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"nidfm H1ff1fM 207 SeRml Hrf Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Showers tonight and Hmwhty Max. r.H) Mhl. .;,1 Pro. .0. XV r .'1 rorty-fourlh Yr. Ti.llv Nltilli Your TRYING! Attempt by Germans to Retake Ncuve Chnpcllc Falls Seine Operations In Poland Small Damanc From Domliarilmcnt in Dardanelles FFiijIitlnn In Cliampaunr. I 'AIMS, March i:i. Tli advance ir Iho UiiliHli (mop in' lint vicinity ii" Neuvii Chnpello Ik oHllmiited lit nliniit lour miles, in it ili-puleh leach ing bote lotliiy finm llelhuno. Tim (ll'IIIIIIIIH II ro declined to have Imtii I'oiocd buck beyond Hit' foienl. This iiilvm op tin' llrllilili include Ihoir MlllllllH rOIUIIIll HIOVOIIIOIiIh Milll'l' tilt beginning of their in livitiio at tin point. LONDON. .Mnroti i.'t.-Tho llrllluli nriny, to which lum boon modaiicd the Innlt of lending tlm puniiit iitlnrk on llin weirtorn bnttln front, In xllll nt ti'iiiillni; pnnli forvvmd, ittul thus fur C!riiinti rrorli to ililvo It Imik np puri'iitly Iiiivii fulled today's offlclnl ri'port from Merlin snys Hint nn ef fort to recnpluro Noiivo Chnppitlle uiiido progress fur n I lino, but vns nlinniloni'il when t ho (lermnns on countered superior forces of British. Tlio rorrspondeiil of n Paris' news piinr telegraphs t In t tin British nr llllery flrt wns no nrciirnlo Hint tho (lornmnsjjnoveil their headquarters from liK 4 SpnH"ifJpnJ:litlnit wan In progress ycMi'rdilrjH,Cknmpngno nml the Vos Kin lmi"fi?mriMitly tho French army In leaving tho Initiative to Iho Brit lull nn no engagements vor In pro gross except In llin vicinity of Nouvo Chiippcllo. llnrOitni'lli'rt Attack Tho German war offlo stnlwi Hint thi) now nttnek In I'olniul hn thus fur linen successful nml Hint tho Huh hlftim Imvo boon compelled to fall bnck beyond fht llolir rlvor. An announcement from tint Trench ministry of Murine Male tlint the hoinliiirilinciit of the Dardanelles wan rontliiucil yesterday, hut leaves In ilouht tho nmniint of damage on Hit Tin It lull fortlflrntlonx. Tho stnto menl lofors to nn nttnclc on batter Ich commanding tho liny of Mnrto, nt tho cntrnncu to tho Dardanelles, nml to initio nwcopliiK operations In tho flrsl lnlno flchl. Previous offl rlnl roportH gave the Impression thnt tho forts nt tho outrnnco of tho straits hint henn badly dnmnged If not de stroyed, Hint tho do'eimo works nt tho narrowest pnrt of tho pnssngo wero iimlor nttnek nml Hint oncthlrd of tho straits hnil hcon cleared of inlnoH. 1'olMi ('iuiinlgii Tho (Icrinnn mnvomcut In northern Poland In developing rapidly, strain I hi: tho resources of tho Russians to prevent ii furthor nilvnncn nml tho piercing of their fortified lino. Tho Kusslnn war offlro roportH thnt tho Gorman mlvnnco on PrznNiiysz paid hy llorlln ycBtorilny to hnvo heen pushed within !2',i miles of tho city, hnil liiion chocked. Tho Gormnns are liilnglug up now forccH and attempt ing flnnklng inovoiiicntM. Tho TurklHh nrniloH In TuiklBh Arinonln hnvo Buffered further do fentH. In CnucuHlii tho ItiiKxIniiB cap. Hired nn entire TurklHh battery nml In I'erBln tho TurkH wero nilit com pulled to full hack, VILLA PROMISES FULL REPARATION Kfi lWSO, Tex., March J!l. Ooh crul Frnuelhco Vllln, upon roeotvitic iiifoiinulinii ifiinlinj,' tlm hilling hy ,iiiiilii solilicirt of the Aineiiciui, John II. McMumi, telcKinplicil In the AHoi'!utci1 Pivhh htutcmciil iccoiv eil liero loilny mh follews: "Since wo liuve no cniuimtuicntioii with the enpitnl o tho vcpulilio we Imvo no kiiowhMfjo of its oceupnliou hy tint forces of Zapata, nor have we li'nowh'ilpi of tho luippciiiiirt in that place. Hut we will hceuie infonua tion ami if any iliHonlern liavo been ooiumittcil, hocicly may hnvo com plete conllilcuco Hint thoo to hiamu will ho pnnirtliod by application of the penally tboy doMio." Thin wiih Iclcuraiilu'd umlcr dale of yesterday from Monterey, BRITISH TO ADVANCE ON BE AN N COUNT WITTE E First Prime Minister of Czar Passes Away From Influenza Regarded ns Most Remarkable Man In Em pire Developed Maniifactiirlnu Enterprises, LONDON, March IX- Conn! Scr pint, .liilovleli Willi', llu'K.ia'rt fir! piimo inini-dcr, dicil hit uiht of in rlucnya, unyj n I'cIiukiiuI ili.piilcb to Iteuler'N Telegram cninpany. Count Wide, who wiih hum linio Jll, IK !!, al Tiriii, wiim oim or the liUHhiau plciiipolcntiaiies al I'iiiIh moalli, N. II., in Iho ueyo iatioiit for punce with .Inpau in IHO.".. lie itftei wnnl wim uiiiih' a count ami appoint ed picident of the new iniiiitry, hut icliicil'in IDiiil, nml belli no impor tant pot utter that time. Count Wide wan taken niclc a week ap. .Moot ltctimil.iiMo Man Count W'ilte wan icpiinlcil an, in minie ii'pei'i, one of I lie niot re- niarkahle men hi-i country Iiiik pro duced, hul hi reputation wiih uvea Krcatcr abroad than, nt home. Throughout lu career, during which ho iieeoiiiplislieil much for llu-Via, he had many ami powoiful encmici, nl tliuiili'hh ureal abililv amV remark able cimneit'y for wotk never were iUeilii(iil. HeunrdlcH of hi work iix n ftflteimnu, his chief fame in HiiHtdn WytM iijwMi hi development of mnuufnctiiriuK iudiitiieH, tho ex pansion of railroads and the plneint; of the monetary Ntem tipuii a -old baii. . , i .. ' .MthoiiKh ahvnyt n fltia Mippoiter of the uiouarehy, he rerogiiixeit the power of the H'ople mid bad demo enitie Ipiideaeiiw. f)n lib fnthor't ide hi familv wan of common or igin, hul lib mother was it descend ant of Iho liuriU, Hie old ruler of ltuin bcfoie the election -of the Ito inanoff (lynaxly. IMatitlolnil Cold Stiuiilanl In hi efforts to develop rmlusttioK Witto need every Miwer of the nlnte. lie unvc Hiihventious nml Kovcrumrut onlern until fnctoric and mills were ruiiuinir full hlnt. Then ho had Die state lake over the piiwttc railroads, the state treasury ptininutcciuK the bonds. To do all this, he borrowed hnmeiiM' Minis in Krance. Cmler the plea of rojfu'ulin;; tho liipior traffic lie Inul the slate take over Iho vodka business of Iho empire, thus vastly increasing Iho cnvcraineiit revenues. His clou iiiu j; achievement was re garded, however, as the ostablKlunent of the gold standard. Ah minister of finance in IR'.Kl he i cached the height of his power. His policy in regard to Munehuriii, which he desired to develop only from a commercial nml not from a political viewpoint, i emitt ed in powerful intiigues against him, which resulted in his icmoval in l!0:i iir minister of finance. Iteslgus Ills Offlro The nuinher of enemies of (he pre mier steadily increased anil the do- uuiml for his removal gained strength UissipMsfjcil with his treatment nt the hands of the emperor and feeling that it wiih beyond his power to restore tranquility, Conn! Witto tendered his resignation as premier on December 7, 11)0."), but it was not accepted nnd ho was ordered to retain his office until ho was relieved. Official an nouncement that his resignation had been accepted was mado, however, on Mav X IDOll, ami his retirement from public life became complete. In his farewell rescript to ('omit vYitlo, Km pcror Nicholas thanked him cordially for his services to tho empire. or DISASTER TO PES IMJItLlN, March 13, (hy vvlrolens). Th,o OvorBtuia Nows Agency today Kavo nut tho follewing: "A Nothorlnnila iiowb nconey with hondrjunrteiB nt Tho IIivbuo 1ms re colvotl a dlBpnteh from Athena sny Ing that In tho fighting In tho Darda nolloa HtrnltH two British torpedo hont ileHtroyorB nnd two mine, bwoop orB Imvo been destroyed whllo two bit; battluBlilpa Imvo been dlsublod." WHOD 0 D 0 A A BEDFORD, Smyrna, Biblical City, Under BombardmentWWi WUMf Fill .flHI ' 1 b wlSt rtf' -x "' ' rjyy .-" - t . HfffillFiSif i" 'if -B ongtirmxn . wottcroop , ' , f , " , )lliil'si:o View of Soi) ma, IVinMpiil Seiijxnl In .slu Minor nml, Willi the lAccpllon or Constantinople, llollcvcil the UVnlllilest Toini In Tin key. She l'liologrnii ;ic. n View or llin City ami tw Hailstr IU-joihI I 'nun the llclglils In l(.ick of It. Il Is Here in tho City Mentioned Many Times in tlio illlilo unit .Mmlo I'muoiiw by. lis Kugs, nml Where the I.Ives of Cliristlmm Are Constantly Kndangeivil, Tluit Hie llritlsh i'-Jist Inillnii I'lti't lias Itetliiceil Many of Hie I'orls. GARDEN ASSERTS EASIER WILL SEE PARIS, March 1.1. -Vice-Admiral Cardcn, comiaamliag the tlritih licet operating ngainst the Dardanelles, has e.xpiusscd the opinion that the al lies will he able to hammer their way through the stiaits before Kaer, ac cording to an Allien dipatch to the .Journal. PARIS. .March IX Tho bombard ment of the Dardanelles was resinned yesterday (I'riday) moining by Kiencli and llritish battleships, says tv dispatch to the Matin from Athens. Seventy small liiine-sweepors are re ported to bo continuing their efforts to clear the mine fields under the di reclion of officers representing the llritish and French navies. "The allied fleets," suy the Matin, "still have eight or ten forts and a certain number of coast batteries to reduce, hut it is the general opinion they will enter the Sea of Marmora within a foi (night if the hind forces co-operating with them aUo can con tinue Ihcir advance." CAPTURE OF PORTE GOVERNMENT HEARS STORY OE WASHINGTON, March IX-The full story of how tho American sail ing vessel William P. r'ryo was sunk in iho South Atlantic with her cargo of wheat hy tho Gouuan cominerco raider Prinz Kitel l-'ridrich, was of ficially laid before the American gov ernment hy tho Pryo's commander, Captain II. II. Kichne. Upon Captain Kiehno's formal statement, mado before state depart ment officials, tho United States will decide upon its course, which prob ably will bo a demand for an expres sion of regret from Germany and payment for tho loss of (ho ship ami oargo. Captain Kiehno wur questioned nt length. Tho American captain said ho submitted willingly to xoureh and assured (ho Oermau ho had no cargo but wheat. Tho German officer ex OmOOON, NATrKDAY, I r '?'' ' ' M. 1 H VICTORY FILLS PARIS, March IX "Tho bom bnnhuciit with which the Itriti-li pre coded their attack on Xeuvo Chapclle and Aubers was particularly effect ive," telegraphs the Matin's corre spondent at Armenticres. "Their work was so good around Lille that tho German headquarters was moved from that city to Tournai, foreshad owing u general withdrawal of troops. "The Ocruiaus hot very heavily in the fighting, for the Hriti-li and Can adians fought with magnificent brav ery. Their success overwhelmed them with joy. All the soldiers coming back from tlm front are beaming with pleasure and singing cheerily. "One thouand Gorman prisoners wero taken. Several hundred of lhe.se, including somo officers who were captured at Movvillo, wero lodg ed temporarily on canal barges on the Lys. Tho German officers are un bending and are trying hard to main- Main their confident attitude. amined tho ship's papers carefully and then tho cargo was ordered thrown oveiboard. While that was being done Iho Kitel went away for another prize, returning to tho r'ryo after several hours and took off tho American skippor and his crew. Tho Kitel's captain then sank tho Frye, fearing a long dolay in what ho con sidered the path of hostile cruisers, might Mihject his own ship to dan ger. Captain Kiehno said (hat ho did not know while en route to Queens town, that tho cargo of wheat had been sold, nor did tho German com mander, Tho cargo wnR chipped "to order," and tho vessel was to stop at threo llritish ports, ono of which was fort ified. While no vessels wero flunk, nor vvaa any ohas,o mado by enemy bliipa, TROOPS m CONFIDENCE MMlCll 1.1, 1910 )za&z - -. JAPANESE LAND T PKK1NG, China, March W. The Chinese government has official in formation to the effect that tho sec ond '.lnpane-o Fquadron, conveying divisions of approximately 110,000 soldiers, has sailed for China. Tho forwarding of these troops will increase tho number of Japanese sol diers in the garrisons in China to nearly 110,000. Tho new troops will bo distributed in Manchuria, Shan tung, Tientsin nml Hankow, where tho present forces at tlm Japanese garrisons number nearly 30,000. It was made known in Tokio sev eral days ago thnt now forces of troops would ho dispatched to tho Japanese, garrisons in China. The ex planation was given (lint this was merely a shifting of troops, such as is mado nt regular intervals, ami it was understood that troops now in China would ho withdrawn, on tho arrival of tho now forces SINKING OF FRYE while tho American's wero aboard tho Kitel, Captain Kiehno said the Ger man commander mado no effort for more than a month lo laud his neutral passengers in a safe poit. Undoubt edly this may ho ono of tho chief points of future representations by tho United Stales, becauso it is held that the Americans wero sub'jeeted to unnecessary risks. W, 1). Sowall of Hatho, Mo,, ono of tho owners of tho Frye, was asked if ho knew anything of tho owneishin of tho carco. and ho declared, it was said, that ho had no financial interest in Iho sale of the cargo or knowledge of to whom it would ho sold. Officials after listening to tho statement of Captain Kiehno, took tho view that tlm Auionean easo was a strong ono and that when nil tho facts wore, presented to Germany its. titutiou would bo mndo, ROOP . CH NESE GARRISONS GERMANS n E OPERATI PKTROOItAD. March 13. Tho Germans nppenr to bo Betting tho stage with much'dollbcrntlon for tho attack on Prznsnysz, tho city of north ern Poland, tho city ngainst which their now and formidable attack is directed. An nrtlllery engagement now In progress ovltlantly Is Intended to feel out tho Russian positions and clear tho arena for tho advance of tho Infantry. Tho Russian general staff is alive to thoso preparations and expresses confidence aa to tho outcome of this now pbaso of the campaign. Contemporaneously with their ar tillery attacks, tho Germans are put ting out flanking columns to tho right nnd loft. Russian forces liuvo como Into contact with tho column pro tecting tho German right wing in the Plonsk district, at tho villago of Chekanow, four miles east of Plonsk, at which plnco thero was a lively skir mish yesterday. In tho Carpathians tho Russians hnvo dislodged tho Austro-Germnn forces from tholr fortified positions at Lupkow and Smolnlk, driving back their opponents toward tho mountain pass commanding that district. In Knstorn Gallcla efforts ot the AustriaiiB to turn tho Russinn po sition In tho region of Stanlslau Imvo been defeated. CHICAGO. March 13. At tho re quest of Mrs, Mary Dnrgan nnd Miss Kllzaboth McManua ot Chicago, sis ters of John 11. McMnnus, slain in tho City ot Mexico, Congressman A. J, Sabnth sent a telegram to Secretary Bryan today requesting thnt ar rangements bo mado for tho safety ot tho family In Mexico and that tho body bo shlppod to tho United States for burial, Tho tologram also that aid ho given Mrs, MoMunua to Bafo- guurd tliq estuto. G DNS A1IPRZAN NO. 303 FOR HAW ON CHARGE OF Jury Frees Prisoner, Who Is Taken Back to Tombs Co-Defendants Discharged Motion Made to Caw mlt Him Again to Maiteawan Asy lum as an Insane Person. NEW YORK, March 13. Harry K. Thnw wan acquitted today of conspir acy In escaping from the Matteawan asylum August 17, 1013, the charge upon which ho was brought back: to Now York from Now Hampshire Itognr Thompson, Rlclinrd Butter, Kugono Duffy and Thomas Flood, who assisted him In hi spsctaculnr flight by nutomobllo from Matteawan to Canada, likewise wero acquitted, the Jury had labored all night and un til 1220 o'clock this morning. An soon aa the verdict wan announced Thaw woa given Into tho custody of Sheriff Grlffcnhagen ot Now York county. Tho four co-defendants wera discharged. A motion to have Thaw committed to Matteawan asylum as an InMne porson wa; made by Deputy Attorney General Cook Immediately after the Jury had rendered Its verdict. This motion combatted jby Thaw's counsel, who announced HwyAteasinuch as Thaw was brofghiJi3L on the con spiracy charge BB'-nBinot guilty, he should be rcturn'4Bfce state of New Hampshire as a mm man. Formal motion that ho be so re turned was then made by Thawa lawyers. Justice Page announced that he would hear arguments on this mo-' tion March 1.'. In the meantime Thaw was remanded to tho Tombs. Shortly beforo the Jury's verdict tho courtroom was thrown Into an uproar by a passage between Sheriff Grlffenhugen and John Lanyon. a de tective employed by the, attorney gen eral's office. E WIIH LEGISLATURE SANTA FK, N. M March 13. The New Mexico legislature adjourned to day after continuing In session one day beyond what tho attorney gen oral of tho state declared was the con constitutional tin day limit. Ad journment came nt 12:30 p. m. after a clash In tho senate between Lieut enant Govornor 15. C. do Baca, demo crat, nnd tho republican majority over tho right ot tho senate to turn back tho clock to show adjournment at noon. Senator Page had brought a laddor and was placing It against tho wall under the clock when tho lieu tenant governor ordered tho sergeant at arms, to Intcrforo, Page retired. Lleutonant governor declared the senate adjourned at noon, but tho republicans called President Pro Tern- poro Mlera to the chair and went ahead with Its work of passing bills ovor tho voto of Governor McDonald. IN FAR EAST TIFLIS, Tnins.Cnncni.in, Muroh IX An attempt on the pnrt of tho Tmkish army operating in Turkish Armenia to drive hack tho Itussian forco which has ndviitmceil westward along tho s,horo of tho Illaek sen from Datum, has met with defeat. The Turks assumed tho. offensive in th Hivor Tohonik distriet March 0, hnt wero thrown hack. Tho IhiKisiaiw captured nn entire battery. lioversc nlso have been sustained by tho Turkish forces In northeast ern Porsin. Tltey wero coinplledw to retreat a coimnU'rame instance M'tH districts of Khoi and DihnHR. M Dihnnii, which ia sixty, milwi north at Urumlah, the Italians cHptiirrsV. oral heavy guiw and a tmtuttiiy f CONSPIRACY N CLASHES K DEFEATED ammunition. The Turku lot hMvily , in killed and wowprfwl'Mud tk Rut sinus took many priouani, ' mmm,