IT1 scctM 'iw 287 Ss Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Haiti Mnv. n.1 Mitt, Mi, Forly.fotirth Yar. Oillv Ninth Yrnr, MEDFORD, OKKCION, THlTKSI)AY, .JANlAHY 7, 1915. NO. 247 , i iS WOEVRE REGION S ADVANCES B ALLIED AW French ncpnt t Capture of German Trenches Inroads Into German Tranuular Position Activity In North Confined to Artillery Ex chnii(jcs Germans Claim Pronrcss LONDON', .Ian. 7. Tho.Ficiieh re- mm t iiiiiuiiiiicom (he eiiptuic of a por lion of tin1 German first lino li niches in Urn Wiii'Vin district lu tint ninth west ii" Mirny. Thin ihIwiiico de rives Hh importance from Hie fuel Hint il indicate the French lire mak ing inroad into tln German liiitu giilur mlliim, the npov uf which tests mi tin light bank til' tint river .Mini-.., m SI. Millicl. Tim netiwly at Plundcra mill in Franco mill it. iMiutlni'il larxi'ly to ar tillery ovehaiigeti. In llii'in tin' Ficnch claim llic iiiUiinluxc Mine uUo lutvc lii'rii exploded at (wo MiinlM on tin1 line, with Miii'i'i'mifiil ii'hiiIIh to lint Ficnch troop. Tin' enemy nt .Sti'inliiii'h hits mil iillui'tii'il again, mill III French in 1 1 1 m icgion liuwi retained their -MiliniiM, Thi'v claim nUii mi udwince towuiil Altknch, in Alncc, south of Slcinbuch mill .Miii'lliiuiM'ii. (.'cumin Slnli'ini'iit Thi (li'inimi official slnU'iiicul mi the iimxri'PM of tin' war tci n mil ihix llftCIIIOOll 'IllillUt till' Ol'IIIIIIIIM in tin western iiut nt' Arxoniic weic Mi'lor imiH mill Unit heavy fiuhling i going on lo llii noith 'f Ami. Ficneh attacks in tin' einterii itiion of the Aigoneo fmi".t iiml In tin wet of Soniilii'iiii 'Ceniiiv) in Alucc, the stllll'llll'llt "II . WITC lllllsl'll. In llii'ir operation iijuiiiikI tin' Kussiiius tin Ocniiuiis claim In lie milking progress in spile of ilio mi- llivomblc weather conditions, Pcfciit Not Com cited Neither Turkey imr Germany Inn conceded tin ili'fi'iit of Turkish min ion in llic Cmiii'mmi-, ii claimed of ficially in IVtioKiml. A fnillir il' lnlld of llii. I'mlitiug mi received it l.miilmi, it won Id iiiii'iu' that this ic purled Tmkih disaster wn emu. ilni aw that suffered hy anv force, since Iho outbreak of Hit mtr. In suite of llii", however, thu In tt"t oT tin I'liiiiiiiiinii'iitioim frmn Turkey aU together ignoieH llic fighting in lhi Cmii'iixiiH mnl dwell tiion the t ntjr glo which bus spread omt tin' Per inn fimilii'i In I'liiinhili, mi important town where Ilio Turks sn' that, aiilnl (Cnntliiunn on mum 1.) vs.i. ri ir .'? --'" $2 A BUSHEL FOR WHEAT PAID FOR fl (IIICA(U), Jan. 7 Two ilnllnrH n IiiihIiuI for wheat, tlio ilrcain that only mithimliiHtii over expected to eoiiui true, wan within inio-half cent of heliiK a reality Unlay on one Rnulo of wheat If tho eoHt of dollvory to KuroiK) iiiIkIU lo connluil an part of thu price. A carload of Durum wheat wiih unlit to Ko to Italy on a IhihIh that flKiirml ilellverod at a iIch tlnatlon StUUVj a liimhel. iSueh u prlco hreakH all record h for Durum wheat. Tint Htipply of that variety In thu United HlatOH In mild lo ho virtually ojchiuiHtcd for thlu ueiiHou, Itaplil upturiifl wnro wltnoKHcd lu the xpoculatlvu nmrkot. Newa that Kraiico and Italy had purcliiiaed 1, r00,00i) IiiihIioIh or moru today at tho Hcahoard inado tho prlccx of optloim leap hlKlior than at any tliuo ulnco tho hoKlnuliiK of the European war and reach IovuIh that huforo hud not linen eiiuiilled ulnco thu celebrated at tempt ut a world-wide wiuooxo hy JoHoph Luller. May wheat, tho chief speculatlvo delivery, went to S1..'K aa UKaluat $l,:iO at the flulHh laHt nlKlit. AuioiiR tho purchiiHoi-H of thu .May option wan tho Ilochefellur Foundation, which wauled to iiialio Hiiro of charity hup plloH for HuIkIuiu, and had heen uji alilu lo wet Hiitlnfaclory torjim on whom tor HpQt cnuh. ow CHICAGO REALBARBARISM CHARGE AGAINST GERMAN FORCE French Commission Makes Detailed Report of Atrocities hv Invaders Plllauc, navishlnu, Burnlnn and Murder Ordinary Practices Ncwspnpcr Proof Submitted. I'AltlH, Jan 7 -The coiiiiiiIknIoii appointed on Keptemher '-'It to ltntilre Into iicciimilloiKi Hint Oeruuiii offi cer had tided "miviiKcly and Inhu manely," acalnnt rrencli clvillaim and noldlern Kiiyn In Km report, miido pub lic today hy the Crouch cahlnet: Nunuc Wiufiire "Wo iinmt (oncliiile that there nev er ItiiH Immhi a wnr hetwiMin clvllUed natloun of no Hiivimidy it natiiie an that wiiki'iI on our noil, I'IIIiiri, iiivImIiIiik. hnriiliiK, murder nre ordi nary priielleeH of our eiiemli'ii, and fartii collected lu ninny ciihvh prove that the (lermaii claliiiN that tho kill ItiK o( cIvlllaiiH wan due to flrliiK of the popnlutlon, are unfounded. "We found proof tho exlutonco In the (Icriniin army not only of a hh tmnallc plan for liurnliiK vlllnncg hut tho poiwoioiliiu of olahorale material for thin purpuric, luoludliiK torclirn, Kriinailev, fimcd, oil Hpra)ern, Htlcki of luflauimahle iiiutlerM and nckH of tiihlln rompoKed of very Inllauunalilo rouipreHMi'd powder." The commlttMlon affalrmn that It Iiiih dlKllnRiilhheil carefully liotwenn flreH tauni'il hy homhardnientN and tliOMi unlit to have heen net hy hand when no flKtitlni; wiih In proKreHH. It Ih Htali'd that the object wiih to In timidate the population, thiiH nprrml Iiik terror nud panic ahead of thu In nderH. ltatlliliiK l'n'iiieiit "ItnvlnliliiKH of Momen nnd kItIh were ho freiiueiit that the number of raxim eHtahllnhed wiih only a Hinnll part of IIioho which iiiIkIU have heon luveMtlKiiled," the cominlHHlon hiih. "The ledum of Hicho oiIIouh actri Keinirnlly lefimed lo tentlfy, heraiiHu It would rompromlHi) their future." The romiulHHlon Hiipplled with Kreat detail the IcHtliunny on which Hh ('oiicIuhIoiih are haned. TIicho tie piiHllloiiH will ho puhlUhed later an a government ilocutuent. The mem herH of the couiiulHulon nre OeorReH I'lOrlle. piexlilent of the court of ac eoiiutH, chairman; Kilmiind I'nlllot, councillor of the court of cnnmitlon; Armaud .Milliard one of the inlnlHtutH attached 'to tho foielKU office, and (J, .MarrliiKur, councillor of Htalo, QUEZON IN FAVOR OF E WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 Military Importance of tho 1'hlllppliicH nnd their Htratt'Klc aliio to tho navy department will be Imiulred Into dur Iiik roiiHtderatlon of tho hill to Kraut tho IkIiiiiiIh a lurger lueamiro of Holf-Kovoriimont. Manuel L, Quexnn, rcHldent com mlHHtoner from tho l'lilllppliitB, urKd tho paKHiiKo of the hill with a defl ullo promlHo of complete Indepcud mice Included, lie mild thu AruIiiiiI do Kovernnient eHtahllHhoil In 18l8 before tho SpanlHh-Ainorlcan war had extended Hh Influence and control to all partH of tho Rroup. It Hhoiild ho viewed In Komu uionH uro, ho thought, aa proving Iho ca pacity of thu l-'lllpliiort to govern thcuiHclvoH, L OF Tho iiiinuul meeting of thu Com mercial club wiih held at tho puhllu library luat night, and tho report of Secretary V. V. StreetH for tho year read, A balance of $5 1 1.50 was hIiowii to ho lu tho club treaHiiry. The club Ih practically freo of debt. A commlttoo wiih appointed composed of Hon slioldon, Hurt AndoiHon and II, A. l.attn to arrango plans for tho annual (let Together meeting nnd uiiiiiiivi ui mo emu, no m m BULLETSSHIPPED PFROM AMERICA Bryan Replies to German Complaint, Rcfralnlnti From Comment, But Glvluii Record of Winchester and Remlnuton Works, Showinu the Charycs Groundless. WASIIINOTON, Jim. 7. -Sceiu-tury llryiin tudav iuformeil Count llciiihturlT, the (leiuimi muliiiHxailor, that tin' I'liitcii Klatpx, in maintain iu hlrii'l iiriilnility, iiiiihI refrain from official! iuveMi'.'ntii" or com menting upon Iiim charge Unit ilum iltiin ImlletM were lieiu furiiibi'il I'roiu Ihix country lo the allifx. Seeretury Hrvmi told the niiibiiHmi dor, however, t It it t if he could furiiixli iroo' Hint fiiib'ulili'ii war material weie licin xlii-'icil hv Ameiiemi finiiM, I'lexiileul Wilxou wouM iik u iulluent'e to xlop the ItalTie with out iuvohiie,' Icpil or iiiternalioiial iiuextioii". In u letter lo Count Uernslorff. Scciclnrv Mryan referieil to denialx of American miiiiiil'nctuieiK to hix re renl eliui'e of duuiiliim bullet mnl riot pin hciii) l'urni-liril to the al lien. The letter follews: lleMTt .Veiitinllty. "I enu uxxiire your CM-elleney that I niu not unmindful of the xpirit in which you blilin to the uttelitioll of this yiivcnuiifiit the improper prne tieex which are nllcfcd to have oe ciincil in the conduct of the prchcnl war. Ilul while Ihix' uovernmeut may take thexe xtiitenicnlx and cliiiryeH under eoiixiiteralioii, it ix, in iU ef foilx to nt tt i tt t it in a strict neutrality in the present conflict, oUlied to re frain fioiu iiiM'xiicaiini: their truth I'oIiichu oe milking iiuy eouiuieut in regard to them. 'Your excelluiev nNo xlate thai the llritixh yocriinient luix ordered from the Vineheler Kcpciitin Ann company 'JO.Oflll 'not cuu-.,' model IH'17. noil .'.D.OUO.nilll Inii.kkliot curl. f ' I riilp'x' for nxe in i-uch pun-'. Thin de iiailmeiit xaw n published xlateiuctil of the Winchester eoinpan.v, the coN reclnexx of which the eompany liu confirmed to the department by tele craph. In Ihix xtateiueut the com pany entcpirieally denied that il bus received mi order for such guns and cartridges' from or made an' wile of Mich material to, the llritish govern meiit, or to any other government en Kitfiftl in the present wnr. Diiiii-lmui ItulletM ''Your e.Ncelleney further culls at tention In 'information, the accuracy of which is not doubted,' that eiht million cuitriilp's fitted with 'imisli loom bullets' have been delivered since October of this year hv tho l'n- ioii .Metallic Cuttiidp' eoinpauv for the imnumcut of the Knlieli army. "In reply 1 hae Ihe honor to re fer to llic letter of December II), 111 I, of the ItemiuKtou Aimx-l'iiion Metal lie Cartriilce companv of New York to your excellency, called foith by ceiluin newhiiiner reports of htnte iiieuts alleged to have been made hy you in regard to the sale hv that company of soft. nosed bullets. From this letter, a copy of which was sent (Contlniiod oq page two.) II ON USE OF PASSPORTS WASIIINOTON, .Inn. 7. Count llemxlorff, thu (lermaii nmbassailor here, inailo his first comment today on tho alleged misuse of passports by (lerninn reservists in the l'ollowinjr stutemenl : "Kuglnuil has violated The Hague convention nnd the rules of interna tional law hy Inking unatnied people off vessels, u proceeding ngaiusl which tho Herman government com plained to die neutral governments. In couscipicufu of this proceeding, flermiin eitj.ens wero deprived of go ing homo (ffi ioMiral may hao tried lo use falfto passporlrt for this pur pose, beeauso of their desire to tie fend their country, a motive which every good citizen will understand. If this really has been done, it will have lo bo nroveil. In anv ease, how ever, German officials in this coun try had niching whatever to do with H.'" What It Will Mean to the City To the l-Mllor: It In fortunate thai lint people of Medford do' not have lo de pend upon theory ri-HpectliiK tho iidvantaKeH of the now charter. I came from Tacotnn, WaHh. Xhey have one of theno new charter!. I know what the Kovernment of that city wan beforo the new char ter wiih adopteii ami nlro after. 1 dimply cannot find languages too Htronjf to cxpreH.i tho change. The new charter ban made all tho difference lu the world. It tnakeK the difference between decidedly had and the very bent government. An a man who ban lived under both klntlH of chnrterx, and now a loyal citizen of Medford, I am extremely anxloim to fo the new charter carry. In fact, I wiuh anyone would find me a man here who Iiiih lived under one of these new charier who It not strong for It for Medford. Medford, January 7. K. 8. HITZLKIl. CAN CARDINAL I OF AMHTKHOAM, via London, Jan. 7, C:S2 p. in.Tho Amsterdam TIJd, whoM) report of the arrest of Cardi nal Merclcr elicited today an official denial from the Cernion military gov ernment in llelglum, publlHheH n dis patch from HorBen-0i-.oom, Neth erlands, purporting lo confirm tho statement!! that the cardinal was placed under restraint. The much discussed paragraphs of thu pastoral letter of Cardinal Mer clcr, contains the follewing: "I consider It an obligation of my pastoral chargu to define your duties of conHclencu towartt Hie power which has Invaded our soil and which at this moment occupies a greater part of It. That power has no authority In law. In tho sanctuary of your koul you owo It neither esteem nor attachment nor obedience. Tho solo legnl power In llutglum Is that which Is derived from, our king, our government nnd tho representatives of tho nation. This alone for tis represents authority; this alono has a right to tho affections of our hearts and to our Htibmlsslon. "Of themselves tho acts of thoso In occupation are without force; but tho legal authority ratifies tacitly those acts which arc Justified In the general lnteresta nnd from this rati fication alono they derlsc nil their Judicial worth. "Tho occupied provinces of Flel glum are not conquered provinces. Ilelglum Ih no more a German pro vince than Gnllcla Is n Husslan pro vince. Nevertheless tho occupied part of our country Is confronted by a bltuntlon to which It must submit." L im nwii E WASIIINOTON, Jan. 7. More rigid exclusion of Chinese was urged before the house immigration com mittee todav hy Oeoro W. Hooper and K. M. Sullivan of Huston, ami J. A. Hiii key of Chicimo, nil speaking for organized lauiulryinen. Hooper said the Chinese were crowding the American laumlrymen, uud the Jnpauoe were threatening to crowd the Chinese. He said ll'J.OOO wage-earners in American steam laundiies were being affected by stale legislation mid competition ol Orientals, mid that there were 1.",(H)0 Chinese in the laundry business in the United Slates, . OVER WET AND ORY SPIHNOKIKLl), III., Jan. 7. Threatening to continue tho deadlock over the house speakership until next week and to indefinitely postpouu thu filling of tho two senate vacancies from Cook county districts, the wet and dry issues today continued lo hold up the work of the Illinois leg islature. Thero was but one definite develop ment uud that was the 'announced determination of the democrats who aro at present in control of tho seu ute, to completely exonerate that body before making a recount of the votes in the contested districts in Cook, county. UNDER RMNT MAN AD PRESIDENI PLANS WHIRL ON CIRCLE 5-MAY 1 WAKIHNOTON, Jan. 7. -President Wilson expects ln trip to the I'an niua cannl, the Sun Diego and Kan Francisco exposition, mid his speak ing tour afterward, to last from March .'i to May 1. He told callers today he planned to be uwav from Washington for that period, unless public business nceesjtnten his" pres ence here. Detailed plans for the formal open ing of the canal were considered at n conference today between President WiUou and Scuatois Overman, Hoke Smith and Oallinger and Hep rt'seutulives Underwood, Mann uud Shcrley. Mr. Wilson now has before him a tentative program for the opening, drawn up under the direction of Sec retaries Kryan, Oarrion and Dan iels. An invitation to include the Pa cific northwest in the itinerary was extended to the president today by Senators Chamberlain and Lane; llrady nnd Ihirah of Idaho, Suther land of I'tah and Jones nud Poindex ter of Washington. He promised to take in those stales if possible. S REPLY TO F LONDON, Jan. 7, 8:01 n. in.-The replv of Great Hritaiu to the Ameri can note regarding interference with American shipping, it is said in of ficial (punters, is wholly conciliatory and shows a disposition on the part of Kngland to do everything within reason lo avoid delay lo American shipping at a time when freight rate-? uro high mid loss of time U costly to shipowners. Kngland wishes to do everything in its power consistent with the proper safeguarding of the interests of the allies to facilitate world trade ami stimulate commerce, paralysed as it is by war conditions. Consequently, it is declared, there is no disposition on the part of Kngland to protest against the purchase of German ves sels hy Americans where the sales are genuine and the ships are not used so as to avoid what might rea sonably be called the coiiseipieneo.s of belligerency. BE VISED IN L LONUON, Jan. 7, 1:52 p, m. All passports issued hy tho stato depart ment at Wnslilngton will In the fu ture have tp vised by tho American embassy in Loudon, it tho traveler pushes through London, Further more, tho bearers of American pass ports, previous to leaving Kngland for tho continent, will have to submit their passports to tho consul lu Lon don of tho country whither they aro going for tho consular stamp. FassportH Issued hy Sweden and other neutral countries for Kuropo also havo discovered recently In tho hands of persons to whom they wcro not issued, Tho result of tills is that neutral European countries also aro tightening up tho regulations governing tho issuance of passports as has tbo United States, M AN SHPPNG NO NI RENDLY N AW AGIST ALIENS ED ID Federal Court Holds Initiative Meas ure Violates Guarantee of Life, Liberty and Possession of Prop erty Cannot Forbid Employers to Hire Aliens. SAN FKANCISCO, Cat., Jan. 7. The Arizona nnti-iilien employment act, adopted by the people of the state nt the November elections as an initiative measure, was declared un constitutional, null nnd void here to day by n special court of three fed eral judges. In brief, the court held that the statute violated the guarantees of life, liberty and the possession of property made to all alike, whether aliens or not, under the fourteenth amendment to the United States con stitution. That if the state of Arizona could forbid nny employer to hire more than 'JO per cent of aliens, i could with eipial justice forbid him to hire 1 per cent, or even tin individual alien. This struck at the vitals of the net. which ordered that any employer with a pa roll of five or more nnnics must .see that nt lent 80 per cent of thoo nnmes were of duly ipmlificd electors. Great Hritaiu mid Italy pro tested to the state department that these conditions of employment vio lated the treaty rights of their citizens-. Employers of foreign labor took up tlje case and obtained a temnnrary injunction from Judge V. II. Saw telle of the United States district court. The writ wns made return able here, and arguments that it should be vacated on the one bund and made ennauent on the other were heard yesterday hv Judge Saw telle, Jiulge'Vmi Meet of the Vnitetl States district court and Judge Mor row of the United States circuit court. Arizona, through tho state attor ney "eneral, defended the act as nce esxnry to its police powers over dan gerous gatherings. Labor troubles in the mining camp-, gave birth to the net. WASHINGTON, Jun. 7. Tho Mexican navy, or part of It at least, has declared for neutrality, according to dispatches to tho Gutierrez agency hore, which say four gunboats on tho Atlantic coast havo retired to a quiet cove oft Yucatan to await tho result of tho battle between tho factions. Dispatches to tho stato department, howovor, were interpreted as pos sibly Indicating that part of tho navy was preparing to move the seat ot tho Carranza govornmout from Vera Cruz to Frogreso. Thoso dis patches bald that tho Mexican gun boats Hravo anil Progeso left Vera Cruz January S carrying soldiers, con stitutionalists' money, gold and sil ver bullion, saddles and foodstuffs, Tho Frogeso was said to bo bound for Tamplco nnd the Hravo for Fro geso. STILL IN HOSPITAL XKNV YOHIC, Jnn. 7. Sovonty sevon victims of yesterday's subway accident, wero still in hospitals today recovering from tholr Injuries. Most of them wore men; some wore women who had heen mauled during tho fctanipedo for tho street. All auf foreil from tho effects of smoko or brulbes or cuts. They wero tho ones who had ared worst In tho panic. Nnono was oxpected to die, Tho death list of what was first bolloved to ho n great disaster, re mained at ono, How ninny porsons wero carried unconscloua from tho ffinoke-flllod tub to tho street prob ably never will bo deflnltoly established, MEXICAN NAY REMAINS NEUTRAL IN UP EOR SUGAR BEETS IS THOMAS' ADVICE Well-Known Retired Farmer, Who Successfully Farmed In Valley for Many Years Says That Beet Sugar Factory Offers Valley's Greatest Opportunity In Quarter Century. I, W. Thomas, retired, for many years a practical, hard working and successful Hoguo Illver valley farm er, amassing thereby a comfortable competence, writes as follows re garding tho growing of sugar beeU In the valley: To Th Public: Tho sunset of Ufa don't glvo mo mystical loro or anything of tho kind, but I want to say to tho peoplo ot tho Hoguo Itlvcr valley that If thev don't give favorable consideration to the matter ot signing up for enough sugar beet land to get that proponed factory under way, they will let tho greatest opportunity go by them that has ever been presented to this valloy In tho last quarter of a century. Fay to Sacrlflco To get this thing to going Is so important that I know It -will pay anyone to Involve so mo personal sac rifice, even to tho extent of raising a crop at a small profit, if too'far away from tho factory or delivery at price offered, or this reason. Onco any thing of tho kind Is proven a success It will start up activity in other lines and beforo we know it tho con ditions prevailing five years ago will be restored. Thero Is unquestionably enough land available to produce tho amount ot beets required to keep tho factory busy, nnd In my oplulou with our cllraato conditions a longer period of operation will bo possible each year here than In any section so far made use ot for sugar beets. Wo all know that the root crops mako their best growth lata In tho teason here, which will prolong thu season also for reducing them la tho factory. Can Grow Good Itcet.s Until wo get the ditches to going as they will eventually cover tho valloy, wo will hardly got so heavy a crop as wo otherwise could, but I know beyond any doubt, from my person al experience that a very good quall lty can bo produced by proper culti vation, aud the main thing Is to get the factory going. Just think ot thu benefit that will result to ovorybody In tho valley from th amount ex pended in producing such a crop us will result from five thousand ucrca In beets. Such a largo proportion of the total amount "stays at homo," and enscs up money matters locally Everybody Is busy nnd tho great ex pense bill which has no nearly swamp- od somo of tho best orchardlsts will be almost wiped out. Winter Feed for Hogs With all this, though, tho greatest Immediate benefit wo will get from It will bo tho cheap winter feed for ho- and cows, tho thing In thts section where wo fall down, derlvod from tho pulp, which tho gentlemen who propose building tho factory agrcu to offer back to tho farmer or who ever wants It for sixty cents per ton.. This will mako tho very best kind of. eusllngo or cowfecd, and it will also enable farmers to moro than doublo Iho number ot hogs produced horo, and conditions making It desirable, tor tho pigs to come In tho fall ami their growth being slower than In sections where clovor and corn rusk their maturity. Choap winter feed (Continued on Page 2.) JACKSONVILLE, Flu., Jan. 7. Cumnleto renorts today from noinls in houtiioru Georgia uud northern Florida swent by violent winds lust night, showed two personrf killed, twelve injured and a number ot homes and farm buildings wrecked. Besides thu I'm tall tics nt Ouitiiwn and Abbeville, (la,, neVcrul pcroV wetc reported hurt ut hus(uiHitf Chauncoy and Stillniore, Oh Prin cipal dmiiuuo in Florida was said lo havo been confined to Wellborn, FLORIDA TORNADO SPREADS DISASTER Ssjj.