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V k t ' ' 207' Sec&wl Slrwt Medford Mil Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Itnhi fnx. na; Mln. 117. Curly-fiHirtti Yr llv Nltilli Ycur MHJDFOKD, 0 1 i K J ON, iMOXDAV, F W Ml? lT, l.t V H, 11) 1 3 NO. 271 " . AS I IN FORCE S RUMANIA BORDER, BATTLE Seek to Capture Turn Scvcrln Dut Arc Rcpulsct! Alter Three Hours Datlle Only Result In Polish Struggle Terrific Loss of Life on Both Sides No Grins. PAItlH, Fob. K, T, 30 ii. in.- Au trliui troopa hum violated tin) ltu iimiilmi frontier near Turn Huverlit, tint Joiirniil I Informed In n dispatch from Its Nlsh correspondent. Tim Austrian itro report"! to havo flrnil on frontier KUnnln who attempted to oppose tliulr passage it ml u furious (IkIu roiinwin. Strong reinforcements cniiio to tlm help of tin lltuuanlans, nml af tor n tli i hour struggln Dm Austrian tiro reported to luivn been itrlvmi buck across tlm II no with lurgu nuinliotH of Mltllldcd. If lliu AiiNlrlmiH lift tl i ii i tn rod Turn Bovorln, tho correspondents sny. t liny would huvu lind complete com. maud of Klndova. Tlm Gorman nttack In cuiitrnl Poland thus far has failed to make n gap In tlm Itusslan linen which would open tlm way to Warsaw, and apparently tlm only result of tlm bat tin has I m miii heavy Iooh on lioth iddes. Pctrngriid Iiiim announced tlm (upturn of novornl (litriuan positions, lint tlm general alignment of tlm opposing armies has not lxu changed mulcrlnlly. Minor victories thorn anil In iinrthurn I'oland aro reported hy tlm ItiiKxIati war office today. Thoro In no MaclienliiK of acthlty In tlm Carpathian where tlm Aim trlitus. assisted by (leruiaii riuforco iimntN, are struggling with tlm Hun hUtm for mastery of tho inoiiiitaln pa Hen which glvo nccess to iiorthurn HiiiiKiiry. In tlm realm of military Interest today nil eyen aro turnud toward tlm eastern linttln front. Here tlm tremendous efforts of lioth sides hnv not a h yet produced any results worthy to ho called deserve, The ItiiHHhiii forces who hao lieeu giving ground before tlm fierce attack of tho reinforced Atiktro-Oormau army In tlm Carpathian passes, apparently have checked tlm onward runh of tlm defenders of Hungary, hut In I'oland In front of Warsaw, tho opponents appear MIII to ho hammering each other'a linen with fierceness which recallii thn tint Ccruiiiu Invasion ol I'Olllllll. In spllo of tlm doHperntu nature of the fighting In front of Wnrsaw, It Ih generally halloed In Knglaiid that tlm most critical nctlon la dovolopliiK In tho Carpathian, where tlm re ported Itussluu ruvcrso will conipro. iiiIno tlm new campaign opunltiK tigiilust Hungary, Kxcept for sov era) minor attacks of tho (Ioniums on .N'leuport, tho western lino of hat tin evidently hau enjoyed a quiet week end. Air and Men operation nlmi liuvo been suspended durliiK tlm IiihI fow days. E llCIIM.V, I'oh. S, hy wlroloHH to London, y;RS p. in. Tho war du partment thin afternoon khvo out an official Htatoiuont which lead: "Tho flKlitliiK 'or our PohIIIoiih Kouth of tho canal and southwoat of I.u lltiHsou contliiuns. Pin t of the hliort troiioh takuii hy tlm uiiomy ha boon ro-captiirod. "In tlm ArKoium we wrostud from our oiipommtH a fortlflod poeltlou. OthorwlHo thoro hau boon chnngo of liiiportuuco In UiIh renlon, "On tho oiiHt l'riiKslan frontlor, mutheiiHt of tho Plain of tho, l.nkeu mid In I'oland on tho iltUit hank of tho Vlntiiln thuro havo boon n fow unimportant ongnKonionts and for uu HiiccoHHfut oiiKiiUomentH of local lm portiiuco, OthorwlHo thoro I nothliiK to ropoit from tho oast." Chicago Yards Reopen CHICAGO, Fell. 8 Tlm CliiciiKo union htooli.vimls, under pavlinl fort erul (imriinlino kIiico Jiuiuury 20 ho ciiiihi) of u thi'ciiH'iicil ontliienl; of i'ool nml month ilinense, weio ivoi'in oil I oiln y Tor llio luli'i'Miito hliipment of I'lilllu, LITTLE FRENCH HUTS WHICH r HUTfi NEAR THE TREMCHES AIhuo are nIiowii llille iiiiim hunt iy tiic l-reiich koIiIIcm ueiir their Ireiichm and within flvo hundred yanl the wulkK, runh thatch fur I lie roof. 'I'lio cottncoi afford uIioIuhoiiic prutcctlou from tho wintry wuatbor and aro 25 DAYS QUAKE VICTIM BURIED, E IIO.MB, Kfli. 8. 1l:l.'ii. in. I'ew men have lived to tell it M runner tale t f i it ii tlint nl' Michael (laroln, extneut cil limit the eiirth(iiuko ruiim nt l'n lerno PK(rnhiy nfter litiviu been imprihoiied twenty-live iIii,vn without food. Ciiitolo ii reenveriu from the effeelH of hin eMierieuecH, which he wiim ulite to dcbcrilii' today. "Wlien the oiirtliiiiiiko oeeuried," lie Hind, "I utlempteil to e-eiipe, bill foiiml mHel' hloeked in u ntitble b the ruiiiM, lleuentli the xtnlile a cel lar wan beinjr eeiinted from the niekw. I imiilr my way into llim ex envntioii and mi avoided belli;; email cil to ilentli. "From the moment I entered tlm collar miw no more light, anil I be lieved I lind become blind, n my iiiiinl could not conceive that the ruins cov ered the cellar mi completely ns to prcw'iit u Mnle uiy of light from peuelnitiii through. For a lone time 1 ciinimt mi v .how long my de-pmr inerciiM'd until 1 beeiime aluio-t ficn icd. I xlmutcd with all mv Mrcugth until I fell into uu apathetic condi tion, nlnnwt hike n coma. Thix Mivcd my life, fur hud 1 continued mv ! pernio effort to free iui-elt' 1 niut lme died of exhluiition. "My feeling uhoiit with mv IiiiiiiIh in the ilurkucxr. I found n wot -t nml moifiteucd my binning lip. Thix te icd me, nml with my liiimU I dug u hole in .which water collected unit I wiih able In drink. "Thus I niniuigetl o oil -how long 1 know not, iix I lo-t count of the iIiijh until yehterdny 1 heuril xoiccH ubovo inc. Said ene: 'All mv dead.' Another iiiichciciI, 'tjuile mi; hut let us lccovcr what wo can of our properly.' "I aioiihCil myself to iniiko it Vu prenm effott mid sereiimedi M mil olive, hoio in tlm odlnr; Michiel Cui rolo TIiomi nlioe me, I am told, thought it wax a ghost'hnt I contin ued my cries and coiiiuecd them tint ii living mini )viik )iiiiriMiucd (n tho ruins. They cnino to my roeii nml in uhoiit luce liouiri 1 wiih I'lec." CANADIANS WAN! E OTTAWA, Out., Fell. S. Wllllnin I'UKHloy, former mlnlHtor of publlo work, today notified tho hoimo of commoiiH that ho lutendod to file a motion aakliiB for completo dotnlln of tho puichiiHo hint AUKUHt by tho Canadian, Kovorninent of two nub marines built nt Seattle, Wash., for Chllo. Tho vosboIh wuro purchased IhrouKh Sir Itlchatd MoHtldo, pto nilor of HilttHh Columbia. It wuh ruinorod ut tho tlmo that tho sub. inarlima woro tnkon from Amorlcan watoi-H whllu tho United States au thorities woro off their guard. Northwest Russian Consul SK.YTTT.H, W'uhli., Feb. ,8. Nich olas llogniiivlensky, lliihhiiiu coiimiI ut Seattle, Iiiih been notified that his of fice Iiiih been ntUed to n coiimiI-kcii-oriililiip, with jurihdiotion over Wiimi iugtoii, Oregon, Malm, Moiitnna, Wy oming', AhiHkn und llrilish Columhiu. Thoro nro only two nthor Hussian eoiiMil KCiieiulrt in tho Cniled Stutos ' nt Sun Frnuvtwo mul CliU'itpo, A ;v ' ' l1' IN THE SOIS50NS DISTRICT - OF JERSEY WORKERS iM)osKi:i;r, .v, j F.b. 8. a eiouil of iiugry women htoimed the giilex of the l.icbeg nml Willinins . Clark Fertilixer plants hcio today, where nineteen Milker wcie hot by deputies iiuiinrv 111 mid iidiniiiistoicd ii bentiiig to Klmcr, chief eugiuevr nt the l.iclng workn, nml Fniuk Ditvi", u clcik ut the Williiim- & Chirk pliiul. lioth men were icmmici by policemen iworn in ye-teidny. The trouble Mailed when Mime of the men uttempted to go to work fro fl.tld n day. This was the wage they received at the time of the xtrike, the preiious wage hnvini' been .f'J n day. The women jeeied mid hooted the men going lo-woik. One mini among the I'niwd of women was nrrcMcd. The eompniiieM oiicnititig' the plants i-Mied imtlce ycMerdav that unless the men n turned to work thev would he di-i'b.trged, Strike IcnderK Hind none of the striken, was among the men who went to work tmlay. F LONDON, Feb S, 2 IS p. in. -For tlm first time In 200 yours tho Ilrlt Ish government today luilted the houim of romomus to gtvo It a blank check for army purpones. This l virtually tho effect of tho now pre cedent sot up by thu lutroluctlou of army cutlniatc without details and without tho"' nggroBiitcs of tho ex penditures, and ' when parliament bus vptud tho nominal sum of 1000 pounds sterling under each of tlm 15 groups of expenditures, It will havo voted supplies without limit for an army of 3,000,000 men to ho tic- counted for when tho war Is oor. Carranzc Retakes Monterey. LAllF.nO,' Tex. Feb. 8. The eon hlitutionuliht coiimiI hero today an iiouneed that Cnrrnnr.u troops havo recaptured Monteiey, No details aro iiMiilabJc. Tclcgrapli eommuiiieutioo with Miinleroy via HI I'umi is eul. r' n IS DEAD WEAK WRAIH FOUR BELGIAN REFUGEES, SISTERS, TO ACT TO kkkH .'...kkVkkl' 'lsiWkkkkH .f-oVHkkHrVF 'Si L. Ksi&. f IH tK JtjJ ikHkkkkHKi.4w.k.tWxH v v-CkVckkkkkkV M lljig.Hf I 'ilNv f ST.CLAtR, VIOHN5T;MAOOE T7 CLAWa. SAPfeArtO; WD CLfirX ST CLftire, Ilcrowlth aro shown four lJelglon Itcd Star Hue, who aro to play on the American stagu to aid other nelgluns. London, npd thnuigh the efforts of tho Molehill Hellof lluremt thoy obtained lu Now York (hey will visit ottivr vltles. Ten per cent of their earnings will AFFORD PROTECTION 'ft 1 IE NEB LITTLE TO POSTAL CLERK PORTLAND, Ore, Feb S. Archie ('. Drown, aged 23, a mall clerk in the Portland pon!offlco, was a r routed early today by postal lnicotorn on a charge, of robbing tho nmll. Accord, lug to federal official, no co'nfoMod. niliulttlng that ho hod Hystumatlcally rifled letters contalnlnic money dur ing tho hint two )tam and that be hud obtained between S500 and MOOD. A few hours after Ilrown'n, arrest, Claude M. Uowsliiip, formerly a rail road mall clerk on an Oregon-Wash-limton Itallroad fc. Navigation com Vany train. confeKseil to robtilng the malls nod was sentenced fn tho lnltcd States court to 13 months at Mc Neil's Island penitentiary. CAVE-IN; SAVED IIFTTi:. Mont., Fob. S. lllchord Koilgcrn, was ruscued from tlm envo In at tho Oaggon ttiliio this afternoon having been Imprisoned 3G hours without food or drink. He suffered but little Injury. Tho bodies of two moii, Andrew ICtvsou mid Mlko .ere nro still burled under tho mns of dirt and rock that foil Into tho shaft. Mine officials Mild that both of thebo aro dead, Tho casualties ns a re sult of tho accident nro four dc;ul and two Injured. Tho bodies of Joseph Fuber and J. II. Fny woro taken out Into yoidorduy. Tho In Jutcd men nro Ilodgors and lllcbard Tlddy. Wilhelmlnn Row Clears LONDON', Feb. 8, t :."7 p. in. In dications aro more favorable today that the American commission for re lief in ltolgiuin will ho Mieecssful in its efforts to purchase the American stonnichip Willieluuiia mid her eiirgo of food Mipiilio, winch the es.sel is inking- from New York to lltiinhur. refugees ami all dauchtors of James YEAR R MINER RE FROM COLD, WINTRY WEATHER. . ,' ' ii f if x ANOTHER VIEW OF FRENCH HUTS. from tho Ocrmnn linen. They arc built of wood and ruin ili.ili-li- wood lor most comfortable dcipltc the fact that thpy aro not far from the Uurumii line DOHA A AUSTRIAN HANDS R SNOW VIF.NNA. Feb. 8, via Amsterdam mid London, ;;:i."i p. m. The Aiistro lliiiifnirian WMr nreiv. bureau today issued tho folloviii)f doscription of the recent figbtinir in the Cuipatliiiiu metintaitis: "Tho buttle t"T I)Hki l'ns onilml fiivorxlily for iw. Oivii to difficul ties of trniisportntHiu onlv weak Ilus simi nttilleiy forces mrtiuiiiutc'd, but the Itur.iaiit- had coueoulrated near Dukbi Pnsn slreut: infantry forces were advanced against the heights. "Without regard for human mate rial the Nils-inns tried to 'inforee. n successful (leci-ion. Throe of their tiltncking lines alone nlilces were ut terly mowed, down from trenbc. Finally the Ktissjuus mlvnneiii over a ridge of the puss, began in the eve ning to climb .u the opno-ite hill-, which were in nossos-iou of Atistro llungiirimi troop-, but thoy wen obliged to stop half way in deep siiow ns a teriiblo snow storm began. "When next iimniiu? tho Ittis-inu commander gno the order to storm our positions ninny f his men hail stiff limbs and others were complete ly exhuiisted. mid the assault broke down under the Austrian fire. "Numerous dead and wounded cov ered tho battle liohl. Many prisoner were taken. The Russians finiiHy.ro t rented in full llight with the Ails trimis in pursuit. HO REPEAL HANGING OLYMPIA. Wash., Fob. S. -A bill for repeal of tho law which prohibits capital punishment has ben Intro-. duccd In tho senato by six senators, states compared with 13.9 per one Senator Sharpstoln of NYnlla Walla thousand in 11112, Is shown In a re addressed tho Senate when the bill port today by tho census bureau. The camo up. aim saw uio nowspapors wero tellliiK of too many times when men had been killed and robbed for small sums. AID OTHER BELGIANS, A. St. Clulr, a chief engineer or tho Tho four arrived In ow lorK rrom a vumlovlllc encaKemcnt After a stay, go U'Wiml aiding tho nolgluns. BUILT OF WOOD AND RUSH TWCH TO TUNE OF SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. K.-A. A. ncruurd of .Medtord, Or., bus usked the police to find two strangers who he says took .?:iU0O of his money by u racetrack bet'injc trick when he was here in November. Ilernard refused to believe he bud been tricked until1 convinced by friend-, after wuitin in vain for the money; -trnngers to return his The A. A. Hcruaid mentioned in the nboe dispatch reside- at. 74." West .lurksuu street, lie -aid this morning thyt ho loaned .:IOOO to a friend in Situ rraueisco unoit good security. and that his previous reputation is excellent. Ho said that he engaged the Hums Detective agency to inves tigate his partners, and the inquiry i still in progres. Itormrd denies that waguiiujr wiu bebl ami holds that the entire denl wn- a -tiictly business propo-itiou and ot v mtore-t to the general public. Jfr. Heniard recently sold n ranch nrr Medford and since that time lis- cog.. aid m no business. He made a trip to the lUv City in No vember, when it L- ll god ho was bilked by the mcctiack game. Mr. Hcn.tird i- -till of the opinion that tho entire athir i- the result of n mistindor-t UMl.ng .nil hopes to get his .fllUOO back. 14.1 PER THOUSAND RATE OF DEATH WASHINGTON, Feb. S A death rate In li) 13 of II I per ono thous und of the estimated population In the registration area of the United nuinuer of ueauis in mo rcKisirauon area contalnln tho population about tiNO-thlrds of was appiolnuitti.v S'JO.OIS. Washington stato showed tho low est rato, being $.." per ono thousand, while Now ilnmpshlro's was tho high vt with 17.1. Tho lowest rate shown In 11H3 by any of tho 50 loglstratlon cities with populations or 100,000 or over In 1010 was that for Seattle which was S. I while Memphis showed tho highest with 20.S. VITAL STATISTICS KALF..M. Or., Feb. 8. Without de bute the liouso of lopresentiitivos to day passed a bill introduced by Hep. resontutivc Andrew ('. Smith, proud lug for tho lcgistrution of nil bii'ihs nml deaths in the statu under tlm su pervision of tho state board of hculMi. Representative Smith explained that because of the iuudeipiaov of tho present law on tho subject tho oeiiMis ilopuitiuent of tho I'niti'd States would not accept Oregon's icgistrn tion of bitths and. deaths. BLKED MEDFORD MN 3000 CLAIMED REMODEL LAW AWAT BRITISH y an h FLAG INCIDENT No Ofllcl.il Statement Refjardlrvj U. S. Attitude Pemllnu Receipt of Am bassador's Report Congress May Adopt Resolution ot Protest at An Early Dr.tc. WSHINOTON, Feb. 8. A report from Ambassador Page at London on tho hoisting of the American flag on the Cunarder Lusltanla, whllo cross ing the Irish Sea, was expected today und pending Its arrival there were no official statements of how the Amorl can government regarded the Inci dent. Naval officers recalled that tlm navy regulations permit a warship to fly another flag than Its own but specifically provide It must be hauled down nnd tho ship's own flag must bo hoisted before a shot Is flril. There aro many Incidents of tho naval history where that has been done, tho latest being the Gorman sea rover Kmdcn. wjilcli hoisted tho Japansa flag Just before making a daring raid at Penang. ft was recalled In naval circles to day that when Captain Glass, com manding the cruiser Charleston on his way to the Philippines with a 'convoy of troops, ' Btopiled and captured Guam, he ordered tho Japancso flag to be flown on his flagship and on the ships of his flotilla. He signalled this message to the cruisers Austra lia, Peking and Sydney, merchant ships charter to the government, and In use as troop ships. "Passing signal station nt Guam, Charleston will hoist Japancso colors, other vessels same or none." All the authorities of international law and the manual In use at tho naval war college Justify tho use of other flags on warships. Chairman 3tono of the senato for eign relations commltteo, a wbltu house caller today, said 'that in his opinion the flying of tho Amorlcan flag by tho Lusltanla was an "Im proper use of the flag" Senator Stone added that It would bo possible for congross to adopt a resolution protesting .against the Incident, but that ho thought It a matter to bo handled entirely by tho executive branch of tho government. LONDON, Feb. 8, 3:07 p. m. Wulter HInc3 Page, tho American ambassador in London, toduy for warded to tho statu department at Washington a report on the Lusltanla (lag Incident. The ambasador In his report informally rovlows tho al leged use of tho Amorlcan flag by the Cnard lino on cntorliiK Lovorpool Saturday morning, as described to tho members ot tho cmbassay staff by Americans who had crossed tho At lantic on tho vessel. .Mr. Page has not communicated with the foreign office concerning tho Incident nnd as yot no official com munications concerning tho use of the American flag by a Urltlsh vessel passed between American and Urltlsh governments. As tho Lusltanlu carried 3(0 cabin passengers, many ot them prominent Americans who havo a wide acquaint ance in London, the news ot the flag Incident spread rapidly In the hotels and clubs until It has become almost the solo topic ot conversation. Tho Urltlsh government stoutly maintains that tho captain of the Lus. Itaiilu was not ordered by government officials to use tho flag, E 3 T CKNBVA, via Paris, Feb. 6. ASK n. in. Desperate fighting U going on m the Cuiputliiiiuw between Luivov.tie, in Galicin, und Voloctz, In Hungary. According to advices received hure, tlm Itiifsimis have captured tho vil lages of Flics, Komnruik, (nertcsz mid Kwiduik. A great battle is raying in Huko. wiuii, between Donvatrn And Kimpo luug-. Aiistiian headquarters hA prohibited wiif correspondent from going. to the front at Poxcliorjtu, The Aiistrimis are reported o liwvo bewi drivt'ii back beyond h MoIiImvh river upil tlm liussluns ulo (ealxwl some miiiiII Miec-chse, ut YHulomitxM. -,Ti "- M a I 4 I : . A I '