Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 23, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextUnlvortity of OrcRon VHirary MEDFOR Yf W Kf '11 "01 FORECAST FAIIl A XI) etoi.i:it TOXKiHT A X I) FltlDAV. D 1VJ WEATHER Maximum Yesterday 55 Minimum Today 27. Fortv-slxth Tear. Pallv Kh-vpnth Y?nr. MEDFOltD. OTJl'XiOW TlIl'RsnAV. NOVKM IlKR 2:1. 191(5 NO. 210 .AIL TR BUNE VILLA OPENS ATIACK ON CHIHUAHUA Bandit Leader Begins Assault Upon State Capital, Which Is Defended by 5000 Men Under Trevino Gen eral Muruuia With 7000 Men Is p Expected to Attack Villa From the Rear City Is Strongly Defended JfAItKZ, Mex., Xv. 21!. At :i o'clock today till! battle between the Villu bandits unit the CiiiTanzn forces of (lenernl Trevino was raj;'"!? ' south of Chihuahua. City, with Hit' apparent ndviuitujro in favor of Ihr de fin-to forces, according to Gen eral Francisco CJonznlcs,v commander of the Juarez brigade liere. Three separate iitlaclis have been made upon (lie Carraiiza forces by ttie Villa forces from the south, ne cordine; lo General Gonzales, These attacks have hccu repulsed, nceonl iuif to the same source, and the Villa losses have heen extremely heavy, the. messages received from Chihua hua City say. Many Prisoners Taken. General Trevinu's artillery, which carried the brunt of the attack, did heavy execution in the ranks of the bandits, according to the message General Gonzales said he had receiv ed from the state capital. Many Villa prisoners were taken by the Carranza forces when a de tachment of infantry and cavalry aiade n sally from the city, he smd. . ; - ' ei, PASO, Tex.,' Nov. 2.".. General .Inctnto 13. Trevino answered an at tack of the Villn bandit forces, open ing at 11 o'clock today upon the city of Chihuahua defenses, with an ar tillery bombardment from Santa Rosa hill and other fortifications to the south and southwest of the slate capi tal, a report received In Juarez said. At 1:30 p. m. (mountain time) the noise of the bursting shells and dis charging field pieces stationed on the Santa Rosa and other bills in the su burbs of Chhiualma City, military men in Juarez say and there are a number of French seventy-fives in cluded in this number, they say. As far as is known here, Villa has no field pieces except the machine guns, which were reported to have been captured by his forces from C'.en- (Continued on Page Six.) ElfE LONDON-, Nov. 23. Km perm Charles of Austria has issued u i'i )c mnntlnn to tba 'Aus.ll O-l IlHiSarii' ins declaring his inflexible decision maintain the war until "a peace as suring the existence n.id dc'eiil-ment of the monarchy," according to Vienna dispatch to Routers by way of Amsterdam. The dispatch says the proclaim tion wns printed in a special edition of the Wiener Ze'MniK together with an autograph lette' addressed to Pre mier Kocrber. The letter announc ed that the new monarch had taken over the government and confiimrl the premier In his present functions. After payir-.s homage to the late em peror the proclamation said: I will continue to complete the work. 1 ascend his throne in a stormy time. Our aim has not vet been reached and the illusion of the enemy to throw down my monarchy and our allies Is not yet broken. You know mo to be in harmony with my peoples j t inn In Kansas, which, were compiled In my inflexible decision to continue j todnv, tdiow the following votes: the BtnicRlo until a peace assuring Wilson. :!U..,.xv: Hughes. 277.fi.1G; the existence and development of the.; Hen son, socialist. 2 l.tjM; Hnnly, pro monarchy is obtained. I will do all hibitionist. In my power to banish na ?oon as po-j fible the horrors and sacrifices of. war and to re-obtain peace as poon as the honor of our arms, the conditions of life of my countries and their al lien, and the defiance of our enemies will allow." MONEY IK OUT TU DEFEAT 8-HOUR -LAW Federation of Capital Against the Federation of Labor Is Line-Up in Big Problem to Be Worked Out in Congress This Winter Industrial Struggle Becomes Political. HY CII.SON (1AH DNKR. WASHINGTON. Nov. 23. The fed eration of capital against the federa tion of labor i the obvious lineup in the biggest problem to be worked out in Washington this winter the prob lem Involved in the application of the eight hour law to the railroads, and the supplemental questions of com pulsory arbitration. Around this legislation will come the lineup of business on the one side and labor on the other. The old talk about labor and capital being "broth ers" and "friendly co-workers" that logan of the National Civic federa- I Ion lias been dropped. The antago nism of Interests, the clash of selfish ness is in the open. re are the developments in the lineup for the coming struggle: The formation of the National In dustrial Conference Hoard; the gener al plan for co-operatiun between the railroads and the Chamber of Com merce of the United States, the Founders association, and other lines of big business which heretofore linve onducted their labor fights inde pondontly. Sides Lining t'P to Fight. On the other side is the drawinf together of the American Federation of Labor, the railroad brotherhoods, the Labor llenfense council, certain of the fanners organizations and the socialist party groups. The American Federation of Labor slowly abandoning its former non- polilirnl policy in the lace of the ne- cssity of fighting to sustain the Ad- amson eight-hour law and to defeat the compulsory arbitration and other measures which the railroads and the liambcr of commerce are backing. A part of the same fight is the ef fort on the part of the railroads, vig orously supported by the chamber of omnierce. to secure federal incorpo ration of railroads, the abolition of the power of the state railway com missions, nnd the wiping away of Lhelr power to enforce "full crew" laws, taxation provisions, limitation of rates, an dstate legislation pro tecting the workers. Conflicting Demands. Another important phase or this newstruggle between labor and bus iness is looming, His business is de manding the passage of the Webb bill and other legislation authorizing combinations of capital to exploit for eign markets: while on the other side labor and the lower middle class interests are demanding relief from the pressure of the increased cost of living, and are turning to the possi bllilv of embargoes on food exports. and government regulation of prf government operation of railroads and of Industries controlling (he sup ply of foodstuffs. Again the two interests are in con flict over the pending immigration legislation: employers are crying about the lack of labor supply, mean ing the lack of an army of unemploy ed men: and organized labor Is de termined to put through still greater restrictions upon immigration. Thus, in the coming session of con gress the industrial struggle, hereto fore conducted so lurgely on the eco nomic field, will find its way into the arena of legislat ion. f, N KANSAS 36.932 TOPKKA. Kan.. Nov. Th- of ficial figures on Hit? presidential elei:- i,ho Nov. '':. - Holland will! i ,., v j..,lK. ; i,,.,,, n) 12.1,0(Hi,immi uuii'let-, ucenrdinir to a i hVuters from The llui:ue. -patch to The loan will lie i--ued at !", bearing ut i per cent. GREEKS REFUSE TO SURRENDER ARMS TO ALLIES Government Spurns Demands of En tente Allies to Yield Munitions and Equipment Protested Yielding of War Material to Germans and Bui garians Is Violation Neutrality. 'LONDON, Nov. 23. -The Clrer.it government has refused to coinpl witli the demand of tho entento allies ."or the suirendei of part of Its sup plier, of arms and ammunition, Rcu- ler's Alliens correspondent canlos. The dispatch follows: "The Creek government has re fused 'the demands of Vice Admiral DuFournet that llreece surrender IS field batteries of mounted nrtillery with 10,000 shells for each, 40, Mannlichers with 220 cartridges each, 140 machine guns with ammunition and .10 motor vans. "Referring to Admiral lluFonr nct's contention that, the cession ol material to the llulgarluns and Her mans had disturbed the equillbrului the government replies Hint although it does not desire to enter into the details of that operation it must point out that the cabinet then in power could approve of resistance to the central powers without abandoning neutrality, but duly protested. It also contends Unit the guns already taken by the entente are modern, whilo those taken by Bulgaria wore obsolete. "The reply concludes that the sur render of war material for financial compensation or otherwise would constitute a flagrant violation of neu trality hud moreover that public opin- Ion would not admit of the. forces of Greece being so neutralized as to be unable to defend her vital interests of these were endangered." EXTEND INDUSTRY SAN FliANCISOO, Nov. 2.1. Lumbermen veprcscntini: .$;. (1(10,000, -000 of tin if;O,O(m,iM)(i,On0 worth of limber and timber lands in the Tint ed State met in cnnl'ercnee here to day for the purpose of framing plans for the extension ni" the lumber in dustry in fo!vin hinds. h II. Down nuin. president id'' the National Lum ber Miimifiietiwi'is' association, nnd represent ii lives of fourteen district association, attended the confer ence, which will U intermittently for three days. Immediate, legislation ashed for in cludes (be pn-s;tM(.' ()r ih,, Webb bill, -ipoiisored by Ibe federal trade cmu- rm-ioii. which is aimed lo legalize e'lin nuclide for American nianu fne hirers. The lumbermen hope to organize a selling agency which would be ndcipmlc to handle the flood of lumber orders expected from Kur opp when the war clo-e.. Anmnji the hip eastern lumbermen attending the conference are 0. S. Keith of Kansas City, president of the Southern J'ine association, and A. U. Tinnbull of Norfolk. Va.. pres ident of the North Carolina 1'ine as-sorutti'.-.-i. ELECTION TANGLE TO BE CLEARED UP SAt liAMKNTo, CJ(.. Nov. 2;t. Little doubt was fell today by stafc officials that the election tangle re sulting from clerical errors in the re porting of returns frm precincts in Yuba ami Or;tnie eout.iics would he cleared up to the -atisfaclion of See 'n tai of Slate Jordan. The only -tcp n""'e--jirv to jidju-t the figures, it va- pointed out. wa- for ibe state eiiitiiil rnmmitlccs or inle)ctcd vot ers in the two counties to apply io the superior courts for a recount, TIih would be granted uithoul delay, it v.n. -aid. and the mutter -peedilv eieaicd up. FAMILY 1 ACCUSED -A-l r If... 'M HEIRESS' BODY IS TAKEN FRONTIER FAM1LVSUSPECTED I'ONTIAC, 111.. Nov. -SX Is Chris tine JHeiuer. hcire-s, whn-e body was dra"-ed from Vermilion river, u sui- 'ide, or the victim of a fiendish mur der? If murdered, was she assailed hv a brutal lunatic Mill ut larue. or xlid her own kinsmen make way with her;' A jury must deride: but her par ents, Mr. and Mr-. Jarob Pinner, and her vouiiiM r si-tcr, Majilaline, are held for trial ami are out on 1 0,000 bail. What puz.lcs the stale's alforney is the entire jiheuee of a motive, on the part of her parents and sister. The cirl had property in her own name, and her will was made out lo Masdaline. Hut the family is wealt by wnrth probably a qua i ter million ami mme wants for money. When the dead body was washed up by the quiet Vermilion, the jiiH, who hud been in a home for the men tally weak. a- thought io have drowned her-ell'. I audit was i i i -i'd when it was dis covered tin- irl" neck wa- broken and it wa- learin-d the veil wrapped about her lace a not !iei. Now the family is under official suspicion; ihi- i- the reason: Her di-apoeat;ince from home on October J7 hud been made public by her family. They t'dd the neigh bors -,he had -one to Honda; tliey difl not ak tie police to ear:h for her, and a- far a- authorities in I'on tiae know, no lan-h ever was made. Pontine i- th.- -eat of a state re-formnton- for la-y-. Many hardened character-, -mi in and out of the town to the sehool. Ii Jacob li"iner's theory that sonu e-eaped pri-oner may iiave killed hi- dau-hter tW the money he earriid in her pur-e. :!', wjiieh i1- iiii--in,'. E Ni:V YOI.'K. Nov. 2:;. - The office--, fd (he W'li it Slar line hac been advi-ed by the lliiti-h mliniraity that the I'rilannic was nnk by u mini'. LoNlMiN'. Xnv. L:;. dU patdi-"s 1 1 (.in Aiht-n sainir there were no wmindeil "ii board the ln-pi-!al bii ItrilaMiic vbcu it u;i- -n n k nil' (tie 1 i-k cM.i-t were fonfjimed tnday by I lie ediniralty. which made the I'mIIuvviii'j aiili-Miueeuieiit : "No HtMinih-d were ubimid the lirit aiinie iui u hii-h tin-re were only the --hip'- eieiv iind the le;-pit;d OF HEIRESS DEATH! A 9 RENDERED HELP 1'AltlS, Nov. 2:t. In (be amjdii tbentro of the Sorbonne today was held the first of u KerU'H of meetintAS which will carry throughout this country to civilians and to the sol diers at tho front the story of what America has done for France durliu. the war. The meeting was held In official approval under the auspicer. of the association known as "the ef fort of France and its allies." Alex ander Millerand. former minister of war. delivered the principal address. -M. Millerand spoke with Rrnal earnestness and feeling of American r uorosity and of tho personal devo tion lo the French cause of thous ands of individual Americans. Many hundreds of theni had come to France and imperiled their lives to Rave the ration, lie continued: "The Great work undertaken by the father of the American republic. In 1770 upon the soil of the new world, is being completed by the sons who came to the old soil of France In I ft I I. Ulood and (ears shed in com mon In the new wars for indepen dence will render forever sacred and idissllublc the union of Hie two Kistcr icpublics." A Megr-ini of greetings signed by :10 Americans was n'-td by Km lie. Itou Couw Among the sigm rs were Theo dore Itoosevelt Klihu Hoot. Thomas A Kdison. Hear Admiral Itohert K I Vary, Itohert Huron. MronT. Her ri. U. Frank A. Vamlerlip Mrs. W. K uidorbilt and Mrs. Anne Morgan. f;i;i;i.ix. x..i. lm. -Aimo-i all ihe parties in the ihnna juincd in the pru-ic-l nvain-t tin- Kn-sinn gm eminent al the rei-etit --rHiay '-e--iuii, ueeol d -Iflir (' the lei-c,l- N'ew KelieV. which !-ay-: "I'll. re' r 'IVnl Miluk.ilT. leader id' tlie coiilihitiii!!fil demncnil-. jli -trniilv ei it ii--iim the gn eriuiieiil. unve cvpie -i"M to (lie -onow and mi-cry of the I f 1 1 -i i r f j pop-1 h rii The leader of the nat ituinli-t ri-.Jit wiiiL'. M. Itnle-ilioM". ih'i-lnreil thai conru--ion u.i- lei-iiifiiu' within Ihe OVTfiMillt." On the day. the new a-jnii v cntltiniic-. thele v.i?- 11 Moiihv M' - it ij 1 fi the i-oiim-il ft)' the empire, dur ing uhieh M. rhlchei:b-. r..rmer inhii-ter ol' julice, a --aib-d Ibe I'ojew a beiiiL' n-opon-ihlc for Ihe procla mation by (brinauy and Au-tiia ol' a kin-tiom of iVIand. STORMY SCENES STATE CONTRO L E General Counsel Thorn Presents Traffic Lines' Cricvances to Joint Congressional Railroad Investiga tion Committee Rates of Less Importance Than Good Service. WASHINGTON. Nov. - Firm actual testimony on tho broad sub ject of transportation was received today by the joint congressional rail road invest igatiug committee. Al fred P. Thorn of this city, general counsel for the Southern Itallroud ami counsel for the railway execu tives' advisory committee, waa the first witness In presenting tho rail roads side of the case. The hearing is tho first of a series which will continue indefinitely nnd will cover railroad credit, federal control, national Incorporation, gov ernment ownership, wages and other important subjects. Mr. Thorn blamed tho present sys tem of "corrective'' regulation, di vided between the slate and federal governments, for most of the prob lems troubling the public and the carriers an dapponlorf for discussion of necessary changes, "not upon any mero theory or Jealousy as to the dis tribution of governmental power, but upon tho largo issue of what public interest requires." I lutes I'lilinporiunt. Hates, Mr. Thorn declared, are less Important to public interest than "certainly, safety and sufficiency of transportation." I'ndcr present con ditions in which (ho "railroad bus!- nchs is largely controlled by polifiVal Instead of business con, si do rations, he added, railroad credit Is ho poor and returns so small that ndequato ex tensions of lines Into undeveloped territory and enlargement of lacili ties arc Impossible. lie said increas ed transportation facilities would tend to reduce the high cost of living by opening up new country, thereby causing increased production. Mr. Thorn pointed out that the present system of railroad regulation had its beginning in the abuses of the past and was based on tho princi ples of repression, correction and punishment, rather than on construc tive, principles. "Itallroud regulation is Hie voice of a spirit of anger that grew out of real or fancied abuses in the pust," he said. (Continued on Pago Six.) I Hi;U!.IX, Nov. A period of complii at ions may nalu lie fmjiciid 1 11 K In ( ieritiau-A 111 erica n rtdat ions, (in 111 ii 11 y c onduct uf subuiarine war fare has brought forth im abundant crop of American iiti i i ri-s of which Joseph ('. drew, the American charge, recently has filed no Ickh than ten -five of them today, Six remain to be answered ineludhm the cases on the Manna, on which a number of Amer icans were lost and the finking of (he Anilda. The Cultt d .State liases its attitude in the case of the Araida on Ihe as sumption that il was unarmed nnd torpedoed without arti I ittr and in un able lo vee that them was adequate juMiiicauon lor forcing tlie iiassen- ers Into the boats. Washington b lhjvt-H the Huiimarhie commander, on ascertaining that there wei" women and children on the decks should have refrained rrom making an attuck. (iennaiiy in the four ea:-cs In re gard to which replies ulready have heen made, was found to have fairly convincing answers, which it Is be lieved may put ipiitc a different as pect tin the affalis. It Is pointed out here, for example, that according to testimony (jf her ouu pasKi-n is, the Arabia was ;irnn d and uscil her can non, that the sea was smooth ami that other vessels were near. It Is an; nod that tlie Arabia, having on board a iari:e number or coolie war worker, should be regarded as a transport. ALLEGED CAUS RAILROAD ILLS ARE WITHDRAWN RUIN FORCES INJIUL VALLEY Bucharest Reports That Forces Oc cupy Old Positions, But Throws Little Light on Situation Western Wallachia Fast Overrun by Teu tonic Invaders. 1HCIIAIMST, Xnv. ThV liu- lllillllilll ill till- .lilll Vlllll'V ill woMi'i'ii Wnllaihiii luivi' lii-itii with ih'iiun nntl ihhv iM'iiiy thrir oM pus, itiiuiS I Ik- win- iit'lice miniumi'i'il to day. This is tin' first urn's vp.':i'iviil I'l'uiii litii'lmresl sini'i! Inst Sut unlay. Il iVMirts tlic withdrawal of the lfn- inaniaiis 1'inni .Iho Jinl vallcv. lmt throws lillli- further ih on the situ ation nioiiiiil Craiova. Tho Unman iaus urn iV.orloil t haw iiiaintaini'il their positions in tho All valley. LONDON. Nov. 2:t... Latest rn ioi'ls of the eaiiiiiaiiiii Oeneral Von Kalkenhnvn is wnviuir iijrniiist 1 1n? liinaaiiians ii)ilie,'ite that (he Teutonic, forces arc overrnnnine; western Wnl hichia, l'ollowiii!.' nn their del'cnt of the liumanians in the Jinl valley reg ion ami Hie cailure nf ('raiova. .MiuihIoii l.ai'RO Ait'a. Indications of (he ahiiiidoiiaieut ly the Kumaniaiis of u Inri' section ol! western Wallachia may he found in today's aiiiiounecnienl liy the Itular ian war office. Ii reports the dc struelion by utnaniaii forces o,f the bridge over the Daunlic near t'oralia, fifty miles soiitheiisl of Craiova. So far it ajexvir.. Il.at Hie enlenle I'ori'es which captured Itlonaslir have mil been able lo press Iheir advance beyond the new line taken up by Ihe Ituliraiiaus and (iennans a short dis tauec norlh of Hip idly. ' Only artillery and nvialioii opera tions iiloiii; the Soinme in northern I'" ranee and elsewhere on the r'ranco I Icljj ii) ii I'roiil are reported in loday's hnlleliiis from London and I'aris. The llritish admirally loday eon finned press advices Mint there were no wounded on board Hie British hos pilal ship Liil, iniii.- when she. was link in Ihe Aegean sen. Those on the vessel were Ihe crew and lllo hospital slalf. I'.eilin reporls tli:;l Wiissian reiu I'orecinciits have arrived on the 'I'lan- svlvanian front. KENT LIKELY 10 IN THE CABINET WASHINGTON. Nov. :!. -'iuicr 'oiiL:rcs-.iiinii William Kent of Cali fornia, a Ihe siicccssur of Secretary of ('iiiiinieree William I'. Kcdfield, is Ihe liil -I uos-ii all., nl (he cabinet chan-c-. J f . 1 1 j.l.l probably will svo. I'loiiinably all Ibe caliincl officers will leader Iheir rc-iynnlion. ijs be-in-.' Ihe ciiioiu and Ihe proper lorin al Ibe cud of a prc-idi-nl ial icnii, anil i! any i- acceplcd. licdticld's will be. If liicie i, nny doiibl alioiil a change in Ibis olliec. a uood deal of pressuro "ill be bronchi i,, bear un I 'resident. Wilson. The Jane Addalas social worker croud in ( Itii-.iti remembers Ihe Ka-lland ili c-t a I ion wit ii bil-lenif-- acl j .ri .t i--1 - already made .ill be followed by deputations of pioiiiinenl Monii n lo remind the prev ail -al of b'.dl'ieh!' sc in thai. mailer, ami in nddilion lo this, Iherc will be reminders a to K'ed field's ' -e in the ema--i-alal i .11 of tbo -eam.ui'-. law- Ibiouuli adiiiiiii-liiiiive onler-. and oilier bilU of complaint vhic-h niakc it de-irabic to have a. new secretary of commerce. Mr. Kent did nut lal,c .1 i-ciioiniim- lion toi ic'i-css and i" mailable for a itoml appointnieiit which would keep him in Wabin-'lon ami i;ive liiin an opportunity to serve I In- Wil-011 ad lainistralion, lo who-e re-ilcclion he contributed. Mr. Kent, who was claed as an independent in con-ures-( haine at one time been n re publican, lias been M'l'v clo-c lo I'rcs ideal Wil-011, and la- is in ilial happy condition of md having lo have 11 job. hein; a man of lerc independent mean- wilb 110 ambition cNoept to do soiMcthinv u-clid.