MEDTORD MAIL TRIBUNE
SECOND
EDITION
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Diplomatic Relations Between United
States and Austria Strained to the
Limit Decline to Discuss Facts in
Case or Qulbblo Over Details
Breach Between Nations Possible
WASHINGTON, Dee. 10. Aus
tria's reply to Secretary Lnnsing's
nolo on tho Anconn la regarded, on
the basis of the unofficial reports re
ceived today from London nnd Am
sterdam, nB wholly unsntisfnetory, in
ncecptabtu nnd disappointing to the
United Status. Diplomatic relations
between the two countries may snfc
ly bo described as standing nt tho
breaking point.
President Wilson nnd Secretary
l.nnsing are reserving eominent until
they have the official translation nnd
text nt hand, but it is stated author
itatively that the United States will
enter into no exchange of opinions
which tho Vienna foreign office is
represented as suggesting, nnd abso
lutely will decline to discuss tho facts
of the torpedoing and shelling of the
Anconn by nn Austrian submarine
with tho loss of American lives.
Iteply on (lie Way
No official word had readied tho
slate department today that tho Aus
trian reply hnd been delivered to Am
bnssador Pcnfield, but tho news dis
patches containing excerpts were
taken in official qunrlcrs us suffic
ient evidence that tho rejoinder is on
its way to Washington.
From such parts of thu unofficial
text as arc contained in the news dis
patches, officials considered the re
ply vague in many respects, but they
were not prepared to decide whether
that was caused by tho translation.
The suggestion for nn exohango of
opinions, mo villain request lor a
bill of particulars of the American
complaint against the action of the
Mibmuriuo commander nnd tho pro
posal for a dihcussion of tho facts
woro clearly set forth, however, in
tho unofficial text, nnd officials of
tho state department who have
knowledge of its policy in tlu oijm-.
unhesitatingly declared that all would
bo refused. 11 was made clear that
the United States docs not uropooo to
enter into a diplomatic discussion
which would huvo possibilities of be
ing prolonged almost indefinitely.
Itoply llsnpMIu!lng
Tho outline of tho reply wn disap
pointing becauso feotno American of
ficials had been led to bcliewi by
predictions from fiurmnnio nuartors
that it would bo favorable or nt least
Mould propose something which the
United States could accept.
As Secretary Lansing based the
representations in his note upon the
official statement of tho Austrian ad
miralty iUolf, American officials are
at a lot to understand whoie there
is much room for discussion or dis
pute of facts.
News from Vienna recently that
the submarino which sank the An
conn wns missing led some officials
to believe that a new element had
been introduced into the dispute,
which had promise of carrying some
weight. That point, howovor, soenis
to have been disregarded in Austria's
answer so far as officials can judge
from tho unofficial text received here.
Wanton Slaughter
American officials believed that,
taking as a basis the ofticiul admis
sion of tho Austrian admiralty that
the Anconn was shelled, torpedoed
and sunk while imwiisers were still
(Continued on page alz)
A
'.UlUSU, Switzerland, Dec 1C, via
London. "Tho central powers can
not suffer tlio entente to oreato a sec
ond Calais at Salonikt,' declares
tho Vienna newspaper Nouo Frelo
I'roseo. Tho paper adds:
"Jf tho entente allies Intend to ro
niain at Salonikl, (J rows Is rollovotl
of all obligations to dofond her soil
Hgalnst the advance or the central
Do or. If Greece U too woak to de.
fgjitl horolf she will fUid a true
frlonU in the Oeriuanlr league,"
AUSTRIA SREPLY
UNSATISFACTORY
BREAK IS NEAR
U
GERMAN
THREAT AGA NST
EGYPT IMPENDS
Railroad Constructed From Damascus
to Egyptian Frontier 300,000 Ot
toman Troops, Officered by Ger
mans, Already Concentrated for
Attack Arrabs Bcinq Stirred Ud.
HOME, Dec. 10. The Tureo-Gcr-mnn
threat against Egypt is becoming
moro grave daily, in the belief of mil
itary men here.
Tho construction of n railway line
from Damnscus to tho Kgyptinn fron
tier has been pushed with extraordi
nary speed, it is stated, nnd it is ex
pected thnt it will bo finished by
February 1, there being only fifty
miles moro of trnck to lay before the
Sinni peninsula is reached. This rail
way, which has double tracks, is con
sidered by military men to permit of
n concentration of half n million men
in one month, together with the nec
essary supplies nnd ammunition, at
tho Egyptian frontier.
About 300,000 Ottoman troons,
commanded nnd drilled by German
officers, nlrendy huvo been concen
trated between Alcssnndrettn, Aleppo
and Horns, it is stated. Army engin
eers are laying miles of tidies for
carrying drinking water across the
desert, and ulso nro providing ma
terial for the construction of bridges
with which to cross the Sue?, canal.
Turko-Genunn cmissnries nro said
to be urging tho Seuousi to attack
Egypt from tho west, while an at
tempt also is being made to induce
tho Abyssiuinus to mureh into Su
dan. German officers are report
o hq acting as propagandists, o
gnnizers and military instructors.
The Home ncwspniiurs usk if, nftcr
tho Hnlknns, the entente powers u
going to allow themselves to bo tak
by surprise in Egypt.
NEUTRAL ZONE ON
SOFIA, Dec. JO, ja Loinon, Dr
10. A neutral zono extending tw
kilometers in each sido oftho fron
tier lias been agreed upon betwec
Greece and Unlgaria, according to an
official announcement malic here to
day.
The official announcein nt says:
"llulgarian armies, by the capture
of Mnnustir nnd Ilesuam hating ap
pioached tho Greek front or, the llul
garian government, wish ng to avoid
nny possibility of uccidc its between
advanced posts and (Iruck frontier
guards, proposed to tho Greek gov
ernment that a neutral zone be form
ed by the retreat of troops on each
side two kilometers from tho fiontiur.
"Greece replied, accepting."
Aronnstir and Hesnn, mentioned in
the Sofin statement in connection
with the establishment of the ncitral
zone, are in woMern Serbia. The
statement contains no mention of the
approach of llulgarian troops to the
frontier in southeastern Sorbin in
their pur-it of tho Anglo-Frondi
forces that recently retired aeros the
border, and it is not clear whether
the neutral arrangement announced
extends to this easterly territory of
the frontier.
PUGEI SOUND FOREIGN
TRADE
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 10.- The
foreign trade of Paget .Sound for No
vember amounted to nearly $10,01:,
000, ueeordinjf to tho collector of
uu.toinx. Import e.xceodud o.vporU
by moro Uihji '200,000. Japan wa
the boot customer, xt-uduig good
worth oxer $0,125,000, and titkiux
poods worth 1(W,0U0. Tb princi
jval import of thu district wuro mw
silk, taa aud rise: tka ohUf oA-nort
I Ytit canned almou.
SERBIAN-GREEC1AN
BORDER EED,
MEDFORD,
FIRE THAT
II
TO BE LOCATEDnJ
AI
Tho beet sugar l.oturv will be lo
cated nt Grunts l'lis, according to
statements niudo Wednodny evening
at tho Josejdiiuu hotel, Gnins l'ass,
by George E. Snnderi. vico-prosident
of tho Oiegou-L'tnh Sugar company.
Thb uhsertiou was made before Alex
Kibloy, soorotary, mid F. S. Uramwell,
field siiporintendent, nttorneyi. of tho
company from the ent, and others.
Tho officers nueepted it a a muttor
of fact.
From tho statements of Mr. San
der and associate, it wa apparent
that there never bud been the ulight-
est doubt at, to where (he factory was
to bo located, and thnt it is metely u
link in tho chain of development en
torprisoti promoted ; Mr. Sundors
and hisi Monnon associates, and was
particulaily yalnable as a means of
making a success of tho irrigation en-
tcrprmoti of tho ltogne River Public
jjervico Corj'orHtion.
Jt was 1 iirther stated uy .Air. ban
ders and his associates that negotia
tions for tho purchase of machinery
for tho factory woro under way rind
thnt work would bogm in six weeks,
and that many oolonuU would bo
brought In from Idaho, eastern Ore
gon and Utah to ruio heeta on tho
irrigation project. In slioit, there
will he an influx- of Mormons to
Grants p and the lauds of the pro
posed tiwtriet, wbieh will he watered
by h 330-fuot lift from tho AuisJit
daw. The suxar factory it lookwl
umh as a TaluabU adjunat to in-
Jcreuee property alue, create a mar-
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OREGQy, THURSDAY,
MADE 25,000 HOMELESS
IN SALONIKI UNTIL
WAR IS FINISHED
lALONIKl. arcee, Doc, H. via
I'arB, Uec. 10. ' You may tnko this
as flunl:
"Tho nlllofl will not quit Snlonlkl
until Kuropoan peace Is brought
nbout," said an officer of tho allies,
to tho Associated Press correspond
ent today.
Outgoing ships nm crowdod with
foreigners, partlclularly GonnuiiB
nnd Auutrlnns. The Inhabitants of
Salonikl are leaving the city In four
of n Rlogo. Tho IIiUIhU consul Is ud
vlslhrj civilian Ilritlsh eubjoots, os
poclally women, to tako 'their depar
ture Hundreds of Serbian refugees and
Gicokfl, living between Salonikl and
tho frontier, on the contrary, aro ar
riving hourly. Tho groatost misery
oxlsta among thorn. A rofup.co camp
Is now well ostabllshod nt Volo,
whoro tho allied natal huso will bo
located.
FORMER SENATOR HALE
OF MAINE SERIOUSLY ILL
WASHINGTON. Dee. 10. Former!
Senator Hale of Maine is snrioui.lv ill
of paralysis at his home lieio. Ow
ing to his advanced ago 70 yeur
little hope is hold out for hi ivcov
ury, it wns said.
ket for water and iuduee uuluiiUalion
of company lauds.
llefore leaving Medford Mr. Kibley
stated that it wan up to Uu Salt lake
oapitalwU to loate the Qieturv aatl
that he would wire the doiiou at
once.
DECEMBER 10, 1915
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TIicmj graphic photos show tho
burning of lloHwc1l, Viu, J)u Pont
Poudcc i'iiivaiij'',H iniiultlon town,
i'ji7.cl to tlio gfound by n tuysterlous
lilii7o wild to have Isfii luctMulhu)'.
lloH'td was h "IsHini town" trims
(vniliug In musliiiMini gittwth nny
tlilng ever mh'ii In tlio aluilest days
of the west. Tlio shucks wcit) nil of
liaiiic, and few of llieni woro moi'o
tlian one story high. Tho top pic
ture N u geuernl view of tho flaming
town wllli tho great chimneys of the
Dul'ont plant lsiiiitlng (o tho sky In
the dlstiuicc, mid tho two story Is mill
ing house at tho left nhbiAO... ltclow
Is a hln.lug framo hotel anil ii crow
of i-eiugM's Just stalling on their
flight to City Point, nnd Petersburg
foot, and hoix-twuk.
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AND IS. EDITH GALT
t t H H
WASHINGTON', Dec.
A ninrringo licenso for
10.
Presi-
Edith
dcnl Wilson and Mrs,
Dolling Gait was issued today tit
the local bureau. Tlio wedding
will tnko phi eo Saturday night
at Mrs. Gulfs homo here. Pich
idcut Wilson is a Prob. lerian.
The license, which was obtained
by Chief Usher Isano Iloovor of
the White House stuff, gives the
president' ago as oil nnd Mrs.
Gait's us -13.
SILL FORCE DELAYS
WASHINGTON', Dec. 10. Unless
congress provides for sixty or sov
dily additional employes for the bu
reau of construction and repair of
tho navy depaitmenl, the designing
r.t the ships included in the uduiiuis
trillion's five-year building rojsnun
will be delayed six months it longci
nnd const ruction of the ship thoin
hilvcn held up for that time.
An estimate of $.100,000 Las been
submitted in the bureau to (ocr the
pay of iidditiou.il drn'itthtMiicn.
AT
l'AIMS, Dee. 10. -A dm-n.n of the
Serbian uniuc, exeortuig 18,01)0
Austrian prisoners of war, bus ar
med at Tiruim and Kllmaii. in Al
bania, aeoanliitkj to a disieli from
Jaiiiua, Albama, to tho Hhvus News
agency.
BULGARS HALT
CHASE OFALLIES
AT GREEK LINE
Panicky Times nt Salonikl Following
Withdrawal of Greeks Lull on
Battle Line Pending Greek Elec
tionsRetirement of Anrjlo-French
Forces Ends.
I1EHL1N, Dec. 10. Tho official re
port of the llulgarian headquarters
stuff dated December 15, ns received
hero today, tho Overseas News
agency announces, is us follewn:
"Ilulgnrinn troops huvo temporarily
slopped at thu Greek frontier their
uursuit of tho enemy."
Auslro-Hungarinn troop; pushing
their ndvnnco in Montenegro, have
reached the vicinity of Hjclojioljc, on
tho Lim river, nbout twenty miles
west of tho Serbian border, it wns
announced todnv by Gumma army
headquarters.
"Panicky times prevail in Salon
iki," says n statement today by tho
Overseas News agency, "the popula
tion fearing violence from the troops
of the entente allies after the depart
ure of the Greek forces. Tho pros
pects of n siege of tho town nro also
regarded with alarm. The German
and AuNtio-lIimgarian colony is pre
paring to lcnc."
Lull on Ilattlo Mno
LONDON, Dec. 10. On tho Muco
douiau front there bus set in a lull
which well-informed observers at
Athens believe will extend over thu
Greek elections of Sunday.
The u'tircnient of tlio Anglo-French
forces bus ended nnd they now oc
cupy strong positions north of Snl
ouiki, where thus far their oppon
ents huvo liiiide no effort to disturb
them.
The Gorman forces probably would
need Home time to prcparo for any
assault on thesu positions, particu
larly as light artillery and mountain
guns would not suffice. Vow lieuvy
guns, if nny, seem to huvo arrived
ueur tho frontier.
Iletiral .Masterful
The entente capitals view with wit
isfuction what is regarded as thu
masterful manner in which the re
treat was conducted and tho compar
itivuly small losses of thu allies.
In London the rctiiemcut of Field
Murshul Sir John French from com
uinud of tho British forces in Franco
temporarily overshadowed other war
news. Thu new commander-in-chief,
Sir Douglas Haig, who is almost tho
youngest general in tho Hritish unity,
enters upon his duties with a high
reputation. Ho lias seen moro hard
fighting than nny other general in tho
Hritish nnny.
There nro 200,000 entente troops
ut Siilomki, according to tho Daily
Mnil, whoso Suloniki correspondent
says that the retreat of the entente
allies was so brilliantly carried out
that tho largo forces of Bulgarians
woro uiiablo nt uny point to overtake
and dufeat them.
To Halt at Vmibir
According to tho correspondents
of the Times nnd the .Morning Pot,
the entente forces will halt oil tho
lino from Kurasuli, in northern
Greece, on tho Vurdur river, to Kil
indir, Giccco, which they will try to
hold until tho Suloniki positions are
fortified.
The correspondent of tho Morning
Post says on tho authority of tho
llulgarian minister at Athens that
Giovgoli and Doirnn, southurn Serbia,
both of which are in thu hands of tho
Tciitouiu allies, will bu uurrundurud to
Greece.
Tho Athens correspondent of tho
Times says ho belies cs tho whole fu
ture position tunis on whether tho
IJulfc'itnnns invade Greece.
ELECT A PRESIDENT
MKXICO CITV, Dec. 1C Zapata
adheronts mot In convention at Tlal.
toupani yostorday and named An
tonio Soto Y. Ciamn president or tho
Itopuhllc of Mlco, according to n
dispatch to tho nowapapor ljl Domo
kruta. The oloetlou was approvod
by (lonsral Zaputa who snroad tho de
oroo over tlio territory controlled by
him.
NO. 229
M lUON NEEDED
IS.
STATES WORKS
California Senator Would Have Army
Employed Ten Months of Year at
Reforestation, Irrirjatlon and
Flood Prevention, With Two
Months' Trainlnrj Every Year.
WASHINGTON, Doc. 10. Senator
Works of California told tho scnato
today thai u standing nray of ono
million men would bo necessary to
defend thu United States ngninnt pos
sible invasions, nnd declared that tho
Pacific coast was completely nt tho
mercy of Asintic attack.
Scnntor Works spoko on tho sub
ject of national defense, but particu
larly to propose ns n part of tho
Hchcmo of preparedness tlio coalition
of ii mobile laud force and an nnny
reserve of 1200,000 men at a cost oC
$30,000,000 n year for ten years.
In Useful 1'hnployiucut
Tho proposed enlisted men in uivit
nnd military reserve would bu settled
uccording to tho Works bill with their
families in comfortable five-ncru
Iraota provided by tho government,
supplementing ten months of product
ive work nt rcforestrnlion, irrigation
nnd flood prevention, with two
mouths of military training ench year.
They would bo soldier, settlers under
tho control of (ho secretary of the in
terior in times of pence and subject to
orders of thu department in timo of
war.
"There nro enough ,Tapa;icso in
California now to man and destroy
every line of communication from tho
cast, isolating California and depriv
ing her of nil aid in troops and am
munition," said tho senator. "Mexico
is open to tho entry of thoJnjmncse,
and once there, it is but a stepiicross
nn invisible boundary into thu United
Slates.
Step la Wrong DlrectJon
"Tho plnn to, add Ono hundred
thousand men to our present army n
u (longerons step in tho wrong direc
tion. It would not avail a day to
defend California ugnitist Japanese
invasion. It would find difficulty in
maintaining itself hgninst the Japan
ese already in tho state. If wo aro
to bo consistent wo must either put
tho army on a footing of at least a
million men or turn to n moro effic
ient means of dofonse."
Outlining tho sCopo of his bill, Sen
ator Woiks declared a million fam
ilies could bo recruited from.tho tene
ment districts of tho great cities
alone and settled on homestead tracts
in the west,
IUm hill would provide Hint tho men
bo enlisted for terms of fivo years.
It would authorize (ho secretary of
tho interior to sot aside public lauds
or to purchase lauds and to con
struct water rights nccoesury to mid
ply such land-.
SEND EXHIBITS
TO
WASHINGTON, Dee. 10. Tho
senate adopted today u resolution au
thorizing tho transfer of till govern
ment exhibits from (ho Pnnnmn-Pa-
oifiu international exposition at Sun
Francisco to tho Punumu-Culiforniii
exposition at San Diego, Cal.
SAN FI5ANCISCO, Dec. 10.
Plans ulrciidy huvo been made for
tho shipment of the giimtor purt pC
the "overnmont exhibits at tho Pau-
amu-Pueifio oxnositiou to tho Pan
ama National exposition at Punamui
which will open in January. A minor
part of tho exhibit will bo sent (o
the Puniinin-Ciilifoniiu exposition at
Suu Diogo, fat according to tho
present plans.
Tho resolution adopted, today by
(he United Stntos senate, according (it
tho govonunont oxhibit bonul, would
disumiiujio those plans and could not
bu oomplittd with in full becuuso of
luelt of gmtuo at San Diego.
Tho 7d0 tons of exhibits nt the ex-
ponitiun horo reiiuircjl 180,000 equuro
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