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'':' rf 4, Medtord Mail Tribune WEATHER lloln (otilKlit and tomorrow Mat. (17; IN In. 2. ;j SECOND EDITION ' 5 - .'.' I rl ft. . A Porty-fmirlh Tor. Unllv--Ninth Vrr LI CAPITULATION OF Speedy Foil of Fortress Expected Nctivc Chnpcllc and St. Elol In the West and Przasnysz In East Arc Pivots In Datlle Area Flnhtlntj More General Alonn Both Fronts. LONDON', Mnrrli 1 7. Tint l'olrn j:iml correspondent of Itoutor'ii Telo nriim company soys (lint tho capture of tlm Austrian fortress lit I'MCiiiysl Is ooiiHtdoiod In the HhnhIiui rnpltnl iih n matter f u few doys only. Atwlrlun hiiIiIIith raplurld liy tlio Itiuwlutm dm Inn niiHUOcosHful sorties tmy the garrison In oxMIng on fnm Ino intlmiN, nml hospitals arc crowd i'il. LONDON, Mnn.li 17.-. Veuve Clin polio nml Hi. Ulol In the wont nnd I'ranHynsx nnd I'rtwniiiysl, In tho cost nri' tlm pivot or tin lindln nroo In wlilrli struggles Unit limy mnrk Im porlnnt milestones In (lio wnr nro now being rought. (.'criiiaiiH Attacking Tho onlconin of (lio flHlil for N'oiivo riinpi'lli', from which tlm llrltlsh hnvo driven tlm Gorman with n loss of nearly 20, OHO men should prove, In (ho oplnloii.or llrltlsh observer, whether (ho 'l.Vrninn enn inns men mid rolrleu Kround lout liy tliom with tlm jmiiiij ImUdrlng (nellc (hoy ills played Inn! year. On tlio otln'r linnd, If tlm llrltlnli rnn hold Um position Knliiml hy them will go far lownrd nllitolliiK wlmt inny ho expected when (ho allies bogln tlu'lr spring ndvanco. Tlm outcome of (ho bnldo of Przas nysz will ilninnnstrnlo whether Klolil .Marshal von IllndoiibtirK again has fulled nnd vlrtunlly nullified nil hit costly efforts to reach Warsaw. Anslilnii Itclli'f i:K'llllon To tln soutlrttho Austrlons nro n( tempting whnt'thoy have tried many (Inn boforo lo relievo tlio fortress of Przomysl. Accord In it lo despatches from rotrogrod, (his latest effort, which was n northward nilvnnco ad vance from (ho Corpathlan. linn de finitely fallen Blinrt, tlio Austrian having boon checkod In tlio renter or (hnlr clilof offeiudvo movement nt Hninlnlk, to (ho south of Lutowlskn. In (ho mcntiGmo tlio Hussion nro drawing closer Iholr linen nround I lio 1'rreniynl fortress, w,hleh I exported lo mil within n fow day. Along (ho fiOO mil" onstern front ncllvlly provnll nnd Polrograd bo Moves Hint tho opening of tlio aprlng campaign Ih nt linnd. At no previous ilnm since dm wnr began ha tloro liroii such contlnuoiiH flhtliiK over dm wholo front. Itiisfdnii AdvitiirliiK Tlio official norinnn communica tion hIiowb dint In tlm oxtrcmo north tlm UiiRHlnna nro ngnln on dm 1'riiR nlnn hoidor. Tlm ioort nmndoiiM n HiiHRlnn nttnek on LnimnxivrRen wlilrli Ih norinnn Roll. An offlclnl llRpntcli from I'otroRrnil ny thnt tlio fnli of I'rzeinyHl, tho flnllclnn elty which hnn boon holding out hIiico onrly In tho wnr, ngnlnut tho ItuRRlnn nttiicUoM, Ih oxpocloil within n fow ulnyR. London Jiob rccolveil no conflrmn tloi or (ho ropnrl (lint llm llrltlnli crulmir Amothynl hn ponotrntod tho jinrrowu of tho Dnrdnnollca ns fnr n Nunnra, nnd unloBB (ho doRlruedon or tho rort linR boon inoro rnpld thnn ovriclully hnH boon roportod, mioh n font Ih roKiirdod oh unlllccly. NnKiun Ih tho noithom limit of tho narrows, (o ronch which n nhp would hnvo to run tho Riuintlot of tho rortn on both tdioron nt rnimoB vnrrylitR ,fron 000 to 2000 ynnlB. OIlAMJ'AINn, III., March 17. Km which Ihionloiiod (ho iloHtructlon or u IniRo section of lhohHBnoBs dlR. diet horo within an hour aflor Uh dfacovory today hnd doHtroyod tho Morrison building, In which It started with u Iorh CHtlmatod at :10Q,000. Hovoral other hullillngs cnuelit flro. l.'lioinon and appanituH from nenrby towno uldoil tho local department. RUINS MS 3000.000 CHAMPAIGN M WORLDS BIGGEST BATTLE FLEET CLOSING IN EUK HPKUMtNl UL UAKUANtLLtS ANU IUKKISH MK i ,' ' 'aPPPJPPP wOPm?' v v HV'-xv'iz? v" - jp'.i iPiPPPPPA J.J'w " '.fy pjpjppjppHpJL jjjiL' f vJJpJpX.y 'mEIPPPB Pm ;'M9h ." ? pljppppppppSr wfyMk PPPPv? PPPPPPPPPPPPIbFMW' jW. r&rMhXt'" " , .F&Wl' HiPK dPPPPHp! iKk.jf,r jm "P5- t. ,. PPPpV'PSMMMHR'flPMMlilMdMljHSttidtfa .v " "" f I 'oV,V- . C". ppppppppppppppP9Qppppppi9pBipBL?2 f L' " jf-2-Tfy pij i-&4 jBu-tfijaipkjpPli ppppppppppppppPBVSSpppBHpKppSGpM z. 0 "zjzSEUttoifimltBKM J 'Vfmif fTnpnSFDplppVBSIpnr . s K.kr'MnMElpBpipppppV L ppppppVWPiflliplp&HfjMHPpppppHppp - 't pf- fr prfrTT'TPjf lBprpiw"ppppppppppr xppiiiwBppBftfipMhpplpipppMibiCipi 'yf-'yPw"j'- 7i-iwSy . S Russian and Orltltsh Ambassadors at Toklo Serve Notice That If Japan Presses Demands Upon China They Cannot Negotiate With Her. I'KICIN'n, Chlnn, March !7.-OrrN cl.il Information ban reached Peking today that the ItunMnn nnd llrltlnli nmbznKndorn at Toklo called upon llnron Taknnhl Kato, JnpnucRo for elKn inlnlHlor on Saturday and In formed him thnt It Jnpan pornlRted In proHlng upon f'lilun demniuU bo )oud thoDo contained In her orlglnnl cominuulcntloii lo (ho power, ll Mould bo difficult for Jnpan' allien to ueRoMnltt diplomatically with her In (bo future. SIX PERISH WHEN FINGAL TORPEDOED SOITII SIIII'.I.DS, Match 17. -The Mirior of the Fmunl were landed line today. They decline that tlm cii'uiiillics on hoard were due lo the fact t In t (he vi'nol went down before tho Mailmanl boat could ho rreed. The vesnel, an kIio miiiIc, din." ;ed tbix bout under with her living oceiiimulH, iiii'ludiug the eiidain, Htrugpllng in the water. The other boat picked up I lie captain and sev eral others, hut MX men lo4 their I'lVCH. Tlm I'iugut wus jirocccdiiig in n noitherlv direetion in line weitlher when hIio wiis utrucl; by n (leiniau toriedi. She at once begun to hct He nnd went down iiuicMy. DALLAS, Tex., March 17. W". S. Noble, secretary of tlio Lund League of To.vuk, told tlm federal commis sion on industrial relations today that Im had I his week found two laud teiinnls in North Te.as so poverty stricken that they wore offering to give their children nwny. Ho testi fied nl tho hearing on Ainer!.cnn farm lauds conditions. Noble said he had found Ihcso ten nuls in tv search for what he eonnid ercd a typical example of tlio poorer class or' tenant farmers. Not heliov ing them typical, ho said, ho had brought lo Dallas as n voluntary wit liens L T. St card, a farmer, whose experiences were moro typical of some fiO.OOO tenant families in the southwest. Steward then took the witness stand, llesido him sat ids wife nnd six of his eight children, ranging from'.'l to 'JO years old. Three of tho sniallusl wero barefooted, their feet showing sores from frost biles, Sloward described bin efforts for itwonty years to buy a farm home, beginning in Arkansas and finally coming lo Texas. Aflor his first year's farming, ho said, lio sold his inula lo "got s(iiaro of debt" for food. Next year ho borrowed a mule "and cnpio out $lrt to tlio good on tlm year." Then ho hought n small farm on bix years' time, but wuu forced to FARMERS OFFER TO SELL CHILDREN MICDFORD, An nctunl pliotogrnph Tho flrnt to ronch thin country or tlio Iiiiro Anglo-French fleet closing In for Itn ori ginal urand aminult on (ho for(H of (ho DnrdiincllcR. Only a few of (ho d! nUncklng warnhlps, which constitute the mom powerful battle fir ft ever miHoiiihlcd, nro nb(wn here Thin remarkable photograph was taken from (ho French hudlcidilp lionvot Jttxt lMforo tho bombnrdinent nnd ruxliod to tho I'nltcd States. IAN CONSUL N A F CONSPIRACY SKATTI.K. Wnult, March 17. Dr. Wllllnm Mullor. Imperial Germnn coiiRiil nl oondle, nnd IiIh pccrolnry, II. M. Schulr were served with nollco ol arrest today nt tho consulato. They nro chnrged with ronBplrac) In attempting to corruptly Influence John Murdoclc, an employe of tho .Sentdo ConRt ruction and Drydock compnny by Indui lug him to soil bus Iiiohh secrets or his employers. CoiiMil Midler and his M'erelnry nro iieeit-cit of offering Murdoch n large cash enn-itlenition to furiiish them 'liifoimation lieariu out Am biixsador llerimtorfrs charge that (ho Seattle corporation was hhipping knockdown Mihmiiriuo to the Hritish (overiiiucut via llrilisli Tohnnbia. The information ngiiiust the fler mail rcpiesontalives, filed by ProM' cutiug Altorney Alfml IF. Lundiii, jointly charges (hem nud Dan TnruW n'skyn freelance detective, with con spiracy, Murdoclc and (he detective were nr rested last night on n joint urand lar- I ccny couiptaiut and were detained nt (the county jail until this morning. Kivo it up for lack of .fJO to meet payments at the cud of tho fitt year. After sovcral years he said ho got .f'JOO ahead, whereupon ho immedi ately bought an 85-aoro farm in Ar kansas. He did well, hut two chil dren died n ml their doctors' bills cut into his so villi's so that bee gav up the farm, iiuablo to meet tlio intercut. He told tho commission that one year ho had lost mongy when cotton was 7 cents n pound, but that ho saved a lit t lo tho uo.t year, when lio received only -t cents per pound. Ho saved hy reducing' living expenses. Ho said soineliuies his wife got to town only once in I wo years. Sometimes, he said, ho had lived too far from n, schoolhouso for his oldost boy to at tend, When ho lived near town later on tho hoy was ashamed to go on ac count of his clothing-. Commissioner Yiilsh asked j "What' do you want your children to dot" "1 hnd rather," replied Slowanl, "(hut they ho farmers. I think that is tho happiest life, if you get hooked up right." . Octting "hooked up," Steward said, consisted of securing nwuer.ihip of u place. Mr. Noblo in introducing Stowurd, said lie believed his (rou bles typical of difficulties which kept two-tldrds of southwestern tenants from buying i'arniK, OKECIOtf, WEDNESDAY. euMciwocv uiretVJiocD T ! TOUJEGEORGE! LONDON, .March 37. Factory ownen, labor lenders and rcireoii- tativos of engineering, ship building, coal milling, transwirt and other iti dtixtiios had a meeting in Loudon to day with David Lloyd. George, chan cellor of tho exchequer; n member of tho committee of imperial defence, naval and military officers of high rank, and other government otficials, to dixcucg ihc problems arising from (he decision of (he government to us siuuo control of factories in England and thus iuereiibo the production of wnr material. Tho conference was itniiue in his tory, nt tho same (into beiuu: one of the mot important meetings held .since tho beginning of tho wnr. The first slop decided upon was tho ap pointment of a committee of seven, composed of labor officials and rep resentatives of nil the industries con cerned, to net in an advisory capac ity to tho government. Tho folcution of n mini to head this great organiza tion was tentatively discussed, as was the remuneration the workmen should rcceivo under tho new nrmngement. Mr. Lloyd-Ocorgo delivered it brief address nud tho labor delegates promised the government their wholo support. t TO NEW YOliK, March 17. Cecilia E. Wentwoith, an American artist, who is u papal mnrquise, bus a suit on file today in tho supreme, court hero nguiast Cardinal Farley, as head of tho Catholic, church, (o compel him (o rebuild a church which was de stroyed to make way for tho now Catskill aqueduct, or to pay her .0,170J5. Tho marquise alleges thnt sho had a church built for her own use near West Shoknn, X. V., about ten yours ago, and property was placed in the niuno of Archbishop Michael A. Corrigan. After tho arch bishop's death, the city condemned the properly and paid tho church for it, Miss Went worth assorts in her suit. Tho onso was filed yesterday. FLORIDA DECLARES LIVESTOCK QUARANTINE JACKSONVILLE, Fin., March 17. To prevent introduction of foot and mouth discas.o into Florida, statu of. fieials today declared a quarantine against twenty slates, including Mon tana, and Wushiuteluu. LABOR PROMISES IE SUPPOR MAUCU 17, 101,-) L LEG IN RACE IN VENICE GRAND PRIX VENICE, Oil., Jfarch 17. -Nine- teen racinK cars started nt 1 1 o'clock today on a IlOO-mile course, on tho new ocean spoedwny. The race is officially known ns the St. Patrick's. Grand Prix. Several of (he drivers who took part iiMhe Grand Prix nud Vauderbilt cup races in San Fran cisco are entered. VENICE, Oil., March 17. John Marquis, driving a foreign cur in the! Grand Prix, St. Patrick's day race, struck an unidentified spectator at one of tho turns of the course, and lore one of the man's legs off, ac cording to n report telephoned to the grandstand. Tho victim was taken to a hospital. Ed lliekenhnelier, leader in tho Grand Prix race up to the fifty-second lap, was ordered out of the con tent at that point by course officials. His radiator had burst. George Itnekstell look the lead. VENICE, Oil., March 17. Dave Lewis was lending- by nenrlv six min utes in (he seventieth lap, Itnekstell being- forced to stop at tho pits in tho sixty-third. Eddio Henrne was second, William Carlson third nnd Harney Old field fourth. WASHINGTON, March 17. Presi dent Wilson appeared at tho execu tive offico today wearing a sprig of shamrock and n green necktie. Tho shamrock was presented to hint by Miss Sue Marion of Jersey Citv, N. J. SANTA FB, N. M., March 17. Several Americans nro reported wounded in a battlo with Mexican bandits who raided tho town of Dwyor, in Grant county, southeast of Silvor City, last night. Tho Mexi cans escaped and nt last accounts wore rneiii" for tho border with n re inforced posso from Grant ami Luna counties riding luird to head them off. Tho Mexicans rode into Dwyor and robbed tho general store of Frank Poiper of n considerable sum of money, twenty high-power repenting rifles nud 1000 rounds of ammuni tion. After shooting in nil directions to terrorize tho inhabitants of the town, tho raiders roda southward; heading for tho border. A posso was organized nt Dwyor and, well mounted and heavily armed, started iu pursuit, After u chase, of PAR SE MEXCANS RAD AMN TOWN Provisional President Elected by Con vention of Generals Aqain in Au thority at Capital Promises For- citjners Safety. WASHINGTON, March 17. Con sul Sillimnn nt Vera Cruz reported todny that General Cnrrunzh. had agreed to eo-ocrntc in providing transportation for Americans and other foreigners wishing to leave Mexico City, and Jo facilitate tho transportation of Red Cross) supplies to the Mexican capital. Similar assurance of co-operation have been received from the authori ties controlling- Mexico City. (ami In Control Unofficial advices rcneliinjr the slate department today told of tho return to Mexico City of Roqtih Gon rales Garza, elected provisional prcs ident by u convention of generals on January 17, nnd of his i-Miins n statement assuring protection for the public in tho capital. Martial law would he declared. Garza's statement smd. Advices telling of Garzn's re- 'turn said there was no disonlcr in the citv and that business houses had been reopened. Garza succeeded Eulalin Gutierrez nud lio presumably entered tho cap ital with Zapata forces hist week af ter its evacuation by General Obre gon. Foreigners Alarmed Foreigners nt Progreso, alarmed nt disorders in tho vicinity, hnvo asked for refuge on the American cruiser Des Moines. General Carrauzn, how ever, after conferences with Ameri can naval and diplomatic officers at Vera Cruz, has promised full protec tion for them. ''The foreign offieo nt Vera Cruz, the department is informed, has is sued instructions to tho effect that tho port of Progreso has again been opened to international traffic." Portland Livestock Market PORTLAND, Or., March 17. Cat tle Receipts, 80; steady, llogs Receipts OKI; unchanged. Sheer) Receipts, 21; strong. twenty miles tho posso overhauled tho Mexicans. A running bnltlo followed. The Dwyor posse did not succeed in stopping tho Mexicans, who continued their flight southward. Sheriff Mo Grnth of Grant county was notified by telegraph nnd formed n fresh posso which startdd southward, join ing a band organized by Sheriff Stephen of Luna county. Tho Amer icans at last accounts still were in pursuit of tho fleeing Mexicans. Later advices said several of tho Mexicans hnd been killed and others enptured nnd that no Americans wero killed. Lnfo Justin, a deputy sher iff, who headed tho Dwyor posse, and George Tidwell woro woundod. Thoso ndvicos also stated that tho Mexicans, hnd not cotuo from Mexico, but had escaped from settlements nloiiR the Mimbres river, which hud b,eeu quar nutiucd lot smallpox. NO. 30G BRITISH LOSE SMALL VESSELS Three Mine Sweepers Sunk by Turk ish Forts Cruiser Is Damaged Sailinrj Vessel Strikes a Mine Bombardment Ineffectual Fleet Well Inside Entrance of Kwr Kale. DAIIDANKIXBS, Friday, March 18 (via Constantinople March 14 anil via London, March 17, 11:10 a. m.) The JlrltlfOi mot with a revorne t day In an attempt to clear tho Darda nelles of mines. They lost thro nilno clearing ships and ono sailing vessel. Conxldernblo damage was in flicted (o ono British cruiser, under whose protecdon the operations wero undertaken. The Identity ol thla cruiser has not been established. Tho TJrltlsh vessels arrived well In side; tho entrance to the Dardanelles off Kuni Kale at about 11 o'clock last night. Tho cruiser immediately began a heavy bombardment of tho searchlight position of the Turks. This was continued some time, but without effect. At 3:00 o'clock this morning the mine sweepers woro sighted from shore. Tho Turkish Runners permitted them to come In closo and then opened fire, .staking tho threo mlno sweepers and (Ariar Ing the cruiser. ' The sailing vessel had bees sent Into tlio mtno field to take observa tions. Sho struck a mine and sank. The cannonading was unusually heavy and lasted until 5:00 o'clock In .the morning. No further bombanlmeRtwu un dertaken today by the allied" fleet. Ono warship entered tho bay in tho forenoon but withdrew shortly after ward. On March 8, 0 and 10 there was no bombardment. VALI OF SMYRNA LONDON, March 17. The Central News publishes a dispatch from Its Athens correspondent who says tho Vall of Smyrna wont on board tho British flagship after tho bombard ment of that Turkish port and held a conference with tho British com mander during which tho shelling was suspended. No agreement was reached nnd the Vall, on landing, gavo out a proclamation saying ho would resist to the end. All subjects in Smyrna of coun tries hostllo (o Turkey havo been In (erncd, tho correspondent says. DAKOTA FARM KILLED IN MITCHELL, S. I)., March 17, dairies Strehel, a farm hand, was shot and killed ! G. T. Sledgo last night after a desperato stmgglo be tween tho two men at tho Sledge home, four miles north of Mitchell. Sledgo and his l(I-ycnr-old daugh ter, Chloo Sledgo, aro at u hospital suffering from bullet wouuds in flicted in tho fight. Strehel had beon disclmrgcd by Sledge and it is believed that ho was infatuated with tlm daughter. INDIAN CORN FROM EAST WOES WASHINGTON, March 17. TJw department of agriculture has isuMlr an order effective immediately c'pro- liiliiting importation of Indian corn from Java, India and jmrts ), Oceania, A disenga known hk wdfcrosporo1 ninydU, ruinous to the cor plftitt i( ravaging corn in iwr. of1 IndU, mU it whs to previuit I he mt trim yeHohing tlw United 8taU lkt It ewWurgo vta OMtafMLS . IN DARDANELLES DEES BRITISH .mil M a1l A 3 1 1 4 3 '' j -4' ; .& 1 4 S pi A I