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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair and AVnnnrr Biimlny. Mnv. 77, .Mln. HO.tJ. Forty-fifth Tear. Dnllv Tenth Tear. MEDFORD. OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY HI, 1915. NO. 112 J RUSSIANS BEGIN J1IT1 GERMANS SEIZE AMERICAN LOST I . LUBIN; CUTTING WHEN IBERIAN & OFF RUSSIANS IS TORPEDOED life Line of Retreat for Czar's Forces in Hands of Enemy Warsaw's Eva cuation Underway Inhabitants FIccIihi With Possessions Russian Problem a Most Difficult One. im it 1 GICNF.VA, July !. (lor- "" limn nviatoi'H returning to "" " their lines after a llight over Warsaw, reported that "" " they elearlv saw the Hussion "" troops cvnounting the Polish capital, marching toward tlie "" "" cust, says a despatch received " today l.V the Genevn Tribune 4 from Innsbruck. - - London; July :n.ustro.Gcr- itiii ti eavalrvliavoenteted Iitihlin. Of ficial auiioiiiicement lo this effect from Vienna supplementing Herman claims of last night that tho Hussinn t-' 1 1 along this southern front In d liccn broken indicates that the. im portant Liiblin-Cliehu railway now is stiongly held hy tho invaders, cut ling off one line of retreat for the Busman forces in southern Poland. Meantime General Von Hnclow continues his ilrivo towaird Vilna, seeking to out tlio northern railway from Warsaw to Pctrogrnd and tho predicament of tho ltiissiun armies seeking to withdraw intact from War saw, unlesH tho main forces alrvady ate out of tho district, become more ponlous. Inhabitants Fleeing Warsaw's 800,000 in habitants, laden with such household articles and supplies of food as they can carrv, are fleeing i'loni tho city tox oid tho oast and every despatch from Kiissia makes guarded reference to some phase of tho evacuation of the city. Official announcement of its abandonment has not heen forthcom ing, liowevor, although the sleudet Jiopo of Hie entente allied countries Hint the Ceiuiaus might lie hold on the threshold, is dissipated and mili tary writers ate confining themselves to debating Ontnj Duke Nicholas' chances of extricating his armies in un the hard pinched triangle with out disaster. Cross stula Mum' Besides tho capture of Lublin and tho seizure of the railway, tho Gor man forces hao crossed tho Vistula liver bet ween. WWsnw and Ivnngorod and the problem for tho Ilussiuns to hold their wings noith and south of Warsaw while tho oentor retires, be comes more acute. It was argued that tho conduct of this relreaf, without gteat los, would entail tho necessity of the Lublin ('holm float holding firm. Now that it is broken, (piiek notion on the part of the Hussions becomes iniomtivo, an also does tho stemming of the in eieasing Herman forces driving from Kovno and Suwalki toward Vilna, tho capture of which would eauso the northern lino to retreat. Hiltaln Ijiicn Opportunll)' With tlio developments, Great It t it -ain is greatly eonccniod. Home sec tions of the newspapers aro seizing the oppoituuity to omphasje Russia's tMsk and ptos for ooiiseriptiou hole u the best proof to give Kussiu that (Continued on Page Two) PONT-A-MOISSON, Franco. July St. A Gorman shall foil Into tho wees room of tho field hospital of the AhmHchr ambulanee corps ot IHtrti. white the staff was at dinner twUjr! The Mlsalle penetrated the floor ami buret in the cellar. A PiQHh orderly was ktltad and one. AwarlMn wm aJfghUr soatoh9l hy it tragwoat ot the shell, Lcyland Liner Sunk By German Sub marine Whyley, American Mule teer, Killed Vessel Shelled and Then Torpedoed Carried Cartjo of Horses for Allies. LONDON, July .'U. Tlio Lcyland liner Iherian has been sunk hy a German submarine. Five members of tho orow were killed, two died aboard a rescue boat and 1 were landed safely. Whyley, an Ameri can muleteer, was killed. Tho Iberian, 52211 tons gross, sailed from Boston July 7 for Manchester, where she was reported to havo ar rived July 20. She was i:i7 feet long with a beam of -18 feet and was bit ill at Sunderland in 1000. A. Ley land anil company of Liverpool, wore the mwiiois. I'sod for War Supplies The Iberian lias been used for sev eral months for tho transportation of wur supplies between tlio United States and England. The casualties on board tho Iberian wero caused by shell fire. The sub marine (hen torpedoed tho Lcyland liner and tlio vessel went to tho bot tom. , ' WASHINGTON, July .11. Only one American, a mule tender, named WJiyley, was killed when tho British steamer Ibetiaa was shelled and sunk by a German submarine. Amer ican Consul Frost at QuoeuRtown re ported t oiluy that the Iberian disre garded tho submarine's warning to stop. Later the German commander gave the crew time to tako tit the boats before sending a torpedo at her. Whyley died of shocks and wounds from the shells. Consuls 'ltcit Consul Frost's teport said: "Steamer Iberian submarined. Wlivvloy, American muleteer killed. Ship surgeon of the Iherian, and American citizen, states that submit tiuo did not shell Iberian until the latter disregaided tho- signal. Gave time to take to boats. Whyley died from shock and superficial wounds. No other Americans injured." BOSTON, July III. About 80 horsemen and hostlers, many of them front Boston and vicinity, sailed on the Iberian when she loft Boston for .Manchester and Liverpool July 7. Tlio steamer carried across (100 horses and a general cargo, hut ac cording to advices, was bringing back only a small consignment of baled goods. Of the me ushipped heto soiik wore American citizens, but tho na tionality of tho gteater number is in doubt. BRITISH REJECT LONDON, July III, Pope Bene dict's plea for an "arranging of as pirations" iiuds no response in the British press, which lejeets, as the Westminster Gnzetto puts it, tho "im plication of tho Pope that wo all equally arc in yolved in a ftaetrieidal struggle, and that nil in eiiial degree aro rosponsiblo for tho origin and outcome of this strife." "Wo had no choice in tho matter in Atigiut, 1914," tho newspaper says, "and we havo no choice in tlio matter now, There is no con ceivable arranging of aspirations which will moot our view short of un issue which will make a repetition of theso events iiapooiblo in the fu ture." The Pall .Mall Gazette writing in a similar vein and while not o.Hotion iug tho Pope' iiueority or impurtil ity, remarks: "But until victory definitely roU or tho lMtwr of our uliiauee, tlut PoH)'ti wiafc an Hot be rotiUaad with. (Mi tio dtwpMt wraiK le ilm (mumo of right m4 Hbtrty ml! WM it- POPE PEACE PLAN SCENES FROM DOOMED Box. 1 !i!llllliwNk ''"ygiii"' S B H ri vrWS i'iiM SSlilfflli 31 M ST p 4 ilMMMm ,M'Uinlli I? 13 if W r!pSeV77 CJ3WUtU Mnilcct Place PLEDGE 10 FIGHT ipiSTUOQIlAn. July 31 "I hereby solemnly declnro ttint wo will not concludo pcaco until tho last cnomy soldier has loft our land." Theso words of ICmporor Nicholas of Itussln uttered at (ho winter pal ace on August 19, 1911, nro repro duced In tlio press In Potrograd on tho uunlvorsary ot tho war. A inosaaKO in the Ilourso Gazotto today printed In all tho languages of Ilussln's allies snys: "For n cnr past tho onomy has been threatening tho freedom ot tho world. Wo deeply nppreclato tho solf sacrifice of tho allies In oxortlng a combined pressure of htm from all sides. "A firm confldonco In victory In a community of world wido IntoroxtH and In tho filial triumph of right fir ca tho spirit of the nation. It has been our guiding fctar throughout this year ot bloodshed. . It will sorvo us In tlio coming months, may bo years, of this tcrrlblo ctrugglo, "Russia greets hor allies Franco, Groat Iirltaln, Belgium, Serbia, Mon tenegro, Japan and Italy. All hall to their heroic loyalty and firm de termination to stand by hor .to tho ond; till light dispels th( gloom." n SPOk'ANK, July 31.- Tho creden tials as a' minister of the gospel in the Pontoeostal church of the Nazo rono of the Hot'. Charles V. La Fon taine, known throughout the Pacific northwest as an ovangelit, havo been 1 evoked for a year pending good behavior, it was announced toduy. Tho assembly of the church at u mooting in Walla Walla a month ago tried tho Itev. .Mr. La Fontaine on charges of improper conduct uud found him guilty. Tho charges were based on the allegation that tho imtor kiMtcd Mug Viola Groeiy, aged JO, when she whs ill in bed. The former mUr ad mitted tlmt he had boon indirect uud said that ho had made every re paration potfHile. 'Hie former ) tor who is abot 50 years old we ot the time in ekarte of tlte Firot Pm tooil abMrtb Sitibtmo, nsmmmi&m$!$& RUSSIA RENEWS UNTIL VICTORY E' E! ROUBLE WARSAW CITY OF WARSAW HOW BEING EVACUATED BY THE RUSSIANS. mm&& , -iWkHtaje:!!js;iiSi s fl7lfl7l!7!TlS7lTl If r&iT&ft&ramii; I'ainous (Jixh'U Oillicslt-al with T BURNED AT STAKE BY TEXAS TF..MPLK, Ti-Mis, July .11. -The binning at tho stake Imic last night of Will Stanley, a n gro utispect in tho triple Grimes linu'dy hammer murders, today liaiapt red poliuo of foils to urrost and idojitify other persons suspected in tho nunc. Stan ley was put to death beoaiiso ho woro trousers which boro tho nauu of W. It. Grime, vvbich Grimoo iden tified. Boforo lioinu thrown Into the flumes ho awioited tlmt i white man had paid him and another iiokio, wIkmo name he gave, to go to the Grimes homo Wedac-duy and kill the family. Grimes uud his wife wero beaten into uiicon-ciouiioito and throo of their six childien were killed. Tho nettm at tlio Uke proiniktsl to try to idntify the al leged white man, but a bullet tluough his body oul the file out off HV further statement from him. He said ho held the horse while the other negro did the killing. Kariior in the duv tho erowdu had fcliown thoir Uwiper by btmgiiiir "'- gm empltjywl oh the QlflMeo iL nils itmgre woe tavod hf llnmo' brother aAtr toiuf himtyi ml i tWP Jlutfb NERO E iv i (1 B 11 - EFFORT 10 SAVE ARMY lis rounded domes and Itoiiiim C'h VAN DENIES OFFICE SEEKING POIITLVNP, July 31 -"I havo nt) political aspirations w.'iiitovor nnd no plans looking to tho holding of office In tho future," said William Jennings Bryan In n dictated stato mont hero today. lit tho statomont ho gavo bis opinion upon tho polit ical outlook for noxt year and ans wered crltloa of bis world's poaco moveniQiit: "Tho work which I havo mnppod nut for my remaining yours," said Mr. Ilryan, "dooa not Ineludo tho oc cupying of any political position. Thero Is ono class la this country that has insisted that I should promlso, novor, under any clrcumstanQOs, to be a candidate for anything. It Is enough for this class to know that I shall remain In politics for tho rout of my life to advooato that wtiloh I believe to bo good for the uiaasos." With regard to tho noxt national eloetlon, Mr. Ilryan said that the re publican party had no prospects. "Tkor simply havo possibilities and thoso depoad largely upon Mr. Itooio Tolt," he said. "Mr. Itootevolt eon strong then the obaaeee of tho stand puts by going baok, or he oan de troy tholr ehaHcao W aoitUHitlHX tho jmSMMiVO WBlUiJnj ItHt I apt BR PLANS FO F ARMS TAKEN FROM HAITIANS BY AMERICANS Port an Prince Quiet After Fifilitinu In Which Two American Marines and Six Natives Were Killed and Two Wounded Battleship Con necticut Leaves for Scene. WASHINGTON, July III. While officials here today awaited further details of tho fighting between I tuit ions and tho forces under Bear Ad miral Capotton at Port nil Prince in which two American bluejackets and six natives wero lulled additional marines were being put in readiness to bo rushed to Haiti. The battleship Connecticut with f00 marines aboard was duo lo sail today from Philadel phia. In addition the naval trans port Hancock at Philadelphia also may go to Haiti carrying editor forces, it was said. City (Julot Today Bepoils today from tho Ainetienn legation in Pott an Prince, Haiti, say (Continued on pngo two.) tliollc rliunli Willi Its isdnlcil stceplo TO MEXICO CITY WASHINGTON, July III First re suits of the joint warning from the I'tiilcd Stale to Cariana, Villa nnd Zapata that tho railroad from Vera Cnu to Mexico City must bo kept open for triiiikpoitation of food to tho starving thousands in Mexico City, hoonmo npxtront today. Cnrrnnzn's agents prepared to givo assurances that a Carrauzn army will again occupy the capital and keop the railroad open. They will ox plain to administiation officials' why it wan necessary for tlio Car raiuu unity to evacuate two weeks ago. It whs disclosed officially today that Camuiza's army qoeiipiod the capital ngitiiist the jiidgmouL of the military oonima ndei beonuso tho United States asked Carranzu to do so. not wllllug to venture a guess as to what be Intends to do." Mr. Ilryan asserted that the charge be and other peaee adroentOM want ed peace at any pries was "tho olioap epithet used by those who dejlro wnr st atiy oeat awl who, not being ala to der.-nd their own polloy. soek rof Ugjl Jh u,iartiri nitatlon ' STlTlffeilTlTlTSKTnJ ttili tTSf La".: . s RRANZA RAILROADS PN h- CEMENT PLANT AT President Btirch States That Money Is Secured to Complete and Oper ate Beaver Portland Cement Plant Lime Fertilizer as Well as Ce ment to Be Manufactured. J. G. Burch, president of tho Heav er Portland Cement company, which is constructing n largo cement plant nt Gold Hill, writes tho Stall Trihuno thnt the plnnt has been financed in tlio east and coiiKtmction work will recommence nt oneo. Tho company turned down two offers made hy tho cement trust which would havo made them a largo profit, hut which would havo resulted in tho closing down of tlio property nnd tho withholding of tlio limo deposits from development nnd been a black oyo to tho country. .Mr. Burch writes n follews: "I havo just returned from a con ference with our peoplo in tho cast at which wo decided to put up tho bal ance of tho money required and com plete tho plant nt once. Some of tho machinery is already loaded and on tho way and as soon as it arrives active construction work will bo be gun nnd tho plant will ho put in oper ation an soon as machinery cnu 1)3 delivered uud installed. Shipments Next Kali ' "Wo will furnish agricultural limo ns a by-product and bo prepared to make tdiiptuonts of this by tho first of September, hut will not havo any cement upon tho market until 30 to (JO days later. "Whilo wo realize that building operations arc at n low ebb in this stato wo aro confident Hint tho lowest point has been reached and tho tendency from this time on will bo for an increase in this lino of business nnd wo aro backing our judgment by milking the additional investment re united to complete this plnnt. "Having miido this largo invest ment in tlio llogiio liver valley wo mu intensely intorostcd in everything that will help to develop tho natural rofiourcos of that section, ns well us nil other parts of tho state of Ore gon." In an interview in tlio Portland Journal, Sir. Bueli is quoted un fol lows : Agricultural llyprodiiro "f found ready financial backing in tlio oast. Oregon is looked upon a a good field for investment in our line. Wo will mako a him1(v of Portland cement witli an ugricultiir.il by-product, nnd will bo prepared lo ship tho agricultural limo within 'M) days. Portland cement will bo shipped 30 to 00 divyu later. In 101(1 wo will mlil a hydrating limo plant. Wo will bo enable to furnish limo fortilizor for tiso on tlio farms at greatly reduced rates. Thorn w n good demand for limo fortilizor in this stato. Wo expect to employ 7.1 men at tho plnnt whon in full opera tion. "Cement shipmonls will bo timd'j into northern California. Ours will bo tho first cement plant in tho stato of Oregon. At prosont Oregon money is being sont nutsido of tho stato for its cement supply. Wo hnvo plenty of first class material for tho manufacture of cement close to tho plant." SEATTLE VISITOR 8ISATTLK, July 31. Most Iter. John Donzano, apostolic dologato to tho Pulttid Htatos front tho popo, arrlvod in Sonttlo early today to at tend tho nntlonal convention ot tho Knights ot Columbus, which will meot In Seattlo noxt Tuesday. Ac- oompanvlng tho delogato, In a special oar provided by tho Sonttlo Knights of Columbus, woro Archbishop Chris tie of Portland, Ore; Hov. Francis Kolly, prosldont ot tho church exten sion society, nlsliop Shahait dlroctor of the Gutliollo university 'nt Wash ington, and Puthor Spolotto, eccre tarv to Uiq dglogato 0 NOW NAN D m