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TS Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER J'nlr, Continued Cold,, Me. ;10, Mln, lV.n, Pro. .OK, & KortT.flffh Tr. I)allyTtilti Ynr. MEDFORD OKISUON. NATt'MUY, JANTAHY Ii), 191G NO. 265 50 LIVES LOST m ENTIRE COISI DEFEAT KIDNAPPERS . V IN ICY GRASP IN PITCHED BATTLE iPCDAlAMQ TAkT I SAYS SHE HATES THE TEUTONS, BUT MUST W WILSON REE FOR DEFENSE OF NATIONAL HONOR DM SOUTHERN END FRENCH TU snBshslBiiiBnta. D AM OF STORM KiNQ Lower Otay Dam Near San Diego Gives Way and Wall of Water Sweeps Narrow Valley Relief Ex peditions Bring Aid Farm Houses Swept Away and Occupants Perish. SAX DIEGO, Cnl., Jan. 20, by radio Tho first men forming relief par tlcfl reached tho Otay valley today and found tho entlro valley devaluat ed by tho flood of wntcr released by tho breaking of tho Lower Otay dam lato Thursday. Six bodies from tho flood wators couth of horo were brought Into San Diego. Elovon more wcro found near tho mouth of Otay river, but woro not moved. IleportH from othor sections stated that flvo other bodies had been re covered and that It was feared many moro wcro among tho debris or car ried out to soa. No definite cstlmato has yet bocn niado of tho total numbor of deaths lull It will undoubtedly total nt least 50, according to reports. Tin Junim Flooded Tho Tla Juana river was nt Its highest In Its history and reports received from Tla Juana say tho town Is under water. Tho race track lo cated on tho bordor Is believed to havo been carried away. Reports say probably many persons have been drowned nt Tla Juana. 'A number of tho bodies recovorod nt tho mouth of Otay river woro bad ly mutllatod, It was said, and Identi fication probably will bo difficult, Tho weather hero was cloudy and moro rain wns experjed. Another downpour would result In further dnmago and much suffering among tho many homeless residents In tho flooded districts. Kutlro Dmn Suojit Out Iloports from tho slto of tho lower dam which was received from officials of tho water department, stated that tho ontlro dam had bou carried away. Moasuromonts showed that a wall of water thirty foot high and IS 00 feet wldo toro through tho valloy, sweep ing everything boforo It. Tho Otay rlvor was still n raging torront. Twenty-seven housos woro known to have boon carried to de struction, tho water taking It all, live Htoek, crops and Implements. Furthor north tho San Dlogo rlvor was at flood 6tago and was cutting new channel. Tho Sweetwater rlvor was causing much damngo to farm lands along its courso aud had do btroyod sovoral paoklng plants. San Dlogo bay was filled with wrcckago of all descriptions from tho valleys, with-hundreds of rattlesnakes from tho mountains drifting about on tho dobrls. Itiwcuo partlos were greatly handi capped by tho high wator and It was feared they could do but llttlo toward relieving tho Buffering of tho people (Continued on page two.) n 0 SURRENDER VALID I IIKIILIN, Jan. 2D The Lokal An. xolgor, commenting on details of tho surrender of Montonogro, state that the absonce of Jgng Nloholas at this time has llttlo weight since tho con stitution provides that tho heir to the throne shall aet In his absoneo and lu the absence of the heir tho cabinet It in possession of govern mental powor. The Montenegrin del egate. Gonoral Helclr and Major Lorapar, tho newspaper says, signed tiie doouraont on behalf of the oab imit ministers who remained In Mon tenegro. Therefore the Lokal An aelger deelaroe, the treaty Is valid without ratification by the king, crown Qrlnce or anybody olse con nected wTth tbe government. l&eides, the newspaper says, Kins XleholM committed himself by a let- Murcrntw WITH NG ter written la his own band andi)Trun-iiUnsntl traffic Vver the telegram January 13 In which he asked Kmfterer Francis Joseph fer peace. The kins left Montenegro January IS, i) EL PASO. Tc.r.. Jnn. 29. M" General Miguel Ifcniamlor, for- mer Villa eommnndor of rear- "" " son, western Chihuahua, nnd his band of nbout 125 men, was nt- "" tucked by fifty Mexican ranch- " " en of Cocomornchic, Jn tho Guerrero dint net, nnd lost nil of "" their horses, rifles nnd ammun- "" ition, according to a report "" report reaching the bonier to- "" " day. Tho rnnchcrs reported "" fourlcen Mexican girl& from 12 "" to M years old had been kidnap- "" pod by tho bandits. The fntlicr ' of one of tho girls raised tlio "" company of ranchers, surprised "" the bandits nnd opened fire. Tho "" bandits, unnblc to reach their mounts nnd rifles, fled after "" forty had boon killed. "" f Y KL PASO, Tex., Jnn. 20. A cotS anibsion, appointed by General Cnr rnnra to consider tho advisability of establishing1 compulsory mi!itar" or vico in Mexico, 1ms begun work in tho City of Mexico, according to of ficial udviees received today by the Mexican consulate horc. Curranza previously hud dcclnrcd against com .pulsory sen-ice, but it is understood that tlu recent development of revo lutionary movements south and Most of Chihuahua City mndo with that of Zupnta in the south, prompted h'm (o nppomt tho commission to canvass the situation, and dm ft a compulsory service law if necessary. Ifnmou Frnusto is president of tho commission. Tho other members are Ignncio Xoris, uttorooy gunornl for the army; .Joso Ahnaraz, chief of tho Cnrranzn department of justice, nnd Ttttin Sanchez, "chiof attorney for the pubho interest. . Official flir-patchc also announce that Gonornl Ceanrio Castro, a sub ordinate of General l'ablo Gonrnles, had undertaken n campaign nguinsi Znpatn, with 20,000 men from tho city of Mexico. Tho slato of Chihuahua, il wns said, had been p'necd in tho dm. ion of tho northwest, commanded b Gen eral Alvcro Obreso-'i who has been with Cunanza nt Q.'tivtaro lor some t'rao. GUNMEN AFTER IS CHICAGO, Jan 29 - Charges that criminals are being brought from Now York and oyior cltlos to commit crimes In Chicago for tho purpose of discrediting the state's attornoys of flco and the city administration Is to be Investigated by a special grand Jury according to police officials to day. In an allogod confosslon mado pub. lie last night by tho police Kddlo Mack, a notorious pickpocket, and charged with loading tho bandits who robbed tho Washington Park Nation al bank of f 15,000, is said to havo ro voalod a plot to discredit both city and county officials and morabers of tho pollco department. "It was generally known among crooks that Imported gunmen wore going after Captain Hunt (captain of doteetlvos) and MaoLay Hoyne (state's attorney of Cook county) boeause they were after the crooks," Maek is allt$d by the police to have said. SACUAMBNTO. Cal., Jan. 2fi Sierra Nevada via the Southern P. vitus sOd Western Paeifte lines has been blocked by an accident torty uulcs irvui KHo, Xvv. mm N COMPULSHM OR MEXICAN AM CHICAGO OFFICII CON S m Capture of Thousand Yards of French Positions, Including Village of Sommc, Claimed French Claim Attack Repulsed Albanian Troops Join Italian Forces. BBltLIN, Jan. 29. Capture, of 1000 yards of French positions south of and Including tho vlllago of Krlso was nnnounced today by army head quarters. Thirteen machlno guns and 227 prisoners wcro tnken. Northeast of Nouvlllo tho Germans stormed trenches along tho front of about 1700 yards, capturing 27 pris oners nnd nine machlno guns. PARIS, Jan. 20. An attaok by the Germans on tho French front south of tho Sommo yesterday along a width of sovoral kilometers, failed completely on tho southern end of tho lino, succeeding only on tho bank of tho Sommo against tho vlllago ol Prise, It was announced today by tho war offlco. f'ronch troops near Hill HO In tho Urtols district, recaptured this morn ing so mo of tho trenches taken yes terday by tho Germans, tho announce ment declares. In tho valley of tho Fccht Kronen heavy artillery caused an outbreak of flro In a Gorman munitions dopot. A number of explosions had been heard In tho French linos. PARIS, Jan. 20. A dispatch lo tho Matin from Home says KhhiuI Pasha haH effected a junction with tho Italian forces In Albania. It adds ho Is fortifying positions at Av lona nnd othor points furthor south in Albania and is conlfldcut ho will bo nblo otfcctlvoly to stop tho ad vance of tho Austro-Hungarlan forcos, RO.MU, Jan. 29. Heavy rains havo mado northern Albania almost Im practicable for tho Austrian troops, Who havo been ablo lo ndvanco only very slowly. Tho Idoa Xazlonalo's Durazzo correspondent says Austria and Hungary nro carefully preparing for a rc-ontry of Prlnco William of Weld, who abdicated tho throno of Albania In 1911 and who Is now at Prlzrond. WEEK OF WINTER The proscnt week of winter weath er exccedH In severity that of any winter for many yours, old-timers say. The soft-podal should bo put on tho uso of tho word sovorlty when applied to winter woathor In Rogue rlvor valloy. For Instance, tho mer cury rogistorod 1216 above at 4: SO this morning. The snowfall this wook will probably moauro, hnlf an Inch of rnln. Those conditions of thermometer and snowfall aro re for red to as severe hero, when In coun tries whoro they havo really wintry weather, this situation would bo only a mild suggestion of tho presence of Uoreas. A sunshiny Saturday Is fast melting tbe thin layor of snow In the valloy, Tbe worst foaturo about It is found In tho fact that foed Is scarce in many sections of Southern Oregon, as is tho cuso all over tho northwost east of tho Cascado mountains. It Is not bollovod that stock In Jackson coun ty will suffor much. If any, but the situation in Josttphlno and Klamath counties, according to roports from thoso district, Is not so favorable. Trains on tho Southorn Pacific aro on time, praotleally, and no menacing situations are reported along tho lino in Southorn Oiogon or Northern Cal ifornia. The only danger lies in the possibility of a sudden thaw. If a chlnook wind or a sudden ehauge to high temporaturo should produce the thaw, swollen streams may Interfere with traffic, both by rail aud ordi nary highway. However, the condition In this val- 1 Is very gratifying to farmers and orchsQiists. Their only fear is that the precipitation wirr not continue. SUNSHINE FOLLOW AND LIG SNOW (J mud Duchess -.Mitrlt! Adelaide, ruler of I-liu'iiilnug, nged '-1, Wio doesn't want to uet married, but ulio lins been ordered to by tJu court of fliliils of Ktiwinlitinr mid must choose mi Auitrliiii prlnro ns neutral princelings nro nil to young or obo protootnnts. slnco tho outbmiu or tlio win she lins Um-ii u sonil-prlsonor In toll pnlnco of lier nncostors. SNOW BLOCKADES I IHUANUO, (olo., Jnn. 20.--With the exception of u hranoii line to FuruniiKton, K. II., all rnilrosd lines in suutliMostoru Colorado woro IJook rd lodav ly Mowlides. Numerous nvnliiiicheK had also cnusd susH'n siou of nearly all mining' operations uid aanjJvrMlli property losx, hut t hatfu hw kTuWti tmi lite Sitet'.! falti oarl? In, Je day rmI fort nia Urwi& lowurd rniMiiiK the likii'ladu. ifpjiMautu iu cities, low us ami isolated nAfj oainpi, Itegan the tnsk oC digging tlieillM'lK out. fi'ii on siiobM's from the C'oluin Iihk wine in la Plalu oniiuu reavhed Vnllev View I'utnp aud telephoned that James Doyle and twenty miners, marooned at their eamp on Mount Lewis, still went alhe. Their situa tion was reported preoftriout and their escape cut off bv ilfflaa running lor ten miles along the ewnon. An avalunehe' eoere the Denver & Itio Ornude track for half h utile juear Ilondnd. The Kio Clrande A Southern from l(i-o to Tolluride was rlKrted tied no lv u bijsr sliilo. Show and sleet in Missouri and Misisipii riser ulleys jiroal rated lines euel nnd wire eommunieation was seriously interrupted. Telefinph eom panics lieie were accepting busi ness for Kunmi fit v, DuIIah and Chi ougn Kiiiiject t'i ilcl,is of thirty win utl'S t three li'nir-. BY ANOTHER FLOOD , XM-A, Arw.. Jan. -JO. -A further nseof the fuloiudo ruer Inter tenluy caused retidenU it this citv to )m-- Lien efforts to remove property troin me uupeniUMi iiutncu. The lnt IKatioual bank begun moving its ef fects, livery available team n tho ity was used iu moving goods from stores. The crest of the Oilu mvr ilood h nut jet reudied heie. ROCKY IN D N COLDEST WEATHER OF YEAR PREVAILS T SKATTLK, Wn.li, Jati. 'JO.Tlio coldest woulher in nearly two weeks liruvnila in wosluri Washington, with no sign of a chnhgo. Thu t0uinirii ture is not likely to rise above the freesiiiR point tmluy, nnd 2(1 degree i l'orecnsled for tonight. Voelurduy at ltockdnle, thu went pdrtol nf tho Milwaukee railioad tunnel, tho snow ly lilo inehes deep nnd the total ...'ftfkflfi0)lO(tsell had boon 282 JiiuJlW. Atr Jlksul'. tro drtpnitij, tatpfrnaw, wttfi 17 iuJiw fouA1 the scuon'fi full' I.HUl )(Wi iwriMhei 111 TTK. Mont.. Jim. 2U.- With )trosH)cU for eoutinuetl cold wentlier Unite today is eHriencing tho third day of oxtromo tumpcriitures. Tlio oftieial weather hureuii thennomuter Inst night showed n minimum of ''. below wiro. Trains, although greatly delaxed, are runnins; on (he Great Northern, Milwuukee nnd Northern Pacific lints, hut the Oregon Short Line seems to hu hopelessly tied )) J'OUTLAND, Or., Juu. 20. -Low temperutuiOH piovniled in Orogon to day, the minimum in Portland lining IU aboso, while S below wea recorded nt linker, in the eastern part of the state. Portluiyl whs visited by n other snowstorm durinir the night, ltailroad traffic both south and east nf here is eouletulinir with heavy drifts in tho inountuiii peasos, hut jwasenger trains so far have not beou senously deluyed. ENTENTE CRUELTY TO TEUTON PRISONERS i i i LONDON, Jan. 29. The forolgn office last eveninv made jiublle a note from the Oerman foreign office transmitted througlt James W Oer- ard, the American smoaasador to Uerwany, relatiug to allege! eruelty on he part of the Kreneh and Ung- itsh troone toward Oerman nrisouars. The Hritlsh geverninent gives un qualified denial to the charges. OVER N HWESI More Rain for California, Gales for Coast and Floods for Interior Coldest Weather of Year In North west With Heavy Snowfall Loss of Life Estimated at Sixty. SAN FllANCISCO, Jnn. "JO. Moro rain wnH predieted loilny for tho Pa eifio coast, jjith light winds, follow iiiR the disiistrous storm of thu Inst forty-eight houra. Tho weather liu renu snid it wnH not yet certain that danger wns passed for flood-nfflieled ureas nnd that unsettled conditions provuiled nil uluug tho coast nnd in tho interior of California. Light fnlls of snow wore recorded here nnd in the bnv district with in termittent sunshine aud showers. DmiRor nt son npponrcd to havo passed with tho moderation of tho gale. Klvty IJw iAwt Tho general storm that has rnged over tho Pneifio const sineo early Thursday has ulnimed n toll of not less tlinn sixty lives nnd caused prop erty damage amounting to niilliona of dollars, nccordjjijrjo reynrts thus far received. II is feared Unit further loss of lifo nmy ho reported when lines of communication witlij.it pres ent isolated parts of thu sttijo nro cleared. Flood wnlcrn nnd high winds did much dnmngc iu various parts of the state. The oil districts in particular havo suffered Hovcroly, hundreds of ilcrrickb being toppled over. Snow fell generally throughout the northern part of tho stnte and tho Sucrnmcnto valley. In the lower sec tions it molted rapidly, hut in tho lootlnllR nnd tnoiiutniim it remains drifted high. Seventeen nnd n hnlf feci of snow is reported hi Summit. Telegraph ami telephone communi cation thmuL'liniit thu state, which vns generally demoralized by the storm, is gradually being restored to iioniuil condition. Northuost Khlteiluu Thu storm slruuk the iiorlhwosteru states heavily, Orogon, Washington, Idaho nnd Moutnun reporting cold nnd snow, Montana lust night wns shivering in whut wiih termed the worst storm in twenty your, with Ihe thermometer ranging from -0 to .11 degrees holow zero, Kuilwny tniffio wns nt n slundsitll on nceouut of drifts nnd snouslides. I'lood conditions prevailed in Ari zona, reports from Yuma lining lo tho ufteel Unit the rivers nhnvo tluit point wore swelling rapidly nnd that fnnrs of u repetition of the. floods of lust Week, were entertained. Iloports from Phoenix snid thu Ollu river wns rising rapidly. Mood wat ers from (ho Colorado and Oiln nro expected In meet nt the ooiifluauee at .Yuna tomorrow luonimg. JVtterAVentliei' Prctlliiisl ' .Ulttirsjufot 4- . lodwy faoetl u hflrlHge n&;Ah 'Ijliv? wntcr as a re- Milt of the wnfciM.i ojit- by tho flood waters of the Kunl.i'Aim riier nf flOO Teel of Ihe water nuvili orjrt ying the cit.' supply. The -dorm was reported toil) -to hu Rraiiuaiiv mouig lastwaru 1411(1 'Ml luxorahle conditirius lor thu (' coa-t were pu-dietcd i T J? roPKNUAOKN, viu i.ondou. J 20. An apparatus which it Is claim ed will prevent destruction of ships by torpedoes or mines has been In vented by Prautz 1'oulsen, engineer. Details are withhold, but tho foaturo is said to be u dovlce for diverting the prosauro on ship's sides of tbo air yusos formed by the explosion. The Invention has been offered to the Hritlsh admiralty, which has promised to test It at the oarlloai po. slble time. MAIISHPIKLD, Or., Jhm. 20. Kight inehes a? snow, the heaviest full rooorded iu twenty -five years, lies oiighu ground here toiluy nnd there was no sign of the stotiu abat ing. All logfinir camps and !nmher mills in the Coos Duy distriot were olused us u result. , WE President Says We Want to Defend Equal Honor of Nation Against AH Other Nations and to Maintain th Peace of Western Hemisphere America Stands for Sovereignty. ' rt- "It has bocn difficult to ' maintain pence but I am tho ' friend of peace Thoro havo c bocn hourly daiiKcrs. Often s )t nns been unnossioio to con- trol tho situation bocauso olhera woro Involved. ' "Ab to your rosjionstblo sor- vnnt I must toll you that tho , dangers are constant. I must go out nnd tolt tho nooplo that tho now circumstances havo 5- arisen which mako It nccos- sary that America dofond It- BOlf." ' 4 I'lTTSIiVlia, Pn., Jnu. 20.--Prcs. idcul Wilson opening hero today hia six-duy program of R)cakiug in tho middle west on national prepared ness, told a throng which packed Me morial hull that tlio test of national preparedness luy not with congress, lint with tho men of tho country., nnd their answer (o tho call to volunteer and their employes who should not opposo frco response. "And, for one," tho prcsidcrt't'Bnhl, "I believe both tho young men nnd their employers will do their duty. "And I nra not nfrnid that Amcricn will not do enough. I urn only desir ous tluit she should' ho very coolly considerate of what sho docs. One cool judgment Is worth n thousand hasty counsels." Itejtt't Ihivrti' Advlco Tho president declared against tho taking of ndvico of professional sail ors and soldiers on some questions. "it is time that wu attempted, at utiy 111 to, to apply (lie standards of our own lifo lo national defense. What do wo want to dofcudf "Need I nnswor? Wo wnnt to do fend thu equal honor of n nation against nil other nations, nnd wo wish to maintain tho poaue of tho western hemisphere. "Whoro uro our groat ncods of de fense? "Did you ever slop to reflect just what it is thai America stands forf Sho stands for thu soyoruignty of tho sclf-govnrniutf peoploa of the world. Our assistance, our encouragement has thrillod two oontinents in this western hemisphere. This iu what wo stand for. "It soonis to mo that Amotion is iu love with ofiluiuuuy. Material effio leuoy of which wo hear so much only underlies, however, what I muy call spiritual efficiency. llendviliig Kfflclcucy "I. for my part, huvo u grunt en thusiasm for renderiue; Aiuurion spir ituully ofHuiunt. Thu plans for our mililury efficiency do not providu foe 11 grunt anny. We want only un nrmy neet'ssarv for thu uso of poneo, Hut hack of (hut nrmy we wunt u (Uxmed body of ineu, Theeo men s.1njtild ho civilian, men who know hut the urts of peace eomo before tho M of war. Camera Shop auK(iiaie nnrt MliOivnt (Continued on Paj;e Two) BILL TO LIMIT USES f WASHINGTON, Juu. 'JO, Tho sen ate eJoetioiu eoiumitttJo today roeom meiidei) pasaauo of bills to muko it unlawful for any member of eongiueM 10 serve on or solluu tiuuk tor uny political committee, oliih or urganiza tlou, to limit the use of oitmpuign fluids iu proaidujitinl and ciongroh sional eleeUuiw uiyl prohibit tho movement of oulsido fuads into '"douhtful" loottlitiod. w