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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
J'nlr, Continued Cold,, Me.
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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.)
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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. ""
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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.
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COMPULSHM
OR
MEXICAN
AM
CHICAGO OFFICII
CON S
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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
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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
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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
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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." '
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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.
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