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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER l'nlr tonight anil tomorrow. Max. 00.5? .Min. m.5. Forty-fifth Year. Dally Tenth Year. jMEDFORD. OREGON", TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1915 N0.G7 F VILLA DEFEATED The Men, and How They Do It Raising the Sunken Diver, F-4 E 1 1 v T BRYAN RESIGNS AS SECRETARYOFSTATE WITHDRAWAL WILSON'S REPLY DUE TO CLASH TO GERMANY IN WITH WILSON IT'S FINAL FORM RENCH ATTACK WAR SMASHES NTIREWSTERN 0,000 LOSSES ALLCONVENTIONS SAYS OBREGON OF CIVILIZATION i i GERMAN FRON ' .1 '.a t' . r 'MANY Resignation Accepted by President Ncbraskan Withdraws Because of Differences in Opinion Over Forth coming Note to Germany, and Docs Not Desire to Embarrass President hy Opposition to Administration's Policy in the Present Foreign Sit uationUtmost Good Feeling. WASHINGTON, .luno 8 Sot-rotary Bryan Into toilny submitted IiIh resignation to President Wilson mill It wns ac cepted. It wan authori tatively Htatod that tho roslgna t Ion, which had been iimlor con sideration for several days, wur accoinp 1 1 8 li o (1 with tho utmost good fooling Iiq. tweon tho socro- tnry and Pres ident Wilson. It resulted from dif ferences of oilnlon over tho notu nliout to ho hont to Ciormany. It wns lonrnod that tho secretary or stnto's hour dolny In ronchliiK tho enhlnet mooting today was duo to tlino ronaiiinoil In preparation of his lottor of resignation. Proelilont Wll hon will wrlto Mr. Ilryan n lottor ex pressing his appreciation of tho sor vlcos of tho roalgnod cahlnot officer. Favors ol'uco Policy Officials lot It ho known thnt Sec retary Ilryan dotenulnod to loavo tho cahlnot hcciiiuo of IiIh Jcslro not to embarrass tho proHldont by Ills oppo Hltlon lo tho policy of tho ndnilnstrn tlon In the prosont forolgn sltuntlon. Whllo Secrotary 1 1 r. van's nttltudo toward tho situation which has arlson between this country and (iorinnny 1b not dcflnltoly known, It has boon gcnornlly bollovod that ho favored a note of the charnctor which undor no clrcuniHtnnceH would Involvo tho United Statos In grave complications. Secretary Hryan's rselgnatlon Is to take effect tomorrow, Juno 9, Rob ert l.ansinic. counsellor of tho state department, automatically will be come acting; secretary of state. Outlined Ills View H. hit In submitting his resignation, Mr. Ilryan outlined his viewpoint on tho administration policy. I.ottora which have passed botweon tho president and Mr, Bryan aro said to havo fully made known the Incidents loading up to tho resignation. Secretary Ilryan loft tho state de partment at 5:30 o'clock, In company with Mrs. Ilryan. Up to that tlmo no formal announcement had boon made of tho secretary's resignation nnd he positively refused to make any reference to the subject or to himself. It was understood that fol lowing a formal announcement from the whlto houso Mr. Ilryan would probably make public a statement. Just before leaving tho stato de partment the sooretary conforrol with Counselor Lansing. In official circles the belief whs generally expressed that Counselor Lansing would bo npivoinled -oeretarv of state ad interim. Mr. taiwiiur said to be in entire accord with the president, view on the nation' for eign poliey. LONDON, June S. An epidemic ot typhoid fever i racing among the troops and civiliau imputation of Aia Elinor, according to rejMjrU from Constantinople, My Heater li patch from Altai. SereaUy-fiire (thy Bieitu hav ejmdy MeiuBi t til ha J hmm I J Cabinet Goes Over Note on Lusltania, Approves It and It Will Probably Go Forward to Berlin Tomorrow- Nature of Reply Guarded for Fear of Creating Misconception. WA Sill NGTON, .1 u no 8 . A II o r two hours' discussion of tliu nolo to (iurinntiy at the ealiiuet meeting to day, Secretary Tiimult.v, nt the direo tion of l'rosidont Wilson, mado this aniiniiuccmcnt : "The note was none over nnd dis cussed and put in final form. It probably will go forward to Hcrliu tomorrow." Tlie cabinet members uniformly de clined to discuss it. It was learned dcfinilclv that only n few slight changes in phraseology were made at the cabinet inceling. The nolo was taken up in the form in which it came after Socretnrv Hryan hud spent .several hours on it after his conference yesterday wit It the president. After the inetcing Score tnry Ilryan went to luncheon with the other members. X Delay ltoportol The president explained there had been no delay of any kind ill the prep aration of the note, that he had brought only a touch draft of il to Hie cabinet meeting Iridav ami that there had been all sorts of sugges- tions since the cabinet last met. The general character of the document, however, he said, had not been modi lied, and he believed il had the ap proval of the entire cabinet. No one lias hold up the note, the president oinphnsixoil, wmk on il lioing an ex peditious us was consistent with care fulness. The president today enve no inkling of its contents, believing that fore casts midi( set up a misconception abioad of tho Ameiieun position. The (,'erinaii Note The arrival of Ihe nolo from (lor many offering to pay lor the attack on the Gulflight and asking for fur ther confirmation concerning tho dropping of bombs on the rushing, was referred to by the president us not iinsati-faetorv. PORTLAND ELECTS PORTLAND, Ore, Juno S He turns early today from yestenln's municipal election, the second hold slnco tho commission form of gov ernment wont into offect in Portland two joars ago. Indicated thnt George L. Itakor and C. A. Illgolow had been elected city commissioners, and A. L. rtarbur, auditor. The raco botwoen Illgolow, who was up for reoloctlon and William Adams Is close. Adams Is tho pros ent city troasurer. On first, second and third choices, Illgolow had 13,- 107 to Adams' 12,017 oarly today. Amendments providing for tho an noxatlon of the suburban towns of St Johns and Llnnton rocolvod good ma jorities. Of the other measures, tho following anenar to have carried: Changing civil sorrico rules, ellml natlng grade crossings, leasing tho dog pound, regulating five cent auto carriers, changing street assessments and erecting fire stopos. Ordinance to close stores on Sundays and pro vide for municipal garbage collection were defeated. A measure to Install a water metre system In Portland ap pareatly hat bee defeated, although tfee vet to eteM. BAKERANDBIGELOW AS COMMISSIONERS Scries of Offensive Movements Init iated British Alone Inactive Russians Push Across Prutb River and Austro-Gcrmans Across Dnies ter in Gallcia. LONDON, .luno 8 Virtually the entire western line of battle, except those portions held by the Belgians and the British, has been the scene of what would appear to he a series of offensive movements initiated hy the French. In the region of Arras the French have extended tho area of their attack while they are pressing all alone; the front from the initio of the Aisne and the Oise in u northerly direction as far as the Hritish posi tions near La Hassee, whole the Hrit ish forces me lyjng apparently puos cent. For tho last three weeks the French have been iidvuiicing slowlx but steadily in the country immedi ately hoi th f Arm. Here they met a determined resistnucu from the formidable works known as tho lab rynth, which now is in their control. The French have been gathering '" prisoners. DesK'mto Counter Attacks Desperate German eounter-nttacks, according to the French report, have been made, but without success and with terrihlo losses to the iittnekers. The (lorinati official annoiinecmenl makes but brief reference to events on the western front, merely record ing the icpulses of French attacks. Rivers figure more or less promi nently today in the reports from both sides. From the eastern front the HiiShians claim to have pushed their offensive movement across tho Priith nenr Kolomeu, while I'elrograd has admitted tho iidvanco of the Austro nermans across the river Dniester in (lalicia. The river Dnbysu changed hands five limes in one day, with the Russians finally in possession nnd the Ison.o is tho scene of the most im portant Italian advance into Austrian territory. There has been little news with regard to this Italian movement, other than the official admission from Vienna that the Italians appear to be advancing against the Ison.o in strong force. Turks Claim Victory Hungary is oxorieiicing a political crisis similar to that which has just come to an end in F.nglaud. Although file opposition leaders have expressed their assent, controversies which an tedate the war have thus far prevent ed the formation of a coalition cab inet. Turkish accounts of tho recent fighting on (iallipoli peninsula say thai, contrary to Hritish and French claims, state that the allies have met with a serious lovorso in their cam paign for Constantinople, In the lighting at Soddnr Hahr, according to these reports, the Hritish were put to rout and left the field covered with their dead. The present position of the Hritish is described as dangerous. BALKANS REJECT OFFER OF ALLIES, COLOONF, June 8. -The chaiiecs thaf Bulgaria and Rumania will enter tho war with tho allies aie diminish ing, says a Horlin disyuteh to tho Col ogne Gazette. Tho political havens of the Ilalkans have cleared some what, says the dispatch. "Rumania has lojected the first offer of the triplo entente as unsatisfactory. "Bulgaria also has rocoivod of fore from the entente. It is not known that Bulgaria has formally rejected them, but she is in agreement with Rumania, and since the latter has re jected the often Bulgaria probably will do likewise. "Tbia assumption is the inoie rea sonable because Bulgaria's fint de mand is immediate occupation hy 'uei of the Macedonian territory taken from her by Serbiw. The entente has not yet offered that. Bulgarian taUBMn are keenly conscious thnt the opportunity regarding: .Maetslonm a en S'Wftk wtjl epie new vr novor. REM! N L , . 1 V tT& v JsnLiaLVLj.J&TBlBHviLBhiiiPx av "s?xl LffHviaLvssW law 4 YiSLv JJKKKKk jHT J lpm-! DARING FEATSI BY Mw '' DIVERSf IN RAISING ! matiK i SUNKEN SUBMARINE 'IMilHWl ., . -w-"-- ' in me in i i me a i in ru i ii TSHSA uhich the sunken subuiiiiiue I vrTQESBRavf? beiii'' brought lo the surface at a 11 P" ITALIANS P E I UDINK, .Juno H. Italian forces are today engaged wilh the forces of Austria on tho cimtcru banks of the lson.o river at a point north of Tol iidno. They lire light ing also around Oradisca, evideutlv with the intention of encircling this locution. Caporctto, Corinons, Verao, Cenig tiiiiio, Teizo, I'oito Baso nnd Grado, sticteliing in a line roughly uoitli and south from the head of the gulf oi Triost, nro today in their pose.-.oii, and havo been since tho opening oi hostilities. It apparently is the in tention of the Italian military lcudi-i-to dcpiivo the Austriitns of their lu-t line of defense, that along tho loii.n liver, on their own territory. To (bl end Montero also has been occupied, as have (ho mountains between the Isonzo mid Idria rivers. Thoao posi tions dominate the towns of Volzuiiu, Roiiiaa, Camtle und Desolu, nil ou the Ison.o. Bv the sea the operations are being conducted with the idea of gaining possession of the gulf of I'iiiizhiio, u hence it will bo ouster to attack Monfulcoiio. Coniliiaiidel's Slaleinciit ROMK, June 8. Italian troniw are proceeding methodically to take pis sossion of the most iinHirtuit sisi tions, all along the frontier, aecording to a statement signed by (loners! Cadornn, chief of the u mn oral stuff, issued at general Italian headquar ter. The statement follew: "Our advanced troop proceeded methodically to take HneMlon of the most iuiMirtuiit tositions beyond the frontier all along the line, meeting with slight resistance. At the same timo a closely contested artillery duel continued on the pluU-aua of Lava ronno and Folgaria. 'Tlie aame ia the ease J almiv the UonzA river from CaiorUo to the aen, where we are io clew eoaUet with tk mmy ADVANC ACROSS HE ISONZO RIVER IS bv '-I is Hono lulu, where she nliintjcd lo destruc tion recently, carrying u ciew of twenty-one with her. At the lelt bo low is Diver Frank Crilly, the mini who disentangled Diver W. II. Lough tiiau when his line beeiuuo fouled while working on (he submerged sub marine. This was one of the most dar ing teats that has ever been accom plished by men who work under the surface of Ihe ocean. To Crill.y's ef forts Loughmati (now prostrate with the dicail "bends") owes his life. At Ihe right is G, I). Slillson, in charge of the divers who located (he siiliiua line. While superintending the work on the sunken boat recently, Slillson was summoned from the bottom of Ihe sea by the newly invented submarine telephone, and dispatched with all possible speed lo Brooklyn to inspect diving supplies which the government intends purchasing. Slillson declines thai Ciiile Sam own- the best diving cipiipmcnt lu Ihe uoihl CHINESE TREATY TOKIO, June X. The Japanoiio for eign offlie has published a hook re viewing the negotiation, which fol lowed tho preneiitatlon of tho Jap annuo demand to Crlna. Tho book contain the Instruction forwarded to ICkl Hlokl, JapaneHO minister at Pok ing, on December 3 but In connection with the forwarding of the lint of de mand. M. Hlokl was informed that group five, comprlHlng the demand to which China objected moat vigor oualy, waa regarded by the Japanese government a entirely different from othor demand. Croup five, which waa not Included In tho demands actually ucoeptml by China, had to do with Japaneao BiiiKirvUlon over certain political, financial and mili tary affair of China. M. Kloki wa Instructed to Inform China that Jajmn wa ready to roa tore Klao Chow, the former German eoncoasion In the Chin one province Shantung, which wua oono,uerod by Japan In the early month of the war. Tali waa conditioned, however, on poaalblo atibiieoiient action In re gard to Klao Chow by the peaoe con ference following tho war, or by C!er njUBjr. . : , A PUBLSHES BOOK REVEWING Reported Obrcon Lost Arm in Battle Only Small Bodyguards Lett An geles and Villa Obrcgon Occupies New Headquarters In City of Leon and Continues Pursuit of Enemy. WASHINGTON, .June 8. Consul Silliiuan nt Vera Crur. reported today that General Obrcgon's victory over tho Villa forces nt Leon npiMjured to be confirmed. He saM it was report ed Obrcgon had lost his right arm in the fighting. Villa's Ioss Is 1 (),()()( Citrriiur.e officials hero, today re ceived a telegram from General Obrc gon in Leon approximating Villa's dead, wounded and captured lit 10, 11(10. Villa and Angeles, he says, have only small bodyguards with them. He iiinde no mention of injury lo himself. From Vera Ciiir t arraiiza dispatches say General Gonxalcs is continuing his niuroh to Mexico City. NFAV YORK, June 8. -General Al aro Obrcgon, in a dispatch received today by F. S. Klias, Carrunza consul general hole, gives details of the bat tle of Loon, in which he claims lo have signally defeated Generals Villa and Angeles. General Obrcgon re ports that the casualty list of the Villa forces is more than 10,000 men und that he lias established his head ipmrters in Loon. The dispatch, dat ed from l.eou via Vera Cm., Juno 8, follews: Obrcgon's Message "Have occupied now hcaihiiiirters in tho city of Leon. We nro in pur suit of the enemy, who are demoral- u.cd from their defeat of yesterday. While it is iiummsible to give tho ex m't number of dead, wounded, cap lured mid deserted, I expect that (ho number will reach more tliau 10,000. livery piece of artillery ami nil of Villa's trains are hi our bauds. "This battle means Ihe end of Gen erals Villa and Angeles' revolt. Both are retreating with small bodyguards to (he north. "Artillery was sent from hero (o General flon.nlos (o assist tho three batteries he has in tho advance ou .Mexico City, which pluce is expected lo hy occupied before the cud of this week." SHY APPLE CROP YIELD INDICATED WASHINGTON, June 8. The gov ernment's Juno crop report today shows; Spring wheal Area planted, 10, 218,000 acres; condition, Ul.tl; aero yield, 11.1 ; estimated total produc tion, 'J7I,()()0,0()0 bushel. Winter wheut Condition, 8.",8; yield, JIM); production (170.0(10,000. All wheat- Aoronago, fill, 117,000; condition, H8.'J; yield, 1(1.(1 produc tion, O.'ill.OOO.OOO, us against 81)1, 017,000 last year. Oats Aeroage, I0,1(K)I000; condi tion, 02.2; yield, U2.1; production, 1,288,000,000, tie against 1,111,000, 000 last year. Barley -Acreage, 7,.'IM,000; condi tion, 01.0; yield, 20.(1; production, 107,000,000, aa aguiiut 10 l.il.VI.OOO last year. RyeCondition, 02.0; iold. 10.8. Hay Condition, 87.8. Pastures Condition, 01. 'I. Apples Condition, 70.1 ; produc tion, 101,(100,000, as ugaili-t J.YI.UUO, 000 lust .our. 10 f FAMED SMUON lUNNa GKNI.VA, June 8. . dispatch re ceiwd here from Bug, Switzerland, declares that a man ha- been urrest ut Domodos-ola, in Italy, dunged with the intention of blowing up the famous Siiiiplou tunnel. This individual ia presumed to bo an Auatriau agent. He had a plan of (lie tunnel, which ia 12ty miles long and ooHHecte Brig with DuMtoduMohi, while in liia room the MulhoriUus ftMwfin iwwerfcil bomb. IE WHEAT Russell Investigates "War Babies" and Finds Moral Men Applauding Their Coming More Than 700,000 Men Already Slain, Millions of Oth ers Maimed and Ruined. (By Charles Kdwnrd Husee.ll.) LONDON, May 20. Throw out the life line I The grand old ship But ish Morality, cut adrift by tho unr, Is shipping out to sea amid fog, storm and breakers, and the coast guard, is hy no means sure that all hands: will not be lost. The very essence of tho British system of ethics, its first command ment, is Unit uny such subject as il legitimate children we must pass with stem mid averted faces, while wilh hand uplift in horror we motion sin ners to punishment. It is from (his safe unchorage, hal lowed hy tradition, that (he national ship has gone adrift in u way to mitko silence impossible. When (ho youths of (he land were enlisted for its defense they wore placed in training camps scattered about the country. Lately the dis covery has been made that in tho neighborhood of every (ruining camp n large number of unmarried women expect soon (o become mothers. The situation thus created is awk ward. By some of the, powers that ho and eminent statesmen u strong though veiled campaign has been car ried ou lo Hcouro some such result as (his, but to secure it tinder (he snored seal of lawful wedlock. To iave ba bies born without that formality is very different und very embarrassing in u country priding ilsulf on the strie(est morality. Very liisy to Ho a War llrldo lu a (pilot hut effective way 'he unmarried recruit has been urged to take unto himself a wife before he shall depart for the front. "Win brides" accordingly have bciiomi) , u familiar and somewhat jocular topic. To miiko iirmy marriages easy and common, handy clergymen have boon provided, charges reduced and form alities dispensed with. "Better get married beforo you go, my boy," snyH the sergeant. "Tho separation allowance will take euro of the wife, you know." Sir I'andarus is u new role for Ihu government to play, hut (hat has hucu about tho truth of (he case here. Newly-weds are not hurried lo liu front. Observe (hen (he nation's predion men!. In thousands of other eases the ceremony has bcefi omitted. This vio lates the uiutero law mid all cher ished conventions. Out upon Ihu bold-faced jades and all that I Yo, but tho fathers of those children nro tho national heroes that have milled to (he call of the kind and Ihe res cue of (he empire. We have just been showering upon them praise and glory. The law provides stern retri bution. Yes, but von don't wunt to punish and disgrace your defenders, you know. The verv foundations of morality are attacked, Yes, but (ho bravo, gallant soldier, you know, mid so on. The first painful shook of diaoov (Continued on Page Two) SUBMARINE VICTIM LONDON, .Tune 8. The Belgian steamer Nemutier has been sent to tho bottom bv u German (ori)udu nenr the North Foreland. Out of twttnty-tliryu persona on board only six were sav ed. The captain, his wife and his daughter, tho first mate and the pilot and twelve momhora of the Oiew lot their lives. The Belgian stcmnur Muiitipiur wax of 112."i net tons and was 281 feet lung. She was built in Sumluiland in 1008 and wua owned in Antwerp. The North Foreland la hi Kent county, in the Nnith sua. The aurvivovra from tho Munapier weie landed today at Margate. One of them, badly injured, was bunt to u hoepitnl. The aiirvlvorK uv (he Mcunpior Milk within a tew minutes of the Ui!? the torpedo exploded. ELAN I v 1 i r s