Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER 'nlr Tonight and Saturday. Max. 85.5; Mill. 1.8. SECOND EDITION I 1 Forty-flfth Ycnr. HattyTenth Year. GRODNO TAKEN MNSN Nl OH Von Hlntlenbury's Command Cap tures Twelfth of Russian Fort resses, But Suffers Extraordinarily Large Losses Advance Upon Riga Renewed by Invaders. UKKLIN, via wireless to Tttckcr lon, Sept. 3. -The nnny of Field Marshal Von llindonburjr lias cap tured Grodno, tho lust of the strong Itusinn fortresses to hold out. Anny headquarters nnnouneed to dn.v : "Field Marshal Von Ilindonburg's nnny conquered Grodno after rapidly forcing n pnhHngo of tho Niemen and fighting tho ItuxMiuiH in the streets of tho eity. Tito Gennatis reached the Niemen between the Atigttslowo until and tho Swislocr.-Lenncwnrdon line. German eavalry udvniieed, but failed to hold, suffering o.xtrnordinar ily lurgo losses. Southeast of .Uercoz tln Hussions were thrown baek. Gen eral Von Gnllwitz's troops broke the resistance of the enemy on the Alok-zyre-Svihlozc road. "Moro tlinn .'5000 Illusions, ns well as one cannon uud eighteen maehieu guns were, cnplurcil. Is Tvvelilh 1'Nirtrchs Tnkeii The captnre of Grodno hy tho fler inans marks the fall of the twelfth fortress under the Teutonio attackh on the eastern war front within a month, beginning with tho fall of Warsaw on August ,". It was the ', last of the Hiismuii fortresses in Poland to hold out. Grodno was regarded as n powerful link in the Kussiau defenses against invasion. It lies about fiftv milso from the Gorman border-ui llie tnink railway lino running from l'etrogrnd .through Vilim to Warsaw. Tho city uiif Grodno has a population of about 1-10,0(10. Continuing, tho lkuiiii blatement sns: "The annv of Drinco Leopold of I In aria is still engaged in battle north of I'ruszauy. Advancing L'jkiii J'iga "The nnny troops which are ml- uuiciug on tho impoitaut ltussiau port of Higa, on the llallio, have mado a furllier coiiKequentiul gain. Oltieial anuouucenieut was made hero today that they captured a position northwest of Friedrichstadt, which is about forty miles from ltigu. "The army of Field Marshal Von Maekeusen, pursuing the Kussuius, leaehed the Jusiolda river, near Sil nck and Derczn, and alfo in tho dis- diet of Antopol, east of Kobriu. Aus- tro-Huuguriun troops are advancing to the east and south of liololu and Duhuvvojc. "In Flanders and the Cliampnuitu Iinuu's wero o.plodod succe fully." Ititsslans Itellilng LONDON', Sept. 3. The evuouu- linn of Grodno is under way. l'etro- mil admits olliotnllv that Kiismiiu orces are being withdrawn from the lifht hank of tho N'iemcn. It has been evident for somo time that Grand Duke Nicholas had no intention jflot allowing a number of men Miffic- ieut to maintain a long dofuuse to be .penned up in any fortress which could be invested. Along the Galiciau f order General Ivunoff continues to retire, but not without inflicting heavy losses on the Autro-German forces, which have :bceu shaken several times by igorotm counter-attacks. In tho center and dho extreme north tho Gorman are making liltlo progress. Tho Ilus-t-miis uluim another loeul siiucess near ilnn. The great nitillory duol noutinuce i nliuig a I arge jmrt of (ho western It runt held by the Frenoh. The ttlti- mate purpotio of this activity is still itibscnrc. OF THREATEN ENCL TEXAS 1 Mil Im T. . Sf,t. i.-A baud i M vi' .in- air rMrt-t at KihhI, JVv . ami have threatened to Ufce tUe ln A -oni4eraM mhmtoumui oi htiiiii-.'c MeviiMHii alunir count n road W lib i i'iint a- tt ported tu -t J E T - --- V AMSTEKDAM", Sept. 3. The Exchange Telegraph comj)nny states that the German and Aus trian armies on the easteni front arc about to part company. Field Marshal Archduke Frederick, commander-in-chief of the Aus trian nnnies, bndc official fare. well to Field Marshal Von Mack- ensen, tho German commander, nt Urcst-Litovsk, as henceforth the nnnies of the two command ers wero to censo co-operating. Tho message soys it is believ ed tho Austrian nnnies that have been operating in Poland short ly will bo removed in thodircc tion of Serbia. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3.- Colonel J. 3. Obregou, brother of General Al varo Obn'gon, tho Carriuizii military chief; Art tiro Gonzales and a number of other AJcxicans were hero today to purchase $100,000 worth of amis and ammunition for the use of Cnrronzn forces now operating in the states of Sinalon and Sonorn. Tho Mexican officials have been iufonued that no embargo exists upon tho exportation of anus and ammunition to Mexico, and tho new purchases will be taken south with the consignment, consist ing of several bundled thousand rounds of cartridges and fifty-four cases of rifles, which was held up at San l'cdro hatbor by United States customs authorities several weeks ngo. In the Obrogou-Gonznlos parly, which arrived yesterday abonrd tho steamer I'rineo Albert, was Captain llnsilio Acosta, to whom immigration authorities refused admittance until he hail supplied i?."(IO guaranteeing Hint he would not becomo' a public chargo by reason of having a wooden leg. Acosta ciimo here to buy an ar tificial limb. UKIAH, Oil., Sept. 3.--A verdict of not guilty was returned today by a jury In tho superior court In tho trial of Mrs. Nellio Means for tho murder of Clarence Traoy, May 27. Tho Jury wnB out 17 hours. Millard Means, Husband of Mrs. Mjwns, was acquitted of tho eamo chargo July 30. Mrs. Means testified that alio shot Tracy when ho advanced toward her hbsband with a revolver, after threatening to shoot him. Hor husband corroborated hor Btory. Mrs. Means was not charged with tho crltno until alter sue mauo an alleged con. fosslon, admitting It, when Informed her husband huj said sho fired tho nhot. Moans was to hnvo been a witness In n contest of Tracy's homestead which adjoined his. Tracy was killed when ho resontod Moans' search for his hogs on tho Tracy homostoad. I0NAL TO PROTECT ILLS ALBANY. N. Y.. Sept 3 Gover nor Whitman today ordored out C company of tho National Guard, sta tioned at Watertown, to take chargo of the strike situation at St. Ilegla papof mills at Deforlot. Tho gover nor said he had no details regarding tho situation. The governor's action was taken after apopals had Ween reealvwl from both Dlatriet Attorney C II. A Ivor- son and Sheriff Caarlaa C. Heawer. Sheriff lloawer sala live and prop erty weir In Imminent tJ(r and that he imaMe to cop with the eituatlon. OBREGON 1 1 Mill carranza WOMAN CLEARED OFMURDER MT3DF0RD. u. s. ira FURTHER EFFORT Tl President Holds That Good Offices Must Be Welcomed by Both Sides and No Assurance Is Forthcoming That Allies Want Peace Pope's Message Inspired by Germans. WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. Tho United States will make no further effort to bring ubout peart- in Europe until it has received infonnnlion that its good offices will bo welcomed by both sides in the conflict. This was stated authoritatively here today in official discussions of the niessnge from 1'opo Uenediet, delivered to President Wilson yesterday by Car dinal Gibbons. From the fact that the Vatican is in close touch with Austria, the con struction placed by officials on the pope'n messago is that the Germanic powers would be willing to discuss penco at this time. It was stated by those closest in touch witli the admin istration that similar word will have to bo received from Great Britain and her allies beforo tho president will make any further move. President Wilson has made it clear several times that his original oflcr of services to bring about pence still stands and that he will do everything possiblo to further the movement. The United States, however, will do noth ing likely to endanger its position ns u friend to all belligerents, it wns said authoritatively. The pope's message will not be mado publio by this government, al though there would bo no objection if ordinal Gibbons gives it out. Enough of the contents of the mss ntre is known, however, to givo hnsis for indicating that Austria, Gennany and Turkey are not adverse to dis cussing peace. SEEK TO ENLIST WASHINGTON, Sipt. .'(.-More than fiOO American boys under 18 years old hnvo been discharged so fur from the Ijrilish nnny upon request of the state department. Most of these boys went to Canada and mis represented their ugos to recruiting officers. I'etcr Dougnl of Lambert, Minn., nftor having brcn discharged oneo upon tho application of tho state de partment, escaped from his parents and re enlisted. He was released ngnin, only to tnkc passage on the Arabic, and escaped death when that liner was sunk by a submarine. The Walsh twins of Iloston, though only 13 j ears of ngo, also managed to culibt twice, mid the last time wero found on Salisbury Plain just about to bo embarked for France. BRITISH LOSSES ON SEA ONE IN FIVE SHIPS IlEKLlN, Sept. 3, via wireless to Tuckorton. 'Tho Cologno Gazotto publishes statistics showing that tho losses to llritlsh shipping during tho war at tho minimum, amount to 414 por cent of tho wholo tannago," sa)s tho Overseas Nows ngoncy. "Of ves sels above 100 tons, an average of one In twenty lu tjie llritlsh merchant fleet has been lokt." LONDON. Sopt. 3 - The llritlsh steamer Itoumanle has been sunk pro. sumauly by a submarine Tho crew has ben landed safely. The Itouwanle was a veaaol of 16SS tens. She sailed from Datb July 13 for Archangel, whore seh arrived July 20. No records are available of her movement! ein.e that ctei WARDS PEA AMERICAN YOUTHS OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1915 E IN Tl DAYS' SPORT 4. .J..J. .J.'.' "i A .. .. .J. .J. .j. .. .;. .j. . -! The fool hunter i nbrond in " the land. Thursday evening "" dove hunters wounded two cows belonging to Mrs. S. T. Hewitt, " pastured in Cutters field, near " tho slaughter house. One of tho cows was so badly injured that " it muv bo neccssnry to kill her. "" Earlier in the week n valuable " brood maro belonging to U. E. Pliitittti u'nu L'illiul ftiitriirtit in r i'i " "- ,...r... ... llcur creek bottoms by a hunter who mistook tho cnuino for a liur. Vni-ninrs nri iwiktlmr tn'spnsM notices by tho dozens, "" us means to protect the lives of " their stock and selves, forbid- . ding hunting on the premises. RAISES ANO PALLS NKW YOItK, Sopt. 3. Forolgn money values soared from low to high and back again In frnntlc nnd crrntlc fashion today. All ballast was thrown overboard at tho opening of tho mar ket nnd vnluca under the leadership of tho pound sterling shot swiftly up ward for nn cxtromo eslr focontcn ward for an cxtromo rise of ten cents over last night's quotations. Within hour they hod sottlcd, with many falls nnd rebounds, to within two cents of yesterday's closo. . In tholr spectacular flights valuon held only to n general sonso of direct ion upward. Oponlng quotations on sterling wero nil tho way from 1.70 to 1.75, tho luttor figure being quoted lu only ono Instance Tho next quotation to npopar 011 tho tickers was 1.G8, a drop within ten inlnues of four cents. Tho market finally reacted to 4. 05 nnd Micro Hccmodo fairly stationary. In n market whore sensations hnvo succeeded ono another dally, no such startling variations of valuations had ever boon recorded beforo, ns that of today. Tho confusion of tho first hour pointed clearly, In the opinion of local bankers, to ono thing: That values, upward bound, wero groping bllndlyfpr n stable position. Shortly beforo noon sterling was quoted nt l.fil. Tho market wns then easy. Francs woro quoted nt 5,01, a gain of four cents overnight; Ilelehs mnrks at 80 Th, as against Inst night's closo of S 0 " . and I Iron at 0.10, a Iush of ono cent from yostorday. It was reported that -Great Hritain had obtained a preliminary cmlit loan hero to lido over pressing obli gations nnd stem the downward trend of sterling exchange rates. Tho preliminary loan wns estimated nt from $'i0,000,000 to $1 00.000,000 nml was based on collateral of Amer ican securities brought bore in two recent sjhipmouts ol gold nnd securi ties front Halifax to England's ac count nnd further shipments of se curities said to have reached here on tho steamers Adriatic nnd St. Paul, which arrived jestenliiy. FACE STARVATION CHICAGO, S'pi. a. Death b fcturvation through hnr years oi crop failure faces the 7"),')00 inhabitants of Curacao Uhtud, 111 tho Dutch WW Indies, tiniest) help u bent them, ac cording to the Kik'ht Itov. M. G. Vuyl stoke, O. P., Catholic hiJiup of Cur acao, who arnvod hero today swtkinif aid for the iitlHiiderM. "The uf'frin(r in wy 1ioeoe u fully as ternble us ia the wur ntneken countri ut Kwrupe," said liinhop VuyUteke, ''und nil that U needed to HlleviuUt tJie eoudiliomi there i bread, sms1s, witter sud food of nil kind. Fr !wr jowm there t.d btwB no crop, and the inland U tuntuiK tato a venUbl desert." The biho said that 50.000 colored peojd-, 1'i.OlHi Iui'mn- and more than J00O Hvliaiidr were i di(rt FOREIGN M N ERRAT C FASH ON CURACAO ISLANDERS BULM AIMS FOR NEUTRALITY MINGCOfLICI Serbia, Rumania and Greece Arjrce on Revision of Treaty of Bucharest But Fall to Satisfy Bulgaria, Who Is Prolonging. Negotiations to Post pone Decision and Avoid Agreement HOME, via Paris, Sept. 3. Revis ion of tho treaty of Bucharest lias been ngreed to explicitly by Ketbia, Rumania and Greece, according to reportH received here, but it is said these countries nre not willing to satisfy entirely Hnlgn tin's claims to territoiiul compensation for partici pating in the war. Mulgnrin's pretensions oppnrently nrc irreconcilable and the impression is'gnining ground that she is prolong ing negotiations with tho aim of post poning the day when she must rcuch a decision. The treaty of Muehnrest which end ed the Hiilkmt conflict following tho victory over Turkey, wns signed on August 10, 10i:i, between Itiilgurin und Rumania, Greece and Monte negro. Ily the treaty the Rnmann-llulgnr-inn frontier stalls from tho Danube above Turtiikai nnd cuds on the Illuck sea south of Ekrnno. Tho Berlin Ilulguriaii frontier starts from the Paturiea mountain, continues along tho old Tiiroo-Hulgnrinn frontier ami tho watershed between the Varda und the Sluriun uud cuds ut the mountain of Belashictzn. Tho Graeco-llulgnr-liui frontier starts on the crest of tho Hclushictzn range uud ends ut tho mouth of thuv river Nestor, on the Aegean sen. TAGGART'S HELPER PLEADS GUILTY INDIANAPOLIS, aopt. .1. Urnost Hoodor, n saloon hooper nnd ono of tho maro than 100 moil Indicted along v.tth Thomas Taggnrt and Mayor Jos eph 12. Doll, charged with conspiracy to commit foloulos In tho primary nnd election of 1911, pleaded guilty bo foro Special Judgo V. II. Elchhom to day. Hoedor, whoso wlfo In 111, waH ro leased on his own rocognlznnco with out being sentenced. Itocdor Is tho eighth man to plead guilty to tho conspiracy chargo. Tho trial of Mayor Dell, tho first of tho indicted men to bo tried, Is set to begin next Monday. PAULS, Sept, 3. Tho ministry of tho Interior today announced that tho government hnd determined to ro- sorvo for crippled soldlern a largo number of places without regard to their political or religious beliefs, be cuuko all had served tho country with equal courago und had tho right to oquul recognition. This announcomont is rogardod In Paris as furthor ovjdonco of tho por manenco of tho "sacred union" unit ing all profosslons of faith and poli tic 8. Thoro uro already employed in public dopnrtmonts many oue-leggod and one-armed soldiers. NEW RAISED LETTER ALPHABET FOR BLIND PITTS IH HO, Sopt. J. Work of preparing a new uniform raised letter system fur the use of tho blind baa bon startod hero by a commission re oontly appointed at 0 Joint suasion of the American Association Workers for the llllnd and tho American Asso ciation of Instructors of the llllnd, Tho oomuiiaslon will no ovor the roeommendutlons made by u eommlt tee of ten highly oducaled blind por tons who afUr ten years work origi nated a tvuutlve uniform mteui of writing and printing. GREAT BRITAIN DENIES TO SECURE PEACE LONDON, Sept. n. -In high official circles hero It is learned authoritatively that recent rum- ors of penca hnvo no foundation In any step taken by tho llritlsh government or In any stntctnont Issued hero from authoritative sources. Tho Associated Press was authorized to mako public ! the foregoing explicit denial. b llItOWNSVILLi:, Texas, Sept 3. Thrco of tho Mexican bandits operat ing Just north of llrownnvlllo woro killed by county officers nt Los Cua tros, flvo miles cast of Ilarroda nta Don, 14 miles north of llrownsvlllo, nccordlng to information received hero today. In addition to tho Mexicans killed last night, It Is said, a Moxlcnn wont nu, dosortcd by her husband when tho Moxlcnn outlaws appeared at their homo north of horo last night, was accidentally hilled by United States soldlors when sho approached thorn In tho darkness lu search of protect ion. Quick retribution apparently Is be ing meted out to the band which early yostordnv burned a trosllo north ot LrownHVlllo nnd murdered two Amer icans, Karl Dounldson and J. S. Smith. Tho Americans wero tortured beforo finally killed, At Kort Drown it was stated today Infantry nnd cavalry would remain In the field until tho bandits aro cap Mired or killed. Tho body of Karl Donnldson has been proparod for tdilpmont to his former homo in Montgomery, Mo, Smtlh will be bulled nt San Donlto. I DERLIN, Sept. .T (by wireless to Bayville). "Telegrams from Sofia," snys tho O ventolin News ngonoy to day, "nlato that off the entrance to the Dardauelloa u I)ritih transport struck a mine uud sank with .'120 of ficers, 12.10 soldier uud HOD mem bers of tho orow, all of whom wero drowned. Six hundred bodies wero recovered," The Ilritish government officially announced on August 17 that tho British Irauupait Royal Edward had been sunk on Saturday, Augtit 11, in tho Aegan sea by n Gorman subma rine. Tho number of troops on board was given as 13.V), with JJ'JO officer and men of the crow, and it was stat ed that about 000 were saved. Tu the absence of a dole lor the sinking of tho trutiaporl repotted through Sofia, it is uncertain whether this rofera to tho sinking of the Royal Edward or to the loss of nn-otlu-r transport bv tin- IlritiMi. KILLS PRISONER HINGHAM", Mass., SepL '- Willi hiu skull frwutured ami Ilia ttoso bro- kgn by blows front a haminor, Chief of Polio Yviuhiuf ton Juuiaa Unlay allot nnd killed one prUouer and u- siated in captunug KHolher nftor the pnsouera hail aavrrely boateM hiiu ud locked him in a cell 10 an at tempt tO 6SCHtf. Two atraet-t'ar eiiilnvs haw the priaoaera laavo the pul und rolMl tha fduef, who tarted 111 piii-Huii. Ha overtook the men 11 hull mila from tite jail, and in a rovlvtr dael ahot and kdl.'d Jhmics Ilamion Wallace Williawa, alias Walter Welsh, tha tlier prisoner, made a dnsli. but was captured a lew Hinute later, SWIFT RETRIBUTION MEXICAN RUNG BORDER BR I AN OR REPORTED SUNK WOUNDED IEF NO. 141 ARBTRATQN TO FIX LOSSES B Extent of Damages In Liisitania and Arabic Cases Likely to Bo Left to Arbitration Question of Destruc tion of Unarmed Merchant Ships Must Be Settled Directly, However. WASHINGTON, Sopt. 3. The Am rotenn position toward a method of fixing reparation ror lives nnd prop erty lost In Gorman aubmnrlngopera. tlons, such ns tho Lusltnnlnand.tha Arabic-, has not boon finally deter-. mined but there probnbly will be.no opposition to fixing the amounts by arbitration. y' An arbitration, 1lioWever, could cover only tho extent ot'damagos nnd not tho question ot theprlnclplo that unarmed morchant ships must not bo stink without warning, and oppor tunity for tho cscnpo ot non-cotubnt-nnts. Dorlln dispatches, apparently offi cially inspired, snylng Count Von Domstortf, tho German ambassador, hns wldo discretionary powers to spenlc for his government In tho flna negotiations ovor submnrlno war faro, hnvo caused a largo monsttro of gratification among American offi cials, who hnvo had many ovldcnccn of tho ambassador's efforts to pro vent a brenk between Germany nnd tho United States. T E NKW YORK, Sopt. .1. At least ono thousand Christians woro killed and about 100 Oothors died of dlBcaso in Urumlah, Persia, during tho flvo monthK ot Turkish occupation, nc cordlng to a Jotter TCColvcd by J. L. Caldwoll, American minister at Teheran, from Dr. William A. Shcdd ot Uruinlnh, nnd mado .publio today by tho Presbyterian Hoard ot Forolgu MIbsIoiis. Dr, Shedd stated that his figures wero based on carotul Investigation and record, thoro having been 3600 Chrlstlnn burials alono in tho city of Urumlah and tho American collcgo compound. Ho said that boforo tho ItusBluns left Urumlah on January 2 thoro was botweon 32,000 nnd 33,000 Christians In tho city and surround ing villages. Within a fow dnys after January 2, between 8000 and 9000 loft tho country. Ot tho 0000 Christian fnmlllcn lit tho district, Dr. Hhedd mild that all but 1000 woro robbed of all tholr possessions, ami nearly all suffered some loss. EXPECT RAIN TO SEATTLE, Sept. 3 Records of tho Sonttlo weather offlco for 21 years how that tho average ditto ot tho first autumn rain in Wnstorn Washington Is Septombor 5. Tho wardens of tho stnto forostry flro association aro holding In chock fires In various parta of tho stato, hoping a rain to quench them thoroughly will fall within tho coming week. Tho only daugorouu fires in tho state uro In Whatcom' county, uud theso nre unublo to spread. E TO LAY DOWN ARMS CAI'E HA1T1EN, Sept. 3. Tho American cruiser Tciinogeoo, arriving from I'hihvdelphia, debarked 100 ar tilleryman with maehluo guns today, flaueral On, tho revolutionary leader, and his followers doultued to lay down thoir nrnia und retired iu tho direction of HinoJie and (lyunivorf. TTiay left behind tltttn, Iwover, troops whieh took up positions out Mile tho city to abut oft communica tion with the interior. BY SO INS URKS MASSACR PERSIAN CHRISTIANS QUENCH EOREST FIRES W. A