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Medford Mail Tribune
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SECOND
EDITION
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Forty-fourth Yr.
Dnllv Ninth Yeiir
MIODKHfcl), OUI0flONr, Tlll'USDAV, .JAXlKV '2fi, 10 15
NO. 265
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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.
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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.
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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
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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,
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