Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 19, 1915, SECOND EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textftmtfttl 207 SrMHi tHfW Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER l-'nlr tonight ami hoarjr frost Ma, .til; .Mln. III. Forty-fourth Tr. TVvNlrith Ywr MIUDFORD, ORKOON, 1MIDAY, MAKC'II 19, 1013 NO. 308 J ) EAST PRUSSIA AGAIN INVADED BY CZAR'S ARMY Third Attempt of Russians to Seize German Territory Seaport of Me mel Seized Another Drive at Warsaw From Ozura River Seems Prohaulc Russians Defeat Turks. PKTUOGItAD, Mnrrli 1l.- -Tim rum:ilnr.n In llm onxl hnn nxsumed it new nspcet with llm penetration of (lit) niiillieru most iiolnt of Knxt Prilx by KiihhIiiii fortes. This liivnnluii In the north In ninny way pnrullcls llm ndwinro Into KnM Prussia of two nioiittiM ago, when llm Ituiixlnn Tenth army, w lilrli It wax thought inlttlit flunk tho (Icrinmi position near tlm Miuurliin Lakes, wax d. fonlod ml driven out. On IIiIh orrn hIiiii. however, Itnnslnu military au thorities sny unanimously Unit llm Invasion ilox not poxxexM it like stin IkIi hlgulflcnuco. Tim Ituxslnn form liitn penctruti-d Kast Prussia nnil en l'H'il tin' Important seaport of Moniol. SM ft I'oll-li Allmk Of equal Importance. U tlu general shifting of illri'cllonit of tlm (lirmnn attack In Poland, nrcnmpnnlod by new concentration of forces, which has now become apparent. Although fighting In Mill In progress to tlm north of PrnMiy, llm Ortnnnii np pnrcnllv hnvo abandoned their ef fort to brcnl; through tlm fortlfleil line In the north nnd npproath War nine fiom Hint direction. They urn transferring troops to llm southern bank of the Vlntuln. presumably In prepnrnllon for n resumption of tint nttnrk along the, front to the went of Warsaw, nenr the llxura river, whom for two month limy vainly ham mered tho KttonR linn of Iluxxlnu do feiine which separates them from thn Polish capllnl. Hciity Allllleiy Hiv Heavy anil rontlntteil artillery fire In now under wny, marking tho be ginning of t It It fresh (lertnnii move- i it. Occupation by Hut llusslnnx of Arohnwo. n Turkish port on the lllnclt Hen nenr llio Ituxslnn border through which tho Turk have heen receding supplies nnd reinforcements Inw canned an Important movement In tlm Caucasian campaign. TIiIh Uusslnn victory together with the continual pounding In tho valley of tlm 'IVlmrul; river, tins canned thn Turkx to heat n disorderly retrenl toward Krzoriiin. according to tele- graphic report front thn Caucasus. Tlm mail between Arcliawa mid Choppa, to thn onHtwnnl, wnx do fond oil strongly niul tlm Turks woro de fetiled only niter n xorlox of stub born battled. Tlm Ituxxlan advance rteiilcil n panic throughout tho Tcliorult valley and thn Inhabitants fled to Ibex inountnliiH, abandoning their vitiligos. NEW CRAIER ON MT. LASSEN ERUPTS WITH OLD CRATER IIKIHIIXn, fnl,f March III. I.tiH sen I'eul; uinl miiiiIIci' ernlorM nml veiilH iiciiiIi.v l.eijiin u scries of crup tmim ut tin In edit tlutt Mill eoiillnim, emitting lolling clouds of sulphurous Hiuolm tlml liuve Niieiu lor many tnitcH in nil illreeliniiH. This Is the oiglily-iirt erupliuii of llm tuiiiii crnler. Tlm first enipllnn eiiine fiom lie liimt llrokeOM' niniintuiu, prnbnbly from lIumpiiM llelllinle, l.nssen Peak's main crater lieenuie iieiivo several Iiouih Inter, FLEET RENEWS ASSAULT UPON DARDANELLES HANS ADM Artillery Duel Between Batteries and Warships Protecting; Mine Sweep ers In Prepress French Battleship Reported to Have Struck Mine and Sunk Fortifications Unilamaued. DANS STILL IN PAULS, Mnreh I a. -An artillery duel In the Dnrdnnnllex between Turklxb shout batterlcM mid warships piotccllng allied uilim riweeperH IllHl ed from inldnli:hl until 2 n. in, yen- Jlenlny, unyn nn AtheiiM dlnpatch to EASTERN PRUSSIA the MnvaK nr.enry ImHed upon Infor inntlou front Tenedon, The wamhlpH nrn reporteil lo Inivn been nlriirk by Mivernl MielU hut llm ilnmnce done miik mIIkIiI. To hlinre hntterlcH were Mlenced. IIKIII.LS', March l!l, (by wImIchh.) - Tlm Oerinnu Keneral utaff today nave out a icporl on tlm proi:icK of the wnr, teadliiK iw fnllewN: "In the ChmupnKim dlxtrlrt furth er I'iciicIi ulliieliH have failed. One of iIiiim) wan to the north of l.e Men nil nml tlm other lo (ho north of lleatixejour. Wo look prlionerM two I'rench offlcem and 70 KOldlurM, Af ter heavy Iohhoh th Preach' retreat ed under our cf fee live fire back to their former position, "To llm Koutheniit of Vernon tho French have made nevernl advanccn. In tlm plain of llm Woovro Prench nttarUii have been rvpulncil, wbllo on thn cant nldn of the helnhtH of the .MiuiMt tlm flKhtlui; contlniicR, "Tlm nlluallon in tlm vicinity of Mctnel, In Knnt PriiMxIn, U not yet clear. It would appear Hint minor HiikhIiiii detnrhnirutN havn entered .Memel. Counter menitureii havo been taken. "All the ltiwxlan a.ltnckM between the Itlvrr PIhii nml tlm Itlver Onyc, to thn unrthcaxt of PrtiwnyNi havo been reputed. In nonm of theo en RnKeuieutit tlm enemy lout henvlly. "Tlm nltuntlon noutli of tho VIMula nIiowh no chnnRo E SUDAN APES N'UW YOUIC, Mnrch I9,Ihbuos of tlm Htiilnn TltnoH, puhlUhod at Khartoum, iih Into an Fobrtinry 11, which hnvo renchod thin city, contnln nothliiK to confirm tho ropnrtH ro eelved by wlrelona tolojsrnph from llorlln yyttordny, respeotln tho up rlHliiK of jUcrvlnhot and t)iclr hiiccohh ob In tho Klmi'topni mul Nubia ro-' KlOIIH, Tlm llorlln dlKpntchoH nnld that an uprlKliiK of tho HentiHBl trlliosniou oc curred In Novoiuhnr. Tlm Sudan TlmoH, Kohnini-y II, contaliiH tho fol lowliii; official repert: "Bhlokli Sldl Ahmed, ttrnnd non ukkI, In convomntlon with n llrltlnh offlclnl oxpreB8od gront annoyance that certain peoplo had riprond huso leuii roportH In regard to hln Inton HntiH nml tluiB throw doubt on hlu plndnod word of frlondBhlp to KRVPt mid IiIh Kovorumont. "Siilolninn Kl Unriitil, tlm Tripoli iiKltntor, nml othoiH. vho woro iIIh covorod liitilb'ulnir npnlUHt ICKVpt, hnvo been nrrofl(tid by thn RoiiiibbI mul aio liopt uiulor utrlct gunnl.'' WASIIINdTON. Mnielt 10.- Tim AuMiiau uiiilmKsuilnr, Dr. Diimlm, nml llm niitiisler fnun tlm Xellier IiiiiiIh, riievitlicr Vnu Itiippanl, ilis eiishcd llm Miitifh outer in council with Counsellor Lansing nl tlm Mate dcparlmcnt today, both seeking light its to tlm pidlialilii ntliluile of the Wushiugtoii (overnmeut. Tlm NetlicrlnniU tuinislcr is keep ing bin govcriuncut iufonneil ns to tlm views of the I'uitcil States os Holland's teply to tlm HrilUh order will lie luihcil to home e.Ntent upon the pusiliou tukcit liy Wiishingloii offie-iuU. JIKIILIN. Mnrch lit (by wlrelnnH). --A Miiindion of nix llrltlnh and four French bntlleNhlpH at half pant xeven o'clock thlN niniiiliiK attacked three forlrenHCH of thn Dardnnellex. I'lenrh U'ni'slilp Sunk , At lhnKntnn time another Bquad ron of the nllled flcum cotuincuced opurnllotw ni;nlnKl three fortreimeii (h HarnM Hay. After n flerco artillery duel tho bontlle Hhlpn wlthdrow at 2 o'clock in tho afternoon, but part of tho im,und- ron continued Id fire until r. o'clock at Ioiik rango and nt great Interval. Tlm I'rench hntllcRhlp Ilouvet Mruck a initio nt 2:30 In thn vicinity of tho entrance to thn utraltn and xank In ! three minuted. A HrltlHh torjtedo boat wan mink by tho fire from tho fortn. Tho Ilrlt lull battleahlp Irrontlblo wn pur. out of action while another battlcahlp win lerlously dnmagod, I'oi-Im Little llnnuignl Tlm Overxenii .Nowii Iliironit 8ny today. "A special correspondent of tho Merlin Tngublatt, after n pernonal In npectlon of tlm DnrdanelleH reports that the ftro of tlm nllled fleet hnn Inflicted no notions damage to tlm In ner fortifications Five HrltlHh blpn hnvo been dlxablod, however, nnil three mlno uweoperH havo been itink. No Turkliili Boldlerfl hnvo been killed tilucn tho nlllcH began llm Rhelllng of the Inner fortH. TA B'DOOMED TO LIVE UPON HO SEAS NUW VOUK, March 1!, -Kxclud-vd from America, rejected by llrall ntul duo apparently to travel the ocean an n giient of the Lamport nnd Holt linn iteaincrn until thn I'nlted Mates luimlgratloii autborltlns con icile that hn has recovered IiIh men tal equilibrium, Nnthnu f'ohen Is In New York ngnln today after having completed two round trlpn from New York lo IluenoH Ayrow. Klncn laxl May, Cohen has been a wanderer upon Hie fare of tlio oreiin, Ills cane In an odd ono In the nniialR of deported IniinlgranlK'. AxBertlng that Ilrarll wax hln tint Ivn country, he first arrived In Now Yotk In .May, 1012, mid went to Vlr Klnln to fvt up n little xtoro with n lelatlve. Ills sanity wax nuextloned nml (ho Immigration officials ordered IiIh deportation lo Itlo Janeiro, whenco hn came. He wax flrxt xhlpped potith Inxt May, but Hrrir.lt re jected him nnd he wax carrlel on to lluennx AyroM nnd Ihence to Now York. Kffortx lo land li t mi hero wero fulllo and again he mndo the round trip to Iliienox Ayrex. return ing -H rdny on board the xtcnmxhlp Vnxar!. In nil, ho has traveled 3.'!,- Tin iiill'tn on ono $!. ticket. It Ik now asM-rfd Hint hla menial balance has been restored nnd nu effort was again to 'jc mndo to land him here. If It fill's he must start south tignln March 2 7 MORE BRITISH VESSELSVICTIMS OF SUBMARINES Steamers Hyndford anj Bluelacket Torpedoed in Ennlish Channel- Both Small Ships One of Crew of Former Lost, But Latter Remains Afloat. EALSE PASS PORTS T TEN OLAHOOW. Scotland. March 19, The llrltlsb steamer Hyndford wax torpedoed today In tho Kngllxh chan nel by a (iernian submarine. It Is reported that one member of her crew wax killed. LONDON. March 10. Tlm Ilrltlsh Blenmor Uluojnckot. with wheat from Liverpool, has boon torpedoed by a (lermnn submarine off Heachy Head. The crew took to tho boatH. The jtiamer, although badly ilamaRcd, re mained afloat. AUSTRIA RESISTS CEDING OF LAND TO SERBS PLAN BAN E SOFIA, Ilulgftrla, March ID, (by way of Merlin,) Tho Hulnnrlnn iiowb ngoticy announces that tlm Serbian minister of education hnx forbidden tlm two of tho Unitarian Imigungo In private scliools In nn effort to de stroy very trnco of Hulgnrlnn cul ture In tho country. Only Hcookx, Turks nnd Albanians aio permitted Instruction In their mother tongtio. Thn Serbian language Is required In all other schoola, PONTAIN NflTUlM ABOUT UPRISING PHILIPPINEISLANDSORTWOFfEETS? KEEP.IFffi.IIB PAULS, March 19. -Tho Austrian government l resisting energetical ly presxuro exerted by Cormnny to Indtiro her to mnko territorial con cession to Italy, according to n Ge neva dispatch (o thn Petit Parisian. Count Andrasgy, former premier of Hungary nnd several xtntesnicn rep lesentlng tho dual monarchy aru re ported to hnvo gone to Merlin to dis cuss tho problem with Chancellor von Methmanti-Hollweg and Foreign .Minister Von Jngow. It Ik reported at Geneva Hint If other negotiations fall tho German chancellor contemplates a trip to Vienna In tho liopo that ho may con vince Kmperor Francis Joseph that it Ib necessary for Austria to consent to tho sacrifices asked. Tho Vienna Trlbuno says It la In formed by Pnn-Ocrninns In Austria aro Involved In violent conflicts with Crech Transylvnnla deputies, who aro clamoring for a rupture with Ger many nml tho conclusion of a rate peaco. Tho steamer Hyndford was of 270 tons net burden. She was 37C feet long and wax built at Port Glas gow In 190"i. She wax owned by the Scottish Shipowners company of Glasgow. The IMueJackct was of 2271 tons. She wax 3.1C feet long and belonged to J. L. Thompson & Sons, Ltd. She wax owned by G. Hallet of Cardiff and wax built at Sunderland In 1901. Heachy Head is a promontory on tho south const of Kugland. project ing Into the Kngllxh channel, about twenty miles cast of Hrlghlon. Tin- steamer wns torpedoed in the fnvotite hunting ground of the Oer innu submarine off Ilenehv lienil, while she was proceeding for London under her own tenm. JACK JOHNSON TO RETURN HOME NEW YOUIC, March 19 Ulchnrd Madden and Gustavo Cook, found guilty yexlcrdny of conspiracy agalnxt tho I'nlted States In aiding Ulchnrd P. Steglcr, a German naval reservist to obtain a false American passport, were sentenced today to ten months each In tho Now York county penl tentlnry Stegler was then nrrnlgned nnd pleaded guilty. Ho was sentenced lo CO days Imprisonment, PREACHER TELLS OF BLOODY SCENES VILLA'S TROOPS WIN VICTORIES OVER CARRANZA Convention Forces Defeat of Car ranza Followers Under Herrera Successees Also Rcorded Alemj Line of Vera c7uz-Mexlco City Railroad. ELECTION DAY sepa- CONSUL'S ARREST CHICAGO, Miiroh 10. .link John son, the jmgili-t, i- tireil of oipnt riiitiou nml hope- lo return to his home in Chicago, where he U under conviction of violating the Miinn net, necording to n letter received by his mot her today. "I nni getting tired of knocking around," Johnson's letter rend, "nx soon ns I have whipped Willnrd I will come hack to Chicago nnd take my medicine, as the government lias fixed it up for me." INDIANAPOLIS. March 19 Vio lent and bloody scenes were wit nessed In the Sixth wnrd on election day, according to testimony today In the Terra Haute election fraud cases by the Hew I. n. Harper, pastor of tho First Methodist church in Terre Haute. Dr. Harper said he himself had been arrested and his life threatened when he went to tho aid of William llorsley, republican randldato for prosecutor, who had been attacked by a number of persons when llorsley objected to rushing Illegal voters In to the voting place. Ho also said women at tho polls woro Insulted. Mrs. Mary Ilalley, Mrs. K. Mcrnard Clogston and Miss Hmtna II. Moore, watchers at tho polls, told of alleged Insults In the Sixth ward In tho red light district. Theso women said they were,to'ld by democratic election officials and workers that they would "have to wear wrappers and register like the other women In the district," If they wanted to remain. Mrs. Clogston said Karl do Mint, election sheriff who has pleaded guilty, put his hands on her shoulders "In a fatherly manner." AVhen she ob jected, she testified ho said: "If I van't put my hands on you women you will havo to take a ride to Jail." WASHINGTON", March 10.De- fent nnd complete rout of tho. Cnr rnnzn forces under General Mon elovlo Herrera by the convention troops of General Rosalia Hernandez nt Oregnno, ?outhenxt of Piedraa Xo grnH, wns reported todny to tho Villn ngeney by the military commander at I'iedrns Xegrn.i. Kml of HesNtanro The dispatch said a largo number of prisoners wcro taken by tho con vention forces and Herrera's men scattered and fled to the Durro moun tains near the border, between tho states of Chihuahua and Coahulla. This defeat tho agency claims, marks tho end of resistance by the Carranza element In this section of the country. Another report today said the scattered remnants of tho Carranza forces surprised and routed b Gen eral Villa at Ramonex, east of Mon terey wcro retreating northward tow ard tho border city of Caniargo and the main body had reached Albania, with tho Villa troops in r.ose pu.-Mitr. All their artillery and ammunition was captured. FRENCH CAPTR E PLAN REOUCTION OF E MR E TRENCHES JtiPPKKSOX CITV, Mo., Mnreh Hawaii uk the linso from which In in- 10. Winning Hint llm United Sttiliv, must now decide, on n definite for eign polioy wiih given by Senator .laiiios Hiimilloit Lewi, who ml dressed tlm Missouri legislature to day. Senator Lewis said tlm United Stnles should decide whether it should retain llm Philippines mid nthintiiiii two Imgo fleets to fueo ng grcssioii on tho part of foreign pow ers or tho I'liiled Slates must decide to leu vu llm Philippines nnd return to tho traditional polioy of isolntion. Should llio United Stales find it nee- osHitry to mnko n protest ngninst Ju lian forcibly seizing China, Japan woldd probably exact of present al lies Great Ilrilniu, Franco mid Kus siu to support her ngaiiifil the Unit oil States, Buid Senator Lewis, 'Then America would ho confronted with a rcinurknhlo situation. Should Japan, in conjunction with China, he forced to vent llm grievatmo of her peoplo ly war, slm would selim thn Philippines ami then would seize terccpt out' fleet on its way to io cover tho Philippines. Then Ilussin tho ally of Japan, would seize north ern Alaska. "This would divtdo our army and navy, hnglaud, hecnitso of her al linueo with Jnpan, could render no assistance to tho United States in Canada or Alaska, nor would slio dure to do so, in view of Hriiislt pos. sessions in Asia and India. Central America, which has a griovaneo against us, ditch as the claim that wo forninlly took I'annina, might lend itself to aid our foes by destroying tho l'anninntonnal to pre vent our fleet in tho Atlantio and Pacific, from joining. "It is rilnin that tho United States has hut ono of two courses. Kit her wo must eomo out of tho Philippines and remove any governmental inter est front tho far east or wo must maintain an Atlantio II cot largo enough lo eiipo with combined Kur opo, and (t l'aolfio fleet Inrgo enough to combat the combined Oilent," VIOLATED NO TREATY WASHINGTON, March 10. Pre liminary reports to tho stato depart ment on warrants of arrest issued for WTilhelin Mueller, German consul at Scuttle, nnd his assistant iitdieato that there was no violation of tho rights of consul or privileges guaran teed under tho treaty with Geiniany. Farther investigation will bo made, however, by a reply to be made to tho Germany embassy's protest against the action of the local authorities in Seattle. It is charged that Mueller hud conspired to obtain secrets uf a Seattle sliipbuilding company, which was said to be building submarines for Great lhitaiu. DALLAS, Tex., March 10. -Testimony that reduction of cotton acre age in the southwest is unlikely this year nnd that diversification of crops is nearly impossiblo beenuso of re strictions in the tenant system wns given todny nt the land hearing by tho federal commission on industrial relations. The commission also took testimony of the existence mid ef fects of mi alleged soeinlistie move ment among farm tennnts. Investi gation of so-called fanning was ex pected to come up lato today. Friction Willi Chief WASHINGTON, March 19. Fric tion between General Carranza and GneralOoflta!r;'loctn commander at Tamplco, over the collection of pe troleum production tar, lias been caused by the claim of Gonzales that tho taxes should bo used for local purposes, the atato department was ndvlsed today. A recent order. It was reported, requiring all futuro payments to be made to tho general director of the stamp office In Vera Cruz, Instead of In Tamplco. Heports from Vera Cruz said sov eral Carranza garrisons along tho railroad connecting Vera Crux and Mexico City htl been defcoted. THAW FREE FOR AT LEAST MONTH PAWS, March It). The wnr of fice communication this afternoon is as follews: "At Xotro Dame do I.oretto we havo ourselves been masters of com municating trenches which run from (lie bill r'imtnriil liv iw lrm-nr.1 tlml village of Albain. Wo destroyed them ". 1"n"Beri f !"""? " tho aTter having killed, expeller or cap tared tho defenders. NEW YORK, March 19. As the result of various writs and orders sworn out In his behalf and the re sultant tauglo, Harry K. Thaw Is in "In tho Argonue between Bolnnte nnd Four do Paris, nftor a violent fight wo progressed ten meters. In the forest of Consenvoyo wo repulsed n German counter-attack Inst night mid maintained tho ground gained on Thursday. At I.es Kpnrges wo car ried a snlent cast of tho position, in which tho enemy had successfully maintained himself since tho fighting of last month. Wo repulsed two eounter-nttueks yesterday and a third last night." HORN HELD TO FEDERAL COURT AH! BUSINESS SALKM, Or., Mhroh 10. Accord ing to an opinion made public today by tho office of tlm attornuv-general, national banks in Oregon may con duel a trust business without comply ing with tho stato trust law. The trust law, it is hold, applies only to banks organized under tho stuto laws,' lUXGOK, Me., Mnrch 30. Wer nor Horn, charged with illegal inter stnto transportation of explosives, wns held today for appearance in the federal district court in lloston. Ile was remanded to jail in Portland pending his removal to lloston by United States Commissioner Charles II. Keid. Attorneys for Horn nrgued that their client should bo kept in tho jur isdiction of this stato for a hearing on tho matter of his extradition to Canada. They claimed that ho had committed mi not of wnr and was ro. sponsible only to tho Gormnn govern, ment, which in turn was responsible to tho United Stales. Federal, District Attorney John F. A. Merrill replied that tho contention of (ho dofenso hail no foundation in international law. Thero was no evi dence, ho said, that Horn had ever performed any duty in tho German army, and that it was for him to ex plain in tho court at lloston why ho had transported dynnmito tlfrough Massachusetts. Joseph F. O'Connell nrgued for Horn that under international law a belligerent fitting out an expedition in neutral territory was immune from prosecution, oven though ho violated tho law of that country. Tho trans, portntion of dynnmito was onlv an incident in Horn's expedition and ho was responsible only to Germany. IIo quoted tho refusal of Canada to sur render to tho United Slates in 1604 a man who, claiming to bo a lieutenant in tho confederate army, had entered Vermont from Canada, Iqotcd a bank nt St, Albans and returned to Can "da. .,unil'ji state hospital for tho criminal Insane at Matteawau for at least a month. Supremo Court Justice Illjur, signer of two writes of habeas corpus in Thaw's behalf said today, upon tho conclusion of a conference between counsel for Thaw, tho shorlff of Xew York county, the warden of tho Tombs prison nnd representatives of tho state attorney general's office, that Thaw's attorney could by means of securing adjournments, delay tho final hearing upon the first writ, so cured early In the week until April 19. John II. Stanchfleld, Thaw'n chief counsel said ho intended to make such moves. ZEPPELINS A CALAIS AT NIGHT CALAIS, via Paris, March 19, A shower of shrapnel from French artillery greoted tho Zeppella which raided this city Thursday night and dropped bombs which killed seven persons without damaging the rail road Btatlon at which they -Wer aimed, Tho characteristic throbbing of tho Zoppellns engines gave warn ing of tho airships approach between midnight and 1 a, m. 'i Tho rays of powerful searchlight wero turned upon the clouds In at effort to locate tho aerial Isva4r hit tho German craft 'tier hlxk Wv banks of dark clouds and f time wns Invisible. v "2 i 1-j.k.ji,