Medford mail tribune., March 08, 1917, Page 1, Image 1

Forty-sixth Tear.
Dully Kicvpnth Year.
AT AGE OF 79
Famous Inventor of German Armed
Giant Airships Reported to Have
Succumbed to Inflammation of the
Lungs Made First Flight In Bal
loon in America.
LONDON, March 8 Count Zeppc
lin is dead, according to a dispute!
from Herlin, received by Heater's
Telegram company. According to u
Herlin telegram transmitted by Ren
ter's Amsterdam correspondent Count
Zeppelin died this forenoon at Char
llttcuburg, near Herlin, of inflummu
tion of the lungs, aged 7!).
Count Ferdinand Zeppelin became
famous ut the age of 70 as the builder
of the world's first practical dirigible
balloon. On bis Tilth birthday he navi
(fated his twentieth airship to cele
brute the oeeasiou. Hut before be
bad achieved fame be had devoted
half a century of his life, exhausted
his personal fortune of .$7")0,000 and
sacrificed u brilliant career as a Ger
man cavalry leader, in conqueriiif
the air.
iiven Highest Uonors.
Emperor William recently proclaim
ed Count Zeppelin to be "the greatest
German of the twentieth century.'
As a token of appreciation he eon
ferrcd upon him the exalted Order of
the Black Euglo, the highest honor in
the emperor s power.
It was in the United States that
Count Zeppelin made his first bal
loon ascension. It occurred while he
was following General Carl Shurz ill
the civil war ns a military observer
for the German nriny. A captive bal
loon in use for military observations
by union troops greatly interested the
young German officer, and he was
taken up in it in 18(iX
Scion of a wealthy family of an
cient lineage, Count Zeppelin was
horn in Constance, Hudon, in 18WH.
As n youth he was trained for a sol
dier's career, lie fought through the
Austro-Prussinn and the Frnnco
I'russian wars, and is said to have
been the first German soldier to cross
the frontier into France in the last
named conflict. Serving in the Ger
man cavalry for three decades, he
rose to a rank of general at the age
of 42. He retired ten years later u
distinguished soldier, to devote all his
time to the problem of aeronautics,
llniikriiptcd Himself.
He began to study and experiment
soon after arriving in Germany from
the American civil war. Except for
the time demanded in routine military
duties, for the time Sent in fighting
two wars, and for a year spent in
honeymooning with bis bride, who was
a girl of the German nobility, he spent
the remainder of bis life in building
flying contrivances that, for the most
part, refused to fly.
From a wealthy nobleman owning
vast estates, Count .cppclm was
gradually reduced to an aristicratie
juechnnic, living in a humble cotlage.
on nn allowance supplied by hi:
lriends. lie met manv narrow es
capes from death, ami disaster re
peatedly overtook bis airships. Thesj
became so frequent that pert para
graphs began to appear in the Ger
man press in ridicule of his efiorts,
Then in a day the tide turned. He
electrified n sceptical world in 1008
bv slaving aloft for ;17 hours in the
fifth airship he had built, and by sail
ing it in a straight course for a dis
tanee of 900 miles. Emperor William.
and all Germany, in fact, hailed him
as "the conqueror of the air."
LONDON. March 8. A manifesto
issued today bv the nationalist move
ment mav yet be moved, but only with
the active assistance of nil level
headed nationalists in Ireland and
especially the millions of the Irish
race in the dominions and iu the Unit
ed States.
The manifesto contains the decln
ration that the attitude adopted by
Premier Llovd-Gcorge in the course
of yesterday's debate in their house
of commons, shows nn entire change
of position on the lister question and
(he home rule question generally and
is a breach of faith with the Irish
party uud the Irish nation.
COUNTZEPPEUN
DEAD IN BERLIN
WEATITE'R Maximum yesterday,
Medford
CLOTURE RULE
UNDER DEBATE
INU.S.SENATEI1IPAPER MAKERS
Continuous Session Until Amendment
to Prevent Filibusters Has Been
Passed Sherman Talks ... Against
Cloture Cummins Declare Critics
"Deliberately Falsified."
iWASHINGTOXi, March S. Senator
Martin, the majority floor leader, an
nounced late today he expected to
hold the senate in continuous ses
sion until the amendment to Its rules
to prevent filibusters had been pass
ed. I
WASHINGTON, March 8. The
rules, approved by both democratic
and republican caucuses, was taken
.up by the senate today under unan
imous consent.
Senator Martoin, majority leader,
in asking unanimous consent, said
that by so doing he bad no desire to
shut off full debate. Senator Lodge,
ranking republican of the foreign re-
ations committee, said be hoped there
would be no objection.
Sherman Objects.
Senator Sherman, one of the two
republicans who voted against the
rule in the party caucus yesterday,
read a portion of President Wilson's
statement on the failure of the arm
ed neutrality bill, saying that It
would be useless to call a special
session of congress now to pass that
bill as, unless the senate rules were
changed, a filibuster could be sue
cessfully maintained against it.
"The president," said Senator
Sherman, "lntentionaly seeks to con
vey to the country the Impression
that only by a change in the senate
rules can the neutrality -bill be pass
ed at a special session of congress
That is not practicaly true, however,
theoretical)' it may be sought to make
it appear true."
Senator Sherman added that a
portion of the truth was deliberately
omitted," from the president's state
ment.
Censures Iresilcnt.
"I intend to support the armed
neutrality bill," he added, "but I do
object to making a few senators the
object of the president's wrath in a
statement sent out to the general
public."
The congestion of legislative busi
ness was not referred to in the pres
ident's statement. Senator Sherman
said, and there was no question in
his mind that the bill could be pass
ed within thirty days if the president
should call an extra session.
'The rules of the senate are sought
to be made the scapegoat in this
emergency," he declared, and added
that he thought it unnecessary to
amend the rules to pans this bill.
REST SAYS DOCTOR
WASHINGTON, March 8. Presi
dent Wilson, who is suffering from a
cold taken a week ago and made
worse during his inauguration Mon
day, remained in bed today by order
of his physician, Dr. Cary T. Gray
son. No engagements were made by
the president, and he will rest as
much as possible during the next few
days.
Dr. Grayson said at noon that the
president's temperature was above
normal and that absolute rest for
several days was necessary. The
president spent a quiet night. The
prospects were that Mr. Wilson
would have to remain in bed for sev
eral days, although his condition was
not serious.
PARTIES UNITE TO
WASHINGTON, Mnrch 8. Hcprc
sentative Lever of South Carolina,
who has been chairman of the house
agriculture committee since the G.'ird
congress, announced today he was
strongly in favor of a bi-partisan or
ganization of the house in the com
ing congress. He is the first promi
nent democrat to oiwnly comnicud
such organization.
MEDFORD.
UNCLE SAM TO
FIX PRICES FOR
Government to Supervise Distribution
and Sale of News Print During
Coming Year Beneficial Result to
People. Why Not Use Same Meth
od With Beef, Coal, and All Trusts.
RY GILSON GAIiDNEH.
WASHINGTON, March 8. Price
fixing bv the government bus become
a fact in the important commodity of
print paper and in this act may be
louiiil the answer to that recurring
problem, the high cost of living.
Under the direction of the federal
trade commission the white paper pro
duct of the country put out during
lllli, will be distributed and paid for.
More than SI per cent of the pnier
production is now the subject of writ
ten or signed contracts in the possess
ion of Chairman Joe Dnvies of the
commission, mid Francis J. lleney,
the commission s special counsel. For
ty per cent of the paper product is
manufactured ns a side line by certain
newspapers which consume it, so the
arrangement covers the whole print
paper trade.
Seven Month's Fight
This is the culmination of a seven
months' fight bv tho federal trade
.commission on the notoriously op
pressive paper trust. The result b
a very practical and beneficial one.
It means that the small publisher as
well as the big one can get paper. It
means, too, that the medium sized and
big publisher can get paper in suffi
cient quantities and at reasonable
prices.
All of which is something new in the
business of "busting trusts." This
paper trust has not been "dissolved
by a circuit court decree. It has not
been made "legal' or granted "im
munity" from future attack. It has
not had its stock value enhanced, nor
been given a new lease of trust life
with new opportunities to tighten it
grip on industry. None of these
things, familiar in the cases of Stan
(laid Oil, Tobacco, Northern Securi
ties, etcetera, have happened to the
paper trust. In their place arc found
a surrender of the price fixing and
distributing power to n government
commission.
Why Sot Other Articles
This experiment will be watched
with great interest. If government
price fixing is good for newspaper
publishers and owners, it may be good
for consumers of meat. 1 here is the
beef trust. Or the consumers of coal
There is the coal trust. Or the con
sinners of gasoline. There is the oil
trust. Or the consumers of eggs
There is the cold storage egg trust.
Or the consumers of onions and po
(atocs. There is the conspiracy of
middlemen.
According to the precedent set
the print paper case, the federal trade
commission can lake up these various
lines of business and correct the mat
ters of price and distribution in the
interest of the consuming public.
U.S.
TO I
WASHINGTON. March 8. George
W. Guthrie of Pittsburg, American
ambassador at Tokio is dead.
Word of the ambassador's death
reached the state department today
from Tokio in a dispatch from the
cmbn ssy.
Mr. CTutbrie died today, according
to the dispatch. No details as to the
cause of his death arc yet availuble.
but are expected ut imy moment. He
wus appointed nmhussudor to Japa:
May 20, 11)1:1.
OF
WASHINGTON, March 8. Lack
of funds will prevent the federal
trade commission from, undertaking
the food cost Investigation ordered by
President Wilson. Failure of con
gress to give the commission $50,000
asked as a deficiency appropriation
It was said today, will make it impos
sible for tbe commission to start any
new work.
51; minimum today, 27. FORECAST Tonight and tomorrow, rain. 1
Mail Tribune
OREGON, THURSDAY,
READY TO GIVE ALARM
The picture shows n "gas gong"
stationed near It, watching for signs
fHitiiMlcil tho men in the trenches put
I
WASHINGTON', iLii-eh 8. Ameri
cans in Helgium are no longer tU-tn in
ert in any .sense by the (lerniun mili
tary authorities, according to a J'ilial
report received at the state depart
ment today from Minister lirand
Whitlock at Brussels.
The dispatch stated that subordi
nate officials in Bclgnuu bad prevent
ed Americans from leaving imme
diately after the severance of rela
tions, for lack of orders whether to
hold them or not. The difficulty 1ms
all been straightened out. Mr. YVhil-
k reported and Americans are
free to come and go as before the
severance in relations. Apart from
the forty Belgian relief workers, very
few other Americans are in lielghim.
Mr. Whitlock's status still remains
indefinite. Germany, after the break,
refused to recognize his diplomatic
position as minister, but authorized
him with other Americans lo remain
in charge of the Belgian relief work.
As practically all of Belgium is iu the
military possession of Germany and
her capital has been moved to Havre,
France, officials hen; see only two
alternatives, to admit lie is no longer
clothed with diplomatic authority or to
send him to Havre as tbe fully ac
credited minister to Belgium,
I PARI
LONDON, Mareh 8 Andrew Hmiar
Law, chancelor of the exchequer ami
members of the Bnti-h war council,
told the members of the house of com
mons tins nltemoou that lie saw no
advantage in giving facilities for a re
sumption of the Irish debate.
LONDON, March 8. The national
ist members of parliament at a meet
ing' today to discuss the home rule
question adopted a resolution declar
ing that the Irish party should remain
in London iu its full Mrength. It
further was decided that the party,
while retaining its attitude toward
the war and remaining firmlv con
vinced of the justice of the cause of
the entente allies, felt bound to op
pose the government by all the means
in its power.
10 1 PRESIDENT
IIARTKOltn, Conn., March 8 The
general assembly, complying with I
request from Governor Holcimih, to
day passed an net empowering him to
render any assi-tunec the president
mav need in the present international
crisis; to provide for the public safety
and to organize or piupmy as lie sees
fit any or all resources of tbe stale
in men, property or instrumentalities,
. . . : H; 'ti
MARCH 8, 1017
"GAS IS COMING"
In (lie French trenches ami n sentry
of u gas ntlnck. When the gong Is
on their gas masks.
O.-C. GRANT SALES
PORTLAND, Ore., March 8. Gott
lctb Miller, proprietor of a poolroom
here, was arrested today on a federal
grand jury indictment charging him
and seven co-defendants with using
tho iuuIIb In making fraudulent sales
of land in tho Oregon and California
railroad land grant. Tho eight, It is
said, woro members of the so-culled
Greer ring, and are alleged to have
netted between $135,000 and $200,-
000 from tholr deals.
W. J. Karl of Portland, insurance
solicitor, was arrested on the same
Indictment today at Autloch, Cal
1'eclcral omclals said tliro more ar
rests would probably he made today,
ono at Seattle, anothor in Spokane
and a third in South Dakota.
Kobert Greer, said to have been di
rector of operations for tho defend
ants, cannot be located at present,
officials claimed. Tho remaining
two defendants have died since the
indictments were returned In 191
TbeThe Indictments wore kept on se
cret fllo for almost two years, off!
cials said, while a futile search was
made for Greer.
The eight defendants, It Ib charg
ed, operated Iu various sections of
tho United States, misrepresenting
themselves as Southern Pacific land
agents. . They operated, It Is charg
ed, between 190K and 1915.
i.u.mhi.n, March H. Hritisli cav
alry is now within 12 miles of Hug
dad. This statement was made today
lo the Associated Press by Major
General F. li. Maurice, chief director
of mil it a ry operations at the war of
flic.
General Maurice said flic Turks
made no defense of Ctesiphon.
Ctesiphon is about 20 miles below
Hagdad. It was at this point that
the decisive battle was fought in the
campaign of 101-"; resulting in the
defeat of (he Hritisli attempt to cap
ture Hagdad and il had been believed
that in their present retreat the Turk:
might offer serious resistance when
this town was reached. The Hrilisl:
war office reports indicate that little
opposilion has been offered by the
Turks since the full of Kut-el-Amnru
on February '20.
The Hritisli have ndvanccd nearly
100 miles in Unit lime.
MARINE CORPS EXAMS
TO BE HELD JULY
10
WASHINGTON, March 8. Sena
tors Chamberlain and Lane have he
notified that an examination will he
held in Portland, Haker and Klamath
Falls, July 10, to fill second liciitcn
ants vacancies in the marine corps
for applicants between 20 and
years old.
ILL ACCUSERS
,T
Rigid Enforcement of Dry Laws
Caused Conspiracy Against Seattle
Mayor Witness Manufactured
Story to Escape
Punishment
Bristle With
Oklahoma
Crimes.
Records
SEATTLE, Wash., March 8. Tho
trial of Mayor Hiram C. dill, Chief
of Police Charles I,. Hcckinghuin, for
mer Sheriff Hubert T. Hodge mid
City Detectives Peyser, Doom, Pool
mall mid McLennan, clanged with
conspiracy to violate the United
Slates laws- by importing liquor into
the state of Washington, was con
tinned in the United States district
court today. Walter Fulton, counsel
for Heckiiighnm, made n statement to
tho jury, outlining the defense of his
licnt, which is to bo closely linked
with that of Gill. It is expected that
the bearing of testimony will bo in
progress before eleven o'clock.
Fulton declared that Mayor Gill de
termined on rigid enforcement of tbe
prohibition law, and impressed bis de
termination upon Chief Hcckinghnm,
whose first act on taking oflico was
to instruct his men to enforce the
law.
Hand of Crooks,
"This enforcement of the prohibi
tion law," declared Fulton, "endan
gered the enmity nnd hate of men de
termined on violation of the law,
whose places of business wero de
stroyed by the police, under direction
of the mayor and chief. The Hillings-
leys, the principal witnesses for the
government, came from Oklahoma for
the avowed purpose of becoming law,
violators, to circumvent tho prohibi
tion law and the city ordinances
against .liquor, by a ny.stcmi7.ed
method of operatiouH. The records
of the Oklahoma" courts bristle with
the liillingsley's convictions of crime,
the charges against them ranging
from liquor selling to keeping houses
of prostitution and criminal partner
ships with negroes.
"Logan Hillingsley was conviclod
of murder in Oklahoma for killing his
father-in-law in cold blood. Ho was
convicted, got a new trial by some
hocus us, and fled from Oklahoma
to Washington.
Juggled With I.aw.
"When he was arrested here and
nn oltiecr sent troin Oklahoma L
obtain his extradition, Logan Hil
lingsley caused himself to be again
arrested by federal officers on a
fabricated charge of having morphine
in bis possession. After the Okla
homa officer, ha filed in his effort to
get Hillingsley from the federal of
ficials, returned home, the morphine
was found to be mothballs and Hil
lingsley was turned loose to resume
his unlawful selling of liquor."
Fulton reviewed the bribery stories
told by the Hillingslcys ns affecting
Gill and Hillingsley, and declared
they were "manufactured from the
whole cloth, lo save the Hillingslcys
from prison after they bad been
driven to the wall," by Gill and
Heckiiigham.
It is expected that Logan Hillings
ley will be the first witness for the
government.
E
PETIIOGRAI), Mur. 8. The Russ
ions in Persia have made further im
portant progress In their pursuit of
the Turks from lluniadaii. tho war
office announces today. After their
capture of the Asailabad summit they
continued tholr progress southward
and on Monday occupied the town
of Kangrava.
PARIS, March S. Spirited artill
ery actions continued during tho
night botwncen tho Olse and Alsnc,
says today's official report. The
French took prisoners and raids In
Lorraine and In an unsuccessful Ger
man attack on French positions at
Seppoise-Le-IIaut, Ixirraine.
BKItLIN, Mar. 8. Operations or
the Russlon front yesterday were un
important. In Macedonia only out
post skirmishes occured, according
to today's army headquarters statu
ment. (
KS
HUGS
SAYS DEFENDANT
NO. 297
CALLED AT ONCE
Indications That President Likely to
Arm Ships Soon As Soon as Sen
ate Revises Rules, Extra Session
Expected to Be Called Because of.
Appropriation and Other Measures,
WASHINGTON, March 8. Indica
lions accumulated today that Presi
dent Wilson is likely to act at any
time in the situation caused by Ger.
ninny's announcement of ruthless sub
marine warfare. Although the presi
dent was kept in bed by a cold, it
was snid lie was still considering tha
subject.
In some administration quarters it
is believed the president is preparing
to.net this week, but other officials
took the position that he would wait
until the sennto bns had an oppor
tunity to revise its rules.
Mr. Wilson has been advised that
ho bus sufficient power to arm
American merchantmen without wait
ing for action by congress, and some
officials believe be will aet on this
advice forthwith.
Extra Session Soon.
On tho other hand, a strong senti
ment undoubtedly exists in tho ad
ministration for tbe president to take
action along tbe line of calling an
extra session of congress to meet in
tho very near future.
Reports given to the president
agroo thut the senate rules will be
revised quickly so that if an extra
sossion of congress is called, it would
bo possible to got prompt action on
an armed neutrality resolution. '
Inasmuch as there is a general
agreement that""ton eStrtTTtession is '
noccssnry some time before July l
bocnuso of the failure of important
impropriation bills during tho last ses
sion, n disposition was apparent to
day among officials to advise Mr.
Wilson to call nn extra session at
once nnd get it over with.
Congressmen Wait.
More than a hundred members of
tho liouso of representatives from
tho middlo and far west stilUaro in
Washington nwuiting announcement
by the president ns to whether he
expects to call an extra session of
congress soon.
They fear that if they start fop
home they may be intercepted on the
way by nn extra session call and have
lo return immediately.
ARRESTED FOR PLOT
T
IT
HALTIMORE, Mnrch 8. Amos
Paiihl, 70 years of age. was todav
held for the federal grand jury by
United Slates Commissioner Supplee
on the charge of having made threats
against the president. Books and
papers in Pabul's possession contain
ed statements that he is a member of
a secret organization which govern
ment, ot menus believe has for its
object the assination of the presi
dent. Pnuhl protested his innocence.
MILLION DOLLAR FIRE
SAM FRANCISCO, March 8. The
Stolger Terracotta and Pottery works
at South San Francisco was almost
totally destroyed by fire early today
wun an estimated loss of approxi
mately $1,000,000. One fireman wa
hurt.
Efforts to check the blaze wore
hampered by the bursting of a fire
main. The flreboat David Scanel
from San Francisco got Btuck In the
mud and was rendered helpless.
GORE ON COMMITTEE
FOR ROAD ARGUMENT
RALE5T, March 8. Speaker Stun
field has advised Chief Clerk Drager
that ho has appointed Representatives
Schimpff, Clark, Ritner, Gore and
Lnurgnnrd to represent the house in
preparing nn argument for the pam.
phlct for the highway bonding biU,
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