"WEATHER Maximum yesterday, 51 ; minimum today, 23; precipitation, .01. FORECAST Tonilit and tomorro w, fair and light frost tonight
Torty-Htxth Year.
Ually -Eleventh Year.
MEDFOUD. OREOOX, FRIDAY, MAHCTf 10. 1917.
NO. 304.
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APPEALS TO
PATRIDTISWI
OF STRIKERS
President Wilson Appoints Mediators
- Memhers of Cabinet and of Coun
cil of National Defense and Sends
Personal Appeal to Representatives
of Both Sides Urging That They
Do Everything to Co-Operate With
Mediation Committee.
WASHINGTON, March lti. Presi
dent Wilson Into today Kent n per
sonal appeal to the representatives of
the two sides in the railroad contro
versy urging that they do everything
possible to co-operate- with the me
diation committee.
President's Appeal.
The president's appeal follows:
"I deem it my duty and right to
appeal to you in this time of national
peril to open again to the question?
at issue between the railroads and
their operatives with a view to ac
commodation or settlement.
jWlth my approval, a committee
of the Council of National Defense
is about to seek u conference wlih
you with that end In view.
"A goneral interruption oj the
railway traffic of the country at tills
lime would entail a dangor to the
nation which I have the right to enter
my most solemn and earnest protest.
"It is now the duty of every pa
triotic man to bring matters of this
sort to Immediate accommodation.
The safety of the country against
manifest perils affecting Its own
peace and the peace of the whole
world makes a convention absolute
ly imperative and seem to me to
render any other choice or action In
conceivable." WASHINGTON, March 16. the
Council ot National Defense, includ
ing several cabinet members nt n
ak'etinjr hero today took up the
flirentcned nation-wide railroad strike
and it was indicated that some action
looking to a prevention of the strike
miht lie taken.
The aclion decided upon was to
have Secretaries Lane and Wilson
nnd Daniel Willard and. Samuel
Gompers, members of the advisory
commission of the Council of National
Defense, confer at once with repre
sentatives of both sides. This action
was expected by the president nnd
his advisers to nvert the strike.
Ask Postponement,
Secretary Baker announced after
the cabinet meeting that the Council
f National Defense, with the ap
proval of President Wilson, had de
cided upon this step. Arrangements
for conferences with the representa
tives of the two sides will bo made
nt once.
The mediators, spcakintr for Presi
(Continued on Pago Eight.)
DEFINE ATTITUDE
WASHINGTON, March 16. Five
Latin-American governments have ac
cepted In principle a formal sugges
tion from Ecuador that delegates
from the republics of North, Soith
and Central America, assemble im
mediately for the purpose of "tak
ing necessary measures for securim;
In continental expression principally
for the guarantee of the rights of
neutrality and It Is possible for the al
leviation of the rigors of war."
Additional acceptances are expect
ed soon by the government of Ecu
r.dnr. The United States has not lnl cat
ed Its attitude toward the confer
ence. It Is known that at least one
of the larger South American repub
lics will follow whatever course the
I'nited States pursues.
GENERAL VIEW OF PETROSRfltV RHnwrG ADMIRALTY B
SUPPLY OF F
Muriford nnd the Kuguu rivur vnl
Iiy will be forced to depend upon pro-
diwts raised nt lnme nnd upon those;
brought in by e.'iprcss imcdrdin to,
Iofnl food dealers it' the embargo an
nounced by the Southern Pacific con
tinues in cft'eet. The embargo order
stales that no perishable freight will
be accepted that will not reach its
destination bv noon tomorrow.
Freight not perishable is being ac
cepted subject to delay.
lhe plans for a walkout as staled
in news dispatches this morning will
not stop service in the Western sec
tion until March 21. Before that time
a large quantity of foodstuffs is ex
pected to be moved at the consigner's
risk. Following the stopping of
freight traffic, local dealers htate
that if necessary to protect local
customers, they will bring in food
products by express.
The Vnion Meat Co., branch at
Mcdford will suffer most heavily
from a freight embargo as they bring
here from Portland in average of
80(H) pounds per week, smoked and
cured meats and lard comprising most
ot the shipments although some froh
meat is also shipped in.
An embargo will prnbably stiffen
the local poultry market as San Fran
cisco where most of t lie local poultry
is shipped consumes quantities of
middle western poultry. Jn event
that supply is cut off the demand
for western poultry will be greatly
increased. Egg prices, in event of a
rail tieup will probabyl drop, as San
Francisco and Portland, which absorb
the local output both ship great quan
tities east ; Porthihft to Miho and
Montana and San Francisco to Xe
vada and Arizona. '
Local stores will be out of fresh
vegetables, except t hose raised lo
cally, by the first of the week, accord
ing to the Med ford Fruit Co. Bana
nas also will be off the market nt
that time. The company is well
stocked with potatoes and other heav
ier commodities which will bold out
fr a considerable time. .A telegram
was received by C. ('. Chapman, man
ager of the company this afternoon,
stating that a ear of fruit and vege
tables ordered from San Francisco,
will not be shipjH'd until the embargo
is lifted.
1
FALL ON WESTGATE
LONDON, March 16. The war of
fice announces that at fi:30 today
a hostile airplane dropped homhd on
I W'estgate. There was no 'casualties
a a ft the material damftze reported
t was sligM. Wen sate I about SO
I Miles from London.
E
LONDON, March Hi. A portion of
the town of Bakubah, on the right
bank of the Diala river about thirty
miles northeast of Bagdad, lias been
occupied by the British, it was an
nounced in n report received today
from (icncrnl Maude, in command of
the British Tigris forces.
The Turks continue to fall back on
the right bank of the Tigris.
PKTIiOCIiAI), March (. Kassiau
troops have dislodged the Turkish
forces from their fortified positions
on the summit of Narlcshkian, to the
west of Kermansbah, in northwes
tern Persia, says an official state
ment issued today by the Kussian war
department.
BFIiLlN, March lti. An attack
with strong forces was begun by
French troops on lhe Macedonian
front yesterday in the region of
Monaslir. Today's beadqiiiirters re
port says the, French entered ad
vanced trenches at one point, but
otherwise were repulsed.
II KILLED By
I
BOSTON, March 10. Two persons
were killed by an explosion in the
Suffolk county court house today.
The explosion occurred in a wash
room on the second floor of the
building. A hole was torn In the
floor. A police official said it was
tho explosion of a bomb.
The police admitted that their pres
ent theory was that there had been
a preiiu'.turo explosion of a bomb or
bombs while In the hands of two men
who were carrying them to tho court
house with murderous Intent. TIiIh
theory would place the responsibility
on the Men who were killed.
The two dead men were believed,
from pieces of their clothing picked
up, to have been soldierB.
Judge Loring was holding a ses
sion of the superior court In a room
adjoining that In which the explos
ion occurred.
N KV YUKK, March lb As one
of the first steps to deal with tin
disorganization of transportation,
which will be caused by the railway
strike, the national conference com
mittee of railway managers has in
formed the individual railroads that
an embargo on all peri-bable freight
is adi-id!e.
UILDING IN FOREGROUND AND WINTER PALACE NOW IN POSSESSION OF REVOLUTIONISTS.
STRIK
ORDER
REPUDIATED ON
SOME SYSTEMS
Withdrawals From Bri,l!ierhootl An
nounced On Many Railroads Do
Not Consider Grand Chiefs Have
Power to Call Out Men Without
First Submitting Matter to Vote.
XKW YOliK, Miirdi 'flip one
humlifd (iiMioial fhniniii'ii of the
ti otli(". li(ioIs of I lie eustiTii linos met
here (winy to urrane details fur the
slrike culled for Saturday.
The managers were informed lh;'.l
the engineers on the Santa T'e system
had wired Iheir fjrnnd chief they Iiud
withdrawn and would refuse to ohey
the strike order.
The conductors and eiifjinecri on
the St. Louis imd Southwestern have
withdrawn, according to wend reach
inj; the managers and on the III .imis
Central lhe firemen have announced
Iheir intention to withdraw.
"I don't believe it," said (T. II.
Sines, vice president ot the lirothcr
hood of Trainmen, when lhe man
agers' reports of wthdrawals were
culled lo his attention. "Tim lust re
ports we hail from St. Louis anil the
railroads entering Ihcre showed the
vide there for a strike was solid."
Jlr. Lee, when informed of the re
ports, discredited Iheni. lie insisted
that all the men who look the slrike
vole would stand by it and strike.
l'eporls received from various
parts of the con'drv by lhe railroad
mannfrcrs indicated', they declared,
organized withdrawal by some of the
roads' employes from the brother
hoods' agreement to strike.
Ifeporls declared to have been re
ceived from roads in the east and
south were that the engineers nnd
conductors did not con-idcr the i;rand
chiefs had authority to (rail out the
men without fir-t siibmiltine; the
strike question t" a new vote.
nio
EMBARGO ON FOOD
WASH LVGTO.N", March 1 fi. The
American government has nmdo a
f irthor reply to General Carranza's
proposal to embargo shipments of
'o&u and munitions to the European
toKgeren rj as a means of brlnRtntf
rface. , it will not be made puMir
o".Il after it haH reached Mex'-o f "itv .
T:ie Inked States has declined to
taKe any such action.
Ki'jS.-""
ArZr
ENTERS RENO BY
SAM KIIAKCISCO. Mirfcli,10.
President C. 'M.Levev ot tho Western
Pacific railroad nnouncec; today (hut
the Western Pacific will gain entry
to Reno, Nov., in competition with
the Southern Pacific by purchaso of
10o miles of tho Ncvada-Callfornla-
OrcKon railroad. Tho California rail
road commission will be asked to
sanction tho deal whereby the West
ern Pacific will acquire the N. C. O.
line from llaekstaff, California to
Heno, a distance of fifty-five miles
and forty miles of road between
Blalrsden through Chileoot to Plumas
Junction, negotiations for which aro
underway.
The Nevada-Callfornia-Oregon lino
extending from Lakcview, Ore, to
Heno, has been mentioned In connec
tion with tho Western Pacific as a
pOHslhlo route by wlwci the Hill In
terests could outer California.
Slor.X KALLS, S. f., March US.
A March snow slorm, which in many
places reached the intensity of a bliz
zard, was general over Soulb Da
kota last nijjht ami today. A hi;;h
jrale accompanied the snow. Tem
peratures throughout lhe siate were
moderate and little suffering is re
ported. Kail traffic throughout the state
as well as all other travel, is se
riously demoralized. Moc-L of the
roads running into Sioux Kalis have
cancelled all schedules until their
lines can be opened with snow plows.
Hcports fnmi lhe western and central
portions of the state indieale a com
plete suspension of tram service.
Over the western section, the storm
was the worst of the winter, accord
ing to reports received here.
The snow fall here reached nearly
a fool early today. Street ear and
all vehicles were at a standstill.
HEAVIEST SNOW PALL
IN UTAH'S HISTORY
SALT LAK 15 CITY, March Ifi.
Tho heaviest snow storm In the. his
tory of Utah, according to United
States Wenther Forecaster A. If.
Thlessen, completely paralyzed city
traffic, today. Twenty Inches of
snow have fallen In the InH ?,( hours,
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US AT
KL PASO, Tex., March lft. lr-
fial (.Viufirmation of the massacre of
the employes of the Maistrti mint1
at Ml Oro, Duraiitfo, imdudinir Luis
Seif;Ier, and Charles Winn, Ameri
cans, has been received here by of
ficials of ti mining company in the
Magistral district. A Mexican em
ploye reached the border last night
from Ml Oro and said Seller, Winn
and the Mexicans from the Magistral
had gone to Ml Oro for safely and
were surrounded by bandits when the
messenger fled to the border.
A band of rebels entered Ml Oro
seven days ago, be said, but were
driven off by the Mexicans led by
Seigler and Winn. The bandits re
turned the same night with on0 men
he said, and surrounded tho bouse
where the Americans were. Winn and
Seigler were fighting from the root
of the house when he fled, the Mexi
can said, ami he believed tliey and
Die Mexicans had been killed.
Seigler's homo was in Chicago and
Winn's in Pittsburg, according to the
officials of I he company here, ul
Ihoiih both have been in Mexico
many years. Seigler was stipe rin
tcndenl of the Magistral mine nnd
Winn elect ricinn.
KILLED BY VILL1STAS
Kl PASO, Texas, March 10. Jone
Maria Klores, u guldo and Interpre
ter for Ucnoral Pondilng In Mexico,
was executed near the Hublcora ranch
In western Chlhuuhiia recently by
Julio Acosta, a Villa leader, because
of htB friendship for tho Americans,
an American frori llatdcora reported
on his arrival here today. A compan
ion of Klores also was executed.
ML PASO, Texas, March 10. Ilu
mors of a new political alignment In
Mexico with General Alvaro Obro-
gon leading the opposition to Gen
eral Carranza and the do facto g
eminent have been In circulation
here and In Juarez for tho past
hours, having been brought here
from the Interior by Mexican and for
elgn refugees.
Hi DUKE
Ill AS TO
LEAD ARMY
Russian Revolution a Complete Suc
cess Vigorous Prosecution of War
Assured Czar Has Not Abdicated
Yet, But Must Michael Regent
Duma and Zems to Co-Operate
In Restoring Normality of Life of
Empire Food Problem Solved.
.ONUON, March 16. Official ac
tion by Great Ilritatn, France and It-
nly In recognition of the provisional
Kovorn incut of Russia, was taken in
Potrograd yesterday, according to
Router's Petrograu correspondent.
LONDON, March 10. A. Reuter
dispatch from Potrograd says that
the emperor Is expected to arrive at
the Tsarskoe-Selo palace and that
several regiments with artillery are
hastening to tho same place.
LONDON, March 16. Tho abdica
tion ot Emperor Nicholas and the
appointment ot Grand Duke Michael
as regent has not yet been carried
Into effect, though It has been decid
ed on by the executive power, Andrew
Donar Law, chancellor of the ex
chequer announced today In tho house
of commons, - ;
AiTONtlng Police.
LONDON, March 10. A Pctrogrnd
dispatch says that soldiers there
were still enframed today in rounding
up lhe police, thousands of whom
have been imprisoned. All the polico
stations have been destroyed or
sacked nnd all .suspected houses
searched l'or nmmunilion and amis.
This dispatch reports that a train
carrying Kmperor Nicholas was held
up by soldiers. Tho empress is said
to bo in n hysterical condition, while
the crown princo is siil'fcrinjj from
an attack of either mensels or scar
let lever, l'riees jf provisions in
l'etroftrad have fallen greatly.
Nicholas to Command.
I.ONIXXV, March 16. The Grand
Duko Nicholas Is reported in a Reu-
ter's dispatch from Petrograd to have
reached tho Russian capital, probably
to tako command of the troops.
Grand Duko Nicholas, idol of the
rtuslun army, and ranked as Russia's
greatest master strategist, looms up
as the big military figure of tho hour
in tho cniplro which has just wit
nessed a successful and almost blood
less revolution and the abdication of
Its omporor.
Tho relinquishment of the throne
by Nicholas II automatlcaly depriv
ed him of IiIb rank as commander In
chief of tho Russian armies. The
heir to tho throno Is an InTant and
Grand Duko Nicholas, named as re-
(Continucd or. Page Eight.)
LONDON, March 1(1. In discus.
in' the Irish situation in tho house of
commons today, Andrew lionnr Law,
chancellor of the exchequer, declared
the uttitucle of the nationalists might
compel an appeal to the country on
the ground t luifc lhe nationalists were
wilting lo permit the government to
get on with the war.
Replying in the houso of commons
today to a question of John Dilloh
as to whether orders had been given
lhe people of Dublin to remain in
doors on St. Patrick's day, Andrew
Ilonar Law, chancellor of tho ox
chequer, said that Henry E. Duke,
chief secretary for Ireland, had gone
to that country. Mr. Bonnr Law
said that he personally kne-v nothing
about lhe matter, but would make inquiries.