'" Scm Itrm.t,
Medford Mail Tribune
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SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
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Forlyfourth Yr.
n-OIV .Ninth Yr
ATTACHE GOT
SPY'S PASSPORT
SAYS RESERVIST
Slcylcr, German Np.v.iI Reservist, Ar
rrslcil In New York Asserts That
Captain Doy-Ed Furnished Pass
ports to Crrl Hans Loily, the Spy-
Suspect Implicates Diplomat.
NKW YORK, Feb. 211. Federal nil
Ihorities today went Investigating n
stutcnient mudn liy counsel for Rich
iinl I'. Stoglcr, Hit) German tiiiviil re
servist, nriesled in tliit city Wednes
day night, that Cnptnlu Hoy-F.d, nu-
vol utlaelie nf tilt Gcnntui embassy in
Washington, hntl furnished an Auietl
i'iiii passport to Curl IIiiiin Lody, tint
Herman npy, who was put to death in
llu Timor of London Inst November.
In III general t ! lit I of Nleglcr's
statement involving hint Captain
Hoy -Kit referred to t li !k allegation ns
"trash."
ClmrlcK II. Griffiths, former as
sistant Hulled Status attorney, who
whs assigned by United Slates Coin
iuiioner Houghton to ilir'inl Ktt'ir
I it, linked tlui mimes of tln German
attache ami l.otly in a statement
given oat uflor a conference wiih
Stealer in tin.' Tninh.
l'jiupoii for lody
"Kteglor told in..," Mr. Otimths
said, "that mi line occasion while ho
wan on his way to Keep an appoint
incut with Captain lluy-F.d, a Dr.
Kuril r tohl liint that Caplain lloy-F.d
liiul carried through the scheme that
intuit it possible to ohtaiu an Anieri
eau purport for l.oily anil that llov
IM Kent l.mly to Hnpliuiil, wheio he
was executed. Stealer also said lluit
Dr. Ftiehr hail told linn Hov-I'd was
the onlv iHron who knew nil the de-
tails of the Lolly "lot hooutiKit ho hail
planned I he whom thin;."
Mr. Griffiths hiiM that all of .Slog,
lor m statement were eorrolioratcil
liy Mrs. Stealer, the voting Georgia
woman, at whom suggestion Stealer
uhaiiiloueil hi nllcgcd plan to go
iihroad.
Paid Wife Salary
Aecoiding to the Inwvcr, Caplain
Hoy-F.d, in a talk with Sleglcr at the
(lennaii eliili in thin cily, liad agreed
to pay Mrs. Staler 4l."0 a month
while Stcglcr wan in England and had
fiiilheriaoro agreed, should the lint
if-h discover his mission ami mot (he
Mime I'ulo iim hotly, to pay Mru. Slog,
lor il.'iO a niuiith ho long ns she
lived.
Captain Hoy-Kd denied all the
slutciuciilH aliened to have horn made
liy Sleglcr.
Mr, (Irirnthii guvo out thin uflor-
nniiu wluit ho Hiild where farther do
talln of HIokIci-'h confession. , Ho said
Hint Stonier hail rufiiMOil to accept the
mlHHlou which Iloy-Hd hud naked lilm
to unilertal(i) In Hnglnnd an n spy,
ItecaiiHO ho learned Hint ho was to ho
niiidn into of an "dummy" to deceive
tho English and Hint tho real npy In
the ciiHo was to hn nnothor man.
Double Spy System
".Stoglor's orlKlnal liiHlructloiiH
woro that ho wan to find out tho num.
her or MrltlHh ships In Ht. Georges
channel and all thu Information of
tho naval tiltuntlon that ho could,
Hum talin a hunt to Kotterdam, pro
coed to tho (ionium horder, thoro
moot huiiiu (lormnn offlcorn to whom
ho wiih to inalio himself known by u
norrot uumlior, tlultvor his Informa
tion then lotiirn to America. Ktog
lor mild ho had received explicit In
Htructlouu In tho enso from lloy-Kd.
Upon dlHcovorliiK that n hocoiuV man
WIIH t(l follow 111 lllH fOOtHtOpH lllld
havliiK heard Hint Carl I.ody hud mot
IiIh rata In tho operation of thin two
ninn npy oystom, ho declined to ko."
L
DIES WHILE TAW
MILAN, ltnly, l'eh. i-'O. SiKuor
Mosti-Trotti, a radical deputy, died
suddenly today while ho wiih deliver
inj; n Hyei'i'h in favor of the interven
tion of Italy in the war, Kigiinr
Mosli-Trotti was mltlieosine; a largo
crowd in the Verdi lliealor, His re
marks siirrod tho crowd deeply. As
ho reached tho climax of his speech
amid an unusually cutlmsiastiu out
burst of applause, he suddenly pitch
ed fonviml, iloiul.
EARL KITCHENER'S
Wk v.f flan WjMmkWilymmm
kB. liiTT8 PiTiir,t"iM-WT If ' IMM.1 Wf f MM
a I VHH ,V'" mM nr JX urn , "" 'v' 'u-tir A
sMHPIPvHm , JF I S Marclila:. to the Trenches of Belgium Kitchener's British Soldiers, Some of the Million He Was Going to Teach
AMERICAN NOTE ROCK iSLAND" " "SET liNUF KAISER PLANS
MEETING FAVOR SCANDAL AIRED " "i FOR WARSAW WESTERN DRIVE
1
German Reply Gradually Taklr.j Def
inite Form Proposals Rcrjardet) as
Constitution Satisfactory Basis for
Future Ncnotlatlons.
MKItUN, l'eh. -Jll. The Ameiiean
note to (lermany and (Ircnt Itntain on
tho xiilijcet tif fnodotilt'fs to civilians
of lit'lliuoiruN anil Milimarlue netiv-
itiox at Ma, a copy of which was
handed to the Herman foreign office
liy Ainlinssndor (lerard the ninlit of
lelimary 'J'-', has heen a subject of
exhaustive dicii inn for the hiht two
tlayn lietween the Herman imperial
nuthoriticH Vouccrnt'd and the Ameri
can umhn-Hidor. A" a result of thin
(luxe attention the (leiman reply U
Kiatluallv tal.iiiK tliTuiito form, The
eoriespoiideut of the Asi)eiated
I'ress lias heen iissiired liv a most
eompeleut and iclialile iiuthority that
the Anieiiean proposals lire rc)aiilcil
an coiistitutitiK a NUtisfuctory basin
for future negotiation nml that they
aie thciusclvort in many respects ac
ceptable. Ceitaiu of the proposals, however,
will be subjected to mora or less im
pui taut modifications.
COMHINK, Feb. '..- After several
days uitillery iiht in; ami in spite of
(,'ical iiiimciical Hiiperionty the Itns
sinus were driven from llojau, (ltuho
wlna), which tliey hail strongly for
tified, aecorilint; to a Hucharcst dis
patch to the Cologne Har.etle. Their
retreat did not end until they had
i cached u point twenty Kilometres
(lU'y miles) north of the I'rulli liver.
With this reverse, tho correspondent
suys, the final Itussiun oppositimi in
Uukowiiia is shatteicd ami tho prov
ince denied of invaders,
Al'ltOliA, 111., Feb. 20.- An old
woolen glove and a heavy piece of
gas pipo wero tho clues upon which
thu police today pinned their greatest
hopo of solving Hie mystery of the
murder of Miss l'miuu Peterson,
whoso hotly was found lying u a
sidewalk in a fashiouablo section of
this city last night. Tieso articles
wero found todav within u half block
of tho spot whom Miss Peterson was
struck down. Tho young woman's
handbag, open anil rilled, was found
a block anil a half away, The police
heliovo (Im pipe was used to crush the
girl's skull, liy means of the glove
Ihev hope o givo bloodhounds u
Hcent.
RUSSIAN
D N
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IWNA
AURORA GIRL MYSTERIOUSLY SLAIN
MEDFORD,
"MILLION TAUGHT HOW TO SHOOT" ON
fcid Objects to Wanes Paid Men, But
Says $125,000 Salaries for 0ffic-t
mis Mrc u. n. more ti.ucs, more
Tariffs, Less Legislation Needed.
I.I n I r. i ..
WASHINGTON, Tcb. SC Daniel
1(1. Held, head of tho croup which took
control of the Hock Ulnnd railway
lO'fteru In 1001, declared today nt
tho Intoratuto comiuerco coinmls-
nlon'n InvoHtlKntlon of tho road'tt ft-
nnnclnl iiffalrn, tlmt orBimlintlon of
tho two huldliiK companies with total
capitalization of 3.0.000,000 put no
additional burden on tho Chicago,
Itock Island & Pacific Uullwny corn
pan). Mr. Iteld'H annor!lon cmnu on cross
oxamlnatlon. During his direct ex
ainlniitlou, Mr. Held iiKscrted that
conditions had ho changed In tho rail
road world of recent years that ho
'would not now accept an a gift con
trol ot any western or Houthwostcrn
railroad.
"Whun you cut tho earning powers
of railroads by fixing rates, and
everything else gucti up In tho way of
taxes, condltlniiH are worse," ho uald.
"I am not complaining of Hies wagcH
wo must pay, but of what wo get to
pay wages with."
I'aiicy Salaries I'ultl
"Let uh look at tho wages at tho
other end of tho lino," Bald Chief
Counsel Folk for tho commission. Ho
pointed out tlmt officers or tho com
pany had received during tho period
under Investigation salaries ranging
from Sj:!S;000 down to JUS.OOO a
year.
"Do you complain of theao high
sulnrlcsT" ho asked,
"Thuro was not a man thoro who
was not worth what ho wan getting,"
Hld Mr. Hold, adding that men cap
ublo of operating an S000 mllo rail
way system woro entitled to all they
could gat, "oven It was a million a
year." ,
l.ator Mr. Held said that what tho
tallroads needed' wna "more rates,
more tariffs and less legislation."
Miss 'Klixa Calkins, who lived near
the scone of tho murder, told tho po
lice sho heard Miss Peterson scream,
saw a twin stoop over her a moment,
then pick up something and run. She
gnvo a 'description of the man.
lleforo noon today forty-two per
sons, twenly-fivo of them negroes,
had been nicked up for investigation.
Tho police continued to hold John
Million, an old eccentric, man, but said
they, had about reached tho conclus
ion that ho knew nothing of tho
urimo.
It was tho third mysterious murder
of n woman in twelve mouths. In
each caso tho victim had been slugged
to death, In no east) has tho mur
derer heen caught.
OREGON, FRIDAY, EI3T3RITARY 20, 1915
LONDON, Fob. 2C Two
additions to the long list or
disaster at ea during tho
war wero known today. Tho
French destroyer Daguu
struck a mine In the Adriatic
and went down with tho prob
nolo loss of 38 lives. The
Swedish niorchnntmsa Svar
ton was damaged badly by a
mine- or torpedo In tho North
Sea but was able to reach a
Dutch port.
WHEAT PRICES .
SMASHED 5 CENTS
CHICAGO, Feb. 'JO. Excitement
over war changes nt Constantinople
that seemed to imply tho altering of
the entire world supply and demand
situation us to wheat smashed pi ices
for that cereal today to a level -l'i
cents a bushel below tho values cur
rent on Saturday last before news
came of the bciiinuiui: of n iletermiu
fit new attack on the forts at tho
Dardanelles.
May wheat at one time today
touched 1-1(1, a fall of 7'")k compared
with last night, but closed nervous at
something of a rally, with tho price
1 IU, a net loss of 1. July deliv
ery, winch was moro largely trailed
in, dropped 5 cents to I'JH1 ., and fin
ished 3 cents off for tho day.
TAKEN PRISONERS
HF.HLIX, via Amsterdam and Lon
don, Feb, 2(1. At tho war office to
day thu following statement was is
bued :
"Tho following Russian generals
wero captured in tho battle of Ma
zurian Lakes: The commanding gen
eral of tho twentieth army corps
also tho' commander of artillery and
tho eomnuinders of tho twenty-eighth
and twenty-ninth divisions of infan
try; also tho commander of thu first
brigade of infantry. Tho comman
der of the twenty-ninth died.
"rroiu tho third army corps wo
captured tho commander of tho
twenty-seventli division of infantrv.
also tho commanders of artillery and
of tho second brigade of infantry.
"From tho fifty-third reserve di
vision those captured included tho
commander and also tho communder
of the first brigade of infantry.
"From tho first Siberian division
of Cossacks wo captured ono brigade
commnmlor.
RUSSIAN
GENERALS
THEIR, WAY. TO THE, FIRING LINE TRENCHES
Pcwerful Advance In North Poland
Assumes Larger Proportions Than
Any Previous Invasion Russians
Resist With Three Lines Defenses.
I'KTItOGHAI), Feb. 'JO. Member
of the staff of the Husiun army,
conimt-ntiuj; on the recent military de
velopment in northern Poland, ae;ri'o
that from I'rznsiiysx niul Novooroil
tho Germans hope to doveo a move
ment uM)ii Warsaw. (I'rznsnysz i
the town north of Warsaw and nbotit
fifteen miles south of the east Prus
sian frontier, which Merlin declared
yesterday had been captured by Ger
man.) This movement is hoit) as
sisted in their opinion by the recom
mencement of tin energetic offensive
in the vicinity of Moghely.
Against this powerful Gorman ad
vance, which evidently has assumed
larger proportions than any previous
movement in lu-ian 1'oland, the
Kussians had three strong lines of de
fense. The first runs from Kovno
to Olita, the latter town being on the
Niemen river, thirty miles south of
Kovno. Tho second runs from Olita
to Grodno; and the third line is known
as the Uobr-Xarew line.
The Gorman ndvauec against these
defending lines is proceeding slowly
on account of tho mnrshv country and
the precautions necessary in order to
rW lu,' communications with tho
German bases.
There have been attacks in tho
ueighboihood of Stabino conducted
with great energy and daring. This
fighting has been virtually uninter
rupted and it invariably has seen
bayonet engagements, in which tho
Itussians have become skilful. There
has Ueen increased activity, appar
ently in eastern Galieia whore tho
Germans lmvo been cheeked in their
efforts to reach llalicz.
nKltMX, Feb. 20. Tho Ilundes
rath, having learned that German
fanners wero using potatoes too free
ly for fodder, has raised tho prico of
potato products. It is beliuved this
will prevent tho consumption of po
tatoes bv cattle.
FARMER DOESN'T
NKW YORK', Feb. 20. Joseph
Loiter, noted wheat operator of fif
teen yeurts ago, testified todav at the
btato iutiuiry into tho increased cost
of bread, that American 1 armors had
long been selling wheat for less than
what it cost. Tho farmer, Mr. Loiter
said, has nothing to say concerning
what prico ho shall receive for his
product. That is usually doao at tho
terminal markots, or exchange, ho
added, nnd tho Liverpool exchange ns
tho leading excluuigo of ftho world,
usually fixes tho price.
Mr. Loiter said that although ho
hnd been a heavy speculator in wheat
in 1807 and 1808, lio hud not specu
lated in grain since. Ho admitted ho
had not (orgptjen any p tho tricks .ot
Fresh Expenditure of Energy in Land
Campaign In France and Belgium
Looked For Allies Well Prepared
to Meet Foe.
LONDON. Feb. 20. The imprcs
sum is gaining ground among British
and French military coniinsntMor$
Hint Germany is preparing for a fresh
cxK'iuliture of energy in the Innd
campaign nlong the western front
Notwithstanding the recent successes
of the Germans in tho east thev arc
apparently encountering as stubborn
resistance ns at nnv time. The re
siliency nnd reciiK'rating powers of
the Hussian a nines according to theo
ries advanced here, have convinced
tho Gorman general staff Hint it is
best to adopt the defensive in tho
Russian campaign, while delivering
another blow in the west.
If this rush comes, the allies will he
well prepared to meet it. During the
last few months n decided clmngo
for the better hns taken place in tho
forces of the allies, what with rein
forcements, biggen guns nnd more
complete equipment, lack of which
was felt keenly during tho early
stages of tho wnr.
Tho Turks aro again appearing in
tho war news by virtue of renewed
fighting in tho Caucasus. Meantime
tho allied fleet has nt Inst demol
ished tho forts at tho entrance to
the Dardanelles, in what is believed
to bo preliminary to n determined
attack to force the historic strait.
INJURED AT FALKLAND
BERLIN, Feb. 20. Tho Cologne
Gazetto has published a letter receiv
ed in Germany from Montovideu,
Uruguay, in which it is declared that
seven British cruisors tire lying at the
Falkland islands, in tho southern At
lantic, severely damaged, '
FIX ANY PRICES
tho trade," and said ho had been in
terestcd in grain since ho was n boy,
"In 1897 I saw that wheat was
selling tit less than cost," he said. "1
realized that this could not go on.
Being young nnd not knowing as
much ns I do now, I thought I'd make
money by storing and holding tho
commodity until I could sell nt a
profitable price.
"Bat my plans did not work. I
lost money on it, and tho only ones
to mako money wero tho fanners."
Tho production of wheat in this
country ia gradually being reduced,
Mr. Leitor testified. Tho average
farmer twenty yeurs ago devoted U00
acres to wheat growing, whilo today
he devotes only 100 ncrcs.
SEVENIBRITISH CRUISERS
NO. 290
THREE WARSHIPS"
Key to Constantinople Taken by Al
lied Fleet When Guardian FwtrM
es Are Demolished, States LjMHkm
Official Dispatches Parte Claims
Three Vessels Damaged.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Fob. 2C
Tbrco warships of the allies 'were
damaged In Hie bombardment of the
Dardanelles fort February' 23, ac
cording to an announcement glvea
out today at the headquarters of the
Turkish army hero.
Here Is tho text or the announce anneunce
ment: "Ton big armored vessels on Febr
uary 25 again bombarded tho Turk
ish forts at tho Dardanelles for a per
iod of soven nnd a half hours... At
the conclusion ofTIils operation they
retired in tho direction of the Island
of Tcncdos.
"One ship of the Agamcramon type
and two other armored vessels were
damaged 'by the Hro from the forts
on tho Alastic sido of the straits.'
Claim Fort Ilcduccd
It was announced from Londoa
last night that all the forts at the en
trance of the Dardanelles had beea
reduced by tho fleets ot Great Brit
ain and France, a naval force which
has been estimated at more than 30
vessels.
Tho English announcement nade
no mention of losses either to ves
sels or In men. It described tha
operations as successful and Mid
they were continuing.
Tho Dardanelles are the key to
Constantinople and the effort to
force them has -been 'going on since
the middle ot December. In posses
sion of this water way, which Is a
strait about 45 miles wide and from
one to three miles botwecn the Sea
ot Marmora and tho Medlteranean,
tho warships of the allies would not
consider any serious difficulty in
making their way to Constantinople
and training their great guns on tho
Turkish capital.
Only Defense Gone
Turkey always has relied on tho
strength of tho Dardaneles fortifica
tions for protection from attack by
sea; their defenses In the oea or
Marmora and around Constantinople
havo been described as relatively un
kept. It has been declared that Constan
tinople In possession of tho allies a
vast amount ot Russian wheat would
cotno out from tho Dlack 8ca and bo
distributed to ports in Franco and!
England. Tho posBosslon of Con
stantinople also would havo the ef
fect ot driving Turkish naval power
and former German cruisors Gooben
and Oreslau into the Dlack Sea,
where they would bo without any
port ot refuge.
Aeroplanes Helped Attack
While tho effortB to force tho Dar
danelles havo boon going on for over
CO days, the immedlato operation,
which, according to the British offi
cial announcement, has resulted suc
cessful, began about a week ago.
Aeroplanes are said to have rendered
material assistance.
Tho Dardanelles wore forced In
1S07 by an English admiral who
made his way through the Sea ot
Marmora to Constantinople, out en
countorod much more difficulty ia
getting back through tho narrow wat
erway than he had in going In.
Tho Agamommon typo ot British
battleship is ot 10,500 tons displace
ment and 435 feet long, with a mala
battery ot four 12-Inch guns.
ITALIANS RIOT OVER
NEUTRALITY PROBLEM
GENOA, Feb. 20. Ono person wa
killed and many were wounded durJHjf
riots nt Yentimigliu, which mulled
from a demonstration in favor ot, tha
maintennuce of neutrality by Italy..
A counter demonstration by perseav
desiring tho intervention of Italy m
tho wnr led to a serious fight.
Police and carbineers interfered,
but were unable to rtftere erdar fr
some time. During the figtiUti v. ,,
oral of the police and a Major 4, Mm
STICK FORCING
TURKISH FORTS
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