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SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
Fair tonight and BatwAajr
Cooler .Har. HO Mia, 4l.
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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,
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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,
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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
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STOCK
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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
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