Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
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Forty-fifth Ycnr.
Dnlly Tenth Ycnr.
MEDFORD. OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, .TUNIC 2.1, 1915
NO, 80
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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