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
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AUSTRIAN TROOPS OCCUPY BELGRADE, CAPITAL OF SHIM. AFTER LONG SEIGE
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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i'tl, Iiiik ln'i'ii withdrawn from Iil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
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