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1. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE I mim SECOND EDITION WEATHER 'lonluhl mill Sunday Unlit. .Mm. H, inln. HI, prrlpr.t I, !HaHHnMMWManaMnMnMMi fe, V v " , MKDFOUD ()IJK(K). SATUJDW. MMU'll l:. lOHi " "" " " "0 'J llVIERICANS 1W0 mm WITHAMERICANS ABOARD TORPEDOED WITHOUT WARNING BY SUBMARINES p pf JIuKrtUUtU , " ;.dl.:y oUhbco cU iTwciity-fivc Americans on Channel Steamer When It Was Struck hy rorpedo .Vessel Blown in Two Seventy-five of Passcnncrs and Crew Missing Two Americans Arc t Seriously Injured Whether Any Were Killed Is Not Known Sur vivors Landed. If 4-1 nasi LONDON', Mnmli 23. Tim jJjfTliiuiliol' of live losl on the Sus- ZMKi-v w vitnii tiM fiffv in mi l!v- limiKi' Telegraph disimlcli from hllcr. It "dill 1IHII1V Wl'IO owned liv llu oiipumiig or mi iVOlOlOWlloil lifVllOltt. DOVmt, Mii Hi 23-Chillies XioiKir of. K.in I'rnnciseo, an lUnoiienn, who uiih on the Stis- l, MUll tOllllV tllllt Miss Klin- jjjjiotll llnhlwill, Mil AlllOlioilll lt'sl iXMUt'nt ill' 1'nli.. uis Itillml liv llui xplosloll Ullll'h itnrllv WlOikotl .the steamship. a i&t -f E'AIMS, Mm cli 23.-Repot Is of ho ilainiiKUiK of the Siisox obtained llicro IimImv state tlmt ho ww luipc- "docd. Tin Sussex- Iihki nriivod (it lijOlllOKIIO. LONDON, March aff. Infoiimiimn obtnnnd lmiii nwengon on (lie liwiwi'l Mcnnisliip Sussex, dnuingcd in ixplomou vederilav ntterunnu alt lie wnv from Folkestone to opM'. indu-ato there may have been Iiyc"iinl,i lllllt' lMH o llll). ()IO iVmciiciiii i missing nnl i Mipimacd jfllu' ll. Another wn ipjurcd aer- loto-lv. Several Auierienus wero ies- Hel. fl'he explosion wn terrific. It oe- .nrjvil i i -1 ahead or tlm captain's tritlgi' mid lore the finnt part of the nnur to piece, killing or injuiiug Jaunmlicr ol person. Ihiiv wore wounded severely hy IlyjiiK splinters. Vessel lllnvin in Two, fl'ltc iidmunltv htiitfu tluil 230 nr- vor-, hiiM' been IntnltMl in rrtineo biUien HO and 100 at Dover. A haic wore ISO msengei ami about tOniirn in the crew, 73 in more iier- on nie Mill niikMine. The tluil' cummer of the Sussex vyns Kim a liv iih e.xidosiou nml tho ITiufri'r wn wounded seriously. All KYIneiie.in whoe iiiiiuii i imt l.iioun fnm.iiuiV'U'- who liuve reached l.mi Elon, w.is talking with the Ibildwiu minis, close to (ho Captain' bridge, wueii tin- explosion occurred. He 1114 Tf been M't'ii miho I Imt Hint) ami i ippi(' 111 llllVO liOCII lout. 'lie explosion iHMMirreil at ahont .1 IgUn , when the umx wh hh nnur mill .1 hull out of l)lktfttnn. Til vuili- !inriilin won ilextrovfil TTTm no In l nrrixi'il until nearly mui- 11 iSM I I l.ul it not heen for the wn- ivtiv'ht 1 iiiartiiieiitii tho Siirhox W011I1I Ii.im- Mink and the loats of life TOQiilil hau hceu heMier. 1nc1 leans AImviiiI. tiii ni Amerieaiifi were on hoard the cio-M.-flutnnI Meaiuhiu Simv, wlin-li met with disaster fnuii aTinini' or biiuinunne vetonmv arter- nooii lo Aiueiu-niik are known to Iiom h 1 n in inred Miioirt,l hy the ex )4i)Mii The v aie: Mi Kliznhetli (Continued on page elx) Reamer salybia .oNDiiN, Muri-h '-'- IJdn ay tlii' Ilniwli t.amdup Salybw luis B5ei Mink and the fmettgr sud r' wi ir Maved. fl'li.' sallua, ol 3353 Brt tons, 12 u-- loni; and 4 ft Uaw, was T11 It in I'm) at s ,utu KhwMs aud vg ..ttni-a hv h ttos Si 0i of ssiUbl sJiio- io'uioii j it I lie Bin- r nN tin M'-! i reMirtfd i M I. i'i.i.Im- III! M.lf. Ii . I'll L " - f -jmmmsm&ir trxfwmwm&MmM&wmMBPzm ::,$ x-w.: . , vl;I' kIm1ei a aiccd'o DAiro 'nnnfliMinM i imcd vA-:Ammmmwmwmmwim.i ihioli o imiulii uu fiimui1! liiili MM$t..s',':: WiMfkVi ECf.i nmaiifcrv" 'sssjw'i" 7vsnzyvi.'g ssch rwwg j : 'jar ' nlAMmfflmm l To 1 peiloi Iiik of hleaiiiei- Kiikso, M'l was tin 11 a Mi) li) the explosion. BANDIT VILA Fugitive Reported to Have Escaped. Enclrcllnn Ring of Pursuers and to Be Fleeing Westward Report Not Yet Confirmed. Kh PASO, Texas, March 26. Pan cho Villa waa reports to It fleelnn went lu the San Miguel country, )iv Inn sueeessfiill) eluded tha onclrcl ItiB ring that whs being drawn around him hy Ampiloan and Carrama troops. News of the outlaw's retieat westward was brought here from HI Vails, but could not be confirmed at Port Uliss or In Movlcan official cl roles. Huvoral thousand American sol diers are known to be ranging the country south of Cnsns O ramies In every dliectfon trying to locate (be bandit, but hare not come Into con tact with him. VIIIMms Cut Whes AVIro ootnuiunleatiou out of ISI J'ao into Mexleo Is still Interrupted and It Is sold roving bauds of VII llatas are responsluje for the wire cutting, having been detached from the main Villa band for this pur pose. Mexican Consul Rarcla was still without further word of the reported fight that the Carranza sol diers had with Villa at ISI Oo, south of Namlqulpa. Dispatches reeolved at Mexico Pit) and Douglas, Arhc., apparently con firm the reports to 181 Paso from flenoral Itertanl In the field that the trout of the de facto government hud come Into conUct with Villa In the Santa Clara canyoH. General Pershing has made no mention of this battle and army officers her in cline to the belief that It was prob ably little more than an outpost en gagement. Itorilui' Is Quiet. Juares was quiet today and there were no surface Indications that any trouble was Impending. United State troops constantly guarded the Inter national bridges, powerhouses at Ml Paso and railroad tunnels while Gen eral Bell has a reserve In readiness to quell any uprising in Mexican quarters. JAPAN REPRESENTED AT ALLIES' WAR CONFERENCE TOKIO. March 33.- Har.m Vo-h-iro ainkaUioi, former niini.ir of im owe, 1mi been deejipiated tw repve- ent Japon at the foiihoninir eoon- Mill 1 null ii in 1 i.' tin hit lift ,ilu PU iIiiiwii fiinu leleiaplili' deni ilptlon. WILSONrCENSURES E SENDING OUT FALSE REPORTS WASHINGTON. Mureli 23. Proa ideut WiUou today prepared a htate uient denonnciiiK thoMe K)inihIe for alnrmut report m about the Me.vi cmii situution and dwlnring efforts were being made to bring about inter vention lu Mexieo hy the United State. It will he made public later. The premdent's t a lenient is in tended lo uilomi the public that iu-j terented perNon an- einulutiiig fulse iuforinalioH with the object of hunt ing; about nrml mterx ention, widen the admiliiatration oppone. Wotil ki beeu sent to Aioerieon eoiisHlar oft'iners in llexieo to die nominate an far oh MMiblo informn tion sliQwiuir that the object of the Anierieno troops in itosmi the bor der whs' morel) to ctiteh Villa and hi Immlils. The Mtutemenl u direoted prinei luilly aipiinxt published alarmist re poitN and miiv reler lo dieuion of the Meieiiu situation in congress. The stalenioiit i ipnte louu and - nit" dot. tils ol nMirt reaohinif tho gowrimicnt. HO HEIGHT KILLED IN OKI.xllOMx CITY. Okln. March 25.--JCIght tiersous were killed lu a farmhouse two miles east of Davis, Okla., by a tomado which struck that section last night, The path of the tornado was eight miles long. . I Those killed all were-weuibei ofiL the family of Alexander Eduemuiid, a I funner. The stonu demolished the bue jut as the family prepared to lake flight to a storm euve. Kdge mood hinaelf, who was some di-lnnce from Ik house, saved ki lite by erawljHs; undet' a oara. The town of Dvi m n( struck, but menv tunn buuei in the xioinity were blown iWwu. Mrs. Wnlle AooogU Quilt of Hiisiinnil GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March SS. - Mrs. Arthur W Walte, wife of the New York dmtUt, who has been held la couneiiiou with the death of her father, burned a formal statement to day saying that as evidence against her husband increoaed from day tc dttj," hli ctlHlxn-u Hi .rlt ll H (rile Hint M Oil III lit Ihl llA t.ll-.O iu 1 ir-i. .p ''. 's's lie entile foiwni'il Uit of the vn- VERDUN ABLAZE; German Report Claims Besieged City, Is In Flames From Bin Shells- Russians Declared to De Attacking In Vain on Eastern Front. HUH UN, .March 23, via Undon. Veiduii le iu flameH, neooitling lo to day official statement hy tho Her man army hcntlipiu iters. The text of the ulficial stntement ay : "'oatrn theater: TKtro hae been no aettinl ohnnges in the situution since yeatenlay. Iu the Meuse dis trict aiiillery duels were eseeinlly lively aud iu tho pours of these en gagements Wtdun w ua set on fire. "ilerti theater: West of Jucob stndt the Jtiifciun ugain opened an attuok after having wrought forward fresh Kiberum troops and after strong artillery pniwrntions hud beeu made. The attack broke down with heavy losses to iht ItusNians." ".Minor SHemy ndMiwes southwest of Jneobstadt nnd aoutbwest of Dtink were enmly ropuled. All the enemy's efforts, even those repeated during the night nuninel our front north of Vidsy, woie completely un mioeiwefiil. "Further to the noulh, in the reg ion of the Xurovs hikes, the enemy os t onlay linntod liis iurtivit to urtil lorv hombaidmenlx. I "Halkau theater: During a renewed aoroplune attaok one euemv maqbint) whs broiiilit down, ufter an aerial battle Itetwoen tlio enemy lines and 0111 pn-ilion.-,. i w,i- thoie destroy ed b aitillorx." AI E BERLIN. Manh 2T. - The Hor Jlner Tageblatt's Miuedoalau cone spondent sas tlmt French force from the entrenched tamp at Salonlkl have been showing aotjrlty iu the neighborhood of Qtftgell, on the Serblan-Uroek frontier, where they fired tea shots from heejvy kmos against Uernuin n Tm pioneers who were repsiifn bridgen 'the hots did no dani-i-' The From h also carried out a buoiburdmeut in the vicinity of Doirsa. A numijer ef small sb'.r.-ctehvi vtwa o-uoi h,ni- luUeu 1 lace, tin- corresii)iidont a (1 U l CZAR REPULSED 1 ! 1 GRBF SUNK IN BATTLE AT SEA British Armed Merchantman Alcan- tara Sinks Sea Rover and Is Her self Torpedoed Five German Of- fleers, 115 Men Taken Prisoners, G9 British Perish With Vessel. LONDON', Mm i'h 23. A Geimiui miller hu huen sunk in the Notth m'ii. Five (Ionium officeiii and 11.') men out of 11 totnl of .'100 wero onp tared. Tho ItHtiili lost 71 men. The Iliitudi urtnril iiiercliiintinim Alcantara, whieh sunk the Oi'iinnn raider, the Oreif, wh hfrnelf sunk. Ilotli Ships H1111K'. The fight oeeurri'il 111 the Ninth ecu mi l'eliruarj 20. The Oieif wmn sunk h ttunlire and the Alcantain hy 11 '"'i" jiib iimish ioMa were inline up 01 ute tuiirrj nnu iw men. The Aleanlain was a lurge liner he- longing to the lloyal Mail Steam Packet eoni)any of llelfast. She had been in the service of the llritiuli gov ernment for some time. Her gioss tonnage was 13,'tOO. She w f70 feet long and was built iu Glasgow in lOl.'l. The following slntetneut was is sued: "An engagement occurred, I'oliiu aiy 20 iu the Noilli sen list ween Ihu Geniinu armed raider Greif, disguis od as n Norwegian merchant vessel, and the Mnlisli armed mereimut cruiser Aleantaru, Ca)tniu T. I'!. Wardle. It tesulte! in the loss of both vessels, the Oeruinu rubier doing sunk hy guiitite mid the Aluuntma upMirentl by u toiiHMln. I'lew .VoiwokIiiii I'luff, "Five Oenniut officers and Ufl men were picked up and taken prisoners. The full complement was helleved to be over :tu0. The llritish losses were five officers nod QV men. "It should be noted that during the whole eugagement the enemy fir ed over the Xorwegiuu colors imiuted on the side of the ship. "This new m now publish ml ns it is made clear by the reoeipt of a Ger man wirelefc mesHHge thut the enemy has learued that the Grief, a simitar ship to the Moevve, bail heen destroy ed before she auoeeeiled in paaslng our Ime of patrol.." GKNKVA, Swilxerliuid. Matvh 23, via Paris. Information received Ivre today from German sources n dientes that the Greif was blown up hy her commander. Tiled to Itini llloikado. LONDON, Mureh 23. The Orief attomplod to iun tho Iliihsh blockade tiie dnv the Goimori oruisor Moewe (Continued on page six) CARRANZA AGREES 10 LAIE5I NOTE QI'ICRBTAKO. Mexico. Man Ii 11. via Mexico City, March :''- - General ('arranxa's reply to the latest note of the Washington government was 1 .wuImI today to .Union I,, itodgera, tin viiii-rlosn special lepresenUtira in-1 1- (in trdimiiinion to Washington ILt ii,i.i hm iu ilm main to the Ameriiaii iromssls, Imt s few unim portant lianges uie kuggested. TORPEDOED WITH FOUR AMERICANS 1 -. . 1 1 Steamer Englishman Sunk Jear Brit- ish Isles Was Horse Ship Thirty-three Survivors. Americans on Board Not Among Them Sixty More Believed Saved. WASHINGTON, Mnroh 28. Con Hiilnr roporte to tho 8tnte dopiiitinont tinltij fiy tho Dominion lino Monmar IDiirIImIiiiiiui, sunk near tho llritish Isles, wan torpedoed nnd that four AmoilmiiH are nilwdiiK. Tho KiikIIhIi man wnti 11 linmo Hhlp. The missing Aitiurlunns nro Voter McDonald, 11 horsY foreman of lion ton; (loorKe McDouuld, n trlniiuer of (nwronoo, .MnHB.i P. Iluckloy nnd M. A. lluihe, iidilresses unknown. lluMirted liy Consul. The dlipntches to the Rtato do partment wero from Amorlonu Consul Armstrong nt llrlstol and wild tlio Kngllshmiui was toriiedoeil at nil un known place nnd time mid that thirty-three survivors had been brought Into an unnamed llritish port. Tho Ainorlimn rltlzons known to ho nhonid tho ship wero not nuning tho survivors. Tho consul alio reported that sixty more persons who wero nhonrd tho ship were believed by tho Ilrlt ImIi authorities to hnve been saved, nl thoiiKh no deflnlto luformntlou on that point was nvollrililo. If td.xty inoro imrsoiiH worn unveil, olKhtoon portoiiH remnlti unaccounted for, ac cording to the dlspnteh. The text of the dispatches, dated today, to the state department, wag as follews: Knur Americans l,os, "Dominion Hue steamer Kuglleh man torpedoed, time and place un known hero. Survivors brought Into northern llritish ports. Thlrty-thrco so far believed saved, sixty more toportod, and possibly rescued; leav ing shortage of ten. Following Amer icans were on beard: "Peter McDonald, horse foreman, Iloston; P. llurkley, M. A. Iturke, horsemen, addiesses unknown here; (leorge McDonald, trimmer. I.aw. rouce, Mass. Their names are not Included lu lists of lhlrt -three so far rescued. "Kngllsumaii was bound fur Port land. Me Left Avaumoiith 21st In stant Transported dorses to St. Nu islre. Fiance, for Northwestern Trading company, New York Was not 011 goveijiment business. Xo fur ther particulars at present available iu HriNtol " W ASlllMJTO.N, AlHI.li '-, weather bureaus fori cast for week beginning Sunday says: A storm will udvHiue Inland from the Pacific Mouda or Tuesday, pass eastward to the middle plains states and the uiior MUhIhipp1 valley the middle ot tho weok This disturb ance will u- attended b) general rains lu thu north Pacific states It will be followed by cooler weather over the northern half of that country." IS PREDICTED EOR COMING WEEK republicansiworry BY BULLIS Mass Meetlnn Called for Monday Eveniny to Discuss Proposed Scheme of Co-operation by City in Construction of Railroad to Blue Lcdue Mine City to Bend and Build, Bullls Agreeing to Lease, 0p eratc and Purchase Mine Owner Agrees to Operate. . New Yoil;. Mnroh 22, 1010. V. Cnrnnhnn, Mnnncer Illtio I.edgo Mine, Moilford. I'nrtlon iih1iIiik rnllronil project run rent nsurcl tlmt bnrrliiR nonio iinforoKoon nccl ilent or poflltlve ehmiRo In con ditions Illtio l.mlRo in I no will ho operated on full nonlo upon completion of loud to Joo llnr or point nvnllnblo for us. t Signed) II. B. TOW.NU. A uinna moctlnt; hau been called for Monday evening nt 7: .10 o'clock nt the Seventh company armory hall lo dlticiiwt the roport of tho llluo Dodge railroad commtttco appolutcif nt tho mnKH nicotlut; held Monday. Tho committee lum reached n ten ia the aRromnmit with B. H. DuIIIh, nt tho Hotithoru Orofton Traction com pany, which proposes that tho city tsstio $260,000 hoiids, and through n railroad commlftfilon, build and own IS miles of railroad, from tho present terminal of the Oregon Trnctian linen, toward tho llluo I.oiIko mlno, tho traction company, ngreo lug to construct tho mllrond from tho end of tho city's rond to tlio llluo Dedgo district. Tho, Houthnrn Oregon Traction oompuny will con-, tract to hulld tho city's railroad, loaim and oporato it, with option of pur ohnge, and buy It outright at tho ax plmtlou of five year. Tho lid II lu propounl In ns foil ewn: To llio Commercial club of the city of Medford, Oregen: Mollis ProMisal, Gentlemen Withdrawing my proposition of March 2, It) 10, for the extension of tho railway of tho Southern Oregon 'Traction company to the California titato line, I hoi; to submit In behalf or tho Southern Oregon Traction romnanythe follow, lug: 1 The olty of Medford to select a committee of not more than flvo, but preferably three, to servo an a olty railroad eommlseloii and represent old city In tho aforoald matter. II The Southern Oregon Trnotlou company will outer into a contract with the city of Moilford, Oregon, through such authorised committee, to build fifteen miles of railroad for aid elty, oomiHenelug at tha termi nus or end of the rails of the present track of the Southern Oregon Trac tion company about one and 0110-linlt wiles southwest of Jaokionvlllo, Qiegon. In a south westerly direction to a point in the Applegate vnllor. To Kxtcud llallrood. I'he Southern Oregon Traction company agrees to build 11 similar railroad connecting thoiowith, along the Applegute valley to tho Califor nia state line. Iloth units of said tatlroad to be similar In nil respect to the Mediord-JneksQUvllle lino, ex cept us to electrification. A. The construction of tho latter road is to be commenced Immediately after the completion of tho flftcgn- Wv.stiiM.TUN, Mar. 3. Vnoaey over Hit situation on the Mexican border, si nste republicans today held a conforenco with a view to detenn-' intttc upon n plan to ask for moro troops to protect the border, Tho vonfetcuee adjourned until Monday without sit Ion when somo dailnltq Step will be taken, . M , . Z OVER BORDER SITUATION TT' 1 ) i . I 7.,