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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fnlr Tonlglit ami Sunday. Slav. 71.3; Mln. 30.5. Forty-fifth Tear. Dftlly Tenth Year. MEDFORD, OREOON, MONDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1915 NO. 191 MUN TON PLANT OF SERBS FALLS Kraguycvatz, With' Great Arsenal, Taken French Battle Bulgarians anil In Bayonet Charge Drive Regi ments Into Flood-High Vardar niver Repulse at Krlvolak. UKRLIN, Xov. 1, via Amsterdam nnd London, -1:33 p. in. The Serbian town of Krnguyovntz, nt which is lo cated the great Serbian arsenal, lias been taken by the Ucnunns. Tlio capture of Krnguyevatz wns nimouneod officially today. Tlio war uflii'o also said Hint the German troops which captuied Mituiioviic were continuing their advance and had ocunpicd the heights south of the town. Triiinnovo moiintain was taken and M'ternl hundred Serbians captured,. The Unitarians are still advancing. Kruguyevntz is f miles below Ilcl rradc. Its loss will be a severe blow to the Serbians, as il contains tin main ni'soiuil of the country as well us a large powder factory. i i SALOXIKl, Oct. M, via Paris, Oct. .'II, A:'.o p. in. (delayed in trnnsmis hioit). An attempt made yesterday by the Bulgarians, with the aid of ar tillery, to dislodge French troops from their northernmost' jxisition in Serbia met with failure. A few advance posts scouting in the direction of Vcles retired before u Unitarian attack to their huso at Krivolnk, where u divibion of French troops were strongly entrenched. The Trench charged with the bayonet and the Unitarians were driven into the Vardar tiver, wliich is swollen by re cent rains, and many were drowned. MERLIC, Xov. 1 (by wireless to Sayvillo.) llnlgurinn artillery that lias advanced from Kninzcvao and I'irot has begun a boinhmdiuent ol the exterior forts of Xish, according to a dispatch from Sofia given out today by the Overseas News agency. SALONIKI, Xov. 1, via London, 1 ::i() p. in. Unitarian infantry, sup ported by two batteries, made an at tack yostorday on the French nd vanco pott covering Krivolak, on the left hunk of the Vardar. After sharp i ibting the Bulgarians retired, hav ing sustained heavy losses. SOFIA, Xov. 1, via Ilcrlin and Lon don, H:-I3 a. m. Tlio Hulgnriuu ml vauco in Serbia is being continued along the whole front. An account of recent operations was issued today nt the wsir office as flojows; "October lit), Hulguriaii troop nd nneod west of the Kojnzovao water shed, between the Tiiuok and Moras a. ".Southwcht of ICujuzuvae u cap tured, after n violent battle, the TWi batu liter, whence roads lead to XUh and Hala l'alankn. 'In the upper Mornvn valley we took the town of Grdcljica, which is the junction point on the road be tween Vranya and Leskovnts, through the Ylnxiimi valley." HOME, Oct. 31, iu Pari, Xov. 1, 4:43 n. in. Colonel C. Aeourt Rop ington, military oorre.-pondent of the London Times, deelurod in an inter Mew ghen tlio Oiornale d'ltnlm that the situation of Serbia is dusponitc. Witli her army completoly isolated, he ssid, iU only oliauee of safety i to retire to the Adriatiu coast, ouUidc of lU ou territory. Onco there, li nk could bupjriy either military hIp or pnid provuions hh1 inanition. Tu expedition of tlio alliu from .Stloniki 'MiHot srrive in tim to wve Serbia, t'olutirl ItefcumrUm HMerted, while tW Autrr-Gttmuuui run be in ( (HtUntinpt within a wk. H bo )iiw, kowcr, IkM whatever lutp-)m-ii in thf (nnt tit eveotuil cx-hiui-tn.o t Ornuauv al Autru will t-bbl tut ultir to 10. ETONS SERB CAUSE IS LOST CAUSE IS ! ! EXPERTS GUESS BRITSH SUBSEA BOATS THREATEN E Russian Mines and Campaign In the Gulf of Russia Cause Feverish Work on Railroad to Guard Rear Hard Winter Expected to Demoral ize Invaders1 Ranks. LONDON, Xov. 1, -1:11 a. in. Germany's plans in tlio Riga district hnvo been completely demoralized by the successful campaign of Jlritish submarines in the Ilaltio sen and the coinplcto closing of the Gulf of Riga by Russian mine fields, says the Pol rogrnd correspondent of the Post. "Tlio Germans nro now endeavor ing with the most feverish energy,' the correspondent says, "to hasten the restoration of the slender and in adequate railway services in their renr. This work heretofore bus been enrried on in leisurely fashion be cause of the belief that present needs could bo adequately served by tlio sen route. This plan of campaign has been made moro vital by early snow storms wliich tlio Russians declare presage n winter of unusual severity. "The belief hero is that when tlio Germans are compelled to undergo the rigors of a real Russian winter, constantly annoyed by gucrrila at tacks and with inadequate supply fa cilities, they will lose more men by sickness and suffer greater demoral ization than comes fiom even the worst defenls in tlio field. II is reported that tlio Germans al ready are experiencing terrible hard ships and severe epidemics of sick ness, although the weather still is what tlio Russian soldiers call E AIDE IN GERMAN SPY PLOTS CAUGHT NKW YORK", Xov. 1. Tlio man who is alleged to have furnished sonic of the explosives with which the gov ernment charges Lieutenant Robert Fay, who said ho had lately served in the German nnny, and his assistants expected to blow up ships laden with munitions from this country to the allies, was arrested here today by se cret sen ice men under the direction of Chiof William J. Flynn. Tlio prisoner, Englhurt Hronkorst, is tlio sixth defendant to be arrested on the gou'inmcnt's charge of con spiracy. According to Chief Flynn, Hronk orst was employed at llutlcr, N. J., on road construction work and was engaged in the ue of explosives there in connection with his work. Chief Flynn said that the government would provo that tlio prisoner met Dr. Her bert Kienzle, another defendant al ready under arrest ,at tlio sanitarium of Dr. Benedict, at Hutler, am agreed to furnish Dr. Kicuzlo with explos ives. COTTON PIE MAKE L NEW YORK, Xov. 1. Heaw and general selling hv the south tarried prices in the local cotton market off fully $1.30 a bulo today and made now low records for the present de cline. During the first hour January mI(1 a. low as $11. (U! nnd March M'J.10, icprosonting a drop of J7 to III point', under the close of Saturday. FLEES F. ItKRI.lN. Nim. 1 (In wirdcs to Ssyvillt?).- A riuwtteu fruiit t'open iiKgMi jtuou out t44y by tb OrwrHi Xw Hgtmvv m.? Ikat IMt4HMt CuwHuindor I.) ton ut thtf llntuk uliuttinnc K-Li h flwl from 1bt rin, breukuig Lu jwuole. GERMAN FA LUR EXPLO BUNS DRAW LINES ON NISH; SERB 1 NEAR British Forces Now Fiflht With the French In Balkans and Czar Rushes Expedition Rear Guard Actions Last Card of Retreating Defenders Before Two Foes. LONDON, Nov. 1.-Tlio British troops In tlio Hnlknns, whoso move ments liavo boon kept secret rIiico they poured Into Snlonlkl, prepared to rush through Greeco to tlio nsBlst- anco of Serbia, aro now In tlio trench es with tholr Unlknn allies, nt grips with Bulgaria, Just across tlio fron tier near Strumltsn. Though nil re ports that tlio allies hnvo taken this town nppnrontly nro unfounded, It ts along these lower stretches of tlio front that tlio Bulgarians nro likely to recctvo tho first hard blows from their opponents. From Uskup north to tho Danube tho Bulgarian offenslvo has mndo such progress that It scorns tq bo out of tho question for tho Serbians to do much moro than fight renr guard actions for tho resent. With l'Irot In their bonds, tho Bulgarians nro menacing Nlsh moro seriously than tho Austro-Oonnan forces, based on tho Savo and Danube crossings. In northeastern Sorbin tho Bulgar ians, .well across tho Tlmol; river, nro pressing forwnrd vigorously In order to widen tho lino of communi cations with Hungary up tho Dnnubo rlvor. Tho much discussed Husslnn expedition, which Is reported to bo on tho way to Bulgaria, now estimat ed nt 200,000 nion, tins not been hoard from again. Thcro nro recur ront reports, however, of further bombardment of Bulgarian porta. This may mean that in a tnnnner paralleling conditions of n land at tack, further artillery preparation Is necessary boforo tho Russians at- tompt to gain n foothold on tho coast. At tho Dardanelles tho British aro showing ronowed ncttvlty. Thoy nro hammering tho Turks with nrtlllory, supported by such ships of tho allied fleet as nro not engaged against Bui. garln. Tho reenpturo of Tahuro hill by tho Germans Bums up for tho prosont tho known results of tho suddon spurt of tho heavy fighting In tho Cham pagno. Whllo tho contenders on tho westorn front huvo not renewed tho general offensive, It Is likely that thero will be, frequent clashes over considerable stretches of tho front whllo tho Balkan situation ts so acuto as onch sldo desires to prevent tho other from transferring troops to tho Near Kast. BETHLEHEM STEEL XEW YORK', Xov. l.-Uethleheiii Sttd common, which stands nt the top of the list of so-called "war brides ' of Wall btrcet, sold down nearly 75 points to 4.'0 today. I(o ccntly it touched 000. Cnblo reports f-yom Pnris to tho effect that the allies had decided to curfnin thrir orders of steel products hero, due to prevailing higl prices of theso commodities, it was haul, were confidently reported for the fall in Ilcthlchcin s Milne. I CHICAGO, Nov. 1. -A verdict of 'J0li obtained by Aithur Hoffman against thu Chicago National League Hisl) was oon tinned today in the ap pellate court. Hoftman was with the Cubs undor a contract dated Febru ary 2.1, 1911, which provided for n saiary of $3001) a jcr. On Sluv 29. 1912, ho win notuiud bv tclenuns thut ho hud btn trHiuicirvd to Pitts burg nnd thut the I'lttsburtr club would be responsible for tho salarv The CNidoncc sbovrl that during the rcwaindor of the aoaujn Hoffnuin re wn d only iW7 frum tho Pittl)uig club nnd thut Ue did not oMtor into nuv lontract with it, rclnnsr upon tho i wamdei froa the Chuso club. DROPS 75 PO NTS BY WAR REFUGEES f l 04 ' CHICAGO, Nov. 1. All infor- "" mnl cheeking of the names and "" addresses of Chicaconns, 108 in t nil. tttiitl liv Hip fVftlitrnl imvitni. ' mint to have failed to reimburse "" it for expense incurred in getting "" " them out of Europe, disclo-cil "" today that mriny 6f tho ad- " dresses apparently were fieti- tious. Many of them were va- emit lots, lobbies of office build- "" ings nnd nnmes not in the direc- "" tory. ' " 4- 4 E UKRLIN, Nov. 1, Wn wiu-Um to Snyville. The German ndvnnce against tlio Russian Baltic pi.rt nf ltiga' has been resumed. The war of fice made an announcement today thnt Field Mnrslmi, Yon Hindenburg's forces which nrc driving nt ltiga from the west, hud gniticd ground. Rus sian attacks in the Dxiusk region broke down with henvy losses. Tho advance on Rign is being made on both sides of the railroad between that city nnd Tukuiu. Tho Germans hnvo reached tho Raggasem-Kcni-lucrn-Jaiincsm line. (Kcimncru is on the railroad about twenty miles east of Riga). A Russian aircraft was shot down near Riga. Prince Leopold's army repulsed an attack made by tho Russians cast of Hranovichi. General Von Ilotlimur'a troops wero attacked nenr Sicnikowce. On tho western front the, French made n countor-nltack near the Ta huro hill, but the Germans maintained their nowly won positions and hnvo captured moro than 1500 men in the fighting thorc. VILLA CANNONS BATTER WAY TO OUTER TRENCHES DOUGLAS, Ariz., Xov. l.-"Wo ex pect to tnkn Agun Prietn within two hours," said First Cuptnin Joso Her rem of tl0 Villa forces. Captain Hcrrcrn, ut tlio head of tho skirmish line, had stopped at Slaugh ter ranch house for u moment to fill his cnutccu with water. Captain Hcr rcrn stated General Villa was himsclt at the head of the cavalry on his left Scores of swarthy soldiers begged for water, Raying thoy hnd had noth ing to drink since Inst night. Tho Villa skinnishortf continued to advance steadily and nt 1 :i!5 p. in. wcro within nflo shot of the Agun Piietn defenses. About n mile back of them a dozen field guns had been posted and prep arations made to commence tho bom bardment when foot soldiers nnd ouv nlry got within striking distance. Or.o Villa blu'll burbt in Agun I'riotn within sixty ynrds of tho United Stales customs house at 2:1") p. in. Tho Villa kIicIIs begun to burst in Auu Priela shortly before 2 o'clock. X dozen people were killed. Refugees immediately began pour ing over tho American lino. , General Curies moved n three-inch gun mounted on iv flatcur to u xniit on the west side of town within a few feet of the United Stntos custom house, It wa-t after this that the Villa shl! strk that vacinity. KING "GEORGMS LONDON, Nv. 3. King Geer.-. who wit uijuri last wunk bv heiutf thrown tmta b lioro while ruiwinv troojs in tk titid. returned to Lou don from 1'ranct tuis evemu. EN RENEW ADVAN RIGA UPON I IDES BACK ARIZONA AN L IS Supreme Court in Decision Holds Equal Protection of Laws Guaran teed to All Similar to California Jap DiscriminationLegislate Be fore Arrival; Not After. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. The Ari zona atiti-alicu labor law was today declared unconstitutional by tho su premo court. Tho supremo court's decision uf firms the decision of n special circuit court which also held the law uncon stitutional. Much attention was at tracted to the case bcenuso several foreign governments had protested against the law nnd bcenuso of ils similarity to tho laud legislation in California which restricted tho own ership of real estate by Japanese. Tho Arizona law was enacted by tho initiative vole of tho pcoplo of Ari zona and niadu it unlawful for any cmplover of moro than five persons to employ less than 80 per cent tpuilified electors or citizens. The case passed on by the court was one in which an Austrian waiter in Iltsbcc, Ariz., Nought to enjoin his employer and tho state from enforc ing the law as to him. Justice Hughes, in announcing the court's derision, said it had already been established that aliens in thift country wore entitled to thu equal protection of laws. "And that means cipml laws for aliens nnd citizens," ho added. Justice IIuglicH dcclnrcd that thu Inv wiiH justly described in tho title us an act to protect citizens against HQii-tiitirciiH. Ho added that this Wf? in Vonflict with that personal gunr- nnty of liberty accorded aliens by tho cuiiniuuiion. It is sought to justify this net ns on exercise :f tlip power of tlio stuto to mako reasounblo classifications in legislating to promote tho health, safety, morals and wclfnro of those within its jurisdiction," said Justice Hughes. "Hut this admitted author ity with tho broad rango of legislative discretion that it implies, does not go so fur as to mako il possible for the state to deny to lawful inhabitants because of their race or nationality, tho ordinary means of cnniing u hv clihood. "Tho nuthnrity to control immigra lion to uiiinit or oxcludo aliciiH- is vested solely in tho federal govern ment. Tho assertion of nil authority to deny to aliens thu opportunity of earning n livelihood when lawfully admitted to tho stuto would bo tanta mount to tho assertion of tlio right to deny them entrance nnd abode, for in ordinary cases tlioy cannot livo whoro thoy cannot work. Ami, if such n pel icy wcro jK'rinissible, tho pructical re sult would be that those lawfully ad mitted to the country would bo scgrc. gated in such of the states nil chose to offer hospitality." ,L E LONDON, Nov. 1, 12:05 p. m. Lewis Waller, ono of tho leading' uct oru of England,' died thia tnomlnj; of pneumonia. Mr. Waller first nppenred In 188.1 at tho ago of 2.1. For a time ho man aged tho Ilnymarkol theater And re cently has been Icssco of tho Imper ial theater. He played in the United States in the season of J (111 12. QUENTIN TERM TO SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 1. Willi- oi M. KohurU, former cuhiur of thu First Nations! bank ot ban Mateo, nlesdcd utility today to a (diureo of pitibozzlumont in tho United Statu dutnet court and iwu nuntunucd to nervo fio ycara in Sun Qucutin poni Uuliury. RobcrU wan arretted Oo- tobcr 11 mi an ifiiliutinnnt nliuriuv embezzlement ot $26,300. Rubcit. luj 03 fr old. BO M HELD INVALID HNA HTS A II E ne-cstalilishmcnt of Monarchy to Be Attempted Question Entirely in Hands of People Elections Under Way to Secure Delcnatcs for Pckin Convention. PEKING, Nov. 1. Tho Chlnoso government today l ejected thu pro posals nf Japan, Great llritniu and Russia for postponement of the de cision whether n monarchical form of government is to be re-established. Tsao Yuliii, vico-ministcr of foreign affairs, called nt tho British, Russian and Japanese legations nnd informed the ministers tho Chiucso government bad been ndviscd by provincial offiu inls that they would bo able to main tain tranquility in event of thd ro-c.4-tnblishmcnt of tho monarchy. Tsao Yulin thnuked tho powers for their friendly interest in tho wclfnro of Chinn. He said thu decision con cerning n change in tho form of gor eminent was wholly m tho hands of the people, and that therefore it would bo impossiblo to adopt tho sug gestion for n postponement. Information received hero from oJ.'-, ficinl sources in China makes it ap pear that the triumph of tho monarch ical idea in tho elections now in prog ress in Chinn is almost certain, and il is possible that tho change in the form of government will bo announced before tho end of tho year. Stato department advices nro to tho effect that elections nrc now in prog ress in no less than 1800 counties, where tlu electors nro now ohoosjing delegates to provincial conventions which wilt meet nt the local capitals. These conventions will select dele gates to meet ns n nation in Peking. TO GREECE MORE IS. RF.RLIN, Oct. 31, by wireless to Snyvillc). Tho Overseas News agency today guvo out tho following lor publicatien: "According to nil Athens dispatch to tho Frankfurter Zcitung, Grcnt Urituiii offered Greece for her par ticipation in tho war on thu tide of tho allies, not only Cyprus, but also the Dodekiiiiesos islands nnd South Albania. Great llritniu further prom ised in cuso Greece colored tho war the evacuation of tho Aegean islands, actually occupied by thu jlritish alter thu conclusion of peace, and tho pay ment of sufficient duimigca for their temporary occupation. Premier Zai mis declined tho offer, emphatically rcK)iiting the statement that thu peo ple and army of Greeco want to re main neutral. "A telegram to tho Cologno Gazette from Sofiu says thut tho Ficucli and military authorities in Sulouiki nro showing increasing zeal to obtain su pervision of the mails and telegraphs, and thut this paternal euro for tho interests of small neutral states pro yokes the resentment of Greece." PIIOF.NIX, Arit, Xov. 1. An in vestigation was begun today to detor mino tho exact cause of thu death yesterday of C. H. Wood, pontmaler of Phoenix, whoso burned body win found in tho ruins of lu country home. It was stated lut nigut that a kenmeue lamp exploded on m tsblo betide Wood, disinters Wood, the pontmMktor' 17-icnr-old ou, produc ed todv a letter in which hi father loft iiutmcliiin ut to Ilia affair "in camo bumetiiiuir huppwitMl." Poital Hulliontie tHtd Uiav lmd Hourly completed an iiivantifHliou of chum MfrHiHst Wood' elutnieUr. Hi lie count were repoited to be in gwul comlitivn. ' PRESENTREGIM BRITAIN OFFERS THAN CYPRUS MYSTERY SHROUDS AH ATP EN X BORDER AWAITS FIRST SHOT IN" FACTION CLASH - Villa Forces Move Closer by Night to Carranza Defenders of Anna Prieta Long Ranrjc Artillery and Machine Guns to Play Part in Mex ican Warfare. DOUGLAS, Ariz., Xov. 1.L. 1 Taylor, nn American, was Bitot through tho back by a Moxican ran chino gun bullet nt tho United States customs house, lho machine gun; wero penporing tho United States cus toms nouse nt mo time. Taylor was taken to lho American treucbes facing tho custom house. DOUGLAS, Ariz., Xov. 1. The rid vnncinir mniii body of tlio Villa nnny enmo in contact with tho Cnrrnnza forces defending Agua Prieta, tho jre.xicnn border town opposite here, nt 0:35 this morning. Tho Cnrrnnzn outpostB opened firo on tho advancing Villa troops nnd then fell back to tho trenches sur rounding tho Mexican town. DOUGLAS, Ariz., Nov. 1. Dawn disclosed lho forces of Gonornl Fran cisco Villa ltnd moved closer to Agua Prieta during tho night for their ox peotcd nttnek upon tho Cnrrnnza garrison commanded by General P. Elias Cnllos. The night passed quiet ly, no clashes being reported, nnd,tio contending forces remaining in tlio sumo relative position. Kavly in tho day United Stntes sol diers bcgnii digging tranches well In side the line already constructed. Thoy nro so situated ns to control tho eastern end of Agua Prieta ns welt ns the advancing right wing of Villafs a nay. It was understood tlicdo trenches wcro for emergency uso fn tho event of serious fighting across tho border, endangering Americans nnd the possibility of their being com pelled to full back. i i i DOUGAS, Ariz., Xov. 1. With tho hospitals at Agun Prieta cleared of sick nnd wounded, trenches nnd un derground dressing stations manned, General P. Klins Culles nnd tho Cnr rnnza garrison of, 7000 ih6n, with ten field pieces nhd thirty orforty mn ehino guns, awaited today Gcnorul Francisco Villa's nttnek. Thrco motor trucks linvp broucht over to lho Amcricnn sidd nearly fifty incapacitated soldiers who Wcro shot in previous fights in Sonora, nnd twenty-seven men nnd iwomen ty phoid patients, survivors of a recent epidemic in tho Mexican town. Throngs of rofugecs and women nnd children camp followers of tho Mexican garrison nil of, classes not legally ndmissablo to tho United States, wnitcd on tho International boundary for permission to cross nnd enter u detention camp, when tho fighting actually begins. Tho hospital nnd detention camp has been located In an Isolated part of Douglas to avoid endangering Americans here. General Cnllcs maintained head quarters in the house of Mrs. Alien O Loughliu, nn American keeper of t. curio store in Agua Prictn, who went through two previous buttles in thu Moxican town. Shu nnid today thnt sho expected to remain thcro throughout tho coming fight, despite tho long rnngo field nrtillcry Villa h reported to hnvo trained on the town. SUNK BY TURKS UKRLIN, Nov. 1 (by wireless to Siiywlle.) Tho French submurino TurquoihO hn? boon sunk by Turkish artillery fire, neuording to nn offic ial statement issued by tho Turkish war office under dnto of October HI us given out by tho Oversells News ugenoy today. Her entire crow, eoni- pribitig two officers and twenty-four men, wero made prisoners. J ho Fronoh suhmiinuo Turquoise was a craft of 38(1 tons displacement, l.Vl feet Ion;,, twelve feet boum and vm equipped with six torpedo tubes, Hor sieed nbovo water was twclvo knots, while fcho was oupablo of uiuL- ing eight knots fciibuieryed. She was. built w 16US lit Toulpi, FRENCH SUBMARINE V. '$ v