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v Medford Mail Tribune MV SECOND EDITION WEATHER IMIn Hattirdny. Mtci lit Mln. (Kit I'rcclp, ,()!) Fortv-fifM Yfr. lhillv -TViilh rr MKDFORD OHKUON. I'M DAY. KKHItrAllY I. 1'Mii NO. 270 i M " w - r r Y TO STAND PAT IN . E Under No Circumstances Will Kaiser Admit Ginkinn of Liner Was Illegal Act Note to Bernstorff Contains No Authority for Further Conces sions Brent Expected. fy .5. .5. .5. j. 4. .5. 4. $ jf . 4. .j. . $ WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. Lnto today Count Con Hern : storff, the German ambassa- dor, received Ills govern-S- incut's answer In the Lusl ! tnnln negotiations and took It to n conforonco with Secretnry Lansing. Tlio ambassador said boforo conferring -with tho secretary, that ho did not 8co how tho Instructions ho : hud could bo unsatisfactory to , , tho United States. Tho con :' foronco lasted less than five inlnutos. "Tho situation Is unohang- od," gold Lansing. ; IIKRLIN, Kob. 1, via London. In formation roachlng tho Associated Press today Indlcatos that under no circumstances will Gormany admit that tho sinking of tho Lusltaula was ttu lllogal act. Tho now Instructions forwarded to Embassador Von Ilornstorff accord ing to this Information contains sim ply 0110 phrase of tho now formula tion of tho proposed note of regret for tho sinking of tho Lusltanlu. Tho liiiggnsted scntcuco Is short, consists of only eight words, and does not contain tho word lllogal." It rep resents tho oklromo' limit of Ger many's concessions In tho Lualtanla CflfiO. Serious Cibli Ailses Tho vlow Is ontortnlnod horo that one of tho most serious orlsoe of tho war has arlson In connection with tho Lusltanln enso and that It Is Impos sible to forosoe tho outeomo from tiny Indications horo. Tho rosult of tho negotiations appears to hinge tololy on tho word "lllogal." In tho way of an agreement be tween tho United States and Gormany ttund only thoso seven lottors, ox Vroaalng tho conception which Presi dent Wilson and Secretnry Lansing Insist must bo ombodlod In tho Gor man formula oxproeelng rogret for tho loan of American llvos aboard tho Cunnrdor. Tho Associated Prow Is Informed posltlvoly and authorltatlvoly thut Germany cannot and will not doslg lmlii as lllogal the sinking of u liner by any submarine. Concessions HofiiMMl Virtually no other difficulties In tho way of sottlomont romaln and the now instructions forwarded to Am bassador Von Ilornstorff on Tuesday contain moroly the new formula by whloh it Is hopod to satisfy Washing ton without humiliating the rountr). Although the suggested nontenco ue Wording to a rellablo version, con sists of only eight words and does not contain tho word "Illegal." or char acterize tho sinking or tho Lualtanla as such, It goes to other Ise the full est extent posslelo toward meeting American desires. Dr. Alfrod Zimmerman, under sc rotary for forolgn affairs, in on In terview with tho Assoclatod Press ox. pressed the hope that the nev for mula forwarded to Ambassador Von (Continued on pace thru) SUBMARINE REM 10 RY EITHER FLAG LONDON, Feb. 4. -A British of ficial communication ajs the master of the Harrison line steamer Commo dore, sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean December J, has stat ed to the naval authorities that the ip wO fired on without colore be- 2m Uamm 1... ku ...ltn nlHl .Nil tllllt the submarine carried two flag roiled up un ua iingkiau. iuc run munication any the kubtuanne ap paisjntly earned Gorman and Aua- ttnun tiituw muK ti. flv Pllhr. UC- orduig t I he n.iliin.ilil "I the "hip 11 U AN A AS uit.Kkva CANADA'S N A TO BURNS 61 NS Mfgnlflc-cnt Parliament Buildings at Ottawa in Ruins, Swept by Fire Supposed Caused by Bomb Six Lose Lives In Conflagration lib rary Building Saved. OTTAWA, Out., Feb. I. Can ada's ningnifieont parliament building which cost more than $0,000,000 lay m ruins today, swept by n fire at tributed by Home to a bomb or in fornnl machine. At least six lives were lost ami ninny persons wore in jured. The firo was uiulor control nt 3 11. 111. today, raging furiously for six hours. The known dead nre: Mmo. Ilrny, uife of U. A. Ilniy of Quebec, mid (luiiKliter of tho late George Tnnguny of tho legislative council; Mine. Mo rin, wife of Louis Morin of St. Bishop do Hcnticc, Quebec; Kobert Fnnninjr, n waiter; Alpli I)ch JnrdiiiB, 11 Dominion policeman, nnd A. Dcs Jardins, n plumber. Another Domin ion policeman is believed to have been killed. William S. Loggic, member of pnrlinnuml for Xorthiimbcrland, N. II., is re)orled iniHsinp;. The biiildinc; was erected in 180."i. It wns stntcil la.t nieht that Ficil- jtrick F. Pardee, the chief liberal whip 111 the house of commons, also was niisKinj,', but it was subsequently learned that ho went to Snrnia, Out., yclcrduy morning and that he could not have returned before the fire. Library Is Saved Tlio financial loss is difficult to es timate, but (he coutonU of the build ing wero of great value. At an early hour today it was believed that the parhamciilary library in a rear wing had been saved. While tho firo was burning soldiers carried out many of ith 'JOO.000 volume. The parliament building was rated utt one of the finest Gothic Htnicturcs on this continent. It covered four acres on Parliament Hill. One of thouc huwrulv injured as n result of tho firo i Martin Ilurrell, minister of agriculture, who wns burned about the head. Dr. Miohaol Clark, member for Wed Deer, suffer ed burns about tho hands. Sir Kob ert liorden, tho Cnimdiuii premier, es caped without injury. To Probo Oilgin The origin of the firo can bo do tenuined only by nn investigation. Tho firo started in the rending room of the house of cnuimoiuj, nnd Colo nel George Ilrndbury, a niombor of tho house from Manitoba; Mayor Medriu Martin of Montreal and Con stable Ilelmor, who were standing at the ontranco of tho library, iigTee that it was preceded by an explosion vhieli blow open tho doors of tho lib rary and knocked down persons standing near. They say they be lieve the explosion was caused by a bomb or infeninl mauhino. In the roading room wore thous ands of loose papers, nuiong which tho flumes leaped with almost amaz ing rapidity. Smoke rolled in dense volumes otit through the doors and into tho chamber of the house (f commons, where the body was sitting. With tho spreudmg of tho alurm (Continued on page three) R IMIOVIDKNVE, H. I., Feb. 1. -Final argument, were made today in the trial of Mrs. Kliiaboih F. Mohr, Cecil Itrown and Henry Spellmnn for me niuruer or ur. t. rrankim Jiottr. It is expects that the case will go to the jury tomorrow. J. I). Fitxgerxld of counsel for Mrs. Mohr dtcluied in his argument that the state had subjected his eliewt to an injuktice, itt its refusal to permit her to be tried alone. The prosecu tion, be said, had attempted to show four motives behind 1U chaige that she had hired tbreetegroes to kill her husband, none or which, he said. m m MEN TRIAk JAP nud been rteblibed. Tbcst were jealuiiKy, rexeiiue, u lfirc to get po-.e-.i.ion i the dofiii' money and lur kjI diylW 4il luj3ibjhtH), AFTER WATERS RECEDED AI 01AY FOLLOWING BURSTING OF DAM nlllllllllHBl8n0WlBBfln(ianJj iA , 1 i A1 ff 1 EjaV lannnnnnnnnanEannnnnnnnnniPBse fl TJLtnnninnnnW, , 1 1 nnnnnnnnnnnnnannnnnnKnnnnnnnnnnnnaBnnnnnKinM M i BnnnnnnnnnnnnnHminnnnnnnnLLZlA ? l JMKMJ I annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnntt3annannnUannnnnUXT s. fe-.K.stWMiV9'y' jrf . jMnllllllllllllllllllllllllnlllllllV I A lews f uivrkngo at Otny, one f tho towns caught hi the flood Olay lescrwj'r. The water lostrt)cl a vast amount of propel I)', killing i:. M. Copp, mayor of Han !leg, In icscuo voik. DURAZZO THRICE s miHMN', Feb. I. The Au-tn-Hungarian admiralty 111 a statement ixsued at Vienna today reports that three airship raids were mndo oc t'.c Albanian pott of I) urn 7.7.0 from .Ian vary 'J7 to February 1. The ktate ment also uunoun' that bombs wfi dropped by Austfir.11 uoropluuns on the port of Avlou.i, vi. ib is oo'iupied by Italian troop.. Tho tat of tho statement follows; "Jaiiunry '21 the Port of I)ur.u.j was nt'ttckid by five Aiivtro-Huugir-iau neiMplnt,Cfc. January '27 a ra'd was ii'iuK h 1 wo machines and Feb ruary 1 Hiiolhei attack was made by three aeroplanes. Bombs were drop pod on tho tents of the camp, which is near the oily, with destructive suc cess. All tho luucliines returned in spite of a heavy fire from the lund battoriu and wunthij. "On Fobruary !i, Ailoua was shelled by three aeroplanes. One of .our aeroplanes was hit in the motor .twice and forced to land 011 the sea. The comma 11 dor of the aerial squad ron, Naval Lieutenant Konyovio, went down on the water to assist lite aiators in the damaged machine. Al though the sea hu rough, the lieu tenant succeeded in taking both of ficers from the stricken aeroplane. This was done in the luce of a vio lent tire tnm the vattcrie at Sa--enn ami while drtrocrs were ap pr'ti'liing i lull -- (I. LINER SUNK, HUNDRED 'PERISH SHAXUHAI. I.l I. The Japan ese liner iJaijiu Mum wu sunk on Wednesday night 111 a ci.llip.ioa ith the stoamship Lmun und 100 lives vera lost. Twenty-one perons were ajived. The Unan, badly damaged, is return-, tug to Hongkong. The Daijin Mam, of 1.178 tons grok nnd 213 feet long, was built at Kobe in UNW. She was owned in Ossika. oThe linau is oarmM bv the China Navigation company of Ionduii. She in .too ftct lon'. ot .'.'11 Ion, '.'ro-.s uiiU built j ..inuvi.lv hi i'jyj. RAIDED BY AUSTRIAN 00ADR0N Mm n WWPlI !3rfMB n ti5ruI I WASIIINOTON, Pel- I- Sir Coell SprluRs-UIro, the llritUli ambnssador, protiontod a formal demand on bo half of his government for tho return to tholr owners of the llnor Appam, takon by n Oerman jirUo crew. A now dlplomatle controversy with Croat Ilritiilu Is foroshudowud as the Unltod Statos practically has decided to hold that the prlxo Is Gormany's. WASIIINnTON, Fob. I. Secretary Lansing indloatod today that the Unltod States had decldod to hold that tho Priisslan-Anierlonu troaty governs tho case of tho Appam, as Germany contends, and all that re mained to be decided was tho Inter pretation of tho applitutlon of the treaty's terms. Tho secretary dlscloiod further that the solo question to ho decided by the Interpretation was how long the Appam would be permitted to re main in'Amerlcan waters. The troaty guarantees to a Oerman prise the right o come and go freely. If forced to depart, German officials liavo stated the Appam would be sunk to prevent uer laeaptuie by the Ilrttlsh. , .,i NOIIFOI.K. Va . Feb. 1. A cruis er, supposed to be French, was report ed off tho Virginia capos some little distance out, shortl) after noun to day. T NEAR THE DALLES TIIK DAU.LS, Or., Feb. 1.- With the exception of one tglegruph wiic to I'ortlaud, The Dulles was still cut off today from romwtiutcatiou with outside (Mints. Four Oregon-Wash-mgtoo linilroad A Xuigntion traius remain stalled m tbc snow here with 183 passengers. A report reached lino todiij thut a snow plow tiin4 t. lift the block ade we-t ot hen li.i ,gono into a iht. Ii. The touii utp)y j growing -1 tr e. but null. ..in .o tkat the storm is abating gate hojte that communi cation will he ie-l..icl betore condi tloUs bci-OWS jetluii BRITAIN DEMANDS PPAM RETURNED TOBRIISH OWNERS following the Invoking of the Imor many people, llgure In upMr cut Is K REPORTED FORCEDBYRU SIANS TO ELEE PKTltOOIlM), Feb I Tho Novoo Vremu asserts It has rocelxed from a trustworthy tourco Information to the offsot that the Turks liuvu ovno uutetl ICrioriiin, one of tholr principal strongholds on the Caucasian front. . IllSltMN, Fob. . Tho official statement given out ostorday by tho Austrian war offlto at received hum today Is us follews: "A Ituaslau raid against our ad vanced forces northeast of Uoyon fulled. "In I3ast Qallela and Valhynla there was pronoiinewl activity on both sides by aeroplanes. A Itusslun squadron threw six bombs on lliio sacs, killing lo Inhabitants and wounding several others. Another Russian aeroplane dropped a bomb northeast of Luckdrel, whloh wound ed Ituaslau prisoners." IIICKM.V. Feb. t. Continual and renewed activity by the allied artil lery along the Frauoo-llelglan front Is leported in today's statement by Oerman army headquarters. Explos ion of a British mine which destroy ed one of the mine craters near Hut lurh which the t.ermsns were ocou- P)lig was announced as well as part ly ln oriel ualve hMnd arenude opera IIoiim atoiiR the front nearbv. F ERZERUN ol.YMPlA. W.i-b, Feb. I. John 1'. (ii'V's, torincr claim Kent uf the stute induct rial comaii-Quii, was found guilty today ot lorgery 111 the first degree after u triul that has 'continued for nenrlv three weeks. It is ulleycd that tJillit--. bv means of foiled cluinik uiun sliuh warrants were lkued inl cushed at Seattle, Tjiconia "id Oltmpla saloon,, col lected oM(t 11.0110 loi tii-titiou-. in juries to pii iii- encased in the in dustries I'l lie -I. ilc The lo- lll upon tin- -ly!in-ur-Miice iiiutt, made ufrbv si.esment upon oh nci ol mi 1 1 . uiiues, tuctor- it -, I1 - . -1 O FOOD SHORTAGE N 0 LAND T Snow Still Falling, But Situation Im provingFuel Shortage Adds to Trouble A Few Jitneys Operate at 25 Cents Per Ride Traffic Still Blockaded on Railroads. I'OIITUND, Or., Feb. l.Fceding end wuniiing Portland iti hourly be coming 11 more serious problem. Tho tinollou company is gitulunlly open ,iiig ii) its llnox, but there iR no vo? hioular traffic on other streets than those opened by tho car company. Storm loss is Miniated at $.riOl),000. In many iwpectM the Hituation Iiiih improved. Telogrnph and telephono wires nre being ntstorcd to use, and automobiles which charge ir cents a passongor, ntu beginning to appear on tho streets. ()uo tniin has arrived from the east on the .Spokane-Portland main line, while the Oregon Washington Hailroad & Knxigntion company expects to have its custom line open soon. Snow Stilt Falling Although snow continued to fnll in Portland today, it was not heavy enough up to noon to impede greatly tho M-ork of opening up the linos of traffic. Telephones by the thousand are still out of commission, and most of Portland is fithout electricity. The danger from fulling wiics polos and IrccH oontinuoH grave, with tho add ed danger from imnientv icicles which fqnncd lu( night. Willi all the dangers, there have been no serious accident ropoiled, nor serious fires. t Traffic .Still Tied L'p SPOKA.VF.. Wash., Feb. I. The Northern Pacific announced today that it is expected that the track through the CiisouiIoh will ho open by tonight. A I rain is due to luinc Pnseo ut 2 o'clock for Senttlo. The Milwaukee expects to have its Cas cade ditisimi open tomorrow. The Orcut Northern refused to make a ptcdiction. The Ureal Northern is feeding sov-enty-fivc westbound asengeii bore and permitting Ihem to sleep in (he Pullmans. Tho Northern Pacific slartcd 11 rotary west from do Khun and hopes to have tho muni line open as far as Stampede at 1! o'clock. Damago at Seattle SIUTTI.K, Wash., Feb. l.-to snow worth recording has fallen In Senltlo since 10 oVIouk Wodnosday nighl nnd nonnnl city life ia being resumed slowly. A dosen street ear routes aie under limited operation and oilier streets nie being opened lo traffic. Aside from the destruction of two wooden ehiirchoa and the pni tial demolition or tho ('atholiu cath edral, not much dauiuge wus dono heie by the snow. Three old build ings of the statu university have been abandoned on account of Hsg giiig under the weight of snow. Snow in falling UVor llritish Col umbia, Oicgon and eastern Washing ton, but roost of western Wu.liing lon has tM'Hied. The barometer is lower than yesterday. If any pre cipitation occurs 011 Pugct Sound it would probably be light kiiow. The temperature remuiiis near Ihu fleet ing point both day and night. The Caseade railroad situation is not so hopeful as yoftieiday. Heavy snow fell lust night, aud it is not hkelv that any of the lines through the (Mkcaijewill be opened today. Trains to Portland and Vancouver, II. ('., should he able to nioxc on bet ter -chedules today. Tclcxraph und telephone hi'i'tiu' ihioughotit Wush ingtoii in ureatlv jiiij.i o .1. OHIO TOWNS RAIDED COLl'MIU', 0.. Feb. I. Twehe so-called bucket shops in een Ohio cities wcie raided MnmllHneoulv to An) by iunpectors of the Mule bauk ing de(urtineut .and the manager taken into custodv on charges uf wo luting th( blue kv law and operut- III' I l.l 1I1I11T1 lit ...I'llrilin. 1. .1.1. i.... "H.jj Hgeucie, according to aunouueeHiout bv llsnv 1. Hull, ktate superiutend v m "t bunks. OM BUCKET IllA'S BULLION E Troops of Dc Facto Government Re ported to Have Surrounded Eandlt Chief Who Is Seeking to Cross the Border U. S. Cavalry Ordered to Arrest Villa If He Escapes. VA, PASO, To.v., Feb. -t, General Francisco Villa is encircled by forces of tho do facto government und can not crocs tho international line, if that be his objective, nucordiug to General Gabriel Uuvlra, coinmandnnt nt Juarez. Uuviru said Villa is encircled soinewhcro between Ojo Cnlicntct and Mootczunia. Colonel Manuel Gonr.ulo., who wa.s sent Houth from Juarez today, re potted that ho was detraining 150 men at Ojo Calioulca to meet bandits which were appearing as tho result of the drive of Curmnni troops from tho oast, south and wost. Ouvirn said lie boliovcd Villa with his bullion train was cudenvuring to break through the olrclo of Carrniirn. troops nnd ronuh Hie Ilosquu Honito countrj'. Outlining the campaign to nppro hcud Villa, General Guvirn Kiiid that TiOO uion had been stationed along tho border from Juarez to Ojinaga and that half the Ojinaga garrison hau been sent Inland with Moctcr.unm as its objective. We'd of Juarez, ho said, ;i()(l men had been placed along tho boundary to the Souorn htuto line. Fulled States cavalry border pat rols linvo been ordered to arrest Villa and his men, should tlioy-ehcnpo tlio Currnnzn troops. . v Wire coiiiniunicailoit llclwi'Oti Jua rez ami Chihuahua was restored this aitcrnoon. SCOTT REQUESTS E WA8IIINOTO.V, Fob. I. Major General Scott, chief of staff of tho nrmy protonteil to tho house commit tee today that Chairman Hay'n bill to Increase tho rogular army enlistment without creating additional roglmunts wns not approved by army officers bcoauso it wns desirable from every mllltury point of view to urgnntzo tho army on tho basis ot tactloal divis ions. To do thnt. ho said, additional regiments should bo authorized to glvo propur proportions of lufuutry, artillery and cavalry. "Is It true," asked Ileproaoutatlvo UttlupaKe, domoernt, of West Vir ginia, "that certain ami' officers aro drawing pay from the United State govornment and at the same time aro financially Interested lu privato mu nitions plants lu this country?" "I Imagine so," replied tho general, "though there Is nothing on tlio to show It. Probably several retired of ficers aro employed by munition com panies. I know no roason why an army officer should not bo Interostod lu tho manufacture of munitions ot war or clothing or an) thing else," IA SAN FHANCISCO, Fob. 1. Gov. uruor Hiram Joluinoii said luuo to day he would not permit his iiumo to reiuuiu on the rolls of tho secretary of ktute of Minnesota an a onndidotu fur the pingiuHsivo nomination for president in the Mureh II primary election. 1 1 in umue was filed yostor day. "I lad already rifuwd ponnisgioii to use m name u- a etuididatu iu Mmuesota," be uid. t TELEGnAPH COMPANY ATTACHES NEWSPAPER MAItMIFIBLD, Or., Feb. 4.--Jie Morning Tide, of North IkiiuU W(H otuii , huh attuched by tho Wosiorn I'uion coiupsuY for for $177.00 tel graph toll. The paper appeared UU4 moruiuy, bui canpid up ttkraub N NCIRCLED BYCARRANZISTS i RUNTS C" J "4