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NO. 27.')
Medford Mail Tribune
AT
SEnLEMENT OF
Situation Considered at Cabinet
Mcctinrj and Pronounced "Very
Hopeful" Settlement In Next Few
Days to Be Concluded No Official
Announcement for Several Days.
WASHINGTON, Fill. 8.--Gcr-tunny's
latest reply in the Lusitnnin
negotiations was characterized ns al
most, of not cptito entirely aeceplablo
to tlio United States by high official
today nftur Secretary Lansing had
conferred with l'rchidcnt Wilson morn
than nn hour, and the enso had been
diseimsed nt tlto cabinet meeting. Tito,
whole situation wiih described by nd
miniHtrntiim officials as "very iiope
ful.' Later today Seoretnry Lansing will
confer with Count Von Jlorustorff,
the German umbnHBiidor, it is ex
pected ho will commniiiuatc to the
ambassador the American govern
ment's view of the Inlest proposal
from Iterliii, which substitute for ttic
word "illegal" in the reference to ttic
sinking of the Lusitiiniu a declaration
that reprisal must not be extended
to others than enemy MihjceK
('oVeiiiment.s in Accord.
The view reflected by udminislrn-
tion officials is that this declaration
with the nsiiirances Germany previ
ously had given mid with the other
features of the Lusitnnin nrgumeiit
nlrendy agreed upon, is practically
sntihfnotory.
With the two governments substan
tially in accord, the next step in thu
proceedings will be to put the settle
ment, when finally agreed upon, in a
formal do&iimont to be proi-entcd to
the state department in behalf of the
Renin foreign office.
In addition to thu declaration that
reprisals must not be directed nt oth
ers than the enemy, indemnity for
American lives lost on the Lusitania
nntl a declaration of Germany's de
sire to co-operate with the United
States to secure freedom on the scum,
it is understood that the document
will either incorporate or attention
will be directed to the nsMinmres
Germany gave, in the Arabic ease that
liners would not be Junk without
warning, provision being made for the
safety of those on board, unless they
resisted capture or attempted to fleo.
Tho inclusion of all these points is
understood to embrace everything for
which the United States has con
tended. Settlement in Sight.
Lute today a high administration
official mado this anneuncement:
"A settlement of the Lusitania onso
is in sight, probably within tho im.u
few days. Thu United Stntcfi Iihs not
iuci cased iU demands; it has not re
duced them. You can draw your own
uouclusion as to thu biicis of the
agreement.''
"The wording proposed by Our
tunny nppoam to cover the position of
thu Uiiitod States. It is not fair to
Mkfeiima that thoie will have to be any
fart iVr admissions or concession
lrom Itcrlin."
Ilo added that tho proposal was
"substantially satisfactory."
Secretary Lansing said lute today
that no announcement would he made
utter his cpnferonco with Count Horn
stoit'f and not until after ho had
conferred nguin with Prosident Wil
son, lie indicated no announcement
might be made tor several days.
BIB IN HA
LONDON', Feb s The Weekl
World says it hears that Field Mar
shal Lord Kitchener It likely to take
ovor command of the Hritlsh force
in Kgypt and that tho Karl of Der
by, tho director of recruiting, will b
the new secretary of state for war
with a Mat in the cabinet.
The World gives no authority for
th report, but says It la gossip lOina
with raent Intimations that Karl
Kllehenar might withdraw from the
war mlHiatry to assume mora activo
duties.
Lord Derliv 1ms just return d to
London from a s t to tlio lluti.-ii
iokCj Oi'CMuDfe lalutlJirj,
AN A S
K TCHENER TO LEAD
GRAND OPERA SINGER
WEDS MOVE STAR
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NKW YORK, lob dcmliHne
Fnrrar, opcrn singer, nnd Lou Telle
gon, nctor, wcro married hero todny
at tho homo of Miss Farrars pacntu,
Mr. and Mrs. Sydnoy Farrar. Tho
coromony was porformed by the Itov.
Loon A. HflrYox socwjtnrr at the Unl-
tnrlnu denomliiutlonal headquarters
lit this city.
STEPS TAKEN 10
OF HOPI HANS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Indian
service and department of pixtico of
ficials with a view of heudmg off n
threatened uprising of Ilopi Indians
on the western Natujo reservation in
Arixouu, sent imdructioiia to Thomas
Ilynn, United States ottonicy at
Flagstaff, and Sux'riutendont Thnok
ery of the I'ima Indian reervntion,
to take it posse to Tuba, center of
tho trouble, to arrest the policemen
ronncelcd with killing the Indian.
This was o.Mjcted to quiet the In
diana, who, it whs reported, had
threatened to hum the Tuba reserva
tion buildings.
Tubtt is isolated bv deep snows,
and offieuiis said it might be several
da,t before it was loarned whether
the Hit.se's mission were successful.
Thackery, it was said, is reted
by tho Indians nnd it was bcheted he
unit placate the tribe.
Officials here were not iuformed (
the nature of the crime of which tV
IndlUIl killed ttu- nerilM'd.
VISITING IN ITALY
I'MtIS, Fell v In explanation of
Premier Urland's visit to Italy, the
Matin says that the prolongation of
Vu- war lad to certain difficulties for
the Italian government, which, bow
over, realties that if Italy Is to profit
by the victory of tho allies she must
take an active part in the operation
"This will add to Italy's burden."
says the Matin, "but will also In
crsftM the sdraatago which she Is to
reap. Xr. Urland's reputation as a
loagheailed statesman is well estab
lished la (om. It was he who saw
thathe bast way to protect Egypt
was to stay at Kalonlkl and the sal
vage of Hit- Sej'ii.in urnn wftsgpe to
his steadfastness Ilia visits to Italy
wifj)a far towarii bringing about al-
Koluto political III)!!'. of (lip dlliet,
iiji h ,-4nditiuu m .I'tur "
QUIET
Oil
PREMER
BRIAND
ARMOR BAN
THREATEN RA SE
N ARMOR PLATE
Private Munition Makers Notify Sen
ate That They Will Increase Price
of Armor Plate $209 a Ton If Gov
ernment Decides to Erect or Pur
chase Armor Plate Factory.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Private
armor plate manufacturers notified
the senate imvnl committee today
that they would raise the prico of ar
mor pinto .f'JOO n ton if congress de
cides to erect or purchase nrmor
plate factories for tho government.
The committee, nevertheless, voted to
recommend government plant.
After brief consideration tho com
mittee ordered favorably reported the
bill authorizing expenditure or fr00,
000 to equip Mure Island nnvy yarrt
for battleship construction and
$100,000 to enlarge facilities of tho
Xcw York nnvy ynrd, and the bill to
add .'100 midshipmen of the first class
at Annapolis next July. These two
bills pnssed the house yesterday.
I'cnroso Trust Silusiiinn.
Senator I'cnroso notified tho com
mittee of the stand of nrmor plate
manufacturers, those chiefly con
cerned being the Ilcthlelieui and Mid
valo Steel compunios. "
The committee voted, nevertheless,
0 to :i, to rcjwrt favorably Scnntor
Tillmun's bill to authorize the secre
tary of the navy to provide either by
erection or purchase of an nrmor
plate factory or both, with capacity
of not less than 120,000 tons or armor
a year. The hill will appropriate,
$1 1,000,000. Senators Penrose,
Lodge' mid Smith of Michigan. npub
licans,' voted against reporting tho
bill.
I'hainnnn Tilhnnn, Senntors Swan
son, Hryan, Johnson of Maine, Chil
ton, I'holaii nnd I'ittman, democrats,
and Cllipp nnd Poindcxtcr, tcpublic
nns, voted for it.
lllnff lit lis to Work.
"The threat of the armor plate
barons to hold up the government will
not n fleet congress," said Senator
Tillman. "We were given to under
stand that the armor manufacturers
would increase their price becnuso
got eminent munufacturi! of armor
plate would force them to go out of
that business and they would charge
this enormous increase in order to
protido themselves with an amortisa
tion fund. Hut I guess wo can find
u way to stop the robbers. In time
of trouble we could scire their plants
nnd operate them by right of emi
nent domain."
On motion of Senator I'helan of
California, tho committee agreed to
consider his bill to npproprinto .flO,
000,000 for const runt ion of a naval
und aviation ncadcniy within J .10
miles of San Francisco. Senator
I'hclun was directed to furnish tho
committee with data on the need of
uch un academy.
benntor Ln Follettc blocked an at
tempt to pass immediately the pro
posal making available at once $11(10,
000 to equip the navy yards nt Now
Yoik nnd Mure Island, although
Chairman Tillman asked unanimous
consent for its immediate considera
tion. "I think the mutter of such import
ance (lint we should hate n written
report," snid Senator L Follettc,
"and I object."
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German Consul General at San Fran
cisco Indicted by Federal Grand
Jury W Conspiracy Twenty
Other Indictments,, Including One
Arjalnst Turkish Consul.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. German
Concul-Gcncrnl Franz Ilopp wub In
dicted In San Francisco by n federal
grand jury todny In connection with
the co-sailed Crowley plot to blow
up munitions plants nnd Intcrforc
with Interstate commerce In muni
tions of wnr, nccordliig to. n report
received nt tho department of Jus
tice. '
Ilopp wns reported Indicted under
tho Shrpiinn anti-trust lnw and un
der tho section of tho peunl code
which forbids n tonsplrncy to set on
foot military expeditions from tho
United States against n friendly na
tion. I 'I ii ii ned i:pcdltlou.
Dotnlls of tho Indictment wcro not
sent here, but officials understand
that tills section of tho lnw wns re
sorted to becnusn of nllcged plnns
for an expedition against Cnnndn.
Twenty Indictments were returned
nlso at Snn Francisco by tho snmo
grand Jury In tho steamship .Sacra
mento case alleging 'the making of
false clearanco papers In connection
with thu ship which It was alleged
was used to supply Gorman warships
nt sen, using San Francisco ns n baso.
Tho consul-goncrnl of Turkey wnH
among those Indicted In that enso.
Tho new Indictment, tho message
said, supersedes those previously
found In the same cata Trial or tho
two cases is not oxpocted beforo late
In April.
Indictment TliurMlny.
SAN FltANCISCO, Feb. 8. Tho
reported Indictment of Consul-Gonor-al
Ilopp, It was understood hern,
probably will be roturncd by tho fed
ora! grand Jury when It roconvouos
Thursday. It was understood thnt
1 Mr. Ilopp and a ntimoor of other per
I sons probably Including foreign gov
' ornmentnl representatives wore tho
subject of Indictments agreed upon
during the last fow weeks In connec
tion with n scries of alleged viola
tions of American neutrality.
GO 10 SENATE
WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. Tln
hoiiffu measure to strengthen the
nnvy went over to llw senate todav.
, One is a bill to provide for adding
about 300 midshipmen to the entrance
class of Annapolis next July and the
other calls for equipping of the uat.t
yards at New York mid Mitic Nluud
for the construction of huttloahip
Nos. .'( and II.
Speaker Chump t'lnrk took the lead
in urging passage of the two meas
ures in the house. Hu was strongly
supported by ltcprchuntntito Maun,
the minority leader, with the result
that party lines were obliterated and
'both measures itasncd the houc with
i out u dissontiug vote.
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SKATTLK, Wiifli., Feb. 8. - An
inch of oft snott fell here early this
morning. At U if. in. the Iwnpartitme
whs III! dcy i ct. About nine iuchoa
of snow till lies mi the ground. '.Mod
erate temperature is oxiwetod today.
The milliner in which the miow is
leaving the lower ground Is very sat
isfactory, the streams being able to
carry away the water,
There haw been no general thaw in
the mountains so far as known, but
the brenknp cannot be postponed
much longer. The Milwnukuo track
was cleared again lust night, and
traniK are now running. The North
ern Pacific sort ice has not been in
terrupted since last week. Tho flnmt
Northern in rout nig its train over the
Northern l'ucifie.
1 Two (heat Northern trains were
i halted last night by mud slides at
i Itiehmoiid Heaeh, ten miles north of
Kent He. Tliev will be brought biiek.
IMi:mtI5. S. I)., Fell s The first
special somIoii of the legislature In
the history of South Dakota eonvouod
' here today to consider amendment of
the primary olootlou law. No other
business Is oxpocted to coma before
thu sossIqii.
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SOUTH
DAKOTA
LEGISLATURE MEETS
CONTINENTAL ARMY
PLAN
DENOUNCED
BY GENERAL MILES
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WASHINGTON. Feb, K Oppon
ents of military prcparodnoss were
hoard today by the military commit
too of tho houso und senate. Ho
foro the house committee LleutonnnU
Gouerul Miles, retlrod, donounoed tho
Qontlnentnl army.
"It would bo n dangerous stop to
ward centrnlUntlon that would put a
tromondoiiH power lit soma future
president," ho said. "It Is un-American.
Why try to Gcrmaulxo tho
Amorlran people? You can not Ger
mnnlie American citizens."
General MJIos praised the National
Guard, doclured compulsory military
sorvloo unnocoMiary, favored throo
year eiillstmonts, recommunded a
regular standing nrmy of 110.000 to
110.000 men nnd submitted an army
reorganization plan of his own, con
templating recruiting n forco of 1,
100,000 mun by! expanding the units
of organisation.
I'rosldent Dorublnser of the Farm
ers' t'nlon of Texas, and ropresont
Ing, he said, farmers' orgonliatlons
of twenty-two states, opposed mili
tary service or any lurge Incrwtsu In
expendltiiros. Ilo approved a "rea
sonable outlay" for coast defense
Mabel T. Iloardmau of the Ameri
can Ited Cross, before the houso mill
tar committee, urged provisions In
the army bill for co-ordination of
lied Cross work. Authority should
be slvmi the secretary of war, she
said to detail additional officers to
the Ited Cross, to extend greator aid
In organization of hospital and sup
d columns for mobilisation In war
ttms, and to permit the construction
of Ited Cross warehouses on govern
ment reservations.
BY
SERVE
WASI1INQTON, Feb. 8. -How only
803 tnefl have been bi ought into tho
uuvttl rNtrve by laas deoignud to
foster such a fottu m told to thu
house naval poiumittee today by
l(sr Admiral ictor Ittue. Secretary
Danu-lx, he said, lm proposal
uiui-iiiliiienu Hindi, it wu-. hoped,
Wiiilil build up the toice.
Whili' tin- naval ic-ene law ltai
ht't-n 'li-iipxiiniiiiy in piuiluciug num-Iki-.
Ailinniil lllue Mid, it had
brought a greater pwiveutage of rc-euli-.tuient,
giving the navy a latgu
piop'-iHoii nt trained men on its
FLOOD WATERS
OFWILLAMETTE
COVER LOWLAND
River Rising Rapidly as Snows Melt,
Submcrfjlnrj Portland Docks
Houseboats Break Loose, Tiireat
cntnrj Vessels Body of Hon Is
Picked Up in Stream.
I'OHTLANI), Or., Feb. 8. Tho
Willnmetlo river, swollen by-thc flood
waters of its tributaries, continued to
rise rapidly today. A houseboat,
breaking uwny from its mooring nt
Milwaukie, just nbovo Portland, went
tearing through the harbor thin morn
ing. Half an hour Inter two similar
struelurcB followed it, threatening;
teasels moored nt the wharves 03
they whirled by.
Tho body of n innn floating in tho
river was picked tip by tho govern
ment dredge Chinook nnd turned over
to the coroner nt .St. Johns, n mib
urb. Dredge No. II, which ran aground
In tho river last week, wns complete
ly submerged today.
Up to noon the river here had risen
about four i'cet during tho Inst ttin-ty-four
hours. The Situ Francisco &
Portland Steamship company begnn
clearing the freight from tho lower
floor of its Ainsworth dock, which
will not ho submerged until tho river
reaches a stage of 17 feet above low
water mnrk. A rise of another foot
will flood the docks in tho upper har
bor. At Albany the river linH risen
0.1 feet nnd nt Sttlcni 1.7 feet, during
the lust twenty-four hours. The Or
egon City Transportation compnny
warehouse nt Salem is hulf Kiibmcrg
cd. The crest has passed Eugene,
where the water has fallen three feci.
In the Willamette vnl!ox,Houth of
Portland, considerable damage is re
ported ns n result of thu overflowing
of tributary streams. At Albany the
Willamette river reached Hie 20-foot
singe today and an additional rise of
two feet wns predicted by tonight.
The Calnpooia river is out of Its
banks. Oregon Klcctrio trains ttre cut
off from Cortallis by the flood wat
ers. The temperature in Portland today
hovered around .10 degrees and tho
snow continued to melt rapidly.
WILSON'S NAME
PRIMARY BALLOT
INDIANAPOLIS. IniL, Feb. 8.On
the authority of Secretary Tumult,
President Wilson's name was placed
on the Indiaua primary ballot us the
only eaudidate for the democratic
nomination for president on January
7, the last day for filing by candi
dates. The petition to place the nnmo
of Preiduut WiUoit on thu ballot had
been circulated previously, hut was
held up pendiuK word from Washing
ton as to the deniru of the prosiduut.
No word had been loeoitcd the night
heforo the final day for filing peti
tions und demourtitiu Icadgrti lieio
called Sccrcliiry Tumulty on the long
distance telephone. Tho president's
secretary uuthoriicd the filing of Mr.
WiUon'i. iiHtne and tho petition was
bunded the ecreturt of state.
The primary will be held Muruh 7.
FOR BATTLESHIP
NKW YORK. Feb. . -Mavjoiio
Steirstt, a llrooklyn girl who started
n fund to build a buttleship for Undo
Sam by sending a dhnu und writing
u letter to u New York newspaper
culling upon other child tun to con
tribute u like umouiit. is treasuring
today a letter from Colouol Thcudut'o
Roosevelt in which, hu inclosed tun
dimes.
Colonel RooneveU saw ymt four of.
them wen- tor tour flflBBfritrand chil
dren uml the other iflujMiis grand,
children's children, "tyjto aro not bom
yet."
Muriojr- tumi now ttraounU tq
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