3 Medford Mail Tribune i
FORECAST
WEATHER
Maximum yesterday. Mi
Mill, today, 25; I're., trace.
'si
Kuiu of Snow. V tumor,
imi-va-slng easterly winds.
Forty-sixth Tear.
Imllv Klevpnth Yrnr.
Omaha, Neb.; Berkeley, Cal.; Spring
fielcl, Mass.; Baltimore, Md.; Col
umbia, S. C; Louisville, Ky.; New
Orleans, La.; St. Louis, Mo.; St.
Paul, Minn.; Wichita, Kan, and
Houston, Tex., Other Branches.
WASHINGTON', Vc. 27 Oiniilin,
Ai'b.; Jiciki'loy, Cal.; Spiiknup,
V'jisli.; SiiriiiKl'ii'lil, Muss.; llnlti
moTc, Mil.; Columbia, K. C. Louis
ville, Ky.; Now Oiluans, ,a.; St.
Louis, Mo. ; St. Paul, Mian., Wi. liita.
Kan., and Houston, Tex., have been
rhosen as locations i'or twelve federal
farm loan banks.
The twelve districts into which the
country is divided were announced bv
the farm loan hoard today as follows:
Twelve Districts I'onncil.
District Xo. 1 Maine, Xcw Hamp
shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Uhode
Island, Connecticut, New York and
Xcw Jersey.
District Xo. 2 Pennsylvania, Del
aware, Maryland, 'Virginia, West Vir
ginia and the District of Columbia.
District Xo. 3 North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
District Xo. 4 Ohio, Indiana, Ken
tacky and Tennessee. '
District No. 5 Alabama, Missis
sippi and Louisiana.
District Xo. C Illinois, Missouri
and Arkansas.
District Xo, 7 Michigan, Wiscon
sin, Minnesota and North Dakota.
District Xo. 8 Iowa. Nebraska,
South Dakota and Wyoming.
District No. !) Oklahoma, Kansas,
Colorado and Xcw Mexico.
District Xo. .10 Texas.
District Xo. 11 California, Ne
vada, Utah and Arizona.
. District Xo. 12 Washington, Ore
gon, Montana and Idaho.
Determined by Needs,
''hi determining the federal land
bank districts and in designating the
cities within such districts where
federal land banks shall be located,"
the official announcement says, "the
federal farm loan -board has given
careful consideration to the farm loan
needs of the country. The board held
public hearings in nearly every state
in the Union.
"Every reasonable opporiunity has
been afforded applicant cities to I'ur
nUh evidence to support their claim
as locations of federal land hanks.
More than seventy-l 'ivc cilics nppli-
(Contiuued on I'age Four.)
TEN LOSE LIVES IN
WINTER TORNADO
UTTI.E HOCK,' Ark., Dec. 27.--The
winter tornado which yesterday
swept through centra! Arknn.-as irath
ered for its toll ten known deaths, id
least a score of seemingly well
founded reports of tragedies and :i
property Humane which yet is to be
established, with resumption of wnv
communication to the afflicted dis
trict. Much apprehension was felt here
today regard in:; the fate of I he state
convict farm at Tucker, southeast n!
here, where 3"J." state prisoners were
stationed. The fanu was- believed to
have been directly in the stonn'.
path and as nil wire connection will,
it was Iot when the tornado first
descended, it was feared some of the
convicts mijjht have escaped during
the confusion.
I'ltssentrers arriving" here today
brought further reports of the wiping
out of a neprn pott lenient at Keo, be
tween here and Tucker, with n loss o'
seventeen lives.. Aeeurate informa
tion on the situation there, however,
ij, lacking.
The tornado eut n palh four mile
wiile. Many homes were et afire b
the lightning which attended t!v
storm.
Later reports brought the list ot
dead to twelve. The known injured
numbered twenty-three. It was esti
mated that the storm da mat:' eati-ed
property damage, ol -MjUUfSOUO-
POKANECHOSEN!WS
FOR NORTHWEST
FARMLOANBANK
iNT
06REG0N
10 LEAD FIGHT
General Luis Herrera Killed in Bat'
tie With Bantlit Forces Near Tor
reon Capture of Torreon Con
firmed If Obregon Takes Com
mand, Revolution at an End.
MKXICO CITY. Dec. 27. General
Obregon, who hastily returned to this
city from (Jaeretaro alter a confer
ence with General Carranza last
night, is expected to leave for (he
north tonight.
Although official announcement
has not yet been made, it is believed
that he will take command of troops
operating against Villa. It also is
rumored that General l'ablo Gonzales
amy go north as mililarv commander.
MKXICO CITY, Dee. 27. Confirm
:i! lun was received here todav of 111
report that General l.uis Herrera, in
command of a government force, had
been killed in battle with Villa ad
herents near Torreon.
hi. I'ASO, Tex., Dec. '27. Official
confirmation of the occupation of
Torreon by Villa forces was made to
day by Carranza Consul Iiravo here.
Torreon was evacuated bv General
Talamnle and his command of l.iUO
do facto troops, Iiravo said, because
of a superior opposing force. Consul
I'rnvo denied the rumors which have
been in circulation here for-llic past
hvo days that General Francisco
.Murguia, commander at Chihuahua
City, had an understanding with Villa
and had made no effort to oppose
Villa's recent capture, of Chihuahua
City.
Sign for Ohrcgon.
Consul Iiravo said that, if General
Alvaro Obregon look the field in com
mand of the Carranza forces against
Villa, the Villa revolution would he
short lived.
"To use an expression which I have
learned from you Americans:
"'General Oh.rcgon has got Villa's
goat,' 'f said the Chihuahua consul.
"Villa knows General Obregun's
power and fears him more than any
man in Mexico."
El, I'ASO, Tex.. Dec. 27. The
Carranza garrison at Kl Oro, about
Hill miles southeast of l'arral, re
volted mi December 21, looted the
-tores id' the mining camp and then
started south lo join Ihe Villa forces
at Torreon, a nicsj-age received today
from two Americans still remaining
in tho camp staled.
MAILMAN LOST
IN CURRY SAFE
CUAN'IN TASK. Or.. Dec 27.
Commodore Kleinin:-. a mail carrier,
and Thomas ifilea. who were reported
lo-t in a snowstorm in (his vicinity,
and for whom parties have been
searching si net yesterday, have both
reached safely, neenrdin; to mes
snu'ts received here.
lijlea, who set out from Oregon
City Friday to spend Christmas with
his father at Alness, reached his des
tination today, suffcrintr from ex
haustion and hunger, l-'lcminir, it
va- reported, returned to Ins station
at Mariel, Or., after .stiirtinir on his
route ami JJjiidinj; eould make no
progress tliron.h the storm.
Noihimr was heard here today of
the fate of J. P. JVters a fanner liv
ing fifteen miles south of here, who
hits al-o been missing since Friday,
and for whom neighbors have been
searching.
PARALYZED BY SNOW
r.A HA M 1 K, Wyo.. Dee. 27. The
Cnii'ii Pacilie railroad is blocked in
Wyoming by -now for the first time,
it i- said, in twenty years. Not a
pawnucr train is moving today be
tween Laramie and Rawlins, Wyo.
Nineteen (rain are brim: held at varum-
points.
AGAINST VILLA
MKDFOHI").
GERMAN AGENTS
AT IHE HAGUE
Arrangements Beinp. Made for Ger
man Delegates at Proposed Confer
ence Sweden Sends Diplomatic
Note in Support of President Wil
son Similar to Swiss Missive. .
LONDON', Dec. 27 A dispatch
from The Hague to the Kxi hange Tel
egraph company says (icrmnn agents
have arrived at The Hague, to make
preliminary arrangements for German
delegates to the peace conference
suggested in the German reply to
president Wilson s note.
Thelispatch follows :
"In view of the preparatory meet
ing of delegates to a peace conference
suggested in the German reply to
President Wilson, German agents
have arrived at The Hague and are
making inquiries for hotel aecounno
dntious for German delegates.''
l'.KHXK, Dec. 27 The Tagehlatt
announces that Ihe Swedish diplo
inatic representatives have handed to
hulh belligerents and neutrals a note
in support of those of President Wil
son and the Swiss government.
The London Daily Telegraph stated
this morning that it understood that
the Swedish government had sent a
note to the belligerent nations similar
to that dispatched by Switzerland.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 27. Secre
tary Lansing said in response lo
questions today that such a note had
not reached the state department and
he had no knowledge of its having
been dispatched.
The advices received here said the
note had already bien delivered in
some of the belligerent capitals, and
thai it much re-emblcibthe Swiss note
which was an expression of indorse
ment of President Wilson's note.
There were no indications to show
what Spain intends doing.
HEAVY BLANKET
POUTl.AXD, Ore., Uec. 11. Port
land lay under a heavy whlta blan
kot today, snow having started to
full shortly before daybreak. By !
a. m. the snow was about four In
ches deep. Weather bureau officials
wild tho fall was confined to the
nortl. .veslci n section of the si, do.
SPOKANE, Wash., I)ee. 27. East
em Washington, Idaho and Montana
suffered from a cold wave again to
day with Montana points reporting
lower temperatures than "yesterday
Great Kails, .Mont., reported offic
ially that the mercury stood 37 de
grees below zero. The lowest report
ed by the government weather bu
reau was 28 below at Havre.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 27. The
lowest temperature here last night
was 28 above zero, this being tho
lowest of the winter thus far. The
temperature Is rising. Warmer
weather Is predicted, with rain or
snow. A storm Is approaching from
the ocean. Light snow fell today In
southwestern Washington at Port
Angeles.
TOXOPAII, Nev., Deo 27 Hope
of succoring towns ami cities in Ne
vada which have been without elec-
ttie light and heat lacing zero
weather since Sunday, seemed prob
able today when the power and tele
phone company trouble hunters re
ported they hail found three miles of
iiiwer and telephone wires down in
the Miw-eovered and blizzard-swept
While mountains.
Il was expected the towns affected
by the break in Ihe power line would
have heat and light by tonight or tomorrow.
FORPEACEMEET
ORKtiOX. WKDXKSDAY.
sir
IVY
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. Copies of a letter from foi-Nier Premier
Venlzelos to General Korekas, head of the Greek revolutionary movement
In Athens, calling for extreme efforts lo bring Greece Into war on tho
side of tho allies, even to the "destruction at the proper hour of all
designated persons, no matter who they may be," were delivered to tho
state department today by Greek C'ha-ge Vonros for Its Information.
Tho letler was said to have been seized In the general's house uiid
waB dated November 2 4.
WILL OF PEOPLE
TO BE SUPREME
IN OLD 110
QUERKTAKA, Mex., Dee. 27. -At
Inst night's senafon o( the Moxiiun
constitutional congress an article of
the new constitution was adopted de
claring that the national sovereignty
exists essentially and originally In
tho people; that the entire public au
thority springs from the people and
is instituted for their benefit and that
the people have the inaliable right
at any time to alter or modify the
form of government.
The article says it is the will or (lie
Mexican people to continue as a rep
resentative republic composed of
states free and sovereign In nil that
concerns their internal affairs, but
united In one federation established
under this fundamental law. The la
bor article is still under discussion,
tho points debated being the ques
tions of an eii;ht-hour day and no
night work lor women and children.
These measures were added to the
original article in committee and a
separate vote may he taken on tiicm
tomorrow.
The labor representatives also aro
pressing for more ample protection
against capital.
The committee report on the penal
article, was defeated and sent tiaek
for revision because It provided for a
system of penal colonies.
WILD HORSE CASE
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 27. Kxamf
natfon of witnesses was concluded
shortly before noon today in the fed
eral court here where the United
States Livestock company and the
Omaha Land and Invest ient com
pany are charged by the government
with using the malls to defraud by
salens of "wild horses" in Coconino
county, Arizona. Assistant I'nflf.d
States District Attorney Saxton Im
mediately began his argument to the
jury.
UNABLE 10 LOCATF
XAXTTCKKT. Mass., Dec. 27.
The steamer Maryland, which report
ed by wireless on Christmas night
that she was sinking, had not been
found today. The coast guard cut
ters Arushnet and Oresham, which
had proceeded from Woods Mole and
Boston, sent word this morning that
they had found no trace of the
gta mer.
DKCKMUKR 27, 191f
JOFFRE CREATED
. I'AlilS. Dee. 27. hi addition to n
decree erealiiivr General Jol'l're n
marshal of France, President Puin
care has signed another revoking Ihe
decrees of December'., HM'i, and De
cember l.'l, lit 1 (J. The first of these
appointed Marshal JoHYe commander
in chief of all Ihe PiVnch forces ex
cept those in the colonies and Mor
occo; the second said: "(leneial Jol'
fre, commander in chief of the French
forces, will act as technical adviser
to the government in all matters con
cerning the direction of the war.'
The high command as now settled
finally consists of the war committee,
composed of Premier llriand; General
II. l.yautey, minister of war; Kear
Admiral Lacaze, minister of marine;
Albert Thomas, minister of national
manufactures; Alexandre Kibot, min
ister of finance, and President Poiu
eare. The duty of the minister ot! war
is to notifv the other ministers and
enmmandiiig geiiemls concerning the
decision!- nf (lie committee and take
measures to insure their concerted ex
ecution. In add it ion, he is respon
sible for everything eoueeriiin the
preparation mid maintenance, of the
nation's natural re.-oiiree-.
There ale two genera U ciuuiuaud
iug, General Xivcilc of the armies of
Hie north and nm IheaM, who nlo as.
sores a lini-on with the allied taff
and General Sanail of the army of
the Orient, who, as already announc
ed, is no lunger answerable to grand
headquarters, but directly to the min
ister of war.
The pies-- and public are iinani
uious in welcoming (be revival of the
dignity of marshal in favor of Gen
eral Jotl'rc. All agree that he broke
the German power once for all by the
victory of th Maine and saved the
e.-ipita! of the country from humilia
tion and (le.,iij
BIG EXPORT SALES
CHICAGO. J (i.e. L'7. Pig export
sales ie-ullcd today o steep ad
vii nee for wheal. It was estimated
that Kurope hud t;tkcii two milti
bnheis or more within the last '2
hours. Traders appeared to he much
impressed with advices indieiitim
that Great Itrilaiu was taking stren
nous measure- to protect shipping
and facilitate exports ftoin (hi side
of the Atlantic.
Gains in value amounted to Ct",e
a bu-hci on some trade-. The market
clo-ed unsettled, but -1 to "v tic!
higher with May at $1,71' k t 1.73'''
and July at $1,U'2 to fUr1.
EXPECT KAISER
1
10
Highly Confidential or Written Com
munication Concerning Terms Cen
tral Powers Are Willing to Make
Expected to be Received'uy Presi
dent Reply Awaited.
WASIIIXUTOX. Hop. l7. Ger
many's roply to Pii'sldont Wilson's
poaco n.-to had not been re-elve:l
lioro In official form early today and
officials were rcsrvlnK their com
ment until they hud opportunity to
study it.
Despite tho disappointment be
cause Germany nad not nee-'ded to
ihe president's sujffstlon nnij. laid
down her terms, thtf tt-ncral vlvv pie-
vailed that the rer.iy was another
step forward In til" ;.eace move uent
because It left room for subsequent
ncKOtlations.
The United Stii'ia undoubtedly l
expe'eted by (iermaey to transmit the
sense of her reply to ihe entente be!
liKcrents and tho immediate outcome
depends upon whether tho allies will
modify their determination not to
enter a conference beiore terms have
been-laid down. It wns pointed out
that the t uy had not been close;'
for tiennar y to lay down terms as
the nlllcs demand. In a diplomatic
negotiation of such mnKniUido at.il
scope, effiilals do not look for K
sults to be Immediate apparently, but
expect tho way to be pave.', cure
fully a:i. f-t'iwly. Tho next move wilt
not bo determined' until ui'tiv Un
official text of the reply has been re
ceived and ciii'ofully considered.
President. Wilson will (Umiiss II
thoroughly with tho cublnot, probab
ly Friday.
Tho view persisted in Teutonic
quarters that liermany's reply would
be followed by a highly confidential
oral or written communicatu-r. con
cernlnK H:e terms upon whlc: tt:3
centre I lowers aro willliiK lo make
peace. 'I ho German embassy, wMch
repeated'y Ims inaco It clear t.iat th
central i.r worn were not ll'..ely to
make nuul. : their torms, had re
ceived no tl'I'iclal uilvkes from llerlin
today, 'it', definite Information rn
KurdlnK l!:c intenliins of t e Teu
tonic al us v.as exji:ved.
BUTTER YIELD OF
SAN KIIAXCISCO, hee. '27. -.More
than $."iio worth of butter was the
yield this year of p. Holsteln cow,
Winnie Korndykc ('ornacopfa de Kol,
owned by the .1. S. Gibson company
of Williams, Colusa county, which
has Just completed a year'a test,
breaking the coast record for butter
fat production and making the sec
ond behest milk yield on record
anywhere. The row's yearly yield
was 1 , 2MO.!H poup(i of Duller unit
her milk totaled .1 1 ,a: 1.2 pounds, up
wards of l.'i.O.'ttl quarts.
The only cow in the world that hiis
Klven more milk than this Is owned
by William llishop of Chiimiruiu,
Wash., and also Is a Holsteln. Itutli
iiuinuils wen. on official test.
The Gibson cow has bested the fa
mous oiie-ear record of TMlie Alcar
tra of the A. W. .Morris & Sons cor
poration herd at Woodland, Cal., al
though Tillle still Is the best animal
in the world for louK-dlslancu pro
duction. Tillle still Is a young ani
mal, while, the (ithon cow made her
record at over Huht years of age.
PUBLIC ASKED 10
FEED WILD BIRDS
PdlrTLANh. Or.. Dee. -J7. - The
t'reon Jih and uame eoiumii'n
and the Portland llmiuinc society to
day nked the public lo -t-atter
ernniti- atul meat .--crap- for the bird
tt ho-e u-uat .-uppl v '' food on the
Iiu-Im". and urn-- ha I n buried he-
neuth the white mantle.
PRESIDENT
XO. 2H7
GERMAN
S
FIVE DAY BATTLE
il
Mackensen Nears Great Rumanian
Grain and Oil Storehouse on Lower
Danulie Slight Activity Along the
Otl:er War Fronts Artillery Duels
Along Meuse. .), i
ItKUUX, Dec. 27. The five-day
battle that has been In progress in
eastern Wallachla has resulted in
tho, piercing of the Russian lines at
several points, army headquarters an
nounced today. The Russians wero
definitely defeated on a front of 17
kilometers southwest of Jtimnik Sar
at. '; Several fortified villages havo
been captured by the Teutonic Dan
ulie army, and the Russians have
been forced to retreat to prepared po
sitions further north.
A total of 700 prisoners and 27
machine guns have been captured
since December 22 by the Ninth army
and more than l,:t00 prisoners by tho
Danube army.
.'Mackensen Xears ltrailu.
While the peace discussions aro
proceeding, active military opera
tions, except in such remote fields as
those of Kgypt and the Tigris, are
being vigorously prosecuted only on
the Rumanian front.
In this war area the latest reports
show Held Marshal Von Mackensen
muklng new headway in his advance
toward lira i In . the great Rumanian
grain and oil storehouse on the lower
Danube.
The taking of Fllipechtl placed
Von Mackenseu's forces little more
than thirty miles from this objec
tive. On the other side of the D&u
ube, meanwhile, the Teutonic Dob
rudja army, apparently comprising
chiefly Bulgarian troops, Is hammer
ins away at the bridgehead of Mat
chin, almost directly opposite Braila,
Cleuriiitf Dobrudjn.
The clearing of the remaining Rus
sians from Dohrudjn thus seems a
possibility not only by the direct at
tack, hut through the advance In
Wallachla, which if it succeeds in
reaching ltrailu would he able to take
the Matchln position under artillery
fire on the flank and rear from
across the Danulie.
On the Franco-Belgian front the
artillery has been active In some sec
tors and the aviators have been busy
but the Infantry arm of the service
on both sides Is being held welt to
Its positions, except for occasional
tremh raids and patrol enterprises.
Some possible developments of Inter
est are indicated from tho Verdun re
gion where a heavy bombardment
east of the Mouse, between the Vach
erauvlllc and Vaux sectors Is re
ported by Paris,
WASHINGTON, Dee. J7. In the
ub-ence uf any reply i'rom (Jencral
Carrnnzii to the insistence ot! the
American commissioners that he rat
ify or reject the protocol signed at
Atlantic City, Secretary I.tme, chair
man of Ihe American commissioners,
took the first Mep tudav toward
I'lo.-ini: the negotiations. He sent to
Dr. .1. II. Mott and Ju-l-e (iconic
(iray, the ot her member of the
America n commUMon, request to
meet htm here some time this week.
At tliat meetiiiii there will he reed
upon the details for hrinini; to an
end the conferences of the Mexienn
Amcrinin joint commiMon.
The only eouimunicatitin from the
Mexican reeeied today was a imto
from the secretary nf the Mexican
commission sent la-t niiiht, in which
it was said that no reply from Gen
eral Cuiranzii had been received.
Ni:V YORK. Dee. L'7. - Mc-Mii:e-from
Ocu. Carran.a are understood
to have been received here today by
the Mexican -cciou of the Mcxiean
Ainerican .joint coiiimi--ion, hut l.uis
( 'abiei n. the Mexican chaiinan, re-I'u-ed
to be qiie-dioucd as to their
contents. He wji,- airain in conference
todav wilh his two asxiciates.
IN WALLA A
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