Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
Max. !, Mln. 0, Pro. .11
Cold Tonight and Thursday.
forty-fifth Tear.
Dftlly Tenth Yenr.
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEAtBER 29, 1915
NO. 239
.
EASTERN STATES
AGAIN IN GRASP
OF STORM KING
Snow and Sleet Cripple Traffic as the
Storm Moves North From Gulf
Coast to Great Lakes Extensive
Damago Report and Many Cities
Cut Off From Wire Communication
WASHINGTON, Doc. 29. Sloct
nml snow crippled wire communica
tion throughout the cast. The storm
moved north over Louisiana, pained
in forco during the. night nnd today
was central over tho Ohio valley. '
Hum, sleet and snow wcro falling
throughout most of the eastern part
of tho country, nnd as tho storm
moves northeast those conditions will
prevail tonight and Thursday in the
region of the Great Lakes, northern
New York nnd northern New Eng
land. Ruins liava been general
throughout the gulf, bouth Atlantic
nnd middle Atlantic states, being
heavy in tho cast gulf states, Ten
nessee, the Carol innri nnd Georgia.
Stoim M'nrnings were ordered up by
the weather biueou along the Atlan
tic const from Key West, Flo., to
Kifdport, Me. No damage to shipping
amis reported.
In Southern States
MOMLK, Ala., Dec. 20. Kxten
hive damage was reported early today
along tho gulf const and adjacent
territory as tho result of a storm
which swept over this bection last
iiifchl.
Telegraph and telephone wires arc
reported prostrated in every direc
tion. This morning Rinninghnin,
Montgomery and l'ensneola still were
1'iit off from communication with the
rest of tho world. Mobile's only
means of communication was by way
of New Orleans.
A heavy downpour of rnin accom
panied the storm, two inches precipi
tation being recorded here. The vel
ocity of tho wind nt Ilinninghum is
unofficially reported at eighty miles
mi hour nt one time. The local
weather bureau reports a wind vel
ocity of forty-eight milen an hour
along the coast just before midnight.
In .Mississippi Valley
M KM PI US, Tenu., Dec. 20. Gen
crnl rains throughout tho Mississippi
Milley lat night which in some sec
tion turned into sleet, resulted in a
serious crippling of telephone and
telegraph communication today.
Trains from tho west wcro late and
reported riiuniii" on slow orders.
In Memphis the thermometer drop
ped to 28 degrees.
Anotbor btonn, accompanied by
rising temperatures, is on tho way
from tho southwest, according to tho
local weather forecaster.
At Cleveland, Od.
CLKVKLAND, 0., Dec. ''!.
Cc eland war. in tho grasp of a bliz
zard today worso than any which
has afflicted the city in two your,
and which may completely isolate the
city and tio up all btreetear traffic
before night. Street care were stall
ed everywhere and wires were down
nil oor the city at noon.
COLUM Ill'S, 0., Dec. 29. A storm
carrying with it sleet, rain and snow,
held Ohio in its gnwp today. All
menus of wire communication wore
prostrated for tho most purt and
steam and elect rio transportation
was badly iniK)ded.
INDIANAPOLIS, Doc. 20. A rain,
sleet and snow storm in Iiidianu to
day uapMd off telephono and tele
graph wires and oven polos. Steam
nnd eleetrio railway line wero block
ed in many places and ull train were
fur behind wIiihIiiIo.
FAITHFUL IN OFFICE
I.AIil.lMt, T. . !'. -"J H.'i1
jvaelnug t"ri '""" MikH'o I it to
day ay that Kir I I hwf larraiitt
ka dtx'rrrtl that otluekuUUru who
Jm fallrii ' iiii ii- mi.n
call hall b nrntuvawl rnna pontic
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THE BOY RULER
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Kiiipcror LldJ Jcjissu, whoso orm
MosoMtnmln.
VILLA RECRUITS
AI HEARST RANCH
KL PASO, Tex., Dec. 28. About
SOO do facto government troops, ar
rived today at Juarez from Chihua
hua under command of General Klis
eondo. There wns no demonstration
from the former Villa troops, who,
disarmed and paid off, grouped in the
railroad yards inspecting their for
mer enemies as tho latter, heavily
armed, detrained.
General Francisco Villa, according,
to tho Iatet reports, is at the Uab
ricora ranch, the Hearst property
near Madera, attempting to recruit
forces. Ho is repotted as saying
that, with the disloyal troops surren
dering to tho do facto government,
ho would ho stronger than ever.
Three thousand government troops
from Sonorn were expected today to
detrain at Pclayo, N. M., near here,
according to the Mexican authorities
here. The Kl Paso Southwestern
Itailroad authorities, however, report
that tho troops had not yet entrained
at Naeo.
Andreas Garcia, Mexican consul
here, stated that .1200 former Villa
troops wero mustered out. Garcia
stated that 1200 former Villa troops
had reached Chihuahua City up to to
day and of theso 800 had been tnus
toicd out.
NEW STEAMER Hit
10
LONDON, Dec. 29. "Tho now
steamship route from Norway to Uus
sla is now established nnd tho Nor
wegian Btcamor Kong Holgo, carrying
a cargo of American nnd English
machinery for HubbIu, has mudo a
trip from Tromsoo, INorway, to Alex
nndrocsk, Itussla, tindor most fuvor-
aulo conditions," says tho Copenhagen
correspondent of tho Hxchango Tol
ogrnph company. '"Since this route
.will ho opon throughout tho ontlro
'year It Is oxpectod that It will bo of
great benefit to Russia, whoso tradf
difficulties becamo acitto owing to
tho froozlng over of Archangel Hay
and tho Interrupted transit of sup
plier through Sweden."
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h-te, who di.apjjearrd jut btor he
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turned t hi" bun"-. wirn of tli
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OF ABYSSINIA
y will nld tho allies In Egypt anil
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SHELLED BY ALLIES
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 28, via
London, Dee. 20. Tho Turkish war
office tonight gno out tho following
statement :
"Dardanelles frent: Ono of three
enemy aeroplanes flying over Ari
Ilumu was hit by our artillery firo
and fell into tho sea. Later it was
towed by two vessels to the island of
ImbroH.
"A vcskcI of the Agamemnon class
(a British battleship with a displuce-
meat of 10,500 tons) protected by
itwo cruisers, two monitors nnd eight
j torpedo boats, bombarded at inter
vals our positions. Our artillery, re
plying, hit tho battleship and ono of
the cruisers with two shells. On tho
27th a monitor posted behind tho Islo
of Morkeb fired eighty shells on the'
Anatolian coast narrows. Our Ann
tolinu batteries repeatedly bombarded
tho landing placets at Tekko Iliirnu
and Scddul Ilnhr, disturbing an en
emy transport, sinking a boat near
Tekko Hurnu and destroying a great
shed. Ono of our water planes suc
cessfully dropped four bombs on a
tent camp."
WJffiK PEOPLE
ATHENS, Dec. 28, via Pnris, Dec.
20. Thousands of Greeks of all
classes began filing past tho resi
dence of Former Premier Venizelos
of Greece this morning on the occas
ion of his habit's day and gavo him
an extraordinary greeting.
There wero workmen in blouses,
soldiers in uniforms, statesmen, for
mer cabinet ministers, politicians and
meu of every bocial rank in tho pro
cossion, who pushed their way
throucli the dense croud that remain
ed in front of M. Venizelos house all
lay.
CAVALRY SIGNALING
Iltitltli iMtHloium pbotojfra
rURKISH
RONT
I
L
SOCIAL VALUES
UPON WAR
SAYS ROOSEVELT
Preparedness to Hold Wicked Na
tions In Check Is Only Way to Suc
cessfully Oppose Might as tho Ser
vant of Wronn, Declares Ex-Prcsl-dent
to Sociological Society.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. A pajn-r
by Theodore lloooevoll on "Social
Values and National Existence" fur
nished a theme for an n'nimutcd dis
cussion today before the American
Sociological society in annual ses
sion here. It was read by Professor
Edward Itoss of tho University of
Wisconsin, president of tho society.
"Infinitely the most important fact
to remember in connection with the
war and militarism in relation to
moral and social values,' wrote Mr.
Hoosevelt, 'is that if an unscrupulous
wntlike and militaristic nation is not
held in check hv tho warlike ability
of ii neighboring non-militnristic and
well-behaved nation, then the latter
will be spared tho necessity of deal
ing with 'moral and social values,'
because it won't bo allowed to deal
with anything. It seems to mo pos
itively comic to fail to appreciate
with the example of Ilelgium before
our eyes, that the real question which
modern pence-loving nations have to
face is not how militaristic or war
like spirit within their own borders
will affect theso 'values,' but how
failure on their part to resist the
militarism of on unscrupulous neighb
oor will affect them."
Confusion of Citizens
Discussing the mental confusion of
tho nvcrngo citizen who thinks wnr
in itself is wrong, Mr. Hoosevelt
wroto that war could bo defined as
tho use of forco between nations and
Hint tho question of whether it was
right or wrong depended entirely up
on tho purpoKO for which and the
spirit in which it was waged.
"There arc, of course, persons who
bclievo nil forco is immoral; that it
is immoral to resist wrongdoing by
force," ho added. "I have never taken
much interest in individuals who pro
fess this kind of morality; and I do
not know tho extent to which they
would apply it. Hut, of course, if
they nro right in tho theory, then it is
wrong for a miin to endeavor by force
to save his wife or sister or daugh
ter from nbuso or to snvo his chil
dren from abduction and torture. It
is a wasto of timo to discusB with
iiny man a position of Kueh folly,
wickednoss and poltroonory.
Might is IscutJal
"At present, in this world und for
tho immedinto future," wroto Mr.
Iloohcvelt in conclusion, "it is cer
tain that the only way to successfully
oppose tho might which tho sonant
of wrong is by means of tho might
which is the servant of right."
Speakers on tho program to dis
cuss Colonel Jloosovolt's letter in
cluded Mis Mabel Iloardman of the
American Kcd Cross society; Profes
sor E. C. Hayes of the University of
Illinois nnd Professor J. Q. Dealey of
Drown university.
IN THE GREAT SAND
JmiI mIuW In tlgual prat (Iro in tho
t !".. Tdd; ?'"3' aaWJaaaalBWrofiCl 3&.aaMaaaaaW
I'i-Iiico Oscar nnd Ills Morgnuatlc Wlfo
When Prlnco Oscar, doii of tho I:alncr, mnrrles Prlnross Mnrln Aiiriir
tlno of Anhnlt, ho will sot a marrying record for tho royal family nt Ger
many. According to tho vMmanach do Gotlin, tho prlnco already has a
wlfo In tho person of Countess Ina Mario von Ilnssuwltz, whom ho mar
ried morgunatlcally on July 31, 191 -I.
FORDITES
DUBBED
SPIRTUAL VUGS
BY SWEDISH HOSTS
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 20, Tho mem
bors of tho Ford peace expedition
wero called "spiritual Vikings" to
night at a banquet In tho ballroom
of a local hotel which they gavo in
honor of their SwedlBh hosts.
Muny prominent men and women
of Stockholm wero present. Major
Carl LInhagon, ono of tho speakers,
said:
"You havo como Ilko tho Vikings
of old ncross tho sea. You nro Vik
ings In a spiritual sensco. I agrco
with tho Americans that It Is bet
tor to try something than nothing."
Gaston Plantlff thanked tho mayor
In tho nnmo of Mr. Ford for tho ro
coptlon given tho mission. Othor
snookers wero H. C. KvaiiH of Dcs
Moines, la., and Judgo Don Und
noy of Denver. Senator Helen Ding
Itoblnson of Donvcr prcsldod.
It was ntatod tonight that VIkro
Cavllng, editor of tho Copenhagen
Polltlken had nrranged a rccoptlon
in Copenhagen for tho party.
INDICTED WARDEN
PROFFERS $2000 BAIL
hi '
WHITK PLAINS, X. V., Dee. 20.
Thomas Mott Osborne, milliouuiro
warden of Sing Sing, indicted on
seven counts yesterday in connection
uitlt his administration of the prison,
appeared hero today and offered
?2000 bail for appearance later to
answer to tho charges. Xo date for
tho pleading was set.
DESERTS OF EGYPT
yMU diMit tt 1H
E WITH MORGANATIC WIFE
WILL TAKE PRINCESS AS HIS BRIDE
SHEVLIN OF YALE
I ATHELETE,
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. 20.
Thomas L. Shevliu of MinnenK)lis,
millionaire lumberman und Vale foot
ball coach, died at his homo hero of
pneumonia this morning. Mr. Shev
liu contracted a cold while training
tho Ynlc football squad last fall.
Probably no mom sensational nlh
loto over played on Vnlo teams than
Thomas L. Shovliu. Ho was an all
round stnr in athletics, being identi
fied while at Yulo with virtually ev
ery branch of sport. However, his
greatest famo cnnio from prowess on
the gridiron. For four yours ho wus
accorded tho honor of being picked
for all-Americnn end.
Shevliu played on tho Yalo team
for four reasons, beginning with
1002. As a senior he captained tho
cloven. During his career Yalo de
feated Harvard four times aud
Princeton three times.
On tho Yalo traok tonm and crow
Shevliu also shnuo as n star, earn
ing a "V" in ench. Ho played on tho
baseball team m his freshman year.
Aftor his Kraduatiou Shovliu was
held tOMpousiblo for several victories
for his school on tho gridiron. Twice
ho enmo out of tho northwest to pull
tho Kli'.s out of tho mire. His work
Inst full in loading Yalo to victory
over Piineoton in recent memory.
Only (jovon olhor men in tho Unit
ed Stoles carried as large an amount
of life iiiMirunco as Nlicxlm, mould
ing to Iih btiMiies-. n-'-'n-uilii.
E
OF
l.OK ANOICI.WS, Doc. 29. Ilultor
uted uwortlonu by a clergyman und
othors that linmorallty was rampant
In muny of tho motion picture cumps
und Rtudloi of thU city, and thut tho
surrender of honor fn-queiitly wan
tho prlos omitted of )oung woman
ambitious to appear on the hereon,
woi Klven official nolle today by
tho QOHiity dUtrlet uttoruy. who wild
Hist an litveattRftUon would b utart-
oil at ones and Hetlon taken by th
uraml Jury If facta wrrted.
I 'Ih8 karga wr nude on Mrtral
ooeatlotM In public by lfat v. Ur.
C'lwrlaa C SsUx-mkh. natr of Trin
ity Mthdlt Itplaeopftl elrnrch kuth,
Itr. IMmmun Mid tkat k kd rdr
d Miarw ef IvtUrt from lrl, film
Melon, and vm t)lrrtor of toellen
idvturo MniwiikM, who bora Utt
uMMiy to vtdwpid tUmoraltaatton
In tb Udutry wblrti Um Miptoy
nint to thousand In Mautharn Cat
ifornU ami Ulbur monthly tuuu
(ttiiiit( t f : ' "'
GREA
DEAD
PNEUMONIA
PROB
MORALS
MOVIES
CAMS
AR
SMASHES
AUSTRIAN LINES
Russians Start Offensive to Reduce
Pressure In Balkans Kashan,
Persia, Taken by Muscovites
Fierce Flnjitlnn In Region of tho
Vosyes on West Front.
LONDON, Dec. 20. Tho ficrco
fighting on tho Gnltcian-Dcssarabian
front, of which mention is mndo in
both Russian nnd Austrian official
statements, seems to support tho
forcensts that Hussia, Instead of di
rectly attacking Dulgarin, hopes to
rcduco tho pressure on tho cntcntu
allies in tho Dnlkans and Asia Minor
nnd impress Rumania nnd Greoco bv
a diversion to tho north, with tho in
tent, if possible, of breaking through
tho Austrian lines.
Invasion of Tcrsbv
Simultaneously comes nows of the
capture by tho Russians of ICashan,
ono of tho principal cities of Persia,
and of an nilvnncn toward Ispahan.
Theso points nro too remote- for their
occupation directly to mennco tho
Turks, who nro fighting tho Dritish
under General Townshond on tho Ti
gris, but undoubtedly tho Russian nd
vnnco will havo an important polit
ical effect in Persia and possibly m
influence upon tho projected move
ment of tho central powers nguinst
Epypt.
Conflicting Recounts como from
Athens nnd Snlonikt regarding tho
movements of tho troops of tho cen
tral (towers on the Macedonian bor
der, but thcro nro persistent reports
thiit thu Greeks havo given tho Bul
garians permission to cross tjio bor
der if they nnd their allies nro still
intent on following tho entente troops
to Saloniki. '
On Western Iront
Tho recent French official Mate
mciits indicnto that tho ' allies nro
maintaining tho offensivo in tho west,
with tho fighting fiercest in tho
Vosgos.
Tho offensivo movemont under
taken by the French in tho Vosgcs nt
Hirzstcin, is said by tho Gcnnnn wnr
offico to havo broken down last
nif-'ht.
Tho report concedes that tho
French pouctrnted Gormiut positions
in nurlinuiiB-Woilorkopf, but says
they wero expelled later.
"Tho French twice altnckcd posi
tions on IlurtmnuH - Wcilcrkopf,
which our troops had recaptured.
They penetrated certain points in our
tronuhos. Aftor tho first nttnok tho
enemy wnH driven off everywhere.
Fighting for possession of certain
trench sections coutiiiuos. Up to tho
present tho Freuch hnvo lost fivo of
ficers and more than 200 men who
hae been captured.
OF
LONDON, Dec. 20.--A conference
of representative of tho labor party
is being arranged to consider thu do
cihioit of the cabinet in regard to
oompiiUory mililary t,onico. Tho
(pieatiou U being onuvtisaod eugurly
at trades union euutorn.
AdwxnttM and o)ipou(uits of eon
leription nro utpinllv umphutic. Many
mouihoni of the labor party nro tondy
to ttiipporl compulsory sorvieo ouco
thoy are swlisfiad it in iioconry and
are HMurcd it will be applied impar
tially. Swttte are UII iiu.itlng on u farihor
opjMii-tuuity for uuiHKrriml men ti
vokiituar, hut it w bollovod the cab
inet ha decided auuat further sqU
nntacr nulla.
A wwttiHa; of tho Amalgamated So
ttusty of ISiMdHaent will be held tumor
row to no into the plan of David
IJoyd George for ruJnxtitiun of tradeii
unlou nttiM so ti U inertKMO (lit)
tiuiubar of loan parfonninic certain
4mimm of work. Ttie eMgiuaur will
diuaa Mr. IJoyd (Jeorjfe'H bill
MHMiidiiHr tho luumtietis net which wilt
iiif bclotx Htriiauctit whvu it tca.
I0WNA
II
LABOR
LEADERS
AV
CONS IPTION