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Medford Mail Tribune WEATHLIt Fnlr Wetlncsdny, Cold. Max. tlO.B, Mln. (), Pre. Tr. SECOND EDITION (forty-fifth Tear. Onlly Tenth Year. E French Official Report Says Attack by Three German Divisions Was Complete Failure, Germans Being Driven Out of All Positions Ger mans Claim Minor Success. JURIS, Jnn. ll.-VTho Trench offi cial "report of this afternoon states that tho German offenflivo, under taken on Sunday In Champagno by at least thrco German divisions, was a complete failure, tho Qormans being driven out of all tho positions they had seized, with tho exception of n small rectanglo to tho west of Mai sons dc Chnmpncno. Tho statemont follews: "Between tho Rivers Sommo and Olso our artillery has been active. An enemy detachment attempted to carry ono of our positions In tho sector of Armuncourt, In tho region of Roye. It vn8 repulsed by our fire. West of Solssons our trench Runs destroyed a depot of rochets 111 thu neighborhood of Autroches. Heavy Fighting Reported "Tho latest Information received from Champagno confirms tho fact that our artillery fire, our trench de fenses and our counter attacks com pletely set at naught an Important attack undertaken by tho enemy In which nt least thrco German divis ions took part. Counter nttucks nnd hand grenades fighting by our men during tho past night drova tho ene my from the outpost positions ho had occupied, with tho exception of a small rcctanglo west of Molssons do Champagno whero his small forces are maintaining thumsolvcs with dif ficulty. Our general fire, nnd In par ticular our artillery fire, Inflicted very heavy losses. "Thrco of our aeroplanes, equip ped with guns, engaged yesterday In several fights abovo tho German lines near Dlxmudc, with enemy scouting noroplanos of tho Kokkcr typo. Ono of our machines attacked by a Fokkor inachlno had to doscond but an enemy aeroplane, attacked In turn by ono of ours, which fired on It with n ma chluo gun from n dlstanco of 26 mo tors, was brought down. A third French machine also attacked an other Fokker which fell In the forest of Touthulst, southeast of Dlxmudc. (cniiun Version BERLIN, Jan. 11, by wireless. Today's war offico statement sayH thut tho Kronen troops In tho Cham pagne woro defeated In an effort to recapturo tho trenches northeast of Masslgos, taken by tho Germans In tho offonslvo movement started yes terday. Tho number of prlsonojs taken has been increased to 3S0. A Kronen battle ncroplano armed with 3S contlmotor guns was com pelled by Gorinnn flro to land near Woumen, south of Dlxmudc, in Bel gliim. Tho aeroplauo, and its occu pants, uninjured, aro in German hands. A British aoroplano was shot down In an aerial encounter near Tournal. L TO OWN VESSELS SALEM. Or., Jan. 11. The con rtitutionnhty of n law passed by tho last legislature giving ports the power to acquire nnd operate stcambonU nnd othor wutor craft was upheld by tho Oregon supronio court today in u toht ouso brought by the Port of As torin. Justice Henry J. Uonn vvroto a diboonting opinion. Thu plaintiff contended that the port whs n munioipnlity, and that tho 1hv whs uneoitbtitutioiuil, as it ut toinptod to amend its uliartor by in oroaiug tlio jiowor. of tho port. The court, in deciding nguinst thu contention, said: "Excluding oititu hjhI towns, all munieipnlitios may bo MMitroUil, superv-uod and regulntod ly loiter I Imwk )mmi1 by the legis lature, provided buch general laws do nut intMiir the initiative and referen d un iMiwerx t um-eriung munit-ipal leg- M 0 ffffl V B MAN ON I ST LINE FAILS 1 PERMITTING PORTS MEXICANS KILL 15 Bandits Under Rodriguez Hold Up Train West of Chihuahua, Murder, Rob and Strip of Clothing Ameri can Miners Enrouto to Smelter Plants Train of Provisions Looted EL PASO, Tex., Jnn. 11. Fifteen Americans wcro murdered, robbed nnd stripped of clothing nnd a train- load of provisions nnd money was looted by bandits under General Joso Rodriguez at Kilometer 08 of tho Mexican Northwestern railroad, west of Chihuuhun, according to one Amer ican on tho train who escaped todny Ho reached Madera and telegraphed tho American Smelter & Helming company representatives hero. Aecordingto ono rejwrt hero, thcro wcro forty mining men on tho train, of which fifteen Americans wcro taken off tho train and shot. It is surmised that tho shooting was dono by troops of General Josu Rodri guez. Names of Americans Tho names of Americans on tho train compiled hero "follews: C. L. Watson, W. J. Wallace, M. n. Romero, C. M. Evans, C. A. Him ble, M. A. Anderson, It. E. Muehiit ton, E. L. Robinson, It. II. Scnmons and the following whoso initials woro not known here: Coy, Hull, Wntlcigh, Newman, Hand, ltloinb or Ilium and Maurice Anderson. C. L. Watson is tho general mali nger nnd principal owner of thu Cu uhuirnchic Mining Company, operat ing in tho district of that name, which is in western Chihuahua, on tho branch of tho Kansas City, Mexico & Orient line, connecting with the Mex ico Northwestern at La Junta. Censorship at Juaixv. Efforts to secure further informa tion from tho interior of Chihuahun officials of tho American Smelting & Refining company baid, were ham pered by a censorship at Juarez. Immediately uftor confirmation of tho message reached this city n cen sorship on further Information was Imposed either at Juarez or Chihua hua City. REGULAR PAY "WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 Plans to strengthen the National Guard In stead of establishing a continental army as contemplated by tho war de partment, woro proposed to President Wilson today by Chairman Hay of tho house military commltttee. Mr. Hay would not reveal how his suggestion was recolved by tho president. Under Mr, Hay's plan the National Guard would get regular pay and a provision would bo included In tho urmy bill for taking It Into tho reg ular army In tlmo of war. Ho said that at first tho plan would bring only about 130,000 men Into the reg ular army but ho folt that within two years thoro would bo 100,000. Tho plan ulso proposes to lucreaso tho present regular regiments of In fantry to war strength Instead of uddlng ten now regiments as planned by tho war department. Mr. Hay thinks this would glvo tho sumo increaso In tho regular army without adding to overhead charges. WANTS RECOGNITION OF THE AVASIUNGTON. Jan 11 Senator Clark, democrat, today Introduced a resolution to dlroct the president to withdraw all American sovereigns oer tho Philippine Islands and rec ognize un independent government to be set up there within two jears The resolution was referred to the Phil ippines committee AMERICANS ANDLOOTM F NATDNNL GUARD PROPOSED MEDFORD, BULL MOOSE CONVENTION? SURE! BUI WHO WILL ACTION OF OTHERS mMr BEFORUCTING TjyjfKRi UV GILSON GARDNER "WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. A Dull Mooso convention dato will bo fixod by tho Progrcsslvo party national commlttco when it meets today In Chicago. That dato will bo after tho republican convention has been held, and probably nftor the democrats havo met Juno 1 1 nt St. Louis nnd nominated Wilson. Tho Dull Mooso are Ilkolj to, got together about Juno 2t In Chicago for tho last work In ticket making. Will tho Dull Mooso put n candl dato Into tho field? After tho other conventions havo been held It will bo easier to answer that question. Tho republicans by that tlmo will havo chosen between Roosevelt and Durton or somo candldato of tho Durton stripe. Or tho republicans may oven havo accepted tho Rooso volt challenge to nnmo a progrcsslvo liko Cummins, In which enso Rooso volt has promised to support him. Again, tho republicans may havo seen that Roosevelt can smash their bas ket of eggs, or can help to carry It, and In that caso may havo chosen to let him carry tho basket hlmsolf; In other words, thoy may chooso him as tboir candldato and let him mako tho platform In tho hopo that this step will heal tho breach and curry tho G. O, P. back Into power. What tho Mooso will do cannot bo predicted until answers nro nt hand as to what tho republican party con voron has dono. "What tho Dull Mooso will do It tho republicans namo a Durton or n Weeks Is perfectly well settled at this date. Thoy will namo a candldato and smash tho republican candidate, or do their best to do so. Tho nomination of Weeks -or any colorless dark horso candldato on a reactionary program will seo tho progrcsslvo fighting with a strong candldato for tho presidency possi bly Roosevelt himself. T. R. would tako tho nomination if ho considered It necessary to draw enough votes away from tho G. O. P. candldato. If ho did not consider It necessary, ho would prefer to lot Hiram Johnbon (If tho latter Is will ing) or Victor Murdock, who Is will ing, of Glfford Plnchot, who would accept tho job, go to bat. LONDON, Jan. H. Tho Ilntish .tenraer Clan MnoFurlanc, of -1823 tons, has been sunk in tho Mediter ranean. There ate no details of the sinking. The Olan Miivt'iirluno was sent to the bottom December JI0. Six offi cers nnd eighteen Lascars Iiave been landed at Malta. Thirteen Lskenrs died in Iii'eboaU. The CIuh MmcFmHuiio loft Liver pool Dooombor 10 for Iiombu.v. She !( 400 feet long, 50 feet beam, built in Sunderland in 1SU bund owned in UlusgoW. OREGON. TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1916 kMKt&$ Vf!w I " I" w iiiui Mr 4.A SKVKN POSSIBILITIES Tlio Bull .Mooso cnnillilulu ques tlou nmrk (-oiitiilnsi, left to right around tlio query: J. It. (iiufleld, Ohio; Win. 1'IInn, Pa.; W. A. White, Kas.; Glffonl Pint-hot, Ph.; A. J. Dineiidge, Intl.; Vic. Mimlock, Kas.; a, W. Perkins, N. V.; untl In tho cen ter, T. B.'m fiiiwnit fight liiff Jaw. L BE E I1KIIL1N, Jan. 11. A Wolff bu reau dispatch from .Stutlgnrt an nounces that nn official invontigution linK been hegun of tbo enfeo of 1M- ward lliggins, American consul nt Htuttgart. Mr. HiggiiiB was accused by tho Stunts Zeitumr of New York of un neutral and linti-Gormnn declarations. Tho Stnath Zoitung's nrtiolo was re printed last week by tho Cologne Ga zette. Wilt LIN. Jan. 11. Tho nowspa- pei-s of lterlin, fcn.s tho OverseaH Newn agency, assert that tho Gorman government has taken up tho case of Edward lliggins, American consul nt Stuttgart, who in said to lmo made statements hostile to Gennuuy and in 3 iolation of neutrality. An Knglih correpoiitlunt at Am sterdam reported on Satuiday that German newwpapeik were demanding the immediate recall of Mr. llisgii) on tho ground that ho had given ex pression to nuti-Germau jiotitinionU. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Ail sador Genird at Ik-rhu has beon nu thoiized by Secretary Iiiiaiii lo in vehtigato iinofficiitl ehttry n;tiiit Ament-iiu 1'himu1 Kdwtird HiygiiH at StuttgHit, ulU-iiif that ho i- pro llr'tikli and ttlijectioi able t I ne Inr n.an government. Nj ofl- i il '.huiae I.Hs been irmde iiiOit hiw. GERMANY K AMERICAN CONSU SENT Hi BE THEIR CANDIDATE? . FIGHT WAGED ON COMPULSION BILL LONDON, Jan. 11. Tho ilebnlo on tho hccond reading of tho military Kcrweu bill bi'irnn ill Uio house of commons this nfternoon. The o"' was generally expressed in tho that tho vote in favor of tho I the second rending would provo er than on tho firnt rending. haid tho minority would tlwindl to a negligible feature. It in believed u Miuill numhc radical party will follow thu lw ship of Sir John Simon in rc the coiupulHion measure to thu end. Somo of these members havo nlijcmly been requested to resign by their con stituents. John E. Redmond, iinrlinmcntary leader of tho Irish party, announced in the house of commons this nftor nnon that the nationalists would not further opposu tho military service bill. Mr. Redmond went direct to parlia ment from a meeting of tho Irish party. He quickly ranged himself nnd Ins follow cm on tho side of tho gov ernment. Mr. Redmond said tho Irish na tionalists having mado their protest against tho military service bill and recognizing that the ineiLSuro hud thd support of nn overwhelming majority of British veproseiitativcH in thu house, would cayo no farther vote in any form against it. Even tho op ponents of tho bill, ho said, admitted it was receiving tho support of n largo majority of thu publiu of tlio United Kingdom. Mr, Redmond admitted that the ma jority in favor of the bill in tho voto of the lii-hl reading, excluding tho Irish member, was ton to one, Ho said the hill would become law nnd he hoped it would bo passed quickly, ROME. Jan. I0.--Oenernl Itici-mlti Garibaldi todav denied a u-port that his son, Peppiuo, wau oigauizinx a Garibaldian expedition for Albania, but admitted that such n plan hud once been contemplated, Tho sehuine to huwt a body of HO.OOO "red shirts," strengthened by tho regular unity, in Audo tho IlnlKniiB through Albania last June, ho said, was supported by the Hntish and Eiouoli government subject to Italian approval, but it a oppokod by Huron Snnniuo, Itulinn minister of foreign affairs, who told him, "' oannot in any way ndtoupt or I'm or j our propositi." Such nu expedition Oould still ho orKuuucd, although not under thu uiuc tnoruble condition, but tho iniuiiter of lorcigu affairs tnu'nituina his untuvomble ultitiuic, ' GARIBALDI OFFERS FORCE FOR ALBANIA TEDDY ADVISES BULL MOOSERS Pronrcsslvo National Committee Meets at Chicago Roosevelt Says Preparedness Is Issue of the Hour and Censures Administration for Forcljjn Policy. CHICAGO, Jnn. 11. Tho progres sive national convention will bo held in Chicago, Juno 7, tho week of tho republican convention hero. This wna decided today by tho progressive nn tiounl committee in session hero. CHICAGO, Jnn. 11. When tho progressive national committee was culled lo onler today n telegram of greeting from Theodore Roosevelt, standard-bearer of tho party in tho 1912 election, wns rend. In il Colo nel Roosevelt emphasized the need of preparedness not ulono in materia! wnys, but of tho soul and Bpirit of tho citizens of tho nation. Tho niessngo was received with ap plause by the committeemen and was followed by tho reading of lnessngcs from other lenders, including Hiram Johnson, governor of California, and Albert J. Heveridgc, former senator from Indiana. McsNigo l'Yuiu T. It. Tho niessngo from Colonel Roose velt follews: "I send you my hearty greetings. Wo as a country uru facing a great world crisis in which for tho last eighteen months this nation has fallen fur short of its duty both to its own peoplo nnd to tho law-abiding and justice-loving citizens of mankind. "Thcro is u crying need that wtr Mliill..At.l aside till iniielv partisan derstood that he was nn English! .. hut mal for FOR MIL A ISM everymoi untl do t w t me; tico PivparciliiesH Progi-anf "We must insist upon tho most thorough-going prepaiodncss to pro tect our rights against all possible attacks by any aggrouhoi-fi. Such pro puredness is tho best guarantee of any honorable peace. "Wo must ever rcniombor Hint thoro cannot ho buch preparedness in Ihings material unless (hero is also that preparedness of soul and spirit which alouo renders u nation fit to perform its high and difficult duties in nutiqiiiil and international life, . "TJ1KODOIW ROOSEVELT." In his message to tho committee men, Governor Johnson of California suid : JllllHMin'.S Mt'ssugo "ProgroHsivoism has won a great vjetory. It litis gripped the minds of individual voters, has qujokuued tho national conscience and has been in delibly impressed on every forward looking HtllgO. "Tho man and the party unafraid havo exeiciscd most wholesome in fluence on tho nation's political life. All candidates and nil parties now vehemently protest they nro progres sive, nnd prngrousivoibiu thus has partly dono its work. "We havo no jcuson for misgiving and every icasoii to be jubilant. "From California, whero proems- sin-ism has been written into tho laws (Continued on page two.) PERSIA SUNK BY ION? WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Infer ination contained in ufiiduuts taken fl'om tho Persia survivor has caused govornmont exports hero to consider tho poawibility thut tho ship mieht have been sunk by un internal ox plosion. Secretary Leusing: when asked about that feutuio of the case after today's cabinet meeting, replied that no official euiieluaiun had been m a tie. iti , . i ne cnouuu was in sexaiou more than two hours today, ami it was un derstood that the submarine question was di-ciiid, IP NO. 240 NORTHWEST IN GRIPOFCOLDESI SHUT- YEAR Zero WcalherJr4valls---Havre, Mont., jm -r . f . 34 Below, Spokane 2 Above, Seattle 14 Above, Portland 18 Above, Butte 22 Below, Walla Walla 2 Be lowShow Covers Entire Region. SEATTLE, Wash., Jnn. 11. Tho tcmpornluro in Senttlo nt 8 o'clock was 14 degrees nbovo zero, tho lowest mark sinco Jnnunry, 1000. Minimum tempernturo of 19 nhovc zero nt Se nttlo is forecasted for tonight. The bright, cold weather will coutinno through Wednesday. SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 11. A tempernturo of 31 degrees below zero wna reported to tho weather bureau from Hnvrc, Mont., todny. The tcm poraturo in eastern Washington nnd northern Idaho wns near zero or he low. In Spoknno 2 nbovo was regis tered. Pnnco AU'ort- .A'hprtn, to ported n tempernturo of 4i ditfUH below zero. , roue Ywn-'s Iteconl WALLA WALLiV, Wnsh., Jnn. 11. With tho thennometcr 2 degrees below zero, Wnlln. Wnllti is experienc ing tho coldest weather in four yenrs. Six inches of snow covers tho ground nnd about twenty inches havo fallen during tho winter, which is ono of tho most ficvero in many years. PORTLAND, Or., Jnn. 11. Tho coldest wcuther in seven years wns experienced hero todny, tho morcury dropping to 18 degrees nbovv zero. At linker, Or., n minimum of 2 de grees nbovo zero wns recorded. Tho steamer Iraldn, nrnving hero todny from tho lower Columbia, ran into ieo three-quarters of nn inch thick ten miles below tho mouth of tho Willamette. Tho ice had formed entirely across tho Columbia. Coldest In Fifteen Years 1IUTTB, Mont., Jan. 11. With nn official government record of 22 bo low zero, I tut to today cxpoKienccd tho oldest wcnlhor it hits tsecn in fif teen yenrs. Sumo private thennom cters registered us low ns !I2 during the night. Tho coldest weather in tho sstnto todnv is at Three Forks, whero tho morcury dropped to -10. Tho pe culiar conditions of tho cold wnvo nro evidenced by tho fact thut at tho Ilebgm dam, on tho Madison, river, less than twenty-fivo miles from Throu Folks, tho thennometcr read 8 nbovo zero ns tho lowest for thu night. Trunscoulinontnl trains nro run ning about six hours laic. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 11. Noithwogtoru states nnd Canada shivered today under a uold blast from tho north that sent tempera lures down t orecord points of tho season in many section. Tho low est lompontturo reported was -18 de grees holow zoro at Dattleford, Sank. On tho Minnesota Iron rnngo tho tempernturo nried from 10 to 20 he low. Ju Minneapolis it wns 10 below. T TAFT NEW YORK, Jan. 11. A letler signed by seven men who havo been presidents of tho American liar asso ciation, four of whom nro domomiitH mid three republicans, has been sent to President Wilson urging him to ap- point Fonner President Tn ft to mio-ccc-d the Into Justice Lninnr on thu United Stntos supremo court bench, Home of tho signers niu Furuiur Secretary of Wur J. M. Dickinson; 1 tinner Ambassador to Great Britain Jofccph II. Choate, Alton It. Parker und Funuer Senator Elihit Root. HANS SCHMIDT LOSES FEDERAL COURT APPEAL WASHINGTON, Jan. ll.-Justico UugliOH today denied an application for n writ of error through which it wn Mouelit lo havo tho supremo court review tho conviction of Huns Schmidt, under &entonco to ho elec trocuted Frulav at Sing Sing prison for the minder of Aiuia Aiiumllcr in New York. V -';. j