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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Maximum yesterday -IH Minimum today Predictions V.dr and colder. Dally Fourteenth Tu. Forty-ninth Tear. MEDFORD, OHKdOX, FKMDAV, JANl'AKY NO. 2.") MEDFORD WAR AGAIN LOOMS OVER FI1E PACT Italian Press Declares Juqo-Stavs Will Only Be Reasonable When Feel Roman First Allies Give Ser uta and Slavs 3 More Davs in Which to Accent Adriatic Settle ment D'Annunzio Reported Un popular in Disputed City. ROMH, Han. 23 The Giornnlr d'Atnlia toiln v svs: "Premier Nitti conceded mora than wan tolerable. Furunntelv the stub bornness of the Jugo-Sluvs was even jrreater than the willingness of t lie Italian premier to vield. We are glad .of the arrogance of our adversaries, which permits us again to defend Italy's interestnnd aspirations in the Adriatic. The premier desired to create cordial relations with the Jugo Slavs but the effort proved the im possibility of any inst and honest understanding, wilh them, i I ill v must serenely 1'aee their enmity which will yield to respectful fear only when our country finally displays its force. "The truth is that the Croats and the Slovenes are the. eternal enemies of Italy and the Latin race, which thev wish to destroy, substituting themsclveS on the eastern coast of the Adriatic." PARIS. Jan. 23. The time in which the Juso-Slav government must give a definite reply as to whether it will accept the settlement of the Ad riatic, question reuched by the su preme council earlv this week was extended today for three davs hv the British and French governments. The extension was grunted upon the re quest of Foreign Minister Trumbitch of Jugo-Slnvia. FIUME, Jan. ' 23. Captain I!a .briele d'Annunzio's 'control of this city has been disastrous to the peo ple who have little food and are suf 'forinir from epidemics, according to Riceardo Zanella, opponent' of d'Annunzio and leader of the Fiumnn people's party. He. savs the poet soldier is afraid of assassination and is constantly under guard and that his action in seizing the eitv has resulted in embarrassment for Italy. "Captain d'Annunzio "has violated every principle of free government," savs Signor Zanella, who was form erly mayor of the city, "lie has lodged his legions on our people, lias troubled the city for months and has commandeered property under threats of violence. The people are sick of his regime. There is little food -and much disease and suffer ing while our financial situation is appalling. Ninety per cent of the cit . izeus are calling for d'Annunzio and his men to leave. . ROME, Jan. 22. Commenting on Premier Nitti's return from Paris the Corriere d'ltuliu characterizes his , attitude toward the Jugo-Sluvs on the Adriatic question as most praise Worthy, as it demonstrates tangibly the good will of Italv and the lack of anv imperialistic aims on her part, while the Jugo-Slavs, the newspaper adds, demonstrated that their policy was ouite the contrary. "Italy," savs. this commentator, "with the concessions made hv Pre mier Nitti, set a good example, Ii Now is Belgrade turn to imitate her.'.' WOMEN WITH PROPERTY CAN VOTE IN JUGO-SLAVIA BELGRADE, Jan. 23. Women ad ministering property in their own right will be permitted to vote at the first national election in Jugo-Slavia next month, nccording to an nn nonncemcnt made hv the cabinet. mm OF ALLIES TTIF. HAGUE. Jan. 23 The Dutch government has refused the demand of the allied powers lor the extradi tion of former Kniperor William ot Germany. LONDON. Jan. 2.). Holland's re ply to the entente demand for Hk extradition of Kmprror William de clares that she cannot be bound bv the peace treaty, to which she is not a party, it is learned here. Neither the Dutch constitution nor tradition 20 YEAR OLD WIFE DESERTED BY HOBBY OAKLAND. Ca!.. Jan. 2X Iiniuirv was .started here today J'or the man who ile-erted the mother of ouadntpk'ts horn here hfst niirltt at the Itfiilah rvt home of the Ssilvjilion Annv. All were irirls three alive nod hoiilthv. weiiihiii" A-, niul 5 pounds, and the,, fourth was horn lifeless. The deserter, who left the little 20 vear old moth er several months ao, was formerly employed in a ship yard here. TO AID ALLIES Cabinet Derided in Favor Entente but Enver Pasha Made Secret Pact With Germany and Goeben Attack ed Russian Shins Even Sultan Was Deceived-by Enver. CONSTANTINOPLE, Tuesday, Jan. 20. Turkey entered the war on Ger many's side after the cabinet had de cided to join the allies, according to statements before a secret prelimin ary investigation by the newspapers. Tho muchinuttons of the war party, led by linver Pasha, war minister in 191-1, were responsible for the change in front. 'When the war broke o.ut, the news papers say, the majority of the Turk ish cabinet was friendly to the en tente. The war party, however, be gan attempts to persuade a sufficient number of ministers that, Turkey should acquire the German cruiser Goeben to take the place of Turkish ships which hud been requisitioned by England. Objection was made that the Goe ben which arrived here in August, 1914, after fleeing from allied war ships in the Mediterranean, would at tack Russian vessels while under Turkish colors but Enver Pasha de clared the commander of the bruiser had pledged himself not to make any such attack. Decision was reached by the cab inet to oppose Germany in the war and it was agreed that when Turkey took her stand on the side of the en tente the Goeben and her sister ship, the Breslau should be bombarded by the 'Bosphorus forts. Enver Pasha, however, made secret arrangements with the Germans and the Goeben joined the Black sea fleet; even the grand vizier being kept in ignorance of this move. On August 29, 1914, the Goeben while flying the Turkish falg, attacked and destroyed two FUissian ships. This act brought about Turkeys alignment against the en tente and several members of the cubinet resigned. The facts were mis represented by the censors 'and the Turkish public, even the sultan, be lieved for several years that the Rus sians attacked the Turks. ARREST MISSING SEATTLE GIRL FOR STEALING AUTO VISALIA. Oal.. Jiin. l'oli pliotoirrnps today led a clrl arrested here under the name of Ruth Lundi, i m charges of eomplieit v'in the theft of an automobile, to admit, the police said, that she is Ruth Outhinan, 1; years ot aire, missing two weeks from Seattle, and for whom it is report' a eoaslwide senreh has been made. Elmer Doirart was arrested with tli sjirl, on the charge of automobile stealing. 10 SIRE! liermit her of acceding to the demand of the allied powers, the note sets forth. The national honor, the reply de clarer, docs .not permit the bertaval of the confiden-o of those who en trusted themselves to Holland and her tree institutions. PARIS. Jan. 23. The Dutch min ister delivered Holland's reply to the allied demand lor extradition of the former German emperor to the foreign office at 0:30 p. in. TURKEY VOTED IN WORLD WAR Wl'i BOARD IN ACCORD . VII M I N A . Rear Admiral KnitiM Chairman Naval Decorations Board Takes Sharp Is sue With Secretary Daniels Offi cers Wlio'tosc Shins Throuuh Ene my Action Should Not Be Decorat edNo Comparison in Lawrence and Perry Cases. WASHINGTON', Jan. 23. Hear Admiral liuslln KuiKht. chairman of the naval decorations board, took sharp . issue today with .Secretary Daniels on the matter ot naval awards. Testifying lieforo the senate Inves tigating committee. Admiral Knight said the board could not agree that officers who lost their ship thru en emy action were entitled to high dec oratlims unless they had engaged the enemy. 'Admiral Knight said the cases of officers who lost their vessels thru HAi'binarine attacks were not compar able with thoso of Lawrence and Perry as .Mr. Daniels said in his re cent letter to Chairman 1'age of the senate naval committee. Admiral Knight said that in the case of Commander 1). W. Jlagloy, Secretary Daniels' brother in law, no decoration was recommended for any circurnstnnce In connection with the sinking. o. the destroyer Jacob Jones because Commander Bagley did not engage the enemy. ,A navy cross was recommended for the, officer, be said, for good seamanship displayed in taking oft the crew and passengers of the torpedoed Iirltish steamer Orama. Commander Bagley was not recommended by bis immediate su perior, ho said, for any decoration in connection with the sinking of the Jacob Jones. 'Officers whose vessels were tor pedoed', hut who by good seamanship and discipline succeeded in saving, their ships earned the D. S. M., Ad miral Knight declared. Special HoasoiiH Given "It is true that the board recom mended awards for several of the of ficers referred to by the secretary as commanders ot ships which were lost or seriously damaged by enemy sub marines or mines," Admiral Knight said. "Bat in each case there was a spo- cial reason. Captaitr Vernon cf the Cassln. Captain Disniukes of the Mount Vernon, Captain Chase of the Minnesota and Captain Graham of the Finland, saved their ships by ex cellent seamanship and discipline after the ships were disabled." No information was available to guide the board In making recom mendalions for Captain Satterlee of the Tampa and Commander Ghent of the Antilles, nor were any circum stances known that would justify such award, Admiral Knight said Secretary Daniels awarded D. S. .M.'i to both officers. The Tampa and An. lilies were torpedoed and sunk. '-Commander Foote's case is the only cue In which the board recom mended the award of a D. S. M. for circumstances connected alone with the actual loss of a ship" Admiral Knight said, "and this reenmmenda Hon was based chiefly upon the rec ommendations of Admiral .Cleaves and Admiral Mayo." DENIES ANY SCHEME LONDON, Jan. 2:!. -Speculation a. lo the real purpose behind the war office order withdrawing Hriti.-d; troops from plebescite areas in Ger many has drawn from the war office a definite 'statement thai Great Brit ain is not contemplating the dispatch of tnrtips lo the Caucasus region .it anywhere in liussia and that tin wilhdrnwul is entirely disassociated with any such movement, present or prospective. IN PUBLIC PLACES COLUMBIA, S. C, Jan. 23 Smok ing In eatinn places would he prohib ited under a bill passed to second reading by the state senate. Restau rant and hotel keepers would be re quired to display "no Bmoking" signs and enforce the rule under penalty. 10,000 CASES OF 'FLU' CHICAGO BUT IHERES NO CAUSE FOR ALARM CHICAGO, Jan. 23. ;The epidemic of influenza and pneu monia from whii tt moro 'than 10,(100 persons in Chicago are suffering today continued to spreud, hut there was a slight decrease in the numher of new cases reported. The death list, lu.wever, showed a considerable increase during the last li t hours. Pneumonia caused -111 deaths in the last 24 hours and milli on, a I! (I . New i n f 1 u en z a ca s es numbered 20Sii and the new oases of pneumonia J.". I. Hr. John hill liobertson, health ooinmissioher com inued to iiivgo ' calm, saying the epi demic (Is in a, .mini firnt and thef Is no occasion for alarm. JOE DANIELS TAKES E WITH BRYAN ON WEI BANQUET WASlllXCTOX, .Ian. 'JX-- Secre tary Daniels totlav took issue wit ii William J. lirvan, who slated in pub lic addresses that Chairman Oniii niiniis of the democratic national com mittee either should disassociate him self! from flovernor Kdwn nl.s of New Jersey who was elected on n ''wot" platform, or resign from the national tommittee chairmanship. Mr. Ciuii mimis attended the aovernor's inauu ural dinner,' at which an Kdwapk presidential nomination boom was launched, and in replv to Mr. lirvan said In; was present only as a "neu tral." . 4 Mr. Daniels said he had read Oov eruor Kd wards' pin! form with a ureal' deal of interest hnd been found "al least per rent of it excellent and aureeinu: thoroughly with the hesl principles of - democratic statesman ship past and present. Nalurallv. the secretary said, he could not ncrrec with Mr. Edwards on the prohibition question hut this subject should no! be allowed to overshadow the ureal uood i" the remainder of the uovern or's pint form. "I believe." Hie secretary said, ;(that Mr. Cumminus acted with per fect propriety in accepting an invi tation to a dinner uiven to a demo ( ratic leader. If I were nalioiml chairman 1 would not hesitate lo at tend such a dinner.. Mr. ( 'tmiinin-is undoubtedly would have accepted if (he dinner had been (o Mr. McAdou, Mr. Palmer, or anv other imled demo crat." FIRST JAPANESE ARRESTED BY FEDERAL OFFICERS LOS ANGELES LOS ANOKLKN. Cab. Jan. 23, Vojiro Naka'date, former publisher o! a Japanese magazine in the east, was arrested hen' today by depart ment of justice operatives in (-oii-ncction with uati'iii-wide communis raids. Evidence airainst Ihe Oriental, who was said ! be the first of hi race identified wilh coinmuni-t activi ties in the I'nilcd Slvites. was secur ed in a iteceiil raid upon communist party headquarters in Now York, ar resting officers i-uid. EASTERN SFAR LEADER IS KILLEDBY AU10 OAKLAND, Cal., .Jan. 23.- Mrs. Marion A. For re-1, prominent in Emm em Star -circles in California and New Mexico. wa inMunllv killed early today bv an automobile 'driven bv Harold Grnvem of Herkelev, a University of ( 'alifomia student. Bru den is chartred with manslaughter. Ii is charged that lie was driving at ex cessive speed. Mrs. Forrest lniy?c childre n in Sealtle, North akim-i and Minneapolis, SPOKANE, Jan. 23. Plans for the erectlr.n here at a cost of approxim ately $700,000, of a motion picture theater with a seating capacity ot 2500 were announced today by the St i I well TheuterB corporation whkh now operaten two moth.n picturen In Spokane. It Ih expected that the new theater will he ready for occupancy by September, it was staled, .... ouicb'ciN U PON TREATY Former President Sees No Reason Wiiv With 80 Senators in Favor of Ratification Trick Can't Be Done President's Attitude Not Clear Believes Article 10 Mav Be Modi fied Without Emasculation the Docun:ent. WASHINGTON. Jan. li:t. Former President Tatt visited ihe cupilol to day and conferred wilh senators ac tive in tho movement iir a peace treaty compromise. iMiritiK his visit to the senate, Mr. Taft addressed briefly representa tives of u local committee which had invited him to tall; at a mass meet ing here in behalf of the treaty, lit! said he did not. 'believe a compromise on tho reservation alTetlint; aiiicle tea (.'!' the League of Nations coven ant would "kill" tin1 league. "Tho matter of the ratification of the treaty is in Ihe hands of the sen ators," said Mr. Taft. "It must be worked out by thorn. Kveryono knows how I aland on the treaty. I believe that the best way is to let the know ledge (.'f the public desire that, the treaty be ratified trickle into the sen ators. "At present about eighty senators are in favor of ratification, about evenly divided on the reservations. Only I hose ton rt een ruservut ions .stand between them. It seems to me that compromise can be, had ami the treaty ratified. "The attitude of thu president in regard to what he will do is not IpiUe clear. It hua been aaid that article tun of the League of Nations coven ant is the heart of the league, and It is, in Hint iL embraces the intention of tho members of the league to, co rporate in pulling an end to war But on the olher hand, as a practical proposition, article ten will raroly, if ever, be invoked, for under articles .10 and 17 any attempt to bring about war will be put down. So I believe that, a compromise on this artllcle ten can be made without killing the league." PRIZE IS OFFERED . I TRADE SALKM, Ore.. Jan. i '.-A prize of 100 is offered by the Oregon Grow er Cooperative association for a trade udine. to be used on all its pro- duds. According to ( . I. Lewis, in charge of organization for the asso. c'tition. announced Tuesday (hat tlie name imisl be solely local, but must be capable of application to al) part-. of Hie slate. Names such as "Main ki.MY 'newumde" and "MistkisC arc no wanted, because Ihcv would not apply to southern Oregon where there is little rain, dew or mist. rI mime nniM tie alile to express condi tions all over the state. The contest (doses April 1. A sec ond prize mav Im offered inter,' Mr. Lewis sa'd. When the trade name I- 'cenred another prize may lie offered for a design to illustrate it. he said. All contestants should send the Irade name, their name and address lo ('. I. Lewis, OiTtinn Growers (,'o ipcrativc nssoeinl ion, Salem, Oregon. SP0KANf UNION MAY N W W SI'OKAXIC, Jan. 23. Hntry of the liuildini! trades unions of thin city nto tho contracting huglncsn here next spring unless local contractors meet demands for wnrce Increases ol II a day In the building crafts wac discussed by labor leaders hero to day. M. .1. Dunn, president of tho state fodf ration of brick masons, and Fred W. (ireene, vice president of the state federation of labor, were nmonp 'hose declaring funds and executive ability would bo available for such a program. It was declared that any move on the part of the employerc looking lo an open shop nrrnngemcni would be coiubutted strenuously. GUT OFF IHE CRIMEA III LONDON, Jan. 'JIL- Russian soviet t'orcea have virtually cut off the Crimean peninsula from the mainland, according to an official statement issued at Ihe war office in .losrow and receiv ed here by wireless. Aiu.ther Moscow dispatch re ports ant i-holshevik forces evac uating Klizabothgrnd in the nor thern part of the government of K herson and hurriedly ret rent ing toward the Itlack sea coast. PAULS, Jan. L';'. Itepoiis I t hat .Marshal Koch is going lo Warsa w (.a a mi lit ary mission were officially denied by the 1 government, today. ! ! i ! ! i 0. S. A. LIVING IN RE Governor of Federal Reserve Board Urqes More Work, Less Extrava- . qance and Investinu of U. S. Capi tal in Foreitin Securities U. S. Fi nancial Problems Unprecedented. WiASIIINCTOX, Jan. 2!l. Amer ican capital will, bo'eniployed in aid ing lOurope "to get back to produc Itvu work," not because of "attrac Hve rates of Interest;" lint to restore normal conditions and to open mar kets' for Airierlea'n export, Oovernoi: V. P. (1. Harding of the federal re serve board said loduy, speaking be fore the second Pnn-Aniorienu finan cial congreps. 1 : ' ' ; "We cannot, however export things which we do' not ' havd," 'tlovernoi' Harding said, "miring the past year wo have witnessed an unprecedented era of extravagance In this country; thero has linen a continuous rise in prices and while tho value of our pro ducts expressed In dollars lias boon greater than ever before In history, I lie physical volume, of goods pro duced was less than the production of any year since 111 1(1. Our domestic demand lias been competing with ex port demands, and the result has been that prices have been bid up on both the foreign and domestic con sumers. A Fool's l'm-adise "Our people must bo aroused to the consciousness that wo aro living In a fool's paradise and that more work, economy and liberal Invest ment in foreign securities are neces sary if we wisli to make our present apparent prosperity real and perma nent. It Is Important that tho world should get back to work In order to provide steady employment for the people of our own country even." Uovornor Harding culled nttentlon to tho new "Kdgo net" providing ma chinery for financing these under takings which he said gave exporters, producers, manufacturers and Amer ican Investors the means of co-operation to solve the problem before them. "The busis of world commerce Is an , exchange of goods," Governor Harding said pointing out that Amer ican loans must bo on terms to per mit tho borrowers to repay In pro ducts. Conditions t'nprecedcnled "European nations can produce mahy things which we cither do not produce at all, or cannot produce as cheaply, as they can." he continued, "or It may lie they can produce tilings needed in Mouth American countries or in Ihe l.'ar Kast. As Amnrlcun Im- FOOL PARAD SAYS HARDiNG Wm m VMS ALL1SALARY . dILLo, MUM UUII5 rtNlltNIIAnf SAT. KM, Ore. .Inn. 23. Clovernor Olcott vi'sterdav vetoed house bill No. .'18, which would have authorized the date hiehwav commission to increase the salary of Hie state highway engi neer. The sularv of that official is now $."i,ll(lll n vear. Tho governor has vetoed all salary hills passed bv the special session, four of the most important measures Being down under his ilisuporovcl vesterdnv, includinsr house bills 111 and 27 and senate hill lit. The last was bv Xiohclson, authorizing coun Iv eourls lo fix the salaries of coun ty surveyors and deputies. EARS OFU.S. SOLDIERSAS SOVENIERS i Witnesses Testify Before Senate ln- vestiqatina Committee of, Barbar ous Practices in Mexican Armv Raids on Border and Murder of American Citizens anil Soldiers Recnuiiizcd Practice With Carranza Soldiers. SAN, ANTONIO, Texas ,lan. 2X--Tlie nreunized and uutliori.rd cliar ai'ier ol' Ihe border raids was fur ther ithlicaled in an attested confes sion of a Mexican prisoner taken in l'.)15, and submitted todav to (he senate sub-committee investiiruliui the Mexican situation. It was incor porated in a report, of (''upturn A. V. U. Anderson. Ihen eommadine; troou A Twelfth cavalry. The prisoner described the actions of his nmaiiiation in its movements toward Norias, lliduko countv. ns more of a regular ortranicd unit coiiimnudeil lv n major of the Car rnti.a itrinv- Similnr leslimonv was given by Thomas Mavfield, n former Texas ranger, who submitted im affidavit bv tiuaduhip ('nollar that Carrann leaders had iriven orders for purtiei pation in one of the raids, lie de scribed the mutilation of one Aineri can soldier bv soldiers from the Cur ranza garrison. Thev cut off the ears of Hie soldier mill carried them hack to Ihe garrison us souvenirs. The statement wns ultesled )v CnPp lain Frank B. Mct'ov, now brigadier irenoral. - John T. Kleilier, u district nltornev of, the border, gave n description of. tin' allaek on the train near Browns ville, Texas,, which included, nnothcr instance of Ihe iinmiiiiilv Hernum nu tionnlilv gtive. lie was n luissenirei' oi Hie train. In llievftimiiji car :'yero lvo who claimed to ilie, GcrriMins,. Tliev.weru not molested.;.. ,.., v it . Kleilier's teslimony was eorroboir tilive of that of others, which tended, to indicate the raiders were in railiby a dcluchmciil of jhe Mexieun nrmv. Five Americans were shot on that occasion, the leaders of the ruiditifi: parlv beimr Aneeelo l'lsnno nnd l.uis de T.n Hosa. r It also was indicated liv tho wit ness that the Mexicans on the Atner- ' ienn side of the border Who hnvo been killed or injured durina' tho pe riod of the raids have been victims of their own counlrvnien's netivities rather than of anv dclihernto at tempt of Americans lo injure thctn. During, the patriotic ceromonlos ,ln tho Washington school at Medforii yesterday Ihe singing of the Star Spangled llannor and Amorlca was led by Mrs. O. II. llarnhlll of th8 city who Is teaching tills year la that school. The singing was accom panied by tho eighth grade orchestra cf the school. Ashland Tidings. porters have constant dealings with South American and Oriental counr tries It follows that European credits avullablo In China and Japan, Argen tina. Chile, Brazil and other l.atln Ameriean nations will bo Just as ef fect ivo In lliiuldntlng Knropean obli gations In the United Slates as direct European credits In New York would bo." The speaker pointed out that tho United States In flvo years had pass ed from u borrower nation With flvo billions In outstanding debts to a creditor with fourteen billions on Its books and tho nntlonul debt had risen from one billion to twenty-five. Ex change rates abroad were far bolow normal, ho added, and In assuming Its new role, tho United Stntes "faced problems which wero unknown to tho old creditor nations ot ante-bellum days." SAT.KM. Ore.. .Jan. 23. Dr. R. E. Sleiner todav rclinuuisheil hist post ns warden of the state penitentiary with the consent of Clovernor Olcott, nnd was allowed to return to his former posilion of superintendent of the state hospital for the insane. Gov ernor Olcott immediately announced the appointment of Louis H, Cotnp ton, state nu rule officer, to succeed Mr. Sleiner us warden, and Percy Jr. Vitrnev, who resigned Inst iinndnv as" Siilem chief of police succeeds Compton us parole officer.