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MEDFORD OKKOON, AVKPXKSDAY, JULY 1L 1910
NO. 95
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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.)
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FINAL TRIBUTE PAID
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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TAKES
TURN
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Germs Discovered
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is said to be the best treatment yet
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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
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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.
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