V Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Wednesday I'nlr nnd Warm rr. Mux. 80; Mln. 15. Forly-flfth Tear. t)ny Tenth Year. MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1915 NO. 1U f &. I JJ V CZAR D AS TAKES GOMWIAND BY TORPEDO SAY RUSSIAN ARIES SHIP'S OFFICERS Emperor Announces to France That Ho Has Taken the Field An f nounccment Taken to Mean That . War Will Be Energetically Contin ued Until Victory 'is Achieved. PARIS, Sept. 7. In a message to Picstdont Poincnrc, Emperor Nich olas mmoimecs Mini ho lias xplnccd himself in command of nil the Hits tinn nnnics. Tlio message wns sent from Tsnr- koo-Selo, the emperor's Tcsidcncc, near Pctrograd, tinder dnto o Sep tember 0. It follews: "In plncing myself today at tho hend of my valiant armies, I hnvo in my heart, Monsieur President, the most sincere wishes for tho grcnlness of Franco and tho victory of her glor ious nrtny. (Signed.) "NICHOLAS." President Poineare sent the follow ing response teday: "I know that your majesty, in tak ing command of your heroic armies, intends to continue energetically un til final iclory, (lie war which has hecu imposed upon the allied nations. I address to your innjjoMy in the name of I' ranee, my moot coidial wishes. (.Signed.) "RAYMOND POINCARi:." LONDON', Sept. 7. Tho immediate objective of the Austro-Gorman cam paign in Russia, become clcnrer with the growing indications that the in vaders need thu llaltie port of Riga, not only as a base for present opera tions in the direction of Pctrograd, hut as winter quarters in one the at tempt to reach tlio Ruiun capital should he postponed until next piiug, Uildglug (lio Dvinit Field Marshal Von Hindenhiirg is CNperieneiiig gruat difficulty in bridg ing the portions of tho Dviua held hy the Gerinnns. Tho cut rent of tin river is loo swift for the construction oflMiiuoon bridge under the Russian artillery fire. As tho rainy season cojiioon it will bo.moni ilitlipiiit lor the invader?! toibrfiig up supplies, mid cons.vpichtly tho seizure of Itign as a liif.o becoino more ital to the siic-i--. tit' Von llindcnburg' plans. The urgent necessity of capturing Riga is indicated in an anav order which a Paris nowsuaper credits to General Von Huelmv. Tho general cNliortft iis troops to one more great effort to capture the port, making it their winter homo preparatory to inarching on Pctrograd next spring, (ici'imui Itusli Checked Along thu other sectors of tho (astern front the impetus of the flcr-mnn-Austro rm.li has heen coimider ahl.v checked. Vienna admits that jieiee (ounter-attaeks hy the Rus sians lime brought the advance along the (litlician border almost to a stand still. The right wing of the Austro (iernipn forces is said to bo contem plating an attack on Kiev with Field .Marshal Von Mnokonsoii in command. No exceptional lictioiis hae oc curred on anv of the minor fronts. The great aitillerv bombardment of Hi,' French continue! along the west ern hue. IDESWITHCOUNT HOME, Sept. 7.- Mile. Odella Van Yeldoron. 20 jear old daughter of Huron Van Weldoron Itengors, Dutch Minister to Italy, and Count Gtoffro do Gaolani Dell Aqullla Aragona, ac cording to newspaper dispatches to Sorrento, were found dead In the count's villa at a nearby beach. In tho room was found a letter In which they said they eould not live without each other and preferred to die. The count, who was a menibor of n woalthy Noapolltan family, was teparaUd from his wife. He was on leave of abienco from the front, where he lmd been fighting with on Alpine regiment, in which he was a sub-lieutenant. Reports of the tragedy have caused Ifep regret In diplomatic and court Circles, BARONS IE SUIG HESPERIAN HIT Fragments of Steel Which Fell on Deck Show Vessel Struck by Tor; pedo United States Delays Action Until Official Information Received Seventeen Persons Lost Lives. WASHINGTON', Sept. 7. Com mnnding officers of the sunken liner Hesperian in a joint affidavit for warded to tho state department today declared that from tho fragments of bteel which fell on tho deck it watt "indubitably" shown that tho ship was struck by a torpedo. Commander Main and the first and second officers of tlio Hesperian mado the affidavit which was cabled by Consul Frost. They asserted that tho tot pedo struck tho ship about eight feet below tho water lino; thnt there was a strong odor of high ex plosive mid that the Hesperian had n six-inch gun on board which lmd ''been painted a scrvieo gray anil would not have been observed at all through tho periscope of n submn rinc.'1 MONTR KAL, Sept. 7. Andrew A. Allan of the Allah line received n ca ble from his Liverpool agent statin that seventeen poisons, thirteen pns sengeis and four of tlio crew, lost their lives when the steamer Hesper ian was torpedoed Saturday off rast net. At tho time of the accident, the message ndded, the lifeboats were swung out and lowered to the level of tho promenade deck, ready for launching. (lovcrnmciit Delays Action WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. Today's official dispatches still left in doubt whether tho Allan liner Hesperian was sunk by n torpedo or n mine. The stato department and tho White Hoio continued to delay any action or decision. Societary Lansing said his reports were inconclusive and failed to es tabjinh exactly how the ship was dc Stroved. One dispatch, from Consul Frost refojTo.Tto- tho Iosicrian as having sunk where sho was torH.uloe.d, Ainbasnsdor Page transmitted infor ination that he had icceied from tho British admiralty which disclaimed that the ship had been used in milt t til y service at all since the beginning of (ho war. The official disposition is in give full oppoitunity 4or receipt of offic ial reports from both German and Ilritisli sources. Waiting for Kiidcuco Tho present po-ition of tho United State is to take no steps to question tho good faith of Germany's recent assurances unless it is shown clearly (hat the kinking of the Hespcriul was in violation of them. A high official explained that President Wilson and Secretary Lansing accepted tho as Niirauces of the German government at their face value and are reluctant to believe that tho Hesperian was sunk deliberately without valid ex case. They will wait for mora ovid tnce on whether she was warned or attempted to escape. The gun on hor deck aUo will ho carefully consid ered. as spy IN MOSCOW WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. A trav cling represent at no and the Eutopcan manager of Rice & Hutchins, Boston manufacturers, have been arrosted iu Moscow and held a spios by ordor of tho military authorities, according to a consular dispatch today to the state department. LEMAN NOT DEAD, BUT LIVING IN PRISONER'S CAMP BLRLIN, Sept. 7 (by wireless to Sayvtllel. -A Paris mnvs'pner has printed nil item trom Belgium to tho efieet that General Lemuu, the de fend or of Liege, has died of a broken heart iu h German prion. Tho fact i thut the general i hung in Mug dehur;; iu pi.Miiu-r' i amp. He read his obituary notice withdeligbt. HOW THE GERMAN "S if y 3 - i (l 4 ALLIES AVIATION- HAZHL, Switzerland, Sept. 7. Tho norlnl bombardment at Saarbrucckcn, rocordod In jcsterday'B official atato mont from tho French war office, was probably tho most notablo oporatlon of its kind during tiio war. Forty French and Drltlsli war aoro. planes circles low over tho town and accurately threw bombs In tho small arniH factory, tho railroad station, tho englno shods and other military build ings. Several hundred yards of rail road trackago was destroyed nnd many In tho barracks wore killed or wounded, Saarbrucckcn is not provided with artillery for high nnglo flro nnd an ar mored train that had bceu summoned from Motz, bringing aerial guns on trucks, nrrtved' too lato to lnterfcro with tho operations of tho aviators. All forty noroiilancfi, , after dis charging about 400 proJectlfcfrQ turncd safely to Nancy. IS HKKLLV, Sopt. 7. -Tho admiralty announced today that tho German submarlno U-27 sank a small Drltlsli cruiser several weeks ago. The U-27 has not beon beard from since August 10, tho admiralty also says, and prob ably is lost. The announcement follews: "According to a report of ono of our submarines, it met tho U-27 on tho high sens after the latter, about August 0, had sunk a small Ilritisli cruiser of an old type went of tho Hebrides islands (off tho coast of Scotland). Tho U-27 has not since tetunied and must bo regarded as lost." OF SIMLA, India, Sept. 7 The Gaek war of llaroda lias contributed five lakhsrupes ($160,000) to provide aeroplanes for uso on tho Urltlsh front. Last December ho purchased tho steamship Empress of India as a hospital ship for Indian troops. CONSCIENCE FUND RECEIVES $300 FOR SMUGGLED CLOTHES WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. A $300 contribution to tho treasury depart mont's oonscionce fund was received today from a. .Maine woman, who wrote that she wikhod fo pay the duty on some (dot lies smuggled into the country for a friend twenty yean ago, VTvdPsL WBb) RAID SUCCESSFUL COURT , CONVENES KAISER'S PEACE TERMS WOULD RE-DIVIDE RUSSIA 95 SALK.M, Or., Sept. 7. Tho Oregon supremo court convened todav aftei its summer recess and handed down decisions on six cases. In ono of them the court held that a deed exe cuted by Ttl. L. Jones of Luke Laliish, Ore., conveying 710 acres of land sit uated iu the Willamette valley to G. C. Shelter of Portland, was obtained by fraud and ordered it cancelled. Acording to (lie opinion, Jones traded a fiOO-aero farm for a hotel valued tit 12.,000 in Portland. Shef flor, who noted us agent for the trans action, falsely claimed ho held a mortgago on the hotel nnd Jones deeded him 710 acres in order to clear tho alleged indebtedness. ATHENS, Sopt 7 Tlio nrrrat of two men and it wouuiii chnrsed with trafficking iu messages nddrensod to King Constantino and tho general staff of tho Oroek nrtny by represen tatives of tho belligerents on both sides Iu tho war has caused a sensa tion. It has been established that Gor man and Austrian messages were scut to Itussla although many dispatches from tho Urltlsh admiralty aro said to bo missing, Tho porsous arrested aro charged with soiling Information impartially to cither sldo. PROBING MURDER OF FEDERAL JUDGE PKOVIDLNCK, It. I., Sept. 7. Kfforts wore mado by tho autlioritios today to trace movements of porxons alleged to liuve shown unfriendliness toward Justieo Willis S. Knowles of the eighth district oomt, who was murdered at North Seituato yester day. The theory to which the polieo softmed nwkt inclined was that thu justice whs shot by someone who feared prosecution as a ieult of Jus tieo Knowles' activities in enforcing tho fish and game laws, NEW WORLD'S RECORD FOR BAIT CASTING CHICAGO, Sept. 7.-A new world's record for casting wns claimed today by F. K. Moifatt of Chiongo, who sent a hulf-ounco bait 215 feet in the distance National Amateur Fly-Casters' anndciution meet hero yostorduy. Tho former record, waj 2U fveti r f r OREGON SUPREME REEK BELLIGERENTS (' r y AFRICA. Jk ( iovrriiw-si - WM (J (J The knlscr, It is now rcMi-tol, is 'willing (o malto iH-aco while still vlcloiiou. Hut Ik would lnsbtt iijniii Ills own (erius, anil licro is liow lio would irdltlilo lmmpo nnd Africa; On tho map to tlio left tlio terri tory shown In black is Com land, wbi clt Cciiunny would demand of Itussla, ttlso Hcrbla, which the ICaisci would Iinvo divided lttwei'ii Austria and Kill gall a with possitily n small poillou for (Irmv, The shaded jsn-t ions show Finland Finland and Poland. Tho kit! mm would demand tho provision by Ituvsla fot tho autonomy of Finland and tlio making of an Independent kingdom of Poland. On t ohmap above tbo black isntlon Is tlio territory iu Africa that, (icrnmuy would demand from Knglnud, France, and Itelgluni In return for js'iice. SI 00,000 LOSS BY IOLA, Kan., Sept. 7 .Hundreds of persons were mado homeless and property dnmngo estimated nt $100, 000 wns done as tho result of a cloud burst which Inundated tho oast and southwest parts of loin today. Tho government wonthor bureau announc ed that C.l Inches of rnln foil, Sleoplng residents of tho floodod sections woro wnrncd by tolopbono, tho dlscbnrgo of flro nrms nnd the ringing of flro alarms. Scoroa of mou worked nil night rescuing pcoplo from housetops nnd trees. Tho refu gees woro qunrtorod In churchos, pub. lie halls and tho police station. 121m crook, which cnuicd tho flood, wns n mllo wido todny and Its current was very swift. Mayor Vomer estimated that COO porsous woro rosuticd from tho flooded districts. FOUT SCOTT, Kan., Sopt. 7 Moro than 100 pcoplo in tho lower parts of tho city aro marooned on houso tops hero today as a result of a six Inch rainfall which caused tho Mnr- mnton river nnd Mill creek to flood tho town. lirldgoa ovor thoso rivers aro washed out or nro iindor water. All Villablo boats wcro being used to roscuosibo rofugocn. Four foot of water wad running through tho Missouri, KannatUncl Texas railroad depot today nnd plisscngrs iu ma rooned trains woro belflK rescued with boats mid ropes, No fnfiViiUcg i'Siu been reported. Tho retail business district Is under soverul fcot of water, TRIAL IS UNDERWAY INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 7 Tho trial of Mayor Johcph K. Moll, charg ed with conspiracy to commit felonies iu connection with tho election of pri ninrynf H)Ll,"wa begun here today., Chnrlos W. Miller, chief counsel for .Mayor Hell, aflor nrgiiin the, law iu tho case, mado a plea for fair play and asorted that tho ease was duo to politico. Prosecutor Alvah J. KttcLor denied that politics in any form had anything to do with the oaso. Mayor IJcll and the majority of the men indicted with him, including Thomas Taggart and Chief of Police Samuel V. Peirott, aio demoeruts, while Proi-ecutor Hucker and tho ma jority of tho comity ofliciaU nro ro PjtbhcauK. FRENCH STEAMER TORPEDOED OFF WEST COAST OF FRANCE PA II IS. Sent. 7. Tho French steamship Bordeaux has buon torpe doed and blink twolvo miles ouUido the mouth of Giroudo, off tlio west ern count of France. Her crew wu- tukcii aboard u pilot boat, NACLUDB EUROPE AND AFRICA JOFFRE PRAISES ITALIAN CAMPAIGN PARIS, Sept. 7. General Joffrc, tho Ftcneh commander iu chief, re turned last night to Franco after his visit of two davs at tho Kalian front. General Joffrc gave highost praiso lo 'tho Itulhui'troopi for what' they have accomplished in u comparative ly short time, and said to General Ca- iierna: "Fraternally nailed to tho French army, which warmly applauds your first brilliant success, tho Italian army marches with sum step toward a definite victory, which tho allied nations know will he admired hy united efforts, with the miiiio ideals and low of libcrlv and civilization." AUSTRIAN ENVOY GOES TO CAPITAL NEW YOKIC, Sopt. 7.- Dr. Con stantln T. Diimba, Austro-Hungarlan ambassador, left for Washington to day. Ho declined to mako any state ment rognrdod his roporlod efforts to tin up munition plants nt lb bom , I'n., Pittsburgh, and plnci, saying howas going to " .'ngtop to lay his'sldo of tho cm foro Secret. v Limalim. SE BRISTOL, England, Sept. 7 A resolution ngniiint coiikcriptiou was adopted iiuunimoiitdv with great cheering at today's hcasiou of tlio Trades Union Congrosa. The congress also declared iu fa vor of nationalization of tho rail roads, taking' tho intuition that tho experience of the government iu man aging tho roads during tho war wns sufficiently encourngiug to 'justify this .top. TROLLhY STRIKE TIES UP I ALMANY, N. Y., Sept. 7. All dtoct ear traffic m Albany, Tiop, Cohooa, Watorvliet mid Gruon Inland is tied up today hocaiino of a strike of conductor mid motormen over the inothod of suspending employed for alleged rulo iufrnutions. About 1000 mou nro involved. The hues are owned by tho I'nited Tnu-tiou com-J puny, TRADES BRITAIN SENDS $65,000,000 TO NEW YORK Greatest Gold Shipment Yet Mado Arrives to Bolster Up Forcffjn Cred itsBankers Displeased as Banks Arc Full of Gold, Which Tlicy Want to Lend on American Securities. I1ANGOR, Me., Sept. 7. Tho third consignment of gold nnd securities sent to this country from England, which reached Haltrnx, N. S., on tho cruisor Argylo yesterday wns brought into tho United States during the night. PORTLAND, Me, Sept. 7. Tlio vnluo of tho gold nnd eccuritica brought to Hnlifnx yesterday on tho fast cruiser Argylo nnd which pnssed through Mnino enrly today on tho way to Now York to strengthen Brit ish credit, is nearly $80,000,000. Tho gold consists of 11,050,000 English sovereigns, equivalent to about $50,500,000, nnd $7,850,000 in United States coin. The vnluo of tho bonds is $1 .1,000,000. This is $30,000,000 in excess of tho raluo of each of tho two provious consignments of gold and collateral securilios. Inrgcni Cold Shipment NFAV YORK, Sept. 7. Interna tional bankers hero did not nltogcthcr ' relish today tho news from Portland, Are., that more thuii $115,000,000 in gold coin wns speeding to Now York to bolster Great Hritnin's credits in this country. This, it is behoved, is tho largest single gold shipment over mado hero by n foreign power. It comes, it was said, nt n, timo when gold is wanted less tlinn ever before. Bringing this mountain of gold to New York n't a timo when tho normal dciiiuuds of business nro lowor tlinn usual, and when tho vaults of tho country aro hlrcady choking with gold, mny, it is feared, nccclornto tho icudeiioy toward inflation nnd specu lation. Wnnt to Lend Money While pay for tho supplies sent to Great Britain is, of course, both wanted nnd expected, New York bankers do not want to bo paid in gold. They would much prefer to lend Great Britain tho money to pay them, taking high-ulnss American se curities as collateral for the loan. In tho faco of England's great ship ment of gold, tho foreign exchange into on sterling opened today at a loss of 1 cent from Saturday's closo of $1.(57. Within two hours it lost 2 cents more. Franos remained at virtually tho s"mu figure, fi.Dll. This, too, wim tho uapo with I ires, which wore quoted, at fl.'HJ, whjlu rciclis- TJlTHrran rmyi-r-5- PARIS, Sopt. 7. Last night saw a continuance of the violent artillery exohnngofi nlong tho French line, no cordiug to tho official communication givon out by tho war department thut afternoon. Tho fighting took plnco nrouud Souchoy. nnd near Ncinillc, and it was partieulailv severe in tho region of Roye, on the plateau of Quonnovieroh and nonr Nouvron. "Thero was also very spirited ar tillery fighting iu tlio Champagne dis trict and in tho Yosgos, "German acrophinos havo mada two attacks on Gerardmor. Tlio hec oikI resulted in the killing of two pur-son-,' E AIM Bf ALLIES CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 7. The following official statement wad issued tonight at tty-Turkibh war of fice : "The oneiny unsuccessfully bom barded with land ryid ship batteries our positions at Annfnrtu and Sod-dul-Buhr. Our artillery caused fires in enemy ttencho mid artillery posi UWi ftt Anufurtu," K i