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SECOND EDITION Forty-fifth Ynr. Daily Tenth Ti-ar. Capture of Obrenovatz Claimed Bul-ga-s Take Vranya Allies Inform Greece That More Troops Arc Com ing Bulgar Losses Heavy Italy Declares War Upon Bulgaria. NKIILIN, Oct. 19. The Auslrinn nnntf, which is invading Serbia over tho Save front nlonr tho northwest ern border, apparently Iins its move ment well under wny, after meeting with determined opposition from tho Serbians. Army headntmrters today nnnouneed tho, capture of Obronovntz South of ltolirrtuip, on the Danube front, tho Austrinns have inndo a fur ther advance. Tho troops ot General Von Gnlhvitz hnvo occupied Mivornl points of strategic importance. Tho war office also announced that tho Bulgarian army of. invasion had captured tho Serbian town of Vranya on tho railroad between Saloniki nnd NWi. i More Allied Trooiw LONDON, Oct. 10. Tho decision of tho entente powers to send largo reinforcements to tho Dalkan front is indicated in u dispatch from Athens today to the Exchnngo Telegraph company. It is said this decision has been communicated to tiio Greek gov eminent. This information was con veyed, tho correspondent nsseils, in the form of a friendly note from tho British and Russian ministers nt Ath up ro the Greek government, in wliie. tho plans of the entente powers wero outlined,. Tliu..nuta. ififllDO fnid to hnvo iwVnei ont tliat tho quadruple entente'Ki intcrpictntion of Greece's treaty obligations to Sorbin appar ently was. not in conformity to that of the Gaek government. llulgar Insos Heavy PARIS, Oct. ID. Uc-aw losses for the HulgaiiaiiH in thu fighting whieli preceded the capture bv tho allies of Struinitha is reported in n dispatch from Saloniki to Milan, ns forwarded to the Ilnviw News agency. It is as Hcrted that en tiro battalions of Ilul unrinns weio annihilated by tho Franeo-Serhian forces. Uritish as well as French troops, the dispatch snjs, took an important part in the engagement northwest of the Doirnn.' near tho Vnrdar river, and at Valanovo. in the northeastern f.eelor. At tho latter point the IJul pawns mndc a countcr-nttnok, but Mibscriirntly fled ncros the frontier, pursued by Serbians. Italy Dcclams War LONDON", Oct. ID. Italy has de elared war against Dulgnrin, hut tlu ipiostion whether she will send troops to join the Uritish and French forces in Serbia remains as obscure as tho robiilts of tho fighting raging n Ser bia's eastern frontier. The Austro Goimnn armies which occupied Bel grade appear to have advanced moro than fitteen miles south or tho city, but tho outcome of the fighting be tween Uulgnrinns and Serbians along tho important Soloniki-Nish railway cannot be summed up so easily. Al two points, the northernmost of which is Vranya, tho Bulgarians ns fcert thoy have loached this railroad, while to tho south tho Serbians are reported to have driven back tho in vaders. Both Athens and Paris maintain that French troops have oc cupied StrumiUu, in southwestern Bulgaria, but there arc availablo no official reports relating to tho fit nig gle in this quarter, nnd nono is e (Continued from page six.) GOVERNOR STOPS SPRINGFIELD, 111, OoJ. 19 llathor than permit another public hanging t Murplosboro, Ills, noxt Friday, It became known today, Gov ernor Dunne w III roprlevo, orjpoiaibly commute to life imprisonment the sentence of KUton Scott, n negro con vltted of murdorlng his sUter-ln-law. Last Friday Joe Denorry, a nogro, was hung at lurphboro tn tho precenco of 1000 Epeitators. Tho towns made a gala event o( tho hang- TEUTONSREPORT PROGRESS ALONG SEWN FRONT Medford MEDFORD, .! BRIAN A I Premier Asqulth Taken Suddenly III Sir Edward Carson Resigns Conscription on Issue Lloyd George Losing Popularity Recon struction Regarded as Calamity. LONDON, Oct. ID. Premier As quith has suddenly becomo ill. His stny'of health will require withdrawal from public activities, at least for a few days. Shortly before 1 o'clock the fol lowing bulletin was issued at Down ing street: "The prime, minister is suffering from an attack of gustio intestinal catarrh, which will necessitate a few days of complete rest." Earlier in tiie day Mr. Asquith at tended meetings of tho war commit ter nnd the cabinet, both of them held in his official residence. Fnco Cabinet Crisis LONDON, Oct. 10. Uritnin is waiting anxiously to lenrn whether the cabinet ministers will bo nblo to compose their differences nnd con tinue the government without swap ping horses in midstream. Tho mili tary difficulties which confront the allies hnvo taken n position of sec ondary importance for the timo be ing. The cabinet has been holding long and frequent meetings since tho Bal kan crisis developed. Both newspa pers and politicians agree that vital differences of opinion hnvo arisen on or tho conscription issuo nnd tho nenr east question. In the meantime parly newspapers aro carrying on a bitter debate and exchanging accusa tions of lack of patriotism nnd of placing party and private interests nhovo those of tho country. Carson's Itcslgimlion The resignation of Sir Edward Corson, nttoniey general, was the firat proof of differences in the cab inet. The specific reason was with held, as in tho ease of tho retirement of Foreign Minister Delensso of France. Speaking in Dublin last night, John Redmond declared the position of the coalition government was precarious. "Any day wo may be faced will, another reconstruction,'1 ho said, "or with proposals which would cud in stantly tho political tmco and would rend the British pcoplo into contend ing fact ions." Klcctlnn n Calamity The cabinet and tho country ns a whole would regard a general olee- tio non party lines ns a calamity. If such a contest were fought on the question of conscription it might be expected to foment grent bitterness and class dissension. The anti-conscription newspapers arc demanding that a fair trial bo given to the plan of voluntary enlist ment under tho direction of tho Earl of Derby beforo there is any further talk of a change. Much discussion is heard of the injection of fresh nnd younger blood into tho cabinet. Only a few weeks a?o David Lloyd Geoigo had a largo following, but the anti-conscription-iats, virtunlly all of whom are iu his own party, now seem to bo lukewarm toward him. Ono complaint from the newspa pers is that n cabinet of twenty-two incuihors is too oumbersomo a body to manage tho affaird of the gocm meiit. CARRANZA PARIY I I.ARKDO, Tex., Oct. 10. Venusti nno Carrnn7a and party left Son Pe dro do las Colonias early today for Torreou, whero tho party i to spend three day, and where General Obre tfon i iu perfcoiml touch with hu unity, ready to bejem ctio opern tKWk ntHinkt tho rewnNntb of Yillu' troojw in Chibnabua. The reception, of CarrHnza and lu jmrty nt San l'odro do la Colonial was unuitunlty unthuiiMt.tie. IIuu-drt-dii of little jcirlo beunnc br.iiquct jiunctl in the reet-ptiuii ot Cirrnnza. Turrion buidd be rtvtlud nomo tuuu today. CABN S OVER BALKANS Cloud of war Tho holy land tins 1mcoiuo a nlt-slilps fljlng over the birthplace of and Kngllsb, JYcurJi iukI BuKsbui con bow a military ucroplnno and n war tbo Cliiirch of tho Nathlty. TRAIL OF SLAYER OF LOS'ANOELKS, Oct. 10. In tho wnko of two hounds thnt followed a trail Iradinpr into the foothills our roundinp Pasadena, moro than 100 iwlice nffieerH, cowboys and deputies wero in pursuit today of Harry Dun can, alleged automobile thief and Mayor, lit whose house l'olieo Serse nut J. H. Tooleu was Mint to death shortly boforo dawn. Toolcn hnd pone to Duncan's home iu South I'ucadcnn with Patrolman W. 11. Wiite to nrreHt tho man iu connection with other arrests previ ously inndo for nutoniobilo thefts. Two shots were fired from the head of the stairs while White was talking to Duncan's mother. One bullet struck Toolcn in the chin. The othor penetrated bis heart and his body lay on the porch of tho Duncan house until reinforcements, summoned b, White, reached the place. Two more shots weie fired nt White from a window, lie emptied his re volver in reply. Meanwhile Duncan escaped through a rear door and fol lowed the course of the Arroyo Seco toward tho hills, Mrs. Harry Duncan and her two-year-old baby were at Central polio station awaiting word of the man hunt. Nearly 100 patrolmen, motorcycle patrolmen, deputy sheriffs, insisted by cowboys from a movinc-pieturo plant, promptly took up tho ohnse un der the direction of Georp,o Hume, assistant chief of police. I OF RIFLE CHAMPIONSHIP JACKSONVILLE, 1'la., Oct. 19. Sergeant James S. Stewart, Massa chusetts National Guard, today won tho National Individual championship tbo first event of tho National Rifle tournament bolnc hold at the stato camp grounds here. Ills score was S15 points out ot a possible 3S6. Private T. B. Crawley, U. S. Marino corps, was second with 315, and Pri vate S. W. Pearson, Oregon National Guard, third, with 311. Stewart, al though his scoro was tho samo as tliat of Crawloy , was awarded tho championship because he hit tbo bulls eye a greater number ot timos con secutively. The titent ooncludod today Is re garded its tbo most Important Indi vidual rlflo competition In tho United Statei. BLOOD HOUHDSON" P IN Mail Tribune - "T j California OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1915 awarded rj -,. , ? Francisco eclipses star military camp. According to Jerusalem iMpntrlicH, wlilih tell of nrmel tbo Prince of lVnrc, of troops iiume mcrlng jilly on tbo Mount of Olives, vends tunusl Into lwiirnrK.M for tbo mi ItauV MiMlcrs. 'iliLs plctiiro Miown llilgllile woiiltl Iki1c f I) lug over llio public square iu llctlilcbcin, beforo DEAL DAY GREETS JERSEY VOTERS E NEWARK, N. J, Oct. 19. An ideal autumn day throughout tho stato brought votorfl to tho polls In unexpected numbers today to cast tholr ballots on tho proposed consti tutional amendment to glvo tho wom en tho voto. At 1 p. m. tho larger proportloa of tho registered voto than bad been anticipated bad been cast In tho chief cities and reports from tho suburbs and rural communities llkowlso wero that tho voting- was heavy. Up to that hour tho election had been or derly. Leaders of workers for and against tho Btiffrago amendment wero both clalmlnB victory early this afternoon. Tho count will begin, In cities of moro than flvo thousand Inhabitants at 0 o'clock tonight. In communities of less than C000 Inhabitants tho polls will closo and tho count begin at 7 o'clock. Tho earliest returns woro ex pected beforo 8 o'clock. OF SATTLE, Wn., Oct. 19 Two men entered tho Citizen's Rank of Ronton, nt Ronton, n manufacturing town six miles south of Soattlo at 1; 10 o'clock this afternoon, wbllo only ono per son, a woman, was In tho bank lobby, Ono of tho mon wont to tbo cashier's cago, pointed n largo pistol at tho cashier, It. W. Gllmnn, and said "glvo mo that mopey or I'll kill you, Glvo It to mo quick." Cashier Gilhum did not parley with tho man, but pushed out tho nionoy, between 2000 aud $2600 In gold and currency. Tho robber seized tho money, and, with his companion, ran down the street two blocks to whore a large automobile was standing, with tho ehauffour ovtdently watting for tbo robbors. Tho maahino toro away at full spood In tho direction of Seat tle, tho thioves firing a fow shots as thoy wont. Word of tho robbory was telephon ed in overy direction. STEAMER ALIPP0 OF WILSON LINE IS SUNK LOXDON", o. t 10. -Tho M.-mnMiip AhpP" "' tl Wil-n line b.i- been I sunk. It' prt- -.') that tb.- irev WUs bucd. UPON FA DAI ROBBERY RENTON BANK of bethlehem. ;S1X KILLED IN OKLAHOMA CITY, Okln., Oqt. 19. Six persons nro dead, two fatally Injured and about eight others more or loss Injured as tho result of a hoad-on collision betweon Rock Isl and southbound passenger train No. Hand a northbound freight train, which occurred at 2 o'clock this morning nt tho Agawam curvo, 12 miles south of Chicknsha. Tho trains wero traveling 30 miles nn hour and ns a result of tho 1m past tho passengor onglno was loft on top of tho freight englnu and four cars of cattlo woro piled over and under them. Tho heavy stool mall jar Jumped clear over tho onnlnes and rolled thirty foot to ono side, Thero woro four mall clerks In tbo mall car that was hurled 30 foot from tho trnck. Two woro Injured whllo two escaped unhurt. After tho wreck threo llvo cnttlo wero sceu standing on tbo top ot tho wreckago which was piled up about 30 feet In tbo air. T PARIS, Oct. 19. A mossago from NIbIi says desorato fighting continues along tho Bulgarian frontlor In tho valley of tho Vlasslna. Serbian troops south of Somendrln, on tho Dunubo front, hnvo boon obliged to retire, tho correspondent adds, In coneo- quonco of tho rotrcat of tho forces do- fending tho Helgrado district, British and French trooos contlnuo to disembark at Saloulkl. Tho number ot theso troops Is so largo that It Is Impossible to forward them nil promptly by rail to Sorbia. E TO y LONDON', Oct. Id S.t.m Robert Her -t'onl, a former uim ol'ticer and a brother of Lord Dcckx, iu uddroM iiiK h trt meotinif in London todtiy, sugKettttd that King George disuohe puilintiieiit lorthwilh and niwuniu command of tho armies in the liold Ili Miti,'ction wuh put in tbo form f a resolution, whh was adopted b tho Uiv-liii0'. TRAIN LI N OKUHOMI DESPERATEFIGH AR FRONTIER Sta DU!Uururtf?&Hu I Inspired by Race Hatred, as Well as Desire for Loot, Twenty Mexicans Hold Up and Rob Texas Train Uniformed Soldiers Targets for Bullets Trestle Burned. BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Oct. 19. Inspired by rnco hatred as well as do slro for loot, twenty Mexicans who claimed to bo followers ot Luis Do La Rosa, leader ot tbo so-called Texas revolution, held up and robbed a train nenr Olmlto, seven miles north of hero last night. As a result tbrco men nro dond, onotber Is probably fatally wounded nnd four others nro seriously hurt. Tbo bandits nro be lieved to hnvo escaped Into Moxlco. Tho scene of tho robbery wns tbrco miles from tho lllo Grande. Tho Moxlcnns as thoy fired at tho train crow nnd passengers sheuted: "Viva Plznno, viva Carranzn!" Plzano wns n co-loader with Do La Rosa. List of Tho Killed CORPORAL M'BEE, Third United Stntcs cavalry, shot. ENGINEER 11. II. KENDALL, pin ned boncnth engine Unidentified young Mexican pas sengor, shot by Americans for aiding robbors. t Tho robbery was tho boldest pleco ot work by bnndlts slnco their raids began tbrco months ngn. Tho bandits romoved tho spikes from a rail and lying concealed in tbo noarby brush, Jerked thin rail from under tho noso of tho onglno with a long heavy wire Tho onglno, bnggago, mnll nnd express cars Jump ed tho trnck. Eow paBsongers woro aboard. Tho robbory was conducted by flvo or six Mexicans In khaki uni forms, whllo outside tbo train somo fifteen or twenty moro Moxlcnns kopt up a constant flro. apparently shoot ing either nbovo or beneath tho train. Troxtlo Is Bunted After tho robbory tho Mexicans burned a trestlo north of tho wreck, preventing prompt arrival of United States soldiers from Snn Benito to tnko up pursuit. Tho troops had to Icavo tholr trnln nnd hlko a mllo to rench tho wreck. Tho hold-up ocurred on tho St. Louis, Brownsvllla nnd Moxlco lino, tho only rnllrond cntorlng tho lower Rio Ornndo valloy. John W. Sword of Plnesvlllo, Ky., n former United States soldier, said that ho and tbrco soldiers occupied n corner float In tho front end of tho smoking car. Tho othor tbrco, Mc Boo, Brlshoar and Laymon woro In uniform but Sword was not. Ho said thoro was a lurch nnd tho four mon pitched forward. As tho train came to a stop ho noticed flvo or six Mex icans crowding Into tbo rear end of tbo conch noxt to tho first class day coach. Tho Moxlcans camo forward with guiiB drawn nnd firing. Tho first firing wns directed at tho United States army uniforms worn by tho companions of Sword. Two of tho soldiers woro shot nt tho first flro nnd Laymon was bit as bo dived for tho front door. Tho soldiers woro regular passongors without tholr arms. Tho Moxlcans grow bold and noisy when tho passongors failed to shoot at them. After tbo Gilngoos In tho smoking compartment In ad dition to Sword and tho threo sol diers, woro Doctors- McCain and Wat lls, District Attornoy John I. Klolbcr of Brownsvlllo, R. Wright, a travel ing man of Houston, and P. M. Sauor, a traveling man of San Antonio. A recent purchase, ot books for tho library Includes four volumos of (Continued on page two.) MILLION IN SIOLFN AT KL PASO, Toxas, Oct. 19. Boot and hides, tho products ot confiscat ed cattle, valued nt $1,000,000, aro awaiting exportation In Juarei, ac cording to roporU recolvod by Am erlonn custom officials horo. Pond lug ndvloos from Washington upon tho quosttou of closing tbo port, In spectors are permitting examination ot all hides (or American brands. WRECK A TRAIN SLAYAMERICANS WEATHER Fnlr Tonight ami Wednes day. Mux. 73; Mill. 38.5. NO. 180 Commercial Club Told by Utah-Ore gon Officials That Company Is Financed anil Investment Awaits Only Signing of Required Acreage Company Agrees to Pay Freight. Tho proposal of tho Oregon-Utah Sugnr company to build and operate n $000,000 Bupir factory in tho Itoguo River vnlley wns outlined by Mctsn. Alex Nibley nnd P. S. Drnm woll, field mnnngern, to the tncmbor of tho Medford Commercinl club nt the banquet given in St. Mark'ft hall Mondny evening. A hundred mem-, hers of tho club were present nnd Ui' remnrks of tho speakers greeted with npplanse. The company has been fiunnccd and nil thnt remains U tho Rifuiiu up of .1000 ncres to be planted to mifjnr beets to secure tho investment. Nlbloy's Vroposnl "Wo hnvo como hero to stay," said Mr. Nibley, "If you will lot us. Wo hnvo tho monoy, you have tho land, all wo ask Is that you grow tho beets. Wo will furnish tho sood, wo will In spect tho land, wo will havo experts to asslBt tho growors In cultivating tho crop, nnd wo nro prepared to do what has never been dono for tho Utah grower, wo wll) absorb tbo freight. No mattor whoro tho becto aro grown wo will pay $5 per ton on tho cars, Instead ot at tbo factory. As to tbo location ot tho stto this Is a mattor that has not boon decided. It will dopend upon tho center of ths ncrcngn. It Is n straight business proposition with us. If the largest proportion of acrongo Is signed up in ono district tho factory will go In thnt district, for It Is to our Interest to havo tho freight charges to tho factory as low as possible. "Whon tho factory Is built wo will havo a credit as high ns $400,000 with which to operate Attor tho first factory Is a success wo will start a second. Tho announcement by Secretary McAdoo that tho dollar tar iff on sugar will bo rotalncd should bo good nows to tho pcoplo ot Oregon for It means thnt tho beet sugar In dustry will bo protected. It means thnt sugar can bo sblppod to tho stato of Washington for example from Oro gon Inslond of Utah. Wo havo como hero to stay, Wo'ro In dead carnost. Wo need your holp. Will you holp us?" Seed Is Awaiting Mr. Dramwcll said ho bad mado a tour of tho valloy during tbo day aud that somo ot tho experimental boots wont as high ns from 30 to 35 tons por acre Tho nvorago ho said would bo about 15 but this with proper caro would bo Increased from 25 to 40 per cent (ho second year. Regarding Importing labor ho said nono would bo Imported If local labor was found sufficient, but when tho locnl market was exhausted, thoy would naturally go olsowhero. "A boot sugar factory" said ho, "means hard work, It also means prosperity. Wo ask for nothing but boots. It you won't grow them wo will havo to go whoro thoy will. Ho cnuso ot tho war tho boet sugar seed Is very scarco. Many factories In Colo rado and other states will bo closod bocaiiBo' ot this. But wo have the (Continued on Page Two) E KILLS SEVEN AT BUHE IllTTi:, Mont., Oct, 10. A wagon load of dynamito to bo used for blast ing blow up as it wns being- hauled into the yard of tho Qrnnito Moun tain mino of tho North llutto eoiu puny on llutto hill today, and nt least keen men woro killed and fivo seri ously injur!, one of whom will die. A number of building iu tho vicinity of tho explosion woro destroyed. Mont of tho men killed woro nt work, in tho buildings of tho mine Amnntr tho dond are: JAM IV 1U,0W. mi'IIAUD QR1XDLB. F.D LACY. JAMES IUIOWX and threo others. Puur of theso men wtro blown to atoms and it is iiiiKfe.iblo thnt their bodies will bo lucntiticd. OUIUNE PUNS FOR PROPOSED SUGAR FACTORY VI v!