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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Ton lli t mid Thur4djr un mottled Max. 87; Mn. 41. Forty-fifth Ycnr. Dnlly Tenth Ycnr. MEDFORD. OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, .TUNIC 2.1, 1915 NO, 80 'Jntw : 1 RUSSIANS LOSE LEMBERG AFTER SEVERE BATILE Austro-Gcnnan Forces Recapture Capital of Galicla, Accordlnq to Berlin Reports Was Occupied by Russians Last September Fierce Drive lot Combined Armies. r TiBRLI.V, Juno 23, (by wireless to Siiyvlllo.) I.omborg lins been con quorcd after u very sovero bnttlo, nc cording to an official report received from tlio hcadqunrtors of tlio Austro Uungarlan army. The Gallclan capital fell boforo the advance of tlio second army. Lomborg, capital of Galicla, was occupied by tlio HusBlans Soptombor !!, 1911, about ono month after the outbreak or IioBtllltlos, In tlio courso of tlio oarly Russian drive Into Aus tria. It has therefore been In Hub Hlau control for over ten months. Kffcct l'Mn llulkuus For tho laBt '20 days, since tlio Aus-tro-Gormans took Przsomsyl from tho forces of Kmporor Nicholas, It has heen tho objective of a scries of fierce and concentrated attacks on tho part of the Teutonic nlllcs. Their successes will luivo a far-reaching po litical effect, as tho driving out of tho Russians from Galicla Is counted upon In Herllu to help maintain tho stntus quo In tho Halkans. Tho capturo of Lomborg was ono of tho enrllest Importnnt successes of the Russians. Following It tboy pushed onward rapidly through Ga licla. Tho high water mark of tho Mvaslon found almost all tho prov ince In their hands. They approached within striking dlstnnro of Cracow at tho wostorn end of tho province, close to tho Gorman frontier; stormed tho heights and passes of tho Carpa thian mountains, which soparato Ga licla from Hungary, and to tho cast they swept down through tho Crown land of ltukowlnu to tho Roumanian frontlor. Victories Change Situation All this bus been chnngod by tho steady succession of Austro-Gorinan vlctorlos o"f tho last few weeks. Tho change hogan with the launching of the groat ilrlvo from Cracow cast ward. Groat numbers of German troops wero sont In to assist the Aus tiiaiiH, ns well as a vast amount of Hold artillery. Tho uso of artillery by tho Teutonic allloH has bcon dos (tIImmI by correspondents as nu a scale never beforo iindortakon. Its effectiveness was relatively Increased by tho shortage of shells on the par of tho Russians, which Is believed to have contributed largely to tlio weak ening of tbolr resistance. The Aiistro-Gorman nrniles pushed westward through Galicla, recaptured I'rzomsyl .luno 3 and thou without pauso, struck at Lomborg from the south and wont. At no point woro tho Russians ablo to withstand tho terrific bombardment directed against their positions and oven tho lino of dofonsos noar Grodok, 10 miles west of l.oniborg, which Is of great nat ural strength, provod to bo unten able Galicla Reclaimed "With lomborg now In her hands, Austria has reclalmod virtually tho whole provlnco of Gallola. Tho fight ing In this campaign has boon of un usual Inteiiblty, with heavy lossos. Tho figures of klllod, woundod and captured, as glvon In Austrian, Ger-' man and Russian official statements, run Into tho hundrods of thousands. Russia had mado plans for per nianont occupation of Galicla, bring ing In officials to sot up civil govern inent In tho territory as fast as It was taken. Lemberg was ro-ohrlst-ened Lvov, tho old Russian-Polish name. L I lu.Miiiiv.c. r'ni , tune J : I. br iMMk bfcain active todi erupt-j tni for the lusnd time In tt nc?uti iirtlvity. Clouds wt of nave shut off view of the voImmo. bit re ports from points In Hat Creek val le uld the eruption a in progr Jiui was not ilajaeroui. ZAPATA GRILLS WILSON FOR 'INTIMIDATION' Defiance Breathed Arjalnst Nation Which Permits the Sinking of a Ship Like the Lusitania by a Great Nation, Only to Mix in Mexican Affairs Will Not Be Intimidated. MKXICO (TIT. Saturday, June .'. (Correspondence of the Associat ed Press.) President Wilson's re cent declaration on the Mexican question has created a sensation in this capital mid throughout the fed eral district. The public is warm in its prnio of the spirit of fuiruiinri cduoss and friendship shown hv tin American executive, hut the military leaders are somewhat careful in their comment. President (larza has re ceived the following letter on the subject from General l'ufcinio Za pata, brother of General Kiniliuno Zapata. It can be taken us u sam ple of what some of the revolution ists think in this connectien: Zapata's .Message- "Cuntla, dime 1--Answering vour message of todav referring to inter vention, I can onl" sav that we are Mexicans. Two times before this we have been threatened as if we were children. I urn not sure that you would care to make public my ideas about the matter. "If these northerners do not wish to take into consideration our rights us guardians of Mexican soil, if they deem us weak mid incapable of de feuding our beloved country, if they consider it honorable to allow n great nation to sink a ship like the I.u-i-tanlu with impunity mid then to de sire to mix in our political affairs simply because thev are strong, then I say let hostilities break out. Let them bombard our ports with their great squadrons, as we Imvo no war ships. It does not matter. Never Re Intimidated "Let them semi millions of their soldiers. We will fight them one against two hundred. Hut never will the Mexicans be intimidated by the braggadocio of the Yankees. . "If I compromise m.VM'lf by these expressions, 1 mid mv followers ac cept all responsibility. We will an swer with our lives-, if necessary. We will go against these invaders and drive them front Mexico. "Our country and hitorv will later cover us with glorv for not running iih cowards hel'oie this powerful na tion that wishes to crush us for com mitting no greater crime than that of fighting for liberty. Although we are incomparably smaller, we are more patiiotie. We have no arms, nor Imvo wo ammunition, hut we have breasts wherein to receive bullets." "Von may use the foregoing in such manner as vour patriotism dictates. "KITKMIO ZAPATA." L LONDON', .lull" "J. LIod (leoijje, minister of munitions, took the eoun trv into his confidence todav lv in troducing in the house of common the munitions hill, a measure which would revolutionize the conditions under which ammunition and other war material is prepared. Nobody Loves a s,4r LOYO-GEORGE TO SPEED-UP MUNITIONS ,vw xCW B & I w wv ; -. SKI -!- SMI j? mr Avm t WM. LANSING APPOINTED SECRETARY OF STATE PORTFOLIO FOR LEGAL ADVISOR Temporary Appointment Following Resignation of Bryan Made Per manent by Wilson Is President's Mainstay on Questions of Law. WASHINGTON, June 'J3. Robert Lansing, secretary of state ad in terim sinco the rcsignution of Will iam .Jennings Hryun, has heen defi nitely selected by President Wilson for the permanent post and has ac cepted. Formau announcement will be made at the While House at 5 p. in. today. Mr. Lansing, a son-in-law of for mer Secretary of State .John W. Fos ter, became Counsellor of the stale department upon the retirement of John llasselt Moore mid lins been re garded as President Wilson's main stay on questions of international law in nil the different negotiations thrust upon the United States by the F.uropciin war. 11 was a mutter of common remark that he commanded the respect mid admiration of the foreign chancellories hero to a iiiurket' degree. Ikiiring Sea C'nso Mr. Lansing's home is in Water town, N. V., and he is just past fifty years old. Since 1881) he him prac ticed law, but he began his first dip lomatic work in 1802, when he be eame counsel for the United Stales in Hie llehriug sea arbitration. Soon nfterward he became counsel for the I'nited Slates Hehring sen claims commission and following that was solicitor for the Alaskan lumndury tribunal. In 100!) he was counsel in the North Atlantic coast fisheries case at Tho Hague. His last work before becoming counsellor for the stale department was as agent for the I'niled Staler, in the Anglo-American claims arbi tration. He was graduated from Amherst college and only yesterday received an honorary degrco from Colgate university. Secretary Lansing's writings on international law have attracted wide attention. One of his principal pa pers was "floverninent, Its Origin, Growth and Form in the I'nited States." Since 1002 he has heen an associate editor of the American Journal of International Law. President's Advisoix While the notes to Great llritniii mid Germany have admitted in the work of President Wilson and former Secretary Hryun was consulted dur ing their preparation, it was no se cret that the president was almost in constant communication with Mr. Lansing on many intricate points of international law upon which Mr. Uinsing was always able to advise his chief without any hesitation. Re cently tho president invited him to sit at the cabinet table while the notes to Germnny on the Lusitania were being discussed and put into final form. Secretary Mryan was also present at these meetings, and so far as is known, Mr. Lansing's pres ence was n precedent. Since Mr. Ilryan's resignation the president has frequently expressed his admiration for Mr. Lansing and practically-announced his intention to ask him to take the portfolio. Mr. Lansing has appeared erv little in polities and at one tune there seem ed some doubt among the prosidentV (Continued on Page 0.) Censor, Anyway w AM THO MY tOHTOCK CEHSOR. OP MOR.-M-S -H-AS BEEH Tl-ED YR.OM TttE N.Y. PasTOFTia r-r r lVI ps (itSnrmfift W tTW-Jd BALKAN NATONS QUARRELING VR DIISION F SPOILS IlKKLIN, Juno 2.1, (by wireless to Sayvllle.) Tho Ovorceas News Agency today gave out tlio follow fellow follew ing: l "Tho Gorman minister at Sofia, Uulgarla, who has arrived at Herllu to confer with tho foreign offleo con cerning tho latoat prnpotialH of tho quadruple entonto to Dulgarla, re turns hood. The prosH of tho allied couutrloH expresses disappointment at conditions in tho Halkans. A revival of tho Ilalkau alllnnco scotus Impossible on account of quarrolH ho (ween Sorbin and Hulgarla about Macedonia; hot ween Sorbin nnd Hon mania about tho Haunt territory In southern Hungary unit botweon Sor bla and (Jreeco about Albania. Rub nlan diplomat!) oven fear n new Hal kan war. If satisfaction by tho quad ruple cntento of the demands of ono or two of tho Halkan nations Incites the others. Warning Is glvon In official clrclos gainst ovor-estlinntlng reports of domestic troubles In Itussla. In thoso clrclos tho conviction Is expressed that Itussla, If willing, Is capablo of continuing tho war for sovoral mouths. ORDEREDITO COLORS PAULS, Juno 2.1 A number of Bulgarian reservists living In Swit zerland Imvo been notified by tbolr government to hold thomsolvos In roadlnoes to rojnln tbolr roglmonts at a moment's notlco, says a Geneva dospJttch to the Journal, -TW--VILLAO& G0551P JHByl tula. s AIRSHIP ATTACK MKKLIN, June 2.1 (hv wireless.) -The Oversells News Agency today gave out the follewing: "A messugo from Christiaiiin says that the steamer lot turn, which has arrived at Slavagener reported that several Zeppelins on the night between TiiomIuv ami Wednesday (probably June lo-lll) dropped many bombs on the Armstrong woks ut South Shields, P.uglnud, which destroyed the navy yards and arsenal. Several buildings burned all night. Thedam nge was enormous. Seventeen per sons were killed nnd foity injured." The foregoing evidently refers to to the raid of Zeppelins over the northeast coast of P.tigland on Tues day night of last week. The Mulish censorship prevented the publication of details of this raid and there has been no previous intimation that tho naval work at Shields were dam aged. An official announcement from Loudon, June HI, said merely that sixteen persons had been killed uud forty injured and that fires started by bombs were overcome the morning niter the attack. The announcement did not say what town had been at tacked. Shield, on the bank of the Tync, has vast decks and is a grent seat of the shipbuilding uud subsidiary is sues. The Armstrong company has shipbuilding yards, extensive ordin ance works uud steel woiks at KIs wick yard, near Shields. The com pany employed 23,000 men hefoie the war. CALH.XH'0, Cal., Juno 2.i. Fur ther earthquake shock were fell heio today. Several tremor alter midnight were followed by a fcyveru whock at 10 o'clock this iiiorniinf. DIE AM YARDS AT SHIELDS ?x?m i m gct orf i ii, TTJffirvrr5 Ki l II lV J WHY WERtvHtN -THE CttAPE-RoKt "IMlTVHovffcL JW rtERF- IN tAKINM IMPERIAL VALLEY Seismic Convulsion Rattles Desert Region Clusters of Adobes in Ruins Deaths Reported at Mexi can Much Damage at CtJcxIoo Shock Felt as Far as Yuma. KL CUNTKO, Cal., Juno 23. Orig inating somewhere in tho old vo'can- oes of tho Cocopah inountnins, tho gntnile baekbonu of Lower Culilfor nia, a seismic, convulsion shook 'Jind rallied tho Imperial valley of Cali fornia last night, nnd today its oHns ter of little curios is -nrtlv i ruitns. Uuihlings were rent asunder. Mire did its part and tlio damage is eMt't muted at more than $1,000,000 in the first reports coming to hand lif ter the icstoration of wire communi cation. Five porsons were reported lo hujvo lost their lives, hut the reports wciro unconfirmed. Practically all tho dciul wero said to he at Mexieali, a little adobe town, consisting principally oC saloons, gambling halls and other re sorts not permitted on the American side, Hint lies neross the street from Calexieo. Hoar of Trembler The roar of the trembler below tho border was the first warning the peo ple of the valley had. Tho earth he- 8 gan retching. That was about b o'clock. The first shock was tho most severe. Two others followed Kleclrie lights went out all over thb valley after the first shock and tho stricken wero in durkness except for the light afforded 1V blazing build ings. Tho greatest confusion reign ed everywhere. Kanehers nnd city residents who had homes ut dinner lime last night woke up today in opcu fields, roadways or irrigutio.n ditches. So far as can he learned, llio shocks were severest down ut the border and below the border nnd grew less and less Hie farther north it' eame, so that Calipatrin and Nil ami appear to have been damaged slightly less than the towns in tho south end of the valley. Tho ahook extended all the way Yuma, Arir The duration of the first shook wns about thirty seconds. This was fol lowed in half an hour hv n second shock almost as severe as tho first. Five Kllleal at .Mevlcnll Plate kIiiss windows, brick walls mid hollow tilo structures wero moro or less badly damaged. No ono in Imperial valley was killed. The five reported to have lost their lives in Mexieali were killed when a wall fell. Fifty deputies took stations ulxiut tho business district hero uud patroll ed tlio town. Tlio fire truck patrolled the streets ready to oxtinguikh any fires that might spring up. Telegraph and telephone company services wero immediately stopped. Tho telephone company bet up a ser vice hoard in a vacant lot and mes sages wero sent to Yuma and there relayed to other points, The Harhara Worth hotel, a four-story brick structure, stood tho shocks in excel lent shape. Tho decorative work of the lobby fell, but not a person was injured. The elevator continued op eration until nil the guels were out of Hie building. Streets Arc In Itulus On cither side of tlio limbless xtreelu uro ruined buildings, some (Continued on Page Two) THAI TESTIFIES E IN 01 BEHALF AS TO SANITY Relates History of His Escapo From Malteawan and Subsequent Ad venturesEntertained and Was in Turn Entertained Banks Honored Checks Signed by Prisoner. NBW YOWK, June 'J.l.-Ilarry K. Thaw took tho stand todnv ns tho first witness in Hie trial beforo n jury to determine his sanity. John it. Stanehfield, Thaw's coun sel, told the jury beforo his client took the stand, the main question at issue was whether Thaw is sane at tho present timo nnd whether his lib erty would bo a ntcnaeo to society. Mr. Stanehfield reviewed tho case nnd rend tho argument in which Will iam Trovers Jerome denounced Stan ford White and said that "no one pretends that Thaw is insane us ho now sits in court." Claim Illness Incurable Deputy Attorney (leucral Cook iiskcil to be heard on behalf of the state. Mr. Cook declared that the Mnlu had no interest in tho ease olAwr than as to whether Thaw was n menace. "Wo will show you Hint he is suf fering from incurable insanity," said tho state's attorney. Mr. Cook asserted lie would show "by Thnw's mother that she was snf fering from nervous prostration when ho wns horn." This fact, said tlio attorney, had affected Thaw all his life. "We will show you that in his childhood Thaw talked gibberish and that his teachers had to talk his lan guage," ho said, Thaw, he continued, hud hidden be hind tho skiits of Hvolyn Nesbit. Tliavv lTMu Stand Thaw was then called and Mr. Stanehfield began to question him in n low tone. Thaw answered iu eoual ly inaudible tones. lie identified his mother, sister uud brother, who were sitting in the courtroom. "When you left Mutteawan did you believe you had recovered your snn ityf" he was asked. "I believed I was sane," said the witness, "Physicians had told you sot" "They had." Thaw was taken over tho history of his escape to Canada nnd his sub sequent movements. "You formed noquuintnneos at var ious places where you stopped f" "I was fortunate iu forming ac quaintances," ho said. Thaw Itelutcs Facts Mr. Stanehfield asked tho witness to give names, dates and places in detail and this Thaw did without hi" itiitiou. "It is a fact that while you were (Continued on Page 6) AIM SCUM UO.MK, Juno 23 Tho Montenegro offensive against Scutari, Albania, Is developing with succoss, according to a duspateh to the Gloruul 12 d'ltallu. Montenegrin troops are said to bo inarching uuulnat tho city in three columns. By Satterfield MONTENEGRINS T,! m W-i