Medford 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
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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.
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Teutons Battle at Outer Forts of E " ? Bh 1 - $
Brcst-Litovsk Capture Defenses P jk. .??.& jlgigflf&K '' nHPHvQiflM'EflK-- '
at Novogcornlcsvk No Serious , JwHitJJM
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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.
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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) .
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UN
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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.