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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
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SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
'lonluhl mill Sunday Unlit.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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