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'I. I h Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair tonight nnd Thursday Ma. 7; Mln. 00; Pre. .02. m Torty-flfth Tear. Dnlly Tenth Ycnr, MEDFORD. OREGON. "WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1915 NO. 133 - u v v. g GERMAN REPLY MIC IKING IB BE PACIFIC President Wilson Informed Unoffic ially That German Answer Will Be Satisfactory Berlin Desires to Avoid a Break With United States Nature of Reply Is Mystery. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2". Picai dent Wilrion hns been informed unof ficially from sources close lo Count Von Hcrnstorff, llic Qcnnnn nmbns sudor, that tho next communication from Merlin on tliu sinking of the White Star liner Arabic will be of n character satisfactory to tho Unit ed States. Coming close on the telegram which the ambassador forwarded to the htnte department yesterday by direc tion of his government, declaring it was not tho intention of Germany that liny American lives should bo sacri ficed in the sinking of the ship, this development was regarded us indicat ing that Germany would make somo proposal satisfactory to tho United States respecting Hiibmurine attacks on ships purely of n passenger-currying nature. Dtvdro (o Avoid Itrcnk Officials aro at u loss to conjee iure what 'tho German government will propose, but the assurances Hint then! is every desire in lierlin to avoid a break with tho United States bus relieved tho Kit nation very much. Heretofore Germany has contended that neutral lives could not insure a bellinerenl ship against attack, espe cially thoso carrying munitions. In its reply to tho first Lusitnnin note, Gcnunny proposed to designate cer tain ships which would he guaranteed against attack, but tho Amcricu'i government flatly rejected the pro posal. Officials wero eager to know what position Germany would now take without stirrendciing Iter con tended right to Mihiunriuc warfare against the enemy's commerce. Aim of Administration Tho aim of President Wilson and all administration officials is to avoid a rupture with Germany, but to do sq without nny surrender of neutral lights was reflected by officials in formally whilo discussing the latest phase of tho situation. They wero hopeful that a disavowal of tho sub marine commander's act in sinking tho Arabio without warning would bo forthcoming, but tho administration ib ready to listcn'to Berlin's noxt word. EDISON'S INVENTION , NKW YOUIC, Aug. 25 Tho In stallation of tho now nickel batteries Invented Uy Thomas A. Edison by which It Is hoped to prevent tho es cape of uhlorlno gas In submarines was In progresn today onvboard tho submarlno K-l at tho Now York nnvy yard. Chlorlno gas Is ono of tho groat est 'dangers of undorsea boatH and many officers with thorn bcllovo It caused tho loss of tho F-4 at Hono- 1 ill several months ago. If tho bat torlos aro as offectlvo as It Is hoped, tho navy will possess tho first un derwater craft in which tho danger of chlorlno Is eliminated. 10 CURE TUBERCULOSIS PARIS. Aug 25 Dr. Louis Ron- non, a physician connoctod with tho NeCkor hospital and a member of the medical faoulty of the University of Paris, hat announeod. to tho The rapeutic socloty that ho Is able to prove that tuberculoid, contrary to the fteaerally aocepted theory must It treated by chemical weans and not by mi-ums. lr. Kmmr that his rc neareaea have boeu directed towards Hading a eubetaaee wbkh will kill bacilli in an animal organisation vnho.it injuring (be elenienU of ' luar tttat organuation. Jconranu4. E HEKLI, Aub. 2 &. Ambas sador Gerard tit 2 o'clock this afternoon received a request from Foreign Minister Von Jagow to call upon him and loft' a luncheon party to re spond to tho Invitation. Tho ambassador conforrod a halt hour with tho foreign minis ter. Ambassador Gerard af terwards would say nothing regarding tho conversation. RUEF TREATED AS DE SACHAMKNTO, Cal., Aug. 25. Governor Hiram W. Johnson today, in commenting upon tho parolliug of Ab raham Iluef from tho San Quenlin state prison, made it plain that tho former San Francisco grafter was not "exiled" to Mendocino county by the board of pardon directors, but at his own request, designated that county as his place of residence. Tho governor snid: Tor two-ycirspast it hns been re pciiti'dly V.alou'.that Ituef will bo treated exactly "like every other mini in btato prison neither more lenient ly nor more harshly. "Tho prison directors, notwith standing the agitation in his behalf, required him, ns they required nil others, except in extraordinary cases, to servo half his net sentence, lie served half his net ienteiieo and then was paroled. "Kan Francisco newspapers linvo endeavored to make it nnncnr that ho hns been 'exiled' to Mendocino conn tl. The prison diieelors merely com plied with Ituef's request that his residence be Mendocino county. GARZA ALSO REFERS ANSWER 10 CHIEF WASHINGTON, Aug. 'Jo.-General Iiexualdo Garza, Carrauza comman der at I.ampazos, Mox., responding today to tho Fan-American pouco appeal, joined wilii his military usso ciatcs in declaring that tho proposal could bo answered only by General Currunza himself. Stato department officials said that General Cnrruiirn' response had not been received. A personal mes sage from General Carranzu denied reports that Villa troops had recap tured Durnngo. EXTENSIVE FLOOD E WASHINGTON, Aug. 2'.. Flood damage in tho Canton region of China is so extensive that it is impossible to givo adequate relief. Admiral Wintorhultor, commanding tho Asi atic fleet, reported that the gunboats Wilmington and Callan still were on gaged in aiding the relief work or ganized bv the American consul-general at Canton and would be kept ut work us long as they could be tuoful. 10 STOCKHOLM, Aug 25 Another pioteet has boon raada to the Gor man government by Hwoden. Tho romplalRt In thia instanoo has to do mth tho shotting ef the Swodlih steamer Oqtland. which sHbieqtiently was takea Into ('uxbaven by tbo ;rmani The Swedish government the steamer carried no 10 one ib CI E SJOHNSON BALKAN STATES NEAR SETTLING No Definite Step Yet Taken Towards Revival of Balkan League Marshy Ground and Bad Weather Impede German Advance, Which Is Making Slow But Steady Progress. LONDON, Aug. 2C Tho Balkan states aro unquestionably nearer do termination of lliolr future rotations with tho warring powers, but so far as has been announced officially, no doflnlto step has been taken toward revival of tho Ilalkau leaguo and its adhesion to tho causo of tho entente allies. There was no confirmation today of various rumors which ex cited London yesterday, chief of which wero reports that Dulgarla had declared war qgalnBt Turkey and would assist In tho attempt to forco tho Dardanelles. Tho English press characterizes unofficial German explanations of tho Arabic disaster as Inadoquato but Interprets efforts to explain as evl donco of Germany's realization that her relations with tho Unltod States havo reached a serious phase Swamps Hinder Germans Tho furious efforts ot tho Austro Gorman armies along tho eastern front In tho last 24 hours havo not been as fruitful as UBtial In respect of tho amount of ground gained which Is taken to mean that they baro now reached tho dreaded swamp regions. German and Austrian ro potts stato that further advances havo' been achloved both north and south of nrcst-LItovsk, nnd that the Pulva river lino has been passed. Austrian cavalry has entered Koyol, and Is said to bo advancing to tho north, but tbo outflanking move ment from this quarter will bo con fronted by tho harrier formod by tho river Prlpct 'and tho adjacent marshos. The Gorman press polntH out that tho armies ot tho central powers face a Horlous obstacle In tho Immonso and rondlcss Prlpct swamps, whllo tho leading Hungarian nowspnpors describe tho tactful position of tho Russians In this region as oxtromoly favorablo. Invaders Haniix-rcd Another explanation of tho pauso In tho Austro-Gorinan ndvanco against Hrcst-Lltovsk Is that tho In vaders aro bolng held up by contin ual rain and mist which hampers ro connalssances nnd artillery flro. From the other fronts thoro havo been reported littlo changes. A Russian noroplauo squadron bombarded tho Asiatic suburbs of Constantinople on Monday, 41 per sons bolng killed or Injured, accord ing to a nows ngency despatch from Athens, IJombs wero dropped Inst night by n hostllo nvlator on tho Gorman town of Offenburg, outsldo tho war zone, Injuring 12 civilians, Uorlln re ports. Tho sinking ot another Ilrltlsh trawlor In tho courso of Gorman submarluo operations Is recorded. In an air attack on Gorman lines ot communication, a French aviator droppod bomliB on tho railroad sta tion at Lorrach, southwest of Frl borg, tho Paris war offlco says. Only minor operations aro reported along tho other fronts. NKlV YORK, Aug. 25. Tho eas Ing ot tho diplomatic tension bo- tween. Washington' and Uorlln ro suited In a series of spootacular ad vances among war stocks during to day's oarly trading. Studobakor roso 13 U to 117 ft; Willys-Overland 13 V, to 1S8; Now York Air Urako and Gonorul Motors gained flvo points at lOS'i and 100 respectively, and Cruclblo Stool made a similar improvement at 78. I' U. Stool rose at tho opening 2 to G, whleh was addod to later. Steol was again the market loador In tho settse that Is Hrvod as a guide for the bettor known issues. At this morning's high level t had recovered all but a point of Its reent ten point dt'.lioe, -J,r --. -S . WA PROBLEM A 1 STOCKS PHOTOGRAPH OF I0RPE00ED ARABIC'S CAPIAINTfTfMQ MF r"T"""1 ADVANCE POSTS ! fi ! BREST-L1T0VSK HI Tr JiRiijSfraWssWL ip ' BrASJIsHKSBHsBr ; VHsHsHHHBSI Ni His coolness saved mnnv lives. Captain Will J. Finch of the Arabic, recently sunk by n German submarine. This snnp-diot of tho captain wart taken on the boat deck bv a woman passenger. BRITISH OCCUPY 800YARDSTRENGHES SEIZED FROM TURKS PARIS, Aug. 25.- A French offi cial roport on fighting In 'ho Darda nelles between August 20 and tho morning ot August 2C, relates that tho Ilrltlsh loft wing hns mndd pro gress against tho Turks, occupying 800 yards of Turkish trenchos In the northern zono of tho fighting, nnd. that a Fronch aviator on August 20 was successful In sending to tho hot torn a largo Turkish transport. Tho statement as given out by tho Fronch war offlco this afternoon fol lews: "Tho period of flvo days slnco tho Issuing of tho Inst communication on tho Dardanelles has bcon marked In tho northern zono by further pio gross on tho part ot tho Ilrltlsh loft wing. Thcso Ilrltlsh troops havo oc cupied S00 yards of enemy trenches. "During tho night ot August 23-2 1 a Fronch company was successful In a surprise attack on n Turkish posi tion used by tho enemy for listening purposes. In the morning ot August 25 a detachment of Turkish soldlera endeavored to ro-occupy this posi tion but they woro ropulsod. "An August 20 our squadron bom barddo with success a point of de barkment ut Acbachlllman, "In splto of tho vlolont flro of numerous hostllo battcrlos one of our aviators was successful In sink ing at Its anchorage, a largo Turkish transport." KKW YORK, ug, 2". - Detailed advlcos recelvel In ro today from Kingston, Jamaica, show that the damago done to tho northorn coast of Jamaica by the hurricane on August 12 and 13 was greater than Indicated by earlier dlspatohos. Torrlflo winds felled a ores ot ba nana treos, destroying fully prao tleally tho ontlro banana orop. Tho railway Let won Port Antonio and Duff Hay was virtually wlpod out and wagon roads along the ooaat were destroyed while In other tac tions general damage to crop, biilld Inga, wharves, railways and road wore roported. Coeoanut plantations eseaped with slight daman but coffee and plmwN to eultlvalioHs were seriously dam aged. The growers are reported to have already undertaken to restore their plantations and another ba nana d"p Is proii.Ued wltluu tu OiODtftl. II RUINS MA BANANAS GOVERNORS M FAVORS BUDGET ANO CONSERVATION IIOSTOS', Ana. 12". Fo liner Oov- ( in or William T. Haines of Maine op cued the general dicuxsioit at the governors' conference Hint followed Governor Anmuuid'ti uddresa today, lid fhoughl it unfair to charge it gov onliir wjtli rcjK)n.ibiIlly; . for every act. of subordinate officers nnd sug gested iliiit tho governor' lenu of offieo be extended nnd Hint ho should not ho eligible to succeed himself. Governor Charles S, Whitman of New York favored n governor's budget, but questioned the wisdom o,f providing that tho legislature should have no authority to appropriate in addition to that leeommeiided by the executive. "Conservation" was the Hidijcet of tho second formal add nuts of the loreuoou, which was delivered by Governor Whitman of New York. Tho speaker maintaiued that so long as stulo boundaries did not prevent rcoklosH wnido of natural resources beyond tiio fdulo they served as ob stacle to progress in conservation. Ho cited tho federal migratory bird law as an iiistauuo whore tho national got eminent found it nccossar.y to step in and save tho birds from extermin ation. Ho urged uniformity of laws for tho prevention of forest fires and river pollution and for water stor age. ON OIL PRODUCTS WASHINGTON'. Aug. 25. Re alignment of ratos of petroleum oil and Us products In carloads from tho mid-contlncnt field, which Includes producing and refining points In Kansas and Oklahoma was ordered today by tho Intorstnto commerce commission. Numerous railroads wore ordorod to ostubllsh now ratos by November 1. Tho ro-adjustmont lurolvos Increase us woll as do crease. The eommlwlon holds that tho prosowt ruts of 17 cents a pound from the mid-continent fletil to St. I.oule Is too low awl fixed 10 cents u a reasonable maximum, Inoliul-ln- all Mississippi river points north of St. I.ouis and south of Keokuk. Other new rate fixed Ineludu SV& cents to all Mlaalwlppl river orosa Inaa north of Keokuk; SS eonta to Chicago and territory taking the charae rate; the tit Paul lorrltory 31 'f'lita t.t . innltioi ( I Aitlo fiml oi" -X ' -s cc(.u 1(.ju Ukiuhgwa.l RE-ALIGN A Russian Positions Southwest Of Fort rcss Broken Through, According to Berlin Official Report Progress i in German Invasion, But Desper ate Resistance Reported. UKRL1N Aug. 25.5 Tho Russian advanced positions to tho southwest of tho fortress of Ilrest-Lttovsk woro broken through yestcrdny by' tho Germans, according to nn official an nouncement given out today by tho army headquarters staff. Tho text ot tho statemont follews: "In tho eastern thenter: Army of Flold Marshal Von Hlndcnburg north of tho Nlomen river 750 Russians woro tnkon prisoners during success ful engagements In tho neighborhood or Illrshl. "Tho army of Gonornl Slchkorn Is advancing victoriously towards tho oast, fighting nil tho wny. This army captured 1850 Russians and took Bovoral mncshlno guns." Cross XaitMV Itlvcr "Tho army of General Von Scholz reached llorocokwa, captured Knys zyn and crossed tho Nnrow rlvor to tho south of Tykocln. "Tho army of Gcnornl Von Gall wltz captured tho Narow rlvor cross ing on tho Sokoly-IIIalystolc high road. Its right wing has , reached Orlankn, aftor having back tho ono my. This nrmy took mora than 4700 prisoners Including IS officers nnd nlno mnchluo guns. "Army of Prlnco Leopold of Ba varia: Yesterday tbo cnoiny at tompted In vain to bring our purslt to a standstill. Ho was attacked and thrown back Into Illalowloskn forest. South of this' forest our troops renchod tho region to tho cast ot Wlerschowlczo. Wo captured moro than 1700 prisoners. At Krvit-MlovMc "Army of Field Marshal Von Mnc kensen: Pursuing tho dofoated ono my this army group Is approaohlng tbo hills on tho western bank of tho Ilesma, north. of Ilrcst-LltovBk. On tho southowstcrn front of llrost-Llt-oVs at Dobbynka, tho Austro-IIun-garlau nnd German troops broke through Uio advanced posltlona of tho fortress yesterday, "On tho onslcrnbank of tho nug, northeast of Vl.idovn, parts of tho nrmy of (Jenorul Voft Llssliigen nro advancing toward tho north,, fight ing nil tho way." BERNSTORF STILL NKW YOniC, Aug. J.',.-Count Von Henistorff, tho German ainlmHsador to the United States, remained in au ulusioii hero today witli hiu plans for the next low davri undeveloped. He had received no further advices fiom Heiliu bearing on the sinking of the Arabit, ho said, and did not know whou Hitch word would bo received. It was within tho range of postd- bilitica, tho ambnssudor said, that ho would go to Washington lo eonfor witli Secretary Lnmiing before rvuolv. ing fuither word from Herlm, but till vould be, if at nil, upon Secretary I.uiiningK iiiMt.ition. COl.OGNi;, Geniiany, u-. 2.'.. V diMitli to the L'ologtio tiaxette lroin Sofia says: "ItlihfMriH bun kaaiiiul llu Allutu - - --- lv. . i i ....OTV yoveruineui umi no uoUI iHtouunim aaJimt Ureeoa ate enlci taint! by Huliaria. "Kvideuee is at baud that RumiiiiM) baa nut yet abandoned In r ctlmu to uiduee Mulsnria to om u umit-.t .. tiou agHiuat Turkey in ..i. t H,( qundruide entiuita iuiuvm. "The concluKin r ih Tunn liul. k-niian aifrf.-iiient t- levarde.l :i n r-i f kuuri lor UulijMtiau dii.loui STAYS IN SECLUSION BULGARA HOSTILE TO GREECE EXPOSE GROT IN PARLIAMENT OE MANITOBA Royal Commission Reports Hurjo Over-Payments in Construction of Buildings at Winnlpen to Provide Campaign Fund for Recent Govcrn-mentEx-Mlnlstcrs Involved. WINNIPKO, Mm., Aug. 25. Charges Hint enormous ovor-pny- ments wero mndo lo tho cohtrnctorg who erected tbo now parliament build ings of tho 1'rovinco of Manitoba; Hint these over-payments in part at least wero designed (o provide n cam paign fund for the recent Iloblin gov ernment, nnd Hint fiotno members of Hint government woro cognfcnnt of what wns going on, wore sustnincd today in tho report of Ihe royal com mission which inquired into tho charges. Tho threo mcmbcrs.of tho commis sion Chief ilustieo Mnthers, Justico MacDonnld nnd Sir Hugh John Mno Donnld, Winnipeg, city pnlico magis trate, nro iinnnimous in their findings, which wero published today. llrlbc.H for Witnesses Thomns Kelly & Sons nro tho con tractors nnmed in tho report ns hav ing received tho enormous over-payments. Tho report filnles Hint tho com- piifiKionorH wero hampered by tbo ub- f,cnco of material witnesses nnd tho reluctance of others to (citify, and ehnrges that $2!i,030 was spent in keeping ono witness nway. Dr. Simpson, ehnrged with having been tho financial agent who raised tho election fund out of tho parliament building extras, was pot questioned Jiy tho commission, having left for military sorvieo in France. I'onr ox-cnblnct miniwlors, includ ing Messrs. llowden, Coldwell nnd Armstrong, wero criticis-cd for their reluctance in testifying, and Sir Red mond Ifoblin, ox-premier, tho report said, "mndo common causo with thu contrnctors to resist discovery, mid took mi activo putt in sceuriiig for tho contractoi-s uldo coiiiihcI for that purpose" Investigators llnndlcaMHl Tho report ehnrges that Uowden "niado many false Btutements" in Ids evidence, nnd that tho commissioners wero further hnndicappod by tho de struction nnd mutilation of records, tho refusal of contractors to produeo their books mid their withdrawal to n foreign country to proveut their law ing compelled to do so. MYSIIinm Salt was tho witness, nl Icccdrby tho commission to have been bribed to keep out of Cnnada during , MM.. ..U 4iM,ln W. A. Klliott, an employe of tho pub lie works department; l. G. Hook, anollier employe who wns sent nftor salt with $10,000 and claims ho was robbed in Omaha, and Harry Wliitla. ICtuiMiB City, woro all interested themselves in keeping Salt out of tho country, nnd that Mr. Coldwell in spired tho alteration of Salt's book 4. Or. Simpson dictated tho amount to bo (taid for tho election fund bo fore tho amount of "extras" was set tled, according to the report, which ulaiinu suuli amounts wero pnid llim by tho contractor whon received from Hie government. tfl0,0( Fraudulent From April 21 to July 0, 10M, just (Continued on l'ngo (J.) E I.imH HOCK. Ark., Aug. M.- KeporU at tuyiii from Newport stato that (be Ut jhrvice with pointH unrlh had ' l(fon roaumod. Mftcon hundred ration fiiwij JiUJe lf,y,ic nuiehod Newport this morning. M r A. T. Iliibt.v bus iauel a tuildo puotfl fur aid. CAivrnor George W. Hnys today detailed Vvfo squud of Mtntu militia t roport to Newport ufltc tj,. Tho trooi will oo thin aflumoon and tike large quantities of tents and blankets lot tho uso o( )ho euffrri4 eYTVkKlMaMi