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ut,Sr "" Medford Mail Tribune 11 FORECAST FA IK TONIGHT AND TO.MOKHOW WEATHER Maximum Yesterday tH; Minimum Today 32, Fortynlxth Tfr. Dully -Klfvcntli Tr. MEDFORD OKKOOX, FRIDAY. ,11'LY 21, 1M( NO. 103 TEUTONSFORCEO ITALY CUSSES MEXICO AGREES 'ALL FOR FRANCE,' FRENCH WOMEN'S MOTTO HANLEY CHOSEN TO TO NAVAL BILL TO LEAD DRYS E :t "it AMENDMENTS TO RET REALONG HANMG lll'ilfi AN FOR PRESIDENT flffi AN m MTH NM ORDER MB DEFEAT u . I p Vienna Admits Russian Smash Has Forced Withdrawal Annlo-Frcnch Offensive Vigorously Pushed, Gains Dcing Made by Both Forces Artillery Active at Vcrdun.v VIKNNA, July 31. Under tho pleasure of nttneks hy the ltus-dans, tlju Aimtro-Hunguriun forces in the legion of tlto Styr mill Linn rivers, north of the Giilieimi lionlor, have been forced lo withdraw to new positions in the region nf Here Htauhk, hh.vh mi official statement. The official statement says: "In the sector nl the mouth of the I,iin, the iinemy attacked after ar tillery preparations wliieh lasted Ktivornl days. His iiilvmiee by way of Worbuu was nrrested. Neverlhe lew, we withiliew onr salient posi tions before a new threatening sur loiinding movement in the region of lierohtteehk.'' Along Nomine Front ' PA1I1S, .July '21. Portions eup tuieil yiHterilay by tlie Fronch south of the Somme were subjected to a vigorous eouuter-attai'k during the night. The Hermans chnrgeil the French linen south of Soyecoiut, lint the war office iinnonnccd today they suffered heavy losses and were iliiveii linck in d'Miidor. A si mug (Ionium detachment uhieh advanced to the attack in the (,'IiuuIiioh region was repulsed with (he Imyonet, Between Soi.-sons and Iiheims the Fionch penetrated a (lorinnn trenoli, (.louring it of its defenders. On the Vorduii front the uitillory was active on both sides in the .vi cinity of riiattanconrt mid Floury. Freneh aeroplanes successfully bombarded stations at CnnfhiiiH, Miirhi-Tour, I.ongnyoii and llrieul loa. t Itl'ltMl HcCOIll (SlllllS LONDON, July 31. Tin llritish Hue uorlh of lUixuiititi ami I.onguo VhI haa been pimhed forward in Foiironux wood, the war office an nounced toddy. The ISritWi drove Hie flonunns from the wood, but lost part of this imsition subsequently. The statement says: "The Itattle continue without in--termission between the l.oipsio re doubt on the west and Oelville wood on the east. North of the Itaentin I.onguovnl line the Hritish advance Iiiih lieeu pushed to Fouieiiux wood, from which we drove the enemy. "During (he night the eneinv ooun-ter-nttHckcd after an intense bom bardment with gn shells, mid uc cci'ilcd in effecting entry into the (Continuod on pago five.) 10 RELIEVE POLES WASHINGTON, July 'JJ.-l'ur. soual uuMHKe wuiu vent by Prusi dmit Wilson today to Kuropomi nil er urfiHft their eu-owrutioji in get ting food uttUua from the United State to the larviug people of Pol and. I', t forts in the smite diioetimi di ittetad through the state derUeiit to the foieign oftiee of the eountries involved uae met with failure. The preahlent desires that Prance, Great Britain and Ituasia allow the peerage of the foodstuff ami that Geio uiul Austria-Hungary guarantee that the food will bu given to the eiviliau MHiitiuN iumI uot mmjhhI by h ratios of OtHttlllfttMHt. The message, which ar idaiitiem. are aiWiel to the king of Kua IftMU, im presweut of rruitiw, W'0 ttwHrur of ItussiH, the tMttwrur of liennany and tae ewjwrur of Auatna Hungary. It i understood tkat ho dafinUn plan is ggfrtUNl, thoogii thu tnd fawt iuiiiutw tht Ui UhiUmJ Statw wul4 h glad ui foator hmn a rUtf oHuatio in FoUuhI a kas im mUiUiad with suca aiuvM in IM-jriaw. I AS MONARCHS Ministerial Decree Issued Placing Persons and Property of Allies- of Austria on Same Footing as Na tions Who Have Declared War Rome Seeking Breech With Berlin. ItOMK, July 21. A mlnlfttorlal de cree was Ifisucd todny, plnclng tho persons and property of Gormnns on the Bamo footliiR as thoso of Auu trlnns and Hungarians. Tho decree does not directly mention Germans, but states thnt allies of Austria nro to bo trcnted an enemies nnd their subjects nnd goods nro llnbto to so iiucsthntlon. I'Vvt' CSenimiiH I'ft. Prior to tho war Gormnn property nnd Interest) In Italy woro otttlnmtod to bo wortb $2r.0,000, 000. Tholr value now Is placed at about $150,- 000,000. Thoro nro only a fow Gor mnn subjects In Italy now nnd thoso will bo either placed In concentration enmps, or sent ncrosa tho Swiss bor der. Thoro lins boon n strong; agitation In Italy for some tlmo for tho bronk Iiib off of nil rolntlotiB with Gof mnuy. Tho curious situation cnusod by Italy boliiK at wnr with AuHtrln, while nominally nt poneo with Ger mnny wns omphnslr.od by nu agree ment botweou Home and Ilorlln, wherein nil rights of tho cltlzons of ono country domiciled In tho othor woro to bo roHportod. On July 10 this agreement was denounced by Italy on tho "ground thnt It was uot bolug ftbscrved by Germany. 1'ixv.miio of Alllfts. At tho great council of tho ontento allies hold In Pnrls last Fobrunry the Itnllan roprosentntlvos woro prossod for nu- explanation as to why Italy hnd not iloclnroil wnr on Gormuny. On February 20, ltnly requisitioned .1 1 Gormnn ships, which woro In tornod In Itnllan ports. Am n similar action by Portugal had promptly) called forth nn ultimatum from Ilor lln, which wns followed by n doolnrn tlou of wnr, It wns confidently ox pected thnt tho khiiio soquol would follow In rogaril to Italy. As fur' as Is known, howovor, Wllholmatrawo did not oven niako n protost. If wnr Is now declared, Italian troops may bo sent to tho wostom front, nccord Ing to tho oxpoctntlons oxprotwod In London nnd Paris. ' 10 E I WASHINGTON, July 21. Inquiry as to why certain buslnoaa conoorna In tho United Statos huvn bean placed on a blacklist undor Groat Ilrltaln's trailing with Hio onomy net, wero di rected to tho llrlttah govornment b' the state department today through both the ilritlsh Mntaaay hare and Ambassador Page at Iondon. Information Is sought specifically roKnrdlnK n number of flrma the namoji of which have not been mailo public by tho department. Thoro Is no discussion of the principle In the Inquiry, that matter being left for attention after the Amerloan govern ment is fully Informed aa to the facts. 're-id. nt ii-. . n,T. t ter Ueueral HurU-ii, snrlurv Soeratarw of a.. l! .. . s TWi. is the first nhotoaraDh K I XPLAM BOTCOT supreme court; Unung, who auoceeded WiUiau J- Ifryau, ana uaaer, - ----- Note Received From do Facto Gov ernment Approving Appointment of Joint Commission to Settle Border Difficulties Cabinet Considers Situation. WASHINGTON, July '21. All re strictions upon the movement of ex ports into Mexico, except munitions of war and machinery for their man ufaeture, wore removed today by or der of the treasury department. WASHINGTON, July .'Jl. While it was admitted at the state ilcpuitmeut today that u note had been lcccixcd from the tie faeto government of Mexico, under tlute of July 11, ap ap peoving: the appointment of a joint commission to settle burder difficul ties, officials refunetl to comment upon tho atutemont given out at Mexico City last night, purporting to fuinish the text of the communica tion. ft was learned from nu authori tative source, however, Unit (he Mex ico City text, though Nubstmitiallx similar, is not identical with that presented by liliseo Arrcdoutlo, Mexican ambussndoi' designate, on July 12. Mr. Arrcdondo saw Acting Secre tary Polk before the latter went to today's cabinet meeting. CongivsMoiiu! Itesoliilloo , Secretary Polk took with him to the cabinet meeting a memorandum of his eonfeiencim with Mr. Arre dondo, which he supplemented with n veibal leport of his latest meeting with the ambassador. Uepresentiitivc Madden, lepubli euji, introduced u resolution today calling upon Piesidcnt Wilson to in form the house why Hie national guard is being kept on the border, 'nnd if there still is an emergency sit uation in Mexico. It asks specific ally whether the guardsmen undei orders issued so fur mi he ttent into Mexico for full infoimalion of thei: distribution and situation. It was indicated Hfler tho cabinet meeting tlmt no statement could bo oxpeclcil today. Mr. Polk's onl. comment whs to reiterate thai (he negotiations were progressing favor ably. He is understood to have told Mr. Arrcdondo that he was not pie pared to give a reply to tho Mexican note. I'litomhlo Cliango War dcpaitment offioiuls today in terpreted the action of General ('alien, tliti Cm mm m commander in Sinning i" returning the Nacoruri railroad to American management at indicating a favorable change of sen timent on the pail of the Mexionn military officials on the weatern part of the border, General Davis, commanding at Douglas, Ariz., telegraphed the ile imrtiaent nf the transfer. Authorilv has been grauttHl, he aaid, to liring daily Minger trains aemss the border for renovation and return in accordance with the custom pursued prior to the suspension of traffic by Mexiean authorities. Permission has been given fof sliipiMHiit of eon I from Hie 1'nited States for opcriiliuli of tin- lend. PRESIDENT'S CABINET THAT GUIDES UNITED STATES IN MEXICAN CRISIS dtmm . whm.. -i.lr ! - r .p , v . ii.iimi Tr I " m Ti ii-t - irriiiirtirmii ii umii i w-mgiiwnriljwjj ml I'n u i lnt n..r I..n I it Mif hi i n I tliiriifl ' V I th eaJjinet taken since new apuoinUnottU war load. Tha Hf atambera are: Grafory, wb Ml aaB.ed aftar yeBajrioldii wa aptwiaud to tho ... ...... . r.ji. r rt A( (tip, rivnilnwunan posting up bllllNMttil iststors, n Job held by men iN'ftiitt llio var. Ilclow, a IVcncli woman filling the place of conductor on a stivet rnr. GERMANS QUELL HOTTHUDAM, Jul rlotH. which broke out nnd northern Prnuco, Imve lieon aup praweil hy- tho (lurtnan military au thorities, according to riiporta re ceived hero fiom reliable aoureea. Tho rioting whb oHpocInlly aevoro at Moge, Verxlera, Itoiihalx, Iteiilx', St. Cs'lcholti, I.okeru and Tormondo. The shortuge n( food which ie snlW'd in the riots, aeoortliug to the relief agencies, huh due lo the ahort agc of tonnage, which is not likely to be oorrected, aa the (lemma gov ernment definitely baa infused to consent to Hie plan to use interned (lerniau ships to bring relief food ad Iiik'UUko of the embargo wliieh the OerniHii Hiithontitw have placed on tho-import into Belgium and northern Prance of native Dutch food sup plies, which especially fats and meals Imro dono much to Hiipdcmeiit the supplies sent into the occupied reg ions hy the eoiiiiiiiaaiou fur relief in Jlolgium. TIiu tpielliug of (ho riot a in IIm populous eeiilei" hna lawn followetl by the compnUory ovanuntiou from the cities by the Oeiinau authoritUM of lame sections of the industrial population Thes have bean seat- iterwl throughout the agrieultural regions, the reports ny, as punish ment ami to iniuiiniM the risk of a recurrence of the trouble. The greate-t fortisl migration look place front tho oitv of UIU, from which 'J.'i.iWII hmii4, iucludiiig women ami chddrwi, wttre exMlletl. These poplc are not welcome in the runt I areas, when the proldctu of relief, while not as aoute as in the in dustrial center.-, does not make the KMiole dusiic any furthtfr iliaiu on their limited n -niirei'o. .lil nl tin I ill' "ll f til II. hi Kidlit'lil IMi I lie It'll -ide ' WITH MILITARY RIOTSJiBELGIUM 3rH ' Meurelari ' I V " -u. who succeeaea i.tooiey m. uuww. jyL..J'MlMMr:.a 21 Pood i!r' -- In llelKlum ,3 SLAYER OF THREE E SAN 11 l-.N'I IN. (..I., ,lul ai. -lAui" A. Fort i ne un hanged hero (o(1h for Hie uiiirtler of Peter Ker rera and Kenvra's wife nnd ten mouths old daughter in the Pen era ranch hoime near Oxnard, Cal. Pot line was Iriwl and speedily eiiuvieted of the crime of mill tiering Permit and his family, mid then burning Hie laslies of his victims by setting the ranch house afire, after li had eontcMsed to the sheriff. lie never exercised his 'rivilegc of appeal to the stair stipretue eoutt mid rvsigtied himself to (loath with apMrent ease. In his confession Portiito miM he j killed I'Vrrera, a ranchaf fur whom he workeu, lit the burn with a flub, ami that be then killed Mm. Perrera, and her baby in the hme bwaits he did not know what else to do with than. lie cumiuittiNi the triple Mnlr, hit euufvssad, to eovr up hla forgery of Perm-a's name to dok for $J00. He went to town MAd eashed the elMH'k after the ioufdr, then re turned and, utter dragging Perrora's ImmIv into the housa beside tha other lodic, be fired the house With gaso line , ,.i 4.ri If ut. i lbJz&4iai ik PAYS PENALTY FOR HEARTLESS GRIM . Former Governor of Indiana Heads Ticket, Dcfeatlnii Sulzcr hy Voto o( 440 to 181 Dr. Ira D. Landrith of Nashville, Tcnn., Nominated for Vice-President. ST. PAUD, Mlpn., July 'Jl. The prohibition nutionnl eonsention which has been in session here since Wed nesday morning, adjourned Hiuo tlio at )'M today, after nominating J. Prank llanley, former governor of Indiana, for president of the United Slates and Dr. Ini I). Landrith of Nashville, Tumi., for vltic-prosidcnt. Ilunloy rueoived 410 votes against 181 for William Sulr.er, fonner gov ernor of Now York, his noareat, con tender. Pinley C. Ilendriekaon of Cunibcr Imul, Dd., received fil vottw; .Tamos Gilbert Mason, New .lomey, 10; W. P. P. PergiiBon, 4; Sumner W. Ilayuos, Indiana, 2; Henry Pord, 1. Sevorul atnlo changed their voles after completion of the roll call, moil of the change being in HanleyV fa vor. A number tif tlelogntos wore absent, but about II 40 volos were suf ficient lo elect. The platform udopled iIoiiouupoh the Honor traffic its a crime, ileelnres for nnlion-wide prohibition and eipml suffrage nnd opposes the military mid naval programs of the repub lican and democratic parties, but favors a "cniwtruetixo" plutronn. DEATH TOLL OF FLOOD E tASIIKVIIXK, N C, July 21 Pood Hhortage In many of (ho more remote aectlona of western North Car olIiiH, which woro awept by liiHt Hint' ila' flootlH, wiim reported loduy and Information hero wna thnt nt aomo polnti, notably Mortimer and Col letavlllo, noBr Hickory, the population actually faced atarvatlon unlots snoedy relief U nont. In many place tho pooplo woro aald to bo living on potatoes alone, all other foodstuffs buvlng boon eitrrlotl away by tho flood. Hovnn additional fatalltlos were ro portod nvornlKht, and tho death toll from tho flooda now stands between X0 mid 00. I IllfiltMN. July 21. --Tho tleatriir tlnu In tlie northern Adiintlo on July 16 of two aubmurlnea, ono of them Italian, by Austrian torpedo boitta, la announced In an official eom- munloHtlon rolvil hare today from Vlnna. I.ONlOK, July SI.- Th I.loyda aHHoanca that tba Ilrltlaii atemnHlilp Yiur haa bean aunk. Tho Ysor aall- ad June IB from Portland, Mo., for delta, Prauee. Her groaa tonnage waa about 3300. Vi'"'v "' V .. i It.ik.r, PosiuUMI iai.i, Atioiut (ttiieijil Gregory, - . . i - Jl Efforts to Cut Down Number of Battleships Falls Lane Votes In Favor of Reduction Oliver Ac cused by Reed of Using Office to Advocate Private Interests. WASIIINQTON, July 21. Tho na val bill reached Its last stage towards passago In the sonato today with op ponontn of tho largo building pro Brain ready with a flro of amend ments for roductlon. Democratic aon ntora however, were confident tho ad ministration program would provnll. Tho voto wns dclnycd by a ronowal of tho controversy between Sonator Hood or Missouri and Sonator Oliver or Pennsylvania. Sonator Penroso, during Mr. Ilced'a nbsonco from tho chambor got tho unanimous consent of tho sonato to print as n public doc ument tho Dethlohom Stool company'd published arguments ugnlnst a gov ornment armor plato plant. Por Prlvnto InterwttM When Sonator Hood returned and lonrnod of It, ho denounced tho notion nB a 'shameless proposition" nnd "nn outrngo," nnd declared tho company's atatements woro false and misleading Senator Oliver challeng ed Mr. Hoed to show tho statomonts ho referred to. "Tho sonator frm ronnsylvanla," Sonator Hoed roplled, "had tho cool ussauranco, nttor admitting that ho owned stool stock, to stand up horo nnd nttompt to voto money Into his own pockot by supporting a hill which would help tho Ilothlohom Stool com pany, ir tho sonator woro a Judgo ho would not bo permitted to voto 6h this Isuuc." t Senator Olfvor tlonounced thp stftto mont nsKcrtlng thai Senator Heed whb attompllnis to nvold his dial longo. i Sonator GulltitRor HUBgosted that Sonntor Heed hud ovcrstoppod a son ate rulo nnd Vlco President Mar shall also Intorvonod. Senator Cummliia amcntlinont to roduco tho number or ilroadnaughta to bo constrctcd In thrco years from ten to four, wns rojoclod by 60 ton to four four, was rojocted by CO to 14. Throo democrats, Senators I.nne, Thomas and Vardaman, votod for It. Cummins Amendment .Another nmondment by Senator Cummins to provldo for two dread naughts nnd four battle crulsora nil to be begun ut onco was beaten 61 to It). Seven domocratH, Ilnnkhcad, Jlnrdwlok, I.ano. Newlands, Overman, Thomns and Undorwood, voted for It, An niuendmont hy Sonator Town send of Mlohlgan, to reduce tho num ber of ilroadnaughta from ten to four also wns rejected. Tho voto was G8 to 15. Senator Konyon's amonilniont to mnko tho number or battleships six, four to be built at onco, was do fontod 58 to 17. Senators I.ano, Thomas, Sharroth, Overman, Undor wood and Vardaman, voting ror It. Without debute tho sonato next ro Jectod an amendment by Senator ThomuB. democrat, to BUbstltuto tho house provision ror Hvo battle erulo- era ror tho sonato capital ship pro gram. The voto was CS to 12, WASHINGTON, July UI. The nn val appropriation hill, with u three year building program iueluding tho 'immediate coiwtnii'tion of four flriwdnaughts, four groat battlo cruisers anil fifty-eight other oraft, iwssatl the senate late today by a Vote of (II) to 8. It carries .:ilf, 8U(i,Si:, or 13,837,588 more than the total n the measure passed the house. WASHINOTON. July 21 AcHnK Soarstary Polk announcod toduy that he hnd made formal inquiry of Prance und dreat Urltaln ub to wby no ro ply haa boon rcoolved as to tho last American noto rqgardlng Interferencej with neutral malls and hud asked for; a Tosnonso at the earliest posslbty minute. . ..J j.. M