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WHWHH'M" 207 Seta WqH. Medford Mail Tribune 1 ' SECOND EDITION WEATHER Knlr Cloudy Humhvy Ma. .".:i; Mill. !J7. t - m irorty.fourtli Yr. tnllv Ninth Yrnr MI3DF0UD, OlttiClON, NA'rTWDAY, JANIZARY 2'.), IfJI.'i NO. 201 GERMANY CHANGES PLAN OF EASTERN CAMPAIGN, ABANDONING THE ATTACK UPON. WARSAW ) .N4tfW1?W,WNtV1 f " MW MWifWWWmf is I l' k. & "f' y 5 . AIRSHPS WIN AEROPLANE IN Rumors of Zeppelin Raid on Enulnnd Last NfcJit False Germans Raid Dunkirk and Allies Brtics Other Airship Act vlty Promised In Near Future Give nntl Take Alonn Line. LONDON, .Inn, 3 !!. Attltonr.lt to ports of n Zoppellu ruld tm F.iiKlaml I tint night iirn Hmin toiluy to have boon fntmi. Iheio has been it Milking renew nl tif aerial activity on (tin continent. Ttiu (lunnmm hnvo raldml Diiuklil; In foreo mill llrltlhli iilrnii'it have launched mi attach iitmn UniKfH. Tin (,'orumn rulil tut DunUlik re sulted In ciiuhMdrntild loss of life ami ilttiiuiKit to properly. Otio ittcoiint wiyn ton iiornpliuios tonic part In It llrltlrh nttroplniifH mummed Hid defen. mIvh anil miercetluil In bringing down nun of tliu vliillorit. Thin method of defense U regarded by llrlllnh exports iih more likely to irovo effective limn tho nutl-nlr craft guns v. It It which the dofonso of Dunkirk brlatlo. .More Attacks l.lkcly. It Ik believed hero Hint tho llrlt lhli rulil on Dragon will ho followed liy other nttnrliit iih tlio llrtiKo dorks itro at ilio bond of tlio Zeobrugos en u ii I system, which tlio (loruiuun nro using for truimiortiitlott of tlio men iiiunllloiiH, nnil oven Itoitvy nrtlllury. Air raids rc not tlio only Inillcutlon of renewed ttcth Ity In tlio western arena of war. Tlio Gormnu urn manning Hoop In the neighborhood of I. a lliiHitt'o, evidently In prcpnra tlon font now struggle between Yprcs nntl Cntirtrnl, ami tho allies are flirt It or strengthened In tlmlr forros nil along tlio linos In northern Franco mill lit I'litudor. For tlio pant twenty four hours It linn been glvo ami inko. ouch side ail inlttlut; minor lovorso, offset liy minor muccossos. Change In Campaign A cnmplolo el illume in Hie eastern campaign, such iih would mink u now period of the war, it expected liv of ficer of tlio Russian general Muff. Tliey snv tliat I he Ociiuuu mid Alls, tiiiin inililaiv chief have abandoned uygiossivo uiovemeuis ngniust War saw mid arc concentrating troops in Hungary In icpel the Russian iuvml ors in llukuwiun, custom (lalieiu and uoilliern Hungary. K is in this sec I inn, tat her llinii on Ilio Warsaw I'loul, llial Ilio heavy fighting of the next few weekn In lookml for in IV of; rati. Fihlieinii'ii reiieliiny n Duli'li ini lodiiy iiKheit Hint llit'v miw in tin Nmlli hiu n wrceked uir"liip, iluir lt M'liplinn of which eoirehiiomlod to one of (leiiiiany'H fleil of Zeppidiux. Id-polls IiihI iiiu-hl, wlneli later weie iliM'tedili'd, wi'io o tlio offeet that .eppeliiiK had liKaiu ifltei tlio Ku lirtli coiIhI, tjlilet on West I'mnt In IVmii'o mid lleluiiiin military at' livily is' ut low ehh, except uloui; life ' t'lihtt'iii fiid of tlio front. In AImwt ami (ho Arpimit' dchporato l'iftlitiu t'outiuiti'H uilhniil impnitmit iidvan ttiKo for cither Mdo, .Minor ictoi iik mo reported today in Imlli tlio Flench mid (Icnnmi oflicial sluti'inenl-. Tlio teiiHunuHH of tlio situation bo twoeu (liuueo anil Turkey Iiuh I'udii (Continued on pago two) ItKDDINd, Cnl., .Inn. 'JJI.-A iiiiik niliceiit Hpcetaenlai' denioustration was uivt'ii y I.ushcii panic, yhifjli curly liroko I'oitliJn wluil in peilmps I hit most violent eruption of tliu nor it's that hi'Kiui lant .May. Siihtiiirmicmi niinhliiiH mid ticai oi'h of tlio en I tit ucrc heard mid felt at Volliii twenty-five niilen from the peak, hilliiij; unIiiih covered the hiiow llulilit ut Mueiunlier Hut, fnnr Icen niik'H itu'ny. The plumetl eolumii of bteani from the evater was Whlo ut nm iituiteus, BRUGESATTACK MOUNfLASS?N'S " GREATEST ERUPTION TRUSTS TEND TO DEGENERATE TYPE OF LABOR Louis Dratulcls of Boston Ccmuarcs Steel Trust to Czar of Russia, Who ncfuscs to Deal Directly With Rank and File Philanthropic Founda tions Inconsistent, NKW YORK, Jim. '.M. I.oui I). llnindciH of llotoii ti Milled lodav hefoic the I'ltiteil Slatcn commii.iou on iiidiiMiinl ichtlioiiK, nlncli im hi MMtipitinu the (treat ptitlaiithropic fouuilatioiiH mid the cati-es of imlux llial uurt'hl, that he heliewd the meat enrpornlioim tended to iK'Ki'iitiate the lpe of lahor. I'or their icfii-al to ticat with or Kiinicil lahor, lie lilitncd the dire.-tors of the I'nitcil Stall". Steel corporation to the empeior of Ituwia, "who alo dccliuex to deal diicclly with the nuik mid file." ClIIIM' of Finest Tin1 fundamental cause of indus trial iinicht, .Mr. Ilrmulcisi Miid, wiih he conflict hit w ecu pcixonal lihert mid mdiistiial ahsoltiiiin. He thought it limit should ho placed on the si.e of the industrial units of the country. I'hilmilhropic foundation lie believ ed to ho inconsistent deino eratic itspinitiuiis, .Mr. Itrandeis did not believe the dircetorH of luri;e coiporatiotm had knntvlcdce of facts sufficient to per mit tlietil to improve cl'retively the condition of cmployo. (Ircnt corpo rations were dangerous to the work ers, .Mr. lliuuilcis asseilcd. because they had endeavored to develop mi absolutism, benevolent, hut mi abso lutism nevertheless. He believed it eeitain nuintiut of unrest was desir able. Iiidustiial democracy, he thoiiLilil, should be altaiiicd. .Mr. Iliandeis believed the absentee owner of cniporntiniiK should bo held absolutelv responsible for conditions union- his employes. "o Innocent Soklioldci-H ''There is no such thii.j: ns an iuiio cent stockholder," he stud. lie xaid he doubted if much could be ut mplished for the wotker by legislation unluss it wits, to i emulate unions, I'hiluuthropie foundations-, .r, Itramlcis'thoiiuhl, wen fonut'd with mi honest plan of aiding humuuity. lie said he had uruvo iippichciisiou us In what would happen when the foun dations should push from the control of the men who ut 'lescut mo direct iiif; them. Tiikini; issue with the statement of Samuel (lomners that iiuinij;ialiou is ii iiieiiaee to labor, Mr. Himulcis said: "If labor has itiiythiur to fear from immh'ratiou the lemed- is not to be found in resliictioii." CoiumiHsionnr Walsh added that the witnesses Hiiuunoued to appeal' on .Monday vvero John I). Rockefeller, Jr., Ivy I.eo and Jerome I), (trccne, repn'sentintr tlio Rockefeller fouiula lion, mid A. lluitou Ilenhurn. it banker, EKJINl HOD Till', IIAUl P., Jan. ';!, via l.oudon, .Ian. 'Jll. The noverninent of tle N'etheiluuils toduvseut u coiumunieu tiou to tlio second chamber of the legislature pciuliiiK lexislatiou in the muttur of proliuif;itii; tlii purioil of enlistment iu the territorial anuv. "The position of our count lies de mtiuds today iih it did in August." the L'ominuiiiontion recites, "that our en tiro military force tdiould ho ut nil times available, The Koveintuent nat urally has information on this sub ject unknown In the house, hht it con siders it contrary to the iutcicst nl tlui Htuto to make any revelation of this information even in committee." Portland Livestock PORTLAND, Jim. 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B.B. 0lOON .u Nl'.W YORK, Jan. Jl. - Two MNtccti-iiKh jiiiis, tiftv tliree feet loin; mid wcij:liiny iicnrK -eventv five tons n piece, vv iic . lied to lite deck of the ('murder Tniiisvauia when slo- sailed todav lor I.ivi -poo! Itehind the iitis wa placed .1 turret tor 11 botlVhip, )jv.iiiv' the hut r 11 war ike appcnr.ii.ee. The j u. were made by th Itcthlehcii) Mn'l loiporatiou ami were t Misutut'd to it siitltiiiltlini; couimipv nt Hello t AK AMERCA 10 HELP PRESERVE - ART TREASURES RO.MK, Jan 2 1, l.l.l p. m - A (.'roup of vvcll-l.uovvn Italians has ml dnsseil a letter to Secretary of State I try an conveying an appeal that the Failed Slates take some action to the cud that the uioutiuicnls of are in the lii'llijtuit'iit countries lie preserved from ruin. It is the expectation of those who aic Iminchiug this, move ment that it will find suppoit in other neutral stntes, particularly Switzer land and Spain. The letter i- ii:iird by I'.lcanor l)ue, the actrcHs; (luli cliuo l'erroro, the hiteiian: llestolfi, the sculpter: Ari-lide Sartniiu, the painter, mid (liaeomo ltoni, the arch aeolojjist. It says in part: "The ml tieasiircs in these eoun tlics must he cousjileicd as putt of the patrimony of the civilized world, mid not its the istilicular property of any country. If all '.-leat artists and iulltiential iicoplo thioujihout the world join in thi. movement much nmy be done to pic-orvo these ail .treasures which otherwi-e will suffer iriepuiiiblo loss. '(. look towaid the I'nilcd Stules as the iialiou which to day better than uuv other can un dertake this task and sen it through to a successful accomplishment. Tito tetter in conclusion asks Mr. Mrymi to call the attention of Presi dent Wilson to the mullet". JITNEYSCOsf?RlsCO A SAN KRANCISCO, Jan. '..-Jit. ney luisscs iu San Krancisco aro cost hiy; the Fiiitcd Railioads alone considerahlv iu excess of ."pi a minute between (i o'clock iu the mmuiiu; nud tlio saint) hour iu the cvcniiiK. accord Iiik In mi ulfieial of the tratlie s(iiad of the police depaitmeut iu a tvpoit to the lumrd of" supervNnr.s. Traftio iioliccnicit asseited by ao tuaf euiint. that an overaiio of live jitneys passed a nivun point during the rush limns, .Iheso htisncs cat nod 11,87-1 passeiijiers. Their fares to talled, at " cents per head, .iri'J.II.'i, for tint twelve hours, or uioio than 1 a minute. DEPOT DESTROYED BY SHELL FILLED WITH RUSSIANS UKRI.IN, Jan. , by wireless. -II Is officially announced here (hat the Russian vuilwav. station near Chen einy (about ten miles southwest of Kielee, soatheiii l'olnnd), which the Anslviaiis destroyed by a sinjtlo heavy shell, was lilled with Russian troops at tlio time, all of whom wore- IjiIKmI, AMERICA" GUNS FOB THE 'ALLIES TO E FOR BEETS ASKEO -f -f " The siurur lieet factory i- by no moans assured. To -ret the " rciptiicd acreage will reipiire the luudust kind of woik from now until the first of February. We need tvvuutv to tvvcnty-fivp ears each day, bivinniii" next Mou- " day, to j;o out nftur suKitr beet aereafte. There is no time to " lose, ns w are jjivpii on'- until "" lht first of February to sisu up " the balance of this nereae re- quired. You can help by sivinjr vour titnt) and ilunntiiu; your "" ear Monday, Tuesdav and Wed- nesilny. If the committee is un- " able to see von ocivoiinlly in " time, nhono Reel Ruar Commit- " " tee, IT.'t, or the secretary of the Conunerciul club, (ill, or Mer- chant' association. Ill", at once. Cars will leave Commor- eial clttli rooms nt Still) each "" morning. sriiAR iii:kt committki:. 4 Med foul and the Rogue River val ley will ntuke its second mid iiiial ef for's to .secure the beet sugar factory ue.t Tuosiluv and Wednesday, when a thorough campaign will be made to secure acreage on tlie double-header sugar ditys. Many of the fanners of the valley have expressed their deter mination to blow up grain already planted mid use the orotind for sugar beets. The coniniilteo nt a meeting Fiiday afternoon arrmi"t'd details in connee tiou with the campaign, mid Soil Fx pert Storov of the beet sugar inter ests will begin his woik of examina tion Monday. Tlio acreage signed is being urranged in districts so as to facilitate this work. The concensus of opinion is thut the beet siignr factory will be estab lished here and that all the yeopto of this section will have to do is to se cure sufficient acreage and not slacken their efforts on account of over-confidence. BRYAN ORDERS DOMINICAN PROBE WASHINGTON, "JaJn. 2a..a a reHult of cluuKes of dofleloncy In tlio accounts of public works department of tlio Dominican republic, Secretary Ilrynn litis ordered an Investigation, which Is now iu progress under tlio dlrectllu of Assistant Secretary Osborao. Dotnlln aro bolug with held at present, but It Is understood that the alleged discrepancy Is about ?S0Q0. AUTOMOBILES SECUR GE RUSSIAN F TO RETREAT SAYS T CONSTANTINOIM.K. via AnMer ilniu nm London, Jan. 2.1.- n offi cial communication regarding the fighting in tlio Caucasus Iiuh been Usticd by the Turkish government ar follews: "The lluwlnn main forces, which failed In an attempt to encircle our left wing, have retreated before our counter attack. Our troops aro now pursuing the enemy." ( 1'revlous ItiiFslun and Turkish of ficial communications liavo Indi cated that tlio latest fighting was around KaraLrsan, In trans-Cauca-ela. Just ovor the Turkish border.) Speaking of tliu fighting In Arabia, In tlio region of tlio Persian Gulf, the Turkish communication centinues: "On Thursday tlio Urlttsh forces as sisted by three gunboats attacked our troops near Ktiraa (located at junc tion of the Kuphrates and Tigris livers) but were completely dofeated and forced to ictreat with sovere losses, wlillo our losses vvero Insig nificant," CORCORAN GALLERY WASHINGTON, Jan. '-'J. -President Wilson spent uioio' than two hours today viewing an exhibition of oil paintings by contemporary Ameri can artists at the Coieorau gallery ot art. The resident mingled fieely with groups of art student mid school gins, mill .lllliougu lie was uciui.-uu.v recognized, the crowd allowed him to walk about mint tended. BILL TO REGULATE SAI.FM, Or., Jan. '2X Asserting that tho I'oitland Traction company is losing more than .i.'iOl) daily by the operation of nickel busses in the con gested districts of Portland, Harrison Allen, attorney for the company, is hero today to confer with the Oiegon railroad coniniiMoii 'Mi'aratorv to having a bill introduced which will oiiib the operations of thesu vehicles. It is said that such a measure, its ho proposed will b drafted and probab ly bo introduced in one of tho legis lative brunches squio time- no.xt week. TURKISH REPOR PR N VIEWS PROBABLE JOHNSON THAW GIVEN TO BY E Jerome Takes Famous Prisoner In Custody, Who Appears Unconcern edWoman Tries to Kiss Him, But He Avoids Caress Will Be Taken Back to Insane Asylum. I CONCORD, N. If.. Jan. 'J.I. llarrv l. Thaw wiv re iimid to the custody I of New York state nlfiomls today. The formalities, which made clfcctive I more than sixteen mouth of Usui ef fort by the New York authorities, oc cupied le than five minutes. Thaw arrived here this fortnoon mid was taken in an automobile to the courthouse. A small crowd that had met linn at the station followed. William Tntven. Jerome mid his narty had arrived an hour earlier. Thaw appeared unconcerned during the brief proeeeilini". He chatted uenial ly with his custodian, bowed mid smiled greeting. t Sheriff llonibeck and llcrnnrd Jacobs, the resident le gal rvpre-cntiitive of New York state, mid iih opportunity offered, shook hands with sympathizers., One elderly woman tried to kiss him, but Thaw evaded the caress. The courtroom wa- crowded. Mr. Jerome begun the proceedings by pre senting to the com t the mandate of the supreme court and the surrender of tlii prinnor followed without ob jection. Thaw wai. not represented b counsel. CITY OF HO WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. An archy, panic and disoider are said to reign iu .Mexico City, by dispatches from Vent Crur. lodav to the Car rmiza agencv heie. Rafael Zuliarau, CaminzaV minis cr of the interior, charges many women in the capital are near death It mil their treatment ut the hands of Villa troops. Kttho Figuerra, one of tho brothers of that name, is icported to have abandoned Villa and applied for admission to the Carranza ranks. General Obregon denies that Puebla has been attacked. Official dispatches to the state de partment yesterday said aZpata troops were four miUs away Thurs day. F LONDON, Jan. 12 (eonespoudenee of the Associated Press). A loan on behalf of tho Rumanian government is being completed either iu Loudon or New York. Hankers here are bound to seeiecy as to dejnils, but the recent visit of Rumanian bankers to London ami their departure to Amer ica to buy war mntciiiil is no seeret. It is coniideutially believed that a loan for .fJo.OUO.OUU at about Do, bearing ." per eeut interest, will soon be placed to pay for Rituiaiiiau war purchases. NKW YORK, Jan. 2:i.-Interna-tiouul bankets here said today they knew of no negotiations undertaken iu this country for 11 loan to Rumania. E SACRAMFNTO, Jan. Kl. Clover linr I lii am W. Johnson placed himself squarely on record today as opposed to any amendment to the auti-iilu'ii land act passed by the California leg islature in ItU'.l. He indicated thut if the Slutrtel bill, introduced in tliu as sembly yesterday, eliminating the three-year leasing clause, passed the legislature, it would meet with the ex ecutive veto, NW OK NEWHAMPSHIR ANARCHY E STEAM ERS TEST T Vessels Flying American Flag Sail for Germany Cases to le Tried Out Before Prize Courts Dacla IrirMjs Cotton and Wilhelm na Foodstuffs for Civilian Consumption. NKW YORK, Jan. 23. Two steam ers flying the American flag noon will be ut sea, each bound for Germany and each sailing with the avowed pur pose of testing the right of the Itrit ish government to interfere under certain conditions, with American shipping. The Daein. eottnn-ladeii from Gal veston, waiting moderation in t!iu weather to up-anchor, will lletcnniiiu the question of giving' American reg istry to a German vessel, and tliu voyage of the Wilhclniiini from New York last night for Ilambtinr with American foodstuffs, will decide, it is exHeteiI, whether Great Ilritain can stop American vessels from car rying to Germany American goodu destined for consumption by the civ ilian nntl not the military population of that country. The Dacia, a German steamer, took American registry since tho beginning of the war. The British government says it will stop her and test the case before a prize court. Grent Ilritain bus said nothing ns to tier course in the case of the Wilh'elfeina This steamer passed a Uritish cruiser just oiiUidc New York harbor lust night and was not molested. She tuny, of course, be held up when sho reaches the other side and tries to enter a Gentian port. The recent activities of German aerial raiders continue to hold public attention in Kiiglaml to the ever-;res. ent fear of a concerted onslaught from the clouds. Gentian ainaeu yesterday threw eighty bombs on Dunkirk, France. Six persons were killed and sixteen wounded. A Zeppelin was repsrted over the Uritish chunnel yest-rdny, and Ostead is credited with seeing one this moniiiig. E E WASI I INGTON, Jan. 23. -Senate democrats iu caucus Into today BRITISH RIGH 0 SEARCH SH PS CAUCUS MAKES IP PURCHAS A rWU reaciieu iiuai iigrccmuiii on inu no- 6i ministration ship purchase, bill and l adopted a resolution making it a "y party measure, lliree democrats vot ed against the resolution, but it later was made unanimous on motion of Senator Hankhead, WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. After four hours' debutu the senate caucus today icjected Senator Hoke Smith's amendment to the ship piuchase bill to provide that tho government lea so its ships to privutu concerns instead of operating them by 11 government controlled corporation. It likewisu rejected a comprouiiso suggestion that the government operate the ships during the Kuropeaii war and Icaso them to private corporations there after. COLD WAVE HITS SUN FLOWER STATE KANSAS CITY, Jan. 23,A t-oltt wavu that struck Kansas and west orn Missoiu i has brought (he mereury down today from 1 1 17 degrees be. low zero, Tuxiih uJm exptirinee4 low temperatures, a drop of 30 tk gieei occurring at San Antonio. Hrtn Angelo, tex., reports in iHumtw , , snowfall in yean, m,w tMttfv , incues covering .,- gmupp,, 3 1 '4. 'I I k