Medford mail tribune., February 23, 1915, SECOND EDITION, Image 1

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SECOND
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Vorty.fourth Yr.
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American Stcnmcr Cnrlh Strikes a
Mlno nnd Norwegian Stcnmcr nejjln
Is Sunk Off Dover Either by Mine
or Submarine Austrian Loss Re
ported Heavy.
, IIKItUN, Feb. 'j:i. Tint Aiiicilcnit
hlnimer ('mill Iiiin gone In llm bottom
till' tint Herman i'oat in tho North
M'l IIM II ICHIlIt of running on u tllillO.
At tin' time of this disaster to tliu
('mill tlio vckhuI w;ns tint unlng the
mule lit i 1 (town in I lie Ocimiiu iiiiirini'
iii-lnii'lioiih,
Tin ('milt belonged to the Clyde
line. Klin u'iih of U2HO tons net ami
left CIiiiiIi'Moii. .Inntiurv 27. for lire
iin'ii. Slut wan in i'oiiiiiiiiihI nf Clip,
tiiiu Col. Tlic CiiiiIi win, liuilt in
IH82 at I'orl (lliibgow. Seotlaiid. She
uiih 288 Vct lonand .'III feel lit'iiin.
LONDON, 11.. 23.-Tl.e Norwrg
inn Menuier Hegiu wiii mink off Do
ver thix morning liy cither a Milium -rinit
ora mine. Tlio ercw of twenty
two writ' mivi'il. Tin' Kegiu, carry,
ing coiil from the Tyno to llotdcuiix,
Hank ten iiiiniitoH alter Mio wiik
Mi nek.
.titrlnii Iihn Kcjiv y
Ih'iivy lo.i'i were Mi-luini'il liy the
AiiHlriiii in tin1 reenit fighting, nyn
tin' KtiNxiiiti general ftnf f, einimini:
M'Vfinl victnticn in (taliciii. In north
ern Poland it h wild a Hiicceful
Maud Iiiim lict'ii made again! the C!r
iiiaii". Official coiitiniiiilcatioiis from
llcrlin ami Vienna, however, tell of
ItiiHxinii reveix'x anil heavy Ioihch.
In the western battle fields there am
no feign of returning miiuty.
The famoim catlieilrul at lllicim.
which was. dtiiiiugvd early in tint wan
hmf Mifforcil further ncrum injury,
the French war office announced to.
day. Tint Germans are charged with
having maiht a Hieeial target of the
cut h id in I during a violent bombard
incut of the city, mill it U'Miid that
the interior of the vaulted toof gave
w ay.
Fi-ogreim In Voftgc
The Merlin conimiiuieatiou icporli.
further progress in the Vogen, where
the (let mints have heeu Inking town
alter town during tlio IuhI week. The
capluie of another town near Muel
haeh is aiiuoiiuci'd today.
In the recent, hattlu of the Mnr.ur
inn lakes district hi cant l,ni--in.
uhieh resulted In the expulsion of the
IftiNHiiiiK fr.otu Ueiniau noil, Mill) can
noii, including ten pieces of heavy
ealihie, went captured, the Merlin
eoiiiiiiuuicatiiiii htates. In regard to
Hie pteseut pliauo o tlio campaign,
ItiihMiin staff officers me opIiinUtlc,
believing that the (leniiati advance In
northern Poland has hecn halted def
initely. , SLEET
MISSOURI VALLEY
CIIICAdO, Feb. a:i.-A wind, snow
mid sleet storm pi out rated telephone
and telegraph wires in western Mis
souri, Jowa, Kansas, Nebraska and
South Dakota, according to advices
received today bv tlio telegraph com
panies, Many poles have heeu blown
down nnd several uilies out off from
wire eonuniiiiieatton,
Telegraph service, out of Chicago to
tlio west was badly hampered early
today and lb" companies there said
there wiih little prospect of improve
ment for at least twenty-four hours.
EIGHT HOUR LAW
FOR WOMEN UPHELD
WASHINGTON', Feb. 23. The
California eight-hour law for women
employed in manufacturing establish
ments, except those in hnrvestii'ir mid
canning fruit, boarding bouses and
graduate nurses in hospitals, was up
held as constitutional today hy the
Miprcimt coin I,
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0N1S1NS0IL
Tenth Army, Which Lost an Entire
Corps In Enst Prussia, Renews
Struoijlc Success Claimed Against
Austrlans In Caruathlans Artil
lery Duels Alonp, Western Front.
LONDON, Fell, 23. -The ItiiHKlnn
tenth mtny, which, according to an
official icpott hy Grand DiiIid Nicho
las, the KiiHNiau couiuiiiuilcr.iu.chief,
in the field, lost one of its corps in
the last dig buttle in caul Primula,
now Mauds at hay along the line of
the Nn lew, Molir and .Sicilian rivers
within IttiHMMii territory.
The Intel official coinmiinlcatiou
relates niaiiy ioated engagements in
this region, which inav menu that a
counter til fetish e in now in progress,
hut of this there In no continuation.
Nurrcv.eN (her AiiMrlnni
On the soiitheiu think alo the
ItiissiaiiH have ri'tiorted local mic
ecNsei, hut thcxe arc not admitted hy
Vicuna, which claims that all Itussiau
ciiiiuter-atlaekH have hecu rcpnUed
with hcay Iom's to the lliiHHiitn.
Moth sides icport the capture of
tunny tirioucr, and while the fight
ing has heeu without definite results
it is evident that the strangle for the
mountain passes has hecn extremely
sanguinary and that the eoiahats in
(lalicia have assumed a more violent
character.
Artillery engagements have hecn
the distinguishim; feature of activity
along (he western I .le front during
the iiast twenty-four hours, with the
French claiming t':n destruction of a
heavy (lenuaii gnu at Lomluieityde
mid admitting that the city of Itheiius
has heeu violently humliaided.
eiK'llii Itoiiilmrtluieiit
"Only recent' activity in the air has
been provided liv a single Zeppelin,
which dropped bombs on Calais yes
tentay, while the only incident of
note in connection with the submarine
blockade has hecn the safe arrival at
Liverpool of the Canard line steamer
Old a u a front New York, rVbriinry Ml.
Nothing further has been heard in
Knglaud of the Herman submarines
overdue at Ctixlimcn, concerning
whose safety the (Icnuuus are anx
ious. II OF $50,000 GEMS
LOS ANOF.LF.S, Oil., Feb. 23.
Withiu four hours ufter her arrival
hero in a special ear, Mrs. Alfred
Smith, wife of the president of the
New York Central railtoad, repotted
to the police that her bungalow on
a fashionable siibuibaii hotel reser
vation had been entered mid .f.iO,0()0
worth of jewelry stolen from tlio ef
fects of herself and her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Finery II. Smith. Police de
tectives said today that the robbery
i illicr was planned mid carried out
by persons who followed the Smith
party fiotn Now York, or was the
woiU of some man or woman who
had access to the apartments of hotel
tjuosts.
According to detectives, last night's
robbery was tlui fourth experienced
bv Mrs. Smith, lho rohhorv occur
red while the Smiths were at dinner
in the hotel,
BERNARD DALY
JUDGE OE LAKE
SALK.M, Oro., Fob. 2.1. Proceed
ing on tlio theory that tlio Judiciary
should ho liou-pnrtUnti, Governor
James Wlthy'combo today nponlnteri
lleraurd Only, u democrat, ns circuit
Judge for tlio 1-tth Judicial dlMrlet,
comprising l.ako county, which was
crentod by the recent legislature
For 27 years Judge Duly hau boon
a resident of Lnko county nnd for lit
yeiiiH has been county Judge of tho
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WASHINGTON, Fob. 23 -The en
tente allies lmo made representa
tions to tlio I'uttcd States that Ger
many It not meeting tho cost of cure
of her prisoners of war In their camps
and hnve asked tho United States, ns
caring for tho diplomatic Interests of
nil tho warring powers, to mako rep
resentations to Merlin.
Tlio effort to provide supervision
of nil prison camps hy American
army officers In the Interest of hu
manity nnd to establish uniform
trenttucnt coins to hnvo been perma
nently checked because tliu warring
countries don't ttgreo upon tho ex
tent of American acthltles.
Meanwhile some of tho reports re
ceived declaro tho treatment of pris
oners, In some cases, In violation of
tho Geneva and llngiio conventions.
FL000S CONTINUE
TO DEVASTATE ITALY
KO.MH. Feb. 2a. Tho floods In
Italy continue and Inundations are
reported from parts of tho country
distant from Home.
Tho Tiber has been rising and una
now reached a stage of If, feet. Tho
rains continue and somo pails of
Home and largo tracts of the Bur
rounding country are under wartor.
TJitro Is a heavy fall of snow In tho
mountains. Avalanches nnd snow
ta foot deep nro reported.
OF
8ALKM, Oro., Feb. 2a. After sign
tug C3 bills, Speaker Men Selling to
day officially adjourned tho house at
0: 45 a, in. Koprosoutatlvo Dana II,
Allen, of Marlon was present and
mado tho motion to adjourn and
Chief Cleric Drngor was prosont to
rocord M. Tho spoliators consisted
at Janitors. No formal adjournment
wnH taken when tho house disbanded
Sunday morning.
NERVENE
WAR
PRISONER
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Mail Tribune
OlfEOON, TUESDAY, lMOI)I(lTAliY 2.'5, 1915
Ambassndor Sir Cecil Spring Itice,
State", atlef, and Count Von Meritstorlf, Oertnan aiabnssador, from
snapshot taken on the street at Washington, 1). 0.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF
SHIP IS TORPEDOED?
" ifr G ILSON (IAKDNER.
WASHINGTON, U ('., Fob. 23. What will hap
pen if nn American vessel is torpedoed in the waters
of tho British-German war zone i
So clear Is tho nnswor In tho minds of officials nnd politicians
hero that they hesitate to talk ubout It, behind closed doom. perhaps,
but not oponly or publicly.
What amounts to an ultimatum lias been served
by our state department on the German foreign of
fice. Germany will be held accountable. Any dam
ago to our shipping will be regarded as an unfriendly
act.
And scores of neutral ships are headed straight toward tho dan
ger zone. Thero nro floating mines ns well as submarines, which
may bo encountered. It Is hardly possible that nil will escape. Tho
nttnek tuny ho Intentional or accidental. It has boen suggested In
Derlln dispatches that tho llrltlsh Intend to torpedo nn American
ship purposely to cmbrolj tho United Stntes with Germany.
What then? Thero Is talk already of seizing nil Interned Gorman
merchant ships In this country by way of reprisal. It is generally
felt that following any such net wnr would bo inevitable.
Hut would It?
Tliu following rensons with tend to mako tho final answer nega
tive: 1. The administration will insist upon deliberate
action.
2. Tho administration will insist on an inquiry
sufficient to develop all the facts and definitely to
place tho responsibility.
a. THE UNITED STATES TS UNPREPARED
FOR WAR. This country has no army, no coast for
tifications better than pasteboard, less than half of
ono shift to man them, and our navy is about half big
enough to defend our coasts, to siiy nothing of our
foreign possessions and Alaska.
When tho excitement comes, It It dooa cotuo, It would bo well
for tho public to keep these facts in mind. Wars like this nro not
fought by talk. Our navy is small and in no shnpo for u campaign.
It acting on tho dofonslvo only, our navy would ltavo difficulty in
protecting ono of our coasts; tho other would havo to bo left with
out protection. Theso facts woro nil brought out before tho houso
commltteo when tlio current naval bill was under consideration.
Our navy Is mostly In tho futuro tenso. Thero nro soma excellent
plans being considered, but wo cannot fight with plans.
Jt is useless to say that Germany is in no position
to attack us. Sho might bo at any tinio. A rovorso in
tho British naval forces; a hig victory for tho German
flcot hold in resorvo behind tho mines of Helgoland,
and German ships would be free to raid tho Atlantic
cities.
Wo havo no armored ships within seyen knots an hour as fast
ns tho latest Gorman ships. Tho recent typo is tho battlo cruiser.
Wo 'havo no battlo cruisers.
Theso aro a fow of tho reasons why Undo Sam will go slowly.
GLEASON WINS $60,000
FOR DEFENDING THAW
WASHINGTON1, Feb. 23, John in
Oleason, u New York lawyer, lo&t to
day his Bupretno court suit for .WO,-
(1110 for defending Hurry K. Thaw in
bin firt trial for killing Stiuifrml
Willie.
Orent Mntmu's envoy to the United
AN AMERICAN
NOTHING; KEEP COOL
WOMAN FALLS DOWN
WASHINGTON MONUMENT
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WASHINGTON, Feb. J3. An un
identified woman fell down tho ele
vator shaft of the Washington monu
ment, more than fiOO feet, today and
was killed,
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One Warrior, One Squaw and Three
Pappooses Slain by Whites Gov
ernment Urfjeil to Take Action by
Alarmed Citizens Isolated Mem
bers of Posse Return.
SALT LAKB CITY, Utah, Feb. 23.
A special to lho Decrt Kvcnlng
News from Iiluff report today that
the Indians, driven from Cotton
wood Gulch, at the edge of the town,
havo received reinforcements and
'havo fortified themselves In Butler
wash, eight miles west of Dluff. Tho
posse Is organizing In tho town to
ndvanco on tlio Indians' new posi
tion. Indian guides havo been ob
tained to assist the posso In Its fu
turo movements,
Tho News correspondent gives the
list of casualties among the Indians
ns five Including ono warrior, one
squaw and threo pappooses. Tho
warrior and two children were killed
in tho first encounter and the squaw
nnd three other children were
drowned when attempting to ford tho
San Juan river in tho first day's re
treat. Known casualties among tho
whites consist of J. C. Aiken killed
nnd a man by tho name of Cordova,
wounded.
Tho five known members of the
nossce who becamo isolated from the
others returned safely last night, ac
cording to this message. Marshal
Nebckcr has just sent for 5000 addi
tional rounds of ammunition.
A telephone messago received to
day from' Bluff says Indian Agent
Jenkins has wired Washington as
follews:
"Situation here still serious. Citi
zens much alarmed nnd rrant the gov
ernment to tako decisive action. Mar
shal Xebeker properly Insists that
warrant bo served. Indians holding
In hills. I am endeavoring to get In
touch with tho friendly clement
among the Indians to havo them as
slst in efforts to effect peaceablo ar
rest of Hatch."
GOVERNOR SIGNS
SALKXr, Or., Feb. 23. Governor
James Withycombo today bignotl tlio
house bill passed at the recent legis
lative session, which reorganized the
Oregon naval railitin. Knrly in tho
session n bill to abolish tho naval
militia was introduced, but nt tho
urgent request of Secretary of the
Navy Daniels tho measure which tho
governor signed today was substi
tuted.
Tho new law appropriates $15,000
for the naval militia nnd abolishes tho
present naval hoard, providing in its
placo n staff to cop,stst of tho ad
jutant general unw two commissioned
officers.
Another important measure signed
today was tho Stauficld bill, which
puts all pawnbrokers under tho su
pervision of tho statu superintendent
of hanks. Provision is mado for a
bond and for specified interest rates
on loans.
I
SAUEM,. Oro., Fob. 23. Declaring
that It appeared that tho defendant
through Its president, had docoyed
an aged and Ignorant woman into
making au equivocal contract, tho
Oregon supremo court today affirmed
tho state circuit court In tho caso of
Elizabeth Ilyron vs. tho First Na
tional Dank of Il08Qburg. ,
Tho plaintiff was a customer of
tho bank ani with its president, T.
It. Sheridan mado an agrooment
whoreby ho was to loan hor money ut
Beven per cent and tako ono per cont
I for tho bank, '
BILL REORGANIZING
STATENAVALMI LITA
BANK
BOND
BY PRESIDEN
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Itnln tonight nnd tomorrow
Mat. no? mih. :ih.
NO. 287
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TAFT UPHELD:
TO UNCLE SAM
President's Action in Withdrawing
Property Worth Millions From En
try Sustained by Federal Supreme
Court Fifty Thousand Acres to
California Affected. ,
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 'J3.-PrcM-dent
Tnft's withdrawal of oil lands
in California nnd Wyoming in 15)09"
without empowering lcgislajion was
upheld todny by tho supremo co.ui't.
and entry claim of individuals and
corporations valued nt hundred 'Jt
millions of dollars annually thcrcHy.
8A.N FRANCISCO, Tob 23. Tho
estimated number of acres Involved
In the supremo court's decision to
day Is 2,871.000 In California alone.
Titles to California oil lands held by
more than 100 companies and Indi
viduals, who filed upon theso lands
between September 27, 1003 and
July 2, 1910, aro annulled by tho de
cision. Hough estimates of the valuo
of tho work done upon tho claims lr
the entrymen who forfeit their titles,
fixed the flguro at approximately
140,000,000. In addition to this sev
eral hundreds of thousands of dollars
In Impounded moneys belonging to
various companies which had taken
oil from tho lands, Is subject to con
fiscation by tho government. To
day's decision reverses one by Fed
eral Judge Mnurlco T. Doollng In the
case of the United States vs. tho Mid
way Northern Oil company, deliv
ered last June, although this was
not tho case on appeal. Judge Dool
lng held President Taffs Ithdrawal
order unconstitutional and expressed
his belief that congress alone had the
power of withdrawal of public lands.
This caso was known as the "billion
dollar" oil land caso, although the
suit specifically Involved only ICO
acres.
Despite Judga Pooling's decision,
tho department of Justice continued
to file similar suits to recover tho
land.
LOSS OF EVELYN
TO CAPTAIN '
CREW IS LOST
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. Presi
dent Wilson views tho sinking of tho
American steamer Evelyn in tho
North sen as n tragic accident, ho
told callers today, nnd has hecn un
officially informed that her captain
wns not following n safe qourso laid
out for him. Ho added that warnings;
had been given that mines woro plant
ed in tho urea in which tho Evelyn
was sunk.
The president indicated he has not
yet determined whether replies would
bo sent to tho recent notes from Ger
many and Great Britain on tho war
zones nnd use of tho American flag.
Ho said, however, thero wns nothing
in the German or English notes, which
would cnuso tho United States to
change its position. Ho indicated tho
entire subject still was under consid
eration. Government officials nwaited with
somo anxiety word ns to tho fato of
thirteen of tho crew of tho Evelyn,
blown up off tho Gorman coast, who
wero reported to havo rowed for tho
Holland const uftor tho vessel sank.
Tho official word received was from
lho American consul nt Ilrement who
on Sunday night reported tho safety
of tho crew.
Officials, heard today, through un
official sources, that only tho cap
tain nnd fourteen members of the
Evelyn's crow had hecn accounted for.
CLOUDED BY DOUBT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. IUporM
of Japan's demands on China fttill i
nro so conflicting that tho AmariijHH
government has not been able to out-
lino a policy, President Wilton U
callers today ho was not eartttin wImU
tho oxncj jlemamlii were,
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