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SECOND
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WEATHER
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MEDFORD ORKOON, TtTJSSDAY, FKIWrAUY 1. 191G
NO. 2G7
- GERMAN PRIZE CREW BRING CAPTURED BRITISH LINER ACROSS ATLANTIC TO AMERICAN PORT
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DARING EXPLOIT
AT SEA ADDED
TO WAR RECORD
BYTHETEUTONS
SoutK Afrltan Llrw Apian, Slw
Up 'for Lost, Tkes Beftaj tt
Htfon Irnlt, laHly Flylj t.
gcrrein ria-SnUrfBl at Giwtry
Islet Jc ww VwaaU w.
NKW YORK, Fob. J. The
" Hntixh consul general licit ft-
" ilnv notifioil Ilritit.lt fihitmhiff to
ntch out for Gwrffinn subrao-
" l-iiirH in American atcw. In- "
formation received at the con-
"fr untnln frnHi Hriiil Hfuirrs
" lends tlicm to believe that n
"" submarine hud necompiviicd tho
captured steamer Appntn on lior ""
"f. vovoiro across tho Atlantic.
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NF.WPOUT NEWS, V., Feb. 1.
With ths German naeat euslgn fiut
lorin boldly from her stem and in
charge of n Oonnnn prire crew, tho
llrihf-h South African liner Ap)oin,
gisen up for lost, took refine in
Ifiunptoii Ilonun tins momma with
tho story of sevwi vessels destroyed.
by Gennnn se raider, oft th Afn
enn coast.
Tho Appnm was eajitured of the
Canary Ulftnds' on January 13 by a
Gennnn raider four days after she
hnd Hnilod from Wnlar, Jlritiih, West
Africa, for Plymouth, England.
Lieutenant JWg of the German
navy, placed on the Appnm when fche
was captured, brought in the prite,
eluding the cordon of Hritish emi-5-cm
across the Atlantic And adding to
the historic chapter of German ex
ploits at sea, a chnpter to rank with
the adventures of Drendcn, Karls
ruhe, Prinr. Kitel Friedrich, U-i.1)
nnd Kronprinz Wilhelm.
ITflntor VrKbottb as Vet
Whether tlie captor was a Gvmiau
l bout or a hitherto unreported Oer
man nutuiary cruiser is undeterm
ined. From what was learned by
-h'im of the official, who )oarded the
App.'ttu it is beliered that 5ome
stenrucr, ormed as a Herman auxil
iary, raiding flipping off the African
toQ'-t, took the ijritih Uner nnd put
the prize crew aboard. This tie is
supported by the fact that a submn
nne could hardly boyo spared a lieu
tenant unu suen a large crew to a
pnre,
There -were a total of 4,"l pcrxonb
ulmard the ship, im'uding the sut
xnii'jr members of the crews of tevcn
ship-- Mink "by the raider nhieb rnp
tnrH the Apam, nod twenty Gennnn
nulinm. being transferred from Af
n. a to Kuglaud to ho placed in de
tention canipi.
rvilonlaj Officers AIkmuI
A !orpc in'rrtfltnso of the. number
(Continued on UK p)
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CIlrJ?LN"XB. Wo , i?eb. 1 The i
t.dcr.il ROcrnnient is without ngbH'du.cors for niit animals In Docombcr
t.i ou-t from oil lands conctis opor-
.(tin prior to Present Toft a th
tlr.ial order & September 27, llpjf),
iil$ougIi uch companies at that time,
h.($ notolihcovore oil, iording'
a d'ciion toii.' by Judge J. A. Hinor
in the federal diat.rieLeourt heic.
SAX FKANCISCO, Feb. 1. Oil
I.mkI- in CaliforHiu valued at $300,
(mh).ooi anj220 suits filed or in
preparation by tbe government ar
il.xndtnt upon tbe principles set
I" Hi t..l.iv by Judge J. A. Iliuer in
tiir i mied Stales district eourt &
i ii runt-, hoitUna; afniost Uw govern
liiint in its ousUr suit against ths
Ohio nil cownany and the Grans
!!. iil .ma Usa eouipauy.
54 KILLED DY
ZEPPELIN RAID
OVER ENGLAND
6lxty-?vw Injured 23i to&tf
hm Mhhw Gokotwsv At HvtA
' LONDON', Fob. 1. Fifty-four lr
'sofls woro killed and Blxty-Mvti In
jured In lt lfful' Clpptlla rld.
Tho flgurt it)r conttlntU It as
offlcltl stajement lssuM ktrc thjt i.
tcrnoon and Gays )ombs wr dleopaj
ittraj tovnstntVIn rurt.1 dltrlcte
In Derbyshire, LclcMtrhlr JLU-
ccJnaJiko aad Stffordhlr. Bom
AanMV to property - cinw4.
It m otntlally tinted thAt ISO
bonbt -vera dropped by tb ZHppev
llns during tho tic raid.
Tho ofliciul text follews:
An nir raid lant night v'tn aU
lnpted on an extensive nelle. It ip
flnrs (hat tho raiders were beaapur
ed by a thick mist. After crosaing
the const the ZepdinH uteertd var
ious courses nnd dropped bombn at
several towns nnd in rur.l districts
in Derbyshire, Ijeiiieetershire, Lia
colnshire and Htaffordihire.
"Some datnee; to property wen
caused. No accurate reporta wer
received until a vtry late hour.
"The casualties up to the time of
retu'-cr of the statement amounted to
fifty-four person killed and biaty
Mvcn injured."
The pre'ta commentt at leatta np
on the 7pielln raid of laet nlbt
but no ofTlclal derails bate been
mnlo puhlk In addition to tho war
office atatemeat that tU or seven
airships passed orrr the eastern,
northeastern and midland oountic of
Kngland, dropping a number of
bombs. At the time the announce
ment was made It was said no conoid
arable damace had tx-en reported.
Uy direction of the natal and mili
tary autborltlefi, th police lotej or
dered discontinuance of chimes and
the striking of hours by public eloebs
between sunset md aunrlso as a pre
cautionary measure.
Beared Vtxm Viuitt
PAT11B, Feb. 1 A Zeppelin start
ed n the direction of Paris laat nlsbt
at 9:45 p. m. A warning was sent
out from, Complrene that a Cermttn
airship had been lighted In more-
ment. Tbo military Borernor f
Tarla tafo orders thai preparations
bo made to sire the alarm If neces
sary, when the Zeppelin, bowerer, got
Into the field of the searchlights on
tbe French front, It turned back and
in supposed to have abandoned a pro
jected raid
slight mm IN
FARM PRODUCT Pfitf
W"" ' nn.aj
"WABmSGTOX, P'cb, 1 Price
or the prloelpa! Aroerlcao fttrw proj-
dijrte oa January j were nllgUtly
inore. than two per eor hlnber than
tan the name date av yeaogw, s&IQ
ftarteaept of BSrlcutture buttoKo l-
vid today. prktcs iseiessed eo'08
VOf rs9t la fHMaetltar.
JaauatVuI prices wi nearly ,fpur
ar ent ftlB!tr thaa the) iycrs80 tor
b8 1& eight rs. 1'rlccs paid vrt
J "o por cent loernan xne year
uoioro ana nearly oaj per com lower
than tho five yv average.
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GROSS GREAT WALL
LONDON. Fob. 1 The Mongolian
Insurgents have crossed tni great
wall of China and an advance guard
of 1000 la besieging tho city D Turn
fa, aeeerdlng to a dlspateh from Muk
den forwarded by lleuter's eorros
iwndeat at Petrograd.
MONGULS
Mrs. Wilson on First Stumping Tour
Famous Woman Artist Who Painted President's First Wife Draws First PI dure of New Mrs. Wilson.
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Sv. WotT&tow Witcma, tj Arv ftobtUiaalt
IEK-5
SAFE, PROCEEOiNS
UNDER OWN STEAM
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The sub- j
mo rme K-f. is safe aad prfKeduiB
under her own steam foir Kev Vti,
Flo., aecdnJino to naval radio mt-
M(re m'fivtd at tbe uavy dcjrtment
earty today from Captain fiimpson of
the torpedo boat dMtxoyer MternU.I
me asitsgr, wnieo csme ny way
of Key Wet, aid
"At 3-55 s. m. U. 8. R. KT-3j fivo
mdea sontbrabt of Fowcy rtqrg,
irtcaxoiog souta Ov ten knots. Ko
casoioltiei aud no hiiht)ucc re
quired." Fosy Rfli'h, rcfonc3 to in tho
ir,r!affe is a lisntbout about ton
njile t'roti afiaiai. o
Navj dSfrtw.orft officials oslinial
ed that u.sdsr tho :miA tho K-5 is
ma.,ng she should reach fry
aboja 0 P. m. toda.
ThSteny.t vgis ono of the de
btroyers onlcrrl b Secretory Ddo
iels to search for the K-o.
FMMK.C.
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KANS.O CITY, Mo., Fob. 1 Firo
broke out today in tho Western Un
ion Telegraph companj 'a main build
ing here and many operators wore
forced to lcavo tho working rooms
o nthe upper floors by means of firo
escapes.
The fire started on the iftcond floor
and endangered the lives of 300 em
ployes In tho operating room, fifty of
whom wora carried down firo aseanos
to safety. Later the blgjio was un
der control and all employe bad been
accounted safe.
WILSON mm
WITH RECEPTION
GIVEN BY no
CHICAGO. Feb. I. Tbo fourth day
0f Pre.ident Wilson's .tour of tho'
.:.,,,. , ,. l- , r
'w,t " h,B "11km'f tour for
fn projiun-tlnohij totlny ciirnod
biro fo of tho ississippi through
Ioa, ahcto his proffnan onlled for
lho ch,.f ,,,, of ,be dnv t ,.
. v ,..- -rf ... ,. ,
Houfe. at 8 p. in. in tho Colisoiim.
four brief talks from lite rn.tr nlnt
fotui of his cnint Davenport, Jown
City, Grinnoll and Newtown, la., arc
on tho program for the afternoon.
Ditforc tho president's spocial left
Chicago today mrdvbcnf of his lwriv
bxplocl their fdonsifle at tho honity
nWcoieo accorded him horo. Thev
s()d tl)9 1'OnI rw.poni.0 to his plon for
suppoR in preparing for an adoquuto
jP.V?''" adfnu
Rational. defense hud fully mot (h
oir
Opoctutions.
Tho president's sopeh of last night
was in lnrn monsiiro a roitoration of
his provious picas for speody upbuild
ing of the army and navy and his in
dorsement of tho continental nnoy
plan. His assertion that so far as
tho nay was concerned tho oountry
was prepared for immedinto war
caused a momentary flutter in tho
audience, but wus softened by his
declaration thut the navy was inndo
quato in size, though not in qualtiy.
FOURTH ITALIAN LINER
WITH MOUNTED GUNS
NEW YORK, Fob. 1. Two 3-fl na
vul guns wero mounted on tbe after
deck of ths Italian steamship Ca
orta wlieij.it arrived here today from
Genoa and Naples. This is the fourth
Italian steamer earrying mouHtoiI
guns tp arrive at this jwrt within
t8e past few weeks.
AUSTRIA DENIES
PAR PA ON
SINKING Of PERSIA
WASHINGTON. Fob t. -Socistary
I.snvjng toduy uijpouuciol the recolpt
of a dlsiKitch from Ambassador Pon
field at Vlonna saying that ho had
lbym InforiMid by tho foreign office
mat en Austrian RuumnrinoH opor
atlng In tho Mbdltorrnnoan ha ru
ported that none of them was con
cerned In ttie sinking it tho I'onln-
dsular and Oriental llnor 1'orsla.
Tho socrotary also ounotincod that
ho was nddrosslng to Ambasaudor
Morgenthau for presentation to tho
Turkish gorornmont an inquiry as to
whether a Turkish submarluu was re
responsible. Tho stato dopartmunt
considers that tho statement from
Austrlu-Hungury closes the quostlon
or whether a submarine of that na
tionality sunk tho 1'ors.iu
TO
HEAR THE PRESIDENT
CHICAGO, Feb. l.-8lginund Wf
nlo'Askl, arrtsitod on tho stugo whore
M'rosldOHt Wilson was speaking last
inlght In tho auditorium horo, explain
ed to the polleu today that tho army
uniform he was wearing was donned
to onable him to got Into the hall slm-
'ply to hear the prosldont. Tlioiw-
finds wero unable to get tlokots to
hear tho president but Wisnlewskl
passed the doorkeeper by posing as
part or the escort. He had some let
ters In a farttga lunguago In his pook
et anil Up yaltco uero still holding
hlui todoji.iMindlW their tramlatlon.
He clalinqd Wit he. hud surved sev-j
oral yearn 'u Uie United Statos army.
SNOWFALL UPON
CASCADESBREAK
KNOWN RECORDS
Nineteen Feet Deep on West Slopes
Fifty-two Inches Falls In Twenty
four HoursFlood Expected to
Follow Portland Has Silver Thaw
Storm Warmer Weather Forecast.
KIXKXSIIURO, Wash., Feb.
1. Tho heaviest snowfall in
many years fell in tho Cascade
mountains InM night. The total
for twenty-four bourn nt Sum
mit was approximately seven
feet. Threo fast pnHcnrcr
trninH of the Northern Pacific
war tied up in the mountains.
No trains from Hie const nrriv
ed hern between noon .vosterdny
and I) o'clock todny.
SKATTI.G, Wash., Feb. 1. Tho
snowfall in tho Cnscado mountains
Inst night broke all rcuords for depth,
ami tho nmouiit of snow now lying
on both cast and .webt slopes of tho
Cnscades is greater than at nny pro
vious time of which tlicro is record.
Fifty-two inches of snow fell at
ltockdulo, tho western portion of thii
Milwaukee's Cascade tunnel in tho
twenty-four hours gliding nt 7
o'clock.
Hno)v is over nineteen feet deep in
Snuqtinlniio pass and snow has been
fnlriiiK,hbaviy nil day.
Tho Milwaukee railroad reports it
trains moving with n rotary in front
of each. Tho Great Northern has
abandoned trnffio on the Cnscndu di
vision temporarily, onii'K 0 u,0 ut).
prccedonted sliowfall, ami no trains
are IoniiK Seattle or Spokane. Tho
Northoni Pueifie is reported to have
several trains tied up in tho moun
tains. An euHtbound train left Seat
tle at 8:10 this iiinrnim?, but it is ho
lieved it was halted on tho west slope.
If tho rain and warm weather fore
casted by tho weather buroau for" to
night arrives, wild scenos in tho
mountains must follow it, as tho rain
lit expected to ascend to IiIkIi alti
tudes, moltiiik" tho snow fnstor than
the water eoussos oan tnko it nway,
nnd also causing avalauuhoM.
No pociilentH involving injury to
pernon or property liavo been ro
porlfti yet.
Hllwr Thaw Hloini
PORTLAND, Or., Fob. 1.-A con
tinuous twenty-fivu hour downfall of
snow in Portland developed into a
sleet storm early today which thrant
(mod to damage fruit trees. Abou
oight inelies of snow lay on the
Krouud, Durinsr tho month of .Janu
ary the snowfall mummied to U.'l.ll
iuulies, and since tho woathur bureau
was established this has been exceed
ed only (fey a full of Xt.U luehes, in
January, 1600.
In eastern Oregon a deep blanket of
whilo is spread over tho stock graz
ig district. At Iu Grande eleven
inches of snow fell last night. Many
trainn are niiiiilntc helund soliedule,
but no seriuu! blockades have been
rejiorted.
Cold nt Mnllii WilU
ALU WrLLA, Wb.. Poll. 1.
Jniiuan cjusj'd with the enldobt Ituu-
(Cont)nuod on pago six)
' ROlllJ, Fob 1. An merlcan hos
pital has Just been established at tho
Italian front. Kour others wore
toponod homo time ago in leudlnte Itn.
'Ian cities. Tho hospital at tho front,
Mhleh Is bolng supplied from tho
IQuovroIr ostahllshod by Mrs. Thos.
Kelson Page, wife or the ttuibassadpr
to Italy, at ths I'slasso del Drago,
the ambassador's residence iu Home,
Is conduetsd exclusively by Amorlean
uomun. Heulmantal piderllos travel
daily between Home and tho front
(handling supplies for tho hospital.
AMERICAN HOSPITAL "
' ON ITALIAN FRONT
$778,778 TO
BE COLLECTED
AS 1916 TAXES
Assessor Breaks All Records by
Turnlnn Over Assessment Rolls for
Collection Threo Weeks Quicker
Than Usual $5,000,000 Shrinkage
in Assessed Valuations.
Hiiinnutry or 1010 Tnvci
Total county and state
tax...- ... $M7,8G9.83
Total special school taxes 100,333,05
Total HDOoial city taxes 157,359.0?
Total city liens for oolleo- .
tion . . .... 1-1,701.13
Total firo patrol assess
ments 2,-15-l.CQ
Grand total of tax rollH.$778,778.44
Hunmmry of MM Tncsi
Total county and state
tax .. . $105,-170.80
Total special school tnxes 153,075.57
Total special city tnxe,i 11 8,07-1.7-1
Total city Minis for collec
tion . 17,102.25
Total fire patrol assess
incuts . , -1,803.80
Grand total of iax rollH.$780,310;31
Total vnluation of
Jnckson county
for
1015
Total vnluation
Jackson county
1014.
.$31,000,700.13
of
for
30,702,152.70
Total amount of uer-
soual tnxcu collected
by assessor for 1015
to Dec. 1, 1015 T --"0T502.01"
Tax levies wero turned lo tiio as
sessor January 3, 1QU), for extension
on the tax rolls.
Now llcconl Mndo
Tho assessor put his steady force
at work along with Iwo extra help
ors and tlio total tax was completed,
proved and compared in four weeks
a record.
The lax rolls were turned over to
tho sheriff for collection February 1.
This work ban been rushed as fast
as possiMo in ordor Hint tho sheriff
might hnvo all tho time necessary to
prepare his tux collections. This is
soino three wooks earlier than the
la'-cs have over been turned for col
lections jn Jackson county boforo.
Mr. Grievo statos that nt n later
dnto ho will Issue n pnmnhlrt with
full sogrognlions showing tho amount
of tax colbieled in cueh taxing dis.
Iriet mid lho levy of sninc. He nlso
wishes to say that thoro will bo 110
fiold deputioa on real ostnto for tho
coming assessment, but that thoro
will t fiold jJHities to take personal
properly, and it would bo n grunt help
if nil persons having assosanblo por
sonal property could hnvo n list of
enmo prepared before tho deputies
visit them. It would perhaps snvo
lime and mistakes in gathering wime.
Anyone wishing n stutemunt of
their 101(1 real estate nssosamout can
get same by writing to tho nssossor'rf
office ui'li-r April 1. mid.
STILL UNINJURED
I1KHL1N, Feb. 1, by wireless.
Tho Overseas News agonoy seya:
"A Hritish wireless report from
Malta says that aecordlng to In for
mation from Petrograd tho Turkish
oruisor Sultan 80II111, (formally tho
Gorman cruiser Goobon) reached port
after au ongagomont with tho litis
slun battleship Imporatrlsta Mario,
with 3 dead and 80 wounded. This
report Is ontirely untrue In tho en
fcagontont of January S tho Uusslani
fired J 00 shots, nil of whleh lnlssod,
as was stated In tho official Turkish
report of January It. The Sultan
Sollni was undamaaed. while hits
woro obaerrwl on tho Imporatrlsta
Marie."
An Associated Pre corroaponant
cabled from .Constantinople Sunday
Hint he had Inspeotod tho guUuu Bo
II111, and that while she showed marks
of Injuries, she was still as efficient
mid powerful, to all apoparauccs. as
nt the outbreak of tbo war.
TURKISH
CRUISER
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