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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
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forty-fourth Yr.
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MEDFORD. OREGON, TnCSJLAV, DKC'KMUKIl 15, 1014
NO. .228
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ALLIES BEGIN
ATTACK HDDS
BELGIAN FRONT
Britain Breaks Lonu Silence With Of
llclnl Statement Indicate That
Lonrj-Dlscusscd Aljempt to Make a
General Advance Is Under Way
Germans Successful In Alsace.
LONDON', Dee. J.".. Tlit! official
iiifoimntiou litinuiii Unlay gnu out
tin following statement:
"Alter it period of eornpiirntive.
iiiiiit tint lighting in iioithcru Franco
Iiiin recommenced.
"A iMiiuliiiii'il attack by tlio allies
was made yesterday on lln line fiom
llollohckc (o Wyleschaetc, in Jlelginm.
Scvcinl German trencho mill a num
ber ii' prisoners were captured ami
substantial progrcim was made."
TIiIh statement in intt'rpri'tt'il in
miiiii' quarters an mm king the ln'in
niug of tlm imii'li'ilisiuthhi'il attempt
to uiab u mineral advance Tlu
point of tin) combined attack men
tioned in tln stutement in to till Mlllllll
of VpioH. It will lio imtii'i'il, morn
over, (hat thu statement refers to
I mlitia in iiuilhcrn Fmncc, iih vI1
iim in llclgimu. This Ik tal.cn to moan
(lint tlm offensive movement slrutchcH
mi'i' a runsiilcnililit urou.
1 1 lut h been known for mmo lime
that tlm Ilritlsh army headquarters
Iiiik been pushed to tin eastward, anil
it in ciuiscqueutlv iihmiiiumI liy llrit
ih observers that tho allies have
niailit morn progress than Iiuh lieen
chronicled.
I'rrnch HUtcineiil
I'AIIIS, Dec 13. Tlm offiolnl
statement given nut liy thu French
Mar office this afternoon says the
French luivo retained tlm territory
they won recently along tlio Ypres
canal; to the went of Hollrhckc; in
thr Argoiiuo ami elsewhere. There
Iiiih heen artillery fighting from the
Soiiium to the Argentic ami in Alsace,
(leniiau infantry pained a footliohl
near Steinbnch. Thu text of thu com.
iimulcation follew:
"lletwcim tlm sen ami the Ls, the
Knglish have occupied a little forest
to tlm went of Wytsehurlo. The
ground gained yestenlny hy our
troopN nlung the pres canal ami to
tlm west of Ilolleheki) Iiiin been 10
taiueil in spilo of a vigorous nnimtor
allnek on t ho part of tlm enemy.
"From tlm llolginu frontier to tlm
Soiumo there In nothing to report.
From the Kommo to thu Argonno there
litis been intermittent cannonading.
Keoptlmr in tlm region of Crony Ibis
artillery fighliiii; Iiiih. not been spirit
cil. In tlm Argoiiuo wn have mudu
home progress mid retained the nil
viiiicch iiuulo hy uh on preceding
llllJH.
THREOflONARCHS
OF
TO
CI1IMSTIANIA, Die. 13, via Lou
don, -1 p, m. Tlm niceling of tlm three
Mugs, Haakon of Norway, fliihtav of
Sweden and CliriMinii of Denmark,
at Malum, Swodeu, December J7, on
tlm iuitiiitivii of King Gustuv will hu
the first confurenoo of these tlnou
Scaniliunviiin monureliH to discuss
statu affaii'ri hineu thu ilihHolution of
the duality between Norway and Swe
den in 1005. Tho imwHpaperH of tlm
Ihreo kingdonistnro expressing tlm
greatest KiitiHt'iietion at this ovidomio
that thu hi rained rulatioiiH between
the royal fiimllicH of Norway mid
Sweden huvu oomn to mi end with thin
holding out of thu olive braneli by
King Gustuv,
Tlm )olitiual object of this meeting
Ih to dtiiuonstruto that Scandinavia
reprcHontH u military and uommuruiul
entity ready to waist outsido pressure
l take sides with any bolligoront, and
ahlo to defend its neutrality and ru
hint violations of international law,
Theso, tlm Scandinavian governments
allege, nru greatly hnmpcrine; thu
trade and coinmorcial iuleicourHu
witli otliov untios,
R G UPON
SCANDINAVIA
DISCUSS
WAR
GENERAL ADVANCE ALONG
IGERMAN CRUISER AIIQTPIA AI1MITC !
CORMORAN INTERNES . ,. T
FOR WAR AT GUAM EVACUATION OF
.
WAHIIINOTU.V, Dec. If..
Thu (lermiin cruliier Cormornn,
with twenty two offlrorn mid SRC
moii, Iiuh Interned for the wnr nt
(Iniun, acconlliiK to n illHpntcli 4
received lutu today from Cnptntn
Maxwell, Aiiiurlcun iinvul Rover
nor of that Inland.
CL
RUSSIAN DEFEATS
WASIIINdTON, Dec. Jfl. Dm
pntehes from Vienna to tlm Aiihtro
lliiiipariini umhaxHv liuru hay:
"Servian dcMciipllomi of tlm with
drawal of the rik'lit wing of tlm Ilal
kiiu ai my, which wax necehhary for
tlm dihloeatiou of blrong Servian
forceH, an a ileeinivo evnit and thu
nntiouiicemi'iit of our lohM'H aru ini
inenNurnlilv eMigcerateil.
"In thu ('iirpathiaiiH our ietonotiK
Irooprt eoiiliuuu to advance. YeMur
day iiioru than 'J0O0 KuHsiaiDt went
captuivil in Wcht (talicia, where the
battle continue, ami several Ktishian
attaekH weru broken down by our ar
tillery file. Tlm gnrriHon of l'w.
mvhl eaptured diiriiiK the last sortie
701) lliishinuti and eighteen machine
KUIIH.
"HeptcMentatixcs of Austro-llun-Kiirv
and flenininy who went to re
ceive the Christmas' ;iftH for the chil
dren of dead soldiers, seat on the Ja
son to (lenoa, gave a dinner here ami
hem lily tousled President Wilson,
American ehihlren and American lieu
cfiii'torx for their works of chaiity."
BILL 10 RESTORE
WASHING-TON', Dec. 1.1.- Senator
Chamberlain of Oregon has introduc
ed the following bill which was mid
twice mid referred to thu committee
on military affairs:
"llu it cuactcil by the senate and
house, of represcnlnthes of tlm Unit
ed Stateu of America, ' coiiRreHs as
Hcmhlcd, That tlm iresident be, mid
he is hereby mithorir.ed to appoint, by
mid with the mhieu and consent of
tlm senate, any brigadier goneral of
the army on the retired list who has
held thu rank mid command of ma
jor general of voliiiiteurn and per-
foniied tlm duties mciileiu to that
grade in actual warfare, and has been
honorably discharged, and who serv
ed with eiedit in thu n'gular or vol
unteer forces during thu civil war
prior to April 0, 18(15, to the gradu of
major ceneral in thu United States
army, and place- him on tlm retired list
with the pay ot brigadier general on
the retired list."
Tho passage of this bill will restore
Ocncral William Sooy-Smith of Med
ford to the retired list mid thereby
iucrciiho his pension.
A RAN
AM
A AN
RETIRED
BRIGADIERS
RUSSIANS REPULSE THE GERMANS
l'CTKOaUAD, via London, Dec. 1.'),
5:10 p. in. German frontal attacks
on thu ItiiHriiiut lino to tho west of
Warsaw under coVor of night weru
successfully repulsed by tho llus
slims, according to trustworthy infor
mation reaching l'otrograd from thu
front today. At many points along
tho front tho Itussians suueooded in
capturing isolated German positions.
Gorman attacks wuro answorcd by
liuabian counter attauks, in which it
Is said that novum! hundred prison
ers mul ono fiuld bnttory were cap
tured by thu Itiissiaus. During thu
last-throo days of fighting eight ma
chine gnus, two, butteries of field guns
5tKV AIM UAN I AL
Abandonment of Belgrade Officially
Admitted Berlin Admits Retreat
of German Forces Which Attempt
ed to Strike at Warsaw From the
North Warsaw Confident.
VIKN.VA, Dec. 15, via London, 5:10
p. m. The abandonment of nolRrndn
by thu AuHtrtniiM U ucktiowledRcil In
an offiolnl HMtciiioiii given out nt
army hendnuurteni today, Thu state
inont follows:'
"In the southern theatre of war
the retirement of our rlnht Iiik In
volved a chaiiKo In thu military sit
uation which iniulo It udvliablo for
iih to abandon llclcradu. which watt
uvacuatcd without flulitliiR.
"Our troopn bavii fouRht Ioiik and
fatlmilnK battlci, but nro In thu best
of nplrltfl."
I'nofflclal HtatnmrntK from Nltih,
the temporary capital of Bcrvla, yen
tenlay said that Ilelprndo had been
reraptured by tho Servian army after
a fierce bottle,
KollnwIiiK a slcgu of four months.
the Aiibtrlnna occupied ilelKrado Dc
cemlier 2.
(iVrniniiN In Iletirnt
llCUt.lX, Dec. J 5, via London, Dec.
15, 5:15 p. m. 'A retreat of tho Her
in n a force which attempted to Rtrlkit
at Waniaw from tho north wan
acknowledged In un official commun
ication Riven out today at army head-
Harlem. The statement follew:
"Thu German column which had
advanced from Kolduu, Kan Prussia,
by way of Mlawa ,ln thu direction of
Clechanoow lias hud to ru-occupy Its
old poidtlons owing to tho numerical
superiority of tho enemy.
"Klfluwhero In Poland nothing ot
material Importance ban happened.
I'nfavornblo weather la Influencing
out operations."
Warsaw Confident
WARSAW, Dec. 1C, via Iondon.
C.10 p. in. Notwithstanding tho
proximity ot Warsaw to tho battlo-
front, tho business of thu city Is pro
ceeding as In times of peace Although
tho sound ot cannonading may bo
heard nt times, Curlstniau crowds
throng tho streets. Shop and cafes
nro decorated gaily and tho holiday
spirit has dissipated thu gloom of
wnr.
In ovcry rank and class of society
tlioro In supremo confldcnco that
Warsaw cannot bo takun by tho Ger
mans. TO LITERACY TEST
WASHINGTON, Dec. J5. I'rehi
dent Wilson announced to nailers to
day his opposition to thu literacy test
in thu immigration bill pending in the
senate ami said Im did not believe the
test "tested fpmlity."
Tho president has not decided
whether his opposition to tiu literacy
test would iiiako him decide aguinst
tho entire bill, or whether other feat
ures would overcome his objections.
and 1000 prisoners hnvo been taken.
Except for tho night attacks of thu
Germans tlioro has been little heavy
fighting in Poland during tho last
twenty-four hours. Movements were
confined principally to countless
maneuvers, demonstrations nml at
tempts at flanking operations by
small bodies of German troops. Ac
cording to the Army Messenger, tho
German attauks along tho east Prus
sian front, which woru conducted sim
ultaneously with their defensive in
Poland, failed on account of formid
able fortifications, which tho Hub
sians const muted in fields and for
ests, pamlloluig tho Gepuau linos,
THE WESTERN
BULWARK
I THROUGH HOSTILE ACT
ASSERTS ADMIRALTY
LONDON, Dee. :,, H:2H p. m.
The oflleinl prexft bureau an-
notmccd tonight that the sink-
iiik of the ballleiliip Iluhvark
apparently wi'ib not due to n
liotlile net. iincstiaatioii has
disclosed no evidence of
treachery on the part of any
penults aboard the vessel or of
any action by the enemy.
t
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. Presi
dent Wilson does not think it feasible
to map out a general plan for eo-or-diunting
the powers of the states and
the federal government rega iding leg
islation affecting aliens, but believes
that cadi alleged di-criminntioii must
be dealt with on its merits and even
effort made to conserw treaty obli
gations. The prcMilent told callers
today that be saw no place for fed
eral legislation on the subject.
The California anti-alien laws, he
(Hjinted out, sccifically provide they
shall not interfere with existing
treaties of tho federal government
with other jHjwen.
Discussing the Arizona anti-alien
employment law against which pro
tests have been made by Italy and
Great lirituin. the president said the
law did not discriminate between any
aliens, but placed nil on the same
basis.
The president indicated every ef
fort would he made to conserve trcntv
rights of aliens living in the United
States.
F
WASHINGTON, Dec. IS. Moro in
formation is being awaited beforu
President Wilson decides whether tho
request of Govunior Goetbals for de
stroyers to enforce neutrality at
Panama shall bu granted. Sugges
tions of differences between Secre
taries Garrison, Daniels mul Ilryan
over the question were met by Presi
dent Wilson with thu statement that
there could be no real differences
since ho would finally decide.
Thu president dismissed thu situa
tion with the cabinet and generally
considered measures for protecting
the neutrality of thu canal.
Officials described as absurd re
ports that Colonel Goetbals' request
would bu denied. Thoy declared no
tion was being delayed only pending
a fuller discussion of tho needs of the
situation. There has been soino doubt
in the minds of officials us to just
what sort of a patrol would be nec
essary. If belligerent ships nro using wiru
less within tho threo-milo limit, ad
ministration officials think n wanting
would bo adequate. Delays in pass,
ing tho canal, thoy think, Colonel
Gouthals already is preparing to
handle. As no question of clearauuo
papers arises at tho canal, officials
hero don't see of what uso destroyors
can bo unless for dispatch yuirooses.
If they arc sent, thoy probably will
bo given tho mission of keeping all
colliers of warships from lingering
within the threo-milo limit.
EXPLOSION IN JAPANESE
COLLIERY IMPRISONING MANY
TOKIO, Dec. 13, An explosion oo
ouried today in a coal mine at Fuk
uoka as a result of which eight hun
dred luborors nro imprisoned in tho
workings of tho initio. Fukuoka is
on thu seaconst five miles to tho
uortu of Nagusuk.1,
PRESIDENT
SAYS
NIRFEENC
m
TREATIES
AWAIT
H
INFORMATION PROM
COLONEL GOETHALS
BATTLE LINE
WILSON TELLS
Object to Know Need cf Ncrjro and
Sympathetically Aid Him in Every
Way Possible Advance of Race on
Sound Lines Advocated Can't
Hate a Man That You Know.
WASHINGTON, Dec. in. Outlin
ing his attitude toward the negro,
President Wilson told the University
Commission on southern race ques
tions, made up of representatives of
cloven fouthern college, that "our
object Is to know tho needs ot tho
negro and sympathetically help him
In every way that Is poeslble for his
good and our good."
JiUct-cM In Itnro
Dr. C. II. Ilrough of thu Univer
sity of Arkansas, chairman ot tho
commission, told tho president the
commission was organized to make
an Impartial study of tho race ques
tion from tho standpoint ot tho ne
gro's economic, hygienic, civic and
moral betterment. Ho said that a
deep Investigation of the subject wax
being mado with tho good ot the
negro always in mind.
"1 am glad to express my slncoro
interest In this work and sympathy
with It," said the president In reply
to Dr. Ilreugh: "I think that men
like yourselves can bo trusted to
see this great question at every angle.
Tlioro Is not any question, it seems
to me, into which moro candor needs
to bv put, or more thorough human
good feeling than this, I know my
self, as a southern man, how sincere
ly the heart of the south desires tho
good of the negro nnd tho advance
ment ot his raco on all sound and
senslblo lines, and everything that
can bo done in that direction is of
tho highest value. It Is a matter of
common understanding.
Quotes diaries Ianib
"Thcro Is a charming story told
about Charles Lamb. Tho conversa
tion In his llttlo circle turned upon
somo men who wero not present and
Lamb, who you know stuttered, said:
'I huto that follow.' Ills friend said:
'Charles, I didn't know you know
him.' Lamb said: 'I don't; I can't
hato a fellow I know.'
"I think that is a very profound
human fact. You cannot hato a man
you know. And our object Is to know
tho egro's needs and sympathetically
help hi m In ovcry way that Is possi
blo for his good and for our good. I
can only bid you Godspeed In what
Is .a very necessary and great under
taking." WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. Various
pending bills for cutting off exports
of munitions of war and other ar
ticles to Kuropo hnvo not been
brought to thu attention of President
Wilsou, ho told callers today. Ho
added ho had taken no altitude to
ward the bills mid would not inter
fere unless consulted by congression
al leaders.
NHW.YOMvi Dec' 'lS. Tlm first
day ot qpon trading In tho full stock
list was marked by conslderblo ir
regularity, initial prices for all prom
lncnt issues, Including internation
als, wero higher, but heavy offerings
partly for foreign account, caused
a spocdy rovorsal, with losses of 2
to 54 points.
Open trading In all shares listed
on tho Now York stock oxchango, sub.
joct only to two restrictions, was re
suiuod today for tho first tlmo since
tho exchango was closed on July
30 last.
Tho big speculative and railroad
Ibsuos hold tho world over which wore
transferred lute yesterday aftornoon
from tit restricted to tho unrstrlctod
list subject to minimum prices
opened wjb, au upward swing and
Ami
UPON
NEGRO PROB M
STOCKS aUCTUATE ON FIRST DAY
IN BELGIUM
VILLA PREPARES TO
HELO BY CARRANZA
KL PASO, Tex., Dec. 15.
General Villa loft Chihuahua
City today, returning to tho
south to enter the campaign 4
4- against Guadalajara, second city
In .Mexico, which Is defended hy 4
Htrong Carrauza garlon. Tho
convention troops have occupied
La Iiarca, Jalisco.
E
SPENT 10
T
NKW YORK, Dec 13.- A verv
modernte increase m our regnlnr
army, the foundations upon which a
largo volunteer anny could be
promptly orgnnir.ed when war comes,
ami enough guns nnd ammunition
Mich are the immediate army needs
of the United States, in the opinion
of Henry L. Stimson, fonneriy secre
tary of war, who addressed today the
Merchants' association of New York
on thu "needs of the nnuy."
"It is not a (pies t ion of spending
a huge amount of new money to
adopt the practical things that mili
tary opinion advises should be dono
at once," Mr. Stimson said. "Wo arc
already spending today on our army
and navy large sums of money, in tho
case of the anny, at least, which, if
wisely spent along proper plans,
ought to be quite sufficient for ade
quate military defense.
"Under a wise military policy, the
republic of Switzerland, by a yearly
expenditure of $0,500,000 has been
preparing nnd training an nnuy of
nearly 300,000 men. We, under a less
wiso system, hnvo been spending
.f00,000,000 a year on an anny of
only 00,000 men. of whom only 30,
000 are available within the United
States for mobile service today.
"Wo are spending nearly $230,000,
000 on our anny nnd navy. Why
should wo not spend this so us to
produce tho most efficient result pos-
' sible, nitber than a result which is
admittedly insufficient I"
Mr. Stimson assailed tho naval pol
icy which would keep the American
navy on tho defensive in guanling
tho coast in tho event of war.
E
Of
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Dec. 15.
Miss Heddn Ikugmeister, a trained
nurse, was indicted today, charged
with the murder on November L'l of
Otto Knhler, millionaire president of
tho Sau Antonio Drawing association.
Koeliler was shot at Miss Uurgcmeis
tcr's home. Miss Purguieistcr wus
found kneeling beside him hysterical
ly and bleeding from a deep gash in
her left wrist. She said she fired in
self-defense,
within tho first fow minutes of trad
ing mado gains of Hi to 4 poluts
over tho quotations of July 30. Then
cama a heavy soiling onslaught. Un
der this pressure most issues declin
ed from substantial fractions to
throo points under yestorday's clos
ing prices. Thero W03 a heavy at
tondanca at tho opening to greet the
resumption ot open trading. Tho
floor was crowdod with almost as
many mombcrs ns attended tho open
ing last Saturday, although tho spec
tacuclnr effect ot tho crowded gal
lorlos was lacking. Tho crowd was
concentrated around thu posts whore
Unltod Stutos Steel and- Union and
Southern Pacific stocks were traded
lu. Tho rest of tho room Boomed al
most deserted. Tho market was ory
nctivo,
MONEY
NOUGH
NW
P
NATION
AND FRANCE
ENTIRE NATION
OE COLD WAVE
Two More Days of Freezing Temper
ature Predicted by Weather Bu
reauFair Weather Except In a
Few Localities Twenty Below in
Minnesota Zero in New Yo.'k.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-Two
more days of cold weather for tho
eastern section of the country wns
predicted by the weather bureau. Tho
coldest weather of tho season thus
far pnailed today, generally east of
the Mississippi, river and in tho
northwest. Ilelow zero tcnicrnturctt
were reported from West Virginia,
Pennsylvania. Ohio, Indiana and tho
northwest, while below freezing tcm
cruturcs were reported from all
other states east of the Mississippi as
far south as Florida and the cast gulf
states.
Fair wcuther prevailed utmost ev
erywhere, except for rains in Florida
peninsula nnd on the north Pucifie
const, and snow flurries near tho
Great Lakes and in northern 'cw
Knglaud.
Cold In Minnesota
DULUTH, Minn., Dee. 13. Gov
ernment weather predictions arc that
the intenso cold wave in northern
Minnesota of tho Inst thirty-six hours
will be broken today. Street ther
mometers showed from 10 to 14 below
zero. At Virginia, Minn., the official
thermometer registered IS) degrees be
low and tho wind attained n velocity
of seventy-eight miles an hour during
tho night, driving humanity from thu
st reels. At Mountain Iron, the tem
perature dropped to 18 below and nt
Kvclcth it wus 21 below.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13. Tho
first real cold weather of tho winter
brought zero wcuther in tho moun
tain districts of Pennsylvania. At
Harrisburg tho official record was 4
degrees above zero and in thu moun
tain regions the temperature fell to 4
below.
In Philadelphia tho weather bureau
reported n minimum of 13 degrees
above zero mid about tho same tem
perature was reported in Now Jersey
and Delaware.
Sudden Drop In Gotham
NKW YORK, Dee. 13. A coM
wave, ono of Hie inont sudden o.eri
eiiced in New York in many years,
sent tho mercury down to 12 degree
early today and forecasts indicated
that it might reach zero before night.
A strong westerly wind gnvo an addi
tional sting to tho air mid drove hun
dreds of homeless into thu public and
privato shelters lust night.
Many steamships and smaller craft
were caught in tho gnlo that brought
the cold wave from tho northwest nnd
lifesaving stations along tho Long Is
lnnd nnd New Jersey coast were on
tho lookout today for vessels in dis
tress, Warmer In Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 13.
Higher temperatures prevailed gen
erally throughout tho southwest to
day. Tho wind had veered from tho
north to the south, tho sun wus shin
ing and tho mercury nt muiiy points
was rising at tho rate of a degree uu
hour.
CAUSES DISSATISFACTION
TOKIO, Dec, 13, 0:13 p. ui.The
budget for 1013 which shows an es
timated oxpendituro of 550,000,000'
yen ($278,000,000) and u decrease, of
thu revenues of $-10,500,000, i ovi -before
tho Uouso of ropreicntiiliS '
for consideration.
Considerable opposition to it has
developed. There is good rtmxon. tot'
believe (but unless the houM'pq?iM
tho budget it will be Unsolved. Th,
right of dissolving th hmifio of t-p-robimtntivcs
is aiuo-sg the preiogi
tiv$ ,of the cojuror, '-
SHIVERS NGRASP