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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER 1'nlr Tonight Wednesday. roity-flfth Vtnr Unll TVlltli Yrar II ill TO KM OF GREECE Great Britain 1nd France Reported to Have Demanded That Passports Be Handed Teutonic Powers Within 48 Hours Central Powers 0der Rep resentatives to Burn All Archives. LONDON, Jnn. 18. A dispatch from Amsterdam to tno Exchango Tolegraph company Bays that French nnd Ilrltlsh troops havo been landed tit Corinth, Greece, J 8 miles west of Athena. The mossago nays that according to Information received at Amsterdam from Sofia, the nlllod troops which landed at Pfcnloron ro-ombarlod after short Inspection of ths city. "Among tho wild rumors as to tho Intentions of tho llls," tho mes sage continues, "Issho statement tftat thoy Intond to Wvancff to Athens, nnd tho govrnmont lll rotlr In nnd thog overnmont tM retiro In conformity with th klnft's delr to maintain armtd neutrality. "In Sofia dlspttchos tho question Is nstod what former I'romlor Vcni 7.elos will do In that ovont; Crhothor ho will proclaim n republic nnd whothor tho army will slda erlth him. Tlieflo reports nro said to havo oc casioned undisguised alarm at tho Uubjarlifti calpttAl." l.'Iir.DUi itBM DintUN, Jan. 18, by Orirolc,. A noto to tho Grculc government, uiiioiigtlnj to an ultimatum, Is wld by the Ovorsoas News agency, to hovo boon presented by Franco fnft Gisj&t llrltOln. According to Sofia dls. patch to tho news aSoncy, GrQocO Ih jsjauliod t dellvor tlwlfl passports to tho lufelstdrOot tho cJWtrd iu?OrO within ? hours, foiling Ohlch tho ftnMnto orlll taOU "necotnor uros." ftSTI8ItDAW, Jan. IS, via Lou do. Tl Cologne Gazetto ie Inform' od by its Sofia corfeajwudettt tfict tit miniate ? th wMrOl poosrs a Atheist have been ordOrod to burn tM tho archive t tholr loytvtloiit to prt Mt t)tm from fftlHna ksl tin hand f the antonto poora. Tho Uewtto'a lforiMlon eu con Atlnil In o despatch from oM beta tho report was rcalvfi fnn Athsaa by oay of Contntlntl. 0N?ANIK6rLhVJa. 18. VhO Oeealne faw nloh foctNitly bna, cpmirol oRenelva Id tho Coaofioso Ctfo oupurlor In uib6r to th YuvOa ospotloci thorn, occoi'dlTiK to It? Ceo otisittQoplfl wrv olflet, but effective (C!lauiil oa re two.t? lib mm mm at nr LONDON, Jan. 18. Tue trans- Atlantic liner Kndam p ond today down by tho list to tarbord. 011 her liasse- gpnf) aro safo. Thro stokeiHs'tero hlllod and four injured. The ltn- dam ft proceeding to Gravosend un der hor own atem. The nature of the lit hastt beo'i learned, The ltjlam sailed from Nos York January 5 for Pafmoutb and Rotter dam. She paad tho LI nurd January 14 but her arrival at Falmouth had not bsjar&eported although ordinarily Mie would leach Falmouth tho day after bolnf reported off the Llsard. The Itjndam belong to the Holland-American line and has beon In Ferrioe for a number of years beUoen Iondon and Itottordam. She Is SCO test. long, of 12.070 tons displace ment and has accommodation for I9S puHRri, AW PRESEM 1 II II NEW YOKK, Jnn. 18. OffleUU of the Holland-American line here had relrd on word today other than the news dispatches of an ac cident to the Itywdnm. The veMel ealled from hare January S with 101 pasMntera. Sha had a crew of SSS and a mlitllmiHius caiRo 0 OF T BY Senator Llppctt Introduces Resolu tion Dlrcctlnjj President to Employ Armed Forces Immediately to Pro tect the Lives of Americans in Mex icoGag Pot on Admirer of Hucrta WASHIKGTON", Jnn. 18. Moiico enmo up in tho nennlo again today when Henutor Lippitt. republican, had tho ulerk rend en Tditorinl attacking Provident Wilson nnd sulogizing tho lute General Ilucrtn. Senator My (jrH, jjelliocrnt, interrupted tho rend iii(,'( Bi)jriii ho thoin'!it it improper for tho sennto t critiuiso the president, "in eulogy of u man el nrnctorizofj ns n cutthroat mid n Ubuqiur." "The senator ih entirely rifjlit," dc clurcd Odairninij Stonr of tli foreign roliitions committee, "I hope in life futuro wo will nt linvo mor of tliis tliii(t; attempted r doj)e." cm t iMVHti Vy viva voeo voto furtlier tVtvlintf of tho cilhorinl wiih denied, itentitor Loi Ahked tltft his resolution di rcutiug the proKiduut to intervene in .Mexico bo rend to the foreign roln- tiotwi ciftumittco. Senator Doruli nug geHled (lint the retention bu acted ti)on at once. "Tlio rPholulion midit just . ell ho withdrawn foinny good it MI! do Amwicnn eiiizene liing murdered sn Mexico," ho Bnid. "This bcnato ought to .'a'o . tlo ci'ti'.'o htcj thra moment, notifying tlio do facto gowjKimcnt in i.:ico tliot wo nro reauly to uso the ni;ned forces f tho CJuited Sto&s to prctucit oui 30il9.'' Yico-Pftiflident Kerslioll iuld Uio dtiaiHU)it on! of wnbe cod Ocxdor Ijov'ih guvo notia Miot Intor ho 7ould wove to huvo the SoHoIulioa roforred lii order tluil (lit tsmniitteo rjijhl act on -it tomowop, Bsrc-yrrC'CTto Senator Lipt& 41)011 introdueod q wsoliition dirvutiMr tlio yrooi&w to employ armed l'ofws juuuAtibttily to proteet th fivesi ot AmuneitUH in Kv.teo. if tmA in omj)f(mi)ia6 to ol'lW it leniuu tto lrtij nyad & btory that iliu Uuft4 DIwSth orould koah an Mttftoiiioul riji tho Kouth nod Coo&ul .m9iciiM eoun(,ni'H havetofovo ooci- sultml htfoitt t(i(uii(c c,r rcdioal otoy, 8lie ouwa utcra liad boon ilrciioO) in officMO) cirobB (writes in Uiii (lay, end when EJp. Xripjcrtt Mbbwl, "ltoo lw il Oould I'Jjo tLo United CJtoieo to Cob Tho )Rw(ioo of Arjrorjtme, iUttjil, Ihwo, URisnOy, ySrtnlo ond C8t)o. uwlio to ir.x)to)0 $xi livits of it citi aoiiB in neoieo, t'lw obotfiacti op tho foi.-4 Pulfitioiia eotHmititeo iotaifoO ttt 4IVbtiOQ (Kd KOB iU'W" CJi CR8- r,vr. ..d in ijio floily," JJon-s't'"- vA? -it Mtid. "If I had Loon president last 've,i!i ohm iVa lejjorl i,1 Vno inn der of mn.iui ciiittMii ;jQehy4 l.'u h ii'.gvohs KRotlr fctJ aoul.? no J he M't on tli Vievm. HWUek hefo'.u .Jjnoncnii Mkldt ere hot fttt the trail of th4 tiuwlurei-s. uch lo. trine lould meet n ijwiune note in tlit heiuU of the aiurieun pt'o ple." ' in no SOUGH A igta South- "it may he," ini Senator Sto, bows Ith a"tlit a few iunilor on the renublt- T m SSK can yu ao really thirttHV for war in Mexico, but I do not believ that is tlio sentiment of tho sonsiblepgnser atio and ))atnotio bt'iiators of the minority. I uiicerelv Miuxu liht if -9- (Continued on I'agf)Two) r PANAHH GANAfc F. 15 NKW YOH1C, Jan. 18 -The Pana ma aanal will be opened to the largest ships on February K, according to Colonel K. V. Glenn. L'. S. A, who arrived here today on the steamship Metapau 90m Co'""- Colonel Utcnn returned from a six weeksrip to tne canal tone and naif when Jie left there was a channel twenty feet deep at all points where the slides occur red. He added that the eanal offi cials bad sent out a notice on Jan uary II stating that the waterway wohld be ready for all traffic one month from that month. ftEEDFORD WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT, -'LijallaataaMkBaaVnanaamB',B"Ib- JiiMV'Uhw 'VsVhf i-jsRx JiBIHP jHE MtBysisMMrBBBKJCTBHBjBBwW Hn3Hi3satenalfcft siLLJE2ELaaH&K " K TalasBWaMBF?yLaf:' "ylHBalBLaaaaK LaaaKc XBHWWBTk1 s - JflLnLannaaaaaaaaataatp 99iaH fBVwu V ft bl cJf v elaaWLaKte v .naanV .sea nWhmS saaaV I aaanaaaaaaaaa1rr4ff fl4 A C & UnUnaaaaamrT vlJBnnaav acja. jVSsaV07'aaaV I XLaaaaaaaananaaLaaflnaaaaffRiPllr LK LaaaaaaaaaaLaaaMLaamnr 8MP Vfl 0laaaPmJv Laaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaanaaw i. LaaaV ftLLaaaaaaaar mB''' Titt't pliologrnph E CHIEF IS TO BLAME 151. L'ASO, Tex., Jnn. IS, Ktjrlquo PCPO UuJ, ocerotory to General Kron OlSio VIllO, occoplng throiish tho Cnr ronen linos, xyau in HI i'ao today, afefl lino ronooncod furtlior rovOlu tlonory activltloj In Mexico. Rul t9 Villa adhorontfi l.oro donlod Villa hod authorfzed tde maosatro of Socto Ysobol, or tint ho rvoG ordorcrl Oil Amoplcans killed. Accord lea to thoso cAhoronls, nul, QrCa CCs botna huntnd In Cktntiahua? City by tho Curroiao cutDopitfta, toot) O Acnporoto cehonco four dayo oao end' approached tho coiumORdcnt at cniDudiua City onft beaaed a on(e OOuduaJ to tho boPdor cWlO thp com unut Oas enonja9 io ccaoCTCCClco Olth o youns; wornn?l. Thoy coy tfeot oMhait ICDlrtuO Cl tho Cpplleont end taet rlfl of niOi 0'iictjlv 'tlio commajidOnl CoTlblilofl Q :jid and Rul Red to tho hcvflof1 Clt"f out Ills root Identity bccomlna hfcflC-3. iALIST WILLING TO EIGHT F WASHINGTON, J i-i. IS Kverv roeiiiliHt iii Hie I ml i cl States ould defenti thib eouniry i nttnekwl by n t'oroign J up, Itcpieenutie Loudon, "tho only socialism congroKa, old the houso today in s addiebs nejiet lrPro(lnes. The uoufts shouted down attempt to liiflt I.osioirtiuie and sHirred him oh with queajitu. lli deduc tion at the soeiaayt Buhl fight whs groeted with (thunderous np plRUSO. ltepreaentuti'e 0'Siughn easy of 'llhode llaud dtaaVlcl of London what would he the uttituilo of the Multilist in oa-r the Ameriean tlajr 18 attaeked, "I doire to sav that if the people of the lulled State-, were alluded errv oucwli-t would lifeht," London -did. BLAMEFOR PERSIA WASHINlSToN. J.ui IH. Secre tary JjUliMii); .mnliiid tndu thut the Ilerliu t'rm;ii iUIk-v hud inform ed Auibuulor Uerurd thut all Uer- mau submaruiek in the Mediterranean have reported and that none was 00 eerned in the destruction of the Urit ih lmer J't'isut, ' SECRETARY SCAPES DENES EVERY m IS DENY OREGON, TUESDAY, .TANFARY 18, 191G of dVn, rnrmiixu, first chief f .Mox LOS AN'dKLKS, (Ml., .Van. 18. Two more fatalities due to swollen strenniB in southern California worn reported today, making four dead ns n result of thu raiiistorin which hegnu Saturday. Itoport from Anaheim, nenr hero, ftwid tliui Jose ItodriKties, h MexionQ, hud been drowned in the Santa Ann river uhilo HttointiUr to ford the swd(ii ntrWni. X. Itivoro, a txneher of dtanln Aim, O'na drowned when ho tried to foidi th8 Vouturt) rWer on u horse noQr Lu Crosse. The rniu liHiftftoptwd thioafterci)nii and th8 flood Oaten Oert liujiniim to recoiUj. UoasnOM fpoai Arizono said the flood ontoM COro flootJfliiK oliO low lands, throHtceioa irritjOtion projects ead liHinig traffic. Tlio" residonta olon the lOK? Gilo rivoP tture wov ina Oo liilieP erouiid Old tho flood bod .reached low tectums wilum one itliki, of 1'hoOni.v. ' ?hO pftorty dMmnovas estimated nO fciC QJl,00e,0bO to CX!,0UU,000. o .UVK(jBrjVKM), Cnl., Jan. 18. At noon today water Oaa rjniulng ino fie HiiiiVrvn of tne houcea at ArjiQiid lixesjc': sought rfueoc of lafoty. 1'iirs vi standing ort stamps nnd ehie'.eim took irfuuu ou tho tops t biiildinyH. ONI)(t. Jon. H.-Piitmu'i -ith uitoftii'' in the house oHeom msflhi tmiuy the nppoilitinent of Jos ) A. Tease, tunur presidenl of the boaiil)f edueatito und one time uhief liberal whip inadie house, us postmc9 ter Kenurul. sueeeeduit: Herbert Sam MILLION m mm CALIF NA ' i;MI10iI uel, whuggycently was made liuAT- M. ThAns, Guy CoTluer, John, secretary , CONFPSStO SPY NKW YORK, Jan. 18. Ignatius T. Trebich Lincoln, a former member of the Iiritish arliuuient and a confess ed tlermtta spy, and who was being held here pending extradition to L'uglaud, esoaued fron a United 8tata depaty uwrshal but Satuplay, u was laarnea loaay, aaa nas uorueen seen miicc. ESCAPES CUSIODY GENERAL CARRANZA? Ir.iu ipn eminent. Y FULLY IDENTIFIED BY .IL'AHIIZ, Jrcx., Jnn. 18. Tlio body ot Jasu I(odri;iicz, tho bandit lender e,oeuted biht TIiuiday nt jrndora", was positively identified today by u iiiimheV of Ainerioans, ineltnling Unit ed States ol'fioinln who know tho Villa aide wien be wiih bore iwrior to tlio oollniwe of the Villa reaimu. A K"bl fountain pcJi, bearing tlio Initials "J. K. 11." helped tho identifi cation Ohieb ous mado oriennully by employes of thu liahricorn.j'iira6b, who euptitred Hodnniicr. when ho npiieur od oit the properly, rsresuiOnbly ?o kill Ma.Mino tilnrroiies, n forinor fore man. (Icncoal Almoidn, ono of tlio hQnflit Wdiv5 reported exoouted bp CQPrnn za offioiak, ans killod, accordina to the rnmh emplayos, iia nn effort to rescue KodriKUOz. Ono of those who ideulifiod Dodrj Kut'z w'us C. K. Tinny, it mino coin lutny nuj)lpje, who trnifed JtoOri0Uuc' forro from Sonora after tho dohot of Villa. Trnay wits tniilinif Jiu bmul liecHiiso they siailo fifty-itirtfO bngo oP eoncenttos from the Ul Tigro pruoiert hi Honwrn. ELECTS DIRECTORS ii At te-e MiRiiml lerlin ot tfcj Jfcd fold CoinmerriHl el Meilv oven iuir at the city librurv bull, tho foi lofiinff wei'. elected as dueetors ?or tho ensuing join. C. K. Oatos, Unit Andoradli, Oeorgo l'ugiara, tf. S. Kraith, 1 J. A. Perff, !!.,. u(Tl S. Smith, W. l aywaes tor. J. I). Iloll, wiaun, 11. a. lAiia, j. r. auwtwn Bert Thierolf and . L. Hill. The directors meet Wednesday to elect a president and secretary. Mr. Palmer of Central Point apoko in favor of an employment bureau for bibor m the vailuy and suggested u reading and coffee room ill connec tion Iheiewith. A uonunittee was np pointed to investigate, eontialing of .1. A. Westeriuiid, fluy Couuer, Joo Drown and V. 0. Steel. Mr. Steel siwke in favor of elub aetion to seoure county co-operation wih the uational govemment and state for the CraDur Lake liigliwny, and II. I. WVlUwra, 0. Putnam nnd I. D. kli were apjwiufed to wait on RODRIGUEZ BOD AMERICANS II AL LU mm YE the county couit, GOMPERS SAYS LABOR FAVORS PREPAREDNESS National Clvlo Federation Told That Orrjanlzetl Labor Favors Defensive Propaganda Provided There Is Recognition and Co-operation With Unions Wants Citizen Soldiery. WAaillNQTON, Jan. 18. Samuel Gompcrs, president of tho American Kodorntlon of Iabor, today told tho National Civic fodoratlon In a Bpcech often Interrupted by applause, that organized labor throughout tho Unit ed States favored adcqtinto national pronarodncss under certain condi tions, which ho summarized ns In cluding: HccoRiiltlon of nnd co-operation with tho organized labor movement In all flolda of nctlvlty, induntrlal, comtnorclal, polltlcnl, social, moral Establishment and extension of tho citizen eoldlury, democratically or ganized, officered, administered and contnolkd. Itooliitlon Adoptetl Thp session adopted a resolution, Introduced by Dr. Tnlcott Williams of Now York, providing tho nppolnt mont of n commlttco by President Low of tho .'deration to ronort on tho bot.1 plan for preparedness. "Men worthy ot tho namo," ho nnld, "will fight oven for n 'scrap of pepor,' when that paper reprosontB ideals of human justlco and freedom. Thcro Ih little rogrrss mado in tho uffalri of tho world In which reslM nnco of t thcra Ih not Involved. Tho proreB of all tho ages has como ns tho rcLult of protests against wrongs and existing conditions and through assertions ot right nnd ef fective domands for Justice. Our own freedom and republican form of gov ernment havo been nchluvcd by re sistance to tyrnny and inslstenco uptni right. Freedom oind democracy daro not bo synonymous with weak ness. Ueep it IbMiiTcrnUc "Whatovor plan may bo adopted," said Mr. OompeVH, ooplalnlng tho at titude, of labgr, "tho organized labor movoinont of Amerlcn demaudfl that certain fundamental principles must bo rognrdoiL All pollcloa and ians for national defense must bo (Tutor oined by copnoontatlvot of all tltfl jiooplo. Tho organized labor movo inont assorts Its right to reprcCen lo tion lu all caminltleoH, coiiiiiiIshIoiis or viodlos that decide upon military dofojwo. "Tho labor anovomOnt domoods demogracy In all thlnflOo Including military orgonizafions ond Inatltu tlons ot tho coontrp. Not only iiMist ontronco to oil Institutions bo freal? SWl oqixttly accordod to ell, but 2ho mllltory nuiat Do democratically or SOnjeod, duniocWtloaUy offlcorrd ond undor tho control of heads ho are rarranslblu to Vlio cltlzons of tho bin-'." I OF I J'HOENIH, Ariz., Jan. 18. Rivers and stronms of -outlleni Arizona woie rmAfc nipidly today aod ninny resi dents nt wu tow bwtions ulfeady s'ev ui to havo moved from their homes as ti result of the hotvv ruins, lTii. Mies of IhftshenfetTs offieo beiai weie 'pt busy thrcsjjtfliout Olio day ans II FLOODS E werinftcalla from persons marooneiUof 5if"iD' wbieb iuvostigfuted the ue- near lojre. ( llaily this uftensjon the flood wftt era from Salt river bad flooded iiiv- ersulo ptuic hero and tlieajnimHli d9 91 e Miik were removed to sutoty. va lor was llnuins: over the south ap proach of tlio Center htreet bridge, one mile south of Phoenix. Officials of thu reclamation son'- iee stated that they feared thn worst flood on thu Arizona siueo 1801, when i largo portion of this territory was under water, 1 ' ' Igndon Claims Press Slighted LONDON, Jan. 18.--Tha Times complains that the version of Oar niaio's llaruloiig adrroepondoiitifl published in Loudon was ineomplett although neutral countries received tho full Gorman report ami adds: NO. 255 MEDYNSK S CONTEST NOT CE WH COUNOL Defeated for Council hy Twenty-Nine Votes, Father of Rebondlng Plan Cries Fraud Against Election Board on Technicalities Ballot Box Is Taken Home by Clerk. Ex-Cotincilmnn jrcdynski, who who defeated for re-election in tho clcfl tion of Junuary 11 in tho First ward by Dr. J. J. EmmoiiH by n majority of twenty-niuo votes, bns filed notice with tho city council of contostinp; tho election on tho promtd of irregularity in proceeding of tho election board nnd nsked Hint tv dato bo named for hcnrini,' tha contest. Tho matter will eomo beforo tho council tonight. C. II. Chnptnan, W. II. Humphreys and W. It. Coleman comprised tho elec tion board in tlio First wnrd. Under tho charter, tho council is solo judRo of tho election nnd thcro is no appeal from its decision, and tho council Saturday ennvnstsod tbo rc turriH nnd issued tho certificate of election to Ur. Emmons. If desired, tho council enn rcfuso to reopen tho CIIHC. Xotlco of Contest The nolico of contest ia bignctl by twelve resident!), only fivo of whom rosido in tho First wnrd. It reads ns follewu: "To tin. ironornblo Hlnyor nnd City Council of tho city of Medford, and to Elmer T. Foso, city recorder of btiid city, and to Gun Sanniolfi, city treasurer of said city, nnd to Dr. J. J. Emmons, aldtrmnn-elect of First wnrd of said city: "You, and eneb of you, will plenco tnko notieo that tbo undcrkigucd hereby contest tho election of each of tho foregoins nmul officers, who eluim to bo clcated to (ho rcspcativo offices beforo nnincd nt nn clcuiiou told in tho city of Mfldford, Jaukuon county, Oregon, on tlio lJth day of Jnnuno'i 101(1: Hint eald contest in -bnhed oa tho followiirg grounds, to wn : Vlabithow .iUegtal "J. That in tbo Hnld election, and in tho first ward of unid oity, tbo Inw KowDinin euid uloutlon was repeat edly violated; that the ballot box of said ward was not kopi within tho view of tho judgoH nnd dorks of said voting- place, tos rcipiirod by law; Hint nWor tho poIfH olosod, to-wit, after 7 o'clock p. m., tho ballot box was taken iy 0110 oflho obsrks, to-wit, W. It. Coleman, nnfl removed from tho jVotiiijr plnco to tho homo of nid W. It. Coloinicn, aind kept there without tflo presoneo of tho othor judges nnd clerks, nnd without seals boinc; pl.tced jhoitoii; thut ho count of Bnid voted in said ward was not conducted no cording to J-iw, in thiw. that tho Hnme did not oommenco immedintoly after (Continued ou poko two.) WAblllKliTvfN', Jan. 18. Rutlory trouble is bc'i-vcd to hnvv oojuscd tho xplosioii t-ialunby wbieb destroyed the toubmunno K-2 in tho Now Yuri; mivy yar, killing: five men and frnri otisly iiijW.idk nino olbera. Thin U indicated in tho repfrt of tho board I'luey mm imiuy suoinuu'ii us 1 lim ing to trinity deparlmeAt. Thu board uonuludcd thu explosion was duo to nn e.oessivo amount of Ks, iiriiieipally hydrogen, generated fioui the storago Inittirios, forming with tho air n highly o.p!osivo mU tiit. Thero wore two poekots of thia mbtiiro, one in the fonvard battery and the other in tho after end of tho after battery, where it appeurs tho first explosion oueurred. Ignition whs onused by n spavk. lii'o origin of whieli was not dutunninod, This board, npiraintod nt tbo navy yard immediately itor tbo aoeidyut, fHsil Us report for the department's infonnatiuii, wiUiout refeix-nc to thu proeeadings of Hie nnvul board of in board, which bufau un iiivustiguttgu todav. BAnERYTROUBLES CAOSEO EXPLOSION ON SUBMARINE E-2 fit m -fi tv