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Medford Mail Tribune SMI SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair tonight nml SuihIaj- .Ma v. (17; .Mln. HO. m Forty-fifth Yrar. Da 1 1 y TVnth Year. AfEDFORD. OftlSaON, SATURDAY, J UN 10 2G, lfllfl RUSSIANS DRIVE GERMANS OVER DNEISTER RIVER Left Bank of Stream Entirely Clear ed of Teutonic Forces Battle Raging at New Contact Point Nearly Everywhere German Drive Is Checked Quiet Alor,;; West. iTritoaitAi), .limn an. Tho Kus- siniiH nrc continuing Hiieeossfully to liolil their lines along the Dnieper. After n flix-duy battle tlio Austro Oennnns linvc been defeated nt Ko znru nml Hudzniiy, northwest of Knlicz. At Mnrtinovo (Mnrtynoff Mnny) n similar attack to gnin :i fontlmlil on the llussinn side of the river failcil, tho Oraml Dnko Nieho las troops capturing forty officers mill L'OO men. LONDON', June IM. The left lunik or the river Dniester has hcen en tirely cleared of the Teutonic troops n forced their way aeros at two points early this week, according to Iho latent Ilussian official state ments, lint Hie Austrn-Oerinun forces me milking desperate efforts to of i'ect u passage elsewhere. llridging operations were hegun hy the Germans mid Austriaus south of Iluknszowico on the very night the remnants of the detachments which liad previously erorssed in the Ko 7iiny district and in the region of Marlynoffstany were licing driven hack in the former and captured in the hitter region, the Russian report. The halllc is still raging at the new contact point. German llrUo Cbcckcil Neatly everywliere else along the eastern front the drive of the Ten Ionic allies has been at least tem porarily checked, accoiiliug to the Hiissiaus, Their report mentions specifically u breaking up of the Her man offensive west of the liver N'ie inc'ii, in the Or.yc and Oinuleu val leys and on the Vistula south of I Ml ica. A later ncci'dinn to the force of the German drive in the Or.yc le gion is indicated, however, the Kits sinus reporting that they were forced to give way heforc annihilating ar tillery fire. N'o important change js icported cast of l.emberg. Military observer uic watching the eastern territory and reported inovftneuts of (lerman troops on their iuteiior lines, without veiilui ing more than nguo speculation as to whether thee menu another Teu tonic diivo at Warsaw or renewed activity on n huge scale by the Ger mans in Flanders. Quid on Western Front The French report eouinarativc in activity along tho western front. Their progress, they say, has been cheeked in places by the condition of tho ground, due to recent storms. The official Italian statement sunk: "Our reeoniiaUnneos, oteniling he jond the front in the Tyrol-Trentino region, in Cadorn mid Ciirninln, in dicate increased activity on the part of tho enemy in tho work of reinforc ing and placing new batteries. V nro frustrating this work by the ef ficient fire of our artillery and the bold operations of "-mall det.ich meat. PEACE APPEAL FROM GERMAN SOCIALIST PARTY Full-Pane Proclamation Published in the Vorwacrts Claim Germany Has Shown She Is Unconquerable ami in Name of Humanity Should Take First Step for Peace. BHItLlN, .Mine 2fi. Tho managing committee of the nodal democratic party In Germuny bus canned to bo published In Tlio Vorwaefts n full pago appeal for peace. It asserts that although 'Germany was attacked by greatly superior forces, she has demonstrated that she Is uncon querable and in tho namo of human ity should take tho first step for peace. Tho pcoplo want peace, the appeal declares. Opposition of tho party to territorial conquest Is clearly stated.' I'oivsinv the War Tho appeal Is published under tho beading "social democracy and peace." It begins with a reference to tho fact that tho. socialists fore saw tho war. They worked vainly for an international understanding, but when war did como they placed themselves at tho disposal of the fatherland. It then refers to the declaration of tho party In tho Reich stag, August -I, 1914, which said: "Wo demand, as soon as safety has boon secured and our opponents nro Inclined to peace, that tho war bo brought to mf end through n peace 1(1 ,1. , .. 1 m ... ZAPATA FORCES BEST GONZALES 1 AT MEXICO CfTY Carranza Army Receives a Smashing Defeat All Forces Ordered To ward Capitol to Aid Retreat and Save Gonzales Carranza Repre sentatives Leave. WAS1IINGTQN', .June 2i.Offie- ial advices today report u smashing defeat of General (lonzalcs and the Cnrranzn army advancing on Mexico City by the Zapnfn forces. General Carranza has ordered all available following to proceed town id the cap ital to aid retreat mid in an effoit to save flonznles nnd his tinny. "THE UN 10 WRECKED A ZEPPELIN IN MUW WAS LATER KILLED NEAR PARIS NO. 83 CHICAGO If fill Which will iiuiko possible friendships with neighboring nations." The appeal closes with these werds: ClusloH Words of ,pK'iil AMER CANS ARMED TO FIGHT YAMS TOUARI HAY, Mex., June 20. Ainerienns in tio Ympu valley are Mcll annodJwitli Springfield titles mid mi adofpia'tg supply of mnnninition and are ready to tepel any future at taekii, according to adiee roceixed lieio today, Some of the American have arranged to hire other foreign ers to nsit in their dofeno. Tho valleys of the Yqui and Mayo rhers were reported (i today. Kuins that hava begun m oxpoetcd t cause h rajad rit in tba Yaipii river, which will ptvreni o rations of the Indians to the Mayor ritvr southward, wber au American aet tleweut ia loeatad. luteal advice at Ijipai stated that that Iowa awl vicinity had ! clartl in favor f fttfraHaa. Xo fiuatiav waa Mril tfcwra. Quay- was has rtnm ta iwrejya ar rlaar cvbj for Lupus. "The managing committee, (Vor stanij) of tho Social Democratic par ly always has been opposed lo a pol icy of conipiest. Wo now raise anew our sharpost protest ugalnst every effort and every proclamation, the purposo of which Is the annexation of foreign territory and tho oppres sion of olhor nations efforts and proclamations which hnvo become public In Germany particularly through tho demands of (treat econo mic associations as well as through the speeeboH of leading non-soclallst politicians. "Even tho recltnl of such efforts servos further to postpono that penro which Is warmly desired by tho whole nation. Tho pcoplo want ponce! 7f this war, which dally de mands new sacrifices, Is not to draw Itself out needlessly, to endure until tho full exhaustion of nil tho nations In It, one of tho participating powers miiRt offer the hnnd of peace. Ger many, who, attached by greatly su prorlor forces, lias thus far victor iously defended herself against all her enemies, brought their starvation plan to naught and demonstrated Hint she Is tinrnnn,ucrahlo, should tnko the first step to bring about poaco. In Uic Name of Humanity "In tho nnmo of humanity nnd culture and supported by the favor nblo military situation, brought about by tho bravery of our com rades in amis, wo doniand of tho government that It make known Its loadlness to enter peace negotiations In order to put nn end to this bloody conflict. "Wo expoct our socialist comrades In other belligerent lands to exert their Influences on their own govern ments In this sauio sent4." WASHINGTON, .Vmio 20. State department ndvlces todny contained nothing bearing on tho reported oc cupation of Mexico City by Carranza troops, but announced General Car ranzn's guarantee of protection , for non-combatants in case of flgbtlng there. Tho department summarized Its advices In this statement: Icm1 incut. Statement "Tho department Is In receipt of advices from Vera Cruz to tho effect that General Carranza has given as surances that In tho event of fight ing In the City of Mexico tho Inter ests of non-combatants whether nat ives or foreigners, will bo looked af ter. "The department Is In receipt of no definite reports concerning the operations of General Carrqnzn's forces outside of Mexico City, but It would nppear from tho meager re ports received thnt General Znpatn Is preparing to offer resistance with his artillery forces.'-' Charles A. Douglas and Kllseo Ar- rendoiido, representatives hero of General Carranza, left today for Vera Cruz, Mexico, to confer with tho fjrst chief. It Is understood that tho object of their mission Is to acquaint Genernl Carranza with the viewpoint of the American govern ment as outlined recently by Presi dent Wilson In his statement to tho leaders of tho warring factions In Mexico demanding an early restora tion of peace. Try for Itecoiicllliillon It was also understood that V Carranza representatives would en deavor to bring about a reconcilia tion between tho coiiHtitutlounllHt leader and tho Villa nml Zapata fac tions. General Carranza thus far, howovor, has refused all peace over tures of Genernl Vllln. It Is bo lluved that Genornl Carranzn's repre sentatives will tell him thut he must show a conciliatory spirit toward his opponents boforo ho can hopo for tho moral support of tho American gov ernment. General Villa, In a mossngo dated yesterday at Annas CallonteH and received at the Villa agency hero to day, says: "Tho reported capturo of Agii' Cnllentes by the Cnrrnnzlstus Is ab surd. Our operations are progress Ing favorably." twaaaflLLLLLMaPKft A a1tJ8HLLLaLLLH'?fflPLB JIVHf iW, JL afHalBMLttJfclErwr fflchaCL. rfjtaMBHBaiLLLLm 4 1R TO EFFECT NR NATION Flight Sub-Lieutenant It. A. .1. Niirnctnnl, ( ., decorated by King George for blowing n Zeppelin'to pi ( es alii r a desperate air battle. Cinec his gieat feat he , Killed, with llenr II. Ncedhiim, mi Aiuericnn writer, when their 'plmie lell with them near I 'urn. Shutdown of Building Industry by Lockout of Employes as War Measure Against Striking Carpen ters to Involve 200,000 Men in the Windy City. MILITIA 10 QUELL GEORGIAN RIOIS OVER FRANK CASE DLE N E WINS NORTHWEST CHAMPIONSHIP JAPS AT LEMBERG COMMIT HARA TOKIO, Juno 2C Major NakI Janm nnd Captain Hashimoto, Japa note offleors fighting with tho Hub slan army at Iomborg, committed hara-kiri when the Oallolan capital fell, rathor than guffur what they conaldorwl dUuonor of holng made prisoners of war, according to offl clal advices from l'atrograd. HEALTH CONDITIONS BAD VERA CRUZ Hara-kiri it a Jauaawc wot hod of ewmlttiag satcldtt, formerly widely amatUad by mlllUrr of floor. In xke tiaya a tho old Samurai ayttew fftaen MMally killed taaauelvat wkaa It kww aaawaaarf t tar- raader tb trespa undtr thom, WASMINQTOX, Juno '(!. The following ropoit on conilitiouui in Mexico was given out by the tate (lepai tmi'iit : "Advices dated June 2.'i from Vein Cruz titato that tlio local population is concerned on account of silence of nowMpapera regarding tho .Mcmco City campaign. It ia repotted in Vein Cruz that General Gonzale-. ha- met with reveikex. "Tlio department is informed li niUieek dated June II that banit.iry conditions nro hoeomtug unwitixfac tory at Vera Cm.. It is (dated thut the water aupnly will not IunI fur duyu Mail (rat lfce oH)uiny of mrfucw wIU hu hmsh oiden-d by tba author itiua. "Aducea froip I'kalrma Xeaaa, dattxl Jutte 2.S, Mate that tbare ia rail cuttiMuaicalion U immmU awuth. Tbe 4epariMMHi iHlrMta tbia a mimh ittg oaly for a liaiiUd diatniuHt. It ia iMrtr that the Red Crmta Npnlia ut Mouilvm are nearly exhauated, ATLANTA, (In., June -Jtl. N'ear beer hiiIooiih were closed, the entire night watch of police was held at stutious for extra ilutu mid the guard of militia f-tt ill huitouuiIciI (ioverimr Shiton'H home in mi effort of tho nu thoritieH to forcHtall today nnd to night KymploiiiK of citieiiH aguiiiNt tho goveruor'H commiilntion of l.co M. Fnink'H death sentence. The term of Governor Slnlou expired ut unim und crowds were in the city for (lie iuuuguratiou of Nat I). Harris. The business hcelion of the city was patrolled by u double wnlch of police today and forty extra mounted men were sent to Hie cnpilol. Other wise to nil outward upfmiiiineea the city was normal. Twenty-Miy men were brought In tho county jail here today by militia men guarding tho country homo of Governor Sliitnn. The ntato guariU inen Hiiid they were arrcHted while trying to enter the governor'! estiitc. Tho arrosts and it hostile demon stration when Governor Hlaton ap peared at today's Inauguration of his successor, Nat Harris, made tlio final day of Hlaton's tonn stormy. Tho demonstration nt Inauguration was quickly BtipprosBoil anil Govqrnor Slaton was choorod wbon ho re marked, on blinding over tho state seal "that It had never boon nbused during my administration." His frlonds thought this was a ref erence to his commutation to llfo Imprisonment of tho death suuteuco of Leo M, Trnnk, Mllitlaincn who brought tho priso ners In from tho Rlaton ostato, sold sovoral pistols and threo clubs wero taken from (he mon after an e chango of shots In which no ouo was hurt. TACO.UA, Wish., June I'll.- The slnmliug ut the end of tho morning pluy in Hie open eliniiipioiiship of the Pncilie northwest golf tournament : Alex Dulliic, Vuueouvcr, out 'AH, in ;w i.i; mini "juii. Koheit JohiiHou, Seattle, second, with 'J.tl; T. ,S. (Iitllup, Vnncoiiver, tliird, a:i'J. Williu Leitli, Tneoma, loin ih, u,'i;i. f,4, II. Clmniller Kun, .Medford, wiim fi up on I'aul Ford of Seattle at the cud of the tirst eighteen holes of the tliirty-Nis hold tiutil for the I'liciCie northwest muutmir golf championship lliis moruiiiM:. Iran's caul, -rj-II-77. Foul, II, -lU-RI. SeorcH for open I'aeifiu noilhwest champienship: Morfii'lil lliileum, Se nt lie, 17, .1:1-1(10. .1. .1. DempM-v, Tacoiua, 10, II - 87. Daxid Fiudlay, Spokane, ()-;I7 -77. E MBARGO BY UNITED STATES WASHINGTON', Juno 20. Tho I'n I ted States Is not considering plncliiK nn ombarKO on shipments to nny bolllgeront country. This whb stated officially today at tho state department as a result of published reports that an embnigo on ull ship ments of American products to Mug land was likely lit retaliation for Itrltlsh interference with American trade with neutrals. CHICAGO. Juno 20. Iluslness In many parts of the country probably will suffer us n result ofvtho shut down of this city's building Industry, which, ordered by allied building and material Interest ns a wnr mcasuro against striking carpenters, . went Into effect todny. .Innies Pryor, a member of tho press commltteo of the employers, said ho had telegraphed out of town concerns to cancel orders and stop roiiidgniucuts nlready on tho way to ( hlcngn. Tho shutdown will not beconio general for a wiek or moro, It wns nnld. In somo cases, whoro It needed only tho order to stop tnnchlnory, It took plnco todny, but In others, whoro perlshnblo goods nro hnndled, there may bo a contlnuanco for bov ernl days. iWoo.ooo to Im Involwil Kinployern would ventiiro no dofl nltc statement ns to tho number of men Involved, but tho esllmnten ranged between IfiO.OOO and 200,000 with approximately ono-ipiartcr of tho city's wogo earners directly or indirectly Involved. j ; The shutdown Is regnrdod by con tractors and Jabor lendors as tho beginning of opo of tho greatest labor wars In recont yenrs. TJho no tion wns takon at a meeting last night of tho represontatlvcH of al lied building nud material Intercuts at mi answer lo referendum voto rjf 1 11,000 striking carpenters, who over whelmingly dofeateil tho proposal to arbitrate all (mentions In dispute Tho carpenters havo boon on tt strike since April HO. Tho men do- innnded a wage lucrcnso of front C'i cents lo 70 cents per hour. Ten Thousand .Made Idlo lly means or tho shutdown tho omployers, It wan Bald, hopo to pro vent tho Independent cnrpuiitor con tractors from getting supplies and thus throw out or work tho 10,000 carpenters who are working under Individual agreements. Further sessions of tho employers' committer appointed with full powers lo direct the shutdown will bo held Monday. The extent or tho move ment probably will bo determined then, Herbert Ilallou, a carpenter con tractor, wiih stabbed, It is thought fatally, In a dispute early toduy with a man who contended that tho car penters demand for 70 cents mi hour was Justified, MPORIBB ASK GOVERNMENT!!) AID COMMERCE Petition of a Thousand Shippers Pre sented Secretary LansingSeek to Brinn Out American Owned Goods from Germany Protest Brltls.li Seizures. WASHINGTON, June 20,-Repre-Fcntalives of 10U0 American im porters' petition nddressed to Presl Hing loday n petition for notion by Iho United States to enable them to bring out dyo Bluffs, pninsli and oilier American owned goods in Ger mnny without Mritish interference. Twenty imporlerx, hended by Leo Ivnlins of New York, comprised tho delegation. Secretary Lansing call ed into the conference Solicitor JohiiHou nml Ifobort V. Hose, one of tho foreign trade advisers of the de partment. Itcrlto Ap cement .Made The imporlcrx recited the arrange ments originally made informally by them with Great Britain for shipment of American owned goods from Ger many through neutral countries con tracted for prior lo tho order in council of iMnreh 1; (he difficulties over, mi extension of time for ship ment of Mich enrgoes mid Iho gen eral business etfeel of the British policy. Kecrelnry Liuisiuir long tho jfacla under consideration, mid it is gen erally believed they will be presented to Great Britain apart from iho broad subject of tho. s'o:enlled "blockade" which is (rented in a now nolo that has been under prepara tion for some time. GERMAN UN f WARSAW RUMANIA VOTES TO T DISBAND MliltLIN, June Jli Accoldilig to the corithHiudi-ut of the MiUuk Zoituua; in ltuchniel, lk Itupjaniuii cabinet Was voUsl to lUaliniuJ latrt of tbe Mry and giva th aoUier kiuv furlaugha. Ttw actiou waa Ukao, it waa aUltal, at tka iuUac uf tba pramiar ami aiiniatar of war, id. Braliaau, who aiilaiMl tlui mmcu tiatiaaa with ltuMa WoaUl rwiiura a lon tnu. KLDDING, ( .il., June 2(1. I.n en pcuk'lli Id criiilinii continued todu.v, eiiiiitiug u moderutu volcano of nimiLc, but eatabliahiiu a record lor duiatioii of u uctiu period. SmoLc hits dnlted thirty miles south- wuid, blown by a wt lit' wind. The iii-h full i lighter tnla tliiiu yestvr lay. HAPPY HOGAN'S W?D0W BENEFITED jJY A THOUSAND 8AV l'HANCIHCO. June lifl. About 1(M0 will be Kiteu to .Mrs. Wallace llray, widow uf "Hap IIu- raa," late uiauar of tlia Wuiw l'iiiii. ( i ! ,i hi . Tiih, .!- Ik rv citH rniai i-tenlav' brnafit bus ball guwe and uthltlio coutcl. LON'DON', Juno 20, A Central Nuwa dispatch fnmi Auisteulnui sny sovural tiaiiia loaded itli heavy guua have left ICseu for the German flout on the IUiirn riser, in Poland, wheie, it is behoved, they will be used in mi advance uKtiiut Wuraw. Since the full of Lemberg militaiv experts in Loudon have expressed the belief that the Aintro-(leriiiaii allies would attempt to oontinue their ten it io drive mid capturo War-aw, tho capital of Poland. On ptcini occasions the Germans hac ham mered their way to a point ulmuM within artillery range n Wiifsaw, but liac been dnen buck by the forces under tho duei limi ol Grand Duke Nicholas. :a N'BW YOUIC. Juno2(r.-Tho Itn porters' petition nddresed to Presi dent Wilson, wni made public hern today. It sets forth that the British blockade concerns "not only tho pro perty rights of tho undorslgncd citi zens," but Involves" a contemplated unlawful destruction of a most Im portant portion or tho entire com merco or tho United Stales." Xccil for Action Urgent. The petition discusses Issues of In ternational law anil urges tho presi dent "tho neoil for u very early de termluntlnn or these Issues so that wo may know whether we will bn able to conduct our established busi ness." Great Ilrltnlu, tho petition snys, "has studiously avoided answering the American nolo of Mnrch 30, nnd months of vnlunblo time In which It was necessary for uso to propare for our coming business, havo passed," "Notwithstanding (hat this doelar-' atlon or tho British government does not follow from nny declared and maintained blockade of German ter ritory," tho petition says, "wo huvo been unable to luduco any steamship companies to carry our goods, Amor lean proper!) either from unbtockad ed German ports or from neutral ports to which the goods have been shipped by land. Tho mere fact that Groat Britain does not threaten con fiscation of our goods f they are shipped, does not concern us, first, because we cannot got them shipped, nnd secondly, wo nre Interested In tho. much greater iuestlnu of law fully obtaining an uninterrupted sup ply of our American-owned merchan dise, whether tho same has been paid far, contracted for or may bo con tracted for In tho future. DARIN E A E FROM KANSAS PEN SUNK BY A MINE LONDON. Juno 2C -A dospatoh rouahod hero from Stockholm sas that The Netherlands stoamor Ceres, from Amsterdam for Lulou, Swo llen, has sunk ns a ramilt at striking a mill uaar Soderhamn, In the Gulf of Bothnia. The crow waa saved. LKAVKNWOIITII, Kan., Juno 2(1. Homer MrCoril, su-eallcd Kansas "hiide kidnaper," und r'rnnk Wil). iiium, coiuicl. in the state prison, at Lan-.iiiK, ecapcil from tho prison ciml mine early today by a perilous 80-loot cbmb up the perpendicular tur shall. Met 'mil was nerving: sentenco of fixe onr on while feliiMSrv oharges. which rew out of u gciiMitlnnul fiik-ht from loin, Kan., July 21, It) lit. with Mr, llarvoy Uymi, u KUyear ohl bride. The young womim left her littalMMil. Harvey Donn, alltlug on a iwrk beach. The Dehiig wore oil their wedding journev. ui ..u ' ) m