Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1913
NO. 238
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UNITED STATES TO BREAK WITH AUSTRIA 1
AUSTRIAN REPLY
NO MEET
II. S. DEMANDS
Teutonic Diplomatic Circles Prepared
for a Severance of Diplomatic Re
lations "Guided by Concern" for
Good Relations of Two Countries,
Says Zwiedlnek.
AUSTRIAN EMPEROR AND ENVOYS HE'LL RECALL
IF HE REFUSES DEMANDS OF UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. Austria,
according to unofficial information
received in authoritative, quarters
licrc today, will not unci the demands
of tlio United Stale In licr forth
coniiii'r reply to the Ancona note, and
Teutonic diplomatic circles nro repre
sented as being prepared for a sever
ancc of diplomatic relatione.
Although tlio state dcartincnt so
far lins received from Ambassador
Pcnficld at Vienna no forecast of the
reply, it was understood that unless
sonic excellent reason for continuing
diplomatic correspondence on tlio
Hiihject as presented no courso seems
to remain hut to break off relations.
"Guided by Concern"
Slate department officials nro ex
pecting information about tliu reply
which might hnvo been secured by
Ambassador Pcnficld during informal
conferences with Duron Von Durian.
Auslro-Hungurian minister of foreign
affairs.
Advices received recently through
Daron Krich Zwiedinck, the Anstrinn
charge here, wero to tlio effect that
Austria would be "guided by con
cern," for the good relations exist
ing between the two countries.
Tim position of tho stale depart
ment is flint there can bo no discus
sion over tho official admissions of
tho Austrian ndmiraltv which formed
the bnsis for the correspondence, un
less Austria denies tlio accuracy of
that statement.
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INUIC! LU llll!
CONSPIRACY 10
CAOSE STRIKES
B0y-ED ADV
ENSORSHIP OF PRESS
Buchanan and Fowler of Illinois,
Monnett of Ohio, David Lamar and
Officers of Labor's National Peace
Council Indicted for Fomenting La
bor Troubles In Munition Plants.
GERMAN ENVOYS WHO HAVE BEEN RECALLED, ON BROADWAY
Alexander von Xulier nlxive, Aus
Jrlan consul general, and llnron Erich
vvlcilluck, counselor of tlio Austro-
Hiingni-ian embassy at Washington,
I'l-nn. Josef, emperor of Auslrla I now tlio highest official of tho Aus
and king of Hungary. trlnu government In this country.
GREECIAN
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DOUBTS KAISER'S
FINAL TRIUMPH
FRENCH
LAN
m
OFFENSIVE
ON WEST FRONT
Diplinntlc Ilupturu
I'AUIS, Dee. 28. Uneon firmed nd
i iccs from Vienna, as publislicd by
the 1'etit .lounial, say tlio impression
prevails in Austro-Hungnrian gov
ernment circles that tho forthcoming
leply to the second American note
regarding tlio Aneonn incident will
bring about a diplomatic mptuic be
tween the (wo untioiiH.
Tho Petit Journal's dispatch, for
warded from Geneva, bays:
"According to advices from Vienna
Iho Austro-Hiiiignrinii answer to the
American note was the subject of a
Jng discussion Sunday night between
Premier Tisza of Hungary and the
Austro-Hiingnrian foreign minister,
Daron Von Durinu. Tho foreign min
ister also conferred with Dr. C. T.
Diimba.
"Although no definite conclusion
has yet been readied, the impression
in governmental circlen is that the
answer will bring about a diplomatic
lupluie."
Constantino in Interview With Gen
eral Castclnau Questions Whether
, Central Powers Can Resist Indef
initely Economic anil Financial
Pressure of the War.
DUELS
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ACADEMY
IFIC COAST
FOR PAC
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.- Sccre
tary Daniels today said that when the
increased building program ior the
navy ultimately inudo necessary n
becond nuvul academy, tliu logical
place for the new institution would
be on tho Pacific coast.
Senator Plialan and licptocntntivo
Kent of California nre preparing
bills to that end and have conferred
with Secretary Daniels, but the ques
tion of site has not been dUeussod.
Secretary Daniels has recommend
ed to congroas an increase of the un
dorgradunto body at Annapolis to it
full capacity 1200 midshipmen
and that number will care for the
fint body of junior officers for the
fteol iuonm.o. Further increases,
however, will roquiro additional fa
eilitie and tlio secretary d today
ho tfcettgfet batter imuUc would ho
naeowplislittl i n t4itiaHl mmW
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ATHENS. Dec. 2C, via Paris, Doc.
2S. In tlio courso of an Intervlow
today with General Cnxtoluau, chief
of tlio French general staff, King
Constantino expressed doubt that tlio
central empires would bo ablo to re
sist Indefinitely tho economic and
especially the flnanrlal prossuro of
tho war. General Castclnau so re
ported tho king's opinion tonight In
a statomont to tlio Associated Press.
Tho Greek sovereign asked the
French commander why, by tho slow
ness of their operations, thoy had
permitted tho crushing of Belgium,
and Sorbla, and tho falluro of tho
Dardanelles campaign. Goneral Cas
tclnau's reply was that nobody de
nied those unfortunato results and
they wero extremely rogrottablo.
Itensous for Fiiiluros
"It would bo most highly doslr
ablo," tho gcnoral declared, "If Bel
glum and Serbia wore still Intact and
If Husila could today bo rovlctu.ilcd
by way of tho Dardanelles, but wo
must sco the war as a whole. It would
bo folly capablo of jeopardizing final
victory, of which alono wo havo tho
right to think, to undortako any mil
itary action without tho most com
plcto preparation and overy assur-
anco of success humanly possible
"If matorlal and forces aro not
available, howovor painful tho ro-
suit of inaction may bo, it Is truly
criminal to go off half cockod. Ho
roomber the Crlmoa, whoro tho Itus
slans so long hold tho Malakoft tow.
or, with flintlocks and round cannon
balls. Woll, all tho Gorman lino to
day Is a row of Malakoff towers with
other rows behind.
"Hut just as tho Russians finally
wero forcod to glvo up so must the
Germans. I havo given threo sons;
I havo two more, but tholr lives too
will be paid, If need be, that victory
may bo complete."
BERLIN, Dee. 28 (by
jSnyvillo). An offensive movement
by tho French, who have attacked tho
German lines nt Ilirzstein, is an
nounced by Gennnn nrmy headquar
ters in today's official statement. Do
tails regarding the outcome of tho at
tack nro lacking, the statement adds.
"Allied monitors havo shollod
Wostonds, on the Delgian const, threo
residents being killed, two of whom
wore women, it is declnred.
"Tioop niovemouts nt the Soissons
station wero stopned by German ar
tillery fiie.
"On tho en stern finnt tho repulse
of Russian rcconnoitoiing detach
ments on tho Deresinn, northwost of
Cznrtorysk add noar Borostiuny is
reported.
"Along the front there n-ero al
times lively nrtillory, hand grenad
and mining duels.
"At Ilirzstein n French iidvanpo
was curried out eailv this morning
Detailed reports arc not ,et nvailablc.
ITALIAN STEAMSHIP
IS REPORTED SUNK
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.--An un-
confinued report from Rome that an
unidentified Italian passenger steam
ship was torpedoed while on her wav
to Catania, Sieilv, with a loss of
eight lives, readied tho state de
partment today. It was not reported
whether any Americans wero aboard.
The American embassy at Rome is investigating.
NEW YORK, Dec. 28. Congiess
man Frank Dtichannn of Illinois; II.
Robert Fowler, former congressman
from Illinois; Frank S. Monnett, for
mer attorney general of Ohio; Dnvid
Lomnr; Jacob C. Taylor, president
of labor's national peace council;
Franz Von ltititclcn, a German agent;
II. D. .Martin and Herman Sehultcis
were indicted by a federal grand jury
today for conspiring to foment
strikes in American munition factor
ies. AH of tho indicted men except La
mar and Von Itiutclcii nre officers or
former officers of the peace council,
an organization which the govern
ment chargos was formed and financ
ed by Rintolcii to bribe labor leaders
to call strikes in munitions factories
in furtherance of Gennnn propaganda
in this country.
Wolf of Wall Street
Lamar, who has been called the
"wolf of Wall sired," is charged with
being Hiutclen's banker. It is said
hundreds of dollars were paid
through his hands, and it is alleged
ho benefitted personally to the extent
of $100,000.
Rintclcn is nt present a prisoner in
England. lie was seized by the Brlt
ish authorities at Falmouth while
flccitlC from thin cOMiitrv iimlur n
I false passport. Ho is under indict -wireless
to "cnt here charged with conspiring to
procure a bogus passport nB an
Amoricnn citizen. No effort will bo
made, howover, to obtain his return
to this country, as the offensos with
which ho is charged aro not extradit
ab.cl AH of Iho indictments were return
ed under the Sherman anti-trust law
and charge conspiracy in restraint of
tho foreign trade of tho United
States. Tho maximum penally is ono
yenr's imprisonment and a fino of
$10,000.
This photograph of Captain Doy-Kd and Cnpluin Von Pnpen, military
attaches of the German embassy, who havo been recalled at tho request
of the United States, was made while the two were walking on Broadway,
New York.
VILLA FLEEING
INTO MOUNTAINS
m
BRITISH SEIZE
AMFRICAN MAII
PURSUERS mn on tmc it
iim uum ici
NEFF ADDRESSES
STATE IRRIGATIONISTS
PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 28.-Tho
fifth annual Oregon irrigation con
gress opened here today with nearly
100 delegates present. Addresses of
vveleomo wero delivered by Mnvor H.
It. Albee and C. C. Colt, president of
the Portland chamber of commerce.
Responses wero made by Mayor A.
W. Trow of Ontnrio, Or., for eastern
Oregon, and "Porter J. Noff of Mcd-
A movement to obtain a federal
guarantee of the interest on bonds of
irrigation projects whoso plans have
been passed upon bv government re
clnmation experts was the hiibjoet of
chief interest taken up by the con
gress today.
EL PASO. Tex , Dec. 28 Goneral
Francisco Villa Is a fugltlvo In tho
Cuorrcro district just north of Ma
dera In wostorn Chihuahua, accord
ing to tho latost iidvlcofl reculved by
General Ohrogbn today.
Goneral Trovlna diverting his cam
paign north from Chihuahua City to
pursuo Villa has ronchod tho vicinity
of Madora, according to dlspatchon
today from Gcorgo Hoard, gonoral
managor of tho Madera Lumber com
pany, who with 29 employes of Iho
company was taken prisoner nt Ma
dera and brought to Chihuahua City
y Villa and thore liberated on Vil
la's departure Hoard was instruct
ed to como to tlio border with tho
employes of tho company.
Tho Guerrero district runs rloso to
tho Sierra Madro mountains. Its
southern lino Is ut Mlnaca and its
northern boundary Is just north of
Madora. Villa Is bolleved to bo
the uorthorn ond of tho district.
In
Cold Wave Strikes Middle West
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dee. 28.-A
fall in temHmtiiio of 20 degrees
during the last tliiity-i. hours wits
felt over all Missouri, Kansas, Okla
homa, Nebiaska, Iowa and northern
Texas, according to reports to tlio
local weather bureau today.
In tho TciiiB "panhandle" country
the mercury dropped to within h few
degrees of zero, Ainarillo reporting
a temperatuto of 8 above.
Allies Intend to Scfzo and Examine
All Mall Between United States and
Neutral Nations as Well as Bellly
crcnts Justify Action Under Tlio
Hayuc Convention Procedures.
DisriisMHl in I'.iils
PARIS. Dae. 21. "Th Interview
botwena King CoMtMHtlns and Gsh
wal Castelnaw (8 being isseh dltcumi
ed In official etreloc at Atheni," sajrs
the Matin.
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DDRLIN, Dec. 28 (by wirulow to
Sayville). Seizin u by tho Dritish
govornmont of American mail from
two stoanujhips on their way to Hoi
laud is roHjrled in a Rotterdam dis
patch given out today by the Over
tons Nows agency.
According to tho news aguuoy'c
dispatch, the vomoIh from which mail
wero taken ar tliu Dutch steamship
Nieuw Amsterdam, from Now York
December 14 for Rotterdam, mid tho
Norwegian steamship Christian Miuh-
elscn, from New Yoik December U
for Itolterdain.
Houth Ameiieu Also
Advices from AuiMleniaiii, the news
Kgencv hUu slates, nro that Dritish
Huthoritius took lioiu the steamer
Tiibantia, a Dutch vessel plying bo
twoou Amsterdam ami South Ameri
can ports, all tho South American
until for Holland she hud on board,
Whether the mail seized included
any l'irt-e!ass matter or, as is more
probable, consisted of jmreel post
shipments, the foregoing does not
make clear. The Dntisji government
IhiiH taken tlio stand that parcel post
matter must mi regarded as freight,
o.vonipt from tho protection given
first -class matter under the interna
tional postal convention. Washing
ton is understood to have concurred
in tint view.
ATTACHE SAYS
CURB PRESS IN
SELF DEFENSE
Recalled Attache Docs Not Under
stand "Free Press" Colonel House
Sails for European Capitals
Whltlock Returns to Belgium
Boy-Ed Bitter Against Accusers.
NKW YORK, Dec. 28. Captain
ICurl Doy-Kd, tho recalled German
naval attache; Colonel Edward AL
House, President Wilson's speoial
emissary, and Brand Whitlock, Amer
ican minister nt Brussels, boarded tho
steamship Rotterdam within a few
minutes of each other today to sail
for Europe.
Colonel House and Mr. Whitlock
wero uncommunicative, but Captain
Boy-Ed gavo out n written statement
in which ho denounced what ho char
acterized n "tho rccldcss utterances
of nn irresponsible press," anil pre
dicted Hint tho American government
would "in self defenso" hoiiio day find
it necessary to curb such utterances.
Not u Pcaco Mission
Colonel llouso said ho would visit
tho American embassies nt Loudon,
Paris and Berlin, and possibly
Vienna. Concerning tho object of hla
mission, ho said he had nothing to
add to his previous statement, in
which ho declared that his trip would
in no way bo n pcaco mission, but
that ho wns going nt tho request of
President Wilson and Secretary Lan
sing fully to inform various Arooricnn
diplomats ns to tho precise nttitudq
of this government. Colonel llouso
wns accompanied by his wife.
Mr. Whitlock and his wife, readied
the pier somo timo before tho vessel
sailed and tho crowd that surrounded
them wns so largo and demonstrative
Unit it was ncccssnry for a policeman
to escort tho pair down tho pier to
tho gangplank.
Whitlock Kccpi Slleiuo
"I feel much heller thnn when I
camo home," said Mr. Whitlock. 4T
would lilio to show my appreciation
of tlio consideration which lias been
shown mo by newspapermen since I
hnvo been home, but I must refrain
from talk on any important mutter."
Cuptnin Boy-Ed drove to the pier
and ns soon ns ho alighted from his
taxienb ho was surrounded by Inrgo
croud and a policeman was called to
escort him to tho gangplank, where
a number of Gennnn friends wero
wailing. After handing out his state
ment mid blinking hands with his
friends tho captain hurried on board.
His btutcmcut rends;
lioy.I'M's Statement
"The groat nnd cordial hospitality
which is so provoihial among Iho
Americans and which was extended
to mo from the very first day of my
arrival in tho United States, I can
never forget.
"Of courso, I refrain nt tho hour
of my departure from ngain refuting
nil tho stories which wero told of "mo
in tho American papers mid which
mostly- liko the silly Hitertu tule
wero invented by tho Providence
Journal.
"This paper, with its British-born
Mr. Rathoni, has done its ulmobt to
ereato nu almost hysterical bitbpicion
of spies throughout the country in or
der to prejudice public opinion
against Germany.
(Coiitluuooron last page)
Iho lliilisli camp on tho Turkish side of Iho Hue ranul. This photograph
tiling from a burgu. Tlio Imllau troops havo Ih-cu tukea fiom Pianto to Ifgypt.
shows ToiiiiiiIiis bvvliu-
Allies' Intentions
WASHINGTON, Dee. 28. The nl-
hot, it U o.plained hero, intend to
mho nnd OKumine all mail pasting
hotuueu the United Stats and Euro
pean neutrals which there is reason
to believe is iutudtd for Germany.
Hitherto wizur have been confined
to parcel Mt.
Ill ju-itilii'iition it is said the ullie
will fi'st pb'iid military neeowity,
and, MTund, tliu t there is jio inviola
bility "t mail tn the Teutonic pow
M Uec .iu-o Tuikey, thsir ally, did
Oflt tltiferibc to tlu- HugH8 ttOHVOti
iju, wlntdi fcuviw it,
RO E
GIVEN
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$1442 AS COSTS
SYRACISE, N. V., Dec. 28. For
mor President Theodore Roosevelt to
day was ullowed $1112.52 ngainst
William Humes, icpuhlicau leader, u
costs and disbursements in tho $50,
000 libel suit unsuccessfully brought
by Barnes. It was agreed by attor
neys that Roosevelt could have ex
acted $2000 moro beeaiiso of tho ex
traordinary length of the trial, but ho
lUiked only the actual court costs in
curred. Justioo Andrews, who tried tho
miijo, liko signed u now order lefus
Ing to sot aside the jury verdict uud
denying: a uow triul.
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