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207 Srttiii Bluet ' Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER ItiUn tonight nnd Tucmlaj' Mux. M Mln. Ill; Pre. .15. VI 1 t ? Forty-fourth Year. Hilly Ninth yur, MEDITOItD, OKKOOy, MONDAY, .7ANITAIIY 'I, 1915 1 NO. 214 V K FRENCH CAPTURE STEINBACH Hi HARD STRUGGLE POSTAL RECEIPTS FUR MEDFORD POST OFFICE Germans Admit That Small Alsatian Town Near Thaim Is Taken by Enemy After Overwhelmed Bom hartlmcnt Little Activity Alonn, Western Fl)litlii Line. LONDON', .Inn. !. The ciiptmc hy tlui Flench of Slcinhnch, n miiiiII Al eutian town nrnr Tllllllll, in mllllilti'il In today's statement I'iiiiii llio lloiliu wiir olHce. Tho iiilviinrit of tlio Fiench wus preceded hy mi artillery liniiiliiiiiliiit'iit which tint German hlutcuicnls describe as "overwhelm ing," mill which enabled lliu French to occupy tieiiehes uenr Sennhclui, an well iih tint town of Nlcinbnith. Thec benches Inter went iccnptuiod, the German statement says, Except for this fighting along the eastern I'liil of liu battle front there is littli) ni'livity, I ho German eounlcr attacks apparently Inning hutted cf fcctuully tint fnrwnrd innxcuiciit which lu nllios attempted IiinI niotilh. A few iiiiiiiipoitiiul gains aru chrnii' ic'lcil in tint French offii'iiil state ini'iil, which mIho nays Hint nil nt tempt to capture u village in the .Mitiim (miiitry failed, ItuHilmit Itcpoit llnlllo Tliu Ocriumi htnteincnt imihi'x no mention of the severe lighting in tin ciiht reported liy tln Huhhiiiii military millionth'. It ciiVM metoly that tint siliuitinii it. unchanged ami that dol man nllni'U continue. Fighting is in pro(;roH atom.' the eastern buttle front, leading ut pmnth to desperate huiid-tit-hund encoun ters. An official Russian statement show thai, lifter rapturing Holitnow, tint (icrmaiw iitlemplcd to push on to tlir northeast in the diiecliou of War saw, nliotit thirty mile uwnv. This movement marked tin renewal of the (Icniian offensive toward tint Polish eapital niter n period of 'oinpnratio inaetivity, hut I heir advance in thin iliieetion in Mihl to have hcen hjuiIhI with I a rye hmcs. A rCiunrkiiblo night hatlle on the hunk of the lUina liver is ileHeriheil in the Russian emu iniinleation which iuivs thilt (lernian forces went Hnnitteil to cm (he liver unmolested anil then were at tacked with bayonets, without the limit; of ii flint. It U ussciL-d that several hiiiulreil Oct mans were killed mid the remainder suriciiilerrd. Coiifllitlug ItepoitN In the oilier eninpnigiis on Europe's hatlle field no esscntinl changes nre reported. In the trniis-Cnueiisinn ie. ginu the Turks and Russians are en guged in fierce struggles, hut reports froiii Pclrognul and Constantinople enticciuiug the oiileouui ant at com plete variance. In Franco and Hcl I'iiim tint al lacks of tint allien have failed In develon into another great haltle and it Is helieved in London that the attempt to exiicl the (Iciiuutis from thi'ii conquered territory may he dcfcrieil several inniilhs. I'ohIiiI receipts for tint Med ford poxtnrfko for llm year iiinlltiK IX citniher .'It wero 'Jl,2l!0,7, n tlneit per rent kIii ovor lUI.'t. Tim lotnl iccelplii for CM.'I wero 2H,tor,,03. TIiIh total Included retuniN from ntauipH, lealHteied letterfi. liioauy orilnrH, and all other noiireen, Tliu recelinn for tint Mnrcli, l!lt. ipiartcr wero S7llfi.."7; ta IIM.t, iC'i-A"; June. 1 ! 1 1 , ipinrlor. ITI'.'I. T.'t; 11113, Jor.'J.ViM: Heptemhcr. tin i. icntt.i:.; in ttua, c:ir.o.i i. ami In December uuaitor, 11)11, IHOC'.UII, ami In Deeemlier, 1UI.1, IHiilii.ail. In every quarter hut the Iniit the rerelptH went IiIkIht tlmu I ill 3. Alter the heKlmiliiK of the IMropean war, ami tint umiill fruit erop, theio wiih a hIIkIH dccreiinu In recelptH. Taltini tin a haromcler of IjihiIiiooi conillllouH tliu recelptH hIiow a nor mill hiinlnciiH condition. In iiiont of the mtot((ei of Oregon, a hiiiuII dicreiimt h noted. HP PUB BILL S OPPOSED YWCANS Administration Measure Temporarily Laid Aside (or Appropriation Bills Foreign Complications Urged Ic-alnst Measure, Which Is Also Opposed. RUSSIANS FIGHT NG TURKS CONTESTED BATTLE PirntOClt.M), Jan. 4 An offlclnl communication from the ItiiNAlan K'n oral ntnff In tint Cmicnnuii Riven de tnllit of tliu fliilitlut; In tho vicinity or Kurt Kauiynli In Trnns-Caucniiln. The ntutoment follewn: "In tho roKlon of Knrl K:imynh .luuunrynl, tliu great Imtllu continued olivloimly to our ndvnntnKc. Tlio enemy, how over, continued to offer tin obxtlmito rciUtnnce. "Wo captured tho COlh rKlmcnt of Infnutry ilinont complete, Incluil- Iuk tho commander and .'0 offlcorn. Tim total of TurklNh prlHoneri amountH to fiOOO KOldUtm, 0 offlcerx and Mtverat MtirKcoim, 'o nlxo rap tured nix piece of mountain nrtll lory, 1 1 iiiachlno kuiim and ammuni tion. "Tho next day tho flnntlng here wan Htlll koIiik on. Our troops re captureturncd Home poHltloiiH which tint TiirkM hnd occupied and took threo marhlntt kuiin and inoru than 700 prlHonerii. , "At one point a company of a Cau casian reKlinent wan dlnpeysed hy hayonut charKiiN, while two TurKlnh eompanloH wero cut to plecoH hy an tlllery fire. "Our troopn are operntliiK under eondltloiiH exreptlonaly painful on ac count of the cold and Know- In a IiIkIi altitude. Tliu moralo of our Hold lent in Reed and limy flKht with ardor." PRESIDENT PLANS I m RECORDS POR T AND CHANGE I'OHTI.ANI), Oro Jan, 4 - Tort land'ti nraln exchaiiKo, whoro now price rucorda havo heon an almoHt dally occurreuco for tho lam month, aaw oi!o of tho moHt proununcud ad vaiicuu today ulnco tho ookIiuiIiik of tho lOuropoan War. Now northwoHt iiiii rccordii woro nut, not only for wheat hut for oata and harloy. All vailutliiH of wheat Hold front -14 to :i',i centH hlKhur than tho top UIiIh of litHt Saturday, Ton thnuHiiud husliola of Tohruary flrty fold and an eqiial amount of npol cluh Hold at f l.Uti and ft. 33 per IiiihIioI icHpectlvely, eacli roprenont Iiik a gain of thtoo contu ovpr Satur day'H IiIiIh. Twonty tliouaud htiBholH of Kohruary cluh changed hands at J 1,3 1, u gain of two coiiIh, Spot red IliiHHlim made tho latKOHt Kaln of ','i coiiIh, 5000 hiiHhols koIdk at 4 l.Cl. In all 00,00 hiiBliels ot wheat chanced luuidn. Ono hundrod toim of spfft oata sold at $31 pur ton, u Kaln of 2fi contu while 100 Ioiih or feed harloy hroiiKht 31), u ualn of 7C cuntH. WASIII.VdTO.N', Jan. 4.l'reHldent W'IIhou lieKnu today planning tho HpeechuH ho expocta to make on hla return f rip from tho San KrancUco expoBlllon thlH HprlnK. Ho told cal lerH ho wanted to accept no mo ot tho Invitations and hooh would map out a doflntlo Itluurary, Senator Tluimau and ltoprcsonta liven KentliiK nnd Taylor of Colorado linked him to mieak at Denver. Son ator Fletcher and Senator Opro auked 111 in to Kpeuk at a mcotltiK ot tho Soulherii Commercial CoiiRrona at .MimkoReo, Okla., In April; Senator Shoppnid Invited him to npeak In Dal Iiih. Invitations already havo boon extended to him to stop lit Chicago, Omaha, St. I.ouIh, Kaunas City, Salt l.alo City, 1.08 AimoluH, Mllwaukeo, mid lndlmuipolls, W'ASIIINOTON, Jan. 4. -The ml mlnUtrntlon (thli purchimo bill whh modi! tin iinflnlNlied h iih I lien of tho neniite today hut wan tomporurlly laid anldi! to mako way for appropria tion IjIIIh. Senator Loilge demnndod a record voto, which allowed 40 for nnd 2!) agaliiHt taktuR up tho bill. Senator Vardaman waa -tho only democrat to voto acalnat tho motion "ThU uhlppliiR hill In openliiR up Rrent now propoaltlona to tho Ameri can people nnd tho country ought to have time for reflection," ho said, adilliiR that democratic leader had declared (hoy had tho votes to paaa It. "Yea. wo havo the votca," ro Joined Senator Stone, "and wo will put It through If tliu wnatora on tho other aide will not reaort to unusual ly obstructive tactic. .Minority Iteport filed Opposition to tho ahlp purchase hill, chiefly on tho ground that it might preclpltato foreign ocmpllca tloiiH and as a tendency toward gov ernment ownership, was act forth In a minority report of tho commorco comiulsslnn filed by Scnatora Dur ton, Nulson, Perkins, Smith of Mich igan, and Oliver. That overy ahlp under tho proposed plan "would add one more risk of our being drawn Into tho present war," was the dec laration If tho minority. Tho report ay a: Undoubtedly It waa one of tlio In spiring mntlvcH for thoso wro framed tho bill, to release, boats which havo been Intered aa a result of tho war. Tho president has gonn to tho almost unpiecedent llmlta of using IiIh ut most endeavor to dlscourago private Hans to belligerents. Islt conlund Inntm to belligerents, in t consist ent with so strict nn application ot tliu neutrality policy to mako al least Indirectly, available to ono of tho bol llgerontn many millions of dollars which hud been uindo unavallablo by tho Incidents of war?" Su)i ll'h KH'rliuent Concerning tho glvernmcnt owner- ship feature of tho bill, tlio report do- claica It to bo an experiment that can not bo Justified by any of tho ar guments which apply to tho taking over, of n naturally monopolist!! pub- He enterprise, " because tho whipping field Is farm from unturally monopo listic." Tho report also asserts that tho plan would bo futile In reducing ocean rates. Senator Hoot, In debate, declared no measure of equal consequence had bocn brought before congress In ninny yeaia. It was proposed, ho said, to put tlio government into foreign trade at a tlmo of extreme danger. Tho result must bo, ho Insisted to placo In question tho good faith ot tho United Statci Knelt In carrying goods to bel ligerents. Sonator Hoot protested against any ofort toOImlt debate. Senator Fletcher replied It waa not tho purposi) ot tho majority to limit discussion. Senator I.ode served notice on the demnernU that Mie would resort to any pailiameutiiry procedure to delay action on the shipping hill if mi at tempt were made to "jam it through." lie uhurnctcmed the hill as "thor oughly vicious, economically ami in torniitionii!y" ami tho "grossest kind of n hiihslilv." MRS. MAY DE SOUSA HAINES WINS DIVORCE DECREE ON CRUELTY CHARGE S . : "y" t Ayj'U I f A A,.M ;, rr ' , ' 7 TiWiWiWiWiWiWiWiWiWiBt ' 'ACbrt'lW !BjTBjK rt7ji "PJ , rTBjPJPJPJPy' frtrr&'J' ? tPA -PJVJVJVJVJVJVJVJVX .'w'al't Jf a. -3'PjBl jPJHr'' . wPjf.. ripk2aH NRfcili jSc!& may de - fl ASK HESS TO STOP EXPORT WAR MUNITIONS Mra. May Do Sousn Ilnye becatne Mix May De Sousn by a decree entcrrrt by Judge Sullivan hi a Chicago court after the Chicago prima donna bad tes tified that she bad spent $U.,000 on her husband, I'nton Arthur llaluos, and bad suffcrinl numerous beating at his hands. "During my Udulon engagements my husband bent me continually, but he was careful not In strlLe me In tho face." testified Miss I)e Sousx "Ho didn't want to bruise my face, because the Injuries then could be seen, m It would alt ou my elicit and strike me about the body." TURKISH TROOPS RAVAGE PERSIA l'KTItOOUAI) Jan. 4, (via London, 7:2.1 p. in.) Austrlnn aeroplanes nro dally bombarding Kellcc, In Uusslan Poland, 04 miles northeast of Cra cow, Ton bombs were dropped on tho Uusslan railroad stations and freight January 2. I.Ittlo damage waa dono. RUSSIA PAROLES IM-rrUOaitAD Jan. 4. (via London, 7:35 p. m.) Turkish troops whoso defeat by Russian forces was an nounced Oeccmttor 12, when thoy at tempted to Invado Itussla from Per sian territory, nro now reported to Ik ravaging tho region south of J.ako Urmlah, in western Persia. Hastily assembled lovles of Persian troops sent against tho Turkers were de feated. A protest was uindo soma time ago to Turkey by tho Persian government. It Is said no reply has been received. PRISONERS IN SIBERIA J SELLS $1.35 M INCREASE RATES' ON WASHINGTON, Jan. .(.Itntlng of poultry in carload liy westorfi rail roads as third instead of fourtli-olasK freight, IIiiih inereuHinp; tho ohaiges, was held lodny hv tho iulerslalo uoin mi'ieo coiititiUaioii to bo jiibtifivtl. FRENCH CLAIMING : FURTHER IPR06RESS l'AHKS, Jan. 4. Tho offieiul sluteinent given out hi Talis this af ternoon shows thai tho artillerv fighting iilong tlio front is proceed ing iutcnilittenUy mid at some points with piutii'iilar viplenco. There beems to havo been few infantry nttnes ro eently, Tho French admit failur6 in mi effort to occupy u Qennmi nasi tiou in (ho Mouse country. Thoy ehiiiu, however, fuilher progress In Steinluu'li. Clllt'AGO, Jan. I. -llighct price- ri'iieheil in years were scored today in the wheat pit here, Tho reason was the virtual certainty that ut lenxt for the present Argentine shipments to Kuropo would he much smaller than the generous size of tho crop there had recently seemed to warrant. Scarcity of ocean tonnage ut Ar gentine ports nnd the nhuoM prohib itive vessel rates from there to Kur ope were largely lcsponsible. In tho last hour of the session re ports of immense cash sales for ocean shipment gave prices u further big lift. Just before tlio final gong brought business to u halt, wheat tot ality delivery, the chief speculative option, was snapped up in some cases us high as $l.:iln. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 To re lievo Gorman and Austrian prisoners of war. n committee of missionaries, principally Americans, will start to morrow from Peking for tho Inter ior or Siberia, bearing medical sup plies and clothing furnished by tho American Itcd Cross and to plan an extension of their work of mercy. Tho prisoners nro not confined, but generally havo been paroled under pledge not to leave tho neighborhood. Their only wants aro food, clothing and medicine. In explanation of tho parolo of prisoners, It said that with Its abso lute control of tho Siberian rnllway, which In winter nffords tho only pos sible ngrcss from Siberia, tho Rus sian government feels there Is llttlo possibility of escape. Delegations From German-American Alliance and Ancient Order of Hi bernians Declare It Is Outrage to Permit Allies to Secure Supplies Prevent Germans From Leavir-j. JAP ADMIRAL Al REJECTED BY SENATE WASHINGTON', Jan. 4. An ml verso report on tho nomination of Jiulgo Kwing Itlnnil of iiKnsns City to ho United States marshal of the western district of Missouri was Voted Info today hy the judiciary TOKIO, Jan. -I. The Japanese cabinet has designated Admiral Bar on Shigeto Down us a special envoy to the l'nnuma-Paeifie expo-it ion, Kenr Admiral Dewn N one of Jap an's distinguished naval officers. In the Kusso-Japiincse war ho was with Admiral Togo all through tho Port Arthur hlocknde and later eonunnnd- ed n squadron during the naval battle with tho Russians in the sea of Ja pan. Karly last year he was ap pointed as head of the naval comiuis sion which inquired into tho Japan ese naval scandal in which bribery was charged in connection with the allotment of const ructiou contracts. TWELVE INJURED WASHINGTON, Jan. -".--"(-'urliM exportation of all munitions of war that are contraband and you will re move the excuse for the ItritNi con duct which called forth the note of protct recently sent to London," said Theodore Sutni of New York, ad dressing the houe foreign relations committee lodav in favor of pending congrc-sionnl resolutions to stop ex ports of war materia!-, to Kuropean hclligcrcnts. Delegations from New York. Phila delphia, Chicago and Baltimore, among them representative of the Geniiaib-Ameriean alliance mid the Ancient Order of Hibernians, appear, cd in favor of the resolutions. C. J. Detainer of Philadelphia, president of the Gcnnan-Ainericnn Alliance, presented memorials adopt ed by that organization in many states urging the adoption of one of the resolutions. Insult to German These memorials included a letter written hy Mr. Hexntncr to President Wilson, dated December I), ''in the interest of neutrality," Miying that one of the nations engaged in the war "could get munitions from tlu's coun try.'' "Our failure in keeping strict neu trality becomes thereby," the letter continued, "nn unfriendly if. not in imical net against one particular na tion. "You cannot imagine, Mr. Presi dent," he wrote, "with what chagrin ami hilterne-s.s it fills the Americans of German descent to see the rc the resources of this great countrv which they have helped to build up placed at tho disposal of enemies, who with their overwhelming forces have proclaimed it their avowed pur pose to crush our ancestral home. Matter of Form Only "Since the attitude of our govern ment enables Kughtml to cut off, ngainst our own interest, even the .most neee-siirv supplies from the civil population of certain countries, do you think, Mr. President, that thereby the assertions that the neu trality of the United States is only u matter of form and does not exist, arc justified?" 1 IMP LAWS 1 00 AS IN FIRS! WEEK OF BEET CAMPAIGN Farmers Beginning to Realize Value of Beet Sugar Plant to Valley and Signing Up More Freely List of Those Agreeing to Raise Beets Given Farm to Farm Campaign. A Jununry thaw has sot in upon (lie frigidity that shrouded the campaign for the establishment of n $(100,000 beet sugar factory in the Koguo Itivcr valley, nnd there was a revival of in terest, mid n general casting off of the insidious thrall of mosslmukism Saturday. To date over 1000 ncrrs have been signed up. and much more is in prospect. Citizens nnd land owners Imvc plnnncii a fnrm-to-fnnii campaign to secure tho necessary nereagv. The following farmers nnd fruit growers throughout the valley havo signed ferncrcnge: Kaglc Point Nnrrcgan & Sou, Frank Lewis, Fred Pelouze, Joe Ifa,s kinsj Wallace Bergman, C. A. Knight, -I.em Charley, I. L. Brnilshnw, C. E. Terrill, G. B. Brown, It. H. Toft, A. 7. Hazelton, W. X. Stnuh, J. X. Bilev, l B. Warner, Sr W. W. Fristoc, II. L. Dodge, Ernest Adams and F. I. Madden. Scattering acreage, not classified as to di-triet, are: A. Conro Fiero, Stevens & Brown, F. S. Carpenter, C. II. Pierce, E. J. Brown, Lnttu &. Hop kins, John H. Cnrkins, Crystal Springs Orchards-, II. D. Schiller, E. J. Parton, J. A. Perry, F. L. Ton Vclle, George B. Carpenter, D. II. Mc Curdy, J. Walter. Willow Springs D. W. Stone, Geo. P. Mims, Eldon Bros., Mrs. I). X. Me. XaJjser, Itpy KrxSmitlirJ. W. Burk holt, Mrs. Frank McKee, John Sisty, A. C. Carlson, It. II. Davidson, Sam Anderson, Fred Strnube, Elmer Hig inbotham, G. X. Davis and F. M. Pal mer. Table Hock S. C. Coljins, Leo Yin cent niul E. W. Carlcton. Talent Wellborn Becson, (fnint Davis, A. Widener, L. G. Edwards, II, It. Iteachert. Merrick & Holmes, Geo. W. Hoss, Lilly L. Jeffries, Walter Jeffrey, James Lennox, II. S. Glenn, E. C. Gardner and Willard V. B. Campbell, George C. Carter, Mr. Fox hall, It. E. Robinson, John Kent, Geo. .Morse, I. C. Williams, L. II. Houbtm and C. 11. Thomns. Saturduy afternoon members of the committee in charge of tho cam paign for securing ncreago visited the Ilogue Itivcr and Evans creek dis trict ami found u healthv sentiment there for planting beets, and in tho neighborhood of 1000 additional acres aro expected to bo signed up front these sections. PROSPEC T WRECK 1 commit Uo of the scimto. ALBERT LEA, Minn.. Jan. 4. Twelve persons wero injured serious ly, three of I hem futility, early today when tho fust Des Moines south bound passenger train on the Minne apolis ci St. Louis railroad was wrecked at Emmons, .Minn., hy a de fective switch. Tlio chair car mid smoker wero demolished. A relief train arrived hero with twelve in jured. Thomas Mayer of Humboldt, WASHINGTON, Jan. -I. In mi un official hut convincing way, the state department has learned that there is no intention ou the part of tho lead ers in control of the California legis lature to bring forward any new anti- Japanese legislation during the pres ent session, which began today. It has been made plain that the leaders cannot prevent members from broaching measures of their own, hut it is understood that such measures will not receive support of the domi nant party. A disposition not to do nnyihing that might jeopardize the success of tho Paiiama-Pacific exposition liy curtailing Oriental exhibits, is under stood here to have been a potent fac tor in bringing about the delermiua tion to avoid further agitation of the Japanese question. Develop to ston WASHINGTON Jan. 4. meats in tho negotiations British interruptions of copper ship ments havo reached a point, it was understood here today, where Great lu,; Matt Ersher of Luverne, Minn., Britain will not interfere with ship and Conductor Keating of Minnenp- incuts lo well-known Italian firms if olis wero believed to liu fatally hurt.' thoy tire mmlo in Ituliiin ships. RURAL CREDIT BILL MAY BE TAKEN UP WASHINGTON, Jan. -J. President Wilson has received pressing requests from different parts of tho country that rural credits legislation be taken up during the present congress, niul he is considering (ho advisability-of changing his plan to put the subject over to next December. Chairman Glass of the house bank ing committee told the piesident to day it would not bo advisable to lake up the subject until timu had been al lowed for tho working out of tint farm loan features of tho federal bank law. HALL'S APPOINTMENT HELD UP IN SENATE. WASHINGTON, Jan. -I. The vc iiomiuution of Henry Clay Hall of Colorado Springs, Colo., to tho in terstate commerce commission was held up today by tho senate inter state commerce committee at tliu re quest of republican soiiators. Sena tor Cummins fenid several iticmhetH wanted to know more about why the commission recently reversed l(f ami granted freight rate .increases to eastern railroads. tVJkH -jj