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Medford Mail Tribune
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NW
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
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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
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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
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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
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