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WTWH fffvffWMtf , 9t-fMMbi 207 Sccdnd Strttt ',.,4$$ li ! ,". Medford Mail Tribune ' -m i SECOND EDITION WEATHER Max. (12; Mtu. I8,.J. Irolp. Truro; Fair Tiiewmy, -?a 1'nrty-flflh Yrnr. Dully Tout It Yi-nx. MEDFORD, OltMON, MONDAY, APRIL 2(5, Wo NO. HO in a LAND AND SEA ATTACK BEGINS ON DARDANELLES nrltli.li W.tr Offico Annoiincfts Gen eral Alliirk Denim "Greatest Bat tle of War" Now Under Way on Ysrr Reports Meaner ami Contra cltctury Kniscr at Front. LONDON. API II 2. Tim admiralty nml ilto war office dcclaio this afternoon t lint n general iillncl; ii Hi" Mania- nollci liml Im'Riiii. An nriny II y wit rnlit, him been illKiiiiiluirl.i'il ! IICfllllV. Tim following nrflrliil nn- 4- nnnnceinent wan given out (if tiny: "The general nttnrli on Dm fr llimliiuellcii by Urn fleet nml tlio arniy wan renuincd yiwterilny. "The dlncinhnrkiitlnti of the 4- army covered by llm fleet, lm- ! Kmi before aumlim nl III" rar- loos point mi the (lalllpoll mhi- t ii mii Iti ami In Hpllo of serious oppoiiltlon of (lie enemy. "Tim IiiiiiIIiik of the army anil Hid ailvanri) nintlnim." ' LONDON, April 2fi. Whnt onio military critics are Incllnnil to pro-nounr- tlm '"grontem battle of tlm war" Ir now under way on llm Yimr rajiiil. ttcpoit Contmdlilory Official reports an botb meagre nml roiiirndlctory, btu It generally In believed In l.oiiilou tbnl tlm Her mann nga'liT.nYo. making ilcupenittt ef fort to break through to tbo French rbanncl port. Rome Hitch recrtideii ri'iico of tint (icrinan advance ImH been expected by llm war experts, but them umvomcntri, fnriwtnlllng tlm long predicted allied offcnidvo, comes an n illHllnct nbock to tlm general public. It In ImpoMilblo an yet to gel a clear Idea of the extent of tlm tier man movement, but nmim special ill; patches to Loinlon papers dencrlbo It n h no liuportntit Hint tlm German n ro een nreilltoil with bringing Field Mnndml von lllndciihurg from the iiftt to roniliit'l tlm operations ami Kmpcror William hlnmelf l report mI n h proceeding to tlm Yser front. 1'lglitlug In Cnrputlilaim In tlm enntern arena of lioHtllltlen, tlm CarpntblanN compelo with tlm Yimr for Interest, Tbo way Into Hun gary by tlm Uznolc I'iim Ih nKaln bo coming the scone of sanguinary fight ing with neither ttlilo mnklng nny great gnlim. Warnaw, nn n (leruinn objcrtlvo, In illinmeil by tlm Impnrlnnro of keep ing tlm IDikhIiiur out of Hungary, ami tbo (lerinaiiH are reported nn wlthilrnwIiiR their llneH from In front of tlm I'ollnh rnpltnl for now conreu tint loan nloiiK tlm fronts of Cracow nml In the. CnrpnthlaiiH, Tlm fairway bntweon KnRlnnil anil llollanil nt 111 Ih lining kept clear of coiiiumrclnl vohhiiIh with tlm renult that tlm Htfiimor Noonlam bnarliiK tlm women iltileKiitOH to tlio poaco (Cnntlnund on pkift I.) CROOKS 0PM RELIEF BUREAU PAULS, April 'J, 'r.iL'i n. in. -An iwliiiiistive iuiuh',v comlm'teil by (lie jmlieiul tuitlioritli'H of Paris ns Hie ii'Miilt of coinpliiinlH miiilo by tlm puli lic Iiiih mveiileil, tlio .Matin mi.vn, t lint out of 117 eluuilulile oi'Kiiuiutious I'oiiui'il wineo llm war liinii, huveuty ni.v nie Hwimllrs. Thiity-I'ive of them urn reported to ho eomluotcil by men who worn roleiiseil from prihon just Lel'oio or n Her inoliiliiilioii. Two of IIicmo 'iliiliiiitliroiistN" in pm timilar iitlineteil tlm attention of llm invcHtiijnloi'H. Wliilo they were ileHtitulo when tlm war Imgim, limy now have luimlhoiiii) town nml eniui- try resilience, niiloinoliiles nml are tlm IiohIh ut HiimpluiniH iliiuuirrt. Tlm leeuiplH of tliolr "elinritieH" uvo waiil imvor to have fallen InJow 121)00 i'nilii'H (.f tOO) a tiny niuoo they lii'fjun (pjieinlionu in Bi'iiteniber. ITALY DRIFTING TOWARDS WAR WITH AUSTRIA Von Dticlcw Says Differences Are Irreconcilable Ausli inns Fortify Frontier Parliament Likely to Dc Proro(iietl May 12 to Decide Whr.llirr Italy Entrrs or Not. LONDON, Apr tl -Ml. Tlu opinion In itrowiiiu in llnme tlmt Aii"liin ami I iI v ate ilril'tiii!: im- iliiLlv townnl war. A iliiiliiiimt aeeietlittil l tin iplilinnl ipmlei. I'linee ou llueloW, the (leiiuau auiluixHOilor nl lluiue, wlm Iiiih been the iiriiicipnl limine iu the effoltt to nveit Mich u war, u Hiivinj: I hat it wiuilil he iinpoilile for Aiwlrin to nccciit llnls m ileinaml I'lppiiio (laiilialtli. sniuilHon of the fanmiH Itnllau .tateiiinu, who re cently Iiiih talkcil with (lie Italian liiiiK ami piemier, i Miiil lo have re eciu'i! fiiini tbeiu llio intpt -iii that Italy wiuilil enter llm war with the nilie, Italian lefimeen from Aifliia ny the frontier has been fnrtifieil by the AuMiiuiw with eouerete t rendu ami licay ailillery. To Call raillameut The opinion prevail- in pailiameut- aiv firelen that if no tleliulte ileei- iou iik to Itiily'x partieipatiou ill the war in leaeheil previou. to .May 1-, the ilute upon which the chamber of ilepntiei iccoincni'h, pailiameut will bo proroui'il. International auction eoulil not be iliMMi-oeil iu pailiameut while lliey were mill itmler nifjoliiitioii, nml it will be aliiunl ami alum.t unilinificil for parliament In ili-cu. triflmi: matteiH when Mich liihlv important ipiextioiiH wete hcl'oti) llm country. I'liilherinorc, the eliamber lin Kiv' full powen to the cabinet, nml imtli iuc Iiiih oeeuircil to ilivntmy thin con liileuee. Kiuu' Victor I'mtiiaimel met (lie meinlierx of the cabinet in eoufeieuee .enteiilay. lie talkeil with Pieininr Salamlm ami Foreign Mininlor Sou- inno on the ipictioii at length, nml alter they hail none lie wan clo-eteil for mi Imur with .MinUtcr of War Zupelli. I'ich for tlio AIIIcm An cncrgi'tie cninpiiin m beiu conilitctcil iu the Italian pici on lie half of the nlliex. Kvery iln.v tlm appear telerniiH from IVIinj-nul wniiiiii; Italy tlmt if die iloen not mioii intervene nlm will Iom every tiling. It in Miiil llm allies have ile eiileil to jjivo iiolliin, in raM llu'.v aie vietoiioiii, to a neutral power which, in the wortlrf of .liilcx (.'aiulmii, the I'lencli diplomat, rulms ''lo Mieeor the vielor." The noWNpapeix ntr.ii ptildisli Ion;; reprodiielioiiH from the IVneh pics statin; tliat Italy's naitieipaliou in the war is iuiinineut. )ixpntclif- fioiu J.ondoii Kay tlm Italian ainliiixsndor theie, ManpiiK linperiali, Is about to hifju with Sir Kdwnrd (hey, the Ilrit Mi foreign minister, mi agreement containing clauses which piovide that Italy hhall hide with tlm allies. (iciiiiiihk llusy In I'ivhs Although dispalehert t'lom Herliu and Vienna on this Kithject aro more guarded on account of the ceiiMiifhip of tlm pre-H of tho-o eities, effoilrt nro lii'injr made In oflVet this earn pai;u. Uepiesenlatives here of the lleilin nml Vienna newnpiiers aro moht nt'livo mid hook to convey tlm (Conttnued on Pace 2.) IM'.M.rN'(). Italy, April 2(1. lint iau lefugees from Austria report that Austrian troops have fortified tlm en tiro frontier, even building entrench ments of concrete behind which luvye been placed cannon of largo caliber. Officers me said lo have declared that if hostilities aro begun they will rnwi the villages nearest their lines from Selvn, east of Lake Oanla, iu Italy) lo Laste, Italy (twenty miles to the north of Selva). This infonualioii has done much lo counteract tlio effect of reports that Austria is disposed to conduct diplo- iimlio iielintinlionn legarding the ees bioii of tlio lurrjlory to Italy. AUSTRIA FORTIFIES ITALIAN FRONTIER COL. ROOSEVELT ON THE WITNESS!STAND; BARNES ANO HIS FLOCK OF LAWYERS ON THEIR WAY TO THE SYRACUSE COURT HOUSE RwA' TiKS x5H IHr , I B nir LmM TV3J717" 'tS t '," tTB William Itanies (In renter) with two of lilt Inn ).- .lolin II. Ii)lll (nl left) nml llvvln M. rlulil) koIou lo court. Itelovv N Mllllint of fill. DOOM' j .lt laben In tlio coiiiIiimhii vMillo be vva- te-tlfjltm. I ORDERED SHOT BY WASlllNflTON. April 20. I'l.d.p K. Mel'loary, an American mwipaper eorrepondciit nt Vera Crux, ha- been imprisoned nml -euteiiced to be thot by rarnin. nuthoiilien for Imviiit m'iiI out uneeiinored news dipatehes. Scen'lary Ilrynn icceived an 4ip- peal for aid today fiom .loliu W. Rob erts of HI Pndo, Mel'lenry's home, and iustriieteil ('oiisul Sitliman to I like tlio ipie-tiou nt once with den em! I'arranf'a. Carraua troop from Tampieo are bcinj; liroudit to Vera Citi. and -cut inland by rail. Quiet was reported at I'ronre.Mi. Yiupil Indians oponitiuir in Sminrn me ehared with iiuiiierous mills and murder.. In a recent at tack on tlm much of the KiehanUoii Con-I ruction company, iu the Vmpii valley, they were repulsed. Iu llm battle of Celn.vn, Oeneral Villa's horse was shot under him iu a cluirKU of the "Mattalion of Dentil,'' accoiiliii(,' to an official lepoil fiom t hihuahiin to I.nrupie C. I.orculo of the Villa i'eney here. "Wenernl Villa boaibardod (Vlaya for twenty-four hours, caiMii much damn-!) lo buildings where Olnoj;on bad placed his artillery," says the ri'poit. "The losses union-; Ohreson's Indian hoops nolo eimrumiis ami the bloody eharaeter of the battle would horrify even llio-o nccii-toined to warfare. The battalion of death was alumM annihilated iu a cliiue direct ed liy (leneral Villu personally, In this chnii-e (loneral Villa's lmie was shot iimlor hini. The losses of (leneral Villa were heavy, hut so weio those of General Ohivuon," AMERICAN WOMEN TO THE HAGU ' -C W4D..V,TXH UNTO IMX CORRESPONDEN CARRAN ,r" , I x-r:; Jy m IS T: Picture of n Ki-oup of Aiuerlo mi delegates to peaeo congivss, tnko n Jane Adduius, leader of tlio delegation, nt tlio left, TV ' p . -as Wi'lU (nl tBi &Sm wm mm LIST OF DEMANDS, : MADE UPON CIA PKKIN, April 2 C Conferences i between tbo Japaneso nilnUter to i ! China, Hkl Tlokl, ami the ChlnMo i foreign milliliter, Lu ChonK-HslnnK. were resumed today. Tbo Japanoso mlnlrttor presented nit extended list of 2 1 demands. This list Is virtually nn amplification or tlio original 21 tl men ml s and Includes oven tlio do iiianiU for railroad concessions, and It U understood In territory where the linos would competo with Urlt Ish Interests, Tbo Jnpanees Insist thnt tbo Chin ese government accept tbo now list of dumnnds In Its entirety, but no time limit tins been set. China Is inakiiiK certain military preparations which have been described ns "fee ble." Great secrecy Is maintained as to the details. In Peking the Impression obtains nmoiiK forelRn observers thnt Japan will uso force unless China yields. JJKW YOUIC, April 2(1 John Huuny, whoM unlii-s ns n nunini; pieturo comedian have made millions liuii'h, died at his Imum iu ltrooklyu today, lie had been ill for nliout three weeks of a complication of dis eases. Members of his family were with him when he died, l-'or u week ho had apparently liven on the mend. A strenuous mouth of work, it is be lieved, paused the bieakdovvn which resulted in his death. E PEACE CONFERENCE REFUSED i 1 BUNNY MOVIE ACTOR DEAD --- "V ' CANAL AND LOCKS WILLAMETTE FALLS roi.TLANM). Or., April 2i. Title to tlio canal and locks around the Willamette Fulls at Oregon City, Or., wns taken hero today by the I'nited States f-overnuiunt from the Portland Ilnilwuy. I.iht & Power Co. in the offices of rnitd Slnte. District At torney ("huenee L. llcnines. The transaction, which has Ion-; been pending, opens the upper Will amette to free navi-.-ntion, onr-joes having subject to toll-, heretofore or 0 cents .per ton of freight and 10 cent", for each pas-eager. The arriv al of the .deed from Washington .Sat urday, followed liv u return of the ab-traet of title, cleared the vvny for the delivery of a warrant of the treasury today for .f.l7.",000, representing- the pureha-o price. The United Stales National Hank of Portland, acting r escrow agent for tlio Hanker-' Trust Company of New York, trn-lee- for the holders of the Powers' company's moitgage bonds, who had fonnally eon-ented to ilie release of the mortgage lien on the ennnl and locks, wa repre-ented at the transaction. VILLA RELEASES GOBS Kr PASO, Tex., April 2(1.--Fran ei-co Obregon, aged brother of (ten oral Obregon, commander of tlio Car ranzu forces near Celaya, lias been given his liberty in Chihuahua City, aecording' to nn official Villa state incut received hero today. Obregon was said last week to have been ex eeuted by tbo order of General Villa following his arre-t at (liiadala.jara. RIGHT TO REACH DESTINATION -My- ns tliey sailed foe Holland. Miss NOW UNCLE SAM S BELLIGERENTS BAR DELEGATES M HOLLAND American Women Cannot Reach The Hapuc for Peace Conference British Hold Up Vessel German Delegates Refused Passports- Swiss Delegates Prevented Coming. TIIK JIAOri-., April (. Difficul ties on nil sides hnve been encounter ed even before the opening of the uicctiu'r of the International Worn eii'i. congiC"., which it M-hrdiilcil to gather here this week to discuss pence. In addition to the delay of the -teamer N'oordnin, due ye-terdav with American delegate.", the German mi thorities have refused pennits to the nhief Oennan delcgntes and the Jlril isli delegation, after Inning been cut by the Hriti-h government to one--ix t Ii the original number, has been nimble to cro the channel, owing to lank of shipping facilities. The Swi-s delegates telegraphed teday: "We have been prevented from coming.'' They give no explanation, but it is ns-uuied that Germany has declined to allow them to pass. The French women from the outset have declined to participate. The women from the Tinted Stnles, Sweden, Knglnud, Germany, Au-tria nml Hungary who have arrived are busily engaged, depite the cloiidines-i of the pro-pects iu drafting resolu tions. Americans Held L'p LONDON', April 20. The .tenmer Noordam, with fortv American worn en delegntes to The Hague Peace eou- gre-s among its pa eager, is an chored in the Downs, unable to obtain penni iou to proceed up the channel to Rotterdam. Jane Adilam- has sent an appeal to Failed States Ambassa dor Page, urging him to enli-t tlio aid of the American government to se cure the release of tlio marooned delegate- and enable them to arrive nt The Hague in time for the confer ence, which opens Wedne-day. Answering the appeal of Miss Ad-dam-, Mr. Page said it would be im po ible for the eniba y to aid the delegates to reach The Hague. All -hipping to Dutch ports bus been stoped. be explained, and it was not oven pos-ihle for the members of the embassy to make the trip. Truffle Is Halted WASHINGTON, April 2(1. Deten tion of tlio steamer Noordam, enrry ing women delegates to Tbo Hague peaeo conference was explained by officials hero by reference to a dis patch from Ambassador Page at London on Friday, stating that all truffle between Knglnnd and Holland would be held up until further no tice. EAST IN GRIP OF HEAT E CHICAGO, April 20. The present heat wave, extending over the ea-tem half of tlio United States, is unpio- dented ut this season in the historv of tbo weather bureau, according to to day's repoit of the local weather bu reau. Tlio table of temperatures for yesterday shows that Milwaukee, Wis., mid Montgomery, Ala., register ed tlm same, 8t degrees. It was 811 nt Chicago, nnd Columbus, 0., with 00 degrees, was tho hotte&t spot re porting to the bureau, NORTHERN PACIFIC E WASHINGTON, April 20, The in tcrstnto commereo commission has broadened its inquiry into tlm own ership nnd operation of tho steamship Oreat Northern by tlm Great Northern Paeifio Steamship company, to in elude tho steamship Northern Paeifio, Tho inquiry is to develop whether tho provisions of tho Pannnm canal net forbidding ownership of steamship lines by railroads is being violated, WAV PLAIT CHOSE . OEFICE HOLDERS FOR ROOSEVELT Confidential Letters From Flics ef Late Thomas C. Piatt Show Let ter's Reecommcntlations Were Fol lowed by Roosevelt When Gover norNo "Invisible Government." SYIIACr.SK, X. V., April 20.-A series of confidential Iclteiv taken from the files kept by the late Thos, C. Piatt, while he was representing the slnte of New York in the I'nited Stntes senate, were today read to tho jury trying William Ilarnes suit for alleged libel ngninst Theodore Ilooso velt in the supreme court here, Somo or the letters were signed by Colonel Itoo-cvelt. Tn ncnrly all of them the writers di-ciis-ed candidates for of .flee iu the state government, nnd in reply to n rpie-tion by Mr. Harm's' eoun-el the former president said without the lightct hesitation that he con-iiltcd freely with Senator Plait about affairs ut Albany, know ing nml realizing nt all times that bo was the "bo-s" of tbo republican party in this slnte. One of tho let ters read during the forenoon session contained n (Mistseript, which read: Not lnilhle Government "All right. I'll change tho whoto board of tax nfcsessors." Tlio colonel denied emphatically that sueh conference constituted "invisible government." "My netion," the witness n-sertcd, "weru ns yi-ible as they could be." One of the Roosevelt letter to llames ooncemitig Hughes' .yiufmii tion rend: "It is not plensanLfor Bij!,kto sup port n man who Jia.s wantonly be haved badly to the very men who did mo-t iu securing-his selection. I would approve his turning them down iu tlm public interest, but I object to its being done wantonly. Moreover, I appreeiato thnt ho has alienated ipiito needlessly very many voters, and if wo had the right man to put iu his place (the right man from Jhe stand point of getting votes) I should say that it was certainly wise to nomin ate sueh a man. Hut no such mini is iu sight, and there docs not seem to be the slightest chnnce of his aris ing. Under the conditions it seems to be that wliilo it will do dainngo to renominate Hughes, it will do moro .damage, not to renominate him, ami that this damage will extend outside of tho stnte. While, therefore, I want most emphatically to disclaim any in tention of .seeming to dietnto the nomination, I think I ought to tell you tlmt my judgment is that the conven tion ought to renominate bim." Stand for Leaders' ArU "P. S. Of course, T want the full est and mo-t open expression of pi of. erenee nt the primaries; that I'll stand heartily for whatever you, Fas sett nnd the rest of tho leaders final ly do, nml have no intention of 'forc ing tbo nomination' or of trying to; but thnt unless you T should like ns n good republican and as u parly ami as staunch believer iu you, to tell you my judgment for whatever it is worth." In n letter to Piatt, Colonel Roose velt invited Senator Piatt to break fast at the bourn of Douglas Robin son, his brother-in-law. Tho colonel said Ik wanted lo talk about a enn- (Contlnuod on page two.) GERMAN FLEET SEEKS BRITISH LONDON, April 20. In a dlapatck from Copenhagen a correspondent of tho Kxclmngo Telegraph compasr says that leading Gorman papora, In cluding the Tago ZottunR and Voh slscho eltung, declaro that the Ger man (loot it now willing to accept battle In tho North Sea. Tho cntlr (loot, the papers declare ban several times cruised over tho North Sea vainly seeking tho Hrltlah fleet. Tho VosHlscha Settling ayg the Norwegian steanior Foedln met tU Gornuui fleet last Sunday off Helgo land. The Gorman oonuiMRder Mt4 to tho captain or the Fowl In that th German fleet had 'one lUtdre.'lwi namely, to engage tha JklUau flt, and he hoped the NrliUlt flt MljfH bo found. V, " M U i:'U !!! a M i m A w -