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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Itnln Tonight ntuJ Saturday. Mux. Bit ailn. 40. forty-fifth Year. Dnilv Tenth Ynir. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY. NOV1CMU13R-19, 1915 NO. 207 TIRE-LET'R GO!' OF JOE HtLLSTROM I. W. W. Pod Executed for Murder by Firinu Squad at Utah Peniten tiary Self-Posscsscd, Asserts In nocence as Faces Executioners, Followinn Nervous Collapse. SALT LAKH CITY, Nov. 19. Jos ph lllllatrom was executed by shoot ing hero today, for the murder of John (i. Morrison, a grocer, and his noil, Arllug, who were killed In Mor rison's store January 10, 1914. Mil Btroiu'8 cuso attracted wldo attention, having hoou onco reopened by tho liardon hoard at tho request of Pres ident .WlUon on bulialf of tho Swed ish minister. A second request for further consideration, mado by tho president, was declined yesterday by Governor William Spry, supported by tho pardon board, on tho ground that It would bo an unwarranted In- terforenco with Justice Tire 1ct Her ij" 'Tire! Let her go," wero Joseph HIllHtroni'a last words, uttered au liiHtant boforo the rifles of the fir ing squad ended vhls. U ut 7:-il o'clock this moriilntf. Although ho was self-possessed and asserted his Innocence when ho faced his execu tioners Illllstroni had n sensational nervous collupso just previously, when ho tied tho door of his cell at tho stato prison with strips torn from his blankets and fought tho guards fiercely with tho handle of a broom ho had snatched from an at tendant in tho corridor. Illllstrom's outburst was unexpect ed. Ho retired calmly last night and remnlned apparently In slcop until early this morning. Ho aroso about I o'clock and began to shako tho coll door, shrieking as If In a night mare. Tho noiso brought tho outside guards, who turned In a general ilarm, bring ing all tho prison officers to tho scono. Tho prison physician endeav ored with slight succe-sH to quiet him. It was decided not to Interfere, with him until nocossary, and ho was not dlsturbod until tho time arrived to take him to tha sccuo of tho execu tion. r.Ms llroont Handle Whan tho guards arrived for this purpoHO, lllllstrom fought them sav agely with tho broom handle, which ho had broken In two, leaving n shnrp point oil ono pleco. Tho officers tried vainly to got him out of tho coll without disturbance, Deputy Warden A. C. Uro, receiving a slight wound In tho arm, from Illllstrom's weapon In tho process. lllllstrom fought silently until Sheriff J. S. Corlos, for whom ho had previously manlfoited high rogard, arrived and appcalod to him. "Joe, this is all nonsense." said Corless. "What do you mean? You promised lo dlo llkn a man." lllllstrom hosltated a moment and then yielded. "Well, I'm through," ho xu Id. "but you can't Maine, a man for fighting for his life." Protests IiiiKKt'liro Tho blanket strips ho had tied to tho door wore thon cut, ho was. blind folded and lod to tho placo of execu tion. supported by two guards. Ho talked Incossantly In tho few mo meats that elapsed between tho tlmo of his .arrival and tho firing of tho iloat u volloy. Ho asked whether any of his friends woro In tho firing squad and kopt saying ho was Innocont and would die Hko a man. His yoIco was clear, but low, Ho was quickly ad justed to tho doath chair and, as the attendants drew asldo, lllllstrom straightened hlmsolf In tho chair and said: "I'll dlo Hko a man. I never did anything wrong In my life J I dlo fighting, not Hko a coward. Well, (Continued on Last Page l RAID BUSH CAMP DKRLIN. Nov. 19 A Gorman noioplane squadron made an attack yesterday on the llrltlsh camp wost of Touertnghe in lielgium, six milos from Ypr. the war office announc ed today. Theor were artillery duolB yester day In and near the Argonno and In the Vpso3. WORDS N N II TO 10 LIST Great Britain, France and Russia Unite in Effort to Include China in Alliance to Prevent Possible Fric tion and Preserve Peace In the Far East and Integrity of Nation. WASHINGTON', Nov. 19. CJroat Britain, Franco and Ilussla havo unit ed In an effort to add China to tho entente alliance In order to provout possible friction In tho futuro be tween Jnpan and China and to pro ser.vo tho peaco of tjio l'ar Kant. If China agrees to tho plan, military participation In tho present war Is not expected. Negotiations thus far aro In a con versational stngo at Peking with no Indication as to China's attitude Al though tho United States is being kept Informed, Its dlplomntlc ropro sonatlvcs at Peking and European capitals aro refraining from partici pation. Duo to Monarchy Tli.ii sensational inm in for eastern affairs on ilic eve' of the proposed change by China from n republic to a moiinrt'liY lias been the subject of confidential o.chani:e. between the allied lowers during the last week, but only became known hero today. Jnj an, us far as known, has not vet been consulted. If Japan known of the plans unofficially there in nothing here to indicate what her k jiitinn will lie. Although Great Drituin, France and Russia joined Japan in representa tions to China to postpone the es tablishment of a monarchy because it was thought n change during tho present disturbed condition of affairs might provoke revolution nnd intor nittional complications, this latest step by tho allies is understood here not to haw been initiated because of llio monarchical situation njone. It wns considered essential by the allies that such arrangement he made in tho far cant as would permanently safcguaid their interests. .Situation At'iito The impending change in China's form of government has rendered the situation somewhat acute. Fear of revolution in China and the possibil ity of Japanese interference to pro son c peace havo been impressed up on Japan people to an extent that linn attracted wide attention among the Kuropenn diplomats. By joining tliu entento nlliunco none of Chum's opt nttioub could af fect tho course of the war in Kurope, hut tho movo would effectively guar antee Japanese abstinence from in terference with China, Jamin's atli- tudo i not clear an yet, hut two pos- siiiiiiuet, are eonsiuereu uero as plausible. First, that Japan will join in the movement on the theory that 1 er paramount interest, in China will not suffer any abridgement through the future actions of the allies; or, second, that Japan will remain aloof from any agreement viewing even tho future entrance of Chinn as nn ally as not altering Japnn's right to Inde pendent action in the far east wher ever her interehts nro affected. Clilmwo Originators? Tho origin of the movo to enlist China on the side of the allies is not yet known here, hut there nre indica tions that some Chinese diplomats are inclined ery favorably toward it us insuring the integrity of China lip- ( Continued on last pagoi ' WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. Careful renew of the pnate bids for the liul U and machinery of the two new Miperdreaduo'ighU authorized by the la-t eongroxt bus bowu finally that, none (owe within the limit et by congre. Secretary Daniels i un decided whether new bids will be aid. ol or whether the government will mako arruuyomontn to build the M m its own yard, all of -which bid within the 700,000 limit. Xav-anl pstiiuutes lull a million dollar below Uieluuekt pmuto com- IN ADD HI ONLY NA YARDS W IN ESTIMATES Ilit'r. 10.000 SERBIAN BABE uTT HO N STARVE ID DIE Talcs of Horror Come From Stricken Serbia, Where Thousands of Fath erless and Motherless Children Wander Throurjlj Field and Forest and Awaitlnji Death. I1Y HAltUY PAYNH IJURTON NKW YOUK, Nov. 19. -A now story of "Habes In the Woods" comes to tear tho hearts of Americans as thoy prepare to glvo thanks for tho blessings of police. Uabes In tho woods! Not two babes but. UotI help them Ten Thousand! Ten thousand little children In stricken, overrun Serbia starving, freezing, dying! Ten thousand children, fatherless, and motherless, wander helpless through the forests, living Hko ani mals, eating that which oven tho dogs refuse. It Is tho worst calamity of child hood In a century of world history! The stories of horror nre coming In thick and fast and tho worst mo sworn to by responslblo Americans who aro coming In from tho stricken Balkan country. Serbia' Dopopulatctl When tho war started Serbia had 1,500,000 clltzens.' Oyer b'00,000 old men, young men and boys have been mobilized. There havo already bcon 200,000 casualties In four years. Typhus, which last winter nnd spring swept Hko a withering plagiio over tho land, took toll of 000,000 inn if nnd women, leaving, perhaps unmer cifully, tho children, who seldom contract this loathsomn dlscaso. Many Serbian villages havo been absolutely depopulated. Tho wholo country Is In mourning. Tho enemy UPt only destroyed tho crops, but tha farm Implements as well. And this in a country whoro 90 per cent of tho population Hvo by tho soil. This was a, bio at the veary heart of tho peo ple. 10,000 Wandering Orplians So tho two great forces of destruc tion, wnr nnd dlscaso, havo thrown upon the shoulders of neutral Amer ica tho caro of 10,000 wandering or phans. Many of them nro in parts of tho country which nro strango to them. Thoy do not know who nor whoro their relatives nro. Many of them do not oven know their own names. Thoy aro roaming aimlessly about tho country, in tho fields and woods, caring for themselves, or dying for lack of care! They wandor In Iltllo forlorn bands about tho desolate parts of tho coun try, or If they aro near villages, they go to these settlements and beg for crumbs. , During tho summer tho babes have, been bleeping In the open fields and woods. Hut winter Is already ap proaching, mid It Is not difficult to Imagine, If ono Is willing to faco tho truth, what will happen to tho great er part of these waifs of war. Somo of them aro beggars. They go in llttlo throngs to funorals, bo causo Serbians never pass a beggar, and it Is customary In that country to give something to every attendant at a funeral In memory of tha dead. NEUTRALITY GUARD COSTS SWITZERLAND $51,000,000 PKRNK. SttiL-orJaiHl,' Nov. 10. The cor.1 to SwUoilund to the end of October of guarding her neutrality was 2."i3,00f).000 francs ff-S 1,000,. 000. This figuu i given in an of ficial statement. MEMBERS OF I. W. W. Five Toledo I, "W, W. men who uskiil llio I tali authorities, to let them bo Joo lllllslnmi's otcciitloucrs mi hn might Imj kllhsl "by bis frlenda." 'Iliey ure, left to right, .Jaiiii!, (alliilmn, l.nioit . Sniltli, i'Ycsl (oon ey, Itoduoy Mchlipg, Jack Jcr, The icpiost u$ deuiixj. Two of Serbla'rt Ten Thousand fntlieilc.s mill JiiotherlMs riilldreu.'wllfi nro Miiiidering licljik'ss and alone. Ilt-oficr nml iittlo fwby pliVftfgiijilil tsl by mi Ameiieaii typhus iiur.se. 'J'hl llttlo IjiiI ihmiTim 'froinVVijiLU to pbico picking up JiLst oiiougli for Mm nml baby to rat. This photfA graph was loaned 1ft tho Mall Tribune by tho Serbian relief cominlttcc. What Will You Do for These 10,000 Lost, Starving Orphans? WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE A CRUMB PROM YOUR THANKSGIVING FEAST TO THE WAN DERING ORPHANS WHO ARE PARENTLESS AND DYING IN THE FORESTS OF SERBIA? Contributions should ho soul tlireot lo din Serbian relief fonunission headquarters at 70 Fifth avonue, New York City. 3s"o stun is too small to aid. Hoys and girls and grown-ups who can raise $!) in nickels and pennies can provide for a kit as follews: Outfit for to l. 1-year-old bey: 1 caii, 1 swoator, 2 blous es, 1 pr, trousers, 2 undorshlrtn, nnd drawers, 2 pajamas, nlght drauorR, ovoratls, shoou, stock ings and sundries. The chief American patron of the American com mission for Serbian relief at 70-Fifth avenue, New York City, is Dv. Charles W. EJiol, presidont omer itus of Harvard unhersity. Princess Helen of Ser bia is the Serbian patron awl will be responsible for the proper handling of contributions in Serbia. HuMhes' Name Off Ballot l.INTOI.NT, Neb., Nov. .11). Tlu. nniiili ill AwiM'iiilrt .liiuluin ClmiHn HiiBliiw in pn..lMit!louiiiliilli. will not appear on the Nebraska prunno bnllot, WHO REQUESTED PERMISSION tm C Jm, JmSjmrA $ IN THE WOODS Outfit for to 1 1-yoar-old girl. 1 hood, 1 swoator, 2 drosses, 2 aprons, 2 nightgowns, 2 pottl roats, 2 union suits, 2 bodices and drawers, shoou, stooklugs, etc. Former Portland Mayor Dead 1'OHTLANn, Nov 10.W. S. Xew- r" wh0 W,,B m"',,r oC l'a"u" ll,'"m lb7' '" 'Ji,!)' "ie'1 ,lt '"" borne here todnv, nui'tl K'J. TO SHOOT HILLSTROM i Monastlr Rcjiorlctl to Have Either Fallen or About to Fall Invaders Ruthlessly Forclnq Back Defend ers Who Stubbornly Contest Every Foot of Ground. PARIS, Nov. 10, 5:05 a. m. A Sn lonikl dispatiih nnnouneing tho gen eral let rout of llio Serbs on tho "outhwestern front, nfter the cap ture of Dubinin pnm by tho Dulgar iaiiB in without official confirmation, nuj-h a UnvnH dispatch from Athens filed yesterday. The only fact es tablished ta tho evacuation of Prilep by the Sotln. The abandonment of Diibtinn puss has been expected in Athens military eirelcs for several fluvs, as it was not considered pos sible for tho Sorb.s, notwithstanding thaor heroin defence, to resist longer repented Dulu'aiian nttneks, especi ally as they threatened envelopment by n movement lrom l'etvo and Kit zevo. The Sorblnns probably will retire tu tho lieights between Pulep and Mon astir, tho iuhabitautH of which uro takiiu; rofujie in Albanian nnd Greek territory. Largo numbers have nr rived ot Flonnii, Greece, but the moro well-to-do nro going to Salon iki. The Seibinn nnny is expected to rotrent tuwnrds Albania. It is csti muted thnro arc ,r0,000 Scrim in tlio iMonnstir rcgiop oppohed to more than SO.000 Dulgnrians. PAUIS, Nov. 10. "DoiiyH Coohrin, l' reneh onbuiet iiiinister without port folio, w.ts received at 10 o'clock yosl teiday moiniug by King CoiiNinii. line, - says n 1 lavas ilispalch from Athens. "Tho conversation lusted foi an hour. "In polilicul circles favorable to ttiq wiitenla povy.cn. it is hiim -thnl tho, l runch. ,ciibiiu!t, inriiisler'u, fsift will lmvu u Ijciiofjutnl influence on flio rclrttoiis betweeu Greece ami tho nl-bc-.." T DMRMN, Nov. 10 (hv wireless to Rnyville). The Dritish iidunc auMiiiHt Dngilad Iimh been cheeked kouIIi of Kut, in Mesopotamia, hv u mutiny of Indian troop9 who refused to miM'ch further ngniimt Ditgdml be- caiuo of the proooncc in that city of objects nacrcd to their religion, ac cording to a ilipatf)h from Constanti nople, to the Pitinkfurther Zeituug, the Ovenoas News nency pays. "Tho IlrttiMli exiioiitcd ovoit tenth Indmii soldier of several battalions,-' the quoted dispatch nu, "but tho Indians openly refused to mnrch nvaiust Sulrnan l'ak and Dugdail, where soverul holy imngeu aro buried. "fho general situation in Mosopo- tniiiin decidedly Iums advantagoou to tho Ilritwh tliuii recently, ns their advaueo nytiint Ilngdad lias boon slopped south of Knt, which is l()fi imleH bouthcnxl of Dagdiid. "Tho Sluito clergy continiio their agitution tor a. holy war in Southoin Perxin and Sehat-Kl-Arab, nml im portant eont ntc wnid to bo im pi'iitling " NOI HALT STEAMERS NKW YOIUC, Nov. 10. Tho Aus-tro-Oorman submarluo eampalgn In tho .Mwllterrauoun will mako but llt tlo dlfforonco In sailings from Now York to Jtullan ports nnd cause but slight rearrangement of schodules, steamship agents aunouucod today. A statement that all sailings for Ital ian ports had been cancelled, attrib uted last night to Hartfleld, Solarl & Co , agonts of tho Itullan lino, was denied by tho firm today, n e HQURLYGROWING MOREDESPERATE BRUSH ADVANCE AGANS BAGDAD HALTED BY MUTINY PARIS MODISTES REFUSE ORDERS EOR IS. GALT Dressmakers Blacklist German With Whom President's Fiancee Placed Orders for Wcddlnp. Gowns Will Bo Proud to Receive Orders Direct With Their Compliments. PARIS, Nov. 19. The Paris' Dreiw makers' syndlcato has blacklisted two American customers ot German ori gin, ono ot them a man named Kurz ninn, reputed to bo comralloHft to buy gowns for Mrs. Norman Qalt, whi Is to bo tho brldo or President Wilson, according to Oustnv Tory's newspaper IOnuvro. Drcssmakcra nay, that they havo had ordors from Kuro mann, which they, hnd been utmbla to fill Jn consequence of tho decl!ea of tho syndlcato. All express regret that such an Incident camo up and stato they hopo It wilt causo do an- noynnco to Prcetdnnt Wilson. Thoy nro ondavorlng to dlsposo ot tho mat ter without too much publicity, but dcclaro that they cannot overturn tho decision ot their roprcsontntlvo body. Italso Diplomatic Question Tho newspaper avers that Kurz mnnn has threatened to ralso a dip lomatic question becauso ot tho mo diste's refusal to accept orders from him. I,'Onuvro declares, liowovor, that each houso from which ho or dered gowns, has offered to supply them with its compliments to airs. Unit without haying them pasa through tho hands of an Interme diary. Paul Polcret, president ot the Dressmakers' Syndlcato, In absent from Pnrls. Ills confidential Bocro tary, liowovor, confirms tho atate nid .i "'niajn has threatened to -' V tli fll m ' to Kurzmann, or through Kurzmana or any other Gorman houso," said the secretary. "At tho samo tlmo each or every mombor of tho syndlcato would bo proud to bo honored with a com mission to mako n gown for Presidont Wilson's flnncco, and would bo most happy It permitted to present It with. Its compliments." A Paris dispatch this morning said Charloa Kurzmann ot New York was thoro to select gowns for tho wed ding ot President Wilson and Mrs. Qalt. Ho was quoted as saying that whllo It "would ho Indiscreet to talk about clothes ordered by tho Wilson family beforo obtaining permission from the whlto houso," ho felt that "Washington can look forward to a brilliant social season after tho wad ding." WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. Tho Ciirranzii government Iiiih protested to Great Dritaiu ngnlnst tho recent forciblo search of tho American steamer Zcalaudin nt Progroso ns n violation ot Moxieaii neutrality. Tho cnptiiiu of the ship contends ho was within .Mexican territorial watcis, whilo the Dritish imvnl authorities in uist that n careful measurement has established that tho blnp was a quar ter of n milu outside and thorcforo on tho high sons. The Zoulandiu hns hnd a spcclacu hi" career of late, nnd has been sus pected of being in service to uid Ger many. i RAIDING BV YAQUI WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. Looting and raidlug by Indiana and Villa forcos at Los Lochia, wero reported today to tho stato dopartmeut. Tho Oarranza government, howovor, has given rollof. General Obregon yea torday sont word to American consu lar representatives that besides the garrisoning of nil tho Yaqul .valley, tho towns on tho Mexican border will bo garrisoned as soon as powl-ble. i ii i i ". v "- .