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NO. 2fll
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
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FRENCH REPEL
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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."
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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.-
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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."
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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-
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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
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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.
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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'
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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.
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