S 1 ". , IWTBK-.sikJBiaM'ieMBlWnLt ' K3 . "' l Wl JfaUs (2ur sk 1 jllj rr i J I " - - UTJkd fiifiunn n'Tr,",".t W Jfr.fHld N r If Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER Mux. (II; .Mln. I8 HaIr To night mid Prlthijr. SECOND EDITION i 1'orty flfllt Yi-nr MEDFORD, OREGON, TIUTHHDAY, APRIL 1, 1915 NO. 9 nitiiy iimiiii ii'iir. E j- HONOR BISMARCK TODAY MASSACRE OF L Centenary of His Birth Bclnn Celebrated hy Germans In This Country. MMJiuuttum tmsuiia jjiiiiiaTOPniBBi8BiinreiwijiffiuuiBii AT BV E KAISER CLAIMS 558,000 SLAVS TAKEN IN MARCH GERMANS DROP NO WARNING 0 CHINA YIELDS TO SE GE OF FORTS DID VESSE CHANS BY TURl; PERSIA JAPAN TO AM P"4j OSSOWETZ UBMAN SEROUS I Berlin Official Report Stntcs Over Half a Million nusslnns Captured as Prisoners In Past Month Minor Skirmishes Reported Alot;j Doth War Fronts. WWI.IN, April l.Tlm German lii'iiiliiiiiiid'iri hlnfl', in Hh report In- lny mi tliu progri'hs of hostilities, nml.ox the statement Hint lit tin' intiiiHi or March tli" Gorman eastern nriny took fi."8,im) HuhhIiiiis irlMni- t!IN,'illflllllill officCIS llllll KollliolH, unit ii I ho captured iiiiiii cmiiion mill tdxty-uun iniii'liluu guns. Tim t ex t of tilt' icptlll follows! "In Hit) western iiii'im r tin) war: During I'11' t'itnr' t'T tin1 limnti't of Kloslfthook, which wiih (MMMipinl by ItrlgiiiiH, mill a small point tit' miiji- pott at Dixmiido, wo took mi officer mnl fnrly-inur Belgian holtliurs pris- OIIITft, "Tliu fighting tin' went of Pont- ii MoiiMiii anil to tint south of tint forest of l.o I'd m en mo to ii Mauri- htill InM night. I'iciioli troops have poni'trnli'tl n Kinnll poitioii of our tifiioliiw. I ho engagement ih being coiiliuutri toilny. "Online tiutpoNt engagements yes- IitiIiiv to Hit imrllii'iiftt nml i'iimI of I.imcullo, Hit' l'lcni'li suffered con Milomlili' ItfiMi'H. In Hut VimgcH only nitillcry duels took plueo yesterday. "In Hid caMorn arena; lint Mtiiu lion in tlio AuguMowo nml Hut Ku walkl districts remains tinehiingeri KiiMftimi attempts iiimlit nt night to cross tin Ifuwkn river nt it point Hiiiilhwtvit of .Sklonilowier, roulteri in failure nml ItiiH-inn attacks nt Op- iiiim wo io ropnlM'il. "Muring- tlio month of .Match the (li'Miinii t'lihtorii ii rin v took altogether ViH.OOO Russian primnicrH mul nip tnrril nlnu minion mnl sixly-oiio inn I'lllllU kiiiih," BY SIX RAILROADS CIIK'UIO, April I A surplus of inoro limn 1 100,000,000, until to hnvo boon area initiated by nix typical rail ronilii In tlio liut Mxteon jours, was pointed nut iih ovlrionco toilny that "Western rnllrimilH Kouornlly nru pros. poroiiH, at tlio Interstate cominorco coiiiiiiIhhIou hearing of tliu western rnto cum). Of tint forty oiin rontU which nro ashing for higher freight niton on tlio ground that they nru not cnrnlng suf llfliiiit incoinu on tliolr Investments, six wttro selected liy V. (. Powell, rutu export of tliu Nobrnskn Kallronil com mission, iih controlling 40,000 miles, or inoro tlinu 00 per cent of tlio total uillcugo Involvcil In tliu present hcar liiK. TIicho roailH, tliu AtchlHon, To poku ami Santa Ko, tlio Chicago, IlurU liiKton and Qulncy, tliu Chicago, Mil wnnkuu mul Ht. l4uil, tlio CIiIcuko mnl 'Nortliwofltorn, tlio tililcaKo, HocU iHlanil anil Pacific, and tlio Mltmourl KaiiHiiH and Toxiib, Mr, I'owcll toHtl fltiil, witro, wlicn coiiHtdurud toKolhor, accumulating a vast Hurplim. Tho wltncHH HOparatud tho accoiintH of tliu roada Into two purlodx, oIkIU ycnrH prior to 1007, nml tliu eight yearn HUCCCOllllIB, CHICACIO, April 1. Tluco Hioiih nml union pniutorH mul ilccoiutoi-s htriiclc toilny. Tho Hlriko order wiih ihMii'il a It c i' tho iiiiiiiim mul tin; cm ployciri I'liilcil to roach mi UKruciucut over u now form of conlraot. Conl ini'torrf ami rcprt'HCiitatlvoH of IniildiiiK tnitluH other than tho palnt ci'rt uoiiforrcd today in an offorl to roach mi iiKi't'cuioiit wliich would pre vent n Kmurnl fttilku or a lockout of workurn. It Ih eslluialed that inoro than 10, not) nion mo nffiliiiled with tlio naiiit- uih' uiiliuiH, tliouith only iihout u third ,of (ho nu'ii'liiivv hern employed recently, S400.000.000 ID Bomhnrtlmcnt of Russlnn Slroii(holil In Poland Definitely Aliamloncd Further Invasion Renardcil as Im proliahlc Turks Prepare for In vasion liy Balkan Powers. I'irritOdltAI), April 1. Thu (5or iiinu lioniliartlmtiiit of tho IIiihmIiiii o nltlium at Omiowotz, tu KuhhIiui Pol ii 1 1, linn boon duflntoly ntiaiiitonml, ncrordtiiK to Homl-offklul dlHpatchuB pulillitlieil today. For noiiiii dnyii pant tlio Ocrmnn nrtlllory flro on Onuowotx linn lioon woakcnml, nail on March .10 It wan illxcotitliMit'd, Tho eoBnatliHi of tlioint oporatloiiK In regarded In I'otroKrnd nil an Indication of tliu end of tho (icriiiiin offonnlvn inovcmont In tho north. Tho argument Is advanced Hint In aliniulouliiK tho itleKu of Onroweti; tho Hermann will appear to hnvo kIvoii up tho hopo of entnh HmIiIuk connoctloim hctwoon tliolr force to tho went of tho Ntetueii and tlioitu north of tho Narow. Without tho poMoHHlon of OiiKowetz to protect their fliinUit thu ndvanco of either olio of Iheno (lerman nrmloii In reKnrdod heer hh practically Impointlhlo. Tho forllflcatloiiH or Oxxowetz am roportt'd to hnvo Hiiffored lltto front tho protracted Cerinnit hoinhnrdment. Ilalknnx to Knlcr LONDON, April 1. Thoro nro fur thtir Indlratlouit Hint Turkey cxpecla other Ilnlknn nut loan to enter tho uar on tho nldo of tho allien. At Atlrlanoplo, tho noareiit Import not Turklih town on tho lIulKnrlnn frontier, troop nro bcInK concentrnt eit and tho artillery cipilpmunt In rrenncd. Thin Ih Interpreted In Sofia nn preparatory to n poifllhlo wnr with IlulKnrln. Huxnlnn and Aontrlntt roportn con remliiK (ho nrcnt ntniKRlu In the Car pathlatiN nro completely at variance, nlthotiiHi they ai;roe that heavy fight lni; l continuing. In tlio CnrpallilniiH Tho IlUHHlnn wnr offlco clulnm vnr loun nucceMWH aloiiK t IiIk front, hut tlio Austrian niithorltloH Hlnto that Hunitlun nttnckn wero driven linck. There Ih a Mmllnr cufllct between (ionium and Ilumilaii reporta of tho ftKhtliiK In tho north. Tho UiihhIiiii (Hack Sea fleet linn bombarded novoral Turklnli towitH In AhIii Minor, and it Ih Btatod that eoiiHldurahlu dnmtiKu wan tlono, In cltidliiK Hit) xlukliiK of Hovernl hIiIph, TIiIh claim, however, U contradicted at CoiiHtantlnnplo, 10 VILLA'S ATTACK HKOWNKVII.liK, Tex., April 1. Tho prohnhility of n homh drnppiiu,' nltuek hy four ueroplaneH on Muta morort wiih forceiiHt today hy 11. M. ltinelmrt of Dayton, ().. mi Aiuerlemi who flew n Villa biplane laM nlht to lain HueiiiH, four inilcH from .Matu uioros and lieitdipiarluiH of Villa forecH now Hurroiiudine; Mutuinoro'. Hiiiehml ilew lit from lloyiiosn, alioiit hixly-fivo miles went of Matn inoroH, lie Hiild (hut ho wiih inform ed Hint three other ueroplaneH went duo. to leavp.M'ontorey ppstlhly today For MutnmoroH. Under favorable weather condition thu air trip from Monterey could ho initdo in three or four bourn, Tho official ohnervor who rode with llinehui't Knld Kovoral earn loaded with nttillery wero Htopped Home tll- tauce from Matnmonm by turn-up traekn. OF BEING A SPY IAH1S, April 1, Mario I.ouleo Woloh1(8'ld to liavo boon nHsoclated with Navnl Knalgn Ullmo, who was dontpucod to Ufa Imprisonment lit 1007 for hoIIIiik French naval pinna to a foreign Kovurnmont, has boon ar reutgd on a (hnrgo of espionage, A IP French Steamer Emma Torpedoed Without Word of Warnlnrj. Sinks In Three Minutes and Nineteen of Crew Perish, But Two Bclnn Res cued Explodes Near Enplne. LONDON', April l.-TIm French Hteaiuer F.iiiinu, bound to Honlemix, wiih torpedoed WYilnexdny in the llritith ihmiiiel off lleachey Head by it (leniiaii hiibiiiiuiiio. Nineteen ineiu lier of her crew were drowned, only two belli;; hiivetl. The two Hiirvivorn were brought into Dover today. They had been picked up in the channel. The nhiiw that brotiKht them In also had on board the hodicH of two other mem ber k of the crew. Tho hteamer wit on her way to llonloaiix, when hint mot the hiiIhiiii riue. The pent-cope of tho submarine had hardly been Mailed from the Kmiiia when the torpetlu from the iindcn-cnH boat struck the F.mtuii in the engine. No warning of any kind wan jjiven. The hhip foiiudercd in three miuiitcM from tho time Mio wiih (truck. A llritihli detroyer hiib-eipienllv picked up two men who had been in the water for several hour, mid lit the Hiiuie time reeoveied two bodieH. The Kiniuu hud n crew of twenty-one men. WILLARD PLANS TRII HAVANA, April 1. - AriaiiueuientH have been completed for the (.election of mi nlteriiiite referee for the John-Hon-W'ilhtrtl fiejit next Monday. The priueipalrt and promoterH have ngreed to meet Into toduy for thin purple, ami iinteoH there in mi eleventh hour upKt't of their plans they will celeet M. .1. Hinkel or Cleveland. It will be bin duty -to hit at tho rinide leady to htep in to telievo Kefereo W'eUh in case thu latter hhould bo knocked out by it htray punch or miii hiekncKh. Tho niutino in both niiiiw bewail early today. The puKilintH wero on the road at hiinnp to avoid the heat. Their hpriutA mid walks are liein;; cut down daily now. W'illard mul his follower nro 8o confident of victory that they have planned n triumphant entry into the United States of tho "new ehuinpion" a few days after tho battle. They expect to make a tour of the princi pal cities of Culm on April (1 and 7 if WilluriVrt condition permits, mid then o to Now York by way of Key West, Htoppinj; at various places en route. W'illard expects to bo the principal figure at a grout reception in Madiitm Square Harden. Later, he says, ho will make u trip around the world. His plan is much liko the one Hindu by Jeffries previous to his de feat at Iteuo. Ho lias no particular plans if he should lotc. TO VERA CRUZ WASHINGTON, April 1. The Villn-Zapnlu forces hnvo agreed to tho propomyl of tho United States for neutrnliration of passenger trains bo tweeit Mexico City and Vera Crur.. Word btill is awaited from General Carriinxa, who received representa tions from thu Amoriomi government on tho subject nearly a month ago. Kvon with tho consent of Currnnr.u, however, reporta indicate that travel will bo hiuardous, because of number of guerrilla bands operating between Moxiuo City and tho coast. Thu bunds, composed of many former fed orals who served under Huerta, have boon harrashiiig Carrauxn's lines, ro tpiiring nn extension of the outposts Hurrounillng Yoru Crux ami its en tranuhmenls, The food situation in Mexico City opntinuoa bin, JMPHANT ENTRY CONQUERING HERO NEUTRAL TRAINS 0inTOrmBrfrotrmrnTmiTTTBn8n .fflWTffnTMininV'') sw lLtiLmi&S iMiisTK orro nOUN Al'UIL 1, 1813 OF WIDELY OBSERVED Oeniians in Aincrira celebrate to day the centenary of Uni birth of Hisiuarck. -x- In nearly every citytnbute is be ing paid to thu memory of thu iron chancellor mul in New York City a huge fete has been planned. In an endeavor to keep the eolebra tious within the bound of neutrality tribute and speeches will be made re- glinting I'rinco Otto Von Hismnrck, the man. His pcroimI character. Traits which revealed the inner man. Anecdotes showing his huiuc.it side rather than his policies. There was a strong vein of humor in llNmnrek's makeup, which he dis played i many pranks mid escapades as a boy and n youth and which later in life enabled hint to best many of the keenest diplomats of Kurope by his well-directed shafts of satire. As u student nt tho univer-ity, young Hisiuitri'k easily kept well up in his btudies when liu wanted to study. As was the onler of tho day, ho en gaged in student duels, feasted mul kept his stein aloft with the best of bis fellow students, llccatiso of bis iron constitution bo cauui through this period of his life with his health unimpaired. llisinand; had a wonderful capacity for woik anil with very littlo sleep, for ho buffered greatly from insom nia. Once, out of bed he would plunge into work, soiuct lines even before ho was fully dressed. AIRSHIPS RAID ZEEBRUGGE DOCKS LONDON, April 1. Aeroplane at tacks on (leiinan submarines at llo bokeu and Zeebrugge, llelgium, hnvo been accomplished, tho llritislt admir alty uuuoipieed today. Thu following htitteitient was uivon eut: "Tho Following report has been re ceived front Wing Comniandur. A. M. Loiigmorc, U. N. : " 'I hnvo to report Hint this morn ing Flight Siih-Lioutennnt Frank O. Andrea uarried out a successful air attack on tho German submarines which are being constructed at Ho boken, near Antwerp, dropping four bombs, "'Also Flight Lieutenant John 1 Wilson, whilbt leconiioileriug over .ecbrugge, observed two submarines lying alongsido tho niolo and attack ing litem, dropping four bombs with, it is believed .suocessful results, " 'Thoso officers started in the moonlight this morning. Doth pilots returned siifely,' " CENTENARY BISMARCK S BIRTH vox hismakck DIKD JtM.Y 30, 1898 WAT BMARCK CREATED LET NO llKKLlX, April 1. Tho centenary of tho birth of I'rinco Von Dismarek, Prussia s famous statesman, was eel ebratcd with tho utmost entfiifslrisin todav in tho Gorman rfitnl.' Mot of .. til ' .i tlio nouses were javisiiiy tinipcu wan the national colors. Tho nisinarck memorial in front of tho reiehstag was a center for the celebrations und numerous hic.li of ficials of tho empire anil the federal states participated in tho ceremonies there. Tho cniKnir wns represented by u grandson, Prince William, tho II-ycar-old son of Crown Prince Fred erick William. Tho president of the reiehstng then called for cheers for tho emperor und the audience enthusiastically re sponded und afterwards sang "Heil Dir lut Siegcrkranr.." A wreath from Kmperor William, which was placed nt tho foot of the Hisiuarck statue, bore the inscriptien: "To the Iron ( hancellor in mi Imu Time." Tho inscription on a wreath from members of tho reiehstag read: "To tho creator of n united empire front a united people." The centenary of Disinarek's birth was celebrated in nil parts of tho cut pite. Dr. Von llethmann-Hollweg, tho imperial chancellor, who spoko nt tlio Kisiunrck centenary celebration in tho reiehstag today, said; "What Hisiuarck created no Ger mini will nllow to bo destroyed. Our enemies nro raging around tho empire, but wo will be at them. Ho taught its to fear only God, to wago war against tho enemy and to believe in our peo ple. Thus wo will light and conquer mul live for the emperor and thu cut pile.'' GKNF.VA, via Paris, April 1. In- formation reaching hero from Herlin set forth that tho Gorman military authorities planned to observe tho an niversary of tho birth of Disinnrck, April 1, by offensivo movements on both tho eastern mid tho western frontiers of Germnny. BALKANS H 10 FIGHI SAYS PAGEI IIOMK, April 1. Gonoral Sir Ar thur Paget, head of tho llrltlsh mili tary mission, which rocontly tvaa hi Russia, nnd who haa visited tlio capi tals of tho llalknn states on a spoclul mission to nrouso sympathy In. favor of tho alios, has arrived In Itomo. Ho U said to bo of tho opinion that tho ntomont tho campaign uocomes favorablo to tho allies, If aront Urlt nln, Franco nnd Russia can ngroo on tonus of sottlomont, it will not bo difficult to reconstruct tho JlnlkanB.j ONE BE DESTROYED Russians Defeat Turkish Force in Northwestern Persia in Sanguinary Battle Native Christians Rounded Up and Slain General Massacre of 10,000 Expected at Urumlah. TArmiZ, PerMa, April 1. Hostil ities between Uiisnlaii nnd Turkish force In Persia have been resumed. On March 25 the Russians defeated tho Turks In a sanguinary battle at Atkutur, 'North of Dllman, In North western Persia. Tho Turk lost 12,000 In killed, wounded and prisoners, as well as many guns. .Mnncru of Christians Preceding tho rc-occupatlon by tho Russians of Salmac Plains, In Azcr baijan province, northwest of Uru mlah, hundreds of native Christians wero rounded up hy tho Turks In tho village of Haftdowan nnd mas sacred. Many of these wero searched out from tho homes of friendly Mo hammedans who tried to hlilo thorn. Tho Hussions on entering the vil lage found 720 bodies, mostly naked and mutilated. Tho recovery of bodies from wells, pools and ditches nnd their burial kept 300 men busy for three days. Tho walling of women Intensified tho horror of tho scene. Widows who wero ablo to Identify tho bodies of their husbands Insisted upon digging graves and burying the bodies. Somo of the victims had been shot. In other cases they wero bound to lad dors and their heads, protruding through, wero hacked off, eyes wero gouged out and limbs chopped off. Kxjioct "Wholesale Slnugfitor A general inassnero of tho 10,000 or 15,000 Christians remaining In Urumlah s expected, unless it should bo averted by orders from Constan tinople. Verbal messages from Urumlah confirm early reports that moro than S00 persons already have been killed In that neighborhood, and that moro than 2000 hnvo died of disease. Thcso messages also confirm tho reports of tho maltreatment of tho Itov. Dr. . T. Allen, an American missionary at Urumlah. nERUN, April 1. Tho Overseas News agency today gavo out tho fol fel fol eowing: "Reports havo been received In Dcrlln of two now outbreaks In In dia. At Surat thrco British officials weer killed. At Kurrachco two Mo haiitmoduu soldiers shot two British officers. "Replying to English reports that tho British fleet resumed bombard ment of tho Dardanelles forts on March 23, tho Vosslscho Zcltung pub lishes a special dispatch from tho Dardanelles saying tho report Is puro Invention. It says furthermore that Anglo-Fronch roportB of tho concon tratlon of largo landing forces on Greek Islands nro unfounded." OF EMBEZZLING FUNDS PARIS, April 1, fi:53 n. m. Tho Gorman governor of Belgium has cre ated n special tribunal ii each prov ince whoso duty it will bo to enforce tho old French law passed in tho fourth year of tho republic, and which holds each community rospon siblo for damage dono during public disturbances, according to n Geneva dispatch to tho Matin. Tho Qormnn officials contend, it is reported, that this law never was re pealed in tho territory which now comprises Belgium' after it ceased to bo a part of France, to which it was annexed in tho wara of tho revolu tion. Tho Matin's correspondent says no appeal can bo taken from tho do- visions of these- tribunals. N REPORTS INDIAN OUTBREAKS Negotiations Saved From Disaster by Concessions on Manchuria Questlen America Protests Dornlnathw ef China by Japanese, Including Se lection of Advisors. PEKING, April 1. The negotia tions between Jnpan mid China look ing to the ncccplanco by the republic of tho demands mndo shortly nftcr tho Jnpnneso occupation of Kino Chnu were ngnin saved from disaster today hy tho fact Hint tho Cliincxo statesmen mndc further concessions to Japan. Tho Chincso offered to waive entirely the question of Chin cso jurisdiction over Japanese immi grants to South Manchuria, except in cases involving land ownership. M. Hioki, tlio Japanese minister, under took to submit this proposal to Tokio. Jap l'oll co Demanded Articles ii, iii, iv nnd v of group v wero presented without nny offer of modification by Jnpan. Thcso ar ticles provide for tho ownership of land by Japanese in tho interior of China; for the employment of Japan eo policemen on certain designated Chincso police forces; that China purchase munitions of wnr from Jap anese nnd that China grant Japan certain railroad concessions in tho eastern portion of the central part of tho republic. The Japanese ndvnnccd the argu ment that thej' wished to unify tho system of arms now used throughout China, which today is made tip of a medley of innumerable patterns. They said also that China would benefit by nnItfereascirrlTlmbcr otBehobls nnd hospitals (ns provided for in article ii), and that they were only asking privileges which other nations now enjoy. American Protest TOKIO, March 27 (delayed in transmission). Tho American gov ernment's noto recently forwarded to Tokio concerning negotiations now in progress between tho Japanese nnd Chincso governments, dwelt in par ticular, nccording to rcliablo informa tion, on thrco points in tho demands mndo by Jnpan on China. Of these thrco points the first con cerned tho selection of foreign nd visers by China; the second wns in regard to tho purchase of munitions of wnr by the Chincso government, and tho third dealt with the question of foreign loans. Tho Washington government, it in understood, submitted Hint if Japan insisted on tho right to bo consulted by China in tho selection of foreign (Continued on page two.) II I LONDON, April 1. Tho war on alcohol, an outcome ot tho labor sit uation in Groat Britain, has definitely taken precedence over tho much talk ed ot "spring ndvanco ot the allies in tho west," tho reason bolng that tho problem of ammunition has bo como moro pressing than that ot re cruiting, Tho pronouncements of cabinet lcadors and tho lottcrot King George on tho question ot tomperance are Inttnded to pavo tho way and sound public sontlmont preparatory to either. bhuttlng oft absolutely the sale ot drink throughout tho country, except on physicians prescriptions, or the adoption ot somo measure which -whllo perhaps not called absolute pro hibition, will have almost as drastic an effect. War Secretary Kitchener hatrjn nounced that no alcoholic beverage uhal( bo served In his. household fer tho duratlou ot the war. Battlo Holds In the east and the west afford little news teday mmI although the allies are rapert4 M having resumed operations la the Dar danelles, nothing offielal U frar -w - fc Vll -T WA BOOZE LEAD PIC REA BRITAIN i t a ...i 4 4 i 4 a I m V. ' .! "4 f 4 & .' " 'H-S V tt O ''V