-i STW3 ..i Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER 3ln. Hl..t; .Mln. I2.n. Fair Tonight nml Himrtrty. .& A SECOND EDITION nirly.flftli Yinr. Dully- Tiiiili Vi-nr. German Newspaper Asserls Grand Duke Nicholas, Commander-in-Chief of Russian Armies, Wounded , liy General Slevers, Who Then Committed Suicide, IIKIIMN, April 17. The General Anclger nf Dnisbnrg, Rhenish I'hih tin, hii.vh it lenrim "from ii Hbso. lately unimpeachable souice" tiiiit the jcpo'tted MickiifHN of Climitl ' Oukc Nli'linliiH Nieholulovlloh, commander-in-chief of tho Russian fon-cs, was due tn n shot in tin' abdomen find by tin' lull' (loneiul IIiiiiiii Sievcm of lii defeated Kiif slim trnlli tinny. 1 Tim General Aurciger Miyn Ocnernl Slevrr was Miiiiiiiiininil liv the grand )ul.o In explain lu il' f i I nf tin Huh 6tltil tenth MrillV. A liratril t'iiliilin fnil place, tln newspaper snvs, iiihI (ho nrniul duke gave General Siever- a box on thn nir. I ho hitler lltcrc- upon iliow u revolver nml wounded tin grand duke, Miilio(iii'iill.v t iirntriLT tin1 weapon 111)011 llllllHI'ir. Tlii'-fiii'l .thnl Ooiicrnl Sloven had coiniiiitti'il suicide, tlu General An richer oiMiliniiKH, was learned at tin' time or lili Mineral, urn the news iiiiii (It'll ml Duke Nicholas hail lieen wounded Iiiih only Jut liei'oino known. - Ooncml Sicvers was tho cnmtniin der of ln llftHhian U'lith nnny, which in the middle nf I'Vhniiirv met with a severe defeat at tho hand of the (Ionium in tho .Mmrnriitii lakes le gion of Kant Piussia. Tho riiri (lint tint general I'liinmilteil suicide ap iH'atoil in thi' I'rankfuiler Zcitung on Mai elt I 'J. Tho nowspncr Paid it hail received a dlfpntch from IVIro. grml intimating that thi' Ifii-hiitn of fleer Juiil riiileil hi own life. The milhority for this inference, how. eer, M'emi'i! to icst on the furl that icporls IiihI been in circulation eon cmiiiug a moiMiiiig service which win held for Ihp ja'Mornl in n l.ullieran ehiireh, tui)rHl4 "irpiut wan nut con finni'il from miy other source. It has been, icporlid that 0 nt nil Duke N'lovhnhis was ill ami a surg iitil npciulinu hail heen ileeiileil upon to learn what was the tionlile. A well-known (leriuiiu-Kussinu surgeon, Dr. Ilcigmiinu, nepliiw of the late I'lofetmir llcrgmmin of llorlin, ! elineil to opeiate, wlieieupon the in vitation nan aeeeplecl by a piol'cHsoi of Riga, I OF. f'MICAaO, Apill 17, I.uuihcr ilonlorrt of ChieuK" Iiojjiiii lu.viiiK off temiiHtei'i nml lahorei'H iih ii result of the imliiHtrial war that broke out op enly yi-Hloiilny helueeu huihlinj; !nulH nnioninln nml their rmployois. Uiiekyarib in fhieiiKo ami Hiirroiunl iiif; lorritoiy ulso fjavo oviilonoi'8 of an appioaehinc ecsallon of woil; when annoiineemoiilrt were dohU-iI that liiiiulioils of omployoM of these ii'htablihhnionlrt woubl have (o hit taken off the payroll) until Iho tie inauil for huibliiiK maloiial is re mimoil. Tho Lumber Donlors' afisociiilion ntinoitneeil thai 000 onion would bo illfohnrKOil poiiilhitr u Hollloiiieut of (ho hlnkoH nml loekoiitx. Those men have IiihI no pail in Hut contentions between Out lluihliuir Oniihtriiotion Himilnvei'i.' iiRKoelnllon ami Ilia un ion foiooH, which resolved to bind IheuiHolveri Io u (lireo-your oonlraot, which va downed (o prevent wyin ta(hetio trlkoK, II wan paid thoro wuh eliwo oom liiuation between Iho onrpentew' union, Iho wlioet metal worker and lathoi-H and painters, offiuiiiln of wliinb lefiised to hl(ii (ho (luee-year ooulraol. Now York, April 17, Vlctorlitno lliioi'ta, forinor provlHlonnl proslilont of Mexico, ileclnron In a Btntomout 1)uIiIh1hh1 in tho llornlil today, that bo Inul'tiovor Rlvon Japan or any otbor Kovernmout, rlKhtu or coiicok ioiih on (bo eonHt of lowor Callfor-Jiln. i :iIIilEF CHICAGO LOCKOU THROWS THOUSANDS HOT WORK E CHOOSES VALLEY FOR MAN'S HIGHEST IYPE Tho Cnuitiioiclnl club Ih In re- etdpt of u neronil letter from Prof, limine of tint Statu Unl- vomlty, roHpnrtliiK a pliolo of n Rogue river valley nee no which tin wishes to line nn tho fron- llnplitri) of 111 h soon to he pub llclieil hunk on Civic Biology, Hit wants tn Inhnl tint vlow, "lllKhem Type of Maii-.Mnilu PnradlHo," nml Iiiih clioxett IIiIh valley iih iiffoiilltiK the nenreiit 4 npproxlmntlon Io mmh. Men Klieliloii of the local cluti IpttinilertnltliiK to Heeiire a nat uriictory phoio. E SEAIEO IN PARLOR AMSTKIIDA.M, April 17, via l.on don, ;i:'27 p. m. A hostile airship at lialf-puM one o'clock thi morning ilruppeil twelve bomb on the city of SlniHsburj:, capital of AImicc Lor raine, Si'imdiliithtf xhoweil it di-ap-pouring in a northerly direction, mi ller hombiiidmetit ir anti-iiirenift puis. - Two ponmns in Stiiinbbuij; were Miuhtly woumrrd; olhciwihc no dam nc wasjloiiii hv the bombs from the airdilp. A.MU'.NS, Krmico, Apiil 17. Seven peiMtns went killed mid riftht went Moundeil by hombh dropped by two Herman aeroplanei, which flew over this city yesterday, one in the moraine and one in the evening. The cathedral nppaicntlv wiih the target of tint inisxiles, but it was not dam aed. The firt aircraft appeared nt 0:1.1 a. tn. ami d lopped tie ImmiiIih. Tho e.ploious of the projectiles were fa tal to four women ami two - men, while M'vcn other persons went wounded, ineludini; two soldiers who were jiiurdini: the tailroad station. The piopeitv i)ainat;o was trivial. The M'cotid neioplane appeared over the city at .1 a. ni. One of the bombs dropped fiom it demoli-hed a house, ilecapitalini; a woman heated in the pallor mid injiiiiu another woman. E WASHINGTON, April 17. -Ad-iniral Howard, comiiimidiiu; tho Pa eili el'leel off the west coast of Mex ico, reported to the navy department today that he had oi tiered Comman der Noblo ). Irwin, on the cruiser New Oi leans, to proceed nt once, to Turtle buy, Lowor California, and re port on the activities of Japanese na val forces there. Tho New Oilcans was duo to roach Turtle bay today, ami Commander Irwin Ih expected to report tho io suit of his inquiry by wireless, Secretary Daniels had telegraphed Admiral "Unwind u summary of re purls nlleiiiL' that while tho ostens ible purpose of .Japanese activities in Tin tie bay is to salvage Die crouudod cruiser Asaiun, tho real object of the operations is to occupy the bay and adjoining shores as a liaf.0 of opera tioiiH. ROSEWELL FLOODED BY BURSTED DAM HORWftLL, N. M., April 17. A pnrt of tho tllvorHlon dam of tho Kon ilo roBorvoIr, a Rovarnmont Irrigation project near lioio, guvo way today fol lowing bcavy rains In tho mountains, I'ortloiiH or HoHwell ami tho hih rdiimllni; country wore flooilod, anil roHldontn of low lyliiK BectlonH fled for tholr Hvob, Tim proporly dam iiko ii conuldorahlo hut no Iohu of llfo waa roportod, PROFESSOR AIRSHIP BOW m WOMAN PROBE An A MEXICO MEDFORD, HALT IN BATTLE TO Russian Offensive Checked liy Flood ed Streams and Impassable Roads Little Damn je From Airship Raids Activity Resumed liy Allied Fleet at Dardanelles. LONDON, April 17. The lliilMi admiraltv in a slatuiidit issued to niiit annoiiiirril that a Turkish tor pedo boat had been sunk in the Aegean sea. LONDON, AYil 17.The allies on one side nml (Icniianv on the other are Inking inventories of the iujuiies inflicted by the lecent neiiul opera tions ami with the usual contradict orv results. The nl lackers claim that their iisniilts from the air have re sulted in the detraction of military traupni t mid equipment, while (he defenders report that the only tang ible effect of thcxc operations have been casualties to civilian and slight damage to piupcity. The people of Kiighiiul, under the influence of their recent experiences, are today looking for a repetition of an aerial attack from German Zep pelin or Tnube machine. (p to noon no fnsli occurrence had been re ported. WYittlirr Halts right Weather conditions seem to be the uniiM' of the present halt in tho oper ations in the Carpathian mountain. A eorrcpondent of the Associated Press with the Austrian forces re viewing the situation, declare- that tho Itttssiuii offensive was cheeked alter debouching on the plains on tho Hungnnnit side of Lupkow Pass ami straightening out the Austrian wedge which bad been driven Into the litis Man line near lV.sok Pass. The claim is made that the litis sinus suffered fearful lohses in tank iug their supremo effort to gain the Hungarian plains the casualties being particularly heavy among the noble born officers of eraclc regiments. In any event, it is the opinion of Hritish observers that whntever else nmv be retarding tho Htissmns, flooded stn'nms and impassable roods in the Carpathians ant ample proof for the present delay. Activity In Danlaiielles With news of tho resumption of activity hv the allied fleet off the Dai dandles comes n icpoit that the Grecian prois is giving the impres sion of a possible modification of the present pohev of Gneeo. The Hritish colonial office has, is. sucti an oiitciai report claiming vic tory for an invading llnli-li Indian force over (he Turk in Mesopotamia. Op,tho western front signs are grow inpji'mt tho Gonnans may anticipate tiny long-predicted general allied of fensive, hut actual opemtions seem tn have relapsed into the status of mid wintor((itict, LEAVES FOR EUGENE IIOSKIU'KO, Or., April 17. Ilishop Widtor Taylor Sumner of the Kpiscopal dioceso of "Hregon, who baa been at Merov hospital hero for several days suffering with an af fliction of tho tin oat, hud recovered sufficiently today to leavo for Ku gene, Or., whero tomorrow afternoon lie plans to witness tho confirmation of a olass in Episcopal clnticli. All other engagements have been cancelled and from Kugeiio llishop Sumner will proceed to Portland to enter a hospital under (ho euro of a specialist. Ilo talks with uittieulty and physicians consider his condition serious, llu mitlorcd u miutlur at tack in Chicago two yearn ago. DESULTORY FIRING AROUND MATAM0R0S WASHINGTON, April 17. Major General Kunston at Urownsvlllo, Tox., toloKraphod iho war department to day that desultory firing was bolnir kept up by tho contending Moxtcau factions Herons' tho river at Matamo ros and that ninny builds contlnuod to fall upon Amorlcan soil, Bo far no ono has boon wounded on tho Amorlcan oldo, N CARPATHIANS DUE 1 ORKOON, SATl'RDAY, APRIL 17, 1015 A SCARE-CROW! DUMMY 10 Hill Nil Mililler In n tn-mh In III luiixl-uiailt iltiiuniy (o ih-.iit the cm; I THEFTS BY L Confessions inntlieuliniz ten other nplieuSi Medford boys in vliide.-alo i:naiin;ii oM'ii((ious in" this city Were obtained this morning by juvenile aiithonties from Lloyd Wolgamott, George and I'red AudeiNou and Cecil Itmnlall, on trial for chicken stealing. Wolga - mott nud the two Amleion bov were orden'd committed to the Oregon state training ecliool, ami Itmnlall was paroled to John Soutter. Other arrests are pending. According to the boys in custody, the opemtions of the gang extended from stealing milk bottles off back porches to plans to rob a bank in thi-. city Ono of tho gang now being sought rapped Cecil Drown of the l. r. 11..II 1 1...1I .1.-1 iirown ix mm iiooi nan over iui iicfiu rw fctyr, i rvt r. r tn Br N CROOKS 1 LOCA GANGSTERS with n billiard euo la-t winter in an ' noted further aeetiinulatiou nt sub atlciupt to rob the place, leaving hislstantial advauees. Dealings in steel cup liehuul. lhey were also the au thors of hold-ups and tho epidemic of robberies of grocery stores last I winter. Tho gnng was inspired to new deeds by reading of their escapades. Tho robbery of the gncery ftoroi wns to secure food for gang feast-. They had no leader, but were held to gether by n bond of communitv inter ests. All of Medford boyville know of the opemtions of tho gang, hut re piained silent, aecording' to Iho ap proved rules of gangland. Tho revelations revealed hv tho confession will result in a campaign to prevent, n repetition of tho of fenses. In planning for their future opemtions tho gang entered Kwiug's gun storo and enched them along Hear creek. Mbt of tho petty thieving of the Inst six months is admtitcd by the gang. Wilson's second-haiid store was a favorite rebbing: place, being entered no less than three times. CATCHlliTER KANSAS CITY, April 17. John Mulvablll, hold by tho poltco In Kan sas City, Kan., in connection with tho wrecking of. tho cooling plant of tho Cudahy Packing company last Sunday night, denied ho wrecked tho building, but admitted, bo was on his way to dynamlto another part of tho plant at tho tlmo of his arrest, ac cording to a statement made by tho pollco today, Mulvablll, who Is a laboror, as sorts ho was educated In King's col ologo, London. "I'm an Irishman," bo said, ac cording to tho poltco, ''All Irishmen should oppose Drltaln In this war, Tho first nation to fool hunger will fall, I want to provont tho Oudahy pooplo from filling meat ardors (or British consumption, AT CUDAHY PLANT IT'S A TRENCH IS DRAVMHE ENEMY'SIFIRE n uoilii of I'm lire, ltoldltiK aloft n ui)'i file. ISH T SENDS STOCKS UP ON WALL STREET NKYOI5K, April UV-KcvcrUh trailing in stocks "was" resumed al the opening' of today's two-hour session on the exchange. Industrial and j equipment shares of tho cln.-, which 1 made ve-lenlav's operations meinor- nbel were again the most prominent features, particularlv in New York Aair Drake. Baldwin Locomotive and Pre-M'd Steel Car, in which gains of 2 to ,1 points wem made. American Locomotive wns again re actionnry, declining over four point to ."(I, from which it soon made fall recovery. Other specialties including Delhle hem Steel, roe 1 to ' points, and Ill 1 ? . n ... . . u-aiicrs, espeeiuiiv L. h. Meei. lie- were on an enonuous scale, with sov enil lots of 'JOOO to 4000 shares. vvar shares added materially to gains of the first hour, closing with advances extending from l to points. C S. Steel frequently changed bands in blocks of 1000 to 4000 shares, mid just before tho end touched GO, tho high price of the current movement. Other l'otmer leaders, including Heading, St. Paul and Amalgamated Copper, attained to best prices. TROOPS TO AUSTRIA ZPItlSH, Switzerland, April 17. Travelers from Gormany aro reach ing Zurich after extraordinary do lays resulting from congcstlo not Gor man railroad lines with troop trains. Ordinary freight and passenger traf fic In Germany has almost stopped, Gorman troops, according to tho trav. olors, aro being moved In several di rections, part of thorn toward Aus tria, Prtvato dispatches received hero from Vienna say that no fowor than 350,000 Germans aro actually fight ing with tho Austrlans against tho Russians In tho Carpathians. F FROM INSANE ASYLUM SALKM, Or., April 17. Former Judge W. A. Wiltshire, committed to tho insane asylum hero from Lake county, escaped from tho institution today. Ho was a trusty mid it is be lieved he is en route to Ashland, whoro his wife resides. Ilo is 05 years old and wan formerly tho county judge of LaliO county. FEVER RACING MILLIONS LEFT TO CHARITY BY OIL KING'S WIFE Will of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Be queaths $500,000 and Valuable Jewelry to Friends and Relatives, and Balance of Estate to Charit able Institutions. NEW YOItK, April 17. The will of Mrs. John I). Rockefeller won filed In the surrogate's court today. She leaves bequests In the nlghbrtfhoad oi ?iou,uuu and vatuaniu nrucien or Jewelry to friends and relatives. The rest of her estate, which Is estimated at about $3,000,000 In allots be queathed to charitable institution. The clinrltahtn lionupstii are to lie distributed at the discretion f her executors, who aro her son, John D, Rockefeller, Jr., and her daughter, Alta Rockefeller Prentico, wife of E. Pnrnialee Prentice. The will Is dated March 5, 1913. Requests to Relatives Sums of $100,000 each are left to John I). Rockefeller, Jr., Mrs. Prentico and Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCorrnlck, her other daughter, wife of Harold V. McCorrnlck. and $50, 000 to Miss Lucy M. Spclman, Mrs. Rockefeller's sister. To her granddaughter, Margaret Strong, daughter of Resale Rockefel ler Strong, deceased, $100,000ls left In trust. A sum sufficient to produco a net Income of $1000 Is left to Mrs, Rock efeller's friend, Caroline P. Sked. The cha'rltablo Instltutlonsnamed as beneficiaries of tho residuary es tate are tho Euclid Avenuo Baptist church, Cleveland, O.; the Baptist Home, of Northern Ohio; Women's Baptist Home Missionary Society; Women's Baptist Foreign Missionary Society; Spelman Seminary, Atlanta, Ga.. and the Bureau of Social Jly gleuo. Jewels to Relatives "Tho said trustees may giro to each of said Institutions so much of the property as they shall seo Nt," the will reads. With the exception of a few he quests to friends tho will gives Mrs. Rockefeller's Jewels to relatives. To John D. Rockefeller Is left a ruby and diamond ring, whllo John D. Rockefeller, Jr., inherits his moth er's wedding ring and an emerald and diamond ring. Her daughters, daughter in law, slaters, granddaugh ters and nieces also are remembered with gifts of Jewels. Mrs. Rockefeller's dresses, books and other personal belongings are bequcatehd to her slater and her two daughters to dUpose of as they shall see (It. ROXY ANN PEAK The Grirrley outing Sunday will constitute n trip over the scenic high way to tho top of Hbxy Ann peak. Iho club will .take tho street car at Main and Central iivenud nt 8:45 a. in., dotrniuing at tho Hdlcrcst mad, making the trip on foot through the Westerlund orchards nml over the now road to tho summit. Lunch will bo taken and n full day trip made, giving everyone a chauco to seo nil that is to bo seen of this interesting peak, On this trip the public is given a cordial invitation to attend. Today ninrks two months since the inception of the club, which now con- sists'of sixty-five members. Much enthusiasm is already mani fest in tho first "Grizzley" lecture, which is to bo given under tho aus pices of tho club by Will Steel at St. Mark's; hall next Thursday ovuniug. At (his timo Mr. St cot will tell the audienco of tho many scenic beauties of this part of tho state and illustrate them with storooptienn slidecs. Mr. Steel owns about 2.10 slides, most of them hnnd-colored, Tho Grizzlies al ready hnvo about twenty-fivo slides, nml theso will also bo shown. Inns much ns ono of tho ehiof aims of the club is to promote interest in the nnt ural beauties of tho state, (he admis sion has been placed at -" cents, so that ovoryono may attend. The proceeds of this Iceturo will be devoted to tho purchnso of somo of Kisor's largo colored photographs (o ho placed in tho public library. GRIZZLES M NO. 2a WEST PLEADS- Fi Former Governor Tells Jury Why He Raided Saloons and Seized Liquor Stocks Knew What It Was to Have a Drunken Father, Made So by Dens Like Those He Closed. HAKKII, Or., April 17. Roonuoo he knew (ho effects of Ihpior mid having evidence, that renditions nt Copperfield were deplonblc, he de clared martin) luw in 'the town and Itnd' (ho saloon stocks nml fixtures shijipoI out, said Kornicr Governor Oswald West in the stutccircnit court hero today. Mr. West addressed the jury in his own behalf in the suit brought ngninet hhn by'Williiim Wie gnnd, Copperfiohl saloon keeper, for damages for loss of his property fol lowing the visit of Miss Ken Hobbi, who directed tho confiscation. The fonner governor's address bo fore n cmwdeil courtroom was im pressive and many of bis auditors were visibly nffoeted. "I remember when ns n boy I sot up with n heartbroken mother wait ing for a dninken father to eomo home, sent home by such men ns Wie gnnd and his kind," r.nid Mr. West in a broken voice.5 ' ' , - "No matter if tho case eocVupnlnst me, I shnll accept it without com plaint, for I know that every mother and every father knows that I did right. I believe in tho perfonnanee of that duty nt Copperfield. I was right within the law and within thu eyes of God." When Mr. WeH finished sneaking, counsel for the plaintiff began his re ply, and it wns expected tho case would go to the jury late today. AMERICAN UNDER LONDON. April 17. I.udwlg Paul Selbach, claiming to be an Ameri can citizen, was rouianded to custo dy In London on tho charge of being an alien enemy who had failed to register himself, In accordance with the British regulations. Selbach admitted ho was born In Hamburg, but ho produced his pre llmlnar ydeclurUtlon of American cit izenship, dated in July of 1000. '....-.. The pollco declare that Selbach has resided In Eastbourne, a prohib ited area fur two months. Selbach pleaded that he bad contributed $250 to the national relief fund but tho magistrate decided that further In quiries wvor necessary and ho wna remanded. WASHINGTON, April 17. State department officials said today a search of tholr files for the past two years failed to show any record of a passoprt Issued to I.udwlg Paul Selbach. HORSE KICK KILLS L IiAltKPO, Tex., April 17. General Macloyio Horrent, Carrauza. com mander operating ncav hero, has been killed by a kick from his horso and bis body has been brought to .Neuvo Laredo, tho Mexican town opposite here, according to reports hero today. Litter m Jscuvo Laredo the death ot ITerrcra was. continued. Tho body, which authentic, sources declared was that of Uorrern, was closely guarded, Jesus Ilorrera, father of the gen eral, lives Sri El Paso, Tox,f and has been notified of his son's death, it was said horo, Gencrnl Ilerreja was, (ho Cm rs lira cominnnder who, it was repoiled Hcv eral days ago, caused the execution, of some 200 Villa soldiers 8 nil ottni followers, men and women, H.ftr de feating Villa trooia r HiwW. ' thirty roilwt nouth of ihwe, -1H 'Cm' rausw atilhorilift dunwd MtHavift of (Iimo oxu!itierm, ,' . DEFENSEO ACTS AT COP no ARREST IN LONDUN GENERA HFRRERA i M 1 v ', mi .i '-4 Jin A i