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ft, i, IliUrf - 707 Sjrconrt Stmt Medford Mail Tribune 9 SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair tonight and BatwAajr Cooler .Har. HO Mia, 4l. J J V Korty.riftli Yrnr. Pally- Tenlli Yciir. Knlscr's Aviators Drop Bombs In Dnyllnlit Within Thirty Miles of London Marked Activity at Zep pelin Oases Doth Aeroplanes and Zeppelins Domliard British Towns. LONDON, April Hi. Operations of mllllnry airmen oviirshndowod all oilier developments f tho wnr to day, Herman aviators accomplished lino of tliclr most during fents jkjiio IrulliiK I)' noroplnuo to wlthlii .TO miles of London In n dnyllnlit rnld. 'I'lioy dropped bombs on several towiia lull no far tin In Known lltttn dninniui was done. Murk ed uctlvlty lit tho Oorninn nlrshlp Imron Ml Kmdcii nml Cux haven lo port oil from llollmid, nnd It In mild t lint three Zeppelins woro hlnlitod flying westward over Dutch IhIiiiiiIh In tho North Run, (litrmnn aeroplanes this afternoon went dropping In Kent within 30 miles of London, ,ih'jm- Otcr llerne liny Tim machines first ninilo their op penrnnco ovor llnrnu liny, to tho cnsl of Cuntorhury and nhout r0 nil I en from London. Within n fow min utes tht'y were reported ovor Cnntor. lilt ry, donor to (tin cnpltnl nnd very shortly nflcrwnrd they nppenred ovor Fnvorshnm nnd then oror Kit tliighnurni', not innro thnn 30 iiiIIum nwny, dropping bombs on oarh town. Thin wns tho third German norlnl nttiirk tin tho custom counties of KiiKlnnd In tho Inst 3C hour. Tho two previous nttnchn vero inndo at night by Zeppelins nlrshlps. Till mid wan carried out by noroplnnci. Aerial onnliuiRhlii, however, hnve not been limited to tho Gorman. Fnuirh official reports claim a suc cessful honthnrdmont from tho sky of tho Imporlnl Oermnn hindiimrtorn In retnllutlon for it Zepinilln nxsnull on Nnnry. .llle' ,iNlilp Itiuy A Oermnn wireless report credits to ii Swiss nowspnpor tho statement that French airmen hnvo dropped hoiuliN on sovornl Oermnn towns tin ptotoctcd by nut. aircraft kuuh, London no longer roiuldcrn Itudf liniiiuno from nlr raiders of tho Zep pelin typo. It realized nlnn thnt oven noroplnncs could bombard tho city. Zeppelins, on their recent night raids, hnvo traveled further from their Cuxhnvon linsn thnn tho dlHtnnco from Cuxlinven to Loudon, nml noroplnnoii .10 mlleH from tho cnpltnl nnd dimming their own course, hnvo hroiiKht n now concep tion of tho effectho rnnno of thin typo of inarhlno. Public Hrcpllcitl .Nevertheless tho public In Mkeptl nil of tho powers for harm of Zep pelins, tho trifling dumngo dono dur ing tho nlKht rnldn of Wodnosdny nnd Thin mlny being cited In J tint t f 1 tntlon of this feeling. It would ap pear thnt tho I a tost nlr milium hnvo used bombs of no Incendiary, rather thnn nu oxplnHlvo, chnrnclor. Hot li tho French nnd Gorman of flclula mention tho oorutlon of aero, planes. Tho Ilerlln Htutomont ny nlrHhlpH of tho nlllos throw bombs on poHltloiiH behind tho Oermnn linos nnd hIhii cnuuod tho ileath of several cIvlllaiiH ut Freiburg. Tho 1'nrls an iioiiiicoinont Htnton thnt n Oermnn iivlutor wns hrougth down by artil lery nenr Yprcfl, F. E IIOLimooiC, Arlr., April 10. Tho flood which nwept nwny roser volr (turns nt Lymnu nnd Hunt, and Hubiuorgod parts of St. Johns yoHtor dny, had Itiundatod today tho town of Woodruff, 12 miles southeast of horo. Wntori dlvorlod from tho overflowed Ltttlo Colorado rlvor, HiihmorKod tho streets to a dopth of three foot bofore tho Woodruff dnm burst nnd relived tho prosstiro, Menntlmo nl tho pooplo of the town hnd renchod high ground and thero woro no fntalltleu to add to the list of eight lives lost by tho break ing of tho Lymnn dnm Weduosday wdnlght. 3RDAIRSHIPRAID UPON ENGLAND FROM GERMANY ARIZONA LOODS SUBMERG WNS ITALTCARMYOF 1 .200,000 EAGER TO BEGIN ACTION For First Time Italy Has Perfectly Armed and Equipped War Machine Officers Forced to Hold Men In Check to Prevent Hostilities Snow In Alps Delays Entrance In Zone. ON TIM: ITALIAN FltONTIF.lt. via l'n lis, Apiil III. -Italy today hit 1311,0111) lirt line Holiliei under linn. They mo from 'JO lo Ull y tn r of ne. They uic peifcctly n nurd nml eiiiipied othciwiso "to lite IiihI I.1.11..1 ' (leneinl Zupelli, Itiilinu minister of wnr, .pi-iikiiij: on llii' military situa tion in Duly, Hiiid Hint n miracle hail been iiiH'oinplUlieil in thnt n country for which nboul twenty yearn luul miiiutaiueil n militurv oiguuizulioii merely for tho preset vidian of pence, hail created what he termed one of III most perfect of war machines. The change was not easy, (Irnernl Zitpclli Miid, n h wiim protcd whoever (he (nine work tvns nttcmptnl. (lion llritnin, for cnmile, hail fncnl the xnme problem, ami though ie.M'hhinf: Krenler resource, woh etcn lens pre pared than Italy. The war minister snld that Ihe eipiipment of Ihe nmiv ilh weapoiiH won superior pi-opoi1ionatelv to that of the (lenniin iiriny nt Hie lioitiuinf; of the war. KucenicuM of the soliliei concen trated nlnn;: the frontier to lie-in no tion in o cleat that their officers tire compelled to hold them oloxcly in check for fear of disturbing border incidontu, In view of Hie extensive prcpnrn tioiiH whieh have hern made, the iiueslion in nsked with inerensiiiff fro iiuenoy, why Italy iloiw not enter the war. Men in a iioxitlnii to speak with authority sny that n majority of Ihe people prefer nml the uovcnimeut still hopcM to oblniii territorial conees. sions from Austria without u rup ture of funnily relntioiiH. Weather conditions in the Alps must uNo he lemembeied in consider int' Italy V iirohable netioii. Snow still lien deep in the mountains nml Ihe cold is iiilense. Most of Ihe msHe ore still dosed by snow anil ice. KANSAS CITY PAYS NELSON FINAL TRIBUTE KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 10. I' I u kb were net nt half innst hero to dny, schools nnd public libraries woro cloBod nnd hundrods of buslnoss bouses itnd factories niiHpended oper ations during tho hour of tho tun ornl of Wllllnin It, NelHon, editor of tho Knusns City Star, whoso death occurred Tuesday, PnllbcnrerH were selected from ntnoiiR tho employes of tho Stur, var ious departments bolng represented. COBBLED WITH NKUVK CHAPHLLi:, France, Ap ril 111. Tito K'"iiuil t this west of tliia now hhattercil town of Nunva Cluiielle from which llie Hritish drove the OcnnmiH in the middle of March, with such terrible loss- of life for both sides', U literally cobbled with (lor mini hkullH, The dead liu buried in hhnllow gritvcs overywlieve, nnd tlio vicinity h Hlrutvu with wreeknso nnd debris, The Hrilish have mado it iih tidy ax they can, hut beneath many of tho trenches mid duouta nix iuuhcH of bavonet will meet tho rcHmtunco of elotli nnd human flesh, while in the No Mim' Laud, between (he Hritish line mid the (lermnn trenuhes to tha ciiHt, bodies lie thick. Neither the (lormaitH nor (ho Ilrit isli dure attempt to remove" thu poipseH and unless homo situalion do velops (o niter the relative position of the opposing linen they nro likely Mt ill to bo Ihero when Kiimmer uome. Many of tho trcuclivH and dugouts wliore the men live unwillingly harbor tho liodies of thouwandu of men whieh veio covered with oarth after the Uritfsli Vlli Nuy MlVV hcV juried MEDFORD, COAST TERMINAL OF NEW ALASKAN RAILROAD :MBMEt2 .r--vBUm BbBbBkBbBbBbBbBbBEBBBbBBbB? BB&MBBBBBBBBBPJWKk -. ' jBBBBBBBBBBBBBBWBBBBBBBbMBbPBBBBBBBBBBBBB BbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbBbbbbbbbbbPSbbbbbbBbbbbbbbbbSbV'bv'Bi bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbHbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbI St'Hnixl, Alnftkn, the Alasknti Tort Kolcr1Nl lly lrwldent Wilson oh tho Coast Terminal of tho llnllivMil Wlilrli Will Itiin to Knirlmiikx, ()Kiiliig tho Intrrkir'of Alaska. RICH COUNTRY L I NKW YOUK. April 1C Tho spec ulntlvo nctlvlty In tho stock market nsnutncd a now phnso at tho outset of today's session with unlns of seven to'nlmost SO points In tho shares of various Inilustrlnl companies which nro reported to hnvo received Inrso orders for war supplies from foreign governments. American locnmotlvo mado a max imum Knln of IStt points, advanclm; to 08. New York Air Hrako rose 1 1 U to S9?i and WcstlnKhouso Klec trlc jumped 7 points to 89. From thoto extraordinary mlvnnccs there wore share declines of 3 to 12 points, Locomotlvo fnlllnR back to CO. Ilcthlehem Steel participated In tho rlso to tho extent of sovon points nnd uumorous siieclnltles pained 1 to 3. TradlnR In tho first hour pointed to n now record of nctlvlty ut tho end or tho dny. Tho mnrkot resolved Itsolf Into a contest between various pools In In dustrials, which rotfo In u sensutlonal mnunor and further selling of simul ant stocks by substantial Interests. Closing prices reflected sumo confu sion. GERMAN SKULLS liv both tho (leuiimis mid the Hritish, nnd while ciosxes today dot Iho laud seapees between the lines. So iiujcklv did Iho Hrilish lirenk throiiKli thu German line that full do tails of tho action lire now only lie. doming known, even to tho men who participated. Tho suddenness of the ndvnnco wus sueh that many of the men were so dnxed Unit nil lliov knew was that thev got through. In fuet, (tin Hritish staff officers litushingly assert (hut it was too ipiiek for (ho lu'st resulls, the Oernian linu giving way so suddenly that tho Hritish found themselves like u man who hitR his opponent with nil his might and encounters hut slight lesislanee and is thereby thrown off his balance. "If wo had had a chance for it that day, I believe wo could have tnkeiv, A ubers also, nml perhaps Lille," said ono officer with n smile. "At nny rate, wo guvoMho Germans their worst drubbing of Iho wnr, and the effect till along our front has been incal culable. Kvory man in tho Jlrilisli army believes sincerely that wo would break tho German lino if we wauled lo nnd dial is n mighty eoinfortahlo fecliu a NDUSTRIALS SHOW SENSATIONA K STOCK MARKE OREGON; FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1915 TAPPED BY ALASKA RAILROAD NATURAL WEALTH ISTS OF COAL, m, f ARMS WASHINGTON, April 1(5. The mute of Uncle Sam's government owned railroad will take it through the richest and mint fertile valleys in Alaska. The Sewnrd-Kiiiibauks route is the one selected by President Wilson and this entails the purchase of the property of the Alaska Northern Hail way company, already constnieted over tho first stage of the journey from Seward. Susitiui Itouto Cliosen Tiie route is known ns tho Sn-itna route ami extends fnim Seward on ltesurrcetion bny to Fairbanks on tho Tanann river, it distance of 171 miles, including (ho existing Alaska Northern railroad, which runs from Seward through the Kenai peninsula for a distance of 71 miles to Turn again Ann. The Alaska Northern railroad was built by A. C. Krol of Chicago, and some others, with the intention of get ting coal to Sewanl fnuu tho Mutn uuskn fields. As the government held tide to their coal lauds, however, they were prevented from taking out eoal mid so wro loieed to stop building tho railroad. When they stopped building tho railroad officials figured passenger mid freight traffic would pay for its upkeep. However, they did not fig u ro on (ho federal railroad tax, mid when this was demanded the road was forced to shut down. OiHrutcl lly Public Kalher than go broke owners of mines depending on thu mad for transportation conferred with Iho people of Seward nnd it plan was ar Hinged by which they were allowed to operate it without being taxed in re turn. Thus for a timo tho road enjoyed tho distinction of being tho only one in Alaska operated by (ho public. From Turniigain Ann (ho route is to bo extended through Siisitmt val ley nml across Hrond pass to tho Tmimin river and from there on to Fairbanks. It is to bo a stnmlanl gaugo road and from Mntnnuskn Juneliou n side lino will be run into tho vast Matu uiiska coal field. StAils nt Somml Sownrd, tho point at which the gov ernment railroad will start, is local cd on llesurreution bay, is ono of tho host protected harbors in Alaska. Tlie town was founded in 1002 by a white man named Lowell nnd his Indian wife, Lowell is said to bo a direct descendant of tho family of (Continued 03 i puo) UNCLE SAM II BUILD Government T BATTLE IN HISTORY HKKLIN, April 10. The Ovcisens News Agency today gavcout the fol lowing : "Acroplnnc scouts report that be. hind the French front there are con tinuous movements of large bodies o( troop-, indicating mi intention to re new the attacks. ''Similar reports from Austrian headquarters de-eribe the four weeks' buttle in the Carpathian mountains as tho most gigantic in the histor.v of tho world, I5,.")00,000 men partici pating. This battle reached a cli max several days ago. Tho Hussion offensive was halted and repulsed with the mo-t appalling losses. On some days as many as GOO trains wero used for wounded. The field hospitaN are overcrowded with the wounded mid sick, and thousands succumb without adequate medical attendance. 'A high Swiss officer who has studied tho situation, according to a Zurich newspnpor, characterizes as utter failures tho French mid Russian offensives nnd the attempts to force the Dardanelles. Ho snys these fail ures, togolher with tho inability of the Hritish navy to defeat nml anni hilnto tho German naval forces, clear ly indicates that the triple entente has lot (he war mid thnt the only question now remaining U when this truth will be realized. CHICAGO, April 1C Sixteen thousand union carpenters, striking tor au increase of 0 cents mi hour, wero under the ban of a lockout or dor by their former employers today. Painters, lathers, plasterers mid sheet metal workers found themselves in shiiiliir oirouuistaues mid enoimh al lied Irudes wero affected to bring tho total of idlo men beyond 7",000. Tho carpenters wero on strike from 4:30 p. m. yesterday until midnight. Then tho lookout order went into of. feet and today men who wished to holt (ho strike order mid continue at work were told to carry their griev ances to tho union officials. When work ceased on approximate. ly -1000 of the 4300 unfinished struc tures in (ho city tho contractors laid off all hands except a few men re tained to oIour up odd jobs. Watoh. uieji wore employed to keep close vigil MOS HTI CARPATHIANS HCAGO INCH SECURE KAISER'STRH WITH BAYONETS Brilliant Success North of Arras Re ported Germans Begin Move to Retake Les Epargcs Deadlock on Eastern Front German Repulse Reported In Carpathians. LONDON, April 10. In tho land oporatlons, tho French claim a bril liant success north of Arras, which completes tho gain mado near there last month. The German position, according to the report given out of ficially In Paris, was taken at the point of tho bayonet. On the heights of tho Mouse, the Germans evidently arc beginning a movement to retake Les Bpargcs. Ucrlin claims to have repulsed all the French attacks along tho western front, thus putting an end to tho French offensive which was planned to make St. Mlhlcl untenable. On tho eastern front neither side seems to bo making any headway. The lack of definite news from this arena of the war is filled by a crop of rumors which agree only on ono point, namely, that great events are Impending in tho east. In tho Carpathians, active opera tions are being undertaken over in creasingly wldo sections of both tho eastern and western fronts. Germans Ilcpulsed Unofficial reports from Hungary describo a battlo in tho Carpathians region as a result of a German at tack on a Russian position. The col lision occurred In the section between the $try and Ondava rivers, and the Germans are said to haro been beaten back. Although no great battles are in progress with the excoptlon of the protracted struggle on tho US mllo front between Oartfeld and Stry, au Important engagement is evidently pending. Tho Russians hnvo taken up the attack along tho Warsaw front, after the long winter lull. They claim the capture of a villag near Sochnczew, about 30 miles from the Polish capital. In tho vicinity of Ossowetz, near the Prussian frontier, fighting also has been re sumed. Holland Deeply Stirred Holland is stirred deeply by tho sinking of tho Dutch steamer Kat wyk, bearing a cargo consigned to tho government of tho Netherlands. Tho Dutch marine ministry, after an Investigation expressed tho opinion that tho vessel was sunk by a German Bubmarlno. BAR FIGHT FILMS FROM UNITED STATES NEW YORK, April 1C Warned by H. C. Stuart, special deputy col lector of customs of this port, that word had been rccelvod of an at tempt to bring Into New York tho Wlllard-Johnson films made at Ha vana, every examiner employed by tho port appraiser was on tho watch for them today. A similar warning, it was roportod has been sent to th customs officials of all Atlantic sea board clttos. over uiitiuislied buildings, llus pre caution was deemed particularly nee ossary bccituso of tho decision of the most of tho employers to bring non union workmen into Chicago from othor cities. Contracting painters and decorat ors hnvo decided to substitute strang ers for 0000 union bmsh-wiclders who were locked out becnuso 3000 of their number struck in protest against tho nnti-striko ngreomont whieh nil members of tho Building Construction Employers' association wero pledged to exact from nil building crafts. Violenco already has been report ed by men interested in tho nninting nnd decorating trndo. A big automo bilo onrrying men armed with brass knuckles nnd blackjacks nppenrod on tho north sido and several nonunion men were beaten, according (o re. porta. BUILDERS BAR 100,000 NO. 22 OBREGON WIS VILLA DEFEATED T Advices Received at WasJilnfHw Cm fllct Carranza Claims Decisive Victory, But Advices Fran Ira puato Say Advantage Is With VrHa, Who Has Surrounded City. , WASHINGTON, April fl. Consul Sillimnn nt Vera Cmz cabled tho state department today n summitry of the Carranza reports of n victory' by general Obrcgon over tho Villa forces near Cclnya. Jtotit of Iho Villa army with the capture of thirty pieces of artillery and ninny 'prisoners was claimed. Department officials wero nwr.itinjf detailed reports from both sides be fore accepting as definite tho result claimed by cither. Later the department received nil vices from Irapunto Baying hostilities at Cclnyn were still in progress, with slight advantage on the side of Ihe villa forces, who, the department an nouncement says, hnvo completely surrounded the city and out tho rail road behind the Carrupistas. Carranza Claims Victory The Carranza agency made public a telegram from General Cnrranza quoting General Obrcgon'a report on thirty-six hours of fighting at Cc lnyn. Obrcgon nnnounccd a complete victory over Villa, who, ho said, at tacked Cclnya Wednesday morning with forty-two of his generals and 30,000 men in threo armies. After describing his defensive measures, followed by charges ahl an advance of sharpshooters, the Ob rcgon report said: "As soon as this movement was be gun, the enemy showed signs of dis may and complete disorganization. Our cavalry charges on tho enemy's flank- nml tho attacks of our infan try, which was advancing against tho enemy's flank and front, determined its defeat, nnd nt 1:15 p. m. (April 13) the retreat in great disorder be gan. Our soldiers wero then on their trenches, causing tho enemy a ter rible loss of life. Thirty Cannon Captured "Wo have picked up from the field over thirty cannon in porfcet condi tion, with nil their ammunition and beasts of burned; over C000 Mauser rifles and have takon inoro than 8000 prisoners nnd largo numbers of horses, saddles and other wnr mater ials. "Our cavalry column is nursiiimr what is left of tho enemy and I am hopeful that tho enemy's train and such accoutrements ns it carried with it on its retreat may bo captured. "At this timo I cnlculato the en emy's losses exceed 1-100 men, be tween dead, wounded and prisoners. Our losses do not exceed 200 men, dead and wounded, nuiong tho latter being a colonel and an officer of my staff." TAKE AN APPEAL SAN FRANCISCO, April 10. Counsel for Maury I. Diggs and F. Drew Caminctti, convicted of violat ing tho Mann net, petitioned the United States court of appeals today for a rehonring of tho case. Diggs mid Cumincttl woro found guilty in 1013 of transporting Lola Norn's nnd Marsha Warrington from Sacrnmento to Ileno for immoral pur poses. Diggs received n sentence of two years and a fine of $2000 and Caminctti eighteen Months mid $1500. FORTNIGHT'S TIME TO RELEASE MNNESOTA ii mul TOKIO, April 16, 3:30 p, M Tho position of the steamship Minn esota, which Is fast oh a reek at tk entrance of the Inland 8m, wkw It, struck Sunday nlgkt, is wore rkui than was at first suppwM, It M expected, however, that If tk wwUfcw or la favorable the vessel eaa flouted In a fortnight. prMiin may be used to dwtrey tke ldy 0 wblch she Is fwK, NCLAYA GH DIGGS-CAMINETT A a