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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
Fnlr tonight niul tomorrow
Mm, in Min. art.
forty-fourth Yitr.
MEDFOUD. OHWION, .MONDAY, DWKMHIM H, IM
UllllV- Nllllll Tl'lir
BY BRITISH
I NO. 227
TORPEDOED
SUBMARINE IN DARDANELLES
.
WARSHIP DIVES ALLIES ADVANCE
UNDER MINES TO
SHOD! TORPEDO
Ci lllsh Stilunnrfnc Cntrrs Supposedly
Impregnable Dardanelles, In Diffi
cult Current, Coins Under Five
Rows of Mines to Sink Turkish
Battleship Messudlch.
LONDON, Dim. 1 I.- Reverse fur
Turkey nt (lu IiiiiiiU nl' Russia on
Iniiil niul nf Knitliiiul nn the sen won
ehinulelod in IimIiiv'n nlflolal war li
patclic. KiiMiun iiiniv hetiihpinrlerH
in lhi Cnuenxii icpotts Unit tin
'I'lirltH, wIikh,. strong loNiHtiini'c lo the
iiiMittti'M from tliu north compelled
llii'in to ret lent now have been re
pulsed everywhere iiml nri' now being
)tiii-MiiiMt huynuil the hiiphrnles river,
suffering heavy Iohkph. The llritish
admiralty aiinnnnecM (hat tint "hi
Turkidi hnttlcship McsMidit-li, which
carried (!()( men, has been destroyed
hv a llrilixli submarine. To nocoin
plidi thi' fiMit, tliu milium! ino jiono
tinted the mippoHcdly impregnable
Dardanelles,
Tim Iniioiui'rt Mtatrmunt In as fol-
IiiUm;
"YiHtti'iitay subiimriiie 1111, in
chnrxc of l.lmitVnnnt ('onniiiiniU'r
Nnniinn It. Ilnlhrook of tho mal
Imvy, entered I hit Dardanelles ami in
spite of tin dilTiiMilt (Minnit dived
under five row of mines aint tut h
iliiril the TuikUli battleship Mcsmi
ilmli, which wii guarding tin mini1
field.
"Alllioiiuo-iirMii1 liy gun fin unit
llll'twlll lllMlt, tllO ILll ll'tlllllCll
Mifi'ly after being submerged on one
oeinioii for iiIiki ImiirH.
"Whi'ii hist Mi'flu, thi' .Momudieh
ni sinking tiy thi' stern."
'I'lin Mcudicli wiw tin old lioat,
liaxuiK been liiiilt at lllnehwull, Knr
laiiil, in 1871, nml reconstructed at
(iui.ui in toon, sin- wiim :i:i'j ivt
long, .Ml fio Itcnrn niul of ahont IQ,
lintt lii harden. Sin hail a ncd of
17'3 knN ami her main hatti'ry con
iled of two ll.'J-ini'h itmiM in lurid
nml twelve six-inch guns hi battery.
In the war with (liecci hi l!ll'' the
.Me-Midicli was icporlcd limllv dam
ned in a naval buttle in tin1 Daulan
elli m, .she ran icil a new of (1(10 iiu-in
FAMI
CI 1 10 A (10, Dee 14 Convicts In
tin Juliet pciiltontlnry put Into opera
llon today u plnn to iiiIko a fund for
the support of families of t ho men
nerving terms In tho prison.
Tim KlilO Inmates agreed to spend
tliclr mmro tlnio In tliu shops and
I urn tliclr product over to nn agent
whom Ihrnuuh sules would lie ninde.
All moneys received will go Into
general fund for tlm support of wives
and clilldien of tho prlKonor. TIio
eoiivlctH call tlmlr oiKniiUatlon tho
Jollut I'onlloutlnry Mutual llouofit
AHhoclntlon,
Tho plnn wnH propom'il hy "Kiik
HhIi Kddlo," a hHIIIciI merhnnlr, re
garded iih one of tho inoHt notorloiiH
HafehloworH In tho country,
ONLY LITHIA PERMITTED
r-8nt'eg;uliril prohlhitioit in Ash
IiiimI, duo nnd formal notice has heen
nerved upon tho Rose society vaude
ville malingers that when they offer
iiels at the Vining theater in that city
(ouiorrow night) that no elmnipagiio
he opened. Tho Puritnuienl fur of the
.Minrilians of tho (Iranito City will he
uilihed the wrong way if tho cabaret
scene is heightened hy anything
stronger than bubbling llthiu, ami
they are fearful lest tho well-known
teiiiporauiMi virtues of Iiml commun
ity ho enveloped hy a flank movement.
Therefore, they issue nn edict pro
hihiting something that is too high
priced for prosperity, let alono nu off
year Tor fruit.
CONVICTS
RAISE
FUNDSFDR
LIES
ALSACE BUT
FLANDERSOUIET
Artillery Exchanges of Minor Import
ance In Region of Alsnc In
Woevrc, French Cnpture Trench
anil Repulse Two Counter-Attacks
Slight Progress Reported.
l'AUIH, Der. I l.-l'rcncli offlclnl
Htnteineiit given out In I'nrlit thin nf-
tonioon reporiH loiapnrntlvi (iil:t In
I'landerH and nrtlltury exchnngi-H of
rulnilvidy minor liuportnnco i'Ikc-whi-ro.
In the Mouho, Ceruinn Imt
turloM nro unld In ho moving to tho
north. In tho Wotvio district th
I'ronch cnptiirvd a trench and re
PuIkimI two counter nttnrkit. Tho ml
vnnro of tho French lino Into A I unco
lin hrotight It to n point north of At
tklrnh mid about tun mllci to lh(
entit of tho frontier. Tho text of tho
communication followHi
Text of ComiiuimrntliiiiM
"Thoro linn been nothing of Import
mice to report botween tho hcii and
Glue.
"In tho region of tlio Alune, to
tho nnrthwi-Ht of Souplr. the enemy
nomlmrded violently our entrench.
uientH.
'"Wo replied mid deinollHhed hi
position. There were no Infantry nt
tncliH from ono tddti or the other. Our
artillery destroyed mi Important field
work of iho cnnuiy In tho vicinity of
Allies.
"In tho Argonne, at tho forest of
l.n (Irurlo wo hnve madn xllght pro
gress hy tho use of mlilcH. There
wore no tittnakn from tho enemy
"On the helghtH of tin Moiim
there has hvvn violent cannonading.
Ilntterles of the enemy would appear
to hnvn heen moved to positlonx far
ther north.
ItepiiNcit Tho Attiul.s
"In the Woevre district, nfter hav
ing occupied a Hue of ontroiichmeutH
nlong a trout of SOO nrds In the for
est of -.Mortmnre, our troops repulsed
two violent counter ntiacks.
"In Alsace our advance, lias lirought
our float to a lino thnt passes t-r
ynnlii to tho north of Ktelnlmch,
thenro to Pout D'Aspnch nnd thonco
to I'ont Do nrlnlghoefeii, 13 ynrds to
tho west of Kgllugcn.
"Heivln; During tho days of Do-
cemhzer 10, 1 1 mid 11! the enouiy con
tinued to retire nlong tho entire
front. The Her. Inn advance guards
have progressed so far as Vellkt nnd
llosiilak In tho direction of .ShnhatH,
nnd nn fnr as Knvlnkn In tho dltectton
of Lotulca. During their retreat
tho AiiRtrlnus abandoned many tro
phies of wnr. From tho tlmo the Ser
vlaiis resumed tho offensive up to
tho llth of December, Inclusive, tho
number of prisoners mndo hy tho Ser
vians, roaches US.OOO. Tho 8orvlnns
enptured -1 cannon mid -I I mnchtno
guns,
"Montenegre: After two days of
fighting Montenegrin forces hnvo
ruptured Vlshncgrnd nnd driven tho
AiiRtrlmiH hack to tho other fildo of
tho Itlver Drlnn."
WASHINO.TON, Dee.
tnry DnnlolH today told
H.
tho Sccro
hoiiso navnl conimltteo that testH complotod
ton'dnfs ago on coal from Alaska
MntaiuiHka fields hnd proved practlc
ully porfect for navnl uso.
Tho report of Hiiccossful nnvnl
testn of Mntnauskn coal wna uprung
nn n eurprlBO by tho secret nry, who
wii'h olnted particularly becaiiHo of
plana going forward for tho Alnskn
rnllwny to open up tho conl Holds.
It wiih tho more gratifying, ho said,
In vlow of tho foot thnt last yenr
tests Indlcnted thnt Dorlng lttvor
conl wna not millnblo for nnvnl uso.
1 The report allow thnt tho Doling
testa woro repeated on tlio conl from
tho MntnutiHlm for bovcu days on n
forced draught trim or four hours
nt n apood of 30 knots, n natural draft
ALASKA
GOAL
RUSSIANS CLAIM
VICTORY IN
NEAR WARSAW
!! M '
Piercing of German Front Last Week
Clinched hy Wide Swinging Move
ment of Advancing Russian Left on
Main Highway Prassurc on War
saw Relieved.
PKTHOOHAI). Dee. 1 1, via London, t
tli'JO p. tin Itcporth renehiiig here to.
day fioiu the flout nlale that the op
erations of Itiihxinn forceM north of
W'nrMiw, partial hiieeen of which wax
anuoiiiiceil lat week, have nuiv re.
Htilleil in a decisive victory, after
haviiie; pierced the Herman front lie.
yond f'ieehanow and I'rzasijyHZ. The
IttiKxinn hiieai's on iIiIn front, nc
eonliiiK to thee nihiees, Iuih hceii
cliueheil hy n wide swinging move,
meiit of the advancing Italian left
on the main highway from IMoek to
Mlnwa, eoneluding in a heavy eavalry
engagement at Jiiroiniiietua. seven
mile Motlu'nt of .Mlawn. .
ItiiHxian MieeeheH of thin nature
would have tlnee imixirlant resullH.
The immcdiiito presKiire north of
Vnrnnw would he relieved ami the
Ocriuan threat agaiiihl the railroad
linen lending ent from the eif would
he nrrowtcil. Itu-iau trooim on the
right of the Vistula river would he
f i ceil to seek a eriwing anil endanger
tin position of tin left wing of the
(leniiiiu nnuy in Hie region of Lodz.
It mi id there that the Russian
will now he aide to straighten their
eutii'o rroii.t'miining to the Mmtur
iau lakes. .
AT WALLA WALLA
VALI., Vl.LA, Wnsh., Dec. It
Following the los of more tlinn
7."0 hogK in the Unsnell ercel: diMriet,
near Wiillu Walla, nnd the quarantine
placed on no urea of about lot)
sipuuv inilen hy D. T. Clnivew, Htnte
eominissioiier nt ngruiilture, local
officials mid fawners nro awake to
the critical aspect of the hituation,
and plnns nro under way for the
wholosnlo slaughter of nf feeteil herds.
Portland Livestock Market
PORTLAND, Or., Dee. 1 1. Cuttle
receipts .I.ri0, steady; hogs, receipts
Itlrt, steady; sheep receipts J 100,
Market ipiotatious;
Cuttle Pi line light steer, $7(ir
7.',.'i; jiiime heavy steers, .-ftl.BflfjO
7.0.; good steers, .fll.:iOfi.ftl.r.); prime
eows, $."i.70((r.r.7r ; medium cows,
iH.TfirjrVi.'J; eoininon eows, .-fl.riOfi?
-1.7.; hullsi f .j;i(J7-l.7.'i; piiiiu light
veal, .r'8.,J."0vH.7i ; prime heavy veal,
iftl.,jr(n)7,7."i.
Uogs Vrimo light, $7.0:)(717.n0;
iiiedium, .f('l,r.(i(l(l.t)0; smooth heavy,
$(l.:iOuVJ5; rough heavy, $.13?
.:to.
aheej) Wethers, fi.2.'i6iU).00(
ewes, $I,5Q5.'.!.'); Inmhs, ."flloO
7.o0; ycm-lings, .fl.f0(rtl; medium
steei-s, .fri.rirfj?r.80.
tost of 24 hours nt 1G knotB, nnd
another of 40 hours at 10 knots,
"Unlko tho testa mndo with tho
Ilorlng rlvor conl Inst year," tho sec
crctary anld In his memorandum to
tho committee, It was not accessary
(o handplck tho Matnnuakn conl for
theso testa. It wna used In the
snmo condition ns when dollvcrod
mid tho results nro so satisfactory na
to Jufltlry tho belief thnt tho Mntn
nuaka conl la In all respects antls
fnetory for navy uso, provided that
(ho conl tested Is n fair Indication
of tho general chnrnctor of tho coal
In thnt vicinity.
Tho gcuorni report or inoso tests
is innt mo Hiuinim iiruuou.mi uiu
forced, 20 knot nu hour run tho
easiest lorcen unuiKni too Aiiiuurmi
Cruiser Maryland hnd cvor mndo,
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CHOLERA
OR
NAVY
GItAXD Jl'llV STILL IXVHSTIGATIXG
coric-ALKXAxnmi ,.. v.v act case
h2h9Eio
k 1 i mthtT TrHPflBBf "' Ir Ki-'ii A'etC7Xm 'wS.r- i. Cjb
The federal grand ui. at fluent, lias liegun iinothcr investigation of
the charges against Colonel ( hnrlr Alexander of I'rovidenee, It. L, hy
.Miss .lessfc H. Coin, alleging violation of the Mann net, as well n the
charges of attempted hrihery whnh were made against Mis, ('oc. It was
rumored that letters whnh were said to have been v ntten hy Colonel
Alevaiuler and Miss Cnpe with regard to n possible scltlcmcnt of the eae,
wen read hy the grand jurv. Miss (opi is still in eustodv of the sheriff.
T
EOR ALL STOCKS
N'F.W YOUK, Dec. H. The first
N
MAKE
CREATED
TUESDAY
full day of open trading In Blocks Telegraphing from Heme, Switzcr
waa mnrked by substantial general mt a correspondent of the Central
advances which attained tho highest yinvri hnys:
loval In the'fliyil hour. Tho Into ad- "A telegram received hero from
vanco followed tho announcement lmMx hUxtcH thnt jt htlH hcon dcci(1.
that from tomorrow nil shares nro to
bo readmitted to tho list
XKW YORK, Dee. M.-An open
mnrket for nil stocks on the floor of
the New York stock exchange will he
created tomorrow. This wns decided
on this afternoon. It was voted lo
eliminate, beginning tomorrow, the
socalled clearing house list am) to
place the stocks therein on the muiio
basis of trading as tho JS'J issues al
ready approved.
The solitary restriction placed upon
all stocks is to be that their prices
shall not go below tho minimum al
ready established.
The chief issues thus placed in the
open market are I'nited States Steel,
Southni Pacific, (treat Northern,
Canadian I'aeifie, New York Central
mid Anaconda mining issues all
known as international securities.
Formal decision to m-cnte an open
market subject only to minimum
prices, was made hy tho commit tee of
live of the stock exchange at 2
o'clock this afternoon after the ex
change had heen opened for trading
in stocks only seven husjness hours
since it wns closed on July .10 last.
Daring tho sessions of Saturday
nnd today, the hist vestigo of appre
hension that foreign investors would
deluge the local market with a vast
volume of selling orders was swept
a'way.
LONDON, Dec. 12, 1:33 p. in. A
H1KH.ia, Usu0 of ,lu, official Oazctlo'
proclaims the complete prohibition of
(l0 0.N,,Ortntioii of aniline oil, aniline
H(lU n)1 pUl.j0 m.i(l a,j ,ts ,,,,,
cnxa u, ujj destinations.
j
te- FAST WARSHIPS FOLLOWED BY
5 FORCANALZONE COLD WEATHER
.DEFER OPERATION
LONDON, Dee. 11, 0:2:. nv
ed to operate on Kmperor Willinm's
throat, hut the operation is being de
ferred owing to the feverish condition
of the emperor."
Reports nore or less alarming of
the illness of Kmperor William have
been in circulation for several days.
His majesty returned to Herlln some
days ago from the front, and it was
then variously reported that he was
suffering from influenza, catarrh of
the throat and nervous breakdown.
The latter part of last week the re
ports had a more hopeful tone and it
was said that he was recovering and
soon would bo able to go to the front
again.
Last night a dtspntehjeaehed New
York from llnscn hy way of London
saying the emperor might he obliged
to undergo an operation of the throat
and that ho probahlv would not ho
permitted hy his doctors to return to
tho field until after Christinas.
IS
WASHINGTON, Dee. 1 L "F.con
omy" was the watchword of tho ap
propriations committee in tho prep
aration for tho legislative, exeentivo
and judicial appropriation bill, first
of the big supply measures, which was
reported to tlio houso today. I ho
committee lopped off nearly $2,000,.
000 1'roiu the estimates submitted hy
tho various depaitnteiils, cutting sal
ary allowances all along tho line, nnd
brought in a measure appropriating
ir:i8,7ll,7f:i.r0. The hill provides for
moro than 111,000 salaries of govern
ment employes.
Tho total of tho hill shows an in
crease of .fl, 128,8111 over last year's
measure. Jut this year's measure in
cludes a. spcciul appropriation of f2,-
ON KAISER'S THROAT
ACCOUNT OF FEVER
ONOMY
SENATE
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.GQETHALS ASKS STORM N EAST
Vfolaticns of Neutrality and Takir;
of Supplies hy Belligerent Vessels
Suspected Misuse of Wireless At
leged Colliers Suspected of Sup
plying Warships With Fuel.
WASHINGTON. Dec. II. Colonel
(.oetlials, governor of tho Panama
cnnnl zone today reiterated his re
quest that two torpedo boat destroy
ers bo sunt to the canal zono water
to prevent violation of neutrality
through tho misuse of wireless nnd
tho taking on of supplies by belliger
ent vessels.
Hccatiso of tho confidential nature
of Colonel Goctbals' dispatch, Secre
tary tSarrleon decllncil to make it
public. Ho issued this statement:
MIhum? of Wnlers
"Tho substanco of the dispatch U
that In Colonel (loctbals' judgment
the mis-use of radio communications
within canal waters and tho preven
tion of the mis-use of these waters
as n base of supplies, require iho
presence of swift moving ships ot
tho variety mentioned. Since the
Questions involved require tho con
sideration of tho state department
and tho navy department ns well as
my own, I have tnken tho matter up
with the other departments nml as
soon as the requirements nro fully
ascertained proper action will be
taken to meet the emcrgoncy."
Secretary Harrison declined to dis
cuss tho situation in the canal zone
or to indicate which of tho belliger
ents was violating the neutrality of
the I'nited States.
Colliers Suspected
it Is known, however, that the Aus
tralian collier Mnlllna. which recent
ly left Balboa without clearance pap
ers, has been under closo observation
by Panama canal officials. That
ship, as well as other colliers, has
been suspected of supplying Hrltish
ships In Pacific waters.
Alleged violations of canal zone
shipping regulations have been the
basis of strong representations to the
Ilrltlsh minister at Panama. The
Lanison, Worden, Terry, Perkins ard
Walko are In reservo at Cliarb
S. C, and one or more ot these ves
sels could bo dispatched to can
crs almost Instantly. On tho Pacific
coast, tho nearest craft available are
tho Whipple, Paul Jones, Perry, Pro
nto and Truxton, all lying off San
Diego.
OF
COPPER YET POSSIBLE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 A delo
gntion representing the American
Smelting & Helming company of New
York, which sought information at
the state 'department today concern
ing tho stntiis of copper shipments to
neutral Huropcau countries, was told
that progress was being made, but
that no definite arrangements had
been reached,
280,100 mid authorizes 1000 addi
tional employes for taking tiio agri
cultural census authorized by the law
covering the last regular census in
1010, Tho committee in its repot t
says that this is an extraordinary ex
penditure which will eonio onco ever,
ten years, and maintains, therefore,
that this year's measure is materially
less than the last appropriation.
The bill contains tho usual appro
priation out tin? down the mileage al
lowance of im'inbors of congress front
20 cents a mile to 5 cents a mile. The
fight lo cut down tho mileago allow.
aiieo has been on for years nnd al
though tho committed each year re
ports tho reduction in the hill, it is
defeatid either on tho floor of the
house or in thi) senate.
WATCHWORD
Southern States, Central Valleys and
P.ralrle Districts Freezlr,; Gale at
Sea and Heavy Snows in New Eng
landFreezing Temperatures In
Coast Citrus Belt.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1 4 Colder
weather throughout tho east is fore
cast by tlio weather burimu for to
night flpd Tuesday. All through tho
southern states, lli'ri greater central
valleys and the lnko rogloiL today thc
tejjipera).jireH were tumbllBgJant! In
tho upper Mississippi valley and tho
north plains region tho mercury wan
below tho zero mark.
Cold Vavc warnings were aflutter
from th aeries of tho forecasters
throughout New England. New York,
Delaware, Maryland and West Vir
ginia. All tho south Atlantic and
gulf states, except southern Florida,
may expect freezing temperatures to
night. Storm Out at Ken
The southern storm which centered
In Alabama yesterday wan reaching
out to sea off tho Maine, leaving
heavy snows in parts of Now England,
New York, Pennsylvonla, Ohio and
tho mountain districts of tho middle
Atlantic states, and a general blank
et of rain and slush in other places.
Shifting gales along tho Atlantic
coast nccompanlo it and storm
warnings aro up again from Hatteras
to Kastporl.
Tho heaviest snowfall reported to
weather bureau headquarters was IS
inches nt Oswego, N. Y.
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 14. Tho cold
est weather of tho present winter pre
vailed in this part of tho coifhtry to
il a J-. Norfolk. Nebraska, reported
tho tcmporatnro 2 1 degrees below
zero. Seven degrees below was tho
minimum In Omaha.
Knnir In New York
ItOCHKSTKIl, N. Y.. Dec. 14.
Tho storm that swept western New
York last night nnd this morning de
posited moro than a foot of snow.
Country roads aro blocked and traf
fic on steam and suburban trolley
rotds aro delayed. Tho storm was
accompanied by n sharp drop in
temperature.
CHICAGO, Dee. II. Low tempcr
nttires nil over tho country from tho
Rooky mountains to tho Appalach
ians and from Canada to the gulf
caused discomfort today. Tho cold
est point in the I'nited States offic
ially reported was Huron, S. I)., wliero
the mercury stood nt 18 degrees he
low zero. In Moorhcnd, Minn., lfl de
grees, below zero was registered. Mor
idosn and Winnipeg, rnn., Can., re
corded 22 degrees below zero.
Tho local forecaster said that the
cold wavo was sweeping west and
that within twenty-four hours the
crest would pass Chicago, where ono
and ono-tentli degrees below wns re
corded today,
! I I
Cold In Northwest
DULUTH, Minn., Dec. 14. Duluth
shivered todny in a north wind that
brought stieet thermometers down to
17 below zoro, tho lowest of tho sen-
(Continued on page two.)
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AUSTRIAN VICRORY
niJItLIN, Dec. 14, (by wireless to
London, 7:20 p. in. Tho official
press bureau today gavo out tho fol
lowing offlclnl communication from
army headquarters at Vienna:
"in tho fighting In Western Ga-
licla, tho southern wing of tho Kits
slan army was defeated on December
12 and forced to retreat. Pursuit of
tho Russians haa commenced. All
attacks elsowhoro along the battle
fropt have broken down as previous
ly reported.
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