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c Hriwm' HtoMtt 207 Stem SthMt Medford Mail Tribune 0 SECOND EDITION WEATHER llaln tonight And Thursday Mux. Sl Mln. 47. " t i I! K rorly.fniirlh Yr. M,v Nlnlti Vnnr MEDFORD, QKECION, WKDNtiSPAY, FlOMlUJAttY 24, 1915 THROWING WHO! COUNTRY GERMANY'S LOKE TURKEY. Special ('orre.spondeiH'o (lv mail). SIIANCIILM, China, .Jim. 2(i. Tlio Invatli of war has overtaken China's pronnnitioiiH for it. .Japan's ion do niamls, made public today, have inflamed a nation now in no condition to he inflamed. Tlio leaders of tint icpuhllc Imvit foreseen this crisis, lint liavti been rnught In the mlilnt or uucninplcto propnmtloim. An nrmy or n million men In only i-nrllnlly trained Swelled, tin It miih, from the highly efficient nnd itwwktrti Itnlf. ntlllLtti it I il !. Iml Imi'.. L.,,.1. .Illt...l ...Is l.f 1 1... .....a r "" "imiiiwii rwmnjin umi ntij imtu iitnii'ii vtlllllll IIIU liiai Un ji'iirn, tint lurKnr unit linn not yut reached tint standard of oilier nation. An noon nit Clilnn overthrow tint Imperial government, thn no-called re public uniltir Yuiiii Khlknlhcjnii, tin work or forming nn nrmy. nun Hint wonl.l rnnk with tint Lout In tlio world, n well-trained butty or hnlf n mil Hon men wns tlio result. When tlio European wnr broke out Chinese statesmen wore told liy tlio Commit nttvntn In Clilnn, of whom there were niuiiy, that an noon n tint bol- 1 1 tfit rtf1 1 M llfTntllll lltllirlt,..t In fll.tlr fiu',lllf.tn,l.t..l,inl li .. -II....I.. tnt... .......1,1 endeavor to rnston Kit grip morn strongly In Clilnn. -Preparations for defense wore nished and did not escape the eyes of the .Japanese. In about six months China would have an army efficienl enough to resist, with somo chanco of success, the activities of her neighbor, which lone has been Irvine to forma protectorate over China. So the .Japanese wailed no longer, it is declared, believing the time to strike was now. With thn fnlrly efficient railway pollen something llko the mounted poll co or Cnnndn's northwest - nn a uucrlciin, Clilnn' nrmy wait formed. (lermniiH nml (!friiinn-t,nught CIiIiicm) entered Into the drilling of thin nrmy A fow Polish officers did nitirli to tench orgnnlintlou to tlio Chinese, nnd thn best equipment wint purchased. Tlio Infantry hns Mausers nnd the .-nil..-., ii... t........ i.. ,i... ..i iiiiim'i; III" lUII'Hl in iidiii I'(-U. I Tlio young men of thn bent fnmlllen hnvo taken up tlio army, before! unuiilly hold In disrepute, nnd cudeln are being trained In complete mill! ... miltlllllll . .. . u 1. a. lln.lli . ( .. .. u . a. a. , I .. ..ai Whlln tho Jnpniiodn ileninudn nro strong, thoy am not near nn sweeping nn thonn China expected nnd ntlll expects. These demand ank. In tho main, Hint Clilnn trnimfer nil Cormnii privileges to .Inpnn, extend thn lenso on tho .Mnnrliurlnn rnlltoml, sharo tho operation or no vera I mining proiwrtlet with .Inpnn nnd itlvo Jnpnn numerous rights, whlrh nmnuut to tho control or (ho rich province or Shantung, together with connultlnK no other power on lonnn or national action nor nwnrdlnK uuy territory or Islnnd to a for "Ikii power. Tho .Inpnnrnn tell n vory different story nlioiit tholr nctlon townrds Clilnn. Tlny miv Hint over since tho beginning of tlio world wnr, "tho dic tator or Clilnn, Yuan, who In ruling with ns grent nn authority nn tho old ouiierorn, linn ho en under tho thumb or tlio (lormnn oiubnnny nt I'ekln. It In pointed out that when Jnpnn bej.nn to clenr the (lermnun out or ShiiiiKtuiiK province, Clilnn throw every nhstncli. In Japan'n wny, In fnct, inn evcryinitiK nut uennro wnr nKninni tno uniion which proiumeu to re turn to Clilnn tho territory taken from her by Oermnny. Jnpnn miya that ilurliiK the pimt nix monthn. (lerinuu offlcern hnvo car rlei on nn ntroiiit n rmnpnlKU In I'ekln nn they did In CoiiHtnutlnoplo. Tlio .Inpnneno nny that thoy have plenty or evidence, of a conitplrncy or which tho following wore tho chief objectn aimed nt: I, To compel Jnpnn to return to Clilnn nt once thn province con quiieml by Jnpnn from (!ormnn. When tho wnr ended, China would Im mediately return It to (iermaiiy, with the result that .Inpnneno blood nnd trennuro would hnvo been npeut for nothing. 'i, Clilnn by necrol li eat leu mndo ilurliiK the wnr with the Ciermnn em linHHy. would hand Oermnny Iiuko coucenHlnim In mlnen nnd rnllronil ronton. n. Hint when pence In flnnlly hIkui'iI, (lermiiny would nuddenly npienr In mil control or Industry, transportation and commerce In tho grent omplro or China. a, IJvor nlnro .Inpan'n entry Into thn wnr, Dermnii ofHcern hnvo been In full control of then Chlueno nrmy. The plan wnn to nudilenly Inutich n half million to million Chlueno tronpn imnlunl ItuhHln'n rear, cut tho ureal Hlborlnn railway, ciittliiK Kumiln'n coinmuulcntlonn with tho I'aclflc nnd with tho United Stotcn, and drlvo nil btit (lermnun out or eastern nnd north enntern Aula. Ilecnuno or HiIm counplrncy, my tho Jnpnnene, Jnpnn did not nend lt troopn to keep tlio nlllen In Kuroiio. Jnpnueno troops expect plenty or work In China. Alio, to revent tho Chlueno dictator from throwing tlio country, ltd nrmy anil !h regourcen Into tlio lap or (lormniiy, Immediately, Jnpnn made IIh deiunuiltt or China. THE OLD AND NEW TYPES I N CHINESE FIGHTING MEN fi 4, rom ifmwtmmmmmmm INIu mSmmi :i . lMM&mmmmM, nrpMANQ AHDrr Wmm. 1 miqq moM unoDe viniliini IU fiuliLL ILLViBiLHL i!" ITIiULI I Llili IIULiLiiJ mm) .KEEPS PROMISE BY li RESIGNING OFEICE i rJBKPi - mmiwwmn, . i i 0 taiVLi . HAS GERMANY SURill English JAPAN AND CHINA ON THE EVE OF WAR JAPANESE DEMANDS OF CHINA SAID 10 BE TO PREVENT CHINA'S DICTATOR F f NO. 288 MtAIYltlMUlf BY SUBMARINES British Transport No. 192 Sunk Off Bcacliy HeadThe Oakly Torpe doed Off Rye Crews Are Rescued Armed Merchant Cruiser Clan Mac Nactfiton Feared Lost. HEAVY FIGHTING CONTINUES UPON EASTERN FRONT . LONDOKf Fcli. 21. The offitinl information bureau announced this afternoon tliut the Clnn Mac Xnugli ton, an nnnei merchant cruNcr, ! nilftHinj,'. Tho vchkcI wnH Inht heard of Kehmnry 3 and it U feared thai nIic hn heen lost with her crew of 280. Anion'.' the crew were twenty men of tho New Foundhind royal nuvv re serve. Tho commnndcr nnd offiverx belonged to the royal nnvy, the oth ers to the royal navnl re.scn'c. German Losses in Driving Russians Out 50,000-FJfllitlnfl Against Jim Polish Villages Captured anil Re captured Austrian Attacks In the Carpathians Repulsed. . BERLIN, Feb. 24, by wlrelewi to London. Itoports nro heard la In fluential circles hero that further ob a laden have arisen to prevent the In vasion of ItiiMla. Tho feeding of the population In tho part of east whkh had been occupied by tho Russians l proceeding with difficulty. TO SELL WHEAT CARGO TO PEOPLE CHINA, VITALIZED AS JAPAN HAS BEEN, COULD RULE THE WORLD - Spi'cnd China on lop of tho V. S. and it would lump: v(' Alaska and Mexico. In population it boats n better than four to one. . Jn the Pennsylvania aulhraeito region a soven- 1'oot, rree-ninning coal vein is now a rarity. In China's Ki,r0() stpmre miles of first-eluss anthracite K coal land the seams average fifteen feet in thieUnosa and otton roach lorty. Thus far, no diamonds have como from China; but naturo has endowed her with most everything olso coal enough to heat tho world for ages; vast oro beds of iron, copper, tin, lead and zinc; gold, silver, salt and valley soils of incredible fertility. Oil 1 1111 K ennl. ivrm nnd limnalnnn lir mn inirnfllOl'. Sho can supply tho world with steel, and, when 4ill1(rlH uxwtllf ll'li u irnN.iili m.i ,!., ..... I'.wwl tx.. l-i wl LONDON, IVI. 21. W. L. Ilrook iiih', a member of the film of W. L. (Jreen & .'., comnii-Hion mereliantK of St. Louis nnd owners of thn mrpi on board tho Ameicau sliii Willie! mimi, reaelied London today from Merlin, having in U ponehioii a de claration from the (Icriiinn foreign office hinnetl by (lotlleib von Jaow, the foreign miniHter, and atleted b .InincH W. (lerard, the American am- haxnudor to (lenuany, which pledged tho Oermaii government not to ns--umo control of the carpi of tho Wil. lu'luiina, nor of any other vccN nr ihin from America. ThN deelarn lion nays biich enrjzoes may bo sold on the open market and will not he tiM'd by tho unify or the navy. The ciiko of the Wilhelmiiia is hoon to come before a MritUh prir.e court. Sho was loaded with a cnrj;o of food product in Now York nnd started for a (lennnn port. SU) W,H gathered in by tho Ilritish marine authorities mid the disposal of her cargo is being watched with much iutcrcM. Auovo. tyiiea of flclitfnr nu.n u-hini, tho now leaders of tho Chinese repub lic round useless nnd suimlnnted with n modern army, exceptionally well trained nnd equipped, of which tho soldier In tho lower picture Is nn example. Thousnnds of the former still exist in China, hut tho republic new nrmy of n million men Is nenrly up to tho stnndnrd of other nntlonu. Clilnn has about 50,000,000 men of military uro to draw upon. CONGRESS RUSHES WORK UPON URG RUSSIANS SHOWING i" iv .. .i nfji it ii i tu i v. niiu run irru iiiiiiiiviim. Tlio native Chinaman is honest, capable, indus rious, quick to learn. Let hi mbo organized for in- ' or war with modern methods mid tlrTu-o are t dustrv enough of htm to make a inavlc. Think of what Japan has done in fifty years on a group of islands not as largo as Texas and you gather a hint of tho tremendous stako for which she is play ing in tho endeavor to capture control of China. China, vitalized as Japan lias been, could, yes, would, vule the world, , DESPERATE COURAGE llKKLIN, Feb. 21. A dispatch from Vienna nuotcs tho war corre spondent of tho Frcmdenblatt as say ing tho fighting iu tlio Carpathians lias resolved itself into a series of bitter and stoubbornly contested en gagements. The Kussinus are show ing desperate couraue. It is ouieter in tliu Dukla Fuss, whero both bides hnvo entrenched themselves. An im portant engagement is raging to the southward of Stuiuslnu, iu (luliciu, whore tho Htissiuns for tlio third tium have opposqd tlio advaueu of the Austrian right flank. APPROPRIATION! E LS GERMAN SCARCITY OF BREAD A FAKE LONDON, Feb. 21 A dwi.nteh to tho l'ost from Heine says: "All Oermany's war bread regula tions, cookery schools and other ar rangements arc not due to any real scarcity of food, but nro a pretext to induce cluiritablu Americans to feed tho Helgtans and tho French to feed tlio people in tho portion of Franco occupied by Oermnny," WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. In the effort which is being made in con gress to clear up all pending legisla tion before adjournment of the ses sion, tho senate met two hours earlier than usual today in continuation of its work on tho big appropriation bills. Tho postoffico appropriation bill, carrying .fill 7,0 tf.Sli!), again was taken up, while tho general deficiency hill carrying .fD.OOO.OOO was ready for consideration iu the house. The for tifioutioiiAill, carrying .f(,000,000 was seat lo the senate today follow ing its passage by tho house. Consideration of (ho postal sumilv bill was begun iu tho senate late yes terday followini tho pnssauo of the army appropriation hill, carrying iu.f,uuu,uuu. Tho M'imto sustained tllO action flf its militlirv pommillnn ill eliininutiii? from tho tirmv hill no it passed tho house, tho provision to proline expenditures for scientific shop management nnd stop watch ex periments iu government plants. GERMAN EAST AFRICA BLOCKADED BY ALLIES PARIS, Feb. 21. France and Great Hcitain hnvo caused notice to bo sorved on tho governor of florinan Knst Africa of a naval blockade be ginning February 28. Four days' no tion Would bo allnwoil limitrnl ulil.iu ,. (juil (ho blookudo r.ouo, SALK.M, Ore., Feb. 21. Complying with a promise mndo to tho Oregon suuHto when tho two houses wero deadlocked oer tho Schuobcl bill, nnmedlng tho workmens' compensa tion act, Miss Fern Hobbs, member of tho Industrial Accident Commis sion, todny offered her resignation to Governor Jnes Wltbycombe. with tho condition Hint it become effective on May 21, when tho Shuebc! bill be comes cfrcctlvo. Governor Wlthy- comlw stated ho was not ccrtnln what nctlon ho would tnko. In her communication to tho sen ate, Miss Hobbs said sho would re sign when tho Schucbel bill becanio a law ir Hint body would pass tho meas ure In tho form the house bad passed It. The scnato sought to reduce tho commission from three members to one. Ilouto mebers declared that threa members wero necessary nnd Miss Hobbs, nctlnjr on tho ground that tho sennto merely nlmed to got rid of Its democratic members, of fered to resign In order to savo tho commission. IJKRLIN, by wireless to London, February 21. Official announcement was mndo last night that the Ilritish transport No. 192 was sunk bv n Ger man submarine off Hcnchy Head nt 4:45 o'clock yesterduy afternoon. A dispatch last night from New Haven, Kngland, stated that eighteen members of the crew of the Cardiff steamer Hrnuksomc Chine, a govern ment collier, had landed there nnd announced the sinking of their vessel, cither by n mine or a torpedo in the hngliMi channel twenty miles south east of Ucachy Head, about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. This probnbly is tho vessel to which the British nn nouncMnent refers. GOVERNOR SIGNING NEW LAWS SALK.M, Oro.. Fob. 24. Governor James Withycombo todny spent another busy day signing scoro3 of bills passed by tho recontly adjourned state nssombly. Among thoso which ho has mado into laws wero tho Schuobel bill, nmending tho work mens' compensation law, nnd tho IMngham blUigiving Oregon manufac turers a five per cent difforontlal on niUtorlalB nnd supplies furnished for public works over manufacturers of other states. Tho Schuobol bill re tains tho Industrial accident commis sion of three inombors, a fight on which deadlocked tho houso and scn ato for several days. Oakby Torpedoed LONpON, Feb. 24. Another nrit-i-di steamer has been sent to the-bottom of the sen by a German subma rine within the war zone established by the decree of tho German ndmir alty. Tho Oakby was torpedoed off Ilyc, but her erev was rescued. The loss of tho Oakbv apnarcntlv was mentioned in n dispatch from Lydd, hngland, uit night, though her name wns not mentioned. The Oakby wns bound in ballast from Loudon for Cardiff, Wales. She was struck on the port side. The fishinir smack Gratia, which wok four miles off, felt the shock and hastened to the scene, arriving in time to tnkc off tho crew, none of which was injured. Miimmrlno Is heen Tho periscopo of a siibmnriuo wns seen before the cxnIoion. An attempt was made to tow tho Oakby to port, but she sank early to day off Folkstonc. Tho loss of the Oakby apparently wns mentioned in a dispatch from Lydd, Englnnd, Inst night. This mes sage referred to tho torpedoing of two vessels off Hastings. Ono sank, but her crew was saved and Inndcd at Ramsgate. Tho other was in n sinking condition and n mine sweeper was described as endeavor ing 10 iow ner mio Dover. The Onkby was 273 feet long nnd of 1231 tons. She wns built in 1SU7 nnd was owned in West Hartlepool. German Lom 50.000 PARIS, Fob. 24. At least 50,000 men wore lost by tho Gormans In their attack on tho Russian positions nlong the Itawka river nnd in tho regions of BorJImow and Gumblnln, according to Ludovlc Naudca, tho "Journal's" correspondent who wit nessed tho operations. Ho considers tho general situation Iilehlr favor able to tho Russians, and1 says: "Tho Gormans arc bclne Kradunllv but Implacably worn down. Whodi- or they attack or merely defend them selves, their armies melt away from day to day. Their feverish activity and their frightful sacrlflco of lives show they real lie thov arn flehtfntr against time." Fighting In Progress LONDON, Feb. 24. Along the cast Prussian border In northern Poland, some of the fiercest engage ments of the campaign In the east are taking place. An official state ment from Petrograd reports that In these battles villages changed hands several times. Three German at tacks on Przasnysz, whero the con flict is sharpest, are said to have been repulsed. In tho Carpathians tho series of detached battles continues -with no Blgn of a conclusion. Tho Russian war ofrico announced that Austrian attacks nt several points wero re pulsed; with enormous losses for tho attacking forces. It Is claimed that during tho last month mora than 48,000 Austrlans have been cap tured. In the fighting around Przasnysz, northern Poland, which has become tho storm center of tho eastern cam paign, 1200 Russians have been cap tured, tho German "war office an nounced today. Russian forces suc ceeded In effecting a passage of tho nobr river at two places but In ono of tho resultant engagements are said to have been driven back. On the western front, tboro has been heavy fighting Jn Champagno and tho Vosges. Today's oHIclnl communication from .Berlin states that several violent attacks made by tho French wero repulsed. SEVER E QUAKE PRESIDENT FOR THREE MEASURES WASHINGTON, Feb. 2L-lrcsi-dent Wilson conferred on tho situa tion in congress today with Senators Stone, Simmons and Fletcher uud it wns reiterated at tho whito houso tho president had not abandoned his hope that the ship, Philippiuo and Shields water-power bills miulit bo missed in I tho remaining seven days of tho con gress. AT MOUNT LASSEN SUBMARINES AT FALL RIVER REDDING, Cal Feb. 24. News was brought hero today of a severe earthquake Sunday night, in Twin Valley, 30 miles east of here and 20 miles north of Lassen Peak. Tho ground has been cracked In all direc tions and tho homo of Ivan Sampoy hns boon, tilted five feet out of plumb by the sinking of tho oarth. Largo rocks 'have entirely disapopared and now springs hnvo appeared. An aero of groiind sank CO feet. Tho snapping and roar of tho earth's crust has been likened) by residents of tho district to the roar of a heavy wind. Tho tromblor lasted two minutes and affected tho entlro valloy. Much damage was dono on William Mor gan's placo whero a mouth ago there wero earth movements following an oruption of Lasson Peak, It Is not known hero whether tho mountain Is now Iu eruption, as tho peak Is ob- PVIIIUII Uf uvnrf Ml VIVMMO, WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. Pursu ant to tho recent chargo by Germany and Austria that submnrinou nro be ing built in tho United States and (.hipped in pieces to Canada for Great Britain, tho stato department has been informed by tho Fall River Ship iJuilding company that it is not building any submarines for delivery during tho war,- Secretary Bryan said today, however, that the inves tigation was proceeding us to other works whero submarines nro bciug built. TRAINS IN COLLISION IN BLINDING STORM ALRERTA LEA, Minn,, 'Feb. 24,. In a blinding snow storm, a Chisago, Milwaukee and St. Paul pRBeKr train crashed head on into a freight train three miles west of her ' last night, Injuring seven persons, Om of the injured, Engineer Dayld Jones of Austin, Minn., the outy oh of tk engine crow who did sat Juwu t safety, probably will dl, f i' , t- Kj