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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair Tonight niul SntiHiIftjr. Mnv. 07, Mln. 40.lt, Pro. .bkt Forty-fifth Tear. Dally Tenth Ypar. MEDFORD, OREGON,., FRIDAY, OCTOKKtt 15, 191;! NO. 177 BUSH LOSSES AT DARDANELLES NEARLY 100,000 Effort to Capture Galllpoli May Be Abandoned as Hopeless Serbs Still Hold Heights of Belgrade Heavy Artillery Duels on Western Front Russians Forced Back. LONDON, Oct. IS. Tho total of Hrilish casualties nt llio Dardanelles up to October 0, Recording to offie- inl figures given out todny, wns fib,- 8!)9. Of litis total, tho number of men killed was 18,057, of wbom 118." were officer, disunities of tlie Aus-tnilus-inn contingenta wero 20,121. Announcement of Hie great losses nf the Itritisli forces lit the Dardiin elles follows the sensational speech in the house t.f lords of Lord Milner, who is said to lnivo chnruetcrized the expedition ns hopeless. Ho Rinjgost ed withdrawn! of tho troops from Oallipoli peninsula find their transfer to somo other front. Lord Law? dowui! responded for the government t lint it wns impossihlo to give nny piomisc thai the troops would con tinue in tho Dardanelles operations or would he withdrawn. French Ijosscs llonvy Tho figures Riven out today do not tell tho full hlory nf what it has cost tho nllies to attempt to force tho Dar danelles. In addition to tho Hritish disunities nro the losses of tho French, concerning which no reliable information is available. The British total, however, hears out dispatches from correspondents on this front, who luivo described the loss of life as frightful. Turkish losses also luivo been described as very heavy. Greece will not intervene in the war on ht'hiilf of Sciliia at present. She Iiiih officially notified tho Urit ish government to this effect. . Koimni mfnnunoement was made today that Serbia had declared war on linlu'iuia. The firnt war statement issued by the llulgnrinn general staff, dated Thursday night, accuses the Serbians of initiating the offensive. Greece is being financed by the entcnlo nllies to an extent sufficient to pay tho expense of keeping her nuny mobilized, according to nn Alli en dispatch to Milan. The sum of 3ti,0()n,000 already has been advanc ed, it is declared. Seiblnns Uold Heights Actual military operations in tho Balkans show but little change siueo tho capture of Belgrade, except for brief forays by Serbians and Dulgur inns. Defending her action in declar ing WRr, Ilulgdrja claims hep lieu trnlity wns vicdntcd by Soibia. Of lliial announcement that Serbia bad doubled war on her neighbor was iiimlt! today. The Serbians arc clinging despcr ately to tho heights above Belgrade, waiting for nssislunoo from their al ' lie. Such aid is expected soon, as ' General Sarrail, connnnnder of tho cjipeditionarv force, whose splendid defense of the ciduu district eon tnbuted gicatl.v to the victory of th allies on the Murne, h;u landed a; Salouiki. '. On Western Front On the western front the Itritisli have gained considerable ground, somo of wliieb they subsequently lost ' nailer tho (lununii slull fire. Intense nrlivity, chiefly on the part of tho artillery, ha pre ailed along t'-o wontein front. TodajV 1'n lit. report mentions hi particular violent artillery batllo! boloro Loo- ami uorthenst of Souchez, and a con centration of German fire on tho French lines east of Auberive, in the Champngne, noar the wosleni end ot the advanced portions of tho Froiicb. In Lorraine the Germans- made a violent attack near I.ctrieourt, winch the French fire is duclnrod to have checked. There has been spirited (Continued on page tbreo) SUNK IN THE BALTIC I'FTRntilUD. Oct. lo. -An offic ial (Jfiiinl u iosuvd today uf til suttwiit w QcrjtWH mwvaiuuw U4 a KuMian riuiatr ba Wmr h Marked dud uuk ur .ittaeked. ' RUSSIAN FROM LASSEN PEAK IN 117TH ERUPTION t H H f - REDDING, Cab, Oct'. 1.1. - " Lassen Peak slipped its clonk- T" incf lifivn nC fnrnuf. cmnVn nml "" awoke nt 7 o'clock today with a belee of binek smoke wliieb shot x "" sky hich. It wn; the ll"tb eruption. SIX OF EIIEL'S CREW E GET-, WASII1NCSTON, Oct, I."?. All leaVo or abnenco for tho men of tho Ger man auxiliary cruisers Kronprlnz W'llhelm anil Prinz Kltel Frleilrlch, Interned nt the Norfolk navy yard, lias been revoked by tho navy depart ment until tbo disappearance ot six warrant officers of tho Kronprlnz Wllhclm lifts been satisfactorily ex plained. Tho department took this action when It was reported by Rear Admiral Ileatty, commandant ot tho Norfolk navy yard, that several men ot tlio German crows had bought a yatch niul had been granted leave for a sail but bad not returned nt tho expiration ot tho lcavo. Whllo no prcscutlon could follow the arrest of tho bI.x, It was Indicated nt tho navy department that more rlRoroiiH Internment would bo enforc ed If it was found that tho men bad atttemptcd to lcavo tho country. SALKM, Ore., Oct. 13. Satisfied that I)r. C. L. Hansom of Mill City, Ore., wbo disappeared In the Jnckson Hole eounliy In Wyoming on Sept. 17, while hunting, was either mur dered or Is belni; held for ransom, bis brother, Charles Hansom of Aums vlllo today said ho bad offered a re ward for hlui dead or alive, nnd also that ho was negotiating for tho ser vices of detectives. Hansom lias Just returned from Wyoming, whero bo conducted a fcareh for bis brother. Ho snld that only two theories relative to hla dls ipoparanco scomed plausible cither hnt Id was murdered or was being bold fo ransom, nnd that lie believ ed tbo tormer was correct. lie declared that bo bad suspicions ns to v. bo in tho slayer was, but that be would make no ttcusatlons until ho bad positive, evidence. y.s. I WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct. 15. Tho I'nlted S(no8 government lias done all It can, officially, toward re lieving tho condition of tbo Armen ians in Turkey, in tbo opinion ot state department offlcloals. They told Hop re'sentatlvo Jobn J, Kgan of New Jer sey today that boyond making infor mal representations to tbo Turkish government through Ambassador Morgeuthau, pointing out tho bad ef fect upon public opinion In tho Unit ed Slates of the treatment ot the Ar menians, nothing further could bo done. Hepresenlatlvo Kagnn had in quired the policy of tbo t'nlted States in the matter. TO T WASHINGTON". Oct. ll-Seerc-tuiy DhihpIm today unWred the trial bv court martial of lteur Admiral William N. UttU, lotirtd, on cImukch iuulvinf uegWt aud eareW' inoth od w ih eoudHot of ki duties while fniMtur of imvMikiv at lh l'uix Itivor Shii4wiiMm-- n v, liu. AIM., Ut r.iiin. ti.oi wiili th mm- trtH'tion af tlw sulMMinHv I'. S. . MAK WA THINKS DR rnsom HELD FOR RANSOM CAN ONLY MASSACRES HALF BILIW ? FOR WARSHIPS IN 0. S. NAVY President Approves Daniels' Plan Calling for Flve-Ycar Construc tion Program Two Drcadnaughts anil Two Battle Cruisers In First Year Enlarged Capacity. WASIUKOTON, Oct. 1,1.-President Wilson today approved Secre tary Daniels' recommendation for u five-yen r construction prosram fo. the navy, to cost $r,00,00i),nnn. The exact amount to he nppropriaf ed for each of the five years has not been decided, but tho first year's program culls for two dieadiioiigbts and two battle cruisers. Tho five-year program would en II for sixteen capital ships ten dread iiopghts nnd six battle cruisers. In order to get the best advantage of improvements in construction and not to overtnx the capacity of Amer ican navy yards, the first year's con struction will include two dread noughts nnd two battle cruisers unu about twenty-live siibiunrines, six teen destroyers and probably five scout cruisers. Out rivo Year IVtIinLh It wns said at the navy department that tho first .vein's program when presented in final form might he ex panded to two dreadnoughts nnd three battle cruisers. Officials work ed over the- figures for several hours following the White IIouso confer ence in nn effort to distribute the sums equally over tho five-year per iod, and it was considered quite os sible that five capital ships might bo asked for ns thu initial step in the program. The total amount to be appropriat ed for construe linn this your will be in the neighborhood of $ 1(10,000,000, but since nboiit .f2S,000,000 of thi.i sum is for the three battleships au thorized last year, the total increase in the unval appropriation bill is more likely to lm about $72,000,000. This, together with army increase of $72,000,000, will mako tbo iuoronso for national defense about $110,000, 000, or n total appropriation for tho two branches of the sen ice of about .102,000.000. Knlurgo Navy Yards The plans of tho navy, Sccietnry DnnielH admitted, ' include a Inrge building program. He haid he want ed to increase the capacity of the various government navy yards nnd do much of tho new warship con struction in tlioo yards. It is plann ed nlso to hnvo some noroplnnes for the navy built by tho government. The secretary conferred in Orange, N J., Inst night with Thomas A. KM son, chairman of tho naval consult ing committee, regarding tbo com mittee's recommendation for u large research laboratory. Tho naval esti mates will includo a lecnmmenihitioii for an appropriation for research work, but Secretary Daniels lias not asked for $.",000)000, tho sum the cnmmittco thought should he spent for. a laboratory, beeaiisn such a large sum for this purpose is believ ed to bo unnecessary tho firl ow. Interior Department l'liuw Seirctary Lnno saw the president regarding interior department esti mates, which will total approximately $210,000,000, or about $1, 000.0(H) less than the estimates last ear. His estimates include $0,000,000 for the Alaskan railroad, $7.0,0l0 for (hi (Continued on page throo) TWO WIVES IDENTIFY NKW YOIIIx. Oet. 15,-Mi.x Ly nar, also known ns Count Max Lxnnr Loudon, xvho w nrreatfd two days ajio by federal aptnU, wan iudieted today by the eoHiily BrHinl jary oh Ln elmrge of biHmy. The IndiMtiiiuut was returuwl nftrr both of I,giiiIoi allegml wiu hud unpen red before the gnind jtry. The flrt to spjiear, Mm. I'ruderiak Arnold of I'ouKbktsttMM, N. V mIhu tifiml I.laulon uiUMtiy. Mra. Itw0 Cllrint of AM, X YM idtMUnl ImmIon MM Uw UWH W wu married t hr nnfor (be nbmw of Mux L)Titi tn 1V12. I i PRESIDENT WILSON ANO MRS mm mm. BRiTiSH SUBMARINE SINKS DESTROYER IN COIMCNHAOKN Oct. 15. A IUIl Isb siibmnrino torpedoed nnd Hank a German destroyer this morning nt tho soiitbern entrance to tbo sound, a narrow strait between Dunmnrlc nnd Sweden which copuects -tlio llaltlc with tho North Sea. A great explos ion followed tho striking of tbo tor pedo and tlio dostroycr foundered Im mediately. A messngo from Kalstorbo, Sweden, which brought news of this incident, ndds that another Oermnn destroyor and n cruiser which wero accompany ing tho destroyer that was sunk, speeded to the southward. Information rccoived hero indi--"ntcs that nil the members of thu de hIi oyer's crew were lost. According to a substitute dispatch, a Gorman cruiser and throe destroy ers were ongnncd xvith tho Ilritish submarine. The (leripnii craft mov ed in uirclcri to avoid tho attack of the submarine, which was bombarded heavily. This continued for somo timo until the submnriiio lodged a toipedo on the destroyer, which sank with a terrific explosion. Tho other Gcrmnu warshipi) aro said to have ret rented. The submarine rose to the surface nnd remained on th surfaeo some I mo befnnt it disap peared. HOTTKKDAM, Oct. 1ft. Kour Zop pollns, which are bollovud to bavo partlclpiited in tho raid over tho London area on Wodnoiday night, were sighted, homnwurd bound, over various parts of Holland early yoster day. In most caes thoy wero fired on by Dutch sentinels in ncoordnuro with recent orders, but nppaiontly wero uninjured. Ono airship bore the niinibor I..-77. According to ono report tbo I.-77 was crippled aud dlgappourtHl toward tho Gorman frontlor moving errati cally and apparently In gioat dia troaa. LONDON, Oct. HL-rlliili-h sub murine kvf now elouwd the Multie sen nnd the flu't of iiBUwitt entirely nf German inirhni HliifMs. s.i.vs a dinjmtrh to tlw Star from Cmii bogim. I'very rtcrnuiu ship winch win noitibhiiiii.d from Kvusl.-n uh. i lb HubiiiiMii -imicil their r.iei (Wliftn ''- ollxr been , uuU m- lun Aground I' i'il : I 'M lii'v ! Pnan 1. c .in,! SwimIUL tort.." I DANISH SOUND GALT AT OF THE WORLD SERIES VILLA'S OFFICERS HASIEN TO LEAVE AL KLl'ASO, Tex-., (XI. l.-i. Dr. Yil lareal, chief of Ihe Villa Hiiuitary corps, renounced nllegiance to Villa today, us did also the head of the secret service in .lunrez. They, fol lowed (he example nf (lenorni Toinas ()rncln, mi'ilnry cunimander, nnd Mayor Moiitfort, bolh of Juarez, who yo'tcnlay nbandoncd the Villa cause and cioHHcd to tho railed Slates. ilcnerul Manuel Ochna mnintuiued apparent trnnquibtv nt Juarez to day. There was an unoonfinned re poit that Villa would reach tbo hor de soon. The Carranzn eonsulnto wired ruinuiza that General Loper. I'ayau had quit the Villa cause after p skir mish with lroo under Joso Pricto, at Villa Ahumada. General Itucdn Qeijauo. who is said to bo en-roiito to 'lorrcou, nnd General I.icon to I'alnmus, it being declared that they linl dusorted Villa. Other advice wero that Hosalia Ileniauilez had captured Santa Ito sulin niul cut the wires south. General It idolfo I'lcrro, with .1000 men, wart reported marching from Villa Ahumada to join Villa's a nny at Casus Giandes. L T SAN rilANTISCO, Oct. 15. A mounted reel five foot in diamotor wound with a strip of paper bearing tlio names of 250.000 California school children, asking President Wil son to visit tho Panama Pacific ex position will betitnrted on its way to Washington from boro today. Mrs. daillard Stouoy, representing tho ovxposltlon, will head a dele gation ot school children accompany ing the reel petition. A MritPllYSIiuHo, III., 0,1. 1.1. A stoekude twenty feet hitih AHil ill closina ciioii'Ii ground to mocouiIiio duie 'JOOO mi t.itors, hu bMM elect ed fii'oiiiii the milieu- q wiliall Joe I -1. 1 1 . .1 iic'io, vmII be Inugfld Oil s.iiui.l i n ..rniiu i'. 1 the inunrfur of M J H Mum, 1 " H ll-iioinU per, nn, b,f nu lil'"!1 1 r .i'l 1,1 -urn to 1 he nn In all MfaV nftm iMk mNbD t men. 01 CAUSE GERMANS LOSE 60,000 MAKING SERBIAN GAINS Capture of Pozarcvcs Reported Auslro-Gcrman Losses on Northern Front 20,000 Killed, 40,000 Wound ed Reinforcements Menace Serbs, Who Arc Making Resistance. IUWL1N, Oct. in. Cnpturo of tbo Serbian town of Ponrevne, about 12 miles southeast of Scmcudria, wns ros ported todny by tbo wnr office, Elso whero on this front tho Serbians have been driven back further, The Hulgnrinn first nnny, attacking over the eiisleiu frontier of Serbiin had taken possession of several positions. - PAIHS. Oct. Jo.-Losses of tlio Austro-Gcrmnn forces on the north ern front in Sorbin have totalled 20, 000 killed and, 10,000 wounded, 110,5 cording to Ihwlutest repoits received Ml .j'iijiiiii ji-,iiiihii 11 t n 111 .117111, says u dispntyli' from Kish to tho Temps, WS'" Tho dispatcli, which wns dated Wednesday, October l.'l, reads: Severe l'lgbtiiiK In Progix's.s "There bus been severe lighting along tho northern front. Accord ing to tho latest report received nt Serbian headquarters, tho Austro Gcrmnu troops on tho Ohrcunvntz Ibjiigrado-Semendria-Grndichle front have lost 20.000 killed nnd 40,000 wounded. Awirclcs h messngo front Oreovitrn to, tho German legation nt Sofia admits grcnt losses and nny.4 that the Serbian rc.sistum'o exceed ed expectations. "Another wiietess messngo 111 cipher, v!l?cirn inteneptcd and decoded, nnd wliieb was supposed to bo signed by tho Gcrmnu rmpcror or by Field Marshal Von Muckcnzcn, urged Itulgarin to begin operations against Sorbin without delay. Serbs Seriously Meniwtsl 'Despilo furious nltncku nnd against heavy odds, the Serbians nro maintaining their positions along tho Dnnr., Save and Danube. Tho Ser bian forces, however, nppcar to he seriously mennrcd by Gorman rein forcements estimated nt four divis ions, reported in tho Deliblut section north of the Danube, and it is feared that tho Serbian nnny, which is her oically mnintiii.iiug tbo Pozarcvno front, will be cut in two nnd thrown hack toward tho ltiimniiinn frontier, "Despite henvy losses, the Surbinng nro prepared to tnnko all sacrifices. They na urgently demanding that Arglo-l'ioneli reinforcements bo sent iu time." I III'.RLIN', Oet. l.V-Oennnn victor ies in tho Artois ami tho Clinmpagiio regions wero niiiiounced today by the wnr ouice. rscur urmello the Hnt isb wore again driven out of tho (bir 111:111 positions. The text of today's Gunnuu offio inl statement follews: "Western theater: Northeast and east of Vennellcs tho liritii-h bavi again been driven nut nf our posi tions. They have been able to retain only a small portion of a triinub on tbo west urn fringo of tho gravel quarry. "Jn the Chnmpngno, (a-t of Auber ive, Saxon troops took tho only 10 mi.inini; French fortified position from which a srroat attack uouhl be made unon our Doiitionx. W'n mm- turod five officem and 200 mgn as well h sovnral maohino gang, "Diirin(f tho niglit of October 13 11 tho HtatioiM of CliMrloua and Vity la 1'mneois, of military importance for operations now under way, were bombarded bv our airship. BRITISH STEAMER SALERNO SUNK BY SUBMARINE 1 - LONDON, 0,-t. I', The Iliituh sUanier Huluriio hhi bH-n uuk. Tlu orw waa mivmI. TV- SaJriM wa a Wibwn Hn ti-awar built at Okwgow In 1012. GERMAN VICTOR ES ONISIERNFRON SLv us of J071 tons grews remittor. FIVE SHOT IN ON I AT CHARLESTON Newspaper Reporter Killed and Few Wounded in Effort to Seizr'aml Destroy Ballot Boxes to Premt, Recount in Close Primary Election for Mayor Militia Ordered Out CHARLESTON, S. C, Oct. IX Sydney J. Cohen, n newspaper re pot (or, was killed and four men shot in a melco that occurred hero to4y just outsido the room wbcro tan democratic fllty executive coinmfttco was to meet to canvass tho returns of the innnloipnl primary last Tnes day. W. A. Turner was sliot in the Tight lung nnd seriously -wounded'; W. E. Wingntc veccived a serious scalp wound; II. L. Wilensky wns shot in an nnn, nnd Jorcmiah O'Brien was Bitot in nn nnklc. X Tbo comniilteo was just about to be called to order to canvass tho re turns of Inst Tuesday's primnry nt which trouble wns threatened. A fight started in an adjoining room to that in which tho cnmmittco was to meet. Tlio cause has not been de termined Paulo to liscaiK) The scuffling occasioned by tlio fight hardly bad started when a, fusillade of shots was heard from tho eommitten-room. This contin ued several minutes as tho commit tecmen and spectators made a fran tic rush to get opt. Mystery Hnntmmls tlio Shooting Tiie crowd hnd gathered to get first news of tho decision of tho committee which would selllo whether Tristmnn T. Ilydo of John P. flraco bad boon cleoled mnyor. Sidney .1. Cohen met his doath, an far as nan bo learned, when a pistol for tho possession of which throo men wore struggling wns discharged as Cohen was mnking his way to ft window. ,, Whilo tho shooting wns going on in tho oommittco room, two pr three bal lot boxes wero thrown into the street. Offieors in the room took chnrgo of tho twenty boxes remaining. Militia ln Control Within a short timo after tho shooting Governor Manning at Col umbia ordered out two companies of militia nnd Inter placed tho cutiro second regiment under orders to bo ready for any emergency. Within a short timo two militia companies wero marching for King and George streets, An extra l'orco of doputies quickly mndo their hppenranco. Tio gutirdsmon, sheriffs nnd nearly tho entire police force remained on duty iu that section of the city during tlu afternoon. Saloon) wero closed by order of Governor Manning. flio democrat 0 municipal nrimarv developed into a bfttcr factional fight between tho adherents of Mnyor John P, Grace and Tristmnn T. Hyde, running nt the jienii of tjio tickets. The unofficial count showed that Iljdo had won by nineteen votes, but, moro than J00 votos worqcontosted. The eommitteo today wilt canvass tho returns and scttlo tho contests. Six inon later wero placed under arrest by tho city police. Thoy are: II. J, Drown, Kdward McDonald, J. J. Healy, Conrad Slender, J. J. Stcon kon nnd Max Goldman. No formal charges hnvo been lodged ngninst them. Goldman u at a hospital suf fering from a blow 011 tho bend. L DKXVKIt, Oet. 15. A disagree ment was reported today by tbo jury in the case of Prank L. Rose, charg ed with libel by Hen II. Lindsey, judtfo of Denver's juvenile court. The jury wa discharged. It was report ed that it stood 8 to A for conviction. The cliHrjfiw wore bused on an af fidavit by Itoco iu vrhiuh he attacked" Litidiwy. YcMenlay near tho eloso of tbo tilul LiNiUoy was- ordered ejected, from the oanrtroom by Judge W. I. Wrinitt when ho called Attorney J. j Sullivan of tho dafenso a liar b4 tfiubbed bu clothing. fci. ',vfi Z& A1 ?