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M WEATHER Mat. cut I .Mill. Hi I'm. l OrruMonnl Itfllitl Cooler. SECOND EDITION Medford Mail Tribune fori fifth Yrr. Umiy--T.mil Yriir INEFFICIENCY OF 0. S. ARMY DUE 10 CASTE What Is Matter With Army? Snobbery and Feudalism Undem ocratic, Inefficient, Unpopular and Filled With Danger of Militarism Based op British Models. Hy GILSON OAHDN'KII. WASHINGTON, Fob. 10. Snob bery, social onsto and feudalism arc what's tlio mattor with our tinny. The United States system is modeled on that of England a system which has no place in n republic. It is undemo cratic, inefficient, unpopular and fill ed with the danger of militarism. Who says no 1 Two officers in the regular amiy with whom I have talked, but who nrc forbidden by tinny regulations to talk for publication, have told mo so, Among others who think so I find Will Invin, war correspondent and writer; Congressman CnllnWny of Texas, Dill of Washington, Sherwood of Ohio, Uiiiloy of Pennsylvania, Gor don of Ohio, Dies of Tcxns mid a dozen others. The opinions of Her bert Quick and Louis Post are well known. Lieutenant Edgar 'A. Stoevcr, U. S. A., who has worked out the Wyoming plan of military training, is (mother who has shown by his works what he thinks of the present uiili limited system. Shaw oa ltrltlsh System. The Miitisji nnny system which is ours is described by George Ilcniurd Slmw in n letter just received in Washington as no better than the l'nissian system. With the eon script ion law just ndoptcd, Shaw say the result will be "uompulsory sol dicrinic of the Piuwian type, with iiliHiidonmcnt of every uivil right, helpless submission to cruel and de grading punishments without trial hy jury for the smallest assertion of self eMMt against not discipline but insolence and class domination. . , . employment in occupations which have no relation to national defense and are either menial or merely the atrical; ami barrauk life, a thing in describable even by its advocate-." Shaw urges Americans to take WHinitiff by the fate of England and not to sliriuk at conscription, "which," he says, "the firing of a single shot may make irresistible at any moment, but to prepare for it by ilispiishjiig i,n,l defining the conditions on which eitiaens can accept military service in ease of need without aban doning themselves to the hopeless slavery of n soldier. Thin is the real prcMrcdncs which the American na tion needs. ' Learn I'l-om France. "Shaw is absolutely right," said Will Ji-vrin. "I have given a lot of thought uud study to this army prob lem and I havo seen the different Kuropeau nnnic in action, and I am convinced that today what this couii trv should do is to go and sit at the Icet of France and learn of her. The French nrmy is a democratic army the most democratic nnny in the world. And it is now admitted to be the hct army in the world, and I do not except the German army with all that hu been said about its effic iency. In tho French nnny tho of ficers are recruited from the ranks. They go up on tho basis of merit. They are not officers hocauso thoy have inherited till. political influence or money to buy a commission, as in England, or because they belong to an tipper social eate as in tho Unit id Suites, France gets more and better officers bv promoting the good men. One of the weaknesses of tho (Continued on Page Two) 0 (J r.L p.osa T.v.. Feb ii. nttn-i.it report-, troni cteni ('hibuuhuu rt-P ...... ...i ,...lu. ... Hulitui-i I.m. Ir.ni.rlt.ru ' "'" '""-' "' """ r ".J LvJnd !: and from there was pro ,n JuHrw stated hat (.ene, 9 w9,ed to be , ,p,tendent ranch. t?aVrling btw teen Santa Ana mid I .a- t 'nines. It was stated that .! b.ind ot In- men attacked and burn cl i.uicli hnii-e ve-leiduv t Shu .lu. .n. near the Heur-t prl'rt Jt L' IE BANDIT HOLDS UP TRAIN ONUNIONPACIFIC Robber Secures $100 From Thirty Passengers Near Rock Springs, Wyo., on Fast Oregon-Washington Limited Returns Purse With $70 to Woman. CIIr'YKN'NB, Wyo.. Fob. 10. A lono bandit hold up and robbed twen ty passengers on a Pullman on cast bound Union Pacific train No. 18 last night between Green IUvcr and Uock Springs, Wyo., according to re ports to tho railroad's headquarters hero. Tho robber escaped by leap ing from tho train when tho alarm spread. A posso has left Green IUvcr In pursuit. The bandit Is supposed to havo boarded the train- at Orccn Illvor, Tho first Intimation of his presence was said to havo boon when ho cov ered Ilrakeman M. Taylor In tho sleeping car with a brace of revol vers. Taylor was compelled to pass a hat In which tho passengers wcro told to dopostt money and other val uables. According to trainmen several shots wcro fired to Inttmldato tho pasosngcrs. Sccui-cd 11111111111 Dollars. UOCK SPKINGS, Wyo., Fob. 10. approximately $100 In money was tnken from thirty passcnRcm by a lone bandit who last nlRht held up Union Pacific train No. 18 near here. A purse containing $70 was returned to a woman passenger, tho bandit remarking ho did not want to rob women. A posso headed by Sheriff Mc Cnurt and Union Pacific agents Is searching for trace of tho robber. According to the account given by tralnmon tho robber first appeared In tho observation car. Intimidated a lone woman pasiongor and forced Urnkomnn Taj lor to precodo him Into tho buffet compartment. Here sov- oral moil wore ordered to throw up tholr hands and, when ono was slow about complying, tho bandit fired two shots to obtain speedy action. Money and valuablos wcro collected quickly and the bandit, following Taylor, proeeodod Into the sleeping car whore passengers In tholr berths wcro systematically robbed. Conductor Flees, Jamos FlUgorald, conductor, was covered by tho bandit and robber, but ran from tho car as tho latter glanced Into a borth. Tho robber fired as Fitzgerald ran, but without effect. Fitzgerald continued through tho cars until ho encountered tho head brakoman, who thinking something wrong with tho train, signalled for tho brakos. As tho train slowed down tho ban dit took alarm, loajiod to tho ground and oscapod about a mllo west of Itock Springs. Itatlroad men state this was tho first robbery on tho Wyoming divi sion In slxtoon years. i i i SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10 Union Pacific train No. 18, hold up near Itock Springs, Ih tho fast Oregon Washington limited from northwest points to Chicago. NEW VOItK. Feb. 10 Ilolvldere Ilrooks, vlco president of tho Wost ern Union Tolograph company, dlod at his homo hero today of hoart trouble. He had been In poor hoalth several months. Ilia doatb was cud don. Mr. Brooks had been In the serr tee of the Western Union forty years, starting as a tolegraph oporator In Texas, where he wu born In Wheo lock July 6, 1S59. Ho rose to the position at HI Paso and oeeupled the samo position at Galveston, lis was later made assistant superintendent of the easUrn Utnu southern uivi nloDM with hoadnuarters at Xw York Uc.y. elected general maiP ager ot B w esiern i niou hi wi and v?c president two ears ago. He u iurviediy (our wm. MEDFOttD OltEOOX, THl'KSDAV. FKHltrAKV ID. lim MILITARYPLANS OF CONTINENTAL AW DOOMED Republicans of House Military Com mlttec Inform President That Op position to W?r Department Plans Is Unanimous Favor Strengthen, ing National Guard. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. Presi dent Wilson was told today by repub licans of the houo military commit tee that they believed that the com milteo was practically uiinnimously oppos-cd to the continental nnny plan sponsored by the war department. Thoy said they believed tho commit -tco favored sticngthcuing the nation al guanl and empowering the presi dent to draft it into tho regular nnnj in time of war. Tho republicans left tho white house with the impression that the president still believed tho continental nnny plan the best so far devised. Ho expressed tho conviction, they said, that the committee would bring out n bill for nn adequate nrmy. Tho president told them that while he did not believe it feasible to sub stitute the national guard for the uontinoutnl nnny, ho favored strengthening the national guard. Tho president urged speed and was told that the committee will begin framing the army bill next Vcck and that it should be ready for the house in three weeks or a month. Iteprescntativc Knlin, republican, said after seeing the president that there was no diosition on either side to inject politics into the bill. It was argued, tho president woh infonncd,thiit the regular army should be increased to approximately the strength suggested by the vvnr.de paiiment. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. Lieuten ant Commander I. Fv Lnndis, m charge of the uuval petroleum re sents, ut San Francisco, today to'' the senate public lauds committee. that unless the naval oil reserve in Cnlifoniia wore exempted from tho pending oil land leasing bills the navy was likely to he without enough oil to supply its oil. hunting battleship's. Tho north half of the reserve, ho said, was of only doubtful value, and only the south half could he depend ed Upon for enough oil for n future supply. The accessibility of the val uable renew depends, he said, large ly upon suits now pending to oust the Southern Pacific, which holds pat ents on alternate section. OF NEW YOItK, Feb. 10. -Charley White of this city was today seleeted to referee the ten-round bout be tween Jess Willurd and Prank Mown on Muroh 8. The choice was made hy tho toss of it coin after the man agers of the two hcuvj weights had eliminated the name of nil proiwsoil referees except White and Jack fckclly. White was alternato refetee for Tex Itiokard, tho promoter ot the contest nt Ileno when Johnson won the hvavvweight title iroin Jut fries, July I, 1010. ZUKlCH. Slti!erlsnd. Fe b 10 The closing of the German-Swiss frontier is along stricter lines than ever before. All per sous are vigor ously Marched aaud the malls and frsijut traffle havs been krolr4Jy suspended MerchandUe is piling up at the frontier stutions, trains being Aised only for military purpose., THREATENED WITH HL SHORTAGE I E HARD BOUT IN BATTLE TO I' CXBR&GON First photograph taken or (icncrnl Olireon. commander of Cnrranza's army, since ho lost an arm In battle Obregon, who has absolute control of the army, Is believed by mam to be stronger than ('iirranzn himself and perhaps the coming man of might In Mexico" SEEK FREEDOM OF UNITED STATES i WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. The senate nnvnl committee's rceomincn dation for an nnnor plate plant voted, despite notice Hint the nnnor manu facturers will niise tho price $'J0U n ton if Senator Tillman's plant bill goes through, was formally present ed today to the senate with the decla ration that the government is being overcharged and that the sole remedy is n federal faetor. "So long as present conditions ot'U,,ac," tho repoit yiys, "nnnor nfniiufuoturers n- in n portion to force the government to tUnnd mid deliver. Men in pursuit o wotiltli tun essentially hoggish and' Ricedy and the protective interests seem to linto been prolific in producing some lung nificent spectacles." All efforts of the government to bring about competition among armor roanufaetuiei-s, the teport says, huvo been made. The three bids in the Itut competi tion agreed to a cent, it quotes Stsj. lctaiy Dunick as saving. IIKRLIN, Feb. JO.The Cologne (luzutte ptililishe- a report that on the occasion of the lust .oppohn raid over Knghind the eruier Caroline and the destroyers Ldeu and Nieh weie sunk. I ! I An official IlntUli utateiueut of i Monday refeiTed to a report in the Cologne Gazette that tho Caroline had been sunk in the I lumber by a bomb during the recent Zeppelin laid, and assorted that ncithei the Caroline nor any other IJntii.li warship or mer chant ship wn-. strut l. nt th.it time. DAY IN CONGRESS WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 --Senate: Mot In oxocutlve session at noon to consider Nlcarauguan treaty. Sub-committee continued hearings on nomination of Louis D. Iirsndela for supremo court. 'Heuse: Naval and military couimIMsm heard wUiimmmm on national de fense Hearings on tho allh9nlstrstlon shipping bill were begun. FROM ARMS TRUST GUUM ZEPPELIN SANK WARSHIPS BUT STILL HE IS s I ' AUSTRIA ASKED TO EXPLAIN ATTACK E WASHINGTON'. Feb 10 Secre tary Lansing announced today that ho had sent' to tho Austro-llungnrlan government through Ambassador I'oufiuld, a dispatch asking 'for an Investigation and an oxplauatlon ot tho attack by an Austrian submariuo on tho Amorlcnn tank steamer Po trolito. The socretary said that published statoinents that demands have been made upon tho Vlonna government were "not true,'' but that It was within the range of possibility that demands of some sort might bo mndo In tho future should the Invention if'r nnd explanation asked warrant thorn Tho Mjgrotara'i dispatch called at tcnttchi .to. ffgdavtuj from jnonihurs of the cruw "of thStyetrollt nnd tp luforniatlon from other solirfo to tho effect that the ship was st"ppcd In the .Me(lturrauuan near Alexan dria b an Austrian submarine which fired upep her and wounded one man In her engine room. Tits submarlns commander asked for I ood, which Captain Thompson of I the I'etrollto ruUfud. Uo thereupon, sent a iiuiinnns,. yuri uu tue amiuii r.ni ship and removed one American mrmiier of her crow who was hold as a hosUf o while the Austrlans took the fcfod they requlied from the I'o I tiollte's stores. j Novel qiiMtlons are Involved It) I tho esse. Warships under certain stress may take food from murchant I men if thoy givo pioper teceipts or ! ps ment, but It Is realised flint if sub- mailncH aro to ho perniltlcd to do so, ovurv neutral ship miuht be made a banc ii tholr operation.-' BETWEEN ALLIES PARIS. Feb. 10.-The e-fabli-h wsl if u eloser aiu iuoiv liuitful collaboration belwwu the allies was I indicated yesUrdny by An -tide llrt- aud, the French preuiiei. as the iliief puiMe of bin visit to Italy. "I undertake this journey with the grentol eoHfUluitee," said M. Hri aud to the Paris corifsHndeut of the Corners Delia tterit of Milan he fore he took the train for lUly. "1 feel cerUiM that I sball gain from your tHlieu. who have given such plendid pi oofs of iutelligenes und widoiu, tits ktronget support in citM-ving out tlu- li'k ot establish ing .iiiiudk the ullie-. u cln-.er Slid Wore li ut 1 ut uolluhuiution.'' ANKER PE OUT RRANnns Till n ihighkt" water T OF HIS POSITON IN WILLAMETTE .;; IN RATE CASE IN SEVEN YEARS i i 'Carmalt Testifies Contradicting. As sertion Made by Thorne Accusing, Brandcis of Bctrnylnti Cause Was Employed to Develop All Sides of Case for I. C. C. WASHINGTON, Fobu 10. Jnmes W. Cannalt, tihiof examiner of the interstate uommeroo commission bo fore the senate sub-committee Inves tigating the nomination of Lopis I), llraudeis to the supreme court bonch today, denied the declaration of Clif ford Thome, ehainnun of the lown railroad commission. Hint Mr. flrmi- deis had concealed from him the it tit'ido ho would take in arguing tho eastern freight role ease before tho commission. Yesterday Mr. Thorne, who whs as sociated with Mr. llraudeis in tft trial of the into case for shippers and the commission, declared he win "dumbfounded" when Hrnnduis at the outset of his closing argument con ceded the contention of the niilroads that existing nito return vveie innd- eiiiinte for llw prosperity of tho roads and the best interests of the public Knew yefoirliniiil. "Mr. Thome asked me wlint .Mr. Itt-miduiH position would be In the argument. There was no doubt in my mind what Mr. Ili-nudeis' position would he. I had dteussed it with him mid he htid told me. -There cer tainly was nu disposition to concent it from Mr. Thorne. 1 am confident 1I...1 i i. .i.i tr Tin. mi. Mint Mr. that I told Mr. Thorne that Mr Mniinlels would tnke the position that Ihe net opcrnting income of the ear ners was not ndiiipiiite, with special stress on the Cent nil Freight associa tion territory. Further, I said he would tuke tho position that the liiuthuds puinwed by carriem to ob t it in greater revenue- through h IioiU zoiilnl 'i per cent Increase would not be the piiiper ones. Developed All Sides. Chiiiniinn Chilton stated that his iinileitnniliiig mis that Mr. llraudeis was employed to assist in developing "nil sides ol the ease, nnd asked .Mr. Cannalt if llrandcis helped Mr. Thorne develop his side. Mr. Car malt replied that he did, mid suid that the data collected from tho ruil roiuU by tho eoniinUsioii under the gencrnl direction of Mr. llrandcis was available In all. , L'ndcr cross-examination y Swtn tor,i'ummins, Mr. Caiinnlt testified 3ifrt Urnndris did not mcrclv state his viijw that tho net return of the rail rMH' iw liiKHJticient. hut he an uoiiHHml that fituit would he hi-, post lien in Che tiliiiilKJit r tho case, J)id Mr D'aud'" tT"'' Hie pm prietv of hi lfrnkirm IhlS-rfOHccsfcion wjip-li wnx the viluJ )uiili OJ UHJ ae jfladh up by Mr. Thorn! sfcifjj Sjui, ator Cummins. , "No, it did not occur to mo 'is bv ing iiiiprtijH'r, WASHLVOTOX, lVb. In. Luullcv il (law-twin, secretary of war, 'u.4 tendered liU icigiiHtiou to Pie-it-iil Wilnon. It u unilei-toiid thut it will be accepted, although comment i Vlthhld nt the vilute hoii-e. ONLY ONE SEI OF INDICTMENTS TODAY SAN FIIANCISCO. FeholO. Only one of two sets ol iudicttusutt voted by the federal grand jury against 1'raiu Itoirt), German consul geoe-nl, liaron E. II. Von Shuck, vii-e couul, and four ..vi...,a will l, iMliuno.l In. "te: .mkS..n,?.?Jl ..' day io the W t IIIIIU .1... - court, otlieiuU said. The cWri' el force, it was said, hud finished oulv the iiidieiuieiilx charging n courier iiev to et ou loot a uiihtary e&pedi- ti-in. GARRISON RESIGNS FROM GABNET NO. 27.-) Snake and Columbia Also Mslng Steadily Ice Jam in Columbia Is Holding Back Waters Vessels Arc Torn Loose From Moorings Port land Docks Under Water. PORTLAND. Fob. 10. Mslng at n rate of H4 Inches per hour, tho Wlllamotto river at Portland at noon today had reached a stago of 1S.G foot abovo low water mark, tho high est It has attained In seven years, lletwecn tho hours of 8 nnd 12 It had risen n half foot. Docks and warchoiu.es aro flooded, but llttlo dninngo has been dono as their con tents had been removed. If tho river continues to rise nt ltd present rnto it wilt reach a stago of 20 foot tomorrow. Tho district weather forecaster, however, predict ed the river would como to n stand at 19 feet tomorrow nnd remain nearly stationary Saturday. Columbia Is Itlslng. The Snake and upper Columbia aro rltdng and may prove a factor lit keep lug tho Wlllnmetto nt n high stago. At l.owlslon, Idaho, tho Snako river has risen 2.1 feet during tho last twenty-four hours. Tho Columbia rose 1.5 foot at Umatilla, Ore., nnd 1.2 nt Tho Dalles. At Vancouver, Wash., Just above tho mount ot the Willamette, the Columbia Increased 2.2 fcot In depth. If tho Ice Jam In tho middle Co lumbia breaks today, tho flood wu tor, which has been hold back there, will havo a trciuondous effect on tho Willamette, causing It to rlso much I lilslior than otherwise would be tho higher tliim otherwise would be tho case. No word has been' received from there on account of tho wires being down. Tho upper Willamette and Its tributaries abovo Oregon City, except tho Ynmhlll. wore falling to day. Tho latter stroma roso 2.S feet In the last twunty-four hours. Vessuls Tom I.ose, Tho sen-going gimollno vessol Jack llurnham -was torn from her moor ings nt llnwthorno dock and carried down stream. A tug took her In two after she had lodgod against n plor of tho Morrison bridge. Tho Hues holding a sunken bargo parted this morning and tho wreck whirled down stream and struck against tho steanior Wauna, which, however, suf foiod little damage riaikniiias on Itanisige. OltUdO.V CITY, Foil. 10. Tho Claokamas rlvor overflowed Its banks and floodod the truek gardons north of bore today. On the county road between Oregon City and the Park Place district the water is four feet deep. The Orsen Point realdoiiBO dis trict was also flooded by tho back ing up of water from I.ogus lake. Tho Willamette rlvor above tho falls' here became stationary early today at the 15-foot stago. Tho low or Willamette Is thirty feet abovo Jgy water mark and still rising, -yjioujaiids of mill omployos havo bufln temporarily thrown out of work. IHeilllo l.iui) Suffers. COItVAl.hlS. Or..' Fihj. 10 Ho- (Coutlnued on yage two.) m WAI.LA WAI.UX, Wash. Fob. in. Aftor four dN of thaw tho snow In the Walla Walla valloy has almost disappeared and no damage has been done, tho thaw being so gradual that Loxpocted floods failed to materialize Streams are running bunk-full how ever, although no damage Is expect ed except trow minor washouts. Tho OrwQiirWlMiinglun llallrosd and Navigation company i Ud up en Its "" iwli"M w w r - "ranea Hs. but noao of the - v, !.. IKku. .In.. ..... liuiH nrv Jriui. mm mh timtu of tsuipsraturM that batu prevailed this week will wipe nlmojt the lust vestigu or the greatest suow tho vul' ley ever has Wtiowo, LWITH0U1 '0 '4 E Xivil'IKi'ta. ju ' ' 9B