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. HM" Wj lleAWH fr1 Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Max. n; Ml 4S Pretty. :w. Mower. . ViiHy.flrllt Ypiii- I hilly- Ti'iilh Vi'iir. 't-, Steamer Ayulln Sunk Off Bishop Rook, Crew Saved Steamer Fal aliln Sent to Dottom Off Mllfori) Haven Loss of Life Probably Heavy Lifeboats Swamped. LONDON', March 28. Tlio Klder Diintpnlor company, owner 4 of tint Klder Hun of iitimmors, of whlrh tlio 1'al aim wnn ono, 4 announced tonight (tint nppnr- xiilly about I3fi persons had lout llii'lr liven by tliu sinking of tlio Vessel, PIHIKIUAUI), Wales, Marsh 4 2, Thirteen inoiuborM of tlio 4 4 crow of thu Agiilln lost tholr 4 4 IIV08, 4 4 4444444 4 4444 LONDON, .Miiruli 21. Tlio Hritihh hteumcr A,Kiiiln was sunk by n tier man Hiiliiiiiirinti this morning off llitliop Hock. Her crew of twenty throe wiih mivM. Tin Aguilu was of r.MII ton nut Mini 'JT.'t feet long. Shu was owned in Liverpool. Ilihlinp Itook it on tin' Seilly ihloH, at tli I'litiniii'i) to tint l.nglUh'chiiimcl. Tlio Agulln in be lieved to llO OIIO of till) Vl'hM'lH re- IV r i id to in dispatches from Loiuhni InM night as having hciil distrcn hIj; ihiIm that bliu was pursued by miIi innriuos. Tlio n-poit of yeMerdnv Ihnt llio llritinh hti-aiiuT Kulaha luul lii'rn Mink by n (Irrnimi Milium riuo was eon firnu'it loilny. Tlio Puluha wiih sent lo tlio botti'uii yeilerduy off Milfonl lliivi'ii, mi Inlet on tlio count of South Wales. Tliu IoIiH of llfo probably was heavy. The Fnlnlm was 1180 fort long, not tonnage Illlll. Slio hclimgril to tlio Klilcr lino, wiim owned in Liverpool ninl was engaged in tbo Afrieitii trade. Tlneo of tbo .'alalia's lifeboats wero swamped. Many pcrmns nbonril tin vessel woru thrown into the son, where they struggled while tbo Mill inariiui eireleil about, offering, no cm ding to stories tobl by tlm-i) res cued, no assistance. A fishing hunt appeared on tbo Heene ninl mi veil MO of tbo passenger ami crow. Tiled Vainly to r..c.ni Tbo .'alalia left Liverpool mi Sat unlay for tbo west count of Africa with MO pmhcngors ami with u oretv of 120 moil. I lor officers hluto that when llio (lerinan submarine appear ill it whistled thrice us a signal fot tin slciuaer to prcpatc her lifeboat, but that before litis could bo done a torpedo shock thu ship near tbo on nine room. Tbo survivors relate that tbo liner was seventy iiiilcn to tlio Houtbwost of Milfonl I la veil when llio Milium vine appeared. She called to tbo captain of llio Pnlnbu to heave to, but ' bo ignored tint order and promptly si art cd at full speed ahead. Tlio liner wiih ii fast craft, ami for half mi hour the chase wiih kept up before tho Mihmuriuo ovcihaiiled her and compelled her In stop. l-'lvo Minutes to Iiouvo "" Tbo passengers mid crow wore given five iniiiuti'H to leave, mid al though tbirt tiiuo wiih very brief, most of tbo boiitH woro liuinchcd beforo tbo Hiihinaiiim fired bcr tui-pcilo. Tlio projectile struck tint Falabii in tho i'iiino rmim and a torrifiit explosion followed. Tim ship BOttleil down und mink very (piiokly. Somo of tint lire IiouIk woro hiuiihIiciI mid beoron of (Continued on Pmro 2. KILLED HER HUSBAND MAHLIN, ToxnH, March 2!).- Mrs. Unto WrlKonoskl, tho poltco suy, con foHsod to tho uuthorltlos that sho kill ed nor husband, lmrnod his body and liurlod tho bones In post holes. Char- rod bones woro found InBt night by tho police In tho post holes, MrB, Wrlgonoskl, who Is uudor ar rest, bucked her arm with somo brok en kIusb. Tho wound Ih not conoid cred dnnt'oroiiH, AID REFUSED IRIS IBY SUBMARINE Kll FET . SHELLING FORTS ON BOSPHORUS Reinforced liy Modern Flhtln Units, Tliouylit to Dc Elbt New Drcad naiilits, Czar Oombards Back Door of Constantinople as Allies Hammer at Front Door. LONDON, March 2!t. Uuwtta Ik nKiiln todiiy IdioeKlnit' at tho bnck door or CoiiHtiintlnoplu by bombunl liiK tliu TurklMli fortit on tho Don pliurun, but with wbnt hucci'hb Is not )ot ilcflnltuly known. An to tlio front door or tho TurkUli capital, jhu Dar tlnmilled, tlio only iiuwh In tbo inon otonoiin rvtturatlon of thu report that thu tulnu Hwopvrt of tho nllei nro con ".IiiiiIiii; their work and ttiat tbo wontbor comlltlonn "till prevent n ro nuiitptlon of tho bombardment by tbo fleet. Itonter'n corrcHpomlont nt l'otro Kniil telcKrnpliH Hint tho Itunnlnti fleet In thu llnltlc ban been reinforced by thu addition of modern flKlitliiR unit. l'onr lrtMliiinn:litrt AdiWil Thin addition to tho fleet In be lieved In Loudon to connlit of four ilrcnduutiKlitH laid down In Itii"lan yanU In l'JUU, which woro ncarlng completion nt thu lienlnnliiK of tbo war, It may nlio Incliulo nnnthcr ill- vlnlon of four cnpltnl nblpn laid down In 1912. llrltlnh naval expert- nnld (boy woulld not bo mirprliicd to learn (tint, with thu nmtlntnncn of tho allien In material and mitii. Ilunnla had been nblu to complete tbeno cIrIU derail tmnxlitn. Tbo flrnl four mount twelvo 12-lncli nil nn enrli. Tbo iieconil ill 'vlnlon In armed with nlno lMnchorx each. Somo of tho Turklilt forts at tho Dardanelles woro bombardeil yentor- dny by Indirect tiro from thu Gulf of Snron. by tbo warnblpn of tho nllled fleet, but did not attempt to cuter thu ntialtri. Two French battleships ilamaKed In pruvlous flatting proved to bavo suffered so sovorely that nc rordltiK to a t'nrln dlnpntcli they nro to return to Krnnco nnd bo put In dry dock. S llaily lleMiiitptlon HxixH'tcil Coimliintlnoplo declines to accept thu weather nu an oxcuno for tho lull In tint attack and claims that slnco March IS weather conditions have been no good that Turklnh aero planes linvo been flyliiR over tho war nblpn of tho enemy In nnd about tho Dardanelles. Unofficial reports front neutral points In the vicinity of tho ono of tho operations Indlrnto nn enrly resumption of activity, they net forth that u Ioiik dlstanco shelllnK of tho Inner defenses has been com menced by tho baltloshlps. ItovlowliiK IttiHHlan nnvnl activity In tho llnltlc, I'otrograd clnlms that tho operations on thin son of Russian warships havo resulted In dninngo to several Qoriuau units and that tho Oormaits bavo been compelled mater ially to restrict their movements. Await llalkmt Action From n dlploruntlc standpoint, ob servers In London nro speculating hopefully on tho ro-orRnntzntlon of tho Iinlknn Ioiikuo; nevertheless it Is felt thut tho visit to llulgarla of Fluid Marshal Von Dor Ooltz, until rorontly nt Constnntlnoplo, may chock tho reconciliation of this utato with lior nelRhbors, NO HOPE FOR LOST SUBMARINE HONOLULU, T. ill., March 'JO. Vessels M'arching for tbo missing United Slates Htibmaiiuo P-t ugnin bavo reeoinnieneed bweeping tbo ocean floor with cables. So far no hiteeesH. has been renortcd. Naval officials reiterate their con fiiloneo in their theory that tho P-l Is Hubutorged close to tbo hinhor en trance. Thoy base their opinion largo ly on tbo reporlH of fuel oil seen on tbo uurfaeo of tho sea, and also on tho recovery of a pieco of brasswaro brought tip by tho lino from tho tug Navajo. No further report h canto to tb navy department during tbo day. When the commander has mndo a ro port on lu location of tlio bull, n MEDFORD, ARTILLERY SENT T E United States Forces Ready for Trouble If Mexicans Shoot Across Boundary Villa Forces Defeated With Loss of Several Hundred In Preliminary Battle. WASHINGTON, MiiicIi 20. Three butteries of field artillery late today 'worn ordered -y Secretary (JarriHon lo pioeeed from l-oit ham Houston, Kan Antonio, Tex., to Ilrownsvitle, Tex., ami a regiment of infantry in camp nt Tcxiim City, Tex., wm order ed to be in readiness to proceed at a moment's notice to the border town Tho tumps' movement wiih ordered on rccuinmrnilntiou of Major General FiliiHton, in charge of the border troopw. A dispatch lo the slate department mi.vk when the Villa fore cm retired at MatamoroH yesteiday at .'I p. m. they left 12110 dead ami I'D wounded and (100 horses on the field after a fiitht that lasted four hour mid n half. The Ciirrauxa losses were (liven iih ei)bt killed and thirty-six wounded. HIlOWNSVILLi:. Tex., March '(). There wiih no fighting; at Jtnta moros today up to this afternoon. Ite ports from both sides indicated that the battle between Villa besiegers nnd the Carrnnr.n garrison would not he renewed before tomorrow. Colonel Joko 1'lores of tbo Mnln moros garrison announced todny that Carranra reinforcements disembark ed at llio mouth of the llio (Irnndc front the transport Oaxacn vestcrdav and that they were expected to reach Mnliunoros today. Other Cnrrnnrn rcinforeementH of iJ.'HIO men and fif leen pieces of artillerv under flenernl Cesar Lopejt do Lara, were repoited coming toward Mnlninoros f.-om the south. The Villa forces eotno from the west. ROBBING AUTOS OF LIGHTS AND FIXTURES Kleetrieal and auto thieves opened n campniKii in thin city Saturday night, ccutcriii their attacks on ma chines left standing near tho 1'agi) theater. To combat this, Dr. P. C I'apt has offered a reward of $."i for tho arresl and convict ion of tho party or parties guilty of tho thefts. Sat in day night the tail light was stolen front tbo Maxwell car in tbo lobby of tho l'ago theater, u clock wns stolen from Dr. J. J. Kininons' car and stor- ag ebatleries taken from others. The thieves are nlfio after copper wiro and fil tings. Tbo police believe tbo oper ations nre being curried on by an or-Kiuii-.cd Kl,nK DESTROYED BY MINE LONDON, March 29, 0:40 p. in. A statoiiient from tho llrltlsh ad miralty tonlRht snys that tho Dutch stenmor Amatol has been blown up by n nilno. board of inquiry will bo ordered to investigate tho disaster. This is tbo usual course, i .WASHINGTON, March 20. The Inst remote hopo that any of tbo sub marine P-4's orow might bo nlivo has been abandoned by tho navy depart ment and today Acting Secretary Itluo ordered Hear Admiral Moore, comninndiuir tho Honolulu naval sta tion, to report tho exact location of tbo Minken boat and tbo depth at which it lies, that tho navy depart ment may estimate tbo probability of salvaging tho hull and recovering tho bodies of her commander and orow. No ndviees on tho disaster have eotno to the department since Friday nipht. 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German submarines are said to bavo suffered considerably, while a num ber of" transports loaded with sup plies have been destroyed. Tho state ment follews: "Knrly in September tbo itctivity of our fleet in tho southern Ilaltie com pelled tbo enemy to modify his plan and concentrate bis chief efforts upon operations by submarines. Nine teen of these attacks wero made in two months, but only ono was suc cessful. F.neiny submarines suffered considerably. "Our fleet has developed intense activity along the enemy's coast. De tails of tbo operations cannot bo pub lished yet, hut tho enemy suffered suverely in fighting units nnd has boon seriously impeded in tbo opera tions along his own eousts by tho loss of a number of transports with mu nitions." OF 4 Mr. l'aulhnmus toIcgrapltR ho 4 4 will bo horo Wodnesday. Don't 4 4 fail to attend tho meeting to bo 4 4 held at tbo Natntorlum Wodnos- 4 4 day, March 31, nt a p. m., nt 4 4 which ho will explain tho wholo 4 4 movement rosultliiK In tho or- 4 4 gnnlzatlon of the Fruit Growers' 4 4 Council of tho Northwest. 4 4 4 444444444444 44 SEVERE LOSES ON HAN WAR HIPS FROM WOP HUI OBRBGON iN AGAIN ZAPATA OUT AGfAlN AT MEXICO CITY WASHINGTON, Murcb 20. Dis patches received in diplomatic quar ters here today from diplomats in Mexieo City said it was understood there tbnt General Obregim with Car rniun forces was returning to tho capital and that Zapata forces were about to evacuate. Nothing of that kind was mention ed, however, in today's official ad vices to tbo statu department. Tbo latest official advices wero that Gen eral Garza, nt tho bead of tbo govern ment in Mexico City, bad given as surances that ho was milking ar rangements to bring food into tbo city and was maintaining good ordor. Later tbo Itritisb ambassador, Sir Cecil Spring-Kiee, viited Secretary Hryan to inquire what nrrangeinenls, if nny, had been made for tbo pro tection of foreigners if Zapata forces again evacuated tbo Mexican capital and tho Carratun forces entered. WILSON IS GUEST ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 20. I'roeident WiNuu, Secretary Daniels and a party of aides today woro tho guests of the Argentinu ambassador, Itomulo S. Naott, at a luncheon on board tbo now Argculino battleship Moreno, At tbo Itnehcon Ambassador Naon proposed n toast to tho president in tho following werds: "It is perhaps tbo first linio that n president of tbo United States of America sets foot on a pieco of for eign soil which, like this battleship, springs from the industrial capacity and'ahility of this great country. Heneo I could not find auv more suit able and gratifying occasion than tho present ono to drink to your personal happiness, nnd voicing what is n fuel ing of my people nnd a purpose of my goveriimcntj to say that may tho AUSTRIA OFFERS TRENT TO ITALY 0 I Definite Offer Reported to Have Been Made Answer Deferred Party Leaders Ask Austrian Premier to Persuade Emperor to Conclude Separate Peace. PARIS, March 29. Austria has mado a definite offer to ccdo to Italy a part of tho provlnco of Trent at tho close of tho war, tho Petit Parlslenne Home correspondent says bo has been Informed. Ho adds that tho proposal was made on Thursday and that tho Italian government deferred its re Ply. GENEVA, March 23. Count Steph en Tlcza, the premier of Hungary, has returned to Budapest from Vien na, whero ho conferred with cabinet ministers regarding the futuro course of the dual monarchy. According to dispatches received by Swiss news papers tho leaders of different pollc Ical parties arc trying to induce Count Tlsza to mako nn effort to persuade Emperor Francis Joseph that Austria should conclude a soparato peace. Tho premier, however, Is said to havo refused to make an attempt. Advices received here from Austria are to tho effect that well Informed public men In that country profess to bellevo that the Intervention of Italy on the side of the allies Is immi nent. Chancellor von Dethmann-Holwcg, of Germany, tho Swiss papers de clare, remains inflexible in his deter mination that Austria shall sacrifice nmn nt lior tprrltnn in nremrvn the neutrality of Italy. The Austrian m-J poror Is reported to be equally ae icrmlned not to cede to Italy any ma terial portion of tho monarchy. Reports from Ducharest regarding tho attitude of Rumania, It is said, havo incrensed tho nlarm In Austria Hungarian political circles. TO PORTLAND, Or., March 29. Lawyers for the defense in the case of Thonins It. Sheridan, former president of tho First National bunk of Koseburg, begun their closing ar guments in tbo United States district court hero today. Tho enso was ex pected to go to tho jury beforo night. During the last week Sheridan, who is charged with violating tbo national bank net by misuse, of deposits, lias heard numerous witnesses testify that bo bad appropriated their depos its without warrant. "It would not put n dollar in nny body's pocket," declared J. W. Den nett, for the defense, "unless you givo tho defendant bis liberty nnd let him do as ho says be will mako good ev ery cent bo owes." United States District Attorney C. L, Kennies cen tered bis attack upon Sboridan's lack of authorization to tnkc tbo money and upon bis alleged intent to do fraud. OF ARGENTINE ties which bavo always bound our two eountrios together daily , grow stronger until thoy constitute tho ex pression of tbo most perfect interna tional friendship." The president responded briefly, dwelling on tbo good relations exist ing between tbo United States and the Argentino republic, and expressing tho hopo that thoy might grow stronger in tbo futuro. President Wilson predicted tbnt "wo nro rapidly approaching n luy when tbo Americas will draw together ns they bavo nover drawn together before, and that it will bo n union not of political tics, but of understand ing nnd mutual helpfulness." Tbo president planned to leave on tho Mayflower for Washington at about 7 o'clock, arriving there to morrow jrwvuing. , r )R NEUTRALITY SHERIDAN CASE E JURORS NO. 0 BRIEF TO BREAK MONOPOLY FILED HARVESTER CASE Government Contends Canlrsvtrsy It Fundamental Question; Is, Mali Competitive System Cwitirwe? Shall Competition or CMtfabntiM Be Law of Trade In United States? WASHINGTON, March 29. Th government's brief in tho antitrust suit to dissolve the International Har vester company was filed today hi tho supromo court. It Is largely di rected toward combating the argH ments advanced In the eompay'a brief filed in support of lt apepat after tbo district court of MIimmU had declared it a comblnatloa to res traint of trade and ordered ill dis solution. "If defendant's argument prevail' says tho government brief, "aad If the corporate combinations, howerer comprehensive, do not come within tho purview of. tho act and only so far as tboy demonstrably 'abuse' their power tho Inevitable result wilt be the renewal of that great rush toward concentration which proceded with ever accelerating rapidity until check ed by tho decision of this court la the Northern securities ease. Competition or Mosopely "If makers of harvesting machin ery may unite as here, why not mak ers of every other speclee of machin ery do likewise? "Tho anti-trust act the work of perhaps tho ablest Judiciary commit tee that ever sat In either braaek eC congress, Is the deliberate effort of. conservative, clear thinking bm ta place some reasonable check upea tbat liberty ot combination, wale. If permitted ' to be 'logical "cstremV V would In the end Imperil liberty HH. Tho controversy in this case, there fore, is fundamental. The question is shall the competitive system con tinue shall competition, not combi nation, be tho law of trade." Intent Immaterial The brief says that the defend ants claim that while the only time competitors controlled from 80 to 85 per cent ot tho trade In the Unit ed States In harvesting machines were combined In substantially the man ner In which the government con tends, tho object was not restraint of trade, but to promote foreign trade and to establish domestic trade on a moro economical basis. Upoa these statements, tho government says, and upon its good conduct, the "whole defenso rests." Tho last contention, that the case must fall b'ecauio the combination has not Increased prices or limited production, or degraded tho quality of product, decreased production or the prlco ot raw materials, or oppress ed competitors, the government de clares, Is based upon a construction ot tho anti-trust act which "loses Ight of Its broador purpose and which would bo utterly Impracticable la ex ecution. Retarded Foreign Trade "It has already been shown, how ever," continued the brief, that "where, as bore, the necessary effect of the combination Is unduly to re strict competitive conditions the pur post or lntontton of the parties is Im material. Therefore, were the good Intentions claimed in this case con ceded, it would mako no difference." Statistics nro given to demonstrate that tho harvoster company "has re tarded, rather than accelerated tho foreign trado in harvesting mach ines." The government declares that three companies named by the defendant us formidable competitors which had entered tho flold since Its organiza tion," are practically negligible f ictora In tho harvesting machine bus iness In the United States." THAW AGAIN BEFORE . RT UPON WRIT NEW YORK, March 29. Harry K. Thaw was taken before Baptoaiu Court Justice Bijur today ior tk hearing on tbo second writ ef babeae ' corpus sought by his attorney. Pro ceedings were brief, as eHaeLfr' both sides concurred in a rqut t haye the hearing, postponed (o ApU ! M f wj A 1J i 5 ,;; 'I J i .i - 1 i '41 ll ,! :m I ' 4 ii SI 'M ft: I "II l A t.w S 'i.: