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207 Second Slrrei : Aji) N. Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER I'm I r tonight mid "Wednesday Mil. 77J Mill, in. s' &.. F Koriy flflli Vcnr. Itallv 'iVnlli Yi-nr. t . GERMAN RUSH INTO FLANDERS IS AGAIN HALTED All Official Reports Show Germans on Defensive French ami British Claim Lost Ground Recovered, Ger mans Claim Attacks Repulsed Russians Renin Another Advance. MNIlON, Apiil '-'7. Tim (Ionium nixfi in I'hindci lia hulled, lit least lor tln miuiicul. Oflieiiil cntiimiini laliniiM I'miiii IIi (Iciimin, French, llnti-li mill 1 tflt in ii uitr dcpiiilincnls today IiiIhk out IIiIh point, nil 1 gh it i nut elciit' whether tin- ullic haw iiecoinpllhcil iuilhing il' impm Innee fuilher tliiin In check tin' ml - UUICC '!' 1 Ill-It opponent. Tim til Hriiit niiliiMini'i'iiH'liI fioiu llcilm hIiiiwm Hull th.' tleniiiins mi now mi llm dofcixdvc iiImiik tlii'ir new Iiii.' iinilli or Viiii'". Tin' -tiili'iiU'iit i iiimlit Hint I In' MillUh iitlnck liinl.c down "wild ctinulinniily liciivv Iiikii." Iti. Hi tlin Flench Hllil lllili-ll I'lllilil Hint Hit' lnxt Ictillory lias lii'i'ii to taken. A i1InhiIi'Ii hum r'it'M .Mar shal Sll' .lllllll FlCllell, Itlitlnll I'lllll- nimnler-in-chicf, Miiil tln Riitisli imiiiIii pi ogre in tin .ii'inity nl SI. .Itilicuc. It imiiU iim followH : Iti'luUo l.mi (Iroiiiiil "Yclcrihiy nil (Iriiiuin iitlnel.b ihhIIu'iihI nl' Ypri'H were repulsed. In tin nftcruonu uur Hoops took tin' titri'itkivn unit iimili irnnn nl St. .Iiilii'ii nml to Hie west nl Hint place. "Tim French co-operated on our left mill fui Hut to tin nort litlu'.v re tool, lie! Siin. "In the finii'Mt of yesleriluy' fight ing our uitillury tool; full udvuntngo of opportunities for inllieling severe I'lisunltle on the enemy, "(In tho tetiiniiulor of the front there is nothing to repot I. In nildi linn to the dculiuction of Cnurtmi liitiotiniii mentioned ill Hie cnuunuu iipm )nt uJHht, our uiruu'ii yestetday li.unlieil iiecefullv Millions mill junctions ut the following phi'-c: Tourcoinic, Rnulmiv, luKetiiiun-ter, Slnilcii, l.migcmnrck, Thiell mill Ron lei-." Ilclglims 'I In Ico Repulse The llclgiuu unity, once mote in Ihe midst of ii furious xt i imtili', in tc polled to have icpulscd three in- eivc utlucks of the (Icrmuus smith of Di.Miiiiile, in tho'giont luiltlu now ninler way in Flanders. A statement loiluy fioiu the llclginu military mi llionth' says thoto was activity .M's leiiluy along the whole section of the front held hy the Hclgiuns-. Atiiioiiueeiiii'iil Ik iuiiiId Hint the (own of l.iircrne, n storm center ill the huttle, has hern again tit ken fioiu the (Ioniums. A (leucwi, Snilreilnnil, dispatch Million Hint the Russians have begun niinlhcr strong offensive movement niotiiiil the heights of I'zmiI; Puih, in the Cniiiiithimi liionnt iiiiih. The Auk tro.dei iiiiiii eiiMliillie.s there ill the liixl two ihiyn, the disiiitcli mi.vm, inuiiher 10.000 moil. Melting hiiow Iiiih hliiileivd tlm RuoMimi iiilvuni'i) hetween Stry mill luliiiuoroM, II in iisMiincil Hint Imul fihtinc is in mnreM in eonneelion with the new fiKhtui of tlm iiIIich to kiiiii the Diiriliiuelh'H Mini ('iiiiKiintIni)ile. Nntliiiif; l hnowii of Ihe neupe or de liiils of thexe (iperiiliniw lieyoml Hie offidiiil lliilihh miimiiueeiuunt Hint mi ui my wiih hi'iiiK Innik'il on (lullipoli lieiiiiiHiiliir. JAP DEMANDS l'KKlNCI,! April 117.-President Yiiiiii Shi Kill mid his eiuiiieilloiH were in eonlVrenco lodny eoueernins,' the deinmidrt ireseuled to llm repuli I'm hv .lupmi. No iufnrniiitinii yet is ohliiiiiuhlu eoneernlii tlm dueisions leiiehcd hy llii'iu. Tlm leply of Iim Chinese snveru nieiit In tlm lutesl Jupmieso eoni niiiiiiuiitloii will ho nivon wilhiii u week, llm Oliiiu'-o wishiii); to e,ivo. iliipmi no exmiHu for u repetition of Ihe cliiirKO Hint they uru prpenihliu- atliijr. There nro no iudlenliniiH of Japan williilniwIiiK from her alliltulu us al- ii'iidy Hindu kninvn. YUAN CONSIDERS LIE IS PASSED BETWEENWELSH f Rockefeller Denounces T. R. Commis sioner as Liar and Latter Quotes From Correspondence to Show Oil Kliin Knew What Was Golun On In Minion Camp and Dlrrclcd Affair. CIIICAdO, Apiil 27. I'limk P. WnMi, ehiiliuuiii of lh. t'nited tSulex eouiiuiHHinu nil iiiilitxliiiil lehitioiiN, leluiuiiiK to Clni'iiyii Inilii y fmin KnnwiH City, iiii'il Ihe I'ollowiiiK Mluti'iueiil ill leply to the nil-wer of .Inlin I), RoeKelelli'l, .It., to .Mr. VnUh' I'linniii'iil". iii'i'oiiipuuyinit the eoriiNpiiiult'iu'e in the Coloruilo I'uel iV Iron I'liiupiiiiy eiixe. "I note Hint .Mr. Rockefeller, .Jr., llcilOIUIfCn ll nx n Hur- 'I'lie puhlisli iil lelti'iH uliicli iiioii-e .Mi. ItocKe IVIIeiV lie me nil uiluiilteil liv him to 1 1 live lieeu wllllell mill coriectly ipiot id, mi llml hi- MituuiiiiouK ucwfpiipcr rirfMi'iiioii jm in no venii4 n denial of llli.Whilit; KiM'll to the pies hy me. .Mr. RoehelellerV ntiKcr mid teeiit meiit iilivinu-lv kiow out of ii mUciui eeptioii t to uiv iluliet. t wits not uppiiintcd to 'nllny' or Mimllier the cuui' of iuiliistiiiil iiiue-t, lull to in ef.li(!iite them mid iiml.e them tiuiui fet to the woild, .li.lm It. I'nlN to i:plnlu "It it iiitcie-tiii mid muiitiii to nnle Hint Jcm V. Welhoru, prexldcut of the Rockefeller couipmiic in Col ui itiln, Kit'"' a liihored interview at tempting to hhow that no hiicIi lettets were eer written; while I.. Al. linn et', eliairnimt of the eeciilie emu tuitlie of tlm Koekcfeller intercM in t'olorudo, now nt lliuyhiinitiiii. furu ihes his hoiueilmt liiuie eoiitrihiition to Hm Rockefeller defcne liy eon-fi'M-injf the uutheulicity of the corre fpiiiulciice, Imt declaring that it did not amount to anything, mid hcfidcx, it had liceu iiueovercil liy the coil KiCHHiouul comiiiittce. "I niiixt coitfcf.'. ii ci'i lain decree of ili-uppiiiuttiiciit, however, with .Mr. Rockefeller'. Mutciuciit. lie faiU to explain, in nuy way, the iiumr.in cnnlehhiciiiK o .Mr. Rowers that the Cnliirailn I'uel & lion company 'leads in fi.Miiu pnees mid eoiiditiiini of hi linr.' lie laiU In M't forth the iiieuio ruiidiiiu which he declined in his let ter of July U, ltd I, with which he was not etitiiely MilUlicd, Imt to which lie was to make eeitaiu mnciiduieuts for (loM'inor Aiiimons. Kiliiniition 1'i'iiKiiientary "Alho the e.xphiiitiliou of .Mr. Rock efeller was fragmentary, to say the lcat, in tluil it did not contain the names mid locutions of the 'frieiully paper' In which Ihe hlory of the l.udhiw iiiiibsueie was to he civcti a (.ntiesti'il in the telegram from .Mr. Rowers on the morning after that mi Hieiikuhle horror. "I inn lad to note that the Rocke feller defence to the l.tullow massacre is that the two women mid clcwii children who met their deaths upon Hint awful occasion were not shot, hill merely suiotheied in a pit, while the Indicts fro mthe mine guards of their companies were I lying over the month of (ho pit. Kutiro candor, however, should have moved .Mr. Rockefeller to add (he additional de tail that his mine (uaids in the guise of stale militiamen, Inncd down the (Conlimiod on Pace 2.) Fi PARIS, April '27, ft:n."i u. in. A niendimit who formorly employod Ka.Miiond Ruff Sehwind, alias Swa hoda, at Shanghai Iiiih heeu found hy Captain Jullieu of Hm Paris poriuu nent court martial. Sehwind, who now is charged with espiunuge, was arrested as Ihe result of the fire nlioard the steamship I.a Toiiraiue, His' former employer is a Prench maii now at Ihe front in Ihe region of the Aisne. Kxaiuiiied hv a eonunis hioii, 1m slnled Hint Sehwind wiih in his employ when Benlenecd hv Ihe Derman consular court at Shanghai. The new witness, Hm .Matin says, has confirmed evidence ulreadv ohtaiued hy Captain Jullien, hesides giiug liddlliouiil dolails rcgiudlug SehwiudV iintuLH'dcntd, mv m U.JK. MEDFORD. PHOTOGRAPHS FROM BJBsifcJBWTy'- t vBBhjhPBb TBBt- jBBB&iL TJBbT BBBBB5vBLrj jbk 1 1 'wri - IJiVJKi 'BZw !bVbVbWbVM flUHB 180d 'bWJ??' ' VBBBBlBBBK if l iBVBTBTBBBBB?VSS3salPltu ' ItMmF 7'BVBVjBBflBBK ' x? 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Cniler crons exmuluatlon Snyder Hii Id ho was not employed by u pri vate deteetlvo iiKency, when ho so cured eniplo) incut from tho United .Mine Workers of Ainerlcn. In reply to qucHtloiiH the witness nd;nltU'il that l.awsou onio refused him money, that ho threatened to "bo to other side" and nt that tlmo was In tho service of ho Mine Owners Ansocln llon necurlng cvldenco. Snyder admitted that I.awson's riiiis were to be used only for dufvu slvo inirpoacs. Just before the cross examination began tho wUiicsh testified that whllo he was employed by the United Mine Workers an n hotly guard for strlko leaders, among them l.awsou he heard John I.nwson In n speech at the Ludlow tent colony on October 7, 1 01 !l, nay: "Hoys, we're In this fighting to win. We'll got gnus to arm you and we'll kill every IJaldwtn-Folta detec tive In this country." "I've been hired hy tho Mlno Owners' Association to assist tho prosecution In, this case," Snyder testified later In Ills cross examina tion. BRITISH WOMEN DELEGATES HELD LONDON", April '27,-No fewer Hutu 180 RriHsh women applied for permits to attend the pence congress at The Hague, hut nt the behest of the foreign iflico tho liJt was weeded out to u maximum of '21. Fven the.o me Hi ill in Jhiglaud. Reginald Mclvcuiiu, tho homo secretary, Questioned on this subject today in the hous of eonuuoi.s, said tlm foreign office c n- sidercd it altogether undesirable that so many women as otiginally contem plated should iittend a conference near Ihe seal ot tho war, vhete ukoiiIh of (treat llrilain's enemies were active in procuring fragments of intelligence concerning m uuivemenls of Untniii'ri ttiiny mid bhijui. ADMITSWORKINGFOR AGENCY OIMWON, 'JTKKDAY, AP(fj 27, 101.1 ITALY SUMMONS ! E. ENVOYS TO, ROMi:, April '27. The ll.ili.in am uissadors n( Pari, London. icnna and Hciliu hae been summoned to Rome to confer with Foreign .Minister Sonnino. In Rome this action i ny riled n ntelimiiiarv to the nuiitiuncemcut of a grave nnd important decision on the sirt of the Italian government. Signer Tittoni, the aiuhassadoorto France, reached Rome this inotnitig. He left this city only a fortnight ago for Pari. .Marches! fnslotti, the niuhas-ndor to Pclm-mid. will net come hack be cause of the distance and the diffi culties of travel under the present conditions, imt a messenger lias tieen scut him with iiislnn tioiis. LONDON, April 27 The exporta tion of raw cotton from tho United Kingdom was specifically prohibited In a special supplement to tho Offi cial Gazette Issued today. Tho prohibition covers all foreign ports In Kurovo and on tho Mediter ranean and lllitclc Seas, except thoso of France, Russia, Spain nnd Portu gal. Kusslan ports on tho Baltic are Included In tho prohibited areas. The demand of tho Drltlsh public for specific prohibition against tho exportation of cotton has been Insist ent but tho government heretoforo has contended that tho oxport has been prevented by a general block ado against Germany. UP 10 IHE COURTS WASHINGTON. April 27. Presi dent Wilson does not consider tho legal controversy between tho Illggs National bank and treasury depart ment officials as Involving nuy ad ministration policy. Ho told callers today, however, that slnco tho bank had brought tho Injunction proceed ings against tho treasury officials, tho government naturally would do fend tho suit. The president said In his opinion tho powers of tho romntro'.ler ot tho currency wero purfoctly clear nnd whether they wero too great ha thought was u question for congress to decldo, HI EURQPOTTALS WAR IN DARDANELLES left, n hiitich of .Inekio nt a Turki"h well jollin n Turki-h woman he Jackie bargaining vsi.li a local merchant. Note the merchmit's pants. . PRISONERS IN E" LONDON. April 27. War Secre tary Kitchener told tho hottso of lords today that Hrltlsh prisoners had been InsuItiM, maltreated and even shot down by their German captors. He made a statement to the house on this subject In wliMi he said In part: I havo been forced with roluct anco to accept ns indisputably true tho maltreatment by tho Gorman army of Hrltlsh prisoners. Tho Hague convention has been flagrant ly disregarded by German officers. Our prisoners have been stripped and maltreated In arlous ways and in fomo cases tho evidence goes to provo that they have been shot In cold blood. Our officers, even when wounded, have beon wantonly In sultod and frequently struck." RAILROADS PAID E CHICAGO, April 27. The general contention that tho western railroads are now receiving returns amply ade ipiate on transportation of packing house products and fresh meats was advanced today at tho western freight rate hearing before W. M. Daniels, interstate commerce commis sioner, by W. W. blanker, assistant traffic manager of Armour & Co. Present earnings on the traffic in packing house 'products and freh meats front South Omaha mid Chi cago are now paying a much greater revenue iter ton utile than tho aver age of all commodities, said Mr. blan ker. ''Tho present rate yields t).'i7 mills and the proposed rale 11 mills per ton mile. Tho proposed freight advance oa tho commodities in which tho packers nro interested is ID.j cents per hun dred pounds. Mr. Mnnker testified that tho pro posed advances in freight rates would cost Armour & Co. .$1:1,801.05 a year on the traffic from South Oinnlia to Chicago alone, and that on till traf fic the proposed advances would cost tho company jf 115,781.78 yeaily. CALIFORNIA TO WORK CONVICTS ON HIGHWAYS SACRAMF.NTO, Cal., April 27. Oovernnr Johnson signed today the Meek convict labor hill, permitting prisoners of the state penitentiaries to hilild highwiiys. A statement was issued hy tho governor in which ho said that apprehension that free la- Dor will ho ul ice. ted u Kronuiiii'bs. OLD BLOOD STATES KITCH I. I IT IN FEDERAL COURT NKW YORK. April 27 Tho lead ing vaudeville booking agencies of the United States are made defend , ants In two Sherman law suits for JGO0.0OO damages filed In tho fed eral district court hero today In which couaiilr.Tcy Is charged in their refusal to book certain acts nnd at tractions offered them by tho plain- , tiffs. Tho suits nre brought by Charles F. Horhaupt. who maintains thea trical agencies In this city, London nnd Brussels, nnd Clifford C. Fisch er, who has similar offices In Lou don and Paris, against tho United Hooking Offices of America; the Con tra! Vaudeville Promotion rnmnnnw hi. n. Marlnelll, Ltd., A. Paul Keith, Frederick F. Proctor, Kdward F. Al beo. John J. Murdock, Morris Meyers feld. Jr.. nnd Martin Deck. Tho petitioners allege that they havo suffered damages of $100,000 each and under tho Shermnn law, seel: trobel damages, or J300.000 each. It Is alleged that slnco the with drawal some tlmo ngo of a $3,000,000 damage suit brought by tho Marl nelll company against the United Hooking company nnd others, tho solo right, privilege nnd llcenso to book forolgn acts on tho Keith or Orpheum circuits has been nested In the MarlnollI concern. This company, It Is charged, conspired with the other defendants In October and No vember, 19M, to Injuro tho plain tiffs by refusing to book their acts. OF ALLIES CLAIMED LONDON, April 27. An offiei-il announcement front tho war depart ment ut Constantinople today says "Hint tho enemy nttentptcd to laud troops at four potnth" at tho Dard anelles. Tho statement ndds that the troops which landed nt Toko Huritit wete forced back and Hint Turkish at tacks ut all points wero progressm Champion Swimmer Hurt in Auto Ride SAN FIUNCISCO, April 27. Walter M. Pontoroy, noted Pacific coast long distance swltnntor, Injured In mi nutoniobllo accident last night, Is still unconscious. His condition Is said to bo serious, by hospital au thorities, His skull Is fractured. Pomeroy wbh thrown from a car which ho hud purchased yesterday, during IiIm first ride la It. VflUUtVILLt IKUo sued ran TURKISH REPULSE NO. 31 PUTT FORCED "You arc No Easy Boss," Wrote the Colonel When Ordered 0 Run Letters Show Roosevelt Followed Piatt's Advice In Politics, in lilts and Appointments. SYHACtrflB, X. Y April 27.' Campaign contributions nnd lack of prosecution of trusts making them formed the subject discussed this af ternoon nl the sixth day ot the Uarnen r,0,000 libel suit against Theodore Itooievclt. The morning was spent reading correspondence that passed between tho Inte Senator Piatt, Col. Roosevelt and Harnes, In vhlch It wns shown that tho Colonel followed Piatt's every suggestion, even becom ing a candidate for vicc-prcjgtdent In 1000 against his will nt Piatt's re quest. "You nre no easy boss," de clared tho colonel In one of his mis sives. Tho following letter by Senator Piatt, dated February C, 1900, was read: l)lcnses Vlro Presidency "I have hardly had time to glvo the consideration It deserves to your let ter of February 1 nnd tho matters Involved therein nnd am inclined to take more time for mature delibera tion. The vlco-prcsldentlal question Is a very Important ono and a great deal depends upon It." "Did you discuss tho question In pursuance of that letter?" asked Mr. Harnum. "I did." Then this reply from Coloel Itoose-elt dated FcbrtlaryY,l900, was read: "Your very klnd'note has Just beon received. I. saw Kerns and told him I had written to you that I would not tako tho vlce-prealdentlc! nomina tion, but that I wanted nothing said until I had a chance to talk mnt ters over with you. I would a great deal rather bo anything, say, pro fessor of history, than Tlco-prest-dont." Not An Ivasy IIos On December fi, 1900, Colonel Roosevelt telegraphed to tho senator this: "Am greatly concerned bocaimo charter commission has arranged lunch for mysolf and Odell next Wednesday, this being tho only day they could got that would suit us both. Do you regard It Important for mo to como? Does president really expect mo?" Senator Piatt In reply tolegraphed Colonel Roesevelt: "Think your absence from meet ing of commission will bo deplored by tho president nnd tho other gov ernors. Meeting of charter commis sion seems to mo should be second ary. Let them postpone." Then Colonel Roosevolt telo graphed: "All right. In view of your sec ond telegram. I will como but you nro not nn easy boss." Keep Murray In Mind "In n letter written front tho vlco presldent's chamber Colonel Rooso velt wrote: "If tho chanco comes along will you not keep my old friend, Mr, Jos eph Murray In mind?" Senator Piatt rcpllod; "Tho ono thing which you ask of mo Is ono of tho worst problems pos sible. Murray was rontoved from tho office which ho had filled for two or three years for Inefficiency. Ho novor went to Albany excopt to draw his puy, I did not Imagine you would cudorso a man so highly who (Continued on ptg two.) BRYAN PROTESTS TURKISH MASSACRE WASHINGTON, April 27. Th state (lopnrtntont late today 'jnnde representations jo the Turkish gov ernment regarding reported uisw ncros of Armenians In Turkey, urg ing that steps be taken for prve tlott or further outrage, fceeretsry llryun acted upon reqmMts et Im Russian government through AmhawuMlor JtftkkMfttett. ROOSEVELT INTO 1EH1NCY i i , 1 I .,