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n J 207 Stc&tul SUW Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER Fair tonight nntl tomorrow May. ! Mln. .tl. SECOND .EDITION nA forty-fourth Yr. WI8DKORI), OKISCJON, 'MONDAY, .lAXTARY 18, 1915 NO. 250 nmiv- -Niniti vrur - EVERYONE 1ST WORK TO SECURE ACREAGE FOR SUGAR BEET FACTORY FOR ROGUE RIVER VALLEY . I E TO beet acreage Flnnl Effort Under Wny Tuesday to Start Tlilnus In the Valley No Connection Between Sugar Factory and Irrigation District Proposal Future of Section at Stake. I'm Hand, Dr., Jan. 18. Mnil Tribune, Mctlfonl.Oio.: I'p'm iuwtigullon, Inn ii hi- utilities prospcioiiH wheio hiu.'or beets mo rnlM'il Mini fully run- iiieed this will bo success m Rogue Rhcr vullcv mill will Im valuable unset. lloiu you will succeed in obtaining rcipiiiod iicii'iiki. y.i. cii:mri. Vice 1'iwideiit I'. A, K. It.v. "I'll vt sugar hel cnmmlilcu ilesiic it to lut Ihnrouyhly nmlcndooil tluil Ihcie In no connection between tin Mignr beet factory pioponitinu and tin1 irniiM('il irrigation dUtiiel proj ect, nor n tlm miKMr beet signers in miy wny iiotuinit thomsehon on tin ii ligation project. Tho Industrial futtiio of tin Mount River valley is in tint scales toinoirow, nml tlio day's wmk will decide whether n lint nugur fncloiy with its ntli'iiilmiiliPrDHtvil Ullage of tlir huiI pay roll unit proiciItv will In- ae Titi'il or rejected. Hlorci of City 'loi The stoics of tlio city will close nil ilny. nml there will ln n ciineerltil el fort to securu li rnpiunl acreage, Ml tllll! till' lll'lll I'llll III) llll-I'll with thi arrival of tlit beet miiir fnetorv icpicscutnlivos thu niiilillu of the week. Thi) campaign today will ln in charge of tin licet sugar eoFniuiltec nml tlio Jueksou ('utility lniin Mi'n'm iiHoi'iiition. Tlio hni for the campaign will ho lluhhnid's stoic, Mnin sheet nml Riverside avenue. Fiom thin point iiutox will stmt into thi' unions districts, facilities for canning I till hn'l sugar winkers will he pmuili'il. They will nii'i't thi' farmers nml landowners ieisnunll,. Kvcry stoic In thi' rity will close nil ilny, nml thi' incut muikcts close ii Kit 111 n. in. Thu impnttnnco orllio pin-pii-cil project is thoroughly impicssed iipini tlio hem I of every wcll-wishcr for tho vnlloy, anil no stone will hi' ll'fl lintlllllt'lt III SCOUU) its HUl'1't'r.K. Oppilllloll ltl'lllIM Coupled with u niiiunilh'i'iil display of puhlill-SpilileilllOSS lllLTII hits arisen opposition simihir to thut which for cnrs Iiiik made Oirgou tlu most backward statu in tlio Union, of those who always resist u changing oiih'r for tho heller. In mlilitioii to those who oppn-ii progiuss on piinciph', oupiwition linx ih'vi'lopnl fiom (liiihu who Ijuvd con 1'iiNnl thi) ilistrict iiUKHliim priipo-'iil with Ihii HiiKiir fni'tiuy. Tlu'io is no comu'ulion ht'twiTii thi' two, iik is howii liy thu fiii't that ai'vai) i hi'in koiiuIiI for IhvIk in thu (IiiiiiIm 1'iihh district, in Kviiiik alley, in AhIiIiiikI mnl other M'ctioiiH, II. ( loin nml other ninnhcrri of Ilia iioiiiinlltcn ant In (IrantH I'iihh to day, whnrn n final cl'l'oit in hi'luu iiiihIi) to Koouro acrnio. Tin Mcrchmil iihMiclatlou tonlylil will iliHciiSrt tho subject i)t their nioiithly hampict. SENATE VOTE FOR L WASm.VnTO.V, Jnn. IS. Tim boil ntu htll to t'fitulillHli thu Hnoky Monn. tutu Nntlonut 1'arU, coinprlHliiK L'lll, 000 ncreH In Coloriulo, moHtly In for- OHt 1-OHOrVCfl, WIIH )IIHBOll ll" till) llOIIKO today, after uiloptton of hoiho liilunr iinioitilinoiitH. Thoro wnB prnctlrnlly no npu)ltnii, o o N BYT STATES ATHENS WIRE .;. .;... . -5- I.O.SDON, Jan. J H. In n illnialch In Uouter'H ToluBrmii roniiuiny rfoin Atliuim, tlio ( Htateiiienl Ih mnili) t lint Ailrla- noile, after ('oiintaiillnoilo thu inoht Importnnt city In r l'uriii'iiii Turkey, Iiiih licen nlmnilonuit by thu TurlclHh Kitrrlnou, INDUSTRIAL ILLS OF NAM TOLD BY NKW YOIIIC, Jan. 18. Suiuuel I'm tcrinyiir. timtlOliiK toiliiy liuforu tlm ItMcHtlKntlon of tlio fuilernl IniliiHlrlnl relutloiix ioiuinliKlon lulu tho great Incuri'ornti'il plilliiiitliroplc limtltn. tlotiH, iiKDUiteil that tho ulinreliolitum In ('orporauttoiiN tlint hao heeu or Kiiulneil hy hnnl.liiK IntereMtn havo all. milutely no voice In the niaiiiiKeuiciitH, the illrcvtorH nml tryntccH IioIiik run trollnl hy Him linnkx ami that the ll iintlou hail narrow oil ilown In rail mail ninttem until a iUinlluu affecl liu: lahor coiulltlnan cotilil nlniont ho ilerlili'il from one office. ' Ho Mtateil further that tho "Illicit KntherliiK." of InrKU auiutintM of iiioney hail cmmeit iiutrli poverty nml that tho concentration of power ami capital watt Kromly unfair to labor. I'mler ttuch loiiilltjonij, ho nalil, thu traito anil labor iiiiIoiih have no choice nucccKufully to coiubnl tho wIhIich of capital. An ro til cil I ii I uioaHiireit Mr. I'litor in) cr mlvocateil tho vMtabllKhiucnl of feilerat labor oxrhanKOA, roiiipulnory tate reKiilateil liiNiirauco aKiilimt nick uoB, acrlilent ami iinnuiploymcnt, fcileral remilatlou or corporation)! controlling tarKo anioiintH of capital, ami tho abolition or proxy voting by tho ruireteiitnlleH of (luamicrH du Hiring to iloiuluato tho linlimtrlon. ELLIS IS DEAO I'UIITI.AN'I), Or., .lull. 18. - It. Kllic, who wu the liil repre-entii-tiwi to ho electnl fiom the m-coiii! t'liliKrt'hMiniiil ili"tiicl of Oregon in 18112, dieil here today from eerchial hi'inonluiKe. Ilo wiih f.tii(kiti unev peetetlly uud was foam! ilvini: hy hU wife after ho hud ration to tho floor lit his roMidcnoo here, Mr. Mll'm was elected four lime to rrvo an rcprchontnlive of thu second ilMriot. Ilo previouily hml hcrved nt pioM'eutiiijr uttorncy In (lie uvonth .judicial dihtiiet of Oreou, Ilo was l.i'in in Montpuuery comity, Indiana, on April 'Jil, I8.0, nml graduated from the Univeiity of lowii in 107 1. After serving teini an ninyor of llmuhuiL', Iii.t ho leuioved to llepp- nor, dr., in 18811. In 18DSI ho wn elected Oii'nu circuit ,pule. His widow mid ii son, Kdpir It. V., Hiir viv him. ITALY APPRECIATES WASIIINOTOX, Jan. IS. l'roal ilont Wilson received a cabloKiain to day from Khiff Mctor Kninianuol of Italy, thank'liiK hi in for expressions of Hyinpnthy, followluit tho recent rartliqnako. Tho iiiohhubo follews: "I approolatu vory imich tlio expres sion of Hynipathy you havo boon o kind n h to hoiiiI mo on this i1o1oi-6uh occaiilon, l'leasu accupt, with niy slnceroHl thanks, thu heuitrolt Kratt' tudo or thu Italian people," UNTERMYER X-CONGRESSMAN QUAKE F T German Offensive Expected on Wes tern Battle Front Superior Slav Numbers Force Teutons Back in Poland Russians Rcoccupy Plock Turkish Defeat Decisive. LONDON', Jan. IN. London is re calling that ibis In I lie Mill imnlvor wiry of thu proclamation of Wllficlm I an (liTinnn emperor ami In tho llrlt Uh capital It Is expected that tho day may bring news of widespread tier- man effort to follow up with a still more Important movement, tho suc cess accomplished last wock at Hols sons. Adopt llefemlw TikIIch III London It Is believed tho Our innns hnu adopted what In virtual ly a defvuslvi) role to tho west of Warsaw some llrltlsh observers ar guing that this has been forced upon Ihoni by superior Hussion numbers- -anil that these defensle tactics syn chronize with tlio movement of many thousands of Teutonic troops from Poland to tho French and llelglan battlefields. Tim fighting at Kols iions, Mime lirltlsh commentators de clare to ho thu precursor of tho en try of these new troops upon a vig orous offensive, perhaps an attempt to cross thu river Alsno. At Sols sons thu I'rench failed to hold their positions on the northern bank of tho rler, nml for tho (ioniums to attempt to gain tlm southern bank Is regard ed nn n .duvclupuMinl to M .ujcpccJcd, As to future engagements In this reg ion, It appears to be n fact that tho I'ruitch nrtlllory on tho hills south of tho Alsno commands all tho ap proaches to tho river and that It will havo to ho reckoned with. KiitsliiitH Aggr"svo In tho eastern arena of tho wnr tho steady pressure which tho nrrlvul or one million of last year levies has enabled tho Russians to exert upon tho (Ioniums, according to news dis patches reaching Loudon, has been slowly pushing back tho German lino to the west of Wnrsnw. Nowa dis patches today report thu Russian re occupation of Plock. Thi report Iiiih not been confirmed officially, hut tho Russians on Saturday crossed tho Sl.rwh river a fow miles below that point and may havo boon able to oc cupy tho city. Russian forces al ready had reached Slerpcc and (Join bin, lying reseetlvoly directly north and south of this provincial capital. Tho Russian defeat of tho Turks, If tho claims of Potrogrnd aro fully borne nut, was so decisive that It may mark tho close of tho Ottoman at tempt to luvailo Russia In tho Cauca sian region. Tho Russian victory probably will freo enough of tho Cau casian nrniy to opposo effectively tho Turkish forces which aro approach ing tho rruntler farther eastward through Persia. II OF 27 DROWN OFF NORFOLK COAST LONDON', Jan. IS. Twenty-one ono men of tho crow of 117 of tho nrltln.lt iitonmer Ponnrth woro drowned todny orf tho Norfolk coast. Thu Ponnrth, with a cargo of maUo, was sailing for Hull from tho IMvor Plato. Sho struck Sheoiiiighnm Shoal In a hoavy gate and Is a n total wreck. Six survivors from tho Pcnarth woro picked up by a trawler. Tho Penarth was 1950 tons net. Another llrltlsh steamer, tho ticorgo Roylo, also Is hollovod to havo boon wrecked In tho biuiio locality. Sho loft tho Tyno for Saint Nazalro, Franco. Tho flnro of rockot signals was observed by tho coast guards at Croinor, but the stoainor disappeared before ihe life boat rcachod tho scene. Ouo of tho (leorgo Roylo's small boats has como ashore The fate of tho crow Is not known. Tho fieoreo ltoylo was of 1522 tons nut, KAISER V DAN I N V STEAMER'S CREW YOUNG BRIDE, DESPITE SEPARATION FROM Alleging that after a sir weeks' boncymocn which was "one constant demonstration of affection" on the part of her husband his treatment of her beenrno such that alio was obliged to lenvc hlrn, Mrs. Ufflc Popo Hill Alsop, twenty-two years old, has filed papers In a suit for separation In New York against Edward I). Alsop, of Pittsburg and Washington, who, his wife states, U "somewhere between scvctity-flvo and eighty yearn of age." At frequent intervals since tho youthful Mrs. Alsop married the elderly heir to the Hussey millions, she luui appeared In the public prints. Most recently she sallied a plsco In tlio nowa spotlight by appearing on tho sin go. liRGi; TELLS - FAST IMPROVING WASHINGTON. Jon. $. J. Pler pont Morgan discussed tho foreign exuhango situation with President Wilson today and Informed thu pres ident that conditions woro improving. Ho mentioned, Incidentally, tho credit of SI 2,000,000 established by tho Russian government In tho United States through Mr. Morgan's banking firm. It was understood. Mr. Morgan Informed tho president, that tho In crease In American exports to Ku ropo recently has greatly reduced tho debt owed In Kuropo hy tho Ameri cans at tho outbreak or tho war nml that as n result conditions wcro pro gressing favorably. Mr, Morgan explained that his firm has not arranged for n direct. loan of money to Russia hut that debts ow ing by Russia In this country for tho purchase of supplies would bo met through Morgan & Company. It was understood thu president and other administration officials had no ob jection to this kind of arrangement. 'Mr. Morgan also planned to sec Secrotnry Lane of tho Interior de partment regarding tlio Copper River & Northwostorn railroad, which ho has offered to fell to tho government ns a part of tho projected federal rallioad system connecting tho Alas kan coal fluids with tho coast. TO E LONDON, JaJn. IS. An Incroaso of 70 por cent In tho price of wheat, as compared with n year ago nml slntllnr advances In other foodstuffs mo giving rlso to demand for some form of state control of tho food sup pllos. Tho general federation of trades union has taken up this mat tor ami Intends to urge tho govern ment when parliament meets, to tnko steps to prevent speculation In food products, Tho price of wheat Is now higher than at any previous tlmo In no years, ' (lovornmental regulation of freight rntes, transportation of food stuffs over tlio sciih also ts ahongly urged. WILSON BUSINESS CARESSES, SEEKS HER WEALTHY HUSBAND GERMAN ATTACK ON WESTERN LINE SITS TO NORTH LONDON, Jim. 18. The (Ionium attack on the wcMern front ha -drift I'd northward from SoUnons, and yesterday there wn a severe encoun ter in the region of Albert. ToduyV official Merlin Miitemcut hays that tho German-, attuvkiui; with bayon ets, drove tho allies from positions iioithl'iist of Albert. In thu SoIsmiiis region there is little activity. Several French trenches in tho Arpjnno are said to hiivo been cimtiired. The official statement from l'uri disputes the German claim of victor in in the Arguiine, buying- that the attacks were remiNcd. Several minor victories for the allies aie re ported, mostly in artillery enguge meiiltf. The official observer attached io the llntish in my licndumutera denies the recent report from St. Omer Franco, that the llritish troops hml advanced one mile near La llassot, capturing the German positions. In Fast I'riisMu, so far us the of ficial communications show, there is no marked chainje. At Uerlin it is said that attacks hv tho Russian forces in North Poland, which are ut teinptinjr to advance toward thu west Prussian border, weio repulsed. FOR WHEAT $1.51 PORTLAND, Or., Jail. 18. Port land wheat prices shot sky-high to day. After 10,000 bushels of May bliiestcm had sold for $1.30 per hiwhel, 1000 more sold ut $1.31, which is said to hu tho highest prices prevailing at any market in the world. This top puce marked tin ad vance of ti'j cents over last week's reeoul. Not only wheat, hut oats and liar ley nuulo new records, Maruh feed hurley advanced $1.30 per ton to $:i:i.30. . February mils brought $1111,73, an advanco of '-'3 cents. March club wheat advanced !l cents, selling: at $1.4U. February foity-fold sold at .-r 1 . :t, mi advance of half a vent, PROPERTY LOSS AN QUAKE m M ON Rescue Work Prcceeds Under Diffi culties Thousands of Soldiers and Civilians Struggle to Release Cap tives Earlier Reports of Disaster Fully Verified. KOMK. Jan. 18. Rescue work throughout thu wilderness created by the earthquake Inst Wednesday con liuties slowly and under great diffi culties. Kneh excavation serves to verify earlier reports of the probable casualties, though here nml there, de spite the fact that five days have elapsed since the catastrophe, living victims are being released Irom their prisons of crumbling plaster and fallen timbers. Thousands of soldiers and civil ians, including many members of the nobility, gradually are systematizing the relief work and nre getting food and shelter supplies over the ob structed roads to stricken towns nml villages. The relief work now, how ever, overshadows ihe rescue efforts. The pope, according to ihe Obser vatore Romano, has -rut aid to all the bishoDs of the dioce-es in the earthiimike zone. A fund of '20.000,- 000 lire (. f 1.00.000) has been receiv ed by the pontiff thus far. About 7300 refugees, 2000 of them injured, have reached Rome to date. One estiinu e of the prooerty loss says it will exceed :t00.000,000 lire (.5110.01)0.000). No official figures are as vet available. In dozens of villa-res citizens who escaped with their lives are still In fear that new shocks will tumble their building- about their heads and arc cnmpiP out to avoid further danger. Gradually, however, the seistuiu dis .iirliances rc les-ening. and none has been reported since esterdav. The greatest care is bcim.' exercis ed to a'vcit tliease epidemics threat ened bv interrupted water suiiplics and the abnormal manner in which the people are now- living. Physic ians are uttiii- health measures into effect. iwuwi NJURED 10,000 AVKZZANO, via Home, Jan. 18. More than '2000 soldiers under com mand of Lieutenant General Mariui are at work on the ruins of Avezzano, whielf may bo described as u wilder ness cMeuditig for several square miles. Signer Ciufelli, minister of public woiks, estimates the number of dead in tho Avezzano district ut 20.000 and 10,000 injured. So altogether ruined is tho city that it is difficult for thu inhabi tants to recognize streets, much lcs individual houses. Prince Giovanni Torlonin, while clambering with the Associated Tress correspondent over piles of broken masonry in the Via Delhi Stazione, one of the uriuciiml residential streets of thu city, re marked : "Almost every house in that long sheet was occupied by my friends, They weio people of independence, forming thu intellectual life and en terprise of tho city." Avezzano was iinpoitaut as a man tifpcturing and trade center. The sugar woiks cost $t,'230,000. Some of tho machiuerv may still bo of value. Other mills, less impottuui, represent a property valuo of some $:,000,000. I'riuee Torlonin, out of tho greatest landed proprietors in Italy, is tho heaviest loser finunoially, but he de clined to consider that at this time. When seen by the correspondent In had been up all night working in the wreckage, The great Itonuui prince looked rather like a coal heaver, n hu had been hiborinj physically in tho wink of rescue. AVEZZANO DA NUMBER ?nnnn PULL UP FRUIT TREES TO GROW BEETS.C0LDRAD0 ' ' ! Farmer Recently From Colorado Tells of Beneficial Effects of Sugar Beet's More Money Than In Orch ards, Which Are Belnrj Pulled Up Rogue River Superior to Colorads. To the Kditer: ' ' J am writing mv experience in su gar bccti, and to show tho people of Itogue Itivcr valley that thev ought to tnke interest in ns pood a pro'po- "ition as a beet sugar factory. I Iiii0 raised beets successfully and have never seen nny one fail that tried. I worked for thu factory at Fort Collins, Colo., this winter and found that thev ny trood wages nml are sure pay. Ami I believe Hint it is one of the best industries there is, without-costing the farmers anything" to get. Heels a Sure Crop I notice n great difference in fruit growing valleys nml in sugar beets, for (here is plenty of work nearly all the jear at Fort Collins. In fact, the whole stnte of Colorado, for there are ten factories in Colorado. Hero there is work only part of the time. Colorado orchardists havo grubbed out many of their fruit trees nml planted augur beets, for that is u sure crop, and no matter how largu the crop, the price is the same, but where they rnisc fruit, if thcro is a Inrgc crop you take what they givu. Sometime. it.KCrelyvHyH for .tho picking, ami they nre lucky if they get that much after expenses are paid. There are some jwoulo In the Rogue Itivcr valley that say that it is ton much work. Well if they will nut as much work on forty acres of beets ns they do on forty acres of fruit, they will have their beets ready to market just as ipiick ns thev do (heir fruit, nml not so much expense, and if they think thoro is too much work they can ufford o hire some of tho people that have no farms to n;:su beets on. There are lots of them out of work. Grub Out Orchards When thev et their checks for their fortv acres of beets it will look different to what the -"I from foity acres of fruit. They will grub out their fortv acres of trees and huvu eighty acres of beets next vcar. It will pay $:10 to $10 per acre above expenses. Can bu do that with fruit the year through I M- opinion is that if thu petiole of Rogue. River valley don't get this fac tor- thev will miss the best tliimr they will ever get for nothing, for it gives work for hundreds during tho Mimmer and from 300 to 800 for two (Continued on pact I.) :vtrs: CALIFORNIA RELIEF HELPLESS AI SEA HIP BELGIUM HALIFAX, N. S., Jan. 18-Wire-less operators along thu Nova Scotia coast were listening today for soini) word from tho American steamer Camino, which repotted yesterday that sho was helpless at sea, having; lost her rudder in a storm south of Sable island. No niessngo had been received fiom tho slimmer up to early afternoon, Thu ('amino was hound from San Fr.inuisco by way of thu l'anamu canal for liclgium with relief biip plies. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. IB. Tlm California relief ship piuniiio, report ed in distress last night off the enilt of Nova Scotia, wax in no iiumeiliato danger today, and her officer' ex pected her to be lowed into Halifax. Thu vessel has On board &!QO,()00 u worth of foodstuffs und supplies for the relief of destitute HetfliMIW HHtl is bound for Rotterdam, 'A . 1 .A ' 'ii