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JU SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fnlr tonight and tewwrrew Mm. Alt Mln. HI. u J Ma Medford Mail Tribune 4 forty. fourth Yr, 'llv Ninth Ymr RUSSIANS TAKE Fl AT Out-Furls of Dcslcncil Austrian Stronijholil Reported to Hnvo Fal len New Invasion of East Prussia hy RussiansGerman Plans for a Crush Inn Dlow In East Nipped. LONDON, Muieh 1H.- Tim imiIit foils n' I'lemyid, touuid which it pint nf llin Austrian iirniv Iiiih ln'i'it M niggling lit mi cffuit to bring about tli'ii lelief i' Hit hcnlegcd garrison, luuo til I11M fallen before the Hum himiK. according tn unofficial lepurlH leaching London. Although rinifiniuiilnit i iiilli' lliekillg, lllitinll IHVKMilt-K this morning iiimti'iitly nio eager to ic giird (tin ti'Mirl as tmt improbable, 'I'lli'V ll'flT to tllll flll't Hint IIOWM lli- patchcx received from I'Mrogiml Acxieidav said tln Miiiit'iiilor n I lux Muuighohl mum hut n mutter of ti few ItlN. AuMrlnii I'mgii'M Ml Trim or iintriir, this is ulioiit the only overnight news rinin Ihu end- tllll flollt, although tllCIO IttlX lll'l'll iniii'li Kpcculaiiiin eoiicriuing thu i'ii gngemeiit reported on tin- niiithcrti frontier of ent I'rusMii nini referred to in wlrelo iiii'xhiiucs ft inn lli'tlin n h "weak IIii-kIiiii utlut'kM on Tun rnggcu nml l.nngnrgen." Lang rargcti is jtmt within thn holders of east I'riiHHin, not fur from the iiu iortnnt Ocrniuii fortri'hH of Tilsit, mill tin' picNcnco of Hiihsinn troop nt this point iiiiiv inriiii n new invasion of (Icmiuii territory. Nowhere in tlio eastern nreiin of tin fighting, iH'coidinic to the opin ion of HrtliIi olihenorw. do the. An tro'drrmun forces ttpponr to lie milk inj; ptogrcNM except between Hlnnis- Imi nml Kolmen, to (lie north of Hit kowlnn, where they nnt pushing for witnl in nil attempt to tinii thu litis siuti left Hunk. (ernmii I'liin fall lit ililt mililnry c.Mrt think that the position of tlu (leniiun army in east 1'itisfciii pieeltnle the timisfer nt this time of unv troops to the wes tern itreuii, anil Unit the (leniiun (iliiii of dealing Itnstiii it crnxhlnu' hlow lieforo atti'inpliiiu' the niiieli diettscd spline iiilvuneti In the west hits fail ed, Kie out of nix of the new (lor mil it at my coips ate salil to ho en gaged on nml heyotiil the fioutier of east I'tussiit, n fuel which llritish ohsenetx think will make it difficult for (lermuuy to meet the dcinands likely to tin impoxed on Iter in the went. .Miles Aro (litvitsl The full import of the lliitish vie liny tit NeitVi! Chupcllo in oulv now beginning to lit) grasped hy tlio pub lie. It lias greatly cheeteil holh lumps nml Chilians as cniifiiming the helief thai the flenumi line can he 'Inokeii if the allies care to pay the ptiee. Several thousand wonndi'd men from this huttle. tielil already liasc a i rived In Kiiglimd, five train loads Inning leaehed lliightnti tluiiuu the twenty-four honis ended last nielli. The pies today again caution the peopln that the taking of the Darilan idles is likely to he a slow affair, to aeeompllslt which the allies must pay the price, just an they have doiui at Neuvo Cliuppelle. JNDIANAl'OLLS, ml., Mulch 10. Mayor Douii M, liohoit of Tene llatitu ileiimiideil that almost double thu iinmher of leal votern ho reKis leied in onu pieeitiot ami on election day threatcud to put .luck llines, a Htlooukueper, out of liuslucss if he did not net out thu vote, according to (he testimony of 1 linen in thu Torre llatitu election fiutid ease today. llini'H h one of civilly. ciht men who Iiiih pleaded guilty to tho federal in dictment olinr(,'injr eoiispiraoy. Thu wituesH said that on thu niylil huforo tlm election Mattricu Willi, iniditor of Ilia deimmratio oommitteo, and ti defendant, offered him $100. llhu'rt said he infused, declatiiif,' il would iiL(f'!r,o0() to enrry tlio jiro cinut. TRTFATION PRZEMYSL MAYOR DEMANDED FRAUDULENTiVOTES MI N FULL CONTROL OF THE SUDAN Germany Reports Kliarloum ami Nil bin In PfFscsslon of Tribesmen Declares Australian Force Routed and General Hawley Defeated at Fasboda and Force Annihilated. MClll.l.V. March IS, (liv will-less, A (lormna merchant who recently IiiiiI returned from KK)it, Ih nittlior Ity for thu iteclnrntltin tlntt tlio whole of tlio Htiilnii, Incluilltii: ICImrloiim nml iilxo uif (k of Niihln, urn In ion NCioilon of thu DerxlNlteH, The ittate iiK.MitK of thin traveler nro iitilillnhuil In thu VoKkldcho XdUiiiik- lie do ncrllien iiIko nn onRnKement nenr I'miliodn Innt December In which (lAnornl llnwley of Iho Hrltlnh nrmy nml a number of other officers, to- Kether with nlmoHt 2U0U sutdlurit lout their liven. t'piNliiK In .Votouilier Tlio iiterchnut In qiientloti relnlen n story of tint ulluKeil itprlnliiK of thn Hen mod trlliesnien In Novemher. lie tlerliirmt tlmt they ileKlroycil nn Attn trnllnn tftitii nenr thu pyramid on Novumher 11, klllliiR 200 Auntriillnnn anil ciipturliiK nunn ami pro luloni. hnter In InrRit force, not lens than NO, 000, they overflow eil Iho entire province of I'nyiiuiHiiil, ilontroyed nil rnllromlH, liirltitlliic tlio Cnrlo-Annunn lino. Dccemhei1 1 they destroyed the Aloxnndrln-Cnlro rnllroml near Da mnnliur. ThounaniU of tribesmen rcnpomlril to thu iippcnt of thn Dorvlslicn nml on lleceiuhvr 13, 10,000 or thorn iiinrcheil In thu direction of Faihodn, on tlio Whlto Nllo, wlicra Gcnarnl llnwloy opponcil them with C000 troops. Of Iho iiivii under Hnwley, nil thn nntlwi toldlom ilosorted to tlio Dorvlsheg lenvltiK him with only 2000 men. Moit of thin continent wna killed nml Ccnornt I In ley nml his officers fell. Nnbur-ICI-Asl. com inniidlnK thu DorvlslteK, hud nil lilt prlionorn decnpltntcd. . Control tiwcr l'K)pt Ah n remit of thin lctory nil (ho nntlvn chief Joined the Dervlbhri who on Jnntinry I. took poniesslon of the Iniportnnt mllltnry poit nt Nnii sor. lit tlio dlitrlct of fiennnr. ThU tuorclinnt declnren further more Hint the DurvlHhen deitroycd nil tlio leleKrnph linen In lower KKypt. No word of the eonituent of tlio Sudnn hns been allowed to leak out. SHIPPED 10 ALLIES NKW I'OltlC. March 18. Work Is IiuIiik ni shed today lu tlio loudlng of more than 12 steamer hero with food HiipplloH, ammunition, euns, motor trucks and other mnturlnl for thniUHo of thu nlllun In tlio war. Sev eral Htenimdilp companies hnvo boon compelled to chnrtor nddltlonnl voa aela to enrry to lluropo heavy car goon wnltliiR uu Now York plorn. The steamer Malto wns at tlio Kronch lino pier today tnklnp an board a 12,000 ton enrgo, unld to hu chiefly wnr BtipplloH, whllo nnotltor Kruucli vohhoI I. u OnHCOKtie, wua boliiK pre pared to tnko liotseH to thu nllled at my on thu continent. TACO.MA. Wnsh.. March IS. Klro which Bwopt tho Kanlo Mnrcn ronl MnnufactnrlnR cotnpany'b plant, houtli 27th utreet and Pacific Avo iitto, and five dwellings adjoining It at 2:00 o'clock this morning catmod n loan estimated nt $00,000 and tho donth of Andiow H, Wilson, ago 00, who wns overcome whllo romovliiK his boloiiKliiga from Ills homu. Tito dwolllnRs doHtroyod woro owned by J, V, Carr, Andrew V. Wilson, W. W. Wood, frank I'lntt and Guy aiilrHllluw. All woro par tially Insured. Josonh Magnnln, president nml mnnager of tho macaroni factory says thu hnlldliiKB woro vnluod bo twuon .'0,000. stock of goods SltO,- -I 000, 1'artlally Insured, WA PLIES 90.000 MEDFORD, LAPS DOUBLE List of Demands Made by Mikado as Submitted to Powers Very Differ cut From Those Served on China, Which Would Seriously Impair the Independence of Republic. LONDON, March 18. -Tlio Man cliostnr (lunrdlnn today rnvlewn the recent polltlrnl duvelopmoutn between dapnn and China nml piililliihen what Ik dexcrlbod nn u complete lint of Jiipnu'n deinnnds, concernltiK which It sajs editorially that the Rencrnl ef fect thereof would hu ncrlotmly to tin pair the Independent) of China nml plnco entire provlncun under thu tutelnKC of Jrinn. A comparison In made between the .Inpnneim demands nn neut out by nownpniiorn nt Poking and nn pub- llnhed by Japan. Double Dealing "It will Immedlntely bo apparent from this compnrlnon," thu paper con tinues, "that not only hnvo tunny of tlio moit Important demand been omitted from the list nn supplied to tlio power Interented, hut other had been o modified an to dlsgnlso their rent character. Thu Japan did not Indlcntu that while iho Insisted China should ngreo not to nllcnoto any portion of her connt line or nnr Inlandn off her const to n third pow er, she retained tlio right to demand herself tlio Icnso or cession of such territory. Neither did Japan let It ho known that nho demanded exclu sive rlKhts In th Yang T basin and that nliu ho allowed to construct rail rondn which would icriotiidy affect llrltlth Intercuts In that rcRton." Jojiim In AVAi-ned A dlspatcli from Peking yesterday not forth thut tho nllle had warned Japan aKalnst pressing her Chlncna demnndi, and Hint Wanhlngton had told ToKlo that certain or tlio re quirements upon China violated ex IstlnR American trcntlea vlth thnt republic. Tho view of tho allies woro presonted by tho I'.rltlsh nml Uusalnn nmbnsandor nt Toklo who advised tho forolRti offico that Japan confliio hcrnolf to her first request upon Chlnn an otherwise It would bo difficult for Japan's nlllos to ncRO tlnto dlploinatlcnlly with her In thu future. 11A9KI.. Swltxorlnnd. March IS. via Paris, 12:20 p. in. Tho (Jur maus nro cotiHtructlng two new strntoglcnl railroads on tho Alsnce Larralno frontier, according to re liable Information reaching llasel, Olio runs between Strassburg nml MoIbIicIui ami tho other from StrnHs- biirg-Neudorf and Crafenstndtun to KoonlRshofou, Doth lines nro to strengthen tho StrassburK system of fortlflcatlotiB, (lermau troops gunrdlng tho Dan tali frontier, according to another messago reaching hero, hnvo boon sunt to tho Prnuco'Ilrltlsh front nud replaced by Alsatian reservists. CREW OF EVELYN REACHES NEW YORK NEW YORK, Marcii 18. Flvo members of (ho crow ot tho Ameri can Btoatuslilp Evelyn, sunk February 19 by a mlno In tho North Sea, whllo on her way from this port to Hronien with cotton, reached Now York today aboard tho steamer Matuuias from Hromerhavon. According to tlio sur vivors all tho Evelyn's crow wore res cued. It had boon arlously report- od horetoforo thut one, eight and thli teon men were lost, Tho flvo men who rcachod liero today, said tho vessel struck a mlno at 4 o'clock In tho morning and remained afloat for Rovon hours thereafter, Tho crow took to thu boats. Ono boat was roscuod by a Oormim patrol boat as ruportod, and survivors aboard the othem, they said, wero picked up and landed lu Holland. DEAN WITH H NA EXPOSED MAN BUILD NEW RAILROADS OREGON, THrKSDAV, AMERICAN CITIZEN SLAIN BY VENGEFUL ZAPATISTA SOLDIERS iiBiiwl Lm 4sfc 'JLm Bi. stt c XiiiB- fH WJ' 'it John H. .McManus, ('hieno man, snapped beside his 'j n onto horse, in front of bin homo in Mexico City, only a few weuks before he wns miir ileied theie hy the loolinp Zapatista solilicrv. McMiiiiiin is said to have shot Hcvcrnl Me.xieniis in defending his raiieh some time ago, ami Ins as sassination is supposed to have been in revenue for this net. BAN FRANCISCO, Mnrcli IS Tho convictions of F. Drew Caml nettl, son ot Anthony Camlncttl, Unltod States commissioner general of immigration nnd Mnury I. Dlggs, former stnto architect, under tlio Mann white slave act, wero affirmed today by tho United States circuit court of appeals. Tho opinion wns delivered by pre siding Judge liiluurt nml was con etirrtd In by Judga Wolvorton. Judgo Ernklno M. Ross dissented. Dlggs nnd Camlncttl wero tried and convicted lu tho Unltod Stntes district court hero lu 1913 for tho trnnsportntton ot Loin Norrls nnd Marsha Warrington from Sacramen to, Cal., to Reno, Nov., for Immoral purposes. Dlggs wns sentenced to Imprison ment on McNeil Island for two yenrs and fined 12000. Camlncttl was sentenced to IS months Imprison ment nud a fine of J1G00. Tho case was taken to the higher court on a writ of error. Tho opinion holds that tho prose cution hud n right to comment upon tho fact that Dlggs was silent upon movements of tho four principals af ter thoy left Sacramento, nud that it was proper for tho Jury to consider this silence as nn Indication ot guilt or Innocence. Judgo Ross' dissenting opinion expresses tho opposlto view. TURKISH SOLDIERS RUN WILD IN PERSIA LONDON, March 18. Tho foreign offieo wa advised today1 that Turk ish holdiers recently ran wild in tho Uruminh ttistiiet of northwestern Persia nnd killed Hovcral hundred civilians. Tho TurU ro snid to have lutrnetl buvcral ullages after looting them. CAMINETTI AND DIGGS 10 SERVE PRISON SENTENCES MEDFORD'S AWFUL FATE Sinful Medford Is threatoned with tho fato of tho wlckod cities of Sodom and Gomorrah according to a prophesy sent tho Mall Tribune, from nn unknown source. I'erhaps Roy Ann Is to get busy as a volcano and overwhelm tho vnlloy, In which enso it is hoped opera tions begin In tlmo to attract the world's fair tourist traffic. Per haps Crater I.ako Is going to blow out ngnln. Anyway bomcthlug awful Is to happen perhaps. Hero's tho prephesy: "UU RICADYi This warning como to all from God. Bohold Ho has shown groat troublo coming on this valley soon. Four times In vision Ho has shown mo a mountain that stands out ulono erupting. Onco Ho lias shown mo a great black smoko rising with Medford written In tho smoko, and tho wliolo valley covered with n stream of black substance with a seam ot flro running through, nnd twice Ho has let mo hear and seo thu nolso and horror ot a volcano nnd last night Ho showed mo tho red light lighting up tho towu und darts ot flro falling all over tho town. "God has borne witness by Ills Holy Spirit these things aro truo and I must make. thorn public. Prepare to moot tly God, Anion," MAltC'If 18, 1915 rwiaBfaBfaBfaW IflBV rK j'wt". vbHbw t SIX BLOCKADE NOIES TO ANSWER WITH PROTESTS WASHINGTON'. March 18. Wliethcr to aeipiicsco or protest tigaiust the netion of Great Ilritn'm and her allien in declaring 11 blockade against Germany was the question which confronted the American gov ernment today after the publication of the complete Mrie of notcn be tween the United States and Euro pean belligerents regarding the safe ly of neutral shipping. Officials were today collecting dafn for what ir expected to he a vigorous protest against tho form of the proposed Idoekadu iigaint Geiiuuny. Presi dent Wilson already has indicated that protest would he made. There wero nil told six notes. Their publication by the Mate department not only cleaned tho slate of diplo matic correspondence, tint records the failure of efforts to bring the bel ligerents to realize the dangers which their actions place on the neutral commerce of tho world. This is a keen disappointment to officials. Publication of tho correspondence revealed that the allied blockade op erations would not ho conducted "outside of European waters, includ ing (ho Mediterranean. For tlio first time tho llritish nsu the word "block ado'', in deseribiti! their new policy. TO Ni:W YORK, March IS. P. 11. Claxton, United States commissioner ot education, advocated making chil dren ot tho public schools self sup porting In an address, which ho de livered boforo tho national plant, flow or and fruit guild horo. MM CHILDREN SELF-SUPPORTING GERMANS FILE PROTEST UPON MING CONSUL Embassy at Washington Claims Ar rest at Seattle in Violation of Con-' sular Treaty Probe of Affair Is Promised Seattle Officials Claim Arrest Justified. WASHINGTON', .March 18. The German embahsy protested today to the state department against the war rant of arrest sened on the German consul, Wilhelin Miillcr, and his as sistant, II. M. Scliullz, at Scuttle. The embay contends that the ar rest is a violation of the consular treaty between Germany und the United States. The section of the consular treaty which the embassy contends has been violated, declares that consuls "shall enjov in the country of their rcsi dence personal immunity from arrest or imprisonment, except in ciue of crime." AreliUcs Inviolable Another section of the treaty de elarcs that the "consular archives shall be nt all times inviolable nnd under no pretense whatever shall the local authorities be allowed to ex amine or seize the papers forming part of them. The offices and dwell ings of consiilc missi who arc not citizens of the country of their rcsir dence shall be at all times inviolable." "The local authorities," the treaty continues, "shall not, except in the case of the pursuit for crimes, under any pretext invade them." Lntc today the department of jus tice, nt the state department's re iiiet, instructed its bureau of inves tigation to investigate and report on the arrests at Seattle. Treaty Not Violated SEATTLE, Wash., March 18. County Prosecuting Attorney Alfred II. Liiudin, after reading n summary of Ambiissudor Ilenistorffs cotu- mlaint to thee stat department, said: '"The German consulate was not searched. Not iv paper was even touched. Not n door was broken open. A representative of this of fice went to the consulate, n public office, in search of Tarnisnsky, n mnn charged with a crime, found him there nud arrested him. Tho treaty with Germany has not been violated hi any way." Counsel for Muller nnd Solinlz. to day voluntnrilv furnished . 10,000 bail each, binding them to appear for trial in the superior court whenever order ed. This act is n full recognition of tho jurisdiction of tho state courts Tho consul nnd secretary have made no protest of any sort against their nrrest. Ti IS BANGOR, Me., March 18. Tho ef fort of counsel for Werner Horn to hnvo the chargo of illegal transporta tion of explosives dismissed on the ground that his attempt to blow up the railroad bndgo nt Vanceboro was an affair of international relation 'and outside tho jurisdiction of tlio federal court, failed at the prelimin ary hearing boforo United States Commissioner Charles II. lteid today. Commissioner lteid declined to al low tho defense to present evidenco under his motion to dismiss and or dered tho hearing to proceed on a pieft of not guilty, entered formally by tho coiiit, tho defense liming re fused to plead. Tho state tested after presenting tho indictment. The defense offered a number of documents bearing on Horn's responsibility us a, member of tho German nrmy. SAN FllAKCISCO, March 18. Order for the deportation of twenty two Hindus, issued by tho federal im migration authorities in August, 101 II, was sustained today by tho United States circuit court of appeals ju af firming tho decision of United States District Judgo Maurice T. Dooliu?, who denied tlio dofeiidunt'a writs of Jiabcns corpus, HORNS DEFENSE GERMAN M NO. 307 VILLA'S ARMY OF 1000 CLOSING IN ON IAMPIC0 Fighting Between Carranza Aw cnts and Villa's Forces New h Process in Oil Filds BritMi Protest Villa's Levy of a MttfM Pesos at Monterey. WASHINGTON, March 18. Gen eral Villa and his main body of 30, 000 troops nro today within GO miles of Tamplco, according to advices re ceived by Enrique C. Llorente, head of tho Villa agency here, and the ad vance guard of tho army Is within 25 miles ot Taplco. Carranza force holding tho seaport aro not so great In number. Advices to the state de partment said fighting between Villi and Carranza forces began yesterday at Klbano, an oil center west of Tam plco. Reports to the stnto department under yesterday's date from Progre so said the Insurgents of Yucatan had met with additional reverses, that alarm In Mcrlda and Progrcso was Increasing but it was believed foreig ners would be protected. In advices emanating from Monte rey, General Villa Is said to have im posed a forced contribution of a mil lion pesos on certain persons, Includ ing foreigners and church authori ties. The British embassy late today af ter receiving advices from Monterey, asked tbo state department to protest against Villa's special levy of one million pesos agr.lnst foreigners at Monterey. The light and power com pany there, owned by British cap! tal, was taxed $35,000. COAL MINERS SIGN WAGE SCALE FOR FOUR YEARS CINCINNATI,, O., March 1. The operators nnd miners ot the New Itlvcr and Winding Gulf coal districts of West Virginia came to an agree ment hero toady which will cover the wago rates for minora In these two districts for tho next four years. Tho operators slgnod the agreement and the representatives of tho mluora tentatively signed It, subject to a referendum vote ot the miners. About 15,000 men are affected by tho uew agrcomont. Tho principal parts of It aro a slight advanco In wago rates for day labor, while the pick and mining machine rate will bo governed by tho rates In tho compe titive fields ot Illinois, Ohio. West ern Pennsylvania and Indiana. Another point In the agrooment Is the appointment of a committee to settlo all further grievances. This committee will consist of one opera tor, ono minor and a permanent um pire. Representatives of the miners say the referendum on tho agreement Is a more formality and that thoy expect no opposition to it. FORT DAMAGES PAIHS, Miirah 18. Tho Athens correspondent of tho IIuvus agenoy in a dispatch dated March 17, says tlio naval operations of tho uilies at Smyrna, Asiutio Turkey, have been temporarily suspended nnd the Turks are profiting by thU respite to re pair the dnmage to their batteries and forts, They are pursuing the same course also at the Dardanelles and on either shore of the Boa of Mar in ora. There nre about 18,W Tuikiah troops west of ConhtautW ple, according to the latest inform Hon reaching Athens, the oorrpn dent continues. Forty thousand wH nro on thu Qnlliiioli tHwiaHiila. MMt aro in European Tmikey aud th mt are on tho Asiatic 3d of Uw Dr TURKS REPAIR lHo . ,4! yii i 'i ., j j i "H 1 J i VJJ Vf(. 1 3 -, i 4- ) A r- CJ