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MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, ."JULY 20, 1015.
NO. 102
Tribune
GERMANS DIE
RUSSIANS BACK
ON ENTIRE EINE
Important Successes for Tuctonlc Al
lies From Baltic to Bukowliia
Only Ten Miles From Warsaw
Seaport of Windau Captured and
Germans Within Few Miles of Riga.
HEKLIN, July 20. Further prog
ress In tho grcnt Gorman drlvo to
wurd "Warsaw from tlio north nnd
south wns nnnotinccd officially hero
today. Tho German was offlco ro
Iiorts tho capturo of Ostrolcuka on
tho Narow river, about sixty miles
north of Warsaw. In tho south tho
llusslans aro In retreat.
Important successes for tho Teu
tonic allies all along tho battlo lino
in ItiiBBla from tho Ualttc sea to I)u
hnwtna aro clnlmod In nn official
statement Issued today at tho Oormnn
war office. Tho army of General Gol
wltz, is said to bo standing in forco
on tho Xarow lino southwest of Nowo
Gorglovsk, ouo of tho glrdlo of for
tresses which protects "Warsaw nnd
only ten miles from tho Polish cap
ital. Wlnilnu Captured
With tho capture of Windau tho
Gurmnns hnvo come Into possession o'
nuothor senport on tho IJaltlc nnd aro
within n fow miles of Rlgn, sent of
tho govornor-gunernl of tho Ualtlc
provinces.
Tho German nnd Austrian forces
aro nnld to have tnken prisoner J5
000 Husslnns.
Gormnn troops occupied Tukuin
nnd captured Wlndnu. (Wlnilnu Is n
senport in Courlnnd on tho Ilnltlc sen
nt tho mouth of tho Wlndnu river,
100 miles north of M(tuu.) Pursuing
tho onomy who woro defeated near
Altautz, our troops renched tho dis
trict of IIofHumhergo and northwest
of Mltnu, whoro tho enemy occupied
previously prepared positions.
Kant of Popollnnl nnd Kursznny
tho fighting contlnuos.
ItussIaiiM In ItclrtMit
netweon tho I'lssa nnd Skwn tho
Husslnns evneunted a position which
had been penetrated nt several points
by our troops and nro retreating to
ward tho Narow. Tho Gormnn rosorvo
lnndwohr fighting In this district of
woody nnd marshy ground, which In
extremely favorablo to tho rcslst-
nnco of tho onomy, accomplished no
table deeds.
Tho army of Gonornl von Galwltz,
ndvnnclng further, now Is standing
with all its troops on tho Narow lino
southwest of Ostrolonka and Nowo
Gcorglovsk. (Nowo Georglovsk Is a
strong fortress about ten miles north
wost of Warsaw at tho confluonco of
tho Vistula and tho Dug.) Tho litis
aluns did not find protection in their
fortifications and bridgehead posi
tions already havo retreated across
tho Nnrow. Tho number of prison
ers tukon by us has been increased
to 101 nfllcors nnd 2S,7fi0 men.
In Poland between tho Vistula ond
tho Plllcla tho Husslnns are retreat
ing eastward.
Defeat In Southeast
In tho southeastern theater: Tho
enemy, defeated on tho 17th by tho
army under General von Wolrlsch
(Continued on Page Two)
FIVE MILES ALONG
OKNKVA, Switzerland, July '20.
Despatches, to tho Tribune snv that
largo gain havo been made lv the
Itnlinns sinco July 1U. According to
thoeo advice tlio Austrian havo lost
inoio tlmn fho miles in. Cndoro and
lessor distances in Cnrnin, at Ilooh
fpito, Gmdina, Dodero and Keller
wald on the Ionxo. Tho Austriaim
have recaptured two position at Tol
mino and noith of Smii Luoaek.
Tlio Tribune iiImo iHiblwhtxi n dis
patch from the KuiHii front trying
tttHt on the night of July 17-18 h
fiorce hum to Imud onoHnUr oc
curred HMr tiw Ituwtai river in ltu
siftu Poland. Atter 15 hour of
fiKkltHS tlw- ii-iaii torci-d tlu-ir
0lMHitMit- bin k wert Hille, tiip-Jurm-
f-. urat h mdri'U prisMiur-,
AN
GIN
THE ISONZO RIVER
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STRIKE DECLARED DFF
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LONDON, July 20. Tlio 4
" strike of miners in the South
" Wales opal field Iiuh liccn tie
"" clurcd off. The miners will
" be haek lit work on Thursday.
" The agreement, whieh end- "
ed the strike litis reeoived tlio
" approval of the miners e.e-
outivo council. It wns sub- ""
"" iiiiltod to the men for endorse-
" ment tit muss meetings 'n the ""
"" viirious districts tonight.
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FROM THREE FIRES
PHILADELPHIA, July 20. Not
until tho flooded compartments of tho
battleship Oklahomn had been emp
tied nnd n careful examination mado
will tho extent of tho damngo caused
by three mysterious fires aboard tho
vessel last night nt tho yards of tho
Now York Shipbuilding company in
Camden bo known,
Tho Oklahoma was launched on
Mnrch 23, 101 1, nnd wns nbout rendy
for n trlnl trip preparatory to being
turned over to tho United States gov
eminent in Scptombor.
Tho flro last night aboard tho now
drendnnught Oklahoma Is believed
to hnvo originated in woodon sup
ports and other Inflammnblo material
In tho mngnzlno spneo between tho
two forward turrets. Reports reach
ing tho navy department today said
officers thought it likely a clgarotto
stub or burning- match Jind started
a smouldering flra which was not dis
covered until night. It may," how
ovor, havo been duo to electricity.
Ts'avy officers do not bollovo thoro
Is anything to indlcato tho work of a
incendiary either in tho flro aboard
tho Oklahoma or In recent fires on
tho Now Jersey nnd Alabama.
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NOGALICS, Ariz., July 20. -Jobo
Maytorona, governor nnd Villa cotn
inandor In Sonora, denied today that
his forcos had been beaten In a bat
tlo with tho Carranza forces of Gen
eral Calles yesterday at Villa Vordo.
Instead ho claimed tho victory, stat
ing that Gonornl Acostn, commanding
tho Villa troops, had .defeated tb
Callos column at Villa Vordo and
Molina, with heavy losses, Maytorona
also said that ho expected to tako
tho field himself.
Meantlmo ho Is preparing for a vig
orous dofenso against an attack by
Carranza troops on Nogales. Wlro
entanglements havo been strung for
miles about tho town. Tho hills havo
been fortified with heavy artillery
from Guaymns.
Troops under Gencrnls TruJIllo
nnd Sorrnno aro snld to havo been
dispatched by Maytorona to attnek
tho Carranza garrison which took
possession of Waco yesterday. This
forco, nuniborlng 2500 men, Is said
to bo within six miles of tho port.
OCCUPATION TAX
DECLARED VALID
SAUiM, Ore., Julv JO. The right
of m eitv to impoc u liceno or "ic-
cuputinn" tax on person-, or corpora
tions in addition to cuMomurv wiw-l
taxes on real pioH)rty was kt fit mud
bv the siiiiramo court toduv in tin-
holding n Portland oity oriliuunoe
providing for levying h liootuo lui un
tho HroaM rccoints of eomorHtion en-
VMfMi In waking or seUiHt; w. Tb
Portland (in ami ( k eawjwuy
l.-iu'Iit the ordiiiaiue mi the pWKlid
thtit it wuald bi double tx'.iii.
WELSH COAL
IWDHAUH
inns
MAYTOR
DENE
REPORTED
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CARRANZA
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MAIN 0
WARSAW SEEN
AS INEVITABLE
With All of Courland in Hands of
Hlndcnburg, With Tuctons Across
Bug, Continued Occupation of Pol
ish Capital Exposes Russians to
Danger of Disaster.
. LONDON, July 20. The upper
most ipiestiou concerning tho eastern
campaign now is when Warsaw will
ho evacuated rattier tlmn whether it
will he given up. With virtually nil
of Com land in tho hands of Field
Marshal Von Ilindenhitrs: nnd with
the Austro-Oeminn forces across the
Huir, continued oceiipauuy of tlio Pol
ish capital exposes tlio Russians to
tho danger of disaster.
Through Copenhagen comes a re
port of the occupation in Windau by
the (lennans. This menace to the
Iitissinns from the north is paralleled
from tho southeast hy.tho advance of
tho Teutonic allies on the Lublin rail
road, one of tho chief arteries of
communication with Warsaw.
Predict Kvaciiutlon
The wisdom of nlinudoniinr the
Warsaw salient in favor of n straight
Hussion lino daily becomes n more
definite subject of speculation among
(ho allies nnd Iltissian retirement
from the capital beforo it is invested
completely is predicted widely.
From Windau the Germans are re
ported to lie advancing towards Ilign
with the intention of seizing that
port and clearing tho nearby seas of
mines, thus obtaining a naval base.
All the glory has not gone to Von
Hindenhurg, as his colleague, Field
Marshal Von Maekensen is credited
with tho capture of Krnmiosluv.
In tho center General Von Gallwilz
has driven tho Russians back on the
near defenses of tho city, the- Gor
man leport claiming un advance to
points within 120 miles of tho strong
hold. Pctixigrud Admits Itetivat
To the southeast the Austro. Ger
mans nro pressing the Luhliii-fholtn
railroad line, covering Krasnoslav
nnd threatening by a further ad
vance to compass nn encircling
movement. Further east also tho
tiht linns nro advancing to comple
ment the Gerniau effort.
Windau in Courland has been cap
tured by the Germans who nro ad
vancing toward Ilign, this movement
in the Hitltio provinces rendering tho
Hiissiaii lines to the south still more
insecure.
Petrograd admits a general retro
grade movement. Kvcn on the old
Hzura-Hawn line, which so long with
stood German attacks, tiie Russians
aro falling back, according to tho
Herlin report.
On the Atistro-Ituliau front muV
ittnutial gains aro claimed bv Knn
in Cariiiu, while it is declared tho as
sault along tho Isonzo is being pur-
sued with redoubted energy and pro
duciiig gains
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AT RIFLE PLANT
lmiUOKPOUT, Conn., July 'JO.
While labor lenders, announced today
that approximately 1000 machinists
employed in the shops of the Iteming
ton Arms and Ammunition company
and four sub-contractors had walked
out oil strike, indications woro that
difficulty in accomplishing tho aim
of tho union men had been exper
ienced in nunc of tho plants,
An official of the Remington com
pany denied emphatically that any
of the men in that plant had walked
out. Rumor had it that Major (1.
Penfiuld, siierintendent of the Rem
ington plant, had oii'oiod tlio iiiucluu-i-ts
an eight hour day with oilier coll
ection and that they had deoided to
remain. Suit contractors, on tho
other hand, admitted that all of their
inachinihU had walked out.
Among the sub-contracting firms
admitting that thoir men had struck
woro tlio Gaynor .Manufacturing com
pany, mskiivr bullets foi tho annies uf
the HtMui, nnd Uie CulHiiihm Nut anil
Holt oeimfty. Thuio oflHoenw em
Iy tfltwoen ihtmi m (Imn 200 mon.
MUNTON
STIK
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HARRYjTHAW leaves
i ;vjMWMKiaa mjmmmmF3k "f jk.'k!
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2!IE2zESS
c i .aiww kp m-rptRw-ooo
Harry Tlunv leaving .luilgo Ileudrlck's rouil after tho Jury bad
brought in (heir verdict that they found his Nine, Inset Is n picture of
Thaw taken Just after ho hiul thanked the Jury.
5,000 STRIKE AT
STANDARD OIL'S
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NEW YORK', Julv 'JO. -The Hay
onuo plant of the Standard Oil com
pany of New Jeiey was closed down
today after nearly 10110 btillcleaneix
and barrel makers struck for in
creased wages and because '1000
other workmen rofiixed to go to
work, cither through sympathy, us
claimed by tho strikers, or intimi
dation, the view given by the company
officials.
Tho few scorn of men who had
entered tho plant willing to work wore
sent home, II wuk said, that the
company had sufficient, tuippliog on
hand or within reach to permit the
plant to lio idle for a year. Some
serious rioting, which occurred early
today, it was said, was n fuutor in
influencing tho shut-down,
Soveral bundled men alleged to lie
strikers and their sMupathizers look
part in the disorder today. They
first tried to slop men who woro
willing to work, iroiu going into the
plant and then 'attacked u detail of
police who wore on the ground to pro
vent disorder.
No ouo was seriouly hurl hut six
arrests weie made.
It was slated that tho strikers
would make effort-, to havo tho men
employed nt the Tidewater works and
at tho Hay May, N. J-, join tho move
ment. AMERICANS CALLED
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WASHINGTON', Ju'v !0. -Colonel
John Middle and Captain Herkcloy
Knoohs, until ivccntly attached to
tho embassy at Vienna us army ob
servers, woro today assigned to the
war college. With thalr return the
European battle liehU nro lelt prac
tically without American military ob
server. While both officers and
iilt-o the war dertiiiint refined to
diseiihs thoir return, it Is holievml to
ho a fullfilmo'it of Seariiiury Garri
son's fiolluy to withdraw offion
whoro thoir piescuce nugod frwiliou
and tunbarrHnucat. It ie teal that
tlio popslnr ides aiiioii of filters in
tho iirmiw of tbu Teutonic allie of
tho doetnietUm wnnuht by Amcri
aun Hrma and -in imtion mad.- lln
position ot tii Am'Icuii ubiwi
mv.ai'f"i'' b
BAYONN
PLAN
court with happy smile
ku .v i - y.
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OF GREAT BRITAIN
LONDON, July 20. A now voto
of credit of $750,000,000 wns Intro
ducoil today In tho houso of commons.
This second supplementary voto will
bring tho sum actually appropriated
by parliament (or war expenditures
to tho total of $.'l,2ri0,000,000 during
tho cut rout fiscal year. With tho
amount voted between August G nnd
Mnrch 1, tho grand totnl Is ?5,0G0,
000,000. The amount thus provided will tldo
ovor tho period of tho forthcoming
parliamentary recess. Tho voto of
credit does not Involvn a now lonn,
but merely sanctions expenditures out
of funds on hand.-
In moving tho now voto of credit
1 ntho houso of comuimiH Premier
Asqulth announced that for tho first
seventeen dnys of July tho wnr ex
penditures hud been 1210,000,000,
and that tho rate or expenditure
showod dally n natural tendency to
rise. Tho Items of loans to allies of
Great Urltain might also, tho premier
pointed out, grow with tho adhesion
to tho nlllod en iibo of states not yot
participating In tho war.
Tho premier ostlmatod that $,100,
000,000 would carry Groat Urltain
through to tho ond of Septombor.
100,000 LOST IN
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WASHINGTON, July 'JO.-From
80,000 to 100,000 lion have been lost
in, the flood in I ho icinity of Can
ton, China, according to u cahlogriiin
to the tttato dupililmoiit today from
Poking. Coiieul Gctinrwl Cheshire
line Hpenlod for nil tlio nubihtanco
that oti he iwidorod by tlie navy do
IHtrtmeut. The ttato deimrimcnt ieMied tliU
sUtcmeut:
"A telegram from tho Amuiieiui
Inyntion Ht Pekinic m.v tho Anierienu
eouul-neneil nt Canton telograph
thet M),000 to 100,000 Uvea aro oeti
iHHtoil loef there on accuuut of the
unprerciidisitwl floodn. The Wil
ininKton and ChIIhh (I'niled Stntes
gunboat-H are i-iilciiiitr f'-ixtmiea
Imt Coii-'il (i iit-r.il i lir-liin rer-iun-meiiei.
.i ! tb.- t -.i-t.iii i- 'ie jihnv
WAR
EXPENSES
TOTAL FIVE BILLION
C E
CABINET HEARS
WITH APPROVAL
NOTE TO KAISER
President Submits Final Draft of
New Note to Germany Concernlnn.
Submarine Warfare Firm Stand
Believed Taken Publication to Be
Withheld Until Delivery.
WASHINGTON, July 'JO Presi
dent Wilson mid tho cabinet, after
two hours discussion toduy, approved
n final draft of tho note to Germany.
Cabinet officers refused t'i discus
its contents or to intimate how tho
insistence of tie United SlutcH to ob
tain u dcfiiiitQ answer to its repro
scnlotions on submarine warfare had
been praised.
Tho now nolo will bo ready in a
day or two for despatch to Herlin.
Some changes suggested in today'
meeting will he incorporated nnd lif
ter careful revision by Secretary
Lansing it will bo cabled to Ambas
sador Gerard. Publication will bo
withheld until the note actually litis
been received in Herlin.
For it Firm Stand
It was tho first cabinet meeting in
a month and tho secretaries, relum
ing from different sections of. tho
country, brought to tho president
their views of public sentiment. Gen
erally it was for taking a firm stand.
No announcement of any kind wns
made at tho white house, where it
was indicated that the character of
tho note had not yet been finally de
cided. Somo officials woro impressed
that tlio attack on tho Hritish steam
er Ordiiua, endangering a score of
Americans had introduced a npw set
of circumstances, showing that on
wiyngcs. even front F.tlropo lo tho
United States, submarino warfaro as
being waged bv Germany, .bubjccW
neiiirius io coiisiuih iisks. u is una
certain, however, that any reference
to the Ordtuiu case-will bo mado in
tho new American pole.
Ortlumi Protest Filed
Tho German submarine attack on
tho Ciiliard liner Ordiiua wins formal
ly brought to tho attention of tho
American government today bv Wil
liam O. Thompson, counsel for the in
dustrial relations commission, who
wus a passenger on tho ship.
Secretary Lansing took Mr.
Thompson's communication to the
white houso with him when ho went
some tiino before the cabinet meeting
for nn early conference with Presi
dent Wilson.
After tlio cabinet meeting, whieli
lasted more than two hours, the sec
retaries left in a group nnd refused
to discuss the situation.
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TO
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LONDON, July 120. A largo pint
if tho shipments of ammunition ot-
ton held up by Liiglaiul will ho con
demned by tlio prize court. Th.s was
indicated by a ruling made tonight by
the government.
Tho ruling was announced by the
hoard of trade which holds that it'
tho ownership of cotton shipped un
der tho agreement with American ex
porters; passes from tho American
shipper to un enemy o f Great Hntain
it will not bo purchiihcd by tho
Hritish government under tho terms
of tho agreement.
. DOGS HELD ILLEGAL
SALEM, Ore , Julv -JO. Killing ot
impouiiOed dogs when not redeemed
within iluoo dav ifc unuoubtitutiounl
in the state of Oregon, the siipiume
court declared hero today. Dogs are
personal property, tho court held,
and siiinmaiilv killing thorn would be
a violation of the constitutional pro
vision that no purhou should ho de
prived of hi property without due
prouesi of law. The dooiiou was
rendered in a unit brought ugaiiiwt
city offiemU of Solum to rostrum
them from anforuiug a dog ordimuica
whloh provided that no doss should
bo On Uio tru.t UV UJulur liMAJli
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IP
PEE
STERLING MINE
CASE DECISION
IS COMPROMISE
Court Upliolds Legal Contentions of
Plaintiff But Gives Bullls Trustee
ship in Famous Placer With Pos
session as Security for $81,869.34
Spent In Development of Mine.
Circuit Judgo Calkins Tuesday
rendered a decision in tho case of the
Sterling Mining Co. vs. Speneor S.
Hullis, for (HjsHossion of the famous
placer mine, which is a victory for
neither side. The cqurt upliolds Mm
legal contentions of tho plaintiff, but
finds tho defendant entitled to pos
session of tho property as security
for $ai,8(10.:M spent in its develop
ment. Neither party is held entitled
lo recover costs.
Tho suit wus instituted by the
Sterling Mining Co. for alleged breach
of contract mado with Hullis for it i
development, in which tlio latter wa
lo expend $10,000 in development and
lo hnvo a lieu on tho property for
(lint amount. Instead of complying
with tho terms of tho purchase
agreement, it was alleged that Mr.
Hnllw proceeded to acquire titlo by
purchase of a creditor's judgment
iiguinst the property at sheriff's sale
nnd repudiated tho contract with lli-.
company.
Tho court finds no evidence that
the defendants over notified anvouc
before acquiring titlo that tho pur
chase contract was off. It holds
that defendants were (o bo reim
bursed for expenditures after pay
incut of debts, investigation of prop
erty and decision of defendant HuL
lis that conditions warranted it, to
tho extent of moneys paid for put
ting properly in shape for opeiatiou,
whieh total $Sl,SUI).:il.
The court holds Hint it ifrrwwcrie-
(o en forco tho lornw of the puichtiso
contract, as other principals nnd
bond-holders were not made purtie
to tlio suit. Tho defendants are held
to bo mortgagees in poscssion nn
security for expenditures. If plain
tiff wishes (o call the mortgagee in
possession to account, another pro
ceeding is in order. If defendant-,
wish to foreeloso plaintiff, a suit foi
that purposo is necessary.
The decision is satisfactory to
neither party and an appeal wit
probably bo taken.
In addition to tho trusteeship ac
knowledged by the court, Mr, Hullii
holds u sheriffs deed to the propot
ty and 120 of 100 first mortgage
bonds.
TO
AT
William Jennings Hryaii will deliver
a public address at Medford either
Wednesday or Tlmrsiluy of next
week, the date to be announced later.
Ho will speak at the city park im
an hour from (he baud stand nt (1:00
o'clock p. m.
Mr. Hryau will bo met at Ager bv
ropror.outntios of tho Couimeicinl
club tbu nfteinoou beforo and taken
by auto lo Klamath Falls nnd Ci ti
ler Lake. Ho will take dinner at
Klamath Falls, ami in tlio evening
motor to Crater Lake, where tlw
night will lie spent.
At 11 o'clock a. m. ho will Icavt
tho lake for Medford, arriving iu
time to pejik for an hour to tho
people of the Koguo river valley.
WASHINGTON, Julv 20.- Presi
dent Wilson today approved an ol
der, prepared by Secretin y Lane,
putting in effeut a system of com
pensution for employe who' may Iv
injured or iiicapacitiiled iu thv
Ahibkan railway eonstruetion.
H0 men uro bUfcyjJaTug track on
tho WIllamejQ PaslUlTonTtho bridg
north on Com Uuy,
BRYAN
MEDFORD
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