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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Ilnln or Snow SatHrdar. Max. -12, Mln. 20.5, Pre. M 0 orty-flfth Tcnr. uMlv Ten tli Tear. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, .TANTJARY 7, IMG NO. 216 mm i in w . . KAISER TD PAY INDE AIRICANSLOST Germany Gives Assurance That Sub marine Commanders Operating in Mediterranean Will Not Torpedo Without Warning Non-Combatant Vessels Safety for Passengers. WASHINGTON', Jan. 7. Count Yon Hemstorff, the German ntnbns snilor, presented to Secretary Lans ing today a proposal to pay indem nity for Americans lost in the Lusi ttiniH disaster, and thereby conclude that controversy, and gave assur ances that any German submarines in the Mediterranean would not attack non-combatant shins of nny charac ter without warning, or destroy them without opportunity for non-eouibut-niitH to reach n place of safety. While offering to pay indemnity in the Lusilania ciifc, Germany makes the reservation that it is dono with out admission of wrongdoing. No official indication was given as to the acceptability of tlio proposal, hut one set of American officials took the iev that it would end the contro versy. The assurances regarding Mibiiinrino warfare in the Mediterran ean are of broader scope than those given after Hits Arabic disaster, and cover the warfare in the North sea. The latter guaranteed only the safety of liner. Those for the Mediterran ean cover all iion-coiiibataut ship. The following statement was later issued by Secretary Lansing: (eriiuui Statement "The German nmbassador today left at the statu depaitmeul under in structions from bin government the follow tug communication : "U. German submarines in the Mediterranean had from the begin ning orders to conduct eruieer wtir Jaie ngniimt enemy merchant vessels only in accordance with general prin ciples of international law and in particular measures of reprisal, as applied in tlio war zone around the llritixh iles, were to bo excluded. " '2. Gorman submarines are therefore permitted to destroy enemy merchant vessel, in' the .Mediterran ean, i. c. : passenger as well as freight, ships, as far as thoy do not try to escapo or offer resistance only after passengers mid orew hao been accorded safety. " ;(. All case of destruction of encuiv merchant ships in the Mediter lancau in which German submarines are concerned aio madu subject of ottii'inl investigation and submitted to regular prize court proceeding). In sular n American interests are con cerned tlio Gennnn government will coinniunieuto tlio result to tlio United States thus also in the 1'ersia case if the circumstances should call for it. Will .Mnlto llepui-ntJon "'I. If commanders of Gorman submarines should not havo obeyed the orders given to them, thoy will be punched; furthermore, the Gorman government will innko reparation for damngo caused by death of or injur ies to American citizens.' " Mr. Lansing mado no announcement of the Lusitaniu propo-aW, iaying tlio subject still was contideutial. Tlio assurances regarding tlio coin duct of lubmnrino warfaro in the Mediterranean conu'v tlio first infor mation that German submarines were i ., , (Continued on page flvoi E 10 POSTPONE FREE SUGAR WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 The first Icgi-lutie step in (he administra tion' plan to postpono placing ugsr on the i'roo list wu taken today in the introduction of a joint resolution b Senator IJrotuitrd, democrat, of Loiiisiauu, providing for tlio suspou-r-u.ii of the tariff law provision which vould Miluiit sugar without duty May 1 The resolution weut to the sen '! imuuee committee. MNITYFOR DIMINISHING ON THESSALONI Kl RUSSIAN DRIVE PASSENGERS B EASTERN FRONT SAFELY LANDED Austrians Driven From Czartoryok and Advance Will Threaten Kovcl Teutons Still Threaten Saloniki, But Fall to Move Turks Prepare to Regain Territory. LONDON, Jan. 7. According to official ndvices from Vienna, tlio fighting on the eastern front lu;a do creased in violence, the Itussinns hav ing censed to attack with vigor be tween the 1'ripct and the Dess.irubian frontier. The only gain officially announc ed for the Kussinns yesterday was at Czarlorysk, the scene of many san guinary struggles, where it is aid the Austrians woto driven fiom the cemetery. ,,. Any advanco in this region will threaten Kovcl, ono of the strongest Austro-Gcnnan positions. I: is be lieved that even though no further gain should be made, ltussia's forces have attained u position which will givo tlio nation a degrco of power in Balkan affairs it lias not b.id sinco its armies were driven back from tlio CarputhiuuH. Tlio Teutonic allies still threaten to expel the French and IJrilUh from their Macedonian positions, but no forward move has been detected thus far in that direction. Strong Turk isli forces are said to be concentrat ing on tlio Thracian frontier of Greece, and it is suggested tint the Turks inuy attempt to inuko good some of thu territorial Iossot thoy suffered during tlio lhilkuu wjrs. The British public is still concern ed chiefly with tlio domestic, crisis. Notwithstanding the heavy mnjority of the compulsion bill on first reading in the house of commons, tlio press is speculating on tho possibility of n break-up of tho political truce with a general election as tho final chap ter of tlio controversy. PROBE MUZZLE OF WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Secretary Daniels' recent icfiiMiI to permit Rear Admiral Knight or Hear Admiral Kisko to spoak in Chicago on the navy program, wns mado tho basis today of a request by Heproscntntivo lirittou, republican, of Illinois, before tho house naval committee, that no tion bo taken to prevent an attempt on the part of tho secretary to inuzzlo naval officers appearing before the committee, or to assign officors to distant posts beyond the practical reach of tho committee. Democratic members challenged tho basis for tho intimation and Mr. Urit ton replied tlint Admiral Fiskc hud been granted thirty day.' leavo on condition that ho would not talk or write on pi cpa redness. VILLA GENERAL V.U PASO, Tex., Jan. 7. General Nafarctto at Tumpieo reported to the military commander at Juurcz today that ho had captured and was hold ing tho Villa gonoral, Carrorn Torres. Itcform regulations posted in Jua rez today instituted a segregated dis trict, confined saloons to tho sale 'of beor and barred womon from cafes. General Kasalio Fernandez, form erly a Villa chieftain, who accepted amnesty of the do l'aeto Mexican gov orniueut uud joined force with Gen erals Trevino mid Ilerrera in the ad vhiiuo on ChiliuHliuu City lut month, lias fled with a small foreo to the mountain of the San Rokiiho di triet, according to General Ilerrera today. Carranza sources wore reti cent u to the cuu-.e of his defection. NAVY OFFICER RE CAPTURED IF Abandoned Vessel Storm-Tossed Since December 21, When She Sprang Leak Encountered Ninety Mile Gale Food Shortage Since Christmas. NKW YORK, Jnn 7. The 177 pas scngors who wore forced to ubandon the sinking Greek steamship Thcssa loniki at sea arrived hero today on tho steamship l'atns of tho same line ,and gave vivid descriptions of the hardships suffered during the timo the Tliessuloniki was battered by a series of terrific gales. Christmas day, passengers said, the supply of meat on the Thessaloniki was entirely exhausted, only n few gallons of wntcr were left .'ml the ship's officers began to portion out short rations of tho meager supply of food which remained. Springs Leak December lit The Tlicsnloniki first sprung a leak when sho encountered n hurri enno which raged for twelve hours on December 121. Tho boiler nnd engine rooms were partly flooded and the steamer scut out calls for assistance. After thu htirricuiio subsided, how ever, the Hooded portions of tho ship were pumped out nnd sho proceeded. Hough icnB and gales were encoun tered from December 122 to December 20, when tho Thessaloniki ran into n nuicty.uiilo hurrieano which lasted twenty-four hours. Muny of the pas sengers nnd crew feared tho steamer was sinking, as fresh leaks opened, the boiler pud engine rooms and coal bunkers rapidly filled with water and the ship was badly tossed about. S. (). S. Calls Sent Out Tho Thessuloniki'H pussongors wcro transferred to tlio 1'ntris with con siderablo difficulty nnd wcro forced to leavo nil of their baggago and personal belongings on tho disabled vessel. Tho eaptniu of the Thessaloniki re peatedly refused to send out wireless cnlls for nid at the request of both crew and passengers, uccordiiig to passengers. WASHINGTON, Jnn 7 -Except for tho general meeting tomorrow, tho second Pan-American Scientific congress complotcd its work today. Only two sections, thoso devoted to tho study of mining and to public health, held sessions at which papers wcro read. Tour others met to dis cuss general subjects. After President Wilson's reception tonight at tho white house tho execu tive committee will formulate resolu tions which will bo presented at tho general meeting tomorrow. ANAESTHETIC? BAH! MUSIC PAN-AMERICANS CONCLUDE SESSION Minneapolis Vocalist Spurns Cocaine form, romino nnd snub, other mum- , . ,, ., i itht'tie approved by neiunoo wom et and Ether and Goes Under Knife' l(lo J Jho offuoti of m. While Phonograph Plays "Tchal- " Dr. Udmond Krmia, a prom- Intent oeHlit of MiniieniHilin, kubmit- KOWSKys IHU UVeriure. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., Jun. 0. The ether cup, kkopowahue, chloro- England's Man of Destiny .j ! . '' t. -rs. """"WW,,,,,,"' llavlil Lloyd George, who is trjlng British cabinet. 10 IROOPS 10 BE SENT 10 SIOP STRIKER'S RIOTING YOUNGSTOWN, O, Jan 7, He causo of fitriko rioting Inst night and today at the plant of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube company in Hunt Youngstown, Sheriff J. C. Umstcad tolographod to Governor Willis at Columbus, to inquire whether state troops wore nvailnlila In raso thoy wcro needed to presorov order. Tlio sheriff, however, expressed tho belief that ho would not need troops to control tho situation. Governor Willis replied that ho had dispatched ilrigadler General Speaks of Columbus and Lieutenant Colonel Wnybrccht of Alllanco to Youngstown and ordered them to havo as ninny companies as possible of tho Ohio National Guard ready for strlko duty. Tho situation nt tlio plant of tho Republic Iron and Steel company whero 2C00 men tiro on strlko and C000 idlo as a result, remained un changed today. Last night strik ers threatened to attack thu offico buildings but wcro dispersed by tho pollco. CASH PAID ITALY 10 IIKItLIN, Jan 7, by wlreloss. "The Neuo Zurlcher Zoltung has re ceived a roport from rollabio sources," says tho OvorsonH iNowh agency, "that the London treaty pro viding against tho conclusion of a separate peace signed by Italy, con tains a special clniiHo under which Italy received 2,000.000 lira for giv ing her adherence to the agreement." The news agency says It has special Information that another cluuso in tho treaty is directed ugalnst tho Vatican. SOOTHES HIS PAIN AS MAN IS CUT .j u, an operation in tho oluunbur of Dr. Churl o IlonjMiiun Wright Today Dr. Kruu k proudly citing tho incident as proof of hi long-held belief that uiutic, to the uiukiuu, is. i i ,.. w to straighten out the tangle in Uio PORTLAND, Oio., Jan. 7. A torn pornry Injunction restraining the en forcement In Multnomah county of tho Oregon blue law wna continued by Judgo C. U. Gnntcubcln In tho state circuit court lioro today until tho votors could dccldo nt tlio elec tions next November whothor tho law should bo abolished. Tlio Invv pro hibits transaction of business on Sun day by mercantile establishments, grocery stores, pool and billiard halls and places of amusement of ull kinds except theaters. In his decision continuing tho In junction until tho November elections, Judgo Gantonbeln said: "Tho law has remained dormant for sixty-two years and during that tlmo tho stnto has succeeded In strug gling along fairly well. It eooms to mo that neither tho morals nor health of tho ntato "will bo affected If It lies dormant seven or eight months longer." Judgo Giinteiibeln stated thnt tho law was originally paused In 1851, when Oregon was a territory, and with u fow clinnijos wns ten years later made section 312G of tho ponal codo. No nttompt was ever mnrlo to onforco It until about eovon years ago when an effort was inudo to close tho cigar stores In Portland. At that tlmo Judgo Gantonbeln says that ho hold tho law unconstitutional on tho ground that it was u violation of tho constitutional guarantee of religious freedom. No appeal was taken nt that tlmo, and every ono appeared to acquiesce In tho decision. TUB IIAGUH, Nuthorhinds, Jan. 7. Tho ministry of murine announces that a Ililtlsh submarine which was flying signals of distress was encoun tered by tho Dutch cruiser Noord Hru. bant outside Dutch territorial waters UP ON OPERATING TABLE as good a win killer niul as soothing u oouuiuo i to the iii. ui without an urtigtiu sotiao. "I absolutely felt no pain," Dr. Ivraiw remarked. "No puiu, abso lutely. It wiut all uloug jiifet ua if I wero droHtning." "Dr. Wright said I must titko Tchuikovv-i.k' 1812 Overture. "And thnt ! what I took." ENJOINS BLUE LAW UNI NOVEMBER MULTNOMAH CABINET FAVORS PROMPT ACTION ON SUBMARINES Lack of Information Delays Persia Case, But Cabinet Members Hold Time Has Come for Making Certain That No Further Attacks on Mer chantmen Carrying Americans. "WASHINGTON", Jan. 7. Tlio stat us of tho prcpnrodnoss program, rov euuo plniis, conservation and Mexi can affairs, an well as tho submnrlno crisis, furnished topics of discussion at today's session of tho cabinet. Tho sonatu resolution cnlllng upon tho president for Information about Mexico was gono over thoroughly. Tho administration is wilting to fur nish tho facts called for and ninny of them have already been nsBcmblcd at tho stnto department. Although moro than a wcok has passed slnco tho Htcamshlp Persia was sunk In tho Mediterranean with the loss of American life, officials today wero still uninformed1 as to whether tho vessel was torpedoed, and, if so, tho nationality of tho sub marine. Developments today con tinued to Indlcnto that tho American government would withhold action ponding official advices determining theso points. Austria Igiiomnt Overnight developments Included tho receipt of dispatches from Ambas sador Peuflcld nt Vienna assorting that tho Austrian government was without information concerning tho Incident up to tho night of January I, nnd from Consul (larrels at Alex andria, Kgypt, stating that ho had obtained affidavits from 21 survivors nnd that all confirmed previous state ments that, "no warning was given and no vessel was seen." Ambassador Pcnflold's dispatch added that Huron llurlan, tho Aus trian foreign minister, hnn asked what Information concerning tho in cident wns In possession of tho Unit ed States. Officors and crow of tho Persia, Consul Garrets reported, hnvo loft Alexandria for England. Tholr affi davits will bo bought upon their ar rival thero. I'm op Drastic Action Uogardlcsu of tho outcome of tho Porsln case, however, tho majority of tho cabinet mombors are ropro sented as believing that the tlmo has como for making certain that no fur. thor attacks on merchant ships car rying Americans will bo mudo. Tho administration loaders aro said to feel that continued loss of Amorlcau lives will lead tho United States Into hostilities. GENERAL ELECTION LAST RESORT OF LONDON, Jim, 7, There, Rooms little doubt that a gunornl election will bo tho vory iafct measure resort ed to by tho government to obtain tint desired "general consent'1 to tho es tablishment of attenuated form of compulsion provided for in tho pond ing military servieo bill. That such gonoral oonsont would bo obtained by an appeal to tho country is admitted by viitually everyone, but tho belief is expressed in many quartern that it can bo won without such nn up heaval. Tho Wostmhwlor Gnzotlo empha sizes tho fuel tliul only forty-fivu members of tho bongo of commons, icproseutiug oonstituonoiou in Great Ilritniu, whioli aloiio is uffoeted by the bill, opponed tho measure. It thinks the minority oan be convinced of the uoeensity of unnetins the law nnd that the throat to national unity will ho removod by i'roo debate in tlio later stugos of the bill's course through parliumept. BRITISH B ROCKEFELLERS FATE NOW IN HANDS OF I0RY Three Months' Trial of New Haven Directors for Criminal Conspiracy Submitted to Jury Court's In structions Favorable to Defendants Size Enterprise Not Considered. NKW YORK, Jan. 7. Tho enso against William Itockcfcllcr nnd ten other former directors of tho Now York, New Havcir & Hartford rail road, charged with criminal conspir noy under tho Sherman law, was sub mitted to tho jury today nftcr a trial lasting nearly three mouths. J no court Held turn tnc cnarge nieo could not bo sustained unless tlio jury was satisfied thnt the defendant:?, or any of them, "intended to enter an illegal combination." Intent, he said, wiib psychological nnd not to bo as certained by fixed rulo of law. Itockcfellcp AlMcnt William Itockofcller was the only 'defendant not in court when Judgo limit began hii remarks. Tho charge against tlio defendants being n mis demeanor, his presence wim not lcg ully required, Tlio court, nftcr describing the in dictment, first instructed tlio jury thnt tho case should bo considered without regard to nny testimony that would indicate "any nttempts to in fluence legislation by bribery or cor rupt menus." Tho indictment con tained no such charge, ho said. Discussing tho Sherman not, ho said that it did not prcseribo n limit to acquisitions and that largo enter prises may in a coilain seuso ho per mitted to moiiopolizo commerce. Charge to tho Jury Magnitiido of business was not in itself a violation of u luw. "The criminal act,'' ho said, "is in cnnspiiing to restrniu freedom of no tion uud unduly restricting or sup pressing competition." Tlio first question for tho jury to decide, ho snid, wns whether "back in 181)0 or thereabouts thero existed n conspiracy to monopolize commerce. If tho government docs not satisfy you that n conspiracy existed nt that time, then tho whole case of tho gov ernment fails." Judgo Hunt explained that tlio al leged conspiracy must hnvo been n continuous one from I8UU into tho threo-ear period covered by the slut uto of limitations. SENAfOEBATES SHIPPING TIE-UP WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Itespon Hibihty, u bolvvecn Oreat Britain nnd Germany, for the disturbance of nou. tral t ratio on tho seas, vfns tho sub ject of another spirited debnto in tho sonuio today during consideration oC .Senator WuUh'u resolution to invos. tigato the freight oinburgo ut eastern pons. When Senator Noivhuftls was dnt. ing that tho ticing up of German slupi wns partly responsible, Sonutor O'Gorman iiinuircd if ho eniiiclni..l in that connection tlmt'L'OO neutral vobsels hud been token from com moreo bocnuso of the Uritish orders in Leouneil, rightly designated by thu ffiti .1...t.i.....A... ... i... ;.. . ,. i .. ...... ..vimniuuiu in iu jh violation oc nu international law. "It is truo tiiat the trade has boon deprived of J00 neutral vessels," de olared Senator Nelson. "Uunv inu. tral ships may havo been taken into port by Gieat Hntaiu, but only for a temporary delay during search fop contraband. What h3 takou freight shipa off tlio ooonn are tho German submarinos that have been blowiug tin freighter." Sonntor O'Gorman insisted ho had not said tlio 1200 vessels had bcou held up continuously, but tamo bo taken hud been held for months, r RESPONSIBILITY FOR