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VjnWrritv of ore Medford Mail Tribune FORECAST TUESDAY I Wilt AND WAItMKIt WEATHER Mux. VfM. "H, Mill. tislny .It IVc. OH; tolnl storm .18. u li ym Forty-sixth Year. PIH nterntli Yar. MEDFORD OKKCIOX. MONDAY. .J TNT, If). 191(5 NO. 7(5 A LIZED FOR "Mfc imtv. f Hi SERVIC I v ' m m tr S if 1. wf jR ISnTADVTfl 1 L flu I u BE HELD FOR EMEnfNCY 100,000 Now Umlcr Arms as Reserve Force Men to Be Held at State Mobilization Points Until Mustered Into Federal Service If Entire Force Is Not Desired, Units Not Scr.t South Will Be Granted Fur lourjh Trouble Reported at Ma zatlan Between Sailors and Troops WASHINGTON, Juno 10 A ios. ( Jul ion making immediately frlivi llii- niililiii draft .provision of llio now nriny toorgiuiixHtinn liill, under which gimrd-meii consenting to take the federal outh would lie available for service anywhere immediately bun lawn prepared by war tlojMii tmtiit of ficials mid Chuirman liny of the house militaTy committee. Il may bo presented to congress today. Response fiimi governors of the Mate In President Wilson's roipiost In cull tlic guard for service on (lie Mexican border rHliii the war de IMiiltiH'iit tiKiay in rapid succession. Ily I ho tbn Rcerutary linker wax ut his desk evonleon state had been baril from, announcing Hint mobil ixntion wan in pi ogres. Oregon wrn tilt' I'ilst sUttO 10 reftfMIKll. .Mllllla Mntillllm;. The men will Ih held at -talc mob ilization )hiIiiIn until mustered into tin' federal service. If I In- entire force is not immediately desired for border ervice the units nut sent south probably will be grunted fur lough. Il i certain, however, Unit the en tire force, the minimum strength of which Mill Im upwards of 100,000 nioii. will Ih hold under ami foe two weeks or a month white tin' processes of muster into the federal service ami of equipment are being worked onl. Only drilling and recruiting will be in nttler among militia orgunixutinn for I ho present. All must bo mus tered into federal service, taler they will bo M'lit to the boi titer for patrol duty, releasing ahoul .10,000 regulars for service in Mexico if war oelttolly develops. Additional wnrshiM also were get ting ready today to hurry sooth and Miami bv Mexican port lo protect Americans. Secretary Daniel, after Ihe mili larv order was issued lul night, or dered seven destroyer and nine other small vessel to join the Amcriinn warliip ttlrrndv in Mi'iean wntoi. S Offenslw I'liiiiiu'd. Xo oriViiie titlark on ilexii'o i rontiMiiplatod. I'ivideiit WiUon onlv wanU Nlromjrr furoox lo defend the border n(raint bandit rniiN, nnd to be prepared should Canauji troop i-arry out tbeir tlueato to' trike at Auieii' no totre eugaged in ehaing liaudil- outh of the border. t "haii men Chamberlain ami JIuy of the enate- and houe military eom initlee were summoned to the white hoiie for a. eonforewee early in the dav. "I have felt all aJong that we would lie loreed lo intervene," aid Senatoi ( lininUerlain when the eull came. "The Mexieun (teople o lurjfely ignorant- -bae a notyui that they etui whip u, and it ill he neeMir (( iiiitiniied on l'aye Two.) ikli.l l.i. Ii tn l tlll itl .Milfi II . WATl ,, . ' , , 4 .... k i in ilu ai i. irk t,y .in A -irt,i i nun- piarine up ui the An.cni.ui lank steamer IVtiolitc was oiled at t In state department today i t in medi ate i . ii - tik i n to V mm. A. It Sut) .1.1 i ".I i d n . .J An opoJnV tai a Ml junl ri'X'grulion Joe Ihe dam.t."f. UNITED STMES FLATLY REFUSES LI President Wilson Answers Carranza's ' Demand for Withdrawal of Amer ican Forces Reaffirms Frlenly Intentions and Sharply Rebukes Cnrranza for Insinuations. WASIIINCITON', June II). White the whole uoiinli'X' wan nutlr t(ly with the innhilixutinii of (lie unliuual jiunnl for border duty, Pro-blent WiUnn direeted tbut hi reoly rejeet intt Oenerul rurrnn.a'H ileniuml for tbu recall of Amerieuii troops from Mexico no forward iinnicdiately. In rofiwinu to withdraw the troops Iho I'niled Stutes reaflirins the friendly intentions of the fnited Stales lownrd the de facto jjovcrn inenl in .Me.ico and sharply rebukes nenenil ('Hrninzn for unwarranted charge nnd insimiiUioiis of bnd faith contained in bis eouuuunicutinn. The nresident's firm renolvo to keep the armed forces of the I'nited Stales in Mexico until such lime as the Mexican Kovoinincnt indices the border reyiou mi tlioi(iui;lilv that bandit raids into American territory are impossible is understood to he clear'-- stuted in the note. XotV Dlspatehed Todjiy. SeeretuiT l.ttiwinu tuinoiiuced (lint the note wilt be ilispHtclicd during the day, but would not (linen its leitHH or say bow it would be tron initliHl. It had been planned to send it by sM'cial messenser to the .Mexi can capital. Itoeent developments along the hoiiler ami (ienerul Tre viuo's waniiim to (lenernl 1'eivhimr, however, en used the widoni of this plan to Im doubled, and (here were indications toduv that Ihe reply would iro by telejiinpli to SHeial Atrenl ItiHliters in Mexico City for deliverv lo (ienerul Cairnnxn. While these diplomat ie tepn were in process a force of nntionul jsuiirdsineii which will not be less than 100,000 xtronir and may e.xoepd that number bv man" thousands, whs In'ini; must ei ed into the service of the luiled Stales. (ioernorn of all stales hail reolied (let'oiv noon tmlav lo instructions sent last uixht that tbeir allotment of troops he immediately eulled out. In each instance Seerctarv linker was informed that Ihe men were nnninir nnd iroceediu to their mobilization Munts. Navy ruder Orders. Prom both eoiist also additional nuval csseU weie under oiders to proceed ! Mexican walei-s for the re lief of Americans who may y at her from the interior. Only liitht craft and lrnnwirU are ciiuubwI in this service. If nec essary they will he able to u" into sbullow wiiteit after refugees, foii sidemlile anxiety in felt for the snfet of American eituens. of whom there still aiv about 'lOnfl in Mexico. Kliseo Arredondo, Mexican ambas sador desitcnute, submitted to Secre tary Laitsintr a resirt of a elah at Maiatlan yestenlnv between Moxican aoldiers and a boatload of men from hii American truuboai. Later n fonuul request from Gen eral Currunxa was transmitted, uiv Ui(f that ho men from foreign war ships lie (lermitted to land, ovpu un armed, during the present disturbed slate of public opinion. Admiral Winslow i trxinu to reach the Ann aMili h radio for a reMrt ou the incident. VI. r.HHO, trx . June 18 - The Carranra information Iiureau at Mexico City, ired the Mexican con ' .. .... sulate In Kl Vdo toda that the manager gnd directors of the Hank of London and Mexico in the capital had been arretted for refiulnc to re- itc tie fftv to iiaiMf iJOnev in thg eitSCirnjt of ft, ilO'C ' ft, t&ilYtl CU-.gny. t A AM U. S. ARTILLERY LINED UP IN A strunger diopped suddenly into the northern pint ol Mi sum would li.ic rot much trouble getting Ihe idea Ihe I'nited States is nctually at war. AittHiix i- -tati." t .1 jiIiid the hut ut i nuiiiiiiuicatiou from the border to (lenernl Pershing's headipiarlers m leul.ir urm .'m.i ''i., jTIt-t i -lio- pmt ol the artillery. (Ienerul Peibing has taken every precaution to protect In- line m nt mHiiiealion tiom mMiig bandits and nt the same lime is (-ivniu his troopers tr.'iniii" in .iitillen I't.olie. MOBILIZATION OF COASI IS SAX FKAXC'ISCO, June 19.--Mo-hlllMitlon of the Xntlounl (lunrd In all tho Pnclflc eonit Rtatcti wtn In full rwIiik today. In a few iliiyn ap proxlmntely !)000 mllltlnmon will be gathered In tho mobilization rump of California, Oregon. Washington, Idaho and Montana, roady for ner vine on the .Mexican border.- ' California will have approximately 1000 men ready to entrain for tho noutli within four da', Oiohoii ex iwt to he Hbhn to Mud I Six) iiihii .. nrc.mrj. uuoa im. ihmih rallml on for 17 IK guardemen. Ida- It t.r-l.i......... i no quniH it auoui louo ami .Mon tana STS. In all the towna and cltlet of the wen whure mllltla rompanle are lo cated, commanilort today wore but) ' gathering their men. Ily nightfall ; manv will he inurclilnic iwiv lo Hie1 niolillliatlon eampa, practlcHlly full) oquipuod. Tho California comimnlex will mo liillii) at tho state fair groundi at Sacramento. Although Oregon'! mllltla lack 100 nion to make up the 1X00 re aulrwl, Adjutant deneral White stated today recruiting up to full loglmautal strength would roqulre hut a few days. Recruiting offices for guardsmen were opened In Port land last iilaht at 10 o'clock and by one o'clock this morning over twen ty men had enlisted. The Oregon quota consists of one regiment of Infantry, one troop of cavalry and one battery of field artillery. The lnfantr regiment and troop of cavalry are full recruited and ready for service. KEEP OLD JOBS E SAI.KM, June id ('onunentiuK on the inolilllaHoii of the Oreaoii National (lnurd, (iovernor Jamex Withy co ule said today that men who surrendered their positions to go to the front ought to be assured by their employers that their positions would be awaiting them upon their return. "Xot only that." continued the governor, "but where need be, I think, employers would do well to help out (amllles of enlisted men who might need such help." PORTLAND. Juue 19 Practically all the railroad companies having of fices la Pertland. together with the I'oriiana iigni aau rower companv , and other public irrvlce and prHate corporation, snnouacrd today that all their employ tho ?,o wy elth the militia aould rave th time mj sltlons open to them when they re turned. Several announced that they would help support families of sol diers In need. A few announced that their "!!( cniplowit would neeite half i'iv .iiirin- tin ii ii.iiitii cri 4 TROOPS UNDERWAY F OR OR GON MILITIA BATTLE ARRAY FOR PROTECTION COUNTVONMOLTKE AI OF VON DER GOLTZ LONDON', June 10. The death of Lieuteniiut (Ienerul Count Yon Moltke ut the memorial amice lo Field Marshal Von Dor Oollr. yesterday occurred junl after lit had delivered an eulogy of the lute' distinguished soldier, neoording to d!lntelie from Ilmiiii fonvsjidtsl by U Coiwuhiigcnl eorresHimlent of tho KxebangV Teh. graph company, Oenc-nl Von Mollke had pronounc ed Pield Marshal 'on )cr (loltx one of the world's greatest organizer, in I " )t.K1,mjntf iJh d,llt. wu. )ie M.. ,., iM ,, W ,,,,. (, ,.;,,, ,,. sMech, hut fell to the Moor and ex pired fiM- minutes later. WASHINGTON. June 10. - Aii of ficial ol the Mexican i inhiisy culled at Ihe state defMirlmetit early today and left a communication for Secre tary I rinsing. Xo intimation as to its contents wa divulged either ut the embassy or tho dcpnitmeut. It was learned that Ihe einbussy acted on telegraphic iimt ructions from Mexico Citj. Some officials thought the communication probably it request font prompt reply to (len ernl Curranaa's note demanding the withdrawal of Auieriiiu troops tiom Mexico. The secretary woiiulit an enmiL'e niennt with Kcorefnn Luusinc lor tin American designate. Lliseo Arri'don do, but was informed that Mr. I..in sing was cn lnis ,iik was inakiii'. lio .1 1 !) Illlllflit tol I'll' llll. I TO MADRID, June l'l The Spanish Press association iod,i rcceiwd a cablegram sent on Ixluilf of the Spanish colony in Mexico City iirginu Kiug Alfonso to take .iction to pie vent war between the tailed States ami Mexico. The selcctiou of the king to uittilrnte the differences be tween the count i as i- -uggested. WAHIIIXJiToN I m.. 19 Senute: mrt t noon Adlounnd ji I: i'i ii m. to noon Tud? oui of rriii to late Sena tor Hurlrili of Maine Hourf Ut at 1 1 a m. Pansed bin incraliiK pensions of i ivii war m1itts o $-' a month j fa Ai4 fiinjrj ll A i', io.iiiin,n FUNERAL LANSING TOO BUY TEE ARREDONDO nAV in nnwRRFftf? H-MiHWaiHscaHiWBnBVBHsrswaOT im mm AGAINST MEXICAN BANDITS ! OF T WAl'KKtlAX, 111, June 13 -It was tho expectation that the evidence ot tho state In tho cnae of Will II. Orpot, churned with tho murder of Marlon Lambert, would ho concluded this week. Olive lUninusscni. an- other 4r tjio IS glrla who nttoudml Marlon's birthday party l'ehruary C, three (lays before her death, was tho first witness when the trial was re sumed today. Several other girls testified that Marlon was an unusually ohuorful and happy girl. None thought that Marlon and Josephine Davis had been alone together during ihe party. The glrla were railed lo (lie Htand to Impeach Josephine's testi mony thai Marlon told her she was o unhappy and worried about Orpel that she might kill herself. Percy Iugland, an undergurdner emploed on the MrCormlek estate under K. O. Orpet, father of the de fendant, testified that there was cyanide of potassium In the green hou In February and that young Orpet knew It. It was In crystal form. On February 1 1 on Instruc tions from the elder Orpet, the wit ness? threw It Into Ihe ash heap. This was five da) a after the death of Marlon. Three weeks previously Mr. Orpet had ordered him to throw the poison away, as It had lost Its strength, hut l.oimland neglected to do ao. PERSUING PLANS T COLIMIIIH. X. M , Juue !. Notwithstanding the threat of (Jeue ral Trevluo to attack him If he moves lu any direction other than toward thu border, General Pershing, field commander of the American expedi tionary column In Mexico, Is said to be quietly lay lug plana for quick dauea north and south at the first sign of open hostility. Ills plans, it Is believed by close obeervera, here, are to gain posaesalou of portions of the Northwestern railroad, which practically commands the territory adjacent lo his line of communica tion. General PershiiiK is In receipt dally of information regarding de facto uoverument troop movements Natives, treated kindly by the Ameri cana, have voluntarily supplied valuable Information. CHAPIYIAU VOLPLANES PROW 4000 FEET HEIGHT COMMiirK, N. M-. Jum.1m.Col uuel I'Iiiiihuuii, pilot inir an army bi- Iplone, voluluited from au ultitude ol ptIMUl feet near here luda mid sul len l il IIIPIMI Hi I - in 111.- il. , III. 1 1 i e i if. d) JV fll' I I ,1.1,1. OS THROWN AWAY AFTER DEATH MBS LAIER 0 SEIZE RAILROAD ALLIED ATTACK KOVEL'S FAN FROM SALOIf I in ii. .. n BEGINS IN JULY Poor Condition of Serb Army nnd Outbreak of Cholera on Its Arrival Delays Long-Planned Offensive Against Austria Army Is Practi cally Remade in Interval. SAI.ON'IKI, Mny V.S (ontrospoiul enee of ihe AHoeinled I'ress.) The allied offenalve in Mnefdnnla. origin ally scheduled for mid-May and post poned on ftprouut of the condition of Ihe Serbian army uu its arrival in Corfu, is now coufidcnlly aulioipaled (o begin ut lite end of June or ut the Intost early In July. The outbreak of cholera among the HfihiiuiN on their urrivnl nt Corfu proed a serious dieudwtutnge. It mnde their lmusHirt to Salnuiki in time to paiiieiate in an offensive in May hnpnssiljlo, Moreover, it reduc ed their tiiunbnrn very muleriully; n vrent many more Scilis died lliiiu will ever be known, not simply of cliolern, but from enlcrognst litis, maluutri lion ami sheer prostruliuu. SerlM lu I lad .Shape. The Seibinn nrmy wus in far worse sliupe ufler its rollout through Al bania (ban bud been snppoaed. The entire force ncuduil full re-eqiilpnient mid the reenilts from Serbia and the volunteers ftnui Amerien required drilling. Marshal I'utnik was no longer physically able to command mid ninny of the leading officers were dead or loo worn by their last hard ships to continue active service, and H new set of officers luul to be chosen. All of this demanded lime. The idea of uny offensive from Sal oniki in Muy was therefore given up and the work of remaking the Serbian army was pushed as rapidly as poa sible. This deoisinti, however, entailed an alteration in the general plana of the allies. Instead of striking a first blow in the Itolkuns to drawer iho flerinan reeervea from the weal front while h decisive uelion was being planned in Frunre. il was decided (o make the Miieoilnnmn offensive of Ihe allies coincide with instead of pteeode the general allied offensive on all fronts, generally upHed to be scheduled for midsummer. 1110,000 Peril Tioops There are now l.'IO.IMlll first-class Seibiau troops in Macedonia. Al ready they have begun to take up their positions on Ihe frontiers of tbeir unlive lauds, from the Vnidar west n Lake l'resin. Some objection was at first raised to the occupation of ihe first line I rem lies ,v the Herbs. Ii was said that Ihe Kerbs hud suffered enough mid that every Kerb in good (ihysioal condition was needed to re-establish (he Serbiuu ruce, so nearly annihilat ed by (ho present ami the two pre vious wars. Ou this mtint I'rinee Regent Alex ander was firm. "How can we re enter our fatherland?" he said lo the Associated Press correspondent, save as conquerors f Of what avail would it be to nerpeliiule a race con tent to lot others do their lighting f The offspring of one S-rb who has been a hero is worth au bundled of tliose who. bein' able to fivhl, have stopped .il holiii' " OF OAI.VK8TOX, Tex , Juue IV -The Mexican government In Yucatan hu Issued a preelamfttlou ordering ull Americans out of Xesico and declar ing a state of war existing between thu two countries, according to pas Mugers arriving here this morning on the Norwegian at earner Nils from Hrogreao. Americana and foreiouero "ie ociiik lUfecll ou lioui'il on iiOtl- "uisi.ii final. si. P.'vtiome ORDER AMERICANS OU YUCATAN cjtttcmcnt ja csi( taie&. nuw hi ur LAV ORIV Russians Take 3000 Prisoners at Czernowitz Heavy Fllitlntj Is in Progress In Stockhotl-Styr Ger mans AliUng Austrlans In Attempt to Halt Invaders Russians Super ior In Number German Attack on Verdun Front Repulsed Bom bardment Continues. lM-rrKOnitAD, Juno IP. tin Lon don. The Russians took :ll)0il pris oners in the oily and vicinity C Caornowitz, the war of flue announc ed Indny. , MliltMN, Juno m.Huuvv figbtin ie in progioas betweon tlio llusmnnn pushing toward ICovol nnd the Teu touie foi-ees oppoaing (linm in tlio Stoekhoil-Styr wicloi', tlio wnr offioo nnnoiiueoirtttidny. Tho lttissiau nt laeks, the nlfiloinuiit 8nys, hnvp been partly ropulsed by iuohum of sueeoss. fill couiiler-nltMchH. Ileny l'lglitliiK In I'mgress. LONDON', .linmU. IJoaV fijhi iug lid ween the Ituasians ndvunitiiiK lownnl Kovcl and lite OorinnnB under Von Liiisingen is reported by Ilia llor liu Tageblatl's correspondent at Aus trian headquarters, according to nil Amstenlam dispatch to tho K.xe)mugn Telegraidi company. The Hussiuim are in superior numbers and the dis patch asserts that tho Tageblntt no count of the fighting is worded so hm lo spare Berlin Ihe news of another Teutonio retreat. v The Tagehlnlt aay Ihe Aii(niins have taken up immmIiiiiik between Ciiernowitx and the Dneister, where they are wailing further Russia n at tacks, lu the middle HtriM aector ou the direct line to Lamheix. Ibe Her man, Count Von Itotlnuer, is repoiliut na maiulaiiiiiiK bis advance agninsL heavy piessure by the Ituaaiana. On Vei-tliin I'liint. I'AltlS. June 10. A Qevmau in fantry attack on Ihe Frentdi po-itieit north of I till :i'21 was reimlaed bv the French batteries yewtorday, accord ing lo all official statement iasusil by tho war olfiee twlay. The Hermans are ctmtiuiiiag their bombardment at Dead Man Hill ami in the ObaUau eourt region. I'ARIK, June 10. The llavgn eor- resMindeut at Sahmiki tlHgrpbe that news has just beeH reaelvtHi there that Bulgarian Dwipe hi (lu region of Fiorina am) Mowiatir hnre begun an advauce. ' i Hffoct In Itiiiuiuilii. . '' I'AKIK. June 1 (.--What wttl IIh. mania dof" i. the key not a and thu headline on all comment in ill morn ing newHpajKT. on the aaiititre of Caeruowitx by the MnaoigMa. Al thoug forecasted some titae ago, I bo uews has bsu received with enUlua iasin. All the newspapers agrte tkftt the didumutie results of til fall ef Csemowita fur exeoeiui it ettatog ieal imMirtunce. II is iHiiutel out i bat the city is (he capital of Huko wina. the unredeeuiel pmvinee of Kiimuuia, which was priNuisetl to tho laiier eoiiutrv in the event of lior (UlllILT Ibe lilllcs. Hiikowinu lilt's twice !. lime.! a pin t of Itiiinauia. CALLED 10 S BY poses QIUYUAS. JXeiiooli. June 10. 1 liy radio to San Diego. Cal. Puetera cultliii: all Mexhaus to arms were dla I.IjmiI tinoui:liout i lu l'U toilav ami also, tt uu- reoitvi.l, lu thu lnurlor, . i