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J J ! Medford mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER rnrtly Cloudy Tonight Mid Tuesday. Mnx. 70; SUb. 87. 1 u I I .M f T Forty-fifth Tear. Dnlly Tenth Year. r ALLIED FORCES BEGIN INVASION OF BULGARIA Anglo-French Troops Occupy Strum Itza, Repel Bulgars at Vilamdovo and Force Advance Into Retreat German Invaders Make Further Propress Hard Fighting In West. - PATHS, Oct. 18. Tho entire Serbian line on tho -Bulgarian frout is being- hcM ngninst tho invaders, notwithstanding tlio "" superiority of tho Bulgarinn forces, according .to a dispatch "t to tho Temps from Nish under "" T date oL Uctober 10. it is uo- T dared that the Bulgarian nnny "" nt VInssinn ItaH been scattered. " LONDON", Oct. 18. Serbian and Anglo-French troops have, occupied tho Bulgarian town of Stnimitza, north of Saloniki, nceording to offio ial telegrams from Athens. This fol lows closely upon news that Serbians with nllied assistance have repulsed a Bulgarian attack at Vilandovo, turning tho advunco of tho Bulgari ans into ti retreat beyond their own border. Thus the Anglo-French-Serbian ac tion in the Balkans has leaped out ot the field of faunni.se into a vivid fore ground of fact and is asserted by London military observers to have been crowned at tho outset with sue cess. At Psychological Moment This arrival of French troops nt tho psyobojogicul moment when the Serbian (Wiggle with '10,000 newly' arrived Bulgarians at Vilandovo and Htmdovo still hung in tho balance has dramatic qualities which for tb6 moment have completely eclipsed tha military exploits in tho other the uters. Tho chief military importance ot the allied-Serbian suceeiR is the dc feat of tho Bulgarian project of cut' ting tho Saloniki-Nish railroad, which is known to have been the Bulgarian objective. It is not clear whethei British troops co-hpernted with thi 1'iench in this operation, but a mos hago from Athens Mating they ban left Saloniki Saturday for tho Sorbo Bulgarian frontier indicated they nS least were tho sceno of tho fighting SoUo Htilfcnr Port Bussian and Italian help thus fill has been only indirectly exerted bt increased aggressiveness against tbi Austro-Germnns, which makes a fur ther deflection of Teutonic forces 16 the Balkans impracticable. Two-thirds of tho Serbian anuy i Riinl in Athens advices to have been sent against the Bulgarians, while thi remaining third is resisting Field Marshal Von Mnekenzen's big nnny in tho north. Tho entente allies have effected rt lauding at F.nos, on tho Kiigcnn scjv, in F.uropenn Turkey, close) 10 the Bul garian border, and hnvo Seized Hit railroad at that point, according to n dispatch from Athens to the Mes hoggoro of Itome, transmitted by thfi Central News. (icroum Adwuico Continues While Bulgarian and Serbo-French forces nro clushing for possession ot tho Snloniki-Nish road, in southern Serbia, the Austro-Oerman invader.-, nro continuing their advance from th north. Beilin today reported furthel progress for tho Teutonic allies south of Belgrade and in tho Pozarevao re gion. In tho Mucva district, on tho Save Dvina front, where tho Serbians havti apparently hardly budged since tli6 beginning of tho invasion, they arti now beginuiug to give way, Berlin re ports. (Continued on page six) ITALY 10 CMPME ROME, via Paris. Oct IS. ItaU's co-operation with her alllos In the Balkans may now be considered as absolutely eortaln, says tho Corres pondent Italanl. Tbls probably will begin with naval action In tho Aegean. ILLEN STAR WITNESS FOR GOVERNMENT Case Against New Haven Wreckers Begun History of Railroad Out lined Multimillionaires Accused of Conspiracy to Monopolize Inter state Commerce. NEW YOIHC, Oct. 18. Tho jurors chosen to try William Rockefeller, Iicwis Cass Iicdyard, hdwnrd D. Bob bins and eight other directors or for mer directors of the New York, New Haven & Hnrtford railroad, charged with conspiracy to monopolize inter stnlo commerce under tho Sherman law, took their scats in tho federal court today to hear tho opening nd- dress of H. L. Baits, attorney foi jhn government. Mr. Batts planned to ontlino tho ense in chronological order, beginning in 1800, tho ditto of tho enactment of tho Sherman law, and tracing tho various transactions under which for merly independent railroads, trolley lines nnd steamship companies in Now England were brought into Uio New Haven fold. Consider Combine- Methods In his opening statement Mr. Baits said that tho jury would bo asked to consider the methods by which the nlleKcd unlawful acts of the New Ha ven were doue, as well as the acts themselves. Ho declared ho wanted to make it clear that there was no suggestion intended by tho govern ment that the component parts of tho Now Hindi should bo returned to their original status, ns tho combina tion of these parts was not neces sarily unlawful. Tho government nnd tho law did not deprecate and undertake to pun Ish beneficial natural growths, lid said, but tho Now Haven wns a com bination which could hnve been brought together and given good ser vice without bringing nbout a situa tion where "tho people of this New England district are at tho mercy of a powerful combination." Mellon Star Witness How Charles S. Mellen, who is ex pected to be the government's star witness in the case, firnt came to go with tho New Haven wns described by tho government. Mr. Mellen was then qeneral manager of tho New York & New England nnd had threatened freight rate cuts ugaiust tho New Haven. Tlrirc was, at tho time Mr. Mellen joined the New Haven, a suit pond ing against the New England to re train n proposed issue of securities bv which the Now England wonted to rniso funds. The New Enabling di rectors, Mr. Batts chnrged, acquired this suit nnd caused its prosecution "by nttomoys whoso relationship to Ihe New Haven wns concealed." Tho government would show, Mr. Bntts said, that .7. P. Morgan, Will iam Hockefcllcr, C. P. Clark and Lu cius Tuttlo agreed to indemnify Aus tin Corbin for tho consequences of Uieir maintenance of tho suit. DEATHPOSTPSiES L LOS ANGELKS, Oct. IS.-Tho trial of Matthew A. Schmidt, alleged accomplice of tho MeNomnrn broth ers, charged with the murder of Cbas. Hapgerty, one of twenty men killed bv tho bomb which blew up tho Los Angeles Times fivo years ago, was postponed today until next Monday, October In, on account of the sudden death last Friday of Charlos H. Fair all, Schmidt's chief counsel. Funeral services, largely uttended by members of the bar, were held for Mr. Fuirall this uftomoon. Lalcr the body was cremated and the ashes will bo taken to Snn Fruneibco tonight by Mr. Fairull nnd her daughter, Nellie, Judge Frank Willi, presiding, met the rco,uet of n delay for thirty days with the statement that be consid ered ono week auffieiont. EVANSYILLE. lad., Oet. IS. Bobber today forced the wife in the ot'tiuo of the United State internal roruuo collator nnd Uok il.'i.OOO in emergency war stamp. The theft wac eommiited wbilo iKMteffiee em ploye were buy on the floor below.' 3MEDF0RD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1915 FIRST PIGTURES.OF.UNCLE SAIVl'S'OWNTLITTLE WARIINtHAITI ,. lliiHten ivlx-ls lyliiR on tbele kiiiis wlun-o they were Killed In lrnttlc with Amei lean umriues. -ir nTi.,r'.luwW'iyivn"BC F r THREE ATTACKS EAST OF SOUCHEZ PAH1S, Oct. 18. French forces repulsed completely Inst night three Qermnn attacks, according to the an nouncement given out this afternoon by the French war office. These took place nt Bois-En-Hacho to the north east of Boucher.. "Three new nttneks on tho part of tho enemy against our positions nt Bois-En-Hnche, to tho northeast of Souehcr. were completely checked Inst night by curtains of fire in which both artillery' and infantry par ticipated. 'To tho south of the river Somme, in the sector of Lihons, there has been almost continual fighting with trench weapons, while in the mean time our batteries directed an effect ive fire against the Geminn works. "To tho noith of Verdun Gentian forces have endeavored to occupy the craters of certain mines recently exploded between tho lines. They hnve been lepulscd everywhere. "nst night witnessed very spirit ed infantry fire between tho trench es in tho ivcinit yof Nomcmy. Our nrtillery In the snmo region has dis persed groups of sappers of tho en emy, particularly to tho east of Ep cly, and near Orcmccey, and Bion court, nnd it has also bombarded the railroad station nt Blamont." E DANVILLE, Cat., Oct. IS. Bob hers worked tho combination of a safe in the San Bamon Valley bank early today nnd escaped with .tflOOO in gold and currency. They left $1000 in gold nnd silver in tho open nfe. Tho robbery was not discoveied until the bauk was opened for busi ness today. Tho safe wns left open, in its usual position, under nil clue trio light, in plnin icw from the street. Tho light wns turned off. Four men were reported to have becu seen driving rapidly out of town in an nutomobile early today, but F, A. Marshall, manager of the bank, said thero wns no other clew to the robbers. CONTRACTS LET FOR SIX SUBMARINES WASHINGTON, 0.-t. lh.-Con-traotj, for sixteen subinurinen ami si doatroyers were awarded toduy by the navy dejwrt incut. One doatruyur will bo built at the Norfolk imw uml nnd one ut Mare Inland, Cal. Six ot the submarine will be built on the Pa cil io oi)at. The Bremerton, Wak., and the PnrUmoiith, N. II., navy yards ohi-Ii will build ouo. RENCH It I ROBBERS Wk S5000 HAUL m&xiBmMMmmmmmM iJFr rm .m. j. r-- uiaHPiii amu k; m. jtma ctiwoenwooo ivwi'on'uM iA. i. T. Waller, slpilng tlio peace loiupact with charge of the 0tlltlnii of t'nlled Slates iiuiiIikns, EIGHT DROWNED ER AT POINT ARENA SAN FRAXCIM (. lift. 1S.--Si men ami two women weie drownud early today when llio Kntiolun' schooner Alliance No. 'J wua smashed to piices on Mnlpics ioek, twelve miles north of Point Arena, Cut. A surf boat from the Point Aienu liin station picked up two moil. Tlio sehooner wn .pounded into wnjekago within tu miniitea attei slin hit the roekk nl-2 o'clock thi morning, necnidiiiK to report meeix ed b.v the Hfe-naMiiK station, Itaph nel Mudiua, one of the two men wived, leached shnie thmiiKh the auif and obtained nid. A telephoiio iiiohhhmc did not reneh the Point Arena lifo saxiiu atntiou until iienily four lioutx after (ho wreck. Tho people aboard the Allinnuo in cluded tho owner, .K-an Abila, n wife and Mith Luiih Millie, who went n it companion to Mi-. Abibi. The ialtei wns n Me.ieun ot ", who had livixl in Vancouver for the last eight yeiirt. Another pabseuiier waa II. ,1. Jones, a mining eiiirineor, who lenvus u wife and three ehildren in Vancou ver. A third iwHM'tiaor wna Mr. uBillie of Victoria, who waa icoing (o Mexico and thence to rSiijeluud, wIihio his wife arrived only u day or two ago, having Jolt Metoiin two week ago. The weie two ongiuccrn aboard and n crew of about fie. M,odinn, who n wl, whs Ailn' man sorvnnt and had been in tin Mexican's employ lor many enr I lie Alliance hud no cargo alumni EXCHANGE OF SHOTS BriOWNILLl , Tex., O. f 1m. -Tho lirst liruifr toh the I(n Grande in nioit- tli.m three wet-kn nr eurred at I o'rl. u Sunday iiioniiug near lae Mareaden iumpiir phtnt, ' tutlea ubote kera, whan MwxK'aa Jir el from 35 to 40 bot. Tn Aiaen en Mhlira returned th lire, but no one wua hurt. A SCHOON unwxwojA if vpfWooo M !Sk . r.HR. .., 1. AM lBTOk. - "X KsJAK " 1J. IB .-mrrr-rwr.w, rr.tm . . f, W.- flMV-AhiMMMMI , fc.HWlJ tho rebels nt MLLSTROM AGAIN 18 SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 18 Jos- oph IllUvtrom, convicted of tho mur der of J. Q. Morrison nnd Morrison's on here January 10, 1911, was tak on beforo JudRO M. h, Rltchlo of tho dlBtrlot court at 10:30 o'clock today and re-snntonced to bo shot to death Friday, November 19. Hillstrom was brouuht t otho court loom from the state prison In an nu tomoblle. Kow porsona outsldo tho offleors know hu wns to bo sentenced today, nud only n small audlonco was prnient. IlllUtrom (Inclined to nay niolliliiK beforo sentence wns pro nounceil. 1I undertook to say sonio thlnn afterward but was not permit ted to apoak, lllllslrom wns originally sentenced to be oxecutod October 1. A rcsnito until last Saturday was granted by (lovornor Spry nt tho requost of Prcs ldont WIIhou, whoso action was taken on a request of tho Swedish minister to Ihe United State. Tho rosplto was tormlntitod and Hlllstrotn's applica tion for commutation of sentence was denied by tho board of pardons Sat urday, as no now cvldonco was pro rented. LL PAHt), Tex., Oet. 18. The de- round for reiiutttleiuiit of all the SENTENCEDTOHANG NOVEMBER DEADLOCK BLOCKS STRIKE SETTLEMENT -tiiking Ari4ona coper unuent im1 "IJuroif the .t few weeks Gor oi mII the wen diaeharnwl by the I man Milumiruie, oh'iuIihk in the imuinir eoiiinia between SedHlierJMediicrrniiein. luixe unk twenty 1 aud the 0ittg of the trikt, wn ! ilin-c m !., luuim; mi Hirgreptte the firxt iua on which the mim loi.nau'e of Hui.diki oi tin- Mnela muring i and the atriker' dk'"l locked born in their hmic eaafrr nee. The qNMllon wna UNaellled when adjourinnwit waa taken aooti uttar uoou. t- 0UANT3 PASS, Ore, Oct. 18. Word reached hero to- 4 day that J. I. Myers ot Orants 4 PnRs, waH shot through tho liend and klllod Instantly lain yesterday by .1. K. Mnnuol. The men worn hunting near Anchor on Cow Creek, B0 miles north of bero. Thoy had Beparated, nnd Manuel nils- took Myers for n deor Hllpplnir throiiRli tho briiHh. Myorn i was formerly mayor of flrants.'!M.ir. .. . - . , , ., lnRa .,.! .nnrl....,r of nWiTnnA,n0nCnU COllfCrCCS todfty deed- ber Bhoj). 4 Tho hunters left filondalo : Sunday mornlnp; nnd were huntliiR near Anchor, a few miles out of (llcnilulo when tho accident occurred. 4 'h 4 4 ! Camp Unlit. Col. Wnller wns in 71 LIVES LOST E PAIIIS, Oct. 18. Tho Marseilles corrospondont of tho Potlt Journal toloKraphs that thojuall bout Kugono rorlolro has arrlvod thero with XI members of tho French steamship Ad mlral Hamolln, sunk by a submarlno, A provlous report from tho Havas correspondent snld that sovonty ono persons on board tho stonmor lost thoir Uvea. Tliq Admiral Hamolln was under government requisition. According to the Petit Journal correspondent suh was torpedoed liy nu Austrian submarlno without notlco and while pasHongers nud crow woro being transferred to tho boats tho subma rlno bombnrdod tho steamer which was struck by 40 shells. Tho ouptnln ot the submnrlna nrC sorted as Justification of bis attack that tho ntoumor was armed but this Is denied by tho corrospondont. NIAV VOHK, Oct. 18. -Count Von Beniatorff, the Gonunn nmbuaaudor, uunnunoad today tljflt an official communication from Bethn stated German aiibmnriiitw had reueutly uuk twenty-throa veaaela, Ineluding four tnuiaporta of the alliea, in the .Mediterranean, The ucMne tveemd by tho nm- haaador n-ud - -uuk. lour wire IiuiinuI- ( thu nl li.,, No atatatneut was made an to the lo of life uieidaut to the kiukuig oi the unoun vowels. .M8amf&mmmXMMS 1ENSUBMARIN 1 STEAMER GERMANS IN TWENTYTHREESHIPS NO. 179 RECOGNITIONFQR CHIEF CARRANZA DUETOMORROW Pnn-Amcrlcnn Conferees Decide to Extend Formal Recognition to the Chief Executive of De Facto Gov ernment Embargo on Arms to Either Faction With Recognition. WASIIINOTON. Oe.r. 1R. Tlio cd to extend formal lccognition to morrow to General Cnrrnnra na "tho chief executivo of tho do facto gov eminent of Mexico," by presenting n note to F.lizco Arrcdondo, his author Ircd representative here. All tho governments participating hnvo instructed their diplomats hero o uso virtunlly tho snmo fonn in rec ognition ns that adopted b.v tho United States. Mr. Arrcndondo on receding the noto plans to lenvo im mediately for Saltillo to meet Gen eral Carranzn. Tomorrow, however, with tho act ual extension of recognition on cm bnrgo on amis to cither, faction will go into effect nnd diplomatic rela tions of nn official character will be resumed between tho United States nnd Mexico, the Cnrrniu.a authorities being treated ns tho Mexican govern ment. A statement on conditions in Mex ico hnsed on u report from General Alvnro Obrcgon nnd given out by Klucn Arrcndondo, dcelnrcd that tho only orgnnized opposition to tho Cnr rnnzn government wns confined to portions of the 6tntcs of Sonotn ntul Chihuahua, adding that an expedi tion had been scut to Sonora to as sist constitutionalist forces there in smashing tho Mnytorcnn nnny. Tho stntemcul nlsOi announces tho surrender of many former Villa of ficers. AT SAN FBANCISCO, Oct. 1R. Ar rangements were being complotcd to day for n grent popular demonstra tion in honor of Tliomns A. Edison, tho inventor, who was duo to nrrivo fro nitlio east during tho day to visit tho Pannuui-Pncifio exposition nt which ho will be n notnblo guest of honor. Sun Francisco's reception of tho "light wizard," is to take tho form of a general illumination of tho city which it is anticipated will surpass anything of tho kind ever attempted. It is planned that tomorrow night Kau Frnnoisco shall blaze with light from bay to ocean nud from the ex position muriua on the north to tho Han Mateo county lino on tho south. 'Jluiradny hits been set nsido as IMison day, at tho Pannma-Pncifio expoxition. Tomorrow night Kdison is to ho the guest of honor at n bnu nuet tendered by the telegraphers of the city. L LA PANNH, Belgium, Oct. 18. The Dclgitacho Stnudnrdt, published bore, hiivs that a tcrriblo bombard ment wiu in progross along the Yser front Saturday and Sunday nights. Tho firing wns especially violent near Bixmudo and Yprcs. This bombardment was tho prelude to nn attempt by tho Germans to break tho Belgian lines. The Belgian artillery returned tho f iro, shelling tho enemy's communication treuchos nnd bciittering his infantry ns they lenp oil from the trenchea. A second at tack mi H Mueller soulj nl?o was ro pulsed. Thbt offonwvo took )hico In tho Dixuitide rogion nt n pot known as Mdeaili'n hiuhwuy," whioh has been tulbml.v deputed bv both hides. Al though mowed down in rows, the Bel tfiimt hiivu been holding their own und not yielding nn inch of jrouaJ. HONOR EXPOSITION BELGIANS E GERMAN RUSH IVt .1 t t I. II .' L.