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Mail Tribune The Weather Mux. yesterday no Min. today liH Predictions I'rcdh lion Threatening. fliii Fourteenth Tear. fJrty-nlntu Ter. MEDFORD, ORl"iOT, TIIl'K'SDAV, FKIiKTA If V 1r'0 NO. L!;9 t ;.15 tons, Pew to AI I IFQ MAV HLLIlOIiIHI HOUSE" WHILE R TRY BOSCHE SLEEP ON 2ND STORY BY DEFAULT 4. Hew Note Said to Be More Concilia tory in Tone. Sent to Berlin Re qardina Extradition of War Crim inals Germany Stands Toacther On Refusal to Deliver Citizens Wanted "A Physical Imiiossiliil ty" Is Claim. PA1US, Eel). 5. What amounted lo virtually a new note was sent to Berlin by tlie allies to be prorentod to tho Germaii government with the list of persons accused of war crimes, besides tho original ctveriu! letter drawn up to accompany the 1M. The suggestion has been made in olllclal circles here that if the Gor uaiit resist surrender of the accused til, latter may he tried by default. K h pointed (,ut that while nio:;t of ; Item would never undergo the p?n.tl- j t Imposed by the court, it would icipisslble for them to leave (iermaiiy j erccpt fur neutral countries. : i I fOMITt.X. !., ivi,. r, I The Chinese -c,k at the (,. I ton ran. !,, near here, pattered sU-cplly dowu.-tairs to his kitchen this mornim.- ,i:,u ... to start hreak-ast Then ho emitted a weird Chinese ejacu- : laiion and scum,.,! hack up- Stairs to call his employers. He had been slartled by the uu-l ... that when lie tried i,.- turn on the electric light. t,0 fixture .j, was gone. s ). gruped to the familiar sink anil that was gone; then he tried ,he ,.ou(. ., stove and that was gone. Investigaiion showed that luirglars with a taste for tbi.r- it ounnn.-ss nail '.tolen t-verylhing j in the lower part of the house. I while its inmates slumbered I above. The furniture, electric I light fixtures, bathtub anil other ! plumbing and bureaus filled with wearing apparel were all gone. Automobile truck tracks 't were discovered. The sheriff sent men to follow the tracks. STRIKERS ON SI. PAUL MAKE NO HEADWAY LONDON, Feb. B. Lord llirk;n loail. tho lord high chancellor, avl Sir Gordon llewart, the atiornoy ger. H,d. left LontlCii for Paris thU afler icon. Their departure followeil a obinet council at which th-j German if.ltuJo in the extradition issue w.,s 4!scus3el and at which tho lord high chancellor and the attorney general isre called for (onsultntuvn BERLIN, Wednesday WASHINGTON, Pel,, r,. Various intimations and reports that Presi dent Wilson might have known in ;-bruary 4.! advance of the contents of Viscount -At (he conclusion of tonigh.V. ca hi nt session a member of tho govern ment Informed the correspondent cf Jilt Associated Press that thr tnlniti- ttrs were unanimous In drvl.mng that surrender of the men demanded it tho allies In the unofficial or any Kher extradition list an utter pliysi n! Impossibility. Grey's recent letter on the status of the peace treaty were met by adminis tration officials today with the state ment that while they did not care to assume the position of denying them, there was no foundation in fact for such conclusions. There were indi cations that the government here ralher was Inclined to feel that the president should have been advised LONDON, Eel). 5. The Gorman f viscount (Irev's expressions before ablnet has decided to send aiiGlher! thev were published. Bteto tho allies calling nttentlou to! white House officials said that the lie latal consequences which would president all during his illness lias i been receiving communicatii.lis In writing and that diplomats were not prevented from intercourse with him although it might not be a personal one. Secretary Lansing said published reports that the American govern ment had sent a letter of protest to the llritish government regarding the Grey letter were without the slightest foundation, lie added that ho had not even discussed the matter with White House officials. Jaiue upon extradition or tho i.er luna rlpm.mdcd for trial bv the ul- ( (or war crimes, according to a ; jWin dispatch to tho Exchange JWegraph. PARIS, Feb. 5. Rotations between le silled powers and Germany seem jubave arrived at a crisis as a re- nltotthe refusal of Baron von Lers r, head of the Germun delegation We, to forward to Berlin the names 3il Germans whose extradition is do- JMnded by tho entente. This incident Wrently finds an echo In tho atti "ie of the Berlin cabinet, which is ported In London dispatches to have "Pressed, through Oustav Noske, sWilerof defense, seeming defiance w the powers. Baron von Lersner for the German capital last night ihe list of Germans accused of vio. -Hons of tho laws of war whose ar mament is contemplated hy the al- ral be sent to Berlin direct by council of ambassadors. It is Mated out here that measures in to compel Germany to carry "tine extradition clauses of the Ver- Ies treaty will he adopted, .-hut ifre is no Intimation as to their na-itre. London advices state Sir Auckland "te. minister of national service i"! reconstruction In the British cabi- declared In an address at Andover ""day that Holland might be re jWred to put former Emperor Wil- m somo island out of Kurope. WUk government is not known. ,' B iust 100 vcurs since tbc 'ft House suw itn first weddiii" 't of'tkrt .1 1.. ,.C 1ci,lnf T"oe. THE DALLAS, Ore., Feb. 5. "Place the proposed mid-Columbia bridge where one span will reach across the river," is the slogan adopt ed today by The Dalles Chamber of Commerce in their right to obtain the construction of an Inter-state bridge over the Columbia river at the nar rows near Senfert, where the Colum bia passes through a chasm les: L'lit) feet wide. than -.In MTA'li'O CITY. Feb dolmen, former champion henvv weicht oucili-t of tin- woild. -ail vc-tenlav be would arrive in Ne York I In- first week in March. I . declared lie was confident he could difficulties Willi ine linnet attorncv at Clibii'-'o ,iht chaMene ,liic ent hciivvwciiilit cham- nrrungc Stales so tli.it Dcuipsev tilotl. lie pre IKfUfDC CTnDWilM YFARnHIIo FiKI im.WRECKS BOARD WAUt v w w w w V aiI'Al)KI.'iUA. Feb. 5. Tw Haitv aeciili-nU nnd itnlicil- traffic in ,,n ,lir,.eti,,,is is the f Hie most severe snow anil .""a lids vicinity 'iu several N'TIC em N. J.. Feb. 5.- 7est stonr, tide in Hie liis ' "us r,,Mlrt wrecked Dart of "lsea , , . i,. M. '""O WHIN Itllll IM'.,,,' fulnor and Jlnnrntc City " duriiii: the niirlit. Ocean ..i. i- wee il Id I" cm, hum- - .,.,, ;l ,.,,, Ibat i; r .,,.. . ii. i i,. i ,, the bo;,rn .ns. oliilielleo to ' "" Railroad Officials Exncct Electric Service Will Be Resumed Tonitiht Railroad Administrator Hines Orders Men Back to Work bv To morrow Morninn Waoe Question May Be Left to Government SKA TTI.K. Feb.' 5 (MTicials of t In Chicago, Milwaukee & St. l'niil railroad are rapidly replacing the strikers and arc planning to resume full elect rie freight nnd passenger service tomorrow between - liurlow tiin. Mont., and Averv. Idaho, ac cording to a statement issued tit the office of II. H. Farling, vice presi- tne iiasseiicer Irains iiinv lie oticr ated over the line toniiiht. it was said. Men at present in the oom Piinv's cmiilov are being senl lo re place the strikers and to man the substations. PERM BANKS PLAN rS TOM IN YARD ! LIS! BONDS AT IYiNG PIE ni'TTl). M'out.. Feb. 5. With the exception of (rain No. 17. which is beiic' dotourod over the Northern Pacific lines del ween Lombard on the east and Deer Lodge on the wesl, nil .Milwaukee passttnger trains were op crated tmlav bv steam over Milwau kee lines. Trains were running ap proximalclv two hours behind sidled ule. It was announced Unit steaci Irains tool; (wo hours longer to cov er the electrified stretch than tho electric trains. Twcnlv-I'ive shop men of I leer LoiIl'c, who struck Monday morning for hack bonus hour pay and representatives of the 1U0 electricians employed at substa tions hot ween llai-lowton, Mont., nnd Avery, Idnlio, who started a sympa thetic strike yesterday morning with the shopmen, mot in conference to day at I r LodsdfOwilh Mayor Frank Conlcv of that., town. Orders wore received InM evcninir hy the striking shopmen and electricians from Di rector Walker 1). Iliiies of Ihc I'nilcd Slides railroad administration lo re turn to work hy lotnorrow morning. (Iliierwi-c the order said the own would lose cerlnin working privi leges. t Was reported here today that there was a likelihood that the men would return lo work pending a decision bv the I'nileil Slates rail road ailuiinistrution on their de mand. The railroad shop men who struck were on the night shift nnd contend ed llial Ihcv should be paid for nine hours while working eight on night work. This culijeet has been sub mitlcil to the United States railroad administration but nothing definite had been decided when the strike took place. The dav shopmen struck in sympathy with the night shifts. It was announced that freight service on the M'lwnukec was moving close to normal cast of llarlowton nn.l west of Averv. It was hoped to se cure additional eouiiunent if needed within a couple of dnvs. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Feb. B. Dr. F. F. Abbott left his automobile at the curb in front of his office early today. Two -would-be thieves came along and tried to drive away, but the electrical system got short circuit ed with the horn wires, and tho horn started, while the car did not. The prolonged "toot" attracted pe destrians who did not know that the nun In tho car were Interlopers. Tho pedestrians gave advice and the men grew nervous. Then Dr. Abbott heard the familiar sound, looked out and came out. and the men took to1 their heels. The doctor cut the horn wires, stopped the noise, and telephoned his report to the police. 1 ASI 1 iN : 1 ' N". I'V along the .tl.,iili- il.rn New hm:.an were -now'bound t"'' iv " the wor-t -now Mo rni ot The a- accoa,,,!! .,,! ,, L-, wind. M"dci. I t ,-Statc-ir,l from Yit . rc.-alt id in- winter. .I hv --leet 111 ,;,,- (lit- ui'O-aui-' 'la had turned K 1"." laai. CHICAGO, Feb. a James Vaughn, the big southpaw pitcher of the Chi cago Nationals, yesterday signed a ronM-act for 19:111. Dode Puskert, outfielder, also figncd his ccatract. Vauuhn will leave Chicago Thursday for Hot Springs, where he will be loined by Grover Alexander and G.-orge Tyler, pitchers, and Catcher Bill ill i for. The iiiartetlc will Join the other Cutis at ansas uy on rt ruary :' when the club will route to Pasadena, Cal. l,i DF.NYF.It. Colo.. Fob. :.. Orvillo Harrington, II, skilled worker in the 1'i-nver mint, was arrested here early today hy secret service operators on u I charge of having rnhhed the S mint of gold bars "to the value -I of ? 100,000. Harrington, the i.f- ficcrs reported, was trapped as S he was carrying away a liar of i tho metal. They said he co'a- fessed and led them to his home ! where the bars were found ! buried about the yard and hid J den in various places. It. was reported that all the stolen gold was recovered. J Harrington, according to the officers, M-arried the liars out of the mint concealed in a hollow falso limb which he wore. Itc ! cause of the unusual means taken to get I ho gold out of 1 tilt mint, tho officers were un i able lo locate tin' source of the thefts for several days. 1 ! a l ! rington was taken in In custody h as ho was 'coming off shifl, a ! search of his person disclosing a $I.J0il bar of go-Id bidden In thu ( false leg. 4.4.4.4. 4.4.4. 44-4- 1 ; Nat alia! Hanks Can Carrv Liiiertv A Bonds in List of Assets at Price j Purrhased Accordinu to Riilina bv j Comiitrollcr of Currency J. Skel , ! ton Williams. l'OUTLAND Ore. F-li. 5. Hugo Turner, an nlicn 'Jil years old. who has served two terms in San Oucu tin pcnitcnti.-irv, California, accord ing to the police, va convicti'd bv a jury in the court of Circuit .ludge Morrow loday id' receiviutr stolen properly, lie w ill be sentenced jMim dav. Turner was siispeoled of robbing n jewelry store here of 'J.S wnloli.es. nine of vji:eh were found on his per son when he was arrested a few dnvs after Ihc robbery. November 27. 1!1!I. in Sdnttle. Turner's first explanation was that, lie was n col lector of watches and had picked tlietn up of various towns nlotig his route in eoniitig lo Seattle from the cast. When Ihcv were identified he hunged his slorv, asserting Iu bought Ibeui in I'ortluud. WASHINGTON. Feb. .-1. National bank- will be permit I cd lo carry Lib erty bonds 111 their lisl of a-.ets at Hie price at which ihev ill ceiiased Iheni and not at the prevailing mar ket , mutations, iiinler a ruling lodav bv .lolill Skeholl Williams, eouip tioller of the ciirroiicv. Mr. Wdliauis eonl iimi'i!, however, thai Ihc ruling ivih "lor Ihc pic-.eiit" ami uiigh't not lie peiiuatii-nt . Mr. Williams' ruling wa- coulaiued in instructions to ual onal baulc ex plained that if a bank bad purchase.! $lllll bond al .II7 and sub-eoiientlv tlie niai-kel (initiation for ilmi issue was ll.'i the bunk would not huve to absorb the loss in listing its nssels. "'fhere is no cause for nuxiely be cause of Ihc recent decline in murkcl value of Liberty bonds," Mi-. Williams s,i:d. "Tin prescnl price is no re! lection upon their inl rin--je value and relia bility but ihc lower Mitiilulions olfer invostors extraordiuarv opttort unit v to obtain Die best security in Ihc world at erv attraclivc figures." The ( mil- dler added that Ihc in come of the American people was ill excess of oi-ditiiirv living expenses and as a result a siirpluls inveslable income had been accumulated. lie said thai with an estimated utiuutil iiieoii f sill. nun. lino. lino Hi,, Amer ican people soon would nli--orh nil available national securities with Ihc result thai higher pi-Ices for 'them would prevail. MOVIE ACTOR FALLS 10 DEAIH FROM AIRPLANE I 1111 IC- MS AN(iKl.i:S. l-'ili. Kjirl Iturm'ss, a dm it ion n:-'l nr1 :utnr w us instil Tit Iv killctl nt Hi'verlv Hills ln-n- Unhw u hen he t.-ll 7tMI li-ct from mi :iir pliiiu1 in whit-li hv ni-rform-in -j: in the mnkinir of m 'iiikm1v. Kurt'sss w;i flvin with Lieut cnti nt Wnltcr Hawkins, iivtntor who i rt'conl ni'ViT liMvinir met with an ridenf. Tin- artor was lo e oil' a (in m in v from t lie ilani. Inil in sonic manni'i- in atliMiil -in- this lir IVII liims.'lf. Tln--nmt'ia mini anil liirt'dor llmituht I Iu f:tlliiitr ImmIv was tln ilunniiv ami i-onliiiucil iho Joi;railiim;. Tlir dnl not ilis I'ovcr tlii'ir mitaki' until Ihcv Wi'Tlt to IVtlHiVC lilt' SlllMMIM'll iltinmiv from some ti-h'ihonc wiivs ulirri' it li;til tililitt'il, ami tUsiMivi'i'cil thai it wjis Uui'licss' IhhIv. LA. PATROL KING TIRO - SORE OVER THE LEEDS MARRIAGE CJKNKVA. Kel.. U, -Ffirmt-r KinK Constantino of (Jrcocn Iimk brolion (-'ff i nlations with his molhor, Quron .Mot Jut Ola, and hiH lirnt lier, lrf nc Christoplnjr, owin;; lo Dm inarriaKo of tho latli-r Lo Mrs. V. It. .LwmIh lant Sunday, it is report cd here. KIiik Con Htantiue is said still to have dreaiUH i of roturniim to Athena. SEEK CROWN OF HUNGARY I f ' j ' ' IirnAPKST KiiIftrHhip of the new Htatc of II unwary Ik the j;oal of these ineiuhers of royalty. They are, left to rifcht fa hove), fi.Tincr !C:ri ji?r i r C'harleH of Anstriu-lliniKary and Carol, crown prince of Ku mania . (below) the Make of Abruzzi. and the luke of To'k. j VIENNA, Wednesday. Feb. There is no doui.t, aecordfntc to n"w;- paperH here, that the natitaal ar. semhly at Its inertint; to be held March 1, will declare 'itself in favor of a monanhy in Hungary. Then: are five pretenders to the throne. 'i'hey an; I'rim-o IouIk Windiseh-Cratz. who h supporled by Premier llurar and several nieni hers of t In; Kredcrlr h government ; former Kmpror Charlcn win.1 never alnlii-aied u.h kiim of Hun miry and who Is suportid by a party which rallH itself the "h-nitimist"; Count Andrnssy, who Is ureed by Admiral Hnrlhy, head of the new Hungarian army, and II iiiu;arian delecateH to tint peace conference; Archduke .loMeph, the clerieal candfdate and Prince Cyril of P.alKaria. win.' if chosen will, it is raid, marry one of ArchdnkfJ .losepU's daughters. AND KILLS II US A.VCMCLKS, Cal., Feb. f.. Charles Iteilly, one of two men shot dt.'wn last nlnht by Patrolman II. Harlow, who approhend(;d them in tho act of lyirnlary, diiul at the re ceiving hoHpUal early iuilay. His companion who Huld his name was lluy Lawrence, was removed to the county hospital this morning where surgeons worn to operate im mediately in nn effort to save his life. Beforo Kellly died, he told tho po lice tho affair that ended iu his donih was tho first crime he ever attempted. LOS ANCiKLFS, Cal., Feb. r.. Two men were seriously wounded and according to surgeons fnay dio early this morning when Palrolmen II. L. Harlow attempted to arrest them for rohhory. They nave tho names of Itay Lawrence and C. Kyan. The two men wore raiiKhUln Ihe net of loading Ktolen inerchanillso from a Htcre on South Hroadway into an automoli)e shortly before II o'clck this morning whllo tho officer litd den In shadows across the. street, watched them work, Sam Iti.uto, a soldier, came along, and the men covorod him with revolvers and forced him into the store where they had been at work. Then Harlow ran to the spot and the shooting followed. When Harlow ran across tho street nnd jumped on the running board of tho taxicah that tho men were using, one of tho men tried to shoot him with a 45 caliber revolver that was subsequently found in the car. Thu officer knocked up tho gun barrel and shot the man through thu chest. The other bandit, who was driving, renchod for a revolver that was lying In the seat beside him. As ho did so, Harlow shot him through tho abdo men. . Hy this time the careening car, running without guidance, had come abreast of the cily hall, about half a block from where the affray started, and Patrolman L. P. Taylor, who had hurried toward tho firing, ran out and holped (Harlow stop it. The ambulance was summoned, and the two wounded men taken to tho emer gency hospital. Surgeons said both men were mortally wounded. In the laxlcab, which was Identi fied as having been stolen from a local company earlier in the night, tho police found fit) silk shirts and 144 neckties, valued at about $400, which had been stolen from the storo, beforo which Harlow tri saw the men. Tho entire affair was witnessed hy 0, S. CITIZEN IS ABDUCTED BY BANS Joseph A. Askew Latest Victim of Mexican Bandit Depredations State Department Asks for His Release Were It Not for Ameri can Troops Residence in Bin Bend District in Texas Would Be Impossible. WASlll.NCTON. 1-V1,. r,. Abduc tion ot .loflfpli A. Ar.ktnv, an Amm'l enn citizen durum n raid by Jlo.vioan bandits on tho pUmtutioii of tlio Tla hualilo i-uinpany niar Lcrdo, iu thu utatu ol' , Miranno, was ropcrled today lo iliu statu dupartmont. Tim Anuu-U'itu embassy ut Mexico City has presented lo the Mo.xtcttn torelKn oft'ieo an urgent request that steps be taken to effect Askew'B re lease. ' KL I'AhO, Tex., l-'ob. r. Wore It not' for the protection atft'rdotl by I'nilod States troops, .Mexican raiders would niako tho existence, of resi dents of thu 111b Hend district impos sible, American customs officials to day told the senate sub-committee in vostliiatlnu; .Mexican affairs. tirovor Weeb, customs Inspnctor at I'residlo, Texaij, and ('roed Taylor, inspector at Mnrfa, Texas, at-rcod in their statements that life there new is unsafe and corroborativo testimony was Klven by C. I). Wood, a wax manufacturer of Marfa. DOlKil.AS, Ariz.., Vch. 5. Expect ed release of Lieutenants G. L. Ushor and I,. M. Wolf, held prisoner by Mex ican authorities ut Nucoznrl, Scnora, .since their forced landlni; on.. Mexi can soil .Monday, fallod to material ize yosterday. While Ihe men are boliiB treated with courtesy nnd tholr : Imprisonment Is only technical, . American army officials on this side r.'f Ihe border are brlnKing pressure to bear to obtain their Immediate re--, lease. , Thorn was no confirmation here oC the report from Attica, Ohio, the home jot Wt'lf, that he had been released. It was assumed thai, tho telegram sent to Wolf's mother had boen mis construed and that ho had merely told her ho was at liberty. Tho two aviators havo buen Klvou tho free dom ot the city of Isacozurl hy c'f-ficiuls. GOES 10 GRANTS PASS SAI-EM, Ore., Eel). 5. It. B. Eshelman for the past two yoar In dull-go of tho flax Industry at the stato penitentiary has submitted Ills resit-nation to Governor Olcott to take affect February 15. Hubert Crawford, who was In chaise of tho flax Industry at thu prison durinii the Wlthycombe administration, has been named to succeed Mr. Eshclm,'fn. In making; announcement of Ksliel man's rcslti natlon. Governor Olcott spoke In tho hiKhest terms ut his work which tho, executive said was very satisfactory, to t he state. Eshelman has accepted n position at Grants I'ass and Is making- prepa rations to leave for that city within the next two weeks. I'rlvato Itlzuto, und hy threo or fo'ur otluvr men who were standing on a corner a half block away, waiting for an owl car. The sccno of the shoot ing Is In tho heart ot the downtown business district across the street from tho largest theater, at a point where the night traffic Is unending and within u half block of at least four business establishments that re main open all night. LOOKING FOR SPIRITUAL ill , PORTLAND, IS DEPORTED TO CANADA PORTLAND, Ore., Eeh. 5. Four persons to be deported started back 10 Canada from here today In custody i.'f Chief Deputy United Slums .Mar shal John Muiui and V. W. Tomlln son, naturalization Inspector. They are Wilfred Bergeron, who when barred from this country be cause of Jlliiftracy, slipped through to Jtn his uncle near Marshfltdd, George Glddlng, ami two little Indinn girts, Mamln Wilcox and Annlo Dolan, aged 14 and K. Uoldlng, who was said by tho au thnrltles to bo demented, said he made his way to I'ortland from Can nda'to marry his "spirit sweetheart." Ho declared ho had been In corres pondence wi'h her for some time. No trace could be found of the girl whose name ho mentioned The two In dinn girls eluded Inspection and made their way to Chomawa training school near Salem. As no foreign-born In dians nro accepted there and as they violated the law In coming through without Inspection hey are being taken back to Canada. V'"--
