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Newspaper Page TextUniversity of Oregon l.lhrnry MEDFORD Mail Tribune FORECAST Tonight mul Tomorrow ltuin or snow, southerly win J. WEATHER Maximum YeMenlay ;7 Minimum TtKJity 2:1. Kortv-sisth Year. lmily I'l' VfiUh Yenr. MEPFORD. OKKOX. FIJI DAY. DKCHMliKR 8. 191G NO. H NOTE I Submarine Situation Again Acute Final Course of Action Not Yet Determined Marina Proves Not to Have Been a Transport and Was Entitled to Immunity New Note Likely to Clear Up Differ ences of Interpretation. WASHINGTON", Deo. 8. A now nolo to Germany on the general sub marine situntinn appears to be nmonir the possibilities which may eome out of the lutest activities of tho under sea boats. 1( decided upon, such a note would be for the purpose of flouring up what appear to be differences of in terpretation in Wiis-hinfcton and Hor lin n.s to what Germany's pledges in the Sussex case covered, and espe cially as to united ships. Secretary Lansing; said today no final course of action had- been agreed upon by President Wilson and him. General Action Justified. Although the state departmeat has been going on, the principle of decid ing each case separately on its mer its, it was said today that the num ber of cases bad reached such pro portions that some general notion would be justified, although it was made clear that nothing had been de termined upon. The day's developments in the sit uation were: The United Stales nskod Great Ilritain for information to determine ' the status of the V: & 0. liner Ar abia, which a German submarine commander took for an armed trans port. Official information coming to tin state department established that (ho liritish ship Marina torpei'ocd with a loss of six Americans was in no sense n transport, and was entitled to the immunity of n peaceful merchant man. In both cases Germany has ex pressed willingness to offer amends if her pledges were broken. ' U. S. (Stands Snumloy. It was reiterated again today that the United States stands squarely on tho position it took in the Sussex case. This, combined with Germany's statement, that she, too, holds to the pledges she gave in that ease, leads officials to declare there seems to be some differences in interpretation. A new note, if it should he decided to send one, would be to clear this up and make plain beyond ipicstion that, tho United States expects all merchant ships, under international lnw, shall not be destroyed without warning or having crews and passen gers removed to places of satcly. Affidavits on the sinking without warning of the Italian liner Palermo, on which state department records show there were twenty-three Ameri cans, are being collected as rapidly as possible. As yet there are no in dications that any American lives were lost, but from information at hand the case seems to parallel closclv the Arabia and the Manna. 3 LONDON, Dec. 8. The Anchor line steamship Caledonia of 9.223 tons gross, is believed to have been sunk, says an announcement made today at Lloyd's Shipping agency. irvvnnv Dec. S. Lloyd's Ship ping agency announces that the Bel gian steamer Kelzer and the .Norwe gian steamer Meteor have been re nnriml on nL- nnil their crews landed. The Belgian steamer Keltier of 2.360 tons gross, was last reponca as leaving New Castle, N. B., on Novem ber 21 for Queenstown. The Belgian steamer ixeizcr is m listed in available records. The Norwegian steamer Meteor of 4.211 tons gross was last reported leaving Philadelphia on November 21 tor London. MANY ON U-BOATS -An a ft Br V ' l"'r . ' wan 7 . if aid. This is how the great ltarlholdi statue of liberty, in New York harbor, looks in her new robe of white light. President Wilson touched the button that litthtod the statue from base to torch, while a squadron of battle shins plaved their searchlights upon it. Heretofore only the torch at the lop wits lii -nt niht-. - - SEATTLE HOTEL SHATTI.E. Wash.. Dee. S fix tures and furnishinss, vali. c-at $40 una in the barroom and dining room of the Hotel Cecil on upper First avenue here, were destroyed with axe.-- by the dry squad of the Seattle lolioc force early this morning for i.lbpod violation of the prohibition lnw. John K. Savaao, proprietor of the hotel, and two Japanese hell hoys were arrested on the charge of unv lawtully having Intoxicating liquor in their nosession. Tb drv squad catered the hotel shortly after midnight and, accord ins to Police Sergeant Putnam, who directed tho raid, found In the bar room cash drowcr, two marked $1 Tills which, the sergeant declared, had been given by ngenls of the police in payment for the liquor. Snvago at onre telephoned to Maj or filll, and the destruction of prop erty was delayed by tho mayor's order unli!, after an Investigation of two hours, lie was convinced the law had been violated. Then four trusties from the city jail, under direction of members of the dry squad, smashed the fixtures with axes. A mahogany bar and two plate glass mirrors, said to he some of the largest ever brought to the Pacific coast, were among the property destroyed. Savage declared no liquor had boon "-old In the hotel since the (joins' Into effect of the prohibition law. I.US ANHKidiS. Cal., Dec H. Al bert .1. (,!i it litb, a p;ilror,nan on the I.t,- Ani'ele- iuiec Inne for four year-, i-imlV-seil tfdav, i online tf tlie police, that he was the robber jttho held in an e:ie-r- jjuard y- terdev on a hu-y -trect and made otf 1 willi alu.iit ..( Htu in ea-h and .t l.iMMi in ehr U, ihatl- am! other bankini: paper. M"-t oi llie iifiiey re- co ei cd. 1 1 K'V'HIJ: i ky I tits-? ' GERMANY SAYS BELGIAN POLICY BENEFICIAL Germany Justifies Deportation of Laborers to Germany as Belgian Social Necessity By No Means a Hardship for Belgians, Who Are Degenerating From Idleness. Citl.lN, Dec. S. The German government issued a statement today in explanation and justification of the transfer of Belgian laborers to Germany. It says the measure is by no means a hardship for tho laborers, but is n social necessity. Owing chiefly to the British em bargo against Belgium's overseas trade which before the war operated ;i largo part of the Industrial popu lation, large numbers of Belgian workers are Idle, the statement says and conditions are growing worse. Many families have become objects of public charity. This state of things is not due, as asserted in Belgium to German requisitions of raw mater ial, it Is explained, for these requi sitions occurred, as a rule, only where factories were unable to continue op erations. l'opubitioii Idle. Of 1,200,000 employes engaged in Belgian Industries before the war 505,000, Including laS.000 women are now wholly without work and 130,000 Including 40,000 women, are partly without work, making a total of G5ri,000 persons dependent on pub lic aid. In addition to these there 93,000 wives and 612,000 chil dren of men without work, so that 1.500,000 persons or one fifth of the total Belgian population, require as sistance. More than 300,000,000 francs already has been spent In sup portlnf; (hose persons and 2O.O00.0pQ francs monthly will be required henceforth. ' These masses of idle pooplo, the statement says, are degenerating and drunkenness and social depravity affe resulting. Von Hissing's Policy. The German governor general, Gen eral Von Hissing, early recognized the necessity of taking measures to help the idle to obtain employment. He caused municipalities to undertake public works to create employment where this was possible without im posing too great financial burdens Upon the suggestion of Belgians of practical insight, tho governor gen eral issued an ordinance in August of 1915 against persons unwilling to work, which was made more strin gent last March. These ordinances provido for compulsory transfer of workmen only when Idle persons re fused to accept work at reasonable pay without adequate reasons, the provisions of International law pro teoting them against working on war material being recognized as adequate ground. The ordinances wero dl rected chiefly against organized in fluenee aiming the prevent laborers (Continued on Page Six.) SUFFREN GiVEN-UP AS LOST A! SEA I'Al.'IS. Dee. 8. The battleship Sul'lron. which left port on November J I. has not boon hoard from since, and the minister of murine considers ho vcs-el lo.-t with all on board. The Suffren sailed for lenient, a Kronidi naval Malion in J'ritlanv. The IVcm h hattle-hip Suffren di-.-j.Lcfd I'J,7"(l (on. Mcr ninual complement was men. She was 410 feet lony: and 70 I'eet of beam, and was laid down in lHUH. She wa-'. armed with four 12-inch, ten n. 4-inch and eiyht 4-im-h aims, twenty-two pounders and four torpedo tubes. I.:i-( year the Suffren took part in the bombardment of the Turki-h forU at the Danlanclles, hc entered the strait to attack Turkish batter ies and, according to an oil icial Turkish annonnci-mi-nt. wa datna? ed -erioii-ly mid withdrew in flume. Mie nil- -ent back to Toulon for relian t. GERMAN CONSUL ON TRIAL FOR CONSPIRACY IN "BOMB PLOTS tf 4: 'r. ' 4 FRENCH DEPUTIES' ' VOTE -CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT PARIS, Dec. S. The volc of con fidence passed by the chamber of deputies yesterday is on the whole well received by the press, which ex presses the hope that tho measures promised in the resolution may bo carried out speedily and energetically and above all, thoroughly. The I'i- aro, which represents the tempers ate opinion and Is well disposed toward the ministry, says: "Bound by force of discretion wo can only remark that tho chnmber was In a talo of extreme exeitomont and that In Hplle of attacks which wc can see from certain public utter ances, were levelled against tho gov ernment, the majority of the deputies rallied around it and expressed their confidence in Premier Hriand. But we must also note that the minority increased between the first mid second secret session. Last June the opposition to the cabinet only mini - hered 97 voices. Today it numbers 1(10. The number of discontents or impatlents has doubled." DUTCH TO SUPPLY LONDON. Deo. 8.- An Aiu.slcnlam dispatch to tin1 Times says that the llci'lin Vo--i-e!ie Xoitumr nunounocs that an u-'icoincllt bad boon reached 1. 1. ....... ii. u , i :. .... cardin- the cM..rtali..l ol food-luff, i.lontical to Uml exi,lin... between MullMll. 1 and Kio'land. The Ant,ter- iliim c(irrr.,Mitiilont of the 'os-i,cbi' Zoitun say., t ii.it it is really, if not leohnically, un ay:rooiiiont between (icrmuny and Kii'.'hind whereby bulh may obtain food from Holland The Times oirrosondeni inter- I .rot s this n, lllOiltlitl'' (hill Dot -liiiw .-Mirving food to Knali.n.1 will n moic-tcl bv (loioian -iibmur- . -,.i.,l l v dciinvois ii.. ,!,!.. "It i- purl of a wide u-rooinent." and nl-o ,:n, thiit the iiiiiior-toji.i- iio.' with lloiland Innvi.los for the li-ritnt of fooil-'iiiii's by ficnr.an troairy notes uml bank annuls." M 5 vyy (ermau (ousul General l'Tnuz Loiqi. nt lelt. now being tried in San Irancisco by the t inted States gov eminent on charges of conspiracy to violate neutrality. Lieutenant Willielm Von Brincken at right, attache of the German con sulate. Louis .1. Smith, below, Is one of the men supposed to have been hired by tho alleged conspirators, lie will testify for the government. CASE AGIST SMITH A FELON SAN KliAXClSCO. Die. S. Tin invernnn'nt's r:isr 11 saihst Fmuz. I!o) and other (iermnii consular of ficials hr vi was appnrcntly jr'opnr dized todiiy by n cltai'.ui' niinlc hy tlie pi.iniM'l liir ili'l'i'iiso (hat Louis Smith, tho unytTntiu'iil s situ wilnes wits: onci' cnavirlctl of n IVlonv uml is thus hani'd ' i'rnm ti'slilyiii in iVdi-ral i-onil. I'rcsidiMit Wilson litis lti'rn askrd to ivtoit' Sniilh's citizcnshiit and hi rijj.t to testily hy piirilonin Itis o' rcn.-i-, which was romiaitlrd while silni, Wlt i'ulih-d man in the I'uited StnU' n i my, John V. Preston I'niteil States dUlriet Mtnniey, siiid Preslon declared, however, that Smith "'us tit if diMpialilied in n led ei-nl emtrl, a he had been, eotiviete ami sentenced bv an armv court martini. ! .Judiie Hunt iznve the ilel'ensc until j Monday to prove thai Smith is ivimi. Tin- trial nmeeeded with the te-timonv n' (. (J. OImh, a Tacoma 1 tugboat man, who said Smilh. under : iH. name of "Walter Hrown," hiniiiht 'Jl)0 i'eet of I'iim1 I roni a pnwdcr com pany witli which OIen shared a jlock IIK1-BNA, Mont., Dec. 8.- 'harbM Kiel), engineer on the Kant hound Northern Pacific passenger wrecked a quarter of a mile east of Hast Hel ena, last niht In a head-on collision :a quarter of a mile east of Kast llel- ,:""- " "' -" lwi,h a fr, 'Khl l,'a1"' who wa badly !"IJ 1 u' 11 lo""- saociiuiueo to (lie efforts of a orusned skuii ami bud burns from (he steam. It develops (bat (he freight train crew were responsible for the acct- dent, which also caused the death of I (lilsnou mrr i n t'ni.ni, n, .... it r Iluffka, who was instantly killed, haviiiK for KOtti-n the passei.Kor train. overnor Slenart. who was a pas ;se:iKor on the flyer, hound for Wash Innton, tlioush DnHly sliaiien up, win I rcs""lc '"" J'nriiey lunirnt. nisower fimires. Potatoes I but sold for jcomimnioii. Adjutant (leneral Phil ( t.i pound straiaht, so now for ;roc'ian of the .Montana national nix pounds for 1'J cents, (.'otiace K"ard, whole ribs were broken, will , boose that lirmmbl I.', eonls a pound ,''0 ' ",0 "hospital for some time. ',. ,e bad for 7 cents a pound. GREY REPLACED BY BALFOUR IN NEW MINISTRY Lloyd-Gccrge Completing New Cab inet Bonar-Law, Chancellor, Car son in Admiralty, Derhy in War, Henderson, Labor Suffragettes Make Demonstration. LONDON. Hoc. 8. The following nhinct appointments' arc certain to made : Chancellor of the exchequer, An drew nonar-l.aw. Secretary lor foreign nffairs--.. . Balfour. I'ndor-socretnrv, Lord liobort C.ft il. ' . , First lord of the admiralty, Sir Kd- ward ("arson. ' Secretary for war, carl of JVrhy. Socrotarv for labor, -Artlinr Hen derson Lord -high chancellor, Sir Uobert l-'inlav The lioiue office port 1'idio, lu'cord- lo the nowspniiors, was 'offered Sir l'Yodoriok I'.. Smith, attorney general in the coalition cabinet, but he preferred to retain the uttoinev neralship. Asqiiitll Slill Leader Herbert II. Asquith declared lit the niceties '' liberal todnv that al though he had resigned the preniier shii, he bad not given up leadership of the liberal party. The former pre mier said there had been a carefully nsineerod eamiaiun against him, bill he uctiuiltcd Mr. I.lovd (leorue and his other associates in the n'ljritur -oveiinnont of complicity therein. mr! )n Kriday of last wool;, Mr. piilh snid. be received Mr. I.lovd- (leoi-Ke's proposal lor n smaller war eonneil. I he same Hay he replied li'al On- pri minister must preside over such a body. Mr. I.hiyd-'dcor-o. did nol a.rce lo Ihis, mid on Situdnv the uuinnist ministers intimated I hey had had u mooting at which thoy do- idod they could not remain in lhe;no,lIlces that the Ciermans have been government it' he did, ami that if be did lud resign they wijuhl. lie saw Mr. Uoyd-fieoriie later and, lieinjr de sirous of unity ol' government, ap pealed to Mr. liounr-Lnw to remain in ofl'ice. Thev had a conversation and tried to accommodate their views as lo the relationship between the! premier and the war eonneil and us to the personnel of the council. Iteslun Portfolio The next morning he J'ound n statement in the newspapers that tlie premier was to be excluded fiiuii the war council, lie then wrote Mr. IJoyd-Ocorye that he was not prepar ed to remain in the cabinet as a spec tator id" the war and that it wok not possible 'to have n war council with out the premier as cliairnum. After cori-ultiritf with his friends he re signed, believing he eon Id serve t he new government to best advantage oil) -idc llie cabinet. A small party of sulTrntiettcs b-nl variety to the arrival of the liberals at the Kcform club at noon today lor a meetiuu 'd' the libera! parly to de cide its attitude Inwards the IJnyd (ieorue ijnvernuieiit. The women greeted Ihe earlier arrivals wilh the cry "another wait and sec." The suffragettes became more au- ressive when .Mr. A-oiiitli droe mi and on bcin forced into the road way bv the police, they contented themselves wilh cries of "Traitor!' and other abusive terni-. Lord Hal dane was i:rectei1 with "Kaiser Hal danc." roF I'OltTI.ANK. Dec. S 1'iices of i ""or commooi- ties featured In Ihe cnmpalKii aKaiast ine nin cost or living, wnicli rori- lund housewives have opened, wont tumblliiK in the public and other Portland markets today, kkbh that sold at .". anil 70 cenis dozen have fallen to a flat r.O cents. tiio iK'st butter dropped today I from l.'i rentH tr cents and ruueK that recently sold for I u rcnlH a pound, may now he bought for three pounds for a quarter. The lie-t qual- uy 0f dried laana may be had at 000 RUMANS SURRENDER TEUTONIC HOST One DMsion Fc recti to Capitulate In Battle on Alt 10,000 Retreating From Altschanz Pass Cut Otf and Captured No Stand to Be Marie Before Line of Buzeti Is Reached. lllClll. IN", Dec. 7. The surrender of a force of S.auo Ktimunians is an nounced hy die war office in the of ficial statement issued this eyenltiK. . ' ''The Unmans on December (I, In addition to (he fortress of lluelid rest, and the most important com mercial towns, lost one division whleli was forced into an engagement on tho Alt. and was ohllKod to capitulato with S.ono men and 2ii ennnon. Itumaalan troops retreatlns from the Predeat and Altscluur. passes were cut off hy Teutonic forces and most of them have been captured. la Western Hum an hi the pursuit Is beliiR ei4itlnued by tho Austro-tier- man troops, which yesterday took more than 10,0(10 prisoners. Hot IriiiK to lllloil. SeemfiiKly the itiinianians and such' troops as were aiding them nro stit( on tho retreat northeastward and" military commentators for tiie most part, do not ex'pect a 6tand to be made by the Ituinaiilans before the Hue of tho Huzcu river Is reached. This lino virtually closes the nock of the province of Moldavia, running eastward from the litinaarian fron- ncr to (lalata. on the lower Danube, on tne nessarubian border. It is re- As-Uaniej ns a stroiiK. defensive line and ., c,.allv sac01Jl ti.i0 retnforee- ,,,, from Uasslun sources. Oo the Vmncn.ltvliiiu'n f.nni ilm Dnv ,.0Mnt operation of nolo ha,'. ,n . Verdun' ronton whern ihn Germans yesterday claimed the cap ture of tho summit of Hill 304, west i of the Mouse. Today Paris aa- driven from a "section of the Irene hen on tho eastern slopes of IU11 H01, which thoy had occupied. In Macedonia the HulKnrlnns nro violently contesting the efforts of the Serblnns to make further advances east of Monustir. OF MARKETING CIIH'AfiO, Dec. H. li'esnluliojis calling upon congress to investigate the entire iirolilcm of agriculture in the 1'nited Slates and calling tor fin investigation of the .marketing id livestock were adopted today nt ihe closing session of the fourth nalioiial ennfereiiee on markelinu; and farm cn-dils. In an address by O. I). Anderson, president of Ihe 'arineis Co-oper- , alive association of South Dukidn, speculation in !rain was eoiidemued as a barrier to "just relunis" to tho producer. iw aovneateil that specu lators should be forced lo limit Iheii nles to the amount of wheat actu ally in exi-tetice. Tlie Chii-airo board of trade wa did'ctided by ,1. V. (irilTm, its presU dent. 'fhe rcsolul toii-i adopted by thrt congress oppnx-d Ihe Shields waier powcr bill and jiII foiins u' embargo, 'flic ri'snlutions remark that there is some doubt w helher government, loans fiin be legally laid on lands whicli I'ouii a part of irriLrationt drainave or reelamntion districts, on account nt Ihe lieu against thesn l.-ilids foi' the lionds that are out standing. It w recommended that Ibis point he cleared up by leisla lion, if necessary. GERMAN EXCHANGE J DROPS IN GENEVA CKNKVA, Dec. S. Thr Gorman hundred mark bill has dropped an other point and a quarter on tho (leneva lion rue and a point and threq nuarterH on the Zurich bourse. It Is now quoted al 7! francs and 7S fraiH's, 7"i eenlhnes, resieclitly.