Medford Mail Tribune
WEATHER
Friday Fair, Cooler Tonight.
Max. 58; .Mill. 41.5, Fro. .10.
SECOND
EDITION
'ortv-flfth Tear.
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER , 1915
NO. 19-1
gnlly Tenth Your.
OF
LAST PHOTOGRAPH DF EDITH CAVELL
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Zalnils Government Defeated in par
liament and Is Expected to Resign
Majority Favor Active Support
of Serbia Against Bulgaria Vcni
zclos Again Triumphant.
ATHENS, via London, Nov. 4.
Following Its defeat in parliament
today the cabinet resigned.
The lmnicdlato causa ot tho defeat
was a remark made- by war Mlnlstor
tjynnnkltsns, which was considered by
former Premier Vcnlzclos as insulting
to tho national assembly. M. Vcni-
I zclos demanded an lmnicdlato apol
ogy. Premier Zalmls thereupon dcclnr-
Iod tho government stood liohlnd tho
war minister and demanded a voto of
confidence
Tho Central News correspondent
At AthotiB says that after iPromier
Zalmls handed his resignation to
King Constantino, tho chamber of
deputies again assembled and thcro
tvjib n striking demonstration in
honor of former Premier Vcnlzclos.
Itltnlio to Knlmts
PAIIIS, Nov. A. Tho Znltuas gov
ernment in Athens was defeated In
Ta discussion of foreign policies in par-
Qlamcnt today and Is expected to re-
elgn, snys a Havas dispatch from
Rubens.
A discussion of proposed military
laws, tho report says, raised a ques
tion between tho minister of wnr,
General Yanakltsas, and tho majority
party of former Premier Vcnlzolos.
On this Issuo Prcmlor Znimas decid
ed to ask n voto of confidence
Foreign Policy Issuo
Tho discussion then turned to tho
foreign policy of tho government. M.
.Vcnlzclos declared It was Impossi
ble for his party longer to sustain tho
government, whoso policy lio consid
ered hnrmful to tho Interests of tho
country.
All tho party leaders engaged in
tho discission. Tho final voto was
1747 against tho government to 111
for.
Premier Zalmls has been In offlco
less than a month, having been asked
jjy King Constantino to form n cab
inet aftor tho resignation of M. Vonl
5clos on October C. Tho rotlrcinont
of tho Vcnlzclos ministry grow out
of Its policy in favor of entering tho
war with Sorbin against Bulgaria, to
!lo which M. Vonlzolos mnlutalncd,
Greece was bound by hor treaty obli
gations. Tho king took tho ground
that In tho rlrcumstnnccs Oroeco was
not obligated to tako up anus,
cXulmls to Iteslgn
M, VenUelon resigned tho premier
ship In April owing to disagreement
with tho king on n similar question
of forolgn policy, but won a pro
nounced victory In thp general elec
tions In Juno and returned to offlco
In August. Ills majority In parlia
ment remained Intact nftor his retire
ment last month and tho Zalmls min
istry was ablo to maintain Itself be
fore parliament only by tho acquies
cence by M. Vcnlzolos. In n speech
on Ocotobor 13 tho former premier
paid Greece should not allow Bulgaria
to crush Serbia.
Atcr tho vote which put the gov-
! eminent in n minority was taken,
Premier Zuimis usked tho chamber to
isusioiid its woik until u new cabinet
was toniK'd.
LONDON, Nov. I. Tho Athens
correspondent of tho Kxchango Tele
graph company asserts that following
his defeat in tho chamber of depu
ties Premier Zalmls will resign.
Tho Greek mlnlstor at London,
Joannes Gennadlus, said this after-
noon he bad received no official in-
(formation of tho reported defeat of
tho Zalmls government.
GERMAN UNDER SEA
THK HAGl K. Nov. 4. A German
submarine In distress was towod In
to Tershelltng. a Dillon island in the
sorth sea a Dutch life boat this
norninK. A Dutch torpedo boat saw
Ithe rot kel signals sent up by the sub
marine and escorted her to as anchor-
luge The unuersea oosi oms
riogeli cuarded. (
DISTRESS
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LONDON, Nov. .(."There
were nenrly 2000 women in Scr-
bin's nnny when I left, nnd
more women soldiers wcro he-
ing organized," snid Dr. Omiteli, ""
n Serhinn nrmy doctor now in
Loudon, lodny. "Tho women nre
" not in special battalions. Some "
" of them wear the complete uni-
"" form of n soldier for tho sake of
comfort, whilo others wear ""
skiits with n. blue tunic. Tho
" younger women go w''h their
" brothers or husbnnds. These
" women nre not nfrnitl. Nobody ""
in .Serbia is nfrnid mid tho wo-
"" men in llio ranks do not loo
" their nervo under flic."
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TWELVE ARE DEAD
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MAHSHFIKLD, Or., Nov. !.
Twelve persons are known to luive
lost their lives nnd four passengers
nre still unaccounted for in tho wreck
of the steamship Sunta Clara, which
went ashore on tho south spit of
Coos bay Tuesday. No bodies in nd
ditiou to those tuken from the surf
Tuesday night hud been found up to
noon today, but all hope for four
men missing from tho crew litis been
abandoned.
Tho four missing members of tho
crow nre: John Wollor, first nssist
nnt engineer; Manuel Tillo, firemnn;
Robert Shearer, winch driver; Jack
Fnrrcll, inessboy.
Nino , passengers woro reported
missing last night, but five wcro
found today in private homes where
tliey bad been taken in after being
rescued. In ease tho missing fio
wcro drowned tho total deaths will
number sixteen. Tho North Pacific
Steamship company's agent hero is
hopeful, however, that at lenst two or
three of them nro safe.
Three little boys, l'ugeno Oillinwa
ter, Dehuar llogno nnd Alfred Crow
Icy, who were diowncd when a life
boat capsized, were buried hero to
day. Hnrry'Andrnde, nn oiler on tho
Snntu Clnrii, also will bo buried here.
The bodies of Mrs. M. .1. Dunn oC
Butte, Mrs. S. Caldbeek of Salem nnd
Mrs. H Ciillfti of I'oitlnnd will bo
shipped to their homes for liuiiiO,
whilo that of Mis. I). II. Thorne of
Hood River will bo cremated in San
Francisco.
Although a guai d was mnintaiucd
on (he beach, thieves innilo their way
to tho ship and stole part of tho
cargo and much personnl property
belonging to the passengers.
CLEARYlisl"
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. William
V. Cleary, former town clerk of Hav
ortsraw, N. Y., acquitted last January
of tho murder of his son in law, Ku
geno M, Newman, after a sensational
trial, was arrested hero today on a
warrant charging larceny of 10,000
from tho town of Havorstraw.
Cloary has been missing from Hav
erstraw slnco an investigation ot tho
manner In which tho murder trial was
conducted disclosed alleged Irregu
larltlos In his office.
LAST RUES FOR
NEW YOUK, Nov. 4 Tho funeral
of Herman iliddor, publisher of tho
New York Staats Zeitung, was held
today in the Church ot tho IJlessod
Sacramont in tho presence of many
former assoelatoa and friends. Car
dinal Farley took part in the core
monies. The Publishers' association ot Now
York City today sent to Mr. Bidder's
relative a resolution paying tribute
to his' memory, his "stern Integrity
and upright life"
MISSING
BAY
WRECK
Former Chancellor States That He
Had Not Come to Switzerland to
Discuss Peace Says Germany Re
solved to Continue War to Its Con
clusion by Arms.
LUCERNE, Switzerland, Nov. 4.
Prince Von Duclow, former German
chancellor, informed tho Associated
Press today that ho had not como to
Switzerland on a peace mission.
Ho declared Germany was resolved
to continue tho war to its conclusion
by arms.
Not Going to Washington
Tho prlnco made It clear that ho is
not going to Washington to seo I'rcs
idont Wilson or to Madrid to sou King
Alfonzo In relation to terms of which
Germany might bo willing to discuss
peace.
Tho prlnco tnlkcd of various as
pects of tho war with conBldorablo
freedom, although stipulating that
his views on thoso points must not bo
mado public.
"For I am hero as a private per
son," ho explained, "and will not talk
politics."
Tho only allsulon on his pnrt to
American affairs was nn expression
of regret 'at tho death of Herman
Iliddor of Now York.
Tho prlnco nnd princess mnko dally
trips by automobllo to places of In
terest. Met No Diplomats
PorsoiiB in Lucerne who havo had
Prlnco Von IJuolow under observa
tion during tho eight days ho has
been In Luccrno nro convinced ho con
ferred with no distinguished strnng
ors, sucli as Monsgr. Mnrchitti, papal
delegate to Switzerland; Premier
Salnndra or Foreign Minister Son
nlno of Italy, or Former Promior
Glolettl of Italy, each ot whom has
boon reported nt various times to
havo visited him.
BERLIN, Nov. 4. Tho Nordduos
rho Algolnilno Zeitung, which fre
quently express tho vlows of tho gov
ernment, declnrcs It would bo pre
matura to speak of pcaco conditions
nt this time.
IN
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 Private
W. L. Dudshcck, of tho mnrlno corps,
was seriously wounded and flvo Mai
dens wcro killed jostenlny In a fight
botweon a mnrlno patrol and natives
near Lo Troul, Haiti. Hear Admiral
Caporton reportod today that (pilot
provalled olsowhera in tho Island.
To tho Editer:
I venturu to gio n few reasons that
compel mo to opposo tho so-called
Medvnbkl plan of unsafe finance. I
condemn no ono who supports it; they
who blindly lend nnd those who nre
blindly led, I leave for tho future to
decide.
Hut let each nnd all of us lay upon
n common altar of sacrifice for the
good of Medford, as much as we can
of our selfish interests nnd our per
honiil piques nnd prejudices beforo wo
Oast our ote; then vote for the right
ns each shull hee tho right. Neor
i'oigetting, however, that truth (right)
m bo the ultimate of all.
I shall voto against the jredynski
plan because:
It will increase our present burden
some city debt nearly $"i00,000.
It will make tho city pay in thirty
years for intetest nlone, on the
Medynski bonds $027,000, or $27,000
more than tho street impioemonl
debt was tit the boginuing.
It will requite a Kl-inill annual levy
to meet that intercut and a still heav
ier millnge tax when we begin to pay
off the bomb.
A bonded aebt of the city is a firt
mortgage upon every miuTs homo,
wkudi may preveut him from rauing
a little loan on his honse and lot to
asMfet himself with it he dtwtres so
to do.
JUDGE GROWELL ANALYZES MEOYNSKI BONDING PLAN
This picture, of tho English niii-so who wis shot to death by Urn Ger
mans nt Brussels was taken nt hot- home In England Just lcforo slio
left for the front.
L JURY IS
PROBING PLOT TO
NEW YOKK, Nov. -J. -Tho fcilcml
grand jurj- continue!! today it in
vestifjation of tho'ilctiviticH of Nob
crt Fay nnd fivo others nccugcil of
conspiracy to blow up vc-sels enrry
ins? war munitions from New Yoik to
tho allied nations of Kit rope.
One of the important witnesses to
be called was C. L. Wolliir, n obein
isl, who is said to havo dmulosul the
fact that he hold explosive iugrcdi-
U'titH to Home of tho men alloyed to
bo invohnd in tho plot. Tho an
nouncement from Wnsbit.Kton yester
day that tho department of justice
will undertake (he prosecution of tho
alleged conspirators sIiowh that tho
alleged plot had wido nullification
throughout tho country.
Ten or more men woro under nr
rcst today in West New York, charg
ed with the tliolts of magnetos nnd
automobllo tires lrom automobile
trucks in tho yards of tho West Shore
railroad it YVceliuwkeii nnd in freight
yards nt West New York. These
trucks were shipicd to the European
nllies fro mmnldle wttent cilic. It
wiih alleged Hint eight cm loads of
'tires, valued nt $11,000, nnd uiiiiiv
The percentage of our city debt s
ulrendy larger than that of any other
city in Oicgon.
Tho adoption of the Medynski plan
will make us the butt of rhliculo for
every intelligent man of every city
und overy financial institution in Or
egon, nnd wherever else tho fact of
its ndoption is mado known.
Whenever we travel abroad and in
form anyone wheio wo reside, the re
mark will be:
"Oh I you live in that urn ay town of
Medford, wheio they get rich by run
ning deeper in debt."
The plan will be fought through the
courts, and a long delay in the final
settlement of our street improvement
debt will bo the result nnd in the
meantime our fwniicc, uliuitdy tan
gled, will m involved in giouter eon
fusion. To save Him city's orcdit, during
this period of protracted litigation, a
millngo tux of 8 mills will have to be
levied annually to pay Hie inleiot
upon tho prcocnt outstanding im
provement bonds, until that unknown
period arrive when all the teiinir
questions growing out of lbs Med.vn
ski fully shall have buwi finally set
tled. Tkre is nothing in Die du la pre
vent tka Medynski bond frw bun
old for 7.1 or SO cent oh lb dollar
if that sum hould happen to be tbe
kiglHMt ami bt bul offor4.
FEDERA
BLOW-UP VESSELS
COPPELL ELECTED
GRANDE
HEAD
BY GOULD FORCES
NHW YOltlC, Nov. I. Arthur Cop
pell was elected president ot tho
Donvor & Illo Grnudo railway, Klng
don Gould, vlco-prcstdont, and I. C.
Jeffory, chairman of tho board, nt
tho meeting of tho road's directors
late today.
Tho oxccutlvo commlttoa ot tho
road, It was announced, was com
posed of Oeorgo Gould, K. C. Jeffrey,
Klngdon Gould, Arthur Coppoll and
K, L. Marston,
Tho Gould faction was said to havo
favored tho election of II. U. Mm! go,
farmer president of tho Chicago,
Hock Island and Pacific to tho pres
idency. Arthur Coppoll, tho newly elected
president, was a director ot tho road
prior to today's meeting, llo Is n
mombor of the brokerngo firm of
Maltland, Coppoll & Co., with offices
In this city. Ho Is also a director In
tho Illo Grnndo Southern, several
steamship companies nnd sovoral
hotel and real nstnto organizations.
hundred bugs of sugar huo been
stolen.
A fi'-tomnrv provi-ion in all bond
ing plans is that bonds shall be sold
for not h" than par and nccrued in
terest, to the highest and best bidder,
'ho Modynski plan bus no such safety
claiifeo.
Jf it carries, our debt will bo in
creased to $1,030,000, $130,000 moro
tliiiu the firt uost of nil street im
provement. llunning in debt will not get us out
of debt or improv u our credit.
The ndoption of tho plan will be
illegal beouuse "the plan" submitted
is not in nil purticulura the pluu that
the petitioners proposed.
Any amendment of, the plan nftor
tbe petition was filed would bo il
legal und void without a new petition
to .upport the amended plun.
The pooplo who havo mid it pait of
their street (ucmunts only paid
their own debt. So doing gives them
no legdl elsim against the city for n
penny of the txmyeiV money.
The Medynski plan oariiud to its
last Haalysis would oumpol the uity to
assume and itpay all th delita vvltieb
nil its citixeus have ever Hid to ov
rbod.r for anythinir.
Tbe lofical rasttlt of such u course
siIU fully and financial ruin.
Wo helming, I cflunot tomrtbiri
uusiy sni(wrt the Medynski juan.
Your wry truly,
WILLIAM S. CKOWKLL.
American Commander Did Not Open
Fire Bccauso Both Mexican Lend
ers Did All Possible to Prevent In
jury to American Lives and Prop
ertyImmediate Danger Past.
WASHINGTON, Nov. !. Cnrranza
troops were the main offenders in
filing across tho border in tho battle
at Agim l'rieln, according to a re
port from Major General Fauston ro
eeivcil today nt tho war depaitmcnt.
Tho general snys both Cnllcs niu'i Villa
did nil thoy could to prevent injury
to Amerienn lives nnd property.
"I could not in fnirncm luivo op
enrd firo on Villa without treating
Cnllcs the mme," ho ndded.
General Kuuston's report dcHCiibcd
conditions ns satisfactory and ndded:
"I consider tho immediate danger
passed. It doHciibed a conference
iielw'ccn General Fiitistnu nnd rilla
nt the border, of which Genernl Funs
ton hiivr: "His (Villa's) altitude was
(jullo friondly."
Villa Meets Fiiustou
Genernl Funston reported tlni
whcrcahoiitH of Villa and his main
force wiik not definitely known hist
night, nlthough it wns rumored ho
wns at Cnbiilloun, south of Agua Pn
eta .recuperating bis men for nnotber
nltnck. A few of his pien nnd Home
of bis bnggugo trniiiH havo reached
Nnco, Sonorn. General I-uuston esti
mntcil Villa's cntiro force nt nbout
12,000, with thirty-six picccH of field
nrtillory and n lnrgo number of nm
chino guns.
General Fnunton'o lepnrt follows :
"Yesterday General Villa sent u re
quest to me for an interview, nnd
though I had serious doubts ns to
whether mv notion would bo approved,
I finally concluded to meet him.
"We met on tho boundary ono mile
east of Agun I'rictn trenches, nnd
talked in Spanish about (en minuter.
His attitude was quite friendly.
Sort In is Kcpubici!
"Six hundred Cnllcs cnvalryincii
mado n sortie, but wmo driven back
after u sharp engagement. In the
mcautiiuo the Villa troops from tho
vvcstwnrd arrived nnd begnu pnssngo
nrouud lown, being vigorously shell
ed by the Callos batteries, but hiic
cccdcd in making the )assnge.
Practically all those affairs wcro
in plain view of us. Tho shooting of
CnllnV aitillerv was fairly good and
conduct of Villa under rather severo
shell fire was excellent. It mny not
bn understood nt the war depaitmcnt
why, in view of investing order, I hnvo
not fired upon the contending prut ion.
considering tho fact that some bul
lets und shells struck on American
side and three men of tho Seventh in
fantry vveio wounded. This was not
dnuo because of tho evident fact Hint
both comninndors were doing nil they
could to prevent injury to Americans.
"Tho principal faults were commit
ted by Calles' men, nnd I could not in
fairness have opened firo on Villa
without treating Cnllcs tho same. Tho
Villa foico consists of about 12,000
men, 30 guns and nn unknown niimbot
of machine guns, I lis men suffered
terribly during operations here from
ll.irt and hunger, but their spirit ii
shown by Hie fact that loss than a
dozen deserted to our tide. All wom
en, children nnd camp followers usii
allv to be found with a Mexican force
vvcie left at Cases Graudes, und h
has with him nothing but fighting
men."
CITY OF BAGDAD
LONDON, Nov 1 A Central Now
dispatch from Amsterdam quotes tho
Cologne Gazette's Horlln correspond
ent with regard to tho progress ot tho
British forcos In Mesopotamia, tho
gist or his comment bolng that with
tho aid ot gunboats on tho Kuphratos
rlvor. the Hrltish have beon ablo to
get olose to llugdad with a relatively
mall display of force.
Tho newspaper adda, howevor, that
It Is too soon to mf whether tho
ilritUh will be ablo to occupy tho
city.
BRITISH
IARING
Franco-British Allies Maklnrj Them
selves Felt In South Russia Con
centrates Great Army for Bulrjarian
Invasion Teutonic Troops Stead
ily Fercinn Serbs Back.
LONDON, Nov. -1. Whilo the Ser
bians nro fighting doggedly to keep
the wny open for their retreat into
Montenegro, their Frnnco-Hritisli al
lies nro beginning tq mnko their pres
ence felt in Macedonia', where, ac
cording to unofficial reports, they
hnvo gained n success on tho Istip
front.
Tho Scrbinn army is relrcntlng
steadily toward its central dofenscs,
but its fighting qualities npporcntly
hnvo not been seriously impnircd by
tho tremendous battering it has re
ceived from the invndois.
The only success for the Serbinns
ndmittcd hv Ilcrlin is one nlong tho
Nisbavn river, whero tho Bulgarians
have been thrown buck townrd Ffll
ankn by "superior forces," but tho
invaders now nro only tvvclvo nnd a
half inile3 from tho temporary Serb
ian enpitnl nnd n cheek nlong tho
Nisbavn is not likely to givo the har
assed defenders muoh lespite.
ItUKslaiis Concentrating
From Bucharest comes n report
Hint the Russians nro concentrating
great forces at tho port of Hon!, in
nessnrnbin, from which plaeo theynro
cvpectcd to make n direct lnndhig on
Bulgarian territory if munnnin gives
nn interpretation of tho intcrnntionnl
izntion of tho Hivor Dnnube friendly
to Ilusfiia, by which men nnd nluni
lions may bo conveyed by Hip rivor
into Bulgaria.
Teutonic troop&prcsslngllic Ser
bians southward have captured Krn
llovo, nbout twenty miles southeast of
Cnenk, nlong the railroad which runs
from northwestern Serbia to Nisb,
nnd npproximntcljj, tho snmo distnuco
southvvost of Krnguyovntz.
Biilgnrinn troops havo stormed tho
town of Knlafat, thus reaehintr n
point onlv nbout six miles from Nisb.
Jn southern Sorbin tho Bulgarians,
who nre mnrching on Monnslir, nrn
being held in cheek near I'rilip, about
twenty.fivo milos northwest of Mon
astir, u Snloniki dispatch states.
On Iistern Front
Along tho eastern front Russin con
tinues to claim n series of success
ful ntlncks on tho Aiistro-Germau
positions. From tho most northerly
point nlong the eastern bnttle lino
conies n report which has n Russian
pourcc Hint the Gennnn oommnnder,
Field Mnrshal Von Hiudcnburg, de
spairing of the enpluto of Riga nnd
Dvinsk, is prcpnring winter qunrtcrs
near his present position nlong that
front.
Field Marshal Von Ilindenburg'H
troops hnvo pushed their wny back to
tho line in tho lake district southwest
of Dvinsk, from which they weru
obliged to withdraw veeently under
Russian proesure, the German war
office nnnounees.
Berlin reports tho capture of 800
yards of n French trench near MaH
Mges, in tho Chiimpnguo district. Tho
current French report clnims that tho
ini'jor portion of tho ground gained
liv tho Germans in tho Mnssiges sec
tor was regained in countor-nttneks.
VKIIA CIU7, Nov. I -I'muto
mail aJvicts today from Vera Cnns
sav an upiikiug independent of tho
ViHn or Zapata inovoraents is being
hatehed in Vera Cruz, where demon
sttationh aliendv have begun. Amilo
or mere of track on the Mexican mil.
w,i lias bt'cu toiu up.
THIRTY-FIRST CHILD
BORN TO PRESIDENT
YUAN OF CHINA
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I'F.KING, Nov. -l.r-Tho six
teeiith sou of I'riMident Yuan
Shi Kni w born odny. Tho
president, now hiw thiity-ouu
children.
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