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Medford Mail Tribune Mi SECOND EDITION WEATHER Prolmbly Know lVktay. Max. JWj Mln. 2. ' WW M O o forty-fifth Yr. Dully Trnth Teiir HE ONLY BASIS FOR PEACE SAYS PRESIDENT Wilson Speaks to New York Church FederationSays America Stands for the Right of Every People to Determine Its Own Destiny and Own Affairs. NKW YOIUC, Jnn. 27. Tho pres ident delivered tho first or his tlireo addresses nt noon before the clerical conforenco of tho New York fedor ntlon of church, representing all de nominations. Tno Hov. Nomlnh Iloynton, In an nddresi of welcome snld: "Wo simply want to put ourselves by jour sldo ns you enter upon your work of being tho spokesman for per innnont peace for America and tho world." Tho president said ho appreciated tho words of tho speaker "from tho heart." Ho declared that lilt) efforts for peaco had represented "tho spirit of tho United States of America." Ho said ho know that In their hcartB tho pcoplo of tho United States "wanted to keo tho bnlnnco oven." .TJLstlco Only IIoaIs "I can find no bants for praco but Justice," ho added. "Tho greatest force In this world Is character and I bellovo that character can bo ex pressed by tho act of a nation. This Is expressed by tho attltudo of tho people. "A further foundation of peace Is our Intcqial attltudo toward each other. Wo havo boon' hospltablo to all creeds and people Tho peaco of America depends upon tbo attltudo of tho different Tftces and. croeda which mako up tho nation. I have been much perturbed over ovldonccs of religious feelings in this country. I.lvo and lot llo Is n homely expres sion, but It expresses what our attl tudo should be. "I always nccopt an Invitation to n fight, but I hopo I conduct my fight with Justlco and falrnots." Neutrality Not Formal Tho prcnldont declared that tho neutrality of tho Unltod States has not been a formal matter but that It has been a mutter of conviction and of tho heart. Ho said that in his efforts for ' peace ho had been conscious of rep- resontatinR thOsplrit of America (and no prlvato convictions morely of his own. "America," ho added, "has always stood resolutely and absolutely for tho rlgfrl of ovory pcoplo to dctor mlno Its own destiny and Its own af fairs." Tho president Illustrated tho afll tudo of tho United Stales toward weaker nations by his Mexican poli ty. FOLL OF DANGER IIUISTOL, Kngland, Jan 27 The labor congroM adopted by a vote of 1,710,000 against 360,000 a declara tion opposing tho military sorvlco bill, wh'lcb has beon passed by par liament. A proposal to agitato for Its repeal was dofoatod by 619,000 against 611,000, A resolution protecting In tho nanio of tho national labor party against adoption of conscription In any form was passed by tho labor con gross today by a card voto of 1,716, 000 against 210,000. Tho resolution follews: "Hotolved, That this national labor party protest emphatically agWiWl tlio adoption or conscription In any form as it Is against the spirit of ttrltlsh democracy and full of danger to tho liberties of the people." "When tho delegate assembled to day theu&tPthls resolution on their tables und also ono on tho mil itary sorvloeblll which wore design ed to tako the place of numerous pro. posals whlab havj beon made on these subject. The ether resolution plsvetf before the oongross fellews: O "ThU eonfereace declares lie op position to the military bill at In the evont oft becoming law, de cides to agitata for Hs reucal." BRITISH LABOR SAYS CONSCRIPTION T ON AON DEI IIIIS GOLDEN STATE Southern Part of State Stormbound San Diego and Los Angeles Are Flooded and Strong Gale Damages Shipping Long Beach Submerged Lowest Barometer at Frisco. SAN DIEOO, Cnl., Jan. 27. Son Diego was stormbound today for tlio second timo within two weeks. With the streets flooded with water for tho first timo in years, mnny buildings damaged by tho heavy rain and wind mid nil telegraph mid tclcihono wires lending frSui tho city down, San Diego was Isolptcd except by w '. jven iiiiu ULUUll trtlVVI. The rnin began falling Into vcsler ilny and was accompanied during tho night by a wind which reached a vel ocity of fifty-two miles an hour, whipping up n heavy bca off hero nnd damaging roofs of buildings in this vicinity. Many of the streets in the business section were filled with wnter almost from curb to curb. Basements of htoros were flooded and tho water was from ono to two feet deep on tbo ground lloors of other structures. Itccord Italnfnll LONG URACIL Cnl.. Jan. 27. Tlio heaviest rainfall ever recorded hero during n twenty-four-hour ner- loa registered a.;i3 inches early to day nnd nil but n trnco of this amount had fallen sinco 0 o'clock last night. As n result tho city's streets wcro running ourb-high in places with wn lur nnd the Jinsements of numerous business places were filled, while out lying -odious wore covered with wn ter almost t&o snmo depth ns during tbo high water n week ago. iowcst Uni-onictct RAX FHANCLSCO, Jan. 27.-Thc United Slate weather barometer rog islerod 20.05 just befoio noon today, tho lowest on record for Snn Fran oiseo since readings were recorded, beginning in 1871. Last night it rcg- niuii-ll .a.OU IIIUI II 18 sun going 1IOWI1. ihe liurenu said tho remnrkoblo pcrfonnnneo of tho barometer wus caused by the iiitrnsitv of the storm. - - --.--... J we cunier ot which was passing over hore. Genornl flood wnrninffH Imvn neen sent out nil oir southern Culi fornia. Continued rains nnd snow imwt? telophono and telegraph iiQ-angenientgJ in many pince west of tho M ss . ippi rivor. Telogrnplf wires wero routed from Kansas City to Dallas, Tex., back up to Denver uud from Denver to San Francisco. Flooded streets wcro reported in Los AngoloH w'ilh n rain mid wind storm general ou-r southern California. Snow nt Sacramento HACHAJIENTO, &., Jnn. 27. For tho second timo this month snow con-red tho SaorumcDo valloy with a coat of whiteness sovernl inohos deep. Tho snowfall was followed by a heavy rain nnd much of it has melted. AVALON, Cnl., Jan. 27. Portions of Arnloii were flooded today as tho ft.ult of u heavy wind nnd ruin storm wined hits been sweeping Cntalino island sinco yesterday afternoon. Bend Jiao been unshed out at mnuv nninln rp. ,, ., , . ,.' iw...,i, 4 oiunn biiowou no inui- cation ot abating today. OF SEVERE BLIZZARD DUItANOO, Colo., Jan. 27. Tho blizzard wlueli began Tuesday in southwestern Colorado continued to day. Tho drifting snow threatened railroad eommiinioation and endan gered range eattle, according to ro ImjM roeetved here. Oovenunent weather bureau roe onU show a snowfall hereof It uiehee iu the but two weeb. The twptWr fell rapidly today. At CumbrW the win4 w reported blow ing uty ail hb hour, piling the iiow ui huge drifts, iu oiae cae lHcut-i4e cet high, aiEDFORD MIAN T BY Soldiers Who Swam Rio Grande and Were Taken Prisoners Rescued by Carranza Troops and Returned to American Authorities Lured by Promise of Drink of Mescal. UHOWNSV1LLH, Texas, Jan. 27. Privates William C. Wheeler and Vlggo 1'oderson of Battery D., Fourth Field Artillery U. S. A., kidnapped yesterday by Mexican bandits and token south from tho bordor, woro rescued today by Carranza soldiers and brought to Matamoros, crossing A. t! e International bridge Into tbo Unltod States- U li o'clock. They wcro turned over to American au thorities. No word had been beard from tho men sinco their crossing tho river. A searching party was sent out from Matamoras by Colonel J. II. Quln tanllln, acting commandor ot tho bor dor and at an early morning hour and tbo Americans wcro found. Docoywl by Mescal Whocler and Pedorson snld thoy wero decoyed to tho Mexican sldo by tho promise of a drink of mescal by a Mexican who appeared on tho bank while thoy woro swimming. "Wheeler said tho Mexican did not appear to bo a soldier but when surrounded by iDght Mexicans Inter somo dis tance from tho bank they found their captors wcro all soldiers'. Tho Americans wero talton to Hlo Uravo last night by their captoru, bjild in Jail until midnight and put on a train at 1 a. m. thin morning and reached Mntatuoras at olght o'clock. Thoy -wero takon before Colonel Quln- tanllta whoro they wcro told that Mexican civilians wero not authoriz ed to arrest thorn and that tho Mex ican Boldlcrn wcro also at fault. Hoth men woro turned over to United Htntes Consul Johnson nt Matamorao, who delivered them to Fort Urown. iJctitrruinl Anwtei! Lloutenant John K. Mort, com manding Dattory I) of tho Fourth Flold artillery, with Second Llouten ant Hernhrd It. Peyton and Albort V. Wnldron, woro placed under ar rest today by Captain "Walter S. Mc Iirftom ot tho 28th infantry, and charged with making an Incursion In to Mexico with fourteen privates. Thcfio soldiers swam tho Rio flrando last night, under tbo protec tion of gunflro from tho American -sldo In attempting to mako a search for Privates Wheeler and Pedcrson, who wero kidnapped by Mexicans. LEAPS TO DEATH FROM A HOTEL NBO YOIIK, Jan. 27. Police to day identified tho body of a man who died in a hospital shortly after jump ing from tho third floor of nn up town hotel as that of Nathan Pull mnn, a retired Chicago instimnco agent, who wus hoingQought on tho chnrp-o of hnving murdered his wifo, Mrs. Jlcboeca Pullman, nnd daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Dusol, in a Uronx apartment yosterday. Pullman wus seen Ionviug tho Bronx apartment about four hours before, the bodies of his daughter and Wifo wero found. Tlio bkulls of both women hull been cnishutf with n smull hatchet. Pullman wns bolievod to have earned $5000 when ho loft tho apartment. Police assume tho man had inurdoted tho two women after suddenly going insane. Several du- jointed notes wero found on his body PARLIAMENT TAKES THREE WEEKS REST LONDON, Jan. 27. Parliament was prorogued until February 13 to day. In the prorogatioiiJkingeGoorao wild: "We shall sot lay down our anus Hitt.il we have indicated tho use which carries with it the future of vivUizaligu, ' . OP AKN KIDNAPPERS OKEGON, TIintSDAY, NATIONAL LEADERS kkkkm (VkkkWT M klkkkv kkB lJllVPT?HkkSHkkkkkkkkkkkkm. ' kkkkkV .. JHkkkkkkvVHkkkkkWkkkV Top (left to right), Dr. Crus Adler nnd llabbi Ku.u X llirseli. Hot loin (left to right), Louis Murshnll iiiuIJuIiih HohciiwiiIiU They plan to raise five million dolhira Thursdnj, Jununrj 27, lor tho relief of Jewish sufferers of tho war. -. WILSON REFUSES TO CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL SUFFRAGE XKW YOHlC Jan. 27.-Irosident Wilson refused today to support tho movement for nn amendment to tbo ivuvrui ouiisuuiiion providing lor wo ,cu htnte today under tho proelnmn mmi suffrage. IFo spoko briefly to (ton of President Wilson dosignating 200 members of tho aongrotfiiinnl this lis "Jewish relief day." union for woman suffrage, tolling ! HundrMn of Jewish orjfanir.nlions them ho felt tho suffrngo quostioij nro engngej jn tho collrotions nud oiiuiim uu ui-HH wiui uy liiuiviuuai siuies. The president received tho miffftic. ists nftor they had sent him n sorios oi iioioh mm turn wuiloil lor him lor more than an hour nt tho Waldorf Astoria hotel, which lie made his houdqunrlens on his arrival huro oarly this morning from Wnshingtoii. Kfforts made bv Jim. Heard, wifo of n Columbia university iirofessor, n a . . .. - to crou-oxHiniiie tlio prenduut on hut position, mei wiiu iiuiuiia lie re fused courteously to reply to her ouories. Sir. Tiffany Dyer, Mr. Hnioro nnd Mrs. Heard spoke before the presi dent. They asked that while ho wm working out his prinmrodiioiMi uro gram he should rttiiiottiber that no scheme of defense would bo adequate which did nut im-lu.de the mobiliza tion of women. While snoakimr in tho middle west for national defonao they usked that he also uth'oeate wo man Sllftlllgr. o JAP ULTlAiT TO CHINA DENIED I I A I TOKIO, Jan. 27. The London ' H)rt that the Jiianese goxt-niment I had delivered to the Chinese uunmtir' in Tokio a note embodying srxen !- mnnibj which wero inuluded in thi ! JnpanoiHi program of last spring, Was said by tho foreign office today to bu untrue. WASHINGTON, Jan 27. Senate: Potltlons bearing a million names protesting against war munitions shipments prosentod roeultotl in vlg Ooub debate DehatCWi Philippine inilopondonoo bill roaumod. Military eonuuitteo continued hear ing on army hills. Ifouse: Admiral drlffln, eblef ef navy en HlpoerlnK bnreau teetifled before naval eommlttee. General Wood told military com mltteo army should be recruited to full strength bofore a roservo is en-!so rolled, .LVNrAKY 27, 1916 IN JEWISH RELIEF DAY F RAISED BY NATION NKW YOIJK, Jan. 27.-F.mds for tho relief of Jewish unr suffeicni nro being colleoted throughout the Unit- ioaK w' n general responau, PORTLAND, Or.. Jan. 27.-Tho lonmpuign to rniso funds for tho ro- I .. " . --..- her oi distressed Jews in tho wur 'zones of Kuropo wus well underway in Oregon tudny. Tlio collection of cash ooiitributions begun in Portland yesterday. The office of the Jewish relief eoniinitteo, which is In ehargo of tlio work, iiniinunecd ourly loduy .that sovoral tlioiwHnd dollars alrendv IiriI been rouctted ami Hint eheokH nnd coins wore pouting iu from kII iwirl of tho state. .Several indiud. nal KonLrihtttiona of amounts as higl s WOO were iveeivcd. SAN MIANCIHCO. JH. S7.-Tho first oollln'tivtr jijumJ, uat-ordiug tp iocal authoiftics, eer inado by tho Jewish jwople or l4lp,fnm other rnvi met a-resjmtlso toly along- tlio I'aeifio coast which stomw eould not dampen. , Kan Francisco began the day sot aMit by President Wilson's proehi matioH with $200,000 already aub seribed, mostly at a mass mooting hist night. Fifty thousand dollwrs lvinaiiied to he raised hire. Jlanv purties und Wnelits were arranged, and in Oakland, serosa tho bay, sov. crul theaters gate their entire pro reeili. BY TILLAMOOK, dr., Jan. J7. Tho sehouuer ltcnuut, whitdi wun u'lindun ed jeMeiday by her erew uear L'up lookout, today vua driftin', off Garibaldi beach,- near here. Tlc steamer Itoanoko, Astoria for Port land, was standing by her, apjuireuc ly in tb belief that tho ohoouer can he towed tuto port. Tge life saving erew here baa gone out to help get a towliue aboard the vouch The Iteiieat, with Captain J. It. Mackenzie and a eruw of mvoo men, left Port Ludlow, Wash., for Hono lulu last Tuesduy with a oargo of 503,000 feet of mixed lumber and fifty loug eedar poles. The erew wus taken off yesteiday by the ateamer Atnjnu after tho sehooner had been badly battered by u gule that it leeeined sho would ioundr, FUNDS FO RELE OFJEWISH REFUGEES SPLITS IN BOTH OLD PARTIES FORECASTED Prediction Marie That Bryan Will Lend Democratic Bolt and Head Prohibition Ticket, While lull Moose and Elephant Will Each Have Candidate. - Hy OILSON OAHDNEK. WASU1NQTON, Jnn. 27. Wilson, Hrynn, HoohcvcU a ml JfcCall nil candidates for tho presidency in tbo 11)10 election. What wotitd bo tliu outcome f At the lust election there were three leading candidates; iu the com ing election it is beginning to look as if there might be four. That Bryan intends to put pnuificiHiu, pro hibition und tho ouc-tcrm plunk Kqunrcly up to the democratic con vention is growing more evident cv cry day. Tho feud between Hrynn and Wilson is increasing iu blttornosH nnd tho breach is widening. In con gress Hrjnn has already spoked tho wheels of the president's prepared Hess program nnd in the next conven tion his friends hiiv ho can provo mi oqu-1 obstructie minority. It ro fjuircs i ' thirds of tho delegates in a tjrtuocrritia contention to nnmo tho caii(lWi!(.e.' If Hryun insists on hiu prcscnOiirKc democruts nro likoly lo seo n bolt sJiijimt to the progrcs sivo Milit four venrx nfs, Jn that easo the Hrynn following ouiiT'iiumo him in uiu prouiuiiion party ciinuiuui". llepiibllfnn Dlscmil On tho republican side tho 1irT mony moviincnt is not nt nil certain to succeed. After talking with Heed Hmoot, I am inclined to bcliovo tho litllo group of Mnndput rcptiblicuij.i wlio will control the convention nro unalterably opposed to Itqosovclt. i lie progrcssivo party leaders like Perkins, on tho oilier hand, nro not luvornblu toward any eonmromi.su, They cprtninly would opposo nny suoh oompromiso us iliirton, Weoks qr Jfcr Cull. Thoro h fl growing movement for JfeCnll in the ranks of the regular republicans. AruCall is mi ideal re uutionary. Ho was oleutcd, however, ns governor of Massachusetts oer ulsh in tho reoont election becuuso ho had the support of Bird, leading I lie progressives. It was the liroirros- sio vote, plus the regular standpnt repuuiican vote, which onnbled Mo Call to win. The fuut that tho issue was a loeal uud religious one has huen glossed over and would not bo em- piiaaizifl tor nutioiial puniosoa. For preaidential purj)0e, MoCull is boosted as tho mini who onu got both legular and progressive support. Won't Want McCnll Hoosovelt's followers will not no ogpt MeCall. Thoy will undoubtedly go ahead at Chiuflgu nnd nominato Itoosovelt, mid unless the republicans do tho some thoro will ho a repetition of tho party division of four yours ago. Thus the prospect is presonted for a four-headed fight. In unuh u race it is hard to predict tho out come. The total vole east four yeurs ago was 13,030,312. Of these ap proximately one million were social ist. Wilson got (liO.'I.OlO; Itoosovelt, l,UI),507; Tuft, :1,181,030s Chafin, prohibitionist, 207,028. On regular form Hrjun would subtract enough totos from Wilson lo defeat tho hit ter and the raoo would he between IloosovclKund MeCall. It is impos sible, however, to dope such a presi dential situation on any regular form. All one I'ould.My is that uiivono might win. E WASHINGTON. Jun 27 Aftor a spirited dobato iu the senate today 1000 bundles of petitions urging an Amorloun omburgo on war munitions to Ituropoan belligerents and signed by one million men ami women from ovory stnto. woro roferrod to the for eign relations committee as Senator litono had usked, without a tote. Tho potltlons, resulting from a campaign of an organization of Amor. Jean women flbr strict neutrality wpre MUNITION brought from Ilaltlmore, headquar- ttors, and oseaped with between 312, tors of tho organization, 1 000 aud $15,000, NO. 203 'S Capture of Sections of French Lto Claimed Active Flghtlnn In Prog ress Along Entire Line Artillery Duel at Ncuville Montenegrins Surrendered Arabs Fight British. BKHL1N, Jan. 27. Tho German nttaclc on tho French positions near Neuvillo was resumed yesterday, and according to tho war offico state ment of today between COO and COO ynrds of the French lines wcro enp tured. i i . BKHL1N, Jan. 27. Kcporls from France mid Plunders sny that n fa vorable turn iu the weather had been followed by active fighting on tho cn tiro western front. Tho henviest righting has been near Nicuport, uorth of Yprcs, und In tho Argonno. tiennnn patrolling parlies brought word that German artillery had dono effectivo work ngainst trenches o tho allies near Nicuport. Tho enemy artillery, it wus snid, was hardly Icsb active than that of tho Germans. Ono section of tho British fired 1700 shrapucl shells, 100 high explosive shells nud tibout tho barao number of bombs within twenty-four hours. Tmichew Aro Captured In another section near Neuvillo tho GemimiH announced thoy had cap tured tlireo lines of French trenches nnd hnd held them against eight coun-ter-nttneks. The GcrnintiB claim good progress outh of Arms through work of snp- nM"cs V'lce. lb iAXi. "r!nl, lb. 4, coanut, lit. 6K,c 20c "IIU1II ilm. 07 theAlfKTronrriig'arrflii "tfoons. "Has" surrendered nt Dauilovorad, together with several other Montenegrin gcu omls. Anil I'lghtlng IttltUh Tho Cologne Volks Zcitung pnb lihliOH a dispatch from Cairo stating; that tho British in Honthcrn Arabia aro in a dangerous position ns u re sult of fierce nttneks of Arabs nnd Turks. It is stnlcd that tho British casualties up to December 30 amount ed to 13,000 killed and 20,000 sol diers wounded, Tho number of British troops now at Aden is given us 20,000. Quoting from tho Volks Zcilung, the Ov-erseus News ngenoy says; "A wounded British major declared Hint at tho beginning of tho war the Ilntish were iu possession of 250,000 squaro kilometers in southern nnd southwestern Arabia, nil of which has been lost. All tho Arab chiefs join ed the Turks und arc now usiug suc cessfully against the British tho ii mis supplied them." SEEK 10 BREAK KL PASO, Texas, Jan 28. Tho American Nutloual Lttestock associa tion today adopted a resolution call ing upon tho national congress aud tho legislatures of tho various states to onact laws to break up tho alleged monopoly malntaliiod by packers up on production and marketing bv moans of owuorshlp of stockyards and control ovor tunnerles and refrig erator linos. Tho rosolutlon also suggests that Imprisonment bo pro scribed as minlshmciit for a viola. Hon ot tho projiOHud laws lustead of flues. Other resolutions adopted urgo es tablishment of u rural credits system and calls for tho removal of restric tions und tuxos upon production and sale of oleomargarine. Urlgadlur General Porshlng com manding the border guards address ed tlio congross upon preparedness. R0BDERS LOOT CHICAGO SUBURBAN BANK OF $4009 CHICAGO, Jun. 27.-Four armed rubber, eiitorod tho Washington Park N'atioiml bank at East Sixty-third street today, thre'ateuod tho lives of tho Ullsllier. clorkx nnd twnntv iAnns. K FORGES WM M ON WEST FRONT PAGKERSMONOPOLY rt X V V 'M f '$P hi