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flTrw Htsf'' ?07 Seennri Strwst Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER llnlii .Mnt. to; Mln. M I 'it. l.()(l i total Mornt, i,X. m rorly-fotirth Yr. Ilnllv- Nliilli Vinr MINE-CAM BORDER BRIDGE IS DYNAMITED nnllrnml Bilil(o Spannliin St. Croix Rlvrr Blown Up by German, Who Hives as Reason Thai Britain ami Gcrinmiy Arc at War Arrested on Amrrlran Side. VANCICIIOHO. Mo., Fob. . at tempt Ki destroy Iho rnlliond bridge niuiniiliiK tlm Ht Croix river which fin iiik I In- Inlet national bnundnry lino between I'lixliTii Maine unit Now llrunnwlel,, huh inailo curly toiluy. Oiin of I lie Ihrco spumi of the striio Inro wn blown up liy dynamite, imil Winner Vim Horn, (icrmnii, Ih tin der nrrorl unit admits IiIh guilt. Tint ni i nek mi the bridge mimed K I out nocmollt on thii New llrutlit wick tide, whore minor of u (Jerninn plot uprond rapidly mill rctaillcd In mi liniiii'illutii Iiivi'nIIkiiIIom It) tln llllll'llll IHllllOlltloH, Iminli) mum iiImu lni;iin on this side nml Hi In led to Hi" arri'Hl at u Inenl hiiii'l of ii niiin who r.n It Ih name hh Wot nor Van I tin ft. According to tho ImiIIio, tlm prlmimr said ho mum mi offlrcr In I hi' non-Ire of Herman), Imt lofuinsl lit divulge It Ih rank. Tho police uy hi- admitted thnt ho ex ploded I hit d nautili; under n ncrtlnn of llic hrlilKo mill thnt u dynamite nii mnl n plmi of thv bridge were fonnil In III piM-kftw. Van Hum a ho Ik 37 year olil. ('crntao .iii-lri The nrrot wan inmlo liy l)ipul Sheriff (ienrge V. noun, who wan nc cniupnulcd hy n .Ma I no Ci'iilrnl de tective nml two Cnundliiu officers, from Now Attn Junction, N. II. H was removed to tho I'nited Hinted Im migration rooniM, where ho wnn ulini'ly guarded. Deputy .Sheriff llmm iiotlflctl tho Fulled States marshal mot tho Fulled Htntoti district attor ney nt I'ortlnntl, nuking for Inatruc- tlolld. When taken Into rimlnil) Van Horn inaile no loMilmu'c He deemed mi libit) In speak er kooiI KiikIIhIi No paHiiM worn futiml to lilenllfy hint In ll pocket n en tried u (lelliiatl flag Kneuij's Country Adked why ho hint dynamited tho In blue, Hie prUnncr, tho pollre way, innde tho Hlinplo explanation that IiIh ronntry watt at war with (treat llrll itln anil that Canaila wiih u part of iho enemy's country. Ho said thnt he ciniiii fioin Now York, IiiivIiik Irfl that city on Friday night nml ar rived hero. Immediately after did cluirKliiK tlto e.sploflvo ho returned to tho hotel. Ah evidence of IiIh exper ience, ho dUplayod a front til t ton tlinmli Din I'tothliiK tool lieen un ci UHtcd with li'o anil wiih winked thr'ough Tho bridge Ih tho connecting Unit between iho Malno Contra! ami tho Canadian Pacific there, iih tho Chiiii dliin Pacific IiiivIiik traffic rlghU over tho forincr toad fioin .Mallawam. hong l tho boundary. TIiIh Ih tho through routo from upper anil west ern Camilla lo tho nmrltlnio provinces illrortly connecting .Mnntiont with tho porlH of St John ami Halifax', Is Principal I 'on In tho wlutor koiihoii Ht, John. N. II., Ih tho principal eastern port of Canada ami thither hnvo come from Montreal and farthor worn grent iiMitt ll Ii-h of pruvltdoiiH nml other miinllloiiH of war for tdilpnu'iit to IJiiBlanil mnl Franco. Tho Hhlp iuoiiIh hnvo pitHsed over tho hrldKO which It wnH hoiikIU to ilotUroy. TIiIh Ih tho inoRt illroct routo from tho vl (is ciittlnK act;oftH tho Hlato of Maine, It Ih Hovoral hundred iiiIIch nhoiior than thu iiortltorn ioiiIo opor nted hy tho Cmiiullmi Kovonimont, (()ontli)iioi on innt piiKu) Tr- xF- IN STRICKEN ITALY H0.MH, l'i'li. t.-Kniili ilUlmli. nnccH of a minor imtit'o coiitiiino til Aveiiiio, (lie iiinsl importmit feat life liciiiK llto lower level of l.iiho I'ltlei'' no hy Hixleen I'cel, nfler n vortex lutit uiipcnreil in iln eenler. This is in teiireleil iih iiiilit'itliior n ruIiIcitiun can oruption wltieh in sulisiiliu dievv into Hie earth nn iuiiiii'ii--e volume of water from Iho lake, ITALY SENDS 20,000 10 :i I'AIMS, IVh. 'J. A iliNpiileh Iroin AiIiciih o the Italkiiii Akciii'.v nnM mi tliilian e.peililloiini,v ioip. i iiiitiii"'- oil of 'JIlJIIiil men, itcitincil to 1 1 the Alliiiiiimi m'lipoit of Diiriiritu nml IIh Meiuily H liemtr concent i.ilnl at I la ii, mi llalmn city on lite Adtiilie neuy lliiinlii. 10 TALK FOOD CRISIS LONDON, IVh : Pnrllninent to-.iHM-mhleit today after a rerenn for tho Houko or CoiiimoiiH hlnrn Noveinher 7 mnl for limine or l.ordn iilnro Jniiiiary S. Tho nioinhem dlnpenictl with corcninnloM mnl plnmted nt onco Into htiHlneiot, ronnlntlitK of varloim matterH, rltlefly flliaiulal, which linve ailneii an a lenull of tho war. The lloime of Commomi had nn eiti ptv iiieparnnre. Soino 200 of tfio r,70 ineiuherH mo now at tho front. ItepbliiK to a iticMtlnn put liy (!como Nlrotl llnrueH, Inhor memlier for (Slnnow. whether tho r.ovoni ment wm coniiltlerliiK tlm mailer of flxlim food pilren, Premier AmiiuIHi Ha Id: j 'All these mntteiH are holm; rnre-! full) levloweil." I Tho coniinllteo now hnvlni; the' mntler In IihiiiIn. Iho premier con tinued, wan rccclvliiK full Informn. Hon from Iho vnrloiiH ilepartmontH of the Koeimnent. but he could not nay when the luuulry would ho con- rtmleil. Tho Rovorntnent, however, he, nddoil, wiih fully nllve to tho uwncy of tlm mthjept nml li told the holme that ll certainly would hnvo nn oppor ttinliy or iIIhciiuhIiik tin whole qiien Hon. I IN MEXICO CITY WASHINGTON, IVh. J. All news. uiier olTices in Mexico t'itv have heen eloe.l h the older ol lite pV erniuenl, the 'tate ileniiliuent was nilieil today, .noiita lorec, who control the eilyV uiaiii water supply ami continue to oeenpy outlvini; hiititlicni hiihuih-, aie lepoiteil to have committed muiio ilepieilatiou1.. Carrana fotee who control the Mexican imlway, ltave piomiied to relieve the Mtuution eauil hy a shoitako of food in Mexico City. SEIZED FROM PUBLIC UOTTCIIDAM, reh. 2 Tho Cour nut lenriiH that tho (tcrtnan wnr main company, nn organization tho purpoHo of which l to acquire all tho avnll nhlo j!rnlu In (lermnny and storo It until next May, Iiiih noUed moro thnn II.OOO.ODO Ioiih of Kialn. Tho paper Hityii uoiio of t IiIh fond ntuff would ho at tho iIIhpohiiI of tho puhllc he foro next mimmer. PARLIAMENT SHOR AGE0FF000 SUGAR ET WORKERS Somelhing definite jognrdiug; (he esluhlishniont of a heet sugar factory is expeeled lo materialie within tho ne.xl two days. Tho result of lite work al (hunts Pass, which will eloso this evening, will have much to do with il, as that district is expected to piesiml between l.'iOO ami 2000 acres of Itoguo river bottom land. In the Josephine county metropolis the stores are all closed today and boost ers are out seeking; ucreage, In this e'tlv Iho committee, is busy cheeking up on tho tiereago signed ami Hoourhtf more. An optimistic view is taken of tho situation. The Infill coinmilteo muy aimouuco its po. silion tomorrow after a conference to ho hehl. Messrs, Kihley and Iham well of the sugar intoreslR are in I'urtliiml ami will return tho middle M13DF0RD, GERMANS IAKE Pctrourad Admits Small German Suc cesses, But Claims Losses Sustain ed Were Enormous Artillery Duel Alonu Western Front Battle for Stratr.c Passes Baijlng. LONDON, I'd., -J. The (leiini.n lino alter a lou period of piepiiia lion appear today, jiidyiny It mil ie polls rcacliin London, to he pnltinc into cxecutiuu their plans IW tin ml vauee on Warsaw. At lite smae time the AiistrimiH .ceni lo have tenewed their I'm a id movrmcul in the Car pathian mountains. The liylilitin in the Caiiiathiaiis is expected to decide for tho pciiod of the war the masicry of the three most impoitaut pases thiouch the moun tains t'sok, Dnkln ami '.w.kow. The slrale'ie value of these past-es is imlicateil ly Hie tact that Wys.kuw i nhnost due south ol' Leiiilier', while l'.sok is in the same lehttive position from I'r.i'invsl mid Ditkla is situated siinihuly with lejsnnl to Cracow. The llulttiitK appaieutlv has not yel ah sinned full proportions, Imt the An-. tro-(lcnumi concenlrntioti is pin piessin;;, notwithsimiiliii!.' Iftisiau harassiaciitK. AloiiK Wi'strni t'lont Sniiilcd contests nUo an in prog ress in the wesiein war one, the Unmans haviiiK inade attacks in force at La Itas-ee and alom; the coast. The French nsscit that tlte I. attic nt La HassOe has hot resulted in a chaii'.'e of positions, while alon the coast tho Herman attack N di reVleil ai the iccovcry of Hie Orvnt niiiii', an artillery Mi-ition near Loin liaertydii, which, however, remains in the possession "f the allies. London's Zeppelin scare of last nutlit now npjicars to have heen in the nature of a ichearsal. No renhon is ihscoverahle for the minors that (leniian mr craft were traveling over Dover. The firing hy tho Dover forts is Miid lo have heen a waruiuv to ships whicli omitted to comply with pint regulations. Ii t mi South Africa comes news that arrangements are umler way for the surrender of the rehel leaders Maritr. and Kemp, ll is stated thai they have disagreed with their Her man adviscjs. (ieiiiiaus Take Tionclies The new Oermmi attaek on the Warsaw front has led to some of the heaviest fighting of the war in the east thus far. An official .statement from Petrogrml today admits thai the (lennaiis succeeded in eanying IJussian tienches in lite region of Soehaezew and itolimow, near the Vistula, and ahout thiitv miles west of Warsaw, Imt slate that the dec man successes were of small in'ipor tauee compared with the losses they sustained, .which are desciihed as enormous. On one front less than a mile long more than (1000 Oermans are said in have heen killed in a week. Tho llussians chart'ed the captured trenches with havonets and Pctrourad reports that the- succeeded in winning- hack n large part of them. The haltle. for possession of the Carpathian passes continues without definite success for either the Kus sinus or Austiians. of tho week, when they will hold an other im'Oling with the committee. Soil K.xpert Slorev is busy going over the laud signed. Itotlom land or irrigated land is wanted. Hillside land, unle'ss irrignled, is of little value. Tho dropping of the irrigation district plan has nlso nut new life into the sugar beet project. Many, despite the statements of all interest ed, oould not separate from their minds Iho idea that the development projects wore linked, and that oae meant tho other. It is probablu that the final effort of the campaign will bo miido Thurs day to clean up on tho laud and brinr; thu entire mailer lo a close by the end of tho week. Tho Churchill's, in the Shasta val ley, hnvo offered 1000 acres under irrigation for sugar beets, TRENCHESALONG WARSAW FRONT HOPEFUL OKEUOX, Tt'ICSDAY, li'JSWU'AHV 2, 1015 S FOODSTUFF FORi SOUTHERN OREGON GERMANS HELD ii i mi HI' llllftl 1 IIH I I II Mil 1 Ncnr Htoriu ioikIIHoiih prevail throughout southern Oregon todny, with northbound Houtliern Pacific tinliiH delayed by reiiKon of heavy weather and Know In thu HlkldyoiiH, nml the water of the utrcaniH In the Itoguo river wntrrnlnd rlnltiK. hy rea son of heavy rnltm and melting Know Nothing approaching floods hnvo heen reported, though the lllg and Little AtipIegateH, floRiie river nnd Hear crook am running hank full. The ruin that fell .Monday wiih gen erul from Cow creek canyon fur Into northern CnlHornln. According to the local weather hiirenu 1:5." Inchon of rain fell In thin valley. A brisk wind from the notith In blowing to dny. mid more ruin Ik In older. T!n precipitation Monday wnn worth ihotmandH of dollarn to tho far im.TH nnd fruitgrower, put the. ground In excellent nhnpo for need ing and nprlng plowing, hut moro in needed. Northbound Hhanta Limited nnd No. H were delayed owing to hIIiIch near Hlmn and Cnntnra In the Sliaxta reg ion. The former reached thin city nt I l.'i o'clock this afternoon. TRAFFIC CRIPPLED BY SLEET STORM nm:i:.v hay. wk. i-vi.. .. a Chicago & Noithwcsteni tram filled with pa-sengerfi was held in a huge bank of snow near Mflrihel, from 10 o'clock last night rililil thiaftcruoon. No t mins reached hero over the Northwestern line for fourteen hours. Tlii (liven Mux A: Western Was un able to oxrnte out of this citv todnv because of miow filling a cat a mile long. Chiengo, .Milwaukee & St. Paul trains nre operating hours behhii schedule. No freight trains aie be ing run and wire service is badly im paired. DKTIIOIT, Mich., Kelt. 2.-There was no improvement today in Mich igan communication, interrupted yes terday by rain mid sleet, ltailroad traffic, however, was improved. CHICAGO, Feb. 'J. Telegraphic communication between Chicago and St. Paul and Minneapolis was ar ranged via New York, Montreal and Winnipeg. Though diiect communi cation between this place and the Twin Cities wits interrupted, St. Paul rexrted that there was no stoim in its immediate vicinity. F SUEZ CANAL ZONE CAIHO, via London, Feb. '22.- Al though there has been no further fighting in the Suez canal district, a considerable number of Turkish de sellers have surrendered. They have given graphic descriptions of the march from .lerusalem by way of Uershebu ami HI Arish (near the boundary of Kgypt and Palestine). They suy they were provided only witli meagre supply of provisions mid were compelled to buy food at high prices from Hedouins. E,E LONDON, Feb. 2. Kavth shocks occurred last night in districts of Yorkshire. Oae miner was killed and several narrow escapes owing to the shaking down of coal in the pits. In some cases the pits were rendered unworkable by Iho full of coal. Portland Live Stock Market. POKTLAN1), Ore., Feb. '. -Cattle receipts 100; steady. Hogs, receipts (1'2 steady. Sheep, strong:, higher. Hcst weth ers .(i.RrCii.00; best ewes .W.T.W jft.OO; prune lambs !r7.7.ri0i 8,00 ; mixed sheep .f I. i.(o. .-.. AROUND CIO AvUUIMfWIU ureal uniain noimes umteu aiaics; That Food of All Kinds Now Under was cut down to .-)nn,nno nfier n llengthv aigitment on an amendment Ban Because of German Decree', ,y (,:m,i(.mi .,.d,.r Jllinil, Ml.ln. Whereby That Government Takes !,'"r' "r """ ,1"vl ommittee protested I in vain that aeroplane, were Hie only Over All Grain for Common Use. known means or guarding the fleet 'against submarine-. WASHINGTON, Feii. L'.- Grent Itritntii uotilied the Fnited States to day, though not officially, that food staffs of any kind destined for Ger many, Austria or Tut key, would be regarded as contraband. The action of the ISriti-h govern ment is based on the recent German deciec whereby that gov eminent will take over all grain in Germany for common ue. I!ccaue the steamer Wilhelmina sailed from New Yoik for Hrcincn lielore the issuance of the decree, it is understood her cnigo of food for German civilians will be paid for nnd appropriated by the Itriti-h govern ment nnd the ship allowed to go free. Hut hereafter food-laden ship sailing from the I'nited States direct ly for German pons or for neutral points in F.uroM where it appears that the cargo may ultimately vouch Germany, will be ubjce to ei.nre outright, ship nnd cargo, without compensation. The state depanment now is con sidering this latest announcement of the Hritih government, but so far has not committed itself. OREGON EDITOR TO WASHINGTON. Feb. 2 William H. Hornbrook of Albany. Ore., editor of the Albany Democrat, hns been se lected by President Wilson as mlnln tur to Slam. Ills nomination will ho sent lo the neiiate at the ftmt oppor tunity. nOISK, Idaho. Feb. 2. Wllllnm II. Hornlbrook chosen hy President Wil son nn minister to Slam, formerly put- llnher of tho Chronicle nt Twin halls, Idaho, nnd was senator from Twin Fnlls county In the llth Idnlio leg islature. He located In Albany, Ore., four years ngo. POKTLANH). Or.. Feb. 'J. Will- iam Hornibrook, who wits iiumed by President Wilson today to lie minis ter to Siam, is editor of tho Albnny Demoorato, secretary of the demo cratic state central committee of Or egon, nnd president of the Willam ette Yalley Press association. Mr. HoinihiooV- is 110 vcars old and a na tive of Iowa. He is a graduate of Drake university ot the law itepart nent of the National University of Washington, I). C. While a nieinber of the Idaho state senate tram iwin Falls, where he published the Twin Falls Chronicle, he led the tight for the adoption of the initiative and ref erendum in that state. MINISTER S1AM TWO SIDES 10 THE ROCKEFELLERS NKW YOKK, Feb. 2. .lulm D. Rockefeller, Jr., and tho Itoekefeller foundation were, urraigned today by another representative of organised labor, who testilied net ore tno leu eral industrial relations commission. Tho witness was F.dward P. Costigan, of counsel for the United Mine Workers of Ameiica, and his testi mony consisting chiefly of a state ment which he read, followed closely the lines udheied to last week by .Inliu It. Lawson. the niinewoikers' executive board member for Colorado. Costigan announced that be ap peared at his own reipiest. "The most generous estimate the somewhat disillusioned public will idneo on 'Mr. Rockefeller's uetivities," Costigan said, "is that lijf. foundation i ... i! . ..:.l. nfl'.w.l.. tfliil.h lliimlill is doming nun hii-hhi ..i....- n- (Im Coloriulo Fuel & lion company and oilier industrial agencies, he is aelually and visibly feeding- the flames ami causes of industrial un rest. "Mr. Rockefeller, who appears to CONGRESS CU1S DOWN TO HALF A MILLION WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 Ifeap proprintion or 1,1)011.(10(1 o mi it ri -expended balance now to the credit of the navy department for aernnmit- jics umler former nppropiiation hills WHEAT SOARS TO $1.65 AT CHICAGO CHICAGO. Feb. ''. I.ien i tern high-priced goal for wiu-nt was ert behind today except three .1.S .1 bushel paid by Jo-cph Liter in IH!8; $2 exacted dnring the It. F. Hutchin son comer of 1888, ami ln-tly, the American civil war n id. when gold was nt a big premium and the value of a bushel of wheat was not very '-ir fiom y.. Mav wheat hen1 todav io-e Sni to j.L(!" more than double the eot of 'wheat for spot cah In-t .Inly before I the Kiiropean hosiilitics commeueed. 'It simply wit ii ipiestiou of getting 'the wheat. Huyers appealed to ic jgard the subject as price merely n I detail. Kxeited purchasing, which 'began at the o'leniii" bell, reached its I wildest pitch in the lnt few minutes 'of the session. As a coucipienee the final ipiotatioiis were the topmost reached nnd the market in the end was virtually bare of offerings. Alarm nt Liverpool, where a start ling upturn in orices of whent result ed from Mihmiiriae attacks by Ger mans on ltritih merchant vessels in the lush sea, was what chiefly influ enced tradiii'f hen. SENAIE V01ES 10 REPEAL TEXT BOOKS SAI.F..M. Feb. ''. Senator Dan KellaherV motion in the senate today lo po-tpoue imlcliuitflv consideration of the house bill repealing tho free text hook law was over-ridden nnd the bill was passed hy a vote of 10 to 10. The bill already has pus cd the house and it now goes to the gov ernor. The law, which the i.ieasuw seeks to repeal, provides for the far nisbim? Iiv the state of text books lo children in both public and private schools. PLUCKING BILL ABOLISHED BY HOUSE WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. Speclnl provision In tho naval bill for an nmendment nboltsuliiK the plucking board nnd authorising re-lnstatement of plucked officers, was made todny by the house. the world in the relief nf folded Hel giiuu, a liberal benefactor, stands convicted before the woikeiv of Col orado as a nnrrowiv biased ami vis ionless moneyinuker. "In a great human crisis precipi tated within tho verv household, in dustrially speaking, of Mr. Rockefel ler, his foundation has been heedless or impotent. And the conclusion fore ed on an unprejudiced public has heen nnd is that Mr. Rockefeller, the business man. has colil-heiutedly and without hesitation brushed aside and imposed sileneo on Mr. Rockefeller, the philanthropist." Frederick II. Golf, "resident of the Cleveland. O.. Trust company, ami head of tlte Cleveland foundation, was tho first witness todav. Golt said he was the originator of the foundation. Speakiii" of the Rockefeller loan dntion. Mi doff said he could not heln hut feel that the handling of so important a trust bv a self-perpetuat ing board presented a possible ele ment of danger, NO. 200 K 1P BILL TO PLBiSE1' La Follette and Others In Conference With Loyal Democrats Modifying Purchase Act Buy No Ships Frem Belligerents Involving Controvers ies, Yet Surrender No Rights. WASHINGTON', Feb. 'J. While the administration senate democrats en liaised today lo reorganir.o their shattered lines mid renew h fight for the ship bill, President Wilson conferred with progressive republican senators at the whit- hoiic, seeking a basis to make the bill agreeable to enough of that wing to fill the gap caused by the sudden deflection of nine democratic votes fn yesterday's sensational coup, when the ntiti-ad-ministration senators threw the meas ure into the shadow of defeat. llasl of Compromise One of the strong possibilities of n basis of compromise wus that u de claration of principle must be incor porated in the bill, saying the gov ernment intended to buy no ships which would involve controversies with the F.lirojM'an belligerents, but lint t it would be so framed as not to surrender any of the rights of the I'nited States, Scarcely had the caucus begun when Senator l.a Follette, progres. sive republican, on whom the demo crats are counting for support, ap peared outside the conference room aild discussed the situation with ad ministration leaders. That tlto bill would be amended most of tlte demo crats seemed ready to concede, shm Democrats Abwnt Seven of the democrats who voted with republicans yesterday did not attend the caucus. They were Hank head, Camden, Clarke, Hard wick, Hitchcock, O'Horman and Vardainau. Senators Hoke Smith and liryaii, however, who voted to table Vice President Marshall's ruling, declaring out of order Senator ClarkeV motion to recommit the bill, did not ignore the caucus. Amendments wltieh the caucus eon sidered included those urged by Sen ators Norris and Kenyon. One,by Senator Norris, would provide that no vessel should be purchased by tho government which "sails under the ting of any nation at 'ar with any other nation, which is at peace wiih the I'nited States, unless prior to such purchase an understanding or agreement shall have been reached that will avoid any international dif ficulty or dispute regarding such ship purchase." Senator Kenyon proposes that cab inet officers should not serve on the shipping board. President Optimistic The president told the correspond ents at the white house he was con fident the bill would pass. When asked if there would be amendments, be replied thnt the changes contem plated would imt alter the spirit nf the inoiisiiro. He hoped and was in clined to think that stieh changes as were nwulo would satisfy the progress sive republicans, who were not asking anything inconsistent with the prin ciple of the bill, but wanted chiefly, he said, to declare a policy and not surrender a right. The president pointed out that even though it were intended to buy no belligerent ships, legislation restrict ing the right to buy them might be construed ns an international prece dent surrendering; certain rights of iv neutral. N Can Itulld Ships NevUsl Discussing the suggestions that a (Continued on Iasi Page.) FALLS IN BATTLE HF.RLIN, via Amsterdam and Loii- dou, Feb. 'J. Tlm eldest son of Gen eral von Kluek, who was a naval lieutenant, is reported t have fallen in an artillery battle near l,ak MMr delkerke on January 'JO. AH former nou-commissioped of ficers who are under tiny ,vors old have been called to drill now if-emits. PROGRESSIVES u '