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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
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,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.
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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,
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