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Newspaper Page TextUniversity- if Orfijon i Medford Mail Tribune i FORECAST WEATHER Ma. Yes. Mi, Mtn. today SM, Vvv. .01!, (olul stm in .00. " Tonight vnil tomorrow Fair nn 1 1 continued cold. Fortv-Blxth Year. Pally Kleve nth Yfar. MEDFORD. 0RE(K)X, TrESDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1910 NO. 230 BOMB LEFT AT IUM FLIES FOR VOTES PEACE PROPOSAL RESIDENCE OF y. S. COAST TO REPEL U-BOATS L E MM ASKS RUSSIA SPURNS WARMS OFF TAINS ALLIES SEEKING AN IMMEDIATE Wl CARRANZA ASTING PEA PEACE MEETING FROM PRESIDENT UTAH GOVERNOR NEAR AN END HENDERSON 4 Central Powers Reply to President . Wilson's Note, Proposing Confer ence of All Belligerents Be Held in a Neutral City at Once Exchange of Views Held Desirable. BERLIN, Dec. 26. Germany riml her allies Austria-Hungary, Bul garia and Turkey today replied to 4'ic note of President Wilson, in which he asked that the belligerent nations state the aims tor which they were fighting. The proposal is made by the central powers that a confer ence of the delegates of all the bel ligerents be held in a neutral city. ; Tho task of preventing future wars, tho official statement says, can he begun only after the cud of the pres ent struggle. The answer says: ieinuuiy8 Itieply. "The high-minded suggestion made by the president of the United States of America in order to create a basis 4. for the establishment for a lasting peace has been received and consid ered by the imperial government in tho friendly spirit which was ex pressed in the president's communi cation. The president points out that which he has at heart and leaves open the choice of road. "To the imperial government an immediate exchange of views seems to be the most appropriate road in order to reach the desired result. "It begs, therefore, in the sense of the declaration made on December 12, which offered a hand for peace negotiations, to propose an immedi ate meeting of delegates of the bel ligerent states at n neutral place. Preventing Future Wars. "The imperial government is also of the opinion that the great work of preventing further wars can be begun only after the end of the present stragulc of the nations. "It will, when this moment shall have come, be ready witli pleasure to collaborale entirely with the United -.btates in this exalted task." The answer of the central jxnvcrs 'concludes with the usual diplomatic terms of politeness. VILLA PROTECTS FOREIGNERS LEFT IN CAPTURED TOUON WASHINGTON', Dec. 'JO. Villa i giving protection lo those foreigners who remained in Torreon after he took the city, according to official advices to the state department today which added that the party of for eigners who fled with the liritish con sul before the capture of the city, were blocked at San Luis l'otosi be cause the handils bad cut the rail road lino northward toward Saltillo. The Villa bands thus have cat Car ranza's communication by rail with r. the border. Army men take it as purl of Villa's plan of campaign. They now expect Villa to send a force toward either Saltillo or .Monterey, while the t'edillo brothers, operating farther cast, complete the division of north and south by interrupting traf fic over the railway between San Luis l'otosi and Tampico, the line over which a great part of the oil for the troop trains is moved. I'KTKOfJKAO, Dee. 2o. Keeap ttire by Rumanian font's of one of tho heights they recently Inst in tin fighting along the Moldavian frontier is announced by the war office to day. The statement rends; "On the Moldavian frontier, in the valley of the Iiiver Kasino, Rumanian troops by n daring attack regained ( one of the heights lost by them yesterday. Foreign Minister Outlines Program No Change Between Russia and Al liesAlliance to Be Perpetuated Economically War to Be Contin ued Until Decisive Victory Won. LONDON', Dee. 0(.Tho Russian foreign minister, M. I'ukrovski, invit ed the representatives of the press tit Petrograd yesterday to an interview nt which lie outlined his program and his ideas in regard to the present pol itical situation. Keuter's I'etrograd correspondent savri that in general litis ministerial declaration which seems to have been meant to take the place of the usual speeeh before par liament, consisted of a lew clear propositions. Policies Outlined. First, there had been no change in the relations between Russia and her allies. Second, the minister declared with firm assurance that after the war the military alliance of France, Kng !and and Russia would be consolidat ed in a close economic union. Third, the war will be continued, according to this declaration, until a decisive victory has been won. M. Pokrovski then discussed the three great questions of , the day the German peace proposals, Presi dent Wilson's note and the altitude of Greece. After recalling the recent duma declarations in regard to the German peace note, M. Pokrovski passed to the action of President Wil.-ou, saying , Russia- appreciated highly the good will and the lofty, hu mane motives of the president's note, bul he declared it could alter in no way the political situation created by ''the false and hypocritical moves of the licrliu government' as the note coincided with the German proposals, he said, the ideas of the Russian gov ernment in regard to Mr. Wilson's ac tion were almost analogous with Ihose which had been set forth by the Russian press that is to say, the government's attitude toward both ipiestions was one complete refusal. , Allies (o Itcply, Nevertheless, the allied govern ments would reply with all possible fullness. They would rehernle, M. Pokrovski said, that they would con tinue the war until t lie ravaged terri tories had been restored and until there had been created a state of affair.-, in which the existence of small nations would be assured and in which a new world-wide conflagra tion would be impossible. Sneaking of Greece, M. Pokrovski reiterated that the entente would not tolerate for a moment anv attitude on the part of that country that would affect their military interests seri ously. He said measures already had been taken and that others of a mili tary nature shortly wouhfTe carried out which would put an cud once for all to Greece vacillation. Commenting ' the declaration of the foreign minister, the Novoe Yretn ya of Petrograd says it is very op portune and gives a faithful idea of the reolv of the allies to Germany and the I'uiUd States. 10 REVISE NOTE AMSTKRDAM. Dec. !. The Tel e'jraaf wiys it has reason to believe that Germany's reply to Holland's note regarding the deportation v' Del mil workmen is framed in such term: that it would he inadvisable to com munieale it to the Dutch parliament and the government has requested Berlin to alter the note in such man ner that it may be pre-entcd to the parliament. The Dutch '.-overnmenf last montli ini rui'ted its Merlin representative to notifv Geiinanv that the P.elgiun de- portntio".-. had eau-ed a painful im pr-Mn in Holland. A Rotterdnn di.-pateh to the l.itndoii Time on De cember 5 Miid Germany hail re-pond til in wrd- which were tantamount o mi iii'.r : "Mind your own bu-iness.' Reward of $1000 Offered for Perpe tratorAnother Bomb Exploded at Home of Capitalist Six Suspects, Friends of Joseph Hillstrom, I. W. W. Agitator, Under Arrest. SALT LAKE CITY, Hah, Dee. 2i. With a reward of $1000 offered for the man or men who placed an in fernal machine at the residence of Governor Spry and .$."00 reward of fered for any or all those in "any way connected' with either the at tempt on the governor's life or that of James E. Jennings, a capitalist, every police officer and detective in the city today is searching for the perpetrator of the Christmas out rage. Six Suspects AiTested. Six suspects were arrested yester day. They were C. Eselius, Y. Ksel ius, J. Eselius, Ed Eselius, A. Erick son and Robert Erickson. It was at the Eselius home that Joseph Hillstrom, executed for the murder of John G. Morrison, a gro cer, and his son, J. Arling Morrison, was captured, January l.'l, 11)14. Hillstrom xvas a Swede and it was the interference of the Swedish gov ernment that caused the state board of pardons, to reprieve Hillstrom for a secret period.' All six of the men arrested are Swedes. The man who came to the police station and identi fied them today as having been near the'governor's home on Christmas eve is fearful of an attempt upon his life and asked that his name be with held. The explosion of a bomb on Sun day night at the residence of James E. Jennings, wealthy capitalist, 42.") East South Temple street, followed Christmas morning by the finding of a nitro-glycerine device of death dealing potentiality, has thrown Salt Lake into a veritable panic. Reward is Ottered. The chief of police late yesterday announced that friends of Governor Spry had offered $"()( reward for in formation leading to the arrest of the person or persons who placed the bomb at his home. Today the city commission added "'0(1 to this sum with the sweeping offer of payment for information leading to the arrest of any one con nected with either outrage. E ENURE WEST IN MOST ICY CLASP SPOKANE, Wn., Dec. 2C A cold wave has eastern Washington, north ern Idaho and all of .Montana, Utah Colorado and as Tar south an the Texas border in its grasp today Havre, Montana, reported a tempera ture of 29 degrees below zero. In Spokane eight below was registered by the weather bureau thermometer. Helena is experiencing the coldest weather in 2ii years. The ground is covered with more than a foot of snow. The snow and cold has greatly interfered with the operation of trains from the east. The trans-continental tdains are running at least six hours late. More than twelve inches of snow has fallen in Utah within the past twenty-four hours, breaking all pre vious storm records. Branch rail roads have suspended schedules and only the main lines are open to traf fic. Overland trains are many hours behind. NORFOLK, Neb.. Dec. 26. A bliz zard is headed this way from the northwest, according to special from various . points. Wlnier, S. D,, and Long Pine, Neb., report a heavy snow fulling with the mercury regis tering ten degrees below zero at the latter place. Wires are down be tween here and the Black f If lis coun try, i SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20. The coldest day of the winter was exper ienced here today. Forecaster G. H. Willfon announced that the teher mometer registered "ft degrees at 5 a. nt. m Mrs. Hornsliy, Chicago su-'fnigist, n Lakes miring flights in her aero- phi no in cnmmigii for votes... She bombarded President Wilson with e. lit ions ivheti he won on hLs yacht at the lighting; of ntatuo of lib crty. E HEREIN, Dec. 20. In Rumania ViOO more priouers have been taken by the Teutonic allies, the war office announced, The town of Kilipechli, on the rail road between Buzeu andHailiu, was captured at the point ok the bayonet. Strongly entrenched Russian posi tiohs on both sides of the villa tro were stormed, the i-dutcmcnl says. 1 Rosso-Rumanian forces in I)oh rudju have been repulsed alter a vio lent battle on Hie whole front from Lake I'ahadah to Tuerkoatza, say an official slalcmcnl i.ssued at the Bulgarian army headquarters. Th statement rcad: "In Dobruilja the enemy, after j violent struggle on the line of Lake Habada'h, Kaiucoara and TuerkouUa was repuUed on the whole front Bulgarian. Genua a and Turkish troops tool; prisoner !),H" more Rus sians and captured three machine Jims. "Macedonian front: Sucee-sfnl pa trol advances were made by Bulgar ian infantry northwest of Monastic In the bend of the Cerna there has been artillery firing of varyini vio lence.' GRANTS BASS, Or., Dec 2li. Purlieu who went in search today of Commodore F!cniin. the We?-t Foik- Agiie.- mail carrier, missing since Saturday, and Turn Riles, mi-.-ing in the same ditrict since Friday, had not succeeded in finding cither man so far a reported up to noon. There was additional -noulall lat night, and the euld i -evcic in the di-trict wheie the men are apposed to be. J. B. Peters living fifteen mile oiith oj here, has oeeu nursing miicc hift Friday, when he went huntin1 according to reports i caching here today. Neighbors have been careh ing for him. Hi-- t rack were la -t -ecu in two feel of -noxv, and mot miow has fallen ,-ince. Formidable Fleet of Allied Warships Designed to Protect Commerce Against Menace of U-Boat Raids, Sighted on This Side of Atlantic Are Disguised Warships. IIOSTOX, Deo. Thi' prosenre on this side of tin- At!tmtit of n fonji- iilmile licet nt allicu viu.-hiis was indicated definitely today. The ves sels are known officially as cnin merce nrotectors. They are heavily armed and dis guised. Kor ohvious reasons their exact disposition is ,iot revealed, but the arrival of this newest unit of liritish and r'rcncli admiralties was known from a source that hardly can be mistaken. KlKliCcd liy Skippers. Kor some days skippers of trans- Atlantic and coastwise steamers have been bringing to New Knyland ports reports of strange appearing; eratt that were making their wnv west ward. They made no reply to signals and could not he approached. I liey steered a vagrant course and were described variouslv.as of the fashion nf merchantmen, transports, light misers and even of submarines. Vieccd together, these reports fitted with the suspicion now apparently confirmed, of shipping men, it is said the first arrived safely at Halifax, S., a few days ago, but nothing then became known generally about it because of the strict censorship maintained. The commerce protectors are de scribed us large and powerful, but capable of fair speed. To Meet V-lUmts. Thev were designed, it is said, to meet the German I'-boat danger mid in anticipation of an attempted raid off the Canadian const similar to that made by the I'-.VI off Nantucket on October 8. At thai lime shipping men figured that there was not an allied warship within fiOO miles of the spot that Captain Hans Hose deliberately selected in which to operate. Tin1 liritish admiralty, it Is said, deter mined lo miiko impossible another such raid, and the fleet of commerce protectors was the fruition of the plan then formulated. The arrival of the disguised win-ships was followed almost immediately with I In: an nouncement by the liritish premier, l.lovd George, of the plan for the na tionalization of liritish shipping. It is understood that the commerce pro tectors will not only lie in wait for submarines at strategic points, but tiiat they have appeared in sufficient number to act as convoys for mer chantmen through waters in which undersea boats would be most likely to operate. I After breaking into the rear door of the .Model Clothing company and helping themselves to a complete out fit of clothes and suitcases in which to carry extra apparel, two floaters were rounded up a I 4 o'eloek Monday morning by Night Officer Crawford and lodged in the city jail. The men, who gave the names of Win. Norwood and Kmest Well-, were given u pre liminary heating lue.-dac morning and bound over to the grand jury. The store wa broken into probably about 1 :'M) Monday morning, the rear door being jimmied. About .'I o'clock the men showed up at the Nah hotel and asked for a room. Wesley Col leen, the night clerk, refused to ac commodate them. Later, Officer Crawford came into the hotel ami found the men sitting in the hold bihby. He set out on a round of the bn-ine-s section and in a few minute diciivied the open door at the Model Clothing Co. He turning to (be hotel, Crawford found the men had skipped, but he succeed ed in locating them at the depot n few minute- later, and they were ar-rc-ted. Members of Joint Border Commission Receive No Word From Mexican First Chief, and Time Limit Set In Ultimatum Expires Today Session to Continue Until Tonight. XKYV YOKK, Dec. '(). The Mex ican members of tile .joint commis sion had received no word from Gen eral Carranza regarding the expect ed communication this afternoon, it was stated here by l.uis Cabrera. Mr. Cabrera was in conference throughout the day with his associ ates, Commissioners 1'aui und ISon- illns. He described tho meeting as one at which they were discussing im- ptirtant matters, bul further than that he declined to say anything definite except that nothing had been heard from Mexico City. He said that the session will continue until tonight and that any statement concerning re sults must come from the joint com mission as u whole. Negotiation to Knd. WASHINGTON, Hcc. 2(i. Cnless General t'ai ranza returns a favor able answer today to the last com muiiicatiou made to his commission ers by the American representatives u week ago nt Philadelphia, the nego tiations will come to an end. When the joint Mexican-American commission reconvened at Phihulel phia, Alberto J. Pani, the .Mexican commissioner who had carried the protoeal signed at Atlantic City to tjueretaro lor ratification by Gen eral Carranza, submitted a counter proposal. It was in effect a rejection of the agreement Vmlered into by the1 commissioners, and the substitution of another protoeal that had been drafted by the Mexican commission ers at the direction of Currnnzn. Nature of I It (malum. The Americans replied in a written communication saying that they could not consider the counter-protocol and insisting thai the agreement already made must cither be ratified or definitely repudiated. Some as-1 pei't of an ultimatum was given the communication by the insistence that an answer would be expected by lc cembcr It was not specifically stated that failure to ratify the agreement would result in a final break in negotiations, but the inti mation that the Americans would not continue the debates that already have extended over three mouths was clearlv made. iTRIANS VICT IN SEA BATTLE !T ALLIES TfK KMX, Dec. 2 U T w o allied patrol boats were sunk and four other allied warships were damaged In the recent naval engagement in the Straits of Atranto, the Uustrlan admiralty announces. Two Austrian destroyers were hit. Tho Austrian announcement fol lows: "On the night or December 22-2?. four Austro-1 luugariati destroyers made a raid In the Otianto strait and after an engagement sunk two armed patrol boats. On their wuy Pack at least six hostile destroyers oT greater size and speed, evidently of the Indomlto class, blocked their way. A violent combat with guns ensued. One hostile destroyer was set on fire and three others were hit kcv eral times at short range. The en emy's sea forces, among which was one vessel of a morn powerful and unknown type were routed. "One of our destroyers was hit twice In the funnel slid another was hit In the superstructure. One man was killde. There were no wounded." HEAVY SNOW FALLS OVER LOS ANGELES LOS ANGKl.KS, Dee. Heavy snow fell over the northern part of the city for the sixth time in Hie forty year- the weather bureau ha- been c-tahfi-hed here. melted almost as rapidly as it fell. War Must Be Fought Out Until Fu ture of Democracy Assured and Imperialism Conquered Cltoice Is Between Untimely Peace and Per manent Peace. PARIS, Dec. 26. In addresses at i tho national congress of the French socialist party, Arthur Henderson, the British cabinet minister, a net G. 11. Roberts, member of the DrlttsU parliament both affirmed in i tint en thusiastic cheers, that the war might bo roiiKht out until full guarantees have been obtained for a lasting1 peace. "In my opinion," said Mr. Hen derson, "if France and ourselvea were to outer into negotiations under ex isting conditions wo should he na tions in uondnge. Nothing less than that is the price our enemies would exact for peace today." SoeijiJisls for War. Kmile Vandervclde, the Belgian so cialist leader Kaid: "Our comrades who have regained in invaded Belgium endure German dominion with admirable firmness. Nothing hut encouragement reiches us from thorn, s'j that it would setm that tho poisons most hostile to war are those farthest from It." M. Arandervelde also declared that tho struggle must be carried on until Belgium and Serbia are dcllvere.1 and czarism s laid low. In his speech Mr. Henderson said: "In my ont'tion we have now reach ed the mo'-t diwigerous and difficult period of the war. Hieing tne next feyr mouths) th" democracies of 12db- ' land and Franco are going io be tested i novcr before. Do not mis understand me. I io rot mean that the stress and strain r the flhtl.'g In the field v'.ll he more severe, though I dj not Ignore such a pos sibility, but the danger Is of entirely a different character. Mortgage tho Future. " "Our stupendous losses, our un precedented sacrifices, our horror of war, our love of peace, may lead un to mortgage the' future. With such awful experiences we are apt to for get the great moral, eternal princi ples and ideals for which we entered tho struggle. We are not only fight ing a negative action against muter- (Continued on Page Two.) E WASHINGTON. Dee. 2u Indica tions accumulated in official quar ters here today that (he action of Switzerland in stipnorting the recent peace move of the Cnitcd States may be followed by similar action oil the part of Kuropcan neutrals. Holland, Spain, the Scandinavian countries and the pope, it was said, are expect ed to take some action in the near future. Or. Caul Hitter, the Swiss minister, will see President Wilson within a few days to discus the peace situation. HV called ut the hitc Iiuiim; today to get information on how the Swiss peace note had been received in this country in or der to send a report to his govern ment. Dr. Kitler was concerned over new-paper report1 that (he action of the Swi-s government was construed a- support for the cau-e of the cen tral putters. He told Secretary Tu multy the action of his government was solely in the interest of peace. Messages from individuals and or ganization in Holland and other ncu t ral F.nropcnu tint imi-t continued to aiaive at the white hou-e today in large numbers. All eommeiided the pro-idenl IW his recent note mid in dicated that strong pres-ure was be ing brought on the governments of Kuropeaii nations to take action. While the Cnited Slates will con tinue to act alone, supporting action by oilier nculrat powers, it is said, will be weboni.-d by President Wilson.