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207 Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER Itofn tonight nml tomorrow Jinx, n:l( .Mhi. Id. t -1 SECOND EDITION jil Forty-fourth Yr. Dnllv Ninth Yeiir MIODKHfcl), OUI0flONr, Tlll'USDAV, .JAXlKV '2fi, 10 15 NO. 265 i PRESIDENT VETOES IMMIGRATION BECAUSE OF LITERACY TEST WHICH BARS DESIRABLE ALIENS NAT! SHOULD OPEN DOOR FOR' ALL OPPRESSED Wilson Would Have Amrricn Remain nc(ii(je for Those Who Can Find Nowhere Else the Mht ami Oppor tunity to Exercise Innllennlilc M(hts. WAHIUNtlTON, J. 2S- l'rcnl dent WllfMiu vetoed tho liiinilgiollon hill today nnd.porit ii special messago In oiuOo Wltm In) disapproved Hut iii'iiHiir(j(4$)tir "f '"( IHorney test unit oilier 'tUtrVlUe (cM which II piupnirM'aM jl ciinillllnn or admission of Inimikrnptrt, l III" United KIiiIoh MliMritVllrioir niixwnkii !-Ilvircil-to (hit house was n follows i'HNhlriit'H Meiigo t "II In wlih unaffected regret Hint I find myself cnimtrnliioil by clour i oiivh Hon to return hill II. It. COCO, mi net to icgulur llio Immigration or aliens to mill the rll'tict or ollcus In tho United States)' Ithout in)- slg nature. "Not only ilo I feel It to ho n ser ious matter to oxorrbto tlu power or M'to In nn cno. because ll In vol von opposing III" single Judgment of the piosldont to tin? jtiitfuiu'ttl of ii nut jorlty or hoth houses or the congress, ii Mop liloli no mini, who millon his own liability to error, rnn take without grout hesitation, hut nlco ho. cause thU pnrtliulnr hill Ik In no malt) Important respects admirable, well conceived nml desirable, "Itn enactment Into law would un doubtedly enhance the t-rlcleney nml Improve tlio method of handling the Important hrnnclt or tho puhlln ser vice to which It relates. Hut rnmlor unit n snnso or duty with regitnl to tlu ropotiNhllll) o clonrly Impound upon mo hy tho conilllullon In mat ters of legislation, leave, mo no choice hUt tO dlStfCltt. Ilndlrnl Pcpoitiuv, "In two piirttrulnr of ltnl con hofptoucc, thin hill embodies n radical itopitttiiro from tho trmlltlonnl nml long established policy of thl coun try, u policy In which our people have conceived tho ory character of their government to ho expressed, tho very mission mid spirit of tho nation In res pect of It h relation to tho pcoplcH of tho world outside their horderH. It seokn to nil, lull clone entirely tho gales of iisjjuiu, which have always hecn opnn to those who could find nowhere else tho tight mid opportun ity of constitutional notation for what they conceded to ho tho nnturnl mid Innllenablo rights of men; mid It excludes tlioco to whom tho upper t unit Ion of elementary education lmvo been denied without regard to their I'liiirnctiir, their purposes, or their ' tuitiiral capacity, "ItohtriictloiiH UI(o these adopted earlier In our history iih n nntlon would very mntorlally have altered tho courso mid cooled tho humatio nnlorH of our politics, The right of political ns)lnm bus brought to thin country many n man of noblo char- (Continued on Page 2.) GOES 10 PEOPLE L' NI1W YOltIC, Jan, 2R.--A letter from Count Von HoniHtorff, (lormnn ambassador tqtjio . Unl'cd States, giiuraWl-jjInR llutt, thojcatyp WifaOil' HturfH1 liu lioard llio Aiiiorlu'iuiMeiinN hhl)' .Wllliolnilun, nqw on tliu ,hlr,li wkM hound tor HiiiiiIiiiik, aol'innny, will not reach (ho (iorniau Kovorn nient or Its naval or military forccH, wau miulo puhllu today hy counsel for tho nhlppoi'H. Tho KUiuanteo was Klven at tho Hollcltatlon of attorneja for tho V, I,, tlreen CoiiiiiiIshIou company of St. Louis, HlilpperK of tio cui'ko, who fear HoUitro of tho ship hy war vohhoIh of tho allien, and desire, they say, to ho free ft out suspicion that they have nont llio fooilHtuifH for any other pur pose than for sale to llio civil population, GUARANTEECARGO RIVAL CLAIMS OF VICTORY ON WESTERN LINE French and German Rrports Contra dict Each Other, Out Show Severe Datlle Ratjlnu Russians and Turks Still at It, ps Are Russians and Aiistro-Grrinan Forces. LONDON', .Inn. 28. The offn ml ii'hiiU ol' tlie win1 toilnv lite in Midi eiiliiplele eoiilliel 1 1 to t the oiiti'iiine of recent liiflililn'". piiiuciimil'. in tin went, Im Iclt in ilotihl. In nppi r Al iiiee liriwk HisliliiiK I"" I"''"" te-iiiiieil, nml the Imllle nt Criinuiie eoiitiuuet with iiiiiliiiiin!ln'il cvcHtv, The Kieneli witr ofl'iee -hilemt ui nniUHiiieeM (luit every (Ionium ntlniK wim repulfeil nml tliut every l-'ieml ntliiek iniiile iirojtiexx. It etimiitis (leimim luie in the lnl tlnce ilnvx nt 20,11011 nml norl llmt potuiil wn won hy the tillio in l'ier Alwiee nml iienr ('mount'. The (ionium -liilemeiit hiivh that the Kieneli wore ilefeiitetl in I'pper ANuee, lleeinj: in iliorilcr nt, two poiut, nml that nt Criionno nuotlier lonjr section of trenches of the nlln" win ruptured, l'lulitlni: In 'iiihi"Iii ('oneeiniii(f the wnr with Wu-ia, the llerlin wnr iniee n llmt (ler iiinti Iroopi won the ndviititnxo 1" two iinimpoitiuit eiii:iiKCiiieiit Severe fntlitiiiK t in pru-ie-s in Ho tniii-CiiueiiKui, wht-re the Turk-. nowltliHiiniliiiie their reported defeat iceenll.v, nre iidiiiitted liv the ulmi mililnry nuthoritiox lo luive nMiiucd (iriiIii mi encn-'clie orfeitotve. An of lieinl eoiniiiiinienlioii fnuii I'ctrosiud mii.vm 1 1 lit t the Turk, miulo u rifnf iittuck-, hilt werj' thrown Imek with lienvv Ioho. Other lurkixli deleiilN nre nuiioiiueed in fis'ilintf In not them l'opmi. An orfieiHl iiuuoiiueeiiieiit fiom Ciiii-tmilinnplc however, f-ny. thai the TurU inflieleil n ilefenl on the Itii-ftimix in the ('iiiiciimoii tet:ion. Ilntlle In Cullclii A K'iil huttle Iiiin developed in (Inlioiii. nloii" ii 100-mile linnl, Mii int the Cnrpathiuii. ThU slruusle, which i in tmrMimiee of the new Au-troOenimit ihm of -hiftimr the weiiihl of nltoek from eentml lNdiind lo the south, iiinv mink n tinning point in the eiiiupaii.'u in the ciinI, nml lioth the I(uiiiiw mid TciiIoih uttiieh the )iilitt impoitmiee lo tho out come. The Auxtio-Ocnnmi armies, if .iieccHiful. would effeetivelv cripple ItutiiV diivo nt noithern Himuiiry. Tlint far there are no iudieations iik to the result of the fihtiutr in this Imllle. which nrohnblv in still in it preliminary stnue. An official com inuuieiilion from l'elriiRriuW f-ays inerelv llmt the Imllle is develop'uiB on n lut'tje scale. IIoshIiiiin IIiiKimI To the eastward in llukowina Ihere in in pi-ogre finhliii,', which is an other phase of the Austvo-flennan movement lo drive hack tho Russians to their own tcnilory. Apparently the Itii-isiim hweep neross Hukovvinn has hcen hulled, Tlie Hussiiiu repot t sIiiIck tliitl nrtillory cnj;a;cinenlj are in prorosH, hut j;ives no iuformutioii of (he outcome. Meanwhile the Rtrujrjjlo continues in the north nloiiff jlic Wnrsavv front. Ilcpealed Clcrmon iiltaokH were made mid at one point on tlie Hxnrii the ill-Ineket-rt broke through to thu Hussian ttcnehes. The lliissinn stnlcmenl siiyn that Ihcy were luler oxpelled al the point of (he hayonct. J.'OHKST OUOVi:, Oro., Jan. 2S. Piofessor Joseph W. Mmsh,-for 10 years Instructor at l'ticirio University and known throiiBhout tho northwest, died lioro today at'od 70 years, lie woh horn at lhirllnton, Yt In the your 1811(1 mid nraduatod from the University of Vermont In 1857, of which Institution his father was pres ident, lloforo coiiiIiik to l'ncirio University I'rofessor Marsh taught for ten ycura In Canada and Wlsvotislu. PROFESSOR MARSH OFFOREST GROVE DEAD -. "VAX M Ki; MKN Henry I ' d the well known automobile maker of liein .1 nmoutidcil his hc.-ircrs nt the Inquiry of tho United tntcn ('oinnilkNDii on ludiutrbil Itchitlous m w IicImk coudiit-'id m .cvv York by uniiouiiclm; "Wo will guarantee to take eter.v primmer In Slue Klic and mnkc a uinu of lilui." "Wfun he wm ipiCHtioncd Inter Mr. 1'unl Mild tlint ho had predicated lilt iw-H'ri'dii iimiii the fact that t.V) of his company' preoent emiln;es are former convicts, that cvcr iiio of tliciu U eniiiiin: V ii day or belter and that every mini of itietn Is kIvIiik perfect ratlsfiutlnn to the management Tho iiiiliiiu lile leiieiifm Hirer mltlcd that one of those prison :ritdiiiites Is employed In a position of trust and now Im Ms u iiirle b:. tie be to employ uuy man be chookcs. Samuel Jouiicrs, the veteran labor leader, was also au Im IMjrluut vvtiiieks, . RIGHTTO BUY BELLIGERENTS' SHIPS UNQUESIIOl F MEN PRISONER BY ZARATATISTS WASIIINOTON', .l.iii. -.8 llo.pic (lotixiilcj! (Imirn, iictint: head of the uovel'iiiuent at Mevn-i, titv, vvhoe lliKht from the enpital ns oflienilly icportcd to the lllte deiHirtment to day hy Aiueth'mi Coiisol Silliuiiin, has been tukcn'n pri'-oner to Motelos liv Zapata forces, nccohIiiik to ndvices to the CnrVouxii iiuonoy I'rout Hau Antonio. State deNirlinent adviees said niiinher of other otfieials ueeompau icd (larrn in his Uight and that it was the intention of tho aclin' ov ernmeul to oj.lnlilili a temponiry seat at Cuermivnen, u shott distance houth of tho enpital. A dispatch to tlie t'nrninrn apeuey from .Mexico Citv said the Cornin.ii troops were four miles outcido the city unit llmt the .apatn forces wen' ovncimtinj;, imiiiir towutd Ciiernn vnen. Another tepoit said idouteruv was occupied hist nijjht h Cnrnuii'.n forces. Kl 1'iiso informed the nj-cney tlint Villa forces admitted tlie los of fourteen ennnmi nnd lieldpieees nt the loll of Oundalajimi. L WASHINGTON, .Ian. 2S. The de partment of uKi'it'tiHuro boos cheaper meat aniV shoes for people of the country In flmires Bothered by Its UKontH sbovvini; that tho number of livestock In tho United States Is on the Incronso. In a statement today In the dopartmont discounted reports that pi Ices wero hound to rlso and said that January 1 thoro wero ", 71'J.OOO more livestock in the United States thai on tho samo day a year ibo; This was tho first time In many years, tho statement said, that an In creases had been shown. , Tho number of hoof cattle tucrcaaod 3, 1 por cent over tho number n year HBO. or an actual Increase of 1,21:!, 000 bead. Hitherto tho number of beat cattle has declined steadily since HMO, There aro also more milch cows than last year, tho Increase be ing li.n per cent, or In numbors ." 1! r , 000, On January 1, 101 1, thoro wero only rS,li:i;i,O00 swluo In tho coun try; on January 1, luut, GI.OIS.OOU. UGITIVE GARZA IVESTOCK INDUSTRY SHOWS INCREASE OV CONVICTS." S.V.S AlTTOMOUIT,K MAIvKU. pMUEL O COMPCRO HENRV FORD UNITED STAftS WITHIN ACKNOWLEDGED RIGHTS W VSIIIN'CTON. Jan. -Js For the; first time In the two weeks the ship bill has been under n continuous re publican attack In the senate, the ad ministration's defense of tho meas ure was bioiiKbt forth in a speech to day by Senator Walsh, who' replied to Srtialor Hoot's contention that Its enactment would lead the United Status Into forolcn complications, CltliiK rules of the Hrltlsh admiral ty, tho declaration of London, de cisions of tho privy council, tho United States supremo court, nnd stato papers of n century, Senator Walsh dcolnred tho right of jho United States to purchase ships of tho belligeients was unquestioned so Ioiik as the transactions were In ab solute good faith: that (I rent llrltaln had maintained the samo right for more than 100 o:irs mid that France for tho amo length of time bad nc tpilesced In tho principle. Ilo said had Senator Hoot's argument boon ndvanced by another It would have been accounted Impossible. At length the democratic senator Quoted laws of courts and tuitions to support bis view. "As for Great llrltaln,'' continued Senator Walsh, "sbo stands commit ted to the view Indicated so firmly that no honorable avenue of cscapo Is open even though It could bo con ceived that she might desire to see It overturned. Her judges asserted and eufotced the rule throughout the trying? times of tho Napoleonic wars, vvlion the very exlstenco of the nation wns at stake, 'The prlnclplo upon which this doctrine rests Is sublimely simple," he said. "It Is that neutral nations may trade with either belligerent ex cept In contraband. Tho neutral may buy an thing from a belligerent." PLACED ON TIL rnTUOUH.M). via, London, Jan. 2S. The Novoe Vryonm states that In order to establish the legal status jf bomb dropping, Utusia will placo tho Uermau captured In tho Zeppelin which recuutl) attacked Lilian on trial. Thoy will bo charged with dropping bombs on an undefended town, TURKISH DEFEAT BY l'KTlHiOKA'). .Lin. Js. Hie en cral stiit f ol the ltuMan imnv of the Ciiiicamik jjivt". oit the following of fieml Miinoitncemcut concerning the prorvii of the lighting in that coun ceun try: "On tho morning of .Inutility 'JO Turkish forces in ilu vicinity of Sul tan Selim, in the Tchuruk country, delivered n Pedes of vixorou attacks on our position-, pit of which vye re puted. In tho vieiuitv of Olti, fifty five miles west of Kuis, the Turks, following their custom of recent days of Inking the offensive, ent forward an enveloping column. This column was, however, thrown luiek lv n and the Turks sti-tained heavy 1om". "In Ar.eibaijnu piovincc, Persia, the activity of the enemy is inorens invr. It lins been noticed particularly that numerous baud- of Kurd-, sup ported hy regular Tutkih troops, liiwe.nndeitakon offen-ivo opera tions in the vicinity of Khoi, hut they everywhere have been iepiilcd. "Along the other Cuiicn-inii fronts on .Innuarv 'JO the mihtarv activity was limited to rule t injur." ONE MILL LEVY SALKSr, Or., .Inn. JS. With the indorsement of highway experts of tho sdato generally, Kepro-entntivo Sam Hrown of .Marion county today introduced in the house the-bill call ing for n general lav of one mill Tor the co-operative buildiny of roads. Under this hill, one mill is .-et aside from the general fund if the state to be epcndcd under the direction of the state highway commission in such disliiets as. offer funds of their own raising to mutch it. Thrce-tentlis of the levy is set aside for emergency expenditure and seven-tenth is di vided turning- tho counties provided the county courts apply for it. When a community wi-hes to con struot roads hy taking advantage of the millage tax, it must call upon the abutting propel ly owners to supply 'JO per cent of the co-l. The county nppropiintos 10 per cent nnd the other -10 per cent comes from the state fund. The usscs-ment of the abutting propctty is divided into three xoiu'k, the more distant zone be ing less, burdened than the ncatobt. RUSSIANS IN CAUCASIA CLAUD D URGED AOSTRIANSLAVS BEET ACREAGE HY WHEN STf LL NEEDED TO CALLED TO WAR SECUREFACTORY "Down Wild the Wr! Down With the Germans!" Is Cry of Rioters When Mobilization Orders Are Posted In Southern Austria Aus trians Join Rioters. (1KNKVA, .Inn. J8. via Paris .V.10 a. m. The order of the uln-lliiii-giirinn government fur the mohilixn tion of the last line of re-erves hits brought about n serimis ri-iiig'nmoiig the southern -lav-, iiccoiding to un confirmed dispotfho- reaehing here from Aii-tnan source-. The elergy, thee ml vice- sny. bended the movement of re-itanee which bcnn Sunday iiioniiii-.' nt Loi- bacb. thirty-live miles nirtlicat of Tncle. After the -enunti liv (i Slav onion priest, the crowd i- leoortcd to have left the enthcdnil shouting, "Down wi:h war! Down with the Germans." ltlntcrs Attack t.'eiulanive The rioters attacked the sendnnnoj. nnd niter shots were fired the cav alry was called out mid charged the crowd. During the di-turbnnee the prefect's palace vviik bunicd nnd it- fumititre mid icture-. which were thrown out of the windows, were trampled to piece-. At Agr.im, capital of Croatia nnd .Slnvonia. -Indent- tore down the mobilixatioii notice, and it i.- reisirtcd tint t a llunuariiiu olfieial, n student and n child were killed in the rioting that followed. There wns rioting nl-o lit Kiirlstndt, in Cnmtin. wlierv the mobiliKntiou notice- were destroyed. At Su-iik, near Kiuine the annory of tho Hungarian lnndwchr is -mil to have been lundcrcd. Aiistibuis .IikIIii Itlotlng Au enormous crowd, the-e ndvices from Aii-trian -oiiree- al-o say, con centrated at OpeiiiH and then de scendotl tin Trieste nml joined miini-fe-tmits. All the board- on which the official notice- or mobilization were po-tcd were dr- red. nnd in the fight which followed with marine two of the rioter- die repotted to have been kllcil. Late di-uatches state that the riotimr continues and llmt general apprehension is felt as to the outcome. Serious trouble i- reported nlso in Tnin-ylvania, where Governor Count Hethlcii, it i- -tnted, has ordered that all pcr-on- rcfti-ing to submit to the decree of the authorities be shot. SUIT TO RECOVER THERN ORE POKTLANI), Jan. 'JS. Ninctv-six thousand acres of laud ate involved in the suit of tho United States ngainst the Southern Oregon com pany, in which arguments were slatt ed in the federal district court before Judge Wolvertou ye-teidny. The government is contending for the forfeiture to it-elf of the land which is in Coos and Douulas coun ties on the ground of aliened viola tion of the terms of the original grant made liv congrcs.- to the stai of Oregon in 3 800. The grant provid ed that u military wagon ro.id .should be built from Ko-cburvr, in Douglas county, to the sen at Coo- HuV, mid that the land should he sold in 100 aere tracts at .--'J.."!!) an acre, The road has not been built, 0(1,000 acres of the land remain unsold, mid what has been sold has been sold oltcn for more than $'J.o0 au ticte, and in larger tracts than 100 acres, the gov ernment alleges. E AMSTERDAM, via Londou. Jan. 2S. Suvoral Helglan nowspapor editors Imvo been sentenced to one and two mouths Imprisonment at the latest session of tho (iermau military court In Antwerp. Tho charges ngainst them a re not stated. Total of 2150 Acrh Accepted In Med ford District, Excluding Largest Holdings Ashland, Talent, Gotd Hill and Evans Valley Expected to Swell Total by Another Thousand. The beet sugar committee report that in the .Mcdfonl district n't of it I of 'Jl.'tO neres me been nccepteij .for sugar beet planting. This iIocs")ot include larger land holders, T Nearly n thousand acres YemnmHibtt in spected, nnd it is probable llmt a to tal of from 'J."i00 to .1000 acres will be accepted in this di-tri.-it. Con-idemhle nerense has been signed up. mid is to be signed up in the A-blnud nnd Talent districts mid in tho Hold Hill nnd Kvnnx creek dis tricts, which is expected to bring the total for Jackson county lo from :i.',00 to 4000 neres. In addition from .'i00 to 1000 acres nre available in the Siskiyou, California, di-trict, pro vided satisfactory trnnsorintion nr-run'-cmentx can be made, mid from .100 to ."(10 neres in the Appiegnte, with n similar problem to be faced. (Inint- Pnss is expected to furnish from 1000 to 'J000 acres, nnd if this amount i- forthcoming there will be norennge .sufficient to secure the fac tory. The committee is niivissjl!n ''"' Ashlmid district tltfe hftimiboii nnil expect to secure n stibsliinlial acre age in that section. Tomorrow they will visit the Kvans creek and flold Hill di-tricts. Tho fate of the fac tory prox,sition will be setjjed Ibis week and the committee is leaving no stone unturned. The Applegote prop osition is in nbeynnce. The commit tee hns not given up the fiuht, but they need the whole-souled supKrt of the community, nnd nil nre urged to get out nnd hutle for land the re mainder of the week. In their travels over Hie valley (he committee has found that but a Miuill part of. the henrim; value of the land is realized owing to !on established custom. Much of the land planted to grain is adapted to small products, and vice versa. Kone deny that ft beet sugar fnctorv is the salvation ot the valley, but thcte is n lukovviiiiii ncss about siguiti'.' tin. In many sec tions the laud signed Inter developed to be adapted only lo the growing of sagebrush. There is some talk or holding n mass meeting in this citv of the en tire valley as a clinuix to the eaiu puign. ATTEMPT TO KILL OF E LONDON, Jan. JH, 7 p. in. - An Kxchnnge Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen gives a rcpoit that an at tempt was made several days ago to assassinate King Coustaiitiu of (Ircecc. This report is conveyed to Copenhagen in a dispatch from Con stantinople, wllich says tlint tho au thority for the repot t I? the. state incuts of trnveletb urriviug ,at Con stantinople. The attempt of the liie of the king, iiceording to tho rumor, wn- made at Pntros, llrccee. NOW MAJOR LEAGUE CHK'ACIO. Jan. a8. .Tho American Association has won Hh tight for rec ognition as the third major league in orgnuUed basebull, President Chlv iML'tnn hum today. The national com- liilsslon finally has acceded to the o- slros of thu association mil has grant ed It territory In ulte now occupied by the .National or Anrcnn Ifftuw uud u largo nuiubar of jdayem, 1 REEC AMERICAN ASSOCIATION , H - i- J 1 'i i .5 ..i -'ft o