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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Continued. Ookl and. Pair. Max. -II; MIn. 125. Torty-flfOi Vcnr. I)l!--TVntii Y.-r SENATE FAILS .10. MI UPON Forclfln Relations Committee Ad voiirns Without ActionPresident . Likely to Be Sustained in Effort to Give Carranza a Chance to Demon strate Ability to Establish Order. 4- WASHINGTON', Jnn. 19. tlenoral Cnrranzn telegraphed the Mexican embassy Iioro today tiiat lie had formally proclaimed Frnncisuo Villu nn outlaw ami niithorized his execution by nuy citizen of tho republic who might encounter liiiu. 0 f f "---- WASHINGTON, Jnn. 10. After heated discussions ovur thu Mexican i situation, the first meeting of thoi sennto committee on foroigu relations adjourned today without taking ac tion on resolutions providing for in tervention or sending troops to aid Carranza in proluatin Amoriouii citi zens. Tho subject will bo taken up again next Wednesday. Senator Stone, who urged speedy action, has decided to muko a cnnvn&s ot the den ate to determine what support would be givn an effort to consider propos al of intervention should the foreign relations committee foil to act on tlio resolutions before it. The njiiitifin prevailed thai none of. tiie intervention resolution wonlu bo reported ml presold and that a major ity of thu committee would uphold the president in hid determination to give the Carrhnwt govcrnihenV a cliauee to demonstrate it ability to e-tuhlish order in Moxieo. .Mexican Data Not Heady The data called for in Senator Fall's resolution regarding the Oar iiizji goeiiaient ami 11k recognition miis not before Hit) oqfimitteo, and Chairman Stone, who mw Hit presi. dent earlier in tho day, could not say vlion it would bo ready. Tho com", lit lee did not consider the nomiuu tion of Henry I'. Fletcher as umba sudor to Mexico. Intervention resolutions were still under disciiSjSfmi when the committee ndjounied to attend u ecsaiou of thu senate. Senators Iodg and Sutherland uln urge action by tho committee. Senator CJnrko of Arkansas and WilliauiH of Mtfaisaippi, democrats, spoke for leaving the .Mexican kit na tion at (Jus ktitfe iu the hands iff the chief executive. The democrat seemed solidly in favor of such a course, exeoptinit Senator Pomerene, who thought something should be done now. Senator Itomh urged that n resolu tion be adopted authorising the pres ident to use the army nnd imvy to protect Americans and to inform Car runwi that the Uniled State waft ready to take n hand. A resolution culling on the presi dent for information a to whethet the United Stores had ontered into any relations with South America ot Central Amorioun repiWlics which would require the United' States to consult them beforo using the army or navy to protect American citizen in Mexico, was introduced by Seuatot Shennun, republican. No action wua taken. 0 BY STOCKHOLDERS HOSTO.V, Jan. 19 MinoriO stockholders of the New York", New Haven and Hartford railroad, who are suing former directors of the road Go recover from them f 102.00o.ooi) for losses alleged to have been in curred by the compear In unprofi table and improper purchases, today filed an amendment to their suit. seeking the rlghto proceed In the name of tho corporation itself. They claim that the present direc tors have refused to press such a suit betause of friendliness for their pre deesors and that tijue present di r'i tins lmy eftiBed corporation t" .! 't ad theW-uJtnts wt VNTIN CUMINS PLEADS FOR GOVERNMENT MANUFACTURE OF OUR MUNITIONS jm M i AMtfa. ijf SagvLaJ Senator A. It. Cummins of Iowa RUSSIANS LAUNCH E IN BESSARABIA HKKL1N, Jan. 311 (by wireless to Snyville). A new offensive move ment Im been iuauKurutod by thu ItuttrtiNiis to the east of Cr.omowitz, ueui' tha liouumhian fronttar. The. official Austrian statement of today says the Russians mado four eue cemtivu attacks at several places, but wore repulsed. " Tho (Icnnuu aimy lioad(unrtew staff today gave out the following statement : "lias tein theater: The re is nothing to reHirt exec4. that a Oennan nir mpindroii nttaehd enemy storago de pots nnd an aerial imrt at Tnruopol. i"Western theater: On the Yser front a small detachment advanced 'into the enemy t reuses nnd captured one mncluue gun. there have been minimr operations bv both sides on this front west of Lillu and as far outh as the Somme rixer. "Duriiur tbjp night enemv ninncn dipped bombs on Jlet. So far only material dainapge has been rcortcd. An enemv aeroplane fell this morning Mnithweot-ui' Thiiineourt. One of the OCCIipiilil- mi- killed," OF LONDON, Jan. 19 Members of the French and tirltieh governments held another war conference this af ternoon In Downing street. France was represented by Premier liriaud, JuleeiCamtwa. general undeaaecre- tary of the foreign ministry and Alex. ander Xillerand, former minister of war. For the Ilrlttsh government Pre mier Asquith, War Secretary Kitch ener, Foreign Minister Grey and First Sea Lord Hal four of the admiralty were present. A number of French and liritlsh naval and military of. fleers also attended the meeting. Further plans for active prokucutlon of the war were discussed. FURTHER FLOODS I LOS AXDKLKS. Cal., Jaa. 10. Southern Iaifia traffic alone the coat and San Joaquin rattey Unos was opened fna here to San Fma eisco today after having keen more or les interrupted by floods and land slide fur two day. Huin betran fulling again todosannd further JA wen fearedjV fJebris in the ArroXi Seco, a gully in the lioitln-rn 0Mi nf .if. AngelcK, ff.i-t ilii.uiiiUil tfl,i lo .uyit lluudinj,'. m N WAR COUNCIL A IS M SESSION MEDFORD WANTS NATION TO MAKE ALL Senator Cummins of Iowa Pleads for Elimination of Private Profit as an Influence for War by Government Manufacture of Ail War Munitions Regards War Only Last Resort, ' WASIHNCITON, .an. lO.-Kbuun-ution of private profit as an influ ence for war by ko eminent uianutac luro of all war munitions was urged in the senate todny by Senator Cum mins of Iowa, republican. He pleaded for prompt adopt ion of his resolution, which would iiuthoiir.e a -peeml committee to inquire into the most feasible plan for aeipiirni" plants to supply the aiuiy and n, with all arms, ammunition nnd equip- cut, including shipx, and to report, n the legislation necessary to pre cat private mamifucturo of such 1 products. ' War (i Ijust Itcsoi-i i "I agree that war may come to tin country," Senator UuininiiiH asserted, "but if it comes it must be the result of the calm dispaHMJouatc, loyal pur- porio to meot the uwful scourge be cause there is no other way of de fending our civilization, our institu tions and our honor. I do not assert that every person or corporation which may profit from war would in cite war, but I do assert that nil such persons nnd iioo.intiins are not competent to judyo the controversies which may lead to conflict, and in asmuch as they cannot bo removed from the great muol of the republic, they ought to bo removed from the business out of which their interest grows. It ought to he inailo inipos jdhl.e,, Ko.fur uFMhV rMiwcr-'oMliognr eminent is concerned, for any man or corporation to make money out of war. . . . Munition Makers llitsy "In this critical mnmont, what is the attitude of the makers of arms and miinifioiis? Without exception, so far ns I know, they are insisting UMin the nn.t comprehensive, pro gram which it is possible to conceive and they are employing through all the channels nnd' nil the instrumen talities which mold publio thought, nil (lit force at their command for n oompletenoM ef preparation that would turn this country into a mili tary camp and practically destroy all nmWtiou, save the nmbition lo over como by force of arms thu entire world1 Emphasizing (ho effect of the Kur opcun wor on privnto munition mak ers in the United States, he told tho senate that sinco the war began tliuro , nan ouen j(i new oorH)rutions or- gnuired in this country for tho mniiii t'uc lure of munitions and tho value of WAR UN TINS arms and munitions e.ported iu fif-ifers action a day too early rather .... ...n..,1... ! , i i ..iai1!!... - .1 J ..- I..A ... .1 teen mouths hud aggregated $lftl, 00I,'J78. 00 tummiiwi submitted a table show ing tho following estimates or the . . .i ... amount of tho war contracts of some of the larger oerjuirations: War Control (s Illicit Amerienn Car & Foundry, $3.1,000, (Continued on pago six) 25,000 UNITED STATES TROOPS (Jjrtfairvl' 4 -NUKivwtt OKEnON. AVKDNKSDAY, !K .y m LATltft i -A ij.f k OF L LONDON, Jan. 10 The lolitiken of Copenhagen, us quoted by tho Ex change coriespoiidvAl there, says anxiety has boen itAswl in Stuck holm by tho speech nt tho opening of the Swedish parliament bv King Gus tavo, who urged vigorous pre ra tion of national defenso in iew of tho disregard on the vart of belligerents of neutral righto. The situation is h source of concern iu Stockholm, tho eorroiKniilent says, on account of the seiaure by the British lust week ofn large quantity of prosions from the Swedish-American steamship Stouk- Iholm from New York for Stockholm, i ..,." ... - ine action or tue mttisii nuihort ties is criticised hurply by the Swed ish iness, which expresses tho opin ion that the value of the goods re turned cannot 1h rei-a.nbl us any thing like adequate offset to the ef-1 feet of the incident. Some Swedish uewspajiers elate that S such actions fliw worae iiisa an okiu rui'ture Iljalmar Itronting, aoeiallst lender iti the second HwedisltvottiunUer, who reeetKiy visuen me niitosi iront in Flanders, is quoted h the Soeiul ijBdioeratikeu as sa.Mnjr (hat he pre- than a day too late in order to save Sweden from complications. , "It ia noted that KJnf Gustavo iu 'his siieeeh from the throne did not I !.'... . .. "... .' IHMKB me USUai relereoeO UI lllO gOOU relations of Sweden with foreign jiowers," the rorrcspondunt uddH Several interellatioiis on foreign uf fairs are exjieeted during the ses sion ENCAMPED ON MEXICAN BORDER bbHHsbPHIBIbHKi 4S IjMbS BagaflfaMM'gl'MlslWaMS aHHawoyaVf r t1 ftwA WyBrii' JPv?wk3bWbI i K3rniXPi S'ili.aV'v JBy; m J KTllriil HHaHflLvffiaWSKan rS9BHar3wBSSB S8sSbBBh KING SWEDEN ASKS NATIONA PREPAREONFSS JAXlTAUY 10, 191(5 m m nmm I I WASIHNCITON, Jan. W. - l'rest - .. ii.uA J.f J i.tt lliJ .J- l' .-& "- PRESIDEN AN SPEAKING 0 PREPAREDNESS dent Wilson's ln-t speaking trip to jbo record nvnr tho objc.otion of carrj- the national defense fight be- oouusol for thu defense. It road in fore the country will begin early iu prt: Kolraitfy--iid,Mtwi!mkly-vilIjfoverM1WtCli middle western states, incruding his father has tnkun him tltruo timos Ohio. The president sint two hours ( ol, jrj Hwor, j m xoj,lfr (,, toduy going over ivitations from nil get after her. She is not going to got pni Is of the country. In his Ml-1 thu best of me. I will kill her boforo dresses on the imtional defense the president undoubtedly will touch alio on the Mpxionn problem. Iu addition to mukiug a. personal nptwul iKifore the eouutry iu numer ous public addresses iu supH)i'l of his program for streugtlwuing thu army and navy, the president plans to bold further conferences on tho subject with the leaders in congress. Numerous nqmrts which have ontno to the president of confusion over thu issue iu congresn and uncertainty of the outcome prompted Ibe step. SEND TOYS TO WILSON WASHINGTON, Jan. fl. P. II. thudbourue, representing he Uelg I relief commisMon, brought to tho white house today a trunk full of simple presents sent to the president i i :!... u ui:. .i.li.l .. I ""' """" "J i-im awmam. They included dolls, pictures, busts uf the rojnl fuuuly and emurohlery work. The president read acoom jmnying messages and said be was deeply affected by the sentiments. AWAITING CALL TO ARMS-SCENE DEATH MAS BY Threatened to Kill Husband and Par amour in Missives Written Year Be fore Crime Cross-Examination Develops Fact That Mohr Deat His Wife Because of Interference. lMIOVIDEKCK, H. I., Jan. 10. A ctter containing n threat to kill Miss Ktaily llurgor nnd nllcgcd to huvc been written by Jlre. Klirnheth V. Mohr, who is on trial for the murder of her husband, Dr. V. FrniiMin Mohr, was introdnOed by the prosccu ti"ii today, (leorgo W. Hooks also ti -titled that Mrs. Mohr told him sho could lure u couple, of thugs lo kill her husband. Miss llurger, who wnfl wounded h n Mohr was shot, was bin private -eeretary, and the ntuto olniiiiH that onloiisv of her wn one of tho mo ties Hint led Mrs. Mohr to employ Cecil Hrown nnd Henry Spellmnn, no- groes, to murder her husband. Hooks is u brother-in-law of Mis Hurgor. On cross-oxauiinntiou he do nlod that ho had been jealous of the physician's nttcntions to Mish Hurgor or had tried to prejudice Mrs. Mohr against hex littHbaiid. TIntMitcnlng letter llcal Hooks first identified n postcard Mrs. Mohr wrote him urging him to keep his sister-iu-law uwny from her husband. Ho then introduced u letter he received from Mohr on December ' ;j, ji;. It wna allowed to go into 1 I'm through with the whole mnltor, She is a low norson, when she won't listen to a good woman like me, who wants her to stay nwny from my hus band. Sho will be sorrv. "I inst want to let you know your sistor-lu-luw is deceiving you. I'm not going to put up with it. IMuasu look into this matter mid don't lot her jolly you. I give her fuir warning." Hitler Tmtunls HunIniiiiI Hooks told of conversations ho had jivith Mrs. Mohr between Duoembor, 1013, and Juno, 101 1, and said she hud expressed herself as very bitter toward her husband. "She said she oonld biro a couple , of llniH to murder hor husbnud," he said, "'he also said she hoped ho would ttokillcd bv his automobile." In response lo questions by the prosecution the witness stated (hat Mrs. Mohr had said Miss llurger would niter live to marry her lum ,,,, ul ,,. W()u(, kj , ., M , , , , . , ber first. Ho id she would oreo if he would gio her .10,000 and tho Mid dletowu estate Ho said ho went to see Arthur dishing, one of Mrs. Mohr's attorneys, about the sul(. On cross-examination the witness (Continued on pago six) IN CAMP NEAR BROWNSVILLE I 1 1 NO. 256 OF F F TRIAL FOR THE DEATH OF Kr.E.T.Hohr i..u oi i luvideuie, It. I., phy sician, who Is charged with having Instigated tho murder of her hus bnud, Dr. P. C. Mohr. BY KING OFF 10 ITALY PAIttS, Jan. 19. Tho following VfrfoTnTsTafiJiiWhr wfia Usued.' today:" "Tho wlroloee nowg of tho surren der of the Montenegrin army appears somowhat premature. It is now an nounced from another Kourco that negotiations botwoen Austria and Montenegro have boon broken, tho conditions of Riirrondor Imposed by Austria having been found qulto un acceptable by Montonogro. "The king, tho royal family nnd tho diplomatic corps aro about to proceed to Italy." "AWFUL" FLOOD I'lIOK.NlX, Ariz, Jan. 19. Offl iluls of thu reclamation aurvlco ad vices to the sheriff's office boro today state an "awful flood" was coming down Salt river and probably would roach Phoenix lato today. lUBldouta were being wanted to loava all low sections along the .Salt nnd Gila riv ers. i Yl'MA, Arlx., Jan. la.Teloiihono messages said that rosldentB along the upper Ulla river are movlpg from (heir homes, and that tho flood bad reached alarming proportions. Hundreds ot passengers from over land trains wore marooned hero. Ten wostuound trains were hold hero anil probably will not bo able to reach Los Angeles for several days. l.OJs'DOX, Jan. 10. Tho contro versy between Great Dritnin and Sweden over tho detention of mails lias reached nn impasso with both aides stubbornly refusing to allow its rival's mails lo bo expedited through the reaiweUvo oountritw. 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