Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 30, 1915, SECOND EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text9tff 11 Medford Mail Tribune ''- NW SECOND EDITION WEATHER I Max. nit .Mi. 41 ( ttvitp. ,08. Htiewera Tworraw.' Kiirlv.flflli Yrnr liiilly Timlli Yi'iir. 2000 Russians Reported Slain, 3000 Cnpturcil at Kmsnopol Artillery Pl-2litlnif on Western Front Allied Fleet Makes No Further Attack at Dardanelles. LONDON, Mnteh III).- Mallles in iiiirlliriii Poland nrc Hiiii! in Berlin In liavo reunited in it mieccnioii of German vicloiicn. Tin) official Oer Iiiiiii hliilciiicut of luiliiy iiXM-iliKtlinl J(llll) UiiMNimiMMvitrn killed ami IlllOO captured in mi engagement ut KriiH unpol. In t ho (JiiiniMii occupation of Tniiroggen, announced yesterday, il in duiuicd (linl J 000 prixiMii'i-H were taken, litiHMiiiit attacks ut other pnintH aro mild to lm Ih'cii n-pulxcil. The laical hliiti'inmt from Hid Pctro (trail war offliio ix that tint German offviihivn movement in litis region has been cheeked. Ailing tint IVanco-Ilcliaii fmnt Ihent uiim Hpiritnl mtillcry lighting .M'Ntrnliiy, lint no in fun try mhiineei worn attempted. Tlio French offic inl coiiimuiiiculioii mi llmt tlio Oer iniiiiH were fin ceil to retire al iiih point nenr St. Mihicl on account of tin heavy artillery fire to which they WCIO Mllljcctcd. Itomlio I'rom ,lililp An official minoiiiiccnicnt from Conxtiintiiioplu say that a Tnrkinli ncrophinn ilroppci bomb on a llrit ixh wurxliip cmWng oiitHidu the Dnr ilancllcrt, . No iufoimation in given whether serious damage wan inflict cd, Thu allied fleet Iiiin inaile no far Ihcr general attack on the Turki-h fortification, although they were bombarded iulcrmlttcnllv elcnlny. Tichl Marnhat Von der Onltr, (lennan military commander of ('ouMiintlnn ilc, wiio in on hix way to Berlin' it ipiotcil n snying it l now apparent that thn DaidamtlleM forti will lie nhlc lo rcit nny nniilt which mnv ho directed agalnM them from the hen, Tim TiukiHli govciniiicnl lias taken incnMirc to prevent the landing of tlm allied troops conveyed lo Smvmn on tiniixpoitH. Large bodies of Turk ith troops nro lining axM-nibled at this point. Ilnly Conrcntntto 'A coneentratinn of Italian troops tilling tlm Austrian frontier is said III Geneva to Imvu heeu begun. At coiiling to this iiiformation Italian leginicnlM whicli have heeu Motioned along the Swiss holder have hcen hciiI lo the TyrolcMt frontier, where Aiih. ttinii (mops have liecn iiHiiciiihlcil during' tlm hint fortnight. The Itnssinn government unnonnccH that the (Icuaan offensive in northern I'oland has fulled, having liccn Mon ped ut nil points along the line west of the Nicinen liver. Tlio Herman hiiuilinrduicul of Osmiwctz, which Iiiih ichihlcd a hiego of hcveral weeks, is Nnid hy Hie ItusMiui war office lo Imvu been irtnally abandoned. NAC'O, Aitx., Miuvh !). Nneo, Sonorir the town which was "noutrnt ixed" by agreement between tlm Mex ieau fnetloiial IcaderHlast Dccemlier, when HriKiiillcr (leneinl Hush I-. Kcojt of tlm United States nuny acted us iiitennedlury, is iiuin heiiitf pre pared for hoHtlllties, Jose Muyto. lena, Kovernor of Sonorn, waineii nil AmorieniiH today to leave the town. Armed men wero Bent hy Muytorenu Into tlio trenches lust night. More wero oxpeetod to arrive today, The agreement to iieutrnlir.o Nneo wiih rilKiivil by Alnytorena, who repro. kents Villa, and O'nirnnfcii officials, after Nneo, Ariz., just across the line, hud been subjected for woekH to u hull of "stray bullets" from the Mex ican lines during tlio siege which was ended in December. A squadron ()!' the ninth United States cavalry arrived hero today, It is understood (hat United States nnny officers liavo warned Xfoxienn factional leaders all alnii the border Unit tlio Seott pact to inspect the border must ho kept, GERMANS WIN MINOR BATTLES NORTH POLAND WAN MEXICANS SCOn NEUTRAL PACT MUST OBSERVED WHAT CJIISFn DRA WING LOST SUBMARINE TOLAND IS ALONG IN WATER 60 FATHOMS DEEP WASHINGTON, Mulch HO. Huhinaiinc F-l, mink at the enhance to Honolulu ilmhor, had hcen moved ;0 feet toward- whore hy vessels with cables nt .'I o'clock this morning, necoid ing to a uii'SHapi received today hy Secretary Daniel from the conuiiander of the fiml hiibinu Hue division. Replying to lucent impiirics hy Hear Admiinl lllite, Liculcii ant Smith, commanding the fcnrehing party, levelled that the water about the Mihinniinc varied in depth from III to (10 fathom", The distance to the baibor light' prestiuiahly the nearest laud, was reported ut JHIIOyaids. WHERE THE F-4 PACIFIC m On the nmp nhown nbovo a rroin ,Mtf-MfSZitiUhL. 6ifX - - ' V' . ft.. 'A . Vto. WaW Wfflk mtiuimimw&,wiiytjyA vjm tncKif rsi'Sji si simmxmt.smn-u masses l Honolulu whore tlm American mtbmarino K-4 ilovo nad then fulled to rlno nKnln. Tlm water nt that anol la 120 fathoms deep and Just n llttlo farther out n the ocean in twp arid a half miles doop. It la feared tho Milnnnrlno linn been carried out by strong current! nnil crushed like an ckksIicII by tho awful preiRure. CHASED FOR MILES BY E l'lllLAIIIXrillA, March .'III. A htory of how lie had been pursued for miles by a (lennan Mihmnrinu was told hy Captain Thotandseu of the Danish steamer i'mN, which urried liuio yesterday. The l'aris eaine from Korsor to load a caryo for Co penhaneu. "While off Lowestoft, Kupland, in the North sea, n (lennan tmhmnriuc was sighted," said Captain Tholaud sen. "For iniles she pursued the I'm is, which put on a full head of steam. It was not until a lliitish tor pedo hunt canio to the rescue that the (lennan undersea craft gave up the chase." Captain Tholuudsen said that nil through the eliuse the Danish flag was flyinjr from tho must of the Paris. Ajauy floating; mines wero also sighted. I'U.HMYSL, Mnrch 20, via Potro grnd, March U0, 12 noon nnd via Lon don, Mnrch 30, 3:25 p. in. Hofusal to credit Htorlos at Russian victories contributed Inrgoly to tho full of tho I'rzemysl fortroas, according to tho Opinion of certain Austrlnn officers, "who went throiifjh tho slego. Tho Hub- blnn udvnuco wns gradual, nnd It would npponr, tho Auatrlana ovor- loolied Its Hortousnoss. Tho correspondent who cnino Into Przomyal with tho Ruaalana Monday, Mnrch 22, has sinco tnlkod at longth With AiiBtrlaus, ono of whom said: "Tho morale of tho men within tho fortress was good at tho outset, hut It undorwont a change aftor tho bat torod armies of (lonoruls Dnnkl, Af- fonbnch and nmdorman struggled In to Przomysl, TIiobo crowds of tlrod, ragged nnd hungry troops, drlvon In from outside battle fields, filled the town of rriemyB) ns well us tho for V S MA MEDFORD, Helmet ltljoinl lo H Hiilmmiliio IHsantiTit. WENT DOWN OCEAN OAHU I. OF THE' ' HAWAIIAM GROUP, l&fopau lead innrki tlio pot off tlio naval baso OBREGON'S ENTRY WASHINGTON, Mnrcli 30.Nothlng "reached tho statu department today to confirm yontorday'a report that .upata force wore about to evacuate Mexico City again, nnd that Gonornl Obregln, tho Carranza chieftain, would re-occupy tho capital. From Urownavlllo, Colonel niock som reported, "Thoro has been firing of nny ac count stneo my last report. I havo been uu'nblo to get reliable Informa tion as to tho -whorcaboutB of tho remainder of tho Villa .forces and their nrtlllery, but reports I liavo Indlcato that they nro about twolvo miles up tho railroad which Is said to bo repaired that far." Itoports to tho state nnd war de partments indicating nu Impending battlo nt Kouvo Laredo. ' 4& mm.UM NT CONFIRMED PRZEMYSZ'S FALL tress, They lay about tho Btroots and from this tlino things for us chnnged for tho worso, "Wo overlooked opportunities to bring In provisions, W'a made en deavors to keop out other detach ments of oiir soldlors who had boon dofoated by tho Russians, Wo began conserving our supplloa. Hut oven ao wo would not bellovo that tho Austrian defeats nt tho hand of tho Russians wero sorlous. Starvation began and nvltaors wero our only moans for tho roplontshmont ot sup plloa, "Tho fato of this fortress was do cldod after tho sortto of-tho 10th. When this was driven back tho Rus sians wero wltliln 1800 yards of our outor lines. Then tho terrific bom hardmont follewed: In ono open spaco 10,000 Austrluns and llungar )ns woro niaasod, and tho ground was oon covorod with dend and wound ed," V Itr-.1 -i- Ilrffc. OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 3p, 1915 T" rxi" 1 ENGLAND'S W0RST B ENEMY IS BOOZE . aw 1 1 nvn gfugf CmpplliiK for Sunken Submarine, Vessel. First Submarine Disaster for U. S.; All Other Big Navies Have Had Them Great' llrltaln, Germany nnd Franco havo nil lost submarines during pcaco tlmei hot tho F-4 is tho first In tho United States navy to bo utterly "dostroyod and this, after decades of experi menting by Anioricu1, Oio pioneer In tho construction ot submcrsi blcs. In Mjrcli, 1910, tho Pluvotso of tho French navy was rammed hy a passenger steamer In tho Krfgllsh channel and went down In ISO feet of water with threo 6fflccni and 24 men. Tho sinking of tho U-3 of tho German navy took placo off Kiel In January of 1011, nnd tho 27 enlisted men of tho crew mado their wny to tho surf nro via tho tbrpedo tubes. The captain nnd his two lleutcnnnts preferred to stick tb the ship, but when der ricks raised her somo hours afterward, they wero found dead, victims of escaped gases. In January, 19H, tho A-7 of the Rrltlsh navy went down off Plymouth, Kngland, trapping 11 men. IN6 BOAT E LONDON, Mnrch :). Tho missin boat from the Ilritisb steamer Aguila, sunk hy a (lennan submarine off the Pembrokeshire coast, containing- fif teen members of tho steamer's crew and two passengers, has reached safely. This is tho fouith boat that put off from tho Aguiln after tho submarine attacked. It wns believed up to the present timo to have foitndered. The number of men now supposed to have lost their lives with the Milking of tho Aguilu is nine. ASYLUM IS BURNED OKLAHOMA CITY, Mnrch 30. Ono wing ot tho state Insano asylum at Fort Supply burned onrly today nnd four of tho GOO Inmates nro miss ing. Ono of tho guards wns bo badly burned that ho may dlo, Tho build ing was dostroyod. SNOW FALLING OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE NASUV1LLK, Tenn., March 30. Snow, driven by n north wind, was falling today over middle Tennessee. Thoro wns n bharp drop iu tempera ture, KANSAS COVERED IY SIX INCHES OF SNOW KANSAS CITY, March 30. Heavy snow fell over Ktinsus today, reneh- iug in some scolibus n 'depth of six iineues. i.igui snows ion in western - - to lie ItnUetl by Derrick on Itcscuo j,, WEATHER MAN STOPS L SAN FRANCISCO, March 30. The weather man has 'centered Pa cific Coast league baseball in Lo Angeles today, where Portland nnd Los Angeles opened tho bcusou. The first paino hero between Snn Fran cisco and Oakland has hen postponed owing to the had weather. In Salt Lake City n blanket of snow covers the field and the game between Venice nnd Salt Lake has been called off. Tlio official opening" nt San Fran cisco has been set for Saturday. Tho first game, however, will be played tomorrow weather permitting. DltOWNSVILLE, Tex.' Mnrch 30. General Frederick Funston arrived hero toiay from Fort Sam Houston, Te.v., to watch over tho border situ ation during tho Villa attack on Mnt amoros. Threo batteries of field ar tillery from San Antonio nro due to night. There had heeu no ronowal pf hostilities uohvcoii tho Villa and Car ranza factions up to 1 o'clock this afternoon, and nothing to indicate when they would Uo resumed. The United States artillery is being brought hero to guard against firing across tho border, two persons havincr been wounded hero during fighting last Saturday, Villa soldiers who fell wounded in Saturday's attack on Mntamoros are said still to ho lying where thoy drop ped nnd today H. C. Harrison, an Aiuorionn Ked Cross offjoiuL sought UNSON WATCHING At the Inittoin of Hie Hen Crow of Hulnnniliio SiiffocnllnK. LONDON, March 30. Prohibition as drastic as that prevailing In Rus sia today faces tho United Kingdom. Press discussions ot tho letter sent by David-Lloyd George, the chancel lor of the exchequer, to the Ship Owners Federation competes succe. fully in point of Interest with the news of the sinking ot tho British liner Falaba by a German submarine with tho loss of mora than 100 lives, The chancellor, In his letter, said; "oW aro fighting Germany, Aus trla nnd drink, and so far as 1 can see tho greatest of theso three dead ly foes is drink." And ho added that he had a growing conviction that only the severest method would he ot avail In dealing with the evil. The employers are backing what Mr. Lloyd-Georgo terms "root and branch." action, oven to l&o extent ot promising to seal their own wlno col lars and to prohibit tho uso ot lntox cants at their clubs, while labor lead ers are equally anxious for tho insti tution of somo prohibitory measure, AT BOSPHQRUS FORTS I1KHL1N, March 30. Included in tho items given out today by tho OversenB News agency is tho follow ing: "A special dispatch received here from Constantinople says tho first bombardment of Turkish lortiftca tions on tho riosphorus by tho Rus sinn Bin ok sea fleet consisted of the firing of 12S shots ut the forts from u distnnco of seventeen kilometers (eleven miles). Tlio foits did not reply to this fire.' permission from tho Mntamoros com mander to bring them in. The com mander, General E. P. Nnfarrate, re plied that he had men out gatherin; tho wounded and placing them in Mntamoros hospitals ns rapidly as possible. It was said in Mntnmoros today that tho 1200 or l.00 Carranza sol diers disembarked at tho mouth of tho Rio Grnndo from the transport Onxncn, would seek to join Goncrnl Ildefonso Vnsquez' forces south ot Mntnmoros, instead of going to Mnt nmoros. Nothing further had been heard to day of reported Villa reinforcements en route. It was reported tho Mntnmoros garrison has planted dynamite at tho approaches to tho town and beliovo they could provent 10,000 men from passing those mines, , OVER BORDER NO. 7 D IN FATHERLAND DESPITE WAR Industries Fairly Active ant) DwnaM Equal to Supply $hrta f Cil and Laber Textile FacUrfes Mata Cheaper Products Retail Trato Active Only in Necessities. DEULIN, March 30. The buslirtM situation In Germany Is regarded M fairly satisfactory and coaalderably better than might have been expet4 In view of the war. All Ift4ttrt of courso are running oa a reetriet od scale, chiefly became of te vir tual cessation of oversew pn4ueiu, but as a large proportion of th skill ed -workmen went Into the army the sharp curtailment ot proftRteawas not attended by a correspoBdlBK la creaso In unemployed. More women and girts are seVIag work in some branches or tndwtry than can find employment, but tfala Is far from being tho case with the men. On the contrary, the leading Industry of tho country are seriously embarrassed by the scarcity of skilled workmen. This Is true of the eoal and Iron trade, ship building nnd certain sections of the chemical la dustry. A pronounced scarcity of workmea s roportod from the great Industrial district about Essen. Shortage of Oeal The demnnd for coal in greater than the mines can meet, although Ms export has been prohibited. Last month conditions in the iron trade were reflected by an advance in prices. The production of pig koa, running about Tm per cent of '"last year, would bo fitilll larger if the nec essary labor could be obtained. Maty branches" of machinerylmSB'sflMtere, an important branch of OcraaaH In dustrial activity, are working full timo or overtime, but here ateo a senrcity of workmen is felt. Locomotivo enr shops are busy, while shipyards evidently are working on big government orders. Two com panies have stated in their annual reports Hint thoy have work on hand to last until 1016 nnd complain of a lack of help. Cheaper Textile Made The export of potash was forbid den two months ago becauso of the belief that exports to neutral coun tries wero being used to manufacture explosives for Franco nnd England. The prohibition resulted in a sharp contraction in this trade, especially with tho United States. Mine owners are seeking government permission to increase tho price to compensate them for loss. Textile factories engaged in turn- (Contbued on Paw 2. NEW YORK, March 30.-Captaia George Cornell of tho Acmrican steamer Antilla, in a letter today t) Phelps Ilros. & Co., who chartered tho steamer from the Ward line, gave the details of tho recent seizure of the stcamor by tho Dritish cruisr Digby and the treatment accorded himself nnd tho crew. Tho Antilla, Captain Cornell writes, wns seized February 124' and when a lieutenant and n squad of British sailors enmo aboard ho and his grew wero virtually placed under arrest, Tho captain was ordered to bis cubia and tho erew locked below, The Antilla was taken first . to Kirkwall and lutor to Dundee. There tho cargo was discharged and the vossel interned. Howard Phelps of the firm wkiek chartered the vessel, nnneuneed to-,, day liis intention of filing a elakn against tho Prititsh govenuaeitt Mi the ground that the steuawr, Ihwmw leaving this port, had bee eertifkd-, nnd sealed by British insaeetotti aa? der tho British consul general, ' . Tho Antilla sailed frow tki art , February 10 with a aargo of pr-"' ions for 9( Sweda, ft BUSINESS GOO AMERICAN IP SEIZED BY BRITISH CAPTAIN ARRESTED ti -4 "Ji ,v. VA ' ) l n 3 ''t i i. it n vv J 'AS kji .i e?-