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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Flr Tonight ami Thursday. Mn. 00; Jlln. .17. f f u Forty-fifth Tcnr. Dally Tenth Tear. TEUTONS EFFECT J Desperate Plight of Serbians Shown by Junction Between Invading ForcesAid From All Sides Cut Off by Capture of Railroads Ser bians Fight Stubbornly. LONDON, Oct. 27. Tlio desperate plight of tlio Serbians which has been described ever sinco the beginning of. the Auslro-Gcnnnn nnd Bulgnriun iu vam'onR us "an affair of national life ami death," in no longer a rhetorical phrase, but the. literal truth. Lon don's optimism regarding tho outcome of the Balkan conflict which had been colored by reports of the determined .Serbian resistance and the difficul ties which the invaders have been forced to face is Hearing a climax. Tho first connecting link between thu AiiHtro-Gcrmnn forces invading Seibia and their Bulgarian allies has been made. Junction of the armies cast of Hrza Pnlankn, on tho Danube, i:,tlio far northeastern corner of Ser bia, is reported by Berlin. .1 unction Kffcctod The main ndvaneo of tho Austro Gcrmnn forces is along the Mornvu valley, where runs the rnilrond line through Nish, east to Sofia and thenco on to Constantinople. The junction reported as effected docs not givu tho direct rnilrond connection de sired by thu Teutoniu forces. Lord Liinsdowno'rt exposition of thoMneedoniun campaign in tho lionso of lords yesterday is regarded as an indication that tho assistance the nllies have been alilo to offer Ser bia is not sufficient to meet her needs. The appeal of tho Serbian premier to Knglnnd "to do ovorytliing you can to iusiiro your troops reaching us as soon as possible," intimntes thu re sistance of tho Serbians is nearing its lust stage. Tories iii'o Uniting Austro-Oornuin and Bulgarian forces aro now within twenty miles of each other. Southwest and south cast of Belgrade invading armies aro advancing along a hundrcd-nulo front, twenty-fivo to forty miles south of the J)nmihc. Analysis of the ntuu tion in regard to tho Bclgradc-Ni di Snloniki railroad shows that the Oorninns command tho first fifty miles from Belgrade, the Seibians the next 130, tho Bulgarians tho next 100 nml the French tho lubt fifty miles to the Greek frontier. No details Jmvo been received here oncoming tho reported recapliiro of the Serbians of Voles. Whether free communication be tween Hungary and Bulgaria by way of tho Danube has yet been estab lished is doubtful, but tho proximity of the forces of the two countries makes such communication at least imminent. Koslstnucu Dospcmto All dispatches conlinuo to describe the intensely stubborn resistance of the Seibians. According to accounts which have leached hero concerning tho capture of Uskup. tho Serbians defended every foot of ground furi ously and no otiartor was given on cither side. Although tho Bulgarian forces aro said to hao outnumbered tho Serbians ten to one, they made only .r)00 prisoners. All tho others foiisht to tho death. Hold Marshal Von llindonburg's tremendous offensive against Dvinsk continues, Hut thur far lias not ad. vauceil sufficiently to shake the Hus sion defenses. South of tho I'ripot tho Austrians aro struggling to re gain the initiative. Tho stiuation on other fronts bhows no material change. FORBID SALE OF UN ON m u A ARMY WASHINGTON. (). t. 27 Germany has taken steps to prevent her mer chant murine from being sold to for eigner. The SiUto department today Hiiuouneod it hud received advice from Berlin (but wader a law wed October 21, the German goxernmoitt ferbid. anv Goimhn eitiaea who own or have h Jwre in any taarckant fchip to soil or w tty way disuse of tin iHtrie to any m who w not h 6MJMt Of fitUHMKy. TIlO ItiW ptUe to (Unaaa subject in forvigti oun- fries. RUSSIAN LINES PENETRATED IN DVINSK REGION Hindcnburg's Forces Secure Mile of Trenches Hard Fighting on Both Eastern and Western Front French Seize Trench in Champagne, But Forced to Abandon It. I1EHLIN, Oct. 27. German troops under Held Marshal von Hindenburg hnvo penetrated Russian positions over a Iront ot more tnnn a nine in the fighting in the Dvinsk region, the war office announced today. Tho report in regard to tho eastern front follows : "South of tho Abily-Dvinsk niil wny our troops penetrated Hussinn positions in the region of Tynisohniiy over n front some two kilometers (one and onc-unrler miles) wide. They captured six officers, -150 men, one machine gun nnd two mine-throwers. Tho positions won were retained in spite of repeated Ituttsiun attacks. We evacuated only tho church yard of Szaszaly, one kilometer northeast of Garbunowkn, during tho night. "Army of General Von Linsengcii: West of Cznrtorysk our attack has progressed as far as tho lino of Ko- miirow nnd.Kazenuchn Heights, and to the southeast of Miedwieze." The report from thu Franco-Belgian front follews: "After the explosion of n French mine on tho Lille-Arras road, an un important engagement developed, which went in our favor. "Northeast of Massigcs (in tho Champagne) tho French during an attack with lihnd grenades, penetrated ono of our ndvnnced trcuclius in ono small point. They were driven out during tho evening, "In an aerial combat, Lieutcnnn: Ingelmnnn shot down his fifth enemy neroplane. It was ft French biplane carrying British officers, who wore taken prisoner. Two other enemy aeroplanes were brought down behind tho lines of the enemy." BERLIN', Oct. 27 (by wireless to Sayville). The Overseas News agenev today gave out a statement regarding the ease of Miss Edith Ca- vcll, the English nurse, who was exo euted recently in Belgium, at the out set of which it declares that "The United States minister in Brussels (Brand Wliitlock) states that tho British government publications re garding the Cavell case nro untitle, bo far he is concerned." ''The principal facts aro inc.xnctlv represented, especially tho 'statement making- it appear as if the German authorities by vain promises had put off tho minister in order to conceal the sentence, by which means he was robbed ot the possibility of interven tion on behalf of .Mis Cavell, the sen tence being hastily e.veouted in tho meantime. Further, Sir Edward Grev stated that tho German authorities had not kept the promiso given to tho American minister to inform him about the course of the proceedings. "Tho Geiman authorities never gavs such u promise, this being admitted bv tho United States minister at Brus sels. Tho minister further states that he was most painfully affected by the publication, and will iinmedi jttelv inform the American ambassa dor in London and the United Statos government." AMERICAN NOIE 10 I WASHINGTON, O.t. 27.-Thu American note to Great Biitum pro testing HRMiiiht the older in council and interference with Antem-an trade, is new n route to Loudon bj HM-ial RWMMnger, Aloxaitdttr W. KirK, third HrUrv of the Aawriean owbuisy to Berlin, wbo will deliver it to Am ba&aadvr Page nejt Monday. BERLIN ASSERTS IK DENIES BUSH CHARGES MEDFORD, CONVICTED FOR HIRING MEN FOR BRITISH ARMY Ralph K. Blair and Dr. Thomas Addis of San Francisco Found Guilty of Violating Neutrality Alleged to Have Spent Hundred Thousand Dollars in Recruiting Men. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 27. Ralph K. Blair and Dr. Thomas Ad dis were found guilty today of con spiring to hire and retain men in the United Stntcs for British military ser vice by Judge Maurice T. Dooliiig in the United States district court. Olivo 13. Lawrcnco was found not guilty Tho enscs against Lieutenant Kenneth Kroft and Harry G. Lane were not considered. The Blnir-Murdook company also was found not guilty. Stipulations were filed by prosecution nnd defense that an instructed verdict should be given by Judge Dealing. A jury was impanelled us a matter of legal pro cedure. ArjKMiI Is Taken Counsel for the defense staled an appeal would bo taken. It was re ported that the British consulate, which was represented in court dur ing the trial, urged such n course. Judge Dooling's findings conformed with the action of John W. Preston, who did not press tho cases against Croft and Lane, whom, ho said, ho considered merely as "tools." Mr. Preston stated in court that ho con sidered Dr. Addis nnd Blair tho "ring leaders." Tho penalty for the offense is im prisonment for not more than two years or n fine of not moro than $10,000, or both. The five Mien and tho corporation were indicted on two counts bv a fed eral grand jury July 8, nnd tho men were nrrested soon afterwards. The indictments were returned along witii others in connection with tho alleged violation of American neutrality by the steamer Sacramento. $100,000 Wa.sSiM.uit More than $100,000 was alleged by the government to have been spent in the alleged recruiting of men for Brit ish military service. Tho money was said to havo been traced to British sources. Among the allegations of the gov ernment wore thoso that a hcudqunr tern was maintained whoro iceruits wero housed and fed and where thoy wero gathered for trnusHtrtntiou to New Yoilc on their way to England, Two squads of these recruits wero detained by federal authorities nnd returned here for appearance before tho grand jury. During tho trial of tho fivo men, counsel for A. Carncgio Hois, British consul here, appeared in court, biu took no part in the proceedings. E OF WEST DEAD EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo., Oct. 27, Colonel John O. Moore, pioneer newspaper editor and first mayor of Denver, Colo., died hero early today at the homo of his son. Ho was 81 years of age. Death was duo to par alysis. Colonel Moore was tho first editor and ono of the founders of the old Kansas City Times. Ho went to Colo rado in 1857 and a little later founded tho Denver Mountaineer. He also was tho toiinderof the Pueblo Press. Whon the civil war broke out Colo no' Mooro dismantled the Denver Mountaineer and joined the couth in tho struggle. In St. Louis county, Missouri, he recruited 200 men and moved them south into Arkansas. Ho served through the yreator part of the war on the staff of General Manna duke, with tho rank of colonel. Later he was iudgc advocate-general for th diktriet of Arkaiuus for eight month. Colonel Moore was a fumed fight i tig roan of tho old school. He hud hirnkolf taken pa it in duel. One ot hi duel took plneo on Bloody Ulnntl, in tho Mirgwwppi river opposite St. LouU. I Colonol Moore elaimod tlio dintine tion of never having turroudorod fol lowing the war, ' PIER DO OREGON, AVF.DNESDAY, SOME? FIGURES IN THE NEW HAVEN TRIAL Ohnrlos S. Mellon, former prcMrient of the New Haven roml, as Jio was photographed 'on the uitncKS Mam!. In tho inset N hltown It, K. Unit, ono of tho government attorney In the prosoeiitloti. MELLEN RESUMES IAL NEW YORK, Oct, 27. When t hit. S. Mcllcn resumed the wilne-s stand to'Jay in the trial of the eleven former directors of tho New ork, New Ha ven & Hartford railroad under the Sherman auti-trimt law, Attorney Frank Swackor, for the government, spread before the jury written tewti- mony to prove thnl the New Haven di rectors took notion to deceive the au thorities of Massachusetts at a lime when it was seeking to acquire the minority slock of the Old Colony Steamship company, back in 1801. Tho government alleges that thu steamboat stock acquired wax tem porarily transferred to Dro.vcl, Mor gan & Co., J. P. Moigan's Philadel phia house, until legal authoritv had been obtained entitling the New Haven to hold it. TRIANS FACI DEFEAT AT GORZIA CHIASSO, Switn rl.md, O.t. 27. Advices from Bro--m state that th' Italians on October 25 interrupted their bombardment at Gondii to per mil of the launching of a fnrmiduhh' infantry nttnek. Thuy captured stiong ftosittoni, hut tho Austrian nr tillery proving effective against them, the Italians rosumed the bombard ment from south of Tohuino to St. Andrea. The situation of tho Austri nns at Gorzia is considered critical, tho Broscia ili.pntlits indicate, as the Austrian artillery is outranged nnd the Italians ax H"W attacking the Austtiau inner lini. i S SALON IK I. Oct 27 Tho IIulRar lans havo been eonipktoly driven out of Borlilu on a line extending from tho French sector to Krluilulo nnd Liikodovuu. They havo been pushed uaok iiUo from Vein to the ouUklrU of Iytlp, probably rendgrlng their KumanovQ-Vrtmyn line untenable ow Ing to the menace o( a Serbian at tack oh both sldM. Orreimtve oiMrutlyH ajalnat KUb havo not nroedftd bsfOBd Ptratl Crown I'rlneo Oeoro urrtvwl at Salonlkl tli Ik a'torooon. WITNESS STAND NEW HAVEN TR s N FEN DRIVING A BACK OCTOBER 27, 1915 FIVE IlIONSWIL TO HALT DECLINE NKW YORK, Oct. 27 Fivo million dollars in gold sovereigns from ('an ada wero received by the assay office hero today for the account of J. P. Morgan tS: Co. This shipment is the first (o bo Imadc in confoimaiice with tho request oL the assay ollieo tliiilgolil lie snip ped in a number of smaller shipments rather than in groat quantities. So much gold has been leceivcd at, the assay office recently that the facili ties of the iiixtittitinu havo been taxed. Thu value of tho English pound slciling, which has been going down for the past ten days, dropped today to $-1.00, n new low record for thu current movement. A substantial rally carried its valuo to $1.01, Negotiatii us looking to the cbtnh lislinient of u supplemental British credit, estimated at lrom $200,000,- 000 to $2.'0,000,000, were still iiudor way acre today, llilk credit, It was vinl, would bo purely of a banking nature nnd would not involve tho is Minnco of bonds to be offeicd to tho public, SHELLS EXPLODE I'AHIS, Oct. 27 - Four sholls ox plodod only 200 yards from King (jonrgoror KiikIuiuI and Proaldont I'olncalro of Frnnoo during their vUlt to tho front yowterdny, according to a Tomr correspondent back o( the tir ing lino. Tho king and tho provldont, with Hie prince of Walon, nnd Gonoral loffro, says tho dispatch, had taken point of observation when a Gor man uuttory f I roil two houvy salvos, romiltliiK In tho oxntonlon ot uIiuIIh neur the nffleiul partv. TORREON IS STILL CARRANZA CAPITAL LAKKDO, Tx., Oct. 27- General V'4uutwno CrittnJ and his jwrty air Htill uiaiiitnuuiiK ToriMMi, llii hiuthun, the temporary eiul of Mevieo. Tb llndcni family Iuih aioiiu u-tt-rml buiitfMH fielilw in .Mb wo and h" -! ibli-licd katlquartn at La- rvtiu. TMt tbwttokHtl mwi HIV ihvtd by the Madero on jdnttiuu uud industrial plants, BR H pound E R KING ERE FIFTH IN IN BIG BOMB PLOT UNDER m Max Breltung Named in Conspiracy to Destroy Munition Laden Ships, Held In $25,000 Bail, Which He Furnishes New Developments Ex pectedConspirators Still in Jail. NEW YOHK, Oct. 27. Max Brei lung, the fifth man mimed in the con spiracy which detectives allege was formed for tho purpose of destroying ships laden with war munitions for tho allies, surrendered today to the authorities. Ho appeared before United States Commissioner Hough ton, accompanied by counsel, nnd lif ter the government's complaint had been read to him, hu was held in $25,000 bail for furthor hearing nest week. Brcituug, who is a relative, of F.d wnrd N. Brcituug, tho banker of this city nnd Murquctlc, Mich,, furnished tho necessary bonds and was releas ed. He eiime here directly from Hii cago, he said, as soon us ho heard of tho proceedings, in order to give him self up. Lieutenant Itohcrl Fay, Walter L. Scholz, Paul Daccho'iuid Dr. Hoibcrl Kicnzle, charged with being c.o-coii-spirators with Brcituug, wero still held in jail today. Their hearing also is sot for next week. Government detectives aro busily engaged in an investigation of the al leged plot, and it was said that new developments might be expected at any lime. I'OItTLANIJ, Oct. 27. Trial of tho first of tho alleged luomborB ot an arson ring, which linn oporntcd In many Pacific const cities, began horo todny In tho statu circuit court, Mor dlo Keonoy, n former lloutonnnt In tho I'otrnnd fire dopnrtniont being tho dbfondant. As a result ot an In vestigation started several months ago by tho local district alornoy'a office namcrous nrrostH havo been mado horo and In California cities. Together with Gcorgo W. Wollotto, Kcenoy Is charged with burning down n hoiiHO horo on May -t, ID) t, and col lecting $800 Insiirnnco. Mont Akoy soii, a former lieutenant In tho Oro gon National Guard, who Implicated hlniHolf ah woll as Keonoy before tho county grand jury, according to tho dlHtrlct attorney's office, will bo call ed on to testify for tho prosecution. LONDON', Oct. 27.- It I- semi-offi cially announced in Ilciliu, sa.vs a dupateh from Rotterdam to the Daily Telegraph, that all the important har bors in eastern Serbia on the Danube nro in posteksiou of the ItulgariaiiH, and that Author acco. for tho Sorb inns by way of Uumaiiin is tliorot'oru xtopped. Tho Servian town of ItnduiovuU was destroyed. Monastir is being evacuated by the Serbian and the Serbian forties of 1'irot is com pletely surrounded. TWO REGIMENTS ARE SENT TO DOUGLAS, ARIZ. KL PASO. ToxnH. Oct. 27. Tho Seventh and Twontloth regiments to duy worn ordorod from Fort IIIIsh to rulnforco tho United States troops at Douglas, Ariz., wtiero Gonoral CisJIgh of tho Carrnnza do facto govorntnont with tbree tliounund mon at Agun I'rlota. Max., aeroaa tho border, faeaa an attack by (tuneful Villa with S000 men. The regiments are eipetl to loave wlthtH a fw huum. Tlwlr ar rival at DouglM will Hdd 100 mon to the Dauglaa ferae, which ooiwlitu of about StOO men under ooiumaud of Qoneral Davis, RING TRIAL AT PORTLAND CAPTURE SERBIAN NO. 187 TRAIN ROBBERS LOOT EXPRESS IN OKLAHOMA Gang of Ten Bandits Hold Up Katy Passenger, Tie Crew With Ropes, Place Guard Over Passengers and Rifle Three Express Cars Believed to Have Secured $9000. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okltu, Oct. 27. A band o ten robbers hold up Mis souri, Kansas & Texas passenger train No. 0, southbound from Chicago to Sun Antonio, near Onnpa about 2 a. in. today, tied up tho crow with ropes, placed n guard over tlio pas sengers and looted thrco express cars. They held tho train two hours nnd went about thoir work with military precision. Thoy sent back a detach ment which stopped n freight train coming up behind, nnd placed tho freight crow under guard to provent interference. Express officials refused to tell tho amount of loot taken by tho robbors, who escaped into tho woods and marshes and were today being pur sued by penco officers of n dozen counties uud hundreds of citizens or ganized into posses. Tho train rob bed often carries largo amounts of money nnd securities. - Sll.vscd Three Safe Despite the robborH' methodical ef forts, their plans went awry, and thoy look nwny tho contents of only ono safe. Thrco other tmfes defied their ultcmpts. Tho men mado no effort to molest mails or passengers. Thrco posses, ono from Muskogee, ono from Kufalia. nnd ono from tlio Htato penitentiary at McAloster, tho latter with bloodhounds, nro boating the mundies near Onnpa, and ore gradually working toward the Wjnd iug Stair mountains, in which nro lo cated tho haunts of tho old Davi-i gang of outlaws, whiuh terrorized eastern Oklahoma sevornl years ngo in senrch of the band of seven men who enrly today held up and robbed Missouri, Kansas & Texas south bound pnsscngor train No. 0. Tho hold-up wan ono of the most desperate and best planned over at tempted in this section, Tho robbers are believed to havo soourcd about $0000 from tho ono cxprous safe thoy succeeded in opening. Stole Cheap Jewelry DALLAS, Tex., Oct. 27. Four packages of cheap jewelry in sackq which resembled monoy bags com prised tho bulk of tho loot obtained from Missouri, Kansas & Texas train No. 0 this morning, according to in formation reaching tho general of ficcH of the railroad horo. Officers hero were informed Hint ono large uud one biuall tuifo were 0ened. M.W YORK, Oct. 27.-Tho ItiibMuii government m busy making war mun itions and importing them from Japan in preparation for a log drive that H expeuted to begin in tho early spring; according to Albort II. Thayer of Cin cinnati, who arrived today on the "tonintihip l'redoriek VIII from Co pcidiagmi, Ilo unit! 600 Jnpntitt.se of ficers aie nujragod in inatruutiiig Rus sian artillerymen in tho use of now hhjli-povvcrcd guns manufactured in Japan, There iw a decided fouling of unrest and dintifctMoliou in ltiiaxla, against uulitHry authorities, uncording to Max I'iurull, roprcjontutivo of an Ameri can oil company in Pctrognid, who arrived on the umo bteamer. 1'muI O. Furmaii, representative of C. II. Richard & Co., stenmBhip ngonU of New York, wus nuothor arrival on tbe Ntanmor. Ho tuid that ho hud eoiuplotod arrangements in Ruasiu for a now Mteanialiip line between Itus- in n and Aroorieuu ixirtt to be start ed as mhiu a the war h over. Ilo added that fur deulor of Moscow and other RuMian citiuh were cnthubiablto over Uio proapMut of sending their fnra dlreet to the United Slates with out having to ship them through Germany. A N GUP AMMUNITION DIE 1 A" i j qi'"!'!' n mwiiMi;