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.u.i.iffctM. 7 tcw w Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Minimum ()()( Minimum 17. Fair, no Chango fortyfuiirUi Yiir. Dully Nlnlli Yiwr MWDFOkl) .OltMUON, TlIl'WSDAV, DWWBRtt 17, 10M NO. 280 GREAT BATTLE RAGING NEAR WARSAW AUSTRIANS ARE VICTORS IN SILESIA N CUMS GREAT VCTORY OVE RUSSANS Russian Offensive Against Silesia and Poscn Said to Havo Broken Down In Poland, Czar's Army Claimed In Retreat Warsaw Reports Grcnt Dattlo In Progress at Socliaczew. LONDON, Dec. 17. Ono of lln (ri'ii'rit victories of (In wnr in c'tniin cd tutliiy by Germany. Tim Merlin of licuil stnteiiicut contains IIii'hu words; "Tim ltusiuu ofrtiH e ngiiinttt Sil-t'-iu and 1'okcii Iiiih roiuplcti'Jy broken down. In (lie whole of Poland the funny won forced to retreat after tiurcu mill Mubburn frontal buttles, ami Im being pitrtiil i-vcr) whore." A mniii-nffioinl btii'omont from Merlin HitHl;t confidently of tin' situ iitxin in llio oiixt nml Mates Hint the AuMrintm have achieved their notiinl MicrtrMii iiguiuM thu llua-inns ill Went Gnliciu. Collfllltlllg Itl'pOltN Tla great liattlo In tho west, which Ih bring curried im most fiercely In llclgiuiu nml northwestern Franco, is till' Mlllljccl of conflicting t'lllilllH. Tin' Gemma war oflieo announces tlnit tlui allioN have iiunlit new nlauks, lint tlicy have Im'pii bimton buck with heavy loan. Tim French htjjtement mi.vk that several Ocimuii tri'iichcn in llclgitim havo been ruptured hy iiifiin ttv uk-huIIm and that at oilier point In thn south and oiiMt the nilillury of tlu 11IH1M has iloiin effective work. Oniit ll.'ittli' Itnglng WARSAW, vin I...i,.1oii, Dee. 17, l:'.'0 p. til. A great hnttli' in in prog rwt at Sitohuozow, thirty inih'H nest of Wnrmtw. I'll German wedge, which in proceeding in a t.outhcnMerly iliriMition fi out How, Iiiih managed, af ter hi'iivy fighting in which serious Iomwoh arc reported, to havo licen in flicted, to establish a quarter of a mile woM of Soohuocw. Tho Polish cniiipaiKU now centers at that point. Tln (Ionium eolntnii wns met at Noehnezow hy fierce resistance 011 tho pint of the llnnHian-. Tim fighting Nun. extremely severe, at points Irnd j tit to hand-to-linnd encounters. Ar lilloiy firo on lioth hides was heavy and continuous. German imroplnues are eoiihtantly circling over thu town, llcluforrcuiciits imiiihI In Hciuforccmonts 1110 being poured in rapidly on hoth hide, Tim llussiuns mo bringing '" troops hy highway and by the railroad from Warsaw. The Ocriunns are moving fmee.s fiom the region about Lodz. Notwithstanding the conflicting tin turn of reports ooncorniiur thu oluir acter of the Gorman operations, it !h evident that their mauetiverri, which, noooiiliiig to homo reports Include us ninny iih I've army corps 1110 hoing eitiidiicled uloug a lino to thu uoith of Lovvioz. UEKLIN, Dec. 37, hy wireless. Tho first actual HUeeeHsen hy AukIiU aim npiliiHt thn RuhhiiuiH iu tho laat few tliiyn nppeaf to havo boon aehiuvi'd in Went Ualiela. Hero the RiiBhiaiiH, iiHcoidiiig to adviccK hero from thu zone of Inihtililies. have licen ntliicked hlniultaueoiifily from two (Contlnuod ou pono two) HANS PREFER DEATH 10 RESCUE PKTKOMtAl), Dee. 17, n Lon don, -1:10 p. m. 'It was officially .an nounced today thn Bteamei Durentie, of thu tk'iinan Lovantiuu line, wiih foiiud navigatiiiK' off tho Turkish coast near Keiaz'nnl and wiih mink hy a Rtishlan warnhip al'tor all on IioiikI tho mervliautmau had been or dered to leave. Only two Titrkirih C 1 learn anil twelve faoldierrf ohoyed tho order, mid I Im othuiri went down with thu Hhip, Kuril. nut h a seaport of Asiatic 'I'urkuy, Heventy miles webt of Tiohlmnul on tho lllaoK Hun, STEAMERS I if MNES RAIDERS LEFT Merchant Vessels Perish Off English Coast In Territory Covered by Ger man Warships Yesterday Names of Two Ships Unknown and Crews Perish Other Crews Rescued. SOUTH HIIIICUH?, KiiKlnnd, Dec. 17, pour BteiwiiorH wore dunk by itilneH oft thut'AHt conut of KiiKlnnd In thu territory covurcd yentenlny by the rnblltiK (lerinnn wnrsnti. TIicp-, veK-ulH neat tered iiilncd to cover tholr rotront. Only two of tliono veNKeiN ban ho far been Identified. Ono In tho .learn er Kllorvvnter. Twelvo of her crew woro ynvud, but onvon lost their liven. The cannnltleii on tbo other nlilpH hfivo not yot been dutermlnud, but It Ih re ported that tbo crow nnd imnauiiRora of tho pntmoiiKor veniul were seen tnltlni: to their bontn. Tbo admlrnlty lint nunoiinccd Hint nil traffic between I'lumboroiicb Head and Nowcimtlo linn been Htoppcd In definitely. I'lainboroiiKb Head (h about twenty nilk'H (low 11 tbo (onMt from Hcnrbor oui'.li, ono of tbo points bombarded )entenlay by tbo (iernian crulEem. Tbeito boHtllo Bblps wero reported to havo left milieu In their wako ih they ntenniud nwny from thn lirltlub coant. Thu area front KJnintwroiifih Head to Nowrantlu. In which all traffic bni been Mopped, cmbrncoH tbo ontlro field In will cli tbo Oermnii rnldern operated. HCAIlllOltOUOH, Dee. 17, via f.on don, :3'i p. m. Tho Mciimer l'rln cen Olj;n, bound for Alierdis'ti, Scot land, Mruck a tnlno off hero last night. and went down. IClKbtcen of tho crow liuided In their own bontn. Tbo HrltlHb Btcatner PrlnceFH Olpa vvns a roiiHter of 43S tonn nml ISO feet Ioiik nml vvas built In foot, Tbo lClterwater aluo vvns n munll eoiiNter 71.1 toiiH, S55 feet Ioiik nnd built In J t07. E CAUSED BY WAR WASHINGTON, Dee. 17. Possi bility of a tdiorrtiKu in rKH duo to tho lluropcnn war today led tho joint conm'ChHional committee on printing to rcdnce thu amount of rajj paper it plans to buy for thu year bcjjinniiiK next March for tho government print hijr office. According to specifications URieed upon, (Im bitf government priutiui; shop will use $1,01)0,000 worth of pa per iiuxl year. Sealed bids for furn ishing this paper will bo received on January 'J.', and tho award made Feb ruary 1. i ARMY INCREASE-BILL WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.- Senator IiOiIko today introduced a hill em bodying Suuretury Oarrison'.s plan for increasing Uiu annroe.ali) mobilu aimy to full HtreiiKlh for 100(1 additiouul officurs and for tho dincliat;o of sol diotri after eighteen months' sorvico in (hu jcyular unity to constitute an army reserve. SEATTLE EVENING SUN OFFERED FOR SALE SHATTLK, Wash., Dee. 17. Tho receiver of tho Seattlo livening: Sun, who is conlinuin its publication, prints an advertisement offering the paper for Bale. Failing to offeot a sale, tho recoivur Hays ho will sus pend publication of thu paper and olos.0 tho iiffnirri of (lio coinpnny. THE FLYING DESTROYER TO PREY0N VB VxXfV i i ' ' ' ' tmwvm'm ' " - ' i i i Aota A I 1 ft - -- j ifKK. uHr l l -li KMMtlCtO POCHM.OLKMAH AVIATOR MlO UIWINAOfKMAN AKMY OIHVHli l-OW lwtrm louv. toa.!i. ivvtivr MiNurtS Viiinuvr sick No.utAou jhiij uctioi kiccxu Tho day of the flying destrover is here. Anewflyugi.. Iiuie i.'led Mii'i'i'imfullv bv the llntnli to clear the air ot aerophiiies. E GERMAN FORCES ARRIVE AT I I.ONI.ON, Dee. 17, 7:J8 it. m. Tho corrcMpondent of thu Times in Petro grnd uuderotauds that three addi tional corps from the west hnvc readied thu German armies on thu IttiKMtin front, making altogether ninu oorjts which have reached Field Marshal Von llindruhurg within a month. Thu Germans wero thereby able, ho biiid, to send two corps to Hungary while retaining twenty corps on tho Polish front. Tho Titties correspondent adds that it appears that 170,000 Austro-Gcr-tiiniis alreadv havo crossed tho Diikla and neighboring passes in tho Car pathian mountains. Tho Austrian contingent, ho says, include three ac tivo corps, tho withdrawal of which from tho Servian front led to disaster there. LONDON, Dee. 17, Il.LT) p. in. All naturalized Germans iu tho fcunort of Sunderland, a short distance north of tno hnglish coast towns which were bombarded hy tho Germans yesterday, woro arrested over night, according to a dispatch published by tho Kxehnngo ioicgrapn company. T ON NBW YORK, Dec. 17. A Hon bunt was Magod In tbo streets of Now York this artornoon. Flvo lions which es caped from tbo bIhkq of tho Ktgh'ty Sixth struct theater at a time whon tho bouse was filled with a matluoo nuilleneo', wero attaokod by scores of policemen with rovtylvors and finally subdued. Only ono of tbo lions oscanod to tho street. It was kllloil In a tene ment bouse, after It bad attackod two pollcomon and sovoroly lujurod both of them, Tho other four lions wero cornered In tbo thontor build ing nnd driven back to tholr cagos. A pollco sergoant and a policeman woru shot, tbo fornwr sorlously, by bullets lntondo'd for tbo lions. Two nion, It wb reported, also weno shot, MOR RUSSIAN FRON A LION HUN wmmmmmmammmmmmmm:U V: iZAPATA OCCUPIES CITY OF PUEBLA- WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.--The eity of Puebla, iu tho -Mexican Mate, of that name, has been evacuated by Cnrraiun forces and now is held by Zapatistas. A report to tho state de partment today says Carranza troops burned the railroad (station beforo do'--parting. WASHINGTON. Dee. 17.-Speeial Agent Canova, reporting to thu Mate depnrlinent todnv from Mexico City. Miid Provisional President Gutierrez hnd not only issued a decree Mopping political executions, hut had promised to punish nnv officials responsible for unwarranted executions so far. Can ova reported that executions, of which there had been a great number, hnd diniiuiMicd. Tho latest word from General Car ranza warning his commanders at Naco to avoid firing into American territory. ATIIKXS, Dec. 17, via London, 11:47 a. in. A Hrltlsh squndron lias bombarded Turkish troops who bad concentrated Sunday on tbo const of tbo Gulf of Snros, tbo arm of tbo THE STREETS OF (Dozens of women fainted and moro I than a hundred woro knocked down 'In tbo wild statnpodo to reach tbo doprs whon tho llous walked off tbo stage. Two hospitals sent ambulances to thothcator. Tbo scono of tho Hon hunt, Knst L'lBhty sixth stroet near Loxtugton avenuo, was tbo center of a throng thnt numbered tens ot thousands beforo tbo .cbaso finally ended, I'o'llco Sorsonut Glynn was shot and soiioubly wounded whllo half n dozon pollcomon woro firing at tho lions. Two other men, nnmes unknown, also wore shot, Ambulnnces from two hospitals wero rusbod to the theater, Quo of tbo Hoiib was brought to bay '! t!lV lobby of tho theater, Augorod BOMBARDS WAR AIR CRAFT. I the "aeroplane chafer," f being used : BLISS CONFERS WITH VILLA LEADER ABOUT SHOOTING WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Ilrign dier General I(lis, commanding the troops on tho Mexican border, re ported to the war department today that ho conferred at Naco yesterday with Geueral Humircz, military secre tary of General Maytorcmi, tho Villa eomiiinimPr of the Mexican forces be sieging General Hill's Carrattza troop.-. Humircz was told bv General Illiss what was expected of tho Maytorena forces in shaping their operations against tho Carranza forces so as to avoid danger to lifo and property on the American side of the line, and he undertook to communicate the repre sentations, to uiyortona. Tho wardepartment has not made public tho details of General Illiss' re port but Secretary Garrison declared it disclosed that tho cotiforeueo wns harmonious and that General Illiss did not tuako threats as to what ho would do if his warnings wero unheeded. No mention was made of any further casualties on the Arizona side of tho lino yesterday which regarded as an encouraging feign. Aognen Sea north of tho Dardnnolles. This information wns received hero today in a dispatch front Myttleno. Details aro lacking. NEW YORK OT by bullets, tbo lions attacked tho pollcomon who wero firing at them. I'ollcomaii James Craig was caught by ono of tho beasts which chowod his loft hand. Policeman Kdvvunl Ileguey was hurt about tbo bead by another Hon and was shot In tbo rlcbt hand by ono of bis companions who sought to drlvo tbo beast away. Quo ot tho llous reached tbo street and made Its way to a photograph gallery. As It entered tho room It knocked down tho proprietor who was In tbo act of taking a plcturo of a woman. Tbo woman, too, was knocked down, Tbo Hon ben went upstairs to tho tonemonta abovo, with twelvo or moro policemen blazing away at It, This ou was billed, DARNG RADERS E F BRITISH FLEET German Cruisers Supposed to Have Reached Helgoland Safely Raid Upon Unfortified Towns Arouses Britain Second Raid Expected and Prepared For. LONDON, Dec. 17, lqiW a. m. The crippling of telephone nnd tele graph wires by the bombardment yes terday of three ports on the east coast of Knglnnd by German cruisers, together with the precautions thrown about these towns by the police nnd military authorities made it impos sible even today, more than twenty four hours uftcr the shelling of Scar borough, tho HnrtlcK)u1s and Whitby, to obtain more than an approximate estimate of the civilian dead jmd wounded. According to an official statement, fifty-five jKTbons met death in the Hartlcpools, while 113 were wounded. At Scarborough 17 dead and 30 wounded was the toll. Hoth official and unofficial estimates place the Whitby casualties nl two dead nnd two wounded. Of tbo Hartlepool casualties, seven of the dead were soldiers, while of the wounded, four teen men belonged to tho military. The maximum of wounded is close on to 150. persons. This does ttot in clude the slightly wounded civilians who bandaged their own hurts nnd left town on tho first trains. Knglanil Is ArottMiI Dri-itling with wrath and resent ment at this attack on unfortified towns, Kngland is astir today ns never before since wnr was declared. Another raid is confidently expected, and the entire 'machinery of home de fense has been put into motion. On tho east and the southeast coast of England, emergency committees arc at work, while in London plans to or ganize u national guard of men too old for military service aro under way. Although to the British miud a mid on Loudon seems remote, yesterday's episode drovo homo tho realities, of war as little cUo could. Arrangements have been made nt Deal and Dover to expedite tho removal of tho civilian population in ono of an attack. Tlieso measures aro primnrily to fore stnll any panic or, congestion on tho railroads and thoroughfares which might impede military movements. Ilcturn to Helgoland Steaming at high speed, the Ger man raiders, barring mishap, should havo reached their ndvnneo naval baso off Helgoland some time ufter midnight Inst night, their trip requir ing nbout fifteen hours. Thirty hours out of port on such a venturo in mino-laden waters is a feat Eng lish papers do not belittle, and iu his hoart every Englishman hopes that it will bo essayed ngain, nnd if neces sary again, until the call is paid ouco too often. It is presumed that behind them tho German cruisers strowed mines, so a fleet of trawlers is now out engaged in tho precarious task of swooning. Tho belief is general that tho Ger mans in this, expedition had tho able (Contlnuod on page two.) OUI RANK GARRISON WASHINGTON, Hoc, 17. Inter ment of twenty-two officers and USS enlisted men from tho German oruiser Cormorant nt Guam, thu American possession in tho Ladrone nreliixl ago, makes tho foreign force thuro nearly equnl numerically to tho Alitor iimn guard, which consists of about 100 marines. Tho question pf tho transfer of these internes to a less remote quar ter wns suVgosted today as fnollities for a largo foroo t Guam woro not nvnilabjei ' AD OM AU AN H D UP BANK OF One Cashier Wounded, Another Shot At, and Robber Captured After Duel With Policeman In Which He Is 'Wounded Officials Follow In Automobile $6000 Secured. CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 17. An au tomobile bandit believed to hnvc been operating alone, terrorized tho west side business bcction todny, robbed two banks within n radius of ten blocHs, shot nnd seriously wounded the cashier of ono bank, shot at tho cashier of tho other nnd finally wns captured nftcr a revolver duel with three policemen, one of whom he shot, later being wounded himself. It is known that tho robber obtain ed $8000 in tho first bank, tho West End branch of thu Provident Snvingrf Dank & Trust Co., nnd the official of the Liberty Dankitig & Savings company, the second bank robbed, be lieve that the amount hu obtained there Vill run into thousands when a check is ninde. l'ollcc Follow In Aulo. The police in another automobile followed the bandit, picking up bis trail nftcr tbo second robbery. Tho I policeman, who was shot, nnd tho robber wero removed to a hospital, j but the physicians In attendance said they wero unable to say how serious i the wounds might be. There were several persons in each bank at the time of tho robberies, but tho promiscuous uso of tho bandit's revolver held them in cheek. At tho branch of the Provident bank thu rob ber scaled an eight-foot screen, fired nt Edward Hughes, cashier, grabbed $8000, backed slowly to tho door and escaped in his automobile, followed by n fusillade of shots from Hughes' revolver. An automobile load of police took up his trail, but had lost it when they learned of tho second robbery, which was carried in practically the sumo manner as the first. At tho second bank the bandit shot and probably seriously wounded George Winters, cashier. Tho bandit had rented n room yes terday in n West Ninth street apart ment house and tho owner of thu npartmeut having read n description of tho man, called tho attention of tbo police to a similarity. In Shower of Shots Three policemen called at his room, nnd upon opening tho door wero re ceived with a shower of shols. Police man ICnaul fell wounded and tho ban dit, jumping past the other two offi cers, fled to thu street, re-entered his automobile, which was standing iu front of tho bou-,0 'and fled, His flight proved unlucky for him, inus much ns hu crashed into a polo rounding the first corner and wreck ed tho machine. Ho extricated himself from tho wreckage nnd started to run, but tbo officers by that time wero closo to hint nnd utter nu exchange of shots thu bandit fell. Physicians at tho hositital suid probably both Policeman Knaul and the bandit would die. Hoth wero shot four times. Tbo pollco after comparing n plio- (Continued on Pugo 2.) BY CARRANZA FORCES NACO, Arizona, Dee. 17. The Carranzu garlson of Nuco, Honoru, opened flro with artillery nt daylight today upon tho entrenchments of the Maytorona besiegers. Tho ovldunt effort to piovoko a reply from Jlay torotna failed up to 9 o'clock. Mili tary observers on tho American side, however, believed Mayjoreaa ulti mately would be foreed to raew th4 Interchange oj bo.t., . CINCINNAT i l ' "., p 'i ,-i, h