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
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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-
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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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