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MSwhwI MriH
Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
FairMat. not MIh. 41J ,
Prcclp. .18.
Forty-fourth Tr.
nllv Ninth Ynr
MEDFOllD, OREC.ON, "WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1915
NO. 300
v
GERMAN SEA
T
Auxiliary Cruiser Prince Eltcl Fried
rich, Which Has Been Prcylnn on
Allies' Commerce, Chased Into an
American Port Wants Repairs,
Coal and Provisions,
NHWTOIIT NHWH. Vn., Mtircli 10.
- Tlio (lormnn auxiliary cruiser
Piliu Hllol Frlodrlch, another of tho
eluslvo Herman son rovern, which
linvn been hindering coinmerco of the
allies on lint woven sens, slipped Into
port hero enrly today presumably
eluding tlut llrltljdi ntnj French
cruUorn along tlut const, In need of
ropnlrs, ronl ami provlHloiiR for her
rrow ntul with itioro thttn 300 priso
ners taken from prlren.
Last iiIkIiI itftt'r dark tliti (Jerntnn
t1il appeared oft Capo Henry but
tllit not enter until after daylight,
whim nho passnd (iinrnntlnu ami
dropped anchor at thlu port. All of
her officer preserved tint strident
hi 1 1' n ct. I lor rnptaln despatched it
luciuingu telling of IiIh arrival to tho
(iitrnian embassy In Washington. Tho
Fulled Htati'H const Rtinrd ship Onon
dnga wont alongside to tako up (tor
wnich to preserve tho neutrality of
tho United Stale until official at
Washington decided what shall tic
ditno with tho I'rlns Mtcl I'rludrlch.
' 1ineil My (Yulser
Bcnrred by thu red runt and tall
if her mouth at son, tho Herman
nuxlllnry wns painted whlto on one
Mile and Mack on the- other. It wait
reported In murine circle that tho
l.ltid Frlcdrlch ha been chaed to
tho 3.inlo limit ti- a HrltUh cruiser,
hut a tho (lerinnii captain had Healed
the lip of lil.i off kern, It wiih not
confirmed,
Marino circle worn startled when
tho long, slick hlilp, easily dinting
iilnhnhlo liy tho line of a North (lor-
mau Lloyd liner, iteauied up tho hay
mid Into Hampton Itondx.
Within nu hour after tho Prim
Ivllol had arrived In Hampton Bonds,
n request wan tuailo to tint Newport
Noftti Hhiphiilldlng and Drydock com
Jinny for Information whether thu
concern could at once begin work on
repair. Thu shipbuilding company
Immediately communicated tho ro
iiiet to tho navy department at
Washington and nuked whether the
I'ulted Ktnten woulil havu any ohjee
Hon, Iteitr Admiral Hentty, command
ing tho Norfolk navy )nrd, after re
porting tho arrival of tho Merman
cruiser, received Instructions from
Heerelnry Daniels to maka an In
veittlKatloii and send him a full re
port, Started 1-Yom China
Thu auxiliary cruiser I'rlnx Kllel
Frlodrlch started put on her career
n n wamhlp from Tslng Tatt, F.hu
formerly wan a regular llnor of tho
North (lermnn I.loyd line, Hho
reached Tslng Tan after tho otttbroak
of hostilities and tho German marine,
authorities nt thnt port oiiulpped her
with nnval gunn and turned her Into
tin auxiliary crulor, .
She nailed from Tslug Taii heforo
tho Japanese attack 011 thnt port anil
(Continued on poro two.)
MACKAY LEASES
NBWi YOIIK, Muruh It), t'mler 11
long-term Ioiiho with a purchase op
tion, Clitreneo II. Maokuy, president
of the Conuucroinl Gnhlq (toinpnny, it
wiih umiuuni'cil today, luid oomo into
t possession of Gurdinor'H Ishutd, eon
sisting of IIDOO acres, off tho eustorlv
end of Long Islitnd, which lie will use
iih a Hhonting prosorve.
Thu island has lii'ou in tho possos
hIoii of tho Qitrdinur family since
1(130.
"Ono largo IiIiipU do?,', nuo gun,
Home powder and shot, homu rum ami
a few Dutch hliinketH, tlio valito of
five pounds stoiling," was tlio price
originully paid for llui island, a e cord,
ing to records, !y Lyon Gardiner,
who made tlio den with Wyanihiiich,
oliief of Hie Maiihunkotts of Lone; inl
and,
It Ih fiRiiroil today that tlio iand
is worth Jfll.OOO.OOO,
ROVER DOCKS A
NEWPORT NEWS
II
ISLAND
MORE TURKISH
FORTS SILENCED
BY ALLIES' SHIPS
Warships Report Additional Progress
In Dardanelles German Invaders
of Poland Retreat Close to Border
Attack on Ossourtz Continues
Violent Strtvj'jlc In Arijonne.
LONDON, March 10 --Operation
of the allied fleet In tho Dardnnullca
Htoppod yintenlny (Tueiiilay morn
Iiir) liy iinfavornlile weather condU
tlo'im, wero remniiml vlRorouiily In
tho afternoon, Tho warhlp nro
reported to have iimilo additional pro
Rreiin In the narrow eucltiR Turk
lull hntterle on thu helRht of Ken
(iil, tho flru from which had proved
trouhleomo to the fleet In It limn-
ttor.
It I amiorted at I'etroRrad that
tho German force, which Invaded
Northern Poland followliiR thu do-
feat of thu ltiunlnnit In l.'nut l'rusla,
liatu now retreated clomj'to tho hor
dor, except In a few section of tho
front. Thu German attack on thu
fortre of 0owotx I lie Iiir contin
ued. notMltliHtandliiR thu dnnRer of
u ItusHlau flankliiR moMimcnt. Thu
German are conrontratlnR their ef
fort In tho endeavor to break
IhrouKh thu Ittmilnii fortified lino at
thl 'point.
Minor victories over (ho Turkish
force which recently linvo hecomo
active In Northwestern Persia aru
described In n messiiKU from Tlfll.
Thu HusNlan havu forced buck tho
Turk, tnkliiR sovornl IUaRc.
A battle of unusual violence, nl
thoiiRh probably not ens:iRhiR lurRu
numbern of troops, I In proRrcss In
thu ArRonuu. After helm; twice ex
pelted from trenrhc they captured
from thu IVench, tho Gorman ro
turned n third llino to tho attack, In
which at Inst report they wero still
enRnRcd. With this exception thuro
wore no ennnRement of consequence
on tho front yesterday.
SHELL FRAGMENT
SUES FEET OF
l'AIIIS, Maicli II). A fiaRiuent of
11 TuiKixh hlicll fell yesterday (Tiich
clay) at thu feet of Hear Admiral
(luepratte, commander of tho French
division operating with thu allied
fleet in (he Patdaiielles iih lie wax
dirccliuj; thu operations of thu battle
Hhip Suffreu, which Itail oxeeuted n
duiinu; maneuver hy penetrntiiiK the
extremo limit of the mine fields, says
a Tcucdos dir-patcli to thu 1'ctit Paris
ien. Several shells aru leported to
linvotruek tho warship, hut thu cor
respondent makes 110 mention of her
liaviue; been damiiRed.
After yesterday's operations tho
Tcneilim dispatch hays, the erow of
thu battleship (laulois was warmly
praised by Vice-Admiriil Cardeu, thu
llritish commander, for the assist
ance lent in tlio 1 eduction of tlio Dar
dauiiH redoubt, Powerful Turkish
hallericH wero silenced by tlio Gait
lois, which was liemelf struck by two
six-inch shells, althoiiRli thu daniaRO
done is declared to Iiavo been inslj
iiifienut.
Operations of tlio French warships,
iiavo been delayed for a few hours by
tho necessity of takine; aboard coal
and ammunition.
I
ATFi
RAN FHANOISCO, March 10.
Australia's hiiildiup; at the l'annma
1'auifio exposition was dedicated to
day with ceremonies that woro enliv
ened by demonstrations of bonmur
nnj; throwing and tho use of tho Aus
tralian slock whip. Alfred Dcakin,
thriou primu minister of Australia
and president of tho royal conimis
sioii to thu exposition, made tho
principal address.
FRENCH
1
SUBMARINE U-1 2
SUNKBYB1SH
BUT CREW SAVED
Under-Sea Raider Rammed hy Tor-pcdo-Boat
Destroyer Is Seventh
German Submarine to Be Destroyed
Since Beolnnlnrj of the War Crew
Deprived of Privileges.
LONDON, March 10. Tho Ger
man Hubmarlno U-1 2 has been sunk
to. tho bottom, accordlnR to a state
ment Issued today by tho Urltlsh ad
miralty. Tho submarine, according
to thu official announcement, wa
rammed today by tho lirltlsh torpedo
boat destroyer Ariel. It wunt to tho
bottom. Thu member of submersi
ble' crew surrendered and were
saved.
!.iralloii it Kecret
Thu nubmarlno U-20 wa built la
1 Din. HIiq lind u displacement of
8 to ton and a speed of 17 knot on
thu surface and 12 knots submerged.
Hlie was equipped with three torpedo.
Tho location of thu slnkliiR of tho
subtnarlna In not disclosed In tho ad
miralty announcement.
Tho captured cruw will bo deprived
of nil special privileges, as wa done
In thu casu of thu men on board tho
U-8, and they will bo held for trial
In connection with tho sinking of
merchant vessul.
Tho U-20 I probably tho submarlno
which yesterday sunk tho lirltlsh
steamer Hlackwood.
Kcvrnlh ltoat Ia.1
Tho loss of tho U-20 makes tho
seventh Gorman submarlno destroyed
since thu bcRlnulnit of tho war, ac
cording to a statement given out of
ficially In London. These boat arc
IMS, sunk by tho lirltlsh IllrmlnR
hnm In AurusI; U-1 8 rammed and
sunk by n lirltlsh patrol boat Novem
ber 23, and lliroo tinldentlflod sub
morslbtcs officially declared lost on
October 2C, October 30 and Feb
ruary 28. Thu lxth submarlno de
stroyed was tho U-8, which wo sunk
off Dover March 4.
TO
PURCHASE LINE OF
SACHAMKNTO, Cal., March 10.
(loMTiinr Johnson lias initiated a
movement for the purchase of tho
Western Pacific railroad, now in the
hands of receivers by thu statu of
California, it was announced today in
thu I'nvcrnor'ri office,
Tho auiioiinceinent wns ninuV after
Governor Johnson had held a confer
ence with Rudolph SpreekcN, finan
cier, from whom tlio original mircs
tion for j-ovcriuiu'itt ownership of tho
Western Paeifio came, and with Cha".
S. Wheeler of San Francisco, an at
torney who has nppeared for thu
WVstetH Pacific as counsel in somo
special cases.
"At n conference with Sprockets
ami Mr. Wheeler this inorninir a plan
was discussed and adopted for thu
statu of Olifomia to purehaso tho
Western Paeil'iu railroad," said Gov
ernor Johnson. "So far as tho de
tails aro eoncornod that is a matter
that will follow soon. Wo shall pro
ceed nt once to work them out. Hut
wo decided that tlio movement for thu
purchase oC tlio railroad should com
motion at once. It is my idea that
with California nwnini and operating
n groat trans-oontiueiita railroad the
state will always ho assured of com
mercial freedom,"
SEVERAL ITALIAN WARSHIPS
SAIL FOR DARDANELLES
GENEVA, via Paris, March 10.
Thu Tribune says It has learned from
Vienna thnt several Italian warships
have put to sen, probably bound for
tho Dardanelles.
NEW ZEPPELIN TRIED OUT
OVER LAKE CONSTANCE
UEHNK, via Paris, March 10. A
now Zoppolin which Ih now being
given trinla over Lake Const anoc, will
be tho ninth In leave. Fried riohshu fen
since tho war began,
CALIFORNIA
WESTERN
PACIFIC
No New Game Warden
Qy W. L, Finloy, Rtjttd Game Warden.)
Ai'tliui' S. Hubbard was one of the best wardenH in
tlie Hcrviw of the stale. Jle was n)pointcd by me in
1911 and bad been continuously in the .service of the
state ever since. His good name as an officer of the
Jaw was maligned; he was misquoted by his enemies
and convicted by the stories of people who have a
hatred foil game laws and game law enforcement.
Times and time again Hubbard, as an officer, as
sisted other peace officem of the county in the en
forcement of laws, but in this ease when he was shot
in the performance of his duties, Sheriff Singler and
his deputies not only did not help the state in this
case, but they actively assisted the attorney who was
trying to free Martin. T am surprised that the sheriff,
who is paid to bring law violators to justice, should
openly assist the defense instead of helping the dis
trict attorney.
Hubbard was known as an officer of the law by
Martin. He was performing his duty as an officer
when he walked toward Martin to place him under
arrest, lie had the venison on his horse taken from
Martin's cabin. Martin resisted arrest to the extent
of killing Hubbard, and it is an outrage upon the law
abiding people of Jackson county to free a man like
Martin after he threatened time and time again to
kill Hubbard, and finally made good in his threats.
T do not intend, to appoint another deputy game
warden in Jackson countv. I REGARD THE
VALUE OF HUMAN" LIKE MORE HIGHLY
THAN THE ENFORCEMENT OF GAME LAWS.
I F NECESSARY, WE CAN DO WITHOUT GAME
RATHER THAN TO LEAVE A HOME WITHOUT
A FATHER AND MAKE ORPHANS OF HELP
LESS CHILDREN.
SURPRISE CAUSED
BY SINKING OF
AMERICAN SHIP
WASHINGTON, 'JIrcb 10. The
nuws of tho ulnklriK of tho American
lulling iblp Wllllnm 1. Fryo In tho
south Atlantic on January 37 by tho
Prlnz Kite Kriodrlch caused n sen
sation In ofttclnl .itI diplomatic
quartern. Customs Collector Hamil
ton at Norfolk forwarded to tho treas
ury department a roport of his con
ersatlon with Surceon Knoncck of
tho 1'rlnz Kltel, and It was Immed
iately communicated to officials at
thu state department.
Without having n full roport and
somo consideration of tho subject, of
ficials reserved their comment. It
U a well established prlnclplo of In
ternational law, however, that (ho
Prlnz ICItul had no right to destroy
tho Fryo If sho wero carrying a non
traband cargo, such as wheat, with
which sho sailed from Seattle It sho
wuro carrying contraband of war, tho
Kltel had n right to sclzo her and
probably under certain clrcumstaticoB
tho law of military necessity warrants
tlio destruction of such a ship and
compels restitution to tho owners,
Tho Fryo carried a policy for $11,
500 on her ImU with tho government
war risk Insurance- bureau, In addi
tion to other Insuranco written by
private companies. Tho figures at
tho government bureau gave tho value
of tho Fryo at about $90,000.
WOULDSjgPHANGING
SIUUNGFIKLD, 111., March 10.
Abolition of capital nunlshmont Is
urgod In a special message sent to
tho legislature today liy Governor
Edward F. Dunne. Tho messngo says
capital punishment Is not shown to
bo a detorent tor crime and that sta
tistics tend to show that states hav
ing a capital punishment law rank
as a rule- among tho states having
tho greatost porcentago of homlcldo.
Throo bills for the abolition of cap
ital punishment have already boon
Introduced in the house.
BARKING OF 00G SAVES
"' BUND MAN FROM FLAMES
ALilANY, Or., March 10. Sis
persons narrowly escaped death in a
fire early today thnt destroyed tho
homo of It. ltogoway. Thoir escape
was duo to the barking of a pet dog,
which ran to tho room of Itogoway,
who is blind, ami awakened him and
his wife. Itogoway was painfully,
but not fatally, burned. His wife
and BOvoa.yoaT-old granddaughter
and threo men boarders wero tiuln
jureil, .
DECLARE OBREGQN
TRIED TO RELIEVE
VKItA CltUZ, March 10. A dec
laration that. General Obrogon had
acted in good faith in his efforts to
relieve the sufferings of the poor in
Mexico City nnd a denial of charge!
that lie had proventcd the distribution
of food supplies or otherwise acted
in a wai calculated tujcpniplicnte the
situation, N the substance of a state
ment prepared by A$$1o J. I'ani,
head of the National Railways, foi
Charles A. Dougluxs, General Car
ranxa's Washington attorney, who i
now here. It is understood thnt thi
stntemetit will be included in one
which is to bo delivered to the Mate
department at Washington.
Pani asserted that General Obrc
gou was idealized by the poor of Mex
ico City and conditions there which
have aroused protests wero due, not
to him, but to tho persistent nnd
adroit opjM)silion of tho wealthy res
idents, instituted with tho object of
bringing Obrogon nnd the conbtitu
tionnlNt eauso into disrepute.
Pani is preparing n detailed state
ment of the quantity of food supplies
which have been shipped into Mexico
City, together with what has been
shipped out nnd by whom, in an ef
fort to prove untrue charges that
Obrogon has deliberately attempted to
drive tho people of. the city to des
peration, using hunger ns n means.
DRYS GAIN THIRTY
TOWNS IN MINNESOTA
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 10.
Virtually complete returns from the
municipal elections held in about 1200
towns nnd cities of Minnesota, show
that tho auti-salooii forces have been
.successful in more than thirty towns
previously in tho wet columns. Sev
eral towns that had been without sa
loons, however, went over to tho wot
side, making tlio division of towns
that voted yesterday 102 wet ami 06
.dry. lloehestor, thu largest town
voting on, tlio Usue, remained with
tlio wets,
THIRTYlliTGUNS
DESTROYED BMHEUS
LONDON, March 10. A Central
News dispatch from Athens snys. that
during tho bombardment of tho Dar
danelles on Monday thirty guns
mounted on motor trucks wero do
stroyoil by tho fire of hp worships.
DISTRESS OF POOR
WILSON
HARRANZAREPLY
E
Confllcilrtfi News Regardlnq Obrc-
gon's Evacuation of Capital Dan
lels Asserts Navy Never Had Such
a Powerful Fleet Assembled for Ac
tive Service as Now.
WASHINGTON, March 10. A tel
egram from the British charge in
Mexico City, dated yesterday and re
ceived today, says:
"In my opinion the effect of tho
American nolo to Cnrrnnza and Ob
rogon has been extremely good. It is,
however, nbsplutcly necessary thnt
immediate steps be taken for sending
supplier of food nnd forage to the
capital."
"Whatever party is in power in
Mexico City and Vera Cruz, it is now
plain that the best means to prevent
the recurrence of such n situation ns
now exists would be to insist abso
lutely on the local troops maintaining
imiolatc the railway communication
between Mexico Ci:y nnd Vera
CrtU."
WASHINGTON. March 10. Devel
opments in the Mexican situation to
day were awaiting General Cnrranza's
answer to the American note demand
ing an improvement of conditions in
Mexico City. There were indications
that the reply would be favorable.
Conflicting dispatches as to the
evacuation of Mexico City during tho
Inst twenty-four hours caused much
doubt. A dispatch from Vorn Cruz
yesterday at 10 a. in. indicated Gen
eral Obrogon wns still in control. The
Villa agency had dispatches from
Juarez Miying ObrcgonV troops evac
uated yestcrdav ami were replaced by
Zapata troops.
No changes were made in the na
val orders which arc sending tho bat
tlohip Georgia nnd tho armored
cruiser Washington to Vera Cruz to
reinforce tho fleet of small craft
there.
Daniel's Statement
Secretary Daniels issued today n
statement on the condition of the At
lantic fleet and its auxiliary now
maneuvering in Mexican gulf and
Caribbean waters. It was considered
significant hy some observers of the
Mexican situation nnd follews:
"Xever before in the history of our
navy has such 11 powerful fleet been
nscmbled for active service, mnncti
vering and target practice, with guns
nnd torpedoes ns that based on Gunn-
tnnamo, Cuba, for tho last two
months under tho command of Hoar-
Admiral Fletcher, commander in chief
of the Atlantic fleet. This force now
consists of nineteen battleships and
twenty destroyers, with a flagship
and a tender.
"Rased also on Gunntnnnmo Bay is
tlio cruiser squadron, consisting of
two armored cruisers and seven light
cruisers nnd gunboats, tho various
units of which Imvo been operating in
the vicinity of Haiti, Santo Domingo
nnd tho cast coast of Mexico.
Iteady for Any Servlco
"Tho vessels comprising this fleet
aro ready for any scrvico nnd nro ac
companied hv repnir ships, supply
ships and fuel ships, carrying conl,
oil nnd supplies for nu extended per
iod.
"At Key West tho reservo torpedo
flotilla, consisting of ten destroyers
and n tender, havo been engaged in
extended operations.
"At Pensncola, six submarine-,
with four tenders have been engaged
in mnnouvors, ami in joint operation
with nircraft and with tlio San Fran
cisco, a mino layer.
"Itosults of tho extended opera
tions in which tho above-mentioned
vessels to tho number of 83 nro en
gagedj cannot fail to bo of great help
to the navy."
FIGHT NOT SETTLED
EL PASO, Tox., March 10. Jess
Willard arrived hero today from Los
Angeles and said that so far as ho
was concerned his match with John
Johnson at Havana bad not been ar
ranged dofinitely. Tho matter of
finances has not been justified to his
satisfaction, it wns learned.
OR
ACTION
HAW TO TAKE
WITNESS STAND
F
Prosecution Tries to Prove Cefebrat
ed Defendant of Unsound Miwl
When He Tried to EscapeThaw
Always Neatly Dressed, Never Vio
lent and a Student of Literature.
NEW YOMC, March 10. Harry K.
Thaw will take tho stand In his owa
behalf In his trial with five co-defendants
charged with conspiracy, ac
cording to announcement today by
his attorneys. Ho -will tell the
story of his escape from Matteawan,
they said. In this way, they believe,
ho will materially aid the fight they
are making to establish his sanity.
Each of tho witnesses placed upoa
the stand today hy tho state, upoa
cross examination was asked ques
tions designed to indicate to the
Jury that tho slayer of Stanford
White was of sound mind nt tho time
of his escape. Although nono of tho
witnesses was asked directly whether
ho considered Thaw son, each was
questioned closely about Thaw's per
sonal appearance, his manner of dis
cussing current topics and of occupy
ing his sparo moments.
Employes Testify
The witnesses, most of them em
ployes at tho hospital, agreed that
Thaw was always neatly dressed;
that he never was violent and that
he read many text books on various
subjects and current novels.
The state was expected to complete
its case lato today.
The first witness was Howard Bar
num, gatekeeper at Matteawaa.
Barnum told of opening the gate to
admit a milkman. Barnura's story
of how Thaw dashed through the gate
and Jumped Into aa automobile, out
sldo which sped away In a cloud of
dust, was Identical with the one he
told tho pollco on tae day Thawfled.
On cross examination the witness
said ho knew Thaw well and had
talked with him hundreds of times.
Thaw had never exhibited a bad
temper, he said.
Admits Bewilderment
After tho witness had been asked
by John B. Stanchfleld, chief of
Thaw's legal staff, whether he was
bewildered" when he saw Thaw dash
away and tho witness had answered
"yes." Mr. Stanchfleld said:
"Well, It Is your opinion then that
as betwocn you and Thaw, you wero
the more crazy at that time."
An objection by the prosecution
was held while tho spectators roared
with laughter.
James lllckey, driver of tho milk
wagon which was entering tho gate
at Matteawan when Thaw escaped
gavo testimony corroborating that of
Barnum.
Tatrlck Buckloy, keeper of tho
storo room In Matteawan whore Thaw
worked principally at typewriting re
ports, also gavo corroborative testi
mony. E
TURKS IN PERSIA
TIFLIS, Trans-Caucasia, Tuesday
March 10. Tho Turkish forces and.
tho Kurds, who havo been concen
trated In tho district of Knot, In
northwestern Porsla aro slowly buiag
forced by the Russians to retreat to
tho southward. Russian forces al
ready havo como Into vossesslon of
sevoral villages in which Turkish
troops had been quartered. Infor
mation reaching hero from tho south
Is that a largo number of Armenians,
who romalu In Urmlah (a city ia
Persian Armonla, 00 miles from Ta
briz) wero placed under the protec
tion of tho American consular offi
cials. There Is a consulate at Ta
briz. Two thousand Americans were
locked In a church at Urumlak for
safety. They were 111 supplied wltU
food and many died from starvatto
and disease.
ENGLISH AVIATOR FALLS -
INTO SEA ANi IS KILLEO
----aMM-a-tk-asftj
LONDON, March 10f Flfekt 8ttb
Lieutenant Shepherd of , tianjNI
navy fell into the son with a ktlajNt
today while snouting off, JHHii
and wa killed, ,.,, J
N OWN n
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