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7vrrvKrv'WTMjFiF m f. V c mtww Klto'1 air Swam! 4Hwt w y , Medford Mail Tribune n SECOND EDITION WEATHER Itnln Mut. lit; Mln. IW. ? K 1 Forty-fourth Yssr, nllv Ninth Your ENOUGH BEET ACREAGESIGNED FORiA FACTORY Establishment of Plnnt Now Up to Siiynr Interests Soil Expert Storey Says Sufficient Acrcano Sc cured, Extcndlnii from Siskiyou to Grants Pass. Tin) ehlublMiiucnt nf a livi't stigui factory in tlio Ifogito llivcr inlloy in 1 1 1 w up lo (liu MiiKiir InteieslH. Sill -lit'iciit norcngo to justify llin building of the plnnt hits been signed ii 1 1, un cording '" Hil Kxpvit Storey. Tin1 beet nugur rniuiuiltco will telegraph n' telephone Messrs. Id mil well mill Nibley at I'ortliuiil Indnv, convoying llii'od facts, ami ask lor a definite icply one way or llm otlur. According In a telephone message icccitcd riiiin (limit I'iihn Tliumilay iimlit. In tin' noltchbnrhood of 'Jlllld linen lin vt been .igitctl up in I tut t see lion, largely liollmii limit ami sub-mi-galcd. Soil I'xpott Storey It'll this morning for I lie noilli finl of the minify anil will upend tin' m'.xt two iIii.vm ihpci'liiii; Din liinil. To date I Hill acres have In'rii examined ami accepted in this valley. Two nlodaclcs confront the sugur liet't fiirlory in is (lie fact Hint (lit' acreage i scattered Irani .Mount SIiiimIh to (Imuts I'iiim, ami tin oilier in the lack of Inigatiou. Tin lirsi complicate Hie handling of the proli ne!, ami (lie Heeontl, when lucking in a iliy enr, would mean Hie los of HiotiMumU of doNnr. The interests back of Hie factory propoilion liutc lieeii pjiM'ii iiKMirniicc that the lloguc Itiver alley ix mi the eve of adopting irrigntinu. They understand that Hie general sentiment nf the valley is for u ligation, Hie rub eoiiiint; on the nielhoil to he uril in procuring " It ix nlo generally eotieeileil that if (lie industrial project rejects lhi alley, it will ho ilmt to the logic that they do not cine to miiiiIiIo their in vestment iiKaiant the whims of the weather. Something tlefinite ix expected liy the first of next week, mi that tlioM1 who have signed up nciongo ean he Win wnik either on licctx or grain. The lloguc Itixer valley hax done its shuto, n h far as the lain! ix eon eenieil. IIKULIN. vln London, Feb. .'.- The eiilito (leiimin ptexx .teetx with nut ixfnelion lint nilmirnlly'H deelaration Hint the waters Htirrnnmlih-; Kii;laml, Seollnml and Ireland have been in cluded in Ihe war .one, Thu head lines of M-wrnl papers npeak of Ihe nnnoimeemeiit as n bloekade. The I'ttxt declares it Is a hloekaile and iniiM bo ho eonsidered. "Neutral hliipnin1,'," hii.vh Hie Pns, "is (,'iven time to tnko rel'iuje in Kiife bin Inns. Only altera meiisiiied per iod do all Tiicicbiiiilmcn K"i"K " "'"I from Hut Hritixh Ihles run jntti dan ker. Then, to bit mire, men and freight, mil only on HrilMt xhiix, but under a iiniitial flai uu doomed lo sink," Tim TiiKlixnlio lliindsehan says: "Wo linvu necepled KiiKlniiil's bal jln eondltionH, Wo let Knnlnnd play its tola and assumed ours with all its ritthls mid oblintionK, Let him pinrd liiniHi'lf who feulrt liku coining bo twt'i'n ns." Tim I.okal AtiTieiKei' deelnreH Kn; land's owii. weapons nre beinn turned npiihHt heV, and when Germany da hi toys tint "KucIIhIi yoke" under which tlio world has Hiiffuroil for eon t nries," it will have, necoinplished n Iiiijjo hlstoriu inlxsion and freed tho world front ono of its uipxl daii(,'or oiis eneiniefl. The paper o.xproKhes thn opinion that uentral )owers will Htiffer losses fimn the new deelara tion, hut declares these will bo Nttiall compared with Ibose which Knghuid implies upon them, llttndon Tho l'orry Vonoor plnnt MAN PS HGHLY PLEASED m lias bosun oporntlona and biifllneHs )ltoii nro (ryliut to ntntt Ut Hto woolen UpiiK iplll. t m CHARGE OF DIVISION OF DEATH II ON WARSAW FRONT CHECKED BY BAYONETS OF RUSSIANS One of Most Sanniiliiary Battles of War Now Maulno In Poland Germans Throw 105,000 Infantry, Toyclher With Heavy Pieces of Cavalry, the Whole Supported by 600 Guns, In to Short Char(jli) Line, Which Suro.es on Like the Waves of the Sea Met by Rifle and Bayonet Whole Com panies. Exterminated Trenches 0 nly Few Hundred Yards Apart. I'KTKOdKAl), IVIf. o.-Nol since the linltlcH aiottmt Lodz, in l'tixinu I'olaml, in the early part of Decem ber, ham the (lermanx tleliveieil vie ions nttncl.H ax those of yesterday, when they nltjiiinlrd to lucnk through the KtiNxian line at llorjimnw. Probably never lieloie in the east crn arena of tin war hiuc thev eon cent rated witch a force on a single point. Ill u distance of fix miles hetween llimiiu ami llorjiinow, the (Icimnns Ihiew l(l.'i,(l(lll iiifantrvnien tngelhei with heavy forces of eavalry, the whole hiippoileil Itv 10(1 hntteriex of artillery, or (Kill minx. It is oHimntcil that in thix short line Iheie were neailv .'10,(10(1 men lo the mile coming in on ten or twelve lines liku the which o the sen. The ItiiKxinnx, warned lv the at laekx of prciious ilnyx in thix mimic Mcinily, hail eoneentrateil eorre-siinudingl- heavy foreex to resist the (leinian mhanee. So close were Itoth xnlex oaekeil in thix narrow space thai Hie artillerv heeanut practically useless. I SERIOUS 10 NEUTRAL NATIONS WASHINGTON. Kelt. 5. Her- GERMANY'S ACTION M miiny'M ilcclitrntlon of n nnvnt warpanceil BwHtly today m now IiIkIi zonit nroitml (treat llrltnln nnil Iro- j record war prices, It only took n land. InclnilliiK the KtiKllah cltiinnel ilirluf time for tliu May option to and the northern pinnniKo liy the Shetland IhIiiihIh, lit roKnrdcd huro nn one of the moKt Korloiix duvulop inentK of llm wnr. It wan reKnrdcd nit 1 1 1 k 1 1 1 ' iioKllile for one tiling, that It would hnttteu thu movement begun by tho l.ntlU'Amcrlcnu countrleH for a Micedy conference of neutral tttatett to ilevlwi muaiiH to reduce Io.hhcs to neutral rommerco to a minimum. At find there wcru no me lutliun HoiiH In ndtululBtratlim circles thut It tnlKhl he thu ituhjvrt of a protent liy tho t'nllcd States, hut thu official vlow wiih there there watt no or lit tle Krounil for Hint. Sweilen, Norway, Denmnrk nnd Holland have repeatedly nddiuHxed thu ittntu depnrtmeut hero to khIii American pormlHalon for menuuroa (o relluvu dlHtrttH la their own commerce, nnd tho Intent (lerinaii proclamation Ih expected to cause u redoubled ef fort for incuiiurcu to protect them- HOlVCH. CounHcllor I.nnMluK of tho Rtnto do partmuut took .Secretary Hrynn'u chair at tho cabinet meeting todny. One tullo of nuw railroad coiiHtruc Hon In thu (ditto In worth mnro to tho ponplo than forty now luwu by tho legislature. BRYAN PLEADS FOR PRIMARY LAW INDIANAPOLIS, Intl.. Fob. C William J. Ilryan, nocrotury of stuto, In speaking to tho Indiana gonoral as sembly hero today, pleaded for tho unnctmout of a direct primary law and doflod tho legislators to refuse to gtvo to tho pooplo of this stato tho Initiative and ruroroudttm. "No man." declared Mr. lirynn, "who violates primary principle of tho democratic plntform In Indiana will bo nblo to go bnok to his peopjo and gtvo them his real reasons for do ing so, If you don't know what I mean, I believe you will understand what your constituents mean when they loavo you at ho nut nnd elect real democrats In your stead at tho next election." Secretary llr.vun told tho legislators Hint In onnctliig ti primary law thoy MBDFORD, The buttle field wax a Hal plain, tiniilitiiictcc iiv either tieex or Iioiim'x, The latter alieaily lunl hcen ileiiiolihhcd hv xhell lire. The Itnx hiiinx met the (Jcnmiii ailvaneu with title file ami the bnviiiict, the firxt linex xlrnulini; forwaiil ami haet 'it ul from tieneh to trench. At xoine nhiei'M Ihe Irenehex w.vc t n'v a few hnmlreil yard's npait. T''i' eo. itiexH of the line mailu the fibt iti cxtraoiilinarilv hiiiiauitiiiry Whole toinpiiniex wete exterminate!' T! e iiMixt ilexiierate (lernnin rehN. ime wax at Uoia .r.villitwiccin, vhi"h Ihe KiiMNians succeeded in tak '.uk nl HI o'clock in Ihe inontini; nf i i tit-lit which htxleil all niht. (iirninn -irixum-m relate that in Hi (Icrtmin camp the itivixioti elioen to lend this timlertakini; wit dubbed the "di'Miui of denth,'' Htiee it npnear id to he a foteeoiie coiicliihinn that none would Mirvhe. Ittihhiun mili t ! oli-erxiT". with the nicncer de tails before them arc likcninu' Hits fiht to the battle of llordiun, where Napoleon loxt hix Ittih-iitn cimipiiiyn. The hut lie at Horjimow is coutinn-ill-; with virlttullv nmihati'd violence. I TO $1.67 BEFORE TAKING TUMBLE IIHCAOO, Vui. ... Wlient ad- reach 11. ';&, a Jump or '.' coin- pared with Inst night. Tho provloim top notch tpiotntlon wnn on February .1 ll.aa. Mont of tho trading today, however, wag In tho July delivery In which th) upturn was not qulto so riitllrnl. Thoro wax Homethlng llko a utamp odo after tho market Imd rllinbod to tl.OT for May. Senbourd offom to ro-Hitll wheat In Chicago surprlmid the IiuIIh nnd wnH nlit an element of deprimlon In tho fact Hint corn, which, lo a largo extent, inny bo sub Htltutod for wheat, was not keeping ptco upwnrdfl with tho more cxpon mIvo rorerals. Tho result was bikI den drop of more than three cents from tho top figures attained by wheat. HronkH In prices continued until I i had been rlpivod nwny from tho uppermost earlier values. CAIHO, via London, Feb. .1. Ho ports that l'J.000 Turkish troops were ongngod In yostorday's fighting nre confirmed In nit official stntoment -issued hero today, Tho troop ship llnrdliiKO wns struck by two Turkish sholls which wounded ton men, mak ing tho totnl Hrltlsh casualties for tho day 15 killed and 92 wounded. should so safeguard It that It would not bo n buriWtnsouto expense to tho peoplo and cuiuborsomo to opornto. Ho reiterated that tho candidate for president of tho United States should bo solected at a primary, Tho Nebrnskau launched Into his subject by declaring that ho hud como hero to trgo tho substitution of domocrncy for "bossocracy" In In diana. In referring to tho lultlatlvo and referendum, ho stylod thorn tho greatest roforms In government of nil times. Heferting to tho nutl-lobby bill which became law with tho gover nor's slgnaturo yestorday, Mr, Ilryan compltmontod tho legislators "on the great atop In advance" thoy hnd taken In "making a man step out Into the light when he wants lo lobby," IE RAISES ORKOON, FIN DAY, FEIJIUIAIfY 0, 1015 JUSTICE BETTER THAN WARSHIPS TO KEEP PEACE Debate on Proposed Increase of Navy Brings Jlr) Anneal From Hobson and Reply From Underwood, Who Holds Time Will Never Come to Maintain Principles of Forefathers. WASHINGTON, IVb. 5. On a mo tion by Majority "J.eatler I'mlerwood, the Iioiimi votcd'H'J to 1211 to cut the no mi I hill program from two battle ships to one. The limine then revers ed its vole, which was on llcprcentn. tive MoliMiu'ri four-hnttlcr-hip amend ment amended to one, defeating the amendment, 1 18 to 1.'l!l, leaving the original provision for two battleship-. uiRiiiuiged. ' ' -i WASHINGTON, Fob. 5. Amend ments to tho navy construction plan held tho day In tho house with prac tically nil thu administration demo crats standing with tho committee for two battleships, six destroyers and seventeen submarines. Propos als for Increases were backed by some republicans ond some democrats- but tho lines were drawn much tho same ns In other cars. Declaring tho Anglo-Japanoso al liance affected tho vital Interests of tho Fnltcd States nnd tho Monroe doctrine HeprcKentatlvo Hobson urged nn amendment for four battle ships. lloliMinVi Jingo Plea "Tho war In Kurope," said ho, "has brought out Hint If a belligerent has unuudlsputed control of tho sea It will curtail tho rights of notitrals. America In the chief, chronic neutral We cannot expand our commerce when some other nation 1ms control of the sea. L'ngland' It now attempt ing to prevent development of Amer ican overseas commerce." Opposition to tho four battleship amendments begun with speeches by Representatives llutlor and Wlthor spoon, tho latter contending the American system of gunnery was superior to Ocrmany's. Representative Stephens of Califor nia, favoring tho four battleship plan. spoko for tho Pacific coast. May Menu Wnr Democratic Leader Underwood, who favored cutting tho plan to one battleship and l'J submarines, de clared tho country Is facing n sorlous financial situation," nnd "If you pro- pose to enter Into n raco of armament tho end of tho story may mean war." "I nm no naval export," said Mr. Underwood, "but 1 bellovo tho man who travels around toting n pistol In his back pockot Is much more In dan ger of getting Into trouble than tho man who Is unarmed. Wo ought to have n reasonablo navy and a rea sonable army, but I don't want to soo either that will maka us start Is sues that will preclpltato our people Into a cauldron of bloodshed nnd dis aster." "Would you surrender tho Monroe doctrine," demanded Representative Hobson. "Tho tlmij neer will come," re pjlcd Mr. Undorwood, "when It will bo necessary for this country to main tain tho principles of our forefathers at the point of swords, "As long ns wo only maintain for our national government a position of whnt Is right and Just, wo will suc ceed without tho battlo field. You can mako a reasonablo cut In tho ap propriations provided for In this bill without endangering your position In tho family of nations." KAISERlOlfTACK Tl HF.15LIN, Feb. .'), wireless to Suy-vlllt-The chief admiral of Hie staff of the Gernum imv has issued tlio following official communication : "F.nglnnd is on tho ove of shipping numerous troops and largo quantities of war materials to France, Ajniinst theso Knu'lish transports we will pro ceed with all the means of warfare at our disposal. "Neutral shionimr is earnestly cau tioned against aooroachin;; tlio north ern or tho westetn const a of France, as in these waters such vessels would run the set ions dancer of beiii" con founded with slims whoso purnoses tiro wiui iko, OP WRTS m " APR MM u MOUSES -RE OF THE BRITONS WHO DEMAND COUNTER STROKE Threat of Submarines to Close Er-;!i sh Channed Declared Bombast More Stringent Measures to Be Taken Against German Commerce Action Enables England to Declare All Foodstuffs Contraband Army Esti mates Show Three Million Effective Men In British Arms, Exclusive of Those Serving In India German Press Satisfied With Blockade. LONDON, Feb. .j. The army eti mutes to which parliament will de vote the first part of next week's ses sion, give the number of effective men in the army, exclusive of tho-e serv ing in India, at .'1,000,000. Although referring fiircasticnlly to Ocrmiuiy' threat to bottle up the Hriti-h Nle by means of Milium riiic, ns n "paper blockade," England is stirred today liy this latest develop ment in Ihe murine t-itimtion ns she M'ldom has been since the outbreak of hoxtilities. The pre-8 unnnimouxlv subordin ates all other war new., not excepting Ihe Turkish attempt to cro the Suez canal, lo jive prominence to the dis patcher from lleilin. while the foreign office ftntement following quickly Hie publication of the German decree, in dicate that the "overmueiit authori ties take the Herman threat ns one requiring a prompt cotiuter-xtroke. As the statement mivx, the authori TOKIO, Feb. fl.-An official re port received in Tokto on the los of the Japanese cruiser Asama off the western coast of Lower California. Mexico, says that nil thu offirurs and members, of the crow of the warship hnve been mi veil. The Asaiiia struck an uncharted rock off the not tb western coast of the Mexican republic. The extent of the damage to the steamer is not known, nor can anything be said as to the probability of savintr her. The absence in lokto of direct news from the Asama suguests that her wireless has been disabled. The enstin away of the Japanese cruiser Asama wns reported to Wash ington yesterday by Hear Admiral Howard, commander of Hie Amciicun I'acifiij fleet. In this report the num ber of men on board tho Japanese vessel was placed at ,"00. CRATER LAKE ROADS WASHINGTON, Feb, 5. The Sun dry Civil Appropriation bill reported to tho Houso today by tho appropria tion committee contains tho follow-1 lug Oregon Items ror completing pub-! lie buildings: Albany, J10.OQ0; i Medford, S20.000; Pendleton, $73,-! 000; Tho Dalles, $00,000; commenc ing Uosoburg building-,'' $1000; road In Crater Lnko Park, $50,000; pro-' JAPANESE CREW RESCUED FROM ASAMA'S WRECK CARNEGIE'S GIFTS $324,657,399 NEW YORK, Feb. 3. At ,tho con clusion of Androw CurncpuV li'H mouy before tho federal industrial re lations ctmimitteo today, John D. Hookefellcr, Sr., entered the room and demanded to bo heard as a witness. He was placed on tho stand, Andrew Carnegie testified before tho commission that up to the close of ll)M his donations totalled $l'2r 037,300. Tho work still goes bravely on. said Hie ironmaster. "1 am indeed n most fortunate man and think of myself in nothing else so huppy as in a soul teineuibeiin m. dear friends, to whom 1 owe bo much, 'Wy business," ho replied, "js In do E" ties are eoniiterina "more strinpent mensures njraimil Ocrmiin trade." The minister are treating the ubjret us n particularly urgency and a full of ficial statement a to the attitude of Great Urituin should be forthcoming shortly. The German pre in the meantime hailx this newly announced policy of the navy with great sati-faetion. The comment., received in London today indicate that the new-nupcr consider sufficient the warning to neutral ships, that th ewatcrx Kurroundinjf the British Isles arc to be considered a military area nftrr February 18, and Hint ships attempting paMir'c out side of the channel., specified lo do so nt their own rik. Some Knjili-li newspaper" declnre today that the German announcement hotild in the end benefit Knsland, in that it rightfully entitle the triti-h government to declare contraband nil foodstuffs destined for Germanv. DEMOCRATS PLAN TO RENEW FIGHT FOR SHIPPING BILL WASHINGTON. Feb. 3. Demo cratic leaders in the senate m a fur ther effort to suc tin administration ship purchase hill, were todn- driiw intj new ine (lf net ion. Outnumbered by the opposition, the inujori'v lead ers yesterday tailed to carry out their plan to recommit the bill with instructions for amendment. The new plan under consideration is to recommit the bill without instructions so ns to brin;: it tmpain on a mo tion to discharge the committee if it failed to return th.' measure with amendments recommended by the caucus. Sonic of tin leaders favor this plan if assured enoitli voles to carry it. Meuutimu the democratic leaders are waitinir for the return here next week of two democratic senators. New lauds of Nevada ami Smith of South Cnrolinn. Then, with the vote IS to -18, on n motion to recommit tho bill with instructions to amend, they would count on Vice-President Marshall to break tho tie in their fa vor. tectlou Oregon & California Rail road grant lands, SZS.OOO; reclama tion projects Umatilla, JW.OOO; Klamath, $317,000; Yakima, $1,250.- 000; Okanogan, $51,000; continuing Tillamook Hay Improvements, $172,- 000. The committee omitted the appro priation for tho Deschutes project but an effort will bo mado by Slnuott to hnvo tho Item added In tho house, nnd by Senators Chamberlain and Lane In tho senate, If Sinnott Is un successful. all Hie good in the wot Id that I can." , lis statement in part follews: "I never bought or sold slimei on the' OM'hniige; all my earnings were t'loiu mauufueturitig. If it weie nec essary for me to return to that call ing 1 should not consider the problem of labor us at nil difficult. On the contrary, I enjoyed conferences with our men. We had one rule, come what may: We would never think of running; our works with new men. Mr. Carnegie snid he ''had had only one serious disaster with labor." This was at the time of Ihe riot at Homestead, 1'a, Mr. Carnegie was abroad nt the time, and when lie heard of it he wanted to return homo, hut his pat t nets requested him not to do mV' , - on NO. 272 ID RAISE . TO Barnes Outlines Farmers' Committee Plans to Provide Irrigation at Cost Suggests $1,500,000 Comoany lo Formed for 30,000 Acres at $50 per Acre, Payable In Cash or Labor To the Public: My plan briefly staled In to or ganlzo a company of 30,000 shares at $0 a share, each share to bo good for a paid up water right to ono aero Of land. Six per cent Interest to bo paid on stock from the tlmo It Is Is sued until it Is turned in for a water right anil cancelled) The water to bt leased to tho far mers, they to pay for tho first ten years acli year the cost of mainten ance and Interest; the first two yenrs maintenance to bo figured as a part of tho cost of construction. Tho farmers to hold an option to pur chase at the end of ten years tho wator on an easy payment plan. Criticism Tho chief criticism Is that tho stock could not ho sold. I did not havo In mind, nor do I bellovo that tho stock unendorsed could bo sold to outside capitalists. Hut I do bellovo a homo market can bo created for every sharo of this stock. Thoro aro 30,000 peoplo In Jackson' county. If every ono took ono share, paying for It In cash, provisions, material or work, that would sottlo tho bill. I do not suggest that as a plan, but In order that wo may moro quickly un derstand that the Job Is not Impossi ble, nor the Idea ridiculous. There are 5000 able bodied men In Jackson county,. These men at $2 a day would earn $600 a piece each year, which Is three million dollars. In two years, the time It would taki to build tho ditch, thoy could earn $0,000,000 million dollars. Working one-fourth of tho tlmo for tho canal It could bo built. For tho past two years our able bodied men havo been Idle one-fourth of tho time. Just ho causo wo haven't a comprehensive Irrigation system. Jackson county now has idle men, that rightly bo long here, In every stuto In thu Union. Now tho ditch could bo built with this wasted labor. But that Is not exactly my plan, but you see It begins to look a little moro possible Pay in Work It these men would put in their Idle tlmo for tho next two years In building tho canal, they cluld bo paid all together In ditch stock nnd could barter, that Is, trade this stock for things they could mako better mm of than the six per cent Interest they could get on the stock It they held It. A man earning a sharo for example could trade It to Mr, Hoko for canned beans, tomatoes and loganberries. Mr, Hoke could trado It to so mo Hear creek bottom farmer for mora beans and tomatoes and loganborrles to can. And that farmer might Induco the man he owes last year's Interest to. to take it In payment for that debt. Tho doctor, tho druggist, tho mer chant, could all bo traded certain amounts of this stock, especially some, of last year's bills could be paid this way. With the right public sontl meat back of It it could bo made to clrculato to some extent. Hut that (Contlnuod on page two.) E BLI E LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 3. A bliz zard which Juis been iiifrin;; in west ern and northern Nebraska spent it self beforo reaching the fcoutliwettfcrn pint of the state. Northern No btaska received ('rum twelve to bix teen inches. In tho western part of tho state a terrifiu gulo swept (ho snow into (he cuts, stalling nil trains and blowing ioun telephone mid tele. graph lines. SIOl'X (TIT, In., Feb. 5. Tim o vercst hlir.iinl of the winter is ruirimr in this sQeliou today, Strpoiciir frnf iie is tied no ami railroad train "V layed. ihe schools bavy bwn ili piissed for the day, fhnrw u ftv iicies of mioiv. HW COIN BUILD WATER SYSTEM EVER ZZARD RA S IN NEBRASKA . & . ii i 'i il - f.'U A 4r V