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Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER Knlr Tonight nnd Friday. Ma v. 83.5; Mln. 35.5. SECOND EDITION LIEDFOllD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1915 NO. 170 &' rty-Mth Tear. 1 1 y Tenia icnr. AND AUSTRIAN FORCES BEGIN THE IHVA OF SERBIA LARGE GERMAN TEUTONS CROSS mHT DANUBE, DVINA IIS IANDSAVER1VERS M Secure Footings Secured In Serbian iTerrltory Bulgaria Awaits Dec laration of War by Allies Greece Forming Coalition Cabinet French i Repulse German Attack on West. DKRLIX, Oct. 7. LnrRO German Bml Austrian forces hnvo inviulcd sorbin. E Tho Teutonic troons hnvo crossed lie Drum. Save nnd Diuiubo rivers Kit niniiv places, the war office nil- Bounced today. 11 is Hinted Hint tho invading troops have established firm foot lljolds on tho other banks of tho riv- vrs Tho nortlon of tho official Gorman statement of today dealing with theso operations is an follews: Cross llnrdor Itlvers I "Gorman and Austro-IIungarlan troops croHHOd tho Drlnn, tho Savo nnd tho Danube at many places nnd obtained firm footholds on tho cast- em bank of tho Drlna nnd tho south ern banks of tho Savo and tho Danube." Tho iiiMixitin marks tho beginning TOf the expected campaign against Scibia nml may piecipitnto tho crisis t tin. IImILiiiij uliinh lins been looked for. Heconl developments liavo shown tlial Bulgaria was likely to co-operate with Gennanv and Austria by nt taVkiiitr Heibia from tho cast. An army of French and Hritish troops l I 1 1.1 ..I t'..l....:i.: (Inimm J1(IH OCCIl IUIK1CII III omnium, uiiv Slid scut to Scibia to assist in meet- lifiir tlic now attack. rfhe (Icnnau annouuceiucnl nidi- Ira ted that the iinudmg forces mo Rrocccding along tho boundary ho Ijwccn Serbia nnd Austria. The Dan lube forms the bolder from tho Ilti- Jnmninn frontier to Belgrade, the Save from Belgrade to tho noithweslorn corner of tho country, and tho Drinn !uu ulong tho wostcrn boundary to u point not far north of tho .Montciicg- iiu line. LONDON. Oct. 7. An offlclnl ills- patch received In Loudon today Htatos It h ii t tho Austro-Gorninn nrmlos con- Kontrnted against Serbia comprlsu a total of 400,000 mon. Bulgaria Av.nits War HFKL1N, Ocl. 7 (by wireless to fSii.uillit). "Bulgaria awaits today u nlc'claratinn of war from tho nUios," sus a dispatch from Budapest to the Baikal Anzciger, as given out bore to- ldn bv the Overseas News agency. JiTiemier ltadoblnvoff conferred with the (ierman, Austro-Hungurian and j!iikio diplomatic repiosontntivos, while the Brititsb charge d'affaires on calling was received by the first secretary. The allies arc much dis appointed." LONDON, Oct. 7. The ullios, hav- Rhu' broken off dpilomatio relations Cvilh Ilulgniiu, news is momoutnrilj Rsptetcd of that nntion s nctivo par- Ucipation in the war on tho side of RKc ccntial powers. fiircc Coalition Cabinet 'Her king-and tho late leader ot i govenunent being at odds, Greece tunning a coalition cabinet, pend ing the const ruction of which hei jSfyi'N vill bo obscure. There arc no H&giungs in England, however, that him will co-operate in any way with WILSON FO WiARRY AGAIN (Continued on Page Two) HERNANDEZ SHOT BY OWN SOLDIERS i:i. PASO, Tox , Oct. 7. Official reirtM at Juares today state, that General Itoealle Hernandez who was Si io i ted to have revetted from Villa, was shot Ij bit own wen when they learned oi nit latenued dofeetlsn. 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RUINS IN ARDMORE AFTER GASOLINE TANK EXPLOSION THAT COST 40 LIVES The president N seen hero ns ho vni-pliofogiiijhcl In tho vcstlbulo of his car as liLs hHi'inl train vits ivaily to leave PHncton, X. J., wlicro ho had gone to cast his toto Tuesdjiy. IIS FORMING NEW CBINE I KING OF GREECE ATHKNS, Ort. 7. Alexander Zal ninls has nccopted tho promlorshlp In siiccobIou to M. Vonlzolos, at tho in. vltutlon of King Constantino. Ho complctod tho cabinet today, Proinlor Zamals will sorvo as for eign minister as woll ns proinlor. Tho cabinet Is constituted as follews: Proinlor and Forolgn Minister, Al exander Zamals; Minister of tho In terior, M, Gournarls; Minister of War General Yannkltsa; Minister of Mn rlne, Admiral P. Countourlotls; Min ister of Finance, Stephen Dragoumts; Minister of Instruction, M. TheotokU; Minister of Justice and Communica tions. D. G. Ithallls. Tho cabinet memhers will appoar lu tho chamber Monday. LONDON,. Oct. 7. Alexander Zaj maU bus accepted King Constautine's inwtntion to fonn a now cabinet, mi cording to a Itouter dispatch from Athens, Ho bus assured lender of tho opposition that they will bo al lowed lepreaontatiou. Alexander Zutnul, who accept ed tho tufck of forming a Greek eonl ition cabiuut in biieeession to the VcniMdiM minUtry, 1ms tuico befoic held the office of pniuo luinistcr. He is the son of Tliraay-IJouloa Zuinu--, scvcrul limes premier anil one of 1 1 1 -three numbers of the national ibpn t.ition dflcitatcd to offer the itoih, ut Oiveiri to I'riuce Geoie of Den murk, who resigned at Atbea n Kiug (Jorge, uud who was the fatlur of L'ouUutiue, the present Hellenic mler. , FA It IS, Ort. 7, fl a. . A peiJ to the l'rtit Journal fruw AUiraa ajra the rupture between JCinf CuaaUn tine and il. Veniarloe followed a visit of the Oernuut Riiaiater to the kiag iiiiMnJiateiy Bfler the swuioei ef ike . l.MtkMr at trhieli M. VewariM eutuewd the r esfMeUxt Greece to follow. VA L ADVISORY BOARD ORGANIZES m H EDISON CHIEF WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. Tho naval hoard of adifcor today nt He first meeting oleoted thu following offic era: Chairman, Thomns A. Kdison, Or nnjii, X. J. First vico-chaitmnn, Dr. Fcter Cooper Hewitt, Xow York. Second vieo-ehuirninn, William L. Knunder,, l'lainfield, X. J. Seorotary, Thomas Itobins, Stnm foid, Conn. As-i-tant to the chairman, M, It. llutcliiuson, Omnge, N. J. Only members of tho board wero prcsont at tho meeting, although Sec retary Daniels confeircd wjth them for a short time. Ho would not dis close what suggestions ho had made. Mcmbors of the board had plonncd to leuvo Washington for their homo- this Hi'ternoon, hut did not complete their work in time, returning to the library of thu department nfter luncheon, with Secretary Daniels. No i-oiauiiltfcs to deal with special bill). ji'cU liyd beeli appointed when the twes was taken. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. President Wilson and Mrs. Norman Gait, whoso engagement was announced last night nt tho white, houso, will bo married probably tho first week In December. The ceremony will bo private, only a few closo friends being Invited, and Hill tako place nt the homo of tho brldo on New Hampshire street near Dupont Clrclo. Plans for' tho honeymoon have not been completed, but It was indicated today that tho trip might Include n visit to tho San Diego exposition. Tho fact that tho president of tha United States, on whom tho oyes ot the world have frequently been fo cused In tho last few months ot tho Kuropcan war, had decided to murry again, gavo tho national capital a topic ot absorbing Interest which, for tho moment, overshadowed nil ques tions of International or domestic politics. Surprise to All Tho news enmo ns a surprlso to nil but a fow Intimate friends who know that tho friendship of tho president for Mrs. Gait had devolopcd Into an Intimacy that presaged mnrlago. Closo friends expressed today their ploasuro at the announcement, not only because It meant a chango from a life of loneliness and unvaried oc cupation to an atinosphoro of helpful companionship. His Incessant labor alono lu tho whlto houso during tho period of mourning had affected his spirits. "Whoa ho began to tnkn a re newed lntorcst In personal affairs his friends, noted Immediately a chango for tho hotter lu IiIb .hcaltjt and tho energies with which ho attacked tre mendous problems boforo him. Mrs. Gait is regarded ns a woman ot rnro beauty and charm. Thoso who havo known hero best predicted today that sho would bo as tho first lady ot tho land a popular hostess as well ns n comfort and support to tho president In his dally work. Ilrtdo To Ho ii iW Mrs. Gait Is about 38 years of ago, youthful In nppcaranco and slmplo In her tastes. Sho is a widow of a well known busluess matt of Washr Ington who died eight years ago. Sho was married In 189C, lloforo that sho was Miss Kdtth Dolling or Wythe vlllo, Vn. Her fathor was William II. Dolling, a lawyer ot distinction. In tho circles of cultivated peoplo with whom sho mingled in Washing ton, Mrs. tialt has always been sought out for her unusual cliaractor nnd gifts. Miss Margaret Wilson, tho president's eldest daughter, and her cousin, Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, first brought Mrs. Gait Into tho whlto houso circles, They met her In tho early fall of last year and wero ho much attracted by hor that they sought her out nioro nnd moro fre quently. It was through this intimacy of his daughter and cousin that tho president had an opportunity to meet and know Mrs. Gult, Not until this summer, however, whon Miss Bones Invited Mrs. Gait to Cornish, N. 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This picture showa n iceno in tlu business di trict of Ardmoro, Old n, nftor tho cxiilosion of n tank of gasoline on a Santa lb railroad car which killed foitv and injured hco res. ITALY SIANDSPAI ALLIES IN m BALKAN LpNDDN, Oct. 7. Tho llulgnrlnn minister to Italy was today handod his passportH by tho Itnllnn foreign minister, according to n Stofiuil News ngoncy dispatch from Itomo. Tl'ItlN, 'Ituly, Oct. 7. Premier Saliindru nnuouueed at mi imporlaul cabinet council, according to the Htampa's Home correspondent, that thu Italian diplomatic policy in deal ing with liulgaria bad been all alirg in lino with that of tho allies and would continiio to be. Ho docluid that any diplomatic notion taken by Italy's allies would bu alo taken by Italy nnd that such action mux im minent. Tho premier to reported to have asserted that his government lowed tho Ilalkau situation calmly, behov ing it might havo tho ndvantugu of shortening tho war nnd bringing about thu final success of tho allies. Ho announced that nil military meas ures had heeu taken both for tho war now in progress on link's frontiers and that impending in the llnlliatis. TO ISSUE MOBILIZATION CALL 24 INDIAN MILIIIA , SENI 10 CLIFTON 10 PROTECT MINES 4 GKNI3VA, via Paris, Oct. 7. Information reached Geneva today by way of Munich' from a source which Is regarded ns rollahlo that Kumiiuln will lssuo a decrco for general moblllza- tlon within tho net twolvo K hours. GERMANY SEIZING LONDON, 0t. 7.- Tho Oenimn mlnistrv Ikim uniiouuccl that outug to a scarcity of eoppej nil chandeliers and lighting spjwrutu ns woll us works of art, welt as statues, will bo taken over by the govurninunt, ays an AiHsteniam dispatch to the Kxehange TulegrajJi uompany. Light ing applianeo not in daily use will bo taken firet, but it is at a tod that the government soon will havo lu bi all the copjwr iu Oenuuuy. CITY OWNERSHIP IS E SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7 Dis cusning miiniciial onerhip tnda.v before tho American Klcctrio Kailuav association, Dion J. Arnold, ehairmau of tho board ot supervining cngineoisj of tho Chicago Traction company, advised tho delegates to thu conven tion to coaso wasting their ouorgius in opposing n public- movement that will surely come if it is ocouomiuully sound. "Let us diieet our energies toward the terms nf the piirahaso olatiso and tho conditions of tho ro-suttlemeul franchise," said Mr. Arnold, "for inunieip.i! ownership i cominjr, de spite all opposition " HOLD OP DISPATCHES XKW YOWIC, O.l. 7. - The Uiuluii offiuo of (be Asiiociated 1'ruea ad viaoa tislsy by euble tnnt thouaaHtle of woul of dupstuhos from iU ear roepoiulints in 'Sofia Mil from Use Gyrjimn lines on the vyeatera ImUie front are being wltiikald hj tae Hilt uh eusors. ATHLNS, mii London, Oct. 7. ''There lias been no real accord be tween King Constantino nnd myself since I resumed tho proiniurship," former Premier Vuiiuulna told (Ireok deputies uud otlmr fiiends niter hie rutpuro with tho king. "Thu only eubjuut upon which wo wuio iu full agreement," he lidded, "was the iiiobilisatiun of thu tiiwk forces in iev of llulguiia'a ctpiiv oeal attitude." PII013NIX, Ariz., Oct. 7. Com pany P, of tho stato mllltln, composed ot 70 iiidlaus, tho only Indian com pany In tho stato, was ordorod today to loavo at 7:30 tonight for Clifton to join tho -10 mllltlnmon now on duty lu tho strike district. They will tako along a regular field equip ment. Unlos9 u special train Is char tered tho reinforcements will not ar rive until tomorrow afternoon. Gov. ernor Hunt, Adjutant Gonoral Har ris and Major Donkorsloy will do cldo Into today whether moro troops aro to bo sent. VASTLY IMPROVED WASIIINOTON, O. t. 7. Se.letarv Lansing oonfonod today on the Mex ican situation with John l(. Silliman, tho stata department's speeiul repru seutativo to the third piui-Aiiiencan coufeiuucu here next Sulurduy. Lu ttr the siiorotnry sail he had no an iioiiiiceiuont to Itinko. Couditiona nt Veru Cruz, Mr. SIIIL man said, were mueh bettor tuiiu ujipohcd in tho United States. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 Joseph I'. Mjors, formor TexnB stnto labor commissioner, has been dlroctcd by Secretary Wilson ot tho labor depart ment, It was announced today, to proceed to Phounlx, Ariz., Immediate ly for conforonco with Governor Hunt of Arizona on tho labor ultuntiou in that statu. His Iiistriictlouu direct that ho mnko such Investigation of labor con ditions as Is uucossury and tako any atepe with rotation to tho minors' itrlko in tho Clifton district as may ho agreed upon at his confercuco with the governor. CHITON, ArU, Oct. 7. Strlkera or the threo copper camps combined toduy lu a demonstration ot soveral thousand men at Moroncl. Thoro was no sign ot disorder. In fact thoro has boon no open dlsordur beyond tho attack Mondny night on tho win dows of tho threo oporatlng com panies' offices, NKW YORK, Oet. 7-YetordjV turbulent reaction iu prices was largely retrieved m today's early dealing. The esse with wliuh oiib stantial reaovriuix wire minlr Mig Ijested tbttt the mm set Ji.d bueu overeelil m tin- preiM'ding - --.ion as n i'l'-nlr nt' the i uiit'i ii n n attitude I l.ikl II 1 1 tin loi k I'. ii ' author 'itiee. WAMHNOTON. Oct. 7. Tho bu itiii ot foreign and domostic com m.ne has been notitiud by ite ngunt in New York, it was louruod that in li.rinal negotiations with thu lliissian eoimiii n lal attache there havo re sulted in modification of eonditioim priscnbwl as to filing of bunds by unjMjitor to guai ant en thu Ituseiaii goveriuniMit aaint re-oxpuitnliou o Itnaeju uh1u imported under thu ngroeinvul for lifting the Itiutajiau um bnrgo. Importers orijsiiialK were roipiirod to l'niiii-li tliicc xeur bond iwiveiiiig '.he .4 1 ii . oi i In- Kood". Ouo-yoar bonds u. 1 1 1 now lit a. ifpti'd to bo TO iK'Me.l it the .r i- -nil iu progress wke tbey expire,