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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER llnln Tonight nml Friday. Max. .13.0, Mln. .11.0, IT. .01 I Forty-fifth Tear. Onlly Tenth Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, THITRSDAY, PEOHAmKU 2, 1015 NO. 217 m ' n f4 K V TOM BUSH LOSSES ON LAND ANDSEA510.230 Flanders Claims Toll of 379,958, Dardanelles I06,BI0 Navy Death noil Reaches 12,160 German Sub marine War Failure From Start Asquith Issues Statement. LONDON', Dec. 2. Tlio grand to tnl of Hrltlsh military nml naval loss es, according to a written reply by Premier Asquith to a question pro pounded in the hoiiso of commons, lias reached 510,230. A written statement sent to tho hoiiso' of commons by I'romlcr As quith on October 29, gave tho total Hrltlsh casualties as 493,294 from the beginning of the war to October 9. The total casualties for October as compiled from tho war offlco lists wore 71,297 whllo those for Novem ber woro 4C,UC, which would Indi cate a grand total of approximately fiOO.000. Tliuro has been no explanation an yot of this apparent discrepancy. TEUTONS AN NEW LI NV F IN NEAR EAST Objective Still Mystery, But Slav Ex pedition Likely Serb Campaign at End Little Montencno Gamely Opposes Giant invader No Change in Greece. LONDON, Doc. 2. Ueports receiv ed by tho hoard of trado during No vember toll of tho sinking of fifty threo Hrltlsh steamers with a total loss of tonnago of C 1,072 with tho loss of CIC lives. In tho samo period tho loss was reported of thirty five Hrltlsh sailing vessels of 1,977 net tonnago with six lives. So far as tho llguros show only twenty of tho steamers wore sunk by Oermnn war ships nml ten by mines, but 495 of tho lives lost woro on steamers sunk by Cierman warships. Hank Officers LONDON, Dec. 2. Tho total of Hrltlsh military and naval losses from tho beginning of tho war to Novombcr Si was 510,230. This figure was given in a wiltteu reply by Premier As quith to n qiiostlon addressed to tho government In the hoiiso of commons. Tho losses woro distributed as fol fel fol eows: Franco Klllml Wounded Miss. Ing 1,020 9.754 Other ranks.. 09,272 210,281 Total .MfdllCITUIICtlll Officers 1.50 t 2.SH0 Other ranks..2 1,531 70,148 Totnl 10C.C10 Oilier ThwUors Officers 227 337 7fi Other ranks.. 2,052 5.5S7 3,223 Total 1 1,712 Xnvy (Marines) Officers 5S9 ir,t 52 Other ranks.. 9,128 1,920 310 Total 12,100 (Irand Total 510,230. 1,583 5I.H5 .3711,958 350 10,211 UEKL1N, Dec. 2, via London. Teutonic forces, pressing their cam paign against Montenegro, liuvo oc cupied the towns of Plovljo nml .Jit- lnika, in northeastern Montenegro, near tlio Serbian border, 'Oermnn army headquarter announced today. LONDON, Dee. 2. Military events in ll(o Uulkans nro apparently in n transitory slngo which may prefaco another flonnnn offensive, but whether this will be made against the Frnnco-HritMi troops which hold all that remains of Sorbin, or against tho Russians, should they launch nn at tack against Bulgaria from tlio cast, tlio present hituntion gives no indica tion. A Rnloniki dNpnleh, reporting the withdrawal of Field Marshal Von Mnckensen's forces from tlio Serbian front to Hulgnriu, is interpreted in somo quarters as confirmation of tlio second alternative. With Prisrend in Hulgnrian Iinnils, both tho Austro-flennuns nml tho Bulgarians have formally announced tlio completion of their Serbian cam paign. Vienna officially estimntes tho eapturo of-more than 00,000 Ser bians by General Von Koevess' army during the month of November nlone. Moreover it seems certain that tho Serbians in their rotrcnt oer Alban ian mountain pauses encumbered by Chilian refugees nnd handicapped by wintry weather, were forced to leave behind them n largo part of their equipment, including mora of their heavy nitillery, motor cars ami other transports. Tlio Gcminiis nre now engaging tlio Montenegrin on tho Montenegrin frontier and at heavy cost Iiavo pene trated some distance beyond tho bor der. Yet this struggle is not compar able to tho Miiious and unnguinnrv lighting which marked the Seibian campaign last month and which ha now utmost ceased. Notwithstanding all the entente ne gotiations at Athens, tho Greek situ ation today remains much as it was a month ago. It is now clear that Greece has determined not to demob ilize or withdraw her army from Sa loniki. Though a deadlock seems to have been readied, negotiations ar' hlill under way. No cliango of significance was ic portcd on either tho western or tint eastern front during tlio Inst twenty four hours. AUSTIN spy WORK REVEALED VIENNA WROTH Sends Note of Protest on Gorlcar as False Affidavit Man for Lusl tania Tells of Receiving. Money From Cleveland Consul Swore Guncotton Aboard. CLKVKLAND, O., Dec. 2. Charles DoWoody, a special Investigator em ployed by tho federal government, announced today that ho was send ing to Washington details of a state ment which ho said was given him last night by Dr. 13. V. Hitter, who is undor arrest here, In which Hitter Is alleged to havo told of receiving monoy from Hrnest Ludwlg, Austrian consul nt Cleveland, for affidavits charging that the llnor Lusttnnta car ried guncotton when sunk. Charles S. Hoed, attorney for Lud wlg, also gnvo out a statement. In it ho said that Ludwlg paid $400 to Hitter for tho Lusltanla affidavit. Heod said tho money was paid In his offlco. Heed added: "Hitter camo to Lud wlg with a story about guncotton being aboard tho Lusltanla. Ludwlg Consulted me. I did not know what to think or It, but Hitter signed nn affidavit." Tho Austro-Hungarlnn consulate hero Issued n statement In tho Hit ter enso at noon today admitting that Hitter had boon supplied with funds during Investigation of his Inventions and that, ho prepared tho affidavit charging that guncotton wns on board tho Lusltaiiin, but denying that tho affidavit wns bought. KAISER'S COAST SPY I00L DEWEY'SVICTORY HO PASSPORTS Charles C. Crowley, foinicr detective in di (net nttnrno'H oflice, under nrrest in San FrnneNco, i barged with connection in the German bomb plots on the Pacific coast. Ho has made the Mnrtliiig statement tlial he is in the employ of Gorman Consul General on llopp. MADE ALIBI OE TEUTON PLOTTERS Defense Argues Parallel of History In Hamburg Cases American Fleet Received Aid From British Firm Why Not German Raiders From Yankee Ports? WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. Tho stnlo dopnrtmont linn received " from tho Austro- Hungarian govornmont by Ainnassauor ronrioiod at Vienna, n formal inquiry rogardlng tho state ment recently issued nt tho depart ment of justice, which wns construed by tho Austrian embassy hero as be ing In confirmation of tho charges mado by Dr. Uorlcar, a former Aus trian consul. Austria's inquiry nskod whother tho dopnrtmont of Justlco had Issued such n statement In regard to tho charges mado by tho former Austrian consul, and, if so, upon what grounds it based Its assertion which appeared to bo confirmatory In nature. (lorlcnr chnrged, In effect, that Austrian consulates In tho United States, operating undor tho direction of tho Gorman ombassy, woro con cerned In conspiracies to cripple mu nltlons plants. TRAFTON FACES M.H0MA1M 1 L BE ALIBI 1NAT NEAR SURRENDER 10 CHEYENNH, Wyo., Doc. 2. A Jury wns secured today in tho United States district court totry Kdward F. Trafton', charged with tho stago coach holdup In Yellowstone, national park, July 29, 1911, and tho prosecu tion began Its opening statement. Government witnesses Included persons from flvo slates who woro among tho passengers of tho fifteen caches hold up and robbed of $15,000. It Is understood they nro proparod to Identify Trafton as tho rolibor. Trafton, who claims to bo a suffer er from chronic rheunintlsm, hob bled Into court without tho crutch ho hns boon using In Jail. Although tho defonso has not outlined Its case, tho general belief in court was that Trafton will hlngo Ins caso on tho claim that physically be was uuablo to perpetrato tho holdip. TEUTON TROOPS OFFSET ADVERSE EVIDENCE IIDT GIVEN SCI TRIA L Greek Steamer Sunk LONDON, Dee. 2. Tho Greek steamship Zn rifts has been sunk. Uer crow wns landed nt Malta. A SOUVENIR Tl ROOPS SUPPRESS T.OS ANGELES, Cal., Dee. 2. To oflVot tlio ndver&o testimony given yesterday by 13. J. Cook, tlio proM'ou tion in tlio trial of Mnthew A. Schmidt, chained with the murder of ono of the twenty victims of tho Times bomb explosion here October 1, J010, brought to the stand today Herbert F. Wood, n bank official of Indianapolis, to identify signatures nlleged to have been mado by Jnme. 1$. MeNnmnra, confessed dynamiter of tlio nowspaper building. Cook, who formerly wns n book keeper at the Indiunupolis headquar ters of tlio Iiiternnlioual Association of Hridgo and Stnu'lursl Iron Work ers, identified the signature "J. II. ( rrioo" and "F. A. Perry" as thno of ' J. J. MoNamam and llorbort S. Ilookin. Tho prosecution seeks to fehow they were thw of Jmues It. MuNtu'wtra and Schmidt. British Crew Safe LONDON, D'c 2.-'Die smsl! British hlewnohiu Muliuche, wIiom crew was reported eterdnv to hwo rt'Hched hmbor in twn lilt-bout, hu btfn hunk, iri1iiliK In a - ibiuaniif u the Mcditcn,iucai. - b !' t '.ui'r nfc l-v Hubert Mi. r, iau.ou RIOTS IN BERLIN I'AIilS, Dec. 2. The Journal des Dohnts publishes a Lilian dispatch of tho Fournior News agency to the ef fect that n great demonstration ot working people in Ucrliu, occasioned by the scarcity of food, wiih broken up hy'troops. The di-pati li which win received from Ilerlm bv wny of Heme, Switzerland, a -sorts the troops fired on the crowd, killing 200 persons. I'AHIS, Dec. 2. Dispatches from Saloniki.nud Fiorina, Oreeco, for warded by way of Alliens and Rome, wiy umiugemoniH nnvo neon made lor .the surrciider of Monnslir. It is siiid'n cointiiitihioii consihlintr .of tho Ouiek eonsul, Hie Sorhian niot- ropolitan and thu mayor of .Monnstir luiH been appointed to neKotiulo teniiH of Hiirrendnr with fJcnnnn and Hul ga tin n reprcMcnlaliven. LONDON, lice. 2. -Tho liiltwt ro porU from Mommtir Ntuto that Ser bian roiiifnreoineulM nro nenring Mon- iihtir from the north, sayn a Kouter diHpatch Irom Sulonikt. If these nr rivo in limn, the dispatch adds, tho SoibiaiiK will bo nhlo, in tlio opinion of Colonel Viifwitnh, dofending Mon astir, to retnin poMjosHion of tho town. PAULS, Do. 2. Enforced retrent of tho .Montenegrin tronjwlu their of foils to dofend Plovljo ngaiiiht the ri'inforced Auatro-flormnn nnuioH is admitted in an official statement by the .Montenegrin war office. AN ADDAMS IS RESTING EASY CHICAGO, Doc 2 - Although tho naturo of tlio Illness ot Miss Jano Atldams, bond of Hull house who was taken to a hospital Tuesday, remains undetermined, her condition Is not alarming, according to tho roport of her physicians today. Miss Addnins Is routing comfortably. It will be sovoral days boforo it can bo dotor mined whether an operation Is noces-wiry. AR EDI WON HARRIIN ST. LOriS, Dec. 2. -Arguments in tho ouiio iii which tho government eok to separate tlio Central Pueifio railroad from tho Southern Paoifie, woro roHiiniod hero today boforo threo federal circuit judge silting aw tho district court for Utah. Edward V. .MeClunmui of Hoslon, couiihel for tho government, who be gan his argument yesterday, eontin ucd it today. Oarmt W. MeEnurnoy of Sun Fiuueixoo cxpoctn to prusunt tho argument for tho rnilroniU this aftcruoon. NEW YOKIC, Dee. 2. Tim caso of tlio four officials of tho llumburg Auierican line on trial for conspir acy to deceive nml defrnud tlio Unit ed Stnlcs government, wns given to tlio jury nt 2: Ifi p. m. lodiiy. Koger It. Wood, conducting the prosecution, objected to this nrgu nicnl, hut wim overruled by Judge 1 lowc, Itevicwing nlleged participation of Captain K. Hoy-Ed, tho Ocmum na val nttacho, M'r. Hand said: "It is only fuir to him to sav flint ho has done nothing whatever that is not sanctioned by tlio lawK of nn- tions mid by tho Inws of tlio United Statos." NEW YOltlC, Dec. 2. Counsol for tho four Indicted officials of tho Haniburg-Aiu,crlcnn lino whoso caso goes lato today to tho Jury, wont back, In his summing up todny, to tho days of Dewey at Mnnlln, for what ho termed a parallel and n vindication of tho acts of bis cllonts in sending coal and supplies from American ports to tho German fleet In tho 8outh Atlnntlc In tho early days of tho European war. "Wns this wrong?" nskod Wllllnm Hand, Jr., chlot ot tho defendants counsel, who summed up tho enso. "Was this conspiracy to deceive and defraud tho United States? Lot'a go bnck a fow yours to tho tlmo whon Dewey sank tho Spanish fleet and blockaded tho port of Manila from! May to August. "Dewey's ships needed coal and supplies during that blockade. How did tlioy get thorn? Why It was no secret. An American firm nt the Hrltlsh port of Hong ICong Jackson and Kvans I think It was londod tho coal nml supplies nnd provisions on Hrltlsh Btoamors nnd clcnred tboso steamers for tho Chlnesn port of Ma cao. Tholr mnnlfostn said these stonmers woro loaded with scrap Iron. "What happened? This so-calloii scrap iron thoso supplies of food and coal woro transferred to Dew ey's ships nt son. Tho carrier vossels then went on to Macao roally loaded with scrap iron but It wns scrap iron loaned from tho ruins of Ca- vito, battorod down by Dewey's guns. Has anybody ovor boon sent to Jail or that act? And what Is tho differ ence between It and this? What was n crime In August, 1911, must have boon a crime in August, 1898. Tho lawn havo not changed. No It was not a crlmo thon; It Is not n crlino now; It Is simply a qiiostlon of whoso ox is gored." TO BELLIGERENT LANDS FOR FORD State Department Announces Only Neutral Countries to Be Visited Under Protection of American Flag Peace Mission Not Heltl Urgent Business. LINES AMERICAN JEWS WASHINGTON, Doc. 2. Secretary Lansing announced today that mom bors of tho ponce party planning to sail on tho ship chartered by Henry Ford will not bo given passports to belligoront countries, but only to nou tral states In Europo. Secretary Lansing mado (t.pa(a that passports wcro given to Ameri can cUizonn for belligerent countries only when business mado It absolute ly necessary- to visit thero or fwhen they woro Invited by Bomu. govern mental ngoncy In thosq countries. Mr. Lansing explained that no distinction was being drawn botweon members of tho peaco party nnd other American citizens nnd that tho general rulo of tho dopartment was being applied. Tho ruling, howover, was general ly interpreted as meaning that tho United States docs not regard un official missions In efforts to mako peaco by prlvato persons as business of on urgent character. Very fow applications havo been mado for passports to visit belliger ent countries, tho plan of the poaco party being to UBsemblo n convention In 'one of tho rioutral countries and use a neutral capital as nbaso for tho operation of their plans. The pnssport burejiu has not held up nny passports for persona of American birth. IiiP7. Mulhollnnd IloiSKovain, tho suffragist, was refused a imssnbrt boeajiso her husband is n citixen of a foreign country. Officials of tho stato department said today thoro scorned lo bo somo impression in Europo that tho United Slatos government in Rome way wan sanctioning tho Ford plan. Each application for a pnssport would ho subjected to tho closost scrutiny, it heenmo known, for, ns it wns said, "a wolf in sheep's cloth ing" might get nhonrd tho hhip nnd whilo plnying tho rmrt of nn ndvocato of ponce, ho in reality ft spy. Tho stato department docs not con. tompluto that it could stop wiroless moBsngca being sent out from n neu tral European country calling tho soldiers from tlio trenches, hut thu belief wns expressed today tlmt such mossagos would neoossnrily bo re ceived in helligorcnt countries by of ficial govemhiont stntions and would ho promptly suppressed. Tho number of applications for passports rccoived ho far is very small, and .Mr. Fori himself has sent no application. CN REJECTS PROPOSALS TO I VIC1S Dr. wn u t't rurtoonut. Yale Practice Ground NEW HAVEN, Conn.. Dee. 2. Tim nnununoenient tlmt Yalo (irttwx would have their ipriug praotiee on the KoiiHatouiu Hvor blow Derby, ou tt four-mile eourae, recomuuuidud by tho crew flflininiliee, rtMoittd the at tention of Yule midi-rgruduatcM od;iv The rnws will uh.iudoii the luirl"r outtuly, THE KAISER'S VISIT IIKKLIN', Dec. 2. by wireloas. 'Vienna iiBWupapom." says tho Over sell News agency, "commenting on the Qermau omperor's visit to that city, atat that thero wan no special motive behind tho meeting between the two monarch. Friend met friend with simple cordiality, In striking contrast to the thentrlial descriptions of the meeting uu mado by our ono mli " NEW YOHIv, Dec. 2.-Tho Jews in .America lmxe contributed moro than $1,300,000 to the relief of destitute membeis of their rnco in tho war areas and in Fahwtiue, according to a roport made publio hero todav bv tho eontral committee for thu relief of Jews Kufforing through thu war. Tlio report declaros tlmt tho bitu ntiou of tho Jews in Europo nml l'al. CMtino is oven worao tliiiu that of tho Soihiuim nnd Belgians and that it w n question of saving them from ex tinction. "Vongonneo lui boon wreaked up on tlieiu," says the committee, "by nearly all tlio belligerent powora." Jewel Thieves Escano SEA'ITLE, Wusli., Dc. 2. Two anned moil entered the jewelry store of 1(. li. Went & Sous on Fir.t avo nito, uoiir Seneca street, nt 0 o'clock tbi morning, overpowored a clerk, II. S. Audcrkun, tied liiiu to a tablo and fled with two trays ot diamond, Mil tied at $ 1300, and $000 hi money, which thev took from the cath drawer. Tho men went m the direc tion of thu wutcrfrout. JN ENTENTE l'EEINfl, Dec. 2,-Tho Chineso govonimcnt uuidu formal dcninl to uiglit that it had considered tho pos sibility of joining with tho entente powers, or had boon rcquostcd to do so. Tho statement iesucd by tho for eign offico follews: "Tho Ciiiuoso government has nover eotibidored the possibility of aban doning neutrality and joining any belligoront or group of belligerents. "The Chinorio government hns not ronoived ft proognl to that effect from or oponcd buoIi negotiations with any powor or group of powers." i WASHINGTON, Dee. 2. Tlio Unit, ed States government wns advised lust month tlmt informal exchange! and conversations were in progrusa at Faking nnd somo of tho European capitals looking to tho eutranco of China on an equal footing with Japnu to tlio entente alliance. Military participation, it wns ox plained, wns not to be exacted of China, but tho move was described as one of political importance to solid ify the peace of tho Orient. 43 ',
