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o 0 imiuwmw Medford Mail Tribune Ml SECOND EDITION1 WEATHER IVnlmliljr Knlii TuovHr. Mat. (Ill; Mln. :ih. i5 I T i ill Yenr MKDKORI) OI?F.(K MOMUY. rami'AKY LM, 1'Mu NO. 281 L F Congress and Three Government De partments Struggling With Ques tion of Whether or Not Millions of Acres of 0. & C. Grant Lands Shall Go to Timber Trust. Ilv nil.KON' (lAKDN'till. WASHINGTON, Fob. '21. -Con-(Moss mid three government tlcpnrt ini'iils are struggling with tlio iptcs t ton of vvhethur in- not millions ol nercs of land containine; eveml Inl lion Ixmnl foot of very valuable tim ber, which w tho propcitv of the 1 luted Slates, shall go lo the lumber trust. L.'st summer tin Mipirnie comt of tin" I niti'd State leuiloied a dceis nui in tlic famous Oicgnn-Cnlil'oiuin land jjmnt ease, involving a tnirt of Kind (il) nidi's wide, till) miles long and eompristnjr li, 1(10.000 urn' of valuable forest, mineral and other i.imi uorth at iciwt too.ooo.oon. iii ilns decision it deelared that the or umal jtrimt to the raihoad should he Inrfcitid, inuMiiuch n the road had tlimnuith violnted nil the teiiiw of the -rant. However, the eourt didn't hae the cournne or the (food sense to torfeit the lauds outright to the gov- uniucnt, luit -aid that eongre-.n -linuld deenle what is to he dune with them. Scvoinl Mills ntiidiicl. Scviinl hills- have heeu inlrodiieed proposing to do various thing with the laniK, hut not one propones to protect the interest of the public -tin lull owners of those InuiU by l .i' nit: them in the adjoining- on initial lorest. The hill introduced by Senator Chnmhfiluin of Oiegon pro poses to divide the hinds into tliiee Waists -uiiiienil, timber and ngricuL tmal that the J'i nt hIihII he dispos id of under the minora! lawn, the sei'iiud -hall have the tiiaher sold to tin- lun. In rineii, after which they, n will .i- ilii' (at present) agricultural lands li.ill lie diMis'd of under the holla xieml laws. The priee reeeived tor the timber is to Ih tunied over to the l. nil". ill company Until its "iiinl." in the lands shall liuve heeu ncmcl in full, ut the rate of .?'. 50 an a re. Krpresentative linker of California has a joint resolution 'proposing In pi V the railroad emisiderahlv mole Hull il eiilily, It ml (hat the I'liited Slates -.hall theiouMii "lesuino tull pose iuii, ownership and eontrol of the Mini granted lauds," and tells the M'i returns of inteiior, agriculture and the attornev general and the governor ot Oregon to make recotn nendatioiis as to what legislation slwll he euneted regarding the lands. Mi CiiiiiIm'i's ItosoIiiUnu. """ sui.itor McCuinlier hun puiil res olution in projiosiug to t!"e a pii'l i initial right to nlet tiers who had made application, fur any of these I. mils before th beginning of the ,.i eminent n. All these legislative proposal u..iil,l result in missing this uluable I. mil into privule ownership at a notu ni.il pine, with the result that it u until -imiu gravitate nnturnll.v lo the Iiik' timber jnleret. The lands ouclit logically to go into the e.xistiiig national forest, and the department t .I'jru ult k i is lielievcd to he ready i' leioiumi ml that courve to eon- tim-iii rioniial firepan has sent t Uttir tn the senate public lands (Continued on pago three) A W sHIiiTdX. Fib. -1. Fire in Hi i inliv at the government ba il ii ut iiiiniiiif and eiij;riiiiiK. both inp.iuieil by loud exploion, tliuu in. ins hiutdredw of tmplo.vc nit.. ,i ,.iiiii- und pread retort ut' a l.. .n ii iil..i. I In- il.iiuis broke out in a small b i l.ln,..', (Utai'hed from the main -tiiit .ii-, in vthicb ifttsuliue is ued SEVEM BUS Ml RAILROAD LANDS J "' ' ' ilHIIU'.(w)lH IIUU got I'Ul i. i in -ut'i'ffiiiii); i'x')iiiuii in ' i n-nl much exeiTi'ini'iit. but 'i in ihi' li am -II in t uli i .i iii.-. "1 incirvtd luiiuU in SHIM) WEST IN : : LONDON, Feb. 21. The Uu Hlutiii ImMJ oreuiMml the entlro Lake Vn iimtrlet, the Turku retlrlnn nouthwanl suit oven efiriiHtlnR ItltllR, accorilliiR to a I'etroRriid iltupatch receUml In Itome and given nut heio by the ulieli'M preu. On the other wlnn, nroord Inn to the illnpntcb, liu Uiim Minn ailvnncnniiiu'ilK have nr rlvtul within a nlmrt dlntanco of Trolilxond on the lilac Sen fount. : : : WESTERN PACIFIC E SAN Kit Wf'ISCO. I'eli 21 The Pcptllalile TiitHt Company of New York wn enjoined permanently to day from further proceoriliiK I" It suit In New York, Biting for a con struction of a contract by which the Domer & Illo ftranrio railway guar- antoud the Intornat on the Wont or n Pacific railway' jr.0,000,000 first mortgage liondi and tho doflcloncy In It Mlnklng fund for tho retirement of the bond. The Injunction was Ifttmod by JuiIko Wllllmm C. Van Kloot In tlie Pnltod State dlRtrlet court, who burned a temporary roitrulnitiK order In thu matter June 11, lit It. lie alio ordered that the Denver A Utu (irande and the MImoiiiI I'aulflc railway tie made lturtle to tho ie eclrerabip proreedlim under which the Western I'aclfle now l being op erated. ' Tae l)nver ft Itlo OramTe and the MluiMtiirl Paelfle were given thirty day In which to Interplead, getting up their right. The restraining order enjoined the i:piltble Trut company from "bringing any other action Involv ing contract II (the Denver Itlo guaranty), except lu thl court," without first M ( mini? the ioiiiI'h iianctlon ALLIES' AERODOME HKUI.1N. Peli 21 , Ma London An orilelal statement Ubiied here to d.i h) that (ierman naal aero plune on Sunday dropped a )arg number of bomb on th aerodom and camp at Kurnea, In wet Klan ders, near the North aea, and re turned safely. The official statement ): "Western theater: North of Yprea an Knglish baud gronade attack on our new ponltlon on the eanal waa repulsed. "South of I.oos the enemy again was forced to withdraw from oui crater ponltion. "On the I.ens-Arras highroad tlu attacked several euemy lioaltlon be- hind their linos, auch as Furnes, Vo erlnghe, Amiens and Lunevllle. Man successful results were observed. "Kasttrn theater: Kusslan attacks In front of Dvlnsk failed. Miner enenn advance at other points were also repulxcd. FARES TO WEST AUTHORIZED WASHINGTON. Vli Jl Colon ist paxeiuer taien irom iointn in Wisconsin. Mbhlgau, Miunenota and narl) states to Portland. Seat. dan KrancUco and other points on tbji I'auflc et and in western Can .ula . n' aiiihorit l imUv . tin m l.i itfi luiiilmr. i . uuh!.I?:10U, COURT FROM NTERFERENC GERMAN AIRSHIPS DROP BOMBS OF i V Premier Moves Two New Votes of Credit to Finance Conflict in Ade quate Fashion increased Cost Is Shown by Figures Loans to Allies Now Total 163,000,000 Pounds. LONDON, Fob. 21. Premier As fjulth Introduced two votos of credit In the bonne of commonx today. The prowler's speech wns confined en tirely to the flnnhclnl aspect of thu prenent situation, no roferonco being made to military affalra In general. Mr. - Awinltb told Die Iiouko that the dally cNpcndlturo from April 1 to July 17 ot lat onr was 2,800.000 pound sterling; from July 18 to Sep tember 11, 3,500,000; fiom Soptcm 12 to November G, 1,150,000; from November 7 to Kobrunry in, 1010, between 1,300,000 and 1,400,000 pound sterling. l.untnt to ('.rent Ilritaln'a allies and to the dominions on November l) lnt amounted to 03,300,000 pound stor lltiK. llutween Novomber 7 mid Feb ruary 10 tho amount loaned wn 704 000,000 pound sterling makltiK n total of ir.S.000,000. Mr. Amiultb today movod two now vote of credit, tho ono for 120,000, 000 pound sterling to finance tho wnr until March :tl, the end of tho current year, and the otbor for .100, 000.000 pound to start the new fi nancial enr In ndoqunto fashion. One of the Important debate of tho week lu the Iiouko ot lord will bogln tomorrow when tho question of tho so-called leakages lu the block ado arlsoa on Huron Sydenham' mo tion, whlcl) declare that more ef fective use could be nindo of the fleet of the allies to prevent supplies from reaching tho central empire. On Wednesday Philip Snowdnn, so ilallut member for lllackhurn, will raise the question of peace terms. II had prevloitRl) been stated In London dlsputehe that the 300,000,. ono pounds sterling vote of credit alludd to In the foregoing, Is ex pected to finance the war for only two months'that I until the end of May. L T DAUGHTER ELOPED ( UK AfiO. Feb. 2 Frank Lam bert, father ot Mariiiu Fruneis ,atn heit, with whohf miinler Will II. Oi H't, her foimer inlmiter, ix eharued, testiticl tiHlay ut the impicHt into lux ilaiik'blerV death (but kuhoii- wlueli he used fitr hpruyiiiir xhnibi wa- kept locked and thut lie believed In, daughter knew nothing of them. Cbemieal aual-in of the girl' Ktomuili had abowii thut cyanide of Htaiiium eatiKed ber death. I.uuibert said that when hi daugh ter failed to return home he thouitlit lie might have eloped with Will Or- pet. He said tbut he telephoned to i(adioM, Wi., to noeeituin whether Or)M't wuh there mid had failed to tuiil linn. LIBEL OF APPAM WASHIXOTON, Feb. 21-!.pic-entntion agamst the pefitre ot I'liittsl Si tales deputy markhuU on the captured Hritih liner Appam, a (iermau pri in Hampton Koada, were made today to the tate demrt mtnt by the Oennany emba). I'nueo Vou HaUfeldt, eounellor f the MntM-.y, dicukel the whole Mibjeet with Counsellor Folk. It waa uid that wbil the emhasny realised that feature wa out of the hands of the state deportment and in the court, it was uuaiou to kjaow wbeu Rome deeiyw ulight be expected. The preenee of the marshal wn nb)i-i It'll to, it w.i iinl. !! aii-e it i i i .ait ) -en,, hiiiiuii mi. lit df Vili.. Q DAY WAR I BRITAIN S S22.000.000 AMBERT THOUGH GERMANY PROTESTS! IE ISSUE WITH GERMANY STILL : : : W'VSIIINOTON. Feb. 21 State department official said ! todn.v they consider tho ub- marine luo with Oermany still - lu a grave state hccaimo the LiiHltanla ncrcomont In tho light : of tho newly announced milium- rltie policy of tho Oermany pow- era contain no assurance for the futuie. Secretary LanalnR already haR ! told Count von Hemstorff, tho ! (lermnn nmliaHwidor, that as- : Htiranco that tho prevluitH dec- ; laratlotiK will not be abandoned ! In the new campaign are high- -! ly ileslrable NAVY'S AIRSHIP FLEET REQUESTED WASHINGTON'. Feb. .M.-Captnin Afaik Hriittol, head of the navy aeiu ituutieul xerviee, to)d the lnnio na val committee today that bis estimate of $7,(100,000 as the imh of the navyV uireralt needs had been re duced o the $''.UOO,000 axked for in the pending npprnprintinui bill with out his liuitiK eonwiilted. Captuiu MHhlo! added thai be dis approved Seeretnry Daniels' uropimnl to establish n speeial fl.vinir corps in the navy, lioldiiijr that officers and men should be trained in the nuv.v'x reiptirements before thev were Ktven upeeinl training for nir. service. Ilia original o-tiiiiiite, the vvitnewH Miiid, eullei) for an appropriation of M:i,l!(1(), (Kill for niremlt. On instruc tion f i oin thu nnvy ileparlniciit he had Htruek out a pro)osal for two uiieraft ships to cot $.'1,000,0110 encli. He had not been eotmulted, he said, ax lo the tuilher rciluclnui. To complete the iirnpoHcd live-,vear buildiiifr program for the navy, Cap tain Hrislol said a tidal expenditure of nearly $'.;i,()00,0iil) on a ii era ft would be neeeasar.v. There would Im ISO ueioplaueM, . dingibles ami M kite balloons- with the fleet, he said; 1-0 aeroplane and l" kite balloons iiperatmg from stations for coast m Irol; two advance base units with two aeroplanes, two diriuiblea und two kite balloiins and a proviaiou for 111 aeroplanes for the naval militia. The Hrsiinncl needed, lie said, is I. 10 ol I nil- ami K"i' men. if the full piovriam weie laiiud out there 'Would be liH.i ullieeis and UlKl men 111 the arid'. niti! il -i i vice, be said. nAI.VFSTOX. fi n. Feb. UM ('ontinued uccc-c tui the con-titii-lioualist tin re-. oniatiiiir in Morelos, are reHirtc,l m a cablegram to the local MeMeaii con-ilbitc. ''he towns of OuMiba, (alulaluiii and Tenaugo del Aiie huve been wrehted from the ZnMitn lorees, says the disjmtcb, mid luantities of arms ami anuiiunitmii captun'd. The Zapata forces are described us Imviiik iiluiost (ouiletely ovueuuted the iilv ot Cueriiavaea. (ienernl ( Has reHiiis thut his men are via-firon-lv pursiiiiitr the enemy. WASHINOTOK, l.b 21. Smnte. Inlerstute (oinunCM committee eoiitinin.il healings on child labor lull. Indian affuirs coinmiltee contin ued hearings. Military committee mumed work 'm army bill and euni4fwt leaolu tioo to invstifate the a. nay avia tion senioe. KesiuneU debate an 81(1 water power bill. Heue: Military &ud naval coounittce eon tinned hearing's on national iblene III ll.lt e Mil hiso til e ,ipH n0 I ilin bill vv .1- li MllneiL ' OC-) $23,000,000 F DAY III CONGE NEW ARMY BILL A! 10 134,000 MEN House Military Commtitec Apecs Upon New Measure Which Federal izes National Gunrtl, Dotililcs Field Artillery, Increases Enuincer Corps and Creates New Catlct Corps. WASHIXOTON', Feb, 'it.-- A new nnuy reoinnlutiou bill, federuliyitig the national ptmid, ineieusiug the icgulur a tiny to Ft 1,000 men, doubl ing the field nitilleiy, inerenaing the fimincff eorjis by fifteen eninpantes, erenling four s(uui1ioum of uiieraft and nn entirely new corps of cadets from college hnviti militurv truiniui; was uiiiecd upon tentatively toduv bv the house military committee. The committee autlnuii'il Clmir mnu Hay to dm ft the bill nud have it rcadv for Ihe committee next Wed- M'dav or Thutiln. with the under stauiliUK tbnt umeudmeiits meeliug li dividual views iiiiiv be offered later. The national gunid provisions will he one of the most notable featuies. The committee agreed that eon- grrs bus the constitutional light to take over the imtioual guunl bv leg islative etmetment und appropriation. The provision for a eotps of cadet officers from educational institution liuvinjr militurv truiuing is expected to furnish M000 trained olfiiMr for Use in emergency. The McKcllar bill, providing fed eral eo-operution in niililnry training in the slates, also was voted fiivor nbly reporletl. II proposed kovciii meiit aid lor one school in each slule where a minimum of :il)D students will reeeivi militurv instruction. E' NI'.U tll(I.IAs. lib. .'I With four steamers and ifunu imh tint bouts cuiinucil in ii'sciic woik, le 'iMiits from the disine) tlooded by the Mississippi levee hivak Ut Buck Itiilce weie more optimistic. Two steameiti loaded with re fug - Ves had reuehed N'alche4 today from the ueighboihood ol N'ewelltuu. Two other steamers were woikui" between Nutehex and the Hack IIuIkc eievassc, wlieie fltMsl victims ale buffering most fi-m eMure and lack ot IimhI. KeiMirts from N'ewelllon sav n iiumlier of prtiea with supjilies have gone into the back country in shal low draft scow in sea tab for pel- mis whom it had heeu iuiimisniuI to reach. Water fiom the eoustanllv widen- inu eiewisse at I tile k llnlge waa re ihhIciI iuiimIIv covering Tensas, Con- eoiib.i. Franklin and Catahoula par- -Ih - ADO FLOOD CONTROL TO SHIELDS MEASURE WASHINGTON, Feb Jl Sena tor euliiinl- luilav Mibuiitiiil .is an amendment to the Shields watei Mtwer bill the river regulation men lilt' he has heeu piessiug for sew ml veoi's. vhieh would appropriate ('(, (KHI.IKW) iiiiiiiihIIv for ten vears to piomote inter-tale eommeice bv dc , t loimii nt and iiunrovemi ut ! li ii- iuhI w.itcj wav -. ol the lulled; Stn'i . E Xi:V YOWK. Feb. -2. With n drop ol 17 degrees in the teutperu lure between uulnight ami H o'clock Kew York shivered ill the sceand se veto cold wave of the winter. The thunnonutiT retpklertHl 'i'J Aognv above aero ut midnight uud drojW4lj io u uy u i'iui'k. ii ruw kiuwiy lis the moiiiinir advaiieeil, lint.Jbe wealh- i I Itilei .i-li I ill ilii i d bilur toiaoiiovv. i li il li be STEAMERS RESCU FLOOD IL INDIAN AGENT KIOSTAPP. Aria., Felt. 21. -l.eo Crane, Indian agent at Keams Canyon, Aria., wa kill- f ed by Indinn hint Friday, nc- eonling lo uiiconfinnoil reports " received heie loiluy from flnl- lup, X. M and llolliniok. Ariz. A friendly Indian who arrived here from Keutns Cnn.von tul- ed Hint the N'nvnjo, Apncho and Ynqui IndiuiiH were planning to go on the vvui-Hith within three mouths nud thut .Mexicans would right with them. 4 4- 4.4444444-'f44-4 HOLD TIDE LANDS OF CALIFORNIA STATE PROPERTY WASHINGTON. I'eli :'l Tho mi pre in a court today upheld the claim of tho Mate of California to title to tho so.cnllud l'hliioa Itaunlng tide land lu tho Inner harbor of San Pmlro. 8ACUA.MHNTO, Feb. 21. Tho do clHlon In tho plilnoa llanulng cno handed down today by tho supremo court nfferts every piece, of tldo laud In California, and. according to the survey or'Keneral'H office, land worth xovural millions of dollar fn (Union every harbor In California l direct ly affected. AUoriiey-fiouoral WoJib I upheld In hi contention that title to tldo land Is vested In tho slate by virtue of sovereignty and any title given li tho state Is null and void, because the state ha no right to give away or e tide laud. Klght different claimants In the Inner harbor of Aun I'edio are tll- rmll affected It) the decision, of the Hiipreme eourt of the I'ultud Htate lu thoappoal from the decisions of the superior court, and the state su premo court having been taken to highest court In the laud by the linn uliig luothorM, owners of Cutiillna Island. T A.MSTFItDA.M, Feb. U. viu In- doii.- Iiiundalioiis and' tinis ato reMirtid from the Thuriugiuu worn, Pruueouia and other wrt of Oer many. Koine of the smaller places in Havana ure completely inumiHled. A number of children have iierished and many entile huve been drowned. Navigation has been slowied at Wuerxhurg and also on the river N'eckar. The situation at Muiiu is serious. A ilisiiateh from Munich say that vnnt avalanches fall in the IIik-Ii- kiM'ing region, earryiwg away a iiioiiiitain shelter with its occupants. Thus lar tbnlv live bodies have Ihi ii ii i iivi ml. T WAHIII.NUTON, 'li :'l -President Wilson prefers having the pro posed tariff commission consist of men appointed by himself and nonpartisan- He made this clear today to Representative Uarnhart of In diana, who augaesled that the com mission consist of one man appointed by the president and others uawed by the senate and house. Mr. Uarnhart said many members of the house, both democratic sd re publiiau, favored the piau be sug gested. Tho president luformad Mr. Uarn hart that bees use of couttUtoas cre ated by the war he believed the aw mis.siuu whoiilil he removed entirely Horn politics, i STORMS DEVASTATE PAR SOT GERMANY O SENATE PROBES EA': Correspontlcnce Shows That United States, Bound by Treaty to Aid Korea, riefuscd, Roosevelt and Root lijnorlnu Appeals Belgian Treaty Provided for Neutrality. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Tho aeiinlo today adopted a resolution by Chnlrmnii Stone of tho foreign ro liitlou commlttoe asking President WIIroii to inbuilt tho correspondence, between tho I'nltod Statos and Korea when Japan occupied tho hermit kingdom during the Ihnwo-Jnpancsc war. AdinlnlHtrntlim loadcra, It wan said, want to use tho Information lu leply to Kllhtt ItooC attack on tho president becniiKo no protest waa nmile against tho occupation of Itol Kliint. Mr. Hoot wn srerotary of atnto when Japan took Korea. Senator Stone's resolution calls upon the president to "transmit, If not Incompatible with tho public In terest, correapondonco or no much thereof a lu hi opinion may bo Hindu public, between official rep resentatives of tho United Stntoa government nud tho representatives of Korea rotating to tho occupation of Koroa and establishment of a pro tectorate over sold country by Japan during or as an Incident ot tho Kus-so-Japanoso war In 1004-05. Administration offirlnU said today thoy pioposnd to how by tho eorro Rpnmlonco that the United Stnte wa hound by tronty to nld Koroa, vvhormiH thn tronty with Hclghim provide only that tho nlted Stntca should rtwpoct tho neutrality of Ilol Klum. Tho treaty of 1S82 between tho nlted State ami Korea contain hto following article: "If other power don! unjustly or oppressively with elthor government, tho other will exert their good office on being Informed of tho on no to bring about an amlcahln nrrnngomeiit thu showing ihelr friendly feeling." The) declare that hath Colonel Itooscvelt. a president, and Mr. Hoot, a secretarv of state, Ignored an ap peal from Korea CHINESE KILLED 1'OHTI.AM), Oi , Feb. '!. Ono Cliinniiiaii wlio-e identity linn not been ascertained is d.ving in n hospi tal heie as u result of a renewal of the long war between the Hop Sine; nud the Iliug K'uiig tonga shortly be fore 'd o'eltM'k this afternoon. Ha was attacked by two Chinese gntiiiien on Flanders utieet itt the Oriontnt tpiarter. The mwi approached Ibsir victim fnmi either side, firina; aa they oloa ed in on him. He run for a block without being hit while ballet wliu xed abuigi the treei anit threatuuiHl lerby. The f leeing Chiiiuiuaii dodgejl into the doorwuv of the II. Mutthown welding fuelory, where ills pursuer jmunced uihiii him nud, with tlioir gun barrel fairly aawiiut him, pumK'd two shots each into h'lH liotlv. Thev then tied and tho polico have beui nimble to find any trueo ol tin in, 0 I'KTHOUHAn, Fen 21, via Lon don The dumii litis boen convened to meet tomorrow. The duina was proroguod Septem ber 16 last ami December 7 Kmpcr or Nicholas issued a ruegrlpt post ponpig ludefluitely lu ruoponlng as well as that of the council ot tho empire, this action being taken, It was announced, on tho ground tbat the budget aoinuilttMs of thaw bodloa had not completed the preparation of. the budget. Deiiioimlrallou weriv reported a having taken PlMQQ la Heirograd and Uomovv to protest against the retl of the omporot; to permit the reassembllus ot thq duma. ' -U 4-A' la sAi- so BYiHEJAPANESE TON WA DUMA CONVENES TUESDAY U o o 35JT3