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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Prolmblo Showers Tlmrsdnjr. Mnv. 58, Mln. '1 1.5, Pro. .08 'orty-flfth Tear. MEDFORD,' OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, NOVUM OUR 3, 1915 NO. 193 Sally Tenth Year. "HORRIBLE EXAMPLES" PARAOt WALL SIREEI 18 LOSE LIFE AID FIGHI EOR EUGENICS AND BIRTH CONTROL ko!ejasK-5i5WT35wf: EQUALSUFFRAGE LOSES FIGHT IN EASTERN STATES FRENCH TROOPS UNO AT KAMA I ON GREEK COAST FRANCE IN WAR TO WIN ASSERTS PREMIER BRIAND VLLA ABANDONS ASSAULT N IN SHIP WRECK AT COOS BAY " AGUA A i mam sssssll ssssWHI hsa1sf Hill I HI SBBBBBBBBBBBSIBBBBBn Allied Forces Soon to Threaten Rear of Bulgarian Army Serbs Flghtlnp. Every Inch of Ground and Retiring Slowly Monastlr Still Held by the Serbs -Repulse by French Report. LONDON, Nov. 3. The landing of Frond troops nt Knvnla on tlio Greek eont is lcported in n Sofin telegram (( IJerlin, nnd nltlionph this news is unconfirmed, it seems 11 likely bcqticl To yesterday's informntion that Iliit- ish and French transports had been Sighted off this Greek port. Whether luse foiccs will bo tiblo to connect ncedilv enough with the other troops Aligned ngninst the Hulgiirinns from Ktivnluk to Struinitsn to relievo the jiiTssure there, nnd by n possible flank attack thronten the rear ot the ll'ilgurinn forces is admittedly prob Jcmatical, but the appearance ot tneaJ fresh troops in the llalknns is ro guided in London ns a gratifying mn fcrinliKittion of Premier Asnuith s p -utivo announcement yesterday that the independence of scrum was on M" il 1J..1 1.!....J .. il - OL 1110 (.'HSVIIlllll OIl-Vlft I' I IIIL' "HI and that Great IJrilnin and rrnnco were in full ngreement regarding the menus wliorcby this end might by nt- tuincd. Serbs Yield (i-nluniiy Tho Anstio-Germnn forces in ortheni nnd western Sorbin nnd the Bulgarians in tho cast coutinuo their attacks, ngninst which tho defense gndunlly yields ground, bill the situ ation is not it ally changed. Tho Austrinns havo officially ad mitted that they havo been able I.. apturc only twenty Serbian nfiicors nnd (1(11)0 men. Petrogrud furnished tho infonnn- Liii'ii thi t -additional German troops h.'vcbceu ent fioin tho Itustinli front lo Serbia. Still Hold .Minister LONDON, Nov. il.--The Itulgarians, lad wincing ft out Vcles in tho direo Ion of Moiutslir, havo reached the Bnhui.ii range, half way between Belo nnd Piilcp, according to th Times Athens correspondent, llio Seihwins arc falling hack on Prilep and Mpiintir, ho says, hut Monnslir has nt yet been seriously threatened. The Tiuies'l'etrogrnd eorrcpoiid;iit sins i uiuuoro Attsiro-ucrmun troops . . i r t tut being sent from the Russian front to the Setbian campaign. Tho corn- Miondcut anticipates that an oppor- (unity soon will come for tho Russian t-oiumnuiii'rs to .'inso ni uie (iiuuuisu- fctl Teutonic forces confronting them. Occupy Ilaliiiun Defiles PARIS, Nov. II According lo dis- ynlelies from Suloiiiki, Miyt, a Hnvas Ihsp.iteb irom Athens, the liulganans Kidancms beyond Volts occupied pait rot the defiles of llabuna nftcr despnr. it" fighting, but the Serbinns still Qio'd the principal putt of the dctilos near I'erlcpc. Tho lliilRnnans have not tupeated ! tin ir attacks upon Ktivolak, which is In Id by the Ftoneh. The evneuatinn ol .Mou tstir by the Serbians i denied. French Hcpulso llulgnrs PARIS, Nov. 3. Announcuincut wa- iii.mIc by tho war office today of the tcpuNe of a Bulgarian attack on licnch troops m southern .Senna, iiear Knwdnk. lit tho region of Stru jmtzn tin. Freni-h troos aro ndvanc in,' in the inoiiiitafns near the frontier. t i IIKRLIV. Nov. 3. Tho city of j i tee (I ice), in noithwostoin Set-' Ibii, has been captuicd by the Ger punns. This announcement was made i) the war o'lice today. SAI.ONIKT. No. 3. -The Ilulgar pin, who are iuuding southern Ser bia. apiH.ir to lie riicouiiteted it rtli'i-k :t tne Irvor UfiW, norOfvratt fot Knw.lak. wli the Srbiii Mr Cit..nK tiiirtni Ih4. In coiuquttee fot' the r-iUme on the part of Ser in. n the rcMrtVuU f Munalir tire jV.ii,c kit le-. tearful that the it uvill t.ill into the hand of the iumi1- i'i. BULGARS CHECKED SERBA No Peace Agreement Until Restora tion by Right of Victory and Until She Shall Have Obtained All Guar antees of Peace Hour Is for Ac tion and Punishment for Failure. I'AIMS, Nov. 3. ."Franco will not sign n peaco agreement until nftcr her restoration by right of victory and until she shall hnvo obtalnod all BtiarnnlecB of a durable peace," Bald Premier Drlund today. This sttoment was Included In tho ministerial declaration of the now cabinet which was read beforo tho chamber ot deputies nnd tho senate by tho premier. "Wo aro at war," said tho premier. "Tho hour Is for action. Only by close, nnd Incessant operation will vic tory bo obtained. Everyono mtiBt accomplish his task. Onco all re sponsibilities aro established, ovory fault, every failure, will bo ptitilBh ed. "That Is tho program of tho now government. Tho government, aid ed by parliament, must furnish all menus to the army, whom wo snluto with emotion and pride." AH Hopes I'enui.sslltlo "With Mich an army, with such a chief, wilh a navy which so effica ciously supports it, nil hopes arc per missible, nnd the country, assured as to the outcome .f the war, will follow its developments' with serenity and imperturbable calm. "This high standard of national conduct which has been in eidcua for fifteen months, obliges the gov- ernmunt to consider the (picstion of the censorship. The government, with tho collaboration of the press, will find in the application of the laws tho necessary reconciliations between liberty and authority. "We appeal to your co-operation. Wo know it is our foremost inten tions to second the action of the gov ernment. On its part, the government is ready to accomplish the whole of its task nnd assume nil responsibility Union of Nations "It is by n union of nations, the parliament nnd the government Hint we will pursue the war to I ho cud, to it victory that will drive the enemy from all invaded territory. 'Franco hits not disturbed tho peaco Resisting all provocations, she did everything possible to main tain it. It was premeditated aggres sion. She ueeeptcd wnr without fenr and sho will not cense tho struggle until the enemy has been mustered. This cud the allied nations will reach by a close union. "Wo are in full r.ceord with the Hritish government oncoming the conduct of military operations in tho IlnlkaiiE. Ftnneo and her allies will never abandon thu heroic nntioii whoso resistance compels the ndiuiru- tion of tho world. AM for tho llalknns "Tho present entorpruo of Germany in tho Iblknns nttest? tho failure of that nation's efforts in tho principal theaters of hostilities. Thus beenu-c its offensive has been broken on the French front nnd on the Itussinn front it attempts this diversion. "Her liopon will bo shattered. Tho central powers may postpone tic font, but they cannot prevent it. As for us, wo uie decided to go to the very cud. We shall vanquish in tho ond." A resolution expnwuing oonfidenco in the new llriand government was adopted this evening by n vote of 31. to 1. WASHINGTON. Nov. 8 Settle ment through arbitration of the caso of the American steamship Hocking, seiiod by a llrltlsh cruiser off the Atlantic coast, was forecast today as a result of the new Iwne which has ariBM between the Unttod State and the entente alllae over the question of determining the nationality of merchant ships. ARBTRATION STEAMER HUM Forced by Hunger, Thirst and Scanty Munitions, Villa Raises Siege of Bonier Village and With draws to South to Await Supplies Leaves 336 Dead on Field. DOUOLAS. Ariz., Nov. a. Gen eral Vllln, forced by hunger, thirst nnd n scanty supply ot ammunition to abandon his plan for an lmmcdlnto assault on tho strongly entrenched village ot Agun Prlota, commenced withdrawing his army today, and shortly after 9 o'clock most of his forco is movnlg toward Annvacachl paB3, twolvo miles southwest. It is his apparent Intontlon to rench water, which Is plentiful fur ther southwest, and provision his hungry men. Gonornl Mcndcz with forces of about 1500 man has been holding tho pass for several days, nnd will ro main there guarding tho cntrnnco to tho valley for tho return of Vllln. Meantime heavy supplies ot ammuni tion will reach Villa from tho enst. Leaves Jt'tO Heart on Field Villa's retirement was saluted by an occasional shell from the big guns of Agun Prlota, but by 9:30 this fir ing had ceased. Villa doad loft on tho field nro 33C. Two hundred wero counted lying west of Agua Prlota, and 13C to tho cast. Callcs dead wero 2G soldiers and his wounded 70. Callos sent out cavalry to keep In touch with the Vllln ronr guard. Tho battlo of Agua Prlota In one respect recalls tho famous fight at Mutuants, Cuba, In 1898. Among tho casualties on tho Amer ican sldo It became, known today, was ono porfoctly good gray mulo. Ho got too closo to tho firing lino and a piece of shrnpnol cam over on tho Amorlcnn sldo nud gavo him his quietus. ("nlles Scouts Honied A part ot Gonornl Callcs' cnvalry forco which was sent southeast to harass retreating Villa forces was driven In by brisk small arms flro and a series of shells from n Villa gun posted ennt of Agua Prlota. So far as could bo ascertained, Vil la has Just ono gun on tho oast. This sent sevoral shells over the town. Shortly afterward Callos' horse men enme speeding back to Agua Prlota. Amorlcnn nrmy officers nro somo wiint mystified nt Vllln's movomont. Some hollovo It Is his Intention to withdraw from tho Agua Prlota .front altogether and mnrch south to attack u largo body of Carranza troops re ported to bo coming from that direct ion. IIS. LIKELY 10 CROSS WASHINGTON', Nov. 3. President Wilson and Scoietary Garrison nre considering whether to nuthoii.e Ma jor Goncm! Fuiiston to cross the Mex ican border if ho finds it necessary to do so to savo Douglas fruni the Mexican gun fire. Secretary Gurnson today iefucd to confirm or deny that General Fuii ston hnd asked for such authority, and tho White House was also silent. It wits mnde cleur at the war depart ment that the American commander already has authority to leturn .it fire from across the border. An offioiul lint of vobIoi day's ens unlties in and around Douglas, made public by the wur deuttnient today, contniitn the names of American sol diers not mentioned in news dis patches. Tho complete lint follews: Hnrry J. Jons, private eleventh infantry, died of wound in stomaeh Stove N'ngy, private, oightootith in fantry, flesh wiund .n left hip. Miclial Ititrger, pmtite sHth in fsntr.v, sli?Ht wound lift kuso. Ollie I. Whiddeu, prtvHte soveiilh infantry, slight woiunI in nck. Frank DnHv. cook Mvmth infan try, wouHd in rurtat mojuL Walter May, setteaut seventh in fantry, wound in right Intnl. SOLDIERS MEM B D iasao r . jsh E E STARTLES MENS OF NEW YORK CITY NFAV YOlMv, Now :i. "I must drink nlcohol to sustnin life. Shnll I transfer tho craving to other'" "i ennuot rend this sign. Ily what rijsht have I children?" and himilnr sinus "ore carried up and down Fifth nvenuo nnd Wall street in it novel publicity caiupniKU in fnxor of birth control nnd ciikciiics, just launched by the Medical !ciew of KoviowH, under direction of Fred crick II. Kobiuson. Ilobinson is ono of (ho original backers of Margaret SuiiRnr in her fight to IcRnlizo luilh control. Will iam Sanper, her husband, lias served n term in inil for eiviiil' some of Mar- Rittct Sanger's pnmphlolK to a Com- stoek detective, who rcproioulcil liim self ns ii friend of the movement. The procession in thu hen it of the metropolis is tho fust step in a nu tion'wido onmpuiKii which will seek to hac the laws that prohibit dixcussinii of birth con 1 1 id methods lopcnlcd. Humiliation of uiii.nr iuurriaes is another object of the agitation. MINOT, X I), Nov. 3 Prepara tions woro being lompletotl today for tho drawing here tomorrow of tho nuinos of thoso who will bo pormlt tod to fllo on tho Fort Unrthold res ervation luuds which will bo thrown open to entry next Muy. Although there nro only 7700 hoinostonds, 2080 names will be drawn from tlio total of 30.5CI reglstorod, to unsure thu taking up of all tho laud. iT MANII-, Nov. .1 A tyiaWn wkieh to iucrcssiu in vioUnn is HSJNtn wetrtiig the section of south ern Limuh, which was tkiftsUtrd le-t moHtk witk the loss ef isMriy '2"iJ live and profM-rty UtMti ontuuatvi at uaarir s)l,(MN),ttOO. TIm slwrm i ImnuM toward II am la Two coastir? vS4ds nave foiuiiUrnHl, but Ibc cre were saetl. UGENIC PAH I I 3(ouid the 4 prisons rxd asylums be fflied if my kind had no children? 1 1 Hit LI M, uNov. 3. Tho German wnr office announced today that Field Marshal Von Hlndonbiirg lias boon forced to withdraw his lines bo tweon Kwouton nnd Ilson lakes, on tho northern ond ot tho Itussian front. Thu rotlremont of Fluid Mnrsluvl Von lllndonlnirg's forces from tho lino runiiliiK between Lukos Swonton nnd IUou apparently menus that tho German coiumnudor Is abandoning his attacks from tho wout nud south wost on tho Itusslan stronghold of Dvlusk, which town ho has beon mnk ing a dutormlnod offnrt to capture In tho operations of tho last fow weeks. Luko IUou lies 10 inllos west of Dvlnsk, whllo Lnko Bweutnn Is lt uutnd 17 miles to tho south of Lake linen. The Germans evidently aro now withdrawing to positions along a linn to tho west ot Novo Aloxun il rot oik E AM.s'ii KIAM, N..t. : iltfoie leiivni'.' Kiiiii( alz (lit- Scrliuni blew ii all hinliiiii!.' ot inilitary iiu Mjrtnlice," wiiKh thu lrllll TtiC blatt's correspondent at tho front. "Tb Barbuw-. foo.-lit with hukahi dad lustier), .I.IcikIih tin ir flatteu ed trwhe U Hie lit. Kayuyevst w - i - nnitJnij liuinl for the .'ii. ! (inntnil Von Kititu nd C i i il ii ii ilwits. Autr-Hun. n.ut Iiji. . Ivnac ias rcm AiuuiJj-i.uiui, uiiuaa tb) llolai ulxo met stubborn rtsutanre irmu Scrbiu.i rur yiaid. M nlk7SSBBBBII SJSBBBBBBBBR pSBKJsSBBIBSBBBBBBbV IsSSSOSSBSM KHV sllsssssssssssV U "fssFlBSsassrx A von hihdenborT forced to back-up on russian line SERBIANS D Y MILITARYBUILDNGS Steamer Santa Clam Strikes Un charted Shoal at Entrance to Har borEight Bodies Recovered 43 Passeiifjcrs and 24 Crew Aboard Vessel Is Total Loss. MAHSIIF1HLI), Or.. Nov. .'). Fight bodies hnd been recovered and seven persons wcio still missing nt ! o'clock this morning from tho wrecked passenger filenmer Santit Clnrn, which went nshoro on tho south spit near the entrance to Coos bay at -1:110 p. in. yesterday. The identified dend follews: MHS. I1IUUOET DUNN, Hutto, Mont. .MRS. 1). II. TIIOKNH, Hood Hivcr. Ore. .1. MOIIRIS IlOaUH, 0 years old, (lold Hill, Or. Thirteen moiitlm old child of J. C. Crowlcs of Mill City, Or. KUU13NI3 UlLLHNWATHIt, 7 yenw old. MRS. HALE. South Haul ,lnd. HARRY AXDROnn, oiler, Santa Clnrn, Cnl. The bodies of two unidentified wo men wero rccovcicd. One in about :I5 years old nnd the oilier about CO. Forty-eight Passengers There were forty-eight passengers ubonrd nnd the crew numbered twenty-four. Of thoso who reached shore, ninny wero still in n condition of ex haustion today. In addition to the physiciuns who went to thu scene last night, another party of physicians mid nurses left from here this morn ing. Those in need of medicnl attention wero enred for nt n little cottage at JJnstendorff bench, nenr whero they landed in lifeboats or swnui ushorc. Vehicles wero dispatched from here to bring us miiiiy to Murshfiehl ns nro ublc to tmu'l. Latest reports snid thul a heavy sea was pounding the Sniila Clnrn today nud thnt she probably would he n total loss. Tho Snnta Clnrn was a wooden vossol 223 feet long nud registered 1200 net tons. Sho wan built nt Kv orott, Wash., In 1900 nnd was owned by tho North Pacific Steamship com pany. Rlio opornted between Port land nnd Snn Francisco via Coos liny and Hurekn, Struck Unlimited Shoal Accord to tho mnto, ToshoII, tho shoul upon which tho vchhoI first struck was uncharted, apparently having recently been formed. In n southerly gnlo nnd heavy seas sho hecumo unmanngonblo nfter striking tho shoal nud was thrown on tho south spit, half a mllo limbic tho bar. After striking tho spit, lifeboats I in modlatoly woro lowered. Two boats overturned In tho Biirf. Ono contain lug inoHtly passongors whllo the other carried tho captain nnd most of tho crew. Most of thoso In tho latter boat managed to swim ashore. Cuptniu AiiKUtft Lofstcdt, who cumu nsliont on it brooches Inioy nfter the lift boat in which he nud xul of the crew wore in had enpsied, said to day that the Suiitu Clam's steoriiiK gear was put nut of commission when the oscl struck the shoal off the south spit. Ho ordcied full spued astorn, but tho honvy vous tnsxed tlu steamer uciosw the shoal nnd thou he drove her us fast as sho would go into the breaker on the spit. Six limits Ijuimiicd Six boats won launched from tho leu side. The first was filled with women and children, with only throe men nt the ours. Thoy were tumble to muiiHgo in the luay sens and thou hm.t ipon around nud cupwircd near the shore. The men in the se- (Contlnucd on pago six) LONDON', Nov 1 Tho plishluns In attendance upon King George, who whs injured Isst week while at tho front by the full of hU hors. Kuvo out the following bulletin teday: "The king haa not had so good u niRkt. He Ii still In sohm pain. Ills general eoudltlou Una Improved and he Ii now able to et wild food." KINCPFnUCFSinWIY RECOVERING FROM FALL GERMANS ECURE ' ' ' V LIIIJ IHIIIIII II HAInll Republicans Gain a Member of Con gress, Elect a Governor In Massa chusettsDemocrats Elect Gover nor In Maryland Both Parties Claim Kentucky. Flections in ten slntca yoslcrdny emphatically defeated woman suff rage amendments in Now York, Mas sachusetts nud Pennsylvania, and gavo tho republicans nu additional rcprcscntntivo in congress nnd n now governor in Mnssnchusctts. Three democrats were elected to other con gressional vacancies. Tho democrats elected a governor in Mnryhuid, replacing n republican. In Kentucky both parties claim vic tory in the gubcrnntorinl contest. So far, Stanley (dem.) leads Morrow by 'J(i(J7 votes on inoompIoto'rotuniB. Mississippi, tho only other stnto to elect n governor, went ns usual, dem ocratic. In Now Yotk Former Congressman William S. Ilciiuct wns elected in tho twenty-third district to succeed tho late demoernlio congressman, Jacob Gouldcn. Hcnnct is n republican. In Now York tho republicans retain ed their control of tho lowor house of thu legislature. Hcpudluto Constitution ' In addition lo defeating tho suff rage umoudment by itbnut '100,000 votes, tho people of Now York rcpudi uted tho new state constitution draft ed by a convention of which Elilnt Root wns president, nnd for which Mr. Root hnd conducted a vigorous speaking campaign. Samuel W. McCnll, the republican who will succeed David I. )Vulsli, a democrat, as gotornor of M'nssnclius sets, won by n plurality of mora than (1000. The republicans retained con trol of thu Miis.-uichuscttii legisla ture. Tho republicans returned to power in Philadelphia, where their candi date, Thomas II. Smith, was elected mayor by 70,000 plurality. Ohio Wet by 10,000 Statewide prohibition was rejected in Ohio by a majority of more than 10,000, Last year tho nincndmcut was defeated by S!,1JJ2. The city of Toledo voted against a twonty-fivo your street enr fran chise nnd will tuko ovor nil lines con trolled by tho Toledo lluilwnys & Light company, A proposal that tho city purchasu the local street railways was rejected in Detroit after it hitter fight. Tammany Hall triumphed in Now York City by the election of a district nttorney for the fiml time in fifteen yoars, a sheriff and a majority of the hoard of aldermen. Suffragists CVlelirnto PHILADELPHIA, Nov. .1. Al though the constitutional amendment which would hate granted tho women of Pennsylvania the right to voto wns defeated nt yesterday's election, tlio voto against it wns not nearly so largo us wns indicated by Inst night's nidsgor returns. Indications early today were that tho plurality ngninst the uiiieiidmeut would he reduced to betwci-n fiO.OOO or 00,000. Thomas II. Smith, candidate for mayor, nnd thu other members of tho icpiiblicn immunization's ticket for city nud county offices, were victor ious by uoaily 70,000 plurality over (leorgo II, Poiter, the uuudidato of the independents. Suffragist rufuod (o nccept jos (onlay's results us a defeat nud plan ned to celebrate their "victory" by holding a big jubilee mooting hero to night. i i Hay Stntu llcpiibllrnu nosTON. Nov. :i. Tho republican (Continued on pago six) lir.RI.IN', mi London, No. 3. One of the Kp.'i.nlur icult-i of the Seriimu csmpuuiii '- to give (lerumuy and AuKiriH coutiol of u good uoppcr mine from wluch in replenish their MUiWi of tlw uMh-iiuedeil motl, m-coi'duiir to h liaiHt'h to the Tuyo blutt toduj from Vienna, anno uurra mine memtffi