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k- - 11' Ml Mrf SECOND EDITION WEATHER f'nMHeri. tVf.fml.fr Hnmr. Mat. Kits Mln. 27. Pot-fiflh Twf MEDFORD OHEOON. MONDAY. JAN'TAHY :U. IfMii XO. 2fi0 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE ft WILSON FAVORS NATION MAKING WAR MONITIONS President Declares That Arjltatlon for National Defense Comes From Dis interested Men, Knowing Nation's Condition, as Well as Those Inter ested in Supplying Armament. IHHUH 4 i. f President Wtlnon Rnys: I, for my part, hnvo nil along advocated, mid ulwuyn shall ad vocate that tho government,- ns fnr ns possible, hhnll mnnufnc ture nnunmont nnd munitions 4- f fer itself, in order thnt, nt nny "" rule, it mny control the prices nt which these nrtialcs will bo sold to the government. If it wna nocessnry to protect our selves against thee who would make money out of tho necessi ties of the nation there nro nd equnto moans of defending our aolvos and wo will use those moans. e MILWAFKBK, Wis., Jan. 31. I'resldot Wilson spoku here today to an nudionco of mo.ro than 0000 per sona who filled tho auditorium. Tho police estimated (lint at loit 5000 jmioiik had been turned riwny. "I want nt the outset to remove nny misapprehension in your minds," said tho president. "There is no crisis nothing new linn happened. I enmo to confer with you on mnttor wliluh wo should oonfor on in any event. "We should see Jhat our house is Mt in order. "When all the world is on fire tho bpnrka fly ovorywhere. Dnniiger .Vow Averted "We cauuot fnraet onr forbears. At the oufftyt of tho war it did look ns if thero wore a di oion of domestic sen timent which might lesd us into some nrror of judgment. I, for one, believe thnt danger is paswod. "I never d'mbtcd that the danger was exaggerated. I, for mv part, nl- ways felt serene confibnoe in wnit ing for declaration of the prinoiplio and sentiments of the men ayho nro not vociferous, who do thN own thinking, attend to their oon buHinesK and leave everything elso alone. "I have not supposed that the mon hose voices deem to show n thront against us represented oven the poo ide they claim to represent. "I know tho magic of Amotion. I knowjjio impulse which draws men to our shores. I know thnt they onnio to be tiO). o America Not Aggmv4ro rknow thnt whoa the toat come every sh's heajt will boofirsl for Aworicn. 'The Irottble-mnkors havo shot their bolt? Thoy have-on loud? but ineffectual. Their talk cop, nothing:. "Von know I must remember my re sponsibilities. There is no precedent in Am3ean history to how that o have ever been aggressm1. "There are dangers, however, which are p.t ouPeontroI and which ba'xe not been overcome, dangers we can not control. We cannot control tho invNpoiiHihle talkers in our midst. All we huve to do is to encourage them to (Continued on pace tb.) ES PORTED, Or., Jan. 31. The government oU a suit to roeovor 4840,000 worth of etorn . Oregon 'tisAer latwls by decision of tho (lis Ifiot fturt here today, whlh diamws ed t bill agaiast tk Oregon Iumber rompouy on th grounds that the statute of basitations barred action. Forty-Uirse quarter sections of land war involved. Tba tfOArninirnt chained that the lumber i'iiiimii, tc'tlnr with il- ubsidi.in, the Nnnipttr li. ilrnad tOmp.'i. ul. I. lined i.ilnif. i 111.1 Iantl in lyj'j 1,3 j.uoij ii uttJut to take up rlnim'.. The land then wan ! - - "j nj"n - -j I inn , i i i v. r In 1 imiIK fif, r - idtnt I ir i I n li r i uru i i v m n in .' v. u GOVERNMENT LOS 300.000 TIMBER SUBMARINE K-5 LOST; EFFORTS TO LOCATE FAIL Either Accident Has Happened to Submersible or Wireless Apparatus Is Out of Order Not Heard From Since Early Sunday Morning Flotilla Patrolllny Sea. "WASHINGTON'. Jan. 31. All ef forts ot tbo navy wireless and a flo tilla of coast gunrd ships nnd war ves nets to locato the missing submarlno K-5'had been futile up to lato today. N'nry department officials, whllo dls turbod, said they woro not fearful of tho loss of tho cuhracrstulo and bo- llovcd It posslblo with damaged wire less sho mlg3t hnvo become separat ed from tho flotilla and nono on alono to the submarlno base nt Key West, Fla. A dispatch today from Commnnd nnl jllryun of tho Charleston navy vnrd snid tho submarines K-l, K-2 nnd K-ll wore nnchored off Cnpo Ho mnino last night, forty miles north of Charleston, nnd that no word from the miKMiiK vessel had been received by him. All the bnnt K class, officials snid, hnd thoroughly deinon.strntcd them sclvos to bo seaworthy. Tho K boats in the Pacific recontly wont from San FrnnciscO to Honolulu under their own powor, estnblishing n new record for long-distance cruising for Ameri can submarine. , Tho K-3 wireless has a sending; rndius of fifty milon. MUslnR Slitrg Sunday3 WASHINGTON, Jnn. 31. Every available government vessel in tho vicinity of Charleston, B. C, Is search ing today for tbo submarine K-5 on route to Key West nnd ahlcli lias not been hoard from slnco early Sun day. The vossols rfcimlng tho roa for tract of tho submarlno ineludo tho dottroyors Sterrott, Porklns nnd Wor den, tho coast guard cuttors Soml nolo, and Ynmacraw and tho buoy tender Manerovo. Lbutennnt It. C. Grsdy commands tho K-5 with Hnlg8 H. C Frawr soeond in command. Navy officials said today they woro not alarmed by nbsoncoof reports fro tho K-r. Thoy bolloveod sho may lmvo bad sufficlrt troublo with her onglnos to dolgy her. but said hor motors would bo able, to keep her uudor control. o o Wlrolotw DlvaQJed CHARLK&ON, R. C, Jan. 31. No word had bcon received today from submarlno K-5 or Crom tho vos- sols wbffth aro soarcblnt? for her, ac cording to navy yard officials. The K-5 Iibb been missing slnco 1 o'clock(f Sunday morning and has not respond ed tff wrolo6s calls sent out from sfioro statloQH and naval vessels leads marlno men to beliovo that tho boat had iQffered at least an acc'U to her wireless apparatus. A heavy fog bung over tho coast between bore and Capo Itomalo, forty miles rth of here whoro tho oubmerslblo was last sighted, making moro difficult the task ot tho searchurs. The K-5 with the K-l. K-2 and K-C was on routo for Key West for maneuvers. The othorO boats and tbolr tender, the Tallahassee, arrived off Charleston Par last u1);ht and roported tho missing boat. o L OF m ESSENTIAL WASHIXOTOX, Jnn. AJ .Sit months' intenie training at least would bo required to fit the national guard or the proposed continental army for Hrvfe as nrvt-lino troops, Origadior Guneral Jfilla, eliisWif the division of mmtary at fairs ot tne war department, today tofal the hons mil itary oonuniitee. The gneml vigor ously defended the continental army plan nnd denied Um war department had any antinathr to the national inird. Judijp Adxocalt Otmr.tl Crowder tidd i In -ciiatt- 1 oiiiimitt't' that con- tlui nt lli- stati- 1 ! t --. , tin h.ltioo- al juiuu-uut tU bunt .:..i iirt of unv M-hftne for nntionnl ue- w mm'-wmfrmw r H4Jln 1 , tinc. H- t.ld it tin- K.ntlut or u.inii.iir l,f((in tin ;,.... rm.if M m u t L' blati;. 10 ZEPPELIN RAIOS ON PARIS IN TWO NIGHTS Saturday Night's Raid Kills Score and Demolishes Several Structures Sunday's Attack Accomplishes Little as Airships Drive Off Assail ants Paris Demands Reprisal. PAHIS, Jan. 31. Several bombs were dropped by tho Zeppelin which flow over tho outskirts of Paris last ulcht, but they produced no such damago as on tho occasion of the raid ot Saturday night, when a score of pcoplo woro killed and sovcral buildings demolished. Tbo official press bureau gave out tho following statement this merning: "A German dlrlglblo set out In tho direction of Paris, whoro it arrived soon after 10 p. m. It was bombard ed by our special batteries and at tacked by our aeroplanes. Ucfore roturnlni? northward It dropped a number of bombs which, according to tho news received so far, did no damage." Q No Dnmago Ilrault.s llopresentatlves of tho .Matin who visited tho sccno of tho raid say that no dnmngo was dono by tho bombs. Tho censors permitted foreign cor respondents to telegrnph whatever details thoy could obtain, but tbo Paris morning papers hnvo many blank spaces. Five French aeroplanes engaged tho Koppolfn whlph on Saturday nli;ht lant, dropped bombs on Paris, killing and wounding over two scoro of per sons, according to an authordntlvo statement issued today. TAo first to attack tho German raider was a ma chlno piloted by n sergeant occupied in patrolling tho upper air. Ho pur sum! Willi nnvnen onnrev. tlui slnto. inont snvs. hut soon exhausted all hi. stock or wrtrldgos and was obliged n'to nbandon tho pursuit. Ono of two machines which woro armod with cannon bad, howovor, bv this Umo managed to climb up high enough nnd opened an Intenso flro on tho Zoppo l!o which probably was bit but not badly damagod. Demand Popi-fails Tho Zeppelin was next plckod up bv n sub-lieutenant as it flow over tbo suburbs wostward. Ho wont up to within 50 to 100 yards of the airship and stuck (Jo bis quarry with grim determination, sometimes flying above, somotlmoe bolow and some times on a level In ordor to osonpe (Uho flro from tbo Zoppclln'o mnchlno guns. For flfty-tbrco mlnutos tho cbaso OQtlnuod, tho machlno guns being freoly used on both sides, until finally tho ncropno's engine broko down and tho sub-lloutonant was obliged to descend. Tho press Is unanimous in demand. Ing rrlsala for tho two Zeppelin raids on Paris and also calls for greater efficiency in the aerial de fenses of tbo city. - 'O " ' SIGNING NEW TREATY TOKIO, Jnpan, Jan. 31. Tho for eign office denies the report from Jierlin thnt .lamn and Knelnud hnvo signed a t rooty rcoognizincr to Japan hiiporior rights in the fnr, oaet. The semi-offieinl Overseas News agency of Berlin, Jnnintry 28, quoted tho Frankfurter eitung as affixing tho correctness of alleged reports from tho fur eastern press to tho ef fect that sjioeinl relations bad boen reached between Knglaud and Jar ,nceordintr preponderance to Japan the lar cunt. POWER LEASE BILL WASIIIXaTON. Jan ni A minor ity of the senate lauds committee filed a report today against the water power leaning bills, substituted last week by the committee majority for tie Perrls bill which oaased the house. 8tnlK the minority report were Hen. tors Thomas, uilth (Arizona), lUmocrjtii, and V ri Hmoot and f lark iWjoniingi rfiiuo.icjnn Carranza's Revenge! Yillistas Shot for Murder of Americans I . rwiiii i i ----- i i i 1 lrt photrgtuplts of the bodies of don. J m llailrlguez nnd (' 1. llncn VnllcM, Vllbi officers, who went owciUmI nt ('arrnnzn'.s oiders f(tr tho niurtier of 18 American miners nt Simla. Ysnhcl. Itodrlgue. waHcxcrutiM nt Mmlern nnd Vnllcx nt .luurtv. Tho ImxIIc.h lmvo Ikxmi ouiluilmeil and M-ut i(o Ciilliuiihuii City to 1m exhibited tusn Villa. VILLA REPORTED BY E CHIHUAIU'A CITV, Mexico. Jan. '31. Francisco Villa, ccordlnK to re. ports received hero today, has beon driven out of tho Picbshos hills and Santa Clara canyon and is now sur rounded by Car muz forcos uoar Kl Vallo. KLi PASO, Texas, lyx. 81. The Carrnnza consulate today recolved a telegram under date of yostorday from'Gqnornl Trovino, stating that Villa had boon "dlslodaed from his haunts IS tho Canyon del Oso," and that Miguel Trlllo. tho latest soero tary of Villa, had been captured. Villa recontly was making his way to HI Satiso in disguise, concluded Trovino. v TORllBON. Jan. 31. General llen Jamln Argumedo Is reportod to have died of blood noison oausod by a wound recolvod at Uassojo recently, accordag to word brought hero to- "day by Major Iloeson ot Gcnorul Muo tola's staff. Hepor bore state that General ClRnoros, a Villa loader, Is neao tlatlng for amnesty. Carranza authorities havo lseuiQ ordors to oxhumo tho Tiody burlod t San Miguel as Argumedo' for Iden tification. Doeson, who Is an American sol dier of fortune, stated Murgla's for- ces defeated troops of Argumedo and General Contreras(?Jeclhlvely and that Contreras was dlHhsilenod by the defeat and shortage of .iinmunltlon. WASHINOTON, Jan. 31. Senate: Mot at noon. Dobato on Philippine bill was re- fcuraod. Uduoatlon committee submitted fa. vorablo report on vocstlonal educa tion bill. Nomination of Louis D. II ran dels to supreme court was reforred to sub committee of Judiciary committee for investigation. Public land! eommlttoo members opposed to fodoral control of water Iiower situs filed minority report against water power leanfjig bill. Senator Walsh's request for i hi me diate consideration of resolution to investigate freight congestion at New York was voted down. House met at noon. Ilegan debate on Indian appropria tion bill. Military and naval committee;) un tinned bearings on b-itoiuU k'fnf question. Mixed flour manufacturers ain'eal ed a uk and nn coimuittif hearing for i'asag'- i:aiur i.iii SURROUNDED GARRANZA Eil DAY IN CONGRESS i .d wnniliiR of tiie falo in storo for T FRESH DEFEAT ON I'AUIS Jan. 31 N'ows has boon rocelved in dilomntlr circles nt Ath ens, the Balkan aaenc s correspond ent there (olographs, thnt the Rus sians have Inflicted a fresh defeat on tho Turks in the Caucasus. Tho cor respondent reltyates the report that the Russians havo surroiindod Kzor um. Tho Turkish authorities and the bankers wllh tho Iwnk funds, he says, left tho city at the last momont, bare ly oscaplng capture by Cossaoks. Itttsslnn artillery has. begun to bom bard the forts of the city. The correspondent adds thnt the Turks aro heavily fortirWng tho towns of Algern and Sllvas, oaplta's of the vllsvots of tboso nniacH, sit uated rosfleatlvely 2 It and 125 mlloe oast of Constantinople DKRIilN, Jan. Si. The French have been inaklia repeated attempts to Pgain the ground recently lost bv them near Peuvlllo, army hondquur ters announced today, but all their attaeks have been beaten off. th Germans still holding their newlv worr trenches. I'AUIB, Jan. It. Oerman foreos last night delivered two attacks with band grenades near llttl No. MA. both of which resulted In failure, ae r-Arillfiir in Hia Krourli nfftrlnl an- i nouncemeBl oM, ,,, ,,. . I TI KILLED IN IllFrAI.O, X. V., Jan. :ll . Two persons were luurilerwl, another fa tally injured aud another cvercly beaten up in au automobile holdup in tho Orchard 1'urk rond near this city variy today. The a.aduntH eHeaii. Tho vletiins, prominent lluffnlo reaideutM nnd members of the -nine family, were: Mrs. Agnes U. Teinor, aged 07, snot in head and hilled; Prank '' Teiier, son, beaten to (loath with blunt instrument; (Iruce C. Tei ner, dniif.htpr, kull fractured, will die; Edward L'. Tviper, aton beaten on bead. The family was returning from Or- cbaid Park, when Mtd upon In the holdup iiu'ii. Mis. Tfiwr wn killed by llii' tn .1 ni luiii' shiitH. 'flu- men thru liiililiid tin' i.t hi' is it ml lifter rliluuM' tlntu ui uiuiif aud jewelry fled. Mr- Teipei Hli tin- HiiiiiU ol Ctifi- i.ul Tiij.ir, uliu tuiiiiilid tin' ll'iliiiln bU.i' ln..il "M' i I mi J lilies RUSSIANS IN I TURKS IN CAUCASUS AUTO D- SIXTY PERISHED IN FLOOD FROM BOOED 01 Clear Day Aids Rescue Work Sail- ors and Marines From Warships Assist Other Dams Holdlnrj Re lief Fund Rcachcrs $18,500 San Dletjo Forced to Purchase Water. SAN DIKGO. Cnl., Jan .11. Vic tlms of tho floods which havo over wholmcd tho valley of San Dlogo county, and members of relief par ties who havo worked untiringly to hllnvlnto suffering, welcomed today another cloar day hero ns probably tho greatest aid to a moro thorough Survey of tbo damage wrought nnd tho application of measures to ro tdoro conditions to something Ilk normal after ten days of chaos. As on yestorday. Hoar Admiral Wllllnm F Fullrtm, commanding I lie Pacific reserve fleet, had a larse force of marines and sailors at work, principally In th low conntrv south of tho city, In tbo Olny. Sweet water and TIa Junna vnlloys, and doing pa trol duty nt Imperial beach on Ui extromo Foiithcrn ond of tho Coro nndo strand. l.nrgo Diiiun Holding Fears of further damago Breatly rolloved by apparently bio roportn that tho Morcnu woro rolla. Cuy- nmaea nnd Sweetwater dams woro holding. District chairman ot tho chamber of commorro relief committee woro sont out with their helpers early today, somo to Isolnted plncoH which may tako from 21 hours to thrco days to roach. Piled up lu tho display rooms of tho obambor of commorce woro tons of food nnd clothing' with furthor hupplins from Individuals nnd stores keeping ahead of tho suppllos with drawn. Tho relief fund early today had reached SI8.RO0. whteh It was an nounced was about ono!fth tho total ooodod. Kiv IVIInmlrd Di-nd The list of dead sllll stood st sboit sixty estimated ensunltlos, with thlr- ty-flvo bodies reenvored. The roller nsrtlsont Into tb" dovnstnted dlstrlctrt south of here woro Instructed tn ponetrato tbo en tire leiiKth if tho vallevs nnd the sailors and marine took with them provisions sufficient for throo days and twenty rounds of ammunition. llecause of the crippled condition of the munlclpsllv owned water systoni fan Dlepo bresnie. tods v. by tho no tion of th eltv council, n purchaser of woter from n prlvato sourco, tho Cuyamaca proportlos of Colonel Kit ward 'Flotehor. CONCRETE WALL LAMSFOim. Pa., Jan. 31. - Tho famniii. mine fire ulncli has been mg-l ing more than sixtv vears and which J started at Summit Hill, near the spntj where Philip Ointer dlseorered n- ( thracite coal in 187 1, lias imrneu through the imuiene eonerete tall which the Uhigb Coal & Navigation cnniHty sank in front of it, deep down into tho earth sovornl von re ago at a cost of more than u million dul- tare. It is now threatening the mam moth vein in the l'niither Creek al ley, the lurgost and richest vein of Huthrni'ite in the world. The wall, which was sunk into the ground to a depth of 100 feet, wus fifteen feet thick, of solid concrete, and experts believed that the subter ranean firo would never eat through it. but that it would provont it from spreading any further and eventually extinguish if The fuel I fiat the flames have eateu throuuh this huge barrier has caused rrave i'eura nmoug the Lehigh Coal & Navigation offic ials, who aro now pulling forth ev ery voHHible effort t prewut the tire from getting into tb' vut heii of uuthriieite in the mi iiuty. A large !'i IV i' of nnu nee ut Wolk ilnlling hull" deep into the earth and into these upeuuigs water aud slush is being quired direetlv on the aubter ruiieiui fire in the hope of preventing ,i I'upul xpreud, if iinpoBsdilf to ex-tii.K'i-.b it. FAMOUS MINE IRE D MS FLOODS MENACE otiumppi RIVER VALLEYS Heavy Pains Cause Deluge Middle West Ohio, Mississippi, Wabash, Arkansas, Kaw and Other Streams on Rampage Most Damage in Ar kansasKentucky Levees Break. WASIIIKQTOK, Jnn. 31. Serious floods thrcnten Iho lower Ohio valley, IhaMiHstSHippi valley from Cairo. 111., to th'o (lulf of Afoxico, nnd'tlio.viuS'd of Arkansas, beca'iHo of tbrt" heavy rniim of Sundny nnd Inst nfght'ln Ar knnans, tho lowor Ohio vulley imd tho MissiHsippl vnllcy1 from 8t. 1,0111.4 to Yioksburfj- J-'our Southiuwt Stntot KANKAS CITY, Mo., Jnn. 31. Four stntcH of tho southwest ,tpdny Incpd heavy property loss nnd inter ruption of trnffio, duo to tho contin nd rnin, which has produced threat iiiinp nsoH iu mnin strenms. The most soriouB situation wnu in east ern ArkniiHas, from Newport south to Wntaon, whore the White nnd Arknn sns rivers empty into tho Mississippi. In custom ICunsnH nnd northeastern Oklahoma tho rising streams, rnin nnd sleet hnvo wrecked lelcgrouh nnd tolephono lines nnd thrown railroad schedules into disorder. Tho most serious situation in Arknnsns is snid to bo in tho vnlloys of thnt Rtnte, which nru being inundated by floods of every creek nnd river, Mnny per sons hnvo hson rescued from their marooned homos nenr Fort Smith! Alone; tho uourso of tho Arkunsas through tho center of tho state, sim ihir conditions prevojl.. In enstom Arkmisns hundreds of persons ulrendy have fled from their homes(to higher ground. Indiana mid Kentucky INDIANAPOLIS, Jnn. 31. Indiana rivors nnd strenms nro bnnk full or overflowing toduy ah n result o,f tho hotivy rnhiM throughout tho stnto fiinco Thursduy. Hundreds of fiimilioe hnvo been drien from tlioir homo. The property loan alrondy Ib omU muted in the thousands of dollars, nnd iu pniutioiilly nil onsoB tho water is still rising. tservico on two onr linos wus hits jnidd lure today because of high wnlor and hundreds of- men woro patrolling tho levies nloug Wiilto river in the western part of tho oity, The Wnhnah rivor is throfitoiilng at Vimeiini, Terre Hnnto. Ln Fnyotto mid LognnMrt. A nuinbur of sin it II towns hnvo been isolated by the high wuturs. HICKMAN, Ky., Jan. 31. Tho Went Hlukmnu lovuo gnvo way enrl toilay nnd tho Mississippi river Ig now flooding it largo nren in the manu facturing distriet. Tho water is slowly backing up into (he business section. About SOU people hnvo so far been rendered hoinuloae. Cltle I'mlcr Water LITTLK HOCK. Ark.. Jnn. 31. Churches in Newport. Arkunsas. Inst uight nbnudnnel sorviuoe nnd virtu ally everv able-bodied mini joined iu tho work on the lovoo nboiit tho oity, which are being strengthened against the threatening floods. At listens die, on the White river, (Continued on Page Two) MOHR'S RELATIVES lMIOVIDRKCK, R. I., Jnn. 31. A skier and brothor of Dr, C. Franklin Mohr (oduy rallied to the dqfenso of hia widow, Mrs. Kliznbelh P. Mohr, on trial for instigating hlB murder. After iiugeim O. Sullivan, tho worn an'a brotber-in -law, Imd identified tbo letter in which Dr. Mohr admitted the validity of bis mnrringQ, Mrs. Hlhi Ifogativaud Outitute D. Mohr, both of MeKwoiiMville, Pa., wore called. Mr. Hognn, the dxtotur's sister, said that Mm. Molir omoaaed luvo aud affection for him. Mr. Mohr, ','irf brother, imiifiud nluiig the snmo line, and ai'ded ho hal received a letter fi'om the diu-tor who. wroto thnt Mrs, MJohr was "m ood" nnd thnt "tbo children sho uluiuis uro not my ovro." TESTIFY FOR WIDOW