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MEDFORD. OlMfflON, JWIIMV, DECEMBER 18, 1014
NO. 231
V
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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
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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 . -',"'
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