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r MUM SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair Tmifgfit. mill Tlnirfulrty .tint. fl7 Mitt. :t'J. JL JLiJLjlj vJ X. JLi lnrl ixth Y'nr imi 1:1. . nih V' " MEDFORD OltMON. WKHM.SDAV. A1MNI. :. HMii NO. 12 MEDFORD VS AIT 1 i. KAISER PLANS NO AGGRESSION UPON AMERICA Chancellor Von Bctlunnnu-Hollweji t Protests Against Reported Activity Against United States Fighting Only for Existence German Sword Only Answer to Destruction. IIKKLIN, April ". Chancellor Vim Hotliinanii-IIoihveg protested vigor tiiinly in tin.' ri'iliwtnjc today ajftiiin-t tlici report tlmt (lunnnny now or in tliu future contemplated iiggiession against the United State. In his speech, which was tlic most comprehensive he has made since the war began, tlio chancellor said: "Tlio latest offspring of thp cul minating campaign directed against us in a report tlmt we, nftr the end of this war, shall rush against tli American continent and Ihnt we shall altempt to omiIU'I' Canada. "This i the silliest of nil I lie im putations invented against dm. IlipinU Jy silly an the repot Is that we eoti tcuiplutu the acquisition of any terri tory on American soil a on Bruxil or any American country whatsoever. 1'lulitlnK Only for Kvlstemo "Wo fought for our existence anil for our future. For Germany anil not for space in any foreign country arc Germany's sons bleeding and dying on tiie battlefield. "Kvcry iiiiu among u known this mid it make our hearts and nerves strong. This moral force strengthens our will in order not only to weather the storm, hut ly to achieve final victory." The chancellor indicated that anv MiifqcoMtioiitfof mn. Mi tho basis of destruction of Prussian military puwor would make hmHjI only uno answer the Herman sword. The chancellor staled thai if Ger many's adversaries desired to coh tiiiue the (.laughter of wen and do-Mi-tatiou of uni the guilt will lie theirs mid that Germany would have to "stand it us tnen." .Vol Short of Supplhe. Conditions of life ia (ienuany were not cu-y, the chancellor continued, hut the difficulties were lieiug met in admirable fashion hy the entire na tion, CMH'cially the Morer el anno. "We shall not run short of any thing in the future, as we have not done in the at," ho said. "No fair-minded iieutrul, no mutter whether he favor iih or not, can duiiht our right to defend ourselves uguint thin war of starvation, which i contrary I" international law. No one can ak u to irmil our anna of dct'eiw to lie wrested from our hands. We icK-et legitimate right of neu tral trade and commerce, hut we cuu ciO'l that our duty he rectiguixcd -in uc all mean against thi jmiIicv of starvation, which is a' jeering inult iml oulv t all law of nation, but alo to the pliiiuent duties of human it.v. ''The kiirit of union shall lead u u- it shall lead our children and ji.iiiililiildi'eii, though the struggle hi their father- towards a lutun- ol -tiCnuth and uint." SOCIALISTS ELECT L MII.WAl'KKK. April '.. it At turiirx Ilaiiicl A. lloan, -"ciul-demo-i-rAl, will be the next Uiu.or ol Mll w.iikce, having defeated Muor (1. A. H.uiint.', noiiiartiaan, in ycterda' elertion by a majority etimated at between llHMl aud 1500 votex. Inotticial rrtuma for mayor from 1J8 out of H3 preeiaet gac Uoau .10,187 and HadiDir V".),u;)0. John I. Un", treutiinr, and rni M. Kotecki, controller, both non-par-ti.in-. defeated their kociul-demo- rulic ooponentu by approximate diKMI ote. The complexion of the new council will be non-uartinan. All the .oeial-democratic candidates for aldeunen at large exeit Former Havor Knill Seldel were defeated. Incomplete return on delegates to tut reiiubltcan national convention lndi(te that the delS)lo Will ' t'lil 'BCltier the faction lfa!d f rll.itnj' lA t-oln-M'- I'"' i" ' 'I . I I 1 . , . , I IFRENGH RETAKE LOSI TRENCHES Ground Galrcd North of Callettc Wood Repulses of Gcrmnns Re ported in Lorraine Change of Formation hy Attacking Teutons Fails to Bring Success. PAULS. April ."5. The I-Yone.li gain ed ground north of Cailluttu wood, noitheant of Verdun, in the course of several eiigagemcntM during the night, the war office announced thin alter- noon. Several kiiihII iufantrv eiiifuuu- menta have taken place in Lorraine, the (lermaim heitig repulHcd hy French artillery and machine gtin liiv. In yelerday'K fighting around Vur duu the OemiHiiM limt eotiNiderahle ground nud again aimtaiued heavy ciiHiialtiea, iintwitliMtauding the new formation of their attacking parties. Slury or Ailvaucu At 3 p. in., after the ground had heeti hattcred liy aeveral hiinilred toin of projectile, a line of riflemen de Imiiched fnun Chauffour wood, jut northwcHt of Douniiuiont. The Her mans advanced hy hhort ImiindH to ward th' I'reneh trenehcK, aitualed ahoul :ttl(l yardn south of the village. A aecoud and n third line followed at eiptal distance, with auiall attpiHirt ing and attacking column in the rear. TIum formation haa heeu noticed dur ing the hint few day, uml ia i-cgard-itl hy the French aa proof that the (iermuiiR have Im'cii orely punished in their previoutt aHMilt in serried rank. ' Mut the change proved ineffective. The find line of riflemen advanced to within fifty yard- of tli French Ircnehe and thetv hud to drop to the gtoutid under heavy IdiiHta of shrap nel and xiixlaincd m'uaketry. The ec ond and third linen attempted to ad vance o the KopHrt of the first line, hut were htopM'd fur in the rear hy machine gun fire. In t'rillciil Po-lllon The (Icrniiuw in the first line were in a very critical tositioti. Shrapnel worked huvoe umoug them. To charge wan out of the nucMiou, and a long aa they remained at the point to which they had ad vu need they were eHied to a dceiiniiiating fire. The MM'oud and third linen were hetter off, although they ul feted large Iohhch. The entire attacking force linally adopted the only move nMMi, retreat ing to (Iiiiu I Tour wcmmI. They left half their number oil the field. At leant three regiment took jmrt in the attack. Cluiullour wimhI pruvn to he an inKcctire aheller fr the French artil lery' iuereiiniug it rauge ruked that whole territory. The action of ycnletdav ia regard ed by military critic un of great iig uificaiice, nhowing that the Ocrmaux. Lecn mth their new fonuutiou, ure unable to eiMaie the furiou rc Minen of French artillery; that the Ficncb iMtkitiouM, though they mn be tilticrablc at certain local and cx-Hi-ed ihiiiiI-, cuutiol be tdiulkCti, mid lllut the 1'ieinli coiiitcr-oflci-ic i-, l'lccli0 NEW YOltK. April 3 Heturtu from et.rilu h jriiuar elections in New York utate of delegates to the re i'uljliian. deniotratle and jtroaresie national convention, and niinlwrs of state and county eoianaitiees show a light vote and few conteits. Jaterett la the republican prlavar ins eestered upa the question wheth er tao old ttmo party orcanizatlon had cut the vote for Governor Whit man, aa one of the four delecutos at larce to the national convention and thereby !en.l bis prestige in the coming laii.i.aign for re-nomination. Friend or tfce governor ai-rted that the vote hub attsfaftor to them. Opponent of William Harne said ihe MVi in the result ol llie icpub lican primaries nidoiue of strodS t))MHiuion to Mr ttarr.oft rei'erim an rr.er of tjin reruMcjit ato A' rote it tee h44f Te 14 a c& tl ON N PRIMARES SHOW BARNES OPPOSITION I i, . ,,. & HOLLAND HAIES BELLIGERENTS T OF BOTH SIDES - i . Irritation Against Britain and Ger many Culminate In Mobilization of Forces as Warning to Keep Hands Off Shortage of Food Supply Is Serious in Netherlands. LONDON, April I. "Holland bar ed it teeth to the belligerents on liolli side mi unexpectedly that the Dutch public wa a much nHtouifhed n the reiiiaindur of the world," writ a prom inent neutral, jiint returned from Am Mtenlam, to the AxHociated I'nwa to ilay. This jierMon, who enjoy excep tional upportiiuitic of obtaining re liable information, stated that not only wan the Dutch army mobilised, but inaneiiveiH were held aa if to re pulne an enemy. The mobilixatiiin waa iieeoinplidlied Mwiftly. Virtually every private mo tor ear in the country wim aoiaed. While tnidiilixatiou took plnee along the (ieniiMii frontier, inaneiivera were held only along the eacoat. To add to the excitement, the (lermaim tnaN ed men and guns along the Melgo Duteh frontier near Antwerp aa if in preparation lo reMil an invasion from that diiectiou. Aimed at Itolli Sides The returned nuiilrul ia convineed that the demonstration wan aimiMl against (Icimany ni much as Kuglaud. He stated that irritation in Holland against all belligerents had become so pronounced that there was a feeling of hostility toward both (lermnny and (Irent Mritaiu which was beeuming general throughout the country. On account of the British bloukade, Holland ia exHrieneiug sliortagn of fiMHl to aueh an extent that an Ameri can conimissionto the ndief of Ilel gium has been asked to loan some of its food supplies to certain districts. The Dutch government has determin ed that food shall be traiisMrted to Holland in vessels eomuiaiidccrcd li it without reference to any limitation fined by agreement with the Nether lands Oversea trust. Ilulcli Patrol Sous This food will lie shipiied in the name ol the Dutch goveruiiiunt which will regard any attempt to interfere with it as an unfriendly act. .Many intHtrtcrs who have been ex eluded from the operation of (he Netherlands overseas I rust arc mo em bittered by (he ruin of their business which ure ou the black list, that they stand ready lo offer the government substantial support in any stefat it may take to end the food blockade. The feeling of hostility, against (ienuany is equally pronounced. The Dutch believe the (lermuii government has engaged in a deliberate caniNiign against Dutch shipping. Dutch war ships are iioh pm rolling the North sen trade route-, -weeping away or shooting nunc-. ON CHILD LABOR BILL WASIIIMiTON, April 5. Favor able report on the house bill to bat products of child labor from inter state commerce was ordered today by the interstate commerce committee ol the senate by a vote of fi to 5. Senators who failed to have the Mil reterred lo the judiciary committee tor examination as to its constitu tionality are exM'i-ted to renew theif ctl'ort when it rwui's un fur dueu inai in the -fn. lie. ASSISTING HIS SON KINSTtt.V, N. ( ., April .". J..,eph Black, a negro, vu- taken fiotn the Lenior countv jail here early today by a mob ot aimed men ami Ivuched. lie was the lather of Iti euold Will iam Black, ho ten- icuiovAl last jNtii from tils (ii9ci$ coiCDI$ jfjil lo 1'iu0 -tt jiPiKti iltaJ(Iii)plrvent ft varluftjj? Wb, fefllftH-fltfe i- Ii vSi tftliirtt iw . , , - .i... Mb I'. .fc CREW 10 TAKE IHE CRAFI AS 40. WITH EACH DAY FOR BOND ISSUE BiMMBsBBjffyre" fa MjIsBBBt f Ismwls. tP sWsWsEflsBaTaj'lPaH Krnest Scblller. lio, single luiiiiled, attempted to capture at mm Hid llrlllsli MctMuer .Matopisi. Ills exploit (wis one of llio imst skh ineiilaf of tlio entliv Miir. lie stowed imny on tlio Uitopin. ami, nmirillng to Hie storle. (old nrtcr Ills anest, liel.l up l(. cntli-c civvv. Schiller Is tpiol ed as Niyiug lie Imd a gnulae against the llrillsti iK-ciuise be was hounded out of Ihiglaud and that his olijecl was to cbilin Hie slili as a prize. . Diaz fomenting ANOTHER REVOLT WAKIIINUTOV April .'.. Ifepoil to the department of justice Indniilc thut then is mm no longer any doubt that Felix Diag has landed in Mexico. Officials have Wen informed that he is at the head of a coMsideruhle force in the south of McgW and has re ceived material aid through Ouule utala. It is the first official informa tion of the revolutionary lender's whereabouts. A proMgandn in his favor along the border between the United Males and Mexico is rc willed and a niimbei of bis adherents there are under sur veillance by the department agents. Thus fur there bus been little def inite information us to his movements or the source timn which he obtained arms and ammunition. It has been fairly well established, ofticials say, that he received considerable finan cial aid in New York. One of bin agents recently vm-i traced bv depart ment agents tu I'anana ami smttber was sdi to huv. hit recently l.,i KMiin. Jl is aotuiden-d ixaVduV that fh.m may have arimd In follocr'i in Cuba. In this connection ottuinU re-alled tisluv the al about a venr ago by the 1 niicl State to dui of a iii.iniitv if Did rifles. L i!ES MOV fr iW im WASMI.NOTON, Arll j.--Tarload ratio on sugar from gnu Franciscg and other California, points to Mon tana god Idaho today were assailed ai unreasonable and dlaerlnattory by Montana distributors la complaint to tbe Interstate commerce commis sion. The petitioner charge that rates to Montana (Vjrlnta are fa exce() of rattM fro inlli.' N.uue poluu In I'.il iinriiu io Si 'h i viiiini dpoii- ' 'HI 1 l I III I. ', llllj! JI o( I II ICO ON SUGAR SHIP , HELD UP PA ERICANS WANT WAR WAGEO T I'AIIIS, Apul ". The Aiiierican elinnibei' of comiiicM'c of I'nris tmla.V sent the following i nlile to President Wilson : "In defiance of what the declara tion of iudcMndeucc culls 'a deeent respect to the opinions of mankind'; in violation of every principle of Im munity, moral and legal; in the fueu of rejM'iiled admonitions, remon strances and solemn warnings on the part of the 1'nilcd Stales, the Herman government, like an assnssin in tha night, Ircaehcromdv, without notice, has again struck down unarmed mer chant nud uissciiger shifts, sending scores of helpless men, women ami children to their deaths. "On Mia If of humuuilv we demand that this intolerable situation shall eease. (hi behalf of our fellow-eiti-xens, murdered and maimed ou the Kiiglishnian and on the Sussex, we protest uguiut continuance of diplo matic relations with a nation whose blood uiudncs-, tcrociiy and lawless-lit-- have lirmi'.'lil upon it the exc cr.ilioii o' the wlmlr I'lvihz.cd world. "AMKKII AS I IIAMMMt OF ('Oil- MKIH K OF IMl:l "I'.v N )' iM.tt... i lent." TTRAI E MAlOllKIKI.Ii. "ti . April '. The lu-t ii.uii tiom i mo- tnv over the Wlll.iliielte I'iiellle railroad left Maisbheld toiluv with five coaches loaded with latsneiigers. At about the same time a train with iueuger bound for Marshluld left Kugene. Many old -ettleis who have waited for years fur rail eonneetions with the outside world took advantage of tbe opportunitv '" nde on tbe Iruin from Murshfield. "Wlien I settled here fifty years -'." -il -i ' Hi I l.i Mil llulileli, us i. h , i .1 i I idtA'. "Mo v tnlil ine .9 .1 . ,?,, it I w AGAINS ERIN FIR OVER COOS BAY piVILLA'S CAPTURE COUNCIL ORDERS Problem of Locatinn Dnntllt Some where Within .in Area of 1600 Square Miles Confronts PcrslHnrj More Troops Asketl For at Front Carranzlsts Defeat Villaists. Kli PASO, Tex., April fi. Tlio liroblum of loeutlng and onpttiriug KrHiietseo Villa somewlieru within an ami of 1000 mitar miles eon fronts lirigadior (lenenu ). J, Pershing to day. Information front the front stut im that tlio American troos have been diaposed lo the best possible ad vantage, but the task of ruiiniiu down tlio .Mexican bandit in an ovar-wid-wilng territory aa the brigand moves southward into the Mexican interior becomes iuereitNiugly difficult. Villa's Wlierealsnit.s Jloro troop are tieeesaary ia tlio word that ooiiich back from the limn leading Hie flying columns sen tiling the Benito JuareK and (luerrero reg ions for the elusive brigand, fleneral PendiitMjc Jute ordered that detach ments ofAuvalry be trained for moiiiitaiifiinliiug and the establish ment of n Wart of American ehuiisseur corps will ho immediately undertaken. The American comiuuiider nutiei iwtea a long hunt and is prewiring for it. A Ton eon dispatch places Villa at Maiea, ninety miles southwest of (luerrero. If this is so tlio bandit is probably proceeding along tlio old eimch road that leads into Santa Ito aalia, whenuo he could movo on to Pnrral, Ida reported objective. Villlslas llef.vitni XA.MKJIMPA, Chihuahua, April fi, by wireless to Columbus, N '.M. A small remnant of the Villa force de feated by Colonel (leorge A. Dodd's cavalrymen at (ttierrero eight days ago was scattered in a skirmish with CarraiiKislas on March 'M) in the mountains near the town, according lo meager rcjHirts reaching here to duy from Carranaista sources. No details of the engagement could be obtained other than that the Villa leader. Manuel Baca, was killed. Additional reMils received today from Colonel (leorge A. Dodd, intli i ate that the Villista losses at Guer rero numbered but forty-sis. Prev ious reports placed them us high as sixty. Ten liuudlt Slain KLPAKO.Te.v., April .1. In an at tack on Villialaa at Cieueimita yes terday, General Cavaaoa killed ten ami scattered the bund, according to a reMrl given out today by (leueral (lavira in .Inure. Cavaaos said that be was continuing to follow up the fugitives, but culled on (leueral (lu licrrey. to rush forces against Satevo, S'ana, Santa (lertrudts and other points where they were supixised to be heading. His own losses, refMirt ed Cuvar.os, nmouiitctl to u man wounded uml a horse killed. ILLINOIS VOIES 10 ClIM'AliO, April ;. Almost lom (ilete returns of the loial option elec tions held In various llinols towns and towushlps esterday ludleated to duy that between 350 and too saloons till he eliminated In the near future nd that former dry territory that liofoie the prohibition vlttorles In I !1 .' nheltereil shout -Ml saloons unlit will iiermit the sale of alco holn - CJIK'AtJO, Apiil ' Complete re turns iu esterda's sliiermanic elec tion show today that the democrat made decided gains throughout the city and tht they outvoted tbe re publicans by uore than X 0.000 rotes. The democrats e lei ted three new city coiiik Ilini'ii uml their eumltdate for IN nTiiipil ioiim ln'iiili T.eo J Oar Association Donates Preparation of Documents for Blue Ledge Rail road Bullis Shows Good Faith by Dccdinq City Trolley Line and the .Jacksonville Railroad. The oily attorney and n coiumilten uompoiod of proiniiiout lawyers of tlio -bur of Mod ford vvuro instructed by a uiiHiiiiiioii vote of tlio oily couuoil ltil night to tnku up tlio proposition submitted by President S. S. llullin of tlio Southern O logon Trnetion eompiiuy for tlio extension of tlio railroad to tlio Blue Lodge ininine; district, mid prepare tlio tloooasnry legal paiers for submission tu tlio people of a, bond issue for $:i00,0()ll, the reMrt to bo made to tlio council at its regular meeting April 18. Tlio legal work is donated us tlio bar's contribution toward tho progress, of (lie devulopmeut uiitt-i prteo. Briefly stulwl, tho proposition na ngrood upon by llio Medford C'oin nierolal ululi committee and tho Southern Oregon Traction Co., con sists iu tho deeding to tho oily of tho Southern Oregon Traction lines, com prising tho Medford trolley lino and the Barnaul Jacksonville railroad, comprising an investment of $lf)0, 000, tho Jnoksonvillo lino being Ktib- jeel to u mortgage of $,'7,000 hold by Baruutii, tho construction of tho rail road extension to tho junction of tlio Little nud Big Applegate by tho city with tho proceeds of tho bond iastio, and its extension to the Bluo Leduo district by tho Traction company. The Traction company will leaso and op erate the lino owned by the city, pay ing in return tho interest duo on bonds, am upon completion, purchase the etiy'a proverty for tha face vnluo of the bonds. Tho transaction In real ity is a loan of municiml credit lo secure a ruilroad. Not a diseoiiraging word was shi ken during the consideration of this iniMirtaiit matter, every member of the council being notably anxious to assist the city iu securing the muter ialisatiou of the )dan proposwl, tho interest of the eity to )ie safeguard ed in every detail, ami the Traction eompany aluiwing it good faith by the deeding of it proMrty to tho oity. 1'rogMVs.sivo Spirit Prevailed It was a ha p aly progressive meet ing iu every sense. liveryhody pres ent apK)ared lo regard the step taken aa the initial move in a matter the coiisiimiuatioii of which will place Medford and the entire Itoguw Kiver valley iu an ullitude of industrial de veloMnent never before lealinwl in southern Oregon. Ih auswer to the question a to whether or not Mr. Bullis eonsideied the sum named in the tentative agree ment sufficient for the purpose tor which it waa offered, Mr. Bullis re plied : "That amount, I guarantee, will build to that territory, aud I will see that it does, nor will 1 ask more of the eity. I will eoastruel the line from this point to theltlue Ledge dis trict aud the Blue Ledge mine." The resolution lo refer the matter to the attorney wa introduced by Mann and seconded hy Hmmona. It carried unanimously aud the eity at torney was urged to complete tho dual paM-rs ut the earliest hsUiIh moment ami be ready to submit t hem (Continued on pago six) E I CIIKYKNNK. Wo., April .',.- Be lief thut the bandit who last night held up and robbed a number of nM M'uger on westbound I niou Paeififl traiu No. 1 rode into I,arutuie, wag expressed today bv officers eoadnet ing the search. A thorough iuvestipi tiou of tbe gravel roadbed uear Cor lett Junction, where the robber was rcMrted to have left the train, offi cers said, revealed no marks such aa would have been made iv a man .jumping from a train traveling thirty unlet, an hour. The opiniou was ex-, pressed that the robber seoretod bun self be ic. i lb tbe observation car plat t'oiiu .mil inilc iiti-ftve miles to 5, 1 , .-s i ( i. Iuuiu-. .w