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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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."
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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,
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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
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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
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PLANS FO
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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
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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
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RAILROADS
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CEMENT PLANT
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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
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