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Uii' ?sit of Oregon Library Medford Mail Tribune y FORECAST KAIIl TOXIOHT AM) TOMOltltOW COOMUl WEATHER Mulmuni VivstonUiy 100; Minimum Totlay fin.. H -f I Fortv-atxth Year. MEDFORD ORKGOX, THURSDAY, JtTK ir, IQlfi XO. 73 vt Pnllv -i.n-vmth Vftr. ENSE FOG OFF ffl D QMS AM BEAR wm IN I I 1 ft. FIVE DROWN WHEN IP HITS Coasting Steamer Bear with 206 Aboard, Strikes Sugar Loaf Rock, Near Cape Mendocino, in Dense Foy Last Night and Is Wrecked Those Aboard Take to Boats When Vessel Is Seen to B,e Breaking Un One Boatload Known to Have Been Lost. HURHICA, Cnl., June 15. Forty ono iiuthoiih from the wrecked stcam iir Hoar were wholly unaccounted for, v&. according to "" Information mailable hero at 2: IS p. in. today. " The purser's Hit showed 210 per sons on board. Ono hundred nmt thlrly-ono of thorn are. lioro; twentv ( nine aro at Capo Town; four are itlll l)oard th0 Hoar and flvo'lioillo have boon recovered. All but one of tin- HeurV fotiitecn lifcbonU huc been iieeouiilod for. According1 to survivors, the mjninj,' limit earned upwnuls of lliiitv !' " j-ungers uwnv from tho wrecked atenmer. It w seen to cnpMe nnil .fioni it the five recovered bodies ore Mipposcd to linve come n shore. KIMIHKA, Cnl., Juno 1.'. Kighh two xurrtxtrrKn"rtlirrnn'ft'nl, aboard Jlie coustim; stoninor Hoar, wrecked lnt night oil Siitfflr J,onf Hook, near Cape Mendocino, in n dense for, bail been aeeoiinteil for and fie persons arc known to have peri-hod. Indications wore (lint one boatload wn lost, with ootl chances Unit ev en one else IihiI boon or would be res etted. Among Hie survivor, two were re united to lie fitfully injurctl. Several others hnil sustained minor injuries mid praclicnlly all were suffering nunc or less froiu the of feels of ex posure. IjiiiiI at lU'iii' Itlver The two bouts lantleil at the mouth of Hear river ilurinir the night. Men xi ml women, iiuiub with cold, dicnch et through nml in vmioiis stages of exhaustion as n remit of their liar Yowhiir experiences, drugged them selves from the bout ami sought what shelter they might find along tho beach. Some niHilo Mich windbreak ith they might from driltwond, oth er found on if fine from the wind tiiul eolil kuvc the boulder that line the slioie. .Hi ill others burrowed into the sniid ami epfint tile iiiuht llieie. Residents of Cape Town, the near est settlement, found them at tluwii thi morning. Fanners nml t1-lii-r-i'olk gathered from throughout the region to rentier what assistance thev could. The uMirhow were taken to Tape Town as soon a possible nml eared for in the home of the towns people. Kuroka, thirty mile, to tho north, has been asked to -end med ical assistance, am! the more seri ously injured of the sunivors will bo brought to Kureka by automobile. Fog Hcsisinslltio The Minimis told how they hail been awakened l, the shook a the (Continued on page six) FOR NEW HAVEN WRECK iriinIaid" WASHINGTON', June 1',. IH.,mc for the paengtr wreik on the New York, New Huen & Hurt lord rnil rond ut lirutlford, It. I., April 17, in which live persona were killed and sctentecn injured, was placed b tin interstate cowimiy eaaiiuiioa t lay on tbe failiir of Itattnau ('omnli and Knninr Ma an field to iitteiul ikiuiIm properly. Old-tahiuue cur- and ch- ( i y 1 i t . eontnbutetl to the Ulwlitio, the re Hirt said. It )niut-d out that hud the ear ko f Mdern construe -liou thev uauUl not have been t$ triil li J i re, and it Would h.i Ikui jKiiliJe to t,u' wore lne, THESE MEN PRESIDE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION MARTIN H 'G-LVNN OLLIL JAMES E AS Offensive in Southern Front Makinn Steady Headway Czar's Forces Cross Border to Attack Lemherg Austrians Make Stand North of Czernowitz. I'KTItonitAI). June l.'.. More than l.'O.OOll men have Iidou captur ed by the Ilnssiniis tlutiiiK the rtffcns ive inovemont on tha Vidh.Miinn ami Otiliciuii fninls, it was officially an nounced today. The following statement wan given eut: "SiippJeuionturv reiHirl givo the c.Mict number of prisonera taken us one jrencrnl, three couinutndei's, 2107 officers, A dwlors and 150,1)00 men, We iiImi have eadured 1IKI eaiiuon, 'Jill! mnehine kiiiis, l.lfl bomb throw ers nml '.i2 mine-thrower-.'' In their offeiixivu on the eastern front the Iiiismiuim m appareutly nmkitur steady heatiway, althnush still soma distance from J.emberr, their iinuiodiate olijectivo in flulieia. Last iuMiH place them just aorosa the bonier, oiu fifty mile north of the city. In Uukowinn, Ciernowitz, tba ep ital, appawutlv ia out off from all direction but the 011(11. ItmtLI.V. June 15. lluiaiau troopg in dens format ioa attackwl the Ten tonie linns near Pracwloka, but were repulaotl by Clenerul Von Itothiner's troiM, it was aiinouneetl by army headquarters today. Aiistiluni .Mul.e Stand HRKUN. June 15. Aushian troops in Bukouiua are tnakinx a stand uorth ol I'zeruowitx anil alto (Continued on paga two.) RUSSIANS m 0. ON IR flHftJff nCIUMPDATQ 10 NOMINATE THIS EVEN! Olllc James Elected Permanent Chairman and Speech Brinns Eitih tcen Minutes' Demonstration of Ap provalCalls for Bryan, But the Commoner Disappears Wilson and Marshall to Be Named Tonight to Head Ticket Platform to Be Adopted Friday. COMSKL'M, St. Louis, .Inno 15. The democratic national convention today changed Km proRram and agreed to make iiomluatonR for president nnd vice proildont toulKht Instead of tomorrow. The rulOH worn amended and the convention adjourned at l:i"J p. in to nlno o'clock toulRht to remain In continuous hobrIoii until nomlnatnn aro made. AVI tli one demoiiHtratlon after an othor today tho democratic conven tion refilntored 11b approval of Pres ident WIIhou's conduct of forelKti af fairs which nan kept tho country ut peaco. 18 Minutes Uproar When I'ortnauent Chutriuan Jamoa recounted the diplomatic achieve ment of tho proaldeut In the. nci;o tlatlons wltli Oormauy tho conven tion launched into an olKhteim inlii uto uproar of marchliiK, chcorliiR anil wavliiK of flags, in which William J Mr nit from Ills seat In tho press section Joined. Thero wore colli for a ipoocli from Hrynu but ho had slipped out while tho domotistratlou was xoIiik on. Jerry C. South, elork of tho house of roprosoutattvos, a delegate from Arkansas, announced that bo would ratio a point of ordor If consent were askod for Hrynu to spoak. iKlovon o'clock, the hour for tho convention io bo In order, passed with tho Coliseum only partly filled. The baud played the nntMiyphen ioiik. "Don't Kite tho lltuitl Tlmt'R KeodhiK You," and a male quartet sang tho chorus. The crowd cheerodi Taiiios as Chairman The committee on permanent or ganisation at a mooting moanwbllo formally namod Senator Olllo Jamos of Kentucky ns permanent chairman, J. llruco Kreiuer of Montana, por mauont secretary, John I. Martin of St. Louis, permanent sergeant at arms, and recommended that all other tomporary offlcon of tho convention be made pormanent. (William J. Ilryan got a warm re ception when he took his seat In tho prees stand. Delogato and gallor ioa Joined In cheers and applause. A soloist in the bandstand sang "Wake Up America," the preparedness song, as Mr. Ilryan was taking bis seat. ItUSOllllloilS 1'ostpOIKNl Senator William J. Stone, chairman of tho resolutions committee, this af ternoon postponed the meeting of tho full committee on resolutions from 3: SO to 8 o'elock this evening. In tho moantliuo tho ftub-eommlttee on resolutions will continue its deliber ations. Suffragists fighting for an equal rights plank In tho democratic nation al platform today regardod the reso lutions subcommittee appointed last night as none too favorable to their eausc. Only three of Its mombon, (Continued on page six) Tom Marshv.1 6X.PECTS TO 3e Vict- 9 VV .J d v Ts..iBy JjlJ'Vf p:?.tWT, THE DEMOCRATIC - V -aaiiiiiiBaBMMsjff rV.,.-.1fffci . r J ' i TELLS OF NARROW ESCAPE IN WATER r.riiMCA, June 1'.. -Mix Vein Ailnms, 1(100 Fir-t avoniie, Seattle, who win, (imoiiir tlioe hiiuled at Cupo Town, tells tliis aor : "Tho Hear struck with a shock like mi earthquake and then beirau to iliruto like u lonf iieiululuin, mliiMK in the awoll. l'nssengeii urowdeil on deck, but there wat no groat ex citement. Some of the women and children were crying. "Ten boat w;ere put over the aide, but none of them lelt the Hear until two hours after we si nick. Women nnil eliildicn were put into the bouts first. The son eauglit tho firt life boat and awumr it under Hie stern of the Hear, hut the other took bold and it pot away. It was half a mile away when the wines caught it in a sudden flurry. A mooient later we aw it upside down and all the tlurt or more pnasenaer tloiuidoriug in the water, 1 am sure not one was saved. "Our boat was the third nway. The swell running in and out dragged it back nnd forth. The men at the oar worked desperately. Wo wore get tiiifc tilnnjr fairly Hell wlion a big wuu twisted the boat from the con trol of the rowers and another fol lowed it. The boat went over anil we all were spilled into the water. "We eluug to the titles of the boat. Some of the pas-engcrs were dragjunl away and then flung- back again. An ally the men righted the boat and pulled mb hi. "They began rowing, but a stMoul time we weie upset. gave up hope, but suddenly felt the grrmud under me ami scrambled through the surf." ,(& i'WMrwan .9. . i rcuARue LConMOelV'J .BWTOtt. BE SR fJHPW -"v - . i K.S l iK 'jSz TIIIM'TVH UK UT TOXKillT N i PACKAGE EXPLODES i WRECKING CAR HITTK, Mont , June l.'i.-A bomb contained in a mclimc in one of the mail jioiiuIkn that huh being trans ferred from a Hiiibnulon t ruin to tha Oregon Short Line here todnv exphul etl ami wrecked the Oregon Riant line mail ear. The package, it is be lieved, wait add i eased to the governor of Utah. An iiiVHstigatiou of the iretwe of the bmiib in tho mini is being muds by the federal authorities here. I'ost. iruislor Ihil OmhIwui, who has gath ered Hcees of the bomb and the tai'knge in which it wiik liidiiM, eg. piecd the belief that the infernal miK bine was iiddie-cd to the gover nor of I'tuh. Tills n -ei I ion is bus ed upon examination of tatteretl parts f the iuipi'1' lciiiiiir. TENDONS ON TEDDYS E NKW YOltK, .Line 1 . The X-ray examination made to determine the eoiidltloii of Theoiloie noeelt, who suffered it u attack ot paiu in his side estenlay, ifucloseil that several small tendons attached to oue of Ilia ribs had siiapjHtl, the colonel told in quirers today, lie said that his pjiy iviau had assured him, however, that (he injury, d(ie to his ioleut cough ing, was not seriouH and would heal iin a few day- if he remained quiet. EX.GOV. GWKtt Of H.V, M.va(5 tMtU"&S.. BOMB I af 1 ucrVtW r tv -war s ONE-RING CIRCUS! PLATFORM DRAFT OP 10 COMMIT! AT NIGHT ST. J .01'IS. Mo., June .V- After u three bour' KiHiiou todav members of the democratic contention sub committee mi icMilutious, which is drafting the platform, announced that a tentative draft probably would be completed bits todav for eonsid eratinu bj the entire committee. (cp. reaontative Haiuey of Illinois, a uiein bar of the snb-eumiflittee, aaid the Itftilalhe draft would contain a wom an suffrage plank at least hn strong a thut contained in the repnblienn jJalfoim and expressing the belief of the democratic mrtv thut women should be enfranchised. Tho sub -commit tee had liefitre it mure than 1000 -uggestioiis for (Janks of all aorta. Hundreds of these were laid mid in the preliminary stages and will not lie taken up at all. Copies uf the president's auggeationH for the plat form were given to each member. The original draft brought to St. I .on is b Kecreturv I taker and turned over to rbairnian Stone of the committee, J bail many interlineation in the pies- ident s handwriting. Wheu the siib-cuuuuittee took un the president'a suggestion f"r I'bmk eundemuiug organisation of foreiun born citisens tor at tempts to influ ence international and ilmiietic pol icies a fight develoW that t brent en etl to lengthen its esions. Some Hteuibers were said to be strongly op posed to wiieh u idank. Chuiriuaii Stuue said after the coiiiunUeo bad Ueeu in sexsiwi mure than four hour. that it probably would not he able, as uiigiually pluuued, to complete a tentative dratt befiir night. "NEWTY" KER. . HftS SION5 OF THE FUTURE. SE ON .TSBll. h!ZL& BA fe m S'fcV LiXf J ' i J v-j js. ri j'oftiviin MARAUDERS REPULSED RDER Bating of Hundred Mexican Bandits Cross Rio Grande and Attack the American Border Patrol Near San Irjnacio, Killlnn Two, Woundinn Five Met by Troops I and M of Fourteenth Cavalry and Hurled , Back Over Border, Losing Elrjht ' Dead and Several Wounded. LAUHDO. Tox., Juno 111. Ono hundred .Mexican bandits, nt'osslng over tho ltlo Ornnilo; forty inllot southeast of boro, early today attack, od tho Amorionn border patrol near Snn Ignnclo, killing two and wound ing flvo, according to roportsj, Rent to Fort Mcintosh bore, over the field telephone. Tho Me.xlonns expectod to find an InRlgnlflcant detachment of Ameri cans. IiiBtend, thoy wore mc by troops I and M of tho Hth cavalry, 110 strong, under Major AlonzoXIra)'. They woro hurled back ncroBs tho riv er, losing olgbt tload nnd several wntindod. ItuntlM ItcpuNl The baiitlltH first attacked Troop r. Troop I a short distance, up tlitj .rlyqr boii'rd.)ji shooilntf and hurrlnlt to (ho scone. The attackers lost heart and rctrortlnd southward along tho river, keeping on tho American side for soino dlrttanco befdri cross ing Imck to Mexican soil. Tho attack began at S n.ni, nnd tjin righting lusted About thirty uiluutOB. A bright moon lighted the soeito. Tho Mexicans nttackud the rwir of tin; pu trot's camp, firing tho first shot at a sentry. The names or tho soldiers killed were not reported to miliary quar ters at Fort Mcintosh for the reason that Immodlntoiy after tho attack the. two troops of cavalry started In pur suit of tho Mexicans. I'iii-mio the llandlls It was taken for granted, bora that Major dray wiuld pursue the ban dits until they crossed Into Moxleo and that It would not be aurpilslitK If the Americans should follow tho "hut trail" senna the river. It was Impossible to learn anf- thing of the Identity of the Moxloniut here other than that they were "mere ly bandits." TIiom killed nml wounded were dreaaed In own garb but were except louslly well armed. Other troops of cavalry havo tmou ordered In readlnaaa to proceed to the Ban Ignaclo seetlon either to a alat or to relieve ilajor Clrav's iom maud. ; Word reached here later that ono of the wouuded Amerlean soldlerti shot through the head had tiled. Tim latest Information says that eight of the Mesleau raiders wore hlllod ami forty-two horses captured (n the pur. suit. Colonel Itrowg h&K roqueetod eouuty efflcialt: to want all Mexicans on ranches neur her to get away from the river. 10 I SAN FRANCISCO. June IS. QffU eers pf the San Francisco and 1'ort IbmiI Steamship company, owners of the wrecked iteamer Uesr, say they art unalde to aecouut for the acci dent. U. L. Ulalr. general manager of the caiupRBy, said teday: "I am completely mysitfUd a to what caus ed the accldeut. The captain Is one of the oldest aud most experienced oh the coast .xnd we bate the utmost ooiiridinr. tn his ability. Wo uio dolux cm rthing we can for the com fort uut convenience of the surviv ors who were taken to Kun k.i Mr. ulalr added that m lomimint ration had yet beeu had with Captain Nopauder who Is standing b bis UN fated vessel wiiu tbreu ot the crew, ON