vi - SECOND EDITION WEATHER Itiilii or Kfitiw Wdnwlii;f. Mht. I a, Mlrt. 1I1I..1, IV. .as foily-fifih Trtir tIW Tri I'. V ir MKDKORD OIIKUOX. TriCsDAV, ,JA,TAHY 'J.'), Iflli5 NO. 2fll MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE V l FRENCH REPEL E ON WEST LINE Germans In Strcnoth Attack French Lines Over Distance of 1500 Yards in Artois Region Following Violent Bombardment Arc Driven Back, But Occupy Craters on First Line. PARIS, Jnn. 25. Tho Fronch wnr offioo Htntcmont on tho prowess of. hostilities given nut Hurt afternoon rays thnt Inst night there was eon tinned nrtillery activity in tin vicinity of Xiouport, in Holgimn. The rostiltH of thin are described ns fovorablo to tlio Froncli. Gemma troop nt one point pene trated tho first lino of rYcneh tranches, but they wero nt once driven out after n very spirited fight. In the Arto'ns district yestordny evening Gerninn forces ntlnekod tlio French lines over n distance of lfiOO yards. Tlio preparatory work con- Hinted of thu explosion of n nutnlter ol mine, followed by n violent bom bnrdiuent. The Gennnnn were driven bnek o their linen by thu French fire, ac cording to the offluinl Ntnlemeut. They were successful in occupying noino eniterii, howover, Isjt from moat of thuso they wero Inter o.vpolled. Diinklrflc IlomliardiMl LONDON", Jnn. 3.1. A Ilritish o& fiuinl report fremQIiinkiil: stutos thnt two aeroplanes dropped bombs on Diuikiik nboul (5 o'clock this vooniiinj. It in ndded thnt n Getmiiu sonplnuo wns forced to the wnJnr by n Hi itixti mnehiHu northeast of heliport nbout 8 o'olnek this morning. Itiuvdnns Gipturo Tuiks LONDON, Jnn. 2.".. Four thousand Turk, including fifty officers, were cQptnrcd by (he Russians in the re cent buttle in the. iieighborhjofld of Krxcrum, according to a dispatch from Potrograd to Itcutcr'a Telegram eompniiy. The Russian de also snid to hove enptured seorcH of inn chine Wins and enormous quantities of munition. Tlie Renter dispatch says; The rout of tho Turku in the hot tie which resulted in them being dnvifD into Urserum appear from Inter necounta to linve been oven moro decisive thnn shown in tho domiciles. Resides the Ottoman louses in netuu) Imttle, tlio Russians enptured during the purMiil fifty officers and 1000 men. They hIho look eeoro of ma chine jnins and enormous quantities of munitions. "The inffiix of the Tk in Kr aornm is oapceted toO decrease tho defensive powor of tbo forts." (Tornn Statement HKItLIN, Jnu. aft. Tho text of II statement follow. : "Western frent: In Flnnilor our artillery subjected positions of ih enemy to n lively fire, l'atrols which ft? certain points penetrated h- verely damaged trenches of tho en emy, observed that he hud suffered heavy lont.es. We took a AW prison ers nud captured fonr mine thio. r. The tower of Oemplo and the cull, edral of Xieujwrt, which offered e cclient observation posts for the en emy, were destroyed. "Hast of Xcuville our troop at tacked one of tho foremost tranche of the French following somo su eesKful mine explosion ami oaplurcd three machine fans nud 100 prison cm. Several enemy counter-ntta'sk'i nguiu.t the captured positions we it no farther than a misorablo offir'. Only n few stout-hearted men 'eft their trenches and tiny were i!ut down. IS WAIIilNOTOX. Jan. 85. A cem- mlttee of the national executive to' mite of the socialist party asked President Wilson today to support Representative London' resolution for the ealllni of a neutraT confer ence to attempt u&nd the European war. The row mil toe ineludod Bepre- rcniMivc lmlon. Morris Hillqult of v. .m i, anj j II .Manrr oi lu-jil- GERMAN Dffl IIS DEFEAT BRTISH S ME Troops Golna to Belief of Kut-el-Amarn Repulsed In Six-Hour Bat tle, Leaving 3000 Dead on Field Truce Asked and Obtained to Bury Dead Lose 3000 Previously. IJKHLIN, Jnn. 2n (by wireless to Snyvillc). The ljrilish force going to the relief of the troops surrounded by Turk nt Kut-el-Amnrn, nttnoked tho Turkish jwnition nenr Munlnn on .InlUlnr 31. but wen repulsed nfter 'nn enpiement lasting nix hour, ac cording to nn officml report isaiictl by the Turkish hendqunrtcrs staff. Tho Hritish, the niinuuuuement kmvh, left nbout :t000 (lend on tlio field. The text of tho Turkish headquar ters report follews: "Irak frent: Kngnjrements eontinuo! nt tho Ktil-el-Amnm pottition. Ilrit irdi force coming from Imam AH Olicrbi nttneked .liintmr- 31 tho Tui'kihh poHition nenr Monlnire, nbout '.').) kilometcrH (21 milon) onnt of Kut- el-Amnrn, on both Hides of the Tigris river. "The engugemenl lusted mx hotir-i. All the Hritinh nttneks were repulsed by counler-nttucks. The Hritish were repulsed several kilouieters to tho eastward. "On tho battlefield tho JDitish lcf nbout .1000 dead. The Turkish losses were eoinpnrntivcly slight. "Ounenil Ayliuer (commander of the Hritish forces) asked nud obtain ed one day's truce in order to bury tbo dead. Hritish soldiers taken onplivea stutud the Hritish column hnd also lost 3000 men in dead and wounded in the preceding engngcnicntH ueti' Sheik Said. "The Turks attacked another Hrit ish detnehment advancing to tho west of Kornn from Munlcfik, which caus ed the IIriti-.li to retreat. Ttoi Hrit ish left 11)0 dead." t. OF JURISDICTION WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.V Diision of jiirisdietiou in the leasing of pub lic sites in tho United States between thu fodornl government agd the states is proposed by the senate public lands committee in a substitute for the Fer ris bill recently passed by the house. Interstate business in eonioction with wnlerpower Krauts, the substitute provides, would bo under control of the iuttOtato commerce commission and iutra-stato business undor state control. Fifty-yeur lease terms, or shorter, under certain conditions, are pnMsed. "The bill directly recognizes the ownership and tho rteht of control in .te states of tho use of the waters in Uio flowing stroama of tho states," reatis mo committoo's report. Tho bill provide that nO per cent of all revonuos received from Icom-. shall bo paid to the states in which. tho plants may be loeated, and that tho remaining SO per cent mu-t be used by the fiderul government fr reclamation project, pi and states. NKW YOltK. Jan J? An Indict ment charging solicitation of a bribe was returned by the grand Jurj today against Itobert Colgate Wood, former nubile service commissioner. uo re signed recently after testimony la reference to the alleged bribe, had been adduced during the investiga tion into the public service commis sion. Mr. Wood s accused of ha Una ask ed a bribe ef SIOO from the Union awltch and Signal eomuanr tor his vote ss a member of the public sortie.- oiiiinii.Mliin uiroinK a contrail Willi Ui.ii,sjii' am 111 (unneitmn lth SO lift AN D VISON POWER SITES INDI OFFICAL FOR SEEKING BRIBE KING PETER OF SERBIA FLEEING BEFORE v.. . . . i .jmm kmkaKUj , r--j. ,.va o mi vttezmMz: izjafajajiimEmmwb --& zmwt?tY' . fw9uusI!M'k''Tzl5WiFo,S. Tf T liv(f taBHaTCMsn vVr, ZjfmKummSme iafWSsSrfEH iw mpmMSmjwmmiii UB&?sVSUtrm' y $8to&&mSS8RIS&Br-KJ .lawrv jf. ,-&mm-immn ft SfjWHV' kJNwf WkjbflBiBr-'vBMfilaHnQ Lh 'biLBlH BBbQMIbBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBIBBBBBBBK BBBBHSSBBBBBBat ) f' Seft ,Nr-t r . ir- rr. - JKtek- ;. tOKiiiMZ - A iviimiknlile pliotogrnpli blioulug tho tragtsly of .Sorbin. The ivitbcllc flguiv scnttsl on tho o.v-cart li refer, king of Seililn, Mmpicl .s ho fled hoforu tlio Inxnillng Oenimns Into exile In Italy, 'lite ovemt, usel as n itiynl conch, lutd been in liw ns nil niumiinlllon w.-ffton in tlio Serbian uriuy. WINES SAY NEGRO ADMITTED T FHOVIIIKNCK, It. I., Jan. 25. In the trial of Mrs. Kliznbeth Mohr and two negroes, accused of thu murder of tho woman's hushnnd, Dr. C. Franklin Mohr, Herbert Henlis, -other of Oeonpr. W. Ilenlia, Dr. Mohrs chauffeur, who turned state evidence, testified todny that he went, to the Hristol jail in September to see his brother and that JSrown said to him: "Yes, I did.lt. We've done the trick. I pluggttd tho doctor ai'cj Spellmau shut Miss Uuiwr." He referred to CeeilHrown and Henry Hpellmiffi, two ' of the defendants. "Smdlman nodded," declared Ilea- lis. "and said 'ves.' Hrown asked me to go and see Sirs. Mohr and ask her if sbo would help him. He said she had promised him a lot of money, and ho asked me if I thought thero was nny chance of getting it. 'No, boys,' I said, 'tlie best tiling to do is to tell tho truth." On cross-examination Hoalis de clined to tell his story after his brother had been "grilled." He ad mitted he opened thu conversation with Hrown by aayiug: ".My God I what have you been do ing?" nnd that then Hrown replied: "I've done it." He said he did not visit Mrs. Mohry gel help for Hrown. "It was none of my business," he explained. "And you didn't think it was any of your business to tell this story un til vour brother bad In en milled!" "That's right." L 0 FAHIS, Jan.- '.'. Tlie Serbian town, of Mna-tir nnd (iicvpli ine ngnm been at tucked 1 a Mpindrou of Frci'i aeropluiies, sixteen in nuinlM-r, the Athens correspondent of thu I lavas agency telegraphs. It is esti mated 100 persona wero killed or wounded at Gievgeli. AH the French aeroplanes returned HI safety. Ill .ome. ru-ri he col -ered 100 mile. I'BORIA, 111., Jan. 15 Flood con dittona along the Illinois river eonfj) tinueti nrwM today. The weallier bureau rporteUihe river as still ris- 9K. v Continued damage to proiterty and loss of livestock was reported front towns up and down the river. Oreat ; forces of men are being eniloyvd to repair and tr.-iiKtlien e 1. dikes ti jjrcinij; 1 tnj 'ii.iin.it,. tn t,, 1 HO wm FRENCHAEROP ANES BOMB DM I . f'lAITO u " .J1BT.'TA.. " ' -. A7 t 1 . T TWuiBBBBBBBBHnnnnnK 4 WBlSHnnnnnHaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBl :wt vs. ' r - rmmmmsmm j?. -. ,. ?,. "rm mvkw ,t'i BILL CREATING TARIFF BOARD WASHINGTON, dun. 25. -President Wilson told Chairman Kitchui of the ways nnd moans committee to day that ho favors creation of a tar iff ooiHtniMiou nud Wfil -ntinmnt to put a bill for ono through during tho present session of congress. The president is expected to discuss H13 question in a spoeinl message to con gress. The preaided'a plan hi sahl to be for uoM-irlian eommiaaioH for ho purpose of collecting faets for eonreiis. While orfieiala would not any today that his dromon t sup- port a tariff commission bill meant the thought that there vhoulil Uu ehangou in somo of the tariff aohed- ules, it was indicated he bulieved some such ulmnsos might be necessary nf Iter tho wnr. , Chairman Kitehin said he thought the committee would supHiit anti dumping legislation, Details have not el been worked nut, but lie thought it measure would he reported similar to tho anti-dumping clause of tho Underwood tariff hilb which was eliminated in the sen ate. That clause proposed an addi tional tariff on goods sent to the United States to be sold at less than the market price In the count r from which they were ivpuittd. E KOMI':, Jan. VQ. Acllve guerilla Hurfare Is being waxed by the Mon tenegrin troops on their retreat south ward and particularly in the Tara boach mountains west of Scntari, ac cording to reports received hero to day. In advance of the Austrian t troops who aro In pursuit, a number of Austrian aeroplanes have bees harassing tka Montenegrins, flying low and using mac nine guns n gainst groups of the poor!) equipped soldiers of'Ueueral Martlnovltcli. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. -Senate Public mads committee reported water power bill rccuxnislng Jurisdic tion of both state and federal govern ments aver water power sites. Postofflc committee recommend ed deposits of poatal sarins fund la federal reserve banks. Military and naval committees eon United Maringa. Heuse: Military si 1 Oiaval soot- mlltee eotcttaufl h- unnga. Klvers and harbors committee liesml ItcriiextntstUe Hunimers ou lniii'.v rier i-rojc t. 1LS0N FAVORS DAY IH CGMGRESS GERMANS IN OX-CART rt ' ' SWM ;AV !: frJM&& BUTCHER WEYLER T0RE0RGAN1ZEARMY OF I'AHIS, Jan. 21. -General Vuleri niio Weyler has been appointed presi dent of a eentml general staff of the Spanish nnny which baa just been created by n royal decree, uciiordlng to-a dispatch irora Madrid'' to" lti Havns agency. General Weyler was governor of Culm just before the Spanish Ameri can war and his policy of severity in waging war . on the revolutionary, movement nud itartieularly his action in forcing the concentration of (he mm! population in certain sections, have generall" been regarded as hav ing hail much to do with the bringing about of that war. It was recently announced that the Spanish government had decided to reorganise its entire army s.vstem and the npoiiitment tR General Weyler to the newly eroalisl iHtsition of presi dent of a central stnff is an indica tion thnt the veteran soldier, who is in his 77th year, continued to bo 11 power in the military service of Spain. SULTAN'S YACHT I.OK), Jan. 2J A dispatch to the Kxchange Telegraph oompsny from Athena says that the sultan's utbt Krtbogroal. arcordlng to repni-U from ConatnntlnAple, was torpetleed In the lioapborus by a French sub marine In the laDer part of Dseeni ber. The vessel was seriously dam aged but la still afloat. The same dispatch states that Field Marshal lisron Ki&nar Von IX r Ctolts has been appointed commander In chief of the Turkish forces In the Caucasus. The Turkish imperial yacht ICrtb ogroal was built at ISlawlok in 1003, ia 106 feet long and has a displace ment of 900 tons and an armament of eight 3 pounders. RKKI.IN, Jan. M (by wireless to Sayvillc). Advices ivoeivail bv the Overseas News agency from l'er.ia say9hat Xaib llasaein IChan, u prom inent Persian leader, and hi n joined the native volnnlccr-, lininbei ing about 1000 men, 1 I at in k! the Jtussian troops near vm '1 In- Itun siuns. accordine ( 1 In 1 . 1 .. f , ).. t twii machine kuiik and a cptimtity of .Hiiiiiuiiii mil, ui well d- .1 number l' SPAIN FOR NG PE IKES UUI10 I IAUIVI IU00I10 J. I. illlC I ., OFFER INDEMNITY HiLUS HINTS AT FOR AMERICANS HUGHESTOLEAD N LUSTANA Count Von Dcrnstorff Confers With Lansing Objectionable clauses of Reply WlthrlrawnTorpctlolno Was Act of Reprisal for Blockade Re gret for Loss of Americans. WASHINGTON, .Tin.. 36. Count Von HoriiRtorff, tho Gorman nmlms Httddr, conferred todny with Secretory I.niiHinu over tbo Htnttm of tbo I.tiBi tatiia incident. Seerelury I.niiNing bad boforo him when the German ambassador onllcd today another written proposal from Germany designed to bring nbout n M'ttlemciit of tbo controversy over (ho Milking of the liner I.iiHitniiin. It was submitted through Ambassador Von Hemslorff. It is understood thnt in (be Inlet proposal Gcnnniiy hna agreed to eliminate from the to.xt of tho agree ment nny mention of the wnniing is sued by tho Gorman ombiissy the day the LiisitPiiiii sailud and hna left out her proposed general reservation of wrongdoing on the rmit of her sub marine commander. These two points, it is understood, were contained in previous proposals nnd were strenu ously objected to by Presidunt Wil son. Germany, it is said, reiterates that tho torpedoing of tlio l.imituuhi wan an act of reprisnl for tbo Hritish blockade of the German const. Re gret is expressed for the loss of Aiuerionii lives and indemnity is of fered. Reorolnry Lansing's only comment todny on the publisbud description of fjurnuuiy'n In teat proituaal wan that it was "speculation not justified by the fnets." When Ambassador Hemslorff loft the stnte department nfter n brief stay, it was learned that an appoint ment had been made for him to sen Secretary IiiniMi'ir auitin tomomAt'. OF MONTENEGRO ARRIVES IN FRANCE LYONS. France. Jan. !. King Nicholas "f Montenegro, aeenmimnied by Crown, Prince Dsnilo. by Pritieu Peter and by Princess MiliUa, and by se en officers and thirty aoldiera of his staff, arrived tonight from Italy in King Victor Emmanuel's private car. He wns rcccieil at the railway talinn by ih munioiiwl authorities, who welcomed liiut in the name of President Poincare. A military escort attended him to the hotel, where his wife ami two daughters, Princesses .Neiiie aud Vera, hud arrived last week. M. Denys Cochin railed at the hotel al which King Nicholas is ataying to welcome him 111 the name of the Freuch government, of which M. Cochin is a member without portfolio. A crowd gathered during the inter view, which lasted for twenty min utes. The king of Montenegro Inter appeared twice ou the balcony of the hotel to bow his acknowledgement to the cheering crowd. He wa drc-cd III the pirtilleMpO' )mtlc rciiiiic. LARGE INCREASESFOR SOUTHERN PACIFIC 8AX I'UANCIgCO, Jun -'" - Urge lucreases in both gros ssnd net rev enue were shown by the Southern Paclflo company lu its mini-annual statement for the six months ending December 31, 181ft, made public here today. The railway operating lurome for Die six months was :!7,7 te.Mtti. an increase over the vaino iter tod of 1911 01 J7,x3s,sa2 Tlie rullwa) operating r eiiue uu $m.0!i7,'I1 I ti.S .1 ml the, liiltwtt operutliiK cipiliM'i 1 7 st;.',-' lilU The operating Income for December 1 was $.';,7.'iK,rfis, an iucrease over the' luuKdiiig Uecemijtr of f l,J7e,ul'J.I 1 NO S TICKET OF G.O.P. Republican Chairman Says Roosevelt Is Not a Candidate, as He Refuses to Stand In Primaries Talks of Drafting Hughes Points Out Need of Uniform Primary Laws. CHICAGO, Jan. 2C Clinrles D, Hillos, qhiiinnun of (ho rcpublicnn na tional committee, boforo leaving for New York today, nfter attending tho session of (bo Rub-aoinmiUe'd on ar rangement for tho - party nnHonnl convention, discussed political ques tions inolmnfi)? the possible ' candi dacy of Cnlonol Roosovolt for tho ro puhlicnn untiqnnl noiuinntlon for president. "All the information I have is to tho offoct Hint Colonel ItooRovclt is not n onndidnto for tho republican nomination," Chairman Ililloi said. "Ho hns declined to permit his name to go on tho primary ballot in tho only threo state whero it I111B been stiggosted Mitiuosotn, Nebraska nnd Michlgnu. Hints nt Hughes "In tho statement issued by tlio progressive national eotnmltteo it was made plain that any reasonably satis factory man would bo acceptable as tho republican nominee. TlicyiiiHist ed that they meant just whnt thoy said and wo will tnko tho Rtatcment on its fneo vnltio. I think wo will bo able to nominate u man who wilt be sntisfnotory.to all olcmontB of tho party nnd thnt our onndidnto will bo oleoted. "In regurd to Justice Hughes, no 0110 knows jimt-what. bis-attilitdo ia today toward tho proiitlenoy. In dM eusaiilg tlio subjoot with n friend in ltG? Justice Hughes said when ho went 011 the United Stntoa supremo couit bench ho took the yoil and re nounced tho world. "There is no man big ejiiniiglt to re fuse the presidency, In my onlnion. If he wore nominated without Ida con sent, I have no idou what ho would do." Chairman Hillea onllud ntlontlon to the conflicting provisions of tho di rect preMidential irlmnry lawu adopt ed bv the different atntos, nntl o.x preHNed tho opinion that it would ro Hidl in mitrh micortiiiiity nud aonfus 1011. There will bo 1)115 dulrgntoA ill the next republioan eonvontlofi, and of this number (103, or nbout 01 per cent, will bo chosen by direct prim ary. Wants I'n If 01 i Primaries "There is an urwent need for tin!. form presidential urlmnrlee in n41 tho states, in my opinion' anitl Cliulnnun I lilies. "I think a model should bo prepar ed embodjing the best feat 11 roe of tho various stnte laws and that the prim ary should be held iff otery state on the same date. I think some Nation on (he subject will bo taken by tho next ualional convention, "The primary laws most diaoiiMod are those of Ohio, where all delegates are required to make a flojt nud sae Od choice for president boforo they are elected; in Minnosotn and Wis consin, where thero Is disseulioii ovor the method of instruction; in Ctillfor iiia, where all the delegates areoleot ed at large, while the ropuhlloan imrty has been ugainat the applica tion nf tlie unit rule siuee 1880 and in Texas, where our party rule fbtes the number of delegates at 24 thin cr and the slate Ihw providoa for the election ol JlJ." IIKIH.IN, Jnii.,-.,.-. via London. The eathedrul at Nieuport, says tliu Germuu official statement issued tltjs u f tei'icooii ba. been ilcntroyud ' jjy Oenuaii artillery fin', as it was of t'eruu; an cctlhiit ibPervation post. The c.illn ilral wus built in tho llf teeulli eentur mid restored Hi lUQll. Tlie cliiiii li bad a iuumc baroijno t.iucr unli a unit' made of incident i'i " It 1 "'it. lined H Gothic pulpit, renaisaiioe choir stalls and rood loft and a i ulptured altar n tho baroquq -tile ol lOJU. GERMANS.DESIROY GOTHC CATHEDRAL .1 t 11 UI Tr 4 i 'M '4 'A VS ' M i ws. '4 fu 'a luii-iruiiiou. )