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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair Tonight mid Tomorrow. Mux. 88, Mln. fltt, Hum. no. A m I I Torty-flfth Year. Dnlly Tenth Yenr. MAM GRODNO OS SLAVS RETREAT Teutonic Advance in Gallciai Opcra tions Receive Severe Check on Stripa River, Out Elsewhere Pushes Forward French Artillery Demol ishes Trenches. " LONDON, Aiif?. 31. Tho Russian nnuios iilnng the line of tlio upper Mug niid thu Zlota Lipa arc being with drawn rapidly nnd apparently with out grcut loss, as neither Viimna nor Merlin claims any extensive captures of prisoners or liooty in thin region. Kast of Warsaw the invaders con tinue to make steady progress, while further north they are advancing more slowly. Tho fall of I.ipsk brings the attacking forces nearer Grodno, the last big fortress on the front to be retained hv the Htissinns. Ncnilng Grodno Fortress Nearer approach by the Gentians to the Itussiau fortress of Gioduo is lepoited in today's official statement from Merlin that they arc moving to ward tho stronghold from the east and south as well as from the west, is indicated by tho diicetiou of the progress last reported. The advance on tho Grodno-Vihm railway is being continued, while the lieadiiiarters of Prince Leopold and Field Marshal Von Mnokciisoii both report thai the Hussians are being driven back along a wide front. In the Galieiau operations, recently lesumrd, the Germans have met with it check on the Stripa river, where strong Russian forces counter-attacked and, according to Merlin, "par tially stopped" the Austro-Gcrmiiii pursuit. Av oiistautinoplc reports the dostruo- uon iy iuikisii arutiery 01 a posi tion occupied by the entente nllies near Seddul Mahr, on thu Gallipot! peninsula. On Western l'jtmt The rrcnelt artillery is sueeons fully continuing its work of inflict -iug tlamage upon German trenches, hheltcis and camps at various points along the front, tho Paris war otfice icports. According to Paris these ac tivities have roiilted in (he destruc tion of several German trenches. Constantinople again repot ts heavy fighting ut the Dardanelles, but the entente allies are silent in regard (o their military operations there. In the Atistro-ltaliau campaign Home icports the capture of Cima Citftu, O.'OO feet high. This summit had eomiiiandod the Italian positions on Monte Sulubio. llall.nu Negotiations Koine also sends optimistic reports of the progress of the entente- powers in tho (tiplnmutiu negotiations in the near east. It is sunt Setbtus piom isos aio satisfuetorv as'far as they go, Italian nolitical circles oxnross ( confidence that the Tiirco-lliilgnrian railroad agreement does not affect Miilgaiiau neutrality. IHREE KILLED IN E P1NOI.K, Oil., Aug. 31. Thrco men were killed today when a train of tin engine and three ears, carrying 70Q0 pounds of dyiiamito ran off the track between tho plant and maun riuo htoruhoiikO of the Dupout Pow der company The dead; Harold Bennett, engineer. Hurt Talbott, fireman. Unidentified laborer. SUBMARINE DESTROYS f IDGE LONDON, Aug. 31.- An A(hen dikptttoh to the Kxchuugc TuJcgraph oumpaiiy my that a Mtlmwiriiie of the Hill en has blown up h portion of tk bri bttwii CamtUutlHorilc and tb ulurtt of GalaU. It a net appMtvitt vlwikar litis is wwraiy an to af tha nimilgr rjwr f avorul meekm ajv wrmIi Itrwiclit fart de nial from CoBitantiuopJo. DYNIIT WRECK WELSH COAL STRIKE SETTLED BY GIVING III s LONDON, Aug. 31 Official announcement was uitiilo today that the dispute which threat ened another extensive strike in tho Welsh coal fields had been " settled. The agreement pro vides that tho award tnado by q Walter Riineiinitn, president of the board of trade, after tho " previous strike, shall stand. Tho " mine owners undertake, how "" ever, to conclude it siipiileinen "" tal agreement which will give to "" the engineers and other surface " workers not included in Mr. " Itiiiicimiin's nwnrd the samo "" bonus as that granted to the " minors. f 4 f-f-f-f-f-f- f HELPS FOREST FIRES THROUGH STATE PORTLAND. Auf. 31. Cooler weather anil slight precipitation In tho mountains helped linprovo tho forest tiro situation In Oregon today. Reports received by tho United States district forester nnd Jiy tho Oregon I'oroHt Mro association hero today from all parts of tho stato Indicated that, with tho exception of thoso In northeastern Oregon, all of tho num erous fires were under control. In Union and Walla Wnlla counties In Northeastern Oregon, several fires are raging. In Union county flvo largo fires nro still uncontrolled. Warden Lowell Williamson dispatch ed ninny men to combat them today. Flvo tulles north of litigant, 1500 acres was burned over boforo tho flames wcor controlled this morning. At Shainbaugh Meadows, 10 miles south of La (irniigo, a flro Is burning on .Smith's mountain and two on Mlnam river, Boutli of Mliiani. Sov- oral other smaller flros nro report ed north of Mlnam and on Cabin creek. Tho worst fires on tho west sldo of tho Cascades nro located wlOtln n rndlus of 30 miles from Mt. Hood. Hero threo conflagrations, ono near Shell rock, another at llarnoy Mead ows and n third on Salmon river, nro still threatening to spread, hut It wns believed that unless wcathor condi tions change they will bo extinguished without further damngo. RIVAL OFFERS FOR BULGARIAN HELP MF.HLIN, Aug. 31. -The cone spondent nt Sofia of tho Vossiseho Xcitting telegraphed today an outline of the proposals made to Miilgnria on both sides of tho diplomatic contest. His dispatch fays; "The conditions which tho quad ruple entente impofcd on Mulgnrin in return for territorial concessions in Macedonia stipulated that Bulgaria obligate itself to declare war on Tur key. "Tho central powers nnd Turkey, for their part, demanded from Bul garia in return for cession of n por tion of Turkish Thrace, nn extension of tho hitherto existing benevolent neutrality. What this consists of had best bo kept silent for tho moment. It will make lhelf apparent later ns soon ns event., on tho Danube front haw advanced far enough," BUSH LOSSES BY E E LONDON, Aug 31 Lloyd's quar terly report for tho poriod ending August 1! slvos th loss to Ilrltish shipping from submarine and othar hoitllo eraft and from mlnos, as 68 ftteamers with an aggregate grow ton nage at U.T1I, and nine hIUbk vm sets. COOLER MM MEDFORD. BODIES FOUND! ABOARDSUNKEN SUBMARINE F-4 Underneath Debris in Resurrected , Vessel One Body Too Badly De composed for identification Is Lo catedHoles In Hulk Permitted Destruction of Remains. HONOLULU, T. If., Aug. 111. A number of bodies of tho twenty-two men who went down in the submit line F-l March 'J.' wero found today entangled in the wreckage of the in terior. One body was removed. The others were in such a poor state of preservation that the work of uncov ering them is being dono slowly. Not unv have been identified. The finding of the bodies was an nounced olfiuiullv' by Hear Admiial ('. J. Housh. A hole was ordered cut in the for ward compartment of the siibmatinc, which so far has been inaccessible. Preparations have been made to embalm the bodies as soon as they nrc taken out. If permission is grant ed front Washington, tho United States cruiser Maryland, duo to sail today, will bo held hero to take the bodies recovered to the United Stutes. Vessel in HONOLULU, T. Dry Dock- II., Aug. lit. The hulk of tho submarine F-l, lost in Honolulu harbor March 'J.'i with her crow of twentv-two men nnd raised and played in drydoek yesterday, to day lies exposed to view, the work of pumping out the drydoek nnd rais ing the shattered and torn subma rine from tho waters of the harbor having been completed during the night. Tho craft has not yet yielded up its secret. No bodies have been dis covered, nor has tho brief examina tion thrown any light on the cause of the accident that caused the diver to sink and fail to come up again. Tho F-l lies on her staiboard side in tho drydoek. When the exumining board, composed of Hear Admiral 0. J. Moush, Lieutenant Commander Julius A. Furier, nnd Lieutenant Kirby M. Crittenden, entered the ves sel they found the slut board side and bottom filled with debris, battery plates and some sand and mud. Jlodlc Under Debris If uny bodies remain in the F-l (hey nro underneath tho debris, Doubt is expressed, however, if nny will bo found, for the great hides torn in tho submarine, only part of which wcro protected by Hints during the months of raising operations, allowed tho inarino creatures with which the waters of Hawaii swann, to enter, and it is feared the bodies have been entirely destroyed. In addition to tho gaping holes in tho stern of the submarine, u big hole hns been torn in the foiward pint, L GENEVA, Aug. 31 Advices reach Ing hero from Vienna by way of Zu rich say tho Austrian minister of tho Interior gives tho number of cholera cases In that country as 929. Although tho number of cholora cases in Austria has beon abnormally largo this suiumor on account of con ditions brought about by tho war, tho foregoing dispatch Indicates that tho Austrian sanitary officials nro deal ing effectively with tho disease PANArA, Aug. 11 The battle ships Musoun, Ohio and Wimoii-ih, with SCO tnidshipiiicn who nic on tho annual practice enu.o, arrived at PHiiama today on their return from the I'annina-Pseific expoitition and WM.ed through tha canal. Tho bquadron will rMNin at Colon for twenty-four honre to take on uiuil and jriv the eadats an opporUuiity to tha oaual boforo ratwrning to the NRval aedoiay at Aunapolw, OREGON", TUESDAY, AUGUST 31,1915 IT'S AWFUL HARD IDBDCK. "V . ,.,jji L. HnUm MHHHH ' 1 The German ambassador lo (lie United States as lio looks (olay and an Inset of Ills plctme- a jcac ago, showing how tho worries and troubles of u year liavo worn him. SEEKING MEMBERS OF ARSON RING STILL AI LARGE POHTLAND, Aug. ;il. District Attorney Walter II. Hviins and his deputies were reticent today about giving further information of the op orations of thorson ring, which, ac cording to the alleged confesnion yes terday of Saufnrd W. Currier, under arrest here, has collected insurance on many binned houses in Pacific coast cities during the last ten years. Only u small part of the alleged confession made by Curlier yester day was made public by tho district attorney's office. It was stated that tho names of other members of the organization will be withheld until arrests are made. It became known today, however, that two of the men sought nro named Edwards and Townc, and that they nro charged with being responsible for burning u double house in San .lose, Cal., in 101.1, ami u three-room house in Richmond, Cal., shortly afterward. Besides Currier and (Jrjint Hawley, who aro under urrest bore, six or seven other alleged members of tho ring aro said to he at large. The dis trict attorney's office is working on the case in conjunction with u pti vato detective agency. It wiih stated that the iiivaiiable formula used by tho arson ring gave tho first clow to tho existenco of an organization. According to Currior's alleged confession, turpentine, linseed oil nnd varnish wero used to start a fire, us tins combination bud proved most effective. SKATTLi:, An. 11. The Alaska Steamship eompan.v'M big fi eight steamer IMith, winch wiih iiliauiloited by her crow oil Capo Hiuehinhrook, Alaska, has been taken in tow by the passenger stouiner Mariposa, belong ing to the saiuo (Miinpauy, and the Mariposn will endeavor to tow tho disabled bunt to Cordova. The IMith, hound south from a voyage to Home, called at the Lutouehe initio and load ed copper ooncttutratoe valued nt .t250,00Q. The crew took to the life boats and were pickod up by tha Maripo. The .rripo's caitain icporU tha Kdith UUn baiilv U rt. Tho lWiU), funnarly tjje Mritiali stoamar GUnocail, wa built nt San deriand, Uugland tWrty-Uueo yaara '"50. ON POOR BERNSTORFF CD GfKEELCT ' 4 ,""'' - v 0R0ZC0 SLAIN BY E IN T HI, PA.SO, Tex., Aug. 31.--A re pot t received from nn American sent to Sierra lllanca, Tex.((o invosligato a repoit that General Piiscual Oror.oo has been killed in a light with u posse of Ainorienns, wtyi: "I am positive Hint one of the five Mexicans killed by u posse near Sierra Mlanea wag General Pusottiil Oror.cn." Thu American who identified the bodv ns that of Orozeo was ono of the government officials who arrostod him last June nt Newiunn, N. M. I.uler icports from tho scene ofthe shooting stale that the identification of Orozeo wan made positive by pa port, a watch and fob found on one of the bodies. According to this re port, Orozeo was uliot four times. Orozeo was nrroslcd Juno 127 nl Newman, N. M., together with Gen eral Viejotiano Huorlii, on chnrges of conspiracy to violalo United Slates neutrality laws by attempting to launch u revolutionary movement in Mexico. Ho whb roleiucd on $7."00 bail, but win kept under siirvoillnnce by federal officers. A few nightd later Oioreo disapiKiared from tho linuuo whore ho was guarded. Ho has been reported at various points, in northern Mexico nnd on tho American side sinco that tunc, but never dofui itely located, BRiiisHllioo MLHLIN. Aug. :it fbv vviudcs lo Saville). -The Mriti-h employed 100,000 men in their attacks oil Turk- I positions on tho Gallipoli pouiii biila last .Saturday and Sunday, ac cording to a dispatch from Constan tinople to tho Frankfurter Zeitung, and their louses vtro exit finely heavy. . The oorreipnifdout estimatos that since August (I the Mritish loasog huvo been in excess of 50,000. Aoordlng to the corrospondont tho killed among tlib lirttlah troops In the flglitlng of August 28 and Aug ust SO Included about COO officers. A cavalry dlrialon, ho dsolared, was almost ooinplotoly wiped out. Tho dispatch centinue: "HrlllsJi prisoners know nothing of the fall of Warsaw and other Hiisalun fortroasoa. Tiier hud been told that .vvvuuuvuuuW.MUttwuy . ii AtiVi.ivhvn .v'tHtmivv-'MWA. AMERICAN PS BORDER FIH ths ItusaJnns held tho ontranco to tho llOHphorus and woro working toward a Ju notion wtb tho UrltUb. EXGHANGERATES WILL CURTAIL English Pound Sterling Touches Low est Level on Record Situation Re garded as Almost Desperate Brit ish Holders Forced to Sell Ameri can Holdings. NKW YOniC, Aug. 31. Foreign cxchniigo rates reached their most serious stago today with an overnight break of two and a half cents In ster ling, tho Kngllsh pound selling In this market at $t.ri3Mi. closo to the mark where citrtallinont of big foreign or ders to tho United States would fol low, In tho opinion of bankers hero. Nothing llko tho violent break in quotations had ever been recorded In foreign exchange mnrkots hero be foro. Tho low level reached today was ono and ono half cents bolovv tho mark set wooks ago by financiers ns tho so-cnllcd Irrcdttclblo minimum which, when reached, would cause Kngllsli buyors to sock other markets In which to placo their orders for such Imports as could bo obtulnod olsowlioro than In America. Foodstuffs, manufactured goods and many other products, In fact nl- most ovorythlng except actual muni tions of war wero embraced within this category. What llrcnk Menus Tho big break means that Kngllsli buyers, in addition to tho top market prices already paid In this country for products, will bo called upon to pay n premium of 28 M cents on every pound's worth of purchases or more than flvo per cent. With Lon don carrying this burden, tho ques tion In banking circles was how long England would continue to buy arti cles, as she is ot compelled to, "Thoro Is no other world market ot Importance opon, but moro rigid economy at homo In all Imported arti cles and purchases by Great IJrlfnln from such European neutrals ns had wares to soil, It was thought, would follow If oxchango rates should go lower. This would result In lessoning to groat extent tho amount of goods which Amerlran sollers urn sending abroad, now tho greatest In voliimo In tho history of tho country. lowciit Notch Touched Last night's close of 11.01 was the lowest value over placed at that tlmo on tho pound In this country, Tho situation today was regarded as al most dosporato. Within an hour aftor tho opening of tho market, tho rnto wont still lower, reaching 1 1. S3. It then rebounded and touched $1.59. International bankers hero, looking anxiously across tho Atlantic for re lief, saw nothing more than they did yesterday that UrltlHh nnd French bankers wero preparing to remedy tho situation. Tho tlmo for preparing to remedy tho situation, In tho opinion ot bank ers hero, Is nearlng Its end and tho tlmo for doing something to strength en tho market has arrived. Why nothing has beon dono, It was bollov- cd, was becauso Great Mrltaln hud not fully awakened to the seriousness of tho situation. It was thought posslhlo that Ilrlt ish bankorB permitted ratos to reach their present low level becausu they would afford a strong Inducement to Hrltlsh holders ot American securi ties to soil their holdings nnd thus reap tho bonoflt of n flvo per cent increase In vuluo, TELLS OF SUFFERING MONTKF.AL, Aug. 31. J. T. Ar maiid, n milling broker, arrived hero today mid told of many hardships bo ondured dining tho year he said ho had been a prisoner in Germany. Ar- initnd loft hero in June, 11)1 1, to visit his parents at Striuwhuiv. He was born in Alauce, but in now a Mritisii subject. Annum! said he waa held in jail twenty days at Duhithal, tried on u charge of beinir a apy and told to "be ready at 0 o'elook next mortiine;.." His relatives and friends had tho ease roopuuid and ho wns lat-r acquitted of the spy charge and sent to iin in ternment oarnp at Ituhlubwi. Annand doaJarotl the onutur wore poor, iU- vonttlatod and tho food and elothinj-fceureg. BUY N G R NO. 138 WAKE UP.CHINA! IS APPEAL OF President of Republic Sounds Noto af Warning People Dallying In Midst of Calamity No Thought of Fu ture When Nation Threatened on All Sides. PICKING, July 21 (correspondence of the Associated Press). President Yuan Shi Kai uttered nt a recent cab inet meeting nn impressive plea for united action in China which ma do n deep impression upon Chincso offic ials. Its publication in English today cnttsed much discussion nmong for eigners. "Our suzerainty in southern Man churia has grndunlly gono into tho hands of foreigners," the president said. "Tho foreign ngtrrcssor him como to their doors, but our jtcoplo nro still dallying in the midst of cal amities. As I am advanced in ago and huvo received tho snored nnd weighty trust from tho Tsing dyn nsly, how can I let tho country go to ruin when I am assuming tho dutios of chief oxecutivo of tho republic! My nil mentis I must bjivo tho coun try. To avert tho impending disnstcr is tho snored duties which lies upon tho shouldors of every ono of you. Deplores Situation "Our country docs not manifest any ign of instubility, chaos or tho lack of confidence of other nations, nnd it is most unlikely that nny na tion for tho present will luvado or in sult our country. Mut when wo think of tho neglect of discipline by our sol diers tho irregularities in adminis trative affairs, tho calamities of flood and drouth throughout tho provinces, tho selfishness of soino officials nnd the lack of public spirit nmoug tho people, wo cannot help realizing tho fuet (hut wo nro enjoying oursolvcH wliilo reposing on n lied of straw Avitli n kindling fire beneath it. "And whnt pcrccntngo of tho offic ials nro enthusiastic mid strictly carry out their duty! "Some persons say thai on account of our vast country mid population the destruction of our country by nn alien people is a matter of impossi bility. Look at Korea, (ho nrcn of which is not much smaller than Ja pan. Somo Japaneso papers huvo stated of Into that although China has changed the inonarohy into n re publican form of government, Iter in ternal affairs nro just ns deplorable now as in tho Into dynasty nnd that bribory and gambling among officials still prevail. Pcoplo Forget Kllimtlon "During tho Chiiin-Jupancso war and tho Moxor trouble our pcoplo wcro greatly stirred up and determined to 'lio on straws and tusto bittornoss' to prcparo themselves for future emerg encies. Mut when tho anxious time was ouco passed they forgot every thing. It is worth while to note that when tho imperial government was gono it wns the dyniisly that passed nway nnd not the country, Tho now method of destroying n country now. ndays is not only to overthrow thu government, hut also to destroy tho latigungo of tho pcoplo mid the very race of the nation. "Wo cannot bo ignorant of the his. lory of Poland. During the crisis of the recent, Cliino-Jupan negotiations it was a good sign that our pcoplo woro greatly awakened by tho threat ened calamity. Should thov nguiu quickly forgot tho indignity tho coun try received, tho greater calamity ot the country is hound to come," President Yuan Shi Kni concluded (Contlnuod on page six) LANE 10 FATHER HER POWER BILL WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.- rassago of a general water power bill and a meajuro to croato a national leasing system for coal, oil and othor re sources on public lands will bo recom mopdod to congress In Secretary Lane's annual report. Mr. Lane an nounced today that ho expected both measures would bo oaacted. They were passed by the house In the last congress, but the tenato. fulled to act on favoraVel reports o( tho bills. YUAN 1 KAI A Kll