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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER " Fulr Tonight and Saturday. Mnx. 32.B, Mln. 38, 1'rc. 1.00 II iorty-flfth Tear. Oafly Tenth Year. CZAR TO STRIKE AT BULGARIA VIA ROMANIA Large Russian Forces Mobilize Close to Rumanian Border and Invasion lo Be Under Way Within Week -.Rumania Asked to Consent to Passinrj of Troops. LONDON', Nov. 20. Check affairs Imviiif emerged from (lie uncertainty which for some time hns been a pot ent menace to the allied enmpnign in Die Uiilknns, Huninnin's problem now command chief attention in Kurope. Although Huinnnia is licset with dif ficulties somewhat similar to those which caused Greece to hesitate, she is net invidved in the same, political tmmoit and her situation is expected to mature more rapidly Itusslun Forces Heady Whatever flennnn efforts have hcen made in Iiuinnnia, it is believed here that they have been largely off set by thi) presence of Inrgo Kiissinii J'mccs close; to the frontier, and the now rapidly dei doping Russian prcp a rat ions, with Odessa as a base, from which no other infereneo is possible thi'ii her imiuediale entrance into the Hiilknn conflict. Kmporor Nichuhis is said lo have promised the appearance of Kussinn troops in Dulgiuia within a week. Then? aro increasing indications that this campaign will he launched by way of ltiimtiniu, and it is reported that conferences arc now beinir held between representatives of ltussiii and Kiimnniii to obtain the hitter's consent lo this move. This consent, as intimatod clearly by Itumaninn sMcmeii, has depended on whether the .lilies gain a preponderance of forces in the Pnlknns. Kumnnia givos evidenoe ot being impressed stronglv bv the eoncontr.it ion of 2."i0,0u0 Russian troops at It-mail and Ifcui, nonr hor border. Gorilla Near Full No important achievement bus been recorded on either side, since the German announcement of the fall of Prisliim and Mitrovitzn. With only n small strip of territory left to de fend, Serbia's leaders declare she is unbeaten and can still harass the in vaders. General Hoyad.jicff, tin liulcariaii eouur.aniler, say, on the other hand, that King Peter's troops will be put out of action in a few days. No official report has reached l.indon at noon today of tho capture of Gvirizia by tho Italians, although tho fall of tho r.ity wns regarded as imminent. This impoitaut system of fortifications, commundiuir the rail road'lines conueuting tlia upper and 'oner Isonzo, and called tho key to the Austrian dcieuscs to the nortl), has been the nbjcctiu' for which th" Italian annv has been struggling for scuunl iiitMitli. BY AS E LONDON, Nov. 2C Tho German protected cruiser Frauonlob has bcon wink by a submarine of the ontonto allies, according to a semi-official annoiiueciiiout ninilo at l'?troKrad. sajs a ditputch to tho Central News agoney. The Vrauenlob Is roporled lo have boon sen: to tho bottom in tho game looallty vbore tho German protectsd oiuiior I'jidlno. a slater ship of tho Frauonleii, was lost. Tho Pranenlob was a protocttd oruleer ot S07S tons and was built Ji: 1101. A dispatch published In the Polltlkeii of Copenhagen on Novem ber !5 W a report had besn receiv ed tkit tHe Hransalob bad been sunk off the south owitl of Swotlui. Hr siaier br ! ImilHe. was sunk. HM0TilBK ( B 'BfflUl HONOUR 'fc- Wkmt - in .JwlUi lir4oi ttm a u' rt4 m Dm alters of Kmbf t 7. wfcile uir4llag th wulh tfwvl .1. lou.t The Kr.,.inlo'. and 1'iHlne both carried crews 101.. latins ' .'"' lmi f Ml !l GERMAN CRUISER FRAU NLOB SOI MAI VILLA SNIPERS SHO DTAMERICAN ACROSS BORDER Nagalcs Captured by Carranza Forces After Battle With American Troops in Which Two American Soldiers Were Killed and Eight Wounded by Mexicans. NOGALF.S, Ariz., Nov. 20. Anicri. can outposts reported this nftcmoon that two United States soldiers had been killed and eight wounded in tho fighting with tho Mexicans across the line. NOCALKS, Ariz., Nov. 2C No gales, Sonora, tho Mexican town Im mediately ncross the border, wns cap tured today by tho Carranza forces of General Alvaro ObrcKon after snip ers left by General Francisco Villa en gaged In a brief battle across tho boundary with American troops. Three American soldiers of Com pany h, Twelfth Infantry, and flvo Mexicans wero wounded. Whether any wero killed Is not determined. Ono Mexican woman was among tho wounded. Vlllnlsls Leave City A Carranza courlor sont to apprise Colonel W. H. Sage, commanding tho American troops of tho defeat and flight of tho Villa troops was shot off his horse. Ho was brought to tho American side of tho lino. Tho bat- tlo between tho American troops stationed on tho lino began shortly before noon. At this tlmo Villa troops, who, with their chloftnln, had evacuated tho town early today, wero both- onuaued by tho Obregon forces Bomo twelve miles south ot Nogalca, Sonora. Tho Mexican town had been looted and shooting which began early, sent a shower of bullets to tho Amorlcan sldo. Throngs which had gathered on tho streets leading to Nogales, Sonora, and tho thoroughfare mark ing tho International boundary wero hurried back by United States sol diers. SullK'rs 0sn Klro Then a party of snipers opened flro on tho Amorlcan town. Colonel Sago had given orders that tho American troops should return any flro that en dangered Amorlcan lives. Infantry men stationed near tho lino opened on tho snipers when given tho order to fire. A number of Mexicans wero scon to fall. A detachment of Villa cavalry, ovL dently a portion of tho forco engaged south of tho city, was then seen dash ing over tho hills southwest of No galcs, Sonora. They wero shooting and dodging and seeking cover. Tho Amorlcan soldiers replied to their fire, shooting deliberately and appar ently with sufficient effect to halt the Mexicans. Tho snipers posted In tho looted town gradually stopped firing. Later tho Carranza courier r.ppcarcd. A bullot stopped him, and ho was brought to tho Amorlcan side with jto bullet In his wni, MARINES SENT TO SAN DIKGO, f l, No. 2(i.--Two comnanies of the lour It refitment of marines from hero with Colonel J, II. Pendleton, commanding, aro ex pected to join the troops en route on the l S. S. Sn.u Diego from ban Francisco tor Toolobanipo, milling a total of about 100 men. Other com- pattiis- nlrmu'v in soutlwni waters will iimko up tho regiment, and twa comnanifrs will remain bout. The equipinotit include field hospital, ar tillery, machine amis nu one auto mobile tnnk. The expedition. Icuvo here eurlv tomorrow. T RE IN MESOPOTAMIA LONDON. Not -' Turkisl. troop tiUnu Mm PntrUb ndvimi-v w Meaopotaaii.i i it IhIIii.k bm-k. -(ordiuir t an t tiul urnouix-wiiriii ii.ri.bt r iit nt'T Toikiti rftin n'fi.t .o l Irb i'-r u.ii'- ir.'iii 1!-' l.-.l MEDFORD, GIANT DREDGESIFIND HMD 10 KEEP PAGE WITH "C , ' 5 v-- - r. . fc.j ?..- V o vs icrt u tca coo View of Sllilo in Culebni Cut Town of Brousnik CapturedSerbs Driven Back By Germans Kitch ener at Rome Evacuation of Ml tau by Germans Reported Winter Alont Vostjes Italy Lands Troops. PAHS, Nov. 'J0. A victory for the French forces in Serbia, in uu of fensive movement . undertaken on Tuesday hied, is reporttil in a dis patch float Snlotiiki filed yesterduy to the llavns r.gcncy. The French aro said to have captuted the town of Uroitsiiik, west of Krivolak. IIKKL1N, Nov. 2(1. Serbian troops offering resistance tu rtutr-gnard ae tions to the Teutonic advance near Mitrovitra and Sienicn havo been driven back by Field Marshal Von rnekenscn's forces, German army headquarters announced today. PAIUS, Nov. SO. The arrival ut Iloim'tof Field Marshal Kitchener, Dritish war hceiotary, in n telegram to tho Iliivas News agciicy. Tho Dritish marshal reached Home from Naples and went directly to tho Drit ish embassy. i PAniS, Nov. 'JO-A luivns dis patch from Petrogrud today says: "Gorman prisoners brought to Diga from the region of Olai confirm the report of the complete- evacuation of Mitau by the German troops." PAWS, Nov. 2 . .Winter has fet in along the fighting line, in the mountains of France. A snowfall in the Vosgcs U reported in tho com munication this afternoon from the war uffiuc. PriTROGKAI), Nov. 'JO. ccord iugHfo information fi-Jiu official fcources received here, Italy has be gun landing troops at Alonn, Al bania. L WASHINGTON. Nov. JO.- Pti.i. dent Wilson will imain in Now Vork over Sunday. At the gnme he will hit fir it in a bos on tho navy bide cri the field and during thu lat hulf will yo to tho A i my side. Tho uiiuiim1Iv lum iwity wkik ths pri'sldcnt will tak with him bu neuerifritatd the u of two private ears. Anion tlo in thu jmrty will be Mrs. Gull, bi fmnwH-e; Mim Ilertbn DolliHit, Iwr -.itr; Seivlnry and Mr. MeAd.ii, )i ilrgnrt WUwb, Stwrntan Tumult v miuI Dr. UntyMH, th w'tl bou phybuiH. Tth prioVnt i axMNtMl to iunl SHtort inifbt miki piobablx Soedii) ,A die bmie i.f' "Ion I L M. IIi'j-c, ii )Mini..ti tr.-tnl U. will ptorn abn.i'"u M"i.'' v u n.it .-. fe:y?i FRENCH FORCES AIM VCTORY H SERBIA PRESIDENT W II NEW OREGON, FRIDAY. NOVEMBKK 2G, 1913 .. LVMYW. kB. TBBHI. . . v BKBB ak IIHiliiiHHftflHHfeittkliiliiiiiBiiiH - - - - 9BIKPjJr jU ak v Js II a V,rv te.v . .. ., i mmm rcSfeit';; flMWiSWUs.". j'Tsri UNPCKWOOD& Hero youKoo bow tbo Island that formed In tho Panama caiml nt tbu uldeiiiMl until it lias tilochcil tho juissageiiiiy front bank (o bank. There's when they started to shovel it away. ARIZONA WARDEN 10 E PIlOl-.NIX, Aiw Nov. 20. I'nlfHH II. II. Sims, watilcn of Florence state pcnitentiaiy, pits William Faltin, condemned slayer, to death at or be fore. ! o clock this afternoon, niley Jones.-, attorney general, will cite him for contempt. Sims announced that ho had notified the btato hoard of pensions and paroles that Faltin would not be executed because lie was iiwano. Jones instructed his assist ants hero to draw up tho paxtv in contempt proceedings to bo filed in the statu supremo couit. If Faltin is hanged ho will be tlu1 first man to be executed under talt auspice? since Arizona wns admitted to statehood, five years ngo. The prisoner was declared iuane today by the prison physician, Dr. C, W. Kandall, and Dr. K. O. Platb, a medica' expcit taken to Florence to day by un nttornev for Faltin. VILLA CAPTURES E LL I'ASO, Texan, Nov, 2C Col onel Hipollto Villa stated today that he had Information that Genoral Vil la bad captured llcrmoslllo, which for a week tbo Carranza forcos of Gen eral M. M. Dloguttz havo boon defend Ing agalnit Villa' main army. Col onol Villa wild thai Gonoral Villi would muko Herinoitlllo a buo fur (uturo oporatlons. According to Csr raiua offlclaU lant night flgbtlug vnmm continuing In the miburka of Ilortito nlllo. DKNVIJK. Colo.. Kwr. 80. -Churl. IStMUolwr of Denver wn cUi.-.l preilent stt the Dwni-r Hlt m City raUfosd (MuiYntt Imw) ut . mlin; t th. !" tr in r IhIm l- - I- i. u 111. . v. York City who Uvuaw tireuirnt ut the rfiitu.(inii of tin- r.id tun t ii- ' I.rrn i- Jlti- ! i tiiw r, " - I i huirn i i 'i. bo It 4 "' "111- ES HAN COND 1ED IN HERMOSILLOASBAS SLIDES AT PANAMA CANAL ? B iililililililililililHI UNPCRWOOP I FOR SHIP BY THE NF.W YOlMv, Nov. Jll Only it few of the sixteen or seventeen vessels which left Atlantic ami Pacific ports early in the war with supplies for German rruiaers had figured in the ginernnieiit's evidence when tho tiial of Karl linen, and other officers! and employes of tho Hamburg-American line, oharg"d with eonspirauy to de fraud (thu United States in filing false miiuifestM of these supply ships, was Tosumixl today. Tho Norwegian steamer Nepos, uhi'di sailed from Philadelphia, Aug ust 22, 101 1, with uupplios for Gor man oruisurR at sea, ulthoiigh she cleared for Monrovia, was the first vossrl concerning whoui activities witnobsoH loktil'ud today. Olaf Neilsen, hsr captain, said: "My Biipor-curyo, Mr. I'leuher, told mo that uo expected lo meat a Ger man rniikor. I learned later that tbu cruiser win tho KuNir Wilhohn dor Groitoo, uhich was sunk onic time ufterwanU bv thu Highflyer, lleuhor wanted mo to go Id Capo Vordo isl ands, but I told him I uould not do it, and went to Toneiiffe. For J'ivo month; the Nepos tunned at her an chor tiicre. Then the sailgd home, empty, her charter cancelled. "How did you dispone of your cnivT" tho wilnesi asked. "A fir xpoileil some," lie wii.'. "Souto ua sold In Drilih hiiciiU thero weio Ilntili wurMpiitt Hick tiu.l f-otve weut to tlw OenwuH con sul." '11i (lifeie mIiiiU tlwt the Han burg Au.ericuM hue uluirtvrod tho N pos. MONTREAL FACTORY MnVflM l.. ., j. The di . m !! y t.Ml.it ill .i lii.iul near lh Vlmitin'l ItUiiki't iniii io ' luelory, 'ruatraliul, th fu.li.. l.l...v n" nt trtnti tu W - 4li m Hh- i-dlMii, UU tin- b.uiL- of whu-h thu tiii-turv i- I" i .. i.-.l 'I'll- wn.kiiiv: ot tin- i uiimI .. ,j.l -i -M.I I'll- i, .i,l , l, ,-.UU OK SUPPLIES NK BITI ACREAGE NEEDED FOR SUGAR BEETS IE f Moro nercago is needed, and " needed at once, in order to se- "" euro the sugar factory. Tho Medford conunittco is busy olos- " ing negotiations upon sumll " "" tracts mid outstanding offers. " Of the nenngo signed, about "" eighty acrcB has been rejected "" by Soil Expert Storey as unfit. "" This deficiency must bo mmlo t Jtumors front Grants Pass are T to the effect that (he promised " 1000 acres in the north' end of " llii) vnlloy has not been secured, but that section is shy soveral "" hundred ncrcs. ' f 4 f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f time of the. latent IhikImIIiIo Iiiih inoio dirt In tbo to mil now than E OF DYNAMITE PLOI SAN Fit NCISCO, Vo. 2(1.- C C. Crowley, formeily u special investi gator in tho district attoiin'.v's ofitco horc, was taken into (uislmlv today in connection with alleged plotH to dynamito munilioiis factories, by Don S. ltathbiiu, special agent of thu de partment of justice. Ho was taken boforo John W. Pros. ton, United Stales district attorney, immediately. Tho complaint charged Crowley with sending money to furllur the ilosti iiction by dynamito of vessels bearing munitions of war or supplies for France, Great Drilnin or ItiisHin on the high sens, and the destruction by firo and dynamito of docks, on the Pnciii" coast. It was aliened that Crowley's activity began in May, 101."). Tho money to carry on the work, it was alleged, was bundled through Crowley. Specific nianlioii wns inado in thu complaint of Ih'i explosion of a barge of dynamite at Seattle. Crowley, foderal nutlioiitio said, look emplo.Miicut ui'ft the Hercules Powdor conipam here, supposedly to keep in touch villi the shipments of explohuc "-cut I rum here, arabotFout JtF.HUN, Ni. 20 (bv wirolc-K to Kavville). The (Jver-.e.is Now HgOIK'V mi : "Jt is nporlej from Con (aiilinople that AuiiHr Abdul .Malik, gmiidsou of the famous Abdul Kadir, nunsr of Algiers, h4 culltsl ou nil Ami trilnw to tki up the holy Hitr Miwt the PivmcIi. Mmuv Iimvd ivsutMsdml ami purtiriMitin f til is expe'Ud "It it rMrtMi fnso Thimiht tbu' MwitM-i-aii tnlM-x atUtked the PriMHfk i .nn, t Ktfihi.i n Abdul Malik i bsdfr or ths Mor m'iiiii r-hfi Ml... b.ivf Imu reiRtrttst 'i ili-i.iiti'iii -, i ...in Itt'tbn tu have won t n. '..ii. .... t I be Frendi. s CROWLEY CONSPIRACY HOLY W NO. 212 PRESIDENT TO TAKE NO PART IN PEACE MOVE Wilson Wil! Interpose No Objection to Ford's Efforts, But Has Heard Nothing From Europe to Lead Him to Believe Time Is Opportune Withycombc Declines Invitation. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. Presi dent Wilson will tuko no part in tho campaign to bring about a pcaoo con ference nc wbcing carried on in this and other neutral countries. Whilo ho will'intprpose no objection to tho unofficial movement, ho has heard nothing from Kuropo which loads him to believe Hint tho timo is opporluno for him to take nnystcpt. Henry Ford's peace ship will ne: carry any representatives of tho American government to Europe. Tho president Is not expected lo mnko nny official announcement re garding tho pcaco plan now being carried on, but will continue his pol icy of carefully walchiiig all devel opments. Telegrams urging him to support the movement continued to pour into the whito hnuso today. i ' Governor Declines SAIilf, Or, Nov. 20 Governor Jitmcs Wilhycombo todnv received n telegraphic- invitation front Henry Ford, nsking him to become n tneul ber of n paaeo delegation to Europfc. Governor Withycombo nnnounecd Hint ho would bo unable to accept. TIJF.NTON. N. .7., Nov. 20. Gov ernor Fielder today declined nn invi tation to ho Henry Ford's guest in tho proposed pence delegation 'to Kurope. lie scnt'n telegram saving: "Invitation declined. Helicve Hint efforts for peace by citizens of neu tral nations nud individuals would bo considered meddlesome." Hunt Also ItcfiiMvi PIIOHNIX, Ariz., Nov. 20. Cover, nor George W. P. Hunt telegraphed today to Henry Ford declining his in vitation to nccompnny the proposed peaco delegation to Kurope. Gover nor Hunt said that tho duties of his office wero such that he could not leave Arizona on such n mission. 13 DEAD. 20 BY TORNADO AT MTTI.K ItOCIC, Ark , Nov. 2C Thirteen dead and twenty known In jured was tho casualty list roported this morning from Hot Springs, tho oiilsklitH of which city woro sweat last nlKbt by a tornado ot ton nilu utos duration. Comuiunlciitlon was restored be tween tbo resort city and Llttlo Rock at 3:05 o'clock. It appeared to havo formod near Itlvorvlew Park, to havo crossed tho Ouachita river at that placo, moved northeast, JiiRt touching tbo outaklrts of tho city, and thon to nuvo dUappourcd Into tho northeast, leaving a trail from ono eighth to ono quarter ot a mllo wide. HOT Sl'ItlNGS, Ark., Nov. 2G. Ilollof work wan rosuniod at daybreak today In tho tornado swopt farming district south of Hot Springs. Owing to tho ulihj area covered, It prob ably will bo Iato today boforo com plete ostlinstos ot the tornado's dam uko aro available. Hot Springs was not touched by tlia storm. Six ot tlia dead woro whlto persons, all ot them killed In tho de struction of thoir farm homos by tho storm. E CREST AT 60RIZIA ItOMK. Nov. SO. The capture of additional grotiud on tho Calrarlo crest northeast of Gorilla Is claimed In the war office statement luued today. HURT ARKANSAS RESORT 'm I