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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair Tonight nnd Friday. Mnv. oh, itiin. r:, Hum. ao. forty-fifth Venr. IMIly Tenth Ycnr, MU2DF0RD. OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, Wlo. NO. 128. WHITE STAR LINER ARABIC SUNK BY GERMA 423PASSENGERS MIC SECOND MB iS iD supplies POUR INTO eastern RUSSIA ALLIES ... n HiMi ' 'w i'm1 ' n'l i iii fii1'!. rr '''aii'1!!1 iiiiiww w i 'inmilfcriiiiCTniiaisanaiMiiTnsWi i 'ii mu' nit V FATE UNKNOWN DEFENS VE L NE l - i-, S TOBACKRETURN 0 ESffH IMM - ::-, m B H Liner on Way to New YorkDisaster N?ar Ltisltania Tomb Fear Heavy Loss of Life Used as Munition Carrier Steamer Sank in Eleven Minutes. LONDON, Auk. 10. Tho Wliito Slur company hii.vh (lint 375 persons tin tho A niliic wiiii) saved. This lcaon IS unaccounted for. LONDON, Aug. 30. A messngo from Qiicenstown to thu Pie.su asso ciation siivk that tho Arabio wiik tor pedoed without warning. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. Socro tnry Lnnslng said ho had no comment to mnko nnd would liuvo nono until nfler nil details had been received. Ho assumed A,merlcan consuls would send reports and tho stato depart ment was not ordering any. LONDON, Aug. in Tho Hriti-.li steamer Magnolia reports by witch-as that tho steamship Dunsloy also was torpedoed, hut at tho time tho me wigo was soul was still afloat and was picking up Mirivor. LONDON, An?. 10. A toqitMlo from n Gurmiin suhinarino sent to tho bottom of tho Atlantic at 0:1.") nVloi'lc this morning, off tho bmith coast of Ireland, tho Wliito Star Liner Arabic, on her way from Liverpool to New York. Early this ovening, when nine hours had clapi-d mih-o tho sinking of tho ship, tho fato of tho !'';( pumoits on board was mi known. Tho latest word from Queonston was that it was feared there had bci-n u groat lo-is of life. On tho other hand, ilccpatches received by two news agencies in Loudon said that apparenlty tho greater pint of those on board had been saved. TNI it i ii hope was pinned on the re port that a Rlt'iimslup was proceeding to Quccnstown with about 100 per sons on board. A rcpo'it from the Hellish steamer Mnmioliu sAid that the liiilii-h steamship Duusley also had been torpedoed, but that some time- nl'for Hbo Arabic went down she was r-t ill afloat and was picking up survivors. The mail aboaid the veosid, it was said at the White Star line, consisted of 2800 bags of letter and j:i(l bags ot parcel post mutter. Representatives of tho lino pointed out that the life bouts would bold u maximum of ."0 to (10 por&onn each. Tho eaily ropoit that 15 boats were making for Queenstown was eonsid cied un indication that many parsons had been saved. Fifteen boats, it was pointed out, would hold from 870 to 000 persons if filled to ca pacify. Tho total number oabanl the A rabio was placed at nppro.xi mutely I'J.'t. On lior recent trips tho Arabic linn t-nrrlod far fowor paHnengors than on normal voyages In times of peace. Thcro woro 105 passengers In tho cnbln, ol whom flvo wcro Americans and SO In tho stecrago on tho Inst voyngo to Liverpool. Tho Arable lias boon utilized to car rv groat qunntltlcs ot war munitions purchased In tho United States for Croat Britain. (Continued on page sU) CLAIM SLAV WIN I'KTHOOItAD, Aug. 19. Russian HUoroecoB on the loft bank of tho Hug river, wkore the nermann havo beon pukhed bark touthwost of Vohlava, and In Uh region of Wladlwlr-Wal-). have altajritd (sari for Kovol, oh the main mlUead lls between Hrdt-Utk ami Litis, altkwigh' ovrw8it iMtituttoM alradr have Uxin withdrawn from tb city. B BANKS . m i . l --:. , . m . !.. ??$ W-kW - 1 Teutons Battle at Outer Forts of E " ? Bh 1 - $ Brcst-Litovsk Capture Defenses P jk. .??.& jlgigflf&K '' nHPHvQiflM'EflK-- ' at Novogcornlcsvk No Serious , JwHitJJM FlQhtlnq on Western Front Gcr- 1 jBSS9KSKKKiEKKt mans wiaKC siow Acivnnxc. s VRsSSiHBHHMBK&aKnfl W "1381 S Mi SfiAli'll : , t n . iHBflrlHIHHrSmratti , TiH ''iJwi.i HKULIN, Aug. 10. A further ml vnnco on tho part of tho Gorman army which is attempting to capture tho impoilant Hussion fortress of Hrct-Litovsk, wns' announced heie offieiallv today. Tho statement says that outer positions of tho fortress near Hokitno, before Hrcst-Litovslc were penetrated. Announcement also was made of tho capture of two forts north of Novogeorgievsk, which has been in vested by tho Germans for several days. In taking these forts, 1000 prisoners and I'-Ti cannon were cap tured. LONDON, Aug. 10. Hussian re ports do not t-oiifcdi) tho total loss of Kovuo, asserting tho Germans hnvo captuied only tho foitifica tions on tho left bank of tho Niemen, while positions on the right bank are still held by the defenders. South of the Hug, tho Germans mo now be foro Hrcst-Litovsk, which is Has sin's greatest military station nnd a railroad center of much importance. Novogeorgievsk, which has been in vested for tho last ten days, is in imminent danger, as the Germans arc making constant progress. Itcports from both sides indicate that n dosperato baltlo may now be under way along a lino parallel to tho Hialystok-Hrost-Litovsk railroad. On tho Hritish section of tho west ern front there has beon no serious infantry fighting siuco tho advance at Hooge. Tho Fieneli, however, arc moro active. Paris announce violent artillery engagements in the Artois region, in the Champagne, ho youd the Mctiso and in tho Vosgcs. Attacks with grenades by tho army of the German crown prince in tho Argouno aio reported to havo been repulsed. An Austrian squadron attacked tho Island of Pdagosa, in tho mid Adriatic, seized by tho Italians early in tho war. Attempts to muko a landing were defeated. Although it was hoped that (ho di plomatic situation in tho Halkans would show signs of cluariug defi nitely this week, there is no further change in that (juaitcr. T E OAKIiAND, Aug. 10. - r.ftoen hihho)K nnd soxeral liundieil eloruy aud ceolosiastieal dignitaneo of the KpisoOpul ohurcli woro in Oakland today to uttuud tho organization of tho eighth KpUcopal province. The sossious will last four das. Higlit Hov. William Ford Nichols, bishop of California, is tho presiding otfiooi. Episcopal interests of seven states, Nevada, I'tah, Idaho, Oregon. Wakb- ingtou, Aiuona and (alitoimu tiro represented. SOFT TRACKS MAROON II D. R. G. IRIS IJL'K.VA VISTA. Colo.. Aug. 19. Two Uonvor and Hto Urando through trains, with sovoral kundrod pason gors. were marooned here today when several oars of one of the trains wore derailed or aeeount of soft traeks. The trains bad been detenrod over the Celerad MWland Irsm Oelerado SiwlHgs. the Hie OranJ liae beiac blocked by washouts. EPISCOPALIANS IN A NEENC i PJgmmSgmmWK&J! ' THm-wJHSKlJ'' iiMAffiSMt&ux&i&y gmpjgmpjgV JHV iHLt lmKl r HMwC'HPJHli it J Iff VIti bwohMp jBtBBBKBBBi Iran HBh l7 -SRiliH ' 5eMmmnp PJmmmmmmmpJmmmmw il Jn HPJnH0HfkYJfct?7tiMPnuWi3tipKi i ! JgMIMttPflHH W WOtTTOJMWi Mm&usi!Ti?M:js:. Street scene in Wolkonfczkl, Itnssla, wliero Ciciniau (roops aro going UiLvslnii prisoners aro Missliig through to Cerinnii piNon ramps. Holow, (icrmaii supidy traias )uisslng through lyilkiillcn on way (o FRENCH ACTIVE ON ARTOIS LINE, PAHIS, Aug. 19. Tho Kroncli war office gavo out u stntoment this after noon on tho progross ot hostilities reading: "Thcro was much activity last night on tho Artois front. An attack by our forcos mado us mastors of the junction of thu high roads be tween llotliuno nnd Arras nnd be tween Ablaln nnd Angros, wboro tho (orinnn position constllutod a nal lent Into our ndvnncod lino. "To tho north of Carloul, wo woro successful In repulsing cortnlu at tacks mailo with hand gronailea and bombs. "In tho ArRonno our nrtlllory put an end to tho activity ot tho onomy batteries nnd bomb throwers in tho vicinity of Fontalno-aux-CIiarmos nnd Mario Thoroso. "In tho Vosgoa yosterdny wo took possession of another Gorman troncli on tho crost of tho Bcbratzmannelo nnd mailo sovoral prlsonors," CZAR CALLS 1916 TO S PAHIS, Aug 19.- The ItiiBslan oin- bassy announces that by decreo of tho omporor, young men of the elans of 191C hnvo been called to the col ors, dating from August 20. No ox omptlons by reason of family con nections or study abroad will bs al lowed, the statement says. Interned Ship Ashore. HOUSTON, Tea-, Aujj. 19. The tug Gertrude, uuder government charter, tkis morning left Morgan Point, handed wet in OahtoN bay, under gotenuneut ordw to pull uff hh interned Austrian eteanter ttioh t agroHBd oil Ked Kih reef. 13 auk from Uiere. After t h...i t..kr aooard gboui 3MH) m. n. imd .ml ehUfeM fiwi I rt -bv .r, t.. n the fetorm broke Monday, Ike teeol drifted far up the be) . E UN RAO LASS AM JETTI FOR ALLIES NEW CHRISTIANA, Aug. 10.-- Tho post master general reports that tho com bandor of a (lei man submarine has ordered tho jettisoning of all printed matter mid packages ilostiueil to Eng land, Franco, I till v or other count lies hostile to (Inrmaiiv. All letleis mid remittance iiioucxh aro void to havo been taken aboard tho submarine. The mail consisted of accumula tions since tho Hailing on .Monday of the pluvious stearin r. Included wcro seven snoks of mail' from Dcnm.iik. Whut tho newspiipons torm the "mail theft," has aroused a ktonn of loHciilmont. Geiman suhiiiHiiii'-s aro said to bo watching cveiy mi't to the impoit aiit ports o f N i v . i v. SEPARATE TRIALS STRIKE BREAKERS UOt'LDHH. Colo, Aug 11 Scp- nrato trials were asked In hcbnlt of K. L. Doyle, W T. Illckoy, F. J. I'o testlo, John O'Connor and Jack Cas- aadny, labor leaders, on charges growing out of strike disorders nt tho Ilecln mine In April, 1911, In n motion filed In the district court to day. Tho cases woro consolidated last June. Tbo inotlgn set forth that the utaoH could not properly bo tried together on the ground that the evi dence against the acouaed and the dtfonae were different. ATIBHP I TO KILL KUANUHAI. hum, Am; P.) An uaauecetMful iiiicin4 Ui u-xasinute Amiml Tsuk Ju CuaHg, wihterv n r .i si,,,. ,i uiul .iii. . i ,i i the Kieaffnan areeoml, b meant oi a bomb, w made utt Might. SON MAILS GERMAN N SEAWOLF WITHOUT .&& XUNIXttif&i?rtiitii&!!&tPLi1Hxyi!t9lff!JS i on Into tho lieiut of Ilu.s.sla and tlio front. I MIGHTY EFFORT LONDON, Aug. 19. Additional troops havo boon landed by thu Hrlt lih at Huvlu Day, Galllpoll ponlnsula This iiniiouiuoniont was mailo hero offlulally this nftornoon. Tho war oflco admits that after 2 1 hours of heavy fighting In which no satisfactory progress wan made, tho llrltlsb advance was halted. Lousos on both sldoH woro very largo. Hocont cubla dispatches havo Indi cated that tho French and llrltlsb havo determined upon a gront at tempt to enpturo tho Dardanelles us upoedlly ag posstblo. London roporls sny that this Is being dono to In fluence the wnvorlng Hallcnn statos with it show of forco nnd It possible to nssist hard pressed Htissln by for wurdluK to lior supplies thro'ugh the straits, L I LONDON, Aug. 19 - David Lloyd Uiudrice, minister of munitions, an Inout.ced today that bm dopnrtmont ! I.u.l ,lm,i rti 1f!A ..w.u nulnlilluli- inenU for the production at war mu nitions. The total number of those plants now under tho control ot the i.ilulstry Is 535. FULLER REPORT WAHMMaTOV, Au. fAt 1 -'dock tkie aflmo, MMthof the Aasankan eooaule in tho t'iinlv of LohoVmi Ii.kI r prtt Ike -uiLiiur of Um Ai'ihic iii 1 1 tin -lull- di-parliiiciil hnil ! tiiiiiinl i . i n r i.i 1 1 i i A- in ut h r .i- it if i 1 1- i. - -i I'd tin irl iiiiiiin it iM.iiiiii,' lb i ii - ,itn( tifu wMner An.u.t.. fend loot. B LAUNCH DARDANELLES AND TAKES 90 MORE FAGTORES WEALTH Shipment of Gold to United States to Surprise World, and Make Easy Flotation of War Loan Triple En tente to Act Jointly in Adjust ment. LONDON. Aug. 19. Confidence that n successful adjustment of tho oxchaiiRo rato problom now Is assur ed Is expressed by tho morning pit porn, although It Is stated Hint tho government has not yot committed ittialf doflultoly to any particular plan. Sovoral couforoncoa woro hold yos tordny but tboro woro no forinnl moot. laps mid tho men In charge of the negotiations declined to report pro gress. Some delay Is oxpoctod bo- pa u so of tho decision to mnko what over Is dono tho Joint action of tho allies, rather than of Orcnt Urltaju nlnno. It Is understood Hint any adjust ment Rcbemo will provide, first ot nil, for a shlpmont of gold In an amount which possibly will surprlso both tho American nnd llrltlsb publics, tho Idea being to effect such a comploto restoration of confidence as to mnko easy tho flotation ot n good sized Hrltjsb credit In Now York on fav orablu terms. "Tho host Judge bollovo," says tho Telegraph, "that our present In debtedness In America Is compara tively small, but It will ho heavier hofoio Ioiir-. What wo aro doing In conjunction with Franco nnd Htissln Is to send such an amount of gold as will provldo for nil rcrpilromonta foi some Horn to come." Tho Tlmos Indorsoa tho proposal for "nn Immodlnto lssuo nnd snlo to Importers of gold dollnr trowfyy bills pnnblo In September, 1020. Thoso would ho tnkon readily by American bunkers nnd oxportora nt a discount not oxccedlng four and n half per cont nnd this method ot rnlslng n gold crodit would obvlnto tho Injury to tho Hrtlsh war loan In volved In tho Issuance of n tnx froo flvo por cent lonn In Now York." N. E. A. OAKLAND, Cnl., Aug. 19. David I). Johnson ot South Carolina, wns oliK'tod to tho prosldoucy ot tho Na tional Educational association with 470 ns UKnlnst 184 votoa received by Grace C. Strachan, district su perintendent ot schools of Hrooklyn. STILL UNEMPLOYED WASHINGTON, A-ig. 10. Comp troller of the Currency Williams an noiinced today that tho iresout un emjiloyod loaning capacity of na tional hunks and reseno banks was sufficient to I'umiieo at market value tho entire cotton crop and half, it not all of the tobacco mid wheat crop and conservatively to justify e.mninii of cn-dit of two or three billion dollars. EI WASHINGTON. Aug. 18 - Advieea lo the state department today said the A uter lean tanker llrlntiella, for incrlr of German register, had been n lcaa4 wltk her eargo by the Ilrlt- IH atiibertthM at Kirkwall. The Hrln. iiiu i a MtH4anl Oil reatl and sarrtee a earge er tl for Malwo, Sweden. JOHNSON NAMED PR DN WARNING 10MILLI0NSL0ST TO GALVESTON BY STORM AND FIRE Seawall Stands and Citizens Jubi lant Despite Great Damayc Wat erfront Wrecked By Waves Food and Fresh Water chief Needs of Stricken Metropolis. SAN ANTONIO, Tcxne, Aug. 19. It Ih estimated Hint tho property loss nt Galveston may roach $10,000,000 but In tho faco ot this tbo cltlzons rvro Jubilant, for tho soa wall, built nt trcmondous cost following tho grent storm ot 1900, did Its duty and stands Intact. Gront holes woro torn In tho pnvomont of tho boulevard Just lnsldo tho sea wnll for practically tho cntlro dlstnnco from seventh to ninth street, nnd In plnccs tho wnll HBolt wns undermined. Almost nn gront dnmngo to prop erty In Galveston wns crenlod by tho wntor which followed in from tho bay Monday nftornoon. Front ono linlf to two thirds of tho buildings nlong this front hnvo been wrecked nnd most ot tho buildings nlong tho docks nro llttlo bettor than rulnn. This, howovcr, is attributed to tho wind, ns tho piling upon which thoso buildings stood still nro Intact. Thoro woro thrco dlsnstrous fires In Galveston slnco tho storm. Tho first ot tbeno, which broko out In a Inundry noar tho Santa Fo dopot, oc curred early Tucsdny morning. This building, with tho ono adjoining, was burned to tho ground. Lator a tiro started In tho store of tho Galves ton Dry Goods company nnd nt noon Wedncsduy thoro wns' a flro In tho warehouse of tho Direct Navigation compnny. It was estimated that those throo ffrcs nlono cnusod damago of npproxlmatoly $2GO,000 In excess oC that created by that of tho storm. Lnto reports received nt Toxns City stnted that tho tiro wns substantially gotton under control by the uso of engines pumping wntor from tho Btroots. Tho greatest nocd ot,Ga1 vostou now nnd tho 20,000 or moro pooplo who romnlncd In Gulvcston during tho storm, Is food nnd fresh wator. At noon Wednesday it wnn roported that thoro wns scarcely enough wntor to last nnothor dny nnd much ot this would bo required for linking brond. Nearly nit tho stores of groceries woro wator soaked, pack hkoh of crackers bringing a prko ot fifty cents each. Doth ends of tho causeway wcro washed out. nnd it will bo sovoral weeks boforo dlroot rail communica tion can ho resumed. DALLAS, Texas. Aug. 10. Tho Galveston son wnll was not washed out, according to tho Associated Press roprosontnllvo who loft Galveston nt 10:3 On. m. yostordny. Tho grontost damago In GalvoMou was nlong tho beach and to building:! t! nt rocolvod tho forco of tho flood wntora whipped ovor tho sou wnll by tho hurricane. Tho causowny connecting Galves ton Island with the mainland wns washod out from both the cast nnd wost ends, according to tho Associat ed ProsH man. Tho boulevard along tho Galvoston sen wall was washed out for many blocks. Tho Unltod States woathor bureau had horaldnd tho storm two days In advance and for tho ronson tho city was not taken unproparod. Kvory (Continued on Pngo 0.) TURKS LEVY WAR TAX ON ALIENS HOMIfi. via Paris. Aug. 19. DIs PAlohea from Salonika received by the aiornala D'Halln. and tho Tri bunal, dwlare that tho Turkish au thortllM in addition to prohibiting tk departure of Italians from Smyr na have levied a hoavy war tax which farefgnors hvot before havo be$a re-, tjutred to pay.