Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 11, 1915, SECOND EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text"i ay. I WEATHER SECOND EDITION Itnln mul Warmer Friday w 1 Forty-fifth Tear. Dftllv Tenth Year. 3EDF0RD, OREGON, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 11. 1015 A WA GON LOAD OF PEACEIINOSIGNALGIVEN f Medford Mail Tribune GEkERALS U AN 1 T OKAVEBROKEN Hi UNES Berlin Reports Forest District About Riga Evacuated on Account of Rains Russians Claim Consider able Success and Forced Retreat of Invaders With Heavy Losses. LONDON, Nov. 11. An acute re ivnl of the submarine issue, chiefly in tin' Mediterranean, accompanied by a general offensive activity by tbo Bussiuns on the eastern front, make? tlio wnr news rciul today liko a repe tition of history "ix months old. The southern o.lreinifv of the Bus Man lino to the west of Cznrtoryhk, whom depcrate battles have been un der way for several weeks, the Hus sions elaim n eotmidernblc sueeei, which is said to have resulted in breaking tho Austro-flcnnnn linrs, and to have culminated in a retreat during which numbers of fleeing sol liters were drowned and 2000 taken prisoners. ItusslaiiH Holding Own In tho ltiga area the Bussinn lnaintiiin they are more thnn holding their own. West of Bign tho Bus Mims have consolidated the positions they recently won and claim to be the oeeupnnts of several illages which bed been in tho hands of the invad ers. r.erlin reports that German troops have systematically evacuated tho j'ore-t district to the wet and south west of Shlok, west of Biga, because it has heen trnnsfonneil into swamps 1V the rains. Less change is repotted from (he Balkan frolit than at nnv time since the new campaign began- It is now delinitelv istnblishcd thai the French are not in possession of tho Serbian town of Veles, a daring cavalrv raid which apparently reached at least the enninns of the phipp heing respon hilile for the .erroneous reports that the town had been wictcd from the hands of the Bulgarian1. ricnrli Mcnnro ltulgnrs It is unofficially leported that both w'tigs of the Hiilgarinii forces invad ing Macedonia are nicnnced hv the Anglo-French ndvaiwe, while the Serbians are said to have resumed the olfciiMve in the region of Hnbunn pas, where they recently won nn im portant success. The Serbian arc iiiakitisr a stand there, and it is a'so reported that they have established completo communication with the French. This report, if true, injures the temporary safely of Monastic, where a condition approaching panic hns heen prevailing. Moniistir haw n large Bulgarian population, and it was feared ?ome of the inhabitant inipbt join the bands of Bulgarian ir rcgu'ars, which en sccral occasion- lately hne thiv.itencd the pit v. BUCK POPE CONFERS E HOME, Nov, ll.-DoKpite denials that Prince Von Buclow U in Switz erland on a peace mission or that the Vatican ih taking any part in parlia mentary neitce negotiations, a Zurich ilispatph to tho Mowngero assert that tho former Gennnn chancellor has had a long inlcrviow with Father Ledoehowbki, general of the Society of ,kMis, known as "the black pope," who came to Lucerne at the ren,iieit of Prince Von Bueloy. The two men are sold to hae beon in conference several hur after which the juit leader cnt a Km? report to the ope. L WHITLOGK 10 RETURN WAMIINi.n'N. Nov. 11 i--n-tary of Sute I.ituz announced to day taal he rxprrtcil Auu-ncan Mmi Wier Whitlurk Yuukl rriurn to Utu Mb, C- . tke 1'mted Kt4.lL. thu- Itins dffi 1'irU ! r -i i...n- lb ' Mr Whit J... I U.. ,! . . 11.! . II M i PjaiDTCE. VDNBUJL.OW f count rtTPrrCT-APT) Gcrmnn dndnmat (above' and Swedi-h envoy (below) whoso prcs inec hi Heme Switzerland, has irivcn rise to rtmors the kaiser in nronosinir pence terms through the agency of neutral nations. RUSSIAN FORCE I'ETItOGUAl), Nov. It Accord ing to the lnteHt nilvlcea received In Tohernn, I'cislu, a Russian forco Is within 15 miles of Teheran and Inill cntlons nr that tho Germans, Aus trlans and Turks In tho city aro pro paring to leave, removal of tho ar chive of tho Gorman ami Austrian legation to tho American logatlou for Instance, being In progress. At tho secret meeting of parliament, tho dlHpatch laid, a majority of tho depu ties) oxprossod (ho hope that an anil cable arraagoment of tho difficulties hotween Itusata and 1'orsl.i would bo roaclieil. Tho cabinet mlnlstors had been In session for 2 1 hour, It la added, trying to formulato conditions acceptable to Husaia and Groat Hrlt aln. Much oxeltemont Ic reported In tho city, according to tho dispatch over tho unorgetlc action of tho entente alllo and It In reported that tho Shah will rotlro to lapahan In ovont tho I'orslan proposals are not accepta ble. 10 USE GRAVES CREEK AND JUMP-OFF JOE SAM:M, Oro, Nov, 11 Tbo Grave c.reok reclamation project was granted pormlMlon by tbo Btato on glneor today to appropriate wator from Grave and Jump Off crooks to Irrigate 20,000 aero of land and to uevolop S000 boriopowor. Tho plav call for the construction of two large rocervolre, and oxelualvo of tboio tho eoat or the work la oatlmatod at Mr 000,000. The project Is located In Josephtae county ketweon Grant I'a nnd HoBeburg. EARL KITCHENER STILL IN T t LONDON. Nor. 1 1 To make mat atear. Prmator AamlUi auted In tit bona 9t eoaaaaaaia toatht Karl Kltibt-nrr. Mrtarr of tat for ar, Imtt not tfiilr4 I.U rr.igu-t.u :. h i. ' - i ' AN TEHERAN PERSIANS IN PANIC BY BIN SIKANCNA Captain of Ancona States Th?t First Sinn of Undersea Craft Was Shell From Distance of Five Miles Ves sel Stopped, hut Shelling Continued Lifeboats Hit Vessel Sunk. WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. Secre tary L-nntdiiK announced today that the Htate department was making ev ery effort to gather information and details on the sinking of the Italian liner Aneonn. The department is yet unable to determine how many Ameri cans were lost. A cablegram front American Consul White at Naples says that the Socicta Italia .say; IM7 passengers nild crew of the Aneonn aro reported as -uvcd out of -HHi, and that tho fifeanihhip officinls believe that more will be icportcd saved. The department nlso received a message from Ambn-sador rage giving some brief details. No Signal (Jlen LONDON, Nov. Jl.-AStefani ngeiny dispatch from Tunis says: "The commander of tho Aneonn. who reached here Thursday, declares the submarino gave his vcscl no sig nal to stop. The fin-l siun of the presence of the submarine was a shell from a distance of five miles winch grazed the steamer. Tho Ancona stopped dead." Subsequently shells hit the boats which wcie being made ready for launching, and many passengers were killed or wounded on the deck and in the boats. Some of the passengers who had been thrown into tho water approached, tlm submarine, but wero repelled nnd derided. "Finally shells and torpedoes wen fired at the Ancona from a dNtuneo of 300 yards. ' Two Suliuiaiiacs Kooii inn rM""Mi n ii dl HON. Tunis. Nov. 11. O ot t)io Ancona's officers named Sn Oik Sal vemini say; that toward noon he tightcd two suhmuritics, which, by reason of tho Htenmer's nearness, a thick fog and the reduced speed of tho liner, weie able to approach un observed. The officer declares both submar ines flew the Austrian colors, hut several other survivors affirm that tho flag wan struck and replaced by the German color us soon as the liner was sighted. The neatest submarine was about 300 feet long m.d carried three-inch guns on her how and stern. Tho other submarine drew ncroas tho Anemia's bow to prevent any attempt to es cape. Continuinj,', tho Ancona's of ficnr sayx: 1'erLsh Alxmt'd Ship "At tho first shots the caplain of the Ancona ordered out the boats. The eighth boat had hardly touched the water when the liner sank by tlw bead, engulfing the remainder of the passengers and crew who had lukrii refuge on the poop deck. "The eight boats, keeping together steered oil it southerly course. After traveling Home distnneo they sighted a ship with her lights out. The rur- ivors hjfhtml flariM and tin ship ap proached them, hut the submarines, which were following, turned their searchlights upon lur nnd she abrupt, ly changed her course and disappear cd in tho night. (Continued an page two.) MAIN STREET OF A mmmmw immmmw --r" i . -aMTaataaWwH SbJ. it fjBHiaiaaaW t LaWr R,1"'3BfliElJByJiiav. MwKmmmmWMMmk' I V ; wx& 1 ' w mmmmmm ' .niii . v-it . . .m2Suii8ZS-s2t. IUIHM J aOnHBMBr IlKBinrw rr- --j ,-;trrT;i.- aVft J(htaiMaialaBBB This exclusive photo by Staff Photographer Diuboroiigli of the Jfail Tribune, jmt bael; from the wnr, shows a group of captured Hitssinn gen erals who commanded a force of the e.ai's army, surrounded nnd tnken by the fleimans in the advance in Poland. Tho officers, whoso very woul was law among tho Ktisiaus, weie bundle 1 tiiuereinoiiioiisly into nn old wagon mid jogged toward the flcrmnii eoncentrutioii camp for prisoners of wnr I NEW WAR CABINET FOR BRITAIN DURING KITCHENER'S ABSENCE LONDON, Nov. 11. Groat Ilrltaln'ii now war cablnot during tbo temporary absence or Field Marshall Karl K'ltcli? oner, It was officially an nounced today will cotiBlst of Premier Asqultb, Arthur .1. llalfour, first lord 6f tho ad- mlralty, David Lloyd-George, i' minister of munitions, Au ; drew llontir Law, Bqcrotnry of tho coIoiiIoh, and Itoglnald McKonnii, cbaucollor of tbo cxcbctpier. 10 QUIT THE CABINET LONDON,, Nov. 11. -Sir Kdwnrd flrey, the llritish foieign secretary, told the house of eoinuous today that he himself had exprewd a desire to rosicn at tho time YM'ouut Ilablanc left the cabinet. "Put lot a erikis in tho public af fairs I would have douo so," said the foreign seuretary. When tho new coalition onhinot was formed last Miy iMoimt llnldane was succeeded as lord high chancel lor by Huron Hucknritpr of Chcd litiyton. T WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. Charles Tabor Martin, of Log Angolos, a son-in-law of Bocrotary McAdoo, died early today of pneumonia nt tbo sec retary's homo here, l'rosldont Wil son wont to tho houso to extend his sympathy bofore 9 o'clook. Mr. Martin was the husband of formor MIfb Harriet .McAdoo, who Is now In Los Angelea. No arrange ments for tho funoral havu been mado. NISH, SERBIA, WHICH TEUTONS 1 v r SJawjmJ IIT Jiikk JvftHv. TH I ..' .tff.,.. e V."v 4V ! ft -vifPW wt.W I IIKItLIN, Nov. 11. With moro completo nummary of tho American nolo nt their disposal, the. German newspapers comment on It nt greater length, Tbo general tone Is ono ot satisfaction that President Wilson used such cnorgctlc languago, but doubt whether corresponding deeds will follow. Tho Lokal Anzelger regards tho note as worthy of a plnco beside those sent to Germany as regards tho gravity of tho langungo and tho ex haustlvenoss of tho complaints mado. "Wo hear In It," snyB tho Anzelger, "tho unvarnished truth about Great llrltaln's plea of neutral trade, her disregard ot all International law and her shabby manner ot conducting war at sea. This picture of tho roal llritish character, drawn by a noufral pou, will bo vnluublo for nil tlmo whatovor practical results tho Amer icans nchlovo with their protests and complaints." UPON THE HIGH SEAS WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. Prlllsh authorities beer Investigating tho ro- portod search of tho nmorlcnn steam cr Zealnndln nt I'rogroso, Moxleo, by a party from a Ilrltlah orulsor, havo Information which loads them to bo llevo that tho .oalnndla when It was searched was lying moro than threo miles off shoro nnd was tborefnro not In a neutral port but on tho high seas. They are Investigating further nnd tho atnto department la making Inqulrlos. Latest Information to llritish offi cials Is that tbo .oalnndla, which has been angHgod jn unnoiitrnl eporatlnns since, aha cleared mysteriously from I'ensacola last month, Intended to maok a Swedish port uoxt wook, The Kails City logging road Is to bo extended and sawmills to opon. HAVE CAPTURED i . i,i 1 1 AMERICAN NOTE 0 GREAT BRITAIN PLEASES RUN wiiiiwwiuiwKiiigwLiiiiiiegsaaMiiTr- t "" -"-jbot J lsaa&w:.ajaar,. ,ydwII NAVAL BATTLE IN BALTIC REPORTED COPENHAGEN, Nov. 1L A cannonndo of torrfle In tensity was heard yesterday In tho neighborhood of tho l'ohmarn Itollln In tho llnltlc son. It Is believed by tboso who heard It to havo beon tho result of n llritish submarliio nttnclc oa a Gorman Btpuulron, Tho firing InBtcil twenty min utes and was of such vlolcnco that houses vlbrnted as In an earthquake. t 4, H. t WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. "A cord'iig to adviccn junt rcceiveil," tho state department announced today, "fleneral Cnrranrn has given assur aneM thill tin' (piestion of a settle ment of the border houblcs will be disposed of in a few dnvs. Older huve been issued for the .Mexican se cret service to nssist tho Murionn mil itary authoritioa in louating and pun isl.int; offendei's operating in tho vi c'aitv of the Dorder. Ooneml Villa was reported at Mo lina, between Cuiiniien nnd Nognlca, vesterd'sv waiting for a tniiu to take him to Nosnlc. About IHO Villa diorlers aro re ported to have crossed to tho Aiueri oaa side nt Naco, and more aro re ported following every night. The American consul ut Juarez is warning Americana to leave the stale of Cluhuehiia before there i a xns peiisnu of railroad ("iminiiiiicnlion, which I now threatened. Most of the Anvil leans in the Juarez ibtnt are Moriuoiiv. 'S E Tlir.NTON'. N. J., Nov. 11. Pire enrly toda.v dc-tiovitl a rope aliop ot the John A. Podding Hong eom ltny, eausiag a loss ostiiHMted st half a million dollars. Occupants of a row of frame houses near the dmit were compelled to flee in their wight clothe. There were minora tht tb'e fine wa iMoentlia ry, Iih to the belief that the company w wakiuc war muter il. Offieiala An not believe this. TLere wet 00 men einilo.ved in the - up. Other brsnehci will ncei-ur-iiv be affie4et bv the ehu-inir down if tkJe aV)virtjiout. HebuilUli i ex MtHc4 to lie stalled immedieUlv. Iaet January the ItneMinyN plant wi leetMetl wiib !-- ..i l,lt.V), Of'i. The huildiaf i'' v ', 1 1 u i nUA Ike HuaUl r ' iiiNK ' aim nmrfwtm m iun uiwvkv iruai t..l.i tin- rii-t ieill tllitt tin-. i rn. I M b ! In i H d t'ied p.' '' CARRANZA HELPS PACFY BORDER BN R NO t?S3 ssk&-!t8&.2MiLt 27 I Si:V YOIMC. Nov. ll.Tho looal ngcntg of the liner Aneonn Hart field, Sohui & Co. today wero bo sieged with iniiiirieH from all over the country concerning persons bo lioved to hnvo been aboard tho stcam or wheu she was sunk. But tha agents have not received a word f nun tho homo office nt Naples rci;nrdinfr tho bont, nnd bo .wcro; unable to-givo saL-factory nnswers. When tho Ancona sailed from (bin poit for tho Mediterranean, October 17, there wen; 158 otiicerrt and men in her crew. In the absence of defi nite information regarding tho sizo of the crew aboard when the steam ship was sunk by a submarine, her au'cnls believe that IBS is a snfu esti mate These figuroi, added to tho pnssonfior list, make a total of 040 perse us aboard tho vowel when at taoked. News cahlt-a said that 317 surviv ors hud been lauded at Tunis and fifty at Malta. Ambassador Page at Borne hns notified Washington thnt twenty-seven passengers believed to ho Americans and nil traveling third chiMs wero lost. A Home dispatch last iiiliht said tho survivors included Mil Hali.Mia. ei Greeks nnd one Bussiau, boeidos Mrs. Cecilo L. Oriel of Now York. arm. Oriel, a well-known physician, is tho only American thus far report ed nmong tho leaeued. Sho was a medical director of the Manhattan tradu se'ionl, hut hud resigned thnt pout nnd spent iniu-h time traveling abroad tudyin( the hospital systems of KuroM, Sieec the wnr began sho has been in IteL working in a hospi tal lor coiiviilc-.-iiit Mildiors at Bnri. T WRECK BY FIRE MAHSHKIELD, Ore., Nov. 11. Uoach combors, whllo pIlhiRlng tho wrecked steamship Santa Clara, sot tho bulk nflro oarly today, Shu blazed up from stem to storn and fell to pi ocas with tho explosion of her oil tanks, Loot Is being brought hero In whkoii and In boats, and Is sold oa tho strosta, A lurso part ot tho pop. ulntlon bus boon supplied with shoos at $ 1 per pair, whllo others havo In dulged tkemeelvos In tho luxury of opera Kinase for the trifling oum ot BO cents. DR. J. I KEENE IS Dr. J Xf. Kit ue was appointed MNUwiiimiu from Ike Meeml ward i I ' i "ftunuHM it ft jHicisl i......i v wi ike eiiy tlOHtlMl to auc- ..I ( ubiiu-l II II. Sargent, nwigncd. II nn. .i'.it i.iui rune frmn dulu Ul l.t J ... '! j 1. AI AN ABOARD ANCONA W N ORPEDOED Si