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"TTJ-f; W ,,, T 1 jkwt RntRR vW Medford Mail Tribune i , -J SECOND EDITION WEATHER Mat. 70; Mln. ft!... .Shower tonight ami Monday, Foily fifth Vi'iir )nli 'iVtiiii Voir. MEDFORD, OREGON, HATH? DAY, MAItfJf 27, 1015 NO. 5 ITALY READY TD JOIN ALLIES DY SLAV INVADERS WDM FLAG IS1THIS-THE YELLOW AGAIN EXPELLED T lulLLA SEIGE Of "BANDITS kST SUNKEN V fiM?i ' BORDER TOWN ! OKLAHOMA BANK '. - Wk-i BEGAN AT NOONl SECURING S500Q NG AD OTHESURFACE MING WAR Fill vm Work of nnlsir,;: Snliinnrlno From Bottom or Sen Near Honolulu Un der Way Delay Occasioned liy Tcstlnn Cahles, Which It Is Feared May Slip. llOKOI.n.t'. T. II., Mm eh 2". -Tho raising ol' lln' Foiled Hliilt'M sub murine F- I, lot in thn deep wntor outside Honolulu luulior fiw'o curly Thuriliiy, has been lii'M up tempo ) n lily while tint ('(illicit nttiii'liril tn tho'submerged croft nin tested. An eloclrienl Imrer deviee is belne tisi'il u doteimino Hi I'ffii'kHi'v of the fiidciiiugM on the Mihiimiiuo. II is planned to raise the ' I nemor the surface no llml divers onn lin Inwcird lo HiiM'riiili'inl tin prog ji't of wnik. Tin' gloat depth of the watrr in which the Mibiiiniino has been Inenled makes llw work of mixing it ox lii'tni'lv iliffirnll. There in constant four llml tlio ca ble nltiichcd to tlin craft tuny slip. Tin' work, however, in progiossing slowly. There in u report, not wholly onn finned, 1 1 lit t a liiillcry explosion uhonid thi' F-l on Mn idi ll caused serious dumiigo. Hour Ailmirnl Charle H. T. Moore, oiiiiimnndiint of tlio naval station, f-niil the reported nrridcut did not Unable tho P-. "I liiul lionril t-onictliliiir nboul n lint lory explosion aboard tlio F-l." Iio wiM, ''hut it was not scrum. It whh not considered of sufficient lm porlniioc o In reported. "Tlio oliiinciw urn Hint if it had In'on serious Piioiigh lo dinhlo tlio vowel it would ltau killed sumo of tlio 11)011. "Ono ninn wan Inirnoil slightly, so fnr iim wo know, ll hud no cunneo lion Willi llio nri'M'iit iioi'iili'tit. L CAMP OF CADETS Ontario, Oro., March 27 -Three high school boys worn shot, two be ing seriously Injtiri'il early 4mlny dur lm: a rnlit upon tlio high Kclmol roiiot rnnii. Tliu eudntH started on a hlko jostorday, unit camped for tlio night thrnn iiiIIom wont of Iipto. Aliotu iiiUIiiIkIiI n party of high school linyn wont out to nilil and Trillion tho camp. Tho rlflos of both parties woro BiippoHod to bo loaded with hltiukH, hut nonin of tlio lioyn, It In iiiiIiI, piiHhcil rocks Into tlio ends of their cartridges. Hubert Madden, aged IS, was shot In llio back, tho iiiIrnIIo ponotrntlng hlR lung. William Fltzgornld wan shot In thn eye. It In thotiRht IiIh sight w"m destroyed, llnth boys aro In u KorloiiH condition. Wlllliuu Dun can wan nhot In Hid thigh, hut IiIh Injury a not serious. L 'ARIUN'aTON, Jlnieh U7.- Movement of the hisiiI mop from Yu catan mi I'uiled HIiiIoh imva ves holri Iuih herlin. Hour Admirul Cap- el ton, eotmuandor of thu cruiser Hiimlioii ut Vein Cruz, notified tho .navy (lepurlment today that tlio col lier Jupiter sailed Tliurhday from I'roKieso for New Oileuiirt with u hisnl oni'Ko. Hear Admiral Oiiportou'H report Huid fight hit; continued helwePii Cur ranra and Villa I'iiitph at Kbiuin, out Hide Tuiupien, mid Hint snino oil tnnkn in that vicinity hml been damaged. Customs limine nml nntioniil doeu meutH ul MiitumqroH, Mo.v., hnvo been Kent In llrowiiKville, Te.v., in unliei liatloii of tho hntllo between tho Cur 1'iumi mid Villa lori'i'ti, HO SHOO DION WARSHIPS MOVE IA RP OM YUCATAN POTS Decisive Action ncfjnnlctl as Immi nent ntilrjnrln Also Falllnn In Line Turkish Forts at Dardanus and Klllil Dahr Destroyed Russians Atjaln Control Carpathian Passes. I.OS'DO.V, Mmoli 117. Decisive no Hon liy Italy ix roiinloil in Home u imuiiiipiit. A hiiof ilixpnloh from Hint oily today Mulo Hint tlio ItuU inn pivprnniiiul Iuih lul.i'ii ovory pon sihle iiiPiiHiiiv proparntoiy to liojjiii. nW war on I tie hide of tlio ullic4. It Ik nUo Mtid in Koine that thoro in nliHorviihlo u ti'inlaiiey on tho pint of Hulpiiia to mlnpt u pnliov favor alilo to tlio allies nml Hint llio uovotn- mi'iiL hncn lo not in ooujiiiiolion with Itnly Tut) Ituiiinuia. Tlio uttititilo of llulnnii lin lici'ii hi iloulit on no- oouiit of hor hoMdily toward tho other Iliilkan untioiiM, with the excrp. lion of Turkov, whioh iow out of llio hi'ootiil llalkau war. DiNpalohw rciii'liod Purin from Alliens hiiv tlio Turkish fort at Dnr dauiis and Kilid llulir, on tho I)nt iliiiielloH liavo licoii ilitto.oiI and Hint huttcricM which atlaoknl inino Hweopers have hoon hiIoiipoiI hy two hattloHliipt of llu ultioK. Ilrilifth mid Fionoh wuihiH arc nid to'linvo tnkoii trniihportN to tho Int r of Sinytua, on the coast of Ain .Minor. N'oiwilhxtmiiliuL' tin reporlpil kiic I'pRHpH of thn HiiliNh in n'pollinu' the TurkMi invndcrx of l!ypt, tho Turk hao not Iippii cNpi'lloii fioui the count iy. An official.ntalcnu'iit from Cairo ovm (hat u skinninh ooriirrpd Tiioxday with Hiiiali Io-.ih on linfli hldos. KcpnrU ootilinuo to como in of Im porlnut HiiHhinu mioocsoh in thn Cur pnlhiaiiK, Rwjhm nowepapers publish dinpatohort liiul tho Itiissiaus hnvo defoatpd the Aiixtriaux in Ncvcrnl on KiiKPiuriitH nlonir llio front from Ilu kowina lo weMeni natioia. Tho Oorman war office announce" that n ItiiHhian attempt to attack Til nil, Kut PriiMMii, hml boon ilofonted. l'lMiffioinl ml ires fimii Herlin nrp Hint the last of tho Hussion forces uhirli iiixailod tho uoilhorn pmt of oast Piusiu liaxo been expelled. - Ainlois of (lenuauv mid the nN lii" tlnew hoiubs vostenlav on several towns ulniiK tho wosteiu front. So fnr ns is disclosed, no Horious dam age was done. I.ONM)ON', March 27, UubhIii tq- ilny for thn third time holds tho gnteH to Hungary and llrltlnh oliRervora nro virtually united In tho oxpoctti tlon that thn Toiitnulo nlltea will umlco a Riipreiuo offnrt to provent tho forces of Kmpnrnr .N'lcbnlas from again pour ing on to tho Hungarian plains. (IKNUVA, March 27. Dispatches received by Kwlus nowBpnpora con tlnuo to ompliniilzQ tho rucccbs of tho IlUKBlnuH in thn buttlo which Is Rtlll In progrcRH In tho Cnrpnthlaus.. Thp Htrugglo In UJok nnd Lupkow pasRos on March 2a Is said to liavo boon par ticularly deHperato with heavy Iohsos for tho AuHtrlnns, Snngulnnry encounters also nro re ported on tho hanks of tho Hlnln (a branch of tho river Donnjoc and flow ing In an orthorly dlroctton about midway betwoon Pricmysl and Cra cow,) wboro AiiBtrlnn attneks nro said to liavo beqn repulsed with losses plncod at 8,000 killed, wounded and mUslng. Tho HiiBRlauH nro credltod with buc ccrhorjiH along tno lino of tho l'riith (In (lallclu nnd Uukowlnn), whoro thoy dislodged tho Anstiinns from tholr stroiiRoat positions, Timber ownerfi of Jackson county hondod by Attorney W. I. Vnwtor, will nppoar boforo tho county court Wednesday to protest tho proposed Inciciiao in tlmbor ussogsiiiunts. uc CROWNS RUSSIAN EFFDRIS CARPATHIANS Berlin Reports East Prussian Terri tory Cleared of Russians tor Third Time Offensive Indicates Rus sians Have Finished Fllllr Gaps Caused hy Latest Victory. lir.UI.IN. .March 27 Tho ttiiBKlan offoniilvn uiovi'ini'tit tiRiilnnt tlio oniit I'riiHRliiii territory to tho north of Tllnlt, I'limo lo Itn end last I'rldiiy nlRht with tho oxptilMon of tho last HtiHfilnii from thn province. Tho Invntlcrit wrro thrown bark ncronH the border after n brief but hard fight, nml tho (JorinnriH ad vanced to n point In front of I'nlon Ken. Tho KiimIiihh wcrn nt Krott ItiRCn nml Jahubow. KlepK hnvo been taken to utiurd the Inhabltnntii of till dlntrlrt tiKnliiRt further luvan- 1on of thin kind. Ill I von Out liy Onvnliy rnvnlry played n sreat part In drlv I m; tho lliiftHlnnn out of cant Prumln The icason wan that a heavy fo innilo tho u no of artillery and Infan try difficult. The Infantrymen wore hindered alio by tho damp condition t)f tho land ami IiIrIi water which Vrevented land piirnult. Although the dnninRp done hy tho Invailern In tlilw dUtrlct In comdder- tiltlo, In not ni groat an hnd been feared and reported, A largo number of fugltlvcx al rendy have returned to their homes, while others nro rcturnliiR. and the damagt'H will voon bo completely re paired. Itilsolunv Ajnlii Itendy Tho eonclunlon npiwam to bo Jim lifted today Unit thn Hmndnn advance on Memo), on thn Itnlllc in KaHt PrunNln, had n cortnln connection with the' general renewal of Kurslan offennlvo activity, tho purpoMi of which, according tn military opinion In Herlin, nppeam to liavo been n throat ngnlnul Kant I'rusMa. Tho offennlvo ngaliiRt Moniol was clonoly followed by advances. In tho direction of Ttlult through Taurog- gen, through Mnrlmnpol and finally thrniigh Aiiguitowo. Thin offensive activity Is taken In Herlin to Indicate thnt tho HuBslnnH hnvo flulRhed filling out tho gapn In their linn cniued by tho latent victory over thorn of Field MnrMinl Ton lllndenlinrg, and that they nro now ready for now opurntloiiH. TO .'ATTACK ON T LONDON', Jfureli 27, 'c'O p. in. Fivsh hnttlcships from tho murine forces of (Irent ltritniu, Franco and KiiKsiu are expected to reach the Dar daiiPlles today to reinfoivo thn nllied Hfpindron, nceonling to a dispntch from Athena published in tho F.ven iug News, With tho nnival of these vessels, the assaults on the. fit raitw will be nt once resumed, llio dispnteh Hiiys. PAItIS, March 'J7, 4 SB n. m. It now has been established that the forts at Dardanus hnvo been de stroyed and those nt Kilid Dahr seri ously damaged by the operations of tho allied tleet in tho Dardanelles, says u UnviiH dispatch from Athens, dated Friday. Sailing ships engaged in niiue sweeping were fired upon bv Turkish field nrlillery posted ut F.renkeui, hut tho batteries nro said to hnvo been silenced hy tho fire from two battle sltips, According to a dispatch from Myt ilene, threo Ihititsli nnd two French warships hnvo anchored in tho flulf of Sinyrnn with transports, . CALAIS AND DUNKIRK ATTACKED BY AIRSHIPS PARIS, March 27. Doth Calais and Diink.il k wero visited by Germnn monoplanes this morning, but neither town was dnmaged, Six bombs wero tiirowu on uiiiiKiriv nun win on v in- FE W P ARRIVES RENEW URKS TuSjEn j ! k "I'll. " ' fa l I Ki ! "W l . ,LP.; f . ( . rli&ik , f . v . zvqp. Oernuin MiliiiiiiniH' tHiinmnndiTu Hit'litiiR-lliw unusiinl limkinc fliitf Ihrouli their pcriM'upcs in i bo pur.zlcd couoermn the iiiitiotiality of Hie nlup ciiriAin it. It i a ltritih Hap, iimiI on Hi" meat boats which couvcv food lo the fleet. It is it ellow bull on a rod lield. FRENCH CAPTURE TOP OFfMOUNTAIN PAKIS, Mu rob 27. -The French war office this afternoon gnve out n report on tlio pnigre-s of tho cam paign, which reads as follows; "During the night of Enroll 20-27 tho Germans bombarded Arras with shells of all caliber. Fire broke out in Anns, hut it was quickly extin guished. The fighting has been going on ut La Doislle under conditions fa vorable to the French. "In the Argonne district, in tho vi cinity of Ilagntellc, thero has been bomb throwing from ono line to the other, although no infantry attacks liavo taken placo. "After an energetic engagement which lasted for several days, the French troops wero siiecessful in reaching the top of Ilnrtmnnns-Wei-lerpokf, which they captured from tho Germans. Tho French nlso made progress on tho northeastern nnd southeastern flanks of the main army, taking more prisoners, includ ing several officers. "The Germans hnvo abandoned im pnrtniit war material nml left nu merous dend on Hicso battlefields. Tho French losses weio iucon-ider-nble. i "A Germnn nviatnr dropped several bombs on tho town of Wilier, to tho norhtwest of Thiinn. Three little children were killed." W EEXH MIkb Jnoi Coffin, director of music In tho Monrord puullo sctiools, do slre3 to announce that nil who nro Intetested In public school music In our city, will havo an opportunity to vlow tho work being dono in tho Immedlnto futuro. On Krldny, April 2nd at 3 p. m. two exhibition classes will ho pre sented at tho Lincoln Parcnt-Tench-ora association in tho school build ing. Ono will bo tho fourth grndo pupils of Miss Plerco, tho other tho fifth grndo pupils of Miss Wines. Tho regular class work In noto rending npd Bluglng will bo shown. Tho su pervisor has arranged .to direct tho iuiihIo this spring nt ono mooting of ouch of tho raront-Teachors associa tion, dates to bo announced lntor. All nro cordially Invited. M HANS M ASSES BITIONS PAULHAWIUS 10 TALK CO-OPERAT ON TO FRUIT GROWERS An Imporinnt meeting of fruit growers will bo held at tho Natator itim on either Tuesday or Wednesday next at 2 p. in. Later announcement of thn day will be ninde. This meet ing will bo addressed by Honorablo W. II. I'aiilbnmtis of Puyallitn, Wash ington. Senntor Pnulhamus Is tho chairman of tho executlvo committee of the Fruit Growers' Council recent ly organized to act In conjunction and co-operation with the Shippers' Coun cil, nlso recently organized. Mr. Pnulhamus Is responsible more than any other ono man In tho north, west for tho tremendous movement on tho part of tho fruit growers of tho states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, mid Montnnn, looking towards co-op eration In tho markottng and general handling of their fruit. It Is believed thnt this organization during tho com ing season will roprcsent seventy per cent of tho totnl tonnngo of tho north- west. Tho Shippers' Council orgnntzed nt eSnttlo some two weeks ago is head ed by H. F. Davidson of Hood Itlver, who spoko nt tho public library in Medford a week ngo, nml this organi zation represents mnrketcrs o fruit handling an equal amount of tonnago. Theso two organizations working together will coustltuto a tremendous forco that should go far towards remedying Uio mnny ovils now exist ing in tho tnnrkotlng nnd handling of our fruit. Owolng to tho short uotlco of Mr. Davidson's meeting, thero was only a small attendance thereat. Mr. Pnulhamus' mooting should bo attended by every fruit grower In this district who has tho best interests of tho business nt heart. Ho will bo propared to explain in do tall tho wholo movement, Its alms, Its objects and plans, nnd thoro Is no ono in tlio northwest who Is better qualified to do so, Look for notice in tho Inter papers of tho exact day nnd hour of this meeting, nnd do not fall to bo present. 1ND1AXAPOLIS, Mnreh 27. The government vfotcd today its case in the Torro Hnuto election fruud trim, Tho defenso was ready with n limn br of witnesses to begin its sido of tho ease. Harry S. Montgomery, president of tho hoard of public works, who is ono of tho 28 men on trial, was the first witness for tho dofenso and denied practically all of tho evidoneo int to duued against him by thu government, Cavalrymen Open Heavy Rifle Fire Upon Breastworks at Matamoros United States Warns Belligerents to Avoid Firinp, Into American Ter ritory Infantry Not Yet on Scene HKOWNSVILLK, Tex., Munh 27. The Villn siege of Matamoros, the Mexican town opposite here, begun about noon today. Cavalrymen op ened henvy rifle fire on Hie breast works wot of Matamoros, near the Kio Grande. Simultaneously the cavalry, total ling ."i.'iOO men, begun a sprending to surround the pity on tho west and south. A Villn officer told the As sociated Press correspondent that ar tillery is duo to reach the firing line some tunc this oveinnir. The city's onier defenses include a line of earth breastworks twelve to fifteen feet high, inolo-dnj; Hie city on the two sides, west nnd south, white the Kio Grande curves around the other two sides. Owing to grave apprehension thnt shrapnel shells will fall in Browns ville in the bhttle, Colonel A. P, Hlooksome, commanding the United Stilton lower border cavalry patrol here, sent word todav to both Mexi can forces to avoid firing in nny manner to endanger American lives nnd proertv. Attack from the we-t apparently would not endanger Drownsville, but nttnek from the south, if the guns overshot, would tend to rnke street and sidewalk traffic here, as the -treets lie in almost direct lino of such fire. TO XKW YOKIC, March 27. Confer ence.", among bankers hero, it was nn nounced today, lmvo brought near conclusion nrmngemonts for the ex tension of credits to Great Britain, France, Italy and other countries, in addition to "tho $10,000,000 loan to Germany. Tho French credit, it is exiieeted, will bo the first to ho closed. Tho amount has not been definitely fixed, but may, it is said, be ns largo as .-0,000,000. The English credit, it was said, may bo twice ns large as that for France. Negotiations nro in prog ress for n loan to Hussiu, in addi tion to tho $23,000,000 sho recently obtained. Italy is likely to obtain u credit. Most, if not nil, of thee loans are expected to tnke tho form in which thoy can bo sold to (ho public in or der that the banks may not hnvo to carry tho big sums involved out of their own resources. Hankers engnged in theso negotia tions say it is greatly to tho intercsd of capital nnd labor of this country that tho Europenu countries should bo permitted to continue their pur chases in this country. AGAINST BLIGHT I wish to warn all orelmrdisls that now is tho most critical timo in our enmpnigu against tho blight. With tho blossoming season upon us, the danger from blight infection is in creased to its maximum. Ono piece of holdover blight may cnuso thous ands of. infections and may ruin en tiro crops. If wo would keep tho blight under control it behooves us nil to do our utmost to out out nil infections and burn all infected wood immediately. uet busy now, A. C. AhhW, District Horticultural Commissioner, NW M BANK EXTEND C WARRING NATIONS WARNING ISSUED Eleven in Band of OutlawsTwo Are Wounded and Captured Others' Arc Surrounded by Posse of 300 Farmer In Bank at Time of Rftb hcry Is Fatally Wounded. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., March 27. Two banks nt Stroud, Okla., wero robbed early today of J3005 and ono of tho robbers, said to bo Henry Stnrr, for whoso capture thu state had offered a reward of $1000, was shot and captured. Klovon men wero In tho band which this afternoon was surrounded by n posso of 300 In a gully two miles east of Stroud, Tho men rode Into Stroud at 10 o'clock, tied their horses at tho steck: yards and proceded to loot tho banks. Ah tho news spread, citizens 'wero soon running Into tho Streets, armed with such weapons as they could gather quickly. Many shots woro fired. Ilny Captures TUmllt As one of tho robbers was mount ing his horso, Paul Curry, 1 year old, pointed his rile at the robber nearest him. "Drop your gun or I'll shoot!" Cnrry yelled. As the man, now believed to bo Starr, dropped tho revolver, the boy ffred. Tho bullet struck .thn man In tho leg and ho was unable to mount. Tho boy turned his captive over to the authorities. The other robbers rodo out of town under a shower of bullets. Less than thirty minutes later thoy wero surrounded In a pasture two miles east of Stroud. '-vi - "" Second lUndit Taken Ono of tho robbers, who gave tho name of mil Kates, fell from his horso a mllo out of Stroud and was captured. To hnd been shot. At 1:30 this afternoon the rob bers still wore surrounded In tho pasture and shots aro bclnc fired at them. They were hidden In a grove evidently waiting for nightfall. Jerry Turner, n farmer, was said to havo been fatally wounded in tlio First National bank when ho refused to comply with the robbors orders to throw up his hands. FULL PROTECTION NEW YORK. March 27. Tho grand vizier of Turkey hns issued in structions to his subordinates that nil inhabitants of tho mob-ridden section of Persia, including tho thousands of Christians in the vicinity of Uru- miah, must bo protected, according to advices received from thn state de partment today by tho Presbyterian board of foreign missions. Hcports from Uruminh mndo publics yesterday announced Hint tho largo village of Gulpushnn hnd been de stroyed, its men shot nnd sixty-fivo refugees from French nnd American missions hnnged. A massacro im pends, according to this message, Thu communication from tho state tlcpiutmcnt was signed hy Kobort Lansing, counselor of tho department, and was written under date of yes terday. THREE GERMAN LOST IN BALTIC SEA STOCKHOLM, March 27. The loss in tho Haltio of, three German steamers, tho Havana, tho Gqnnunuv.. and tho Koenigsberg, alt laden with ' iron ore, is nnnouueed today in th ' nowspnper Social, DemokrHten. Tho llavaria went ihnvii-Marok 1 with hor on tiro crew. Tim ettvtke bt her sinking is not rflvmlwl, ,K d tuils of tho destruotioH of iU 4kc , vessels arc given, , T K ORDERS F MISSIONARIES Mr !