. 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