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EDITION
WEATHER
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Dully Tout It Yi-nx.
MEDFORD, OltMON, MONDAY, APRIL 2(5, Wo
NO. HO
in
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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."
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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.
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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
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1
BUNNY
MOVIE ACTOR DEAD
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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, "
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