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Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER Fair tonight nml tomorrow. Mux. l)U.n; .Mlu. (II. SECOND EDITION irortv.flfth Year, Daily Tenth Tear, MEDFORD. 0R1500N, MOSDAY, .U'XIS 7. IJHii NO. GO i w THIRD ZEPPELIN 'GIVE US CORN' E Ri IN WEEK 13 SHOUT HEARD UPON ENGLAND AROUNDJEIO I ' OUR BIGGER NAVY-ADDING!A MILLION SUBMARINES Five Persons Killed and Forty Arc Wounded Heavy Fighting on Wes tern Front Austro-Gcrman Ad vance on Lemhcrp. Continues and Capture Expected. National Convention Marked by Scenes of Wildest Disorder Hordes of Hungry Attack Assembly Treasury Empty, Fields Laid Waste and People Starving. LONDON, Juno 7. The third Zep pelin rniil over Knglnnil since tlw enrly part of lust woi'k oemtrred lnU nilit. It resulted in tlio Wiling, cf five persons nml tlio wounding' of forty by bomb dropped by tlu 0r jiiiiiik. It i said tin attack wiih made mi tho oast const. A wireless dispatch from Horlin, which escaped tlio HritUli censorship, wive in nn oflioial tiiiiioiitK'otnoiit tin? location of tlu places attacked in the Zeppelin rnid of lust Kridnv tiijrlit. It w staled Hit' fortified inoutli of the lumber mid tin nnvnl port of Har wich, both on thf cunt const of I-.ng-hind, wore visited and Ihnt niniiv bombs- wore dropped, cuiising oonsid ornblo damage. On Western l'ront. llonvy fighting i nmiin in prosros nl various points along this western front. . In flalicia tlio victorieus: ndv.uirc of tlio Auslro-Ocrnimi forces eonliii iip. Telegrams- from Vienna eny tlmt Lomberg, hold by tlio liini.im since tho early part of the war, nitiv bo taken at any moment by the Teu tonic allic. A general Italian advance noro the Isonzo river for a distance nf foity miles north of the gul of Priest has- lioen begun. A dispatch from IMinc, Italy, says heavy fighting is 'a progress at (Irndiscn. ''he Italian ndvmiee. tho most fonnitlnbl' tnove menl of the oninpniuii, is meeting vv'th the first detenained resistance offer ed lv tlio Austriaiw and an imn rliuit battle apparently is developing In Hie Panlmielles Contrary to the Fiench and lliit ish claims of victorv on the Oalbpoli peninsula, the Turkish war office ui nouuees tho allies were defeat d in the recent heavy fighting, sustuiniug Inrgo losses. A counter attack hv tho TniUMi right win).', against positions eupiuivd by the allies, is said to !nw bem successful. Although no official nooouuls have bciii received of the recent fight,i"r' " the Hultic sea between Russian and (lermnn warships, a l'otmgr.ul dis patch iudicoles that it came as the re pull of n flerman attempt to bun", troops alone the gulf or Hiim, It ik reported several flerman trn.ispoits nml one large vessel were sunk and that the Russians lost an mixilimv. Apparently the Russian an I (K-rm.ui Imttlft jupindroiis were not isutrmiod. CnpHirlng !oM)MUunln This morning tlio llrifisli pubjie was Informed that their forces has won a brilliant success at a point for from Jho main lines nf bnttl" on l!i ion (incnt. Sir l'orov Cox, ut tho head of n st route naval and military force, has trained a foothold at Amaru, on tho Tigris river, half way fiuiu the head of tho l'erian sull to mo ony nf Hagdnd. During tlio last f-nv days the Anglo-Indian iinnv eperitiu: in Ibis field has captured many prison ers as well as .'iins and aiiunuuition nml liae taken a BUiihout, steamers mid steel bulges. It is said that the Turkish nrmv opposed to it is so de moralized that it i doubtful if it will bo able to oiler serious resistance to a further British ndwiuee in Mosopo. tamia. t GREECIAN KING'S MKXICO CITY. Saturday, May 22. For tho InRt three days sesslonR of tho Fo-called national convention In the chamber of deputies building liavo been Bcenca of tho wildest disorder. Not only thov galleries hut at times the floor and upoaker'H tribune Imvn boon rushed by hordes of hungry men, women and children. The BhoutH of "we want com" downed all others, and oven tho ills play of bayonetfl and the firing of tho soldiers over the hearts of the mob, havo not checked their vain mid piteous Boareh for food. Tho Hod Cross has been kept busy carrying away women and children and In Home cases old men crushed or over come In theHn manifestations. Treasury N Kmpty Ten thousand gathered outside tho chamber today and nearly 300 were carried off on stretchers. Acting President General Kotpio Oonzales Garcia, appeared beforo tho conven tion delegates nml a portion of tho mob to tell .them the treasury wub empty, the fields laid wasto by tho contending revolutionists, and thnt the only hope for tho coming winter was that all Mexicans lay down their nrniH anil begin tho tilling of tho fields. Repeatedly tho crowds ans wered him. Baying "Glvo iib corn. Our women and children aro dying of hunger. Give us corn!" A comparatively smnll supply was obtained from the foreign relief com mittee and this assuaged the wants. Supplies .Slmrt. everywhere Supplies everywhere are Abort nml In all save flvo of the 27 stntes of Mexico there U absolute want with the now harvest many months away and mythical becauBo to a largo ex tent unplantod. Kven states as pro ductive ns Morolos and Guuajuato are quarreling for corn, wbllo armies turn their cavalry horfloa Into any thing green to be found. It Is esti mated that unless aid from tho not able maro than 13.000,000 people will be In danger of starvation. In normal times It roqiilios approxi mately l,M)n,000 tons of corn to feed this country. y Here Cobs Vttr&pHTOv Mitl ATATEa St)DMARMt F B8SS3iv Here joes '-i ome. miuioh.fwe ' WTmSsj&B YUMITED STATEs HDftPERC) AND FRTV-.Kk,5Mffi6Ll:PWK 5U0MARIME. NUMBER. 6U THoOSAMD, AMD JjMHwafiStrK r0URTIK0SAHD,El0HT jjj 3EVCMTV FIVE r tJJZ rfPJrgV humperd amd jpcr-.t: k 'iss &$a A THREE I'JJ ilftfe'Js. jg&L ' 9 ft 0K MI X A VstliJ Wrf I S 1!X7 s ww w j jmijjm .--JVv--BSsSW THREE SUBMARINES! ZEPPELIN LOSES ID 1 BATTLE WITH AEROPLANE ITALANS BEGN Huge German Airship Blown to Pieces by Bombs From British Aircraft Wrcckaoc Falls on Orirfmnarje, Klll litll Two Nuns ami Two Orphans, Injuring Many Others. 40 MILE ATTACK ; mm AUSTRIA SALES GREATER DURING PEACE THAN JAPAN RATIFIES niniirrn" TrtPSTirr uMbtlKtAlltil) ll .-! DURING THE WAR WASUINOTON. Juno ". Desplto tho Bo-culled war orders, says an of ficial analysis of foreign t ratio Is sued today by tho partment of com merce, "the exports of manufactures: of all kinds, other than foodstuffs, have been loss tnun In tho similar period boforo tho war." Tho statement refers to tho for eign trade for ten mouths ended in April, which shows n trado balanco of almost a billion dollars. The normal bhIoh or manufactures during peace, statement Bays, "weio gt eater than thoso under existing war conditions. Ilucauso of this fact mid extraordinary shrinkage of ex ports of crude materials, It is found that tho net Increase In our total ex portH 1ms been wholly In foodstuffs." One of tho outstanding font urns or the anolyBlH Is that more than $18, 0(10,000 worth of American horson and almost $10,000,000 worth of mules have bton fed to tho battlo- tlelils. Ten tnllllon dollars worth were M'nt to IJuropo In April ulone. FIRST REFUGEES LE TO ESC AVE MEXICO CITY ' TRAPPED IN FIRTH APE FAMINE NEAR GLASGOW LONDON', Juno 7, ! p. in. The nil nurnlly niinouneed toduy that u Zep pelin hud been blown to pieeew over Hclghim by Hrilwli nil men. The Htatcinent follew: "This mninini; ut :!h a. m. mi at taeK was made on the uirxhip hIipiI at Kerc, urn Hi o" truott, bv Kllghl hiculenanli-.l. I. WMIhoii, It. N., and .1. S. .Mills, It. N. Homhs were drop ped mid the shed wiih observed to be in I Illinois. "It is not known whether u Zeppe lin was inside, but the flumes icaelied a groat height, eoiniui; out from both sides of the shed. Hot It pilots return ed safely. "At ;i o'clock this morning flight Lieutenant If. A. .1. Wnruofuid, It. NT., attacked a Zeppelin in the air be tween (Ihenl and Brussels. At 0000 feet he dropped six humhs mid the uirship exploded, fell to the ground and burned for a oonsitlomhlo time. "The force of the explosion caused the Moraue uiouopbiiio to tuiii upside down. Tho pilot succeeded in right'iiu? the muchiue, but had to inako u foro ed landing in tho enemy's country. However, ho was able to restart his innehiiio mid returned safely ti) the aerodrome, General Advance Under Way Hard Firjlitlnii Taklnu Place at Gradisca Austrian Resistance Dally Be coming Stronger French Make a Small Gain on Western Line. CONDITION SERIOUS BRYAN SILENT TOKIO, Juno 7 Tho emperor and privy council gave approval to day to tho new treatlos with Cblna, nogotlatod as a result of the conces sions made by China in accepting .la pun'R ultimatum. Tho treaties will bo ratified tomorrow. Tho house of ruprotiPiitatlvoM rejected today by a vote or 130 to 2K2 tho rtsolutlons Introduced by tho opposition on Sat urday, expressing lack of confidence In Viscount Kanetko Oura, minister of the Interior. M. Oura denied tho charge that ho corruptly received a present of 1000 en ($500) at the I lino of the March election from a candidate for membership in the lioiifco. The opposition then intro duced another resolution against tho cnbluet, alleging Interference In tho general election. MEXICAN 1L FACTIONS CLAIMING WASUINOTON, June 7. Ninety Americans, -II rhiglishnioii, 127 Span iards and .r7 others of vtirious nn liomilitioH will comprise the first ref ugee party loiiviiu; Meioo Citv toilu on tho special tniin with the Hnmil- iau minister, notuijc lor tlio American government, has urrmiKod. The rclugees of the laiuiiio-sinck' en capital who will leave later to join the party at Vera Cruz will brinir the number to moie thuii (Hub Tlio Mrit- Uh consul hud advised Amoricnn Con sul Sillimmi that mmiv women mid ehililtcu me iiuioiik the number. Vilbi-Ztipatii luilbonlio in Mexico City will send u tniin to Tixiiyueii, whore it will bo met bv u Imip fiiun Vera Cm, in chartso of Conmil O.tu eral Shmikliu. An emerKcncv u"'lv of American food has been ordered to Vera Cruz, for the refugee. The Itinl Cross to day telegraphed (lalveslon ofllciuls to ship .10,0110 pounds of corn mid 'JO, (Hill pounds of beans mi mi nim trmispoii, whicli Koes for refuge.. The state deiuirlmeut hud no 1" li - - -ml iiiImccs tinln to coiifiim tthe Ob icgiiu Milorv oer ilia foreci ut Leon. UD1NU, Italy, Juno 7 A gcnoral Italian advance Is tnklng place today across the Isonzo rlor from Capor etto to the sea, a distance of nbout forty miles. i Tho movement Is one of Import ance and hard fighting In taking place at (Iradlsca and In tho vicinity uf this town. Tho Italian authorities aro draw ing tighter tho screen of secrecy as to tho Italian oporntloiiB. Neverthe less It may bo fluid that masses or Itnllan troops hnvo been concentrat ed on tho roads from ConnoiiB, Pal matiova mid Crovlgnano. The reslstanco or the AiiBtrlnnn r dally becoming stronger. This, Ital ian Rtarr officers declare, has had tho effect or making their men more determined. Tolmlno, on tho oast Bide of tho Isonzo, Is one or tho Italian object ives, j NKW YOKIC. Juno 7 Three (lor- man siibinurines were recently I nip ped and captured in the r'irlh of Toy, near (!lus(ow, iiecordini; to pel-sous arrivintc horc toduy ou the Hteamer Camoionia fioiu Ohuj(ow and Liver pool. It was nsNOitod thut tho tin dot limit hud penetruled fur into the Firth or Tay, not fur lloni the city, hud been detected mid trapped by nets dropped in the narrow l'niru n , which thoy would luivo to leave. Thev leiuaincil subincrKed for sixty lioui -mid thou came to the mnl'iico mid sun ciiilci oil. No such incident Iiiih been menlion ed in auv of tho officio! llritisb mi uoiiucements. Wlien the Cmiieroniu left (Hiiskov oittiuury business (hero virtually had been Hiispmideil mul nil uvailable men were employed in the government shipyards. On the uiiiunrd voyniie (he Cainor ouiu look more than IbOII Cmiadimi triniis tii-iii-.- t lit ocean. Six torpedo ilc-trociN couocil her through the w.ir one I LONDON, Juno 7. -A oorrenpond- cut of the Kxehange Telegraph com pany at Amsterdam supplies hoiuo do- tuils of tho destruction ol u .eppeltu uirshii hotneen (llieut mid Hrussels by Hritish uviutors in a monoplane. Ho iloelaies the Telegraaf Iiiih re ceixcil a ilNpntch from (Ihent Haying that when tho Zeppelin camo down it landed on mi orphunage. Two nuns nml two orphans were killed, while many others in the cslnlilmliuiont were injured. The crow of tlio Zep pelin, twenty-eiuht men, lot th.-ir lives. SUBMARINES SINK BRTSH VESSELS I'mich MuKo (Iain LONDON, Juno 7. According to n French official rojiort I-'ronch troops after nn offoctlvo bombnrdmcut at it point enst or Tracy Lo Mont and north or tho lllvor Alsno, carried two biiccobsIvo lines ot trenches on a front of ono kilometre, together with sovernl (Ionium works. In tho east tho AiiRlro-Ocrman ad vnneo Ih continuing with eastern Oa llcla figuring prominently ns tlio ob ject Ivo. This movo Ib rogatdod In Loudon as political, tho Idea of the riormaiiR being to oxert nn lufluenco upon Hoiimnnln. Cut ltooliit.loiillug War Petrograd onnouncea"a Ituaslan buccosh nlong tho Itlver Pruth near Kolomea, where the Austro-Oermans aro said to have been forced baclc across tho river. l'etrograd says also I hat tlio Hub Hlnn linos of dnfonno must bo read justed on account of the ubo or pals- oiioiih giiKOM by tho (lormaus. Tho reason for this Is that tho works, technically correct under or dinary conditions of warfare, becomo death traps when exposed to this now engluo of hostility. STEAM ROLLER GREAT I ATllKNs. .Imn 7 Tin- biilh-tm i--eued Ht midnight rcciidim; the i-imdi tiuH of Km;.' CoustuntH' sUt that bit tatniMjratui lt-S' " I1"1"' ia5 wl bi resinViw '1(1. Hi-h'Oi wt brokiw fmiutb d" he iiiht. mml hfii- rienwo tm Aih en. b wJ.if IHi 4wUi the loii.liiK'H T HHi' Cm-.tolmc ' (.liii.f t bo rryrenuu-. GERMAN NOTE WASUINOTON. June 7 Secre tary Hran bud a conference with resident Wilson at noon today and U understood to have gouo over tho final draft of tbe Ceruian note with blw. After ItMiving the priwldent Mr. Bryan refuted to whether the preeMeut kad Rlveu Wini the Mete fur imiiMiniuioii to llerltH and would not dtx.uM it In n. wk. VILLA IlKAlHM-AItTLItS at S.bio, Juno .", in Jiiurc., June 7. -A ntuto inert) t ifsiiml by Dr. S. li. Kauscbbaum, a lueuibor of (leueral Villa's fctutf, suys : "Vosteiilay wo tdonuod mid eati tured Obiegon' entire advaueo treiiehes, at the same tiem captunni; u xrimt mtiiiy prikimers. Obreou'" army is siirroumlnd bv a liuK of iiou. Ho must sllnitlv wiirrotulor or bi forces starve." WILL IS FILED NKW YORK', June 7. fiulavii Kspiuoxa Mireles, piixnte secretary to (ieuei'Hl Venutiuuo Carninza, who reached Now- York u'stcrdu.v on In- a to Wiisluntitou ou whut he tenn a erv iiiisitMtit iiiikkIoii, ixKiieil a Mali-incut tiMhiy in which ho mid thut (nine ceined near ill .Mexico and that Ibe i-. unpawn of the Curruiuu lon-i uj.nii-t illit mid hi- lolbtwero witmd not be prolonged iurt- than thr-Hiouth-. AMERICAN AMBASSADOR RECEIVED BY KING GEORGE . M)X)()N. dime 7. .Mi n. m The Atttwrw-uu uiuhHundr. Wullt-r lluu- I'utfe, M.i- M-M-lviil .it tu k lll.'ll IHI pultlM l"l.i , Kill; Uivljf, III I-TALO, N. Y., tJvnt' 7. The wilN of -.il-rt lliibbaiil and hi.- wil who lost their livos in tlio Luitiuu.i disaster, were tiled for prijbhto in siirnmateV enmt hero Hidaj,- li1" ilnciiiiiciits were diawn by Mr. Iljb haul and were aliuc-t nleutlmil. Iloth pruMiled that in ciixo one survived the other, ibe estate should bo divided between Klbeit Hubbard II, sou and Miriam, dMUKhter. Several oilier children by llulibaiil's ln-st marriuKe aro ind mentioned in the will. The value of the ctalo is probloinutiil, althoiiiih it is known that Mr. Ilub biuil carried inmiraueu poheics iimounliiiu to over 9-1(10,(1110. II" iiuni-d ciue-iilerable n.il list a to at La-) Auioia. AUSTRIA CUTS OFF SE WOMN'S AT SUFFRAGE MEETING CIIICAOO, Juno 7. Tho midyear conference of tie National American 'Wuiijeii riuffruKo aeeuclatlnu was only hit If an hour old toduy whou verbal spurfce besan t flj. The iwrtlelpauiM worn Dr. ixntift. Upward Bhaw, presi dent ot (ho uSMHilutL'n, Mr. Thomiu Y. Youiaane, prenldenf- it tho WU- coiieiu StiUo oruanlzjtloii upd pv tieacomaker, Mre. Harriet Taylor l ton, pioMldonl or the stuto oigautxu' tlou of Olilo. j Aire. Vmiuinns Meciiiod Dr. Shaw of-j flmtlenlng bor out with a uteuiu roll er. Th troulilo anmo oror tbe con iirosslonul union, u suffragist orxuu lantiou mlil to uilvtieute militant metlioils, lueludlng attacks on par ilex mttl ludlvldusls which ipso the vioiiii-ii uioveiiieut. LONDON, Juno 7.--Tim Hrih.di bark Sunlight, of Liverpool, 12118 tons not, Iiiih been mink by u (lormiiu sub marine. Tho eapluiu and orow of tho bark arrived at Qiiceiistown tow ay. The SuuliKlit loft .M'niioris, Santo Domin go, May 1 for the Clyde. Tho trawler Diomio of Hull also has been scut to tlio bottom by u sub marine. Thu crew escaped, LONDON, Juno 7, 1:10 p. in. A di-puti-h received hero from Aberdeen -n the liritish steamer Star of the Wc-t hair been sunk by u noruiun Mibnmrine. A trawler hroutfht the crew into Aberdeen. The Stur of the West wat of III ton and 11 II .feet long-. Moth c--eU wero owned in Abinlein. MLGAMAIED VOTES TO DISSOLVE TRUST ITER S PLAN CAMPAIGN lIKItNr', Swilirlmid. June 7 C'uuiiiiiiuit atlo'i l tiltrapli and tel wiboue ttetwceu awitatrlund mid Aus tria mm been Interrupted hjr order ut the AuMrUM overeuirnt. fwlss thorllle s Ibey ilun't undemtnd thin actiuu GERMAN NOTE IS STILL HELD BY WILSON WAKIIIMJTOX. Juiie 7.-Cuiisel lor luBsinir ot the tute deNirtmeut Mkd the (Misitivv stutement tudu the noU to Oeruiuuv will not go forward tonigiii. It i- uiHbr-lo.nl it will j beluii' tin i .iliuii-i u'-tni)i (oinnriovs. MiW YOltK, Juno 7 Hy more ilmu a two-thlriU voto Htoekholilem tjf (bo AuiulKiimated Copper com patiy today ratified tho plan of tho dfWoliW 't0 dlisiolvo. Anialgainated eettHotl nnw '" ftK t0 " "H,r0 than a liojillii. eompany, havlnit turned Its active .oratiouji-over to the Anaconda Coppoi Mluliig ijm pany. which It lontrols tlM'MlijW,l ownershli. I'urlher steps toward tho securing of iriivutiou in tlio Koguo Kivor val ley mid forinutiou of tho Waiter l" eiV leiiKiio wiih taken at u meeting bold at the public library Saturdav, when a cohstitulion mul by-laws were adopted. Tim IciiKiic will open an l fico in this city for tho tniiisiiotion of all business and u nicotinic has hc-'ii culled for next Wednesday, when fur ther s(om toward tho formation of tho league will ho discasml. All who subscribe to irrigation will do so us volunteers, mid no land owners with prejudice Hjwit iirli hciul watering will have it forwid up on him. The uieelinic Wwluosdny will enlist inemltors. The present ll of bent is thu most eonviuciutc Hivumeiit for irriga tion. The predicted curiv Juno ruins to dale have been conspicuous by their absence, ami a continuation of the present conditions for u week or ten davs would caiiso Wuiry. Tbu gioimd i- in fair shape at priwont, bill is fut di-jlii under warm wind and sun. RAILROAD OILLAND n mm otiii IM PflllDT ITALIANS TO SPARE FAMOUS ROMAN RUJN VHXK'K. June 7. The lUlw niiiUnry suthojities have isjtved in struct ions to shii and airships to soar from injury the reinuius of tlie fMMMtu ReaiM SHipttitheuler at I'ulu the Austrian unval luisc ou the t-u-t ern -oh- ot the Adllutli'. EOPUiorii Paotfic railroad company ojl lajidB In ICurn county. California, Vfllpad ut J8IO.000.ooo woro denlwl toitny ly Judge lleujauilii V. Hh'd sod of tha Called Slates court. vAJ : . ki fr "t-n