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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHEh Itnln Tonight ami Tucwdfiy. Max. AS, Mln. 80.8, Pro. .11 Ifti 1 o J Forty-fifth Yenr. Oniiy Tenth Yenr. I ASHLAND TWICE SHOT BV CLERK E. J. Kaiser, Veteran Editor and Pol itician, Seriously Wounded by Wm. Greenfield, Postofflce Employe, Recommended for Dismissal, Who Then Shoots Self, Dying Later. ASHLAND. Xov. 30. K. J. Kaiser, postmaster of Ashland, founder of tho A-Iilniiil Record, nnd for twenty yours its editor, ling a political loiulor nnd otio of the best known citizens of southern Oregon, was twiee fhot mid sorioiwly woiintletl shortly nfter 3 I o'clock Tuesday morning by Will ii in Greenfield, tt postoffieo clerk. (Ireenfielil then shot himself in the mouth nnd was picked up in a dy ing condition, passing away at 1:'J." o'clock. KiiImt Shot I'Yom lliick 31 r. Knihor was seated, bus with tbo mail in the postoflico when Grecnfild, without words or warning, slopped up behind 3iim and filed twico with n re volver. The first bullet unlet en the chock near the ear mid passed through the mouth. The. second bid lot passed throi'gh the oar and imbed ded itself in the nook, where it to mains. Tho wounded man did not lose consciousness and summoned as. sistanee and was taken to the hospi tal. I Its has an excellent chance for recovery unless blood poisoning sets in. lie is standing tho shock of his injuries well. .Miss Lydia McCull was the only other person present in the postoftiou at tho time of thi murderous assnult. She was at the delivery window, from which tho postmaster's office cannot be seen. Assistant Postmaster Hus ton was in .the Slate l:nk;iio.t door, at the time. Kaiser was in his front office. Itevetigo the ."Motive Miss MeCnll, who has been in the employ of the Ashland postoffieo for many years, lieatd the tcporls of the iovolvr and (iiirkly gave the alarm. Meantime Grcenliold turned the re volver on liimolf with fatal. results. Greenfield wa a single man and eanie from the Xew York postoffieo some years no. lie was of Hebrew extraction, morose, ill-uutuiod and rpiiekly thrown into a passion of madness. He had recently boon rop liuiaiidod for onrelo-Mioss and his work was cheeked up bv an inspector who recommended his dismissal. Knowledge of tlui probably eeeasiuii ed the crime. AI.UASY. X, Y , Nov. 30. An- noiiiicomout of the gift to the. state of nn armored train, valued at $150, 000 and an armored aoroidano for tlto use of tho mlllthi was mado today at Oovornor Whitman's budget hear ing when tho National Guard appro priation) woro undor consideration. Tho train was donated by it group of stool manufacturers, Including Hlbert H. Gary and Charlos SI. Schwab and tho noroplano by air eraft manufac turers, including Hodman Wanamak or and Glenn II. Curtlss. Tho budget rcquosts 11,1(7,510 for current expenses of tho National Guard, an Inereaso of $293,000 ovor last year, and $270,000 for armory construction, an Inereaso of ?2,000. FIFTH OF OUR COPPER XI. W YRK, X.a. W. OnUr- for cooper Hgureuatin? about 200,000, 000 pounds, niturU one-tii'th the nn hiimI production in the Tinted State have been placed bv German tepre fceotative with popper ronoertM iu this count rv, it wu reported today. A eopprr mwted at 20 emit a paimd, the e,mt of the QtfrMMn par Hmim a.HDt. to HMK)B,000. In iiataiiftt wlit-n' the tonlreeU have kS filled the wiul ha been ulaetNl h storaj wwWr aa himiwI to ship Ut Genuanx imniediutrlv after 1' . r. I MASTER OF AIRED N WEN NEW YORK Til IN COMPILING -- - WASHINGTON'. Nov. .10. The Austro-Hungnrinn govern ment has informed Ambassador Penfiold at Vienna that it de siixs more time to compile a for mal statement logarding tho sinking of tin Italian steamship Ancona. The Austrian govern ment hns encountered difficul ties iu obtaining a statement from tho commander of the sub marine. f-f--f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f PLOTTERS LOSE ISMISSAL XKW YORK', Nov. HO. Counsel for the four Hamburg-American lino officials on trial for conspiring to de ceive and defraud the United States, assailed by legal argument today tho easo which the government has pre sented by witnesses against them, and lost every point of their contention. Federal Judge Howe, presiding nt the trial, heard the aigumeiit iu the absence of the jury, .luilgo Howe de nied the defendants' motion to strike from tho record all testimony con cerning the chartering and movements of the steamer Mai in Qiicsada, and, an hour later, overruled a motion to dismiss all the indictments. The motion to dismiss denied, the defense opened its eiw at the begin ning of the afternoon session. GREECE DELAYS ALLIES ANSWER ATIIFXK, via Tans, Nov. 30. Final solution of negotiations of tho entente powers with the Greek gov irutnont his been further delayed, it is reported, pciidinu reply of the al lies to the Gtcek pioposal to permit the respective general staffs to de fire the military features of tho al lies' reouiiomonts iu Macedonia, i i LONDON, Nov. HO. "Tho basis of Greece's reply is a neutrality which will continue iioiiovolont to the entente so long as the sovotoignly rights of Greece are not infringed and no re strictions of a mil'taty character ate nr.losel," telegraphs the Athens cor respondent of Router's Telegram company. DLKLIX, Nov. '10 (by wireless to Tuekert'Mi). ''Great unrest is spreading throughout Poriu, accord ing to the latest repot ts," savs (be Ovetieas New Agency. "Numerous trihas are matching iu the direction of Tohoran in order to strike against Itiissian I ron. "Grand Duke Nicholas is reported to have oidoro.l tho advance of Rus sian troops against Teheran and plans to arrest all nationalist mem bers of (bo Persian parliament and Sv odisJi eoinmanilers of the Pitmiiii police hccatirc nt their loalt to the I'erm.in ruler." 5,253,888 PEOPLE NFW YORK, No. '. A ih.Imv eenu of the fity just completed shuwa i bat tint mater eitv has ft.2tt.SSS inlwlHtaitU :a it lne bor oughs. Th state eeutns eMauleied lal July sv the total population t- 3W,11U, bat diatwraaiUHi wm frit witb tbU ruu.it. aatl at th ia stanee of th htulth deiartiuitt the APPLICATIONS FR SE liln II 'll. .1 .1 IJfH l-'lsil- BEDFORD, 25 PERISH BY EXPLOSION AT Lnrrje Quantity of Powder Blows Up From Unknown Cause, Wrecking Packing House and Scattering Hu man Fragments Over Surrounding Country Injured Fearfully Torn. WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 30. Lato reports Indicate that at least twcnty-flvo men wero killed In an explosion of a largo quantity of pow der In tho prlBmntlc mill In tho up per yards of tjio Dul'ont I'owdor com pany near this city today. Tho causo of tho explosion Is not known. Officials of tho DuPont Powder company started shortly nfter two o'clock for tho sceno of tho disaster to innko an Investigation. At tho powder yard hto greatest excitement and confusion prevailed. AVivcUk Tnck House Tho explosion wrecked tho pellet pack house and tho press room In tho upper yard. Tho department whero It occurred Is dovoted to tho making of black powder. Families of tho workmen flocked to tho scono nnd frantically endeav ored to get on tho promises. Tho bodies of victims wero hurled In all directions from tho destroyed mill, In many Instances mangled beyond recognition. Tho Injured In tho Delaware hos pital aro said to bo In a critical con dition nd no ltopo could bo hold out by tho attendants for their recovery. They woro badly mutilated, somo hav ing their eyes blown out, others with arms nnd legs mangled. Tho building, which was excep tionally lorKO, was wrecked ond everything nearby suffered tho aamo fa to. Ono woman living nt tho village of Duponfs Banks Is reported to havo had three sons killed. l'nigment.s Found In Tm- Tho scoun in I)u Font's Ilauks was affecting. Women, nearly nil of whom had rolatlvcs working In or near tho mill rushed frantically to tho yards to obtain Information but found llttlo available. Arms, logs, hands, heads, feet and other portions of bodies woro found about tho yards, in tho trees and across tho Iirandywlnc. Tho causo of tho explosion may never bo known. Tho mill destroyed was ono In which tho black powdor was finished and prepared for ship ment. Careful handling of tho ex plosive Is necessary, but tho company had ndopted every device known to prevent nccldents. It Is supposed that porhaps grit found Us wny Into tho presses or that a spark was caused by friction Jgnlt ,lng Jho powdor. How "much powdor was In tho mill at tho tlmo Is not known but It was a largo quantity. LF LONDON, Nov. 30, Field Marshal Sir John French, commander of tho British forces on tho western fiont was In London yostorday and con ferred with Premier Asqulth. Sir John French has not been In London slnco ho paid a secret v'slt to tho London capital lato In Jan uary. Karl Kltchonor, IlrltUh sccretatv of state for war was in lorls yester day. Thoro. havo been reports that a movomont was on foot to piuro Gonoral Joffrc, tho French lender. In supremo command of tho Franco British forcos on tho vettorn trout, lut London has donlo.l thoro was any foundation for them. I0E LONDON, Nov ':i - German pe titions on the Holgian coast from Zaabrugio to OntenU wore bombard ed tor two haura tai morning by a Hrltiah squadron, aeeordlng to a Iteu ter dUpatrh from Amstcrd.au. III PONT ILLS GENERA RENC IN LONDON OREGON", TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1915 DANUBE CLOSED TD CZAR'S SHIPS BY RUMANIA Balkan State Bars Warships of Al liesWill Preserve Neutrality Prisrend Captured Winter Weath er Checks Campaigns Greece Still Deliberates to Preserve Neutrality. I.ONHON, Nov. ;I0. "According to tclcgiams from Bucharest, Rumania has notified Russia of bet onmot de. tiro to remain neutral," says a Cop enhagen dispatch to the Kohango Telegraph company. "Conseipiently Russian ships will not be permitted to enter the Danube, which it is em phasized, has been mined." IIUDAPKST. Nov. 30.- Press .lis patches from Ilueharest sav that the Rumanian government lias foihiddeu uso of the Dantibo to the Russian government and in nn energetic. note has Hindu the demand that Russia re- speet her neutrality. The note statoo- that Rumania will defend her neiitraln ity it neecsary. ICE Capture- of prtsicnd 1JFRLIX, Xov. 110, via London- The capture of Prisrend, in westerly Sorbin, near the Albanian border, wa J anr.oiiiiced today by the war offici The eonuuiiniention says: i "West of the Sitniea river nbou' 1000 prisoners were taken by Genera, Von (lallwitz. "Bulgarian forces took Prisrend on November 2S. They mi pt tired mora I ban dOO prisoners and eight can noil. o Moiuisllr Kvncimted JAJ.MJU.N, isov. ;iu. .Mnnnstir, in southern Sorbin, has been evacuated Serbian troops 'having" accomplished their purpose ot delaying their eu emy's advance until the civil popula tion of tho town had time to escape, have now loft tho city, and a"cording to reportp are retiring in good order, Bulgnriad occupation of the town is apparently a matter of only a few hours. Though tho Austro-Gcnnnn and Bulgarian campaign against Serbia p described by tho central powers us finished, nnd though practically tho wholo of Serbia is iu their possession, they have not accomplished, accord ing to the general belief here, tho moro imMtrtant aim of entirely crush ing tbo Serbian annv. Though de feated and worn out in their conflict against overwhelming odds, the Ser bian forces are said to bo still tin broken and undemorahed nnd arc re potted to bo reorganizing their units on the Albanian and Montenegrin frontiers pieparaiory to ftosh ae tinn. Campaign Abandoned Kilhcr bitter winter wenther hns retarded the central powers in their proposed new cntot prise against the franco-British troop in the Strum itsa region or tho rapidly developing Husbian menace from tho dircotiou of Riimnuin has caused them to nlinn don it. In any event, their campaign has recently eonio to a standstill. Other forts during the last forty' eight hours have shown generally re ivcd nctii ity. Sir John French, con' inanikr n chief of the Ilritieh forces in Franco and Belgium, ropoits suc cessful British air attacks on Gorman positions nlomr the Belgian coast and on other parts of the (icnnau western (Continued on page six) LONDON, Nov. 30.- Tho Pall Vail Gazettp venture tho opinion that F.u- peror William's trip to Vienna mav be a frosh attempt to concludo sep arate poace between Austria and It aly. "Italy's attitude may lend oncoui agoment to sueh an ontorprlse," savi tbo papor. "Home, for reasons not dlclood, has nevur declared war on Germany and has shown no partlrutar oaKerniMui to wnptruto with the al lien In tho Ualkitrw. "Horlln might prate Austria to eon code territory to IUly and Ojhs 111m erato Austrian troops for other ro ntons " KAISER SEEKING PEACE WITH ITALY D R Y AAN RUUNG ENTIRE NATION Americans Have More Money to Spend for Christmas Than in Any Year Since 1906 Record Trade In All Lines Reported All Parts of Nation Report Prosperity. XI AV YORK, Xov. :tO. -Merchants hero say Americans havo more money to spend for Christmas this year than in any holiday season since 1110(1. Tho big stores are preparing for n record trade and wholesale houses aro un able to fill orders in uitlny linos. This is attributed to a rush of buyers from other cities to replenish deplet ed stocks. L. S. PoIk, secretary of the Whole sale and Retail .Merchants' associa tion, said today that the merchants of Xew York have never known bet- sii LADIES' SUIT IN nmn-n nvn ttitti Cv( Cj oiuiti jnxj-rxiijx nix col wa T A jJ JT 1GCGS XX on Sale We ings from President Wilson. Southwest. Happy KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. HO. Bumper crops mid increased outputs of mines and factories, all marketed ut war prices, havo loft a profit in IfnnsiiH City Initio territory which will make the Christinas shopping season just opening tho most prosper ous known in ninny years, according to 1-3. M. Glendcnning, secretary of the ICnnsps City Commercial Hub. Throughout Knnsns, Oklahoma, Arkansas, southern Nebraska and Iowa, indications of.unusiial prosper ity have stirred KaiitM City mer chants to enlarge stocks iu expecta tion of heavy buying. According to figures compiled by state officials in Topeku, tho income to the people of Kansas alone Ironi tho sale of products of the state dur ing the last twelve months amounted to UO,000,000. Northwest Looks Up SKATTLK, Wash., Xov. .'10. Mer chants and hankers report business conditions in Washington better than for four years. Great croiw havo boon harvested and will. ho sold nt increased prices. Lumber mills nnd logging camps are in operation, thera are nn 'Teat masses of iinemnloved in fho cities, mid ocean eommoroe is nutking new records. Collections are good, nnd money is easily obtainable for ii'iy littfttiniato enterprise. i i Trade Increasing SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 'Ml Wholesalers supplying eastern Wash ington, northern Idaho and western .Montana ruisirtcd today iiierensoH in trade ranging from l.'t to 'J3 par cent over last year and the year before. Retailers declare biiviuess is much improved. About 4,"i per cent of tho wheat grown in IhU district has been told. Kien Pottland Miightcus PORTLAND, Or., Xov. .'10. - Port laud retail mcicliauU repoit nn un usually heavy Holiday trade lor tills t'lnc of veai' and tbo wholesalers are bediming to feel the improvement in trade. An improvement iu the lumber industry mid a large agricultural (Continued on pago tbreo) LONDON. Xov. 110. Violet As rpiitb, duttjfbUr of tin British priuie iaitutur, mid Mnuries Dunham Cur tor, tbo pivHtiur secrwUrv, wrt married toduy ut St. Mansarvt', Wetuiiitft0r. A ditttuiffiiihl as ftCiuhlMe was prtwent. Dejt tin tlckirs to kp tlw mrmif quivt on aeeouitt ofc ths war. grwt erwd VHthered in fror.t of ths church nad jiiM- the hnd un imiImii. 10 SAIL 10 EUROPE ON FORD'S PEACE SHIP -f -f 4 f -f MIAMI, Fin., Xov. .lO.Will- "" mm J. Bryan today said he had been forced to decline to sail on "" " the Ford pence ship on Decern- "" her -J. Ho said, however, that " ho approved of tho plan nnd ex- "" pected to join the parly later in "" "" Kurope. 4- -4 444 4I f4-4- 10 I NHW YOltIC, Nov. 30. Announce ment was mado today that flvo largo Htcaiuors flying tho Amorlcan flag havo been transferred from tho Pa cific roast business nnd will shortly enter tho Now York-London trado to assist Iu rollovlng tbo export con gestion at this port. Tho stoamorH lncludo thrco ot thoso recently purchased by tlto Atlantic Transport lino, a subsidiary of tho International Mercantile Marine. They aro tho Siberia and Manchuria, both en routo from tho Pacific and duo hero about December 14, and tho .Mongolia, expected about December 27. Thoso vessels woro brought from tho Pacific .Mall Stcamublp company. Tho two other steamers that will tako tholr place In tho regular London- New York sorvlco nro tho Korea nnd tho Kroonlnnd. Tho last named steamer hnd bcon In tho Now York- San Francisco tourist carrying trado. MOULIN, Nov, 30, by wireless to Snyvlllo. Differences of opinion arose betweon Field Marshal Fori Kitchener, British secrotnry for war, and Donys Cochin, Fronch minister without portfolio, whon tlioy met In Athens recently, tho Ovorsoas News Agency nays. A press dispatch from Athons by wny of Iludapost glvou out by tbo News agency usserts that Karl Kltchonor urged Oreeco lo outer tho war with tho al'left wharoas M. Cochin morqly asked safo paasaro for Drli Inli and French troops which might retreat fiom Macedonia to Greek ter ritory. "This explains why Promlor Skou loudls has dwolt upon tho sympathy which Oroeo fools for Franco," tho news ngonoy continues. "Karl Kite'.- oner, considering that tbo gamo viia lost wont to Italy to request nsslu ar.ro for tho British Iu Kgypt whls.'i now seeuiH to bo tho only country tnlch iutorosts hiiKlaiid after tho Balkan falluron," PARIS, Nov. 30 Arrival of Pro mlor Pachltch and other members of tbo Horblau government ut Scutari, Albania, Is announced In an official Htatomonl by the Montenegrin wur of fice, under today's duto rauolvod hero, Tho statouient says; "On November !S tha enemy hiio roodod In rotaklng Foftuha Motolka nnd Prlepoll, Thoro is no oh an go on tbo other fronts, "Premlor Pachltch and mombers of tbo Serbian cabinet arrived on No lombor 28 at Scutari, which will bo tho seat ot the govorumsut." PRESIDENT GREETS MEXICAN TEACHERS WASHINGTON, Xm. 10- Prci duttt Wilson t'du shook hund with K fiiiii ot Mexican schoul tttuchert. Miit to tbo 1'uiUsl SUlt by Oeutml PurrnMM to study srhowl systwrng. They wtre introduced bv Counselor Polk f the state department. PACIFG VESSELS 0 ILAN I P COCHIN FROM KITCHENER OFFCIALS ARRIVE AT SGUTAR NO. 215 1 B. PAILS MING WIFE Former Antelope Valley Rancher In Jail at Jester, Okla., Accused of Brutally Murderlncj Spouse Al Ipocs in Delcnso That She Commit ted Suicide Daurjlitcr Writes. -- J. J). MeCnniels, formerly a rancher of the Antelope valley, is In jail nt Jester, Okla., charged with tho murder of his wife, awntting trial iu January. lie alleged Mrs. McDanicls committed suicide with a shotgun, a string being found fastened to her too nnd tbo gun trigger. The coro ner's inquest developed so mnny sus picions circumstances that McDan ids was bound over for trial without bail. Mrs, McDanicls had brought suit for divorce against her husband, al leging cruelty. Although ordered off by tho sheriff, he returned to tho farm nnd continued to reside in tho same house, though occupying differ ent rooms. The theory of the prose cution is that, following a quarrel McDanicls chloroformed the children, who slept with Iheir mother nnd fail ed to hear tho gun's explosion, then shot his wife through the neek, aft erwards placing the gnu in her dying clasp nnd fastening tho stride to tho trigger as nn improvised defense. Protests Iniioccnco McDnnicls and family left hero a year ago, having purchased n farm near Jester from George W. Kengnn of Medford. lie writes from jail lo Mr Rciignu protesting his innoccuo and nskiug his nid. Tho sumo mail brings letters from ucishbors und ono from 13-yeiir-old Gladys MeDaniol, daughter of tho MoDaniels, written from Weiaherford, To., November I) to Mrs. J. G. Million of Medford, a family friend, in which sho accuse her father us follews: ".Mamma is dead und gono It is so sad to know tho way she was kill ed. That mean dad of miuo killed her. They had been having troublo nil along. lie hay boon menu to her nil tho time. Sho hud already sued for divorce. Iho sheriff mado him got off tho ranch, lie enmo hack nnd wouldn't go olf. It was pouring down rain und there wasn't nobody thoro, only us. He had been Bleeping in the other room. Ho wanted mother to come back ami live with him, and sho wouldn't do it. Ho went to bed and she went in tho other room to cover something, nnd ho caught a-hold o her nnd told hor if she told something ho would kill her, nud she began to cry, He kept n -coming lit tho room and told her that bo didn't want her to tell something. 1 don't kuow what it was. t' dot Hawk llo Ynutc4! "Ho hnd got a gin a little boforo to kill hu,vks with. Kvorvbody snis ho got tho hawk ho wanted. Ho had tho gun in his room loaded and slni wanted the gun. IN vnvc it to her and put it behind the bed, undressed and went to bed. She blowed out tho light and a half hour later she lit tho lilit und I went to sleep. I woke up in the morning about l o'clock. 1 'VI t tho gnu and mauima's feet was as cold as ice, 1 seen her hair wm all miinsod up. ''I got up und wont into the other room nud usked them what was tha matter. Tlioy wouldn't tell mo. Wa were uoing to Mr. Jackson's for breal fast, ('unto aked dad whero was mamma. He said down below. Ho was ju.t covered with blood. They (Continued on pago sJx) E AI BKRLIN, Nn. 30 (by wireless to Ssyvillo.) Publication of tho new charter of Warsaw university shows tbst under German control tbo offic ial laugimgo of the university will be Poluh, in whioh nil lectures must bo dtftivorsd, Uiu Oversea Neww agiuioy announces. The use of foreign laiigus!M is snnelumed only in eoura of instruo tion iu Uimn. There has booji n dried to tho cur riculum M preparatory modioal gohool. A complete department of uiediuino and thel"i; i-. pleuuicd. N DOR R w I.-W K?