Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 23, 1915, SECOND EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textftrfjtt Hi !" w ?n7 J5WHW &' 3U , i A N. Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Ma. 70j 3Ihi. 1.1 I . s &': r K rortr-fourth Yr. Hntlv Nlnlli Yonr 120,000 TAKEN PRZEMYSL FELL Many Troops Chosen lo Break tilnn ol Dcsicycrs In Final Sortie, Re fused to Go to Glcry as Ordered hy Commander In Flowery, Patriotic Address. PKTItOIIKAl), Mm I'll 2.'. 4 Tlit Hlnli'iiii'iit from tin' war do- pnrlincut iHin'il today I'-guid- 4 ing Hit number nf pii-oiifiH 4 tnl.i'11 follow s "A Hug In fltsuioi given li General Kiimiiiiimi'U, Into nun- 4 iiiuiidcr lit Pryiiiyl, tln limn- 4 bcr nf piixnilerw who Hiirrfii- 4 ilcicit to I lie- lllMini miih iiiiin 4 4 genorttU mill iiliii'ty-tliti'i' offi 4 4 .'ITS III III!' m-IHTIll hllllT, 2.VI0 4 4 officer mill official mnl 117.- 4 4 000 mrii. "Tint number nf mint Mini 4 4 other Wnr iniitt'rilll cllpllllcd i 4 4 being calculated," 4 PKTIIOOKAI). la London, Mnreh j;i. Kvi'iiU which preceded tin1 fintil deporuto nurtic nf tin bclcnguoreil gummm in the Austiuin ftirirrwH of Prxemytd, designed to brenk tliruiili tin' imciroliugjring of Hiumiiii trtip, nif (Icxi'rihi'illnii-mi official enuununi I'lilnm ikMiii'il heio liiht night. Tin' Mutciucnt mij: 'I luring tin IiinI dnys before tin' fimil Hintli, tin1 gnrrinn received in crcurd Milium. Kncli mildier wnh t:itu li'iM'tiitu lo InM livi' days, warm new i'IoIiIii mwl ilew boot. Offi cer with liitrueli'il to explain to tin' Iiimiw tluit if they lelurned to llii' foiii mi inglnrinii Into nwnitod them, mnl consequent ly llii'v iiihnI piotco tlio KiiH-Inn front nt nnv cost. Slot') of Imi Soitlo "An ciixlerlv dinctli'li Wilt ohncii for tin' aortic, iik tin' lino of IcnM n hinlniiiii', iih well uk Ih'cuiim it led to tlio district whore the ItucMnu- Inol Iiiiko hIoiok of urius mnl muiniiiiitioii. Mmo limn 'JO,000 nun were oiileiod to iiutii'iintc in tlio sortie, Iml nov el nl iinitH refused to iiiovo, dcpite tlio urging "f enmmnnilor. Onlv tin li.'lil lloiiM'il ilivision uiuI'muiio parts of tlio K.ltli I. nml woli r mnl Fouith IIiioniiix tool; mi uclivn pint. They weio piuiuptly mnl decisively de feated. "An offii'liil AiiHtiimi communion lion Mules tlml tlio gnnisnii relumed lo Piveinysl heonuso it encountered nvoi whelming roHiMnnre. In thin eon tii'iitinn it Mimdd bo noted tbnt the IfiiHsimi forces neiir Pi7.oiii.vnI novor moio Inrpi mnl tlio nront Niutio wnt roiuNi'il pilnuipnlly by territorial troops mnl roHinvos. The lolnl nninln'r of (he enptiiroil jiirriion oxeeoiloil IfiiHsimi o.peiiii tiniiK. Onloi of Coiniiuuuler ''Fnllowin in Ibu toxt of mi order , iKiioil by (loiieml Kiisinnnck to tho (iiitihoii f tlm fmliosH .Miirt'li lb, the ilnv boloro tlio Hoiiie: "'Sohliern: For luilf u your w ehililron of nlimwl nil nutloiuililios of thn bolovoil fnthoilniul hnvo boon in ccriMiiilly oppnMiij; tlio eneiny. Willi tlm help of (Iml nml yonr bravery mo hno MiioeesMfnlly (loieniliil tho Ion iohk (ifsnliiHt (ho onoiiiy ilospilo nt tnelH, privnlionn ami ooht. "'Von ith'duly moiit tho IukIii'".! (Conlinucil on Pnuo 2.) BLUE CROSS 10 E FOR ITALI KOMK, via Paris, March 'JII, (I a. in. Tho Italian Kovoriiiiioont Iiiih iinKiI Piexiilont Unvvkxloy of tho Kn lihh Society for tlio Promotion of An imnlri whether lie would lie willlnj; to oi'unnio u Hlun CrosH Hoeioly in this eoiinlry in ciiko of wur. Mr. llawkH ley OhtiiiiutPil Hint tho wist of a oom pl'otn hopitul, iueludiiiK lioiho unihii lnncoH, food for nninialH, kui-kiimiI in hlnnnoutrt and htablon, would bo 7ft,' (101) frmicH. It is iiudei'Htood that if Duly eiiloi'H tho conflict thn llritihh lllitu CuisH Htmulti ready to provldo a ooniplololy eipiippcil hoHpilal if mm tiilmlioiib uru Hturtod hoio, PRMERS1EN GALE HINDERS Iff AMT DARDANELLES Forts In Narrows Reported Still In tact and Capable of Offcrlnu Dc ttrmlncd Reslstence Russians Are Driven Out of Memel On Offcns Ivc In Northern Poland. IN'tinS, Wnrcb 2.1 - A kIo blow thiomth tlio DnnliincllcH HlrnllH ! tonlny nml thn nllloil wnmlilpn llil lit leave their niichornRew nnH n illNimtrh from AtlioiiH. It neeiiui rorlaln tbnt rirt C'lin- nnk KiiIohiiI, llmiieilleh nml Kllld llnlir ullll nrn cnpnblo o offerltiK n nltibborii roHlnlnnco A number 'f 1'urklHli field butlerlen hnvo been pouted nloiiK the KtrnlU nml (leruinn hoMltzorH hnvo I u mounted on nil In ho thoy can b inovoil quickly to threatened pnlnln. TIiIh In Mipponed lo expluln the rirlm; from rorlaln forln nurli iih Kuni Knla, which worA Niipponoil to have boon ilentrojeil. HUH it Haul Dulit Thn Intent nullientlr Information from tlio Diinlnin'lloii M'Ih forth ponl tlvoly Hint only llio Heeomlnry do fennoii of tho HtrnltH hnvo nufforud 'from thn bouitinrdment nf thn nlllod flet'tn, tho other fort In tho narrow nrn Intact. Thin roport find con- flriuatlou In tho proncnt tntiin of tho dlplomntlc nltuntlnn In tho near Kant, which Indicate that tho allien have mill a hard flKht In front of them. The lalmt itunnlan Invnnlon of (lor mnny U nald at llorlln to hnvo mot with tlm nnino fnto on It prrdecoKor Today' official (lorninn coimminlca. Hon contain tho iiniintincoiiiunt that tlm lluimlan force which cnpturml .Mcniel, nt tho northern end of Kant I'runila linvn bwn driven back and Hint Oermnn troop, purmilnn them Hero tho border, hnvo rapturod tho ltuMlan town nf Krottlnpon. No conflrinntlon bn been received from Kiimlan rntirco. Ituoklmw on Offoiilo Tho UiiKxInu nin nt 111 on thn of feiiHlvo In northern Poland but no far n thn dny'B dlnpntcho whow their utlnck hnvo boon nttomled by no lin pnrtnnt ronult. Tho (lerman war office aert that tho ltulan hnvo lioeii driven hack In overy liutnnco. Apart from a few kiiiuII inoveiuentH Kiich n hnvo been tn proRrens for novoral nioniliH. thn Inltlutlvn In Krnnrc and llelRlum yoHterdny wa left to tho nlrmen. Aviator of tho nllloH uttacked Ontond and flennnn aoroplanoH dropiH'd bomlm on Hholiun, Tho norinnu Htateniont nyn that a French nvlator wa Miot down nenr Vordiin mid that another French ina- Milnn wn forced to descend near FrluburK. Italy RettliiK IUnuI)' Italy Ih proparliiB rapidly for what ever may renult from tho negotiation with Austria, now represented n hav Iiil' reached nu Important Btngo. A roynl decree I noon to bo pIriioiI ob- tuhllMhluK rule delKimd to nuppreR hPIoh. Women nro to bo put to work In tli place of tlm men In en bo of toh moblllr.ntlon of tho army. CUM FLEEI LOST FIVE WARSHIPS HKIIM.V, Miuch 211 (by wireless). -Tho OvorsciiH News At;cnoy today mivo out llm following t "According to u iletailed dcHorip tion of tho Krnnco-Hritihli Iosmw at tho Dardanelh'H, as Riven mil hy nn Athens nowf-papcr, 2000 men were killed ami five warships mink. Four other wnrchipH wcro illumined hmlly. Tho eoinmamler of thn llritihh baltlo oiuhor Inflo.Niblo wns killed mid tho inuiuhoirt of tho eiow were drowned by tho inriiMi of wnler. Tho Ficneli bnllleship Hufferii wnt. daiunged hor iounly." The Ihitihh ndinirnlty's account of tho J'iRhtiii,' nt' H19 Diirdniiollos on March 18 Hiiid thut Iho lufloxihlo wns hit by a heavy shell on tlio forwaul eonl vol position nml required repairs. Uflioial t ononis have Riven oiuy tin 00 Avarships- of tho allied fleet n IiaviiiR been destroyed, DARDANELLES MF.DFORD, NEWS PICTURE SHOWING . I- The powerful Poiiiilnibi, the ino.f terrible battleship ever built, photo'rn plied slippinjr down (he wn.v nt Newport Now, Vii., iin Mi" Klirnbelli Ifolb lionii in inert of fioruimitown, pronounced by (lovernor llruiubmiRli "the siwetit Rirl 111 PeuusyUuiiiii," smilied n buttle of elinni)iiiie on the how mid rhriteiied tho hhip. Tho new waixhip i- of .'11,100 tons iliphieeineiit, -1000 Rrenter than her uenre-t rinl, the (jiieeu Khrabeth of the ltri!ih fleet. It enrrioH VI 1 l-iuch riiii", hitrliiiR n much heavier broad-ido tliuii the ciht lri-iueh riiiis of the Klir.nhcth. The Penuhamu will muke 21 knot mi hour. She i- (S0 ieet Ioiir, !" feet beam, ami when complete will hnvo cost $i:t,000,000. I ADMITS OF INQUIRY SEN! 10 JAPAN WASHINGTON, Mureh 'j:i.-PreM. dent WiUoii said today that tho only ilefinito thiiiR that could bo Miid on tho .Inpnneno-ChinoKO noRotintions wns that the United States had ad ilivohi'd nu inqiiiiy to .Inpnii eoneern iiiR her demnnds on t'hinn. When linked whether Tokio iHpntnlies were correct in MiyiiiR tho Ainoiiemi ro erumcut hud iuquireil uboiit "minor polnti," tlm pnident mmlo it clear that ha did not consider the points of n minor chnrnoler. Another dispatch from Tokio stal Iiir that tlio United Slates had un proved of ilapnn's esplunation for the ileinands wns broiiRht to tho piuM; dent's attention and ho referred to it us "unfounded," pointiiiR out thut the United Stutcs hud neither npproum nor disnpproved, haiiiR, in fad, not leoeived .Japan's reply. CZARslsiY PKTIlOailAI), March 2.1.- aeneinl Kmuoroff, nctiiiR us 11 special emis sary from Kinperor Nicholas, isited tho Aiuorieu'n jiospital in PetroRrad today, aeoompanied by two meiuliorh of tho iinporial'staff. lie was receiv ed hy tho American ainbnssador, (leo. T. Mnrye, Jr., tho wjiolo enibnssy staff and tlm president of tho hos pitul. On behalf of tho emperor, Oenornl Kumoroff thanked tho Anieiieuns for their ussistnneo in eaiiiiR for tho Itussiau wounded. Twenty of these patientH stood nt attention, duiiiiR the ceremony, Threo of them were deca ni ted by Urn Ruueral for bravery in notion, NOTE THANKSAMERICANS 0KKC10N, TtTODAV, .AlAW'ir 2fJ, ID 13 U.S.S. PENNSYLVANIA E AT BRITANIA MINE; VAXCOrVKII, II. T., March 2.'t. Fifty-six dead and 22 injured i the latest official estimnte of the casu alties in the nvnlnnche disaster which oeoiirred Siimlny midnight nt the mincrV camp at the ltritunniu mine. I It wns not only n snow-slide, hut n 1 Inmlflide. A slice of a moiintnin nt tho side of the lit lo minim; vilhtRC enmo nwny, and it was this that env oi ed tho wreokiiRo of ImildiiiRs many feet deep in rooks nml snow. Monday afternoon n second but sinnller slide oeoiirred, and tho miners nro now workiiiR with one eye 011 the inoun tninsido hnnginR uhoo them, expoet iiiR nny timo to henr nnother crash. MARY PICKFORD POPULAR Tho Ladies' "World which hns taken a world wide vote during tho past several months on who is tho moat famous actress, announces in its April number that lary Pick ford won by a very largo majority. Out of a total voto of 2,082,900, divided among six con testants, sho received 1,147,500, or nearly 40, 000 moro than her near est competitor. - See Mary Pickford's own wonderful story, which begins in serial form in the Mail Trib une Wednesday, FFTY-SIX DAD HUM ALAN SLIDING INTO IHE WATER LINER SEIZED OF NEUTRALITY LAW WASHINGTON, March 23. Pro eeedliiRh under the neutrnlitv rebolu lion, passed durim; the eloinR days of the last congress, will be broiiRht URuinst the enptnin or owners of the llamhurR-Amerienn liner Odenwald, halted by shots nonws her bows when shettempied to leavo San Juan, Porto Hieo, without clenrnnco jiapcrs last Sundny. This was niudo known today at the white house. Attorney fleneral OrcRory snul (U-finito steps will bo tnken within tlie next few dnys. Forfeit nn of tho veel to the United Stntes is nnioiiR the penalties which may bo imposed, if it is proven tbnt the ship tried to leavo without clearance papers in ouler to carry contraband of wnr. VOTED THE MOST ACTRESS )iwtsook Yteay ickford, VIOLATION Vi- G. MURDERER OF BRIDES IN BATH PLACED ONTRIAL George Joseph Smith Cliarned With Maklnn Away With Three Wives Greed for Wealth Cause of Crimes Induced Women He Courted to Deed Property to Him. LONDON', March 2.-rhnn:cd with the murder of tbrco women, Oco. Joseph Smith, in the How street court toilnv heard Public Prosecutor Hodlun charge him with mukin nwny with three of bis wios. Kneb woinuii, it wns churned, had been inurdered shortly after Smith had miirned her. Kneh womnn wan found dead in her bath. The i-nHO has come to be known an tho "bride in bath" ense. .Smith dexcrihorf himself an a man of indeenilent menn. According to eiilence of Seotlnnd Yard, he' made iif-fj of vnriniH fictitious nninet in his mntrimoniul venture-'. The women he married were found dend 11 few dnvs nfter the ceremony. Verdicts of uecidentnl death were nt lirnt re turned, but Inter certain of the bod ies were e.xbumed and elinrges of murder preferred. N'nnies mid Dates of Crime The names of the throe women nnd the date- of the alleged murders were given by the public proeutor ns fol fel fol eows: Hentriec Mundy, July, 1912; Alice Hiiniham, December, 1013, nnd Mnrgnret Lofty, December, 1014. Ac cording to the evidence given nt n preliminary hearing, Smith won mar ried under the name of John Lloyd to Margaret Klirnbelli Lofty nt n regis try office nt Hath in December, 1014. The couple enmc to London the name day and the next morning the bride win found dend in her bath. Her htixhnnd called n doctor, who report ed the mutter. An impiest was held. The jury brought in 11 crdict of ac cidental denth. Under Another Xante In February information reached the police that Lloyd was not the hu'.lmnd'- name. lie wns arrested nml identified, the police say, as Geo. Jo-eph Smith, who in November, 1913, had married nt Portsmouth, Miss Alice Hurnhnm, who n month later al-11 had been found dead in her bath. In thin cae, too, n eoronerV jury brought iu n verdict of accident al death. The police also have hail the body ofanother woman exhumed. This woman, who nlso died in her bath, shortly after her murringe nt Heme, wns married to a man who gave the name of Henry Williams, nnd who is believed by tho jwlico to be Gcorgo Joseph Smith. Married Five Times Prosecutor Rodkin said the accus ed had been married five times in nil. His first wifo wns Caroline Beatrice Thornhill, whom he married in 1808, nnd who now is on her way to Lon don from Cnnnda. ''Tho case is remnrkablo for the greed for wealth which was tho dom inant motive iu tho taking of these threo livos," the prosecutor said. "Wo shall show that at tho death of two of them, 2800 ($14,000) was ob tained nnd that tlio prisoner when ar rested was in n fnir way to obtain 700 more." G recti for Wealth Tho prosecutor related how Smith had ardently courted each woman (Continued on paga two.) FOR WORK IN ITALY ROME, via Paris, March 23. A movement is under wuy in Italy to .substitute women for men in tho work of industry nnd commerco iu case of complete mobilization. It is proposed that tho women bo paid tho same wages as now received by main work ers, with tho provision that pnit of it ho turned ovor to tho families of men oalled to tho colors, Tho plan pro vides that tho female workers shall surrender their posts to the soldiers whon they nro disbanded. An office has been opened where women may icgister nml express nu opinion ns to what woik tliov nro be&t able, lo do iu ease of need. 'I NO. 3 MASSACRE OF CHRISTIANS IN NORTH PERSIA Turks Murder and Plunder Villages Destroyed and Many Killed, Wom en Taken Captives Fifteen Thou sand Refugees at American Mislfl Europeans Attacked. NEW YOItlC, 'March 23. Report lof plundering and murdering of Chrlx tlans In northern Persia were- con tolned In n cablegram from TKIIh, Trans-Caucasia, received today by Hie ki'ernlan wnr relief committee with headquarters in this city. The table rgram uald: "All vllllases burned except three. Two Christian quarters of Urmlali plundered and a great many ppoplo killed. Women taken captives. Fit teecn thousand refugees In the Amer lean mission. Great danger. "Tlio French mission hag been (!- utroyed. There aro 10,000 refugees in Russia." Tho message was signed hy Asia noff, a Russian contractor of TKlls. Under American Flag Urumiah is In northwest Persia. Ten thousand persons were housed In tho mission there three wecVa ago, according to Information received here. These refugees Included almost the entire native Christian population of tho city, between 4,000 and 5,000 tho two or three hundred American missionaries anil teachers whose ac tivities have been conducted under tho board's supervision and a hetor ogeneous aggregation of foreigners. Danes, Swedes, Norwegians, and other Kuropcans pressed beside Mos lcmB In the headlong (light for Ufa from the mob to the missions, accord Ing to tho reports. Tho doors were opened to all. All who could be ac commodated within the buildings, It was raid, were accorded tho protec tion of the American flag. Abandoned by HiimIa Tho missions themselves embraco a number ot buildings, Including n great school a mile and half from the city proper. Several thousand per sons, it was thought, could find pro tection within Its wallls. Buildings within the city include a modern hos pital, twenty fivo churches and other schools. Over the principal buildings tho American flag has been placed. Tho French mission referred to. It wns said, was founded by tho Lazarls tn order, and Incvluded the territory bf tho provinces, embraced twenty Six chapels and meeting places. Tho Christian quarters which worn Inaded, it was said, were occupied by colonies of native Christians who called themselves Kestorlans and whose occupancy dated back moro than 1500 years. Urumtah was nbandoned by tho Russians early In their Persian cam paign. F F XAPLKS, via Paris, March 23. Contraband ammunition wns found aboard tho steamer Finland by cus toms officials here, according to re ports printed in Naples nowspnpors. It is said thut six customs guards tire neeonipnnying tho steamer to Genoa for n thorough search thore, ns it in heelived tho cargo contains moro con truband than was found hero. Tho Finland is a steamer of 7027 tons, which sailed from Now York for Gibraltar February 27, where sho nr rived Maieh'. 0'andi tlien elenred for Xuplcs nnd flenon. LAND FOR AUDITOMUM SALF.M, Or., Mnrdl 23. The Ore gon supreme court today deeidetplit favor of the oily of Portland in h suit instituted by Gordon Lang hh1 others to enjoin its officials from lut ing block No. 132 for' the wn&jftM l a pubUo Auditorium, Tint dmtwlow was u'11 affirmance t w tim court of MultHOMMk, WMMtty, . 1 1 A i i 1 i 3 1 1 'i Si Jl t -A rJ r-Niia 1 1