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MEDTORD MAIL TRIBUNE 'SECOND WEATHER Occasional Italn Thursday. Mil. 18, Mln. 33, Pro. 01. EDITION rorty.flfth Tear. EMUlv Tenth Yi'ar. 000 LOSE LIFE jjnllan Passenrjcr Steamer Ancona iSink by Submarine In Mediterran- can 270 Reported Saved out of !B42 Aboard Two Americans on tho .Vessel Many Women Lost. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. Two Ifahun-Ameiienns sciilcd from Na ples on tlio steamer Aneoiin. accord ing lo a diBputeh to (ho state depart iSent tndey from (.'omul White. One of them was Mr. Frnucesca Mnrolo ifomura ('ntu-ul Wlnto cabled it was verbally repoitcd in Naples that 270 pctfioiiK had been baved out of the 642 aboard. Consul White's dispatch said Hip other Vt Amerieun citizen was an in- fanl child. The consul qave Ihe names of no Ruber passengers. His dispatch was tlie first concerning the Anemia to bo received nt the Htate department. Jonsul While's dispatch said Ihe An- eo:in wns torpedoed off llircrtn, on the .Mediterranean sen, Noilh Africa. Attempted to INntiM) M'Kl.IN, Nov. 10 (by wireless to Sn.willc). "Infomintion from a re- liab'o source is tliat the steamship Kicona was sunk by an Austro-llun-Ktirisir- submarine," says tho Overseas News agency. "She attempted to es cape olid thus eoiiiH'lled the subma rine to uc her guns." HO.Mi:, Nov. 10. The Italian liner fAiieonii, earryii.;.' -182 passengers and InTerew of 1(!0, has been sunk by an Butstrian stibmarine flying the Gorman flog in tho Jlcdilerranonn. The los of life is eslinuted at exceeding !100, mo-My women r.nd children imiui JcrnuK There were 81! first-class enhin paBsengers, CO second cabin nd 3.'I0 ?teora;c. Tlio vessel left Nnrles vcitorday for New Yoik and was mi:'k homewiiere between tlio wes tern end of Sicily, the southern end of Sardinia nml IHerla. Two hundred and tu only-nine passenger and crew hue been lauded at vurioiw points. Passengers liuidcd IOiip bundled and thirty passongers, nj number of them injured, are ro- potted to luixe- been landed tit llicitti. while a Inter message stated two of the Aieona's boats with 31 of the grew, had landed at Cape Hon, Tunis, about 70 miles cast of Ilizortn; A mcwise from Malta states that four passengers and 11 of the crew Ki' the Ancona have been landed there. One bundled shells were fired into fihe Aueonu belore she was torpe- Ldo"d. Amnng those aboard tho Ancc.n.i Tis I'niice Cassniio Kiinicii. Not n TrausMiit Ki:' YORK, Nov. 10. The An- (Continued on pago eIx) (LONDON. Nov. 10 - Telegrams ro- Wived here from Alglorns, .Morocco, Ito way of Madrid, report a Ilrltlsh eriilser has sunk two Gorman sub iSarlncs lu tho straits of Gibraltar. ll.ONDON, Nov. 10. Tho Ilrltlsh lwaiuor Moorinn has been tiiuk. l.ONIJON Nov. 10. Tho Ilrltlsh steamer California!!, a vossol of G'.23 It ens, bus beon sunk. Erhe steamship Moorlua was In tho Mrrlre of tho Ilrltlsh govornmont and tWjwe are no retords of bor recent jneyements. Hor not tonnage was 8159. The Californlan was a Leyland liner of 0223 tons grots roglstor. Sho jhaai been taken over by the Ilrltlsh Eforlgoxernment service. friie t'aliforuian figured prominent- Imn the stor of the Titanic, having been ix sr the hum ef the wreck, Wat ii "t luxiug gone to the reacue. London. Nor. i The IlrUlak steamer CUu Mm AUiMer has b(HW Run tfh,e Mkc Alliaef. -list tOM tMMt. M owned in Qlasw. IHENAUSTRIANS TORPEDO LINER GRU1SERS I TWO SUBMARINES SERBS REPULSE BULGARIANS IN REAR AIM Situation (or Allies Grows Steadily Worse in the North, But Offers En couragement in the South French Recapture Veins Four Days' Bat tle Raginy. LONDON. Nov. 10.4 From the paint of view of Ihe allies, the Scibinn sit uation grows steadily worse in tlio north, but offers fresh ground for encouragement in tho otith. All of the important railway lino through Nish that remains in .Serbian bauds is a small section near Alekstnae, north of Nish, and this is doubly threatened by th" llulgarian advance to tho Moravn river anil tlio contin ued southward ill he of tho Gorman foiccs from Knievnc, both converg ing upon Aleksinnc, whore it seems likely that a junction soon will be effected. South of Ni.h the railway is un doubtedly in the hands of tho Unitar ians as far as Vole-, since I.eskovau lias been rocenll, taken bv them, but south of Voles, in the neighhoihood of ICiivolak, the situation has taken a turn decidedly more favorable for the allies. The Hiilgarians are still per sistently attacking this point, but Saloniki di-patch8 report they have been driven back no fewer then four times nml the net result of tho Hiil garians' dcpcuito attempt to work thcnis'-hcs behind the Serbian armv has been heavy losses without tiieir gaining a foot of territory. Dcclslio Offensive French and Ilrilish troops figured conspicuously in this llulgnrinn ro pulnc, and it is confidently believed here that, reinforced by troops now arriving in large numbers, a decisive offensive by the allies will be pos sible in the nenr future. Serbians' Victorious LONDON, No". 10. Sorbinns op erating in the defiles of Kutchnmk aiminst tho Ihilgaiiaus udwiucing from I'skup to l'ns Hum! report an important success, according to ad vice f i oni Saloniki. In the region of Strumitsa, Hritish troopi iiavo received reinforcements and rep'aced tho French north of Doi rnn. with the object of harassing the flank of the Uutairiuns, who are at tempting o reach Doiran nnd Gucv- gheli. 'Claim Trench Defeat IlKRLIN, Nov 10 )by wireless to Sayville). A defeat for the French and Hritish hoop in southern Serbia with losni'n which are doncribed at--enormous is repotted in n dispatch from Sofia by wny ol Budapest. According to Ibis information, the battle oeeiirred between Krivoluk and Prilep. The allies made a violent at tack upon defensive positions of the Hiilgarians lu addition to heavy losses in killed or wounded of tho allies, it is icport I'd a lap,'!! number of their troops were captured. . Four Hays' Hattlo PARIS, Nov. 10, 10:'', a. m.-Dispatches to the Palris of Alliens from Salenik: state that for four days n violent battle lm been in progre s in ( Iia ieiuitv of Strumitsa between French and Itultriirinu foieet. At 'nst accounts the fighting was still going on. The French were outnumbered bv the Hiilgarians. General Snrail, the Fn'iich commander in chief, has sent reinlorccirents to this front OF UUHI.IN, No 10, b wireless to Seville Altliouish tho profits of tho Krupp works last year amounted to t l,500,ooo and would permit of payment of a 2 1 percent dividend, tho owners will make no extra profit on account ef the war. After parwent or a dividend of 12 percent, the amount distributed Inst year, a sur plus of about ?.. IH be de voted to ekarttr- To the reltof fund tor fnwitkw qf MMtora killed in tat U $i.M.M will k h'n and Iftl.M will bo to Ike eoral re lief fund. MEDFORD, ANCIENT RITES IN CONSECRATION OF Y0SU1T0 Mikado Enthroned as Emperor of Ja pan Amid Mystic Ceremonies of Ancestor Worship Will Continue Work of Father In Buildina Up Em pire and Strcnrjthcnlnn Frlcnshlps. KIOTO, Nov. 10. In Kioto, the an cient capital of Japan, Yoshihito was consecrated emperor todnv. For days th'j weather has been wet and gloomy. At tho moment Yoshi hito bowed down before the ancestral sua goddess today, the rnvs of sun fhishid ovor the mountain, dissipating the clouds. According to legend, the sun goddess m prehistoric- ages emerged from her rocky cave and fill ed the whole universe with glorv. Tho appearance of the sun today is interpreted by the people of Japan as a good omen of an auspicious reign of Yoshihito and of the destiny of the ctnpitc. Ancestor Worship The first part of the principal cere monies held this morning consoled of a ritual service of ancestor worship, whiih struck a note of religious mys ticism. This afternoon Yoshihito was enthroned. Tho morning ceremony was addressed lo tlio gods, it seemed, and the other lo tho people. foreigners who witnessed tho cor onation wero deeply impressed. The American women wero particularly interested in tho sight of the Japan ese noblo women, in ancient court robes. Tlio American ambassador, George W. Guthrie, expressed himself as moved by tho solemnity of tho oc casion. Post Wheeler, first secretary of tho America nembassy, who is studying tho mythology of Japan, spoko of the immobility and sileneo of the people until Premier Okuma called I'Hanrail Banzai!" when the onlook ing throng took up tho cry and ac claimed the monarchy. Continues I'nllici's Woik The emperor todnv issued an im porinl rescript in which he declared bo will continue tlio work of his father, who "conceived the great pol icy of opening tho country to foreign intercourse," in tho buihlinir iu of tho empire and the strengthening of tncndships with other nations. Fol lowing Is tho paitial te.t of tho re script: "Having ascended tho iiiineriul throno of dhlno origin, wo hereby por- lorin tho ceremony ol accession. "Our forefathers hae been con stant and loyal to tho imperial bonne, thus consecrated by ties that unite sovereign and subjects with the strength of n bond between father and sou. Our empire has developed a character which has no equal on this earth. Strengthen I'liendsblits "Now that wo have inherited the grand work of our father, it is our will to ficouro tho ponnnnout stability of tho state by consolidating its foun dation, nnd to shuro the benefits of leaco and harmony by strengthening friendship with other nntioiiK. Muv tho hoavenly spirit of our ancestors witness our determination that we ful fill our mission by diligently laboring day and night. "Wo trust our loynl subjects will guard and maintain tho prosonty of tho throne by performing with nssuid. itv their respcetivo duties. It is our wish to make cer more brilliant the glory of our country bv tho unitml virtue and harmonious co-operation of nil. Wo command vu, our sub H'cts, to be guided by these, our wishes.'' E WASHINCiTO.V, Nov. in pr0sl dent AVllson will begin work next wook on his message to congress. Ho has called a cabinet meeting tenta tively for next Friday or tho follow ing Tuesday tho first held since last Julv at whleh outlines of tho worx of tho govornmont department! and the estimate for the eontlng year will be dlacunsod. Tho president, seconi. ing to his witeiM, probably will de liver tho metswae In peraon. Next week the preatdent will Ms for with the onetrewlonal budget committee. OREGON, AVEDXESI) Y, CONSECRATED EMPEROR OF THE JAPANESE r-r-Q iii A TS. 1 --" n-pnf (VtWMr'' J-" iflRBV'IHfHlrr V XsZlXJ )L -. iters IkK-ir.- JHK1 fMSS9mtUKmJ fi lw -cKBiy KifMsnrgfSaffift m Eirf' f d(sssrfBwKiiil73lTsiiX ?aK,XfaWmHB5t, t " HsHHBHPiiHr M mmj THE NEW MPER0R OF JAPAK VOSHUIlTn F, FAILURE GATES To tho People of tho Rogue 1th or Valley: Tho Ijoo L sugar proportion will be a flzzlo unless tho peoplo got It out of tliolr minds that It will go anyway, whether tlioy help It or not. I havo sjiont uoarly three wooku on this work, loavlng my busluueg to do so. There are busliioss men lu this town, owning land, whom I havo called on sovoral tlmos. They aro too busy to talk to mo and request that I como again; or thoy aro not ready to sign now, but will talk It ovor and sec mo lator. Now, I do as much business as any huKlnosfl man In town and It Is of ns much Inturnst to others an It Is to mo. If I can spare my tlmo lu full, otbors can surely spare part of their tlmo. Now, what I wnnt ami must havo Is co-operation, If I do not got It, I might Just as woll closo my dosk and go back to tho store and lot tlio boot sugar proposition go by tho boaid. C. K. flATKB, Mann nor Iloet Ruuar Cauipalgu. IANL DATE 2,099,454 IIOTTJIHIUM. u London. N. 10. Ctvriiittii he Irom Qetoher 10 to Novejnhar 12 in iHud, wounded mid misiuf were 7rt,.'IT(l, neoording to figures published bv tho CoiirHiit, which irimnuii4 lloe uHOuUiM re late to tint ('hninpagiie. Tho tol'tl I'ru-i.in Iuhmw to date, (ho MHr says, have umu a.OIJO, ).'), not ineludiiiy 'J :n Kuxaiioiis, 2'X Wurteinburg, 2'' Saxon nnd 50 uay li.-li. and (ho b of offieeru nnd noneoiiiini-xioiK il li. rent who haw bi't-n lo,t win! Jijiimg with tbu Ti'ik-i. LONIMJX, No I e. --The resiguu tlfiH of anotlit-r iiK-mlier of tb Hu glnn cabinet is reported by )luuir' nrroauondent nt Ptrogr4. Tiiu 4' MUh ss.14 V. V. Hukbloff, minister of KWSBunlcAUon, hag rottrod nnd that the esniMror hM eoaforroxl on bint tk Order of AJesnnder Nersky. SUGAR ACIORY CAMPAGN ME OSSESO XOVEiNfBER, 10, into ,1-j, ro) , no BE BY GREEK KING LONDON. Nov. 10. -The see ion of the pros favorable to tlu Greek gov ruincnt nffiium that a decice dissolv uig tho chumhet will bo iiromulgalcd tomorrow, miy an Athens dispatch to the Kxchiingc Telegraph company. Tho loan by Ihe allien to Urwe, deliniirly anuouiieed today, will, it i tliought, tend to cement friendly sen time'it and by showing the confidence of Ihe eutenlu powers in (Irueuo To meie than ol'feis of ttriitory or other iiidueeiiieuts to (miction that coun try's benevolent inclinations into pos itive iiction. Ipor' differ hh to Ihe probabil ity of Ihe dissolution of the present Greek chamber, some stilting that dis solution i imminent nnd a decree on (he point of being promulgated, and others (hel foimer Premier Vcui'iilorf mid ollicis that foimer Premier Von icloK and bib party mo prepared to Mipoort the Skouloudis oahiiiPt. Osn eral opinion seems to be that all tho lininK lire nnioii- to aoid nw iticil iDiilc-t i mli'i n pioM'iit dis I llll" ll COI.dllllM ". LO.NUO.V, Nov. 10.- Promlor An ipiith will ask the house of commons toiUy for a veto of credit of 100,000 000. This will maku the total amount voted for war purposes lu tho curront yenr 1.300,000,000. With the amount voted In tho flu es 1 enr of 101 1-1015 tho sum allot ted for tho war, Including new oto of credit will resell tho aggregate of 1, (;;, ooo, ooo. HUNDRED OF VILLA OFFICERS LEAVE iiI.VK8TO.V. Texas. Nov. 10. One hnudred Villa officers left Denn is. Aris., for IMedraa Nocrna, at T ovUxk last nlgbt, having aoedplad amnesty, aeordlng to A mongggo from Uoaoral Calloa, Carmnwt cow- aaander at Agita PHota rooolvod by tho Mexican eoennbntu hor. Tho eoaaao ataiM ttat tka oitiaoM will rotnni to tboir kowsa In Magtao fraiM Piedras Nrgras. PARUAMEN DISSOLVED FIRE DESTROYS MUNITION PLANT AT BETHLEHEM Machinery nnd War Material Worth Many Millions of Dollars Consumed by Flames Fire Results From a Spark From Electric Lamp Which Exploded, Fnlllnn Into Peel of Oil. SOUTH PKTIILr.IIr.M, Pa., Nov. 10. A fire which virtually dcdro.cd (be No. I machine hhop of the llethle hem Slcol company hcie today, wan finally n.xtiuguMicd this at'ternoou after can. iut; damiiKe estimated at from 1, 0(10.000 lo f 1,000.000. The buibliiu; destroyed wiik recenl lv reeotiHtruelcd and eipuppcd with aluah!c mtichinrry at a cost of about 0,000,000. Kiht hundred jjuui, nlonjr with other war material, were in procc.HH of mauufactuie in Ihe shop. Tiieve puiH wcio viilued at nearly 1, 000,001). The buildim; was ulmnt cemplelely burned and the mucliiuery nnd '..'11118 ruined or ilnmnycd. The cuiiH were ludinj made for the 'ntenle alli' and for the United Slulcn ov- ernnieiit Duo lo (ToxsinI WIiws Tho company iwd a Htnteincnt that tho fire viih due lo a crowed electric liahl wire circuit, which ig nited oil in Ihe hoi hit; mill. The firo spread rapidly nnd soon Ihe entile building was wrapped in ilnmcH. The file department of the steel plant was called into action, iih well as the department)! from four neijfhliorimr Iowiih. 1si lotals .Millions Tlie'vnlue of Ihe trtins nlono in the shop is said to bo Kcvorul million dol lars. There wcio about 1000 ma chines of different kindn in the build in?, running from lathers, KhuperB, drillM on down lo borim; muebiues. Theo maehinoH weie worth from $100 lo several thoiisnml dollars each, end it is estimated (hat the Milue of the machinery wtu several millirii dollars. The burni'd shop wiih 2."0 feel wide, .100' fegt lonir and four stories high On I hose four floors, '.'0.10 luou were employed in duy ntid uiulit shills. In (he neitthhoihooil of 800 men were nt woik when thu fire start ed, and so rapidly did it spread that some employes hnd to inuko their es nape by means of ropes, Fioni workmen it wns learned that tho firo stalled in oil near tho en trance (o (ho plant. There was only a spark of fne at first vheu some workmen started to nut it out b throwing- on water. Then followed a mighty lln-li and up lenpod a flame an bijili us tho structure, I'Iimii, follapMi General alarms wcio Hounded throughout Ihe boroughs of South llethlehom, Ilelbhihem, Fouutuiii Hill and Northampton Heights, Tlio fire stalled on tho south side of the huildiutr mid soon nlo iU way (hro-Hfh the slruuturo. Floor ufter floor lo-ided down wilb iiai-lunen collapsed nnd fell to tho first floor, wbeio it lay in a jumbled iiuo.s. A fur as known tliuio wan no loss of life The fire probably will burn nil lift v. Iteeully Ihe burned huildiiu; was rebiilt and eunided and eipiipped at a erst said lo ho $.'1,000,000. It was given over to Ibo lunuufuutiiro of guns of Minuiu calibre for the Unit f il Slater, Kiuilnnd, and some of these guns wi'ie in pioii-.-. of lnniiufaelure when llm fire bnl.i- oi.l. BERLIN CLAIMS M'ULIN', Nov. 10 Uiv wnele to Sayville). -An ofteuMe inoeiuent iiudertuken by Ihe Ituaainus in the ltigu Jistriet is uid by the war office today to hue failed. An advance wa attempted uiwly ngatuat tho Oonaun IHMitions near Ivautwern, 'JO soil west of Riga. Strong Uuesiag at tuck ut Jneohstadi also wort icpule ed and una officer and 117 awn wore captured. Thr Russians aUo took the ff. n aitr in thr region of Caarto' v-l flu gdimprei to brvak throu'.-li thr Hit in. hi bin- north ts Badka. bui wire I'bet li-tl nml bv a aoewit'i utt " k Men thrown baek lo their turner hmu- UoHt. RUSSIAN NO. 199 BRITISH SEARCH AMERICAN SHIP INNEOTRALPORT Steamer Znalandla Boarded by Brit ish Officers In Mexican Port and Awaited by British Cruiser Outside Reported to Have Aboard Ger man Officers Interned at Norfolk. "WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. Tho American stcamor Zealandla was for cibly searched by a party from a Brit lull cruiser last week whlto lying In tho port of 1'rogresBo, Mexico. Tho American consul thoro reports tho cruiser now Is lying outHldo, presum ably waiting to solzo tho ship. On tho faco ot uuch a report as tho consul sent, oven though Incomplete, Iho ofNctul conclusion hero is that tho Hritish naval authorities not only violated Mexican neutrality, but far exceeded tholr rights In forcibly Hoarchlng an American Blilp In a neu tral port. To Attack Oil Tnulo Tho Zcalandla figured much of Into In reports of tho Investigations ot Hritish ngonts on tho trail of ships supposed to bo fitting out In tho Unit ed Statos for attacking oil carrying ships from Mexican oil fields whore, tho Ilrltlsh navy draws a groat pro portion of Its supply of fuol oil. On October 7, tho Kolandla, for merly n Hawaiian ship, inyBtorlounly loft Pcnsacola, Kin., nt night for Tarn ptco, Mexico, carrying a largo stock of provisions and manned principally by Germans. An American flag painted on her hull had boon painted over and It was reported that while at soa sho flow tho German colors, although this was flatly donlcd by her ownore. Ship's Movements Tho ship moved from Tampco to Cnmpccho, whoro Ilrltlsh agents lo cated hor and reported that bIio boro a largo quantity of rosin for which thoro was no ostcrislblo ubo In Moxlco, although It Is usod largely for making shrapnel. Thoy also reported their suspicions that slid boro n largo quan tity ot copper and tho Ilrltlsh view was that thu ship was waiting for ait opportunity to slip out with tho cargo for hoiuo port whoro It would find Itu wny to Groat Ilrttnln's enemies. Nothing further of hor movements wns reported until today when tho American consul roportod sho had been forcibly searched In port by a party from tho Ilrltlsh crulsor which had been lying outablo. "What tho soarchoru found, tho consul did not roport, but Inasmuch as ho reported tho cruiser still lying In wait It was supposed they found something aboard that gavo them a reason to await tho Zolandla's departure. Tho Zolandla Is reported to havo taken on board sovoral officers who oscapod from the Interned German auxiliary orulser Kronprliu Wllholni at Norfolk, Va , ntid fitted out for tho use of Germans Inp osslblo ralda against lit UhU commerce lu thu re gion of the Gulf of Moxlco. OF II. S. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 M Del. val, a Dolgluit oniployed by tho Unit ed Statue us counsellor to thu lega tion at UriiHKola, has left llolgluiu and will not return to his post bu cutiKU Germany has given notice that Dolval Is pornonii nun grata. Tho statu department will not admit that DoUal has been reinovod, but an nounced today that ho hud loft Uol Klum and will nut return. PAItlS. X... 10.- A Clemuin attack near the fun! of Oiteuelry wim ous Hy repiil-inl by Fiuueh trttoj, lie eliding lo an uouounceiiieut iipujc this iiftrio4m by Uib Fiwialtpr office, win!,- at hn same tLaftilfrjyiuih hut trrii , in the cii nixt.riU uYsfnot nonr Tahuro responded with Oiturgy to u German aiiillety attack. Til i it I. H.( r-