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JBCM rt- --, f "r 01 vji f ?.n1 Swwl tlrttf ; N Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Probably rain ,Max -lilt .Mln. :i(t. V forty-fourth Yaar. 'Mlv Nlnlli Vrnr MEDFORD, OKIWON, TlllMfHIMY, VtiliMJAUY 4, 39J5 NO. 571 MIKADO'S CRUISER ASIA REPORTED JAP WARSHIP Crulsrr Asninn, With GOO Aboard, Re pnrlcil Drcaklmi Ui 350 Miles Sotilli of Port San Bartalomc No Report Received Contalnlnij Fate o( Crew Vessel Had War Record. WASHINGTON, Feb. I. Rear Ad niinil Unwind, coiiimundor of I lie Pa rtite fleet, iihu led to Hut mivy ilc piiitmcnt from his IhiL'xIilp Sun HI- t'KO llllll (III) ,lllflt' t'llllNt'l Hutllll, wild ,'ililt mi'ii, won wccked iiluiiit il.'ll miles south or hut Hiirtoloiuii ami Wilt llll'ltkillg ). No fiirtlmr iIiiIiiIIn with glton In Ailinlnil Howard's dispatch mill nntli hiK wait mild of Hid fulo of tlio crow. Tln Annum, n slater idilp of tliu To M wit. Ih IC fret ovur nil, with a lutiiin of fi" fill ami cnpuhlit of muK -Itit; 1MV4 knotH. Him tins 18.000 liiinmpiiwor mi'! lit armored with heavy nickel steel, Sim unit liullt In Klitw Irk, Km?., In I HUH nutl curries four s-lnrli guns, 1 1 (Much kuiih mill II! JMnrh gun, four torpedo tubes below Hid water mill nun above. 1 lor complement In f.Uit officers nml men. Vessel lint War Itcroiil An tint Sail Dlt'Ko wan ni tint city of Han Diego, Cat , loilay, niiviit of rlrlaln inotutuod Unit tliu ittl tntral'n iih-hhuki' was rtitit from there on In futtnntlon received from mi American vtMl off llnneniidii. Tlio JapmiKitu emitter Annum linn .1 war rt't-onl that dittos bark to tint bat tle of tlio Hun or Jaliitn, May IIT-SK. I'JOfi, on which occasion slut received (ho surrenderor Itcnr Adinlrnl Nobo anloff, of thti lliisttlnu navy, Aftur thin fight itlio was engaged success fully with tliu Itiiiodnn crnlni'r Dmi tri Honskol, mitt It wait from tin decks f Hit) Asninii that thu tiuipt'rnr of .lapmi reviewed tho naval parade In .lapuuMio water Hid lattur pnrt of October, 1H05. ,ttli hi I'ailflu , Morn recently tlio Annum hint been actlvn In thu Pacific. In Novembur lio wits reported iih hovering outside of Honolulu harbor nwnltltiK tlio com Ink out of n (Icrinun wnmlilp, nml In .laiiuary or thin your slm wnH steam 1 11 K up "in! down thu const nf liru looking for (ho (li'iiunn cruiser l'rlnx Klt.il I'rlrdrlcli. At least Ihri'o American warMhlpit aro In thu AKnmn'rt vicinity nml mi ilur wireless orders frtim Kenr Ad miral llownril undoiibtodly aro acting hy thin tliiio to help tlio .lapancMti cruiser. Tlio collier Nunshiin wns at l.a Car. 011 January ao; thu gunbout Yorklown wiih at tlio sumo placo tlio wiiiio tlay nml thu cruiser Marylnutl wiih at .Maxatlmi. All thoso placoH tiro easily within rnngo of thu AHnma'H wireless If hIio hail opportunity to iiho It ami it U not unlikely that htr cutis woro litmnl hy Iht'iu hoforo thu iiowh loachcil Ailmlral Howard nt San Uli'Ko, ulituu ho wont after an ox pIohIoii 011 li Ik nhlp a fow tlayit nno liiul ilmiuiKtMl httr holliirH ami klllctl nml liijurt'tl Home of her crow. Naval offlcorH huru iiIho tlilnlt morchant vch hoIh In thu vicinity may holp tho Annum, At thu .lapantmo omhaHHy no Infor mation hinl lit'ou reci'lvi'd ut thu wrock nutl ioiiiiohIh for Information woro illHpatchut! to counular offlt'lalH (Contlnuod on pngo two.) L ILLA L I'KNDLIOTON, Ore, Kob. t. Tho IiIkkohI Imul iliml ovor coiiHUiuuintod lu Umatilla county, wiih miuouurml I iiuo today, All tho IioIiIIiiks ot thu luturnatlumil Lund and Irrigation compmiy In tliU county' woro trana forrtul to J, 0. Htoroy nntl nsHticlutoH of Tucoinii, WiiHli.t for a consilium Hon of ovor ?1,000,000. Tho proptuty Involved IiicIiiiIoh &Vn,'ly 12,000 ncros of land, tho capital Htock of tho company and wat er rlKlitH, Tho InlKiUloii compmiy aiTPpliid In pint paymont all thu holdlnitfl ot tho Htory TImhor com puny of Tn co in it, WRECKED WITH CREW IN PACIFIC VEIO OF IMMIGRATION BILL SUSTAINED BY CLOSE VOTEJN HOUSE WAHIIINdTd.V, IVh. I.-Tlm 41 1 It ttlpt to pilM till1 illlliliKllltion hill ovt'r Iho veto of tlio prrwi tlt'iit fmlt'il in tilt' Iioiini' Inti' lo ilay, tlio votn lii'iu -Mil in I'livnr of nxrriuliuir the M'lo nml Kill upiiiixt it, Two iiii,inlit,r' volnl prt'Nfiit, nml uith tliW ulti'iiil uiii'i' -'(III uyi'M woultl liuvi' lit'i'u ni'i'i'KNiii v to tii' tliu iriuiit'il two-thirilH, mm SET BACK NKW YOltK. I'oli. I Tho miirkft rcci'lvt'il n ilrclilvtl ttotlinclt In tliu flmt hour on offrrliiK of Cnnaillim I'nclflo nml tiotithoru Pacific, cnuii hiK riTi'dhloiiii of I to 2 polutN. Hell InK of Caunillau I'urlflc wait mmunmil to bo for forolKii account whllu Houth oru I'nclflo wnti holil hy n promluiuit lirokuniKt) hoiiri) which UHimlly ropro no n In linpurtmil lutiTcKtH. Tcinpor nry cumiallon of thin iiiovunii'iit par tially rt'Mtorcil tho prlro locl, with further Kalim In motor nharcii nml othor itpt'claltli'H mihjcct to pool man ipulation. Toward mliltlay, how ovcr, inorn llquliliitluu ami lowor prltoit with t'liroiiuturt'il. Amorlcnn HtiKiir wn wt'iik nml tint Imluntrlnli KtillliiK off a ',4 to 104. IIoiiiIh worn ittt'nily. SAYS IN BULL BLUFFED UNCLE SAM IIDItMN, IVI., I. A iifMh ili-piitfli Iiiih lici'ii ift'i'iM'il Iiitu from Wnxli iiilitou ruiyiiiK Hint I'luxiilfiit WiNon hits t'oui'iitftl to mi mut'iiiliut'iit of Hit1 xliip puri'liu-o bill, wliirli provitU'-, Hint 110 vt'KM in to ho hoiiclil by tliu I'liiti'tl Slitlt'H if Mich purt'luiHU would Iniil to t'oul'lii't uith any of tin1 liflllj:. t'll'llt poWflh. Xt'iirlv nil Iho (li'iiunn iii'WHpupi'o i,iilii,ii'il thii fouri) slmrply. Tluy viiluully unite in imiIIiiil- it n luu'k- ilown liuforo (heal Iliitnin 011 tlu puit of ircf jtlftil WilMUi. Tlio KriMin .uilniiK My: "Tlii Icmliu iiHiili'intion for (1 ii'n t Hi it 11 iit in tlio nioro ii'innrknlilo iiihtuiriii'li its it injuirn Aiiifiicn lior utiir." failedIrokerson trial, san francisco III ! ! SAN FHANTISCO, IVh. -I.J. C. Wilxon nml II, A. Wilbrmiiil, members of the failed htoulc broker firm of I. (', Wilson & Co., wliielt liud brunches in nil the major cities of thu I'nt'ifiu eonntf weru plueetl 011 trial here today eliai'Ked with tlio cmbez zlenient of hiiiim nresulinj; 4s 1 7,31)0 from llueu of their elieiitfl. Tho firm fuiletl just ufter (ho out break of tlio Kuropeun war. WIIhoii Iiiih indicated that bin del'en.su will bo inability either In realize 011 his us. set or to make delivery of tlio Ktoekts ImiukIiI by bis elients, Iieeutiso thu htock I'xcbanes were tlieu elosetl, NEW YORK TO VOTE E AM1AKY, N. V Feb. -I. Tlio wo- mmi miffriiKO re.siiliitiou passeil by Ilie leisluturo lu JIU!1 was utloptetl in (lie heaalo today by mi uumiiiuuiis vote. II previously hud been utloptetl lit tlio assembly, Tho voters of the state will now bo kIvcii Hid oppor tunity to vote on tho question of a I'oilMitutiuiiul unuuidnu'iit, pcrmilttiii; tlio wMicn thu right of miffrje, E three line:; oe allies' trench Mile of Drcastworks In Aruciinc Cap tured, Says Berlin Another Great Battle in Prorjress in Poland West of WarsawTo Determine Fate of Eastern Camnalun. LONDON, I'd). I. Certmin uttiielis have been re-iimeil in scvvrul Ht'elions of Iho welerii battle front, nml ue eoitliu to totlayV officiul couiiniiui eiitioii from Merlin mm of tln-e moveiiieuts in (be Ariuiiit' lias result ril in n ietory of iinpol lance. Three lines of In'iielies were htornieil, nml Hie Htnti'ineiit i mittle that the priu einnl Kiriieli incitinim for inoie Hum 11 mile weie taken with the capture of 0110 num. eiKliteeii cutis and much war niutcnal. The Kreueli stateinctit iiu'iitinus 11 few 'mall eiiL'iiuemeuts which ate mi id to have entktl favor ably for Hie allien. JUiltlr In I'nluiiil The (Icrinan htittemeiit ciinfinus I'clriit'iiid'H iisxeitiiun, that another vrt'tit buttle i" in proriM in I'olaml, wt'.t of Warsaw. Hussion ntturks weie icpulsfil, the Iterliii war offiee says, mill Hit! (iermmis were able to make further ro'Te-s in the vicinity of llolimotv. on the section of the front closest to Wnrsiiw. Itemmints of the Iteliiiti troops, still ik'fcndiui; the little strin of their eountry not in tiosession of the (ler lumis, miff more me hearinir the brunt of fiuhtiiij; 111 the ct. Unof ficial Amstenlmu rrporls tstnle the (Iermmis are ifitin nttackinir nlnnj: the Vser. For the last two tlays Hel Kimis ami (leimuns have been fiuht in:, the posschHion or trenches hnv ins' been decided wiih tin bayonet. Amsterdam reports suv thu Ueniiuns' attacks were repulsed. (crumii 1)sn Heavy The struvKle in the east is inerens in in severity, ii the Austro-Hennmi uttaeks tlcvelopetl. Heavy fixhtin is now in progress nlonu practically the whole front, except in Ilukowiiia, An official statement from l'etroratt to day teports u number of iuiportuut victories for the Ittissians. "North ern Holaifd, near the west I'riis-ian bonier, the village of Skempe, for somii tluie the scene of hard struc ;les, bus been captured by the Itns sinns thu report says. Further south, to tliu west of Warsaw, the (iermmis brought up large masses of their tirst line trooos ami repeated their luetics of hurling' one regiiueiit after unolher at seleetctl positions. The Kussians' report tlest'tibes the uttaeks as furious nml adds that the Hermans milTcieil itnuieiisu losses, hut were tlriven back. So far as the re port shows, (here is no change in the Carpathians. Aihitors Drop Itoiulis "ItitstfiiMi nviators hombanleil three (lerman iiitdiii.atioii centers, nuothei official reimrt says. Tho raid is tie- 'I seribetl us sneeeshful, tilthouu'b ) tie tails aru given. "The Mtrremler of Lieutenunt Colo, lie) Kemp, tile South African rebel lender, is expect fit at Pretoria to bring to nu eml the uprising. Five hundred burghers nml their officers laitl down their uiins and the surren der of Colonel Mnritz. tho arrest of 0110 of the Original rebel leaders, who is Mill at lni"e is nreilioleil. WASHINGTON, Veil. 4. Govern- moiit aid In building up an Amorlcnn merchant murine ami (cdoral legisla tion permitting tho maintenance of re-Biilo prices woro recommended In Hpeclnl reports submitted at today's kchhIou of thu Chamber of Coiiimerco of tlio United Status. DefondliiB tho ship purchase bill, Hocratary McAtloo predicted that the government would not oporato tho ships at a loss and said failure to mnko' n profit should not deter tho government from ontorliiK tho busi ness. Ho pointed out (hut the coast guard sorvlco wived much llfo and MAN AK SECRETARY M'ADOO DEFENDS SHIP PURCHASE, BILL WRECKEDANO HHKKJP WITH CREW OfJOOABOARD WEDDED THOUSANDS OF MILES APART; PItOXY It It IDE GOES TO GREET HUSBAND X- l''3t2V-jrf5oJtiiTtj Ann tout ciciuad. C.. v JOMN PIETEft. satoatN Mli KuRtnta CumpHI, who wi mar- At Ilia wcdJInc llarrcy V. Deuel, a rted In Denver, Col,, to John I'lcter Scliot- Ilrr.oklyn youth now rcilJent In Denver, ten. a )oune Danlih endnrer now Jointed nrtial u proxy brlJcKroom, and a clrl u ri al pallia rant;. Javn. la now on her way 10 krnn to Mis Campbell wna her proxy In ni'ct her huaband. Tho marrlaca which it ceremony performed llmultoneouity In inaita them ona took plarr uflir a apecial Jnva. Ml t:ieinor McKall waa maid of dlipenaatlon liad been obtilnod from the lionor and Iluaixll Cbclsurd, of Mlnneap Qurvn of llollaml, o that the young oil, beit man. Colonel O. II, McKall Bavo woman would not bo lubiret lu tlio tin- tho bride away. A iliter of Mli Campbell migration lawa of Holland when ihe utid another Girt, attired In Dutch coitume, raachia Java, which t In ll provlnco. icrg the brldctmalda. RUSSIANS CLAIM AUSTRIAN FRONT LONDON, Feb. I, Kmperor Will ium's troops still me niaintaming nu offensive iiioxement on the battle fields to the west of Warsaw, in Kits, simi I'olitml, but on tho remainder of the eastern battle lino tho ltus-inns claim lo be exerting tho greatest pressure, notably ueross tho Fust I'nissian frontier mid in the Carpath ian mountains. In the latter region thu Ittissians claim that the fighting bus gone ugaiust the Austro-Oermmi forces, mill the Russians ngniii are repotted to have erossctl into Hun gary. Titrkisli activities along the Suck eminl can hardly he classed yu even as second rale skirmishes, though thu attack near lsiuuilia, midway be tween thu Itcil mid Mediterranean sens shows that thu Turks arc inish iiiT farther away from tho const of the Mediterrniieaii. For Mime reason not explained here the.ro is n murked change of tone relative lo the predictions as (o when Kmumiin will join thu ullies, A few weeks, it was said confidently in ! rent llritaiu that Itiiiuuiiia woultl enter the conflict perhnps by the mid dle of February. Dispatches to the Hritish newspapers from Hueliuresl, Ihu Kiimmiiaii capital, now say that thu government has no Intention of breaking its neutrality at 1111 eaily date. The same pietlietion is mudo in dispatches received through inde pendent sources. There likewiso bus been less talk in London of Hub's entry into the conflict. property and naked It tho chamber woro lu favor of dlscontlnulm; thu Borvlco because It coset uionoy, Ho Imiuirctl If tho Panama canal woro built for profit. "Wliufo properly Is put In Jeop ardy on sen or otherwise," said Sec rotary .MeAdoo, "It Is a function of government to furnish rollof, So when commerce Is lu Jeopardy, when freight ratus aro soaring to unreason able holfthts, 1 must confess I have no pntlenco with tho contention Hint tho government must sit with nienaclod hands mid shackled feet. This is the tlino when wu must face tho Is sue, This ih (ho time tor remedies, SUCCESS ALONG JOHN PIETER. 3CH0UEM AND MIS3 ELEANOR MFALL . BRIOCJMAID KAISER DECLARES E WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Germany today notified the s'ate department that American vessels should avoid the north and west coasts of France. The state department does not re gard the notice us n formal declara tion of blockade by Germany of the French coast. It is said that the mere presence of German submarines or thu planting of Gemma mines would constitute a blockade, which, according to long established princi ples of the statu depart nfciil, requires the mnintenmico of n fleet of war ships sufficient In prevent any inter eouso with the blockaded ports. Therefore, thu department regards the notice as similar to one issued by thu Hritish government and to a pre ceding notice from the German gov ernment regarding the waters of the North Sen, both of which said that mines had been sown within specified limits mid that the waters would be unsafe for passage of neutral ship- ping except muter pilotage. Technically, the waters on the north nutl west coasts of France, therefore, lire to be regarded as within the war Miii) mid American mariners aro sup posed to take notice of tho warning and cuter these waters at their peril. Notification was presented at the llcrlin foreign office to Ambassador Gerard who transmitted it today to thu state department. ileriuislon -Work hturted on tho Catholic church, conctetti. 32x(iO. for remedies tiro not worth a contl neutnl unless applied at tho acute Btago." The talk ot International compli cations from the ship purcliuso bill Is twnddle," said Mr. MeAdoo. "Thoro Ib no nioro dniiKcr ot that than ot my picking up the Washington monu ment and walking across tho Poto mac. I know of no protest ot any otcleii government against Hits meas ure This Is a matter ot policy for this government nlono to itutormino, Its execution Is another matter. Dut ns Ioiik us wo observe tho rules of In turuiitlounl law nobody cun complain." BLOCKADE UEPORTS NORTHERN FRAN I VICE PRESIDENT TO DECIDE FATE L Marshall to Cast Decidir.3 Ballet Democrats Reform Lines and Stave Off Vote Until Newlands and Smith Return Talk Induced in to Pre vent Issue Beinn Decided. WASHINGTON, Feb. L Vice- President Marshall probably will cast thu vote which derides whether the administration ship bill lues or dies at this -casion of congress. If the expectations of the leaders arc fill- filled it will be one of the few in stances in which the vice-nresiilcnt of tho rnitet States bus wung the bal ance. The lust was when the late Vice-President Sherman cat the deciding- vole for the Hristow resolu tion, which put a constitutional amendment for direct election of wen utors before the people. Administration democrats reform ed their lines today mid found tliex hinl onlv 4(J votes ngnint the repub licans' -IS waiting to send the bill back to the commerce committee without intnic ions. Their only course was to stave off a vote while Sinator Newlands hurrird back from California am Senator Smith of South Carolina came from the bed side of his wife. Contest Kvcn Ureal; Wth their votes the democrats fig ure that, barring Mirpri-es, the con test will be oven on theloor and the vice-president will be called on for the deriding' vote. The administration leaders count him nib them. In the coin s,' ot the debute Scnate: hike Smith said: "It is understood that if the bill now before the somite goes to a vote it will be even. It is nNo understood that if it is amended a tnujority of the senate will Vote for it." Senator Weed took the floor and by way of holding it disi-ttskcd the im migration bill, which the house nt the moment was dcliat intr nu a motion to repass over President Wil-onV veto. He defcuded the veto. Keinforceineiits Hastened Senator Lewis, de'i'ocrat. hurried buck from Asheville, N. (.. but his vote wns offset by the arrival tr Seir ator Fall, republican, of New Mexico. Senator Smith of South Carolina, democrat, notified administration leaders he could not come because of the critical illness of his wife. The lines on a vote on Senator Clarke's motion to recommit the hill without instructions effectually kill ing it for the session, were estimated to be so close that Vice President Marshall probablv would eiist the de ciding vote. When the senate met ut noon both sides were iniineiiverinir for an ad vantage. TO CAIRO, via London, Feb, 4 De setters from the Turkish forces who huvo surrendered to the Hritish troops, include nunieious groups of tribps in South Palestine, who declare they were foieetl against their will to enter the army. Reports of yesterday's lighting in dicate the Turks vcro prodigal with tlieir ammunition, and that their lir tug was ineffective. Tho cunul nnd railwny were open to traffic all day. PKTROGRAD, Feb. 4.- Russian .nviators on Februnrv !2 successfully dropped bombs on the mobilized re serves mid trains of tho Gevtnnna at Riiwa, Zarzoeso mid Hoguszvoe, about fitly miles southwest of Warsaw, ae-cording- to nu official aiittounrruirnt issued here today, 1PPNB HORN SENT TO JAIL 30 DAYS FORDYNAH Action Taken to Avoid Complications and Give Excuse for Detention Pleads Guilty-Will Be Surren dered to Federal Jurisdiction ami Transferred to Banger for Heerirtf . VANCKBOHQ, Me., Feb'. 4, 'cr ncr Horn was today Kcnicnncd to thirty !uy in the county jail 011 con viction of having dninngcd property in this town by thu explosion of dyn amitu under the international railway bridge. Horn will be taken to tho jail at Maehius tomorrow morning'. IlcXvns arraigned before Justice George II. Smith, who earlier in the tiny had is sued n warrant for his arrest. Horn pleaded guilty. lie was not represented by counsel mid did not make application or bail. lie wiih arrested on a warrant issued charg ing him with defacing nnd injuring; buildings in Vancehoro. The injury to the biddings was caused by tho shock of the explosion when Van Horn exploded a charge, of dynnniito under the bridge. To Avoid Complications This move was in a tie, it is under stood, to avoid possible complications in further detaining the dynamiter without a formal charge having been made against him. Deputy Sheriff George W. Hoss, who took him into custody Tuesday, fcured personal liability in the mutter and after com municating with the office of the state's attornCv general obtained a warrant, which was later served on the prisoner in his cell at the immi gration station. Horn, it is believed, will be surren dered by the state to federal juris diction nnd transferred to Ilaugor or Portland for a hearing before a fed em! commission 011 a hearing of tho appeal of the IJritish irovcrmiieut for extradition. i:tniitltioii Itcquestetl WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.-0 rent Ilritain's retmest for the extradition of Werner Horn, the German charged with dynamiting tho Canadian Pa- ifie bridge over the St. Croix river, rested in the state department totlav, whero officials began n. study of tho papers. While oflieials eonsisteiriy declined to discuss it, it will he soiuo time and only after most careful in vestigation before the ease is put on s course. Offii'inl.. iiiintiil not. that it wax a most'iinusual nnd complicated case, and one of tho most interesting legal ptcsttous that had arisen since thu iiitbreak of the war. 0 AMSTERDAM, Feb. L-A dispatch received heru from Hamburg suys Hint Kmperor William arrived at Wil helOishaveii this morning. His maj esty inspected 'the (lerman submarine l-'Jl, going over the vessel person ally. lie bestowed thu decoration of the Iron Cross on the members of thu siibmnriiiu's crew. U-Ul is undergo ing repnirs at Wilheliiishtiven follow iug her recent exploits in thu Irish sea. Tho emperor also inspected thu units of the fleet at Wilhehiishitveii. The men on the various, warships lin ed the decks and cheered his majesty loudly ns he mudo his appearance. Thu town council of Wilhelinshavcn will tonight give a dinner in honor of thu emperor, .' ' ' WELSH MATCHED TO FIGHT ANDERSON CHICAGO. Feb. 4.Frrddio VMi, "hampion lightweight, and Jimmy Anderson of lutliunupolis wore matched today to box tix rounds at Grnnd Rapids, February 15. They agreed to weigh l.'IS poiiHtls at '1 p, in. the tiny of the bc-ul, KAISER VISITING WILHELM SHAVEN u fl ' i'l V .fl V,J VI j J Mnv-fa.