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jji.ifcitl Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER, Itnln Mnx.ni; MIh.M. forty-fourth Yr. Dnllv Ninlli Yi'nr, MEDFORD. OimiON, W KPN UK I MY, DWKAJMM 2, 1914 NO. 217 1 AUSTRIAN TROOPS OCCUPY BELGRADE, CAPITAL OF SHIM. AFTER LONG SEIGE i AUSTRIANS W MORE VICTORIES Evacuation of Dclijrailc Reported on Emperor's Sixty-sixth Anniversary Servians Retreat In Good Order Rear Guard Actions Result In the Capture of Important Points. VIENNA, vin London, Dee. 12. Austrian troops today occupied Del griulc, Sorvin. Tim occupation of thu idly wiih an nounced in a telegram to Emperor Francis Joseph riMin General Frank, (liniiiiiKli'r of llm fifth nttny corps. Tlio nirtNHK( follow h; "On tint occasion of tlm sixty-sixth iinuivorwnry of your reign, permit mi' to luv nt your fret tliu infonnntion tlint llclgrndo wiih toiliiy occupied by (In fifth unity em-pi." x LONDON', Dee. '-.- In a dispatch from Sofia, Hulgiiriii, tin- coticKpoud t'lit of Renter's Tfli'prniii company says report received hero indicate tlint tln situation in Seniu in urit icnl. Tint Servian at my, it in dceliir i'tl, Iiiik ln'i'ii withdrawn from Iil gmdt mill ta'Irmi'hii I'onimiiiiiratioii between I Mum ilt iiinl Nit-li, tlm pros- I'llt llll'lltioll Of till' I'llpitlll, llMH llCCI! iiitt'rrupti'il, I'nili Four .Months' AIIhiU Tin' vity of llclgrudc, which win tin' tii)iitiil of Servia until tlm went of government W,,K n-uivu'il shortly nfl ir tlm uutbrenk of tlm war, linn been under attack liy the Austrinns immli of tlm tinm for llm IiinI four month. Early in Engust AiiHtrimi troops icnchcd the city, hut with mi iililn to hold it. The advance of a new Austrian iiimy through nortlii'in Sin in during the lint foilnilit iniiili' tho position of IIiq Ken inn troop in Help-nub' a hazardous one, ami early luihiy it wan roportril from Sofia, llulgarin, that tlm oily had been ouo. unti'il. PARIS, Dee. 'J.-Senti-nfficlnl ml vices icceiicd linlay by tho I la vim agency from Nish imntain tho lulinit sion Hint the Austrian have won fur ther ictoric in Sen in. Alter n iinmlmr of rear guard iicIiouh dining tin' lust low days, llm Servian troops worn forced to fall back on Di-i'i'iiiIht 1 from tho lotion aronml Oiuljito ami Koi'iiiHloh. Tlm retreat, it is ha ill, wiih inmlo in good order. Heavy Fight lug Hoiivy f ilitiiifc has ocuurved tivur Souvahor, whero tho Auslriuns eon I'ontnitcil largo forces mill succeeded in capturing two important ointN. Tlm fighting nlon" tlm Kolnbara iior in Mtiri to liavo been attended with homo hiinci'HH for tlm Servians. In nit engagement iionr Liuarovatz, on November V.H, tho Servians uru re polled to huvo taken positions of tlm I'lii'inv ouplutiug (weutv-hoven offi cers ami about 2000 men. ADMIRAL'S RELEASE WAHIUNOTON, Doc. 2. -On per Konal roprouonintloiiH from 1'ronlilent WIIhoii through AmbiiBMiilor derail, (lormaiiy litis rolciinoil Aitmlrnl Neolil. lotlrod, of tho Urltloli navy, ami IiIh wife, who woro hold mllltury prlo uorn at n Clormuu honlth ronort. Admiral Noold, a imn-lii-liiw of Ad miral l'hdior, (Irut lord of tho Drlt lull ailmlralty, wiih loft nt u (Ionium iiiu durliiK I ho oxodua of rofiiKoos at tho boRlunliiK of tho war. It wax mportoil Hint ho mid Mrs. Noold woro hold as uillltnry prisoners, In rotulla Hon for llm dotntutloii In KiikIiiiuI of a sou uf Admiral von Tlrpllx of tho (Iiiiiikiii navy, ciiitiiroil durliiK tho on 'Kimoiimat off Cukliuveii. Pronldont WIUou iiiuilu roii'es4'iitatloiu on uu appoul fl out tlm IIiIIMi niuuummdor hoio mid luitiiy Ainl'ussuilur (lorurd I'uldud iiuww of (Iih reluunu of tho Ad. iiiIihI mii Mm. NwIiI, V SERVIANS PRESIDENT SECURES POLAND STILL NTERESTCENTER OF GREAT WAR If Germans Escaped Disaster, as Claimed, It Is Equally Clear Tact ical Plan for Taklno Warsaw Has Failed Nothlnn to Indicate Aban donment of Russian Invasion. LONDON, Dee. 'J. Italian Poland Still U till) IM'llIlT of interest ill till' war hilimtion, ho fur iih military op. ('rations are concerned. Repot Is from (ho rival headquarters indicate that any iiccimvo i i-hiiiim on cither hhic is Klill in tho balance, iilthoiih on the fiicii of flu known fhclH the eiinvle. lion is Krowiii; that the (ieniimi gen eral, .Mackeiircn, has done at Lod. what Itar.aine in tho I-'ninco'l'msHimi war failed to do at Met, ln was nivcil his miiiy after it was encircled by the nnny. ' Hut it is eipially clear that the Her man tactical plan for the taking ol Wiiihiiw aain has failed, acciirdini' to tlm prevailing opinion in Kaland. Whether a counter invaNinn uf Sil fin has been rendered impossihlo for tho prcKcnt remains to bo heen. I.ltllo Austrian Artlilly i Little activity nlotm; tho Austrian front is icportcd. An exception is the nfcM-rtioii from Vienna of an Aim ti inn viclorv with tho enpturo of ipmutities of prisoners and munitions of war along tho southern line, but there is nnthiiij; to indicate that Ktis hin hits pivi'ii way in her evident in tention of Invading tho rich (Ieniimi provinces by way f Cracow. Later official rcporlH from Vienna declared Hint calm prevailed on tho Crncow front, but that the fighting continued in tho Carpathians. Army hcaibpiarlers in Merlin report u dcNperato three davh' battle in I'o land, accompanied by u successful ef fort on tho part of the (lenimus to break through the ItusMiiu run;. Tho (lennmi reports admit beavv losses, hut say there is tlm coiisnlntion of having iuflielcd severe punihhiueut on tho enemy. (Vlllral rolnth in llKlitlni: Aecordiui; to distiatchcs from Pet roKrad, Lowicr. mid Lod. still nro critical points in tlm fipbtiug in uorllieru I'ohiud, where llm final tie cixion, when it does come, bids fair to be tho most momentous of tlm whole war. Potronrad puts special emphasis on tho chiirnetcr of Her man ammunition barges on tho Vis tula river, near l'lock, as indicating llm culling off of continent inemiH of conuuiinicatioii with (ho German al lies in Poland. Quiet provnils along tho western front, but alarming news has been re ceived in tho fonn of a report of a serious epidemic of tvnhoid fever in tho Ilflgimi arm v. LOOP TOO OFTEN LOS ANOKLKS, Cul., Dee. I!, Thomas J. Hill, an aviator, 'Jo yeitrs obi, was killed today near Veuico while looping tho loop. Hill had suo cossfully perfonned tho feat of turn ing over his iioroplnno and was right ing his maehiuo when it suddenly started falling from a height of 12000 feet. Hill was crushed to death un der tlm machine. I WASHINGTON, Dec. 'J. Customs and internal rovonuo reeoipts for No vember show a marked docrciiMi from tho sumo mouth luM vcar. Cimtnms receids woro 4 1(1,02 1.1 OH, compared with 4i!lil7:ill'JH for November, lOLI, while internal roienuu receipts at - 11,1(1,1111:1 were nearly ..1,(1011,000 Icmm limn in llm smno uiontli last year. I ''or llm month llm oxcosm of nrilliuny illubniiicineiitiivei'lvi'i'lpU Mill Ll, HH0,H0:i, coiDpiiicil with mi cxi'i'Stf of ihu kuiiiv oi( iiinl ) en I- of ijiTi :i(7:i'J. L MOOSE SPURN TALK OF LI Proposed Union of Progressives With Either Democrats or Repub licans Characterized as Idle Fan cies by Executive Committee Talk of Dlsbandment of Party Ridiculed. CHICAGO, Dec. ''. Iteports of a possible iiiimlKnuiiitiou of the pro gressive, patty with either tho repub lican or democratic party woro char acterized as "idle fancies" and re ports that disbaudmeiit of tho pro gressive party was a possibility were equally lidicuh'd by members of Hie progressive party executive commit tee, who held it conference here today. Party leader from thirty-two states who attended tho conference showed no outward lack of cutliiisi asm for their putty when tho state chairman told of conditions in their states. George W. Perkins of New York, chairman of the committee, prnsided. After these talks it was the intention of the committee to go into oxecutiie session. ItooM-ivIt Ah'x'ut Thoxc in atlcndaiico included mem bers of the pnigrcssive natioiinl ex ecutive coiiuniltcc, of which George W. Perkins of New Yoik is chairman; state chairmen and other prominent men in the party councils. O. K. Da vis, secretary of the committee, said a statement regarding the future pro-Br,-,nLJiJC tp I'nrty would bo issued at tho close of the confen-nco. "Until tho views of the various committeemen nro presented mid considered," ho said, "it will bo im possible to state exactly what the na ture of the action will be." Neither Coloitel Theodore Itooso velt nor Governor Hiram Johnson of California, vice-presidential candi date in 101 'J, was present. Califor nia, however, was repn'sented by four delegates, reported to bo prepared to launch a boom for Governor Johnson for president in 11)10. Tho conference was held at the Chicago Progressivo club, as (ho University club, which was first men tioned as tho meeting place, refused tho itso of its club vooms, as ouo member of the progn'ssivo national committee is a woman. Hides of tho club, it was announced, prohibited women. Miss June Addams of Chi cago is the woman member of (he committee. Committeemen IVcM'iit readier of tho committee present were: George W. Perkins, New York; William Kliuu, Pennsylvania; Walter K. Drown, Ohio, and Jauo Addams and Med ill MeCotinick, Illinois. Anion" the other liromiitPtit lead ers in atteitdaueo wore: K. A. Van Valkenburg, Philadelphia Senator Moses K. Clapp. Minnesota; Hugh T. Ilalhert, St. Paul' Gifford Pineliot, Pennsylvania; Charles M. Thomson, Chicago; Raymond ltobins, Chicago; Charles 10. lliirbauk, Massachusetts; William Allen While. Kansas; Victor (Contlnuod on Puro 1'our.) U AMA AMA N COLORADO GOVERNORS DESCRIBE COAL MINERS STRIKE DKNVKH, Colo., Dee. -. In Do ccnihor, inj'-, John R. Lawsou of tho United Minoworkcrs of America no tified K. M. Amnions, then governor elect, that a ooul miners' strike prob ably would bo called during his ml ministration, (bo governor testified today before the United States indus trial relations commission. Tho governor told of tho enactment of new mining laws about two years ago, which ho understood were satis factory to operators and miners and hoped would ho useful in heading off ti strike, Ho told of numerous con ferences with operators mid union of. ficials and of repeated ofl'oils lo ad just difference. Replying lo a ipiektloii by Chairman Fimik P. WuWi, Hie governor I a led thckO efforts I'oiilluiii'd "long niter In nilnoiV iioiiviulioii at Trinidad bud culled ii MHkvV WOMAN 100 YEARS OLD AND HER DAUGHTER OF 80, 4WH0 FLED FROM THE VAR IN TURKEY. JKl.a i ; ci i mk.rm . 'iilBl Wall M5 MI(?NEi PAKLAIt MR5. TOKANV 3TEPHA1AN (OO VEAK?-. , DAUGHTO?) (NVrTMER IOO ) I'tivliiK from Turl. ' rmenln lo c-npe the rlow of w ir, Mr. Tofcnny Step:, itj'i mil' liiiinr,sl jcru iM, oimJ her iliuiKli'er, Mri IllRine-i faklnlan. elgli.y ye.in i til. wen .jsFrnj:crs on Imanl ttie Ituiini. of the I alirt line, which ;iriiri nt e.y Vurk fr.mi Meillterrnnenn jK'rts, i iu moiii.T. noiii .imi reetiie with fro-ii t'.i.. ICuiij Uy ivso Htvwsnls. Her mii s ...i!,i. ami a na, r iiMjiy iwwiiiuck filiy-yeuirrlvr-Jntrlar Itctntirn from lreii;,;:,, .V. J., u-iii ulmm tlu-j will tiiiiLv their home, met them at tlA. oter. GU11ERREZ TO ENTER MEXICO CITYT WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. Proiis. ional Pivj.ident Guticnvr. will enter Mexico Cily tomorrow and bo install ed in the iialiounl palace there, ac cording to official telegrams to tho state department teday: Villa is a) Tacuba..n suburb of Mexico City, where it is believed he conferred with Zapata. All todav's reports to Hie state department indi cate that the two chiefs are working in harmony in sunoort of Gutierrez. George C. Caruthei-s, American consular agent with Villa, today re K)tted his arrival in Mexico City, where he will care for American in terests with tho Hrnziliim minister and John It. Silliumu. Latest dispatches from Tampico to tho state department sii" tho Cai ratua forces Iiae reoeeupied Panuco, which had preioul" boon in hands of irresponsible haudils. The reports added (hut tho Canaiua garrison was mainlaiuiug order and had given guarantee to foreisjuers. Governor Amnions recounted the oarly history of tho strike mid the sending of tho state militia to south ern Colorado thirty days after the miners walked out September 'JII, 10111. "The lawlessness begun almost im mediately," said tho governor. "1 was urged (o call oat tho troops rij-ht away. Hoforo the troops woro called out tho county authorities in Lim An imas county had asked for them'1 Reverting lo the futilo efforts for peace, Governor Amnions said: "Theio timer was any ipieslion in mind hut Hint the strike could have been settled hut for (ho demand for recoauil Inn of the union," ' Governor Amnions said thai al the hruiniiiug of llm liil(o ho told lead ers of both sides ilia) (he only thing ho could do tuts lo assume mi im Jin I (ltd ntliludy ntiil eilfoivu jo Hw, IIilUW tn- welslit of jerr. 'mil to be nMtsted (tnu.iier walUert ilown the gatipplaiitj T PARIS, Dec. ', 'JuiO p. in. Tho French war office gave out an official announcement in Paris this afternoon as follews: "In the region to the south of Ypres and Saint Kloy an attack of tho ene my against an entrenchment taken bv our troops during ,tho day ws re pulsed by u. Our artillery inflicted damage mi a group of three butter ies of heavy artillery of tho enemy. "At Vennelles the chateau and the park surrounding it, two houses in the villago mid some trenches were brilliantly occupied I our forces. "In the region between Vondrcsse Craonne there has been a violent bom bardment to which the French artil lery replied with success, accomplish ing the destruction of a battery. "In tho Argonno a German attack against Fontuino Mndumo was re pulsed, and we made some progress in the occupation of a In'iich in the for est of Courtes Chaussees, and a minor fortified position near St. Hubert. "On tho heights of tho Mouse in the Woevre district, and in tho Vosges there is nothing to report."- Concluding his testimony, the gov crnor- urged tho emtcuuent of a me diation law by congress. J, S. Osgood, chairman of the board of tho Victor-American Fuol company, took the stand before Governor-elect George A. .Carlson was clilled. Ho denied flint there was mi or ganization of Colorado mine operat ors before tho calling of tho strike. At the time tho strike was called, he said, mi executive committee, as a tentative orgaui.alion, was formed, consisting of Mr. Osgood, J. F. Well hot u, proniiloiil of the Colorado Fuel & lion company, ami D. Y. Drown, president of the Rooky Mountain Fuel company, to inl.o I ho (end in dealing with llm publiu ami ntlciidlng lo any mailers thai luixlit tctpilre nulled uvlioii, FRENCH REPORT ENEMY REPULSED BEL N FRON PAN-AMERICANS PLAN CREATION NEOTRAL ZONE Representatives of the Twenty-one American Republics to Meet Tues day to Discuss Neutrality Situation and A;ree Upon Course to Be Pur sued Toward Belligerents. WASHINGTON, Dec. .. Propos als for creating a neutral zone in the waters of the western hemisphere and conserving the rights of neutrals will be laid by the United States before (he governing board of the Pan- American union, which consists of diplomatic representatives of the twenty-one American republics. The governing board will meet on Tuwsday. Secretary Ilryan said today lliat nil the suggestions which have been made will be discussed. Argentine, Chile, Peru, Uruguay and Kcaador arc among the countries which have formally communicated nluns for the restoration of shipping in this hem isphere through a more vigorous as sertion of neutral ri'dils. The con ference will dike the fonn of an cx ehuugc of views by the diplomatists and also will include such questions as wireless mid coalin- which al ready have made controversies with Huropeatt belligerents. The general purpose of the meeting is to reach a concord of views on neutrality ques tions, so that the twentv-one Aracn eun republics will speak as with one voice to the European belligerent powers whenever new questions arise. Peru's Sujyestlon Peru's suggestion for a neutral zone extending thu territorial wat ers from the three-mile limit to con clude a largo area within which coastwise tntdo of alt belligerents should bo unmolested, is not viewed by tho United Stntcs as practicable at present, because of the belief that such n niovo would be misinterpreted by one or the other of the belligerents. Such a step could come only from the voluntary action of tho belligerents, acconling to President Wilson's re cently expressed view. Officials hero believe tho project should be pressed by tho concert of Pan'-Anierican na tions after the war. Chile had suggested that foreign warships bo refused eoul in any American ports or that only suffic ient coal bo given to permit a warship to reach a port in an adjacent coun try. Colombia already has adopted tho latter method in dealing with belligerent ships. Xeutml Interests Argentine and Ecuador have in formed tho United Stntcs that they believo a number of new questions have arisen since the outbreak of the war, which deiuund joint considera tion by tho Pau-Aiuerteaus becnuso of tho identity of their interests as neutrals. Those two countries sug gested the calling of a conference either of special delcgutes or of dip lomats representatives through the Pan-American union, with a view to a thorough discussion of tho situa tion. After conferences between Presi dent Wilson, Secretary Ilryan and Counsellor Robert Lansing, it was decided that tho only feasible plan at present was to lay tho entire question before tho Pan-Aiuoricau governing board. There the diplo mat to representatives can discuss questions formally without commit ting their governments to any spe cific eourso and out of such inter change of views plans may be evolved that can bo ret erred to lueir respect ive governments for uuifono action. GERMANS ARREST ALL YOUNG BELGIANS LONDON, Dec. 2. 7:25 p. in. -It Is reported by thu Amsterdam corres pondent of tho KxchiitiKo TeleKrapli company Hint Major (lenerul Kelm, German mllltury Kovurnor of tho IIIIkIuii province of Llmburx. hn or dered thu uncut of all young Hvl kIuiim In tlml dUtrlrt who nro liable fur mllltury wrvlro In tho tinny t'Umi of 1915. Thli action, It l (Aid, U lo l eilvudvd throughout Uullum, MANY ATTEND OPENING SESSION FRUIT GROWERS Colonel Washburn Chosen as Chain man, Delivers Address of Welcome Papers on Pear and Apple Sea and Changs in Pear Culture Read by Local Experts. Opening sessions of tho twenty ninth annual convention of tho, Ore gon State Horticultural society were begun in the Xntntoriutn this morn ing with over 100 delegates from tho various fruit distriVts of the stulo and northwest in attendance. More witl nrrivo this afternoon and in tho tnoniing. The morning session was devoted to organization, Colonel R. C. Wash burn of Table Rock being named chainnnn, who delivered tlis address of welcome. A. P. Batchum of Port land, one of tho society trustees, re sponded. Two instrumental numbers were given by Mrs. 1 F. Isaac?. Henderson on Scab At tho opciiiiKr this afternoon County Pathologist M. P. Henderson read nn interesting "cr on "Apple and Pear Scab." Professor Rcimer of the Southern Oregon Experiment station nt Talent spoke on "Neees- sttp' Change in Pour Culture." A feature of the convention is the uncxiectcd opening show of interest and the large attendance nt the first session. Generally the first conven tion sessions lag. Prominent oreh enlists of the valley, wiih fruit men of the northwest, are hi attendance. Spirited discussion followed each ad dress in tho interchange of experi ences and opinion?. The most importunt session of the convention will be held tomorrow af ternoon when delegates from Oregon, Washington and California will meet to discuss plnns for securing unifonn horticultural legislation in tho three states. Tomorrow afternoon tho vis iting delegates will bo taken on an nuto trip through tho valley. Thu sessions close Friday. Thursday 10 A. M. "Tho Outlook for Prunes," special reference to staudnnlization of puck. ILxS. Gile, manager Willamette Val ley Prune Growers' association, Sa lem. Discussion. "Irrigation Practice," W. L. Pow ers, professor irrigation mid drain age, O. A. C. Discussion. "Irrigation as Practiced in Eastern Orcgou," II. L. Lamb, Milton, Or., manager Fruitgrowers' association. Afternoon Horticultural law session. "Pruning," Professor V. R. Gard ner, associate professor division hor ticulture, O. A. C. General discussion. Trip through tho Jackson county orchards. Tliursilay i 1. M. Horticultural law session. "Unifonn Horticultural Laws" A. Jt Cook, commissioner of horticul ture for California; T. 0. Morrison, assistant commissioner of horticul ture for Washington; E. C. Roberts, president Oregon slate board of hor ticulture; M. MeDonald, report of thu committee, on unifonn horticultural laws of tho American Association of Nurserymen and of thu Pucifiu Coast Association of Nurserymen. Discussion. ONLY EOT TO HANG SAME DAY. ARIZONA PHOKNIX, Arl., Dee, 2 KlKht men liuteud of Jl will die at Arizo na's "liuniUiiB boo" nt the I'lorumjH penitentiary Dvcumbtlr 10 u thu rv suit uf a vtiiy of execution KruHlw to three men today by Governor liUMt, Thuso will 1oh lblr Hvimi Hit by ouo, tho board of wutrpl ha 4td44 liiHteud of klmulUHWiwIy m tk mv crnor Hi) Wrdu R, H, Mma, 144 KreL -1