Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
Unsettled with probftblo iiUh
Mv. ni .Mlii. II.
forty.fourth Y'r,
l)lly Ninth Ynitr.
MEDFORD. OltKOON, THURSDAY, DKOUMUVAl 10, 1914
NO. 224
-- . - ?-,.,TTg:rTrTTTM,,
FLEEING GERMAN CRUISER
1RSHP
SUNK
EF
E
Official Press Bureau Announces De
struction of Nurnberg which Es
caped In Battle Off Falkland
Islands Destruction Frees South
Atlantic Commerce.
LONDON, Dec. 10, 7:18 . m. The
official IllirOIIII IlllllOllllCCd tlllS Mil IT.
iitioii that the (lonunti cruiser Nuni-ln-ix,
ono tit thu warships which oh
eaped riiuii tlio F.ngllsh in thu engage
ment of December H, him been Htink
Tim text of tho official bureau
statement rendu:
'.'.A, further telegram Iihh been re
eclvt'd from Vicc-Admiml Sir Fred
nick llovclnu Sttirdco, reporting that
ho sunk on De
cember 8, mill that thu search for thu
Dii'mIcii still is proceeding."
Five-Hour llnttlo
''Tim luiliou lasted for five hours,
w it li interval!, Tim Suhiinihorst sunk
after three hour, ami thu OueJseiinu
two hours later. Tim cucmy'H light
cruisers srntlcred ami were chased by
our eniNern ami light cruisers,
"No loss of any Itritish vesc U re
ported.'
The Nui nberg was one of thu Hiiiall
iinitK of tlm (lumiaii Kitiinlrm which
wart defeated off tho Falkland isl
ands by the Hritlsh warships on Do-
eeialier H. She had a displacement of
.'11.1(1 ami n complement of 2113 men.
Her length on tho water lino waH 3.11
feet ami bur beam 44 feel. Sho ear
ried tea -1. 1-inch Rium, eight five
pounders, four innehiiiu gtuiH anil two
torpedo tubes.
Auuiiiineeiiiriil of the sinking of the
N in nberg leaven out tho cruiser
IIicmIcii to bo aeeoiiulvil for of thu
five warships ill tlm German sipiad
ioii. The last word of the Dresden,
winch ix a sister ship of the famous
eruiser P.milci), wan that she was flee
iiii; from the Iliitish ships and was
being pursued.
I 'living Towards Siit t'fiu
MONTHVIDKO, Umi'iuiY. Dee. 10.
Wirolcsi. reports received here to
day indicate (lint the (lennan eruis
ers Dresden and Niirnlninr, tlm sur
vivors in tho engagement with mi
Kuglish fleet December 8, ill which the
Sehiiruliorsl, tlio Oiicisciinu and tlm
Leipzig wero sunltj eloselv numiied by
Hiitislt warship.'!, are fleeing in the
direction of Port Siuita Cmz, on tin
Aigfiitiuo coast, north of thu Atlantic
eulratieu to tho Straits of Magellan,
mid went of tlm Fnlklund islnndi).
It is icportcd huro also that the
(lennan auxiliary cruiser Prince F.itcl
is eniisiii" in thu South Atlantic mid
that hIio Iiiih ou bonrd 1'iQO Gcmiuu
soldiers.
FORM FOR STATE
KUai'.XI?, Or., Dec. 10. Tho spe
eiul session of tlm commonwealth
conference, to discuss legislative
problemH and reformH, presided over
by Gnvornor-clool Jiunea Wjthycombu,
opened huro today, Hoorgniiizittiou of
tlm Htato adiuiiilstrutioit of Oregon
wan discussed by Dr. James D. Har
nett, professor of political sciuueu at
tlm University of Oregon, who advo
cated among other tilings tho shorten
ing of thu ballot.
'Tlm governor Hhoitld Im tlm only
elective nfficu besides a hciirelury of
slitlu and statu treasurer," said Dr.
Hamuli, "Tlm appointment of ull thu
other heads of tho ailiiilnistvalion
should lie vested in tlm governor and
tlm terms of officii of all tlm heads
of ilepiiilineiits should Im for four
yearn, thus Inking tlm ilepaitmunl
lieaiU out of polilinN."
Dr. Ilimielt oilllliied ii M'Iiciiiu
w hereby llicin emlld Im nlim sepuiatit
ilcpiiiluienls, tlm lieuiU of wlileli
would foi Hi li viibllli'l lor tin 'rr'
inr.
1
iEFING
FROM
NGLSH
FAVORS COMMISSION
HAN
N
ACROSS FRANCE
IS
French Announcement Says Allies
Have Prosecuted the Offensive
Successfully at Many Points Six
Counter Attacks Made In Argonne
by Germans Fall.
J'AltIS, Deu. 10, l!::ill p. in. De
cember t passed ipnetlv in Ilol(;iiiiii,
as well as in thu vicitiitv of Arras,
according to tho official statement
given out at tin wjtr office in I'uris
this afternoon. The war office claims
French advances at several points on
the extended battle front ami makes
no mention of any reverse. I'or in
stance, near Lequesnoy gains of from
'J00 to UUU yards wcic made: in thu
Aisue nud on the heights of the Mctisc
tho French artillery iiiuutcrnl thu
batteries of the enemy nud near
Khcims French cannon compelled thu
evacuation of trenches. Counter-attacks
were repulsed near l'erthes ami
in the Argonne. In tlm latter locality
new trenches were taken by the
French. -
Cjulrt on lU'lglnu IVoiil
Thu text of the communication fol
lows :
"Tlm day of December 0 passed
quietly in itelgium, as well ns in the
region of Arras, vvhero tho enemy
iiiiule no attempt at a resumption of
offensive oKratioiiri.
"Farther to the.Hotitli, in the region
of Lvquesnoy and around Audeeli.V
wo iiiade advances varying from -0(1
to 000 yards. Oiir gninirwti main
tained mid consolidated.
"In tho region of (ho Aisue mid in
rhmnpngno them bus been no change.
The (lennan artillery, over xvhieh we
gained tho advantage during the last
few days, has evinced iiierenscd ac
tivity, hut was again masked by our
heavy artillery. In the environs of
Khciins the heavy French pieces coin
Kllcil the (leniinns to evaeiiutc sev
eral trenches. This evacuation was
carried out under the fire of our in
fantry. ItepulM? CIuIiihnI
"In the region of Perthes, the en
emy by menus of two counter attacks
endeavored to recapture tho en
treiicbmentH which he lot to its on
December H. He was repulsed. The
ground taken by us has been effect
ively protected.
"In all the Argonne region we have
continued to make iiniL-ress. Wo
liavo occupied unw trenches, repulsed
with complete micccsh sixcounter'-ut-tacks
and completed and consolidated
tho ground won from tlm enemy.
"On thu heights of the Mctiso there
biivo been artillery engagement!! in
which we maintained a distinct ad
vantage, ami this in spite of tho very
groat activity of tlm batteries of tho
enemy.
"In tho forest- of Lopetrc wo bavo
taken somu now trenches,
"There is nothing to report on tho
remainder of tho front as far as tho
Swiss frontier."
ASK MS TRUCE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.--A reso
lotion wuh introduced in congress to
day by Senator Kenyon reipiestlng
tlm warring nations in tho niimo of
thu congress of tho United States to
deelaro a twenty-day Inmo over thu
ChristmiiH liolidayH, "that tho Chris
tian people of the world may fitting
ly observe tho Christmas season,"
mid with "tlm hope that such cessa
tion of hostilities may stimulate re
flection of such nations as to thu
moaning and spirit of the Christmas
time mid that I he re may become
again "pun on on earth to men of good
will,'"
Portland Livestock
J'OUTMND, Or., Dee, 10, futile
Itceelpl 'J'J, bteudy,
lloffb-llcculpU 101 1 uiieliiiiigctl,
HIiitii Hlt'Hily Id Mroiiuj jiiuib.
'.'Ou hiyhvr, ,umU, fU,M It f 7,69,
M
WAY
WARRING
NATIONS
NURNBERG. WHICH ESCAPED BRITISH, OVERTAKEN AND DESTROYED
. ! .. I. . I . I - l.l,l.,,-,ll. ! I 1SI . i - ' ' - ' . ,m . .
MI, (HAN' M!AiqSI1.0TKiS HOLDIXG TJIJ
" . .... -i I... .... . .. i i i '
HJJSwBHBHBPIIInCHfeAivMmin
E2fafiiH3M9IPvinr bUHBTy'HBHS m Lift
fn3lrv fl flNBHK)iPIH
Yk- I HTtf'BrBVBBHM'iifHB
Ik Si ' Blli .mllBHIRSRcaBBni
fflBi r HHVH HHBHHHHHHHHHHk jHHHEHr3f9-4R -flHtVt
-! PBBH II BVBTBBVBVBBtFKlflVBVBVvQBVBHBVBVuK
BB', BBBBB H BBBBJBBBBBBBlBB(BBBjBBjPjBBBBBBBBBBK
BUM rv,--1 i E sBBBY 'M BBBBkBBBBBBBBM BBBBrBV9BBBBBBKrBi,
BB'-kSX KbVBvB Q BwBvBwBlBVBVBVKnBVHBVBCSpDEBVBW(8
JHJf lH. SbSIbbwbw'bbbbbbhbbIIHw
IbV bbVbhmJbbbVbVbbbdbbbwbVbVbVbVbVbVbhbSSb
IbV BBBBBB 1TBBJPVPPErBBBVBBBBBBBBBfBJKM
BB7t SBHBHBlBBlyBHBHBBKBHS3i0'X-si
BvM ..v bVbVbVTvi j!t!flPPPWBBBB,Mr MHBL(BwJB'Mf
t it. i'K'rlt i i rlBtaBBBfc-BWj
bVbVbVbbbb hbVbVbi ' pi bbbh'' bbbH
BBBBBEBBBBBMBBBtaBtfi-L. BB WSM
BVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBHBBktM-BVBVfl flVflfl
HHHBffiH'jPPBBBBk BIP
FAifZTS' OP
BEUSIAMS"
INJ A
OF
L
DEAD, AGE OF 82
J.VDUlUiNDK.N-Ci:, .Mo., Dec 10.
Jokojih Smith iiroMdeiit of tho re-or-gantxod
clitirch of Latter Day Saints,
died nt bin homo hero today. At bis
bodsldo was bU bon, Frederick M.
Htiiltb, who will Hiicceed It tin ait pres
ident of tho church, nud other mem
bers of Ills family.
J'roHiilcnt Smith was 82 years old
and had boon In III health for, sev
eral months, Hecently ho became
blind and wns forced to abandon
many of bis duties as editor of tho
Saints ilernld, tho official publica
tion ot tho church,
Two wpoks ago bo was stricken
with heart disease and ho bad been
in n critical condition ever since.
HILL FORCES FIRE
N'ACO, Ari.., Dee. 10. According
to reports received by American will.
tary ntitliUii(!cs hero today, tho firing
on American telephone linemen yes
terday xvrtB done by soldiers in the
trenches of General Hill at Naco, So
nora. Obsorvers of tho situation ex
pressed tho belief Hint as ninny
"stray' bullets como from tho Hill
trenches as from thu lines of tho
Governor Mnytoreiui rump, , whoso
forces huvo been besieging Naco, So
nora, for two mouths. It is believed
that Hill's men fire into American ter
ritory frequently ami lay blame, on
my aim my oiamtt on i
Mnytorcm in order to direct Amuri-
enn wrath against M'aytorenn.
JOSEPH
SMITH
ATTER DAY SAINTS
ASHLAND ENGINEER TELLS OF PERILS SISKIYOU RUN
'CHICAGO, Dee. 10. O. It. D.
Joies of Ashiiud, Or., thu hardships
ami pent oi whoso run have iiindo him
one of the most widely known loco
niolivo engineers lit tho country, was
a will today in the railroad wage
arbitration hearing.
lie is on a Southern Pacific run
on thu route between Portland, Or.,
mid San Francisco, where, a number
of tunnels pierce poitions of the Sis
kiyou iiioiinliiliiri, In negotiating
thdkii lunncls engine eiews wear res-
pi nil or over their faces, Thu musks,
lis they me moie commonly called,
arc fed hj ciiniiiccd air, tillered
iu lliu n o till lliruiiuh it ioiigu cat-
ii nil cd wllli tinier. Ileal iu an en
tyiuu iwib In, mm of ilnnm luiineU
reui'lio U ItWjicrnliiiu of 4 OU degree
THtE
FRIDAY'S MET
Producers From All Parts of County
Asked to Be Present Friday After
noon at Mass Meeting Means Pay
Roll for Valley and Running Ex
penses -for Orchards.
Healthy Interest In tho establish
ment of a beet sugar factory In this
valley was manifested today, indi
cating a thorough representation of
fanners, landowners, and business
men at tho mass meeting to bo held
nt tho Natatorium, Friday afternoon
at 2 o'clock. An effort is being made
to liavo very section ot Jacksou coun
ty present nt tho meeting, when
agents of tho beet sugar Interest, will
stato In full mid detail their plans
mid purposes.
A beet HiiKar factory would moan
the establishment ot a payroll, a step
towards, tho crlng needs diversi
fied Industry, an lucroaso in tho till
able acreage, utilizing thereby land
now unproductive, mid a link lu Irri
gation, upon which tho agricultural
future of tho valley binges. Opposi
tion from tho same sr,ircos that pro
nounced a co-operatlvo cannery Im
practical, Is leveling its guns against
tho latest progress movo.
F. S. Urumwell, bead of tho beet
sugar representatives In tho valley in
specting conditions, said Wednesday,
that lu tho orchard districts of Idaho
and Utah, tho running expenses ot
tho orchards, wero mado'by nlnntlne
boots botwoeu tho trees. This is ox
....
,,cc,cu l0 uo tt ,nc,or locn,l' ' "l0
(Continued on pie I.)
and six engines are required to han
dle a freight train through them.
Somu time ugo Jones told the urbi
Imtors ho xvns engineor on onu of live
engines pulling a train through tun
nel No. l.'l, which is III 'JO feet long.
Ho said the tunnel became blocked,
nud knowing that the men could not
stand the deadlv fume for long, he
tool; the desperate chance of uhiiii
doning his rchpirutor In an attempt to
iirraugo for bucking out of tin tun
nel. Ho became nphyiutcl almol
immediately ami other engineers
backed the train out vvjllmiit him, lie
having fallen into 11 gutter by ilm hide
of (lie truck. He win minted mid
Ihl'eo nllrmplN weld inudu by rccil
uitf before Ihet won ublu lo icvotur
liik iiieoncou f 01 111, 1
KEBtimCo
OCUCSStM
sugar mm
outline
- V GKKMAXS AT .HAY.
UHUANS
AT
z-
Ll
AUSTRIANS CLAIM
RUSSIAN DEFEATS
IN WEST GALACIA
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. Further
successes for tho Austrian and Ger
man troops iu western Gallcla and
tho repulse of a Itusslan Torco nt
tacking near l'iotrkow, noro ropo
to tlm Austro-Ilungarinn embassy to
day from Vienna. Thu dispatch
says:
"Struggle in Uusslun war theater
continues. Southwest of l'iotrkow
tho allied troops repulsed tho at
tack mailo by tho Russians, who wero
forced to xlold. In West Gallcla
greater fights continue without de
cision. Tho allied forces hero yes
terday took 1500 mora Itusslan pris
oners. In tho Carpathians tho Kus-
blaiiB wero again forced to retlro bo
foro strong forces to positions behind
tho iiiountnlu ridges."
An embassy dispatch yesterday in
terpreted to say 23,000 Russians had
been captured really said 2300 had
been taken.
i VILLA'S ARMY BEATEN
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Tho con
stitutionalist agency today announced
tho receipt ot tho following advices
from Vera Cruz and bordor censuls:
Goneral Lopez Dclarn reports that
ho hns defeated Villa troops at Vo
lasco and routed them with heavy
losses. This wns Villa's column ad
vancing on Tamplco. Morolla, capi
tal ot tho stato ot Mlchoacsn, adja
cent to tho stato of Mexico, was takon
yestorday by Goneral Murgla giving
Htm command of that district."
lie was thought to bo dead, but
good forliinii in the near picseneu of.
a pliyificmu bayed Im ate, though bo
lingered iu delirium and convalescence
for several week before, leaving- his
bed.
"And I wits 'docked' for the time,"
added the witness,
The testimony of the wilnrvi was
designed by thu men to illustrate pie
vioiis ashci lions that tlm perils ami
haiiUhips of their work aru a ftielor
which should m conldeied In lliuir
rcipiesl for iiioro pa v.
Other wiliicuscs weio John (',
Oiiiilding of Cliimigo, huiteli eiiliicnr
III I in in. Ice mniiti', and A. Skoog of
MlllllvUs)M( Cigilt'il j kjiullill' (!'
wen Uivm'ii Jij)iii'aM, uiul ,S,
I'liul,
DANIELS FAVORS
STEAD! GROWTH
AMERICAN NAVY
6
Conservative Policy of More Big
Battleships Recommended Over
Fleet of Submarines Thinks Uni
versal Disarmament Practical Af
ter European War Is Concluded.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Secre
tary Daniels tohl the house naval
committee today that while the Amer
ican navy should "be steadily
strengthened In an orderly way,"
each year, tho sentiment of the
American was against making the
Hulled States Into a military nation
In competition with heavily armed
powers of Kuropc.
The secretary's declarations today,
closo upon the remarkable testimony
of Hear Admiral Fletcher, commander
of the Atlantic fleet, who jesterday
told the committee there was only
one navy In tho world England's
to which tho United States was not
equal, came as a climax to two days'
discussion ot the preparedness ot tho
nation for defense.
"I have recommended this yenr
that we continue Hie regular and nor
mal construction recommended latt
year." said tho secretory. "It seems
to mo wise iwliey for steady enlarge
ment. This includes two dread
noughts, six destroyers, eight sub
marines or more (one of fceagoingand
seven or tuoro of the cqast defense
tye), one gunboat and one oiler. The
president approves this."
3Ir. Danitflfcbnracterized ns "ox
trnvngmit" suggestions that in the
light of the Kuropcnn experience there
should bo 100 submarines and fifty
battleships. Thu president, he snid,
"believes in tho steady development
of tho navy."
In Orderly Way
"The president," be added, "rec
ommended that congrcs make the
navy more powerful in tho orderly
way that we did at tho Inst congress.
"For the first time for many years
tho navy strength of personnel is fulh
Of every six men offered for serv
ice xvo hnvo declined five. I nut not
asking for men at this congress. Wo
must, however, ndd them ns wo add
to tho ships. At tho next session of
congress I shall nsk for more men. It
is unnecessary to hnvo enough men
nt this time to man ull tho ships iu
the nnvy. Wo hnve on every sdup in
ordinary mid in reserve enough men
to enro for them. Wo ought to hnvo
not mora tbnn 1200 of our fahips iu
commission nt any one time. Wo hnvo
220 ships in nil." Wo have now 90
per cent of our fighting force in full
commission nud we'll keep that up."
Secretary Daniels said ho wns
asking this congress to nutborizo a
reserve of fonner snilors of the navy
which ho snid would in ten dnys' time
"produce 23,000 picked men for ser
vice." (Continued on page two.)
11 1 m i '
ADMITS STEALING
POllTliANI), Or., Dee. 10. -Albert
M. Portor. 10 voars old. walked into
polico headquarters here today and
Ubkeu to he arrested, tie said, ac
cording to tho police, that after em
bozzlimr $850 from tho contniclini;
firm of Porter & FonI of Franklin, X,
II., ho had run away with tho wifu of
His brother, yv. t. lloibrook.
; '"'My brother overtook tin here,"
faid 'Porter, dejeotedly, "and induced
his wifu to return to hint and con
vinced me that the best thing to do
would bo to give myself up."
Thu police wero incrcdulou, but
when he showed a police circular giv
ing Ills dehtiripliou, ihey locked liltu
1111 mid communicated with thu Fiank-
lin, .V II-, 11 11 1 ho lilies. According to
Porter, his hrnllitTri name is differ
ent from hi, bromine hi bndhcr u
adopted by u family iiumed llolbiool.
Puller in Ihn Keillor meiiibiT of the
I'liul from which lit) u kind Im hut
CN
ND
WOMAN
cwtiWlfiJ jkv money,
GARDNER
SAYS
Y
IF
E
Representative Assails President far
Opposing Plan of Inquiry Into Na
tional Defense Fitzgerald to Re
port Upon Preparedness of Nation
No Ammunition Says Gardner.
WASHINGTON Dec. lCf. War
talk held tho floor in tho-itouso today
nnd the preparedness of thcnntiou
wns the subject of vigorous debate.
Ileprcscntntivc Gardner, author of
the resolution calling for investiga
tion of the nntional defenses, assailed
President Wilson nnd the ndminis tril
lion for opjMising bis plnn.
licprcscntntivo Fitzgerald, chnir
innn of the appropriations committee,
in n brief reply, nnd obviously speak
ing for tho administration, announc
ed his intention of making n dctuiled
statement as to the nation's prcpurcd
ncss. llcport of Prcparedncos
"I shall make n stntement 011 this
question of preparedness," ho snid,
"before this session of congress ends,
and perhaps then some of theso cx
bccrctarics who arc seeking notoriety
will not bo so anxious to call atten
tion to the annual reports they miido
when in office."
A largo portion of his speech Mr.
Gardner devoted to nn analysts of
President Wilson's references to nn-
tionnl defense in his annual nddrcss
to congress Monday. Ho declared
tbo president bad set up a "bogey
man of straw" nnd that "if war were
to break out today it would be 'found,
our coast defenses hnvo not sufficient
ammunition for nn hour's fighting."
Cltzcnry Untrained
"'We must depend in every time of
national cril upon citizenry trained
and accustomed lo nnns,' snys tho
pres-ident,' snid Ileprcscntntivo Gard
ner. Docs tho president realize that
thero nre only 120,000 tuilitinmcn in
this whole nation f Does bo under
stand Hint 32,000 of them did not
even show up Inst year for annual
inspection? Does ho know that 31,- -000
did not appear at the nnnunl en
campment? Ts he nwnrc Hint f3,000,
or nearly hnlf of this citizonry uever
appeared nt the rifle range during Iho
whole" course of last your? Where
is this citizenry to get tbo weapons of
war? According to Iho Inst rcjiort of
tho chief of staff wo nro short 310
field gnus nnd 1.322JS4 rounds of
ammunition nceessnrv to equip our
militia iu time of xvur. Last year
General Wood nsked for enough guns
and ammunition to bring tbo United
States up U the standard of Hut
gnria. That modest demand was
gently but firmly rejected. ,
Xo Ammunition
"I will not say thut xvo huvo only
enough field artillery ammunition to
Inst for a single duy's battle if all our
guns were engaged, but I will say that
such is tho statement wbiclr hits been
tnndo to mo by one of tho ltighost of
ficers iu tho United States. I don't,
however, hesitate to assert that if war
wero to break out today it would bo
found that our const defeusea liavo
not sufficient ammunition for an
hour's fighting. Tho uliiof of stuff
tells us Hint the ammunition for tho
coast defense motturs would last onu
half hour nnd for the const defense
gun threo-cpiarters of an hour,"
AM8TUKDAM, Dec, 10, via Lou.
don. 5:20 p. m. Tho official com
munication issued ut Vienna today by
thu Austrian urmy headquarters staff
suys:
"Curt of our troops la HtyIi h
countered west of MIIbhvkU trNg
hostile fortes and wuld wt brwk
through tbeiii. In Mr l rvld ft
counter Httuvk Mmiti wf wr tfH
uro ordri'd lo (mW wf tir
ably ultusM pw4lkw.
"Oh IhftmUir f r MMwtf I
NATION UNREAD
WA
AM
AUSTRIA
ADMITS
SERVIAN
RETREAT
M
-4
i
s
1
i
i
1
A
i
JL.4&