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w Medford Mail Tribune m M'i SECOND EDITION WEATHER I'nli- Mnv. Mf MIh, ai.- Forty-fuiirlh Yr. IMIv - Ninth Vnnr MEDFORD, OJEaON, MONDAY, FKBRrAIlV 1.',, 1015 T GERMANY COSTS ALLIES TEN BILLION wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmik k - J NO. 280 . - :-Ij nnil i a do niiMiiTi c n 5 1 1 1 1 1 I Ulli lllliillllll I iilf, "f ' I 1 1 I I I M I 1 1 I IIVII I I rEI' ' ' t.' WwLLl 1111 lwllllIM I LI til ; '' v COSTLIEST WAR FLOODS IN ALL HISTORY or-n Clnncrllor Says Present Slrunulc Means Greatest Expenditure In Money nnil Lives World Has Eyer Witnessed Prohibition Increases nussla's Capacity. LONDON, IVIr. I.V-ln n slnte incut ewpluiiulniv nf the nirnngcinciit HHIltl' lit tll ll'CCIll l(lUfCICrO III'- ' I went the fipnjter iniiiUtitt of I'rnmii iiml Itiixxin iiml liiniM'lf in I'nrK On- ill LlnVil (ll0IU,lt told lilt' llOIIM' I III- iifli'iiiiiiiii tujl iio expenditure "' I ho allien mi (tut war would he Inn billion pounds sleiling, dining tlu pi cent year, of wlili'li tlrcnt lliit niu wiiK spending more money limn weir Iiit two nllli'H, Tito prccul nur, .Mr. l.in.wi-uriirge sum, wiih ini' iihh iwiiiii in iniiliiriiil, iiifii mill money Unit Iiml over been wngcii. (I rent Miitnlit, the chancellor of the (M'lii'iiiii'r lolil tho house of cinn iiioiit, could lintiiier tlu wnr for five eurs out of tin proceed- of hrr in M"liiiriilH iiliroml. Franco was able to ilo mi for nlioiit two or three cnr with something to miiiic. Ituscin. ho said, iilthoiiuh indlcimislv rich in iinliimnl ri'MiiiH'i"., wn in a diflVicut poiiioit. Mr. I.lnyd-Oenrgr nnitl Hint it wns derided at Hie cnuferriH'r- of the tin hum niinUtern hi Fnris not to iMir a joint hum. Kffcrt of I'iiilillillion Tho chancellor said Hint Huxsin Iiml iur.rrucil Iiit productivity from HO to -1(1 per prut hy suppressing thr Mill' of oillui. Kiikxui hud Hpcciul ltf fit'tilt io4 on financing hrr purrluiNiw abroad, nnd tin' nuio lliln Iiml applied to Franco. "I mil not Hiiro wr realize thr strain on thin gnllmit I'ountry," thr chancel lor of tint rrhriitrr rinitiuiinl, "She Iiml a larger proportion of hrr men ' in thr firlil mul thr runny in occupa tion of thr richest part of hrr Inii lory. N'rvrrthrliwK thr confidence o thr l'lrnrh nation strikes rvrrv visi tor to Pari. There is to ho seen n 1'iilin mul sincere courage supposed to lie inciimpnlible with thr triiiU'rainrut of thr frit, ami our holds thr general nsxiiraiu'o t lint thr Orruimi nnnv has iik inurli rhnnco of crushing Franco us of owrrunning Mors," All In (.'oiuuioii Karh ally mint hriucr its rrsonrces into the comtnuii, hloclc, Mr. l.loyil flenrgo routimieil; wur roulil not ho iiimlu uiiilrr limited liuhilily principles. Thr rniiforeneo dismissed thr iilra of it point iutriuatinnul loan, which woulil havr frightened rvrrv bourse, ami it hail burn derided that rarh country woulil rnihii thr money need cil within it own trrrilnrirs, not' nr ax condition niinwrti. inn u urip k. were nrrilnl for purchases iihinod thoKo who hail menu woulil hrlp thrir nowrr. Tho only joint lonn wnulld ho with rrsprrl to tho advances mndo or to ho mmlo to tiio siuiillcr of tho allied stnles. With regard to Huwslun nnri'liuMp, thr cliiinrolloi' Hnitl it had hern decid ed that tho firt fifty million pouudu htrrllnjr for (IiIh pnrposo Hltould he luixrd ill equal ninoiiuts on tho l'aris ami Loudon imukctH. EUROPEAN BUYING SENDS WHEAT UP nilCAOO, Fob, In. llrnowal of Kitropran puipliasini,' nmoiHitinjr U) millions of IiiihIicIh run up wheat jirici'H. today with it oulorily Hint yns u reminder of utiirday'ri swift dp clino. Itoforo Iho soHHion wiih lialf over today, iiioio than livo cmitH Iiml hcc.ii lidded tu llui Until valuer ol' liiht weok. Wiiv rlHlnur to l.rll !l-8 iih UKiiinHt if I, fit 1-1 at tlio iiIoho on Suliirday. July, whielt Iiiih brctunu tho Icadiiu; oplion in point 'of activity, mounted i'uiir editti lo ifi.Ua 7-B. 0 CITIES OF ITALY; EA Stricken Nation Recovers From Quake Disaster to Experience Flood All Rivers Out of Banks Tiber Rises Fifty Feet Submerging Leonlde City or Vatican Part of Rome. HOMi:, 1I. If.. The flood water In tlio RtiretH n roil ml Ht. I'otrm hnu rlson to a IicIkIiI of four feet ami ) 1 Inrlim. KrVrrnt wnlU luivr collapiod tint without Horloun conxo qiloncoa, Tho crrnt utrnlrnRr of .100 Htrpii In Mount lendlnK from thr Trnlitrvrro Mlnllon to tho .Montovrrdn nccllon, n hilly ipinrter of llu city. In at thin hour tlirrntruliiK to rollapno liecnimo of underiiilnltiK hy thn wntitrn. U.M12. IVb. I.",. Italy. havltiR Junt plumed tliroiiRli n period of kiuvc mix Irty, mi n rcMilt of dmtructlvo earth qunltr. I now fnrliiK u mm- peril In thn form of IIooiIm. Kwrywhrro KtrrauiR urn out of their linnkH. duo to henvy riilnntoriim. Tmmik In ltrM.no Wink In thr low lylnR qiinrtrrit thr pro plo hna lieen driven from their hotum or nrn prUonern In tho upper KtorlrH of their Iiouhoh, Tho mtlltnry nuthorltlrH lmo taken cosnlinnco of tho ultuntlon and troopit hnvr lni-n nrnl to ntd In rmcuo work nnd to provldo food to Hiifferorn cut off from nupplleii. In Home tho ltlvnr Tiber In mora limit CO fret out of lt normal bank nrnl I rlnliiK at thr rate of two Inches an hour. Tho l.ronldo City, a thr vatlrnn quarter of Itnmo I called, I In tho lower part of tho town and this sec tion In Kcnernlly flooded. Tho water, however, tin not reached thn npas Inllr pnhtco of Bt. IVtrr. I'opo llenedlct takltiR a Hynipnthrtlr trrrst In tho situation nnd ban In sttuctcd nil tho parish priests to dis play tho Kronlcsl energy In nldliiR their distressed parishioner. Tho popo himself spent n Kood deal of hi tlmo .Sunday In watching tho rlsliiK wntors In tho quarter Just below tho apostolic palace. I. lino iK'imsIt l.'xplodo Tho authoiltle have closed the road from Home to tho sea, in which them nro several deposits of carbide nnd llmo. Home of these, throiiRh In flltrrntlon from tho flooded Tiber, Imvo already exploded nnd caused nearby bulldliiK to collapse. Fortu nately there wmo no victim, na tho people foreseeing daiiKcr, bnd left thu plnco. Orrnt ntixloty la. felt today for tho famous Bt. Anuo'lo brhlKo, orlRlnnlly erected by Kmporor l'adrlan nnd which connects his tomb with tho city. Tho water I already over tho pillar of tho bridge, and troop, en gineers and firemen nro nt thn scono doing what 1 possible to check tho peril. MIIoh bridge, built more than 100 years before Christ I Inundated, and water also surrounds tho Impos ing llnslllcn of St. I'nul. OM VENICE GERMANY'S PROPOSALS TO ITALY ROMK, Fob. 1 1. The Idea Nuvloii alo, u nownpaper published in tho in terests of tho Nationalist party, in its issue today, publishes a forecast of (lormnii )roposals to Italy, which rpnd n follows; "Heforo tho end of February Prince von Heulow, the (Ionium ambassador to Italy, will present to tho Italian govoi'iimenl u concieto firnpoinl for Italian participation in tho war' on tho 8ido of Goimuny. This consists of tho cession by Austria of tho prov ince of Trent and tho fortification of Iho eastern Italian frontier by tho addition of u strip nf land Roiiip; ' fur aft thu Isouxo river, in addition (lorninny will uledgo herself to con clude a now treaty with Italy which will afford protection tu Ituly'w Med iterranean ipture-sta, E Senate Orders Investigation of Ef forts of Shipping Trust to Block Slilpplrv'. Bill as Well as Examina tion of Secretary McAtloo and Warburrj. WAHIII.VdTON, Km. 15. Invrstl catlon of nil charge of InfluniceH at work for and uruIiim tho administra tion hill wdh ordered today hy the senate. Administration democrats nrnl fill husterliiK reptibllcaiiK unanlmoiisly voteil tor a resolution lo look Into ctiarm-H of lohh)lnK hy tho Mi-called ahlpplm; trust mid to Inquire Into any m'Kotlntlons hy aduilnlitratlott offi cials to buy bclllKcroiil shlp. Paul M. WnrhurK of tho federal re serve hoard, whoso nnmo ha been hroiiKht up In tho samite debates, t hull senators onposrd to thr shin bill liavo questioned whether Kuhn. l.oeb & Company, of which ho for merly a a member, were not Inter ested In selllnK Herman ships to the Kovrrniucnt, mndo a statement today dlsclalliiB ho ever had discussed the ship bill with any one, nnd reiterated that he gava up nil outsldo affilia tions when ho Joined tho federal hoard, Strike nt MeA.Ioo With nmumlmunta to InvesllRatn nlleKed activity of shipplni; Interests nRnlnst thu bill, Senator Ilurton's resolution for an Inquiry Into any no- Kotlntlons by Kovcrnmcnt officials for option on bolllgorcnt ship wan favorably rtorted by tho senate commlttro which ntithurlxca expenses. Tho .orlclnnt resolution Intimates that there has been corrupt Influence behind tho Influence of tills shipping bill, Chairman Williams said, prosent Iiir tho commlttro report. "It Is In tended to strlko nl tho secretary of tho treasury, wo mlKht ns well be F'RDR LOBBY FDRANOAGAN HP PURCHASE ln-!frnnk nbollt thnt nnil nl ft mombcr of tho federal reserve board. If there I lottoncs on one side of this Den mark wo had bettor see what Is on thu other fllde." Kxposo Kffort of Trust Tho amendment propose that tho Investigation Includo "what effort tho 80-cnllod shipping trust has made. to prevent tho passago of tho ship purchase bill; that it bo ascertained what shipping corporations nnd cham ber of commerce dominated by ship ping Interests lmvo maintained legal representatives In Washington to op poso tho bill, nnd that tt also bo as certained whnt senators nro stock or bond holders In tho United Fruit company, or other shipping corpora tions with which government ships might compete." .Senator Heed spoke nt length in detonso of tho sccrotnry of tho treas ury, upon thorn, ho said, Senator Ilur ton's resolution cast a reflection. Conference between President Wilson and democrats of tho houso nnd srnnto revealed wldo diversity of vlows about calling nu oxtra session, but developed that tho president stttl (Continued on Pupc 2.) "In qxchange, Italy is to take part in tho war at oner. Sho will occupy Tunis nnd help Turkey dtivr tho Fug lish from J'gypt, which will return under tho dominion of tho sultan nf Turkey. In addition tho Italian fleet will attack tho Anglo-French naval forces in Hio Mediterranean." Continuing tho Idea Naxionnlo says that Prlhco von Heulow, referring to Trieste, imado this statement : "U ia impossible to give Triesto to Italy becnus'a this seaport is the lung not of Austria, but of Germany." At tho conclusion of ono of his con vrrsatioiiK with tho Italian statesmen, Princo von lloulow, neoording to this newspaper, mndo uso of this phrnse: "M.'ilbn.. Tlnl.. will 1.a c..;.,..ii. . tV IIHI '1 IIV AtthMMr - want ud or wo will treat hrr worso Hutu Wo nro treating England," MYSTERY STILL VEILS TBP7 . JL debris . ii-Wit ; lsni5,'iiii fcn-! - ; -. .,- -tr,v-yg?gi-- C--i? ASIILAS'I), Fdi. H. The con stniction of the pliienl plant of the city auxiliary water s.XKteiu wnn let hy contract Satunlu to Smith, Hm rry & Co. of Sou Franricco, clK'iii ical riiRinrers. A repre.-riilatiM' of thr firm was in tow of last week in con water cotnmUtion, Me. Oreqr, Miukler & I)od;r, the parties koiii. over an array of eliniar and fiy1 ures on a lnr"c ncnle, iiui-iuiich an the coniitruetion worktiFo1rji n 'l-tipn-'l -"i;. July 1. 101.1. 1 Rtv Different Waters The installation of this plant con tcinplntes the mobilirntiou of six dil- frivnt mineral witter at n spacious nnd elaborate water temple in the I park, where the waters will be free! i i. ...,i.i:.. 'ci... . ,.:r:.. ....-;..(....' Il Ml llliilli. liv rrvi-iiu ti,i-ii arc new lithia, lithia soda, l(erkele.v soda, Cuniiinghaiu gas, sulphur, both natural and carbonated und Mount Ashland plain and carbonated. Thr hitter specification is tho Ashland creek supply, ns taken from the city mains. Chief in the list is the new lithia, the medicinal virtues of which are pronounced second to none. Tho letter nnd spirit of thr con tract insjires tho erection of a tourist hotel and water euro sanitarium at an outlay of $l."0,0nn nnd $200,000 re spectively. Incident to the enter prise, the Southern Pacific bureau of information is back of the nndei tak ing in n general advertising way. llouils ltcjuly in Mnrrh Financially, $100,000 in bonds will ho placed with San Francisco in vestors, tho balance or tho .?17.",000 issue to be handled by tho syndicate of local business men, $2.",000 of which is reserved for homo invest incut, $tfi0,000 being already taken and f 10,000 more spoken for. Tho bonds will bo ready for delivery on March 1, nnd nro to bring par nnd accrued interest. Questions ns to their validity have been favorably passed upon by Dillon, Thomson & Clay, bond attorneys of New lurk. " J roita sum SALKM, Or., Feb. lo.With com paratively littlo debate, tho Otrgon senate, realizing that lessthnn a week remained before tho present session ended, today rushed through soma of tho most important measures of tho Among them was. a bill by session. tho houso committee on judieiury nnd revision of laws, providing for per manent registration of voters. Among nine otlior houso bills passed by the sennto nt tho forenoon session wore mensurrs nmending tho laws to pro vido that the salaries of stuto offic ials shall bo paid monthly instead of quarterly, making J000 tho limit of population in cities that may own public utilities, and amending the hanking laws to oonfoun to tho fed- enil reservo uct, Inted contract price in the Mini ofj1" '" l'" umiyvav oi in- Mnuy, nv ir in j;rcciim; callers, ami unit tallen flOO.OOO. Work will begin nt once t back word, for bis fuec was upturned. hi arms were outstretched and und tho job is to be completed by J bj body lav straight, with Hie feet ju-toer thr doon-ill. MURDER OF PRIEST AND WOMAN AT NEW BRITAIN, CONN. reowo OUTSIDE- RECTORy WHERE-DOUBLE- MUKOfifl. OCCUZRIO. V V". ' T s S Killed !Iy a imtkoii or pen-nun wiioc motive i hhrouded in mvstcry nn ii the greater pall i ''WP " ' their identity, the Krv. Joseph Zeliris pastor of St. Andrcw'a Miltntion uith theiLithunuiau ltomnii Catholic church, of New Itritain, Conn., and bin boue kreper, Jlw Ka fnlmiin. were found jhut city. The body of Father Zehri jwliicb i nl the left of nnd only n few were two bullet wounds jut over hix neck was four feet of heavy twine, lir . .. . ... . ,-w k. GERMAN NOTE WASHINGTON', Feb. IS. Count Hornstorff, tho German nmbns.-ador, today presented to the state depart ment a nolo from his government an nouncing that Gejinany stands ready to consider receding from its an nounced intention of attacking Hrit- l-li merchantmen, if Urent Itritain will withdraw its efforts to prevent food stuffs from going to Germany The note declares that Germany's plan to attack UritMi merchantmen was a retaliatory mcnMiro adopted hcrmie of tho alleged violation of in ternational law by Great Itritain in trying to stars o the noucombataiit population of Germany and Hint the latter government is ready to with draw from its purposo as expressed in tho naval war zone decree, ns far as it applies to merchant vessels, as soon us Great Itritain, cither of its own volition or as n result of repre sentations from tho neutrals, ex presses her willingness to return to the usual practices of international law on tho ouestion of foodstuffs. K REMOVAL FOOD EMBARGO TOY BALLOONS CAUSE WAR SCARE OTTAWA, Feb. ir.- A dispatch re- reived today by tho Canadian 1'ivga from Ilrockvillo said that tho nero- plane scare of last night bad been dispelled. Tho dominion police, no cording to tho dispatch, today found tho lemuants of two toy balloons which were launched nt Morristown, N. Y., in connection with tho cele bration of 100 years of peace between tho United Slates and Canada. Tho dominion police are of tho opinion that tho lighted balloons were mistaken by persons who saw them for search lights or aeroplanes, Various persons told tho police Hint the first of the mnehiues approached Hroclaillc at S o'clock last night nnd that tho second followed in the same path about twenty minutes later. Both worn said to have disappeared in tho direction of Ottawa. Both machines wero described as carrying beurch lights which wero directed upou the dead in the reetory of the church in lay on the floor of his little Mudy, feet from the front .door. There, heart, nnd tiuhtly wound around hi evidently had been shot while stand- ..- . -..... EXTRA SESSION TALK LOOMS BIG i AT WASHINGTON, Feb. lo. Talk of an extra session of congress was up j)ormost at the capitol today, even overshadowing the administration ship bill. It seemed to bo agreed on all sides that the developments of this week will decide. While the houso democrats workco earnestly to clear the wav for cau cus approval of the compromise ship bill tonight, tho sennto waited mid discussed processes for limiting de bate. It seemed nrobnblo that a sen ate rule for speedy consideration of compromise ns it comes from the house might result. Tho republicans, however, continued to promise plenty of opposition. Secretary, MeAdoo notified Senator Fletcher that all information in his offico regarding any negotiations for belligerent ships laid up in American ports was nvuilahlo whether tho sen ate pnssed Senntor Burton's resolu tion calling for it or not. ground mver which they were flying. A daughter of Edward Hillings, n farmer living near Hrookville, said ono of tho aeroplanes flow only fifty feet above her. Persons living in Bellamy, n village on tho Canadian Paoifio railway north of Brookville, saw flashes in tho sky. They thought they were lightning, tho police say. Besidents of Brockvillo rcfuso to accept statements mndo by young men of Morristown, N, Y., that bal loons sent up by them last night were responsible, for tho report that nero plunes had crossed the bordor nt that point. Tho Canadian pross today ro ccived dispatches to tho effect that responsible residents claimed they saw tho aeroplanes cross tho St. Lnwrenco. Tho incident, it was said by tho Dominion police, would bo re ported to thu s(uto depaitmeut t Washington, WASHINGTON JITNEY BOSSES FROM' SEAM SF Seattle Business Men PrMtetin Aitk Service, With Eleven Cent 6MiiM and Tent City at Medfarrf it Take Sid Trip to Crater Lake-Sfc-ftM at Railreads fer DIscrimiMtiM. Promotion of a Jltuer jwwfnKer acrvlco Ixjtween Swttleiina a(Fran clsco. with 11 WHt'iifrj5lten'"giK. line, n ten city W.teurhta'w'iUi'ii side trip to CfjtefjUJuy and the mrm rate a railreaitWfVf-kilHiHir.way by Seattle capitalist,' keaded "V h. II Orlfflthr. who engineered Che dol that built tho famed .Moore Hotel In tho Sound metropolis. Mr. Grifflt la In tho city today arranging the pre llmlnary details. Tho final decision on tho plan will not bo known for a week or ten day. It I planned to put the ichetno In opcratloa by April 1st. Medford will be ono of the division points on the proposed service. Ne gotiations are under way for the rent ing of the fair grounds an the site for tho ten city, where meal and lodging will bo furnished the over-flow-from the hotel, lloaeburg ha furnished a site, the oflier division point in the state outside of Portland and Med ford. Mr. Griffiths 1 also arranging for the securing or automobiles Ir this city for the trip over the Slskt yous, and will leave toalght for a meeting with his associate al Seattle upon the feasibility of the plan. To Offset Itallromt The plan Is the outgrowth ot a disposition on tho part of tho rail roads to route visitors to the Saa Francisco fair over tho southern route. According to Mr. Griffiths, 100,000 people will leave Seattle to seo tho fair. An average ot $100 was allowed for expense. This would mean $10,000,000 pouring Into tho coffer of the railroad. The Seattlo capitalists determined to di vert a part of this goldea stream to the communities along the way, and at tho samo time advertise the great northwest. The plan offers tourists an opportunity to see the country, la leisurely manner without the cramped vision of a car window la tho hot and dusty summer time. It Is figured that 90 per cent of the travelers would prefer traveling by auto. , An Itinerary of scenic attractions along tho route, which woutd use the Pacific highway as far as possible will bo printed, and Mr. Griffith conferred with Secretary Streets e! tho Commercial club this morning upon this point. Crater Lake, one ot tho natural sconlo wonders ot the west, tho Marblo Caves of Josephine county, and the fishing spot ot the Roguo valley will figure la a book let to bo printed. The advertising to the northwest from this source would be Invaluable. Upon Ilegulnr Schedule The operation ot the line would be upon tho samo principle aa the rail roads, timetables, regular runs.lvl- alon points, and regular stoppJac? places. Superintendents would direct each division, with a guide and driver with each car. Each division would hnvo a master mechanic and repair shops. Tho Idea of the tent cities (Continued oa page two.) AIDQUIPQ RHMDlDn Vh MONTENEGRIN ROM CKTT1NJB, Montenegro, Feb. IB, -Tho mombers ot the royal fawUy " of Montenegro were subJeeteyMiw' day in their residence at Klka to, aa chjue gun fre from two Ajujlteisi aeroplano. vJ ltleka U a village near Lake lea. tarl, where the royal family ..MMW tho winter. King Nlahol, the'a.MMi and the prluoewies watehwt the MrM raiders from thulr ple wiowa, Several of the. buUets fired irwui VM aeroplanes fell r tWas,'1 01 D I ' i 01 1.1 VI VI -a t t: f ?: -.