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;i Ureflon Medford Mail Tribune FORECAST IMIU TOXIC I IT ANIITIiritSDAV WEATHER ."Minimum Yesterday 07; 1 1 ."Minimum Today ."H. fr m I Forty-sixth Tear. Ttwllv- llloypiith Your. MEDFORD OKKOON, AVKPXKSDAY, JULY 1L 1910 NO. 95 Un!v-Mtv V, i it RESISTANCE BY TEUTONS IS STIFFENED Germans Dent British Advance Line ' and Halt Russian Attempt to Cross Stream at Kovcl and Renew As sault Upon Verdun All Advan tajicous Positions In Plcardy Oc cupied by Allies Heavy Battles In Progress East and West Fronts. German resistance to tho Hrlttah nffonMvo nlong tho Soiiimc took tho form lnnt night of strong counter attacks which nt Mnmctz nnil Troncs Wood innilo donts In tho linos estab lished by General Halg's nriny. The French liavo not resumed tliolr offensive In tho Soiunio region Purls .roportlnR that tho night Micro hubs vd qulotl)'. Thoro has boon notnblo activity In tho Verdun Bcctor. Tho crown prlnco's troo))a struck nt tho Kronen In tho vicinity of Dead Mnn'n Hill, but woro ropulBod, according to tho French report. Tho Italian offensive has been pushed rccontly along tho Isouzo. Tho Austrian, according to an un confirmed report through Paris, havo evacuated Toluilno. A German Hiibinarino bombarded Srnlumi harbor on tho English couHt last night, killing ono woman, but causing no property dnniago of con- seauonco, nccording to the Hrltlsh an nouncement. Horlln announce! a raid by two (lerinau noroplnnos on Calais .Monday night. lliltMi (.'alii Ground LONDON, July U. Although tho extent of the ground which has been gained by tho IlrltlHh offensive Is not great, lliore Is general satisfaction In Kuglaud at tho success attained bv the army of (Ionoral Ualg during the twelve days of fighting and tho belief oxlsts that tho advantageous positions now onctiplod will make pos. slblo greater aohlovomonts. Tho cap- turo of Contaluialson, Mamotz and Trones wood, gives tho Hrltlsh a lino running almost duo oast and wost, so that the (ioniums to tho north can be attacked cii tho flank when tho guns ar0 brought up for the second phaso of tho operation. To tho south of the river the Fronch aro In n po sition somewhat similar to the Hrltlsh and likewise can attack tho Gorman flank south of Ilolloy and Kstreos. For the momont, howovor, tho two armies are engaged In repairing tliolr new positions. 1'iglitlng Klseulicro I.Meanwhlle tho (iormang renewing the attacks on Verdun, havo captured Damloup battery, which thoy hold for a time nt the beginning of June. This position Is tho point farthorost from Verdun In tho French lino of defonso so that Its loss is not taken seriously by the Fronoh command. In tho east the Russians aro en gaged in hoavy battlos In tho oxtremo northwestorn oornor of Hukowlnu, where they aro inflicting furthor do- fonts on tho army of General I'flan ser. now cut off from Gonoral Von Dotlimer's forcoe to the north, and also along tho Stokhod rlvor, whoro the Austrlans and Germans are put ting up formidable roslstanee. The Stokhod is a shallow river, but inarslioa on olther side lmpode movo moats of troops and guns. Across tho river fighting is in pro- (Continueil on Page Two.) a t FINAL TRIBUTE PAID IT PORTLAND. Ore., Jul 12 Final tribute to the memory or Lieutenant Henry R. Adair, who was killed In the skirmish -lth Mexicans at Car rlMl, was paid here today, by thous ands of persons. Ills body arrived Irem HI Paso lust night, and this meriting was removed to the armory, where it ia in state This afternoon a milium roitege escorted the tod to St St. j hens cathedral, where f merI services were heid Intern jt en' wit p in Rivruipw etueer II! DECLARED ONSTELTRUST IN MINNESOTA Haywood Issues Proclamation Four Men Killed in Riots Situation Rivals That in Colorado Gunmen Protecting Mines Seventeen Thousand Employes Affected, DUI.UTH, Minn., July 12. Klir.u- bcth Gurley Klynn, I. W. V. speaker and organizer, is in Dulutli todny and is expected to leave for the strike zone in the Minnesota iron ranges to assume an active part in tlio strike there, probably this afternoon. The appearance of Miss Flynn and William I). Haywood's "dcclnrntion of war" against the United States Steel corporation and independent mining companies of Minnesota, which declaration is in putt an or ganized appeal for funds witli which to continue the strike, were this mornings elnel developments here. Hiir posters, headed, "Dee! oration of War," and signed by William D. Haywood, appeared on the streets here with (lie coining of Miss Flynn. Four Men Killed Four men havo been killed in elastic between striking miners and doputv sheriffs! on the iron ridgo near this city, where capital and labor aro drawn up in battle formation and labor leadeis say (lie striko will be bigger than the Colorado strike of 1111.1! Tliev claim the Minnesota branch of tho United States Steel corpora tion is even more bitterly opposed to organized labor than were tho capi talists of Colorado. Deputy sheriffs are protecting Hie property of the steel corporation. The strikers are armed and Gov eruor Itiiinquist has ordered the sheriff of St. Louis count v to "ar rest forthwith and take before mng istratos, preferably at Dulutli, nil persons wlio have participated or are, pnrtioiming in riots." Fighting With Gunmen The steel trust, according to labor leaders, is fighting the strikers "with gunmen, detective, courts and promt. ' Tlie minora about 17,000 are demanding $2.7ii u day for "top men, fc a duv tor miners in dry places, .:t..')(l a day for miners in wet places; tin eight-hour day, abolition of eontract labor, hi-monthlv pay days and immediate pay when dis charged or limiting. Striker say miners in Arizona mid Montana are receiving .fl.ftll a day; that laborers in Itutlo are getting ifl..")!! a day, and harvesters every where aro being paid $-1 a day. In a "declaration of war" issued bv the striking minor, it is claimed that: Twenty thousand minora have lett tin mines. Moie than 7000 have been sworn in. Steam shovel at tho mines are idle and the drill silent. I.alsir Itvulei-s .Tailed Tho tin oo labor loaders who wero arrested havo boon ehurgod with murder. They had been anoted three times before, but hud been hail ed out by friend. The murder charge was made, labor men declare; so a to hold the loaders in jail. Tho funeral of the miner, John A Hoi', was the occasion of a big la- tor demonstration. The striking miners earned a huge banner in (lie funeral procesxion inscribed, "Mur dered by Oliver Gunmen." The Minnesota national guard is now out of state control on account (Continued on page two.) CRAB FEAST ST" ELKS AT BALTIMORE MALTIMOHK, Jul 12. An ex cursioH to Loe Point, on ChesaHako bay, to partake ot a oiab toast there was the big eeut on the program of entertainment for the visiting KJke and their Indie, here for the annual meeting of the grand lodge of the order The x'nd lodge delegates oniinued their buine- -e--iun, but !! innct f. . leir up the dn'- -died ne n i i tn ! ,M tup ,i-t In., it ' .r 'ii i . t tt 1 -Si.' - MEXICAN CHIEF PUIS BLAME FOR BATILE ON BOYD Commnndcr nt Cnrrlzal Gives His Version of Clash With American Troops Says Advance Made Against Warning and Firing De gun by American Forces. DALLAS, Tex., July 12. Kt Pit eltla, official organ of tho ('arrnnzn government, in its issue of July 1, received bore today, prints the offi cial account of the fight between Mexicans and American troops at Carrizul. The report comes fiom Lieutenant Colonel Geuovevo Ilivas, who took command of the Mexiean troops after General Felix Gomoz was killed. The repot t, as made l( General Gonzales at Juarez and sent by him to Mexico City, says: "I have tho honor to report to you that on June '21, at 7 a. in., tin Amcriean foroe composed of 80 or 100 men appeared here. By ijrder of Genoral Felix Gomoz, I wont out to confer with tho commander of said force to leant the object of its pres ence. He said that lie was looking for a gang uf bandits that were in this vicinity. No Itandlt. In Vicinity "I told him that there was no "iing1 of bandits operating in this district, duo to the perfect watchfulness of tho constitutionalist forces. He then said that lie was going to Villa Aim inada to look for a deserter, to which I roulicd that wo had orders not to permit American troops to move in an- direction except toward the north. To wjfieli he roplied that sueli otdors mattoiod nothing to him; that he had orders to pi to Villa Aim- iiiadu and that ho would do so, re cardies of our bullets. "After I hud reported the insult of the intoiviow, General Gomez per sonally went to talk with the Ameri can commander, usking the same questions tlint I had asked a few minutes before, and receiving the same answer. "General Gomez told him that he would regret very much to ho obliged to ooposu the Americans with force, and made him the proposition that he wait tin ee or four hours until the matter could be put before tho mill tary cnmmaiidoi' at Juarez hy tele graph, and an answer received as to whether the Americans could bo per mitted to pass to Villa Ahiimada. ItcfiiMd to Wait "The haughty American comman der leplied that ho did not want to lose iiioiu time and that he would pass over lis. My (Mineral replied that if lie (the American commander) thought ho was able to do so, to try it. "My general letired with his os coi t to whero our troops were, ami the Ameriuaii commander returned to his troops. The American couiinan dor assembled his cavalry and ad vanced them in firing line against our force., who remained in extended line without making an aggiem-ivc movement. "Tho Americans opened fire at a distance of eighty meters, to which our soldiers gallantly replied, joining the combat. The fight was intense and lasted for two hours, in which our first line sustained the enemy's fire with valor. Gome, ftuly Killed "Genera! Gomez having been killed eatly in the fight, I assumed com mand and ordered the advance of the lirt squadron of the second regi- (Continued on Page Two.) roilTLAND, Or.. Julv 12. To manage the republican presidential cMiiijmigu in Oregon, a coalition com mittee composed of nine republicans and live progressives was announced by the republioan state central cojji tuitttM here today. Among its mem bers are S. S. Smith, Medford, K. H. Hcnuann, Itoehurg. Wilhard L. Mark-. Albauv. ail nt whm are re publK.ins. and AUel K (lurk and Vr t i n r Mooltun pr'j.rc--c- ot for, nd SMITH TO MANAGE G. 0. P. CAMPAIGN Infantile Paralysis V ', . .4bH1111111W!7"P5' a samma I V i s " SrJvviT '4.1 !" LViV.W 1 fl ' 5 VWWMfMtffttfMWfW,Mt,sM, Treatment of babies for infantile paralysis in tho opidemie in New York litis called out an enormous corps of doctois and muxes. In this pholo a doctor is shown injecting senna into the spine of on infected baby. In some eases electrical treatment is gion, in others u Kuiopean system of massage. Some children roeoxer Iroin the disease, but re main paralyzed for life. Massage found for suoh oases. y EP1DEMI BETTER AT GOTHAM NKW YORK-, July 12 Dosplto tho worst heat wnvo'of tho soason, the epidemic of Infantile paralysis took a turn (or tho better today. During tho 2 1 hours preceding ten o'clock this morning, only soventoon doaths from tho dlseaso woro re ported In tho five boroughs of Now York city. There woro 10 J now ensos. An absolute quarantine against Now York children under 10 yoors w be put Into effect and rigorously enforced In New Jersey today. No children undor that ago will bo al lowed to enter Now Jorsey cltlos from Nw York. Now Jorsoy children undor 10 years of age, will not bo permitted to cross tho Hudson rlvor Into Now York City. This action has been taken by the health authorities of Now Jorsoy to provont, If possible, the sproad of tho epidemic into that state That tho germ of the disease had finally been dieloed by a New Yoik diysiciau was assorted today at tho offices of the hoard of health. The name of the physician was withheld, but it was officially stated that af ter discovering the germ the physi cian had boon able to develop omo virulent "cultures' el the disease. ML LASSEN AGAIN IN ERUPTION AFIER A t HIHt ttHH, KKDDINfl, (al.. July 1J I.asseu I'eak burst into volcanic action again .eterduy, belch ing a gioat column of smoke ami powdered eject a to an esti mated altitude of 10,0(10 feet, aoeoidwgj to tejsirU received today. The.oniptioii wa. the first of gieat magnitude me( OeUdiur '11. An outlireak of ininor im poitaiiee, the last one until yes lei day, obsened Xo wit her 22. Isn I'sak erupted for the first tuue in a long per iod of yen in 5la, lilll. tHHHHtH SAL.KM, Ore., July 12. On a eow plulat that freight rates on salt from Portland to Master n Oregon points aro oxeeslve, the Orwgou public ser vlee commission announced aeday that it would make mii Investigation. Itocauso of the exewlve ratese It is claimed. I'orCsinl df-aH-rs are unaxle to ship alt to ea(rn Oiegon and practiralljJjAll of tt tjtn from s,in rran'"t'' o y m c TAKES TURN F Germs Discovered - 'V A V.'AV.v'. vftttttf""" is said to be the best treatment yet ' I'AUIH, (Tuesday, July 11. Al though the battle in Plcnrdy, which haa been raging for ton days Is ab sorbing most of tho attention of tho Gorman commanders, they wero able today to rovlvo tho strugglo at Ver dun, making some advance thoro and delivering soveral sharp local attacks In tho I.orrnluo and Vosgos soctlons, probably to conceal tho transfer of troops to tho Homme region. Having retained their grip on tho Thlaiimont work, but fulling to de bouch thoiefrom, tho Gormans are now trying to push forward their left flank. Their artillery was busy all day yosterday, all night and this morning thoy worked up the bom bardment to a pitch equal to any that has gone hoforo. Then tho bombard. mont conned, making way for tho In fantry. Ono column sought to work Its way nlong the railroad which runs around Hill .121) towaids the Floury station, situated In the oastorn ex tremity or tho village, but It molted away hoforo tho French fire, as did another rolumii attacking Chapetro wood. Columns doboiieblng from Vaux fort, however, succeeded In gottlug a baro footing after Intense fighting In tho Ktiiulu wood to tho wost and in tho ruined Damloup battery, one of tho subsidiary outer defenses of Verdun, which lies threo quartors of a mile southwest of the village on the edge of tho I.afee plateau. Th advances which tho Germans obtained was not great, since tho bat. (terv Is swept by gnus from Souvlllo i and Ilourwuix WASHINGTON. Jub 12 The bill to establish a national park survive, combining under on0 head the an thorlty now scattered In the Interior and agricultural departments, has been referred In the senate to the committee cu public lauds, where It Is believed an early repart can be secured. The bill has been passed by the house. This bill creates a director of na tloual parks lu the department of the interior and gives the parks a defi nite status looking to their better development. It Is claimed there would be greater economy In oper ation and it will become possible to bring all the parks under something like uniform rules. The bill accepting cesslou by the state of Oregon of exiliislve Jurisdic tion over t later Lake National Pars, recently ixinfil to the houHe has Kone to On n ntiM rooiinittrp on ooi HIT1 e - TEUTONS RENEW GENERAL ASSAULT VERDUN ERONT NATIONAL Pi SERVICEESTABLISHEO PROMS PLAN TO NOMINATE FORD FOR PRESIDENT Auto Maker Choice of Party Leaders If He Will Accept-In Case He Declines, Foss or Hanlcy Are Fa voritesWorld's Peace Court for Platform. CHICAGO, July 12. Ilunry Font of Miuliiguu, will be nominated for president on the first ballot by tho prohibition party nt ilo national con vention to be held in St. Paul, July 18 to 21, if lie will consent to ac cept the honor, in the opinion nf party loaders who held a conference hero today. "I believo Mr. Ford would be the strongest oandidiito we could name," said Hngeno Chiifin, former oandi diito for president on the prohibition ticket, "lie would got many thou sands of labor votes in addition to the sidid suupoit of old-line prohi bitionists." llauloy or Foss If Ford declines to permit the use of his name, the choice will ho be tween J. Frank llanley, former gov ernor of Indiana; Kugene N. Foss, former governor of Massachusetts, and William Sul.er, fonuer govenlor of Now York. At today's oonfoionoo of loaders it was au'ieod that the paitv platform would contain planks indorsing the lollowiug piopesitious: For a world's peace couit for the aibitration of disputes between na tions, For the establishment of depart' mont of peace in the United Stages government. For national woman suffrage. For the initiative, lofereudiiiu and icflnll. For a In riff commission. For national prohibition. For only such military and naval pioaiediiesh as may bo necessary for dofeiiBO, For Woman's Pnity The national woman's witv iiih decide to join forces with tho pro hibition paily in Hie oomiiiir cam paign, according to a statement is sued todny by Mm. Florence Hydo, secretary of the Woman's National Prohibition federation. "There is every reason why the woman's paily should join hands witli tho prohibitionists this yuttr, an wo stand for everything; thoy want," Mrs. Hdc said. FOOTPRINTS TELL STORY OF ORPET'S GUILT SAYS DADY WAl KKGAN. III., Jul 12. Foot prints lett in the snow m Holm's wood, wheic last Fehruarv (lie body of Marion lumbal t was found, told the storv of the 1 raged" more plain ly than words, .State's Attorney llalpli II. Dadv declared today, re suming hu argument in the trial of Will II. Ons'l, charged with murder ing Mis. Lambert. "At the three oaks," said Daily, "OiM't s-isuaded Marion to take the Miison. lie hum unable to stand the light ot her death throes, and his Hacks load oft alone fur Ml feet to u cluster oi four tie. I lei the tracks show how he walked up and down, waiting until be thought she was dead. Then he went back. Tltete is no other explanation for these trucks. He and Marion wore aliMi- lately ulone in the wuhN, and their tracks were still distinct when Fred Weiibau traced theta the next day. If this defendant, as he testified, turned hack he was walkiuv away and returned to the body, we can aveouHt fur that fright cued peeing up and down behind the tour trees only by u miracle." Austrlans Evacuate Tolmino PA It IS, July 11.- According to a dispatch to the Journal foiu the Ital ian' front, the Austrian appear t) Iisno evamated Tolmino on the Ison io front. The correspondent my that the a'tlvltv of the Austrlans In that ngion i ielt less and less. WILSON RIVES FOR RELIEF OF Personal Appeal to Rulers of Bellig erents to Permit Distribution of Foods Prohahlc hy President Ap parently Deliberate Sentence of Death Passed Against People. WASHINGTON, July 12. Prcst dent WHboh today told a largo dele gation of representatives of Polish organizations that ho would mako of. forts to get rollof to tho starving In Poland. U Is understood ho Is con sidering n personal appeal to tho rulcrfl of tho nations Involved, to al low distribution of foods. Tho stnto department already has tuado ono of such appeals to tho governments. Senator Hitchcock Introduced tho delegation, lod by John F. Smulskl. of Chicago, a member of tho Polish Central Itellof Commission. Mr. Smulski told tho prosldont that "ap parently a dollberato sontenco of death has boon passed ngnlnst tho peoplo of Poland." Worries President. noplylng to tho dologntlon, tho president said: "This Is a matter which has engaged my thoughts con stantly, I might say without exagger ation and I do not think thcro Is any matter In which tho atato department has devoted n mora constnnt and re pented offort than that of trying to get relief Into Poland. I know tho terrible conditions, tho tragical con ditions that exist thoro and nobody could know them -without feeling hla heart torn with the knowledge. "Just tho other day wo Issued a special appeal to tho governments to mako concessions and nllow this hu mane thing to bo dono. Now I nm simply up ngnlnst a stono wall In tho niattnr. If thoy do not yield, obvious, ly thore Is nothing I can do. I can not force food In thoro without com plicating tho situation, and without I oonjeeturo, doing groater dlsscrvlco to Poland than so r vice. Hor only frluuds ur0 apparently at n disagree ment. To Hutrt Pressure "Hut I can assuro you that ovory kind of prossiiro that can bo brought will bo brought nnd Is being brought lu tho accomplishment of this object. I doslro ns well ns all thogo associat ed with mo, doslro to holp hor. I was not forgetful of Poland and was not llkoly to ho forgetful of hor." Tho president told tho committee that what Is now needed Is permis sion from Groat Ilrltaln to allow ship carrying food to pass the IlrltlHh blockade and assurances from Gor many that tho food sent from tho United States will not be used for military purposes. HEAVY FIGHTING BETWEEN VILLA CIIIIU'AIIl'A CITY, July li. Heavy fighting Is now proceeding between tiie de facto government troops under General Krnosto Garcia, and a large force of Vllllitas nt Corro Illnneo, some miles below Parral, ao eordlng to dispatches received today by General Jacinto Trovlno. Oeuernl Garcia reported that ho was engaged lu holding tho bandits until the forces under Genoral Mat- tlas IUmoa and Genoral Domingo Ar rlsta, which are now proceeding up the railway from JImluez, arrlvo and turn the scales In the conflict. Gen eral Hilarlo Ilodidguez, ono of tho VlllleU loaders, who Joined Cantuo Iteyes lu surrendering to the govern ment a few months ago. 1ms Informed General Trevlno that he has received a personal letter from Villa, In whloh the bandit ehlef pleaded with him to return to his old alleglonco and to Join him in resisting the "Yankee in vaders " This letter was dated June IS at San Juan Ilautlito. hi his communication to Genoral 'GreUno, tlenoral Hodrlgut stated that he had no sympathy with tho erforts of Villa to divide his country mid was determined to help the Car raiua authorities to restore, order. STARVING POLES A CARRANZSTS w ,.'i I v t 1 i' msi