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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fnlr Tonight, and Tuesday. Max. HO; Mln. SJ2. f r- Forty-fifth Tear. Dally Tenth Year. KAISERS AGENT BLEW UP SHIPS WITH MUNITIONS Robert Fay, Saxon Officer, Sent to New York by German Secret Serv ice to Destroy Vessels Carrying War Supplies Worked With De vice of Own Invention. NEW YORK, Oct. 23. Hubert Fny, n lieuli'iwnt of the Sixteenth Snxony infantry, admitted today tlmt lie cmuo liere last April, through nn arrange me:it with the (Jerninn secret fccrvico, for the purpose of blowing tip or do laying steamers sailing from this country with nrms ami nmmunition for tl'.c allins. l'ny deelnred, however, that whilo he bad been hero ho had acted inde pendently of the Genunu ombitNiy or other German ngonts here. Ho added Hint he had told Captain Von I'npen. military attache, and Captain K. Hoy Kd, naval nttnchn of the German em bassy, of his plans, but said thai both men told him not to interfere with hlcnmers s:iiliii2 from American ports or American ammunition plants. Invented n I)elco l'ny Raid that while serving in the field with the German rrmv ho in vented n dovieo for blowing up hips. The police announced that Fny had Hindi' n complete confession of bin activities and Inter the prisoner gave out n statement to the newspapers. In that he nnid: "Sfy only object when I camo to this country was to interfero with the enormous shipments of nrtillery am munition to the allies. Knowing that nnv ordinary damage that may bo dono to n factory may bo repaired within n few hours, T decided it was useless to bother with nmmunition plants. Intimations that I have been connoetcd with various explosions in such plants in tho United State., is wrong. "I hold tho diploma of nn efficiency engineer from an American corre spondence school and am interested in a plant that is manufacturing binall machinery. Eliminated Wiring "I was sorviiig with my regiment in thu Chnnipngno district mid saw the terrible havoc mid loss caused by the l'rench nrtillery fire. "During my spaio lime I had in M'nted a device to o.plodo mines by doing away with electrical wiring. In tliih uav I wns able to overcome the fleet of daiiipnestt or water on the wire. I applied to tho colonel of jny regiment and he decided to giv inn n chance. Ho put mo in touch with tho secret service olfico nnd one of tho agents ni'runged for my pass hi:" to the United Stntes. I came here on tho stenniship Hnttcrdum, ar ris iug, I believe, on April '2', last. J had no troublo in getting into the count r." , Held Without Mali 1'av and his brothor-iiPdnw, Walter It. Seholz, were nrruiincd at Wee hawken earlier in tho day on charges of conspiracy nnd were held without bail for nn culmination tomorrow. I'nv and Sdiolr were arretted by New York and Now Jersey detectives near Grantwood, K. J., Into yesterday while tho two men weie experiment in with explosives. Vuul Daecho of .Toieev City, who was arrested at hU home enilv today, nlso was nrrnigned with l'ny nnd .Seholz. He wns charged with t'on- (Contlnucd on page three) 'S FAIE COMO, Italy, Oct. 23-The crown proveoutor, Signor Mtdliui, dehered hi urguinoiit to tho jur. today in Un ease of Potter Charlton, tho Ameri can, who i ou tul tor tho murder of ii wife. Signer MeMiui denied tlmt Charitou wi wUlly irnMiiill . ctn uiuwf manly, at the time tL deist w committed. Th proM"Utot deuit-d tlmt Char ton hud hn-t jtrovo.itnw far killing hu wife, ml iii-iihi 'il hr mrnc(l her for Iwr .. i v -d t.i it b hail apfiroprMUm I" i- 't ,,,t hlliiu her- II wmrlrnW i aadi with (i dcnuuid for oUr. CHARLTON RESTS M JURY FRENCH TROOPS DEFEATBULGARS INVADING SERBIA Three Divisions Routed in Southeast ern Serbia Brilliant Success by French and Serbs at Krivolak Nlsh Reports Entitre Austro-Ger-man Offensive at Standstill. LONDON, Oct. 25. French troops routed threo divisions of Uulgnrlans on Saturdny on tho front of Qradok-Volandovo-Ilnbrovo, In southeastern Sorbin, according to n dispatch filed nt Snlonlkl, Occtobcr 21, to tho Hn vas News ngency. Tho Rulgnrlan forcoB, tho dlspntch adds, were deci mated. PARIS, Oct. 25. French troops gnlned a brilliant success by effecting a Junction with tho Serbians nt Kriv olak, snys n dispatch to tho Petit Pnr Islcn from Athens. Tho dispatch, dated Sunday, snys: Unitarians llefcnteil "Hulgnrlnn troops In forco woro at tacked in threo columns when our troops turned their right flank, whllo tho Serbians launched a counter at tack nil nlong tho front. At tho end of tho day tho Unitarians retreated. "Hulgnrlnn operations against PI rot wero fruitless, thcreforo thoy scoiu to Intend to concentrate efforts on Vrnnyn nnd Vlnccnn. "Tho Uulgnrlans nro stopped on tho Tlmok whllo tho Aiistro-Oormnns nro hold upon tho Savu nnd Danulio. Military circles hero hellovo thnt tho Austro'Gormnns will not rcsumo of fensive In tho north until tho Uni tarians nro nblo to affect a Junction with thorn." Invasion Is United PARIS, Oct. 25. A dispatch filed yesterday at Athens by tho llavns cor respondent says tho Austro-aormnn offensive In Serbia has been brought to n standstill on tho outlro northern front, according to advices rocolvcd nt Athens from Nlsh. South of Poz nrnvnc tho Serbians retired n few miles to stronger positions. All Rul garlan attacks on tho Tlmok and I'lrot fronts nro paid to havo boon ro pulsed so effectively that tho invad ers wero compelled to flit In gaps in their ranks and reform their units. Tho dispatch adds thnt on this northern part of tho front, which tho Serbians considered liivulnornble, tho operations of tho niilgiirlniiB huvo been suspended. Tho Bulgarians nro now making their principal efforts In Serbian .Macedonia, whom tho Im petus Is nnid to hnvo beon checked by tho combined movoments of tho French and Scrblnns, L E OLYMPIA. Wii., Oct. 25. -Eight supremo court Judges sitting en banc today hoard tho opening arguments for tho appellants In tho suit brought by Mr, and K. Gottstoln, wholesale liquor dealers of Seattle, In an effort to hnvo tho stato wldo prohibition law adopted at tho gonoral election In 1914 and which would put Washing ton on the dry Hot January 1, 1U1C, declared void. ' fATRIOTIC SERBIAN WOMEN MEDFORD, BEAUTJFUL CHURCH, PIE OE VENICE, TARGET FOR INCENDIARY BOMBS li"'iiilifiMW ' : Teutonic neioplanes last night dropped E S ROME, Oct. 25. Teutonic aero planes Inst night made two soparnto attacks with incendiary bombs on tho city of Venice, according to nn offi cial announcement given out hero to day. Ono of tho bombs fell upon the root of n church nnd crushed tho cell ing, which wns ornamented with sculpture Another missllu fell upon tho Plnzzettn of tho Cathedral of St. Mnrk and In front ot tho ducal pal ace, Tho text of tho statomont follews: "Enomy noroplanos mndo two at tacks scpnratcd by a short Intorvn! upon Vonlco last night, throwing many bombs, boiuo of which woro In ccndlnry. Tho first attack was ut about 10 p. m. "Ono bomb foil on tho root ot the Church Degll Seulzl. It crushed tho colling which was ornamented with beautiful sculpturos of Tlopolo. An Incendiary bomb foil upon tho plnz zettn of tho Cathodral ot St. Mark, In front of tho ducal palaco, without doing nny damngo. FIvo nlr bombs (Contlnuod on pngo threo) COMPRISE HALF OF THE SERBIAN TEUTON C AIRSHIPS ATTACK I DROPPING 016 KHH HDflBHMMlK' VJt mjSiUAwfmfffKf ft AfB OREGON, MONDAY, OOTOHKR 25. 1915 bolnbs on tho roof of the Church I) St. Mn.rk. RUSSIANS TAKE OF PETROGRAI), Oct. 25. Successes for tho Russians nro continuing along tho ontlro front south of Dvliuk, whllo tho onargptlo efforts being mndo by tho (lormnns In tho vicinity of Riga havo not succeeded In Blinking the position of tho Russians. Tho military nutborlllon horn re gard tho Mtuntlon around Riga as satisfactory and declare that tho cap ture of illoukst by the Qormans has not ultored conditions nt Dvlnsk, tho position of which remains strong In splto of a ronownl of tho battlo with furious onorgy In tho lmmodlnto vicinity to tho north and south. RERUN', Oct. z5.-Ilonvy fighting Is still In progroiM for possession of tho Ilultlc port of RIkii. Tho official report given out bore today mentions no furthor progrow for tho (YrmnnB nnd Indicates that tho Russluns nro now on tho offouslve on ono part of tho Riga front. ';'iihi' oflicuil t atunu'iil riis Field .Mundial von lliiidenbuiv'" truoH icpuUi'it (n--ian attnekx southeiiKt r.f Iliga. lliiMian attack ugaiiiHt positions nintliMast of l)in-l A RMY NOW DEFENDING THEIR OFFENSIVE ON PART PRINZ ADALBERT RIGA FRONT SUNK BY BRITISH egli Seal.i and upon tho Cathedral of GERIWAN CRUISER RERUN, Oct. 25 Only n small pnrt of tho crow of tho Gcrmnn cruis er Prlnz Adalbert, sunk by a Rrltlsh suhmarlno In tho Ilnltlc, was rescued. This wns mndo known In tho fol lowing official statement today. "A tologram from tho nnvnl goncr ol stnff dntod October 23 states thnt Tho complement of tho Prlnz Adal by two shots from nn enemy sub iiiarluo off Lilian. Unfortunately only n small portion of tho crow could bo roflcucd, i i Tho complement o ftho Prlnz Adal bert was 557 men. An official nn noiiucemunt from Petrogrnd yester day stated that sho had boon sunk. It was said thnt cruiser formed part of n squadron which probably had been charged with n special mission. which wero captutod by tho Gormaiil on' October '2'., nUo weie beaten hauk. Tho number of primmer wns lu enumed to '11 officer nnd 3703 num. Twoho machine guns and one miuo- ihrnwor wero enpturod. NATIVE LAND FROM ANNIHILATION-ARE EXPERT MARKSMEN ciliU'i "league of Dealb." IliU klioiMt a dctiuliinent of I bo lllllo Sbnlc iuIIoii'm tuinmii Mibllein, rtHcltliiK riflu liiitmitiou. Tho (igcl IHNiNUit women In Ibo fnrcgntiiiul U (eh foumlcr of I ho Iimgini, MI),(MIU iiwhIhji of which nro Mug enlHtiI to ipjosv (ho (tormnii nmrtli. mm island FOROFFICIALSOF CASHIER FRAUD Mcncfce and Lc Monn Sentenced to One Year and Ten Days at Federal Penitentiary Other Officials Given Jail Terms Convicted of Vlolatlna Postal Fr.iuil Statute. I'OHTTiAXI), Oct. L'.'j Six officer anil galesmcn of thu defiiuet United St'iles Cnshior coinpniiy, who lccently wero found guilty of using tho mnib to d'ifrnud, wero sentenced today in the United Slates district court hero to terms varying from ono year nnd ten dnys in tho fedornl )ciiilentinry to four mouths in jail. Frank Menefee of 1'ortlund nnd .Minneapolis, president, nnd V. M. Lo Ment: of Los Angeles, hiiIcn manager, each were sentenced to one year nnd ten duyH in tho McNeil island peniten tiary. Oscar A. Campbell of Eugene, u director, nnd 0. E. Oemort, Senttlo; 11. Y. lhmncwell, Poitlaud, ami II. M. Todd, HiHiugH, M.out Hulesnien, wore given jail terms of four months ench. All but I.e Monn niiiioiiuced thnt thoy would appeal. Ho said that ho would accept hcntoiieo. Tho defcndautH weie indicted near ly two onrs ago ou the charge of vio luting tho postal fraud statute in Hell ing stock of the company. It was al leged that (he stock did not hnvo the value represented and that hundreds of poioiiH throughout tho United Stntes wero defrauded of nearly $1,000,000. The company wn. form ed for the puiposo of manufacturing various coin machine devices. It went into the bunds' of n receiver in Feb ruary n year nuo, and its niseis wero sold to an Indianapolis firm. COU'MM'S, O., Oct. 23. William J. IJryan, foimcr secietary of state, speaking nt Stotihouwllc, O., this morning, bevrnn u six-day campaign for the adoption of a proposed state wide prohibition amendment, to tho Ohio constitution, which will bo vote! on in tho election of Nocmhor 'J. The Jo mur sc,creturv will Ml foily. ono eountioH mid deiuoi forly-six speeches dining tho week. A tomjiernnco rally will bo held later in Columbus. Wet forces plan to send out upoakeri. VICTIM OF- MEXICANS HROWNSVILU:, Oct 25 Prlvnto Herman E, Muoro ot tho fourth In fantry, who wnB wounded In nn ou gngouiout with Moxlcan bandits last night, died today. Ills homo Is In rronch Lick, Ind. Monro was tho eleventh soldlor killed In fights with bandits bIiico last July. BRYAN CAMPAIGNS DRY NO. 185 DOZEN GIRLS PERISH IN EIRE AT PITTSBURG Box Factory Employes Incinerated Many Leap From Upper Windows and Are Injured Recovered Bod ies So Badly Burned That Identifi cation Is Impossible. PITTSHITIIO, Pn., Oct. 23. Twelve girls nnd ono innu employed in tho factory of tho Union I'npor Box com pnny on tho north side, nro known to ho dend, eight girls nro badly injured nnd a number of others missing, na the result of n firo which this after noon started in tho feed storo of Jan. Drown & Co. nnd sprend to tho fac tory. Firemen searching tho ruins of tho thrco-sloiy building recovered the bodies nnd reinforced by tho cn tiro city depnrtment, continued their search in thu dctiso smoke. Ilunicd Itcyonil Recognition Joseph h. Hash, employed ns snlcs mnii by a stovo company ou tho sec ond floor of tho building, saw fliuuci shooting up tho elevator shaft. Run ning to n window to givo tho nlnnn, ho noticed n number of girls from tho fnctory lcnning out of nn upper win dow. Calling on them to jump, ho caught them, one after tho other, low ering thorn to tho ground until eight wero Biwcd. A. J. Scnglc, another stovo pnlcs man, did the sumo thing nt another window nnd aided n number to safety, whilo Henry Schrncder of Cleveland drovo a wagon to tho tear of tho building nnd cmight others us they jumped. Other girls sprang into tho si reel, nnd seven of them woro taken to n hospital, badly hurt. Ilinry T. Sehnofer, mnnnier of tho box fnctory, snid thnt twchty-slt girls nnd six men wero nt work when the firo In oka out. Tho bodies recov ered weio so bndly burned n sto bo iiurccoguiinblo. Leap I'Yoni Windows Milium llitlnor, ono of tho girls who jumped from the burning building, died whilo on tho way to tho hospital. Loretto Ling, Margaret Kinsler, Kato Hittner, Gcrtrudo Noidt, Mbllio Arn old and Margnret Stcirgorwnld woro taken to hospitals suffering from burns and broken limbs. Tho driver of a firo cugiuo on its way to tho firo wns crushed when tho cngino over turned, nnd it was fenred ho would die. Another fuoinim was ocruomo by smoke mid was said to bo in a critical condition. Boon after .1 o'clock firemen peno t rated to tho girls' dressing room in tho factory, whero thoy found threo bodies ou tho floor. Tho girls hud been Biiffounled. A few minutes Inter threo mom bodios weio found, two of them badly burned. 10 AMERICANS, HAIT NEW ORK, Oct. 23. Itcbistunco to Amuiicim authority in Haiti has en tirely diauppoarod, neoordiug to V. C. Wight, until recently n mouiher of H10 crew of the battlobip Connecti cut, and C. II. Knight, a privntu in tho marine eoipd, who anived today. "Whon tho foruos woro fifbt landed wo found tho natives had been told by thuir lendors that bullets from Amerioun rifle would not hurt them, that thoy wero simply bluffs," snid Voight, "Tlmt ncoouuted, I believe, for tho oiuly stand made against us, Ati feoou us the news that Amerieati builuU would kill upload about, re-sUtani-u I dl off nmnzingly." Y WASIIIN'UTON, Oct. 25.-Clmir-Hin IIhv of liu houH uulitnry affairs WHUiuilUd, WMil over tho dotailo of Uiu army program with I'rcfildont WliWN tO V "lid .lHIIHll)UUd lllllt it w'oiiU tmr Inn luuitv npiujrt. Coinriiiun Iluv -aid that ho (ion MmmI Uie pnsrum eo conferva U muI B-if no rea ou why thoro alwtthl t ditti'uiti in Ml tuii; coa- HrNM tu adopt it, i r i x nnl