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University or unuoii Library Medford Mail Tribune FORECAST TONICJHT Wit Tl i:sl.Y l'KTI CI.Ol l WEATHER Maximum yesterday "I; Mlnlintiiu Today it". . aftrd. g forty-sixth Year InlH r.iox-rnth War. 23 MEDFORD ORUCJOX, MONDAY, MAY 129, 19115 XO. .r)8 H) HARBORS BILL PASSES SENATE OF Lane Joins Insurgent Democrats Op posed to Measure River Regula tion Commission Authorized to Sys tematize Future ExpendituresBill Appropriates $43,000,000. WASHINGTON, .May 21). The -en-Hii Mctl toiliiv lli' river mid liar lmn ap'iropiinlion liill oiirryinir ap proximately .f 13,000,000 Iiv a vole cif lv' to 32, after adding iriimv mni'iul muntn. The bill will now go to n conference of the two house. Tin- fitli t against it, Itofinti Ii.v Senator Kenon of town mid Senator Sherman of Illinois, gained strength until h final effort to displace it with n substitute appropri ating ii lump mini of if:i(),(mO,()IIO was defeated by oiilv one vote. lUMIIgCIlt DeilMKntl. Senator Ashtirst, Gore, Ilollis, lIitMtinK, Iie, Newlnnds, 1'ittinan, PomcH'iie, Tn wirt. Thomas and Thompson, all democrats, voted with the republican- to send the hill back to the committee. A motion to send the $1:1,000.000 river and harbors hill back to com mittee with instruction to tihtitute a hill providing a lump' Mini of f20, OOO.IIIIO, wa rejected Iiv II to 27. The senate then adopted ax an amendment Senator New land's pto jhwhI for the creation f n liver tojt ulation commission eonHiHtiutt of the seeretnriea of war, interior, ngricul turo and commerce, and chairmen of two senate and two house coinruiltee to insure en-ojtcriitinn with the army engineer nnd other gdvernment bu reau, in investigating waterway hn-pmvemcnls.- - The amendment would appropriate uu,oiuj tor i lie commission ex jansc. Itefllllll 1,'ojltlt'll. An amendment b Senator Tuggurt to nrovidc that no uppropriatiiHi should he mailable until the secreturv of war determined that it was for a projeet c-sciitiul to the interest of commerce wn defeated :7 to 21. An umendmenl Iiv Senator Kenyon to provide for n non-Mirtiun water way commission of five went on a iwint of order. Senator Kenvon's motion to Milti tute for the lull n ividutiou author iintr nn appropriation ot VJ.'i.tHMI.fMHI for eoul lllllill.' xxolk on nil cxi-tillg pliijirt-, tin ili-ti I'nilliiii In lit left to tile iilln rii-niiii- .mil tile .ei-lftillX ot xx.ir, xx.i- l t. ilc.l .; In J !. PLACER GOLD SHE Ctl(MA. Al-k... M.,x .-" A lieu placer unlit -Hike i- niitnl mi Foley ereek, a tiiltnlnix .. Noli Ii reek, twentx tu lit- iioin Miiiiiiiiiiiii City, and ti'it, iliiec mill- tiom NelH'na. with cooil roieci, tour feet of )uiv uiaxel and hettei iau eneh foot domi. At ninetv feet wa ter u htruek, but oiil a Miiiill llow. The dieoverer ure I.imii Mel'alliun. Ktl M. Mullen, (ieorve Tweedule. W. A. Hiixelow. L'. MeAUiter and Ton.xlle OetliKnn. One liundreil eluim haxi been taked. Cimr cold ii fimml in the old i-liiiiinel I nun the pre-ylai-lal xvah ami ti;cr- ot l'"1iI ulonv the inn lor a ili-l ,iin , nf tlirei to tiuu mile-. 'I loii - i -liortaue ot -up-pln - .mil lini -. - ,, In ill. In, t. OF DEPLORED BY POPE HOMK. Samlav M.iv .' i. Parts, My 29 Cardinal (iiniuril, papal McreUry of utale, la quoit d l Home naWKpaiieri to the erteci thai t'O'ie BenedUt. while nidiouininit utrtctekt neutrality, deplore the anil-CurU-tUn and Inhumane aiert of the war In theabsence of atlfaotor evidence Of an Impartial nature the poie in unable to pas judgment oo chaise, (jr improiulr conduit or war mad on lQ)h side. The ioie i repreacn'- & ihcrl-.hli(i tl() belief that the tuition oPhomllttlf ifi & ImI(u (jj- f)Kjjlrr degree of Chrlitlao mi (??lB 9 i ''iilh .1 I. - . ialM.it It a) ji ,v U' '' - i in ONE urnniiRi rnmiT UnlflLu Un LLi L ill IL 5 U.Mm BUILDER CALLED if : Two Attacks by Germans Fail Aerial Combats Frequent Bulgars Invade Macedonia, Arousing Greeks Aus trians Continue Drives Against Italians in Southern Tyrol. LONDON. Max 120. The Ait-liiim dtixc iijjtuint the Italian in the southern Tyrol continue to progress. Vienna leport the enpttuo of two im pnitnut poitioiiH in the vicinity of Ariero. The (lei man have renewed their activities on (he went hank of the Meuc, in the Verdun region, de bouching from the Coilieaux xxoud and driving again! the French I in ex lo the west of Ciiniiere- village. Palis declare these attack were tcpulsed. The situation in the Balkan indi cates iuiHiitant developnientH in the near tnture. Athetiw ndipe reK)it the hreakinir nut of i-erioun trouliIeK in the Clieek eapital after it heeaine known there that Biilimnnn forces had invaded raeiilonia. The entente foreen at Sahuiiki nre reMirted reinforeed hv the arrival of Mime 80,000 to 100.000 Scthinux, the lemainder of Khijr PeterV army, 1'iendi .Statement, PARIS, Muv a. Two attaekH weie made hy (lerniiui troops alvne iiiir hiNt niitht from ('oHieaux wood, on the Vei dun front. The Freneli war offiee ivMirt today mi,vh lhoe ai naiiltK failed. 1'iif t of the MetiM! the night wax eomiwratively ealm exeept for henry nrtillerv net ion nenr Fort Vnux. Hftwii aerial eneoiititerx oepurtiHl nud. Iwfl (Jerwun. .muchiiw.,- went lirouirht down, one of the fulliiiu in I lame-. ,lMilnn Slntenient. VlllNXA. KiiimIm.v. May 20. -Ain.-tro-IIiiimariaii trooiM have euptured u orlifieil HiMtion went of Arwiero, Itul, the war offiee announced to day. The otatenient follows ; "Italian wnr theater: Aiitro-llun-ttariun tmoM eaptuied the fortified works at Cornowo, weM of Atviero, and the fortified dutn ncrorrf the Italysxa, outhwet of Monte Intor I'ntli', in the district of Aio, 'Southwestern war theater: Skirm i.lie.. with mi Italian patrol occurred in the lower Yn,viiMi (in Allmuia, north of Avlona). The situation is nucha ned." (tVuimii Slnieinniil, HKRMN, Muy 20. -TodnyV stnto inent uy: "Western frent: Knewv monitors ttlin-li appniuehed the coast were linen off by our artillery. "The aerodrome ut l'une wus .inie.. fully boinburded bv Oerniun mialii. "The nrtillerx duels were continued whIi nniliiiiiiii.lieil furv on the buuks of I lie Meu.e. Two weak attacks Iiv the Kieinli on the xillatre ot Ciiniiere. Wele ..n .. tull repuNfd. S III.I.D III AlUl ARTKR.. nun Namitpiipa, Mix , Max J!l. Ten in. i 'bine gnus, .Ibl) ritles uud a ipiaiitiix "t aiiimuiiili'iu diseoxered cti'iili in a Villa cache near here, a bnni'.'lit to field hcaibiiarter totlax The arm-, ull of which were uid to be tit tor use, were found in u vaxe in o Canyon, to reach which the .'Hide,, were obliged to climb a tortu-oii- moiiutmu trad atoot. Numerous theone hue been ad vanced u to the cache, but military an thorn ics hen nm to eling to the belief thut it eonlaiued a great quan tity of the armament Villa was re ,Mirtw t, haxe hidden in the Hachiu intt aMr.t on ,u ,l(.itl,.ird march i Utn, ,,e rul(j ,,,.,. ( ..i,,,,,!,,,,, v M. , , i , , ,, i,tu m ARM E ID M I LA CACHE in I tl Ull. lllL"i I i "fficcrs it i tin i i i ti.i i - ..ii tteking ' . i i und v li Un- iionni'in i iiiniiniiiia ot -m-h i H -Ii .ii'. I II,. . I Operation Falls to Save Genius of the Great Northern Death Due to In fection of the Intestines Seventy Eight Years Old Leaves Fortune of $100,000,000. ST. PAIL, .Minn., May 'JO. Jimuw .1. Hill, railroad builder, cHpitaliwl mid moot widely known figitro of tho nnrtliwest, died at his Summit avennti resiilei)ce at lllll this inorniiij iik (ho lesult of an infection due to bowel trouble, aited 78. .Mr. Hill was unconscious for near, ly twelve hours before he died. Dr. Herman M. Digits and Dr. Stanley Seager, together xxtth members of the immediate Hill family, were at the bedside when the nnd came. Following n iebise late yesteidax Mr. Hill failed rapidly through the night. I'niuily at llciMile. All the member of hi familx weie at the bedside with the exception of Mr. M. Heard of New York, n daughter. She i expected to nrrne tonight, dames X. Hill of New York and .Mr. Samuel Hill of Washington it nixed early today. James ,1. Hill ilieoveied "the breadbasket of the world" in the great northwest; hi1 led in its devel opment from a wilderness into what now comprises six wealthy states dot ted with 100.0110 farms ; it ml he blaz ed a trail for transportation which reached evvntitnllv from Buffalo to Asia, xxith a totttl mileage of rail and steamship facilities that would nearlv girdle t)m earth. Thai hut i oughly spans the lory of hi. aehiexeiuent. Near (luelph, in Ontario, whci-e James Jerome 1 1 all wum Imrn in 1S38, the son of an Irish-fiinadian fanner who died when the Iwy wa l.", thete stand a tree stump labeled: "The last tree ehopKd hv James J. Hill," marked the lad'- lesolutioti to go to the lliiteil State-. Woil.eil as ItoiMahout. As a mere roii.taboiit lad of 18 he toured from .Maine to .Minnesota. When in ISAM he ilisemhaiked from a MissiHiin riter laicket at St. Paul that place was a frontier towh of .".0(H) inhabitants. At the sign of W. J. Bn-s A; Co., agents for the Diibuiiie tV. St. Paul Packet Co., he found a job as both stcxedore mid clerk. In the fifteen .xcats that followed he M'ixed everx opHirtiniitx to study the whole problem of rier transHir tation. He gathered no end of e-IH-rienco ami u little eupilal with which he munched his own firm of Hill, Uriss Jfc Co., which promptly dis played its initiative hy bringing the first load of coal that had excr bci'.t seen hi thut -cction into St. Paul. Two car later, with a flat -bottomed steumer he established the first teg ular communication with St. Paul und the Manitoba ports of the tertile Red River vallev. At about that time St. Paul wu biiMiig it- tir-t eHTiinent in railroad Iniildiiiu'. Kiublx mile- had been lanl to St. ( loud, lit) llillt- to Brei'kt'll- inljt , both ot ubn-li ti'iiiinoiN ih .it tile -olltliclll en, I ut the IxVil Kivtl (Continued on Page, Knur ) WArilllXUTOX, Ma ."i Kemo (ratH of the hoiue wu)v and meuui committee today formallj adopted as a part of the general revenue bill the Hailey tariff commiaalon bill intro duced at the Inatanee of the adminis tration and incorporated in the gen eral maaeure anti-dumplug clauae and a prorlnion to prevent unfair competition from foreign buninean In tereate. Nothing defenlte was done regarding the income, Inhritanca and munition taxea. Chairman Kttchln leaned a utate tent aalns that thjt bill ftonld be reported to the houae after the two natlonalronventiona and would It t-O aiiit'lliled th.it inaliv rt-Ml Mil alis It HOI .1 11 " p ( i I ' i , DEMOCRATS FAVOR TARIFFCOMMISSION tiii: i.aii: .IA.MI-S .1. HII. I. VASI FORTUNE LEFT BY HILL 10 BE I ST. PAl'L, Minn., Ma 2!). Mr. lllll'a vxoalth la oatlmated all the uuy from $100,000,000 to 500,000,000. Ho wnm probably worth bet wean $200,000,000 and $260,000,000. Mr. Hill hail the. ubeoluto control of the Pimt National bank and tho Vorthweateru Truat uompany, which have a comlilnwl capital mid xurplu of ffi.BOO.OOO. llu waa u large owner nf the Chaae National bank of New York. Klrat Nntlounl bank of Chicago anil the Xoithweateru National bank In Mln noapolla. llo waa a large nwner of the Groat .Northern Pacific Bteamahip company. Tho greateat portion of Mr. IIHI'h woalth, liowexor, waa In tho utocka ami lunula of the (treat Northern, Northern Pacific and Chicago, Bur lington & Qitfncy railroad. The oxeoutora of Mr. 1 1 ill's eatute probably will be I.ouln W. Illll III ik) n, and tho Northwestern Tumi company. Tho grunt power held h Mr Illll will paaa to lila ton. Uitila, who Iiuk haeu closely aaaoc luted with him In buaineaa for ten yearn. James X. Hill, the oldeal si -l, Is a director of the Texas company and has MtSde a big fortune In New Yoi Walter, the yungent son, has I.U farm holdings In Kittson count.. . Minnesota, where he upende mot of his time. It Is believed that Mr. 1 1 III" vaul estate will be held Intact through the Northwestern Trut comiiauy and that the various heirs will be Kheu life Intereats. T AT IMjIANM'OMti Ma) :.'. The an. nual flood of automobile race fans was pourlug iuto Indianapolis toda from every direction The sixth an nual runulug of the international kweepstakes on the ludisnapolli mo tor speed'? tomorrow is the attra tiou. ' TweuD-one and possibly moie drivers are expected to start the :tuu mlle contest. Scores of workmeu were bus to day eleaulng the big brick oval The drivers were waking the final ad justments. jf it is cool and calm tomorrow a record-breaking peiformance Is an tk'lpuwd- Kalph liePalma'a average, 89 miles an hour, the record 9tub- I GREA AUTO RA N A lished laat ear, wan made undiu"mandani. 3Dhl onlBr rovidg thut nearly perfect conditions. As tlii liiglnniiig tl I n iKlui u this '(horning field of starters is fast nd IIimqik Uah been iiil from mi lo .mi milt - II If i oi'HiU it , I i..ii la I alii a i" I 1 "Will . - ,i d i . f ) I I Lllj PARIS. Mu.x 20. A dispatch limn Allien mya grave trouble lias broken out tbeie following thu uewa of the iiUHsion of MueedontH by the Bui gariau. Biilgnt inn troops crossed the (Ireek front iur on Muv 2(1 ami occu pied the Cieek forts of Itupel, )nigo t in and Spatoxo. The (Ireek troops which hail garrisoned these forts withdrew on the advance of the Bul garians, who claimed H'rmisiou from the Alliens go eminent for their act. The Bulgarians weie said to he led b (leiinau oftieers, who explained to the commander of the (Ireek fort that the central Miwers were merely beinir aecnided the same privilege that had heeu given the allies in termit tnig them to oceupx Kalouiki. It was rejHiited liom Athens yes terday thut feeling wa- tuuiiitig very high in the (Ireek capital over the Bulgaimn inxa-ioii. The Herald, Hie organ of M. rnitlii., apHaivd es. teldax xxith a lilm I, binder ami con lilllietl a In in iiilnli lloiu tile H-ll ot till till lilt I (ill Inn TO SALE OF U.S. I.OMlOS ,ix 'i I,, i ,, iS1 Of lommoiiH (od.n IdKiii.ilil VI (Ken HH, Chaiiiellor of Hie t i heiuer, moved (be lesolutlou In- woe notice of laat week the purpoae of which la to compel aale to the government un der the mobllixatlon plan, of Ameri ian Mecurltlea hitherto withheld by their owners. Mr McKenua's meas n it- Imposes au additional Income tax ot i vxo MhilllngH in the pound on ViiKriian tuNurities, ixeinptlng those xvlmii are deposited with the treaa ii r llaiold j. Tennant, iarllamenlary under NM-retary for war, explained tliat as the balante ot tiado waa agaliut Kngland, there wax a limit to the exportation or gold- A loan alred having Iicimi lulsed In Amer ica, the government had icKorU'd to the Aint-riiun sciniiiii- lo Miauliton liabilltleH OVER FIRE ARMS MKXK'U CITY Max J'J iiieii tans and other fonlKnTM, well as Mexicans not In the loitHiiUr ihv Ice, loda aio turning over their fiio arms Tit the ollie in compliance with ii order ut iue mlUtar.x com all 1"1 """' ,, (Uioslieil0wlth the gjDVt i nnittpl ihln a .t 1 1 oil (j)i !'( 1 il.i iikTi - Jjv a nil i. th I ' I BULGARS INVADE MA CEDONA ACTON AROUSES GREEKS BRITAIN FORCE BONDS ALLIES r 1 ! I ti' DFADWALL STREET MOURNSLOSSOF JAMES J. Hill Financier's Death Docs Not Cause the Slightest Disturbance in the Stock Market Great Loss to Country, Declares Morgan One of Greatest Men of the Age, Asserts Lovctt. NKW YORK. Max 20. The news ol the death of the tnan who for two generations bus been a dominant ier snmilitx in the finaneinl community wa received in Willi sheet today with many cpiciou of sorrow ami a feeling of almost personal lima for .lame .1. Hill had not onl many inti mate friends among foremost linan eietx, but wa a familiar and popular figttie with Wall street. The financier's dealh did not enue the slightest disturbance in the stock market. The Hill stock, (treat Ninth ern and Northern Pacific were virtu ally inactive. They weie heavy at the opening, prior lo the announce ment of hi death, Noithein Pacific being off a point and (Irent Northern a fraction, but icenvered later. ItcKivtlcd hy .Morgan. "Due of Hie strongest men of his uciicraltoii,'' was the chariicterixatiou b .1. P. Morgan of .Mr. Hill. "Mr. Hill's death is a verx great lo to the counlrv," said Mr. Mor gan, "lie helped mote than auy olher limn in the development of the great regions in the northwest. He comtiiamled tho inspect ami admira tion of all for bis ieat constiuctive nnd cccittivc ability ami fine integ rity of ehuriicttir which made him one of the strongest men of hi genera tion. Ill friendship mid kindness to my father and myself through nmiiy rear makes me feel ls os-.fjmrtm-larlx keenly." One of (iivulost .Men. R. S. I.ovell, chairman of the I'niou Pacific, declared that James J. Hill was one of the greatest men of the age. "lie was the last of a marvelona group of railroad builder whose ser vice to the country will not lie fully appreciated for year to come," he said. Julius krtillschintt, chairman of the Southern Pacific, said: "Mr. Hill was looked up to hv nil railroad men in America as a man of most Intnsidciit ability mid (aiwer. In pointing out, us he did, so simply and clearly, both bv precept and example, that the secret of successful railroad oM'i'rtl imi is good car ami train load ing he placed everv opcrutun.' oft Icel ander a -cu-e of mi--oiiiiI obliga tion." I.Olll. Max -"I llu Iliili-li. litdglan and I'tiiliiuui-.c tuiii- xxlm have inviiilcd Ocrmuii hu-i Atrna an slow I x hut surely forming a rm around the Hermans, while (leneral Miniits, the IitMT commander of the South African force, i rounding up the (leimaiis, xyho are defending the I'siiiibaru railroad und ha- occupied one of the imsirtuut station- on that line, us well a- other low us ill the dis trict, according to an offieiul rcori today. A llrilil-h force ha- (tenet ruled twenty mile- into (Iciman tciriturv "u the front between Lake- Nxa.-a a.id Tangaiivika. The Herman- haxe retired lo-.x irl New l..iiijiiiliiTv. The Itidgiue- u'e mlviiiii iii'.' limn tlit iioitlu-a.t and I'm tumif-i liniiji- alt' 111 I'llpllir; (he -Ollllll III II "III 1. 1 POSIPONE HOLIDAY 10 bUMliiX, lsv .' i a utiirir cine todui lititxcin li.ujil I.IomI lieorKC. llillllxtDI PI iiMlliltloiiH, uud rtj'rei-ontaiiOn or .irioi tiades uu joiim, it xx as aarertl Hist the NYhi' HDi'tid bolitiu) would be io,lionU two iiiomiIu In Hie(fase of munitions jii'ijtiilniiK (i4.i 1 out 1 11 tied with Ir i.mi g .11 .Lin .11 ut H e e'ltjMit j( l ' tlll'Moll GERMANS IN AFRICA ES.DU PONT BOONS ARRIVE Whitman to Place Hughes in Nomina tionAlabama Waives Lead to Give Opportunity No Headquar ters to Be Opened Powder King First of Cantlidatcs to Arrive. CIIICAOO, May 20. Two ndilltlon. al hooma of cnudldittes for tho ro puhllcan prosldentlal nomination woro brought to Chicago today. Thoy wore those or Charles lCvnns Ilttghoa of New York, and Coleman DuPotit of Delaware. Frank II. Hltolieook, accompniiluil by William U. Wardo. rormur ropubllcati nntlounl commit teomnu from New York, lnuuahcd tho pro-voiiventloit camimlgn In tho In terest of Justice II UK he. Governor Whitman will plitco Mr. Hughes In nomination in tho con vention, according to the plans. Whoti tho roll or state Is called for nomi nations It has been arranged to bavo Alabama waive In favor of Now York so that Hughes may be the first pre sented. No lltiglios llcadipinrtur. Headquarters for Hughes will not be opened In Chicago, according 'to a statement made by Mr. lllhcheock. "Mr. .Hughes Is not an nctlvo oan dldnto for tho presidential nomination uud therefore no liendqunrtorH for him will be opened horo, but bU friends who are urging his nomina tion will work In his lutorost as Indi viduals," snld Mr. Hitchcook "Ills vlovva on Americanism, pro paroduosM nnd other Important pub lic questions are sound and woro frequently stated by him In putlllc addresses beforo he liocume u mom bor or the Uultjtd States . sjuiroiuo court. Theie is 110 question where be stands on any or these questions. W'lille I have hnd no eouuminleutloii with Justice Hughes for several mouths I believe there Is no question that If he is nominated ha will ac. oept." ' Dul'ont 011 Bock. Coleman Dul'ont of Delaware, anil a party of friends arrlvad early In the day. He la the first presidential candidate to arrive. Mr. Dul'ont aald: "I am here pri marily aa a member of the republi can national committee, although my friends have placed my name hi the field as a presidential candidate." Ko definite claims were put for ward by friends or Mr. Dul'ont except that he would have six votes from Delaware and a number of other delegates 011 the first ballot. Indications are that the question or national woman suffrage will he one or the most holl debuted questions hcrore the lomuilttee 011 resolutions of the convention when that body mot to loii'ider the party platform. TOLD TO KEEP OUT OF U.S. POLITICS WASHINGTON. Max 20. llnt'.h consular otlicer- in the United State huve been in-trucied uud warned by the Hn'i-li embu v lo avoid being drawn into unvthu', that miht he construed a- interference with Amer ican imJiiu with the approach of tho uutiouul elections. A circular taaiuid to the consulate as: 'A the election jin Hpp-oachigjf Hriti-h olfWiuU will ho doubt receive letter from self -at led Hritiah-Atuer-lemis, genuine or otherwise. akutK advice u- to how they ought to vote. Such letter are generally of the na ture of u trap for electioneering pur pttc. Hrttish subjects have no vote-. Ameiicun eitiaena caiuot proMrlv be advised by foreign ofgto mis a- to the exerci-e of their uff r.igc. Such advice would be regarded a- undue iiitcrtereiice in American in ternal poliin-. Writers of letters of tin- mimic -hould therefor not be mi-ucred, ami it unsavrcd, told thtif Hiiti-h ottieials cannot udvi Aar icuii iitien- $ '" the eareio of their rights.' Kmba-sy o'ficiuls are Ucleruime't to be iiivolvtHl in no conflict -ueh a ie-uncil -ex da I xeurs ug 111 the en- -alltnnil n all i'l the Bliti-h .IU1I1U--.adui, I mil "- 11 kwlli -Wel, FOR COHON BRUSH CONSULS I. "TSJItt