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Upi !i sii f Oregon Lilirnry Medford Mail Tribune FORECAST Tonlfslif nl Thursday 1'url. ly t'louily. . WEATHER Maximum Yesterday 111; .Minimum Totlny -2. irortv-ilxth Yoar. KlKVonlh Vi-nr. DISCUSSION OF PEACE PROPOSAL IS POSTPONED Action on Cummins Resolution to Provide Exclusive Consideration of President's Address- Sent to Calen $r of Being Debated for Two ' Hours Come Up In Regular Order WASHINGTON', Jim. 24. A.I i.n on Senator Cummins'' resolution to provide for exrlusive coiiMilerution of I're-ident Wilson's puiiec mlilioss un til all senators liuve expressed their views was dvfvrrrd today and it was seal to the calendar after it had been debated two hours. Senator Cummins sought to obtain anauiuiouH consent for the resolution to ro over without prejudice, to pome up autinntii'allv iiffaiii tomorrow, but Chairman Stone of the foreign rela tions committee objected. Senator Cummins pointed out I hut willi the resolution on tile ciilemlnr it is pos sible for him to move to take it up tomorrow or any other day, after the senate, routine niurninjr business is concluded. Ordered on Clileiular. Senator Stone wanted lo refer the resolution to the foreign relations committee, but the presiding officer finally ordered it to the ealendar. In this situation it will reouire an affirmative vote of the senate to set the resolution up aiiain. Senator Cuiumins said: "I have no disnosition to speak at length on this resolution. I hope sin cerely that vc may he able to leach a vote on it before the morning; hour conies to a close. It will be observed that the resolution does not invite nor propertv'Tiei'lnit a discussion lit this time of the soundness or unsoundness of the purposes announced in the president's address. I will ilu all I can do to hold the debate to the point at isKUe. What is if It is this: Ought the senate on some day in the near future do the country justice of informiii;; the people and advising the president of our views concerning a policy of the most vital importance to uliich he has told us he is about to commit his government .' Should. He Discussed. flj"Kor the proper discussion, it mat ters not whether the president is light or wrong. In either ca-c his coniiminication is the most important ct'er niade by a chief executive of the I'aiti'd States, lie so regards it The whole country so looks upon it, anil foreign nations so accept it. lie has conic lo the senate frankly anil bold ly and I assume wilh all sincerity. iving that he owed it lo us to dis close to ns the. purpose in his mind. Whv did he owe it to us to disclose without reserve the thought and pur poses in his mind .' "This is not a partisan subject," he said. ,"The president is not the only person charged with the duty of speech upon such a subject." Senator Stone, chairman of the torcign relations committee, opened discussion in opposition to the rcso hitioa, arguing that it would take aiore than a week of the senate's time il every senator toed; the proposed "our to discuss. the subject, lie de el'd it to be best that the resolution he referred to the foreign relation committee. To Postnne HcniiiiK. Hefore a vote! could be ordered. Senator Shafroth, democrat, urged a public hearing by the foreign relations I'onnaittee and debate in the .-finite special session to confirm appoint '"nts after March 4. Senator Shafroth read a resolution w!ui'li he did not introduce, proposing ;l Hcnty for the creation of a world- (Continued on Page Four.) NKW YORK, Jan. 24. Uethle hein Steel's response at the opening today's market to yesterday's "meion cutting," of the directors. l'l'h Included a 2U0 per cent stock ""vulend, was a decline of five points 10 2.'i on a fale of lOO.ftuO share? The balance of the list was irregular on moderate dealings, price changes ,n most of the active Issues litins ""Iv tramlonnl. SAI.KM, Ore., .tun. 24. A woman presided as speaker over the Oregon notice of represen tatives today for the first time, it Is said, In the history of the state, when Speaker' Ilobert X. Stant'ield retired shortly after the session opened and turned the gavel over to -Mrs. Alexan der Thompson, representative from The Dalles. .Mrs. Thomp son held the chair until noon. It was as "Mrs. Speaker" that members' called her as they asked for recognition and intro duced their hills and not n one of the fifty-nine men on the floor lit a cigar during her rule. Stant'ield retired complaining of throat trouble. BKI.I.IN. Jan. 'J -I. -KMimuling the I otal (ierman 1ism' in tin1 wn r at about Otm,(iO(), the National Zcituug of Berlin fnys that there are avail nh!e sut'liririil forces n curry on the war fur M'vcntl years mure. The newspaper gives available figures of casualties mitl continue--: "If the total losses are calculated at about 2,1)00,000, the (ierman re serves would still number 7,000,000 out (if the (t.000.000 with which the war was begun. On the other hand, large numbers of young men hitVe reached the age of military servh ilimng tie war. According to a con servative calculation, (icrmnnv has in this way an addition of l.."00.000 t her forces." LISHOX, Jan. 24. The Seculo, commenting on President Wilson's speech, says he has the "genius of inopportunity." lie Is inexhaus tible," says the Seculo, "us an In ventor of untimely pacifists' systems, inapplicable to present conditions. One can only praise the idealistic courage with which lie continues to proclaim these Ideals, which are not even original. The comity of nations and perpetual peace are two common places which should not be revived when the foundation of the only prac tical peace lies In the permanent de struction of the germ of war ineoi porated In the Prussian system." FOR ALLIES FAVORED AVASHIMITON. .Ian. 24. A com mittee from '.lie federal council nf the Churches of thri.-t in America, headed by Hisi.np Karl ( illusion of this city, calle i 'ipon President Wil son today an 1 ilso appeared before the senan foreign relations commit tee, urging r.rohitions in support of legislation to provide for adequate protection by the national govern ment of aliens in this country, "and for the creation of a federal com mittee of not less than five members for the study or the entire problem of the relations of America with Japan and China." SEN! 10 PERSHING WASHINGTON, Jan. 1' No more shin;: from t!- I'liit.-.l State. No orders have l. .11 Issued by the wfr dPpartm'-m to (;.'iirai IVrehins to withilr-nv ;ind no sp.-.-ifio tiim has l.rfii The i.t-.'nt movMiieir. irm Kl Vail is on f;mral Pfr shinti's InHiMive, hii.I if l-a-d on his knowienue Itiat th" troop. uill in.- iim;iin hnvi in M-io. MEDFOUD. BULGARS LOS E E Unable to Hold Gains Made Yester day, Teutons Fall Back Russians Pressed Back in Riga Sector Mile and a Half French Troops in a Successful Raid. Apparently the Bulgarians were not ablo to hold the ground on the north side of the southern estuary of the Danube, north of Tulteha in Dobrudja, occupation of which was announced hi yesterday's Ge. man headquarters reports. Today's statement apparently in dicates a wllhdraa.1 of the Unitar ians to their former position on the southern side of fun estuury. Attention again is turned to the Ulna region in the northern end of the Russian t'roiit where u renewal of the fighting Is reported by Mer in. On the raneo-llelgian region front, the pronounced yo'lvity of raiding detachments is btln'; con tinued. Berlin reports numerous air engagements in which the entente lost a total of six airplanes. Three German machines were brought down on the French front, Paris an nounces. Itusshtns pureed Back. PKTHOUItAI). Jan. 2 1. (ierman troops in the Uiga region have suc ceeded by repeated attacks in stroiig force in pressing back the Uu.-slnn lines about a mile and a half be tween the Tirul swamp and the River Aa, and east of Kalnzem, the war of fice announced today. UKI1LI.V, Jan. 2-t. A withdrawal of Teutonic, fortes In the region aloni? the Danube north of Tulteha 1s an nounced In today's army headquar ters statement which reads: "During the severe cold prevailing lliere have been only local lively ar tillery and advance guard engage ments. "The north hank of the southern arm north of Tulteha has again been abandoned.." .Along Kiihus. IllCrtl.l.V, Jan. H lienewed fight ing has broken out In the Uiga re gion on the Russian front, the war office announced today. The result of the engagements has been favor able to the Cermaus, says the official statement, which reads: "ICastern front: Front of Prince Leopold. On both sides of the River Aa, and south of Riga engagements developed which took a course fa vorable to us." PARIS, Jan. 2 1. Trench troops made successful raids last night near Chilly, south of the Somme and In the YVoevre district, the wnr office announces. Patrols were unusually active In the Seille region, near the eastern end of the front. IlKItMN, Jnn. 2-1. Six entente airplanes wore shot down yesterday on the western front, the war of fice announces. Th official report from the Kranco-Itt'Uian war theater is as follows: "The weather was frosty and ex ceptionally bright yesterday. Over most of the front the lighting was moderately active. Aviators took ad vantage of favorable ronditions for observation. In the course of numer ous aerial engagements, and as a re sult of our defensive fire, the enemy lost six airplanes." STATi; CAlMTol., Salem. Or.f .Inn. 'M. Member- (' the hnii.-e are much interested in liejire-entiMive SheMonV bill to repeal tile antiiUnted section nf the Oregon In w-, that denie.-t nil eitii-n except iho-e who own prop city the riulit lo vote for cho.d di-rci-toi-. The bill now i- hctnre the hou-e f-oininittei' on education, mid will be nut wit liin a -hott time. There i- 110 npi'iirent oppn-ition to it. a people in nil pad- ol the -late -uf-tcrin.' nii'icr thi- re-trit'tioii have de mand' d it. "Ii woi.bl In ,i'i-t n- lair to dmv 11 111:111 tin- li'jlit to vide ln-i'nu-e he oxvn- h than 1 .(miu.imm) a- it i- lo di-ny him (tie ri'jlit ln-ean-1' be i- iiitloitun nte enim'jli not to nvn any property." -aid Sheldon. GROUND WON IN DOBRUDJADRIV OUKOOX. WKDXKsn.W. MANSION AS Creilitoi.s of .Mrs. IHngluun, famous actress, hnve applied hi court for an order evicting her from her lllverside Ih-ivo mansion, New York, which they .-ay she put up as security hy mortgage for stocks she Ins) hi Wall st. Mrs. lMnxhaiii has a second mortgage 011 the property and re fuse.s to leave her home. OF SEA BATTLE I OFF ZEEBRUGGE LONDON. Jan. 'M. A survivor l' the (ierman de.-troyer V-(i! interview ed at Yinuiden by ihe eon-e.-pondeiit of the Kvening News, says the main action occurred at a point thirlv miles oil' eebrugge. His ve-el, with n ti nt he r torpedo-boat destroyer, Conned the rear uanl oi" a flotilla of eleven ve--els. Smldeidy the Oenmiu llotilla was 'onl'rontcd by two Itritish sipiadmns, eoniposed ol" four and six big ships each. The Driti-li marksmanship was neeurate and the V-tiil was badly liit. The compa-- and steering gear being destroyed, the officers nf the Herman destroyer followed the other steameis by using their propcllon-. While making for home they were confronted by four dei-t rover and the Y-(j!) ran lor the Dutch coast. "I don't know what happened to the oilier ve-.-el.-, the survivor con eluded, "but thev must Imve got il badlv." IiKKI.lN. Jan. '2 I. One ltritih de-,-troyer wa -nn and another wa-ob-ened to be in a -inkini: eoiiditioti in the North ea nanil engageineiit , the udmiinlty aniioiinees. One (ier man lorpcilo boat put in at Vmuideit in a damaged condition. The other returned with sli-jbt damage. The ainiuiinceniciit follows ; 'In Ihe eiMir.-e id an enter)ri-e un deitaken by a portion i.f our de--troyer t'orce an engagement ocf-ur-red earlv in the morning of January '2'A wilh Irili-h naval force-. One enemy de.-troyer wa- -unk during the lli'.'ht. After the engagement a -ce-oinl was nb-erved by our a irplaiiei to be in a sinking condition.' LONDON, Jan. 2 1- Lloyd's ship ping agency announces the sinking of the Dutch steamer .a Hand of 2, 2 '.',2 tons gross, and the itritish steamer Treameadow of 2,'i2Tt tons groins. The i.tpwh were landed. The sinking of the Dutch steamer y.eela. of ,n."i: tons gross, a nil the British steamer Ncuqden, of 'i,T,s: tons gross, Is aleo announced by Lloyd-s. The crew of the sunken fishing boat K'tlieJ. (tays another Lloyd's an nouncement, landed after seventeen hour at sea in open boats during zero' weather, the whole crew suffer ing from exposure and exhaustion. .IANTAUY '24. 1917 PAY FOR STOCK LOSSES 4 4 4 xfi$ -' AMELIA BINGHAM WASHINGTON. Jan. '24.- Sug-ge.-ted changes in Ihe bill pending before congress on the railroad .-ilu-ation were t-ubmitlcd to I're-ident Wilson today by representatives of the four railroad brotherhoods, lie aUed them to outline their proposal in writing and promises lo give il careful consideration. The details were not made puhli: Tlje stiggcMioii of the bfotherhond reprc.-entalives was that instead id' the eompul.-ory feature of the pending bill, a commis-iou made up of em ploy e and employers be Conned to iuve-lignle eoiit roversie- a- pi'opo-cil Indole the lnui-e eouillierce i-oiiil)lit-tee bv tlie brotherhood heatU. WASIIINfiTON, Jan. 24.-A pro v i-i"n forbidding trike pending in-c.-tig;ilion was voted itiit of the pending railroad bill today for the -ccoiiil time by the senate commeree committee. Three deiuoerats joined with the republican- in itipo-iug (be provi-inri which was siigge-ted by I're-ident Wil-uii. KL I'ASO. Tev.. Jan.'JI.- The coli eent rat joti ol' American po.-t t ronp at Cooiii:i Diiblau ha- been complet ed, all -urphis equipment, .-tores and baggage have been loaded and a number of truck train- have -larled north toward the border, according to information received at the Car lau.a eon-ulate here at noon ' ,av No Hoop movement north of the pun itive expedition had been begun al that time, it was -aid al the eon .id ale. WASIIINCTON. .IcD. 2t - l're:d , e.eni vvtisou has tHken under con fslderatlon a suggestion that ,11'Mr I congress adjourns he make a number j of speeches in different parts of the country in a ram paten of educaUon in connection with the Ideas ex pressed by him In his address on pence before the senate. Officials said today the president had reached no conclusion and would not do no for several Weeks, ' LEAK PROBERS SCIENTIFIC PLAN iADJOURNHEARING FORDISPOSALOF l IN NEW YORK) FARM PRODUCTS Await Furnishing of Specific Records of Stock Exchange Which Is Prom ised by Next Week Exchange Members Agree to Comply With Requests Showing Records. NKW YOUK. Jau. M. The house rules committee In executive session decided today to ud ouni its New York hearing on the .'. a k" invest I nation tor an indefinite pt : tod. y-v.-I ers of the eonimitte:k who plaue.ed tc -.item to Washingtoe. this at" 10 noon will hold u meetii in Wash .iMton later In the we"K to deeic'o uhen iby shall resuni -. tl.e heur'n.'s here. Announcement of this pian caiue while the eominittee still was in ses- ?on wit it representatives of the New "l'orli st let exchange trying to agree en a ne.v reipust for submission cl specific records to the coniinitto'. When the meeting adjourned, n.o.-t oi the y m. uUeemen rushed fcr Washing! n. trains and Sherman I. Whipple, 'Duns' 1 for the commit ten, detailed what had taken place In ihe meeting. To I'rodiiee Information. President Noble of the stock ex change, ho aid, had agreed to sub mit to the bourd of governors of the exchange a supplemental request fo; "certain Information regarding mar ket transactions between December 10 und December ' which would make it possible for the committee to resume Its inquiry some time next week, possibly Monday or Tuesduv. llo was inclined to think It would be Tuesday beeause personal busi ness promised to detain members in Washington. Kvery indication, Whipple said wus that the exchange members would comply with the supplemental request, but if they did not, the roni mitten would bo hurriedly ro-con veiled and steps taken to Insure pro duction of the desired records. The hoard of governors was to act on the request later In the day. The request for the information sought yesterday, Including the names of all customers and records ol their deals, "rests in abeyance Mr. Whipple said. Most of the direct testimony of Mr. Noble was in regard to the secu rities withdrawn from the list. Me -said that the stock In which there is little dealing because of Its scarcity on the market. He also admitted that "short" dealing in narrowly held stocks was dangerous because of the inability of speculators lo borrow it. Deforo Noble was excused, Repre sentative licnnelt wanted to know it' Uolhleheni Steel was not an example of narrowly held stock of the l.iiul which was dangerous for out of town speculators to deal In because of the difficulty in always making prompt deliveries. "I have rend In the newspapers," said IW-iiett, "that Charles M. Schwab, controls slvty per cent of the stock and that only forty per tent Is on Hie market. Would you call that stock narrowly held?" "Yes. hut there Is always plenty In circulation," said the witness, adding that he did not think Dellilehem a good example. Dullness of ItmiLcrs. Samuel !. Strcft, ehiifrnnu of t h stock echa nan (lea ring house, was then recalled and eMiiitlned on the de tails of the exchange machinery. Some houses, he said, had as many as a t h 011 sand accounts and the (Continued on Cage l-'onrt I'AIUS, Jan. 2 I, Austria has de cided on an extraordinary measure to stave off 'imminent bankruptcy" according to the I'd it Journal's le ncva conespondent. The correspon dent says tiiat a decree is about to be submitted to the emperor whereby a foil rlli part of the icjil and personal property of all the snttfeits and inhabitant-! of the empire s to become the propert of the state in ctchatiL'e for a Kind of mortgage bond. Th i -bond, according to the correspondent, the state hinds itself to redeem when the financial filiation permits. NO. '2m David Lubin Declares High Cost of Food Due to Methods at Present Followed Where Speculator awl Middlemen Take the Growers' Profit Example of Germany Cited UOMK, Jan. 2-1. "Tiio remedy fort the high cost of food In the United States is adoption hy the national government of a scientific plan for, disposing of farm products," accord lug lo David Lubin, the American representative to the Interna lien at. Institute of Agriculture hero anil himself the.fM-igitiator of the plan ot; t'ounilin;; t) at Institution. ' ",'tie 'imedy was v rrked o t by! Germany many years ago and all w? have to tlo Is to adopt this remedy,' he said. ' The trouble with oil" pies- ul l'n nn nig conditions Is that, tho middleman uid the speculator rali:-r lhan the farmer get tho biggest profit from the Mile of farm products. ThiH is shov, n by the fact that soon nearly per :?nt of the farms of our coun try will he mortgaged or merely occu pied on lease by the soP's cultivators. Kxnmple of Koine. "Right here In Home a long whilo ago we had u striking exampb oC what poverty means to tho farii". r. In the i: ,at of Kmperor TJiwiitia tlracrhm;, Uome began to buy in r food from .u'riea Instead of encoura;; ing her farmers. The land rapidly, parted Uitn from the hands of t!iJ cultivator of the soil to other owner ship, and the small farmer's 1 11 ill, entailed that of the nation. "America won't solve its high eostj of food problem by putting tho apeciH lators in Jail. We must make It im possible for the speculator lo operate hy strengthening the farmer. Th (iermans saw this many years ago and they worked out u welfare phui for tho farmer, ilnd thereby for the nation, which resulted In placing S'J1 per cent of the farms In the hands C the cultivator. "The key to the plan of the (ler mans, known as the Land wirtliachaN tiJit, Is that of keeping the furnier In formed regarding the. needs of ,tho( cities, of the market, so that his dis (rlhutlon system Is good, so that liei knows what his products are worth, so that he knows how to sell, and sot that he knows how to plant his crops,, Central Inlonmition. "AM of (lerma ny is divided u provinces, and each province is kept Informed of the other's dolngrf through a central office. Suppose there were too many potatoes In the province of A, with the result thatf prices were low, the farmers In thl province would make inquiries of tht4 farmer's organization in a neighbor ing province, say of i, how its sup ply stood, and so on through several, provinces until the whole potato) proposition was gone over, and thw potatoes shipped to the point where the supply was least. In the United States, at present, given the condi t ion of province oT A, the grower there merely continue to sell thelp potatoes to Ihe big city buyers at whatever prices they choose to offer, the farmers In Kentucky, say, bein; unaware of the conditions In Ohio, or at least Inexactly Informed. "The Cerman plan Is valuable be- I cause It Is a farmer's affair. All the business of information is carried on through their own agents, and not by outsiders. This ogani.atioii Is recog nizeil by the; government. All legis lation affecting agriculture must by law first be submitted to a standing; cent nil committee of the farmers. The organization Is entirely indepen dent of the department of ugrieiit- (Continued on Page Four.) ELIGIBLE TO IRK SALKM. Ore., Jan. 24. -Only American citizens will be eligible for employment. In construction of pub lic works by municipalities, school districts, counties ami states, if a bill Introduced Into the Oregon sen ate here today by Seuntor A. W. Or ion of Portland, becomes a law. Tho bill provides that uffiilals who vio late Its measures by employing aliens may be charged wilh misdemeanor, and. if convicted, fined not over $2u0. '7;
