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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1916)
I Ihrnry I . fro FORECAST Valv today, rnin or snow Snturdiiy. MEDPORD 1! WEATHER Maximum yesterday, 1!7 Minimum Unlay, 14. Forty-sixth Year. I tally Klovunih Year. MEDFOHP. OREUONV EH I DAY, PECEM15EH '29. 1)1 NO. yMIL TRIBUNE . FINCH REPEL T Effort to Strike Back Opposite Scene of Recent French Success Ends in Failure for Crown Prince's Army Mackensen Keeps Up Drive Against Rumania. GERMAN THRUS VERDUN REGION PARIS, Deo. 20. German troops last night delivered nn attack in V strong force on a three-kilometer front between Ilill ,'!04 uiul Dead Mini hill, northwest of Verdun, the war of fice announced today. The French infantry mid machine gun fire broke the attack, but one of the French trenches south of Dead Wan hill was penetrated by a few hostile troops. Striking back at the French in the Verdun region, but on the bank of the Mouse, opposite the scone of the recent French successes, the Ger mans made n strong effort lust night to penetrate the French lines between Hill 304 and Dead Man hill, the two dominating eminences north of the fortress. Wentlicr Checks Fighting. . The activities around Verdun have been virtually the only breaks in the monotony of trench warfare nlong the Franco-Belgian front. The battle of the Sommc admittedly is in a state of suspense, because of the had state of the ground and uiiluvornble at mospheric conditions, according to liritish authority. The opening of what may prove to bo an important offensive by the Teutonic forces along the Moldavian western frontier is revealed in the current Berlin statement. Apparent ly it is the Austro-tiermau purpose to break through the mountain region here and force the Russo-Rumanian lines back along the lower Carpathian barriers to Moldavlu. Heights Captured. Several heights were captured in the effort, which evidently is made in conjunction with the northward thrust of the Tenutonic armies from Wallachia, to the east of this line, the southern flank of which is thus threatened. From Wallachia northward Field Marshal Von Mackensen's advance has been pressed on the west nearly thirteen miles north of Rimnik Sarat and new progress also has been made near the Danube whore Braila. a grain and oil center, is the next im portant point in the line of tho Teu tonic progress. Stubborn Kosislonce. The Petrograd statement reveals that Rumanian troops arc again in the field in northeastern Wallachia and the indications are that resis tance of a most stubborn sort is be ing offered to Von Mackensen's thrust towards tho Sereth line, which runs northwest through Central Moldavia from a point on the Danube just north of Uralla. The Germans, how ever, have taken H00 more prisoners from the Russians, together with three cannon. in Dobrudia, opposite Uralla and Galatz, tho Bulgarian, Turkish and German forces have closed in further upon the Matchln bridgehead, taking the town of Ratchelu, on the Danube, k ten miles across the northwestern neck of Dobrudja, from Matchln and opposite the Bessarablan shore RAIL EMPLOYES DECIDE NEXT STEP NKW YOl! K, Dee. 20. The 40m, OilO railroad employes affiliated with the four trainmen's brotherhoods will decide the next step which will be taken by their authorized committee, which has been handling their side of the controversy over the opcrate-ii ,.t the Adamson act, it was announced here today by the brotherhood chief-. The brotherhood leaders, after an unannounced conference here this af ternoon, gave out ,a statement indi cating their fear that the pending lit i:riitiun, together wiih possible fuliirc steps on the part of the railroads would delay indefinitely the investi gation by President Wil-on's special committee headed by George W. Goi'lll.ils, ALLIES OBJECTS IN CONTINUING WAR OUTLINED MEXKAN BANDIT London Spectator Gives Peace Terms Germany to Lose Alsace-Lor raine, Colonies, Poland and Its Navy Turkey to Yield Constanti nople and Armenia. LONDON', Dec. 2fl. The Spectator devotes the greater part of tomor row's issue to answering President Wilson's question as to what are tin peace terms of the entente allies Uriel ly summarized, the principal de mimils as outlined by the Spectator follow : "The peace terms are to start from the status quo before the war, thus including the evacuation of the who! of northern France, liclgiiim and Luxemburg, and of all lands taken from Serbia, Kumania, Hussia and Montenegro. "Alsace-Lorraine is to be restored to France. The Danish portion of Schlcswig-Ilolstein is to go to Den mark and l'oscn, Polish Prussia and Austrian Poland are to be added to the new sub-kingdom of Poland which the c.ar has pledged lo create. Xew Slav Kingdom. "The Slavs of liosnia, Herzegovina Dalmutia, Croatia, etc., tire to he ere ated into a new kingdom. "Iloheiuia to be an independent state. "The Kmnauiau section of Trim sylv.inia to be added to Kumania. "The whole Austrian Tyrol, pin: Tries!, Istrin and the oilier portions of Austria which are Italian in blood feeling, to be added to Italy. 'Turkey to yield Constantinople and the straits to Kussiit. "The Armenians to be put under lltissiun tutelage. "The Arabs to be freed, while Sy ria, Asia Minor and Mrvopotnmin are lo be under external protection guar anteeing tranquillity. "The Gorman colonies to remain in the hands of the entente. .Moreover, a money indemnity for the ruin Ger many has done in Helgium, Fiance, Serbia. Montence.ro, etc. Full Hopnrntion. "As regarding shipping, Germany lo make reparation in kind for all ships of commerce destroyed, ton for ton, neutral- shipping to be replaced only after all the demands of the al lies have been satisfied. "The German navy to be handed over and distributed among entente nations. "As a guarantee against future war, the allies are to insist upon the democratization of the German gov ernment. "The Kiel canal to be neutralized under an intenialional non-Ocrmnn commission, including the entente ountrics, the I'nited States and other neutrals.'' MUST GO TO JAIL FOR OLYMPIA. Wash., Dec. 29. The state supreme court today upheld the conviction of Paul Haffer of Tacoma, who was convicted in the Pierce county superior court for criminal li bel because he published an article defamatory of George Washington, accusing hlni of drunkenness and other irregularities. The supreme court ruled that publication of ar ticles tending to hold the memory of deceased persons up to ridicule, con tempt and obloquy constitutes libel and thai it Is not necessary to show that relatives and friends of the de ceased person were Injured in the at tacks, tlaffer was sentenced to four months in the fierce county jail, and must serve his term. HOWARD PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN SOCIOLOGISTS COLl'MP.I S. O., Dec 20.-Prof. Gcorue F.. Howard of Ihc 1'niveisity ,, Nibra-ka wa- elected pre-iden! of the Aircticjin Siicn.lo-jical society here t.iday. succeeding George F.. Vin cent of the l'nivcr-ity of Minuc-ola. Prol. --or S-..il W. llcdfi.nl ( the I nivcr-ily of Clin-iu'ii re-elect - i-d -cci'laiy. ... Uncle Sam Trying to STILL AT LARGE Estimated at Washington That Pur suit of Villa Has Already Cost $49,000,000, and End Is Not Yet Total Cost Likely to Be Astounding WASHINGTON, 1). C, Dec. '). It is estimated today that I'ncle Sam has spent more than $-10,000,1101) try ing to catch "Pam ho" Villa, and the Mexican bandit is still at large, lie has .just captured the .Mexican city id' Torreon. The war department has not yet is sued an official report on the cost of Irving to catch the -l!l,((HI,000 ban dit. Last year the cost of feeding the regular army was -7 cents a man per day. Food price increases have plac ed the cost at 110 cents. I'ncle Sam has spent about !fN,V20,!l!lo feeding the 14H,i"i!) men for 193 days spent on the border. The pay bill for officers and men is put at ,f22,4Si.08n. The cavalry and field artillery of the stale militia were practically horseless when they went to the bor der. The b'ill.'i cavalrymen had 1 S'J4 horses, the II.V2-I field artillerymen Ml 2 horses. It cost if l,0-i:!,8!10 to buy horses and mules. -v-.r From the time Pershing went into Mexico to June .'10. Dllli, there were bought for the exclusive use of the expedition ."iKS motor trucks, ."i7 mo tor tank trucks, 10 motor machine shop trucks, (j motor wrecking trucks, 75 niitomobiles, 01 motorcy cles and 8 tractors for repairing roads. This cost is placed at -t2,17.5,-11711. The .T-in,(Mll,000 estimate does not cover wearing out of tentage and sap plies of all kinds, nor cost of main tenance of roads and supply truins. With Villa at large and the cost to I'ncle Sam going on, the total figure, when the Villa. mutter is finally end ed, will be all the more astounding. IT PETItOCiliAD, Dec. 29. Violent fighting took place between Russian troops and forces of the central powers yesterday in central Ru mania. In the region of Amara, ac cording to the Russian official state ment issued today, a Teuton force 35, duo men strong launched an at tack on the Russian lines. The bat- tie continued until evening when the i engagements slackened. In the sector of Rimnik Sarat and Holdu all tho attacks of the Invaders were repulsed by the Russians. The text of the statement reads: "All attacks on the sector from the railway near Itlmnlk Sarat to. lioliidu southwest of Rimnik Sarjl, ! were repulsed. The enemy was over- thrown bv our energetic counter at- j tacks. "In the course of tho day the ene - my about two divisions strong con - dueled atlacks 111 the direction of Amara station, ton versts to tho south of Boldn. Towards evening the battle Hlaehened. "Near Filipochtl station an enemy Httafk was repulsed by us. Else where there were artillery attacks. "Dohmdja: Alone the whole front the enemy conducted attacks against our patrol guards. ' TURKEY'S REPLY TO WILSON'S PEACE MESSAGE WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. Tin -fccy'f reply to President Wilon; pence note wa received today nt th'1 -tutc department. It MibMjuihuliv i-tin- ;iihc if jei tiniu V and Au-lriit's. Spends 49 Catch Pane ho ;'" " Mi- V wX if ENTENTE REPLY TO PEACE OFFER LONDON, Dec. 2!). As a result of the conferences which have been in progress for several days, the entente reply to the German notls now com pleted. It could go forward today or tomorrow except for the necessary formality of transmitting It to all the allies before final delivery. This means that the delivery will be made early In, or in the middle of next week, perhaps on Wednesday. The delivery will be made at Paris, after which the communication will be forwarded to Germany through American channels. The reply is a very long document, much more lnngthv than the German note. This point has been one of the matters of discussion during the conferences, -the objection having been raised that i It is too long and should bo short j and sharp. Hut there were so many I points for elucidation ami such complete difference of conception of jthe objects and purposes for which I ,.jV(,, i,,.,-,. ye-tenlay from Saltillo . the two sides went to war that ituilh the n rt that the de facti, was found desirable lo extend the note lo considerable length, Tho presence here of Alexandre Itlbot, the French finance manager, permitted jthe French ministry to be represent- 1 ed during the conferences, 1 I'niisiial optimism is shown here as lo the final result of the form which the reply hau taken, which Ih believed to be such that It will meet with satisfaction at Washington. The reply to the American note will follow within a few days after the delivery of the reply to Germany. OMAHA NEWSPAPERS SUSPEND NEW YEAR'S DAY j OMAHA, Neb., Dee. 'JO. - An- j noiinecmcr.! wjc made today by the! WASHINGTON, De-. Piei Omaha daily papers that no papers j dent WiUon hi I c" today si'.'iied the will he printed Monday, .January l.j Ferris bill, opening up (ilU-acrp Publication was omitted bv all morn- home-tcads l"r stock rai-ini: and Mi' and al ternooii puper t'liii-tina-j razinjr pnrpo.-e.-. It i-- accounted ot day. Conservation ol the paper slip- reat importance to the ue-leni ply i jiven a? tlic objr; t. j -ti'tos Million V'lla VILLA EVACUATES TORRE HI. PASO, Tex., Dec. 'jn. Gov eminent agents here received an un confirmed report today that Fran cisco' Villa and his forces were mov ing north from Torreon in Ihc direc tion of Chihuahua City with a col umn of approximately ,"000 men. . j Torreon was evacuated by the Villa forces, ai rding to the same source, and wai rcoccupied by do facto forces. No dale was given for the re-occupation of Torreon. Forces nprrating under llie banner of Villa have occupied Saltillo, the .capital of Ihc state of Coahuilu, il was nuiiounced here today by ilia partl--alis. 'flic report wa denied by Carrauza officials hcl-c. ai jjrs Ainullo Giuiziih , wile of ' ;llM (ionznlcs of (iiihiiahuii, in I In oi.s had lelt there lo lake llie iiclil gainst Villa foiccs near Torreon. Gov.') imient icictlts here al-i, re ceived llie report I. .Hay Hint Miitnn hful been inMM!iied by ti I'orcc Hiiim inir I" lie Villa fnllmver-. Thi-. re port Muled tliiit this force lunf come there J 'nun tin- Miitlh ntal inul tin eon neclioii wiih Villi!'- mnin enmrnaml in the vieinttv of Torreon. i PAPER MAKERS REFUSBTO TALK Manufacturers Decline to Discuss Figures or to Testify Before Fed eral Trade Investigators at Hearing Held at Washington Prosecution of Trust Seems Only Relief. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2f. News print paper manufacturers at a hear ing called today by the federal trade commission, declined to discuss fig ures presented by tho eoininb:slon's Investigators bearing on costs and profits of paper manufacture, but consented to continue consideration of a dlstiilmllon plan they proposed to the commission two weeks ago. The manufacturers declared they had not time to study the cost fig- urea. bearing hold Iwo weeks ago at which tho same statistics were pre sented, was suspended when the mnmifiirinrors nut fnrwnnl the nliin for distribution. Today's was the final hearing before tho commission makes its report to congress on the news print situation. Causes Astonishment. Members of tho trade commission appeared astonished when tho nianu facturers declined to testify and dc elared the original hearing was called at tho request of the manu facturers themselves. The postpone. ment, they said, not only was for time to study one distribution plan but to give tho manufacturers an op portuulty to go over the commission's figures. KcprcHcnlullvcs of the manufac turers replied that the commission Itself had stated It would make an early report to congress and that the manufacturers did not wish to block the report by asking for time to study tho statistics. Commissioner Davles hinted early in tho day that If the trade commis sion failed to find relief for the pub Ushers, some other governmental agency probably could offer the aid asked. PuhliHliers believed he re ferred lo tho department of Justice. Sharply Criticised. The unwillingness of the manu facturers to testify drew sharp critl- elsin from tho publishers, Frank P. tilass, chairman of the paper com mittee of the American Newspaper Publishers' association, told the com mission the manufacturers alt along had declined to help solve tho situa tion and that their distribution plan was far from a concession, that It would not Ineonvenicnco paper makers, but Hie country's largest publishers, who would have to relin quish paper lo fill the needs of the small publishers. TO BE ANSWERED T WASHINGTON. Dr.-. 'J!l.Vlint HhMvcr will Im ivliiriii'il to (ifiKM-nl 'iirnurit'.- Istd-M jtimi-jfl Ur mnli- lieiMioiis in the protocol, Muucd at Atlantic City, will be determined here Tuc-dav. On that duv tlie American members of llie Mexican-American ioint ciuiuni---ioii will meet and con sider the MexieMM cniniiniical ion d Ihcred y-tcrday to Secretary Lane bv Luis Cabrera of the Mexican eoiuinis-ii'ii. The Mcxirniis iiinbublv will be here on that da. and in the event the AmeriejijM decided Cnrraii.a's ivply can be LMveii .-crioii- eon-idernt ion, mi immediate seMon of the .joint mission may be held. tieneral ( airatiza - l;ite-t com mitment ion ji-kihji iiMubt it-at iun of the pn iincn I covering wit hdra ual of American t mops from Mexico, was examined clu-ely today by Secretary Lane, chairman of the American litem her ot t he .punt com tut--ton. who ha- iiin!iio!ieil his cul'caiiue- to confer with him here a oon as pos sible. They will decide what answer to -five the Mexicnn rcprc-cntat it-e. when'another ,-c--ion of the commis sion i- held carlv next week. TO COMMISSION SPAIN PROTESTS RUTHLESSNESS Vigorous Demand Made Upon Ger- many to Cease Piracy of the Seas Denies Right of U-Boats to De-i stroy Ships of Neutrals Carrying Contraband Threatens Action. .. .MA lli 1 1 1, via Pans, Dec. 28. The note addressed to Germany on( the submarine question bv the Span-i ish government reviews at length thu policy of Madrid from the time thof first Spanish ship, the Isidoro, wusj torpedoed, in August, .1 !).". It de- lares Hint the Spanish government; has always niuititumed that it was il-. legal to destroy prizes, as is the con stant practice of submarines, and that the cabinet also demanded tho ibservation of the declaration oC Loudon, notably article ,ri0, which ib maintained submarines violate by abandoning the crews of sunken! ships to the mercy ol the waves trim land. . Protest Destruction. The note further reeulls the vigoi of the ri'presenlutions of the Spnnisli government, which it says sometime! uuscd the llcrlin government to bo surprised at the radical attitude of Spain, whose protests, it is said, hovo been more energetic than those on anv neutral slate, even the United Slates. Willi regard to tho contrnbaniil question, the note says: What the Spanish government! dois no! admit is the central em pires' interpretation of iuteniiitional law, wherebv Ihcv destroy ships nE nations which have always com-' plained and .protested against sucW an interpretation.". flic note concludes with nn an- noiinceinciil Ilia! lurilier steps lira being taken lo avoid or diminish irk fill urc the risks to shipping of Spain( History or Protests. In Seplcmbcr of this your tho Spanish government sent a note to llerlin protesting vigorously against; I In- torpedoing of Spanish steamers bv German submarines. Prior to tliuti time dispatches from Spain' stated that indignation over the operations? of the submarines was growing Ihroicihoul (he country and that mer cantile and shipping bodies wero bringing strong pressure on the gov ernment tor action. In October a liorlin dispatch said thai Ihc German' government had offered to let Span-1 ish fruit ships sail unmolested linden certain giiai'aiitccs, ami provided Hint the allies permitted siinilur cargoes lo pass for the Geriiiiin market. The agitation in Spain continued to grow mid on December 12 Alcxan- ilio Lerroiix, leader ol the Spanish radicals, introduced n hill in thu 'hninber of deputies "rohilntiiier Spanish subjects and vessels from provisioning (icriunn 'submarines. This was followed mi December 22 by llie introduction of a resolution by llie republican parlv declaring that there was urgent need of putting a slop to Ihc torpedoing of Spanish ships, which was "continuing to weaken a merchant ma rine ' already insufficient and threatening to ruin Ilit- agricultural interests of Spain.' Knriwtlr .Mnisures. 1'AIHS, Dec "JS. A Hnviis dis- patch from .Madrid says the Spanish 'jiliiiirt, after eon-idcrntioii of the torpedoini; nf Spanish vessels, has decided lo take energetic measures avoid the constant dimunition of tho count r'- merchant marine. Another nicctim,' will be held to -jive precise form to these measure-, the nature of, whi h has not been disclosed. FIFTY PERISH WHEN HKIil.lN. '!, The Finnish of 1 070 tons, with -learner Oihoniin, a regiment of liu-sian eoa-t artillery from the Aland Uland- on board, -truck a mine and ank in a lew min utes, iiecotdiiii: to a dispatch to the Frankfurter Zcitutii; from Copenha gen. All on hoard, with the excep tion of titty pcr-oti-, are -aid to have been drowned. - OF SUBMARINES E
