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U;ir p-lty of Orcfjon II r.ry Medford Mail Tribune FORECAST WAIOIKIt TOMOIIT AM) SATIKDW WEATHER Mux Initim i e-Meiilny OH; Mill. Today II, Prcilp. .CM. Y l Fortv-slxth Yar MEDFORD Ol?K(K). Kl?ri)AV, JrXK 2, IMG tlntlv Ktrventlt Year, XO. 02 yr GREATEST NAVAL BATTLE IN ALL TORY SASTER with e Get ninny's High Sen Fleet Meets M nln Part of British Fleet In Battle Off Jutland in North Sea, Slnkliin Battleship Wnrspitc, Battle Cruis ers Queen Mary ami Indefatigable, Two Armored Cruisers and a Large Number of Smaller Warships Gc rmans Lose Battleship Pommcrn, the Cruiser Welsbadcn, Protected Cruiser Fraucnloh and Several Torpedo Boats Never Before Have Two Naval Forces of Such Magnitude as Contcndinii Fleets Engaged in Combat Battle Not Fought to a Point to Determine Mastery of Seas, for Losses Do Not Impair Strength. UKUUN, June '. Gi'niiniiy'a higti xeii fleet iiiol Hie inniii pint of tliu 1 UrilMi iluol in buttle in tlio north I'HHicih HtTtion of tlio North i'H on May III. In the heavy ciiKHgeineiit which followed llie Gcitimu fleet, ne- I'Olllilllf tO H 1HHII t il-rtllUll by llie Gemuin niluiirnlly, nuk the llritixh lmttlt'Hlii) Wiu-xpite, the lliitislt luit tlu cruiseis (ueen .Miiry mill hide fiitbruble, two nriniui'il ciuisoi nml a Ini-jie number of warships of smaller tonnage. Severn! other liritixh Imtthhipn tue lopoitod dmu iiltuil, iueliiiliini the battleship Marl hnmugh. The German lowea are announced Rrt'lhe lmtllcMliip I'omniein, the crui ser WiwtMntlPii, tlm ptotoetod eiiiiner Frauenloh iuh! Meveral torpedo bout. Official f lei mini llepoit The le.l of the (leniuiii nthnirajt.v rejairt, which is dated June I, nay: "During mi cniotprie iliicetod to Die norlliHiird our hitch mom Heel oh Mux 111 encountered (he inniii part of the Kii(lih fighting fleet, which mii considerably Miiperior jo our lorces. "Dining the afternoon, between k n-cruk and Horn Jtiff, a heavy en-.ijiim-iit deeloHd which wa mio- ftil lor n and which continued l'ii in.' I he whole nielli. "In tin- engagement, ho far n Known up to the present, there were dci-iii.xed hy oh the hirge haltleoliip Win -pile, the buttle emi-or (,)iicen Alurv mid Indefatigable, two urtimicd eruiMTx, apparently of the Achillea tyjH'. one small eruier, a new flajf hip of de-tniyeix, the Tuihnnnnt, Netor' and Alea-tt'r, a laie nuinher of iiiK-do-lnat delroer and one uliuiurine. Hv oliKvniitiun which wa free and elfin ot lccl, it wn M.ite.l tli.it a Iiiix'c imiiuIm r "t Knjli-li li.it- li-llll- -lit li II ll il4lll.l,i tliiln oil I BILL FOR COMING IS u .-uim;to, lune S The nav i oiriation bill carrlnic total nro in it- if li'iiH.JJOo.ouo for the tom i'i. vcur naauMMi the houte final!) to I iv i- a voi of 35S to I. The i inlilinii program iucludes live bat-itr- rut-eri, four tcout cruUerf, tu iir-novers, fifty uuutarlBOi and 130 ,it roil.ine 'flu four rotlng agalnit paaaage of r i Ml! were Browning, Xw Jr, .m i t.raham, I'nnlvnU rcpubll- i - H.indall, CallfornU, prohibl- lit, -nd Loudon, Ne- York, io- i i i .1 voting besan In ilu houie a ' ". adoption by a vote of 2Jj n of un amendment propoavd in " i' of tbe whol to appropriate $ mi for a uorernment armor i " 0"' n ' n t,i recommit the bill with jpt. n tims to anepd b) adding tc j tat''1 a wo s out. crullers and ! ten d"oer8 . tiaiay, loO Jo s ont t .0 . lerf.i f..i a (V.4. i to t It NAVY APPROPRIATION YEAR PASSED T SUFFERS IN CONFLICT FLEET hiK and the Httuvk of our toipedo hoat llotilla during the duv ciiuhkc nieiit and throughout the nixlit. He-die lliltlsli t'icws ''Ainotijc othera, the lurxe hattleship Mnrlliorniiuli wu, hit liv u tmpedo. This wiim iMiiifiiined hv piiomieii. "Seeral of our hlup re-eued jMHts of the crown of the Minkcn I""itbf I if It fliip, iiiionif them lieiiiir two mid the only Minivuix of ila Indeln tipuhle. "On our wide, the siuiill oninor Wne-hudeii hy hostile kuii file duriii); the ilny ciuriixeinuut, mid Iin nri O'tyV chip Poininoni, ilurinir the niKld, ih h i emit of it torpedo, wcic iFiiuk. "The rate of his nmjo-lvV -hip I'riiiieiiloli, which i niinxiiMt, mid wine orK'do liimtx. vshich hAo not returned yet, i unkiiowii. "The high eu fleet i elm net) todav (Thurxdayj into our jmiiI." (illKllllst .VllMll Itattlc From the advice- thu far n-ceiveil il would npiH'iir that the itreutet naval lint tie of luxton Iium taken place. Never heloic have two naval force of Mich iniitfiiitude a the Hritii-h and (ionium liitth-xea fleetx eniraiied in coinhat. Hut apiwieutlv the haltle wa not foiutlit out to a Mint to determiiie mastery ot tlio e, for the loen, nerious a they are rejairted to have heen, will not impair the lreHilli of either fleet to u vital extent. The jmwio of the hattle wna in the eiixtcru water of the North en. It i pridialile that the (ieriuan fleet wiik oh one of the exi'iinioiiK into the North i.ea, which it haa taken fit mi time to time ilnriiiR the war, and nod, whether or nut hy deMKU, with the Itiiti-h find. Skncink i an arm of the North eu bctwiien Norway and Swialen. The Miint referred to in the (ieruiait -tiitciuciit ax Horn Kil'f pndiuhlv i tin reef oft the Horn, on the iouth-c-tern extremity of Deumark. Thu MMild indicate that the battle wa tiiimht oft the coat of Denmark. I'luiii the reef to Hel(olaud the main icrnuiii iiiimiI hue in the North eu i- ahtiut loo miles. Ittiilln KiiNt Willi .Vows N'cw- of the ciimiueinent wa held buck hv the 1 tril ili autlioritie, mx--ilily Miiinir the return home of the fleet, aud the tir-t word received f the battle came hy wirele from Merlin, bv which mean the (Sermana miv able to ecaw the cemorhip over cable line. The loe in the euttatiement inul have been extremelv heavy. The bat tle cruikcr Imletiitiuiible, tor ui xtancc, tmiii uhuh the (Ieriuan ad luir.iltv lepnit- uiilv two men were -..ivcd, piobalilv lutil n, Mir IImii UIMI (Continued on pace tbrea) 10 MAKE UP DEFICil LONDON, June 'J A" "Mm.: t.. jii olflcial Ktateim-nt liv Ilu i'IimikiI- r ,,f the exoheijuer. Heinald M Ktnna, tbe detail tor DUtt-17 mil ,d made od bv bu?rowiia on nil g)llil i-linialtil 1.1 il, I J 1,101,01111 i,,,.ii,d - i.ilm.' 'IL'- iH invoiM MAN -int: liv "Jin u, , i H)ihio hi tin Mil I ,1,1 l.ll V, . - 'iF i v. 'C'Jtfmw r. aMiTffiifm'i .. j -" ..V '.&' , u) r.fJUi. & $-iJte ir-VKLfflKJli i..miwi'THi,r.m ,iirn. I ".' BLKN7dIHH(iWri7V . 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J.-,.. ,r, '.riKyjftJaMfeWoirn'TMiaiVirt K-vftws tesfiKs Tm&fflismxasm asBsvsssss&j Mssur aFr,-sasHH&. ii ,"nrritfcj'jir m n niTTar .. .' . ivvmmtvmti ;--- timv.t' .v 3SS33yy ?3?'i 1 1 etc is it uuirveloiisly Kraplile tlruvvliiK of tlio ivnl sea liattlo jicioss raldot. GB9HHNS TAKE CAILLETTEWOOD rnnMT mum . Seesaw Struygle Aloiw French Line Continues Willi Alternate Gains and Losses Heavy Flyhtintj In Progress East of Meiisc -French Report Proijrcss. IIKHI.I.V, June 2. The captuia of Calletta wood, south of I'ort Doua niont, on the Verdun front, and of adjoining treuche. waa announced today by the war office. , I'AltIS, Juua 2. In the rourti of heavy fighting on tbe Verdun flout, which eantiuueil through the night, the Kreurh progreaaed allgbtly south of Caurette wood, tbe war office atatoment of today atiuoiiucea. The truggle between Thlamnnt farm and Vaux, east of tbe Meuae la deacrlbeil aa extremely violent. I'lfiiih Stiiioiueut The text of the atalement aaya: "hi the Argonne there baa been fighting with hand grenade In the Vauquera ceitor at Court e Chaus es and I'llle Morte. Wo caused tbe explosion of several sjmall mine w;lilcb Inflicted damage upon tbe subterranean work of the enemy. "On tbe left bank of tbe Weute a counter attack delivered by our troops made It possible for u to pro gress for 100 yards Into the com municating trenches of the enemy south of tbe wood of Caurette. lie. tweou this wood and the village of Cuajlere an enemy attack was check ed by our curtain of fire and tbe Ger mans eould not move out. Illlllllt Oil tllH .Ml'llMt "On the right bank of the river the battle continued yesterday and last night with extreme violence slong the entire front between tbe Thla umont farm and Vaux. It eren spread te the east of the Vaux fort as far as Oamlonp. In tbe region f Thia nioat ami iKiuamant the assault of the ennm) rc repulsed b) our fire tnd our lounter attuilm. ' South of i tic Houdmnnt fort tbe (Jriruiin were iii(eifiil in penetrat VBfflUN iiii the mmtticrii portion 'jf (lie Cull- m li to wood x noil a the eouthi'mi shorts of ttif- Vsuj point On our W XSHIM.T'IS Imi 2 WIkiiIii-rU-ht all Uip utt.n Iih .Urn tod ni'on the (jmrv a ik maitr of m-tno llualits sector lctttfcn aux arid Uamloup todav svbeihcr or noi J rank II lliuh vvero broken by iUo ifjiintcr resist- fok waa retire aentiig him nt CbUagn anco.of fijr trooi a who Inflicted heavy loins upou the eneny ' Jd tbe (oi-rie of this fubting the aniiierv ftro xcarhfii an extertional degrep of ilo!eii snii rontint'd 'oi t Ih tul aitaised," f l w - T.I ! - '":J(AXW" - . Ak V v g ' i i - t: KjkM '"-AW wff, L'S,1i .'T j,tJ&$rW .x-v,;ir. a)wsriy.S5Kf?' 'l'jB5g?ir!' 'V' fr - ST: T"" ;f " BLOWN OFF f m ucnrnHL vvloi i I)! 'OltAII. Iowa, June . Miout ,-r'-000 dHBW"H u" 'lo"" l, " "- vere rani ami winu atorm ner last ulglit. Two bridge uvor tha upper Iowa rlvar in tlili rlt.v, two arltlaea near heio on thw .Milwaukee Una and another on tha Km k laland, about two mllail from here, were, wanna! away. Traffic ovar theio line prob ably will not bo raauuiad for over a week. ('IniidhiirM In Iowa MAHdltlCOOIt, Iowa, .hum 2 Mora than flO.uuu worth of alock waa loal In a atorm or tlie propoitlona of a cloudburat here laat evening. The water floialed ntt-tk peua In the railroad anl, drowning hundredi of rattle. Ureal damage was done In the buslneai aeitlon of tbe elty. Ornuml fliHita and bantimenta of building were flooded, few bual neaa bouaea eacaped damage. Al together the atorm did about J50.UU0 damage here. Water waa up to lb tops of the table In the dining room of the McOregor hotel. Itlinw Tmiii Off Titk HI.OOMINUTON, 111, Juue J. A tornado blew the Wabajb Chicago. St. Uul faat mall train No. 17 from the track near 8aunmiM, 111., early today, injuring Hi persona, one prob ably fatally. Tlio an blent occurred In a deep cut, wlibh kept the cars from overturning ami probably pre vented heavy loss of life. Storm at SI. IouIm AT. LOL'18, June 2 Three-fourths of an Inch of rain Ml here 1st IS mluutea today. Utorm aewera eould not carry off the wadr wbkh flood ed tbe streets Htrett ar traffic on several lines was huliiil. Consider able daniMKe bv hall wax done In the southwthit'in rt m tin tltv tliojustiios sfri'tarv, I.awreine II i i in wVVy t ...jr--i ,. . . r. iwCrTiiasn : .-jaw :, - .vv-. -' ' ! :W: yiA VA" v. ,. .. u, i-- .&... vflSBr V ,. s&v . i tiiv jrii ".t ; .rrATwms r i' c.9 v -t v k.t ' . ." bii .itm mill' j . . j .if . . m m i'i.'i. , r i.t ee . " w - . i - i . tn rw HSsasaffira.. . n r.-. vttrtss. :r.r y ,. -.if-. vtwtw f.v EBigK&MbagKM m 2&jmfc-.w;-: .sT w'" 4 ; ffr 'l Wi ,'i OrefD, made the following aatiioriicdinen The Tlirashor is owned by .......! I mirnirNi. it i ii'nii ni uior'ucj that Jutlte- itughfa bus no reprr seiilaUvi'," .1 .. . i i -i r, y . sr i rrv.'- . , . ifjrA.-. . j.. . j . -.' Jir. : , mr.r v. s 'n-, rct A ,V .... f r I h.i S TV"h"l.. . - JSw 9S"iV ?;r In'Ivvooii tlio lliltlsli ami (ictiuau flo G. 0. P. DECIDING STATE CONTESTS (lilt ADO, June .' I ii-.idci-tlioii of clmm, ol conte.,,,,. deleft,..,.. UIU lepUOIIOHII IIUIIOMIII CUIIVeiHIOH wiim rvMiuned tbia mornuiu hy the re publican nntioiiul coniiiuttee which opened itx doliberutioM- here yenter day in u continuous ciou lulinn more thmi nine hour-.. The l.tHiWntiH. ooiitoHt, iuvolviug twelve ilelegalea, wiim the find taken up at todiiy'M Mttahioii. It wum lo he followed hy the eontott in .Mihmim Miipi, .Miaaoml and Noith t'urolinu, in the order nnuied. The fiji hi in the Louisiana dclemi titui today iiKuin will bo between the o-ealled "lilly wbltei." und the fao lion including iicnroc.. iim hu been the case ut former commillee meet ings pircedinu nuttimul convcntionM, Noil her Mide is plcdiietl to anv cun diilnte, A the roiilt of (he coinmitlcc'i. deliborntitniH ycKlordnv tixtcen (leor uiu delegiiteM who were ooiiiidorotl fuvoruble to Justice Uiigbei. were oiibted in favor of tbe dclcijiile who are fuid to bo fuvoinble to the enn diduoy of Senator Hoot, with John W Week iim wcoiul i boice. The Bcven prolcti in Alubitma wore Met tled b the sea I in-.' of i rotiular deleKiitex ut large und' u proteMting dclciiiitc troiu the ninth conjjn'-.i.ionnl diMlriot. A rtcommondiition bv t'lmirmnn Hilloo Ibut n Miibciiiiiinittoe hn up pointed to hear the evnlonco in mov eral of the contest nml icpoit to the full lonunilttc wu- dcfontd. The committee also voted to place the telctfato from 1'oito Hico, Ilatvaii and the 1'hilippines n the tcmtM-rarv roll call with the rcioiiiiliciiilutlon lb, it tbtv be vrivt n w.lr-. SINKINGOFFSANTACRUZ 8 HIWIiiO, lune -' The .incni itn bdikentiuc 'llirasbcr out of San KriK'iKio yesterdav for Hyduey, Australia, was reiiorted linking to da off Hants Crus, C'al . about 100 milch south of here. The barkentine was loaded heavily with various explosive, Including dvnamlte The now comprise twelve il.. s .. . . . .T .... , - iiiaui, inamona au.i tympany mi 'Hiii rranci iii, .inn n.ih a (tiiiiiaantfii tu c ),i.i in h (j-oi. v ut umi ItttO fift-i m 0 rf GSSSBSsm SJ Mlt J0r . ,fjmw .? "" .KWrffl "T.je &.l1 r ." . . :ft w et iliinvu iiniii iloHtrlptloii fhlusl FI LIVES LOST Scorc njurei, an(, Ff,ec, Mss,nfl as Rosiilt of Train Golnu Tlirotinli Drldije aJ Paokanl, la. Disaster Due to Storm Feared Many Dead Inside Day Coach. Dlig MO INKS. la., June 2. At least five persons lost their lives, a scorn were Injured and fifteen other are believed mlaalug In the wreck of the Hock Island train No, 10, northbound, which went through a bridge at I'ackard, la , early today. Tbe wreck waa due to the atorm which ao crippled wire serrlre that It waa imiaiaalble to obtain accurate Information. Iteports from Waterloo, llreene, Cedar Hapld. and Cbarlea City, la . gave the following aa the Hal of dead: M re. i Flora Van Vltet, Traer, la.; liorrla Kober, 16, Waterloo, la.; Un identified womaii; ltutb Kober, 13, Waterloo, la ; Unidentified man. Twenty injured, six of whom are believed to be In a aerioua condition were taken to Greene, Iowa. Accordina to Information collect ed from various 'sources the greatest loss of life waa In the day coach which toppled on Its side under ten feet of water. Wreckers tbia afternoon were at tempting lo raise tbe car and It waa feared many dead will be found lu Ide. A list of misslug ha not been com piled, but tbe conductor of tbe train estimated that there were fifteen on the train at the time of tbe accident who have not been heard from. Wrecking tialns bringing doctors and uurscH wcie xtarted from Mason ciiv dud Wiititloo but were delayed l i oiiiliiion-, iluc to the storm KAISER ON TOUR OF BATTLE FR0N1S KKKLIN, Jilli 'J. via ..union KiujM'ior Willmii, i- on ,i lour ot the etintcin I'ront. it v,i- oliuiill .in nounccil totliiv Tlio -t ifi ini'i.t vs "The cniinii'.ii has Sot t ttu' utioV IfiHuip ? j'ield fai-.tml in lli4iin, !' ' , j,,, , rU.r , UMl ,(,,. 4, ,, of,,, ,, .....i, n 1-i..mi II ar I I V ' 1 I'l ' If! H M ENT1 m N in M..v iY" II it tin .tpin "III "1 Ji.l.lll.l ' ;i O ii BRmSHDENY LOSS OF ANY BATTLESHIPS British Atlmlralty Reports Lossof Battle Cruisers Queen Mary; Inde fatigable, Invincible, Cruisers De fense, Black Prince and Warrior Claim Two German Battle Cruis ers Sunk and Two Litjht Cruisers Disabled Six British Destroyers Lost and Six Missing. LONDON, June J. Tho IlrltUli admiralty announced today Dial u battle had ocuurrod In tlio North poo, butwuuu the llrltlsh and Oarmaii fleets, In tho- rotite ot wftlab n niitn ber of (lentiHit warshliw were Kttnk. The llrltlsh battle cruiser Qttoett .Mary, Indefatigable and the Invlti elbto were sunk. Tho crulsors Defenco and lllnok l'rlnco also were sunk and tho cruis er Warrior was disabled. The (lur nnui losses are duecrlhed us six. Tho niitiouiiceinuut says two Dpr iniiu luittlu crulflors worn mink mid two (lorinnu llalit crulsura worn dis abled and probably sank, Tim llrltlsh destroyers Tlppornry, Turbulent, Fortune, Sparrow lluwk and Ardent were lost and alx othora have no yet been accountoil for. Tho, admiralty amioiiurement says Dint no llrltlsh battleships or light crtilBcra were sunk. Off .lullmiil Const The battle occurred off the coaaL of Jutland, The admiralty uminuiuM ment aaya the (lermatt fleet avoided Die main llrltlsh forces aud returiiml to port severely damaged. The text of tbe admiralty hh nouiiremeut follews: "On the afternoon of Wednesday, the Slat of May, a naval engagement took place off the roast of Jutland. The llrltlah ahlpa on which the brunt of tbe fighting fell were the battle cruiser fleet and some cruisers and light cruisers, supported by four faat battleships. , "Among these the losses went heavy. The Herman battle fleet, aided by low visibility, avoided a prolonged action with oar main fotees. As soon aa they appeared oh the scene the enemy returned to pert, though not before receiving seven damage from our battleships. Kiiniiiy'.s los Notions "Tbe battle cruises Queen Jlary, Indefatigable and Invincible ami Una cruisers Defence and Hlack 1'rlneo were sunk. Tbe Warrior wag dis abled and after being towed for soma time bad to be abandoned by her crew. It Is also known that the do. stroyers Tipuerary, Fortune, Turn, lent, Sparrow Hawk and Ardent were lost and six others are not yet as counted for. No llrltlsh battleship or light cruiser were sunk. "The enemy's lossea were serious. At least one battle cruiser waa de stroyed aud one was severely dam aged. One battleship Is reported to have been sunk by our destroyer. During the night stuck two light cruisers were disabled sad probably sunk. The esact number of enemy destroyer disposed ot during tha act ion rail not be ascertained with any certalntv but must bare beeu large." T MARATHOV, Texas. Juue J. A mountain fire in the dlasa mountain district. 12 miles west of here to day bad deatrojed tbirry section of timber and mi ass lands and was preadinK tapidly. Efforts to cheek the blu. ahlch Is said to have been ;.rtt i lUhtnlns lat Tuesday. t.no f,i tu lu bt-aut of tbo .Jr.n of the AlstHit 'itlO sot, tinat tu sera aavo eufftvcit a tcoV !. t1i aiotfit it uMcti 0vuo o3S Iftllliut; taestmto tt.ls. i r &