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Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER l'n I p Tonight & Wednesday. Max. 85; Mln. 4H.5. SECOND EDITION m v At Forty-fifth Yenr. Dnlly Tenth Yrnr. FATE OF FRANCE HINGES ON FIGHT AROUND ARRAS One of Great Conflicts of War Now Raying in Northeastern France Losses on Both Sides Fearful Eight Mile Field Covered With Corpses Loss of Lcmherg Certain. LONDON, Juno 22. Wireless .lis patches iWn Herliu report tlio 1ml ilu which has been in progress for some time in the vicinity of Arras, Northern France, as one of the great conflicts of the war, which may de cide the fato of France. Losses of both the Germans and the allies arc described as fearful, and one stretch of the field from Arras, eight miles toward the Belgian border, is said to lie covered with corpse. The offic ial French and Clcnnan statements of today give few details of this liattle. In Alsace thoro was heavy fighting along the valley of the Fccht river, and the French assert their lines were pushed further northward. The llcrlin communications say the Her man positions were transferred to the eastern hank of the river. Iomltern'M Fall l&Mtcclcri Nothing but n sudden and unex pected blow b Grand Duke Nicholas, commander-in-chief, of the Russian forces in the field, can now save Lemberg in the hands of the Rus sians for nearly ten months, from re turning to its former owners. The almost immediate evacuation of the citv !v the Russians is expected in Loudon. After yielding on the Grodek lines, the Russian armies retired to virtu ally tho nutshiits of the citv of l,oin licnr itself. The Austrian official an nouncement on hostilities speaks of the Russians as attacking at many ufiinls. but heso fluids are assumed 1 F ----- --- -' - - in Loudon to be merely incidents of the lear guard actions to enable the main forces to withdraw. llctivnt Well Ordered In the opinion of Hritish observ ers, this retirement hns been up to iln lm-MMil n well executed move ment. Dispatches reaching London say the armies of Kmperor Nicholas nre virtually intact and that their ability to rosumo the initiative once their ranks have been refilled and their ammunition replenished, has not been grcatlv impaired. This interval, however, it is ar gued here, will give the Germanic al lies opportunity to reap the fruits of the ielorics in Galieia. They will be able lo withstand assaults from the cast with much smaller forces than were required successfully ta attack and land masses of men will be released. Successes 41 f the nllies on the western front suggest a con siderable access of German strength iniiv be a development of the near future in this field, while rolcnsed Austrian forces will be used to stem the advance of tho Italians. To Ketnln Lilian On the other hand, the Germans in North Russia nnd Poland are bus ilv consolidating their gains in a manner which suuge-ts more impor tant movements in those regions. The seaort of Lilian is strongly fortified. Heavy naval guns have been in stalled and Prince Henry of Prussia, who was recently there, is credited with the statement that the Germans intend to retain possession of Lilian at all co-Is as they regard this port to be the ke to the Rnltic. I L1TTI.K ROCK", Ark . .lane J A terntir storm struck this city t day Th wd attained a eloeit f 7 mill- au hour at 3:10 o'clock and the temp.'iHtur dropped 22 degree in L' minute. Heavy ruin neconii)Ml the sioriu. A negro ww killed b a lie wiie. Heaty dMiiimie wm done to tore window-. Automobile left in the streets were blown about by the xalo. Fort Smith, Hot Spring, ArkHdul plua and Helens were cut off from ciiiumiiiiK-ution with this citv, and the (ttnt ot damage in those directions y .'s ti t known. ERR1FIC STORM SWEEPS ARKANSAS VILLA T OS F Force of 1500 Promised Feared the Landing of American Bluejackets Will Be Misinterpreted by Masses of People Conditions in Yaqul Valley Described as Desperate. ABOARD V. S. S. COLORADO, off GuiMinas, Sonora, Max., dune 22. Fifteen hundred Villa troops un der General Sosa were promised as protection for foreigners in the Ynqu'i valley, al a conference aboard the Colorado todav between Admiral Howard, commanding the Pacific fleet, and his staff, and General Leyvn, military cotnmaudant at Ouavmas. General Leyvn said Hint the landing of American marines uiiulit be misinterpreted by the masses of the Mexican peonle. Under the nwnings of the flagship were gathered Admiral Howard, Gen eral Levva, Y. .1. Phillips, the Amer ican consul at Giiuyinus Captain Ashley Robertson, commanding the Colorado, and Captain George Will iams, commanding the third-class cruiser Cleveland. Promises IM-otectlon To the Amerienns, General Levva promised the snme protection as that which would be afforded Mexicans, and said further that in case of im minent danger 1111 ndequuto guard would escort them to 11 plaeo of safety. Serious complications, he said, might follow the landing of au Amer ican force, because such act might not be understood bv the "coplo at large in its true li'dit. lie charged that the Yaniiis were buying their ammuuilion in the Fnited States. General Leyvn discounted nnv pos. sihility of n conference, with Yaoui chiefs. Tliev never permit foreign emissaries in the presence, be de clared, and besidos. have "all the treachery and hloodthirsliness of the Apaches." Victims llndly Mutilated The Mexicans thus far killed, he Ucscrineil as Having oecii unrrioiy mutilated, and he said that crops just Inn vested had been carried awav by tho Indians as provisions for future raids. Land communication with tho bor der, General Leyva said, would soon be lost, because the railroad was in operatible dining the period of heavy rains. Information thus far received in dicates that about seventy-five men remain of the normal American set tlement of ;iOII around Kspcranzu, ninety miles southeast of Giiaymas. About r0(l() acres are still under cul tivation as against a normal culti vated acreage of 30,0(10. American holdings in the Yaipii valley amount to ,mO,()IIII acres, mostly in the name of the Richardson Construction com pany, a Mexican corporation whose bonds are held bv Americans. Harry Payne Whitney and John Hays Ham mond, both of New York, aie said to be the principal bondholders. I E MADRID. Spain, Juno 22. Tho SpanUli cabinet roslgendtoday, tho government considering tho failure of tho recent loan to bo equivalent to a voto of lack of confidence. ORPROTEGTIGN YAQUI SETTLERS All of Us Are Diplomats At Times! V BW1? AH&STORt-A WAS ONLY Wi?2 iggPrtiOV Y-X JH?(OOTSID1&. IrrTrr'EK i 19 fyKwcz JJ Jotr,0rJm ?P vlOKrllnu vvlT WORK lb'VS t'. ("""TlO "O A I ui w MEDFORD. Speak? Clark's "Little Girl" aJuneBnde GENEVIEVE CLARK'S IS EOF (Uy Esther Hoffman) HOWLING GRKKN, Mo., Juno 22. Gonovlovo liennctt Clark, only daughter of Speaker Champ Clark and n popular little lady of Wash ington's official net, will lie Ameri ca's foremost June bride, when hIio becomes tho wife of J. M. Thomson or Now Orleans on Juno 30. Thom son Is .IS years old and Is tho owner nnd publisher of tho Now Orleans Item. Ho met Miss Clnrk at tho Hal- tlmoro convention ot tho democratic party In 1912. Miss Clnrk was born in years ago at Fulton, Mo., nnd hor birthday was coincident with a tro- mondoiiR local demonstration In hon or of her father's first election to congress. From that day to this sho has been In tho public eyo nnd nil America has been Interested In tho affairs of this little Missouri maid. Miss Clnrk refuses herself to all Interviewers. Sho's an entirely too busy a llttlo girl to bo bothered by anything hut her preparation for tho wedding. Tastes nro Utemry When Miss Clark was 10 she taught a Sunday school class In tho Central Presbyterian church nt Washington. Hor tnsteB are literary, and sho tnkes grcnt Interest In her father's woork. In tho spring of 1912 thoro was n possibility of Champ Clark being nominated president of tho United Stntcs nnd every Mlssourlan hoped thnt llttlo "Princess Gonovlovo" would linvo the honor of being a white houso debutnnto. Kncli month or bo wo linvo heard of Home new nnd exciting thing thnt Oonevlovo Clark was about to do for sho's tho kind of a girl thnt likes to ho "doing things worth whllo." Sho nppeared on tho atngo nt a Mny festival given by tho Friend's school In Washington. Then her attention turned to chnr Itablo work nnd she wnK elected prtB Ident of tho Junior Auxlllnry of Washington Dobutntntes nnd Holies, an organization which devoted much of Its time to assisting tho activities of Neighborhood Houso. Later sho aspired to bo a newspaper woman nnd when rIio accompanied a con gressional party of Inspection to Panama In 1913 sho wrote her first story. 1 Originated "liny n Halo" It wns Miss Clark who originated a "Cotton Weok" for tho whole conn try and boosted the "buy a halo of cotton movement." Sho nlso woro tho first "Mado In Amorlcn" dress And then came tho "ficnovlovo Curl," n baby ringlet near tho rich ear, which was tho Innovation of MIhb Clnrk nnd gnvo her added promi nence, it found much fnvor among Hocloty belles In Washington nnd every girl In Howling Oreon, Mo., woro tho curl whether It was becom ing or not because It was Gene vieve's fad. Kver since Genevieve was a baby she lias heon tho "Kst" and tho pride of Pike-Co., Mo., Speaker Clark al ways wears a proud smllo when he speaks of hU "most devoted cham pion," meaning Genevieve, and bo has sent out a general Invitation to the whole slnto of Missouri to attend tho wedding, which will tako placo on tho lawn of the Clark homo In Howling Croon, a beautiful llttlo country town, tho metropolis of Pike (Continued on Page Two) WEDDING GOWN MAD cotton OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1915 .m. THOMSON T. M. Thompson, owner and pub lisher ofo the New Orleans Item, mIio Is to marry Miss (Jenovlcvo Clark. He met the daughter of tho MHiukur of the houso of representatives at tlio Itjtlllmorc conxcntlon when Iter fath er lost the nomination for ptvwulcnl. 10 TRY THAW ON E Js'lAV YORK, June 22. Fiflv wit nesses summoned on behalf of Hurry IC. Thaw in bis effort to prove that he is now sane and entitled to be set free from the Muttcuwaii asylum, were ready to testify in his sanity trial today before Supremo Com t Justice llendriek nnd u jury. Thaw was so confident of success that he was planning to ujtend the Pauaiun-Paeifio exposition after the trial. The opening of (he hearing was delayed until tho remittitur of the court of appeals, granting the trial, reached Justice llendriek. Thuw, who had arrived in coin I curly, was accompanied by his mother and sis ter, Mrs. George Lauder Carnegie. Whether the fact thnt Thaw was acquitted of murder by 11 jury would "arouse any hostility in his mind," nnd whether ho bad been prejudiced ngainst Thaw by what he had read of tho ease, were questions asked jurors by John II. Stanehfield, Thaw's nltorney, , Deputy Attorney General Cook, for tho state, asked in addition to the customary questions whether he had any "feeling against Mr. Jer ome." This question wns taken to indicate that William Trovers Jer ome, the prosecutor at tho Thaw mur der trial, would be a slate witness. L WASHINGTON, June 22.- I'resi dent Wilson is having the new scu llion's law closely toucw to determine whether its effect on American ship ping or its relation to other laws 011 these same subjects make amend ments necessary. One largo Pacific steamship line already has announc ed its discontinuance of sailings. Several foreign natioiiB have pro tested against the law and the Unit ed States has given notice of its in tention to terminate portions of treaties with which it oonlliol. So lar no replies have been received from abroad. CHOOSING RY INANITY NEW mm REVIEWED lMllTh " b WraiPVK. ..PBK .BBf Mis (icnovlexo Clark "Inviting" tlio molding. L EGAN BADLY OFF TACOMA, Wnsh., Juno 22. Jack Neville, holder of the title of cham pion of the Pacifio northwest, led one of the classiest fields participat ed in nt the Pacifio northwest golf tournament today. Neville turned in a card of 7fi for the first 18 holes of tho 'M) holes qualifying round. His score was: Out, :il)-!lll-7ri. A. Hoover Hankard of the Mid lothian club, Chicago, played a sleady game, featured by his long driving ami perfect iron shots. Hankard turned in 11 7(1 card out .'18, in 118, total 7(1. II. Chandler Fgaii, three times winner or Iho pteinior honors of American golf, was completely off bis gume 011 the first nine, Inking 11 12. He made a wonderful recovery on the last nine, which he negotiated in five figures of Il.'i. His scere: Out 12, 111 :.', total 77. WILSON DAY JULY 15 lU'GI'.Ni:. Or.. June 22. This cill will observe Wilson dliy, July l.'i, the dale on which the bhorty hell is scheduled to arrive en route to the San Francisco exposition. A patri otic program is being prepared under the direction ot a committee repre scutiuir the city council and commer cial organizations. IS SENT 10 HI WASHINGTON, June 22. New revolutionary acUwtics in Haiti today caused the navy department to or der Rear Admiral Caput Ion and tho cruiser Washington, now at Vera Cm., over to Cupo Haitian with 700 bluejackets and 200 marines. Tho Kruiich cruiser Pencnitei, already bus huidcd bluejackets there. NEVLLE EDING NORTHWEST GOLFERS tho whole Mate of Missouri to coiuo to MILITIA GUARDS GEORGIA GOVERNOR E ATLANTA, On., June 22.- While the militia still was on guard al Gov ernor Statin's country home, quiet prevailed both there and in tho city nnd there was no indication of u repetition of the exciting scenes of yesleiday and last night, which fol lowed nnimuneeinent of tho commu tation of lAo M. Frank's death ucn- teiiee. - In (he oily, near-beer saloons elos cd by the officials yesterday were al lowed to reopen this morning, nnd there were no crowds in the streets. At Iho governor's homo it was stat ed Hint i no militia pronauiy wouui no withdrawn tonight. Slate and city officials insisted that last night's demonstrations proh nbly had ended tho possibility of menace lo Iho governor by tho peo ple most bilterlv opposed lo the com mutation of Frank's sentence. Tho Frank ease still was discussed on tho streets, but the groups were those ordinarily seen on tho busier corners. Today's culm nppnrently wns welcomed by the majoritv of At lanlu residents) Local newspapers gave little space to the easo today. A suinniary of (ho,nrrcsts made yesleiday in Iho city nnd last night in Hie neighborhood of the Slatnu home showed a total of twenty-four porsons tnkeu into custody, They were mostly voiinc- men, some without occupation, while some said they were clerks, All were held on a charge of failing to "move on" when directed by the police to do so. FIRE DESTROYS CITY I. LL PASO, Tex., June 22. General Tomas Oruclas, commaudiug officer at Juatc., admitted that a fire last night Ht Chihuahua destroyed the city market. A report that a hos pital building at Chihuahua also was destroyed and more than 201) wound ed burned was received here, but au thorities in Juarez, denied knowledge of such au occurrence. 1 MENAC NO. 79 238 1NDIANIANS INDICTED FDR ELECTION FRAUD Marlon County Grand Jury Finds Democrats, Republicans and Pro gressives Importer! Repeaters and Conspired to Crammit Felonies. City Officials Accused. 1NDIANAPOI ,1S, dune 22. An in dictment charging election conspiracy was leturned nlpi'mst 238 persons, including many liigh in party coun cils, by the Miiinon eounty grand jury hero today. Tho charges arc based on tho election of November 3, 10M, tho registration of last September nnd Octoho).', nnd tlio primary of Mny 6, 10 II. Thomas Taggart, democratic na tional committeeman for Indiana; Mayor Jo-soph K. Hell, Chief of Polico Samuel Perrott; Fred Ilnrrutt, city attonuiy nnd demoerntio county chairman; Robert Met.ger, former chief of polico and republican mem ber of the state committee, nnd Frank P. Hrakcr, former county prosecutor, are among the more prominent of thu men indicted. All Parties Named All the men democrats, rcpubli enns nnd progressives are named in u singlo item which conluins forty eight counts. The main charge is conspiracy to commit felonies by corrupting the election, by violntton of, the primary law, the registration laws and by bribery and blaekmnil. Included among those indicted nro said to bo a number .of primary, rcg IfltriTtion nnd cluelloil' officials". The indictment charges certain of Ihoso officials with conspiracy to permit persons to register fulsely nnd to vote falsely in tho primary and in the election. Another count charges persons with !ccuting. Repeaters were imported from outside of the country for use in tho election, it is asserted in the indict ment. Several counts charge election of ficials with failing to do their duty in connection with having the voting machines in proper order and with tampering with the machines during the day. Mayor's Official Family Many members of Mayor Hell's of ficial family, former oily offieinls, policemen, wnrd leaders and primary and election officials are among those indicted. Thomas Taggail was tho first of the indicted men to appear at th sheriff's office lo acknowledge serv ice in Ihe case. He was closely fol lowed by Mayor Hell. Iloth were re leased on personal bonds of ffiOOO each. F XI AV YORK, June 22. J. P. Mor gait & Co. announced late todav that arrangements had been mnde b them and the RothsebihU ot Paris for the flotation in this country of a now French loan, the new amuunt of which it was impossible to stato at present, seemed bv high rade rail way bonds lodged with the Morgan firm. By Satterfield