Hton 'fhf jfmi 207 Second S'lrttt1 Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Mnx. .11; .AJln. i!H.n, l'alr Llght I'Yo-t Tonight. 7 iff Korty.flflli Year Unity Ti'iiiii Vrnr. RUSSIANS TAKE Aflcr n Twclvc-Hcur Bailie Czar's Troops Capture Main Mountain Crest, Considered Impregnable Battle In Prepress AIoiiji Hundred Mllo Front. I.KMIIKIKI, Aiuil IHi vlii Plrn print mill I.iiiiiIiiii, April II, til"' P- III. Ill II ittHUiltU nlluok l.v tilt' IdHxiiiiis mi Hi" right Hunk of Hi" Austrian position nt .Mornlaboritf, on tin' Hungarian shin nf Hit! cant Hi skht mniinlniiiM, nml iilniut filly mile Mintli il' Prom.vsl, tho AuMrimis were forced nller a Ittflvr-liiMir lint lie in make a pteclpitate ii'tti'iit. Tin vlnil iniiiii most in this district which tin' AiimIHimih cnn-nlcied In In1 impiiiiiuthli I now in lliinsiuu hand. Tin' iniiiii limlv nf tin' AuMiliin niiiiy tlmii mow-it on l(nlnin, wheio tlll'V fllllllll (III IttlKxillllK ptCplllCll in ii Mintiv ili'lViiniti' position, nml tlii'.v nuiiiti won m'iiiImi. Another nltiii'k iiiinli' liv tin' AiilrimiH in Ii"' "iinlli mi ili-liict i'l' t'wmk mill Vcrrtxkini, met with it nhuihir check, tlif ltii hliuiM ni'i'iii.iti(( n initinii I In i'l- inili finin ('."ok. Tlii' left flinili nf litis Aulriiin mm.., iimli'r I'liiiiiiiniiil nl' Aiehdiiko .lni'ili IVnlliiiiiiil, I Ih'Iiik gradually exposed liv tin lliihxiim mlvmii'i'H Inwiinl Itnttfelil mill (Iiiiiiuiiim. tViiti'i-Mnsl StulilHirn Piri'HOIIIIAlV Airll II. lii'IHI ji.' in., via l.niulnii, 'ItlTt p. m.-Ail-tm-(Ii'IIiimii Imi'is which f I ill linlil iso lated miiiiiiiIIn nf tin' CuipittliiniiH mi' ennlexling stubbornly t''iv font nf llli' l(lliilll llilvillirt' lllntiu till' frilltl fimn Itartfoht tn Ntry. Tlti-t finnl i inn uliimtt iliiu cant nml west fur 11.' mill, lliirtfi'ld U in mirtlii'rii Hungary mill Slry in euMoin Oalii'iu, In lln miiiiIi nf l.omhcig, Attack nml cnitnlor-ntlnrl.s fol- low with kiii'li nipnlitv tlint Imtli side mny In' Miiil tn In' Inking Hit' nffens. in -imiilliMii'iiiily, Tin shock nrr ii'iilliiiK in iiihimihIIv homy cnunl lii'M, with niily n Mlijihl change in Hit' I'imipnniliM' pcn.ilinns nf tho nppns iiifc force, Aicdlniis Ilnlil tr.nk IV.nk, nenr tin' pass nf Hint 11111111, hi ill ioniums III tilt' possession nt tin Austrian, nil I in Kiismiiiis lum coiiiplclcil Hit heights In tin inn Hi .wild, coming within tlirci miles nf tin iiiilimiil htnlimi nml tlirir ncou piitinn nf I lio tnwn itself it expected hero. Tlin AiHiimiH uro vinnmnly iv penting llit'ir cffuiU tn pcnclrntc 110111 llul.nwinu iuln Itiissinn tt'iri tiny, 111 I In iliii'i'tiini nf t'hnlin. Tin' Hussions t'liiiiiu'lt'iici' thi- mow iih n dowco on tlin pari of lln Aiislrimis for drawing L'usshin troops I iiuii Hit1 CiiipnlliimiH. Tlii'v ntlit Hint tin Aulriuns have Iicimi iiiiiiIiIi' (n Iiiiiik up MilTiririil ri'iiifnri'fiiifiits In clioi'l; Ilin KiiKMian inlvmii'i' ami Hint Hit' nnly nlli'riiiilivn for Hit AiiNtiiiin i In ilixi'it purl nf Hid I'iismmii fnici's in nthor iliii'i'limiM, ' On I'iumIiui I'Yontli't.1 Tn dm inn Hi In Ilin iliHhict alniij; Hin l'riiMMiiin frniiHt'r tlioru nut no mnM'ini'iilK nf fiit tiiipurtmii't'. Snmll Imllli'H art' a ilnil.v ncciiru'in'o in tliu iMiiiimnpul ili-liicl. Tim ''eiiiiium (Cinithiiieil on Pncu 2.) I'lTTSIU'lKI, April ll.-Stniit'rt nf innihiinl iiiiliirti'iiil activity in H10 Pillhliiiri,' ilihtricl bi'i'mif." nf lit" lirt'Hi'iii'u nf'ni'ilui'rt i'nr ynr malt'iinl wt'io i-niifiriiii'il In tho Assnuiatt'il l'ri'hH tn(lny liy ri'pn'M'iilativt'H nf a niiniliiM' nf nimiiifai'liuiiiK cnnt'DriiH. At tho WVhlh'KhoiiKo i' Urakti cninpaiiy il wiih finiil t lint hpt't'ial inn cliiiu'ry hail lii'i'ii iiiHlullcil anil woil; iih'ii'wuVu now nuikiiiK hlirnpiit'l hIii-IIh, 'iirlriilKi' t'lihi'H ami fiiht'n on 11 t'on Irat't thul will rt'nuii't' )'' l cm iloi. Tlin Vi'wliiiKliniiu Kli'i'lrin ii Maiiiil'aoluriii,' Co. it finikin;,' Iiiiro )iojin'tlUiH I'm tliu war. flpoHnl uia I'ldatiry Iuih Iuhmv put in Ilio nluiw. A lliiinlii'i' nf Himtlh'f' ciiiiimM'iih iiIho art' juuliinj; iiiiiiutmllion. ANOTHER PASS IN CARPATHIANS RUSHING ORDERS BELLIGERANTS GERMAN 0 E SHELLS MADE IN UNITED STATES Frniimcnls Picket! Up nn Battle Line Show American Manufacture Tremendous Losses at Neuvc Chap pclle JustlfM by Developments Mild Wcal'-cr Prevails. (ii:si:it.M. iii-:.iKjHAim:itH oi Till: ItltlTIHII AII.MV IN KUAXCH, Tni'Niluvt April I a, via London, Apt II II.- In Dm Iri'iirlii'x 11 to 11 k Hid llrlt InIi finnl, Mprnwllni; from Ypri'M to l.n llinnn, nfflrrm nml mi'ii nllkn nro Hllll inlkliiK or Ilin buttle lint month nt Ntiuiit 'li:iiii'lli. Tho ofllri'nt rhiiiiU'tcrli' IliU lit It lull victory nn lllii'lv lo In' fitrorili'tl im tho Kri'itloitt locnl nurroiin or Ilin wnr, nml tlin prl vuli'H hull Ii nit I'vlili'iirn tli ill tho Oi'rinnn lino enn Im hrolin wlii'in-vcr llii'lr li'inlum ilceliln thlN iiiiihI Im ilnni) nml Unit tlin nrmiml niilin-il will oiitwi'lc.li tlin Imivllnhln Iokhi-h nun. tiilnuil. limit- lis .liisiiriiil Tic iiiInkIvIiirr lii I'iikIiiiiiI with n'Kiml In (Im llrltlfih Iouhcx nt N'cnvo Chnpi'lln nn linrill) Jtnitiricil In view of the iiilvnnci' Kflltifil In tlio nplii' Ion of Mtnff nlflrcrn nt thv front. One ufflror. cxiiilnlni; loilny (ho tUriUc Kir linporinnci' of HiIh ili-nt In tho (Iciiunn lino, unhl tho CcnniiiiH In hIx wriekn more, hnil (hoy mntliitipil lo linlil Nciivii Uhnpnllit, UiiiB fhuikliiK tho llrltlith cu( tho north ntul tlin Mouth, would Iiavii infllctoil InmiKii 'ipnil to Hi 0110 miHlntiicil hy tho nt- tnikiTH on Hint iiii'inornhlo Mnrrh inornliiK. Tlum the Ilrltlnlt would In n rtiort tltnn hnvo lout Jnit ah ninny liii'ii, tin npi'uki'r ilrclnrml, without tho phynlrnl nml morn I inlvnnlnKo ncoroil hy tho tpurt forwnnl. Tlin tit 1 11 wonthiT of uprlnj; pro vnlU toilnv nlonK I ho Imtllo lino, nml tin llrltlNh prlvnto, tho man from I'niimlii nml Hit fltUitor from Imlln nil fi'i'l vory innrli llko 11 football loam, cnnflilont of IU nlilllty to ncoro nitnliiHt tho other utile whon tho Kroiiml In n little ilrlor. t'fclui; Amoilrnn SI10IU Tho (iiTiiimiH In hoiiio InRtiinroR nrn now uhIiik Aniorlcnii innih bIioIIh. iiovornl frnKiut'iilR of hIipIIh hnvo boon plckoil up within tho Mrltlnh IIiioh ninrkfil -II. Slock & Co., 17. S. A." NVhothi'r thomi nro rccunt nrqiilal llotiH or old MioIIh hoiU to (iornuiny from Amorlrn Ioiik uro cannot ho do tormlnt'd In tho lines. NM:V YOIIK. April 1 1. An offl clnl of tho ItcmliiRtnn Arum nml Am munition company, who tmlil ho wnn rnmlllnr with tho ihtirklnH of hIioIIr In thin country ilurltiK tho pant flf toi'ii yonm, niHortcil todny that no nIioIIh mnilo In Amorlca durliiR that tlmo horn tho liiHcrlptlon "It. Stork Co., IV S. A." or innrklnRH which could ho mlHlakon for It. Thoro wiih no firm mnkliiK nmmunlllon In tho Pnltod StatoH, ho until by tho name of It. Stock & Company. ThlH official ndilod Hint ho wns cr-rtuln Ormnny hnd purchacd no iiuiiiiiiiiltlon In Amorlca. L LONDON', April -I, After 11 pro lmiKi'il lull in tho opt'iatioiiH at iho Darilaui'lh'ft, fiKhtiiiK has hcon to suuicil on 11 miiiiII Ht'iiltv An official icport I'l om Oomitmitiaoplo mi.ys tlio liattciioH at Hit' cntruiu'o to tho blrailH wt'io hoiuharili'il yohlonlay and that a fiiiihiT ami ilt'htroyor woa htraok hy Iho Turkinli firo. Jlcfisii;iw finin Vienna tn Home quota nn AiiHtrinn offioiiil im wiyiiij; that a Hlato nf hiejjo prohahlv will ho inoclaiiui'il in Austria on aot'ount of popular unrest oer-iiMoncil hy Hit' '"I vant'o of Iho Uussiaiis throiih the CiirputliiaiiH. It in reported alo that Kmperor l'Yniiris Joseph has tlut'itli'il to mako tlio ti'itilotial ttoiiot'huion ile hiivil hy Italy, provided Hint nation will tako up uriiirt for Amtlria ami (lonnauy. Tliis report, however, is not Kouornlly urvilitetl Iu Home, NAVA ASSAULT N DARDANELLES AGAIN RESUMED MEDTj'OIID, Fifty Years Ago ' -in Man Who Hoard the Shot; Who Saw Tills Man WORLD SHORTAGE SENDS PRICES UP (lilt A(iO, April 1 1. Pro-pert, of 11 win Id r-hoitiiKf 111 wheat awiilnhlc for inuni'diiitc xhipmeut ri'Milteil to day in n M'liMttinmil hnlyo in prioos, Iitisiuos- Miitdouly iihMuueil liue pro portiotw in tho I11M hour of timlinc, mid prices fluotualcil widely, jumping up nt the rnlo of '-jo helwecn trans- lll'tilllH. Mny wheal' ro-t swiftly (P'i tn .ft.ti:i,'ns- niiinst 4I.."llt, nt tho clo-e last uihl. Tho uilvunei' wns to with in -I cents a hiishel of tho topmost level since the hopnnin;: of the war, July wheat rose ccu morn sharply than May, timi'luiu; Kl-'j. 11 leap of Do 11 huslit'l ahtiM last nish'l. The ascent was accompmiicd hy assertions- thai thc'llntish Koveriiiucut lind ceased liuyinif, linviii': obtained all that was lcquiicil for Uritish needs, ami that a scrmuhlo wns expected on tho pint of other countries, for small ifmniuiuK supply, lleforo the finish July son led higher to Kill, a total ascent of D'-j cents t'omparcil with last nilit. Heavy profit-takini; hroko the mar ket hack I cents from tho top, hut on n rcsiunplion of netixo liuyiii,' prices started upwind again. Tilt close was excited, with the market as a whole i'iuikIiik H:,4 to (le above his) nielli. BALL FIRST GAME WASllINOTON', April M. PrcsJ. tlcnt Wilson fornially opened tho American Husehall leaj;uo season to day, iosHitiK out Hid hall used in the initial Kiimn hot ween Washington and Now York. As tho president arrived at the park tho hand played 'Tho Htar Spangled llanner" and tho great orowd arose and eljeerctl. Tho team with Pitcher Walt 01 Johnson in tho ounlor, gathered in front of tho president's box as he throw out tho hall. Secretary lhyiin, who seldom wit nesses hall games, Kecretary Daniels, many officers of Iho ariny and navy, diplomats mid lenders in Washington society wuro In tho crowd. PROSPECT IN WHEAT PRESIDENT OR1WON, Vtil)XKSI)AY, Tonight Lincoln Was Assassinated ii.-- the President Fall: Who Saw the Assassin Trip on the American Flan Tells the Story of John Wilkes Booth's Deed. Lincoln .MiMiiini'ii .skHrlioil fro 111 Mt'ttli-nnnt STORY OF TRAGEDY IF LINCOLN'S DEATH TOLD BY WITNESS! When John Wilkes Booth sprung fioni tho president' box in Ford'.s theater, April I, lSli.'i, ami challeug ed the world with his dramatic cry, "The south is moused!" only one miin in the audience seemed to fool iho shock of the world tragedy. For several second, at tor the bul let carried its death blow to Lincoln's brain the audience seemed purnlyzru with fright. Hut from tho topmost gallery n young mini leaped to the balcony rail lielow and swung into the president's box just in time to see an incident that seems lo have escaped everyone ejse on Hit stage mid in this theater. Story tif the Tragedy Lieutenant Charles II. Jones then connected with tho quintermastcr' department at Washington, is the man who sprang from the gallery in timo to hear u man on tho stage an nounce, "Tho assassin is captured," mid thus prevent immediate pursuit of Month. This is Lieutenant Joae.s' story of Lincoln's assassinut ion ; "It was tho third act of the play, Our American Cousin.' I lieurd the shot in the president's box; 1 saw Lincoln's head fall i'oiward a mini sprang from the box, tripped on the American Hag that cuitaiucd it, ami stumbled to tho stage, fourteen feet below. ''As he nrose to his feet ho cried: ,Tho south is avenged-' "Not half a dozen people in the then tor realized they wero witnessing a great tragedy, but 1 seemed to tli- vino what had happened. 1 lenped over the. gallery and balcony rails, swung Into tho piesident s box just in time to' seo Major Hathboiio re move his hands from tho president's head. They wero covered with blood. I knew then that tho emuneipator was tl.viujf. Pursuit Tn mod Hack "Histories havo been written about Lincoln's assassination, but nil of tho histories omit 0110 important, thing a thing that I paw mid no man can contradict my statement in regurd to this: "As soon ns Hooth disappeared from Iho stage n man in uveuiug clothes announced, 'lie has been cap tured,' and turned back tho peoplo who wero pursuing tho assassin. "Oao man had followed Hooth when (Continued on unte two.) APHIL II, 1015 .Jonos' Story. JAP WARSHIPS. MINE HARBOR, LOWER CALIFORNIA LOS ANOELKS. April 14.- Threo .Jnpnneeo wnmlilps under Admiral Xnkayamn. with nl colliers and sup ply uhlp.-i. manned altogether by about 1000 men, wero assembled In Tur tle Hay, Lower California, standing by the stranded Japanese cruiser Aaama, according to a staff corres pondent of tho Los Angeles Times, who has just returned from a trip of Investigation. Turtlo Day is 409 utiles south of San Diego, Cnl., mid is fiild to ho the best harbor north of Magdalena Hay, the west coast rendezvous of tho United States navy. No effort is being mado to float the Asama, which tho correspondent avers Is lying in soft mud at tho en trance to tho harbor. This was ex plained, ho said, by Japanese, offi cers who declared they wero awaiting the arrival of a great enmo ship. Meantime, howovor, tho correspond ent asserts, Turtlo Day has been mined by tho Jnpaneso, ammunition has been landed and largo camp es tablished ashore. Preparations also wero mado, ho added, to land guns from tho Asama. Tho mines wero laid In tho harbor, tho correspondent said ho was told, ns an additional precaution against nttack by German nnvnl vessels, , NKW YOHK, Apiil II. For base ball fans throughout the country this wns tho most nienioriible day of the year, tho day for which they hod waited six long months, tho day of tho opening ot tho big league season. The Washington weather bureau promised fair weather to greet tho thousands who wero to gather in hasebnll parks in the east and the west to welcome old favorites and new faces on the diamond. In accord with ancient custom, tho great gatno was to receive official in. doisement by Pie.sident Wilson in Washington, in tossing tho first ball upon tho tliniuond, whilo Mayor Ahtehvl in New York and other of fieials in various cities performed similar funulions. BASEBALL OPENS IN MAJOR LEAGUES BLACKLIST BARS UNIONISTS FROM TELEGRAPH KEYS Operators Assert Commercial Tele graph Companies Maintain Black list Which Is lnterchan-::al)le Be tween Western Union, Postal and Railroad Companies. CHICAGO, April 1 l.C. II. Mc F.lronth, n tclegrnpher employed by the Inlcnintioiiiil Now Service nt De troit, testified today before tip- I'nit cd Stales commission 011 industrial relation" Hint the commercial .tele graph 'companies maintain ukbuiok- list. " "I nut on il because I am a union man," he said, and milled Hint he is sure Iho list is interchangeable bc txvecn the Western Tnion mid tin Postal Telegraph companies. Jle said the list i available to the railroad companies. "Jinny men have been driven from the country in this- way," snid the witness-, "whilo other hnvo obtain ed work by using an alias. These latter, however ?ire usually discover ed in time." "Do blacklisted men ever obtain re instatement 1" asked Frank P. Wulsh, chairman of the coimufcsiou. "Yes, by slirrenderiti'.; his hood by surrenderini: bis card," replied JtoKlrenth. Hank nml File Strurlc mnn union vr S. J. I Koiienkniiip, president of the 'eiul Telegraphers' t'nion of 1 nmmercuil 1 etegrnj America, was recalled to reply to a phase of the testimony of Vice-President Hrnoks of the Western Union Telegraph company, mid Kdwnrd 0. Reynolds, general manager of the PoMnl Telegraph compiiny:' TIn strike of 1007. ICeneuknmp said, wns not brought about hv the officers of the union on the heels ot' an agree ment made through ('. IL Xeill, then commissioner of labor, but was forc ed by Hie rank mid file of the union. "The men in San I'miici-co did walk oat tho day after the agreement wns reached, but they did not know of the truce nml officers of the union forced them to return to work." snid the witness. "Tho union officials were hnrshly criticised hv the men for their conciliatory altitude. Theie wns vrnn; on both side. hut the companies had ample warning of un rest among the men." Protection for dowry Commissioner Aishton asked if ev cry effort was mnde to inform the men of the N'eill agreement. "Xo. IL C. dowry, then general mnnnger of the Western Tnion, want ed to 'save his face, anil I wns asked to give the agreement as little pub licity ns possible," replied Jlr. Kon enkamp. T. W. Carroll, superintendent of trait io of tho western division of the Western Union Telegraph company. wns tho noxt witness. Ho was ques tioncd regardm? hours, nntuio of work, relief, split tricks and tho bo nus system of compensation. TO I.ON'DOK, April 14, .1:24 p. in. Parliament reassembled today with a fair attendance. The first hour was devoted principally to questions con cerning iho war. Lewis llnrcourt, secretary of state for the colonies, promised that the dominions would bo consulted fully in regnhl to the terms of peace. , Harold J, Tennaut, parliamentary under secretary of war, mndo tho an ununceiiient that there hnd been 1.140 promotions to commissions from the rnnks sineo tho beginning of tho war. lie nlso gnvo what was regarded as n possiblo cluo to the intentions of tho government concerning tho drink question. He said that beer was the only intoxicant now permitted in tho canteens and that it was not tho in leutiou of tho authorities to prohibit its sale. Premier Asquith annouiiceil that tho honso would sit for only threo diiys' work. PALAMEN SESSION PA UPON PROHIBITION XO. '20 RGKFAW Forty-five Thousand Men Engaged Two of Obregon's Commanders Surrounded and Retreat Cut Off Villa Forces Defeated at Battle of Hulsachlto. WASHINGTON, April 14. Hard fighting at Cclnyn toilny seemed to favor the. Villa forces, nocordimf' to n consular report lo the stnto depart ment, which nys nt least 4."f000 men nre engaged. Tlio fighting lino extended from Cclnyn to Querctnro to I.n flricga, and the Mntc ifcpnrtmout report fjays two of fJenoral ObrcgonM conuiinh dor inve been 'surrounded nml 're treat to the south is cut off. A tntc department summary o! Mexican ndviccs today said: "The department is advised, in n report dated the 1.1th, from Laredo, Hint the battle of Huisachito on tho Pith resulted in n severe defeat for the Villa forces. Advices confirmed the published reports that tho Villa wounded wero killed nn tho battle field and that prisoners were execut ed. The loss of tho Villislas is said to bo 400." , JL-ijor General Frederick IJmwton commanding the American f nfccJ iin the Mexican border, is en routv7toJfty from San Antonio to Hrownsvlllo, Tex., lo take personal charge, of tho situation there, which has again be come threatening in consequ?nee of the falling of Mexican bullets info American territory. Reporting to the vnr department today, Clcnoral.Fiuis ton said that although bullets struck the Urownsville side during- the fight ing yesterday, there were no casual ties. Fighting has not been re sumed. IRY 10 SECURE LIBERTY BELL FOR BIG EXPOSITION PHILADELPHIA, April 14. A de termined effort will bo mndo at to morrow's ineetln got the city council to bring about the pnsago of nn ordi nance permitting tho removal of tho historic Liberty Doll from its shrlno in Independence Hall to tho Penn sylvania building at the San Francis co International Exposition, where It will bo exhibited until the close- of tho fair. -Mayor Illnnkenbcrg and leaders in tho council favor the movement anil are willing to see tho necessary money appropriated for tho expenses of the trip. Heretofore the proposition has been opposed mainly by patriotic orders and by bodies of women who fear that tho p'ecious relic might be destroyed In a rail road wreck or somo other accident. Now those favoring tho exhibition of the bell in tho far westorn city havo obtained tho support of Admiral Dewey and General Miles and tho in fluence of theso distinguished offl. cers is being felt so strongly that thero Is Uttlo doubt the bell will bo permitted to go away, properly guarded by Philadelphia policemen. Admiral Jlowey and General Mllen nrgtio that by reason of conditions In Kuropo this Is n good time to Btlr up patriotic sentiment among the people of this country and that noth ing would, havo greater intluonca than a trip across the continent of tho bell which proclaimed liberty throughout the land 130 yearn ago. Tho details ot tho nmouut ot money needed for expenses and the date on which tho revered pleco of bronxo is to bo started on its Journey re main to bo settled. NEWTOKT NEWS, Va., April 14. Tho German commerce raider lCronpriuz Willivlm, it was leimiwl today, is in need of boiler tub which cannot bo supplied nt this port and must be mniuifnclnwl tdt!wkw. To procure and iiitl w tibf, It is said, would rciptfro,! leMt tkr- 1 weeks. . ,. til I! !l 1 E i Vli 1 ft ! .,, r tf Mi . SA r I o a