while on the Mexican border and es pecially whether the memoers or me Third Oregon Infantry who were mus tered out of service on September ".), lltltl. were entitled to any of the fund. The war department' reply is in part a follows: "All enlisted men who were members of the militia or national guard at the time of the calls of the president of May 9 and June IH, 191, and were brought into tho service of the United State mirsuant to those calls are en titled to the benefits of this act from, nit in., ml nir. June 19. lHi. The 1am- ilies of men enlisting in tne national iruard after June 18 are entitled to re ceive the benefits of the net from the date of their enlistment." ' This information i put forth in gen eral order No. 47. which has not yet been received by the general staff of Oregon. As soon as the particular ar rive, blanks and form will be for niar.li.il in the vaiiou companies for applications to be made for part of tli.a a ttnpnnriHttnn. There was considerable . discussion i among tlie men of the Third regiment! HERETO STAY SAYS MARGARET SANGER Defies Police to Find Her Clinic Or To Hurt It If They Do FOUR MORE CLINICS TO BE STARTED ELSEWHERE Says -Two Generations of Birth Control Wul Wipe Out the Slums" 1 By George Martin. (United Press staff correspondent.) New York, Oct. 21. "The poor, cen- tury-behiud-the-times public officials of thiB country might a well forget their moss-grown statutes and acecpt birth control as an established fact. My new national plau makes it as inevitable aa night and day." Mrs. Margaret Sanger, short and , smiling with a tinge of red in her hair and more than that in her eye, eat in her little two by four hotel bedroom and said that here today. Within the lost 4S hours she has established emi-eeret-ly in this city the first out and out birth, coutrol clinie in the United States, the law, a federal indictmeut and num erous arrests all over the country to the contrary aotwithstanding- "The police are hunting my clinie today," she went on. "They ean't find it. If they should, they can't hurt it. It is an oral clinie and the law saya nothing about not spreading birth con trol information orally.- If they do try to interfere I am legally prepared to can-y a hard .and bitter fiRbt to tho highest tribunal in the land with the best legal talent there is. "Four more secret clinics will e run ning In New "fork within a week. In lens than a year there will be clinics' in Washington, Cleveland, . Detroit, St. ' Paul, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Denver, St. Louis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Portland, Seattle, Spokne and Butte. They are every on organ ized and ready to open the minute I say the word. The Washington enmc win , open within a Tew naye. Tne women j-ane xt "Do the women like itt Say, you ought to go down in the neighborhood we have canvassed with secret circular in the last 48 hours. The women are, coming in by the dozenB. You oaa Hear them calling from house to house in the. congested districts: 'Oh, Mrs. Hoaen-" Imum. you ought to see mis; iai i something fine.' "Withm two year every man ana woman in this country will know how many children they can afford to have. And when they kuow that, I predict that two generations of birth eontrol will wipe out all the slums, eliminate) the birth of mental defectives, minimize the number of humans in our insane asylum and automatically put a atop to child labor and prostitution. "I say it will wipe out child labor because statistics show that 87 per cent of our child labor is recruiter! from families that are too large to be caied for by the parents. "I say it will wipe out the worst of prostitution because iittttistieji nrovn that 5 per ecnt of the girls taken Irani lives of prostitution end phrd in in dustrial homes come from poor parent with nine or more children. "Poverty doesn't force these girls in to prostitution, but tho luck of atten tion they get, with so many children at home and the general sordid toe of tueir live naturally lead them to such a life. . . "My friends and mysoir are going i cannot afford to marry, much lese aave children. And they'll learn that th average working man's family should not exceed two children, even under tha most favorable physical conditions. "This is the work tne law ana puu- lic officials are trying to stop-" concerning whether or not they j ,,.,t nv n? thin aimroprlation, whii ould. ich a- mounts to aoout w per family of the dependent soMie? aa long as he is on duty on the bonier. THE WEATHER . Oregon: Fnlr tonight ad Sun day; northwest erly wind. THIS ISA , (TrlElireJja