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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND WEATHER Mln. JJ2. Precipitation .11. I llfllif Tomorrow. Mat, Oil, EDITION Porty-flfth Ttr. Dull Tenth Tmr MKDFOUD OHKdOS. Tt'KsDW. W 'J1. initi NO. 309 ti U. S. TROOPS AID 110 FIGHT VILLA Bandit in Second Battle With Car ranzists Nc?r Los Cruccs Troops Dispatched to Aid in Battle Villa Defeated at Namqulpa With Con siderable Loss Cordon Drawinn Tighter About Elusive Outlaw Wires Arc Cut. KL PASO, Tex., Miiruli t!l. Kiuii eisco Villa tunl liis liniul of outlaw liuvu licun foruud into another battle with (liu CnrrniiMi lrtMw uuur La Unices. Tlits informutioji eame u a leport by wind it today to the I'njt oil Stiito tinny station al Columbus N. M., ami it wna further said that American trooM had been dispatched to Lu Cniee to aid in lliu lighting. Tlio fightiusr ut l.nw Cruccs follow ing tlio oii&ngement at NmiUiiim ,ve turdiiy, imliuntes tliiit CarrHimi troop aro prc-wiug Villa hard in hit flight uurthwnrd iiIoiik the Santa Mn riu river and thuMhu outlaw limy soon ho forced to stand and givo hiit tlo to the Atiicrit'iui troops now mov ing southwnrd. (.'onion Pniw.H Tighter. Tlio Ainericun anil do fiu-to xoM'in muiit troops aic drawing thu cotdon eloper around thu elusive Villa nnd within a few day, army officer hero bclievo, 'it will hu known whether Villa is to inuet hi futo in hattlu or bafflo hi ininwura by-u eeo-ful osunpo into thu Sierra Mndies. A M'rie of rnnniiiK fiithU i uuticiMiled. Thu tolegmim wite wereVut i-jinif-whuro north ijf C Grande today, mid I'lirrnnitn official hare were without detail of the Xuiiihiuipn bat tlu in which Colonel Cano whipcl tlio outlaw. A roxine band f Imn illtfe that scattered from the iimm Villa command on it flight couth al ter thu niUMMHuro Hl Coluinhiik, are be lle?ed to Imvu cut the wire eom municution. CoinmiinieHtion innv not liu ruHtoied for Home time, and intor nintion of Villa' inownientH will haw to eoinu by wireless to thu I'niled State a nay buo at Columbus lo be tmnnmittud to Major General Fuu ton, the deWilHiu)it commander, at Son Antonio. Plight N Pnduldo. With thu Cnrouuietiis iHishinjr stoudily from thu nortli find thu two America n columns moving; aiwthwnnl, Villi eon only turn into thu moun tain riuujc on hit flank should he try to avoid battle. If thu outlaw de cide to flee into the mountain he will probably break up hi command into fcomll bnud..leuu them to their own device- uud turn into tlu puzzl ing tmiU of the Sierra Mmlre which he know mi well. Mm lion Letcher, the I'uitetl State (Ntiikul at Chihiittbuu, telephoned to Consul Genua tit Kl Pno today tlmt the i oporto about anti-Awuriean dem onstration in Chihuahua were all faUu. Sueh rejHirts were irtHltI atonic (he border, he had hoard, at the time of Cnrraiisu' manifesto, beforo the ertiii: of American trNiM had bfon sottJcd by the two novuniments. During the eriste, said lecher, the .Mexiean maiiiu kept oalui wud hhuwud xrent taet. Ko trouble of any l;inw ex)urred then, nor ha uuy taken plueo hiuee. BRITISH MARRIED IN LONDON. March 21 -The agita tion on the part of married men agalMt a call to tbe colors before eligible single men bare all Joined trig am)r ' loereaetNg In Intensity. In tome London suburb such aa Dul wleh and Cawberwell, Doetere call ins HP Broun ef married men bo have atteated bare been lam down. J'oltee v twrcbtng tor tbe offend er. Tbe Earl ef dOrby received a depu tuiloii of marrimt men Iblt afir noGl. . . CO-OPERATION IN VILLA'S PURSUIT NOW BORED Protocol With Mexico Accepted by Cabinet, Which Provides Basis (or Co-operation Railroads Asked (cr Shipments of Supplies Only, Not for Troop Movements. WASHINGTON', March 21. l'ro Idant Wilson ami IiIh cabinet today clodded to accupt n proposal for u protocol botwoon tlio United Stutos and tlio do fucto government of Mox tco for co-oiieratlon In tlio pursuit of (Ion era. I Vllln and Ills outlaws. Ooiioral Carruiun'ft iinilMiMndoni hero and tnto dopurtmont officials will not dlwuss the protocol further. It .Is oxpectod It will bo put In final form In a few days and ginned. It alio wan decided at today cab inet meotliiK that word Hhould bo nont lalo today to (lonural Cnrranxi that thu rouuoit of thu Unltod Stnten to uso tho .Moxlcan rallroaiU doos not Includo tho tramportatlon or troop, but only lilimonte of nuppllue to tho Amorlrnn troop In Mexico. Aetlhu Socrotary Polk of tho state ilepartment and Sncrolary Uaher ex plained to tho cabinet ovorulKht ills patchoa and tlio sltiintlon growiiiK out of the ro(tict for tho iiko of tho riillroiids. Mr. I'olk said that In reply to tho riNiuest of Carrnnxa had asked whother It was planuod to transport American troops as woll as supplios. Tho protddunt and tho cabinet wero dlaposud to moot any roasonablo rc- quiwt. It wna Indicated that the pro posed protocol would bo so compro heuslvo as to Includo all quustloiiH which mlicht arlso In coiiuuctlon with the Joint put-milt of Villa by the American and Carrnnan forcun. Act Iiik Socrotary I'olk, Secretary Dan iels, Atlpruoy-donornl Orogery and I'ottmatter-Goneral Ilurleon re miilnod In conference with tho presi dent after the other cabinet members had left. They did not diaeloee the subject of the conference. T ItKKI.IN. March 21 (b wnele-t to Sa.willc). -IIfiiv Jiuhtui),' rontinTicH oil I lie Aii-lio-ltiilmii t tout. The of ficial AuMriwu ttutemeut of yuwter- dav feii." Ihal Italian attack broke down before the Apwlriun lire. Tbu announeeiiieut follows : "Ou tbe Gurixia britlae head Ao-tPi-IluiiKnriaiu yeterdttv moruint; et fire to a titiiu of the entni bfoie tho aoutherti uait of Poduoru beight. In the uftemou Aii-iid-UuugMiiati artillery he)led bcavilx tbe eiieiny'i. front before the bridge head. During the uigbt they epiiid the enemy from a trench be lure llevmu. "PightinK eoutiNHMl at ib Tlnni,.i biidjiehcud u a rtir)t of the eiiein'" etfurt to eomiuer KitioMh tirndv in Autro-llungriau banda. The num ber of Ituliuu eaptmel reach I'-"', und the number of lauuhine j,'un taken ww iuereasJd to aaveu. Sev eral attueka by the enemy ai(aiut Mrxlixrh and Krn broke dno. At Itoiooon the AiMtro-IInikRarmue cap tared a position ami took 1 15 Italian and two machine guue. "Lively fiisbtiuir eoiitiuuea on the t'liiiiiihiuu front. In the Tyrol fron tier district the enemy held the Col ih l..imn -.ectiun and mie jMiint- of the 'unit uiAler hi- artillery fire." ITIONAL T WASlllNtiTnX, Muich 21. Hn udiei tieiuliil Per-llliii; ha- uked tor iin.ie iutautr t beep on tbe lines ot communication behind hi fl.Mug coliiinnt. Major (ieneral Ptmton bu loiHile,( the rviirl to me war ie- l,,ltilll III .Hill ll 1 btlli lull li 'llik'tl (.uliildvltitloU. BANS 1 HEAVY I UN AEROPLANES HIKE j ! " N ,PKWiWA t-'W-y.T 4lS. L Caplaln Poulols In cIuii-ko of tlio nil' Miiiadeou In Mexico. Ho lias Inm'H In the iirniy eentvcii years mid In tbe mlatlou cm lis lonncr tbaii any oilier mail. WASHINGTON. March 1 -A sub stitute for the Shields waterpowor and dam bill recently passed In the sonate over the fight of conserva tion force, bas been drafted by the house commerce committee and will be reported In a few days. While tbe measure like the Shields bill would provide no revunuo for tho Kovornmeut In return far dam altos. It Incorporates virtually all the other lending features of conservation moiuiiroe which have pasted tho house this, year with tbe full ap proval of most conservationists. The seoretarr of war would have absolute control over tbe granting of sites and stnto publle service ooin- misslons would nroVltle ihat sued commissions would regulate water power rates., Combinations would be prohibited, no one nurohnser could obtain more than So per cent of the output of a single company and no sale of deliv ery of uower con lil be made to a dis tributing rompanv nllliout the ap proval of the kC'crtnt' of war. f.OKUOK, .Miiivb i. Sum IV in i-iter fired on tbe police lat muiit. Three of tbe police were wouuded 'fbe rioting ooourred at Tullawere, ICigtu eounly. Ireland. A lattice er geaut wm weamdad aerioiwly ami a eouaitjr iapelor and a iliatritt ia- apevtur raseixed aligbt-wound. Tullamor. towo of .WOO inhabitant-, ia fifty-eitht mile wct of Dublin. Then nave bean intimation of disturbed conditions iu part of Ireland in several recent diatelie. Oa llareh U the puike of Cork raided the reidswe of the prin ipal otfieiaU of tbe Sinn Fein party and ifid arm and document. Tbe London Post Iat week Mid the -ituution in Ireland waa serious on aeeount of tbe activitv f tbe Sinn Kein woru'ly. It awerted a vigoiou eampaign agaiiiKt rwruitingr was be wje earned out without acrioua bind ruiiee in the pI ami -oiith, and that .i'mi.iI ..r-"ii- li.nl Iw-i a iiiiIh icii and tricl, bat Uud Ikvu tt.iuittvd. Tsssrrssr 3. X'?VM W8K HOUSE ARES olTIME SHIELDS POWER BILL N FEN RIOTS RELAND Rl RECRUITING TACTICS OF WJA USELESS, EXPERTS SAY j ni mzr mx m y MkialBf nWi ia BI-llM, .aTl Wl maji (.laut aeii monger for tio In Mexico, n double lijdni-niHiiplinie, In ttiUI bj A. S. lU'banlMiii, of liwell, Mum. The nindiine It one of the hiiseM and swiftest ever liulll, III cany Iwenty Kf.sein:ert and KO l.-ll miles mi bone, lU't'erriluj: to the inventor. The aero In, In effect, two .Kivnt liiplanen Joined by u deck on wliltli u inatiiinejuiin it luouiueii. LOST IN FLIGHI 10 MEXICAN FRONT COl.tMlUS, N. M., March 21 -r Two aeroplanes of the first equud ron have been lost in flight en routo from ,,ere for u, front '" Mox,co Captain It. I). Poulols, In command ol tho squadron, toduy reported their failure to arrive and wild tholt whereabout! wna not known. Six machlnos arrived ,sufely. lCxceudlms ly IiIkIi winds havo made army air men's tnks hazardous. The loss of tho two aeroplanes un der present flying conditions Is not cousldored as nucoesarlly serious. A minor onglno difficulty or ti loss of tho route by a fow miles to oast or west nilRht cnuso niiiiiy hours' Ielay In tho seml-desort court whore the machines nre flylnx to tho front. The country Is difficult otf .icaos for re pairs If engine trouble or minor ac cidents reo,ulro the sending of ma chinists to tho stranded piano. Wind conditions are oxtroinely variable o that a machine landing for a tem porary stop might not find it advis able to risk rising again fur re sumption or flight. The above dispatch was censored. ALLIES PURCHASE L I'OUTLANI), Ore, March LM--A contract for l,5uu,oou feat or Doug las fir lumber has been a wanted by oh of the entente power to tbe Duncan Lumber Mill bars. It waa an nounced today. On oecennt of the scarcity of vessels on thu Pactfte tbe entire order will be delivered by rail to tlio Atlantic seaboard for ship ment to Kurope. Tho cifn tract call for delivery within ninety days. An other rush ordor from an enteutt power, placed Willi, the Wanna mill, calls for the delivery on tbe Atlantic seaboard of 0,000 feet of spruce for the construction of aeroplane. During tbe last few days seveial larce orders have been placed with Columbia river mills b tbe rallroadx The (ireat Nor'hem railroad has con tracted Willi one mill for -l.ooo.oiio feet of IjoukIu fir to be utwd In Hie con.iirui iiou t lox i ars. FOR DEFENSE BILLS WASIIINUTON, Mar 21- A docl hIou to push pending imtlonal defonse measure ahead of the waterpowor bill now before tbe senate was reached at a conference today be tween President Wilson and ftawtor Walb Kern, Martin, Swaneon. Myers. James and 8toa It was agreed that waterpower loguHatlon shoe Id be passed by this eougre, but that It should not Interfere with prog ress of tbe army bill. The form ef tbe water power bill was discussed exhaustively at tbe con ference. Opposition bas beea ex pressed to some fature of the U)tr bill uow prniling In Hie senate pro viding foi Ihf leaning n' Water puWer slU' on p u li 1 1' land- .iiiie luium thoaglit (be I 1 1 1 1(11 lui) nun ll ,ui- taority to tbe icderei goverament The pifHidfiit has expressed deep interest iu the watei power bill. OREGON UMBER SIDETRACK POWER ' imv! ! .fc X,T. tr AVIATORS SEEK TO LOCATE VILLA IN WILDERNESS KL PASO, Texas, March 21 Aviators of the t'nltod States army were lepoitcd today searching the al most blind trulls leading to tho passes In the Sierra Madie mountain whoro the bandit Villa may soek to escape after, hi defeat by tYio Cnr runsH forces yesterday at Maiuliiulrm. Details of tho fight, In which Colouul Cano, with U00 Ciirraiun forces took part, havo it that Villa wag badly worsted and thai liu floil, leaving hlfl doad and woundud bohlnd. Captain II. D. Kaulols is In charKO of tho sevun blrdmeii suleclud for tho tnsk of scoutliiK for Villa, who after his fliDl flRht with Colonol Cano, Ih oxpocteil to scatter his banditti rath er than risk an eiiKagcmout with tho American trooiw who aro wild to bar hla way to the nortli. Army offlners agree that If Villa breaks up his com mand Into small band and turns to tbe Werru Madre a a hiding place, it will be well nigh Impossible to cap ture him. Villa spent his early day as an outlaw In those mountains, through the passes of which an army and Its transport may not move. It will take ten to twelve days to no aotluto these iwase Into the Souorn dUli let. Villa will probably not go Into thu Soiiora country, whero he Is hated and feared boeause of his raids, but WVxIcnns here believe he will hldo hliuseff away In the mountain fuat iickxoi until tbe American Iroojm have given up the cbaso. Mexlouu Consul Uarela In ICI Paso aaya that Villa would enjoy nothing bettor than lo lead the American tbops Into n wild chase Into these mountains and then laugh at their effort to find blm. , , Tbe aeroplane will also operate from the base established by General I'vrfhlng Id locale hi uttered baud of Villa bandit" , MILAN. Ma Paris. March 31 -A I Bucharest dispatch to the Hecolo nays that tbe llulgariana are mak j ing extensive military preparation along the Rumanian frontier, llout laden with mine have arrived at Ulurgevo aud It la believed that the I llulgariana intend to scatter tbe I mine broadcast in the Danube. The Bulgarian newspapers, the dls- I patch add, are becoming dally more threatening iu tone toward uumaMia. Ulurgevo la a Rumanian town on tbe Danube, forty Wile south weat of Ituebarest, of which it U the port. OI'KMIAUKN, March J I -A dis patch to tbe foiitikeu from HerUu as that a great concentrmlon of ituK"lMa troou is occurring in soutb- I torn Poland, it is euitpoaed that tbe i ItiiHiiMitx ar preparing an attack on the Hue fioui i arioi ,mi to Kovel. TO INVADE RUMANIA RUSSIANS DRIVE AUSIKM ITER ER Vienna Reports Evacuation of Brltlyo Fortifications and Abandonment of Transports Escape Mnile Under Cover of Night Tlirounh Enemy's flanks Russians Occupy Ispahan J.0D0.V, March 21. A lloiiter dispatch from Tohoran nys that Una slim f oi cos entered Ispahan, thu old capital of 1'orsln, on Mnrch 19. Ispahan, ono of tho Important cities of I'oraln. with n population of 80,000, I IIS mile southeast of Tohuran. Tho nrmy now roportod at Ispahan evidently Is strlkliiR south ward from Iho main Itutdnii forces In tlio direction of tho Persian Qulf. LONDON, Mnroh 21. Austrian forces, oiiorntlni? northwest of Usole esko. on tho Dnloetor rtvor, noar tho llukowlna border, woro forced by tho pressure of tho Russians lo ovao uate the brldgehoad fortifications and to abandon their transport. Under cover of night thoy auccoeded In reaching tho Austrian posts north west of Xalo Hxuxyky, north ot Czor nowltz accordliiK to tho Auntrlan of flolnt statement lsauod today. Tt Unite to Ti'oopi. Tho official statomont payH a trl bttto ot ndmlrutlon lo tho brnvary ot tho Austrian troo', who gavo way; only on account of tho superior HtreiiKth of thu Ilusslan nttncktnR force. It ndds that tho only luoana luft to tho AiiHtrlaiiH to avoid cap ture wna to broak through tluvUus- alan positions at (Tsoleczko, and this thoy did with complete huccobw, Tho statement follews: "After six month's of bravo do- fouso the bridge fortlflontlonn north west of Pscluosko collapsed on Sim day evening and were ovacuntod. Al thoiigh the Itiisslims succeeded Iu (ho morning In causing, by moan ot ox- plosions, a breach 300 meters wido, tho garrison which was attacked by force eight fold superior held out even hours longer, notwithstanding all loaee In Hie face ot the imwt vio lent artillery aud Infantry flro. It was not until 5 o'clock in tho uftor noon that the rommnndlng officer, Colonel Pflauckh, dotorinluod to evacuate tho destroyed fortifications, Truii'-iMirtN Alxiniloiicd. "Smaller detaohmouta and tho wounded men reached tho south hank of the Dniester In boat. Soon, how over, It was necessary to abandon tho transport under the concerted fire or the enemy. There rouutlnod for our brave troop, composed ot em peror's dragoon aud Kippers, only one wity to escape enptur. The were under the neoeaalty of cutting a way through I'aeleegho, which was strongly occupied by the enemy, to our troop euseoneed on tbe height north of .al Sxcsyky. "The march directly through tbe enemy' position mieceeded. Under rover of the night Colonel I'flaiiekh led hi heroic treoiw to our adransod Mosts northwest of 'mh Saebyky. where he arrived e any Monday morning. "T'ie battles for the bridge fortifl ration at I'telecxko will remain for all I hue a xloriouM page In the uniml of our ai in " GERMANS FAIL TO SAM DUTCPEAD MI'S HI TIIK HAOI'i:. Manh :'1 Tin- of flclal lierman declaration that no (inrmnn submarine wa reapousible for tbe destruction ot the Dutch steamship Tubantla has failed to st lfy the Dutch people and prow. whose Teaentment has Increasoil to bitter anger since receipt of tbe new that ether ships bare been sunk, supposedly by torpedo. Under the heading, "Intolerable Attacks." the Amsterdam llaadela blad asserts that President Wilson should take the lead to protect civi lisation against tbe new form of sub marlue warfare Tbe MilnlsteiK or the Interior, ma rlue, trade .iii.l roieian affairs con ferred f"i nail tn hour at Tbe IT.iKin- iniu Willi ieiineiitall" ef the principal l.ijJtilu-; uwyauica. Tbe conferiii adlournd without a det.1 , IGER1V1ANS GAINHEIGHTS French Positions West of Mcusc Arc Stormed 2500 Prisoners Captur- ctl, According to Berlin Stromi Drlvo at Left Flank In Pronress Russian Assaults on Eastern Line Reported Repulsed Liquid Fire Used by Germans at Avocotirt. nmil.lN, March 'Jl. vin London.- - Kreneh positions notthenst of Avu- couit were captured by tho Qemuiue. who took 14.1(10 prlsouura, thu war of fire announced toilny. The text. of todny'a official Htule- niPiil follows : "Wwl of tin Jleiiso, llavariun rogi- mento nnd tmltulione of Wurltcinliufi Lnmlwehr uftor en refill preparation- stonned the entire atroiiRly fortifleil Preach iositioua iu nud near the lor- est northeast of Avoeottrt. Iu addi tiou to considerable Hiiunuiniiiy Iorhpm, (be enemy line ao far iuetirred iim aiuoiiiitinjr to thirty-two offi cers, foplnilu'g two in 'oiiinmiiil ni regiment, nnd more than 2.1OO men in iiiiwonudcd prlsonui, nud mueb war material, thu amount of which liui not yet been nsoorttilued. "Couiiler-altaek nttempted bv Hie enemy did not brint; him any aihiin tiiKe, but on the ooutnirv inflicted faither seriuiiH ik(.s upon him. "Hunt of thu Meuee thu ituntioit m uiieliiiiiKed. Itu.silnus llupulhetl, "lliiHtern thoutoi': Tho JliieioiiH are exlendiiig thoji' nltnrjhs on the iitlct-tiiokt northern wln' ("until of Itign and ou (he Dvimi front and wef,t of Jueohsladt. They were re lielled wilh Hiiiiguinury Iihmos. Strong enemy recouiioiteriiig ilotiiehmuiitM uilvniiciuit ugniuat Iho German front nortbwet of PiMtuvy uud between mvs Nuroes uud Wisatiiew, dollv eretl eeeiatly strong; nnd friiitlea attack- througbout llm dav and night. The loh'i of (he enemy were propor tionate ti the number of ttuope em ployed. "A far-iitolniiliiHT, narrow Hiiliuut of our Trout due south of Luke N'nr oex line been wltluliiiwii a fuw hun dred meter toward tho height of lllimucki to avoid the enemy's un rinding fire. "Dulkau theater: Anatt fioui un important patrol eogageiiionU on the linen of the Aiifflo-Prsitch flout, the ituution w iiui'huiijtud," Pi-umdi Statenuinl. 1'AItLS, .Marali ai. Oenniui t'oreen again made violent attack in the Verdun weetor west of thu Meiise I at. I night. Tbe wur ol'tiee aiinuuueud to day that the Uertuau had gaimil no ueeeH exosnt (hat tbev obtained n alight foeting: southwest of Mulan eourt wtMnI. lut of the ..Meue the night wu eabjj. Tbe lest of the statement follew: "lu llelgium an enemy rueonnaw- auee aloag our lines north of Pout Uoekiiujbe waa ut once driieii buck by a euunti r-uttaek. "In Hie Argonue our artdlerv hit been veiy active uUtug tbu Houthetii boundary of tbe Chappy wood. (Continued on page six) KX HELD BY GERMANS UKRL1N. March 21 Tho un qualified assertion that tho Germans are lu possession of Dead Man's hill, northwest ot Verdun, Is reiterated by tbe correspondent of the Tuges Zel tung at the Verdun front. Not only Hill 265, called IRari Man's hill, but also the enemy posi tions ou Hill 29S. Included uiider the designation Doad Man'u hill, aro In Usnmin hands, he says. "The Preueli neither hold nor com mand the positlou. Herman advanced posu are south of the summit of Hill 2r,." Areoidiug l tUrumn reports the French whose iiikis designate Hill ai Dead Mh bill, began to give this designation to 1X111 J95 when they wero driven tram Hill 265, AA KT tfs . . , . o L --.i iii4MiiiMina aiMMBMWgBWgMMWf