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SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
B.t.5; Mln. I.1.BS Pro. .02.
Italu Wednesday, Mnr.
Forty-fifth Yenr.
Dully Tenth Tear.
BLEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1915
NO. 221
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PAW ill MOM FOR WORLD POLITICS"
UNITE NATIONS SILENCE GREETS PRESIDENT READING HIS ANNUAL MESSAGE fgEKJ
OF 2 AMERICAS PRESIDENT ON HHiHi 1 1
FOR PROTECTION PREPAREDNESS Mliiltl
President in Third Annual Address to
Congress Advocates Doctrine of
Full Partnership Between American
Nations In World Affairs Prepar
edness the Theme.
WASHINGTON, Due. 7. A doc
trine! of Pan-Americanism of. full
partnership between tlio nations of
the Western Hemisphere in world af
fairswas proclaimed Iiy President
Wilson today in his- third nnnunl ad
dress to congrons, the lliemo Of which
was preparedness ly the United
StnteH to defend not only its own in
dependence, but tho rights of thoho
wiili whom it lias inndu eomuton
cause. The message wns rend by tho
president to tho bennlo and house
assembled in joint session in tho
chamber of the house.
Every recommendation embodied in
the document hud to do with compre
hensive plans for strengthening the
nntionnl defenses. The program in
cluded tho unny and nnyy plans al
ready made publio by Secretaries
Garrison and Daniels; legislation for
government-owned merchant ships; a
rural credit law; tho Philippine and
l'orto ltieu bills which failed of final
paMago nt tho last session; conser
vation legislation; a law giving fed
eral, aid to industrial and vocational
education; and tho creation of a com
mission to iii(uirc into the Itiiuspor
tatiou pioblcm.
Hyphenated Amci Irani
Naturalized and native born Amer
icans, who, sympathizing with bellig
erents abroad, have plotted nnd con
spired to violato their own country's
neutrality, were scathingly denounc
ed by tho president, and congress
was urged to nrovido adequate fed
eral laws to deal with such offend-
OJS.
Internal tnxatiou was proposed ns
tho means of nroviding the nionoy
necessary to add to tho nnvnl and
military establishments. Sources of
taxation suggested weie incomes,
gasoline, nnptha, automobile and in
ternal explosion engines, fabricated
iron and steel, and n stamp tax on
bank cheeks. Extension of the war
revenue bill nnd continuance- of the
present tariff on sugar were recom
mended, and tho sale of bonds op
posed. This message was the longest Mr.
Wilson has ever delivered to con
gress. Hu began with a statement
that since ho last addressed con
gress :
I If feet of War
"Tho European war has extended
its threatening and sinister scope un
til it has swept into its flame some
(Continued on pago five)
I0SETTLE0.SC.
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WASHINGTON', Dec 7 - Senator
Chamberlain today Introduced a bill
returning to tho United States tho un
sold lands of tho Oregon and Califor
nia land grunt and tho payment to
tho railroad company of $2. CO an
aero for tho lands returned. Tho bill
provides for tho classification of
lands Into mineral, timber and agri
cultural, and tho disposition of min
eral land under tho mineral land
laws. The timber lands to ho dis
posed of as agricultural after tho
tlmhor Is removed by sale, under
toalcd bids. Tho agricultural lands
are to bo disposed of under gonoral
homostcad laws and the payment by
entrymon of $2.60 an acre. The pro
coeds of the sales of tho land Is to
bo distributed to the railroad at tho
rate of 2. 50 an aero, and tho bal
ance, 40 per oeat to .tho Oregon
bghool funds, it per eont to Oregon
reads and bridge, and ! per sent
to be- returned to the federal treasury
CHAMBERLAIN BILL
LAN
GRANT
A
Crowded Galleries Hear Annual Ad
dressApplause for Pan-Americanism
Remarks Upon Disloyal
Foreign Citizens Cheered Takes
Hour to Read Message.
WASHINGTON, Doc. 7. Tho pub
lic galleries woro packed thrco hours
before tho time for President Wilson
to dellvor his annual address, and
hundreds of disappointed ones who
had failed to got tho coveted tickets
of admission lined tho corridors of
.tho capltol and stood on tho plaza
outsldo to gel a gllmpso of tho presi
dent as bo passed In.
Tbcro wcro unusual arrangements
to prcserev order. Only thoso who
bad tickets of admission were permit
ted to go to tho upper galleries, nnd
an oluslvo rumor of sonio sort of n
woman suffrago demonstration
brought out extra guards who woro
sprinkled among tho spectators and
In tho corridors through which tho
president had to pass. A number of
men wcro placed nt commanding po
sitions In tho galleries.
Scenes nt Ittwllng
When tho galleries had been fill
ed with tho usual visitors, tho official
parties ramo In. Mrs. Gait, tho presi
dent's flancco and her party took tho
exccutlvo gallery. Other reserved
places wero occupied by government
officials and their wives. Tho dip
lomatic gallery was unusually woll
filled, tho Latln-Amcrlcnu members
being largely represented.
Just after 12:30 o'clock tho pres
ident took his place nt tho clerk's
desk with his manuscript In hand
ready to begin. Kverybody In tho
house, floors and galleries alike, roso
and cheered,
Hciiuiiks Cheered
Then a tense sllcnco settled down
over tho hall nn tho president began
reading In n low even volco which
could bo hoard everywhere. His ref
erence to all pnrts of tho American
continent standing "so far as wo aro
concerned on n footing of gonulno
equality," arnusod tho first npptauso.
Then tho allusion to "United States
nid, hut not coercion" of Mexico,
evoked moro onthuolnsm.
Tho president's outline of tho plans
for national dofonso nnd tho need for
thorn wna recolved In sllcnco by tho
senators nnd representatives, but
with rapt attention. His declaration
of a now Pan-American doctrlno was
received with tho deepest interest.
When ho referred to foreigners
within tho United States borders, who
whllo small In nunibor, "havo brought
deop dlsgraco upon us, and necessi
tate uso of processes of law by which
we may bo purged of their corrupt
distempers," tho greatest enthusiasm
was shown and loud applauso inter
rupted. Flnnlly atl:!0 o'clock, after hav
ing been reading steadily moro than
an hour, tho president finished, nnd
another outburst of cheering took
placo as ho left tho chamber, and
started back to tho will to house. Tho
Joint session dissolved, tho senate
filed back to Its chamber, and tho
house resumed work whero it bad
loft oft.
WASHINGTON, Dee, 7. Word
from tho cruiser IJcs Moines was re
ceded today at the nay department
that tho American boat bending the
"S. 0. S." call out la-.t Saturday off
Croto was tho Standard Oil tanker
1'etrolito, which was fired on, pre
sumably by nn Aiutriuu submarine.
Ono man was wounded, advices
stated.
The dUtoli from the l)e Muiuo
emtio from Canea, Uland of Crete,
uud reported that tke followiug mow
mmc had been picked up Sunday: ,
"American Miur I'etroht. Al
exandria to New York, Hacked ly
atibntariae flying AMairian flag, lata
(Sunday) Morning nt 000, knigilHiIo
32.25 north, latitude StLS WMt. One
man wl iwriouely injured."
SUBMARINE FIRES
ON AMERICAN SHIP
MANY
S
NLCTANARE
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1'OHTLANI), Or., Dec. 7. A do
ereo providing that the gri'iitees of
laud under tho Coos Hay wagon road
grant are entitled to a value of $2.50
per aero in the property and no moie
was signed by Judge Charles E. Wol
erton in the United States district
.court hero fodny. The Southern Or
cgou company, holder of 3.,0()0 ncrcs
of tho grant, which comprises 1)15,000
aores in Coos nnd Douglas counties,
announced that it would appeal.
Tho signing of tho decree is impor
taut in that tho conditions under
which this laud was granted are sim
ilar to the conditions surrounding tho
Oregon & California railroad grant,
the disposition of which is involwd in
a similnr controversy with tho gov
ernment. Tho prneipal stoekholdi is in tho
soulhorn Oregon company nre Charles
It. Smith of Mcnnshn, Wis , nnd mem
bers of his family. Tho companv
contended that tho expenses incurred
in hurdling the lands gave them nn
equity nbovc tho $2.50 per acre for
which tho grant stipulated they
should bell the lauds to settleis.
FARGO, ND., Dec 7 It. C Kit
tle and Wlllam Kittle, brothers and
former president and cashier respect
Ivoly of tho First National bank of
Cnssolton, N, 1)., woro arrested to
day by United Statos Marshal Doylo.
chargod with conspiracy In making
false outrlos to cover an alleged em
bezzlement of $100,000 from tho
funds of tho bunk, tho doors of which
wero olosod yesterday,
Tho Klttloa walvod preliminary ex
amination and tho caso will go direct
to tho next grand jury. Uoth mon
wore released on bond,
ThoV insist that tho closing of tho
bank was duo to clow papor and that
every dollar will bo paid and tho bank
bo ro-oponod.
GERMAN RADICALS FIRM IN
STAND TO PRESCRIBE PEACE
IIISItLlN. Dec 7 -Tho executive
eommltteo of the rudleul party whloh,
noxt to the socialist. Is regarded as
ttronaest In the support of any peace
movement, has adopted the following
resolution applying to the earning de
bute in the reirHUf.
RAN
LAND
DAKOTA BANKERS
UNDER ARREST
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DEMOCRATS SEAT
AS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.- -The dem
oeratio national commilteo met here
today to fix- tho time nnd place of
tho next democratic national conven
tion, elect a secretary, dispose of
contests for membership from Ken
tucky uud Oregon, and transact such
other business as tiiiht cuuiu before
it, including tho reception of advo
cates for and against womnii suff
rage. Of the thrco cities in tho field for
tho convention, St. Louis claimed
priority. Its delegates asserted op
enly thnt tho conimitlco would do
eido in its favor on tho second or
third bnllot, a claim that was not con
ceded, however, by tho delegates from
Dallas nnd Chicago.
Thomas J. Pence, assistant to tho
chninnnn, wns elected secretary pro
teiu. Mr. I'cuco told tho committee
there was no truth in reports of dis
cord between Mr. Metombs uud hiiu
self.
After n short opening meeting tho
coinhnttco went into executive session
to decide the contests from Kentucky
and Oicgon. In Oregon, W. II. East
erly contested tho scut of Will It
King. Tho Kentucky contest involv
ed General W. 1 1. Haldcmaii of Louis
mIIo and Urey Woodion of Owens-
boro.
Will It. King won his fight for a
seat in tho committco from Oregon.
Tho subcoiiimittco appointed to con
sider the Kentucky caso decided in
favor of Urey Woodon and will so
repoit, it was said later in tho day.
Mr. Kuig was boated without rofer
onco to a uuh-oommittco. After the
contest had been decided in his favor
tho committee appointed a sub-com-
mitteo to draft a resolution to cover
oases of couilict between npiiointeo
of state committee and candidates
for the committee electid at primar
ies in tho same state.
Von der Goltz to Command In Persia
GKN'BVA, Switzerland, Doc. 7, via
Paris. Tho Germans aro preparing
on a largo soalo for operations In
Mesopotamia under Flold Marshal
Haron Kolmur Von Der Goltz, who
has Just boon appointed commander
of the Turkish foreo in Mesopotamia,
according to private information re
oolvod by tho Journal de Genevo. Al
though the Germans speak ostensibly
of Kgrpt. says the dleputah to the
Journal, It la not Iwpoftnlble that
tbofi may make their principal of.
forts thta winter from Ilasdad toward
the Peretan gulf. i i
N
OREGON
MM E
MAN
Berlin Claims Allies Retire to Avoid
Envelopment Bulgars Defeated by
French Serb Retreat Into Alhanla
Hampered Germans Reinforce
Bulgarian Forces.
IIUIIMX, Dec. 7. The war offlco
announced today that tho French
forces In southwestern Serbia near
tho Vardar river, havo been compell
ed to retreat.
Tho capturo of Ipek, Montenegro,
also la announced.
Tho official Ualkan statement fol fel fol
eows: "Tho city of Ipolc (Montenegro
about 150 miles from tho Serbian
border) haa boon reached. Some
1250 prisoners wero brought In.
"On account of a tlucateitcd cnvol
npmont of their positions In tho Ccr
tin Karasu-Vndar salient, tho French
havo bono compelled to glvo up tholr
positions there."
llulgiir.s Defeated
I'AItIS, Doc. 7. Defeat of tho Uul
garlans December S In nttacks on tho
French lino at Abozarkl, Domlr-ICapu
and Costmorlno Is reported In n dis
patch from Athens to tho Hnvas Nows
agency under today's dato,
Tho Sorblan retreat Into Albania,
Bays tho dispatch, Is hampered by bad
weather and roads and tho prosenco
In the Serbian ranks of moro than
40,000 Austrian, prisoners.
Thcro nro now 100,000 Serbian
troops nnd 20,000 rofugecs gathered
In Albania, tho AtbcnB advices state.
Gci-innus Aid llulgnt")
LONDON, Bop. 7. Tho campaign
ngalnst tho main Serbian armies hav
ing boon closed, It is expoctcd Gonor
al Von Gallwltz, with his Gorman
forces, will Join tho HulgarlaiiH In
Macedonia In an effort to crush tho
French and llrltlsh nrmles boforo
they become much stronger.
Information from llerlln Indicates
that tho German forces engaged In
tho carllor movements In tho Dalkans
havo now boon detached for tho pur
pose of sharing In tho attack on tho
Franco-Ilrltlsh forces along tho south
ern Macedonian front. Dispatches
from Athens partly corroborate this
theory, as It ts reported two Gor
man divisions nro co-oporatlng with
tho Ilulgnrlans near Strumltsa,
Thoro Is llttlo to report from tho
other fronts snvo tho usual minor op
erations. Further Impetus Is given to pcaco
talk by tho papal consistory, at which
Pope Dencdlct delivered nn nddress
calling upon tho bolllgoronts to mnku
n just and Immediate peace.
1IKHLIN, Dee. 7 Capturo of 2G0
meters of nu advanced French Ironch
In the Champagno district east of Au
berlvn, wus announced by Gorman
army headquarters today. Sixty mon
wcro taken prisoner In this opera
tion. i
TOKIO, Dec. 7 Count Okuina,
tho Japaiioso premier, having recover
ed from tho iudlbpositloti caused by
nn opeiatlon on his leg recently, ud
dressed tho diet today.
The proiulor dwelt on tho univer
sal spirit of loyalty and patriotism
inaiilfostod by tho Japanoso people at
tho coronation of Smporor Yosblbito
us a basis for further strengthening
solidity and prosperity of tho Imper
ial house and tho empire. Ho em
phasized tho statement that tho pro
ject for naval ropletlon which wus
ratified by the council of dnfeuso was
tho flret uecobelty In the preeeut sit
uation of the world.
"Not u day can bo loat In currying
out tho plan," he declared.
Count Okumu said that ho OQMaliN
ered tke economic and financial out
look propltloua.
Haron Ishll, minister of foreign
affair, alio adUromed tho diet.
NAVAL
REPLETION
JAPANS
M
ASSERTS
OKMA
RESDNfl!
FOR RECALL OF
Kaiser Informed That Request for
Dismissal Is Due to Naval and Mil
itary Activities of Boy-Ed and Von
Papcn Specifications Refused-
Arc Persona Non Grata.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Secretary
Lansing has replied to Germany that
tho American government's request
for tho withdrawal of Captain Uoy-Kd
and Captain Von Paper, tho nnvnl nnd
military nttnehes respectively, of tho
Gorman embassy hero, wns entirely
becnuso of their military and naval
acttvlttcs.
Sccrotary Lansing's reply to tho
Gorman government's Inquiry, which
Indicated tho llorlln foreign offlco
Intended to contest tho withdrawal
of tho attaches undor certain condi
tions, wns delivered lit n long com
munication which tho Gorman em
bassy Immediately forwarded to llor
lln. At tho embassy nil comment on
It was refused.
Prcsldont Wilson has fully approv
ed Sccrotary Lansing's decision nnd
it was snld authoritatively today that
It would bo adhered to no nuittor
what Germany does.
Neither was tbcro any Indication
of whether tho roply would moot tho
contention of tho Gorman government
thnt It should know tho reasons for
tho request for tho withdrawal of its
officers. It was broadly Intimated
to tho state department that It tho
request was based on something olso
than tho developments of tho Hamburg-American
lino conspiracy trial
or tho caso of James F. J. Archibald,
tho American war correspondent who
secretly carried dispatches for Cap
tain Von Papor, Germany would do
cllncto withdraw either of tho men.
Tho gonoral impression was that
Secretary Lansing's roply at somo
length repeats that tho two officers
havo becomo persona non grata be
cnuso of their military nnd naval ac
tivities and that furthor undor diplo
matic images existing between na
tions It Is unnecessary for ono gov
ernment to do moro than intlmato
to another that tho prcsonco of u dip
lomatic officer Is distasteful.
Ono reason why tho American gov
ernment will not furnish Germany
with specific reasons for tho request
for tho recall of Captain Iloy-Kd and
Captain Von Papon, Is becauso It Is
determined to koop secret tho sources
of Its Information whllo reports In
volving other men In this country aro
Investigated.
GERMAN AGENT
E CROSSED
BY LABOR CHIEFS
KHW VOHIC, Dee, 7 United
States Attorney Suowden Marshall
declared that Franz Jllntolon, tho
German agent who Is accused of com
ing to tills country armed with a
largo corruption fund to Incite strikes
in munition factories, was "double
crossed" by thu labor men bo tried to
corrupt,
Mr, Marshall said that dospltn tho
expenditure of several hundred thous.
and dollars Von Illntolou failed to
accomplish his mission In any effect
ive manner. Ho gao tho mujor
credit for Illiitolen's failure to the
stand taken by high officials In labor
organizations.
"Itlntulon only succoodod In cor
rupting somo subordinates," Mr. Mar
shall said, "and ho was beautifully
doublo-erossed. Tho roal labor lead
ers took prompt stops to check his
activities. Savo for a fow smalt
striken), none of his efforts woro sue
coesful and ull tho strikes ho did in
stigate woro killed by the good mon
at tho head of tho unions.
"I am not proparod to state just
how much monoy Itlnteloti expondud,
but It run Into hiindrodi of thousands
or dollar. Ho had J 5 00,0 00 to his
credit In one bank."
ISnforeing the old Sunday closing
laws kit a snag In Oregon us fust as
aflmmuultiea find out It wide wopo.
The? are not ready to turn back 200
oars In development and enterprise.
GHANNV
DOM.
SOGARCMPANY
STILL SEW
BEET
E
Medford Committco Retires From the
Field When Company Refuses Def
inite Information Concerning Fac
tory Location Company Says Get
Required Acreage First.
The Medford beet sugar committee,
nfter six weeks of continuous cniu
puigiiing among tho farmers of tho
valley to secure needed ncrcngo for a
sugnr beet factory, withdrew Monday
from furthor paiticipation in tho
cnmpnigu, having been unable to se
cure Bntisfnctory stnlcmenta from Ilia
Orcgon-Utnh Sugar company ns to
tho location of tho proposed factory.
The compnny nnnounccs thnt it will
uontinuo its efforts to Bocuro ncrcago
until tho fiOOO ncrcs required linvo
been signed and that in Fcbrunry tho
Snlt Lake capitalists financing tho
factory will Beleet n Rite. Chairmnn
C. E. Qntcs of tho commilteo states:
CVmunlttco's Statement
"Grants PnBs now has approved
and accepted contracts covering an
aorcago of 1250 ncrcs. Tho sugnr
company concedes thnt thnt ncrcngo
can bo increased to 1800. Tho Med
ford committco jnvo 12101 ncrcs. Thnt
ncrcngo was reduced to 1318 ncrcs,
covered by accepted nnd approved
contracts. In addition to this, tho
Medford committco agreed to give
bond thnt it would increnso that acrc
ngo to JI200 acres, provided tho fnc-
tory ho located anywhere between
Gold Hay and Ashland. That was
unsatisfactory to Mr. Nibley, secre
tary of tho Oregon-Utah Sugar com
pany. We, therefore, agreed to de
liver to him contracts in twenty-four
hours covering sufficient ncrcngo to
make tho 3200 ncrcs, with. a clnuso
inserted in tho contrnct nnd to ho
mado n part thereof that theso con
tracts would bo mill and void unless
tho factory bo located as abovo stilt
ed. This Mr. Nibley would not ac
A AG
cept, but insisted on contracts with- j
out strings on them and to bo allow- ,
ed to tivko them to Salt Lake and i
submit them to tho bondholders thcrel
then ho would give his answer. J
"Tho committco could not do this
ns it had agreed with tho fanners
Hint it would uso theso contracts oulv
on tho condition thnt tho sugar mill
wero located ns abovo stated, Henco
tho committco informed Mr. Nibley
that it would drop out of tho sugar
beet ncrcago enmpnign nnd permit
him and his associates to procuro the
ncrcago wherever thov could; and to
loeato tho fnclory wherever and
whenever they pleased, and thnt tho
Medford coniinilteo would placo uoth-
(Continued on pngo six)
OCCASION DEBATE
IN THE REICHSTAG
IIHItLIN, Doc. 7VlRoroii9 ami
tinrostrnlucd discussion of'thi prob
lem of fond regulation contlnuos li'i
tho budget. committco of tho relch
stag.
Full reports of tho dobato aro not
appearing In tho nowspapors but thu
accounts publlBbed Indicate that ono
aspoct of tho discussion consists of
controversial nttompts to lay tho
blame for various alleged fallings on
tho shoulders of producers, doalern
or coiisumors, or representatives of,
different iiilnlstrels.
lloth tho minister of tho Intorlor,
demons Dolbrucok, and the Prussian
minister of ngrlciilluro, Karon Vou
Scborlomor, havo como undor flro.
Ono radical spoakor directed hta
criticism against producors for de
siring hlgbor maximum prices. Ha
pointed nut that tho Gorman tariff
system In tlmos of peaco bad boon
directed for yours toward strengthen
ing Gorman ngrlculturo for Its task
In war tlnio. Farmers should, there
fore, bo contented with small profit
at tho prosont.
The regulations already put Into
feroe for tho distribution of food pro
duuta aro bolng dlgeiissod at length.
Home of tho momhors contend that
tho federal couuell delayed its action
too long,
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