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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
VaIi Mat. 70 Mia, m.
m
Forty-fourth Ttr.
t.n Ninth Ytar.
MEDFORD, OREGON", SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1915
NO. 309
UNCLE SAM BLOTS OUT ROTTEN POLITICS! TERRE HAUTE GANG FACEIPRISBN
HOLLAND FILES
SHELL FORTS ON
T
LAW DECLARED
TO BE ILLEGAL
a
i
WARSHIPS AGAIN
INACTION RULES
ALONG UNES OF
BATTLE FRONTS
MIGRATORY BIRD
fflALPROTES
DARDANELLES
ON
EMBARGO
1
Unfavorable Weather Prevents Ac
conipllshlnii Much Three of Al
lies Ships Lost hy Torpedoes
Shell Explodes on Deck of Battle
Cruiser Inflexible and Forty Killed.
LONDON, March 'JO. -Mix battle
ship ro-enloicil tlio Dardanelles
blriitH Friday, n iti riling In n Hm
imli'li received horn liy llui Renter
Telegram company from tlio Island
of Ten.odnH.
This resumption of tlm Million, nf
(r llu loss Tliumdiiv of llu Fiench
battleship llnuvol mill Hi" llritlsli bat
tleships Irresistible mill Ocean, fnllril
to accomplish miylhliig, Tor the ren
miii t Ink t tlio iiiifiiviirnlilti weather
enmlillous imiilu operations inipoH
sible,
HimU Hy Tiirimlocn
CONSTANTINOPLE, iit llcillii,
Mn i li 'JO. An official statement Ih
sued froni Turkish heudqunrlerM say
the sinking of ItiitMi mid lronrh
warships in tin Dardanelles wax title
In "torpedoes," ami adds;
"A hard seven. hoar fight ended
with success foe four fort. Beyond
slight iliiiiuiKi' to I ho fnitliwnrkM, no
dniuago was iloiio to tlio fortificn-
tillllH."
!lnttlolili llnjiirol
PAULS, March 20. No attempt
was iiiiiiln liy the allied fleet to do
vctop to tin) fulled extent iln first
general tittiu'k on I lie Dardanelles,
which wan laiiiii'lii'it Tlittrhilay, says
an Athens dipntei to llu I In vim
Agency, which quotes a Itritinh of
I leer lis authority for the statement.
Two thousand shells wen- fired in a
six hours' bombardment designed to
force u pnssago of Killd llulir mul
Chauiik KalcHci.
Fire from tlio Tut kith bnllcric
wan interrupted ami violent, accord
ing to information obtained from
other sources, llir Davits forrcspmi
ilnil declares. Tlio prow of the
French battleship Ontilni wits lunch
ril hy n mini', hut tho ditinngo run he
repaired in a few days. She left tlio
straits mul michuicd at thee Island
of Navriu.
Th British hutllo omiNor luflox
ihlo, which wiih hit on tho how hy
shells, also slonmed out of tho straits,
convoyed hy two .oruiNors. A shell
which exploded on her deck in rcitorl
i'il to have kilh'il fotty men ami
woiiiiilcil mmiv nlhors.
Klvty.flwi Ktirvltor
Tho toxt nf tho French communl
cation follows;
"French tmttlo-hlpH hnil tio honor
of nttnrklng tho forts In tho Nnr
iowh of tho Dardanelles nt short
ruiiKo Murrh to, Thoy accomplished
thin tnHk with vigor nml w'oro high
ly prnlsod hy tho Hrlthili sailors.
Itoar Ailmlrnl (luoprotto (olographs
lluil tho honor of tho French flag haw
been fully sustnlnod, although ilourly
lioiiKht hy tho Iohr of tho llouvot,
"Tho number of survivors Ih net
tially known to ho 01. Tho miuthnr
killed nml wounded on tho othor
ships of tho (IIvIhIoii Is nmall."
Tho llouvot In times of peace hud
a complement of 021 men. U Is tho
custom, howovor, to Increaso tho
n u in her of men on board essoin of
this class In tlmo of wnr. Conse
quently tho llouvot mny have had a
considerably greater crow when una
mot dlsnHtor.
LASSEN PEAK
AGAMPTO
UKDDIN'n, Cal., March 20. Lnn
mm Peak bognn its olghty second
uruptlon as tho huh roso today. A
great column of amoko, na largo nn
tho top of tho poak, reached n height
of thousands of foot.
Ah tho sunlight flashed through
tho top of this immense pillar of
Hiuako, It produced brilliant, lirlilcs
cent colors, farming a billowing can
opy of rainbow clouds as tho column
uprond nt tho top and flontod gently
Houthward disappearing In tho dis
tance. Ashoa fell heavily, dropping around
tho poak. This eruption Is ono of
tho heaviest wltnossod hero,
Sclfjo Warfare Replaces Charjies
No Decisive Results In Carpathians
Germans Still Dotnbard Ossowctz
Without Success America May
Act as Intermediary.
LONDON, March SO.--Willi tho
Russian Hliick Hon fleet reported
knocking nt tho iloor of tlio Hospho
run anil nix allied battleships ronow
Iiik tho liomhariliiiout of TurkUh po-
Hltlunn on tlio DiirilnuolloN, tlio fnto
of Iho Htraltn In tcilny hnimliiK In tho
Imlniicc, acuonlltiR to opIulonM freely
oxnto-Ni'il In Lniuloii. Novortlioleen
report from Turklnh HoiirceH nt 111
iirofenti Miiiirouio conflilenro In tho
linprcKiinlilllty of tho ilnfciulInK
forU which It Ih cIuIiiiihI, Ihivo mr-
ronnfully Nimtnlnoil n honilinrilmvnt
eJlemlliu: inuro than '2 1 dnyii.
Tlio report or tho llrltlxh ntlnilrnlty
kIvIiik now- of thn ulnkliiK of three
ImttlcHhlpx, two MrltUh nml one
French, In tntlier hny n- to Iho ro
tniltH nrhloveil hy UiIh vnertdeo, nml
It Riven welfiht lo tho RrowlnR ho
Hot that tho Mraltn will not ho won
until tho nnvnl oporntlnnii nro miip
porteil hy effective Innil forco. Tho
liomhiirilment of Frlilny wan Inter
tuptrtl hy tmil wcntlior, hut It In nil
llclpnteil thill tho operation-, will Ikj
piiHhoil na rnplilly nn ponnlhlo.
Ainerlrno i InteniKsllnrj'
AlthoiiRh Turk lull official roportn
inlnlniUn tho effect of tho tiombnnl
tuoiit nml iloclnro that Constant!
uuplo In not nfruhl, IntolllRcnco re
ceived from other nenr enntern polnta
loin forth that noRotlatlonn nlrcuily
hnvo hcen Iioruii lth tho American
win tunny to net as nn Intermediary
to snvo tho Ottomnn capital from tlio
Hiiiia of tho allied battleships.
Iluuiorn of destruction of tho (2er
man rnldor Karlsruho received some
confirmation hy tho guarded atnte
mont of tho Ilritlsh ndmlrnlty. There
In every reason to believe thin cruis
er wnn sunk In tho West Indies Inst
November.
Itcartloii I'ivvhIIh
Itolatlvo Inaction prevails alonR
both bnttlo frontn In ICurope, which
nRiiln seem to hnvo relapsed Into tho
condition of rIoro war fnro, which
prevailed durliiR tho winter. Aus
trlnu reports by wny of llerlln claim
that tho llussliiu offeiiHlvo tnovo
meat In tho Carpathians throiiRh tho
Lupkow I 'ass Iiiih resulted In fnlluro
but direct roportn from both Vienna
and IVtroRrad itRreo Hint Austrlnnn
iih well nn Husslann nro mnklnR nt
lacks nml counter attacks In tho Car
pnthlnnn without nuy declslva re
sults. Tlio (Jormnns still nro bombarding
Ossowetx without success, ncconllnR
to tho llusslnns, who claim to have
destroyed tho advanced trenched of
their nntngonlstH.
Neither side reports nuy Important
actions on tho western front during
tho past week,
T
IIOMK. via Paris, March 'JO.
Count llulfjy, councillor of tho Aus
Irian emhiiKsy to tho Vatican, is
quoted hy tlio lilea Niuionalo us do
elariue; that u preliminary iiRTconicitt
was signed last Sunday at Viennn,
under which Austria would cede to
Italy that portion of the province of
Trent oxtomllno; from tho region of
Frulli to tho Isonzo river. Tho news
paper thinks, however, that this re
port is hoiiiK spread simply to gain
time.
ANDREWS, THE PAINTER,
DEAD AT WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, March 20. Kllu
pet Frnwor Andrews, who painted
several nf tho portraits now in tho
white house, including those of
Martha Washington mid Dolly Madi
son, died hero yesterday after a Ion;;
illness. Ho was horn at Steuben
ville, 0., in 18.r3. Mr, Andrews wiih
fnrineilv lirimtliiiil of Iln, Piiriinrnii
' I -!". v.-..
Svliool of Art here,
RUMOR
AUS
AGREED TO CESSION
VlTv f h'V twit M- tmmUKiHHHkHDQHzJI IflH
vk' IKKHIfBaMfilHIHHHH
It ttjbo aLf r.x , ,' , ,...- :..-,... ,-,v, ,.FihJiiiULMtmA
r ' Four of the eiditv-eiehl satellite of Maor Dunn M. Knlicrt-.
SEIZED STEAMERS
SAIL FOR ENGLAND
WITH BRITISH CREWS
NKW YOUK. Mnrrh 20. The
Aiuerlcnr steamer Lorenzo anil the
Norwegian hteamer Thor, eaplured
laht September hy a llritisli ernier
in Wi'Ht luilian waters, while they
were di'liverinp; supplies ti the Ger
man raider Karlsruhe, sailed .March
5 ami U for KiiRland with Ilritixh
crows aboard, mtiMinliiiK '" pahxeu-
ers of the hteamer l'ariiiia. which
reached hero today from Iho Wert In
dies.
l'liKHemrer ami officers of tho l'a
riiiia, nuMiniod in view of the depart
ure of the two captured vessels, that
they had been sohl by order of the
prize court, although positive nifor
mation was lackiiit; on this point. The
two steamers, it was said, were to ho
taken first to Trinidad for overhaul
ill);. Tho Lorenxo mul Thor sailed
trom SI. I.onis, wncro thoy were
tnken hy tho cruiser which captured
them.
The Lonw.o is one of four vessels
named in nn indictment recently
found in this city a;aiiit officials
nml employes of the lliinihurj;-Amor-ifnn
lino here, charuiiif,' con-piracy
to defraud tho United States in
clearing from this port to faUe des
tinations vessels laden with supplies
to ho delivered to (lermaii warships
at sea,
E
K. W. Llljegrnm has prepared an
Ingenious map showing tho fish,
game, nml recreation districts of tho
upper Horuo river vnlloy, drawn
from tho United States Topographic
al Quadrangle survey. Tlio princi
pal palntB of tho valley, mountains,
roads, rivers nml Crater Lnko nro
shown, with distances, direction,
'etc., nppomled. Tho territory cm
braced in tho map is from Grants
i'nss to Ashland ami Crater Lnko
drawn trinuguarly, Tho elevation of
kill points Is also shown, ami charac
ter of tho gnmo secured stntod.
WOMEN CALL FOR
PEACE CONFERENCE
CHICAGO, March 20.- Formal eall
for the women's international peace
uoufereuco at Tho Hague was issued
nt the national headiiuarters hero to
day. "As women equally with men
pneifiuists, wo understand that
planned-for, legalised, wholesale hu
man slaughter is today be sum of
nil villainy' rends tlio cull,
T Terre lliuitc. who lime plemleil kuiIIv to con-iiiracv to defraud t
Stnti'M election. From left to riht, Joe (lauuoii mul William Crank,
ehrouic rcpcntcru; O-e.ir .Suratl ami Krue-.t Silvers eaptaiiiH of repeater!.
FRENCH SEEK TO
F
GERMAN WIRELESS
TUKNTON. N. J., March 20. Tho
German corporation vHck owns tlio
wireless station at Tuckcrton, X. J.,
today naked tho court of chancery to
dismiss tho suit brought by n French
corporation to gain possession of tho
Tuckcrton station and tho wireless
station at Kilvcsc, Prussia, The
French company charges that tho
Gorman concern beforo tho Kuropcnn
Mnr started had agreed to sell tho
Tuckcrton station to it. Tho papers
filed hy tho German corporation to
day nro In tho form of nn answer to
tho suit. They nsk tlio court to dis
miss tho suit or withhold action in
tho enso pending tlio outcomo of the
wnr. Tho nnawer further states
that nny steps taken by tho court nt
this tlmo would bo incompatible with
tho neutrality of tho United Sates.
Tho French corporation is known
us Compagnlo Unlversollo do Tolo-
graphlo ot do Telephone Sans Fll,
with offices In Paris. Tho German
corporation is tho llochfrcqiicnz-
'.Maschlnen Aktlcngessollesclinft Fur
Prnhlloso Telegraphic of llerlln. Tho
United Stntes Service corporation,
now In control of tho Tuckcrton sta
tion, Is also n defendant.
Tlio United Stntes government took
charge of tho sending and receiving
of messages at tho Tuckcrton station
on September 9, 1911, in order to
prevent violations ot tho American
neutrality regulations.
Tho Gorman company In its answer
says tho Tuckcrton stntlon Is used
by tho government in communicat
ing with tho Gcrmnn ambassador In
Washington nml further that tho
Veal object of thu suit is to stop com
munication between Germany and
tho United States.
GERMANS SEIZE
CARGO OF OIL
LONDON, March 20. A cargo of
oil aboard the Danish steamship
Hryssel has been confiscated hy tho
German aiitboiities in the Uomcrnu-
an seaport of Swinemuiule, nceord-
ing- to a dispatch from Copenhagen
to tho Exchange Telegraph com
pany, Tho vessel wns released.
Tho feeliiiR at Copenhagen, the
dispatch adds, is that thu fact that
Germnny needs oil does not justify
tho soijiuro of tho Uryssel's cargo.
Tho Bryssel was bound from Phila
delphia for Stockholm with n cargo
of oil mul was stopped in tho Hnltlo
on March 11 hy n Qerninn cruiser,
aml token to Swiiiciuinulo,
GAIN POSSESSION 0
ezar of
he I'niteil
BOTTLE OPENER
TO
VOTING
E
INDIANAPOLIS. March 20. Joo
Kelly, an election Inspector In pre
cinct II of tho Sixth ward in Tcrre
Haute, testifying in tho Terra Hauto
election fraud en so today, said ho did
most of tho voting In his precinct
himself, working tho keys of tho vot
ing machine until ho woro tho skin
off tho end of his fingers. Then ho
used a beer bottle opener to work
tho keys, ho said.
The witness also told of tho al
leged plan to ndd ono or two nun
dred votes to tho returns after tho
polls closed, In order to prevent tho
defeat of Kll 11. Itcdmnn, a. defend
ant and tho democratic candidate for
Juge. Kelly said ho refused to carry
out the scheme. Kelly has pleaded
guilty.
Miss Dorn Burr, who held a pool
hook nt precinct C of tho Sixth ward,
testified that Timothy (Hull) Conway
a defendant, ruslicd tlio voters
through without giving nny ono tlmo
to get tholr names. Sho testified
Sheriff Dennis Shea wns thero for a
tlmo and told her In angry tenes:
"You'll get tired of your Job
before tho day is over." Sho said
sho wns called "Chicken" by a num-
bor ot men nt tho polls.
On cross-oxnmlnntlon as to cases
of alleged ropeating. Miss Burr said
sho did not know personally nny of
tho persons eho stated wero not en
titled to vote.
GERMANS DEW
OF I
LONDON, March 20. Statistics
published In Petrograd concornlng
osses to property n Itusslun Poland
us a result ot tho German Invasion,
forwarded today to Houtor's Tele
gram company, glvo tho total number
of towns nnd largor vllluges destroy
ed as OS,. It is said that 4500 small
villages woro dovnsted, 1000 ot thorn
having been burned.
Tho figureB apply to tho ten Polish
provinces, Tlio damngo Is ostlmntod
nt moro than $500,000,000.
AVERAGE 66.400 A DAY
AI
SAN l-'RANCISCO, March 20.
Tho total attendance nt tho Panama
Pacific! exposition, ns unnounced to
day, officially for tho four weeks
ending Inst night, is uiven ns 1,859,
824, an nverago of approximately
110,100 iv day, This is said to exceed
tho ntteiidanco at nny previous ex
position for (ho first four week?,
OPERATE
MA N
Blockade Tactics of Allies Apinst
Commerce of Neutrals Declared to
Have No Precedent in Law Nor in
History Fourth State to Protest
Reprisal Measures.
WASHINGTON, March 2U.-Chcv-
alier van Jtiippard, minister from The
Netherlands, communicated inform
ally to Secretary Hryun todny mi out
line of a note sent h the Nether
lands government to Great Ilritain
and France protesting ugniifrt the
embargo on commerce of neutrals
with Germnny as having no precedent
in Inw or history.
Protest Principle
The Netherlands note, it wns un
derstood, was in the nature of n
protest against the principles adopt
ed hy Great Britain and France in
attempting to secure the objects of n
blockade hy detaining nil commerce
with Germany.
The note nlso nsks for further in
fomintion ns to how the llritih or
der in council is to he enforced. Tho
Dutch government had made nn in
quiry before tho order was issued
and received an explanation on
which further and more ccxplicit in
formation is desired.
The Dutch minister has been dis
cussing the question informally with
the United Stntes during tho last
week.
HoIIaim! Is Fourth Stnto
LONDON, Mnreh 20. The govern
ment of the Netherlands, according to
the correspondent of Renter's Tele
gram nt The, Hague, has sent to
Great Britain nml France a protest
against the British Blockade of Ger
many. Holland is the fourth stnto to make
formal protest against the reprisal
measures adopted hy Great Britain
nml France. Denmark. Norwnv and
Sweden, the early part of this week,
made identical representations io the
allied governments ugainst th Anglo-
Krcnch policy of reprisals on German
commerce.
T
MARSHALL VISITS
SAN FItANCISCO, March 20.
Vice-President Thomas B. Marshall
arrived today with his pnrty to tnko
part in tho formal dedication of tho
Panama Pacific exposition ns the
representative of President Wilson,
nnd Inter to participate in similar
ceremonies at tho Panama-California
exposition nt San Diego, Cut.
In the vice-presidential purty arc
Mrs. Marshall, Secretary of tho In
terior Franklin K. La no nml Mrs.
Lane, Adolph S. Miller, member of
tho federal reservo board, nml Mrs.
Miller, nml Assistant Secretary of tho
Navy Franklin D. Koosevolt nml Mrs.
Roosevelt, nnd Senntor Phclan.
Tho pavtv will remain in San Fran
cisco until next Saturday. During
tho eight days, social, military and
public functions will fill tho time.
Representatives of the government,
state, city and exposition greeted tho
Marshall party nml necompamed
them, under n cnvulry escort, from
thu Presidio to their hotel.
ROME, via Paris, March 20.
Commnndera of tho Anglo-French
fleet in tho Adriatic sea, according to
advices from Anuona, have been noti
fied by their governments that tho
transportation of goods of any kind
to or from ports on tho Austrian
const is prohibited under tho tonus
of tho allies' new naval polioy, and
that steamers carrying such cargoes
iro to bo ewed,
IE
PREIDEN
E S ON
EXTEND
BLOCKADE
TO AUSTRIAN PORTS
Judge Pollock of Kansas Holds State
Authority Superior to That of Na
tlon Case Will Be Appeatal at
Once to Federal Supreme Court
Blow to Protection of Songsters.
TOPKICA, Kan., March 20. The
migratory bird law was declared un
constitutional by Judge John C. Pol
lock in the United States district
court here todny.
held congress had
over the jjamc luw
states.
Judge Pollock
no jurisdiction
in nny of tho
Fred Robertson, United States dis
trict nttorncy, announced tho cam
will be appealed to tho United States
supremo court.
In his decision Judge Pollock said
in part:
"The act challenged is believed to
be tho single Instance in the entire
legislative or Judicial history of this
nation or tho compoalnK states, in
which a contrary view has been ex
pressed. Unless a departure, as
radical in tho ordinary as it is Im
portant In Its effects. Is to be made
from fundamental principles long es
tablished by our laws, the act
question must be held Incapable
In
ot
OP-
on
support by any provision of the
ganlc law ot tho country.
"If the act in question shall.
any ground or for any reason be up
held, It must surely follow the many
laws of tho scparato states of this
union must hereafter bo held to be
Inoperative, for there can be no di
vided authority ot tho nation and the
several states over the single object
matter In Issue, with either safety to
the nation or security ot.tbe citi
zen.'' PITIABLE STATE
OF MEXICANS UPON
FARMS IN TEXAS
DALLAS. Texas, March 20. The
plight ot Mexican tenant farmers la
Texas and taxation reforms which
might decrease tenantry, were dis
cussed today at the land hearing by
tho federal commission on Industrial
relations. Emlllo Flo res ot San An
tonio, president of tho American Pro
tective socloty, said:
"In their own country, poor and
"wretched as they may bo, Mexican
farmers are happy and this is better
than their condition as tenants on
Texas farms. I think tho commis
sion should acquaint Mexicans with
the real tacts about tho suffering ot
Moxican peoplo who come here as
tonant farmers aud see that they
don't como nny more, rather than
try to enact laws to protect them af
ter they como. Wo advise them not
to como because, as tenants there Is
nothing they can expect. They have
entirely different ways ot living in
their own country and they caunot
become desirable cltlxens hero."
Mr. Flores blamod employment
agencies for part ot tho Mexican
troubles. He said ho had known ot
a few Instances whon Mexicans were
forced to remain on a place by guards
armod with shotguns, working out
employment agency foes. Those fees,
ho said, wero usually $1 per head,
"delivered at destination."
Ho said In Snn Antonio hundreds
ot Mexicans nro led to apply for nat
Mrallzatlon papers with no idea they
are doing so. Thoy believe merely
that they aro "registering," ho said,
"and thoy don't know what register
ing is."
GERMAN LOSSES AT '
I NEUVE CHAPELLE 6.000
BERLIN, March 20. An OffUUl ,
statomeut Issued today by the Ger
man general staff declares th total
German losses in the flghtlim la tfc
vicinity ot Neuve Cbapety; m
num vwv, 3 jt
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