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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
I'n I r tonight mill Wednesday
wanner; mav. H5; inln. Ml,
Forty-fifth Tear.
Dilly Tenth Year,
ArEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 1.5, 1915
NO. fl(J
iV
ib.
EDISON TO AID
UPBUILDING OF
AMERICAN NAVY
Inventor Offers Services as Call (o
Duty Oilier Prominent Scientists
to Assist Proposed Bureau of In
vention and Development for Navy
Department.
WASHINGTON, July 1.1. An
nouncement by ThnmiiK A. I'Mison of
his ncccpluucc of Scerolnry Daniels'
offer to head nn nihinorv hoard of
eivilinn inventors fur the proposed
liiirciiu of invention nml development
in Hid navy tlopiirtuii'iit, wiih recoived
w i 1 1 1 gratification lodn liy nttvnl of
i'ieinlH. Seorelnry Daniels, who np
penleil In Mr. F.dison to undertake the
tank on pntiiotic toitiiiln, went
nheiul today with the perfection of
his nuvv plan. II i planned to lutv
men prominent iu'specinl liuon of in
ventive nml research work nMncinted
villi the liurciin, several muiihm ul
reinly being- iimler eoiisidorntion.
One of (ho big problems to-be Iniil
before (lie Imieiiu will lie t lull of im
proving the navy't wibuuii liicn nml
iicropliuuw.
A (Mil lo llnty
II. II. S. Hulohison, personal rep
recent ii live of Mr. F.dison, enlleil on
Secretary Daniels today anil in
1'onned him of Mr. Kdison's neecpt
mice of the invitation.
"Mr. Hutchison told me," mud
Scorutury Daniels, "Hint Mr. Kdion
regarded my invitation ns a call to
duty and Hint lie would lie glad to
lender any service possible to his
eoiiulry.' Mr. Hutchison said Mr. 1M
itamt would In glad lo huiiI in a few
days his leply to my letliir of imi
tation." Secretary Daniels conferred will
Hear Admirals Griffin, Taylor ami
Straus, tlio imviil officers who han
dle the problem of ordnance, con
struction, engineering nml electricity,
hh lr tit bet whv to eel the benefit
of tho udvie'e of citizen inventor. Ah
lo the other advisory member, See
ictary Daniel nid he wan not roiidy
lo innko any hnnounceiuuiit, but he
full nemirod Hint other men would
respond to the cull of duty.
Apcpnl lo Inventor
"What wo want to do in thin mat
ter," aniil the secretary, "i lo appeal
to the American inventive genius to
work for thojinvy and to ft inly what
wo ought to do. Wo want them to
jlive up. the bout they can. Alrend.
hiueu thi war In van much has been
done with our own resource. What
has been done in the lut three
mouths ha not yet appeared, nut!
woik that ik going on under s. porvi
ion of our own expert and onuihoers
will continue. Hut the idea of the nil -vieory
bun til will bo to extend into (he
lonlni of lll'ii unknown in mivnl'con
nl ruction and 'iho pofiiliilitLe of na
val warfare. We wrtnl the advice of
jtciiiiiK UN to new lino. No one to
dny ib able lo toll whnt such ndviee
may bring fuith. We omiunt tell to
dny what kind of a battleship we
should have thrreo year bonce.
Woik Now I'mler Wny
"For the riit time in twenty year
we have had on opportunity to tent
the kind of ship and ammunition thut
we have in uctital tun a I warfare. Al-
(Conttnued on Page G)
GERMAN NOTE
COICNIKII, . II., Jul I !. Pi-cm
lent WilfcOli devoted Ins .ittcutiou to
day to a detailed stud of llie situa
tion growing out of the receipt of the
lateet German note on submarine
warfare. After a guuie of golf he re
tired to hi stud at Hnrlukciidcn
bouse, will Ike ofieiul It of the
not before una.
The president gnv directions that
ke ke left widikturWd uiut ptiid le
attest n than it-iml ). tin mrfrnintr i
mail rv.f,tl ii.u Vu-hiuin. N
itlan were made tki morning for
I 'resident WiUon's return tn Wali
llikton, mill there h:i- t-rr niiln-n
tinii lliet lie ml I'lnl. ,1 it in, lining Inn
wm'miI tu - Iiiiiki r. 1 1 ill. iiiiic li"
t Ii.ii k tn .i-liiii.'iiii. it i- r
petJ ii'-i Irf tU Lj.t, ihn iM,i 14
in the Aiticrii-iitf tlii'v mapM'l out in
ji III I.I I W.lN.
1
GERMANS DRIVE
AT VERDUN VIA
WOEVRE REGION
Further Advances Reported at Sou
chez Labyrinth Attack Dcatcn
Off French Airships Attack Sta
tion Rcncucd Activity on Eastern
Line Allies Advance 200 Yards.
LONDON', .Inlv i:i. - Fuithcr fler
iniiu ndvnuccM in I he vicinity of Sou
chez, where Hie cemetery wns cap
tured from the I'Yeneh eatly on Mini
day, are reported Iroiu UeiTui. The
l'Veuch dcelate a violent altaek by
Herman troopt in the "labyrinth"
wns beaten off.
Ilniil lishtiiiK cnutinticil in the
Woevro region, whero the Oernuius
lire believed in l'nrin to have resum
ed the dt'ive ul Verdun.
Thirty-five. French neroplnnes
Hwopt over the railroad Hlation norv
iiiK Hie Culouue trench ruuulation ami
that of the Aprciuont fore I. One
hundred nml Ncvcnly-nnc bombs went
dropped nml hcvernl I'ircw were hIuiI
ed. 'fhere nre niftus of renewed ac
tivity by the Teutonic forces nlonx
the jmslern fij;htintj front. Petro
fjrad officially reporls lively en
pitjeinents nlon the enst Prussian
front in the Hobr and Xarcw ivions,
nml further to the houlhwet between
the I'ihn and 1 on njinr 'rivers. Thero
ulxo has been 'fighting in the I'rzn
h.viihz rcsioiiiiloiitf the line north of
WllfMlW.
South of AV)lirtnv only sporadic
uctioiiK havtioccurrcd, but from mt
em (ialicia, where ipu'ct has prevail
ed for sometime , Teutonic iiltneU
ulniiK Hut Zlola l.ipa and the DniiMter
nro rcporlcd. Tho upper Ilittr fiver,
"hoar Husk, iiImi has been the kcciic of
renewed fighting.
Coincident with this news come
reports through PetroKrad that Field
Miit'nlnil Von Mackenien's nnnv luti
been stronuly reinforced nml that it
will Minn rexinne uetixe openttious.
On (inllljKill I'enliisiilii
Through M.vllene and Athens, Paris
has received a report thut as the re
Hiilt of another battle on the (Inllip
oli peuiuhiilu the forces of the entente
allies have advanced -00 yards.
According to an AHiciik dipntchln
a Loudon ncwpaper, the kings ol
(I recce, Uumuuia and Hulgaria niv
Minn to meet in conference at Alliens.
I.OS ANtiKLIW, Cnl , July 1.1.
Tho grand IoiIko of Honovolent Pro
tuetlvo Oritur of KII;h opened its huh
bIoii he leroiluy with tho uloctlon of
officers, a mere formality which In
stalled Jamoa It. Nicholson of Ilos
ton u h grand exulted ruler, aucced
lug Hnymond lloujnmin of California.
W. K. Shad of Mllw'unlio wns olectoil
grand loading knlKht; William Lown,
Snglnaw, Mich., grand loyal knight;
K. It. IngorKoll, Scuttle, grand lectur
ing knight ; Thomnu K. Donahue, New
London, Conn., grand tyler, nni
CIiiih. Illaok, Oklahoma City, grand
Inner gunid. Prod C. Holilnson, Du
liiniuo, and Cliarlea A. Whlto, were
ro-locted neerotar andtioamiror, r
pectlvoly. E
OF
"N'liW OltJiKAXS. Jnl i:i.-T
more letter Mgutxl "Pcurce" in
winch the writer threatens dinMer in
tntilt ineifbant uud mule ship-,
were delivered hen tedas li uiail,
me to an afternoOH newpuiM'i' and
the other to the ehwf of police. In
Ij.iIi, the writer dewaiided nle.i' ul
Han llule, held in eiHineiin.ii Willi
receipt ut n lliilliir lellei In lln t
Orleiin Tune-Plea Mtne ionl.i
mglil.
t ho I' ul Pull). Id Minlil- -.a- Ik
Hiiiiril- tin Ull.i i.ii-i S..H i
Uu liatt. inu WuUUtMti M '-
ehM-l are iiielioeil lo belle e ttdnt'-
lelti l A liouk.
1
NOW
EXALTED
RULER
HUERTA STATES
ILL NOT SHED
MEXICAN BLOOD
Former Dictator Tells of Hopes, Pur
, poses, Wealth and Ideas of Amer
icaHopes to Go Back to Mexico
to Sleep in His Grave United
States Fine Example lor Mexico.
(Ilopyrighl, llliri, by Hie N'eupapcr
Kutcrpric ANsoeiatiou.)
KL PASO, Tex., .July PJ.--II was u
different Huerla with whom I dined
todny. We wcic in the miiiic little pri
vnle dining room of the Hotel Shel
don, where he used to give his f'utii
ous wine vlinners like u Nero, t'om-iniiuilor-in-chief
of Hie lexican fed
eral army, provisional president and
dictator, Vietoriauo lluertn had
changed from a general of illusion to
n world chniaeler since I Inst broke
bread with him at that same table.
Then he was surrounded by hi
glitlering slulf officers. Now he Mit
nlone except for me. In place of his
gold nml hrliid uniform of the Mexi
can nriiiv lib wore an old, brown
haud-ine-down null of winter weight
uud u soft fdiirt and collar. The
trimness around his waist which
years in the field with his forces had
given him, hid i;ivmi way to a
paunch. 11 s cloc-cropped hair,
which looks like stubble on tho un
shaven chin of an old man, is grayer
ami the brown skin shows through
more plainly.
That snme broad, bulldog jaw is
there still, and Iho deep lines of
cruelty flunk his uotrils on each
side, lint even hi old O.xuca Indian
face has fattened with high living
nml hick of exercise, and the lluertn
of todny does not look fit as did the
gciiurril who drove'Tho OrtrMi revolu
tion across the border after lluch
linbii. Intcn Iciv Willi Soldiers on O'uanl
Then ho wii the guest of the I'nit
ed Stales nnny. He was given wine
dinners in this same hotel and gave
others in rot urn. IIo was tho biggest
man in M&xico and wits received with
feiilutes ami troop ecorts ami vivas!
Tonight, as wo dnjvo down to the
hotel in a big red automobile, only
two soldiers rodo with us, nml they
were guards, for fleueral Huerla is
under arrest, and nil evening ns wc
uto ami talked those guards stood
without our door to prevent tho old
general's escape.
"Many things have happened, my
son, since last wo uto together here,"
lieneriil Hue! In said as ho scaled
himself at the table wheie he was to
eat and I warf to get mv promised in
terview for tho Muil Tribune.
"Many things mav Imppeii to n
man wilhiu such a shoil time things
over which ho bus no control. It has
been less than three years hincc I was
last here on the border, mid, since
that time I have seen much, experi
enced much anil suffered much," said
the obi general witli a half aigh.
"Hut that is history and, us history,
those event must be judged. 1 have
no excuse to mako. I did my duly as
it came to mo as any good soldier will
do, and history i the only fuir judge
after nil.
Speaks or tho Pulled States
"Much do I prefor to speak of vour
own country, of tho United States.
When I was here boforo I had seen
notjiing more of your great coiintr
than I could ce' hunt on tho border.
Now I havo seen much of it uud I ad
mire your country mid your people
much inorp than I over thought I
would. Now York is the grotet cit
in the world.
"Your women are tho mot bounti
ful I have ovor eon in unv of my
(Continued on pago five.)
SMALL BOYS HURL
STONES AT LIBERTY BELL
W.U.LA WAI.I.A. AVn . July 13
1 he rtrat aet of vandalism In oon
uertiuii wiih (he trip of tlio Mfeerlr
Hell oieHrrod yoaturdajr Utwonn Pon
ii'eton Qreii. and thle otty. Koe
fUmtliiK on a high bonk bjr Uie aide
of t del i arte throw rock at the hell
ami one hit It wjMareiy. but apnaront
u did not damage It. OffleluU ae
LUU4i4iwlaa the kell atate thla to be
the flrat unpatriotic art that has
h.i'sne(j lurliia Hit- 2i'iu mile trip.
HIS FORTUNE A FEW FADED FLOWERS
w Lr 4 7 I m JiS' u.?.', i JfJ je (XTs. v7H
lliicitu, the ev-dlrlaloi' of Mexico,
anil artist have coinliliieil to plituio
AGAINSI INVASION
JIF.HLlN", July II. -A ilipalch lo
the Tagehlatt from it eorrospoudent
al C.emowitz, llukowinn, snys;
"Tho KussiniiH are fortifying their
lluinmiiaii border. Muny thousands
of men are ut work digging trenches
parallel with tho border and, building
barbed wire entaiiglemouls. The op
erations nro being rushed with nil
speed.
Tho Uussinu government of Bess
arabia border Ituuiniiiii on tho oust.
Aiistrin-Huugnrv is reported to have
pledged llmiiniiia to tuulortuko tho
conquest of Ilessariibiu and transfer
it to Hie Hiilkau slate in exchange for
Kuuiauia'a uetivc support in Hie war.
Russia, on the other iiaml, bus at
tempted to win the support of Ilu
mmiia for the allu - by promising the
cession of the Iluiig.uiaii Icrrilory of
TruiiHvlvmiiu, winch borders Itu
mmua on the wi t,
TO
LONDON, .lulv 1.1. Tho lolal sub
scription to the war loan muouiilud
to clone to .I.O()(l,(l()(),l)QU, nc(.rdinr
to the statement inadu by ltoKiuahl
McKcunu, the chancellor of tho ex
chequer, in the house of oomiHon to
day. The totul number of aiih.cnh
er thruiiKh l" Ilauk of ISniilund was
.'i.'iO.UIIO, wloe-e eontrilnitiuna uggre
IfHted ,h:0,IHHI,(KJU.
The autiseriptiona thiQngh the nost
office have not yet i-loaed, but up to
date 347,(HMi .cron have nubwribed
.J7.V100.lHMi Id rough this oJimwial. Nu
fifure are malluble to the iiiim
her ot -iii;il Mnieliers taken out.
Me. M Ki i' "i hi makiiiK the -i.iir
meat ixiiuini mii that the ligiirf ni
$-1,111111,000. OO. I liil llllolltMl III till-
H4'W-piiM i i illur H.i, eH-cted mil
dt-iiiii ii " . hoi, cut. D thut
aiMount hau ' ioUteil U wud it
would Ii.im ' n iici-eitaar to cloe
Hie li-t.
S NS
FO FY
RUN
SUBSCRIPTION
BRTISH WAR
LAN
AS 3 BUMS
now a I'. S, A, prisoner. The cameiiv
lilui.
I
10
LONDON, July HI 'Four daya
before the wnr broke out, I tele
graphed to tho Imperial government
that If thoro woro war, Canada would
regard it uh her own," Sir Hnbort I..
Ilordon, the premier of Canada, told
a cheering audience at a luncheon
given In tho Iioiibo of coiiiiiioiib tlilK
afternoon. Tho Canndlan promler
ileclurod Hint for all purposoa tho ro
Hourcon of tho llrltluh omplro vvero
nliuudiint uud Hint tho omplro could
congratulate Ilxelf on tlio condition
of uffalrs today.
"I have no fear for tho future,
though tho fitrugglo may bo long,"
Sir Itobort wild. "In wlmlover Ih
necoHnury tn bring tho war to an
honorable couoliiHlon, Canada Is pro
pared to take part. This Is true of
tho whole umpire."
Premier Hordon wont on to nay
that It watt Imtioialblo to bolloVo that
tlio domocrmilos of thu omplro,
though not prepared, would not prove
their efficiency In thin grnvo peril.
After peace wag ontabllaliod, ho Bald,
thero would lin largo mutters for
consideration of tho dominions, but
tho difficult and complex problems,
lio thought, doubt Iohh would find wUo
and Just tsolullnn.
A. llouar Daw, llrltlah mlnlRtor of
Iho colonies, In a fount to "Canadu
and tho War," expressed tho opinion
thut tho help of tho dominion was
likely to provo a docUlvo factor. Ho
hoped that one result of tho upheav
al would lie tho welding of the omplro
In unbreakable IioiuIh.
TO SUPREME COURT
JJliXVKIt, ('do.. Jul 1.1. Kdward
j P. CuaiigMi, of counsel tor John It.
Ijiwaun, ileiiHsl u new trial yesteixlay,
pi cviotwly Unvinii been sentenced tn
I bit iinpiinwwit for the aliened
iinuider ul .IiiHh Viiitmo, muui U4ny
' 1 1 . . r .in iiin.il ti. i li -i. iic -iiivmc
leowti uuii he takrn mmii the
nece-iii lulliialitic an be cihii
plelid.
PREMIER PLEDGES
CANADA S
CARRY ON WAR
OFFICERS LEAVE
ARMY TO INSTALL STARV1NGPE0PLE
POWDER PLANT OF MEXICO CITY
Secretary Garrison Accepts Resiflna
tlons of Officers In Army Ord
nance Bureau Who Have Been Of
fered Posts with Companies Hold
inn Larue European Contracts.
WASHINGTON", July Dt.-Ou the
theory Hint the safety of the country
must rest upon the adeipmte develop,
incut of its commercial gnu uud urn
munition factories, Secretary Harri
son announced today he hail decided
In accept the resignation of Liculcu
anl t'olouel Odus C Homey uud Ma
,pr William A. Phillips of the nnny
ordnance bureau, who have been of
fered posts with companies-holding
large munitions contracts from P.itrn
pemi belligerents.
Pending Some Weeks
The resignations have been pend
ing for severul weeks while Secretary
Harrison usked Altoruey-Hcncral
(Ircgory for a legal opinion as to his
power to hold tho officers in tho gov
ernment service. The department of
justice has not yet determined the
ipicsHou uud meanwhile Mr. Garrison
decided, to acl. v
ColoieMIIorney is now in charge of
the Picntinnv nrscnal nl Dover, XJ.,
and Major Phillips is detailed JtOTrd
unuco work at the Sandy Hook prov
ing grounds. Secretary Harrison said
ho considered Hint loss of experts
wns compensated, iir officers were
fully competent to operate plants at
these stations already installed.
To lliilld New Plants
Tho skill of t'olouel Homey nml
Major Phillips lies in tho construc
tion of new plants. The plant they
will build, Mr. Harrison Mild, amy in
future provo of vital importance to
the American government. It is more
important, he said, that a large num
ber of plants he ready to turn out tun
munition Hutu thit tho most expert
til ficcrs he held to tho work of super
intending those already in operation.
Tho sccrelnry said tho situation in
P.nghtnd, whero extraordinary efforts
tire being made to increase tho out
put of guns nml ammunition showed
necessity of preparing for great
emergency in lime of peace.
"This question of developing more
factories," Mr. Harrison said, "may
mean the difference between safety
mid dhmstor lo the country. These
men tiro export in tho installation of
machinery (o make gnus mid ammu
nition. The mere superinleudcuce of
plants already installed can be done
by less expert men."
Tho names of tho ammunition
muniifuoluror which havo employed
Colonel Ilornoy mid Mnjor Phillips
are not u matter of record at the war
depaitmeiit ami are known only to
personal friends of tho two officers.
Colonel Homey, it is understood, i
tn go with the Aetna Powder com
pany ul n Hillary about five times
what ho received in tho nnny, ami in
addition to thut ho receives ti cash
bonus,
Tho name of (he firm which will
employ Major PliilUu was not dis
closed. T
ACCORDING TO NEED
WASHINGTON', July HI. The
treasury department bci caller will
construct pototfices ami other fed
ortil building in accordance with the
ueeda and )iuHrtmieo of places
whero they are located instead of
spending all that emigre appropri
ate. In ome instance expensive
pot office havo been built in lown
where the (Mistal receipt were not
eul'fii'ienl to maintain thorn.
Postoffice, Assistant Secretary
Newton announced today, will ho ciui
aiilured in four eluaao thoae Iihviiujt
rtM)ei4 uf HHire than $00,000 a
year, those having between $110.0110
and $800,000, tluwe kawuir from
$13,000 to $00,000, Mild thuae below
$15,000.
U ffdlnwlu? the -une pju in ae
iutmir kite, thu dofwrtiHHiit, on Hill
piirelnic, spent $.'itlll,(IOO lea than
i inij;ri -- iiiitlinricd.
P
OFFICES
GONZALES FEEDS
Order Bcinji Rapidly Restored Tet
ctjrnph Lines Rcpairctl Rnilroatl
Communication Opens Tomorrow
Soup Kitchens Being Established
Corn and Baby Stippiics Needed.
WASHINGTON', Julv in. -A de
layed cablegram from tho Urnziliuji
talnisler al Mcxicij Oily rci;civcd by
the slate department ("dnr! .stnlt'd
Hint in evucuuliiig the, caMjn'l, afinr
resisting as long us )eir iin)nuiiit(.H
lasted, Ihe Zapata forces lujit depn'rt
fd ipilelly, hceiline; the nppc,.i of io
diploniiitie officials not It) carry' oli
street lighting. ,,.,,'; ' 'j
IAI.VK8TO.V, TcxuH, July IS DU
trlbutlon of rood linn bogun in, Mex
ico City under tho direction of" (Ion
era! Pablo (lonxalod mid additional
supplies of provisions nro bolng for
warded to thu capltol from Vcrn
Cruz, according to reports reaching
tho roriHtltutlonallflt consulate here
todny. Tho reports Indlcato that or
der Is rapidly being restored in the
capltol.
WASHINOTO.V, July 13. Ameri
can Consul Hllllman at Vera Crur 'tel
egraphed to Mexico City yesterday
that tho first train from Vera Crux
to tho capltol was expected to roach
Mexico City today.
Largo forces of workmen aro busy
on tho telegraph linen nnd communi
cation Is expected to Improve rapidly.
Tho accumulation of messages,' Con
sul Sllllmau reported, run Into the
thousands.
Itnllrond communication will not
bo fully effective until tomorrow.
Through passengers go forward to
day by changing at Puobla.
Ten thousand bushels of com-In
sacks nnd nit sorts of food for bablcrt
are needed In Mexico City, according
tn a mcHsago from Consul General
Hhunklln, filed lu Mexico City ot 10
a. in. yesterday. Ho also said thut
urrnngomonts were being mado to
establish soup kitchens In tho'clt).
"Very difficult to buy supplies
hero," said tho message, "but early
train communication with Vera Crux
promised, which will Rattle dlfflcu).
HoH. Need ten thousand bushels of
sacked com and nil posslblo food for
bullion. Milk supply Inadequate. Ar
ranging for soup kitchens." '
TIE-UP REMINGTON
Y
MIlIDGKI'OItT, Conn., July 13.
Practically no progress wns mado to
duy towurd a settlement of the labor
trouble at the Itemliigton Arms com
pany plant which promises, uusi
speedily composed, to Involve somo
soon inai'hlnlstH and Iron workers lu
tho city, doeplto conferences betwicu
officials of tho artiiH company, tlio
Slowart Construction company o,f
Now York, which has charge of tl
now construction work of tho plant
and tho louilora ot tho various labor
organizations.
Tho labor leadors aro trying to fix
tho responsibility for the'lssulng or
nu order directing the mill wrlglU
employed ut tho plant to join the
carpenters' union. Tho arms com.
puny dlkclalms responsibility for it,
tho labor lenders say, and so does tho
construction company.
The present trouble arose over tho
ipiostlnn of direction ovijr tho mill
wrlght. the structural Iron vvorkow
nnd the carpenters ornnUutlons bulji
claiming It.
An Immediate effect, It was stated
toduy, would bo tho curtailment of
tho shliiuiont of war munitions shoit'd
tho strike continue.
President Compors of the Amcrl
eau Kodoratlon or Labor, said todn"
Uiut ho had boon Informally advlse't
Hint ho was to be asked to act as ur
hltrntnr In tho Uridgoport labor
trouble, t.ut that as yet tho request
had nut uuen rycolvcd. IIo was giv
en to understand that If ho wero to
ant, Uio tnaHflr would lio brought
hero, us bu finds It Impossible to go
to llrldgeport.
SIR KE THREATENS
IN ON
FACTOR