Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
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WEATHER
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Forty-fifth Tear.
Dully Tenth Year.
CANADA SEIZES
TWENTY MILLION
BUSHELSWHEAT
Government Commandeers All Wheat
In Elevators From Ft. Williams to
the Sea Is Move to Get Hold of
Wheat and Ship Before Navigation
Closes Fair Prices Promised.
WINNIPEG, Man., Nov. 2D. Sus
pension of whent trailing1 on tho Win
nipeg grain exchange, ns a result of
the government order comniendccr
ing twelve to fifteen million bushels
of wlicut, probably will b-s of short
iliiraiion. A meeting of tho grain
exchange couneil will ho Iml.i ? .
day for dUoimlon of the necessity of
further suspension.
CHICAGO, Nov.'so. Awaiting tliu
opening of Hm board of trade this
inuniing, Chicago grain dealers dis
cussed the action of tho Canadian
government late Saturday in com
mandeering neaily twenty million
bushels of Nos. 3, 2 and li northern
wheat in elevators from Fort William
to the sea.
An official statement from Ollawa
said tho price would bo fairly adjust
ed and denerls promptly paid.
Still Largo Quantity
It is estimated that there is still iu
tliii hands of fanners and dealers in
western Canada about L'10,000,000
bushels available for export out of u
total crop of about 1130,000,000 bush.
els in the Dominion.
Uvorgo K. Mnrey, president of the
Armour Grain company here, predict
I'd that tho Canadian government's
action would release greater (pinnti
ties of wheat for immediato delivery
and thereby bring about u drop, if
anything, iu prices.
Experts sr-.id the price or grain had
been kept down so far this year for
two reasons. Tho first, they said, is
tho enuniiuus supply both in tho Unit
id States and Canada, and second,
ihe absenco of competitive bidding.
31oit of tho supplies for (Irent Ilrit
ain and its alliea have been purchased
through one agent, they asserted.
Move to d'et Supply
. "Evidently the action of tho Can
adian government is just a move to
get hold of the wheat and ship it to
tho seaboard before the price rises
and before navigation closes for the
winter," said Mr. .Maroy. "The grain
was held by speculators and had to
be moved out of llio elevators to make
room for winter whent coming in. The
embargo may mean that pressuie in
to be brought to bear in certain tptnr
teis for politieuu ronsons possibly
in Greece."
Wheat fumjts in Prh
Wheat jumped in prieo todav as a
result of tlie-Cnnudiiin government'
sei.uro of twenty, million bushels.
1'icdiotioiis, however, that a five-cent
advance would bo added to values
here right at the start wore not veri
Jled, the extromo oj:ening changes
being 2Uj.
Heaetions from trp figures qub'klv
took place. I'tillj. were to a large ex
tent held in cheek by opinions in
dustriously circulated that the Kng-li-h
governmni would probably do
all of the BiitUli, Fionch and Italian
business.
Tho market here opened 'excited
with Doceruber delivery at 105 to
100, as 'igninst 10.1U a the close
Satuiday an-1 with May at 107 to
10SV. as ntraiiist 100 to lOliU,. fVmi.
mission houses and shorts wore the
most active buyers.
Sellers were scattered, although
one of the largest firms boldly took
(Continued on pago two.)
SEIZURE OF WHEAT
LONDON, Nov. 29. The official
press bureau nutdo tho following
btatemout'
"With roforenco to tho nnuotince-
ifieut from Ottnwa on Novomber 2h
that the Canadian government had
commandeered 1(1,000,000 biikhols of
wheat at the roiiet ef the British
government, the board of agriculture
iutto that the Kngluh government
lifts made no such roquost and that t
present they have no information on
the aubjiAt,
KAISER'S MASTER PLOTTER
'SmKWtKff v"
Captain 1C. Uuy-Kd
CATALINA MO
LOS ANGI3LHS, Nov. 29. Flro
which destroyed tho principal busi
ness houses of Avalon, port of Santa
Cntallna island, threatened tho en
tiro dcsturctlon of tho town early to
day. Two flro boats from San To
dro and n channel steamer wcro sent
to combat tho flames. Wirolcss mes
sages stated that tho pcoplo of tho
town, taking food and clothing, had
sought rofugo iu tho hills back of tho
town.
Tho fire, which lighted tho 23
mllos channel lying between tho isl
and and tho mainland, began boforo
5 o'clock while tho inhabitants still
wcro asleep. No lives wero lost, ac
cording to latest avallablo wireless
reports.
From tho higher points in I.os An
geles, nearly fifty miles from tho Isl
and, tho glaro was plainly visible bo
foro dawn. Pcoplo thought eoiiio ship
was In flames.
Tho wireless operator at Avalon
stmt out calls for help. Ono flro boat
already was at tho Island. Another
immediately got under way from San
I'odro, with tho steamer llermosa,
owned by tho Panning company,
which also owns the town of Avalon,
CARRANZA 10 PUT
LIO UPON JUAREZ
WASHINGTON'. Nov. 20. -General
Carranza's aaency here today an
nounced receipt of advices from
.Mexico (it v that the race track con
cession at Tin Jiiana, Lower Califor
nia, which is conducted by wealthy
Americans, imt of them Califor
nians, and also the race trnek-oon-
cehsjon at .Iiinrez. probably would be
declared forfeited because thoy wero
obtained frpin tho Yill.i state govern
ment. No new concessions of that
character will be made, it was an
nounced. OF
LONDON, Nov. 29. - Renter's Tel
eg rum company'- Atnsteidani corre
spondent forwards the fillewing:
"Tho Tolegraaf is informed on
good autboritv that serious rioting
took place in lterliu last Satuiday, in
which several thou-aud women gath
ered before tho imporial (tactic and
demanded the return of their hus
bands from the front and improve
merit in food conditions. Tho crowd
was finally dispersed by tho police."
No' confirmation of this Amsterdam
oixpatch ha- bct-n received here.
BACK BY FRANCE
PARIS, Nov. 29 Field Marshal
Karl Kitchener, British secretary of
state for war, nrrlvod in Paris from
Italy today. Ho wag given an ova
tion by soldiers and travelers at the
station when ho stoppod from the
train, j ,
FIRE
HOTELS OF AVALON
MEDFORD,
ASK IF BOY-ED
IS
Defense in Hamburg Liner Case Calls
on Prosecution for Information-
Government Takes No Position Is
Reply Merely Submitting All the
Facts in Case.
NEW YORK, Nov. 29. The gov
ernment was called on today to state
whether it considered Captain Karl
Hoy-Ed, German naval attache, iu the
light ofta conspirator with Hamburg
American lino officials in dispatching
relief ships to Gennnn cniiscrs at sea
early in tho war.
Tho demand was mudo by William
Wand. Jr., counsel for Dr. Karl linen,
nnd his threo subordinate officials in
tho course of their trial for allcued
conspiracy in tho United Slates dis
trict court here.
"Tho government has taken no po
sition in that matter," replied Itoger
H. vood, assistant district United
Stales attorney iu diargc of the
procuilJon, when pressed by Mr
llnnd for n reply.
"Wo have brought nobody's name
into this case unless it had to be
brought in. All that tho government
has wanted to do is to submit all the
facts iu tho case bearing on this in
dicliiient."
After examining several witnesses
who testified to minor matters at the
afternoon session, tho government
rested its case.
Counsel for the defense made a
motion (hut the indictment bo dis
missed and the court, adjourning tho
trial until tomorrow, announced that
it would hear arguments on this mo
tion at tho forenoon session tomor
row. Iho jury was excused until 2
p. m. tomorrow, when tho defense will
present its evidence in case tho mo
lion to dismiss should be denied.
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SUPREME COURI
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. Tho No
braska drainage law today was up
held as constitutional by tho su
preme court. The Missouri drainage
law also was upheld as constitutional.
Tho South Dakota slate tax im
posed in 1010 on the Wells Fargo
and the American Express companies
was held invalid today by tho su
premo court.
The New York anli-alien labor law
of 1009, under which it was made
Compulsory to employ only citizens iu
tho construction of public works was
today held constitutional by the su
preme court.
Tho court in its printed opinion de
clared that the state as guardian and
trustee of the people's money may
prescribe tho conditions upon which
it will permit public money to be
spent either by itself or by its gov
ernmental agencies, such as the city.
NewjVork subway contractors con-
tested the law, claiming that they
could not continue work under it.
VILLA'S WHEREABOUTS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. General
Obrcgon, commanding the Cumin .a
troops at Nogalch, Mex., has promis
ed .Major General Funton to co-op-
orate with, the Aniericnn forces to
suppress marauding bands of Villa
soldiers who have been 'raiding in
American forritorv siu.o they wen
driven out of Nogales.
No definite information as to the
present whereabouts of ilia's main
tone has reached (icaeral Funston.
Quiet Nlojit on French Front
I'AIUS, Nov. 20. (ionoralIy speak
Iiir the night passod quietly on the
French front, according to an an
nouncement made this afternoon by
tho Fronoh war offlco. There havo
been some engagements with hand
grenades la the Artols district.
CQNSDERED
AS0NS1
MOM
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UPHELD BY FEDERA
OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1915
Monarch Who Keeps Greece Neutral
King Constantino ot Civcro who
without adopting measures contrary
A! DEVASTATION
WARSAW, Nov. 1'.', vm London,
Nov. 29. llundieds of thousands of
the civil population iu the Warsaw
district of Poland are suffering for
want of food. A considerable per
centage of this number still ale home
less, living in huts, caves and aban
doned trenches.
Tho situation is more serious be
cause of tho immense number of per
sons thrown nut of work bv tho al
most complete naralvsis of Polish in
dustries. Some workers have emi
grated to Germany, where employ
ment is plentiful, but the great inn-
jortiy prefer to remain near their
homes in the hopo ot bettor days.
Such flour as is now on hand is
being distributed by the Germans un
der tho bread card system, but only
potatoes aic available in quantities,
while there is an aculo shortage of
dried vegi tables, meat fats and con
densed milk. Trices all over Poland
havo risen to unprecedented heights.
.sutfciing is especially acuto among
tho familiiK of Kiisniim reservists
who formerly received regular pay
ments from the government. Pension
ers now are cut off from their for
mer incomes and the Russians are
charged with having Inken with them
the funds of savings bank depositors.
The coiintrv di-tricN of Poland are
bnltlc-scarred and oarrcn. Iu tho
Warsaw governmental district alono
it is estimated that -1(100 village wore
buriiPd by tho l!iiHnns,
Thousand alreadv have died of
Ktarvation and disease. In Win saw
and Lodz women rise at !1 o'clock in
the morning to jret jtood places in the
bread lines. The horror of the du
alion is increased In a serious short
ago oi coal.
GREECE REAOY TO
LONDON, Nov. 2').-The Greek
government is icadv to disuu. the
propositions made bv tho entente
(Kiwers and satisfy all demands which
will not compromise its neutrulitv,
says an Athens dipatuh to the l'.x
uhuugo Ttdogrnph company.
PARIS, Nov. 20. Tho Greek gov
ernment's reply to the tnlot not; of
the entente power ws dulivorml on
Sunday, sii) u I lava dispatch from
Athens.
Tho note wna in roHiio to the
Grook goveruiHQiit't reijUMt for pre
cise iiitoruiatioii k to what wus
wauUd,
WARSAW
SUFFERS
F ROM
STARVATION
SA FY DEMANDS
says (iiveeo will maintain neutrality
to tho Inteivsts of tliocutciito powers.
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JOLIET, III., Nov. 20. Joseph
Campbell, a negro convict, was today
found guilty of murdering Mm. Mul-
zlo Odotto Allen, wlfo of formor Wnr
den Allen, in tho warden's apart-"
monts of tho stato penitentiary horo.
Tho verdict fixed tho punishment
at hanging. It was returned after
fourty-four hours deliberation by the
Jury.
Mrs. Allen, n former musical com
edy star, was found dead in hor bed
in tho warden's sulto at tho ntato
prison on tho morning of Juno 20
last, after a flro which was supposed
to havo boon started by tho murderer
to conceal his crlmo, was extinguish
ed. Hor skull was fractured and this
led to the niurdor theory.
Suspicion fell on Campbell, a negro
trusty, serving nn lndetormlnato son
tonco for tho niurdor of a Chicago
negro Janitor. lio was tho last man
In tho Allen apartments, nnd ho tes
tified that an hour beforo tho flro
ho took .Mrs. Allen the morning paper
anil removed her pot dog for an air
ing. Allen Introduced tho honor system
Into the Jollot prison and obtained a
testimonial ot gratltudo from tho
convicts. Ho had befriended Camp
boll. As the law would not permit him
to llvo olsowhoro and contluuo In of
flco ho roslgnod as wardon no ho
would not havo to reside in his old
quarters.
IlKltLl.V, Nov, 29, by wlrelops to
Kavvllle -Kmporor William arrived
in Vienna today and paid a personal
visit to tlio Austro-Hungarlau mon
arch, Kmporor Francis Joseph at
Schoenbrun castle.
Tho (Senium omporor was rncolved
at tho railroad station, says tho Over
sobs N'ows Agonoy, by Archduko
Charles Francis, tho holr to tho
throno. and Archduko Franz Salva-
toro and Archduko Charles Stephen.
Tho news agonoy adds:
"An Immonio orowd gathorod to
greet the German omporor and ohcor
od with ludoserlhablo onthutlnNin and
Joy. Tho ontlro city of Vienna had
buon decorated with bunting for tho
oooanlou.
"The mooting between tho ompor
or, who had not soon oach other
nines the outbreak of the war, took
plaeo in gohoenbrunn oastlo and was
a most oordiul one. Tho manarohs
could hardly master their emotions."
TRUSTY CONVICTED
SLAYING
m
OF JOLIET WARDEN
KAISER
WILHELM
VISITSFRANZ-JOSEPH
FLEE
AS
Serbs Declared to Be Unable Lontj
to Withstand Enemies in Battle
Now In Progress Winter Sets In
In Balkans Serbs Rctreatlnij Into
Montenegro and Albania.
ATII13NS, Nov. 29. Monastir Iins
ben evacuated by tho civilian popula
Hon. There Is a prospect that tho
Serbian town will bo occupied by Bul
garians, ns It seems likely, accord
ing to reports received hero that tho
Serbs will not bo ablo to resist long
In tho . battlo now In progress bo-
tweon Prllop and Monastir.
Tho northern Serbian army con
tinues to rctlro toward Iho Albanian
town ot Scutari.
Fnrly AVInter Sets In
PAHIS, Nov. 29. Tho effect ot tho
ununually early winter In tho Ilalkauo
Is emphasized In n messago from Sa
Innlkl to tho Ilavas Agency. It nays
all operations along tho Anglo-Fronch
front havo boon halted by snowstorms
and bad Weather.
BHIILIN, Nov. 29. Army head
quarters announced today that In tho
Serbian campaign 502 cannon wcro
captured.
Bulgarians Advance
PAULS, Nov. 29. A furthor ad
vaucn by Hulgarlan troops In tho di
rection of Monastic, in southwestern
Serbia Is reported In a dispatch filed
yesterday at SalonlUI to tho Ilavas
Agency. It Is said tho Bulgarians on
Saturday crossod tho Itlvor Carassou,
to the north of Monastir, which city
Is bolng covered by Serbian positions
extending four miles Iu tho direction
of Prllop.
"Tho entry of Ilulgnrlans Into Mon
astir Is considered possible," tho dis
patch says.
British Still HoKrii!
LONDON, Nov. 29. Tho British
public Is not Inclined to grant tho
(Sorman contention that tho Serbian
campaign of tho central powers has
been brought to a successful conclus
ion. Tho hopo Is oxprossed hero that tho
wintry weather will glvo tlmo for re
inforcing tho Anglo-French troops
until thoy nro strong enough to ns
sunio tho offonslvo boforo tho In
vaders havo consolidated tholr posi
tions Iu Sorbin, IIusbIii Is counted on
to play a part In tho operations.
In tho moauilmo tho only nctlvo
military oporatlons scout to ho cen
tering around Monastir, tho fata ot
which Is obscuro. Tho many contra
dictory reports on this subject vary
from tho assertion that tho city Is
still In tho hands of tho Sorblana to
tho claim that tho Bulgarians, accom
panied by detachments of Austrians
and donnaus, havo occupied the city.
Hctrvut in Allxinbi
Furthor to tho north, it Is report
ed tho Sorhlan armlos, divided into
two sections aro retreating Into Al
bania and Montenegro. It Is not yet
apparent whothcr Austro-Oorman
morros are to bo scut ngalnBt tho An
glo-French lines north ot Saloulkl,
hut at tho other cxtromo of tho Bat
kau front tho Montenegrins nro ox
pocttng a heavy attack from tho Aus
trlans.
Tho ontento ministers at At lions
aro said to havo received tho reply ot
(Jrooro to tholr socond noto. (Sreoco
Is roportod to havo promised t meot
all domamU which do not threaten
to compromlso hor neutrality.
An unmlstakablo lull has sot In
along tho oastorn front. From tho
west come officials reports of a lively
air and sea skirmish off the Belgian
coast,
ALLIES DRUG OUT
LONDON, Nov. 29 The now
campaign of tho Franco-llrltlsh forces
In tho Gorman colony of Kamorun,
Wontorii Africa, has resulted In fur
ther advances following tho capture
of Tlbatl, announced last weok. An
official statement of today says that
the I'ugo river has boon roauhod and
that the Froueh have taken Macou-do,
CIVILIANS
MONASTR
BULGARS N A
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Indlananan Authorized to Name New
Senate Steering Committee Prac
tically All Members of Both Houses
on Hand Owens to Submit Cloture
on Debate Resolutions.
FO
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FOR DEMOCRATS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-Scnator
Kern of Indiana was ro-elcclcd chair
man of tho democratic eennto caucus
nnd floor leader by unanimous voto
today of tho caucus of senate demo
crats. Selection of n vice chninnaii, pres
ident pro temporo of the senate, com
mittco assignments and the report of
tho special committco on revision of
tho rules wcro postponed until Wed
nesday. t;..
Senator Kern was nutiiorircd to
naino a new steering commitlco of
eighty membors to bo npp'roycil by tho
confor'oitco Wednesday' '
Chairman Owen of the spccinl
committee to revise thu rules will sub
mit n report Wednesday recommend
ing n modified form of cloture on de
bates. Upon that n division of opin
ion is expected nnd discussion may
prolong the conference several days.
AH Memliers l'rccnt
With sennto democrats iu caucus
nnd tho house ways and means com
mittee iu session today, organization
of tho sixty-fourth congress, which
convenes a week hence, got under
way. Practically all tho mnjority
members of both branches of con
gress havo arrived hcie.
Ono of tho most important ques
tions which awaited the consideration
of the senate caucus was revision of
Iho rules to provide for cloture of ,
debate. A mnjoiity of tho demoorats
are said to favor cloture, although
some nre expected torvigordusly op
pose it.
Tho re-elect ion of Senator Kcm ns
majority leader; Senntor Clarke of .
Arkansas us president pro tempore
and Senator Lewis of Illinois as .
party "whip'' was forecasted. Impor- .t
taut ciurimittco vacancies, mostly on
tho rcpubl'eiin side, also nro to bu
filled, as woll us commitlco places
found for new dcmoorntla senators.
House Problem Difficult
House democrats lire confronted
with u moro difficult task because of
the reduced democratic and increas
ed republican membership Not only
nro thoro many democratic vacancies
on most of the important committees,
but the increased republican member
ship necessitates tho early ratio of
nearly all committees to provide for
the enlarged majority. There prob
ably wil be, however, few changes hi
chairmanship of itnpuitant commit
tees. Hoforo the houo ways and mcann
committee, Itepubliouu Leader Mann
appeared and stated what tho repub
licans wanted in icpresentatiou. In
view of the increased republican:
membership it is possible (hey will be
allowed ono member on the more im
portant committees, though demo
crats aio opposed to increasing tho
number of luptihlicuus on any com
miltoe which deals with party meas
ures. It was decided to leave Kclcclioiw
to .Mr, Mann himself, or the republi
can caucus. The republicans will
caucus Thursday night and the demo
crat will pas upon their own solu
tions Saturday night.
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MAV YiJKk". Nov. 'JO.-John Ti
Ilillard, a Mention coal dealer, wad
Mich n good frit ml to tho Now York-,
New Haven & Hartford railroad,
Charles S. .Mellon testified toduy, that
"if my directors had n&kcd mo to tnko
a pound of flesh out of lu'in ho would
have willingly gone off bleeding."
This eharaeterizalioii of tho man
who held the New Haven's shares of
Morton & Maine stock canio during
loatimony at the tritil of tho cloven
formor New Haven directors to the
effoct that Ilillard willingly gavo up
u nominal profit of $2,750,000 for un
actual profit of SfiO.OOO.
Tho New Haven settled with him,
for $ lf0,000, but ho gavo up $300,
000 of it to Frank Ilmvvn, n Connec
ticut lawyor, who had helped to get
the charter of the JJiJlard company.
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