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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 3916
NO. 244:
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MA
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iPrcmlcr Asquith Introduces Compuls
ory Military Service Bill In House
of Commons All Males Between
18 and 41, Bachelors or Widowers
Without Dependents, Liable.
LONDON, Jan. C Under tho
terms of tho compulsory military
service bill, Introduced in tho houso
of commons today all males between
tho ages of IS nnd 41 who aro bach
elors or widowors without children
dependent upon thorn, aro liablo for
military service.
Ireland is excluded from the terms
of tho measure.
Mr. Asnulth said no caso had been
mndo out for general compulsion,
nnd that tho bill ho was introducing
could bo supported by those opposed
to conscription.
Lord Derby's Iteport
Mr. Asquith opened his address
with an analysis of tho figures in tho
Derby report. Ho emphasized tho
fact that during tho Derby campaign
nearly 3,000,000 men had offered
their services. Kven deducting thoso
rejected on tho ground of physical
disability, tho total was still in ex
cess of 2,500,000.
"Thoso aro wonderful, encourag
ing figures," tho premier continued.
"They ought to convinco both our
allies and our enemies that tho people
of this country havo their hearts in
tho war."
Mr. Asquith said ho wan unable,
after making tho largest possible de
duction to consider tho numbor of un
requited slnglo men ns anything but
a subslontlal, and even considerable
amount. Ho added that Sir John
Simon, whoso resignation as homo
secretary was announced yesterday,
thought tho figures might bo reduced
to an cstlmablo quantity.
rrotect tho Married
"If wo had shared this viow," Mr.
Asquith said, "tho present contin
gency would not have arisen, but ho
could not thluk that. Tho primary
obligation was to keep faith at all
costs with tho married men.
Tho primo minister discussed ex
emptions from scrvico and claimed
they could bo claimed under tho terms
of tho bill and under tho samo tonus
ns by tho men attested. Tho grounds
of exemption included conscientious
objection to performing military ser
vice Other grounds for exemption from
service, tho premier said, Included
ill health, physical infirmity, tho
necessity to support dependent per
sons and tho facts of being engaged
on work of national Importance.
The bill, Mr. Asquith continued,
was limited specifically to redemp
tion of tho promise ho had mado pub
licly to married men. This pledge
had been given at a tlmo when over
whelming evldcnco had boon submit
ted to him that married men who
were willing and anxious to serve,
were holding back in largo numbers.
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nrUTl', Minn., Jan. 5. A eold
wave swept into this district from
Canada by n' -12-milo wind sent Du
luth thermometers to 12 degrees lie
low zero today. Tho mercury wns
falling steadily this afternoon nnd
government weather bureau officials
predicted n teh-dogreo drop before
midnight. Saskatchewan, Canada,
towns report temperatures of 2S de
grees below zero.
CINCINNATI. O., Jan. 3. Tho
Chicago National club was sold to
Charles Weoghnian by Charles I.
Talt toduy. Hurry F. Sinclair, tho
Oklahoma oil ltujtfntUo, assisted in
'!ing the negotiations whereby
AVccglmian obtained control of the
flub.
ELTTO
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Teddy Will Dictate Who Nominee for
G. 0. P. Will Be or There Will Be
Split Will Attempt to Force Norn
Inatlon of Progressive Republican
Upon Preparedness Program.
(By OILSON GARDNER.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5. Tho old-
lino republican lenders nro running
nronnd in circles in their excitement
over Roosevelt's lntcst political activ
ities. All thoy nsk of Roosevelt is
that ho let them alone; nnd that ap
pears to be- tho one thing he does not
intend to do.
Tho writer luis talked with Roose
velt frequently lately and is convinc
ed that Roosevelt intends to do tho
following things: 1. Prevent tho.
nomination of Root, ceks, Fair
banks, Jlurton or any candidnto of
tho political oliquo which stole tho
republican nomination from him four
years ago. 2. Force tho nomination
of a progressive republican candidate
on n preparedness platform on pen
alty of the nomination of such a can
didate by tho progressive party nnd n
repetition of tho three-party cam
paign. To this end Roosevelt has
said ho would support Cummins,
Hughes or Borah.
To carry out this program there
will bo Roosevelt delegates in tho Chi
cago convention when it meets, nnd
thero will lie n continuous agitation
from now to tho dnto of tho conven
tions. . Tho question whether Roose
velt himself is likely to becomo a
candidate for tho republican nomina
tion is ono about which nnyono is
entitled to his own conclusion. Just
now Roosevelt is stating that ho will
support certain named republicans. If
RuniC, Penrose-, Crnno & Co. nro
not willing to take somo man liko
Cummins or Hughes thoy may be
forced in tho end to consider tnking
Roosevelt himself.
BATTLE OF LOOS
TOIALED 57,288
LONDON, Jan. 5. Tho British
casualties In tho battlo of Loos,
France, last September, totalled 237S
officers and 57,288 men, according
to announcement in tho houso of com
mons today by Harold J. Tcnnaut,
parliamentary uuder secretary for
war.
A tablo sjipwing tbo killed nnd
missing by officers aud other ranks
follews:
Officers: Killed, 773; wounded,
1288; missing, 317; total, 2378.
Other Ranks: Killed, 10,315; wound
ed, 38,095; missing, 8818; totals,
57.2S8.
On giving tho foregoing figures
Mr. Tenant said it was imposslblo to
separato tho casualties In tho bat
tlo ot Loos from thoso In adjacent
areas. The figures, he said, were cas
ualties on tho western front from
September 28 to Octobor 8.
REVOLT BREAKS OUT
AT PORI AU PRINCE
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. fi.
A revolutionary outbreak occurred
early today at Port an Prince. Tho
forco of American marines maintain
ed in this city was attacked. One of
the rebels was killed by tho Ameri
cans, who suffered no losses.
Several groups of insurrectionists
rnn through tho streets discharging
rifles, tho Americans met them und
they were rapidly dispersed.
HANS SCHUMANN-HEINK.
SON OF SINGER, DEAD
SAN niKCiO, Cttl., Jmi. 5. Huns
Sehumann-Heink, ton of Madame
Sehumaim-lloink, tho singer, died in
this eitv early today, following a two
weeks' illness of puuuwouia.
MOOT
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TELLSQFATTACK
Airship Bombardment Described-
Reply of Warships More Dangerous
to City and Troops Than Aeroplane
Shells Foreign Consuls Arrested
and Placed Aboard Battleship.
ATHENS, Jan. B. Prlnco Andrew
of Greece, brother of King Constan
tino, In an Interview today with the
correspondent of tho Associated
Press, described tho aerial bombard
ment of tho allies camp at Zoltenllk,
on tbo outskirts of Saloulkl, Decern-,
bcr 30.
"Thn bombardmont and tho reply
of tho fleets anchored in tho roads
of Saloulkl," said the prince, "was
ono of tho most extraordinary sights
Imaglneable. I was riding back from
tho morning's work with my regi
ment when I was startled by a deaf
ening explosion somo 200 yards away.
A great cloud of black smoke arose,
followed shortly by throo moro ox
plosions. Then camo tho familiar
rocket-liko sound of a shell passing
through tho air, evidently fired by
ono of tho warships in tho harbor.
Thought City IlombaruVd
"Naturally my first thought was
that for some reason tho fleot was
bombarding Salonlkl. Thcreforo I
rodo straight to tho nearest Drltlsh
post, which happened to bo a hos
pital not far from tho Greek camp.
" 'Why aro you bombarding tho
city?" I asked tho officers.
"Then for tho first tlmo I looked
up and saw three machines fully 3000
feet high flying in lino and turning
Just over tho harbor toward tbo
northwest in which direction they
finally disappeared.
"Tho bombs dropped with tho
greatest precision ono after another,
killing and wounding a number of
tho allies' soldiers but not touching
tho city. Meanwhile tho firing of
tho fleot grow thunderous. In a
short tlmo it became evident that
tho flro of tho fleet was moro dan
gerous than tho bombs from tho aero
planes, as somo of tho sIioIIh, aimed
wild, .whistled directly over tho town,
ono narrowly missing Major Motaxcs
and a troop of Greek cavalry return.
Ing from exorcise.
Consuls ArrosUM
"Pieces of spent sholls began to
drop with frightful velocity, ono
ovon piorclng two floors of a tram
station and burying itself in tho col
lar. "Toward noon a fourth aeroplano
arrived, following tho samo courso
as tho othors, though flying lower.
Tho black malteso crosses wore plain
ly vlslblo on its wing3.
"Riding along King Gcorgo street
toward tea tlmo I waB astonished
to sea French soldiers and a dense
crowd of onlookers surrounding tho
German consulate. Farther along
tho Etrcct other consulates presented
tho samo sight. .Tho consuls were
hustled through tho street, taken to
tbo headquarters of tho French com
mander. General Sarrall, wero cross
examined and then put aboard tho
battleship Patrlo to tho accompani
ment throughout of tho stares and
comomnta of curious crowds."
Asked whether ho would return
to Salonlkl, tho prince replied:
"Of courso I shall. Why shouldn't
I? Despito appearances, Salonlkl is
still Greek."
FROM NAVY LIST
. ,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. Five
.Uips no longer fit for oven rosorvo
duty hnvo been stricken from tho
navy list by order of tho department.
Two of them, tho old monitors Ter
ror nnd Mlnntonomoh, now at the
Philadelphia navy yard, will bo used
as targets.
The other ships are the old wooden
steam frigate Lancaster, which had
been used recently ns n mnnno corps
floating hespital: the gunboat Con
cord, nt pri-M'iit nmisnod io the
Washington stato uuvul militin, and
tho fuel ship Justin, on duty on tho
wost coast. Tho Justin was n mer
chant vessel beforo tho Spanish war,
wheu she va& purchased for tho navy.
K
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ON SALONKI
FIVE SH PS STRICKEN
PffiHl SELLING CBTIK DOLLS
TO AIK STARVING IN HfS NA1IVE POLAND
H VMl4 "" Br C vmMKi ; 5iTBBfc?t)"y
Tho world-famous jdniiist wns p
contly held nt tho Ritr. Carlton in No
starving pcoplo of his unlive country.
LONDON, Jan. 5.- The sinking of
tho Whlto Star liner Arabic, tho do
tructlon or a Drltlsh submarine by a
German destroyer on the. Danish coast
and tho submarine attack on the
Drltlsh steamer Iluol, aro tho thrco
incidents that Sir Edward Groy, the
Drltlsh foreign secretary, suggosts
for submission to somo Impartial tri
bunal for Investigation together with
tho caso of tho cruiser Daralong.
In bis reply to Ambassador Page's
communication of a memorandum
from tho German government com
plaining of circumstances alleged to
havo attendod tho destruction of a
German submarlno by tho Drltlsh
auxiliary cruiser Daralong, tho' for
eign secretary wrote:
"Ills majesty's government notes
with great satisfaction, although
somo surprlso, tho anxiety now ex
pressed by tho German government
that tho principles of clvlllzod war
faro should bo vindicated. It is truo
that tho incidont which suddenly re
minded Germany that such principles
exist, 1b ono In which tho alleged
criminals aro Drltlsh and not Ger
mans, but hla majesty's government
does not for a moment stipposo that
it is tho Intention to restrict unduly
tho scopo of any Judicial investiga
tion which it is thought propor to
Instltuto."
BILL FOR NAVAL
El
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WASHINGTON, Jan. C A naval
and aviation academy to cost $10,
000,000 at San Francisco or on San
Francisco bay, la proposed In a bill
Introduced today by Senator Phclan
of California.
"Annapolis has reached its limit
of capacity," said Senator Pholun.
"Tho secretary of tho navy has ap
proved tho purposo of this bill nnd
tho location of an academy on tho
Pacific coast."
BODY INTO WELL
KLAMATH FALLS, Oro., Jan. 5
Tho body of Albert Shotlor was found
today In a well at tho Southern Pa
cific railroad pump houso nt Mount
Hobron, Cal., whore it was blown by
an explosion which doatroyod th
pumping plant last night.
County authorities began Investi
gation of tho explosion today. It
was believed gasollpo used to prime
a pumping engine caused the explosion.
GREY SUGGESTS ONLY TWO CHILDREN
ARBITRATION FOR ABOARD STEAMER
ARABIC'S SUNG PERSIA RESCUED
hotogrnphed at tho Polish feto re
w York to rinse funds to aid tho
LONDON, Jan. 5. Tho survivors
of tho British steamship Pcrsin, tor
pedoed in tho Mediterranean, reached
Aloxnndria, Egypt, according; to tho
account ent by Renter's correspon
dent nt thnt point, nil hearing; traces
of shock nnd hardship. Most of
tlipm. had badly bruised nnd bandag
ed limbs. One womnn is in a hos
pitnl with n broken leg1.
The tragedy wns enacted so rapid
ly that the survivors say they hardly
realized what happened, consequent
ly they had littlu to tell. Tho pns
sengors wuro nt lunch. Fivo minutes
later thoso who escaped wero in bouts
or clinging to wrccknge, nnd tho liner
wns completely gone.
It was possible to launch boats
only on one sido of tho ship, nnd only
tho promptest action by officers and
crew enabled them to launch four
boats. Thero wero no signs of panic.
.Everyone made tho most of tho few
remaining- moments.
Two hank clerks pining to Egypt
rushed to tho bridge nnd dived into
tho wnter, from which they wero sav
ed. Mothers who went m quest of
their children never returned. Only
two children wero saved.
RUSSIANS SEIZE
LONDON, Jan. 5. Tho Russian
campaign In Hessarabla takes an un
donlablo first placo in tho war nows
ivlth tho announcement in a nows
ngoncy dispatch from Potrograd that
tho Austro-Gorman forces havo ovac-
uatod Cornowltz, which had becomo
untenable becnuso of tho Russian
capture of tho heights surrundlng tho
city. '
Giemowltr 'Is undoubtedly n great
vantage point. Tho Gorman forcos
aro already deprived of tho use of
tho railway from Czernowitz to Ko
lomoa, Czernowitz has changed hands four
tlmos since the beginning of tho war.
AT
EL PASO, Jan 5. General Fran
cisco Villa, with fJeucrnlu Joko Rod
riguez, ConoooloB and Hernandez with
fiOO mon hnvo asuombled in tho Hun
Hiionn Venturn valley, southwoat of
CiMHta GrandoM, according to a re
port by Mexican Consul Androa
Garcia to General Obregon toduy.
CITYOFCZERNOWITZ
SHIPPING BILL
PROBERSREPORT
NO LOBBYING
Majority Report Finds Roosevelt's
Charges Baseless and Unsubstan
tiatedMinority Report Censures
Bill as a Thoroughly Bad Piece of
Legislation, Developing Trouble.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. Charges
circulated during the Inst session of
congress that administration officials
noted in tho interest of foreign busi
ness firms in urging tho passage of
tho government ship purchase bill
wero held to bo bnselcss in majority
nnd minority reports filed today by
tho senate committee nppointed to in
vestignto them. Roth reports nlso
found tho shipping interests blame
less of illegal activity in opposition
to tho mensure.
Tho majority denounced Thcodoro
Roosovelt for failing to nppeur bo
foro tho committee to testify con
coming his published nsscrtion thnt
President Wilson nnd Secretary
Hrynn "had endeavored in the inter
est of certain foreign husinosn firms
to seouro for tho United States power
to purchase tho interned ships of one
of the belligerents."
ItnoMivvIt Censured
The chnrge, tho report said, had its
origin "in thnt ungenerous trait of tho
human mind which mnkes it prono to
ntlnbuto unworthy motives to re
doubtnblo rivals, nnd particularly po
litical antagonists."
"Tho writer," ndded the report,
"wns unablo to find any basis for his
slanderous nttnek upon tho highest
officer ot his government, mid simply
resorted to n pnlpablo sophistry to
escnpo tho responsibility for tho ns
hellion ho had made."
While tho committee found no cvi
denco to indicate thnt tho president
or fiecrotnry harbored nny purpose to
buy interned ship, the majority held
that it wns not difficult to conccivo
of reasons consistent, with tho most
exalted motives that might induco tho
president to refrnim from n public
declaration that belligerents' thips
would not ho bought.
"Such nn notion," said tho presi
dent, "would rightly bo construed us
nn abandonment of our rights, which
our nation hns vigorously maintained,
to acquire merchant ships by bona
fido purchase, though u statu of war
exists involving tho nation under
whose flag they previously sailed."
Minority Deport
Senator Sutherland presented tho
minontv report for himself nnd Sen
ntor Penrose. "Wo do not concur,"
it said, "insofar us tho report de
fends tho hill itself, nor insofar ns it
insists thero would bo no impropriety
in tho purchase of tho belligerents'
idlo ships. Wo beliovo tho hill a
thoroughly bad picco of legislation
and nro certain that to hnvo purchas
ed tho boats now seeking security in
American wators would havo develop
ed serious trouble for tliu United
Stntes."
Tho committee's investigation was
authorized by u resolution offered by
Senator Rurton and an nmeudmeut
by Senator Williams, directing the
inquiry as to whether tliu so-called
shipping trust had maintained a lobby
ugutnst the bill.
With reforeneo to criticism of Col
onel Roosevelt, tho minority report
said:
"Wo find oursehes unable to agree
with tho strictures with reforeneo to
ex-Prcbident Roocvelt."
S
LONDON, Jan. .1. Tho houso of
commons toduy passed an amend
ment to tho munitions net which i
expected to facilitate tho munition
output. David Lloyd George, miuilor of
munitions, in defending tho moasuro,
said :
"Everything dopondi upon whether
wo turn out munitions in SJil'floieut
fiinntitie io bring tho owupHUju to
an end this your.
"If tho workmen do not stiak to
their workvhops, I oaiiuut toll what
tho reult will bo."
COMMON
SPEEDS
Ml N
MAN
WILSON AWAITS
FULLER DETAILS
BEFORE ACTION
Senate Discussion of Mexican Situa
tion Postponed Works nnd Borah
Criticise Administration for Failure
to Warn Americans Not to Sail on
Lusltania.
WASHINGTON, Jon. f. President
Wilson conferred with Secretary Lan
sing for nn hour today over tho snb
tnnrino crisis.
No additional facts beyond Uio'deS
inito knowlcdgo thnt only two'Anwri'
cnim wero aboard tho linor Persia had,
been received by tho stnto department
over night fro mcithor Ambassador
i'en field nt Vicnnn. Ambassador Ger-i
nrd nt Rerlin or American consider
ngents nlotig tho siidro of tho Medit
erranean. Such infprmntiou ns had
nlrend'y been received, howovor, wns
enrofully roviowed by both tho pres
ident nnd Mr. Lnnsing.
Await Fuller Advice
Thero still wns every indication
that no nction would bo taken pend
ing receipt of fuller advices.
Scnntor Stone, chairman of tho
foreign rolntions committee, will con
fer Into today with administration
leaders to detcrminn when tho com
mittee could bo called to consider in
ternational problems confronting tho
country. Mr. Stono said ho would
liko to hnvo tho committco meet to
morrow. In tho sennto discussion ot tho for
eign situation did not develop. Sena
tor Full's resolution, calling upon
President Wilson to inform tho sen
nto regarding tho chnrnctor of tho
government in Mexico which tho
United States linn, recognized, was
permitted to lio on (ho (able n't Mi
request.
Criticising President
Discussion in tho sennto of tho in
ternational situation duvnlnnnd l'ntn
an oxchnngo of viows hot ween Sena
tor Works of California and Senator
Reed of Missouri, in which thn for.
mer nssnilod tho ndministrntion for
failing' to wnrn Americans to refrain
trom Bailing' on belligerent ships nnd
for iiermittinir tho snlo of munitions
to tho allies. Senator Reed defended
the courso of tho administration.
Ill tho caso of thfl Llisitimin. "Mr.
Works snid, tho government itself, In
tno lull knowlcdgo that tho ship car
ried explosives, "is morally respon
sible for tho deaths" of passengers
who woro permitted to sail without
governmental warning.
Senator Rornh ohnrged that by tho
failure of tho government to wnrn
passengers they had tho hiiiiio right
to oxpeet enfoty on u belligerent
merchant vessel ns on a neutral ship.
Jnltfo Against Kmlwirgo
Senator Lodgo joined In tho do
bate to dcolnro that it would bo a
grossly unnoulrnl net for tho United
Stntos nt this time to place nn em
bargo on amis, becnuso to do so
would ehiingo n situation oreated be
fore tho war and mnko tho govern
ment tho ally of tho nation to bo ben
efitted by such nn embargo.
"An embnrgo on nrms would bo
worth moro to Gonnnny than a mil
lion men," said Souator Lodgo.
Senator O'Clonnon of New York
doclnrod that MoNeely, tho American
uonml, believed to huvo been lot
when tho Persia was sunk, hnd dis
regarded urgent ndvico of Consul
General Skinnor nt London to sail on
a Dutoli liner to Aden, rather than on
n belligoront ship.
Owen Asks CVmfcreiici)
A resolution introduced by Seun
(Contlnuod on pago four). '
I
PERSIA SUBMARINE
LONDON, Jnn -I. (Dolaycd.) An
Amsterdam dispatch to tho Kxchango
Telegraph company says that tho
American ambassador at Uerllii,
Jnmod AV, Gerard, conferred today
with officials at tho foreign office
concerning tho sinking of tho steam
ship Persia. Mr. Gerard Is said to
havo inquired nuout tho nationality
of tho submurino which sank tho
vassal. Tho Gorman secretary of the
uavy, Admiral A'ou Tlrpltr, conferred
with Kuiperur AVUIiani on Monday,
i.