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SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
Fair Tonight and Saturday.
Mav. 87; Mlu. n.1$ Hum. U7.
Fnrty-flfth Ycnr.
Dully Trnlli Year.
MEDFORD. OREGON, FJR1 DAY, MWST It, 1015.
NO. 123.
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KILLS6.23HURT
- Airship Raid on East Coast Nets 14
Destroyed Homes, Injures Nine
Children, 1 1 Women Second Raid
Within WeekTotal Killed to Dato
By Aerial Raids 100.'
LONDON, Aug. in. Official an
nouncement was iniiilo toiluy of tin
airship raid last night on tliu oust
const of England.
Six pcrHonn were killeil. Ono Zep
pelin, the nnnouncement Buys, prob
iilily was damaged, but escaped.
The text of tliu iinnuuueeincnt
follews:
"Two Zeppelins vihltetl the East
count last night butwecit IhllO p. 111.
nnil ll:l,"i p. in., dropping iiieemliary
and explosive botnhs in vaiious
places, resulting in tlio following ca
sualties: ,
"Killed, four men, two women; in
jured three men, JL women, nino chil
dren, all civilians. Fouttccn houses
were seriously damaged.
"The Zeppelins were engaged at
Home points but succeeded in getting
uwny from our aitciaft patrols. One
of tliu Zeppelins wan probably dam
nged by the mobile anti-aiieraft bcu
tion." Last night's raid of ZeppeliiH was
the second this week. On Monday
night Zeppelins flow over the Eng
lish coast and with their bombs killed
1 1 porHoiiH and wounded II others.
Thtfc raids mark the renewal of
tlio Zeppelin attacks on England af
ter an interval of several weeks. The
last previous raid, with the excep
tion of a minor attack on Harwich
caily in duly, was on .Juno 15, when
3(1 persons were killed and !() in
jured. In nil there have been near
ly a fcoio of thoso attacks, resulting
in the death of more than 100 per
sons. I
8ACltA.MKNTO.Cnl, Aug 13.
Flre, proHUiuhaly of Incendiary ori
gin, today destroyed tlio lumbor In
jnnlB of two companies at 1'ortola,
I'lumns county, at a log estimated nt
botweon $250,000 and $2,000,000. At
noon today tlio flames wero Htlll
spreading- Tlioy woro swooping
toward tlio Kroat saw mill of tlio
Feather Itlvor Lumbor company. Tlio
outlook wna that It would bo destroy
ed. Tho conflagration started In tlio
yard of tliu Foathor Itlvor Lumber
company nt 2:30 a. in. All of tlio
lumbor In those Was dostroyed.
Tlio flanios thou spread to tlio
yards of tlio California I'lno Hnx
.ind Lumbor company. Practically
nil of tlila wait conBinned.
Tbo yard of tlio California I'lno
Ilox and Lumbor company contalnod
21,000.000 feet of lumbor. In nil
npproxlmntoly 25,000,000 fot wna do
etroyod In tlio two yards.
Tlio Immonso factory of tlio Cali
fornia Pine Box and Lumber com.
pany stood directly In the path of tlio
flanios but was saved aftor heroic
fighting.
Tho night watchman nt tho plant
of tho Koatbor River Lumber com
puny states ho saw tho flro shortly
aftor It started and assorts bo Baw a
man running away from th,o spot.
Tho alarm was Immediately given
but all efforts to check tho flamoa
woro futllo.
After tho flro had gained soma
headway tho hoat was so Intense tho
flro fighters could not get within a
hundred yards of tbo flames.
Hot stoam discharged against tho
burning lumbor pllos by tbo "West
cm Pacific englnos and tlio uso of
dynamite woro both unavailing to
chock ths oourso of tbo flamos.
All the plants liavo water avail
able while tho yards had no flro pro
tgotlon whalevor.
Tho California Pine Dor and Lum
ber company oxpoetod to start Its
factory In fifteen days. This fire will
delay their Initial run several months.
NU
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FIREBUGS
IK
DESTROYS
GREA
LUMBER
N
GZAR'S HOST N
POLAND ESCAPE
KAISER'S TRAP
Grand Duke's Army Extricated From
Warsaw, Halt German Advance In
Baltic Built Paved Roads to
Transport 42 Centimeter Guns to
Kovno.
PETROORAD, Aug. 13. Tho Rus
sian armies having successfully ex
tricated themselves from the Warsaw
suck in which tho Germans tried to
enclose them, nro now stubbornly op
posing the German advance on u lino
70 miles to tlio east of Warsaw nml
on both sides of the railroad between
the Polish capital and Hinlostok.
The Baltic German campaign np
pcars to bo at n standstill with tho
Hussions astride tho highway be
tween Vilkomir and Ponioweseh,
threatening the communications be
tween Ihaso in vnding iirmios.
"Tho Germans are approaching
slightly nearer to Novno. Tlioy nro
pounding that position with their
heavy guns, to which. Hussion nrtil
lery is replying effectively. Peasants
wlio cscajied from the German labor
gang desenbo tho deliberate pre
parations for the assault on Kovno
which woro begun threo months ngo.
Tho Germans imported an enormous
mass of structural mnlerials, built
paved roads from tho westward and
lug foundations Lr feet deep for
mortars, taking endless pains in pre
paring the cement platforms.
When tho refugees escaped No. -12
centimeter guns had arrived but those
of small caliber, each icqiiiiing threo
large tractors weio being hauled into
position.
P.ERLIN, Aim:. 111. Tho Polish
city of Siedlce, 55 miles southeast
of Warsaw, has been captured by the
GemmiiH. Announcement to this ef
fect was mado jodny at army head
ipmrters, The city of Siedlce lay directly in
the path of tho Teutonic force winch
pressed eastward from Warsaw after
the enptuio of that place. It is in
this section that the Aiistrn-Ocmmn
forces are advancing most rapidly.
Siedlce is the capital of the province
of that name mid has some L'.I.OOO
inhabitants.
LONDON, Aug. 13. Tho ItiiBslnns
for tho tlmo being nro holding In
check tho llaltlc flank of tho Cicrinnn
armloH which nro struggling to cut tho
Warsaw-Petrograd railroad and arc
battling toward tho Dvlna, beyond
which Ho tho roads to tho HiiRuInn
capital. This has been accomplish
ed with tho aid of reinforcements and
by virtue of ono counter attack after
anothor.
Tho fortress of Kovno still holds
out. Gorman attacks toward Hlgn
havo been repulsed and tho railway
Junction at Dvlnsk remains In Ilusslan
bands. From Ostrolonkn, north of
Warsaw, to Cholm In tho south, tho
Teutons claim to havo mado further
progress, but botwoon tho Vloprz nnd
tbo Hug tlioy apparently havo been
thrown back with heavy loss.
Tho fact that tho Germans aro able
to advanco with comparatlvo rapid
ity duo oaBt of Warsaw, whllo being
checked on tho right and loft flanks,
tins given rise to tho impression in
England and In Itussla that tho stout
roslstnnce offorod by tho Ilusslnn
wlnjjs will Insure tho snto withdrawal
of tho main body of troops from tho
Warsaw salient Contrary to many ro-
(Continued on page two.)
TURKS SAY ALLIES
LANDING IS A .FIZZLE
HKHLIN, Aug. 1.1, by wireless to
Snyillo. The ()ereb News agency
gave out tho following from Con Cen Con
stantieople: 'Jielisblo report from tho front
state that the last landing operation
of tho allies woro rolntivoly unim
poitant. At KHittehoHli, 350 mon
tried to land but woro ropiiUud.
Twenty of them were killoil. Tho
other regsinwl their tliip.
"At AnwfortH Itav 1500 llritish
lmided and attomptl to outflmik th
Turkish positions at Ari IInmu. They
wore rqpuUed without waking any
progress,"
USE ARE JHE MEN WHO ARE MING 10
SHOO IHE DOVE OE PEACE BACK 10 MEXICO
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Inf .flHB IKurdH iK Blllllllllllll
tkiwoa &'u
tiii: r. H. A. AND T1IK A. II. I'.'S A m tiii: It. t. G.'S.
Kobort Lansing, V. S. Secretary of State. At left (Heading upwards) aro the II C 'a. It. S. Naon of
Argcntlno HopuhUc, Domlco Da Oama of Hrazll, nud Kduardo Saurez-.MuJIca of Chile, at rUht (Reading up
wards) aro tho II I' G 's, Ignaclo Cnldoron, llollvin, C.irhs Maria Do Pena, 1'ragunv, and ..loaipiln Mondor. of
Oiiatemala.
CLAIM REPULSES
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HKKLIN, Aug. 13. -Tho official
utatemont today sa)s:
"Wostom thoater: Jn tho Argonno
sovoral Fronch attacks noar .Mnrtlns
work yj-hlch waa taken by iih, woro
repulsed.
"KaBtorn thoater: Tho troops of
Flold .Marshal Von Illndonburx which
aro hoforo Kovno mado pro'grow. In
tho Dvlna suction tho lttisalans mndu
ropeatod unsiiccoatiful attacks.
"Ilotwcon tho Narow and tho Dug
wo mado further advance, although
tho onomy cnntlnunlly brought fresh
attacking troops to this front nnd his
reslstunco hud to bo broken fioui suc
tion to section.
"Tho nrmy of Gonornl Von Scholz
took D00 prlsonors yostorday and oap
turod throe eannoiuund two machine
guns. ..f
"Since August 10 thoVarmy of
Gonoral Von Gallwiiz has capturod
CGG0 Ilusslnns, inoludlng 18 officers,
nine machine guns nnd ono pioneer
ing dopot.
"Tho troops of Prlnco Loopold of
Pavaria havo ronchad tho district of
Sokolow, during continuous fighting,
nnd after having capturod tho olty
of Slodlco, lost night, roachod tho
LI w lee section."
Mfll . I llr A i AN
flU I 1 1 L nUniM
HOME, Aug. Z The great vol
canoos of Southern Italy, which have
been disturbed during tho Inst fow
days, aro becoming Increasingly act
ive. Thus fur it has been Impossible
to proouro detailed and authentic In
formation from the none ot tit dis
turbances in whloh the earthquakes
occurred early in the week. It !
known, howevor, that eruptions have
taken place.
FRENCH
ARONN
SEC
ITALIAN VOLCANOES
BEET PROSPECTS
I, SETTLE
FACTORY LATER
F. H. Uramwoll in beet sugar fame,
arrived In Medford lnt night, and In
company with V. II. Gore and B.
Storoy mado a roundup of tho exper
imental Not fields planted last
spring. Mr. IlramwHll secured nil
average of tho fields visited and was
much plwiMd with the showing mud a
thus far.
Tim huoU brouxM In by Mr. Ilram
woll nro declared Uy thoso oxper
lenoed In beet culture to comparo fav
orably In sl.e and hukuY content with
tho nmlurcMl proiluct of tho Idaho
and Utah fields and It Is oxpootad
that u onmiiulgu for aoroago will bo
Instituted In tho near future. Tho
pi o 1 1 on of a factor will then ho up
to the agrlcultuiKt f tho valloy.
TO DEAD AIRMEN
FORT SILL, OU. . Aiir. in.Mili
tary honors tadiis wiro accorded tlm
body ot Captain i "r,ro II. Knov, who
was killed here TlioisdMy when an
aeroplano which be was piloting nur
nie i uited State urmy muuouwr
ground fell a di-taneo of 350 feet.
I'iiiiuiiiI wmcb were held at Fort
Sill. Lieut. It. H. Sutton who uUo
iMlu ,'er ,ut w" t w
duvs. Kxuminati ii of tin
in tho hos-
within tlirwe
tho iMrOMul
eiloets of Captain Knox hore ahoived
that he had made urrniUfSJaeuU for
their distribution in autisiptioti of
uoh ait atjoident.
Old Ship In Service.
XGWYOUK. A i- n. iin- -.ii-iim-
or Couupniiinau, loi-iucrlv the (iii-
lOHii oil lank -tc.tn.tr Ih m -i ,, nnd,
wlitrJi v.i-, laul up nt Kt.ftt r I tin
since Augiut 1011, renehwl New
Vor tudrfv,
Ml AR
10 RS
SEND APPEAL TO
MEXICAN
CHEFS
BY WIRE TODAY
WASHINGTON, Aug. HI. Tim
inler-Aincni'mi umottl to nil fuel ion
in Mexii-o njjieed upon by tho 1'nii
Amuricuii eouforenco is o.xpucled to
go forward toiluy. Seortry Lam
iuf said today there would bo no
fin t her eoiifoieiico with tho Latin
Amoricuii diplomats iintils replies
have been roocived.
No cliango in Hie Vent Cruz situa
tion was recorded In navy department
desjwlclic. The liHltlesliips Louis
iuiiii and New Ilninwhire still "ver-
proceeding noulliward" today, arid it
was xpiK'ted that tlicv will xo di
rectly to Mexican wuteis in the i
cinilv of Vein Crux.
Genera! Villa's propositi of a three
inonlli- tiii'c lor a pence convention
has bicii Hint toil upon by tlu gov -i
iiiim nt.
PAUIS, Aug. 13.-A dispatch re
ceived today by tho Havas News
auency from a correspondent In West
Africa reports further uiicgosbos by
troops of tho ontonto allies in tho
Kamerun, a (lormnn colony In west
ern equatorial Afrloa. Tho dispatch
says:
"Allied troops which had ontored
Oarua and N. (Jniindoro, In tho north
ern Ksuiorun, suceeoded TTn July 18
tu occupying the Important post of
Tlngere In the western section ot tho
Lolony between Xgaundere and Kon
tsha. The enemy fled but on July 23
rein forced by it company from Danjo,
counter attacked heavily, but was ro-
puihCii after a brilliant engagement
and fl'd In the direction ot Tlbatl.
"The losses of the allies wero slight
but thoso of teh oneni) hca;,"
KAISER'S
AFRICAN
I
WANE
B ORDERS
TROOPSFORARIf
All Movement of Soldiers Rests With
General Funston Military Arm
Held in Readiness-Villa Willing
to Eliminate. Self for Mexico's
Good.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.1. Presi
dent Wilson personally took up tbo
situation on the jtoicnn border to
day with Acting Secretary Broekcn
ridgo of tho war ilcpartment,' nnd
gave directions that sufficient troops
bo held ready for any emergencies
Governor Fonjuson's telegram ask
ing for moro troops is being held at
nt tho war ilcpartment awaiting any
further word from Major- General
l'linston. Secretary Hreckenridge re
ported there wero no new diworders.
Any fuither troop movomoiitn will be
left entirely to General Fiinntoii.
A detailed statement of the (lis-
liibution of the troops has been hud
before tho president ond officials
take tho view that the army can be
used fuither only if the governor of
roxiiH wero to certify in a constitu
tional mauiier that ho can not con
trol the situation with tliu state au
thorities nml ask for federal aid.
Secretary Breckonridgo said after
his conference with the president that
General Funston had asked for no
moro troops and that none would bo
sent without his iopiest,
Tho Cnrruimi ngeney's despatches
today contained u categoneal denial
from General Nafarelte that any of
Iim troops had crossed into Toaiih.
Other advices expressed the opinion
that tho M'o.ienn trouble makers were
neither Carranr.a nor Villa troops.
Auiiouueenieiit was iniiilo here to
day on behnlf of General Villa by
his Washington agents (hat nil tho
civil and military olcmcuta of his
puily would eliminate themselves if
neeesary for the success of a Mexi
can peiU'o confeience.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. ViIIh'm
proposal waa continued in a telegram
from DiiiK Lombardo, Ins kccielary of
state, to his agency here.
"It the peace conferences between
the factious in Muxioo reach a suc
cessful end," Lombardo's message
said, "not only General Villa but nil
the civil and military elements uf
filiated with tliu convention party
would bo disposed to eliminate them
selves of necessary, with the single
comiiiiou unit, mo men wlio are
placed in charge of tho new situation
shall solemnly agree to rostoro con
stitutional order nnd Ihal they shall
not bo drawn from tho decadent nml
oidioim oieutifico or roaetioniiry
party."
Lombardo also said that ho firmly
believed in tho good will of President
Wilson toward Mo.ico ami that tho
American government would not at
tempt armed intervention.
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PORTLAND, Aug. LI. Kw.loneo
in tho trial against offieura of tho
United Stutoa Cashier coiiiiiaiiy,
charged with using tho mails to do
fraud, was all ju today and tho United
States district court tliiu morning ov
eused tho jury until Monday when
closing Arguments will bo heard. It
is o.peeted that n verdict will be
reached early net woek.
Aftor tho closing of tho cao of tho
defonso abruptly today, United Statu
District Attorney Clarcno L. Iteiiiue
asked for an hour thus morning for
his rebuttal, but was nnablo to get
somo of tho witnossos hero on short
notice, and restod hid ono without
rebuttal. Today waa taken up with
arguments of tliu attorneys bofote
Judge Heaii.
Younji Couple Drown.
IlKliLIXCIIIAM, Wash., Autf. 13.
August Jaeobson, agod 21, and Miss
Lola Jhookonridgo, aged ID. both of
Lyndon, woro di owned in Silver Inko,
in the northern psit of Whiteom
county lust night, Tho young woman
stopied off u log into tho lake and
the young man attempted to rosouo
her. Neither was able to iwmi,
VIDENCECOMPLET
CASHIER
ALLIES CANCEL
WHEAT ORDERS;
STOCKSWOBBLE
Contracts Augrcyatlnn Over Two
Million Bushels Repudiated Means
Europo Can't Pay or Dardanelles
Soon to Be Opened Mystery Over
Europo's Action.
CHICAGO, Aug. 13. Cancellation
by representatives of tho allies ot
contracts aggregating nearly 2,000,
000 bushels ot wheat, bought for
September shipment to Europo, was
puzzling to tho grain trado today.
Not only woro cancellations roport
od by Chicago concerns, but sorao
seaboard exporters claimed to havo
closed out open contracts. Canadian
exporters also reported soma cancel
lations. James A. Patten, former board of
trado operator, said:
"If ponco woro In sight, Europo
would Rtlll need whent nnd oho would
hnvo tho credit to got It. Tho cancel
lation ot orders thoroforo would scorn
to Indicate ono or two things clthor
Europo has found a sourco of' supply
which means Russia, or Europo finds
that alio cannot pay."
It wns said that two of tho largest
firms which cancollcd contracts woro
tho Armour Grain company nnd tho
J. Kosonbaum drain company.
Gcorgo C. Marcy, president of tho
Armour drain company, said:
"I am nnablo to understand what
has happened abroad. It must bo
Romothlng Important or tlioy would
not havo cancollcd purchases that
show such profits. Possibly It Is that
tho Dardanelles nro to bo oponcd, Dut
wo havo no Information. England
wants to hold liar gold nnd by buying;
whent In Canada nnd Australia sho
can uso hor credits and kcop her
gold, with which to buy munitions.
It Europo docs not buy our wheat
freely It will menu much to us nnd
mnko n great deal of difference In
pi Ices."
Emanuel F. Itosenbauni of tho J.
Itosoubnum company, said:
"It was about threo days ago that
tho buying stopped. Tho European
buyers startod to beg out of their
purchases, nccoptlng n loss of from
S to 10 cents n bushel, I should say."
TEUTON ALLIES
SOUGHT PEACE
LATE IN MARCH
LONDON, Aug. 13 Austro-Gor-man
overtures for a Boparato ponco
with HusbIii wero begun at tho ond
of March, according to tho Star which
rjuotoa tolograms It says woro taken
from tho Italian green book, said to
havo boon published today.
Tho first Intimation of such pence
proposals, according to tho Star was
contained In a tologram from tho
Italian ambassador at Potrograd to
tho Italian foreign otflco dated March
29, In which tho ambassador said ho
learned from an unlmpenchablo
sourco that n sorlous attempt to mnko
ponco had boon addressed to tho Rus
sian government.
Twelve days later, the nrtlclo con
tinues, tho Italian minister at Nlsh,
infnrmod his government that a sop
arato poaco between Austria and Itus
sla was possible Tho minister at
Sofia, liulgaria, sent similar nuws,
tho Star continues.
PULITZER'S FLIGHT
GERMAN LI
PARIS, Aug. 1J, -Ralph Pulitzer
of New York yesterday flow from it
suburb of Paris to tho fighting front
in u now tpo of doublo motor bi
plane, whloji was operated bv u mili
tary nvmtbr. Mr. Pulitzer and tho
pilot covered about 03 miles, getting
within sight of tho Gorman lines mid
so oloso to oat th that tlioy could hdo
tho Gorman tronohon uud dUtiuguihli
the bursting of shells.
Aftor a trip along tho firing lino
tho bi-plano wna flowu back to thq
capital, wIjoj-o jfc lufided eafoly.
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