Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 07, 1914, SECOND EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextV? 7.07 'w' .SVf"1 .,,! M MEDTORD MAIL TRIBUNE WEATHER Occntloiml rain tonight awl Tuesday Mar. Il!t Mln. at. f SECOND EDITION forty-fourth Ysar. Dully Ninth Ywr, Scnlirluht, N. J., Imperiled by Break inn of Sen Wall Shlpplnrj In New York Harbor Crippled Storm Rr-zcs From Maine to Carolina Many Vessels Wrecked. NI2W YOHK, Due. 7. A roaring notthenstor todoy swept (ho Atlantic const ut 01) imIIch nil hour from North (.'ainllnn (o Malno. I, united by tlio pulp, (ho ocean but tored down tint seawall nt Hcahrlght, N J , during (ho nlKlit mid placed tho town In liiiniliiutit peril of do Htmcllon on (ho uoxl lilr.lt tldo. Its streets worn flooded, cominunlcatlon liy mil wan ciil off, hrenkera wuro lolling oviir Out chief thoroughfares mill uilncriiiliiliig tliu foundations or 1 1 1 principal building, nml there np penred every prosKcl (lint (ho dntu age Mould bn grcnt. Now Vork liny nnd harbor wero practically cleared or nil crnft liy (ho mill'. Unit flicboat was mink ut her jihr On tho Now Jersey shore of tin' Hudson a now hlr.h water mnrk was tenrhed, Tho big waiting room of (ho Lnckawanna terminal wnH flooded and Hourly nil ferries dlscon tinned. Alonr; tho const of Now England tho Kill it wiih especially violent. At Point Judith, It. I., n small schoonor was turn from her anchorago nnd thrown on tho breakwater. Llfo taiers necking to rescue tho crow of n slx-mastcd nchoonor which struck Tuckernuck shoal Knturdny hnv liven uuiihlo to Inuiirli their boats. AVASIIINOTON, Dec. 7. Steadily luurenslnglit Its Intensity nnd niovlnR idowly unrthwnrd, n CO mile gale linn Im i'ii whipping tho Atlnntlo count since Hnturdny, wn central today off tho Virginia Capos, Htorm warn ings wero nflulter from HnttornH, N. (' , to Knstpnrt, Mnlne, advising ma rlnt'ih to seek safe harbors. Tho uiiltlentlflod warships reported ashore off tho Maryland count In lie HeVj'il hy nnvy department nflfclnls liero to ho olio of n foreign fleet. Tho mi fe nrrltnl of two American tit stroers nt Norfolk nnd n report from tho cuptaln of tho battleships Kansas Hint ho wan riding out tho storm oft tho Dolowaro Capes, disposed safely of nil tho American wnr craft In tho vicinity, No Amorlcun warship answering the description of tho fighter report ed nullum, four funnel nnd n fighting lop. In anywhoro near Hint vicinity. Today no word hnd come from tho Itoveuuo ('utter Itasrn, which put out out yenturday from Norfolk to nld tho stranger. Nnvy officials say that If tho Milp Is ono of tho foreign bolllgor entH, sho probably In not using hor wireless for fear of inforinlni; hor eiieiuleri of her jionUIoii, Tho velocity of tho galo Inst nlKht touchud tho high records In some liiMlniict'H, At midnight tho wind wiih blowing 72 Milieu mi hour nt Hlock IhIiiiiU, 00 nt N'uutuckut, CO ut Handy Hook. 30 nt Atlantic City, 00 ut Delaware Ilrcakwator, 30 at Nor folk, mid 110 nt Cnjio llattorau. When tho storm bocamo central off tho Vir ginia Capos today, howover, tho wind velocity In that vicinity Increased. In Hampton Roads tho old frlRnta CnuHtolliitloii rodo safely at anchor uftor u perilous oxporlonco Raturduy ulRht when tho galo parted from hor tugs, Hinnll shipping In ChcHnpcnko Hay wim damaged by tho storm nnd tho wind blow tho water into tho Hlroots of Norfolk. E OF. BRIBES BY' VILLA WASHINGTON, Dee. 7. RfQiilnr Robinson of Arkansas introduced to day n resolution ditculiug an inquiry iiiln ii published repot I that 7,1,(11)11 wiih paid In United Kluli'H seniilnis liy agents of (JciioimI Ciirrmi.u for In liiii'iiee of Hie withdrawal of Aineii nun iiniH li'iiiii Vri'ii f'niz. The wtt uliiliiin (irnviiliM lluil I ho foreign H'l'i- llOIIN I'Ollllllilll'M "VlNJI I'lllllllljl'M nml linlil Ileal lliuk" nilil li'jioil lel'nie MiiihIi I, I DM. Tin' lutululion wuut UWl 00IV, HIKJWC BERUNREPORTS SEABOARD SWEPT GREAT VICTORY BY60-MILEGALE ' POLISH BATTLE Claim Possession of City Details Withheld fqr Military Reasons-! Foil Rescue Attempt of Foe Oper ations In West Lan Conflict Shifts to Plotrkow. HKIM.IN', Dec 7. h wireli'KM to Loudon, II p. in. Tlio (Jernmii oi'i'ie inl htatciiu'iit trivrn out in Merlin this iiftetnooii hiij'm that in northern Po land (lerinan fotveM were HiieccsKful in jirolonued I'iRhtinu' nnnirnl I.imI, in tlcfi'atiin Htroiitf IfifHinii forcen Hta tioucd to tho northwoHt and to the Houthwottt of HiIh eitv. The text of the umiouiicotiieut fol lows; . "No cnikm'IiiI reportH have been re ceived from tho weMern theater of tint wnr, nor from the rcjjioii to tlie eiiNt of (he plain of the Mur.urinu laki'H. "In northeni I'olnud we eaiueil iiu portnnt mieeeH.es in urolonpMl fiKht-iii(- iiroimd Lodz, bv defeating ttreiij: Kui-siiiii I'orecH stntioncil to the north went anil to the Miti Hi went of this city. "Inl. In iii our iiohschmoii. DetniU of tliu hattlo (.'iviujc iih Lodr eannot yet bo innile )iihlie hecuiihe of tin) ex tenileil fieltl over which (he eii"ii;e ini'iit was fought. Tim KuHHian Iokkck were very luri'i. An alteiupt hy tho KiiKhintiH to come (o the iiHsistnnt'e of their threntcnod nnn!iH In the north from northern Poland viik foiled hy the activity of tint AuMtro llmiK'iirinu and (lenuaii troops in the ilintrict Miuthwe-t of I'iotrkow." FATHER SLAYS IN CAHIIMintl-:, Wnnli., Dec. 7. liar, ry i: t'nrr of Uavonworth, lotlay Hhot nnd killed C. I), franklin, who wns Ik'Iiir tried on n chnrKo of nu aNinult. on a Rlrl. Tho shootlnR oc curred In tho courtroom hero nnd ono of the bullelH which Cnrr fired missed Itn mnrk and killed J. C. I'nrson, a Juror. Tlio courtroom wiih crowded nnd Jurorn had been chosen and wcro In their plnccs when Cnrr shot. Cnrr'n Interest In tho enso that franklin wan also (o have been tried on a statuory offotisa against Carr's ten- car-old dauRhter. I'rovlouu to IiIh nrrcst franklin had borne n Reed reputation and had been superintendent of tho Sunday schools of Leavenworth. Ho has a wlfo mid five children who wero with him In tho court room at tho time or tho shootlnR, Cnrr walked quietly Into tho court room nnd ndvnuclui; to a point be hind Franklin began flrliiK with an automatic pistol. Two bullets en tered franklin nnd n third bullot pierced tho chest of l'arson who felt oyer dead, .franklin lived 10 min utes, Cnrr surrendered to tho Hhorlff nnd was taken to tho Cliolan county Jail. I'arsouB was a prominent rancher. Ho wan mnstor of tho local graiiRo. Ills wlfo and two grown children llvo hore, another resides In Seattle. E T KAU CLAIM:, Wirf., Jn 7. - One hundred nml fifty hoy iihiI (till htu tlontrt of (ho 1'iui Claim hi;u hdiool HiIk nftnrnoon went ou a htriko iih ii proleHt iignlnst the iicllou of the hi'hool lniiiitl in iiiilciinn, under pain of expulsion, tweiity-thri'o hoy Mil iIciiIh to sii;ii u Nliik'ineiit to I'liiicipal M, Jack for making ileiiiiiinU of him In puhlei anoloui.ti In I'ltiivnce llloiiil, ii iri-yeiir-nlil lil sliiili'iilH, for u iviiinik li'i'ciilly iiiinlo In lii'l. Tin hlnLliiKsliiili'iils iniiivlitiil iioiitli all Ihu pHiiulpal si nils f I ho illy IhU lifH'iDWli OPEN COURT MAN CHILD ACCUSED STUDENTS ON STRIK AGANS PRINCIPAL MEDFORD. 1 JW ff. TWO PATHETIC 3213 OFFICERS IN ARMY AT FRONT MISSING LONDON, Nov. 'j;t. - (Corropond puce of tlio Associated Press.) A list of officers' casualties for the week ended November UH hhowH par ticularly heavy losses amon Hntisli officcix for these seven days. The total m IIH.", which eomprisort lOtl killed, 'J.'iH wounded nml .M7 missint;. Added to the previous totals, this Intent list shows that all told up to date Great Hritain has lost in the war 887 officers killed, 1772 wounded, o 1(1 missing, or a total officers' dis unity list of :i'Ji;t men. In tho seven days ended today eleven refeiments nt the front had ten officers dead, wounded or mihsinj,'. BRITISH STEAMER LONDON, Dee. 7, :i:IU p. in.--Tho llritibli hourd of t ratio, figures eon. tiuiiu to show a natural effect of tho war. Imports in November deerciisctl $(L-10l),0U0, exports decreased .flOO, 770.00Q. Wliiln llin iiniini'lri til' fund inorcnscil .VJ.'i,0l)O,000 there was n ilceivaso of I'J.SOO.OOU in Ihoimiiortntlou of cot ton from Ainerien and decrease in KK.vptinn cotton of $7,000,000. All other raw inutorial also declined, Tho principal shrinkage in exports was $i$,000,000 in oottou in id yarns and !f)0,OOQ in coiil. E OFF NANTUCKET NANTUCKKT, Slass.. Dec. 7. fly Iiik spray, snow and ruin shut off all view from fchoio today of tho six iniiMeil schooner AI)co M, Lawrence, which, with :'(1 men ou board, struck on tho unit of TurUrnuck Hhoul Hat unlay. A wrerkluu (iir fiom Now IaiiiiIoii whs repoittiil us sluiidliitf utoiiKsldo Iho stranded crufl. Life sutliiK cruvts weiu nimble lo luiiiieh their suif bouts bvvausu of hu (vr rifle wan, I BRITISH GERMAN SCHOONER ASHOR OREGON, MONDAY, VKCmiimi 7, 1914 IN6EDENTS IN THE CLOTHES,KEY TO CRIME MYSTERY AT OREGON CITY! OltKOON ITI'V. Or.. Dee. 7. -A woman's waist, hut and pair of stock ings and a mini's coat and socks wero found today floating in the river liasiu np'xisitc the lluwley pulp ami paper mill. In u pocket of the coat was found a wallet, showing that its owner was O. J. Pixlcy ami that lie hail worked as n liriikeuiau for Hie Great North em railroad. The wallet nlno con tained nn InuVpcmlrut Order of Odd Fellows card showing ho had paid dues in July Inst to tlio Vancouver, It. C. lodge, No. 'JO. In u pocket was found a criminal subpoena in the ease of Tonv Caveleu vs. Mnhel Pixlcy in Snohomish county, A Wishing! on, cit ing the latter to appear on January -I. In thp cont also was found a post card that had never been mailed, ad dressed to Pixle.'s wifo at 317 Korty sceond uvcjiue, West Duluth, Minn., nsying that ho had been looking for hor to arrive in Portland ami that ho was seeking work. Tho police tiro preparing to drag the basin. FOOTBALL GAMES CONTINUE '.ONOON, Dec 7. 0 p. m Tho football association decided today to proceed with tho annual cup compe titions, both nmuteur nnd profes slpual, during tho coming season and this In splto of tho ulloRatlous mndo In soma quurtcrs recently Hint tho playing of football had Interfered with recruiting. KAXtiAK CITY, .r Dee. 7 Counterfeit illm, halves nml ipuir Icrt, mi iicuilv perfect Unit their de tection was not nosihlti hy "ilnglUK" Iheiii ou n hard surface, lum hceu iiimitifiii'liiied hi IuIwiim City fur mcvctiiI niHillhk, Mi'iniiiling n rmlernl officials who lialiiy iiiiuoiiiiecil Iho I'liptiiui of (litre nlli'ueil uu'iiibci of Jllit bit ml ENGLISH PERFECT PHONEY MONEY FOUND GREAT WAR. I WARSHIP AH E l PHILADELPHIA, Dee. 7. A dis patch to the maritime exchange from its station nt Lcwcs, Delaware, says that a telephone message from Oneida, Mil., reported that the war ship which hnd been grounded off that place had proceeded seaward. A forty-five-milo gale was blowing and the weather was thick, mnking it impossible to learn the identity of the ship. HALTJMOHK, Mil., Dec. 7. -Ac cording to n dispatch from Ocean City, Md., today, n steamer supposed there to ho a warship, which "rounded five miles below that placo yesterday, was still fast this morning and blow ing her whistle continuously for help. Tho high sen and fog prevented as sistance being rendered cither from the shore or the sen. NKW YOIJIC, Dec. 7. There are no less than forty-four warships in tho Ilriti-li navv with four funnels. Only tho names of two of this grom of vessels, however, have appeared as being in western Atlantic waters since the war hegtuu These are tlie Uri&tol and the Defence. Tho Defence, of 11,000 tons, four funnels, two masts, with fighting top ou each, was reported at llucnos A res, November I). ABE RUEF'S FATHER CALLED BY DEATH SAN fllANCLSCO, CabflcC. 7. ' Meyer Ituof, father of Abraham Ruor, ono, time political boss of San fran- cl8co,dlcd horn lat ulBhtatitlio ago of 75, 'His ' daughter, Mra, lion ileltn Sittcnfcld, said his health had fulled steudlly since tho state board of prison dlroctorTlust refused to en- tertalu his son's application for parole from Hun Quontlu. Colorado Editor Dead WAKIIIMITO.V, Dee. 7. Noun of the death at laopihi, Mix., of Ar ill ur hjM'ir hhi'ppaiil. loiiucr owner of the Dcmrr vild, nml a member "I the Hunlii louiiiiiieoiiiiuisioii under Pvsnlciil (limit, wa iccciu'd licrw loilit) liinwie a Jin c- 0 AWAR REEFS NAN UNKNOWN BILLION DOLLAR TEUTONSRETAKE CONGRESS OPENS LODZ; RUSSIANS VITAL SESSION MENACECRACOW President Wilson to Deliver Annual Address Tomorrow Bljj Appro priation Bills and Administration Program Up Peace Prayer Lifted by Chaplain. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Congress got back to work again today after n six weeks' rest to what promises to be n billion dollar session. With crowded calendars i-onf rout ing both liouic senators and renrc seniatives settled down to 'inssing the big appropriation bills and the nil mittittration 'rocrnm which President Wilson will outline in his annual ad dress tomorrow, ain the hope that n special session may not be nccessnrv after March -J. In the house a few bills were drop tied in the Iiopiht some new members were sworn in to fill vuenncics anil a large number of members denuded to nttend the funeral of the late K. A. Mcrritt of New Vork. The house ehanlain, Hev. Hnrr- N. Couden, in his invocation, (irnved "thnt wc mnv be nt wnce aniontr ourselves and with all other nations." In the senate Chnilitiu Prettyman Iravcl: "Almighty God, we pray that our message to all the -""nlcmav be that of eucc and our influence in all tho world that of universal brotherhood." In the senate, after Senators ICcrn and Gallingcr hnd been annotated to join n house coinmittce to formally notify President Wilson of the open ing of the session, a recess was taken until 3 p. m. The hojtse named Representatives Tntlerwood, Fitzgerald and Mann to wait upon" the president with -ijenn tors Gallingcr and Kern, nnd then a reso lution was adopted fixing 12:30 t. m,. tomorrow as the time of the joint ses sion with the senate to hear President WiUon read his nnnunl address. Then after resolutions of symttathy on the death of Representative K. A. Mcrritt of New York wero adonted, the bouse adjourned at 1 :09 p. m. un til noon tomorrow. KAISER FRAMES PLAN FOR AERIAL L GENEVA, Switzerland, Dec. 7. Germany is slowly bul steadily pre paring to make her threatened aerial attack ou London und on the eastern coast of England, even without the aid of the German, navy, in the judg ment of observers of the continued activity at the Zcppeliu works at Fricdrichshafen. At this factory on Lake Constance more than 1000 woikmen since the beginning of the war have been em ployed in the construction of dirig ible balloons, instead of a normal working force of 400 men. In place of the usual working period of eight hours ii day, the men, all experts, have been divided into day and night bhifts of twelve hours each, so that more than fiOO arc always engaged. All the finished materials and fit tings, as well as sections of the air ship envelopes, arrive from other parts of Gennuny ready made, and tho workmen nt Friederichshafen have pnly to pul them together. This makes it possible to build u Zeppelin in three weeks. CONEY ISLAND IN OF NEW YORK, Dec. 7 Portions of Surf Avenue nt Coney Island wuro un der water Tliu boardwalk at Drlglit on Hunch, ordinal Hy 100 yards from tho shore, was swept awa. At Hen (lata, a 121,000 cot I u no, the property of (ho J. M. Muyer 'ttu. wuv under milled b)' (lie Hdu Mini toppled over on Its side. Tim Haves then lure It spurt mid lltteicd (bo shore with In conduits, ID ON DON NO. 221 Berlin Claims Victory Pelrorad Admits "Situation Desperate" Af ter Lemhcrrj Fall Austria Soupjit Peace Early Hungary Weakest Point of Attack. LONDON, Dec. 7, 11:5.1 a. m. A comparison of tho reports from Berlin and'l'ctrogrnd leads to tho conclusion that tho Germans again occupy Lodz, from which city thoy wcro driven on their first retreat from Warsaw". Ber lin makes positive announcement that Lodz Is In their handu, whllo retro grad admits tliat the situation there is desperate. If tho fall of tho city Is a fact, It Indicates that communication front Warsaw again Is seriously menaced, but a semi-official statement from Petrograd declares that tho Uusilahs arc strong enough to hold tho Invad ers In Northern Poland nnd "vllt con tent themselves with doing this, whllo devoting their main energies to tho reduction of Cracow and tho Inva sion of Hungary. Hungary, according to reports from the Russian capital Is tho weak point in tho armor of tho Teuton allies. These messages from Petrograd soy that even as early as at tho time of tho fall of Lcmbcrg, Austria asked Russia for terms of peace. Tho nego tlans to this end, If any really took place, apparently proved abortive. Tho story Is again revived in Petro grad In tho form of a roport that tho Hungarian prima minister, on a re cent visit to Kmpcror William, de manded better military protection for Hungary, lack of which would cause the loss of the kingdom. Tho latest French official com munication declares there Is nothing to report on t3 western front and with tho exception of a special dis patch to tho effect that Ostend Is burning, nothing has been received in London to disputo tho accuracy of this laconic statoment. Tho latest reports from Montene gro and Servla Indicate that theso llalkan allies, at bay In their moun tain strongholds, nro holding tho Aus trian invaders In check, n tho water somo minor activity has been notod resulting in tho re ported destruction of Turkish auxil iaries in tho Black Sea by Russian submarines; destruction by mines of two Swedish merchant ships off tho Finnish coast, and tho crippling by a ralno of tho famous Turkish cruiser Hamldleh, which Is snld to have re gained Constnntinoplo with consid erable difficulty. Diplomatically interest Is centered ou Rome, whero the statement of former Premier Otullttlo that Austria planned war against Servla In 1913 has caused something of n sensation. Tho Balkan States aro said to be nearlng a rapprochomentfcwhlch will enable them to malio common causo against tho Germanic allies. TURNING OF TIDE KHT, E SEVERE SEAIIIUGUT, N, J., Dec. 7. Tho turning of the ebb tido hero today found Seabright's chief streets under water, tho railroad tracks wero cov ered by the ocean for two miles und a storui-lnshcd sea swept through tho breaks in tliu seal wall constructed after tho floods last -car. With high tide to come, tho situation was ulnnn ing and residents nraclicnllv aban doned hope of preventing great loss, Tho tide w.is- h weening ovur tho ground floors of houses uiid there an pea red o bo an unbroken stretch of water between Noruimidlo ami Iho Highlands. Issues estimated at WQ,WH) wetn cmiHfil by tbu Monti during tin h!M, All hiilncM wan UNMiltl, 'tlw 1'iiht Naiioiinl bank win-It m flooded wo fuel dee". H'MVM ltruk over Oecmi botilvnril bUrUHsf tbrf hurt) ami wshv4 Ik utfik (rum mm ilcr maw mu4. )ifnrJ wmv In AV DAMA " 111 ' ' A t