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SECOND
EDITION
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Viitiy nrih Vciir.
Dully Ti'litll Vnir.
FIERCE BATTLE
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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
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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
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"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
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