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SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
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MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, FIUBRUAIiY 27, 1915
NO. 291
ALLIED REETS
"MOVIE'' ACTRESS WINS $40,000 FROM RICH LOS ANGELES MAN
TEUTON DRIVE
4.
SYSTEM ASKED
6ASHIER FAKE
DANS CHECK
RECEIVER FOR
WESTERN PACIFIC
INDICTMENTS!
MILLION DOLLAR
RESTAU LEADING
IN GRAND PRIX
AT EXPOSITION
HHk
AL4MILESIN
DARDANELLES
UPON WARSAW
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Forty Warships Pciiclrato Straits,
Dcslroylnii Fort Inlcpo and Bom
jnrdlii Fort Danlnnos Sultan of
Turkey Reported Prcparlnu to
Lravc Constniitlucilc Train Walts
ATHENS, Kill), 27.--.Mi allied fleet
iiKKri'KMliiK 10 wnrlilpn todny pone
tinted tliu Uiirilunidlisi straits iik fur
nit llnrtnrl nnd within riingo of Fort
lnti!iu (ill tliu AHlnlla Hlilit, ncrordlng
to rulliitilu Infuriiiiitloii reaching hero
toilny,
Fort Intopo destroyed. Vnr
Iiiiih 'I'lirlilnh rneainpiiieiits nl no werti
bombarded, Tliu ships ii ii now with.
In ntiiKo of I'orl Dnrtliiuo. A
Fieiuii titintlroii In cruising under
llin forts at Hid entrance to tho
MrnllH, which nru now tintlruly ills
llllllltll'll.
PARIS, Fob. 27 Thu Athens cor
rmipiindeut of tliu .Matin Iiiih forward,
oil tliu follewing:
"After tho complete destruction of
t ho forts at Hid entrance to tlm Dar
dnuollo, tlm ntllnil floot penetrated
Hid HtrallM niul shelled tlm Intiirlor
forlH. It proceeded ilown tho Dnnln.
ihiIIuh 1 1 in 1 1 nit from tho entrance."
PARIS, Puli. 27. Tho "Mnllii"
prints today a dlHpntch from Its Cor
respondent III Atlll'IIK. Wild ICpI'lltK
tho rtory published ttowirul times re--nlly
Hint l hu Kiillan or Turkey lit
preparliiK to Itmvti Constantinople and
to this vnil Impurlal trains aro kept
with n tea in up In tho railroad sta
Hon. Tho Inhithltnnta of (hu Prlnkl
po Islands In tho Hon Mnrmon, not
far from Conittnnttnoplu hnto been
Iniitructml to hold themselves In read
iness to lenvu,
LONDON, Kuh. 27. Tho nilmlral.
ty announced tonight Hint ilurliiK tho
bombardment of tho Dardanelles for
tlflt'iillonit tliu battleship Akciiioiiiiioh
hail been struck and Hint threo men
were killed. Tliu announcement ituyn
further that tho Dardanelles opera
tions uro mill prococtlliiK.
Tho admiralty announcement n)s
that IiiiiiIIiik pnrtlun wont milium from
tliu alllt'd fleet. With their assist
ance three of tho four fortit at tliu
entrance to tho Dardanelles worn
completely demolished and tliu fourth
wiih Imtlly ilnmnKotl,
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OF SENATE FOR
WASHINGTON, Koh, 27. Pri'Hl
tltmt Wilson Iiiih practically decided
not to call apodal session of tlu sen
ato to coiiHliltir Hit) C'oloiiihliiu Nlcar
iiiikuiiii treaties. At tho Whlto llotiso
toilny It wiih tlicro was llttlo prospect
of ii Hpoclal session IiuIuk culled.
Tliu opposition of somo rt)iuhllcan
senators makCH it improluihlu Hint
any action on tho treat Ion can ho
taken during tliu present session, Tliu
proHldunt expects, howovur, that at
least koiiio of his iiomliieeH for tho
federal trmlo coiiiiiiIhsIou will hu con
flrtuoit hoforo March -I, Any not
confirmed nro expected to got recess
iippolutiiiontH.
FERN'S RESIGNATION
HAI.H.M, Oro., Poll. 27. Miss Pern
HohliH, tliu woman who broke tho
deadlock between tho Oregon house
and senate nt Its recent session hy
offering to leslgu as n mourner of Jho
statu accident Industrial csr.tnusulon,
will retire from office on May 21, her
resignation being accepted today by
Governor .lames Wlthycomho.
Dilution An engineer haa arrived
and work will soon bo begun on tho
now potty.
XTRA SESS ON
FOREIGN
TREATIES
Efforts of Germans anil Austrlans to
Crumple Doth Ends of Lonu Slav
Front Countered Fresh Forces
Appear in Poland and Begin At
tacksGermans Forced Back.
LONDON. Pub. 27. Tlm efforts of
Hid German and 'Austrian nrmlos to
crumple hotli ends of the long Rus
sian front nro reported today to have
been checked. Pctroftritd states Hint
tliu (Icruinu drive nt Wnrsaw from
tlm north hns boon countered, Tho
official report from llerlln snyri that
now ItiiKAlnn forces have appeared In
northern Poland and boKiiu nttnckH.
In Eastern Gallcln nt the other end
of tho front, tho Russian nru re
ported to hnvo recaptured Ktnnlslnti,
German neioplnnos uinilti n rntd on
poHlllons of the allies near Nlctipurt
niul a Pruned ncrounul dropped
hoiiilm on Mel.
At Hid Diirdiiiiclle
A fleet of British nnd Prench wnr
utiljtH routlntics to hammer nwny to
ilny nt tliu door of tlm Dnnlencllcs,
tho straits which clone Ituimla's rich
Itrninory; ami tlm very real nccos
olty of releaMtiK the Iiiikh Hiipply of
whent on the shores of tho lllnck Sea
enures tho Konornl belief Hint the
present nttnek on the Dardenelles
forts Is n serious uiidnrtnklnK niul not
merely a itcmomttriiHon.
Official nunoiiiicementa declare
Hint nfter tlm reduction of the four
outer Dnrdenelles fortu, mine sweep
ers went to work within tliu straits
under the protection of tliu cutis of
the fleet, while unofficial dlnpntche
from Athens nnd Home assort that
nt leant one Prench wnrshlp nctunlly
has penetrated tho nnsinRc.
Cermany remnlns silent rrgnrdlnK
her slinro In tho nillltnry operations,
'both In tho oust and In tho west,
whllti Atmlrln-llunKnry declares t lint
Austrian and (ionium forces nro hold
Iiik their own In tho Carpathians nnd
In Knslern (lallcln,
Pol-nil Hack 'M Miles
PetroKratl, less reticent nnnniiuces
a repulsu of tlermnn attacks In North
Poland with heavy losses. As n re
sult or tho desperate fighting of tho
Inst few tlnyH the Itusslnu general
Mnff claims to have forced hnck the
Hermnus along u front of 25 miles In
Hid Prziisnysr. region,
Tlm Impression Is growing In Kng
land Hint tho German advance In Past
Prussia Is tint) ninliily to political and
economic motives and Hint conse
quently It Is without great strategic
effect on tho eastern campaign as n
whole,
hi tho west the Prench contlntio
to claim ndvances In tho Chaiiipnguu
district with quiet prevailing along
(hu rest of Hid line.
EAI POTATOES
AND LESS BREAD
WASHINGTON, Poll. 27. "If
wheat remnliiH nt Its present high fig
ure or continues to rise in prlco and
If there Is n corresponding Incrcnso
In tho prlco of bread, scientists lu tho
department of agriculture suggested
that tho ordinary household will
find dlt advantageous to eat nioro po
tntooH niul loss bread," buys n stnto
luent Issued today nt tho department.
"With potatoes nt GOo a bushel, 10
cents worth, or 10 pounds, will glvo
tho consumer n llttlo more actual
nqurlshmont than two ouo-pound
loaves of bread at five rents each.
If prices change sufficiently to innko
It doflliablo from a financial point of
vlow, thoro Is no scientific reason why
potatoes should not bo substituted to
u groat extent for broad."
FOOD SUPPLY IN
MEXICO CITY BETTER
WASHINGTON. Pel). 27.- Gouoral
CniTiiiun'a agency announced today
receipt of n report from Vorn Cruz,1
saying "tho fond Bltuntlon in Mexico
City is better nnd food supplies aro
being rccelvod from various sourcoa
nnd distributed, among tho poor.
Default on Interest on Bonds to lie
Followed hy Proceeding of- a
Friendly Nature Readjust Rela
tions With Rio Grande Which Owns
Controlling Interest.
NIJW YORK. Pel). 27. Appllcn
Hon for n revolver for tho Western
Pacific railway will bo made nfter
the railway will hnvo dofnulted tho
Interest on Its first tuorlgngo duo
March 1 nccordlng to announcement
mnile todny after a meeting of the
board of directors of the Dunvor Hlu
Grande company which controls the
Western Pacific. Thu proceedings, It
Is said, will bo of u friendly nature.
This method, It was said, tins been
decided Upon nu thu best courre to
pursue In ndjtintlng tho company's
fluuuclnl difficulties nnd Its relations
with tlm Denver nnditlo Grande.
Hankers representing tccurlty
holders of the two properties were to
meet this afternoon to discuss thu
tltuntlon. It was said that after thu
meeting a statement would bo issued
In their behalf.
In Gould I, hie
Tho Western Paclflc'rallwuy was
Incorporated by thu Gould Interests
In lUon. Its main object being to glvo
thu Gould system of railroads, then
nt Its height, mi outlet to tho Pacific
const.
Tho lino was lo extend from Snn
Prnnclsco to Halt Lnko City, moro
than '.100 miles, with n number of
small branch lines In California. Con
nection was formed with thu Denver
mid Itlo Grande, which controlled
tho company through stock owner
ship, nt Salt Lake City. The West
ern Pacific was turned over to tho
operating department of tho Denver
and Itlo Grande in July, 1911.
Tho following year arrangements
wcro made with tho Denver and lllo
Grande nnd banking Identified with
the latter proicrty to placo at tho dls
ponnl of tho Western Pacific thu pro
ceeds or 12,500,000 Denver and Hlo
Grauilo now Issiio of seven per cent
adjustment bonds. This money was
used to improve tho Western Pacific's
main lino at and around Sacramento,
Cal.
No Surprlso Citwtlisl
Western Pacific's capital stock
amounts to $75,000,000 ot which tho
Denver nnd Itlo Graudu railroad owns
$50,000,000. Its bonded debt in
cludes $50,000,000 first mortgage
five per cent gold bonilB anil $25,000,-
000 of second mortgage sinking fund
five per cout gold bonds.
Tho fnto of tho Western Pacific
road oxclted no surprise In financial
circles where Its precarious condi
tion was a matter of general knowl
edge. F
AGAINST PROPOSALS
I'AUIS, Peb. 27. Tho Pronch
press is unanimous lu declaring that
Great Hrltaln cannot accept tho In
formal proposals, said to havo been
mailo by tho United States that tho
embargo on foodstuffs for Germany
bo ralBotl provided Germany aband
ons Iter Intention ot destroying mer
chant ships. Tho papora, howovor,
express appreciation ot tho spirit in
which tho proposals vvero mndo.
Tho Mntln declares such a stop
would bo carrying altruism altogeth
er too far becauso "ovory loaf which
n civilian was ablo to spare would
ba'n loaf tho moro for a soldier; In
othoV words tho allies aro naked to
continue tho wnr and saciiflco tho
lives ot their soldlors In order to
save derm a n civilians from want."
DAILY AVERAGE AT
SAN FltANCISCO, lVli. 27. -The
official figures for tliu attendance at
the Pmmuiu l'aoifiu international ex
position for thu first week were given
out today by tho department of ml-
missions lis (110,000. The average
dully ntlomluuvo wns 88,128.
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I.OS ANOKLKS, Cnlif., Feb. 27.
After n two wceJot' legal lint le, in
which her entire life was laid before
the critical gaze of n jurv anil tliu
public, Maude Annlicld, a moving
pieturu iieties-, cntaliliflieil the par
entage of her haby when a court tle
eiion awarded her .$40,(100 diimnges
iiguitiKt Itrynnt Howard, scion of u
wealthy family of Snn Diego. Slio
sued him ftr ..")(IO,t)00. .MiH Ann
fielil claimeil hIiu was married to
Howard in Sail I)io;;o when she ivn
l.'t audi allowed the marriage to he
annulled when, an t-Iic alleged, slio
found he hail not been legally di
vorced from Jim fiM wife. She
linncd her suit on Hie alleged promise
of Howard to marry her again when
properly relenscd liv Inn.
SALES $1,438,743
WASHINGTON, Peb. 27. .lames
Spoycr. head of tho Now York bank
ing house of Sneyor, mailo a volun
tary Biuienieni oeioro mo inicnsiaio
commerce commission today of his
firm's dealings with tho Hock Island
system during thu period of its his
tory under investigation. Tho firm
novor had occupied tho position of
fiscal agent for tho railroad, ho said
but acting as n principal had bought
and resold between 1904 and 1U12
securities of tho Hock Island com
pany itself ot some $170,409,000
faco valuo. Tho total profit on
thobo transactions for his firm, Mr.
Spoycr said, was $1,438,743, or eight
tenths ot ono per cent. Kot all ot
tho firms' transactions In Hock Island
securities had resulted in profits, Mr.
Spoycr added.
At no tlmo. Mr. Speyer said, had
his firm handled any securties of tho
Hock Island holding companies or
ganized by tho Leeds Held group.
Mr. Speyer volunteered his state
ment after Chief Counsol Polk for
tho commission had closed tho com
mission's direct caso with tho testi
mony of Ogden Mills, a director of
tho Hock Island company and ot the
New Jorsoy holding company. Mr.
Mills said ho had no porsonal knowl
edge ot tho various payments in
stock or bonds in addition to salary,
mndo to various officers ot tho Hock
island syatom.
Testimony for tho railroad fol
lowed. Henry U. Mudgo, president
of tho Hock Island, discussed tho phy
sical condition of tho system, dis
agreeing with representatives ot poor
condition already filed lu thes hear
ing. BRITISHlElANTMAN.
DIKPPR, via Paris. Fob. 27.-It
is roportod horo that a Ilrltlsh mer
chantman has boon torpedoed In tho
Kiigllsli chnnnol off St. Vnlury-Sur-Honinio,
A French torpedo boat de
atro'or 1,ns sn out from D,0)l, t0
tho assistance pt tho Urltlsh ship,
VWi iirmMr s ri iifai
VVitT1 UV -siF r T I
NiiHK
SPEYERSfPROFITS BURGLAR SHOT
ROCK
ISLAND
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WHILE ROBBING
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SALEM, Ore., Feb. 27. Discover
ing three burglars robbing- tho gen
eral mereliiindi'-c storo of Joseph
Gooding nt St. Paul, Ore., early todny
Daniel Girdle, u citizen of that town,
opened fire with a rifle anil killed an
unidentified member of tho trio. Dup
Jnini's Ormly and Frank Undermyer,
who are liciiij; held on Mi-pieioii. The
former iiad plunder on him, it is al
leged. Girdle's attention wns attract
ed lo Ihe store by the crashing of
glas. Arming- himself with a rifle
he wnited for the robbers to come
out. Whoa they finally emerged load
ed down with plunder, '1J6 called ou
them to halt, and when, lliey broke
and ran ho fired.
A few hours previous, throo stores
were broken into nt Wilsonville, ncnt
St. Paul, by throo men, whi are be
lieved to be thu same who operated
here.
GERMAN SUPPLY
OF
IIERLIN, Pel), 27. Germany's sup
ply of alcohol Is so far below tho de
mand that tho so-called "dplrlts cen
tral' organizations which has primar
ily supplied tho army's noods, has
announced that it will bo compelled to
limit shnrply, deliveries ot brandy nnd
spirits for othor purposes, especially
fqr drinking, About 40 per cent ot
tl(q former amount will bo allowed
tho larger Industries for use In
March and slightly more to smaller
concerns. Tho supply ot denatured
alcohol for fuol lights also must be
curtailed.
An effort will bo tnade'to save for
human consumption a largo portion
of supply of plants and now In distil
leries and to induco dlstillcrlos to un
dertake tho production of crude
sugar,
Sulom Act ot logl8laturo Insuros
' $230,000 bridge
COUNTRY
ALCOHOL
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Federal Grand Jury Accuses Frank
Mcnefee and Other Promoters of
United States Cashier Company
Swindle Sold Capital Stock In
Pretended Patents.
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 27. A
million dollar swindle Is cbnrgcd
against officers and salesmen of tho
now defunct United States Cashier
company of this city, in an indict
ment returned ngainst them by the
fedcrnl grand jury here toduy. The
indictment cburges conspiracy nnd
misuse of the mails on the part of
Frank Mcnefee, F, M. Lemonn, O. E.
Oerncrt, IJ. F. Donncwell, II. M.
Todd, Joseph Hunter, O. L. Hopson,
P. E. Murainc, O-car A. Campbell,
and Thomas liillycu.
It is alleged that the concern,
which was incorporated at .$1,2."0,
000 sold nil its capital stock, bring
ing into its treasury moro than $1,
000,000 in money nnd projierty on
the false representation that the com
pany owned the patents to five
change-making machines which it
proposed to manufacture. Tho com
pany was organized September 3,
1010, for the purpose of making mod
els as n basis for selling stock. It
continued its business until January
111, 1014, when it sold out to nn In
diana concern.
During the time the company wns
in operation, it is alleged, the defend
ants sold more than $1,000,000 worth
of stock lo some 4000 shareholders
scattered over Oregon, Wnbhington,
California, Idaho, Montana, Wyom
ing, Utah, Texas, North Dakota, Illi
nois, Michigan, ami Colorado. The
indictment asserts that during the
life of the concern it wns insolvent,
and that in the published statements
of its financial condition liabilities
to the extent of .d00,000 wcro entire
ly omitted.
The company wns burred from Ore
gon by Corporation Commissioner
Watson for violation of the lllue Sky
law. Tho models upon which they
sold stock, were a clever combina
tion of the National Cash Register
and IJurrotiglis Adding Machine pat-
cuts.
IJKHLIN, Feb. 27. Messages
reaching hero from Vienna say tho
Austrian war office has given out a
report explaining that an oxtremoly
valuablo partial success has been
achieved near Stanislau and that It
will soon result In a favorablo gen
eral move.
Tho number of Russian prisoners
falling luto Austrian hands Is In
creasing dally, theso dispatches de
clare. The Russians havo abandoned
their attempt to forco tho Dukla Pass
and thoy remain entrenched. Their
attacks havo been bravely carried out
and they havo tested tho steadfast
ness ot tho Austro Hungarian troops
to tho utmost.
Tho possession ot Stanislau Is Im
portant for tho Russians becauso of
tho railroad lines running from there
Into tho Carpathians and for tho rea
son that It would prevent, according
to tho view hold In Vlonna, the on
circling ot the Russian left wing.
BERLIN, Fob. 27. Explanatory
details havo been Issued regarding
tho Bundesrnth's prohibition ot the
publication ot tho prices ot securties
or vnrlations in them. Tho order
was designed It Is explained, to check
unwholesomo speculation nnd was not
duo In any senso to unsatisfactory
market prices which aro said to com
pare very favorably with those of
foreign paper. Foreign securties
quotations may sUU be printed. J
STANILAU
AGAIN
AUSTRIAN HANDS
At 2:30 O'clock, With Half of 460
Miles Behind Him, Peuot Car
Leads Thirty Starters In $I8M
Race Average Time 57 MWes An
Hour 01 field Has Engine TrmiMs
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27. At
2:30 o'clock with one holf or tho 400
miles behind him, D. Restnu, ilnvin
n Peugot, led a field of thirty starters
in the Ornnd Prix automobile ruco for
$8000 in money prizes nt the Panama
Pacific exposition today. Ills aver
age time was 57 miles nn hour.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27. Thir
ty drivers tuned up their cars today
for the Ctli Grand Prix automobile
race scheduled to stnrt at 10:30 n.
m. on the Panama Pacific Exposition
four mile course. Tho cars were
to bo stnrtcd three nbrenst nt inter
vals of 15 seconds. Eddie Ptillcn,
Barney Oltlficld, Ralph DcPalma,
Enrl Cooper nnd Caleb Brngg were
among the speed stars entered for
the 402 milo grind which it was ex
pected would require fivo hours to
finish.
Governor Johnson, honornry ref
eree of the meet, nnd Mayor RolpU
were among tho first arrivals at tho
track.
The official distance was announc
ed as 400.28oG miles, requiring 10 i
laps to complete it.
At 10:30 tho starting signal was
given by Stnrter Fred Wagner.
At noon a sharp shower which
promised to continue indefinitely,
threatened to bring the race to a
close.
Tho cars, which hadbcn main
taining an average speed of 65 railes
nn hour, began to slow down percep
tibly. Old field's car went wrong after bo
Imd several delays.
MALPRACTICE SUIT ' '
IN CIRCUIT COURT
iiie suit ot misscii Wheeler, a
13 year old boy, through his guardian
for $10,000 damages against Dr. R.
W. Clancy of this city, for nllcged
malpractice in tho scttting of a brok
en leg is being heard in tho circuit
court today. It is not expected that
tho evidence will bo completed before
Monday noon.
Thtf suit is based upon tho allega
tion that the leg of thu boy, when set
after breaking, was improner, neces
sitating a second breaking of tho limb,
nnda consequent resetting, to save
permanent crippling. Tho limb was
first broken while playing over two
years ago.
Tho pluiutiff is represented by E.
D. llriggs of Ashland and Newton
Borden of this city, nnd tho defend
ant by Attornoy McCormack. Muny
Medford doctors wero called this
morning as expert witnesses on tech
nical points.
ES
SPOILS SYSTEM IL
SALEM, Oro., Feb, 27. Governor
Wtthycombo has approved senate bill
No. 312, Introduced by Senator Mot
or, which has boon wldoly denounced
as paving tho way for a return to the
spoils system In Oregon by providing
that tho terms of all lfflclals ap
pointed by tho governor shall be In
definite, and that all such appointee
shall bo subject to summary removal
by tho governor at any time, Th
governor gave out a lengthy state
ment, In which he declares that a
emergency actually exists, owing ta
tho necessity of creating and mala
tulnlng efficiency In the various state
departments and that there is a Jus
tification for putting the law- late ef
fect without watting to give the peo
plo a chance to approve or dteapprora ,
through the referendum. He as
sorted that the refereaduM ahoaM
Dot be abused as an 'aswai for 'erf-i.
pllng a competent MMteletffttfe
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