Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
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Forty-fifth Tear.
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MEDFORD, OKEGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1915
NO. 235
HM
II
SUMMIT AGAIN
RECAPTURED BY
GERMANFORCES
Hartmans-Wellcrkopf Region Contin
ues Scene of Heavy Flghtinn, With
Berlin and Paris Both Claiming
Progress Martial Law Likely in
Greece No Capture of Varna.
HEIILIN, Dec. 23., vln London.
Tho war orflco announced today that
tho summit ot Hnrtmanns-Wollcr-kopf,
captured earlier In tho weok by
tho Kronclt had been regained by tho
Germans.
Tho toxt of tho statomont follews:
"Western theater of war: During
hot fighting yesterday n bravo regi
ment of tho 83rd brlgado captured
tho summit of HnrtmnnR-Wellorkopf.
Tho cnomy suffered extraordinarily
sovoro losses and loft 23 officers and
1530 men In our hands. Wo nro now
busy clearing sonio portions of a
trench on tho northern slopo which
Is still occupied by tho French.
"Tho figures given In tho Fronch
report of yesterday evening regard
ing tho fighting around llartmans-
Vollorkopf on tho 21st aro oxnggor
ntud by at least ono half. Our total
losses, Including all tho killed, wound
ed and missing, so far ns at prcsont
nsccrtnlncd, amount to 1100 men."
French ll'Mrt Progress
PAULS, Dec. 23. Tho following
communication was given out at tho
war offlco this afternoen:
"Tho night was rclatlvoly calm
over tho wholo front. To tho south
of Arras In tho vicinity of Uoauralns,
our artillery kept up its destructive
flro against tho positions of tho ono
my. In Champagno thero was fight
lug at closo quarters with hand gro-
nudes to tho oast of Navarln farm
mid In tho sector of Hill No. 193.
"In tho Vosges nt Hartmnns-'WcIl-orkopf
tho situation Is unchanged on
our loft. Our right continued to
mako progress yosterday."
.Martini Law In (Jiwco
LONDON, Doc. 23. Proclamation
of martial law In Greoco Is reported
unofficially to bo imminent. Al
though no confirmation of this report
Is available, thero is ovldcnco of
growing uneasiness at Athens ovor
tho possibility that Bulgarian troops
will cross tho border.
Tho only thing which occurred to
rollovo tho situation Is the announce
ment that tho Bulgarian officer In
command of tho forco which clashed
with tho Creoles In Eplrus had boon
punished and that tho Incident Is con
sidered closed.
Tap Liner Sunk
Itocrudosccnco of submarlno activ
ity In tho Near Hast Is signalized in
n startling ninilnor by the. sinking of
tho Japaneso liner Yasakn Marti. Ap
paiontly thero was no loss of llfo, but
nccoidlng to marine iusurnnco men,
tho property loss was tho heaviest
Inclined In any marltlmo disaster of
tho war. Tho naturo of tho valuable
cargo remains undisclosed.
Tho mystery of tho bombardment
of Varna, at first depleted ns a for
midable Russian attack on tho chief
Bulgarian port, has stirred London,
but according to reports from both
sides, It was nothing but a minor na
val action among torpedo boats, in
which tho shore batteries participat
ed. However, a largo Russian fleet
Is said to bo In tho vicinity of Varna
and tho action may bo merely tho
preliminary to a serious Russian at
tack. E
PORTLAND, Or., Dee. 23. After
a running battlo ior a diatnneo of
four blocks, Fred Wagner, an alleged
burglar, was captured by police here
onrly today.
Patrolman Johnstone, while inves
tigating u rejwrt that two mon wore
trying to break into a saloon, on
countered Wngnor and a oompnnion
and ordorod thum to throw up their
IihihI. Inktomi of complying, War
ner grappled with the polieomnn and
disarmed him. while ln companion
inn uwuv. St'Mial other olicomou
appeared hh Wagner tied, and an ex
tiling pi-tol tight endued Wugncr.
according to the poli c rnjjfessed
jL.i L U'd tried t'i r'b the i-j (inn
PORTLAND
I
CAPTUR
BURGLAR
L
F
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Premier Borden States Friendly Re
lations Between Sister Nations Arc
Founded on True Understanding
and Sincere Respect Hopes
Treaty to Be Made Perpetual.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23. Sir Rob
ert Laird Bordon, tho Canadian pro
mler, nddrosscd tho Pilgrims society
of New York at a luncheon hero to
day on relations between Canada and
tho United States nnd botweon Can
ada and Great Britain.
Tho relations botweon tho Domin
ion and tho United States, tho premier
bollovcd "wcro nover moro firmly
founded on truo understanding and
slnccro good will than nt present,"
nnd ns for Canada and tho mothor
country, ho said, "they wcro nover so
closely united In Ideal, Inspiration
nnd effort," ns nt tho present tlmo.
In part Sir Robert spoko as fol fel fol
eows: Unguarded llotitirinry
"From ocean to ocean across this
continent runs a boundary lino of
nearly four thousand miles entirely
unguarded on cither side. The agree
ment which accomplished so great a
result was mado between Great Brit
ain and tho United States fifty years
beforo tho Canndlan federation camo
Into being. It Is embodied In a few
letters exchanged between their dip
lomatic representatives and It can bo
terminated upon six months notice.
But for a hundred yenrs It has hold
good nnd I bcllcvo It will always
hold good. Does It not mark an Im
pressive" epoch In tho relations of tho
two countries?
"May I recall to you tho treaty
mado In 1010 by which an Intornn
tlonnl joint commission was estab
lished for tho determination of all
disputes between Canada and tho
United States In respect to tho uso of
tho boundary waters? Tho tenth nr
tlclo contained a rcfcrcnco to tho
commission, by consent of tho two
nations, of any dlffcrcnco botweon
them nnd It Is of tho most compre
hensive character. Tho treaty Is to
continue flvo yenrs from Its Inception
nnd thereafter until either party gives
a year's notlco of denunciation. I
most slncoroly trust that tho spirit
which has presorved tho convention
of 1811 will mako permanent tho
treaty of 1910,
Tragedy of tlio War
"Ono who has seen tho manhood of
a young nation spring to arms nt tho
call of duty and who has been In
spired by Its wonderful outburst of
patriotism nnd Its spirit of self sac
rifice; ono who has had tho prlvllcgo
of addressing tho flower of his coun
try's youth within Bound and rango
of tho enomy's guns, as well as In tho
hospitals and convaloscont homes bo
yond tho seas and has stood by tho
graves of thoso who foil In Franco
nnd In Bolglum; ono who has looked
forth upon tho valley of the foothills
that sweep around Yprcs, and has
realized that moro than ono hundred
thousand mon had thero found their
graves within twolvo months such
a person must suroly realize tho trag
edy of thla war and tho awful ro.
sponslblllty of thoso who forced it
upon tho world,
"The outbreak of hostilities found
us utterly unprepared with military
forces Inndcquato for tho vast cam
paigns which wcro Immediately found
necessary. Perhaps, not oven in the
stress which camo upon this republic
moro than halt n century ago, has
tho capacity of democracy been so
thoroughly and searchlngly tested.
A Righteous Cntiso
"Wo wore called upon to meet tho
assault of tho greatest military pow
(Continued on page three)
PRESIDENT PLAYS
GOLF WITH
HOT SWINGS. Va., Dee. 23.
The president and Mr. WiUou mado
their first appearance on the golf
links, hero today. Other pluyors wore
on the euure, and with theo the
president and hi wife (hatted dur
ing the round.
Mr. iNn w.re a liht blue tai
lored suit with tan w ilkaig shoes and
bli'k t'Xj e
ONLY GOOD W L
M
CANADA
TOWARDS U
MEDFORD AMONG SIX HUNDRED CITIES 10 GIVE CITIZENS
CHANCE
CJTi
Coniniunlty Chilstiwis Trees... In
Chicago, (left) anil In New York
(light.)
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SUNK BY TORPEDO
LONDON, Dee. 23. Tho new Jap
nncho liner Yusukn Mnru. which wan
bunk in tho eastern Mediterranean
by a biibmiirine, while tho steamur
was on her way lrom London to ,ln
pnn, with 120 imsseiitrerH mid 11 crew
of 100, was sent to tho bottom with-
out warning, nceoiding to a report
from Port Said from tho agents of
tho owners. Those on board tho feliin.
including ono Americnn passenger, W,
J . Lcich. were f.nved. Tho nation
ality of the submnrino is not men
tioned by tho ngents, nnd previous
reports rotorred Jo tho sinking of the
whii) ns dono Iiv eitlier an Austrian
or a Gorman biibninriiie.
Tho Yiihukn Mnru was mink Tues
day. A Frenoh gunboat picked up
tlio pashengerti nnd crew at midnight
and landed them at Fort Said Wed
nesday. On tlio passenger list wcro
fifty-ono men, iiltvfoiir women and
fifteen children, most of whom were
Iiritisli subjects.
TOKIO, Dec. 'J.'l. News .of the
sinking of tlio Yusakn Mnru ruuehed
Tokio today and uaiued grunt o.xuito
ment. Tho advices received hero say
that thu titonmship wnR sunk by 11
jjiibmnrino near Foit Snnl.
Advices received by tho Nippon
Yuscn Iviiisha btato Hint the Yiunkn
jrnru was torpedood without uurimig
and that bho bank in foity-nuie min
utes. Tliis occurred in tho afteniooii
of Tuesday and it wit midnight when
tlio passengers and crew were jc
oued by the French gunboat.
WASHINGTON, Dae. 23. In tho
face of official foreign protosts Gon
oral Carranza has temporarily sus
pended his doo roe roqulring banks In
Mexico City to redooni their notos In
gold, according to advleos received
today by the state dapartmont. Tho
susponslon is offoctlve until Carranza
roaches QuoreUro, an indofinlto dato.
The ultimate ostabllshmont of a
central bank, authorized to Issue cur
rency patterned somewhat after the
federal reserve ssUm of the I'ulted
Staei 13 tel cved to bo In vkw,
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WITHOUT
WARNING
TO GATHER AROUND COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS TREES
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EsLLLLLLI KHfiRILEr HHH
I
PRIOR TO 1914
WASHINGTON, Dee. S3. Ship,
pors in Snn Frnnciseo, Los Augelos
and other Faeifio const oities can
not obtain reparation for switching
charges which tho iiitorslulo com
morco coinmihsion Iiuh found unlaw
ful, if tho charges wero paid before
Augiibt 32, 3011.
Tho commission hold moro than n
year ago that tho shlppora woro en
titled to recover charges of $2.50 a
car for switching botwoon August 12,
19U, nnd April 1, 1815. Many ship
pers, however, wlshod to recover for
ohargos paid as far back as 1908,
SAN FRANCISCO, Doc. 23. San
Francisco sblppors had nt stako ap
proximately $500,000 In switching
charges In the enso decided today by
tho Inter state eonimorco commission,
Los Angolos and other cltlos wero In
terested proportionately. It was
sought by sblppors to havo tho com
mission's finding that switching
chnrgos of $2.50 a car woro unlawful,
mndo retroactive. If It had boon
mado so, sblppors all over tho United
States would have been cntltlud to
rocovor many millions of dollars in
ohargos paid during tho two yoara
prior to tho dato of the order.
rOMMmS, (), Dec. 2J. -Two
thousand citizens of Admits county,
thu btato, diswifnUH'liuud in itMO
for corrupt olootion prautiuos, auto
muticnllv regained their voting powei
tlii month, state oiliciahi uuuouuced
today.
Tho Imliut frauds in Adonis coun
ty attmoltd the whole imtjon's at
tention. Whulek UidieUOMit Here
returned.
For weeks the roads of Out county
were througsfl with runtl resident ,
who maJs Mr wuy to Wsst Umon,
tho oounty mmt, and unObel to
Judge A. 'L Ulair th t 031 ad sold
their votes, ftften ( r gjifuro than
50 entt,.
'J lie i-ii-toinun fcfH'HCO V i- a
iioiinii 1 Mie Mini i.'!iiruiielii n nt
fr u i nr-. In ul! cane- i
tern - r.i. tli ! t,im cjtjnrC'l t
SHIPPERS
CANNO
RECOVER
REBATES
01
REGAN
BALLOTS
WESTERN
ROADS
GRANTED INCREASE
IN FREIGHT RATES
WASHINGTON, Doc. 23. Kail
roads wost of tho Mississippi river
woro given material Increases In
freight rates today by tho inter stnto
eonimorco commission by a decision
In tho so-enllod w oh torn advance rato
caso.
Important luoronsoR granted In
cluded carload ratos on agricultural
Implomonts oxcopt to points In Louts
iana; carload rates on canned goods
and carload ratos on boots nnd shoes
nnd loathor botweon Missouri inanu
facturlng points and points wost.
lncroasos on many miscellaneous
Itoms woro allowed but othors woro
held to ho unjustified. Tho record
In tho enso doos not dlscloso how
much additional rovouuo tho railroads
ll obtain.
Among othor lnoreason granted
woro ratoii on dried and evaporated
fruits in portions of tho went nnd on
furniture In carloads from Kansas
City and othor points to points in
Ohio. IucroasoM woro allowed also In
cortaln oases In tho chnrgos for
switching grain and transit ohargos
on fruit and vogotablos In tho terri
tory beyond tho Missouri river.
Iucronnos wero dontod In cnrlond
ratos on eggs from points In Kansas
to the southwest, as woro incroasos
from points throughout tho wost on
rider nnd vlnogar to points in Kansas
and MIsouri. Incroiso on bauxlto
ore, used In tho mnnufacturo of al
uminum uoro denied In souto cases
and granted In others.
WILLAMETTE FLOOD
CREST HAS PASSED
PORTLAND. Or., Dee 23.-The
Willauiettu intT ul noon today had
rwtehw! h Mlntre of thirteen feel
she the zen, maik, u. raise of only
uiue-1'nili- of a lout bines yester
day, and it w .1-. lulu-Mil lbs oxest of
the flood h.id ,--.il. The river
lacked t tut i Kinlnug a tago
where tcrwiii il.nn.ii' muhl havo
been uau&vd. Willi llu tieption of
the ftoulhern I'neifie'n line from hero
to Tillumook all ruiiroudM were run
in m.' Iiuiiih (in si'hedule time tudnV
'li Wi . tin r d I-, rii.iauuil ch-ur and
I " ' i i . -.it u f the tonn
j t'r'.'j
NDICIENTOF
PLOTTERAGAINST
I AND CM
Paul Kocnlg anil Aliened Conspirators
Indicted for Military Enterprise
Against Canada Brcltiinrj Admits
Diiylnn Explosives for Robert
Fay's Bomb Enterprise.
NEW YOItK. Dec. 23. Indict
montH woro roturncd todny charging
Paul Koonlg, chief detcctlvo of tho
Hnmburg--AmotTcan lino, nnd Hlch
nrd Emit Loyendcckor, nn nntlquo
donlcr, with conspiring to dynnmlto
tho Wellnnd cannl. Edmund Justlco,
n Hnmburg-Amcrlcnn watchman, was
also Indicted with Kocnlg on charges
of conspiring to sccuro military Infor
mntlon for tho German government.
Tho indictments against Koonlg
nnd Loyendcckor charged them with
conspiring to "Bet on foot in the
United States a military entorprlso
ngnlnst tho Dominion of Cannda."
Almcl nt Wclbuul Canal
Tho indictments sot forth Hint n
part of this alleged conspiracy wns
to destroy with dynnmlto or othor
means tho Wellnnd canal, leading
from Port Colborno, on Lnko Erlo, to
Port Dalliouslo, on Lnko Ontario.
As n part of tho plot to destroy tho
cannl, tho Indictments nllego Koonlg
nnd Loyondccker plnnncd to sccuro
employment for their ngonts In vnr-
Ioiih factories and mills ndjncout to
tho cannl.
Max llrcltung, undor indictment
with Hobort Fay, Dr. Herbert Koln
filo, Walter Scholz, nnd Pnul Daccho,
on chnrgos of conspiring to blow up
munition ships leaving this country
today, ndmlttod through his attorney
John 11. Stnnchfleld, Hint ho bought
350 pounds of chlorate of potash for
Fny. Tho admission was mndo when
Mr. Stanchflold moved for n sepa
rata trial for Ilroltung.
l'urcliiiMxl tho Potash
Dreltiing purchased tho potash, ono
of tho chief components In certain
forms of explosives, at Fay's roquost,
Mr. Stanchflold snld, nnd In so doing
acted In godo fnjth nnd wns entirely
Innocent of any plan to destroy ships
Decision on tho motion wns put ovor
until January 3,-when decisions on
similar motions by two of tho othor
defendants will bo rondcrod.
William McCulloy, whoso nnmo wns
first given as Itobort McAuloy, nnd
who wan takon to pollco headquar
ters at tho roquost of tho department
of justice Investigating tho plot to dy
nnmlto tho Wollnnil canal, was ro-
loasod todny after having been quos
tloned by fodornl officials.
Although McCulloy admitted hav
Ing known Paul Koonlg clilof of tho
Ilamburg-Amorlcan lino detectives,
accused by tho government of having
formulated tho Wollnnd cnnal plot,
for flvo years, nnd having rocontly
been In his employ nt a "trailer,"
fodoral officials said thoro was noth
ing to wurrnnt holding tho man,
LONDON, Dee, 2:1. Tlio Athens
correspondent of Heuter'n Telegram
iiompuny hpihU tho follewing:
"In renlv to representations made
to tho Ueruiuii nnd Ilulgnriiin govern
munU ioj:nrdiiiff the IContzu incident,
in which u Hiilunitii detachment in
alleged purmut of u small Scihiim
force trmiHgrosfccd tlio Greek fion
tier, tlio Oieek K'vernmont linn re
ceived iiiHiiriineH that tho Bulgarian
of! icer iCHpoiihililo would bo puu-
Ulll'll."
Fi
NVACK, N. V., Dei . J.I Alter bo
itifr confined in f.tate institution fur
tho iusaue since November, 101 , Mi.
Ivan ClausNou, writer of throatenini;
and oeeentnu lutteis to Theodore
Hoonevelt and others, w to lie ruluus
ed from the ktato howpitul lor tho m
ano at Aliddletoii. A eouit older to
tins etl'eet u,ii signed toduj. Bho
wilt ho placed in (he custody of her
br'Hicr, Matthews l luussen, of New
Yvrt. (. ity,
QBREGON TAKES
OF
VILLA DISTRICT
Hearst Ranch Confiscated With Ma
dera Property by Villa Latter's
Brother Arrested at San Antonio
Villa's Wife Arrives at New Or
leans to Sail for Cuba.
EL PASO, Tox., Dee. 23. General
Alvnro Obfcgon, in comraiuid of tho
Cnrrnii7.il forces, who arrived last
night from Nognlcs, Sonorn, to tnko
chnrgo of tho surrendered Villa ter
ritory nnd troops, wns closeted today
with Mexican Couuul Adrcns Garcia.
Ho will ho unnblo to cross tho border
until Into this nfleniooii, it wns snid.
Juarez wns quiet.
J. 1). Bnrkcr nnd M. C. Quijndu,
employes of the Dubricorn much, tho
W. It. Hearst property near Miulern,
arrived nfter u trip of nine dnys
overland. They reported that tho
ranch had been confiscated by Gon
orul Villn with nil tho Mndcra prop
erty ten dnys ngo nnd thnt General
rcdinn Vietn wus plnccd in chnrge.
Lootiin' wns begun nnd four Ameri
can prisoners of General Victn. woro
st ill in captivity when tlioy loft.
According to tho ninnngor of tlio
Ucurst projiortv i M"cxico, who is
hore, tho four men held prisoners by
Medina Vietn nre: P. Kennc, nn Kng
lishmuu; F. S. Hlnck nnd William
KvniiK, Americiins, mid Iticlinrd Wug
ncr, a Germnn.
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VillnVi llroUivr Arrested
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Dee. 23.
To forcfitnll hnbeas corjuiH proceed
ings by which Colonel llopolito Villa
might hnvo obtained his liberty be
foro documentary proof could hnvo
been obtained from Kl Paso, Colonel
Villn, nccompnnicd by a detective,
was stnrtcd curly todny for El Pnso.
Villn was arrested horo last night
on a train, tho action being bused on
a telegram from tho EI Paso chief of
Police, charging him with swindling.
Villa agreed to return without formal
com t order.
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Villa Not Coining
NEW ORLEANS, Dee. 23. Gen.
oral Francisco Villn, Mo.xicun revo
lutionary lcndor, is not coming to
Now Orleans to suil for Cubn, ac
cording to fitntcments todny by his
wife nnd his sourotiiry, M. E. Gonza
les, who arrived Inst night with Mrs.
Hipolito Villn, and several other
members of tho family.
Tho general's wife snid she nnd her
pnrty would Bail for Havana noxt
Snturdny on tho steamer Atenns.
Steamship officials snid General Villa
hud not hooked passage.
Doth Mrs. Villa nnd Villa's seero
tury ussorled they did not know thu
general's whereabout.
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EH
IN YAQUI VALLEY
Ol'AY.MAS, Mexico, Dec. 23. Yn
qui Indians still hnve power ovor thd
Yaqul valloy oxcopt two ranches, ono
holng owned by an American named
Hruss, whoro bo, togethor with an
othor American and eight Gormaiut
Is supposed to bo holding out, al
though no nows whatever has beoa
rocolved from thorn slnco Monday
whou tho second Yaqul raid had bo
gun. A wonting to detailed nccounts ro
colvod today from settlors, tho In
dians havo dostroyed all tho build
ings nnd property whoro they hnvo
taken chargo, but as yet no reports
havo been received of any Americana
or othor foreigners being killed.
On account of lack or ammunition
Waldo Sholdon nnd Darrott Jonos, tha
two young men from Greenwich. Con.
noctlcut, who woro running a larga
ranch and who lust spring wero suc
cessful In driving off tho Indlnno,
woro compelled to abandon their
properly during tho night nnd nftor
n long Journoy through tho Indiana'
linos succeeded In getting out with
only n skirmish In which no ono wan
injured,
Most of the settlers are practically
destltuto and mauy aro thoroughly
disheartened,
COMMAND
YAQUIS
D
CAN
ARMS