Medford mail tribune., December 22, 1916, Page 1, Image 1

University of Ortgon '
MEDFORD
M
FORECAST
Mux. Yctterduy 47; Mill.
Totluy 28; 11-6. .oa.
Forty-sixth Year.
iJally Kleventh Yenr.
IMS PEACE
NOTE IN HANDS
OF BELLIGERENTS
Allies Will Probably Reply Collect'
tively After Consultation Ger
many to Make Known Terms If
Given Opportunity European
Neutrals Expected to Follow U. S,
AMSTERDAM, Deo. 22. President
Wilson's nte to the belligerents was
handed to the German foreign office
n Inst evening by tho charge d'affaires
'- of the Amerieaii embassy, ueeording
to a Berlin telegram today.
PARIS, Dee. 22 William Grnvei
Sbar), the American ambassador to
t ranee, delivered personally to Pie
mier liriaiid between 7 o'clock mid 8
o'clock last night Secretary of State
Lansing s note to the belligerent nn
' tions. Paris newspapers this after
noon print the liote tcxtually.
Germany's Terms Ilcndy.
i.uauua, uee. Li. An fcxeliango
Telegraph dispatch from The Itague
says it is announced seini-officially
that should the entente allies in their
reply to the peuec proposals of the
central powers leave the door open
for negotiations, Germany will make
known her chief peace terms immedi
ately.
LONDON', Dec. 22. The British
government will make no statement al
the present in regard to President
uson s peace note considering it a
question that can be dealt with only
in communication with the other
members of the entente. Announce
ment to this effect was made in the
bouse of commons today by Andrew
..-Koimr- Law,-ebnneellor of- tht." ex
chequer and government leader in the
house.
Neutrals to Follow.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. With
the purpose of President Wilson's
note to belligerents clarified by offi
cial statements on the subject, the
attention of the United States has
turned to the reception of the note in
the foreign capitals.
Diplomats hero are eagerly watch
ing for indications of whether the
Kuropean neutrals will follow the
lead of the United States and make
a similar appeal to the warring pow
ers. There is growing feeling that the
United States hopes to become the
clearing house for" views and pos
sibly for terms of the belligerents.
Several of the diplomats have advis
ed their governpicnts to that effect,
in order to guide them in their re
plies. Surprise at the fast-growing sig
nificance of the president's move was
expressed on nil sides.where it was
pointed out that at first the opinion
prevailed that the nolo itself was
merely a ''feeler-' and that the niosl
immediately contemplated effect in
issuing it was the receipt of some
sort of definition from the various
warring nations. That the president
should let it be kno.vn indirectly to
the diplomats for their guidance that
be went even further than that and
counted on an absolutely frank reply
from the belligerents which would
lead to an actual opportunity for ne
gotiations proved only less surpris
ing than the actual note itself.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1".. Wheat today
opened nervous and irregular, with
prices from quarter of a cent under
to 1-?4C over yesterday's close. A
. sharp break quickly ensued. May
dropped to $l.H'J.j, a maximum ov
ernight loss of IV4C July fell to
.tl.34:f8, n similar loss. At the top
at the opening. May sold at $l.l'
and July nt $l.:i6i. Traders seem
ed perplexed in endeavors to inter
pret the so-called pence situation.
In the later trading, decided
strength developed owing to asser
tions that export demand was urgent
and that indications pointed to a
warlike note from the entente allies
to the central powers. The market
closed strong at 2',-j to -lc net ad
vance, with Mav at l.t)7:14 to $l.(i8
and July at fUH'g In .:!S"-S. I
NO MENTION OF
PEACE M ADE BY
BRITAIN'S KING
Parliament Prorogued Without Mem
bers Being Given Any Further In
formation as to Action Contem
plated With Respect to Wilson's
Peace Suggestion.
LONDON', Dec. 22. Parliament
was prorogued this afternoon without
the members being given any further
information regarding President Wil
son's note or what action the govern
ment contemplated with respect to it.
'Neither the note nor the German
pejice proposal was mentioned in the
king's speech, read in both houses.
The only reference-to the president's
communication was made by Andrew
llonar-Law, the government leader,
in reply to a question by Sir William
Pollard Uyles, a pacifist member, Mr.
Law declaring that the question was
one which could not be dealt with ex
cept in communication with the al
lies. King's Speech llricf.
The speech from the throne was
one of the briefest on record. It ex
pressed confidence in the ultimate
victory of the allies and determina
tion to prosecute the war "until we
have vindicated the rights so ruth
lessly violated by oiir enemies and
established the security of Kurope on
a sure foundation."
The text of the king's speech was
as follows:
"Mv Lords and Gentlemen:
Through the months that have elapsed
since I last addressed yon, my navy
and my army, in conjunction with
those of our gallant and J'aithful ul-,
lies, 'have by their unceasing vigilance
and indomitable valor justified the
high trust I placed in them. 1 am
eontident that however long the
struggle, their efforts, supported by
the inflexible determination of all. my
subjects throughout the empire, will
finally achieve the victorious con
summation of those aims for which I
entered into the war.
To Prosecute War.
''My government has been recon
structed with the sole object of far
thering those aims unaltered and un
impaired. I thank you for the un
stinted liberality with which you con
tinue to provide for the burdens of
the war.
"The vigorous prosecution of the
war must be our single endeavor until
we have indicated the rights so
ruthlessly violated by pur enemies
and established the security of Kur
ope on a sure foundation. In this
sacred cause I am assnred of the
united support of all my peoples, and
I pray that the Almighty God may
give us His blessing.'
King George was not present in
person at the proroguation which was
effected by the lord high chancellor
in the house of lords and by the
speaker in the house of commons
reading the king's speech. The iro
roguution of parliament is until Feb
ruary 7.
SEVERE JOLT BY
E
PORTLAND. Or.. Dec. 2:). Ore
gon's prohibition law was given a
blow here today when Circuit Judge
Henry K. McGinn ruled that the state
had no authority to limit or prohibit
citizens from manufacturing or im
porting liquor for personal use.
"If a man wants to go wrong cross
lots, that is his affair." said the
judge, "lint when he wants to send
his neighbor wrong cross lots, then it
is the state's affair."
The ruling was aimed at the pres
ent law, which prohibits importations,
but if it stands, would apply, it was
bclmved on the total prohibition, or
bone dry law. which is expected to
become effecthe next month. The
decision was made in nn injunction
--lit liled by A. Lima, Portland, who
a-ked that the police officers tic en
joined from searching his premises
for liquor. I
MRDFORn.
FIVE PERISH iN
F
E
Inmates Lose Life In Blaze That
Burns Kansas State Home of Ma
sons at Wichita Firemen Rescue
Others Loss Is $250,000 Four
Bodies Recovered in Ruins.
WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 22 At least
flvo persons were missing and sev
eral Buffering from Injuries as the re
sult of a fire that destroyed the main
building of the Kansas Masonic home
early today. In addition scores of old
men and women and children wore
exposed to tho effects of tho flames
and blizzard weather. Many wore
rescued! with difficulty and several,
made unconscious by the smoke and
fire or overcome by the Intense cold
ns they fled from the burning struc-
t iro In their night clothes, were taken
to hospitals and .private homes.
Joseph Deck, who Is believed to
have been burned under a bed, where
ho hod been seen by a fireman, was
liter found at a nearby residence.
Property of Mnsonic Order
The. homo was the property of the
.Masonic lodge of Kansas. The chapel
valued at 10.000 and the ho?pila
valued at $9000 ware the only "mild
Ings saved. The loss was estimated
at $250,000.
'flic fire started In the boiler room
and had gained great headway bofore
being discovered by a passerby.
There were 02 inmntes in tho home
a large three-story brick building,
built In the form o' a key. Mo it of
the number were rescued by the fire
men, but there are several still un
accounted for. A boy sleeping In the
basemeni of the b.ili.llng discovered
the flames and in hh effort to sound
the inarm shut off the lights. When
the :'iremen arrived the flames ha't
gained great headway and the'..- of
forts toward suppressing the bln'.e
w"re hampered by frozen water ntiit,s
t'.e Uterometer being about eight io
grces Doove zero.
Water Shortage
Kind np it Impossible to get auffl
cknt water to throw on the f'anies,
the firemen directed their efforts to
ward rescuing tho inmates. Thoso
were taken down ladders in that por
tion of the building where the flames
had made most rapid headway and
were carried down the stairways at
places where they were available.
The children were housed ill the
building, as were two old and crip
pled women. Most of the children
were taken out by the firemen but
the two crippled women and olght
of the little ones are unaccounted for
and are believed to have perished.
Scceral of the firemen suffered from
the effects of smoke Inhaled in their
efforts at rescuing the inmates.
Children and elderly persons suffered
greatly from exposure.
llodlcs Itecovered
Two bodies, one that of a man,
were found in the ruins of the home.
Doth were so badly burned as to make
Identification Impossible.
Shortly before noon two more bod
ies were found, making a total of
four that have been taken from the
ruins. AH tho bodies were those of
adults, but it was Impossible to Iden
tify them.
The bodies Were In the basement in
18 inches of water. -They were found
directly under rooms which were oc
cupied by .Mr. and .Mrs. Jesse Brown
of Wichita, and Mr. and -Mrs. Frank
Ferris, of Atchison, Kan., all of whom
are unaccounted for. Gertrude Wel
gle, 20 years old, of Uurden, Kansas,
still was missing.
BUFFALO BILL ILL,
DENVER, Colo., Dec. 22. Colonel
William F. Cody Buffalo BUI) Is se
riously ill at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. May Decker, in Denver. He
has been confined to the house for
ten days, bht not until today did his
condition cause alarm. Colonel Cody
Is suffering from a nervous break
down, complicated by a severe cold.
Despite his 70 years, he has shown
remarkable recuperative powers, ac
cording to his physician, and has a
"fighting chance" to recover.
IRE DESTROYING
MASONIC OM
AIL TRIBUNE
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AMERiCA;S GIFT TO STARVING ARMENIANS BRITISH CAPTURE
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I nitisl States naval collier I'nesnr, America's Chiisioias ship, lielng
loaded nt Hush Terminal, Brooklyn, with fixMlsturfs, clothing and miillc
lnal supplies for starving Armenians. Funds n-cro collected fiiim all parts
of the I'nlted Suites. The chi-ro is consigned to the Culled States consul
at lleinit so It cannot bo seized.
SEATTLE BANK
BANDIT GANG IS
. UNDER ARREST
SKATTLK, Wash., Dec. 22. The
police today made arrests of three
more alleged members of n gang of
bank robbers who held up three banks
in King county in tho past two years,
their latest e.ploit being the robbery
on December (i of the liothncll State
bank, which yielded them $270.t. The
police began to round up the suspects
last night by arresting A. J. Rounds,
aged til, a blacksmith of Auburn,
Wash., and well known in Skagit, and
Whateym counties. They next ar
rested in Tai'oma, Oscar Lowe, a
logger, aged 2-1, who had been men
tioned in Auburn by Hounds as his
"partner." Lowe, according to the
police, confessed his part in the
Dothcll and other robberies and gave
information that led to three other
arrests.
The police arrested .Walter Mc
Donald, a longshoreman, aged 'SI,
early -fliis morning at his home ill
this city.,- They also arrested Aug
ust .Wolff i aged -1.1, in this Idly,
charging hint with having financed
tile liiUhell .bank robbery. A man
named Dusky, who was alleged ' to
have taken purl in the Kenton bank
robbcry, was arrested in Kverelt.
Lowe went with policemen today to
the woods of Lake Forest park to
look for .t-1011 which he said he drop
ped after getting his share of the loot,
of the llothcll Slate bank.
Lowe, according to the police, saiil
that he and Hounds held up the King
County State bunk in the university
district of Seattle last May, when
no money was obtained, and that
Hounds and Du-ky committed the
Kenton, Wash., hunk holdup Decem
ber 27, Ifll.-i. which yielded about
'I'he Itothell robber was committed
by three men, who drove to liothell
in a molor car engaged from a Jap
anese. I.ovre's statement absolves
the Japanese from any part in the
crime. Lowe, according to the po
lice, said tie. Hounds and McDonald
robbed the Dtdhcll hank.
VIENNA. Dec. 22. The new cab
inet which has been completed under
the leadership of Count Henry Clar.i
Martlniz. has been chosen with a
view to coping effectively with the
conomlc problem.. It is expected that
one of the first undertakings of the
new government will -be the arrange
ment for the convening of parliament,
a step which it Is now certain will be
taken.
PRESIDENT'S PEACE
MOVE SURPRISE
TO BRITISH PRESS
LONDON, Dec. 22, The gcnoral
public bad their first news of Presi
dent Wilson's note from the morning
papers and the mattor was the ono
topic of conversation on incoming
suburban trains and throughout the
country. The people, like the press,
were rather taken aback, as they had
about arrived at the conclusion that
Premier Lloyd tieorge bad put an
end to all peace talk unless tho centr
al powers, in their reply to tho pre
mier, Vere prepared to define their
terms. That the president or any
other neutral ruler would take any
mind.
action was fanhercst from their
The evening papers, which do not
print editorials, came out with big
headline.' which xpresscd their
tiews. The Evji n, News. vnic!i Is
tne afternoon edition of the IJally
Mail, beads a reprint of the comment
of the morning papers vlt!i the ono
word1I".o," in largo bled; type and
under It "our answer to I'.csidcnt
Wilson," and again "No, No, No!
That's the answer Ureal Britain gives
today without a moment's hesitation
to the Kiirpri.-dng note of President
Wilson.
BCDAPl-.'ST, Dec. 22. The Dun
garlan parliament has completed ar
rangements for tho coronation of
King Charles by electing Count TIsza
as paladin and .'ill of Its members as
his assistants. Count Tlsza's election
followed a bard rii-'ht with the oppo
sition which supported Archduke Jos
eph. The paladin Is the functionary
who places the crown on the king s
head.
The work of decorating the streets
has already started and despite the
war It is Intended to make tho cor-1
onatlon an elaborate nffali'. King
Charles will arrive at Budapest on
December 2" ami tho coronation will
take place on December SO.
GERjyiAN U-BOAT
'SUNK BY FRENCH
PARIS. Dec. 22. The Herman sub-
marine l'-t5 has been sunk by de
stroyers, according to a Nantes dls-
patch. The IJ-4." recently sank steam
ers off Saint Nn'.alre. j
FORTIFIED TOWN
EL ARISH, EGYPT
Turkish Stronghold Ninety Miles East
of Suez Canal, Near Frontier of
Palestine Taken British Resume
Mesopotamia Advance Wintry
Weather Checks Operations.
LONDON, Dec. 22. HI Arlsli, 90
miles east of the Suez canal, was cap
tured yesterday by the British.
Kl Arish is a fortress of Egypt on
the Mediterranean, near the frontier
of Palestine. It ts a town of less than
20,000 population, in territory which
has beeu held by the Turks since the
time of their invasion of Kgypt and
unsuccessful attack on the Suez canul
While winter weather Is causing
military operations on most, 'of, ' the
fighting fronts to lack features of in
terest, considerable activity Is devel
oping In sectors for enough south to
admit energetic campaigning.
Along the Tigris
On the Tigris the British, after a
long period of quiet have recently
pushed forward close to Kui-el-Ama-ra
on the south and are continuing to
attack the Turkish forces in that re-
glon, evidently In the hope of resum
Ing their long delned march toward
llngdad.
Now another field of activity Is de
manding nttention with today's an
nouncement from London that British
forces liavo captured Ml Arish in th
Egypt sector, ninety miles east of the
Suez canal.
Little has been heard of tho Ugypi
Ian operations for some time but the
Lrltlsh are known to have been mak
ing Huniewhat elabornto prepai ntlon !
to protect the canal region from fur
Ihcr Incursions such as that of last
summer and their defensive line have
been pushed far out on the Sinai pen
insula. Apparently thero bus been a
recent orfoit still farther to extend
tho defensive zone, of which the cap
ture of K Arish constitutes an Im
portant development.
l-'llrthest Eastern Point
The taking of Kl Arish establishes
the British front nt this point, well
toward the border of Palestine and
marks the furthest eastward penttra
tlon of British forces In this arnn,
since the Turkish raids began. Kl
Arish has been the object prevloiul:1
of attacks by British aviators and
warships and last May a combined
naval and air raid was reported to
havo destroyed the fortifications.
On the franco-Belgian rront the
artillery is the only arm of tho ser
vice that Is displaying activity of mo
ment and oven the bombardments,
such as those reported In the Somme
and Verdun regions, are not of pro
nounced Intensity.
FRANCE IMPOSES
NEW SERIES OF TAXES
PA Ills, Dec. 22. The chamber or
deputies has unproved a batch or new
taxes among tliem a graduated tax oa
theater and vaudeville tickets. Mov
ing picturo establishments must pay
five per cent on monthly receipts un
der 2.1, 00(1 rranis, ten per cent troni
2."i,000 to .'.0,000 rrnnrs, 20 per cent
rroin .10,000 to 1 00,000, and 2."i per
cent on receipts In excess or that.
forty rrancs per hundred kilos is
Imposed on refined sugar. The price
of tobacco Is also raised as well as
the rales on letter and postal card
postage, telegrams, telephone colls
and money orders.
FLOOD CONTROL BILL
WASHINGTON", Dec. 22. The
Humphrey riood control bill, appro
priating I .'i,00o,o00 for control of
lower Mississippi river valley waters
and 15.000,000 for the Sacramento
river, was ravorahly reported today by
the senate commerce committee and
placed upon the senate calendar. It
has passed the house. The commit
tee rejected SeiiHlor Newlaad's roiu
protnlse bill.
!
WEATHER
ltiiin, lncivH('lnn winds to
niiiht uud tomorrow. '.
XO. '2?l
OF VALLEY WAITS
Problem Is Economic and Industrial
and Part of Evolution of Country
From a Trappers' Paardise Into
Thickly Populated Region With
Diversified Agriculture.
' V:
lly HOWAlfl) A. llll-L.
Much has been said and written
during the present irrigation cani
iniign by both sides thai has littlo
or no hearing on the real question.
This lias only served to confuse thd
real issue and to draw attention from
tile fundamental principles govcruiu
the whole proposition. ,;'
The iiiestiou of irrigation or non
irrigation is an economic one, and it
not a question of personal .preference
or individual wants, as a great ninny
seem to think it is. It is a case of
the greatest good for the largest
number of people. Some few may
think Ihnt they will he injured by tho
formation of the district, but whether
they are injured or benefited depends
on their ability to adapt themselves tu
the changing conditions. . ..
Question of Evolution. .
The economic history of this coun
try is the history of the working out
of just such conditions as we are fac
ing today in this valley. Heginning;
with the hunter and trapper, who
were the first men to venture into the
wild country, we liuve seen the forces
of industrial evolution workinj:, elim
inating the old class to make way for
the new.' ' ";
The trapper was followed by tho
big cattle man, who was attracted by
the wry chcxp land and the'iihund
ance of free range, 'i'he trapper hud,
by exploring the new country,' served
his puriiose, and if the cattle business
was not to his liking, lie was forced
to move on to the newer field.
The large grain fanner followed the
cattle man when the railroad cunic.
There was bitter strife and much,
hard feeling when the range was
fenced up uud cultivated. The cattle
mail could see that his taxes were go
ing to be higher and the fencing up
of the free range was going to in
crease his cost of production and
drive im out of business. He hud
been in I he country for twenty years .
ami hail managed to make a living
and a little more besides, on u vnst.
tract of land, uud he bitterly opposed
the advent of the neweoiuGcr, who
by his more intensive methods was
going to drive him out of business.
(Continued on Page Four.)
JAMES J. O'KELLY
LONDON, D C. 22. luives J. O'
'ic'l;', nati'iniist niein!i,i'Ji of tho
i oiise of vo e, nons, diet In Loudon
tills niorn.ug.
M O'Kc'y. a member of the house
or common; since 1N95, tt'U wfiely
Known for I '- adventurous career. Hi)
va'i one or the Parnell's eat le1-.; re
mits In parliament and weal tlironsli
the ritual of suspension ami removal
from the house which marked tho
early' M)s. lie was later re-elected.
While a member or parliament ha ac
cepted a commission to go up the
Nile during the iSudan campaign and
interview the Mnlidl, but Lord Kitch
ener barred that enterprise.
.Mr. O'Kelly fought In the Franco
Prussian war, having a commission
In the Krench army. Ills passion for
adventure nlso found an outlet in tile
I'nitcd States army during the Indian
campaigns of a generation ago. At
the time of the Cuban revolt against
Spanish rule he served as a corres
pondent ror New York nnd London
newspapers and distinguished hlmcslf
particularly by his daring when con
trary to the orders of the Spanish
captain-general at Havana, he made
his way to the rebel lines and sent a
series of dispatches concerning tho
revolution.
Mr. O'Kelly was horn in Roscom
mon, Ireland, and was in his seventy
first year.
DEVELOPMENT
ON IRRIGATION