iS r " 2tf i-mwi:- ) 'i'l "1 Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Pinhnbln lulu tonight mill tomori nwMnx. n.i Mill. 1.1 Forty, fourth Tiar. nllv-Ninth Ywnr ll'lll MiaPFORD, OHIMION, W 10 1 )X IPS DAY, KKHIUUIIY 1f)13 NO. 270 GERMAN DRIVE UPON WARSAW YIELDING UTTLE Great Sacrifice of Life In Battcrlnu, Tactics Wnrfaro Resembles the Fliilitlnu In France Russians Claim Repulse and Germans Ad vancc Quiet on Western Front. LONDON', Feb. :i.- -Field Marshal Vm Hindenhorjf'ii new iltlvo id Wur- HUW llppiltcutly llUS lll'iMUIIIllinlll'll little mom lluiK fur llnui tlin wcuhen. iug ut it eoinpnrutiw'ly few Russian advanced "iihIIIuiim, Neither llii' IUt tin iinrlhn I VI log rod official ii)iiim indli-utu Hint nmikcd changes hnic omitted from tlin fighting, which ilitily lii'i'iiini iiinii' iutciic. Tlic (lommi ewiiiniindor Iiiin chosen to inula his usitult ulontr the frtrt lll'l IM'II SiH'lllll'IHV, lliiitv mile I'll' wool ii' Wiitiutw, nml Skieiniowie, n I'UVV Illlli'M III t lit Klllllll, which H III Hut name section in wlili'li llio (let niniiM vitlnl v nlteinplcil In hicuk lliMilluli mi llu'lr previous ultciupl In IfMl'll WlirMlW. Il'llll Sides OCCIIpV atroiiRly I'titit'tii'lii'il pnltlnii in thin region, whom tin' wiitTiui' closely in cuiblo that in France. (ii'iiiiiiiK lli'imNi'il An iff ii-inl Riiwhuii icpoil nf today utatfd tltiit (liMinnii nl tn i' I;- in this In. entity were lepulscd in tin' oourn of violent battle, iltiriii" which tin U ii dmis reenptiircil IiciicIicm provimndy mhoii liy till' dcimnns. ' Russian miii'i'I'ixxh tiro rliiiiiii'il nlo in tlii fifthtlng in llio f-irpiilhiiiti', wlili'li liiiil do, duped into mil' ut' tin' iniHt important plinxiM of tho cam paign m ill" iii-I. Russian Hoops iiii Hiiil In luui' made marked prog ress in DnK'ln Pat, mlvnucing mm' tlia (Tift of I lio innutituiti, nml In Iiiim' repulsed pii Austrian iikmiiiIi mmtli il t ' k I'll. Fighting mini iinic.l between Hiili-li mill Tinki-li force in Arnbiu, ncur till' lll'Hll llf till' PeIHII gulf, wIlCIV amnll loicci of TuiL- have taken tin orfnimivi'. fCllllllll Vcilllll An nltiti'k mi Knrim, nmir tin junction uf llio Kiih.rutce- hiiiI Tigris liver, was stopped iy till' Mil' I I OIK llrilisli gunhnnts. "According to tin' German ciinu of tint ii'i'i'iil fighting in I'olmnl, us giuui in tl flii'iiil iitpot.t toilny limn lliirlin, III' Riilnn have been forced hack iii'iii Iloliinnw. It i- said tlint llio Onnunus I'liptmiil u illni' mnl took Hlllll pilNonorW. ItiiHNinn nt limliH t'1-ii'wliiMv, llii1 (li'iniini win of Ilci' nuAi'itril, with lojniNril. ICxri'pl for ii ii'iii'Wnl of infmiliy finliiintr iii'iir I'l'itlu'x, wliicli wns mi pnii'iitly. of mi iiitvmilnuc to cillicr hiili', no oilier linpoitnnt iiiovomcntH with nnli'il in I'lllicr l-'rnnci or ltd- uimn. v 10,000 IDLE BY FLOODS OF W1IKKLINU W. Vn Kelt. . Ten llimiHiitnl men in I'aeloiieH in and iirmuiil Wlii'cliiiif, nml ilouhle thut niiinher iiIoiik tlu Ohio riser lie! ween hiiio mnl KiinI I.iserpool, (., weie teinpnnirily ilepiiveil of employment toiliiy liy tlin flooil. Wheeling' wiik iiIiikisI enlirely iiiiiinlaloil nml it wux esliaiatcil thul 1000 perriiniH hail heen driven from their limnes, KehoolH viirii(elpte(l nml pnliHe. IiiIIIiIIiikh were thrnwii open for llio refugees. A,fi'i' toHlnui'iiut wiih opened nt Jlnrtiij'iti 1'Vrry for llio dehlitiito. The only fiitnlity reported wax from Minyo, (),, whero mi ilnlilentllied foroifjiier wiih ill owned in tho lmol wnler. Tho erenl uf llio flood pm&od IOiihI Liverpool nt 8 n'oloolc mid wiih ox- iecled to leneli hero thin nfiornoon with a mnximmn of 2 feel, " i BRYAN TO SPEAK BEFORE INDIANA LEGISLATURE WASHINGTON, Feh, .'I.- Seero Inry Hrynii will limvo touinlit for In diiiiiiipoliH, whero mv Friday he will mldroM the Indiana IcKhlnliiro, n hiinipiel of ilemoerntio editors mid n nuJb incotlnir. 01 KAISER PLANS RAID B COI'IC.VIIAdK.V. I'.li. !l Mmiii'ior Wlllliitii'n vlnlt t) U'lllicliiiiiliavi'ii Ih liiturpri'li'it t- n h a proloRiiu to liiiportmit itviuilH nt Hi'n. It In niinori'il thut (JiTintinv will try to mi- kiikii tin' Mrltlhli fh'i't In Hoiitlii'in wntiTM wlillif miolhiT 4 Hipiiulimi itoiM nortliwnnl nl full npi'i'il wltli tlin oliji'Ct of r (iiviirlnt; Dm IiiiiiIIiik of troopH In KiikIuihI. 'l.ari'c ('OiillnKimtM of troopn 9 ii ro ntporti'il to liavo Immi niolilllriMl nt W'llhtilniftlmvi'ii nl tlio KcnrlmioiiKli raid. 4 1r ? WHEAT OUNCES UP' ciiicaoo. ivii. :i. iviiit rnnioi-. ilciilt n kinlilmi lilow to llio Iiinii nriri of wlii'iit. At tln oiil.scl ng muoli lih n emit n Imslii'l win. l-noi'ki'il off the vnliu' to ln May ilt'lhory in wliii'li, tiowmiT, tinii-iii"limw wi-rr ii'lntivi'l, niiiil. Tin .1 nl v option, in which hits. III'H I'l'lltlTl'il, WIIK I'ivt'll II si't lillfli of two I'l'iit nt tin opitnini;, .Mnv olil ni low nx -jiU?, u'liiiiti tin i'lni ii'.tciiliiy wns il.(l."i. Tlin lirt'itl. in prii'ti, however, n not only tfinpomiy, ,nt mioii May W'llinl lolichvil u new' Illicit li'i'olil, fl.(W&. l-'i'iu of llio opi'iiiii" of tin Dm ilii in') lex hail (loiiKiilnnihlc to ilo with tho wihlnixH of tin1 fltii'tiiiitimiM in wlii'iit. Report', though, that i'i'rnl of ihe chief toil ili'ft'iiilint; the htrmt hail lii'i'ii ileinolihlieil were not fully cieil itiil, nml tint no) hae n ntiiiv eft'eet. Tin' iiiiir wii. tritu of lu neace talk, willed n-te'l on io.ip iih to aetion hv linmii'ii'ix lil.elv n he taleii hv Aln I. Dining tin hrcrtl., Mav leachnl for it inonii'iil, a, low as .f ..'tl :t-1, n fall nl S I I. On Hie tehomiil, Mnv wheat jiiiiipeil I'vintunHv to il.Ull, iiiahia-: the riiiino eovereil hv that out ion II cents, ti Mi'in; xehlom luiialleil in so holt a tune. ,lnl iliopped ie cent, to ,1..IS, hat lecnwic.l o -il.il) ;. , ABLAZE AT I0P CIIICAdO, IVIi. .1. -I'rnctlcnlly ovory plrco of flro flKhlliiK appmtiiH In "Tho Loop" ri'MpoiuU'il to mi nlnrm from tho Kalnorhuft hotel, wIioko up per utorea wero lliicl;cit by n flro Hint routed KiientH. ThoiiMinilH of Hpoc InlorM crnwdeil tho MrootR, complote ly hloeltliiK trulfle, Thoru Heonied Iml llttlo clinneo of tho (lien hannlnu tho now Knlrurlioff, n al.y tiernpcr ml Joining, liut no mo fear was folt for oilier hiilliiiif-H In llio block, Incluil liiK tho Vlctorlu Hotel. Aiuoiib tho KiiestH di l in out wiih Snmuel (lorn pern, presl lent of tho American Foil million of l.nbor, Tho flu mux wero kept within (ho olKhth uiii tlin toi floor and hbortly after noon wiih under .control without hiivliiK t-ru't'iid to ailjolnlni hullil- IlIKH, ' T ROGUE RIVER VALLEY Word wns reeeived lhii morning from Senator (1 cot-go K. t'hmnherlnin thut llio United States weather bu reau had granted the request of tho Comniereiul jiluh for a frost survey of tho Hoguo Jliyer valley tho coming Hiuing to gal her dala relative to frost, smudging and other meteoro logical conditions of value to oreh ardihts. Tho survey is intended to systematize frost observation, Tho Hilrvcy was first formulated liy lieu Sheldon and Temporary Weather Oh borvor Drako last sjiring, FROM WILHELMSHAVEN mnrvTDAri mnil UPON GREAT BRITAIN rUK LA 1 KAUI I IUfl (Ji J 1 1 inlf II l A N DOWN AIM IMMK Van Horn Appeals fcr Protection to German Ambassador nt Washington Regrets Only That His Blowing Up of St. Croix River Bridge Was Not Moic Successful. VAXCICIJOIIO. Mo., IVb. .1. WVr- hit vnn Horn, who attmnplcil to blow up the rnllwny lirlilgu hero yoHterdny toilny npponled to tho (iermnn inn- biiNnmlor nt Wnnlilueton. Count von llcrnxtoiff. Ho told Dm latter that ho hint not been on Cnnnillnn mII nml aokcil for protection from extradition to Cnnmln. Tin Dominion niithorltlcH worn Iiiikj' toilny hiillillnn up n en no to sup port their reipicm for tho extradl Hon of Werner Van Horn who jentor da nltempted tlin ilentriictlou of tho International Iodine over the Ktrolx rlvi r Iti-foro noon a Inrun party of m.'CM't ecrvlie offlciTM nrrlvml hero from Montreal. Their InmlnenH wnn to chIiiIiIUIi that Van Horn bnd de llberntuly I'liimed ilniiiiie to n nillrond nml no coiunilttoil nml offenne which In extrnillblo under tho treaty he tweeii tho I'nlled Htntcn nml Cnnmln. At tlin unmo time the qiiuatlon wheth er Vnn Horn wnn a irlinlnnl or po litical offoinler wnn to bu made tho mibjert nf nxclmnKi'H between Ottnwn nml WnhlnKtoii. Vim Horn I'eeU S!!!! Vnn Horn, mill clnlmlnR to bo nn officer of tlin (lormnu army ami np potirlm: to feel Hlnrero In bin position Hint be bnd properly coiiunttted nn net of wnr nml no could not bo oxtrn illteil, nwnlloit escntH with romilo miro. 1 1 In only regret mi fnr nn ex- prtonii'il In Hint bo Hiicceeded in itnui- ukIiik the brldi;o but Hllcbtly. It linn been Hinted that bo would nppeal to the Ccruian mnliahny nt Vanlilniton, but io fur an known, be ha.t mndo no move u tlilH direction. Nor hB bo raiiHiilled n Inwycr, No rbnrco Iiiim been preferred npilnst lilm nml bo Ih detnlncil only on the authority of tho attorney general of Maine until nn Inquiry Into tho factx of bin cno can bo mndo. Held Indefinitely It wnn explnlned bo could bo bold Indefinitely uiiIcxh a wilt of bnbonH rorpiiH on bin bebnlf watt obtained. Vnn Horn Iiiim abown no deposition to Heek IiIh liberty, but provUlon linn biiou mndo to forentull audi proceed urn, A local trial juatlrn atnndn ready to Ibsue n wnrrnnt for tho arroat of Hip dynamiter on nny ono of avvornl charea that have boon stiKKcated. Tbeao liicliuln tho (lleKiil trnnaportn Hon o ilynnmtto nml of causing dnuu ni;o In tbla town, whero tho wlndowa of aomo biilldltiRa wero broken by tho exploaloln. SEIZED BY GERMANS Ill-mMX. Feb. .1, (liy wlrelesa. A (llapntch from I.labon-anya: "ISolnforcomenta linvo been aent to Angola, na tho (lermmiH now occupy the greater pint of Hint colony." Announcement was made early in .1 nnunry Hint Commit forces had In vaded Portuguese Angola on tho woHtorn const of Africa, although tboro bnd been no declaration of war between tho two eouutrloar Tho PortiiKiicuo cnaunlltlea In Angola wore oHtlnmtod nt that time nt S00 killed, woumloil nail prlaonera, Tho Oor iiiiiuh woro anld to have loat 200. It was Bald 1000 fiesh 1'ortugueHo troops wero ready to oinbnrk for A f lien. PAWS, Feb. a, -An official stnto mnat from Petrogrnd as transmitted by tho llavns agency says that n Gor man torpedo boat destroyer was sunk by a Husalnn Bubiunrlno In tho llalttu on January 20, Tho submarine at tack was mndo oft tho Danish Island lot Mooti, EF, OF L f 4 f Hf -i -f SAI.K.M, Or.. 1-Vh, .'l.-dover- nor .Innies Withveoiribn tndny icccivcil a Kd'oinl teleyrnm from Keereliir.y ol the Now Dmiieli, r-lruugly urging that the (licon iiiimiI ipili.ia he t'ontiuueil in Or- 'gun. Tho goveiuoi lnin"inittcil the lelegrmu to Ihe lioiit-c mid M'linle, n.tpri ed ItitiiNi'lf u'ainht nlioliliilig the nnuil militia, hut nppioxing whatever action the legNlature tiikei. f4 ALIEN LAND BILL a FOR OREGON LOSI SAI,i:.M. Or., Feb. .1 My mi nl-mor-t uunniinous Vote the Oieoii limiM of n'pre.-cntativr. today il IViited ii roMilutiou iiitrodueed Ity ItepreM'ututixc (.Mui. Sclineliel, pro viding Hint thcie be -iilimitted to a vote of the )eoplc a cooMitutioniil iiininilinent junking ii unlaw lul for alien-, to own liiml in the i-tnti. It wax iirgued that tin time was inoppoitune o take any legislative nction which might cmbpul the I "nil -ed Stiller, with unv other nation. Af ter its ilcfeiil, llio house killed another bill by Sehucbel, irotidiiig lor Mih inisioii to Hie voter of nn amend ment repealing u cotisiitutional pin M'lon gniug wliiln foreigner, the same right with regard to pmpcrt. ns native-born citizens. WHEAT REFLECTS- - ON STOCK MARKET Ni:W VOltK. I-Vb. .1. Another meteoric movumeut In wheat bad Hit effect of further checking opora tlonn In tho atock market trading In the early aeaalon aggregntlng teaa than linlf of tho recent output. The demnnd for atocka continued Irregu lar nml narrow, with more nulling of the speculative lenders nt every fav orable opoprtunlty. Canadian I'nclflc and Heading con tinued to bear the brunt of these of fering, which wore assumed to come In part from nbiond. Fertilizers la aues developed midden atrength. Tho altiuitlon nt Washington In Ita rela tion to the shipping bill, crime In for aomo consideration. Honda wero firm, with a lnrge ovor-aubscrlptlon of tho Pennsylvania railroad Issue. T TACO.M.V, Fob. a With a doto nation Hint wns heard (or miles, tho black powder plant of tho Dupont company nt Dupout, near Tneomu, ex ploded at 9:30 this morning, demol ishing tho building, killing Henry P. Wilson, !!., unmarried, and seriously Injuring Harry West. As WlUon nml West woro the only men In tho vicinity nt tho time, offi cers of tho company said tho exact cnuso could not be given. Tho two men wero tanking black powder. West wns badly burned about tho body, nml legs. Tho wrecked build ing wns ItO by 10 feet, ono of several structures at tho plant. Tho homes of Wilson nml West nro at Dupont. L SOLDIER IS WOUNDED IN BATTLE MOSCOW, in Potrogrml, I-Vh. It. Among Ihe wounded who huvo arriv ed in Moscow from tho front i Olga Krusiliiikoff, a girl of 1!) years. Af ter taking pint in nineteen ha I tics in Poland slio won wounded in tho foot. The girl enlisted under n man's niinio and this deception Iiiin just been dis covered. The Cross of St. George, fourjh degree, has been awarded to her. RETENTION LABELS BOLTING SENATORS SEVEN CONSPIRATORS Senator Stone Declares Democrats Who Voted With Republicans Be trayers of Their Party's Plan and Cause in the Ship Purchase Act , Serious Breach in Party Ranks. WASHINGTON. Feb. .1. - SVmitot Stone paid hi- nvpeels in cnn-lii temis o (he i-even ilriiiniTiit wiir, voted with the republican .Mondii. mid placed tho bill in its pre-cnt po sition, flinriictcriziiig tlnui us the "seven coiispirnlors." Senator O'Gonumi mnl Vnrdmnat, wcic on their fiet ut incn with de inaiids (hat Scnqtor Stone be callcii to older for Inning iiiipiigued the mo ties of nenatori, in violation of the rules. "I think I nm wit bin my right." siiid Senator Stone, "that there an among its deniocnils who, hv cotirte-. if not by right, still uie Permitted to occupy this side of the ch.imher. Like Hnitus, they me nil most hononible men. but it is a fact that these demo crat-, unknown to us, conferred with the eueuiv mid hetniM'd to them our plans. nm within mv rights when I sny thee democrats marched in here the other day mid rprung u com plete mid hostile siiriiri-c on nil their colleagues on this side of tho chum be r. Ucpubllcmis Notlfleil "itepubliemi senators hud been served with notice of what was coin ing. These demoeruls, not republi cans, were acting in concert. I con gratiiliitn our friends, flic enemy, on the coup they made. . "Vim dM get u-'ln ii tight hole.. and I don't know that we ore going to get out of it. It wns u fine, aluio-t ur tistic, iM'rfonmince. Again I tcndei my most flattering compliments to the senators mi that Mile of the cham ber." Senator Slone'roenllcd that Semi tor Clarke, the leader of the revolt, had been re-elected president pro tnipore of the senate hv the mnn or ganization which had decided tin shipping bill us u part, measure. Serious llrearli in Itnuks "He desired (but honor." Senator Stone declared, wuving bis hand to ward the Arkansas senator. "It was not thrust upon him." Senator Clarke, sitting within six feet nf the Missouri senator, listened intently to Senator Stone's remarks, hv that lime directed almost entirely at him. It was apparent that a seri ous breach in the democratic rank, had come, nml confusion throughout the chamber followed Stone's per sonal reference to Clarke'-, election as president pro tempore. Senator Clarke asked recognition and Senator Stone jielded. The Arkansas senator insisfpd lie had never violated a caucus pledge. "When tins shipping bill was un der consideration," said he, "I went into u meeting of delegates, warning them that I was not to attend a cau cus, and I stated the democratic party had never been commit led to a plan such as this; that no convention ever had indorsed a plan for the gov ernment to conduct such lines nt pub lic expense." Kenyon Also Falls When the administration democrats got ready to recommit the hill and licgan iniuiiMii ering to prevent a vote on Senator Clarke's original motion to recommit without instructions, a hurried conference of administration democrats agreed that Senator Stone should Jiegiu n speech. How long lie would talk wns not decided. Whether the democrats would attempt to pro- (Continued on page two.) RUSSIA PUTS BAN UPON RELIEF WORK WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. -Russia todav informed the Fnited Slates that tlio distribution of food, money and clothing to Geiiumi mid Austrian prisoners in Siberia would be peuuit ied only by the Russian military au thorities, declining to give foregn re lief expeditions that privilege. An American expedition had started 'from Poking. "wjwg IT WASHINGTON, Feh. JI. Foiiiuil application for the e.x Irnditioii to ('iiimdn of Werner Vnn Horn, charged with "at icmptcil de! ruction nf human lile," was made nt the slain ile piiitinent tudiiv hi Sir (Veil Spiing-i'ice, Itrili-h iimliiisii' dor. XKW YOUIC. Feb. 3 Werner Vnn Horn who nttemptcd to blow up the International brldca over the St. Croix river at Vnncnboro, Mo., had ninny acquaintances amoug bla conn trymen In this city, gained during his two months stay here. According to friends here, nVn Horn wn formerly n captain of pion eers in llio navnrlan nrmy. It was also atild he claimed to be tho eldest fon of Count Knrl vandu Horn, for mer war minister of Ilavarla nnd n gcncrnl In tho Havarlnn army. Slnco leaving tho Ilavnrtan army several year ago, Vnn Horn apont some Hnu In aoutb America anil In Mexico, where ho waa when tho war turtod. He tried to find paasage to Oormany to rejoin hla. regiment and falling, came to .Vow York about two month? ago. While hero. It la aald. Van Horn frequently discussed report Hint Canadian troops bail been trans ported ncro?g American territory In Maine. POPE'S PRAYER SATISFIES FRANCE li'OMK, Feb. .1. -The Vatican re eeived last night a dispatch fro o Paris saying the French authorities were .-atislicd with the esplanatiou t the text of Pone MenedictV prayer for peace, which has been given them b Cardinal Amettu. archbishop of Pari. Ihe incident is now regarded ,i closed. The Paris police last Sundav selx ed some copies of the peace prayer of th" pope, destined to he lead in ml churches on Sunday, February 7. It was explained that the government feared some. expressions in the prayer miht he misunderstood. Muiisi'unr Amette interpreted the text to the authorities, whereupon the embargo on the prayer was promptly with drawn. JUDGE E. B. WATSON, Judge K. 11. Wnt son, .lacksou coun ty pioneer, well known locally and Or egon law veteran, died .Monday at Poitlaud of heart double, .lodge Watson" was elected county clerk ol this county in 1S7-, later county judge and aftcrwiirds mimed for thy supreme couit bench. Following his service as a member of tho supiemo couit, Judge Watson removed to Portland in 1HS 1, where ho bus since engaged in tho practice of law, He was always a republican in politics, although he had hut little political aspiration. In 1000, how ever, ho was induced to become a can didato in the primaries fov the msi lion of Fnited Stutcs senator. Judge Watson is survived liy his widow, Mrs. F.leiiuor Kuhli Watson, a son, Jmne.s Owen Watson, an at torney of Roeburg, nml one daugh ter, Mis. Rufus (.". Ilolimiu of this city. Judge Watson was u brother-in-law of A. M. Crawfoid. Phil Met. sehan, Jr., Unwind Kilhaiu ami K. . Kuhli, VAN HORN OFFICER IN BAVARIAN ARMY SAYACQUAINTANCES SLIBY BABE: ASSERTS COURT British Court Decides Celebrated Case, Legitimatizing Son Declares Scandal Untrue and Invented for Purpose of Sccurinn Fortune Birth Certificate Altered. LONDON, rVli. .'. Tho probnto court decided today that the Son of Charles It. Slingsby is (he legitimate heir to the .friOO.OOtl baronial property of tho Slingshv family in Yorkshire. The ease has been ill the courts for nearly two years. Oniric-. R. Slingsby. formerly n lieutenant in the Hiiti-di navy, and af terward a resident of Smi-FrnnCiico,. i in posses-ion of tin? proKrtv which was devised to hi offspring. When he asked Ihe cluirt to confirm lhrt succession a vommrr brother pro tested nn the vroliml thut tho child was not n legitimate sou but mi infant substituted hv the lieutenant's wire when her own child died. Since the eai has been on trial evidence bus been taken in Ci'liforn'ut nml record" produced there to prove the child the loiritimutc sou and heir of the Slingsbvs. The jmlac said that after nn c.x hmistiu' review of the evidence he bad come to the conclusion that Mrs. Slinusbv had given birth to this child on September 1, 1010 on McAllister street, San Francisco, and Unit the statement that she had put forward another child' was untrue and in vented for the purpose of the ease. I.lvr on I'uclflr Coast SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. :. Lieu tenant Charles Henry,,- Raynnnl Slingsh.v. formerly of tin Uiitish navy, married an American girl. Dor. otlty Cutler Morgan. Tho couple liv ed for some years mi the Pacific coast, at times in Victoria, II. C, and at times in San Francisco. Teddy Sling-by, their son, today declared heir to the Slingsby fortune, was born here in the fall of 1010. Three years later it became known tbnt the birth certificate, filed with the state hoard of In tilth, at Sacramento, had been altered at the ditectioa of the board to read: "Paul Colvin, father; Lillian An derson, mother." At the same time there came into evidence mi advertisement inserted in a San Francisco morning newspaper within n tew days of the time of the , birth, ami purporting to be in the handwriting of .Mrs, Slingsby, cull ing for a new -hoi it male infant. Physician FuMfletl These disclosures led to tho Ilia) of Dr. W. W. Fraser of Weavcrville, Cab, Mrs. Slingshy's physician, on a charge of Inning falsified a public record. His defense that a birth cer tificate is not a public document, within the mcniilii" of tho penal code, found favor ami he was acquitted. The ease then shifted to the Miit is court, though evidence continued to he taken here before the Mrttisli vice-consul. A PKKIN, Feh. :i.-TI,o first confer ence for the consideration by the CJiiiu'so administration of the polit ical demands made upon China by Ja pan, niter the .Japanese occupation of the German Kin C'hnow. was held in this city yesterday. China was urg ed strongly, hut vainly, ly tho Jap anese diplomats to agri'o to all tho Japanese demands. After, four lionrt of futile talk tht conference adjourn al to meet again next Friday, The deinauds Japan )-i picking arc twenty-one in number, and, according to jeports from Pukin, they are, o$ actiug mid fur-reaching in their na ture. Portland Livestock Mark&t PORTLAND, Feh. :i.--Ciittte U- eeipts 100; steady. Hogs--Receipt? OUr; loo higher. Prime light, $7.1 .Xtf ".'JO ; choice Hunt, $ 11.007,10; light, ifrlUlMW; roliuh, rU,y.iftr-W). Sheep Btcady, CN AN JAPAN DEADLOCK . 11 i . " il I I i it i M I' M 1 il A A r n I. .f i r .;o, fit . - r. t , tV J2t