Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 23, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextUM.ercity if C.C3011 Library FORECAST Tonight and Tomorrow (iKXKIt.U.l.Y v.m. 3DF0RB WEATHER M:i. Yesti-nhiy CI; f in. Toiljiy 27; IVevfp. .2:1. Forty-ilxth Tear. rHv- Kl-vpnth Tear. MEDFOUD. OttEOON. 'KIM DAY. FKISIM'AU'Y "J:!. 1917. NO. L'Hi; I ml LLOYD GEORGE ORDERS STRINGENT MEASURES TO PRESERVE BRITAIN Shortage of Shipping Space Met by Embargo Upon Alt Needless Luxuries and Many Necessities Depletion of Food Stocks to Be Met By Spee'J- ing Up Farmers Good Prices Guaranteed by Government Essential Articles of Food on Free List Drastic Program to Meet Submarine Menace, Which Threatens Future of Nation and Must Be Hunted From Seas Success of Allied Campaign Depends Upon fenormous Sacri fices of People. LONDON, Feb. 2.X David Lloyd George, the llritish prime minislcr.o duy presented to the house of com mons in a speocli lusting an hour and n half his pronun for coping with the serious situation tiri mux from the shortage of shipping space, de pletion of food stocks and the Ger man submarine menace. The premier advocated the increase of home food production and the cur tailment of non-victual imports. To this end he outlined a plan for speed ing up the farmer hv guaranteeing good prices for commodities over a i period of years. This he supplement ed by the announcement that the land owner would he forced to cultivate his land. The speeding- t of the farm laborer was provided for the premier ljt pfunranteeinR him a minimum wage oT -o shillings per week instead of the present 14 to 18 shillings.. Cui-tnil All Imports.1 l!y curtailment of imports, 51 r. Lloyd George said he expected to re duce the demands on cargo space by several million tons. Foodstuffs of which Hi, 000, 000 tons were imported last year, will be cut nearly a million tons by Joppwie: off pertain luxuries, i'nper users who ulready have been considerably curtailed must hence forth fjet along with only half the supply they are now receiving-, thus saving- fi-JO,000 tons. Certain sav ings also will be effected in the im port of ore, which now amounts to 8,000,000 tons annually and in lum ber which at present is 4.000,000 tons. The stocks of food in Great Unt il in at the present time are lower than they ever have been before, Mr. Lloyd George said. It was essential for the life of the nation, he declared, that cVcry possible effort be made to in crease home production. linn I'pon Apples, ' The importation of apples, toma toes and fruits will be prohibited en tirely. The only exceptions made in the prohibition of fruit importations will be iu the cases of oranges and bananas, in which the amount brought in will be restricted to 2-" per cent. Tire same restriction will npply to nuts. Canned salmon importations will be reduced 50 per cent. The im portation of foreign tea, coffee and cocoa is prohibited and even filie amount of India tea which may be brought iu is reduced. The premier said it was expected to save 9, 000, 000 tons of shipping year ly. Paper importations are cut "i0 per cent. The premier announced tlr.it the government would guarantee a price of 'AH shillngs, G pence for oats this1 I WASHINGTON', Feb. ,23. The eighth company, coast artillery, Ore gon National guard, of Portland, es tablished the highest merit mark re corded for the 1916 target practice of (National Guard big gun companies, according to figures made public to day by the war department militia liureou. Firing with 10-lnch guns at 10,137 yards, the company made three hits out of three shots and was given a mark of 89.72." Oregon's fifth com pany of Albany was second with 79.93 and llaine' Fifth company was third. Washington's Ninth company led the six-inch gun class with 18.M4 for two hits out of six shots at 5,712 yards. California's Ninth company led the twelve-Inch rifle class with 2.34 for two hits out of two shots at 8 10 yards. year. 'A'2 shillings for the next two years ami -4 shillings for the three followng years. The price of potatoes would he guaranteed for the coming season only at 0 pounds a ton. Wool on Free List. AH es.-ential articles of food, he continued, would be on the free list, but certain articles would be reduced or prohibited. The stoppage of im portation of coffee, lea and cocoa for the time being was due to the tact that large supplies were on hand. The premier said he regretted very much cutting oft certain luxuries which came from Frame and Italy. These restrictions would be imposed immediately, said the premier. Steps would he taken to prevent speculative buying and if necessary the food con troller would take control of the com-, modify. The restdictions had been carefully considered and he asked the house t.utnke them as a whole. The premier declared he had not the slightest doubt that if the whole program were carried out and if all tlio-e who could help in production did help, honestly can say we can face the worst the enemv can do and that is what we ought to bo-prepared to do.' .-. Food Stocks Imw, In denlng- with the rpiestiou of pro duction the premier said: "Then there is the rpiestinn of our home snp-lies of food. I want the country to know that at present out fond stocks arc low. This is not due In submarines, but to the had harvest. It is essentia.! to the safety of the na tion that we put forth every effort to increase productios this year. There are still a lew weeks to sow spring wheat, oats and barley, to induce the fanner to plow up pasture laud imme diately. The government proposes to guarantee the farmer a minimum price lor a definite period, while a mini mum wage of 2.") shillings weekly will be fixed for the laborer." Submarine Menace. The premier said there was no sure way to victory without hunting the submarines from the deep. "If we take drastic measures he continued, "we can cope with the submarine menace, but if the nation is not prepared to accept drastic measures for dealng'with the menace. disaster is sure.' The government- is hopeful of find ing means of dealing with the subma rine, but we should be guilty of fully if we rented tranquilly upon the ex pectation of realization of that hope. We have in deal ruthlessly and promptly with the tonnage problem hv measure?-, whieh impose great sncri tices upon the country. KONlMlN, Im-1). IX "At n meeting of the German agriculture league," says the correspondent at Rotterdam of the London Evening News, 'l")r. Wildgrube, n conservative inetuber of the reichstag, said : "'Now that Mr. (leraid has closed his espionage office, the German peo ple will breathe freely and will be re lieved of an intolerable nightmare, provided he doe not return before peace is declared. "'Mr. Gerard' re-idence in Ilerlin nud his intimate relations with our re-potiMb'e authorities were painful to the German people, but the climax of pain reached when Mr. Gerard had the in-olen--e to dcrribe lite im perial ehari'-ellor a- hi- ('rend. Next to Fn.dand. Aiaeiica our wur-t enemv." GERMAN ENEMY EXTRA SESSION OF SLUED TYRANNY REVOLTS GREECE Cor.staiitine Asserts Constant Inter ference of Little Things in Life Has Turned Friendship to Hatred Venizelos, iiie Grecian Aaron Burr, Traitor to His Country. ATIIKXS. Jim. II. Illy a stuff eorivsponitt'iit of t hi , Associated Vress) Kins 1'onntnntlno rvrvlvpcl the Assorir.teil Press eot'fes:onilent in audience this niui'iilnu Just before the hitter left for America. SpeaUini; of the censorship the kin; said: Spealiliis of liulir.tilile.i inrilcted hy the entente allies, the UIiik said: "There Is even now less pro-ilernian feeling in tireci'O than In the 1'niled States, Holland or any of the Scan dinavian countries. And there. Is far less anti-entente propaganda In (Ireece even now than there Is nntl llellenic propaganda, in Kniiland, Rus sia and France. The whole reeling of the Greek people towards the en tente powers today is one of sorrow and disillusionment. They had heard so much of this 'war for the defense of little nations' that it has been a very ureat shock to thorn to he treat ed as they feel very hailly. even cruel ly, for no reason and to nohody's profit. And more than anything else, after all the (ireek Rovernmont and Greek people have done to heip the entente powers since the very out break of the war, they deeply resent Ileitis called pro-German because they have not been willing to see their own country destroyed as Ser bia and Itumaula have been destroy ed. Pniblems of (ireece. "We have two problems on our hands hero in (ireece an Internal one unci an external one. The-entente' powers have made the funda mental mistake of considering them both as one. They said to thei.iselve. 'Venizelos is the strongest man In Greece and he is heart and sou; with us. lie can deliver the Greeks when er he wants it. Let us bae't Venize los therefore and when we need the Greek army lie will turn it over to us.' "Well, they were wrong as I think you have seen tor yourself since you have been here. Venitelos m per haps the strongest man in Greece as they thought. Hut the moment lie tried to turn the Greek army to the entente as if we were a lot of mercen aries, he became the weakest man in Greece and the most despised. For in Greece no man delivers the Greeks. They decide their own destinies as a free people and not KnRland, Rus sia and Franco put together can change them, neither by force of arms nor hy starvation. And they have tried both. As for Vcnl.elos himself you had a man once In your coun try, a very Rieat man who had even been vice president of the I'nlted States, who planned to split the country in two and set himself up as a ruler in the part he separated from the rest Aaron Burr. Well, Venize los is the Aaron llurr of Greece and popularly regarded as a traitor. 'H'niit.s IHctaloi-Nliip. "The impression has been spread broadcast that Venizelos stands In Greece for liberalism and his oppon- (Continued on page three) W ASH I N iTO N . Fe b . 2 :J . P 1 a n s for President Wilson's inauguration, hitherto Indefinite because Mnreu t falls on Sunday, were cleared today by the announcement that the u?uyl special session of the senate will be called for March to consider nomi nations. This will permit the Ican- Iguratlon of the vi president fi die senate chamher as is the cm loin. President Wilson himself. It w as announced, will take the oath of of fice privately In the white house Sun day. .March 4. It u.-.s nor made clear whether he has de pled to ttVn tiie oath again at the public open tlr ceremonies on the pla.a a, the cai :lol on March or whether he m.-rf ly will make Hie ceremony the occas ion Tor delivering ills In.u'gur.tl address. DECLARES KING : CENSURES ALLIES FOR OPPRESSION I , - 'i: '" V V-r".' v- . . . ,.'..; i - ':-V:dfe, A.:y 'I $t i k' I IltiK t onstjintinc of (ireero who lor sympathy wlih cause ut his na NO REAL FOOD SHORTAGE IN UNITED STATES WASIHXCTOX. Keh. '!?. No ac tual food of fuel shortage exists any where in the country and htsh prl :es should not be attributed to the pres ent freight congestion, it was stated by the Interstate commerce coin mis sion and railroad authorities today. Reports Indicated that all localities are supplied with adequate stocks of living necessities lor Immediate do mestic consumption and '.he tieup on rallrouds will Improve steadily. Conditions today were believed far better ihan I hours ago since, pood weather and n suspension of shipping over yestordfiy'B holiday perm it ted railroads to rush hundreds of empty freight ears westward from the con gested yards of the cast. These will bo reloaded with food stuffs destin ed for consumption In the east or for consumption In the east or for export. Both the interstate and the ear ser vice eomission of the American rail way association, are seeking to give preference In car allottments to goods for domestic needs, rather than to ex port demands. On February tenth, 1 .",27 cars loaded and empty, were involved In the freight congestion, having In creased hy more Ihan one third In two weeks t he commission's report showed. LONHON. Feb. 2:'.. Renter's ClnnL-Unl... ,.l..i.U,.,.1.,l.1tlt nnKlr.n t fZ 1 J . . i s . , tilt u I nit; ci i il , nv en m i ui eiKll minis-1 . -, , , i-i iiiiti int; nwi'iiiMi MtJiiiosiiiij iMi'iit - . . . It , ... 'provi.-ion lo aiilhorie the pre-ulent to was sunk as the result of a mistake! . ...... . . .. , . . , uii iiii: ini; n ti in a i i m i; uni- mander and that the German govern ment regrets the occurrence and Is prepared to pay an indemnity. The Kdda was torpedo d January while on her w ay to Swell en with coa I . GERMAN U-BOAT STRANDED OFF HOLLAND LONDON. Feb. Ncw di-pate!i from that the submarine I She i- nut damaL'i 2;'t- A Central Am-teidam says It :hl is stranded, d, and probably vill be towed to I'lustiing mm k: ink mcsMtuc lion. American pcjtdc AMERICAN LOST T WASHINGTON. l'Yb. 2?,.-- Kohert Allen lladen. an American Presbyter ian missionary stationed nt I'oo ( how,, China, perished when the French lin er Attics was destroyed hy a subma rine 2I0 miles east of Malta on Feb ruary 17. A summary of Hie consul's dispatch given nut hy the depnrtment fol lows: 'Robert Allen lladen, Presbyterian missionary, stationed at Foo Cchow, China, was drowned when I he French liner Athos was torpedoed without warning 210 miles e.ist of .Malta on the 17th. When the ship was struck he went (o the aid of the Chinese on hoard, Otherwise would probably have been saved. Reported large number of troops on board. Not def initely ascertained If ship was trans port." The report from Hie Malta consul Is the first mention received here of the sinking of the Alhos. The vessel was of 7.2." net tons and sailed from Yokohama, lieeemhcr 21 for' Marseilles, slopping at Haipong. Jau- uary s, according to latest reports. The nationality of the submarine was not given hut il may have been Austrian. Information is being gath tvod officially lo determine the impor lastip. of the case hi relailon to the tense Munition luiween Hie Fulted States and the central powers. OF TRUST F0Q0S1UFFS WASHINGTON, Feb. j:! Senalor tduced as Lewis ol Illinois todav in 1 1 . , I mi amendment to the revenue bill a seize looiltull- lieemeil to he mono polied in viniation of law. Foodstuff- o seized woiihl be disposed n nt public sale under government su pervisiuii. Senator Ma Mine today introduced a bill lo empow er I be president to de clare an eiebar-o on food exports. was referred to ihc lorccjn relations committee. Similar resolutions arc pending without pro-pec) of action. WASIIINGTIN. Feb. j:t. - Al the reipie.- of the ( iermau government. Spain ha ' ta ken over (iermau con siilflr a Hair s in Potto L'ico and Hawaii. BRITAIN SLOPS F PEARS, APPLES Embargo Does Not Affect Imports From Oregon At Present, But De stroys Foreign Market for Next Year's Crops Northwest Seriously Affected By Loss of Market. LONDON. Feb. J:i. Vemirr Lloyd (teniae today announced thai the im portation of apples, pear--, tomatoes and fruits, except for a limited ipinn l it y "I" it ranges and lean uis will be heieattcr prohibited. Canned sahiuu imporlatioiis will be lednccd ") pcr eent. Affects Northwest. I'uliTI.AND, Ore., Kelt. SX Pro hibition of importation nj' tipples nud reduction of eannetl sainum shipments to Kalinin! will not n fleet exporta loui from Diction very much at pres ent, exporters said here todav. Prac tically all the season's apple crop was shipped from here several weeks iio and Ihc salmon run will not hruiu until the latter part of next mouth. SI'OK.WK, 'ah., Keh. L:t. The lliili-h prohibition uvainM llie impor tation of apples will be ipiile seriously felt in Ihc Knvit'ie Northwat if it is continued through next year's ship ping season, according to Krnnk K. Sickles, executive secretary of the North Pacific Kruit Distributor. t Cut OH Future Sales. WAId.A WALI.A. Wash.. Feb. Thc Hiili.-h ban against importation of apples will be fell to some exteiil on last M-iisoii's crop, I'nul 1.1. WeV 1'iiuch, puvsidchl id' the Kruil drowers' agency, inc., t he organiat in fns lercil hy the federal dcparl merit of agriculture, said today. "There are still several large !oi of applet in the casl," he said, "awaiting shipment. Hul the more e rious phase of the mutter ir- that il will ful ulf next year's markets prob ably meaning I lie cniire lo-- nf Knro pciin sales ami curlailin any chance of expansion. Oilier markcU will have to be found. ' No limucilinlo I SKATTI.i:. Wash.. I- :i lei t. Ail- thorites on apples mid .salmon said Lloyd (ienige's prohibition would have no immediate effect. The Northwes tern Kruit Kxehange said the riorlh-wc-dein apple eiop had nli'cadv- been inarkt led. There had been no ship menN In Knghind f'i liiirty day puM, owing to the dcmorali.atiou of ton nage. II' the embargo wen' continued next season, however, il would be a sei i i mis- ma I ler for noi l hu c-dern shippers A heavy shipper of canned salmon lo Knglam! said I hut las! season's pack had been entirely closed out, and that there :i- md a surplus pack be yond local rcipii reiueiils. The new pack of I'ugcl Sound and Alaska would not be rejidy before September. ( a u n cry m en were surprised hv t he news ami said I hey had received n intimation thai an embargo on -almon (had been even under consideration. j " REACHES BAY CITY SAN Ki.WNMsro, Feb. rx The dy of Ma jor General Frederick ! Kuiistoii, who died in Sun Anlonio. : . I Monday ni-jbl, arrived at one o'clock on a specal train over the Southern I'aeilie rail road for iiilerment tomorrow in the inalional cemetery at the I'rcsiiiio, a j Failed Stales military i'cer a I ion, ALL IMPORTS ON PAST RECORD" . SAN WANCISCO. Kcb. Tihtieas J. Mooney, coin icicd bomb murdi'icr, awaiting scntciice oi o! death his past i in the Ihmc, was found guilty ici'okI. ix. ( on the e id cause, ii with tlx orHtn-' to an at tida P I iled nperior cmrl fotlav which ipioles J. V. Miller, one of th ictin jurors. JUDGEMENT FOR $13,262 FORSWEENEY Contractor for Siskiyou Highway Favored by Portlar.ci Jutlne Asked $114,861, County Offered $35,573 Court Holis Classification Was Wrontj Decision Will Be Appealed at Once to Supreme Court. Splitting the difference between I hit amount claimed due from Jackson' County by Contractor J. V. Sweeney for the construction of the Siskiyou highway and' the award by the. Statu Highway engineers for Jackson eoun- ly, Circuit Judge G ge N. Davis of Portland, bus rendered a decision in favor of Sweeney by n judgment, agniiisl Hie county, Sweeney claimed 1 M, Slit. .'to. The county award was Jr.'I.V7:t.."i; The judgment of Ihc court is lor .7;t,-(i'J.'J."i with interest amounting to 7,7tl7.!Kl and costs-. An appeal to the supreme court will at once be taken by the county. Appended lo the findings hy Judge Davis, is the following : "The court does not write an opin ion u this ca-e, hcedng the advice of Lord .Mansfield, who mice said, 'Never give your reasons for your judgment will probably be right, hul your rea sons will certainly be wrong.' Jhnv evcr. if counsel on either hide desire to discuss the ca-e in ehnmber, the court will cheerfully accord them opportunity." Decision Is a Vcur After Suit. Judge Davis' decision was given one year to the day from the date of Iho opening of the trial iu his court.. The case opened FehrunryVJ 1 , 1!H(i, and continued mill April 1, 1 !H(i. In July, Judge Davis Went over the ground iu Jackson county personally. The last brief to be submitted in the case, u reply, was received 10 days ago. The suit was one of the most lengthy and involved to be tried in local eourls. The transcript of tes liniMiy covered L'.tiOO pages. There were between -1011 and "00 exhibits of fered and expert testimony was given by const ructoin engineers. 'Ihc iii-c was tried ill Multnomah county only because of a legal ipiirk, which allows Miit to be iustiluted in ihc county iu which any one of the defeiidariN is located. l!ecause it held the ;f:r.o 7 ;'."( i warrant offered Mr. Sweeney by Jackson county for (he work, Ihc Failed Slates Naltonnl Hank of Fori land was made a co defendant by Ar. Sweeney, who did not wish he case tried iu Jackson county. Sweney's Allegations. The contrad wns let Jmiuury 1, I!) I I, ami specified comph'l iuu by Seplcmher I. DHL Fmliie delay iu location wit alleged by the plaintiff, as well as unfair classification. There was further delay over the nrraii.emcnls of Jack-on county with the Southern Pacific for rights-of-way over railroad hies on the mule. Specifications were unfair, it was al leged aUo, with the result that e. mile of grading and the construction of one bridge Wenl over inlo the winter months o thai the work Was not I'in i bed uulil March, The ulaintiff alleged unfair treat nient in the estimates prepared by the engineers in Ihc -late highway depart ment. The linal award of ;!.", "u'XMi, making no allowances for damages or delays, was signed by Kngineer Itowlhy. but, it was alleged, on infor mation solely received from subordi-uiilc-. The lni.il award was assailed on the ground that the engineers who prc paicd the estmalcs were incompeleui ami ihiil their reports were full of erroi s. Court . Iters ClassiflcatloiiM.- thie d the main contentions of the (Continued on Pago Throe.) VIWSIA HIHCtS Fol.FMfJFS, N. M., Feb. 2.1. Col onel Italtaar Chapa. the Curraii.n commander at 1'alomas, today denied the report from llaihha. N. M., that a fattle had been fought between hi command and that of Jose Ynez Snliixar. Sala.ar wa reported south east of Ojitoy ranch yesterday.