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507 Second SfrMt" i ' i Medford Mail Tribune mm WEATHER ProlmWjr fnlr Htinilnjr Mat. nil; Mln. -lit; lrccli, .01 ' SECOND EDITION i . Viitiy nrih Vciir. Dully Ti'litll Vnir. FIERCE BATTLE T Half n Million Germans ncporlcil Trylr to Break Tltrouuh Allies Lino, Willi Calais as Objective Germans Force Allies Back, But Part of Lost Ground Recovered. LONDON'. April 2 1 Tim nw buttle In IIcIkIiiiii which hnn do Vollipcil Klllllloilly In to turn of tho (III IKirlnnl utiruinilurH nlncu tho pnmont battle lino wait formed. In being enr i iil tin hy a roloiillewt (Ionium nt tncU ntul n determined roalittntico mi tlii pint of Hi" llrltlnli. Il In now nppiiicnt Hint Hut liniiiiii Imvo brought up heavy rolnfnreomontn for HiIh attack ami It Ik mignt'ided In l.oinloii Hint tht'lr liiimedlitlo objoc tlvii In tho cnituro tif Yprcn, prelim inary to another attempt to break Ihimigh to tho KukIIhIi rhonnol, 'IVii .Mlli llnttlK l.lno Ovnr 1111 iirellko front In IIcIkIiui I'lnniliiri), )i It'll In roughly tt-n mllt'N long from Hiti rtTilon of lUxiichnntc, In tin- north to St. Klol. In tho nniith, I'nuirli. llrltlnli nml Itolglan troopn urn locked with tho (Sormnnn toilny In n norli'M of miKUKomnntn which ro mill tho flKhtliiK of Innt October. Itrlvt'ii from Hill No. 00, to tho ninth of Ypron nml fnllliiK to rolnko It hy 11 rounti-r nttnrk, tho (lemuiim Iniinrht'il n nmlilt'ii advance notlhonnt or tho town nml uftor KtuplfyliiK nml killing moil In tho flmt tronchcH with itt'nilly Knnt'it, according to HrltUli of ficial roportn, thoy tlrovo a wedgo of Infnntry forwnnl. forcing tho French nml llolglnmi hnck townnl nml nt miiiio polntn apparently nrron, tho Vnr (Vpron) rnnnl, it maneuver which nt tho itnino time compelled tho llrltlnli lino north of Ypro to f.ill hnck to conform with tho French. Some (itiunxl Hcrocnsl Although tho nilvnnro of tho Oor ninnn van conitliloriUilo, extending, ncrorilliiK to Hurlln illHpntcht'it, over 11 front of flvo inlli'H, French, Ilolglitn nml llrltlnli fnrei tho r'rouch oc cnpyliiK tho center, tho IIoIkIiiii the loft nml tho llrltlnli tho rlKht of tho llftt' Inltlnti'il n counter ultnek, tho remilt of which wnn to compel tho (iormniiH to ovneunto miinii of tho ground they hml tnken ami forro thotit In n northeasterly illrectlou townnl l.miKoninrck. from which Plato tho nttnek Mnrtcd. An offlclnl ntnlomont from tho llrltlnli wnr offlco toilny mom Hint tho llrltlnli troopn nro Htlll flKhtliiK for II111 ground which thoy. worn com polled to ylolil to tho CorinmiM, Tim limit of tlieno poHltlniiH cxpoHt'il tho Canadian iIIvIhIoii, which wnn com pelled to full hnck. Tho C'nnnilliinn lout four pk'ct'H of nrtlllory, hut Inter it'cnptiirt'il thorn In n counter at tack, which nltlioiir.li occasioning Iomhoh, In tloitcrllii'il nn miccomtfiil, Iler 11 11 U t'lntoil at tho (lorninn victory ami nuwnpnpoi'H thoro ny Hint It oveim tho Hcoro for tho llrltlnli cap ttiro of Noiivo Ohnptillo IiihI month. (Inhtls to Object. finino of tho London nowitpapom toilny churnetorlr.o HiIh Herman rush iih nnotlior attumpt to break through lo Calais nml tmmo oHtlmatoH nny thoy hnvo 500,000 nion avallnhlo for HiIh offort, Hy HiIh tlino tho llrltlnli nro pro Htiriinlily well Htiongthoned nml hnvo connidldnted tliolr poHltlon 011 Hill No. HO. Tho hardest fighting, con Hifiiontl" In expected north of YproH. .lust iih tho (loriiians hnvo hoon biiltorlng Hiti Yprt'H willcnt hold hy tho nflltm, no tho -French contlnuo tholr proHHiiio at St. Mlhlol with HOII10 HUCC0HH. 10,000 ALTITUDE BY L RKN'SACOLA, Fin., Aprjl 12 1. A now world' record nllitmlo flight of 30,000 l'cct iu a hydro-noioplano watt niailo hoid lalo yesterday hy l.ioulon nnt 1'. N. L. Ilellingor at (lio naval iicroniiulicitl Htation, In 0110 hour ami twenty minutes Lieutenant llclliner iiuulo his nxccnl ami ho look hixtecn ininutcK litliti hnck to cm rlli, (Irealor nltilmlesi Imvo heen a( t'niucd hy nvlaloiH in luiniplaiu'H not ciioiiinln'li'il wilh u ImmiIi RAGNG ALONG BELGIAN RON GERMANS USED DEADLY GASES IN THEIR BOMBS Attack Near Yprcs Preceded by Bombs That Caused Complete As phyxiation Amonu Allies Fumes So Stronn That Even Second Line Affected. PARIS, April Jl.-Tlir 1'ieiieli war ilt'liiirliiiciit ttnliiy Kim1 out tho fol lowing hlalcmiuil : "Slllllllllllllll tepillU flllllinll fuller ri'ioilH in tin way which the (li'ruiiiii mi Icil in thiowinx our linen o the ninth of Ypien nml the Yucr nml I ho Itot'l t'appello nunl, Intel;, Thick t'llnw hiiniko cmitti'il fioni (ho (leniinn tritiielio ami driven hy northerly wind", produced 1111 ef fect of complete iiFihy.xintioii imtoiiK our titnipx, which who felt ecn in our hcctiiiil piitiiiiont, Itffctl of Hit IIoiiiIm "t'tinnler-nttiickM made yeterilay nlicndy hnvo tmihlcil nt to lOKain part of the Kromid lot. Our Htuit lion lias heoii completely couolulntcd ami our action i heinu' carried out miller kooiI conditiotiK with tho nup port of tho llrititih ami Helniun trnopt. Tho iiphyxiHtiii!j hoinlix ncil hy the (lermant 111 tho attack at Ypret were thrown at numerouK poinlw alonu it front of three iiiiIch, itcennliiiK to inl'oriiiiition that has hctui hrouhl to Pari. The content of Hium1 min-mIc-, were largely chloride mixed with other eliemiealH. The (lerniaiiH llnow thi'M' IioiiiIih when tho wiml wits hlownc from them in tho iliicetion of the Ficucli lienolic. The fnines ciiiiel iiiicinn foilalilo hrealhinu' mid 11 Miiartiu of tho eyes at a distance of neaily to iniltM hehiiiil tho trciichi'fi, nml they tvere km powerful that the (leriiiaiiH hml to wait tlicini'i'lvi- a eoiiHilorahle time hefoie thy could oeeupy the I'Uiciintcil trciiehoM. I)tinin this tlt'hty the French troop-. roooWTi'il floin the cffeetH of Hie funics, delivered a eounler-attaek nml retrained mot of tho ground lot. Wiintetl un Mxciimi ('111111111 ut hiK on the iim of aphyx iatiii); hoiiihf. hy the (icniimi-. the pro-K of lilts fity tleelares that (ler uimi official ciiimniiuiealloiiH of tho last forlnik'lit Imio charged tho Flench with ciiiployinu' the muiic vii riely of kIicIIh, prohalily with the pur pose of reirt'M'iitinc a" reprisals their jicw iiit'lhoils of wiirfiiri. Hiiiiiuuito iiI'kch the (ovcrnuicnt to associate it-elf with tin movement iimlei taken In (Icrniaiiy for the form ation of an international committee to verify ehaiKiw of atroeitioH niatle hy hellim'ieiils, The paper arcues Hint the repoitH of Mich a committee in the eyes of neutrals would he aiw thcutie, while tho (leruiaiis can tlcii.v aeciisatlonH based solely upon Hie cthwiifo of tho French ccni'rnl htaff. TO J0INIALL1ES I'AUIS, April 21. ChrlatnkU Zo Kxrapliod, forolmi mlntator of (Ircoco, Ih iit)totl today hy tho Information iih (locliirliiK that Orooco whh rontly to unite with tho iiIIIoh In tho opera HoiiH at tho Dimlnnulleu, If Inltoil to do HO, Tho Information Bnyn that M. '.( KNtnphoH mntlo HiIh Htntomont to IIu hort .IncituoH, a corronpondout, this aflornoon, Up to tho present tlino ho ualtl, Hreoco hml not boon nskod to co-opornto with tho alllcH. Tho forolgn nilnlHtor Ih rpiotcul as BnyliiK that in respect to thin quos tlon tho policy of IiIh cnhlnot Ih lilon tlciil with that of M. VonUotos, tho ryrmor premier, whoso retlroinont la Rouurnlly uniloratnmt to hnvo hoon hi't)ii?ht nhout hy IiIh tlealio for par ticipation In tho war by Greece on thu hIiIu of thu UlllPH. "It Ih elmply n tiuoatltm of tho propltlniiK niomout," tho foreign niln lHtor Ih quoted n paying. GREECE.WILLING WHEN REQUESTED MEDFORD, "HANG THEM! VILLA, CARRANZA ANO DIAZ; THEY'RE TRAITORS EXILED MEXKAN DICTATORDENOUNCES L "Liberty? The H-l With Llbcrtyl" Iron Rule hy n Man With a Big Stick Needed, Says Hucrta Leader With Mailed Fist Needed to Put Down Uprisings. lly Kenneth NY, I'nyiio Ni:V YOltK. April !.- 'llniiK theiii!" Thnt In Clonernl Vlctorlnno lluer- tn'it only euro for tho Mexican tur- t moll. With n minp In liU olco mid n nunp In hlit oyox, tho Kouernl hurled It nt mo nn I Blood before him In n union of the luxurious hotel npnrtmciil where ho Ih IioIiIIuk court. "tho ropo nml tho ncnffoltl!" ho jerked out, MnmlltiK Htrnlubt nml mo HonloxH, IiIh nhnrp. ni?KrenHlvo eyen ntnrltiK ittrnlKht ttirouKh nml hoyoml mo townnl Hint vnKiio nudlence, the American public, Into wbono noul ho wnn trylnk' to drive tho Iron of his "blood mid Iron" policy. IlitiiK Lveryoiie of lliem "Yen. J'tl hniiR 'mi), overyono of them! They di-ncrvo it In lnw. Theoo lemlerH nil Cnrrmun, Vllln, I)ln thoy wnnt plunder. They wnnt to rule! Il' IckiiI even In your coun try to linnK bnndlHt who miinler for loot! You hntiR traitors. These men nro traitors traitors to my poor. Iilrvillm; Mexlro!" Thnt Is tho way Hucrtn penks In short, keen sentences Hint cut their wny strnlRht to the heart of the matter. Ho Is stendfnst, Krltn, un nfrnld nlmnst bellicose when ho HM'akn of IiIh "wrotiKcd" country hut n polished, courtly Kontlcmnn withal In IiIh nttltudo toward his Kiiost, His courtesy almost pnrnlyr.es tho Interviewer, nt first. Wo wero pre pared for gruff hostility. It hntl taken endless time nml pains to get tho appointment, llucrta's ubiqui tous, wily, nervous asent, Interpre ter, mentor, protector, secretary ami Kuldo Abrahnm '.. Itntner hail to ho dealt with and pnclfled. A pnss lind to bo obtained at tho hotel of fice. A page In Rold-hraldcd uni form stood Riiard at tho door of tho general's pnlntlnl suite. The page wiih nppensed, when shown tho pnss, nml opened. Not a llevoliitlon Inshlo, wo waited Artist Frank l'nrker and 1 many minutes on a Kilt settee. Then Itntner ushered ub Into tho presence, AYo must hnvo been n second too soon. For a short man with leath ern features, gray mustache, honvy glasses, nml clad In n brown smok ing Jacket nml slippers, scuttled swiftly bolilnd the curtntns of tho breakfast room,- dlapoetl of n hnlf Hinokod cigarette and returned. Ho drow himself up with unlm poachnblo military Kraco ami sa luted iih! Then with what would hnvo been n hulf-smllo on nny other face, IiIh oxcolloncy, tho gonernllssl 1110, stopped forwnrd and shook (Continued on last pugo) SAX FltANClSCO, April 'JL Hen. rich Schmidt, who defeated Charles ("Chick") kviuis, Jr., of Chicago, woHtonv amateur champion yostor tlay, Buffered n rovorsal of form In his putting today nml his opponent, 13, 11, llaiiknrd, of Chicago, was threo up nt tho end of tho morning piny In tho I'nnnnut l'ncltlo exposition cham pionship soiul-flmils, II. Chnmllor Kgnn, formor national champion, was '2 up on II. K, 1). Dnlsv of San Frnuclsco nt tho end of tlio rpiind, FAGTIONA CHIEFS EGAN WNN DAVIS TODAY OIircCJON, SATURDAY, BANDITS, BLOODSUCKERS!"-GEN. VICTORIANO HUERTA 1 TB iwlll S7"TAZyl HVr IH ""t 8,clchos ot General 70SJS H ft I t Uft Hucrtn made since his return to Zomo- M h f rH America. Sketchtd In the salon of MjTrrtvcsm I I'V ,hl" l)a,nt,nl 8ult0' b Frank I'arker. ' lTJm GERIG TO MOVE TfjIILj MISSISSIPPI RIVER VILirilES STRIKERS' WIVEr . F0R HILL OBREGON'SBROTHER AIM POLICE TO AVENGE DEEEAT IKAPL'ATO, Mcx.. Ajiril 2J.-AI-aro Ohreon, eoniinander-in-eliief of the Cnrnttizii army ot operations, gave out n statement to tho pre-it to tiny in which he related thnt his brother, KrnneiM'o Obregou, had been taken prisoner hy Uciiornl Fninei-co Villa iu retaliation for the defeat re cently inflicted upon Villa hy the Ob regoii forces nt t'elaya. Francisco is over (1(1 year old. He was living iu Guadalajara iu mi en deavor to re-tore his Miuttoreil health. Villa removed him to Chi huahua. tioiientl Oliregou siiltl ho liflieved Villa would older the iwooution of his brother, if he had not already hoon killed. N'KW YOUIC, April 21 Frnneisco S. Kilns, consul for Moxiuo under tho Carranr.a faction, announce,!) toilny that he had roooivoil a telegram from flcnentl Ohri'Koii nsseitin that (leu eral Ohregon's brother, Frnneisco, taken jiri-oner hv Villa nml sent to Chihuahua, had been fehot hy Villa's order. Mr. Klias mmlo pitldio tho text of n telegram pent him bv fleneral Obre gon from Iraipialo, reading as fol lows : "I wish to make- it known lo you that Villa, to avenge himself upon me for tho defeat which my tmops have inl'lielcd upon him, has nriivteil and sent my brother Francisco Obregon, a man 70 years old. n prisoner to Chi huahua. Ho was living peacefully iu (liiailalajara nml was a noneoinhnt mit. Ho took isiio with neither of tho faetionP. When Villa fletl from thu city ho ordered that he bo ar rested. Thin is nothing more than revenge, which ho is seeking from mo for thu defeat which he suffered." PACIFIC MAINLINE WASHINGTON', April 21. Opera tion of tho vcssols of tho Pacific Mali SteaniBhlp company by tho Southern Pacific railroad notwithstanding tho prohibition of tho Panama canal net, against railroad ownership of steam ship lines, was authorized today in a formal order by tho Interstate com merce coniinlsBlpn, NW AUTHORZEO AI'IUL 21, IMS gr M, VI ii m fcj JBil m p z-&sfvAnaN&Z M BROOMSIKKS STAMFOltl), Conn., April 24. Wles of striking laborers here, to the number ot SO or more, armed with broomsticks, pick handles and salt, fought hand to hand with tho pollco today when tho latter uttempted to dlsporso them after a demonstration a tho town hall. Ono arrest was mado. About S00 laborers, Including nearly nil of those employed by tho city and local contractors, nro on strike for 32 a day, an eight hour day and recognition ot their union. Tho women marched In n body to tho town hall and when Mayor Drown appcaretl called 011 him to concedo tho strikers' wishes. Tho mayor ex plained that only tho common coun cil could net on tho demands and that It would not moot until Monday. Ho asked them to dlsporso and when thoy refused, directed tho pollco to dlsporso thorn. Pollco Chlof Dron nan seized tho leader of tho women, Mrs. Mary Doldosl. This was a slg nnl for tho outbreak and tho police men woro beaten, scratched and bit ten by tho women who rushed to their leador'fl assistance. Mrs. Doldosl was hurried into tho town hall where- sho was charged with broach of tho pence. Tho wom en then dispersed. BY TEXAS STORM Al'STIX, Tex., April 2 1. Flood relief work iu the districts devastated by Tliui'uday night's ruin ami oleo trienl iitonn proceeded rapidly today under clour skies. City authorities, churehes ami charilahle institutions co-operated iu the work. A revised list of tho drowned and missing iu different parts of tho state gives tho number of drowned, whoso bodies have been reeqvored, na eighteen and th niiinbr of missing be lieved o he drowned as cloven. ltailway service was resinned part ly today and salvaging of seoics of wrecked houses begun. City offiuials estimate the loss to sheets and bridges ut .fUOO.OOO, nml tho total loss at approximately -f 1,000,000, EHTEEN DROWNED ALL To move the Mississippi This i the job nsignctl to Engin eer William Gerig hy. Jamas J. Hill. iMr. Gerig leaves for St. Paul in May to make that city his headquarters, turning over the management of the Pacific & Eastern to the Hill manag ers at Portland. The work in (ue.stiou is one of the largest engineering projects jet un dertaken in the middle wet. It con sists of moving the channel of the Mississippi nt St. Paul over to tho present wet bank of the stream nml fiUing up ami utilizing for a Mrelch of two miles the present channel for Great Not thorn depot ami terminal facilities. The work will take two yeans to complete and cost ten mil lions of dollars. Tho Gieat Northern has purchased the land along the west hank, which will be utilized as river channel, and use the soil iu building up n new cast bank, to provide terminal facilities. Mr. Gerig eame to Medford iu 11)10 ns chief engineer for tho Hill system in the construction of the Pacific & Fasten). Since then tho operation of tho railroad has been under his su pervision, while- ho noted as consult ing engineer for the Hill system in construction and hydraulic work. His departure will he greatly regretted by a wide etrelo of friends, though ho re tains his orchard ami oilier property interests that will make him mi oc casional visitor. E TO STOMP TEDDY SYRACUSE, X. Y., April 24. Counsel for William llarues, in hit suit for alleged libel agninst Theo dore Roosevelt, took advantage of the week-end recess of the supremo court today to compile a boned of addi tional questions to put to the former president when his cross-examination is resumed Monday. Many of the questions decided upon have to do with tho establishment by the colonel of tho progressive party. William M. lvins, chief counsel for Mr, Harnes, said ho expected to fin ish with Colonel Roosevelt somo time Monday. Tho colonel will then give additional testimony on redirect ex animation. This may keep him on tho stand until Tuesday. Tho Roosevelt attorneys received information that all members of the legislature who voted against the Hughes dueut primary bill apt! other measures cited by Colonel Roosevelt ns instances where invisiblo govern ment was iu lift?, PREPAR QUERIES NO. 29 'T HILL'S WARNING Rcopenlnn; of Tariff Question Can Only Be Followed by Disaster, De clares Railroad Magnate Get Out of Fool's Paradise Production Al ready Over-Stimulated. N'KW YORK, April 21. An ad dress full of political warning by Jnmcs J. Hill, captain of in dustry ntul the founder of tho Great Northern railway, was rend nt the banquet of tho American Newspaper Pub lishers'. Hill said in part that "no 0110 accustomed t o reading the signs of tho times can fnil to sec thnt n determined effort will be 'mdo to give the tariff tho leading place in the next national J. J. HILL campaign. "An effort will be made to se cure 11 genernl revision 'tpwnrd by n number ot political leuders who ad here to the belief that 'there is 0110 more president in the tariff.' Promote! Hy Ilcneflclarlcs "Those who expect to benefit by the revision upward will promote tho movement and upon tuu altitude of tho newspapers which aro now being felt out throughout the country will depend llicute o,the movc "That the counlry can live and thrive under tho existing tariff N clear to all. "A reopening of the tariff question with n view to restoring practices that brought disaster can only bo justified by n hope for increase of prices nml n promise of increa&o in wages. Hut the public docs not want higher prices nml inerenso in wages turned to the injury of labor when it passes the point where it can be sus tained hy general industrial cor.di-tiotis-. "Under the stimulus of mnny years of tariff subsidy the manufacturing interests of this country hnvo been built up to n point where tho homo de mand cannot absorb more thnn two thirds tho product. Whether this is a good or n bad thing docs not matter now. It is a fact, nml what is to ho dotio with the extra one-third f" Get Out of Fool's PiiradUo "Kither we must eurlail production one-third or find customers for the surplus one-third. Tho first course will have few advocates and if wo aro to sell tho extra one-third it cnu only be ilono bv enlarging the market through reduced prices. It would ho tContInuod onLast Page.) TALIAN BUILDING AT WORLD'S T SAN FRANCISCO, April 21. Ital ian children from American schools celebrated with nntive songs the dedi cation today of Italy's buildings and exhibits at tho Pananm Pacific ox position. Eight buildings represent tho per iods of Italian architecture und thu exhibits symbolize tho history of Italy's art, craftsmanship and boelal development. Iu tho Tribumi, tho central building, arc tho portraits mid inferences of various forma to tho rulers and historical personages of the country. Resides tho displays in tho group of buildings thoro aro rep resentations from Italy In practically every palace in the exposition. Krne&to Nathan, commissioner gen eral from Italy and formor Mayor of Rome, presided at tho dedication program on which, were nddressos by icprcsctitutives of thu nation, statu and cily and exposition. Vice-Cottw mUsioncr Fordiumulo Dmieo bore a message from Kiug Victor KuimanHJ IHi ,, -- ON MONKEY in AIR DEDICATED AY J 'A rJ ..'H 4 4 " y