KS'!l,w Medford Mail Tribune t i SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair Tonight nml Friday. Mnv. 8(1 ; Mln. U7. i Forty-fifth Year. MEDFOKD, OREGON, THURSDAY, SKPTWMBEJl 30, 15)15 NO. 1G4 rmllv Tenth Yrar. y NEW ORLEANS GUT OFF FROM THE WORL C GULF HURRICANE .i 1 . 1 4 A HAVOCWROUGHT N U COAST BY BIG STORM Many Lives Lost and Heavy Property Loss New Orleans Flooded and Damaged Estimated at $2,000,000 Wires Prostrated and Railroads Washed Out. DRIVE OF ALLIES GAINS HEADWAY THE WAR WITH THE BRASS BUTTONS OFF WIRELESS SENDS ON WEST HE Berlin Concedes Loss of Important Positions Champagne District Is Scene of Fiercest Fighting Brit ish Seeking Capture of Lens, Pre paratory to Taking of Lille. NF.W ORLEANS, Sept. 30, via Union Ttouge, La. Unofficial esti mates lotlny placed Iho property dam ago In Now Orleans from ycstorday'H Btorm nt nearly $2,000,000, and the loss of life at seven. It wan esti mated that at leant 1G0 persons wero more or less Injured by tho collapso of buildings, falling signs or flying glURH. Scarcely a large pinto glass window remains lnict in tho downtown nce tlon and Jinny stocks of goods wero damaged by wind and rain. Signs, telegraph, telephono, electric" light roles, wires and debris from damaged I (Hidings littered street cars today trnd hundreds of structures wero un roofed or demolished in various parts of the city. In tho Cumberland Telephono com pany's c::chongo fifteen persons, most ly girls, wero Injured when all tho windows In tho oast front ontho floor where they wcro working crashed in, Wind Itenches.lilO Miles Tho maximum velocity of tho wind was reported by tho weather bureau as between 120 and 1H0 miles an hour. The wind blew nt this rnto for one mlnuto. between 5:30 and C:00 o'clock Inst night. Tho highest sus tained vollclty ,wns SC miles about r. : 1 0 p. m. I'ollco and flro departments wcro kept busy responding to cnlls for as sistance and Investigating .reports of collapsed buildings. Two hundred young women wcro removed by tho jollco In automobiles and police ve hicles from n clgnr factory threaten ed with destruction Just before nlght inll. They were lioused In tho crim inal courts building until tho storm ulmted. Numerous school buildings nnd churches wero destroyed or badly damaged by the wind. Approlmato 1 sooO telephones were rendered lifeless and trolley service wns mis ponded after 3 o'clock yosterdny nf-ttrnoon. fi'ulf Const Buffer MOllILE.' Ala.. Sopt. 30. With every telephone and telegraph vtro to tho westward prostrated by tho "West Indian storm, Mobilo today was without information as to tho extent of damage at Coden Ilayou, La Uatro, Gulfport, Pass Christian and other points nlong the gulf. Three fam ilies aro reported missing at Crab Creek Although Mobile escaped tho full ' LONDON, Sept. 30.- Tho great drive of the entente allies on tho wes tern front is making important head-( wnj in tho Ohnmpngno region of France. Paris elaimfi a notniiio nu-. vnnco nml Merlin concedes thnt the French have gained ground. Tho Paris wnr offieo in chronicling tho ndvnnco in tho Clintnpngno nn imutu'CH thnt n footing in tho second Gennniiflino of defense wns secured nt several points. " Tho district west of GuttaDc. TniireJ nnd Hint to the. west' of tho Khvnrinl farm nro mentioned in connection with tho Champagne advance. The French nro declared oven to have passed the German line in this Inttei region, hut wcro unable to hold on there because of tiio heavy German artillery fire. Thoy maintained nil the second line points captured, how over, it is claimed, Seek Strategic Hallway In this district tho French nre pushing for tho strnlegio rnilwny lino .just behind tho Gerninn front, and, according to their claims, "inust now be very close to it. Airmen," luivo hombtirilcd various stations nlong Jhis line. Important supporting works to the south of Itipont in this section also were taken, Paris assorts, completing tho conquest of tho first German dc fenso line. The only resistance of the Germans in the Arlow district, where the Hrit ih nnd French nre pushing their lines toward Lens with the eventual taking of the important city of Lille appar ently in view, was an extremely vio lent bnnihardinenl of the new allied positions east of Sanchez, Paris re ports. Allies Dominate. Field IIolli north 'and south of Lens the nllics hold high ground dominating the town tho Hrilib.li on hill No. 70, the French on hill No 1 10, the high crest between Souehez and Vimy. Jtaiu, log nnd soggy ground have been hampering both tho contendere and limiting the nctiities of aircraft. A few dn.vs of clear, dry weather might have n marked healing on developments. (Continued on page two.) AMERICAN SIP MELDV JAILED FOR I RAN PORT FRAUD VINCENT BLOWN UP WHITE SEA WASHINGTON, Si'pt. .10.-The Aireriian sailing ship Vincent was blown up Septomhcr 27 by o mine off ( aic Orloff, in the White son, and i, ,t total loss. Tho orew was saved, l,ut l iiptain Ambormnn uud throe men ui. injured. Thoy are boing treat ed ,n a hospital at Arohanffol. Con b.ttar diatehe to tho state doiwrt n i-i.t today reported tb disaster. TI,o Vincent formerly waa Hritwh tb,, winch rwewtly took American xtj.i.tir. She sailed trow Now York .1 ,.,. i.ud arrived t Arehanl JhI.v .in. v .iIiuk frwM tUero Sejtfember 4 j.i i London. I.oNPOX, Sept. a0. Tfce oajitniN, i r-t .(n.t hm1 inHtus and carpenter :i:. . i.... V;....,...l ,t ii, i n..rriii KJuiiug nii v rt ,i ir . d n tl. lire vlmli dv NF.W.YOKK, Sept. 30. Andrew D. Meloy, who vs arrested by depart ment of justice agents when he ar liml htro today, was arraigned charged with conspiring with Franz liintclen, a Gormnu wine merchant, to defraud tho United States government in securing n passport for Itiutelcn. Mcloy was hold in $10,000 bail. Mcloy, his secretary, Miss lint tie Itropliv, and Franz Itintelcu, alias E. V. Gasche, wero taken off tho steamer Moordam nt Kirkwall by Hritish mil itary authorities early in August. Hintelun wns sent to an Knglish de tention camp, whore he still is. 'His passport stated ho was a citizen of Switzerland. Moloy nnd Miss Hrophv were re turned to this country nt the institu tion of the department of justice. Mis Hrophy i being held n a ma tenul witness. HAIL RUINS APPLE CROP AT ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO HOSWKLL, N. M., Sept. 30. A heavy kail tonu Ut nht prsctio- ally rHUMHl tkt winter apple crop in the vicinity of Hoawoll. The damage i p-tiinated at $200,000. Packing .i ti luiNr begun imIu in the larger uu bards, 1 wBk z s vi -, mi vi -1 KS - Mir & :&'-mm. 2 v i 11k. Br. r. Ifus.j BbNH. V "ttKI Hfm Wmksf Wj '? 'mM fttfo. y'C it -' JDK. "3HH WW jfTlfc '.W.fTI aSF.PM au atr l J I f- JKHKImi "5?''m A!ftv SHHHl BAHKfmlHib.v This rut-toon Is liywrt Mill or, AintiliviK dcnliij, la ( rajon, ln the brass buttons i-Ipikm! olio wll 1 jxiitiiiy (lie human Mile of Inhuman I lint. It'll tin- Liii-ojio to sketch tho great unr as an American see it with war. W:Kcli foe his cartoons Jn tho Mail Tribimo. BRITISH GENERK SLAIN IN 'BILE LONDON, Sept. 30 The-ltUh casualties in the recent off & act ZEPPELINS HEADED ;SAFE CONDUCT Tl 3 ATTACK LONDON DIB LONDON, 'M-pl. .10. Six Zi-ppchn dirigible bullooii were iehted today Ion on the western front tided ,oer Aerw-liot, twenty-throe iuiIon Lieutenant Oeneral 'Sir Tion nnrtheufet of MhikmIs. Tho mndiiw Cappor and Major General 'H. were bound in a wenterly lirwtiun. Thcslnger, both killed. Thnt iuforuiutioti wnm couttiiiiwl in General Thompson was 1 la i diiwtli Irom AiAterduin to the Cen- 1SC3, commanded tho Thlrt'tln'i tral Nw agency. fantry brigade from 1911 'Mg and then was annolnted an irforj Due et of ArM-liot lie Dover of Infantry. Ho had boon ad3 ! t,,e K"glli ebnufl ine nisunguisnea Hervico o if" everal other medals for his goi!?: GUTHRIE REPRESENTS WILSON .T- i.il,innln r. r. r. r. T-1 r. General Theslnger had bi ' t ' mmftuu a uununi lun moled several times slueo thr WAMIINOTON', Sept. 30. Irei began. Io pej-ved In tho Nl " dout WiUoii today imuied Amenran dltlon of 1 SOS and In tho Sou tubao-adur Gulhri at Tokiw n hi- can war. Ho wns Jiwpcctor pbr-.inil npn-fiiLitiM- nt tti- ci of tho king's African It t fit. .ouhMm. .u. . .m. ..i ih. h,ik i.l., ti W.5iIINGTON, ftopt. 30. Sir Co cll Sprlng-ltlco.tbo lirltlsh nmbas sador, today dolivorad to Acting Boo rotary Polk at tho statu department, n safe conduct undor whloh Dr. Con Untln T. Dumba, tho Austrian am bassador will roturn to VIonna. Tho denartmont askod for tho snino con dual some days ago when Dr. Dumba talograplitHl from the Hummer oiu boMy at Lenox, Maas., that he had ben onlorod homo and roqueatod that arrHngeuieiiU for his safu pus u be made. 1909 to 1913. 'but. U a HOUSTON, Tox., Sent. SO. If, ns eportMl by wlroleu, tho barometor nt New Orleans fell to 28 11, in that re gard the storm was third In point of . ty in tbo wot'da hiBtor). SQUEEZED IN WHEAT PIT CHICAGO, Sept. 110.- Sensational advance took place just before tho vlokit of trading today in tho Septem ber delivery of wheat. -Mouth-end eovoriiig by shorts ran up quotations to 115Vt u hiiMhol ns against 103 lust night, n jump of 11. Notwithstanding thnt tho riso was ateejior than Juis been witnessed at any time since tho beginning of tho Kuropoaii war, oxoiteinont wns not eoiraioiulingly great. Transactions were mostly in small lots, and tho quoeze did not nffeet the, maiket as n whole. VOI DISTANC E OF 4600 MILES Successful Telephone Communication between Atlantic Seaboard and Ha waii Accomplished by Radio Ex periment Followed Talkfnrj Across Continent Last Night. I'rlnnovlllo Jounran has It that A. II. Honors company will build a mill und railroad to their timber bold- HlbH NEW YOKK', Sept. 30. Hint wirc Ichs telephono communication from the Atlantic seaboard to Hawaii, n distance of -1000 miles, is now nn ac complished fact wns announced today nt tho offices of tho American Tclo hono St Telegraph company. Exceeding even in success tho transmission of the human voice from Arlington to Marc Island, Cul., n dis tance of 2f00 miles, accomplished last night, it wob stated thnt subse quent experiments hud resulted in successful telephono communication between Arlington nnd tho nnvnl radio station nt Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Tho distanco over which this wire less communication wns held is greater than the dictnneo froni-Nqiv York to London, Paris, IprHnj(tar; Home. Tho voico hnd to travel ov$ tho wholo United States, ndisfafev of 2500 miles, before it enjouhtered, the more simple wireless i eruditions which exist over, largo bodltw'of wa. ler. For the purjioso of this test it twn8 stated , thnt the receiving waH' done on suinll wireless nntcnnnn erected by engineers of tho telephone company by permission of tho naval authorities i(t the Ponrl Harbor sta tion. A representative of tho company snid thnt whilo wireless telephony would form an important adjunct to the proscnt telephono system, in that it could bo established between points where it would ho impracticable to extend wires, it would not replnco thu present system. Tho wireless, he ex plained, is subject to interference, from ntmosphorie conditions nnd any one with nppnrntiM could lisjeu in on u conversation. KITCHENER PREFERS VOLUNTEER SYSTEM F RECRUIN LONDON, Sopt. HO. Proforenco for continuation of tbo voluutcer sys tem Is said to bavo been expressed by Karl Kitchener at a meeting ot labor oxcoutlvos yesterday which was addressed by tho war secretary. Ho said, however, that tho present rato of recruiting was not equal to tho needs. Karl Kitchener said that his own plan, which had not yet bocn author ized by tho government wus to apply tbo systein ot tho military ballot. Kvory district would bo roqulred to furnish its quota of mon. In caso this quota could not bo obtained by voluntary enlistment tho required number would bo selected by ballot from among tbo men ot military ago and tho enlistment of thosa thus se lected would bo compulsory. Tho sec retary added that there had been no slnckenlng of tho pressure to bring out recruits. SEIZE ALL METAL IN KAISER'S PALACE GBNRVA, via Paris, Sept, 30. Tho emperor's pnluco in Berlin was visited by tho commission having In chnrgo tho solzuro ot all metal for government uso and n list of tho metals at tho court was demanded, Tito court chamberlain ordered all tho mombors of tho royal family to mjiko Individual lists. l)y tho orders ot Hmpcror William all metals not in actual necessary uw will bo seized. ,ij lU. wf--I