s in a Bl'wW Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER .Minimum W MIhIhihh 17. Fair, no Clinnga forty-fourth Tr. Tn1ly Ninth Ymr. MEDFORD. OlMfflON, JWIIMV, DECEMBER 18, 1014 NO. 231 V E IHIRIY MILLIONS EAST OF THE INTERSTAT ANNUA NC M GRANTED N S Commission Makes Decision Upon Sh owinn of Railroads That They Arc Now Confronted With Emergency Duo to European War Permission Granted Does Not Waive Any of the Requirements of the Commis sion's Published Rules Relative to the Construction and Filing of Tariff' Publications Dlssentinu Opinion by Harlan and Clements. WASHINGTON, Pee. 18.- In dense in freight rates, upprox iimi t -big i'i per cent mi all tln railroads be tween tho Atlantic seaboard anil llir Mississippi, iinrlli of tho Potomac, nml Ohio rivers, wcto grunted (inlay 1y Iho interstate commerce i iiuiHion in a divided opinion, o.xiopling upon cciluiti heavy c'ltiitiiiixlit Uh, which enmpiise a lurgo hulk of tho truffle. The ini'ifiiHOH will Yurthcr apply lo (lit railroads west ur Hnffalii anil Pittsburg, which were u run I I'd partial advances III tlu decision of hint All Clint, which denied llirnt nllogolher In tin roads cast of those mIuIh. It is cHliinutcd that advanced mien will increase (he aiiiiual liieomo of tint road ahoiit .t:il),0(l(lf(lllll. Hue lo Cffnrt of War Tin1 commission iiiiulc its decision niton tho shnwiiu: of the railroads that in nddilinu to conditions I'rinii which Ihcv piciotilv asked relief, they now aic ctuifnuilcil with an cinoigeney because of tho war in Ku rope. With ('oiiiinix-i'iiicr Harlan nnd ClotnonU dissenting, tin majority of tin' commission declared: "Whatever tlm oouhoipicnooH of tint war may provn to bo, we iiiiihI roeog nlxe tho faol that it exists; the fart that it Ik u calamity without preeo ileal, ami tho fart that liy it tho com ineiee nf the worhl Iiiih licen disiir lunged ami thrown into confusion. The means of traiixpoitation are fun ihimeutal ami Indispensable agencies in our industrial life ami for the corn mon weal hIioiiIiI lie kept ubrousl of puhlie iriiiireuu'nlx." Siimniiirixiin; the basis of it dccN inn, the majority report of tho com mission said: Contributing Fuel "The fiiotri ili-.elot.eil ami ocour iciiccH niigiuutiug subsequent In May till, llll I, iih presented at the fuilher hearing may ho Minima lined umler three head: First, uomplcled letiiru for Ilic IIm'iiI year ending Juno !I0, Hill, ami ictiiriw for Miccecding month; M'ooml, tho wa,r in Kuropo, ami Ihird, results of tho original or der. "When those cases- wore originally submitted, iih also when tlm original lepoit wiih piepnrod, tlm roxenuo ami expenditure account for .Iiiue, 11) 1 1, and tho property iiiu'stiucnt nooiMint for that fiscal your, were not nvnil ahle, tho war wiih unforeseen and the reMillH of our order wore, of course, yet to ennui, Collectively, thoy pie tienl u new, situation." Oilier of Commission Tlm commission issued this erder: "It in ordered that ic.spondontH heieiti lie, and thoy aro hereliy an- Ihomcd to publish and file, by nut AT PUEBLA CITY MKXICO OITV, Dee. 17, via HI l'usoTox., Dee. 18. Dotailn of tho fall of tho oity of I'uehla worn rocoiv od hero today. It was Haid that af ter ovuouuting lliu plaoo tliu Car ranzu forces mudo a hIiiiuI to tint north, whuro thoy woro defeated, Ioh. ing imiiiy mon. Tho Carrauza troops rotrealod in disorder toward tlm Intoroeonnio railroad, with Ilia evident intention of making tliolr way toward Vera Crur.. Tho retreating fnroon boardod freight and piiHHcnuor truiiiK, -Tho oil taukH in tliu vicinity wore emptied and Hot on I'i re. (lencruls Zapatn, Argiui nioilo nml Aliniixon woto in command of tliu Villa tioopH. Thoy plaoo their Iohmh at fifty killed and wounded, VILA DEFEATS CARRANZA ARMY MM MEASE IN MISSISSIPPI RIVER Ichh limn ten days' notice to the in- terMtato oommeree eommiHhiou and to tho general puhlie iu tho manner pre Hfrihed iu section (J of tho net to rc ulalo coiiinicrce, HelicdnlcM of rat cm wuleli don I exceed tint iinnlH or tratiMrcHH the. limitatioiiH, stitted and prexeribeil iu Haid report. "It is fuither ordered that tho per mifxiou heiehy granted docs not waive any of the reipiirementH of tho coniinixhion'rt puhlislicd ruleH relalivo to the ooiiMtruetioii and filing of tariff piihlieatioiiH nor any of tho proviri ioiiH of the not to regulate oommeree, iik umemled, except an to the notice lo ho given." llxrepllons .lo(il Tho arrierx are permitted to make tho applied for inhaueoH iu rat en ex cept the rail, lake and rail, lako and rail and rail ami lake traffic; rates on bituminous coal ami coke; rate, on anthracite coal ami iron ore and rates that lire bold bv unexpired or ders of the coiiunihhion. Alter lurllier eoiiMileriitiou Hie counuixMou H'iiuits advances to he made on eemeiit. biiek, clay mid plas ter. On these commodities no ml wiiicch wont permitted iu tho decision of August. Tho application of tint eastern roads for rehearing of tlm rata oiifo wiih Hindu on September l.'i last, on tho ground that tho Hiiropeau war ami other stated reasons bad mater ially changed conditions siueo the piovious decision was given. History of t'HMt The petition for a rehearing- slated that it was made in behalf of J 12 rail mad companies, coinpiisiug thirty I'i e railroad h.vsIciiis in "official ehi'-sifieution tenitory." It sot forth that silica the commission's previous decision "facts and circumstances bavo arisen," wnrrautiiig u ichearing on the suhjccls. Specifically it was saled (but since the piovious decis ion the complete income accounts for tho fiscal year ending June IU), till I, bud become available, "Tho unforeseen European war," tho petition wont on lo say, "has brought uhotit un unparalleled de struction of wealth and dislocation of credit throughout the civili.ed world. It' is ooi lain that the. cnui)Htition for capital will bo keener and interest rales higher for some years to come than iu any corresponding period within living memory. Tho emergency thus resulting is extremely serious." N'ocosMty ItvcoiniluMl Tho dooision says: "Whilu wo differ us to tho relalivo importance to bo attached to tho var- (Continued on Poro Knur.) " DEAD MAN FED OI.YMl'lA, Wn., Dee. IS. Tho htuto mipromo court today not untdo tho conviction of tho Into .Jacob Furth, chairman of tho board of directors ot tho Soattlo National Ilnuk, In tho Minorlor court of Whatcom county, on tho chnrRO of aiding and allotting W. K. Schrlokor, n banker ot l.ncou wir, Washington, to receive donosltu wljou tho lattors' bank wan about to fall, Kurth woa Hont,oncod to pay n flno of 10,000 and coata, Superior Judge Hardin of Ilolllngliam, saying that on account of Furth's ago ho would hot ImpoBo a. prison sontouco. Tho Buprome court opinion, wrltton by Justtco Oobq, hold thut tho death of Furth Hovoral months ago In itsolf dlHinlBBoii tho caao, Tho court ro vomod the vordlst uIbo on tho ground that Furth waa not ownor, officer, agent or employe ot tho I.acnnnor bunk mid tlivrcforv np.t HhVIo. BY CONVICT ORDER ONLY FOUR KILLED IU IMUAI ROOT E COMMISSION GRANTS ALLIES FORK (BRITISH GERMAN LINES SLOMELY i FROM Victories Here and There Alonjj Line Claimed by French German War Office Denies Further Ground Won by Allies Germans Claim Destruc tion of Two Destroyers. LONDON, Dec, IS.Tho' Oeriunn nrinlos which handed Franco and Holgliim are said by tlm nllles to he yleldliiK slowly but steadily. Todny'n official French ntntument, like tn lirnilcroHRorii. reports vlctorlen hero and there along the bnttlo linos. It In Htntcd that tho allies Imvo made n furthor mltaiicu Iu llidglum, although tho report that they hitil captured Wfslende, near Nleuport, on tho Del. glan coast, was not confirmed. 8ev erul (lerfnii treiiclien Imvo been taken, It Is stated, although tho udinliudo.r. Is mnile that tho Cormans blow up a French trench In the Argonnc. Tho Cermnri wnr office donlcn that further ground ban been won by tho allies. It stated that Frencb niinrlm hud lien rcpulned nnd that to tho ArKouuc "iOO prlttonors wero cniitur- ed. Tho (lerniau statement adds little lo Its announcement of ycNlerday thal h great vlltory had Itcen gain ed over the UuhmIhum. It U said merely that tho retreating JlUhalaiiH a ru being pursued. I.'milcn Vit'w Taken Tho last of the venturcnome crow which sailed on tho (lerimin cruiser Kindeu liavo been caitiireil by n llfit- lh warship. About forty of the Oer- maus who escaKd nu Cocos Island when tho Kuiilen was destroyed by tho Australian cruiser Sydnoy, bet sail In a schooner, They wero re ported tii have seUcd u collier with tho Idea of resuming sen raiding. Ilouibardinont by n IlrltUh squad ron of Turkish fortifications In tho (lulf of Saros, north of tho Darda nelles Is said nt Athens to havo routed tho Turks nnd Inflicted heavy dam age. Dispatches from Nlsh assert that enormous losses wero Inflicted on tho Austrlnns In their recent defeat by tho SonlatiH. It Is said that "In numerable" bodies llo unburlcd along tho lino of retreat ot tho Austrlans. Tho (lorman squadron which at tacked tho eastern roast of KiiKland. caused the death of about ono hun dred porsuiiB, Is said In llorlln to Imvo sunk- two llrlt lult destroyers and damagod badly n. third. Tho Ilrltlsh admiralty stales that two warships wero struck by Gemma shells nnd that five mon wero kllod and fifteen wounded, but makes no mention of thu loss of any vessols. Kaiser Improving Kmporor William Is said to havo Improved In health sufficiently to penult of his return to tho front noxt weok. Tho Hrltlsh South African forcos soon aro' to undortaka a cam paign against tho neighboring Ger man possessions. Premier ltotha consldors tho rebellion In tho Union of South Africa hns been crushed def initely. 1JUKNOS AYRKS, Dec. IS.Tho commandant of tho Argentina cruis er Snn Martin, which has just coma Into port, relates that in Clolfo Nuovo ho met tho liritlsh crulsor Carnarvon ami exchanged visits with hor com manding officer, Tho ongngomont Decentbor 8, which resulted disastrously to tho Ooruiun squadron was discussed, fho commander of tho San Martin was Informed that tho Kngllsh squadron had four men killed and fifty six wounded. Nono ot tho wounded had boon landed; they aro all being cared for on board. Tho Gorman cruisers opened fire at a dlstauco of 13,000 yards, Tho Ilrltlsh vessels hold their flro until they w;oro within 8,000 ynnlB of (ho. onoiny, EASTERN RAILROADS EGYPT. SODAN Annexation of 14,000,000 Turkish Subjects and Over Million Square Miles Announced Both Germans and Russians Claim Victory in Pol and Austrians Claim Victory. J'AIMS, Dee. IB. ll i- icliably re ported here today that Ureal Mritain will tomorrow give the Hgypliaus u new khedivejn the xr-oii ol Huss Kin Keinal, recently said to have been made governor general of iigypt. 'CAIHO, Kgypt, Dec. Ifi, via Kon don, .;30 p, in. A Ilrltlsh protec tornto was formally proclaimed throughout Kgypt today, in all gar rison towns a raluto of 101 guns wan fired nnd the t'nlon Jack hoist ed. Kgypt has been placed undtsr tho protection of tho King of England as tho result of tho state of war arising from tho,Actlons or Turkey. This announcement was inado In I.lndon last night. Tho suzerainty of Turkey over Kgypt is thus ter minated nnd the Ilrltlsh government Is obllgnted to adopt all measures necessary for the defense of Kgypt and the safety of Its Inhabitants nnd Interests. Sir Arthur Henry McMahon has been appointed King Georges high commissioner for Kgypt. Kgypt, whllo nominally firming part of tha Turkish empire has in tho past been virtually dopondency of Kugland. Tho Khedive of Kgypt, Abbas I Html, has sided with Turkoy and now Is said to bo In cinferenco at Vienna with Austrlna, authlrtcs. LONDON. Dec. IS, 12: IS p. mv Again thu Germans and tho Aus trlans seem to bo on tho crest of a wnvo of battlo an tho Interminable struggle In tho east continues. Again llorlln Is gay with flags nnd again Pctrograd declines to concede victory to tho luvnders. llorlln nnd Vienna contend, howeer. that tho Russians are falling back along tho entire front from tho Ilnltlc to tho Car pathians, with tho Invading center less than thirty miles from Warsaw'. Austria us Win tfnlirlii To tho south, whoro n fow weeks ago Russians wero pouring over the Carpathians Into Hungary, combined Austro-fiernian columns hnvo now forced them back through tho passes nml it Is asserted hnvo advanced two thirds of tho way across Callcla nnd arc Hearing tho foil cess at I.emtjcrg, occupied by tho Russians early In tho (Jallclun campnlgn. The Russian official announcement admits none of this. Thoy dismiss tho happonlugs In Unllclu as engage ments of no Importance and class tho operations to tho west of War saw In the samo category. It Is claimed, however, that tho extreme Russian right near Mlnwn baa thrust (Continued on Pngo 2.1 TURKEY New Year's Issue Tho Mail Tribuno's annual Now Year's issue will be finer than ever this year. Spcoia attention will bopaid to tho tourist attractions of southern Oregon, including the seenic beauties, world wondors and paved highways. Tho issue will bo bettor illustrated than any of our previous New Year's issuesand that is going some. It is nccessan' to know in advance how inanv papers will be required, so plaeo your order now.. Last year the issuo comprised thirty-eight pages and oxcoeded .10,000 copies. Help make tho edition .15,000 this vear. Price 5 ednts per issuo. ( Mailed to iu cems. FILL T11JS COUPON OUT AND MALL Mail Tribune, . Medford, Qrcjgon. Please resqi've-inc ......copies of 1915 Now Year's issue. &' Name .' . Address 1G IKS I NAVY GOOD FOR Representative Gardner Declares Warships Obsolete, Airships Use less, Submarines paltry, Few Ships Worth Anything and Those Thous ands of Men Short. WASHINGTON,' Dec. 18.-lteprc-tentative Onnlner was the principal witness today before the bouse naval committee. He read a statement in MipKjrt of his proposal for investi gation of the national defenses by n htceial commission. "I am here to nsk you lo appropri ate for the full number of now ships recommended by the general navnl board for this yearV construction," he haid. "I urn sorry to my that Secretary Daniels in hit recommen dation to congress has cut the naval board'n building program for this year almost exactly in two. "Out of thirty completed battle ships, do you know that twelve of tlicia are unavailable without a long delay on account of our refusal to pay the bills for manning thcm4 Klghty Ships Useless "If wc had gone to war with tho rest of the first-class power early iu August, do vou realize that no less than nine of our battleship- would not have been ready to fight4 Wc have fifteen cruisers, twenty-two de stroyers, eighteen torpedo bonts, five submarines and iwrhnps a dozen mis cellaneous fighting ships kcpL hi" CoTdi storage with the battleships. Eighty fighting ves-cls of our modest navy arc not available for battlo in nn emergency. "I charge that our navy N 18,000 men short nml a further shortage of 10,000 men is in skill. The general hoard, which has actually made our war plans estimates the enlisted force of tho imfv ns between 30,000 and .')0,000 men short for war. Isn't It Aw fdt "You know that wo have fifty-six MibmnTiues in all, built and building, good, bad and indifferent. Now comes Secretary Daniels nnd iu a few sooth ing words recommends submarines to the paltry number of eight or so. "Wo have just a dozen aeroplanes iu the navy. Last year the aeroplane hoiinl recommended uu appropriation of $1,:I0(,000. Instead of that sum, according to Captain Itristol, wo lot the aviation service shiuI only .$ :i,r0, 000 or 100,000. Tho general naval hoar iu its current report says that wo must fiond .fo0,000,000 on air craft." AMSTERDAM, via London, Dee. 18, 8t."0 u. in. According to the Telograaf, J'mperor William, who has been detained in Iterlin for some time because of illness, will return to the front this week. Tho emperor, the dispatch says, has just conferred tho deeoratiou of the iron cross, first ons, on Chau eellor vou Ilethmuuu-Hollwcc. any - address .by tho office for COLD STORAGE INCREASE IN FREIGHT RATES GAME WARDEN A." S. HUBBARD MURDERED JL LORIS MARTIN IN ATTEMPTING Notorious Poacher, Who Has for Yc ars Defied Wardens, Kills Hubbard With Rifle at Close Range When Latter Attempts lo Arrest Him After Search of Cabin Discloses Deer Meat Only Witness Is 'constable Irwin of Ashland, Who Flees Scene, So Badly Scared That He Re fused to-Return Body of Slain Officer Left in Forest All Niht. Lorls Martin, notorious gamo poacher, and for years defiant of gamo laws, slayer of Gnmc Warden A. S. Hubbard, at his cabin nlno miles cast ot Trail Thursday after noon, Is In tho county jail, and tho body of his victim lies where it fell awaiting the arrival of Coroner A. K. Kellogg of Gold Hill, en rotito to the scene. Martin was brought to tho county jail Friday afternoon, nnd has re quested that Kvan Rcnrnes act as his attorney, and will mnko a plea of self defense. Martin surrendered to Sheriff Sing lcr this morning, after spending the night at the homo of his sister, Mrs. C. T. Skyrman. ,Thc only eyo witness to tho tragedy was Constable AI Irwin of Ashland, who accompanied Hubbard on tho fatal trip and who was paralyzed with fear after the encounter. Shot nt Clone Ilange According to Irwin's story to Sher iff Slnglor, Irwin nnd Hubbard reached tho Martin cabin about noon Thursday, for which they had search warrants. Searching tha cabin thoy fouBihttwotBams of deer, ant ware on their way from tho cabin when they met Martin coming out of tho heavy timber, where ho hoc. been attending to traps. Tho following exchange of words followed, Irwin and Hubbard being on herseback: "Hello, Hubbard," said Martin. "Hello, Martin." Hubbard replied. "What tho h I nro you doing hero?" camo tho response. With theso words, according to Irwin's nccount to Sheriff Singlcr, Hubbard dismounted, nnd walked to wards Martin, tho affair occurlng in a clearing. As tho gamo warden . advanced, Martin sheuted: "Don't como any further or I'll shoot." Shot Wlllilu Slv IVt Hubbard in tho performance ot his duty, continued, nnd when within six feet of Martin, tho lnttcr fired with his riflo, tho bullet striking in tho middle of tho breast, causing in Btant death. Irwin from his horso witnessed this drama, and says that just before tho fatal shot, shouted to Hubbard to stop. When Sheriff Slnglor arrived Thursday night at 9; 30 o'clock at tho bceno of tho shooting, he found Hub bard laying In tho ground where ho fell, with his gun on tho ground TO CHICAGO, Dec. IS. Major Gon- eral Hugh L. Scott, chief ot staff. United States army, is making his hurried trip to Naco, to "ask the gentlemon In Mexico to move their war u llttlo further south, so it will not annoy tho Aforlcans thoro " Thus tho head ot tho United Statos army, explained hlu mission to tho Mexican border as ho waited here last night for a train to carry him to tho southwest. General Scott said that ho would visit tho rlvul com manders directing the fighting at Naco, Sonora, and attempt to prevent trouble thoro fiom developing iuto any international difficulty. "It was thought thut my acquain tance with the Moxtcanders might make It possible for me, In an indi vidual way, to soo If tholr troubles might not bo brought to a conclusion without injury tu residents ot tho United States," General Scott said, SCOTT TO REQUEST mx m EN MOVE W UTTERS ARREST nearby, and the glovo of tho right hand off. After tho shooting. Irwin, accord. Ing to Sliorlff Slnglor, told Martin not to shoot him, and telling tho murderer to look after tho body, left for help. Sheriff Singlcr nnd Deputy Wilson met Irwin at Trnll Thursdny evening, nnd nsked him to return with them, which ho refused to do, saying ho was tired and tho horsctt had no feed. Constable Irwin V?k greatly excited by tho shooting, and. refused to return to the scene. Sheriff Ileiuiiot Scene Sheriff Slnglor and Deputy Wilson proceeded to tho sceno of tho crime, and spent tho night guarding tho body ot Hubbard, expecting tho ar rival of tho coroner and tho return of Martin, who alter staying with tho dead man until mld-aftcrnoort left. The dead official this morning was still lying on tho lonely hillside, everything untouched, waiting for tho coming of tho coroner. This morning Singlcr 2nd Deputy Wilson left, tho murder spot, and went to tho homo of tho mother ot ' Martin, askjng for her son. Sho sSldsho' did 'not'know hV where nbuuts. Tho two officiate then pro ceeded down tho trull, nnd about seven miles from his cabin met tho slayer with rifle In hand "Is this Sheriff Singlcr f" wax Martin's first words. Surrenders to Sheriff "I guess vou nro looking- for mo, and hero is my gun," iio continued, banding- over the weapon with whicli ho snuffed out n human. Martin told his captors it was loaded, nnd that it had better ho unloaded. Tho author ities then went to their auto, nml with the prisoner rushed to thjs city. Martin was sceii in the county jail thU afternoon, thirty minutes lifter his arrival. Ho wan standing by tho jail stovo watehiiie; ti white man nnd negro playing "eoou can." Ho is un educated nnd a specimen of the clasR holding- that personal right super cedes nil law. He vt a short, thin man with gray eyes and a week'n growth of reddish stubble on his face. He wore n pair of striped trousers and black coat nnd n new flannel shirt. Ho lias nn unusually largo nose and bund, ami gold fillings iu h'm teeth thut give him a striking appear ance. (Continued on page two.) STILL INDECISIVE DKRL1T, Dec. 18, via London, 1:15 p. in. Tho German war offlco this afternoon guvo out an .official stnlomont us follews: "Tho fighting In Nieuport contin ues favornblo, but no decision yot has beon reached. "Tho French attacne between La Ha us eo and Arras und on both sldyu ot tho Rlvor Sonuno huvo resulted In futluro with eovoro losses to tho enemy. On tho Somine tho French lost 1200 men in prisoners nnd at least 1800 tn dead; our own louse wero two hundred, "In tho Argonno forest our suc cessful attack resulted in the cap ture of 8omo 7500 prisoners In addi tion to war material. There have bean no Important developments vise, whoro ou tho wostern frontn "On tho frontiers of Kast mi Wt Prussia the situation Is UBfthiiiaed, "In Poland we continue te, irtMf-, the rtreatlH wemy," - f . -',"' Fin All BELGIAN 1 ", ?1 : i . . i .J ,' m v '.'J J f ! 1 , Hit