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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1914)
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Holland, on Its mission relieving strunded Americans in Europe, did not depart. Henry S. Breckinridge, United Stntcs assistant secretary of war, In explanation of the. delay paid: "1 had expected to receive infor mation from nil European povern mcitts iiromNintr safe escort for my representatives in conveying treas ures to the different cnuitnW. I also expected feomo definite infonuntion through Ambassador AValter Hines Pnpo from the. continent of Europe, ns to the exact number of American stranded in the various countries. As this has not arrived I must stay on until it does, so that I can instruct mv representatives exactly what to do." .... "I shall remain here until I receive nil information." The cruiser North Carolina which anchored in the channel all night, left ut dawn for Cherbourg. The Tennessee will communicate with her by cubic. American sailors here complnin of the high charges for changing their money. They le eight cents on each five dollar piece. CROSS OF THE LEGION PRESENTED TO MAYOR 1'AKIS, Aug. 10, 12-JTm n. m. President l'oincaro has signed the nomination of Joseph Ucnoit, major of Itadcuviller, in Meurtho-ct-Mo-sclle, for the Cross of the Legion of Honor in recognition of his exhibition of energy and mugnanamity. According to the official records lleuoil's wife was killed by Guriunu soldiers who bombarded their home. Jlcnoit later saved thu life of one of the Germans who had been arrested and wut, threatened by the enraged townspeople. MORE PAPER MONEY ISSUED BY ITALY I'AWB, Aug. 10, 11:1.) o. m, In a dispatch from Home the corres pondent of tlm YiiUviih Agency says riu issue of new paper Jintes has lu'ini authorized by royal decree Thu r.'ili'H aro to bu fivo and tun liro (-H mil V2) to thu amount of 0,000,000 liro (fj.70,000,000) entirely covorvd by siUor in lliu treasury. Hills of ouo und two liro (20 and 10 cents) ulso will be issued. THREE CENT RATE LAW VALID FOR WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. Tho In-tcr-statc rallroail pausccgor fare ot three cents a mile through Arkansas, MUaourt and Oklahoma wa9 upheld by the Inter-State Commerco Commis sion today acting on complaints ot tho public service commissions ot those states, which sought to hao the two cent Intra-statc rate made the basis ot through traffic charges. Tho commission's ruling Is Im portant, as tho reduction sought would have had a wide Influence on passenger traffic rates generally. Six states, Arkansas. Kansas, Minnesota. Nebraska, Missouri and Oklahoma es tablished two cent Intra-states rates in 1907 and resulting litigation brought a ruling from the suprcmi court that nothing confiscatory could be .found to Justify tho railroads' complattn. THREE INFORMERS 1 ,01 J VAIN', lllKiiim, u I'm L Aug. 10, 0 ii. jH.-yniri'! NU', a (Jerumii MMII Mild H IMgiUl) IHMII Ullil WOtllHIl, e UM by couil hiuiIImI uinl uliot fW WHrlHK ll) (llUXIMIlM HfllT lllu MMlv 'f JXI ot lb iftcct hIiIuIi VANCOl'VEK, H. C, Aug. 10. I Vancouver ofllcnls of the Grand Trunk Pueific were without any fur ther news today of the accident of the steamer Prince Albert, which went nshort in n fog on llutter worlh Hock U. iniks from Prlnco ICujKirt, Inst night. OffioiulM here say that the bout cuii be sol ten off mid will bu towed to Ituptrt by thu I'riiiru .loliii mid the government steamer Lilloet, both of whirii nru standing by. A brief mosngo from the north says that the passenger aboard who numbered !cs than twenty arc ipiiet sale mid arc sup-po-ed to have been taken ashore The essel is worth about 10,000. SBATTLB, Wash., Aug. 19. While local federal authorities totlay prepared to proaecuto on evidence of tho existence of a gigantic Chlncso smuggling ring, developed by the fed eral Industrial relations commission hearines. the commissioners accldcd to push their Inquiry Into tho matter further In San Francisco and l.os An geles. Hearings wilt bo held In those two cities within tho next month. Thus far tho only San rranclsco end to the Importation of tho Chine jo Is the (act that Claud B. Stevens, tho Seattle attorney who brought 90 ot them In as "students" only to have them disappear soon after ho had placed them In college, got more than CO or thorn through tho California port. Tho commission has been un able to locato any of theso Chlneso, and It is thought possibly somo of them may bo found In cither San Francisco or Los Angeles. Washington authorities will Im asked to aid the commission In da- lermlnlng how It was possible for Mr. Stevens and Mrs. Sarah B. Hlng, who brought In 20 Chlneso "students" fi defeat tho purpose, of the exclusion law so easily. None will make tho di rect statement, but It Is Intimated that several "hlghcr-ups" In tho fed eral service may be Involved. A gen eral report on Chinese smuggling will bo mado by tho commission of De- comber 1. Tho commissioners left hero today for Portland, where n hearing Is to bo devoted wholly to tho question or boclal unrest will bo opened tomorrow. First Act of Carranza is to Declare Void Sixty Millions of Six Per Cent Gold Bonds Made by Huerta Reg ime and Currency Issued Thereon New Cabinet Is Announced. BOARD OF TRADE L PAHIS, Aug. 10, 10:10 a. m. - A further evidence toduy of a ictiiin in Paris to some of thu condition' ulih'li provnilcd during tho mobilization was the rwippcarranco of flower girh. on the city streets. The fact that they hud fresh cut flowers for sulu shows tliul the train servico can bo used for something elso than the movement of troops and military supplies. Nearly all the flowers seen in profus ion in Paris during, the summer months como from thu south of France. Tho restriction of military odcr iiguinst tho uhu of uny foreign hinguiigu in telephoning, still i in operation and rigidly enforced RESUMED NBW YOIIK, Aug. II). The an liouiiccmiiit of AmbiiHsador I'ugu f loci London (hut English slimuiiihlp service hud been orilmud to roxuiuu htii' reunited in mi cutler fueling in liipoitlng uircles. I.IH'S llnil responded o Hit fci'l' Inp liii'lndi'il drills, I'luniriiN, olive, I'oyoumit ami Killer oils, rubber, piy Ito und Kpicta, CHICAGO, Aug. 10 -A hint that thu federal invesligution of recent inercuscrf in food prices might cm braco examinntion of certuiu board jt trade transaetions was given by District Attorney Wilkerson toduy. "J have received a rumber of com plaints against thu board of trade relating to certain operations there, but have not yet opportunity in thu rush of other business, to scrutinize them," he said. "Consequently I profcr not to discuss them now." Mr. Wilkernon said Iho grand jury expected o complete (he investiga tion ofjiigb meat priqes first. - STRICT NEUTRALITY AT NEW YOIIK, Aug. 10. -A slain meat given out by tho Far EiMlvrn biireuu says that ut a confercucj of the foreign consuls in Khangliiii it uun agreed Unit thu chulruinii of the cousulrr union ihould issiin a proc luiii.iti'ii or i.lriel ueiitralilv to be ohtcrwd by all nations engaged In coiuiiieiTv ut this poit. Thu hiiiiiCM of Kliuughai is did ed uinoiig the Auieiicuiis, llrllloli, Oct inutiii, Japan, Ftiich mid HiisIi'Ih who cxpiesM theiuKclu'M sliid'H-) III lllfir HipK( of I let uoisului uiili'li'4 Hi'lloii. 'J'litf muiki'l Is greatly uff-o'i-nl l;y lliii J'liropeuii war ami hijuini'M if (cwpuruill dmor)(uultvd. MEXICO CITY, Aug. 11). A decree in In be is-ued tomorrow by the gov- enior of the federal district repud iating government notc or liio issue of July . lust. This iisuc wan made during tho regiuiu of Provisional President Francisco Cnrbn'al on tliu authorization of the $00,000,000 six per cent ten year gold bonds made by the Huerta udminist ration. About . 10,000,000 of this paper is now In circulation. Tho repudiation is based on thu decree issued by Venustiano Carran za on April 20 refusing to recognize tho acts of Hie Hiieria government. New Cabinet Named O Tho new constitutionalist cabinet vviih announced last night us follews: Minister of foreign affairs, Ysidni I'uhvlu: minister of interior, Eliza Arrcdondo; minister of public instruc- lioii Dr. Micuel Silva: minister oi commouuication, Ygnncio Ilonillas; minister of finance, Ielleltos Miin rcnl; minister or war, Eduardo Hay. The appointment of minNler of justice has been deferred iiwai.ing reorganization of the courts. Tho mustering out of the federal troops is proceeding rapidly. Four ihfiiisimil were released today, each enlisted mull receiving $10 upd il fare home, while tlic officcrx received fliO and I heir fare. i: ut Ions for Tbeft Wlile absolute order prevails everywhere, thu rigorrf of jnilitary I'liiiTimu'iit biivo been in no way slackened. Two thieves disguised In the uniform of constitutionalists woro executed at a pollen station toduy and their bailies cvposed to tho view of the curious crowds. As in former eases, warning plncunJs were pinned on (lie breasts of tho dead men. The courts weru .closed today while railways ami telegraph lines con-, Untie to be operated for military pur. poses only, although it is nnnnunred that passenger traffic between Mex ico City mid Vern Cruz will be resum ed this morning. ACCUSE GERMANS OF BREAKING WAR RULES PAIIIB, Aug. 10, IQ'OO m, Tho IlruiiBols correspondent of tho Havus agency telegraphs as follews: "A committee to Inquire Into al leged breaches of tho laws of war by the Germans, has drawn up. Its state mont of facts In tho cases of Major Van Damme, who, was alleged to hava captured at llael'cn August VI and dispatched, It Is clulmcd, by a revol ver shot from the (Jemmus, It Is sot forth that Majof Knapon was killed under similar circumstances at. Orsiiiuul on August V, "Kinllo Vundervold, tho soelallut leuditr In tho JJoIkUu cliauihur -r deputies, who recently became mill' (slur of slate, lias returned from u visit to Paris where ho conferred with tho piomlni'iit nieu of all parties, Ha Huyu that his visit ttavu him absolute O'ilNliiiy of final vlit"ry tor (Im al u," Two months of calm nblermanto dilly dallying wus closed Tuesday night when a resolution fixing the following rates for Siskiyou Heights residents was passed without debate, deliberation or delay; A minimum chnrge of ,l."." per month up to fi,00O gallons, und lf cents per 1,000 gallons for nil usage over fl.OOO and up to Tdi.OOO gallon, r.ud 10 cents cr 1,000 gallons for nil over fiO.OOO gallons. Tho first rule proposed was a minimum charge of f'J.50 per mouth, with a 'Jo cent mt 1,0011 gallons chnrge from fi,l)00 to r.0,000 gallons, and 11 cents per 1,0(10 for all over fiO.OOO gallons. The council consumed two month in reucliing tliu final agreement, which is n victory for tho Siskiyou Heights citlens. AUSTRIAN STEAMER EMILIA TAKEN AS PRIZE OF WAR Oran, Algeria, via Paris, Aug. 10, l;10 a. in. -The Austrian steamer EmiliiL ut :i.iH7 tons, bound foi Trieste, was stopped by u gun from Port St. (Iregoiru niitl lirouglit lit hero us u nrize bv a tug. The cap tain was unaware that war hud broken out. Two lilghwameu with it nkkol platcd revolver held P and robbed three men in 10 minutes In tho rail road yards early this morning. Tlielr victims were Fred Harnett, assistant S. P. superintendent, C. W. Howard and Jcs Hamilton, and their profits SO cents and two watches. Howard and Hamilton woro golm; down the track when they were balled by tho pair one long, one short. Howard was deprived of 80 cents, and Hamilton of his watch. Tho rulibltiR over the two victims were forced to climb lulo a refrigerator car, and the door locked. In a few minutes the car was switched to near tho Med- ford Ico and Storage plant. Work mon heard tlielr cries for help and Unlocked tho door. Howard aasscd the thugs and received a tap over Hit bead with the butt end of the pistol for his pains. Fred Hansen assistant siisriif tendeut of the Southern Pacific, was held up at the point of a revolver last night near the Med ford (Jroeer.v company warehouse and relieved of a voidable, watch. Several freight trains were In the yard at the lime and it is thought the party committing tho hold up eseinted on one of these trains. Thu Public schools of the oily will open Mnndity, September 7th. which is no bnlin of (lilend to small hoys. This date was fixed at a meeting of the school hoard Tuesday even- Vacaimies In the teaching corps were filled ns follews: John Kerns, principal of the Jackson suhool, und M. (I. Morse, professor ot sciences in High School. Miss Thcon Carkln and Miss lless Kentnor were named lo fill grammar grade vacancies. Tuition rates for out of town pupils in the grammar grades were fixed ut Kl a vonr, ami f(l for the High School. An estimate of the list of .upplies for the schools wurf taken under consideration. The tux levy for the year will be fixed at the next regular hoard meet 'tf. police have the description of the robber, bul huve no clue so far. The police wuru notified and a rearch mado with no results. A good description of the pair was se cured, and sent north and south. All transients were rounded up and thoso unable to give nu account of them selves ordered out of town. 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