Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
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MKDFOUD OIIEUOX. HATfUDAV. l-T.M.l'AHV 11!. UMU
NO. 277
RUSSIANS RENEW
OFFENSIVE ON
GALIC1 LINE
Czar's Forces Threaten Bukowlna
Germans on Defense Czcrnowitz
Again in Danger Further Fighting
in Champagne French Secure
Possession of German Trenches.
PirritOtillAl), Fob. 12. Tho Hub
slnn offcnHlvo, which has been In
dicated In tho reports of tho last few
ilnn, Is maturing rapidly over tho
wholo Onllclnn front.
Tho aormans, according to ndvices
from tho scene of tho hostilities, nro
in defenntvo on thrco Important
riven tho Sorelh, tho I'ruth and
tho Dniester. Czcrnowitz, capital of
Ilukowlna, Is ngnln sorlously threat
ened ly tho Ilusslan ndvanco, east
of Harnncho, as well as by tho Kits
blan crossing of tho Dniester at
Fsclcczko, whoro their troop are
finally entrenched. Tho move also
has had tho offoct or Interruption
one of tho most Important lines of
communication between the armies
of Generals Pflaiuor nnd Von Hoth
nior. Tlilnl Advance Sucieodo.
A third Important Ilusslan advance
has boon recorded near Zalo SzczyUy,
whore n florco counter attack Is de
clared to havo boon successful In
routing tho opposing forcos and de
moralizing the Hiingurlnn troops to
such nn cxtont thnt thoy rotlred to n
now lino four nillos to tho renr. In
addition to those bronchos announced
to havo been nindo In tho opposing
linos, tho Russians havo been nctlvo
Immediately to tho northward of
Tumnpol, whoro thoy huvo movod
slightly forward.
Whllo It Is admlttod that thoso op
erations havo no immediate stratoglo
vnluo, it is bollovcd in military clr
clos hero that tho new IltiMlnn of
fensive has prevented tho Oormuns
from withdrawing troops from this
front, thoroby loasonlng tho chances
of successful attacks on alllod lines
elsewhere.
Tho Inltlatlvo on tho Dvlnsk front
remains In (iormnn hands, but tho
mild weathor of tho last month,
threatening with Inundation tho
trenches built by the (lormans on
marshy ground Is seriously handicap,
ping their offorts to move forward.
Prisoners roport thnt a groat num
ber of French prlsonors nro employed
In the construction of drnlnugo
works.
l'lrucli Vlrtoiiou.o.
PARIS. Feb. IS. Further fight
ing In Champagno, tho French war
offlro a n noun com this nftornoou, has
resulted in French forcos securing
possession of cortain tronchea occu
pied by the Germans.
Tho text of tho statemont follows
"According to further Information
in our possession the attack with
band grenades which wo ovecuted
ostorday afternoon in Champagno,
In the roglon northeast of the Hutte
de Masnll, gave us possession, after
mi artillery ongagoment of about sOO
meters of onomy trenches. A coun
ter attack mado by tho onomy during
the night wab repulsed completely
nnd sixty. five prisoners, of whom ono
was an officer, romainod in our
hands."
RERUN, Fob. IS. via London.
fter a violent artlllory bombard
ment on the greater part of the
champagne front French Infantry
made an attack yesterday afternoon.
The German war offlee announced
today that tho French, penetrated
German positions near Masslge avor
a tront of about 200 yards.
ROOD DRIVES OUT
sft)KANL Wash . Feb 12. -The
!-'t wooden bridge across Crab creek
t Odessa w dynamited today to
release ice Jam. Only tho steel
irtdge now remains. The flood,
aused b the lee jams, drove twen
ty -five raruiites from their homes it
Odessa. Iwer temperatures aro -)
t ted lu stop the molting of the snow
and with the break lag up of the
xe jams it Is expected that the a
' ' "ill rcirde O
A GUEST OF HONOR I
AT TONIGHT S BANQUET
Cnrl Shoemaker.
Call .Shoemaker, of tho nosehiii-g
News, Male gium warden, now vis
It .Mellon!.
ALLIES PROTEST
DISARMINGOF
WASHINGTON, Fob 12 -Diplomatic
representatives of tho entente
nlllcs havo made ornl representations
to Sncretar Lansing regarding tho
American memorandum to thoir gov
ernments suggesting tho disarming
of merchant ships nnd suggesting thnt
nrmod merchantmen entering Ameri
can ports might bo regnrdod as war
ships. Although tho stnto depart
moii declined to disclose tho nature of
tho representations, it Is bollovod
Secretary lousing was Informed that
the entente governments woro unwill
ing to adopt the suggestion.
It Is considered doubtful thnt tho
oxnet position of the I'nltod States
will be defined until after formal re
plies to the memorandum have been
rocolvod. Tho texts of tho notes
from Germany and Austria handed to
Ambassadors Gerard and Ponflold
sorting forth the Intentions of those
governments to treat nrmod morchant
ships as warships also nro bolng
nwnltnd. So far, It was said, tho
representations of the ontentn repre
sentations hail to do solely with tho
American memorandum.
There are strong Indications that
various high officials consider the
position of the central powers well
founded In view of the changed con
ditions ot sea warfare
T
I'AIMS. T. I). l. Tfir S.iloinKi or
respondent ot the It fit I'jiii-u'ij tel
egraphs thnt Fieiirh fioopo eroded
the Vurdar river ' bi nmv 1o anil .no
now oucamped mi the light bank of
the river and in the region of Janitzu
and Vena. The town of Veria is an
important railroad station on the line
between Salomki and Monastic
The region alluded to in the above
dispatch i to the northwest of Top
kin, on the Vardar river, fifteen nulen
northwest of Saloniki, ut which (Mjinl
the line of defence, of the camp of
the allien ut Sulomki begins. The lum
ascend the Vuid.tr to Knrusuli, trom
which point it -.weep in a ocuit-tir-cle
to the -.miilir.i-t, em lninx ulon
ikJ.
ITALY CLOSES DOOR
TO mm G
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hur. been 1 ii il i.lul.iti .
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IN
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ROOPS
CROSSVARDORRVER
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Auti'ial uieri'liaiidiM' us well m flie
exportatmu t all ($ercbandi of
(rm.111 or An.t nnu ore.'in through
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MATOMPDACTCn
1 iiu I ii in iinui ii ii
FOR MILLIONS !N
PANAMA ZONE
Goethals Exposes Liberality of Var
ious Joint Land Committees in Set
tling Claims for Property Taken In
Canal Zone Eighteen Millions Be
ing Pair) for Million Valuation.
WASHINGTON', Feb. 11!. Tho lib
rrnlity of vitriotiH joint Innd commit
tee in settling claims for piopvrly
tnken in the cnnal zone lias robbed
tho United States of millions of dol
lars, Ucnurnt Oocthnls today lolil ilio
house interstate committee in urging
tho passage of the Adumson bill to
force, the eouimi.don to nettle for
inmU on tho bn.sis of their value
when the treaty won entorcd into with
Panama in 1003, rnthor Hum their
increased value, ns has been tho cus
tom.
Klglitccu Times Actual Value.
All of the land in tho ten-mile htrip
along Hi n cnnal bubjvcl to claims
would not be worth mora than
1,000,000 tit it lilO.'l vnlue, the yen-
feral said, but it is likely to co-it
$17,000,000 or $18,000,00 ut tho rales
which have boon paid.
"Tho joint land commissions wo
linve had several of them Imve token
tuo "round thnt us we nre n biff re
public nnd they nro rather poor, wo
fchoulcl pay liberally for their lnndH,"
tho itenornl said. "Ah n consequence
tho vnluos hove exceeded vory much
thoxe of 10011 nnd ns tiuic pauses land
seeinH to Ret more nnd more vnlu
nble. I'rivnto agreements that were
made for the sale of lands to us arc
abrogated mid the owners go to tho
joint land commission nnd they get
additional funds from it. The situ
ation now n rather acute.
"It is rather hard to stay thoro nnd
see our government robbed till way
it has been in the past,"
Specific Instances.
Asked for specific instances, Gen
eral floethalH said that in ono enno
when) n patuol of land wax worth $1
a hueiiire in J 002, and an agreement
had beun entered into that it should
be paid for at this rate, the owner
took tho mutter to the joint land com
mission and obtained '-" a hectare.
Chairman Adiunson spoke of. a case
where land that had sold for 1200
had been taken in at iUHOO by tho
commission; and tho general said ho,
too, had heard of it.
The joint commission consisted of
two I'anumnnt, and two Americans.
In addition to forcing scttlemcntH
on tho 1003 valuation the Adrfmsou
bill would terminntc the joint eonimis
Vion six months niter the bill passed.
Power of settlement wouM bo vested
in the Panama Ititilroud company,
but owners would be frneit tho light
to appeal to tho canal zone governor.
BY
CHICAGO, Feb. 12 -Relief thut
100 guests madu ill at the banquet to
Archbishop MundoJcin t tho Uni
ority eluli were victims of n delib
erate attempt to poison them was an
nounced today by tho club manager.
According to hi statement, a con
aiderablo amount of active poison wut
placed in tho soup by nn employe in
the club kitchen. The banquet was
Thursduy night.
The man was duseribud to the po.
lice as a l'anutio whoo mentality pos
sibly wat. dllordeiod. Tho name of
the suspected poikon was not divide
cd by Harry J- Dohortv, manager of
the club, who said that a nn lysis of
the soup hd duelosed the presence
;Qt mineral poison. According to his
otateiuent, the tO.apoetod man did not
return to his rooms atter the bunquot
and sou.'h of hi apartments by the
lohee diatiloted a earefullv equipod
luboratoi and several viaU of poi-i-on,
one qf which eorrespouded to
pouon found hv aualyais of the soup.
Archbihp ilugdeWLn was not af
fected. Lhoottfe waay of the nreiatoa
and duliaguished guests at his table
sutlcied veul.
POISONED
FANATIC AT BANQUET
IN
ARCHB
GOETHALS EXPOSES GRAFT OF MILLIONS AT PANAMA
salLflnnnnnnHHinnniHJnnVi I
V JsaaHhTBsBK tlUi M'
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CnLinel (ieiirKe
ST. PAOL POSTAL
ROBBERS
UNDER
ARREST ATCHICAGO
CHICAGO, Feb. 12. - Confession PORTLAND, Or., Feb. - Heeed
to tho robbery of tho Internal rovo- nig waters in all tributary streams.
nuo office at St. Pnul January 0 when
revenue stumps aggregating moro
than $600,000 In vnluo woro stolon
from tho old federal building thoro
was obtained today fro.., ono of thruo
mon arrested with thqlr wives horo
last night, l'otcr Drautzburg. an
oporatlvo of tho fedora 1 soorot sorv
ivo, announced tho confession, but
would not say from who ot tho pris
oners It was obtained.
CHICAGO, Feb. l'J. In addition lo
tl.tco mon and three women under ar-
rest today oharged with complicity in
tho recent robbery ot the federal;
building in St. Pnul of $070,000 in
internal revenue stiimiti, aeveral
othor Htispeotw nro under aurvoiltauert,
according to the police. The police!
beliove at least two of those rrotod
were in.pi.oateti 111 111c roiiunry ot
bunk at New- Westiniiister, II. C., in
September, 1011, when .fJ'i.OOO wus
taken.
Kdwnnl Leonard, Julia Leonard,
John J. Zeeek, Mrs. Zoock, .Miehuel
nnnuigaii nnd Mm. Cathoriuo Man
nifjnn nru tho six arrest ml last night.
Tho officers aro hukI to have roeov
cred fo7.'i,000 worth of the tumps.
According to the officer, .Mrs.
Flanignn is charged with having fan
ned and diruoted the robber)'' l-m-ard
is said by tho hi!ich to havo led
tho men who did the actual work.
With Mr. and .Mr. Loonaid when
nrrosted wa O-yem-old F.velyn
Zccok, who led doteetnes to the home
of hor futhcr, where John Zeeek and
his wile were nrreslr.l. Mio. l..u-1
antaud .Mi. Zeeek are a,d , l,
The oflicers believe Flunigati and f
i.eounrti were impiiuiu 111 tiie .New
Westminster, II. C, i.liber.
STATE TREASURER
OE MINNESOTA
RESIGNS OFFICE
ST. PALL, Feb. I J. Stat
Ti
urer Waltor I. Smith today
his resignation to Governor
Dumnuiht. Tbo resignation iiiime.i-
atoly was accepted bv the gover.101
and Arthur (). Gooding of ltoenet"i-,
"Minn., was appointed m tteaatiier to
succeed Smith.
Smith's icsignatiott followed dis
eIoureh (hat there had botm irregn
laritie umounting to 2fi,0Q0 in the
liondlnvg of thu iwrtnanetit trust
unds of thutate. A gitiad jury in
vestigated these inegularltie and as
a result voted fivo iiulietmeis. Two
of these indictments resulted in the
arrest of Itoliert C. I'i'-ldt, aa invest
ment clerk in the state auditor's if
livf, 011 charges of aecond degree for
Jery. The remaining three ittttsU
(Hunts are seeiet a ad a yt uava got
been wade iji.
Smith is ia a Minaeaptdi sanitar
ium uudvr guard,
, (.octliaN.
COLDER WEATHER
'iid cold, clear weather today put nn
end to fear of serious diimngo fronj
Hoods in the area drained hv the Co-
I Iintiliiti lii'niv Tli. UMIn ..,n!t.. ..:......
hen , ,, ,,, , ,flf) .,. ,,
ow.,vllU,r millk .,, ,,, fout
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iurdny.
While (he lower Columbia Conlin
lied to rise, it appeared certain today
Hint most of the flood waters of tho
Willamette will have run orf into the
main stream liuforu tho arowt of tho
latter arrive. Thin will nreveiit fur-
Ither duniage by tun backing up of tint
w-atois in the Willamette. At Tim
Dalle the Columbia is falling.
The 1 earner ThIioiiui, which for
ovr a month hna been iinnriwmed in
I the ire at Capo Horn, whh tolouaed
today b the adminer Georgia Iliirlon.
The two whnoIm nro proceeding down
the rher to Vancouver, Wash
lee in the Columbia today became
jammed against the Spoktinu, Polt
IuikI & Seattle bnilgo above Vuiiiiou
cr no that the draws cannot ho op
erated. Tho bridge is closed, per
mitting (he iMNNUge of trains, hut in
terrupting river boats,
The steamer Annie Coming, which
was torn from her mooring, at Port
land hiht night ami whirled against
the steel railroad bridge, was lowed
to sntetv today atter being damaged
eoiisideliiblv.
Tf ATTAPl fll IDAHO
J A I I Aul UUKAbU
PAIIIS. Feb. l'J. A diopai.Ti from
Koine oao that aeeording to the Du
riix11 iMiireo)Ninient of the Idea N'a
Kionnle. the strength ot the A list nan
ioice now- ninrehing 011 Dura.o is
e-imialed at 30,000 men. The rest ot
'tin- invading army, the correspondent
-i- i engnged 111 guarding Hi'
1 1 ountrv behind the adtaneing troos.
He .11I1U that the disarmament ot
All. III. I..ltt.. ... ..dkt B.U, ....U.l.lal.J ...A.l
.....,.. ,0) ,,,,t )n i-,tiiim'it'ti t tin j
i.nit- i.i 1 he little kingdom Uuw not'
" oiciipied, ns a lesull nt (lie iu-
" t 1 1 ic-i-iiiiiee ot the lullowels ot
(ieni 1.1I M.M hum lt II.
PREVENTS
DANGER
PORTLAND
30,000 AUSTRIANS
smiNEUlRAL CONSULS
LEAVE 1NASTIR
ATHKNS. Kob u, vi.i Paris. Fen.
12. Tho Pstris states that the tier
mans and Hulgnrlans have sent away
the Rumanian and Ureek lonsuls at
llouustii, in Muthwestern Serbia
near the Uruek frontier.
"This Is an event of great Im
portance." the Patrla continues. "It
requires more than a protect. The
Skouleudls government ittateHda that
the measure la a general one directed
agalast ail neutral eeasula, bat there
are no other neutral conauls at JlfiH
iiUr. FurtkMjHar, ihlaQliy kus
net Uw saitie tgtrgst for ItusiauU as
for US," t;rj
ARREST YOUTH
FOR POISONING CRATER HIGHWAY
OF SCHOOL GIRL NOW ASSURED
Will H. Orpct, Student .it University
of Wisconsin, Chnrgctl Willi Mur
der of Miss Marlon Lambert of
Like Forest, Whose Body Was
Found In Woods In Snow.
CHICAGO, Feb. 12. Will II. Or
pct, n student at the lnivorsity of
'Wisconsin, wus formally (hui-ged to
day with tho murder of Miss Mnrion
Fnineo-; Lambert of Lake Forest,
whose body wa found in tlio fmow
Thursday mon.ii.g in the wooiln near
her homo. He deelured he waa liiuo
oeut of her death.
Chemienl nnulysi showed denth
due to poison.
Denial was made by Orpet that he
saw .Marion Lambert tuke the poison
which ended her life.
"If 1 hud only looked back, do you
lliink 1 would huvo let hor lie there J"
he asked, pointing to the daik woods
hcio the body wus found. Orpet
arrived in Luke Foiot today from
Madison, Wis., in the custody of de
tectives mid Slate'a Attorney It. J.
Dady of Uiko county.
Taken to Scene.
Orpet was tnlieii to tho woods
whore the body wus found. With of
ficers ho walked over the route
which he said he and Miss Lambert
followed on last Wednesday, dossing
n little ravine, Oniel stopped. Then1,
lie suid, wiw. whoie he had a sharp
i)uitcI with tho girl whim ho told hor
of his engagement lo another. Handl
ing the three tree under which the
body wns found, thu paitt- smirched
unsiicooswTtilly for 11 bottle or paper
which might have contained thu poi
son. Fart of the mterv which sur
rounded the deuth of Miss Uuubert
was solved by the confosalon of Or
pet, who admitted that he had met
the gnl in the lonely woods on a se
cret tryst and that he hud told her
that he intended to "marry another."
Orpel is repotted lo huve giien the
following account of hi lry( with
the girl:
Oiik'I'n .Statement.
"I got to Like Forest Tuesday
night and failed to make an appoint
ment with Marion for that evening,
so I made one for the ne.vt morning.
Wo had our talk in the woods nnd I
then told her I was figuring on mur-
pryiug another gill.
"I told her plumly that it uiim nil
off between un. Then wo arranged
that. I should leave tho woods iirst
and take a ear to Chicago, where I
could get a train for Madison. I did
that. Hlie was lo follow me it. 11 few
minutes alter I had time to catch my
ar and gut out of her way. Hut she
didn't do that."
The olict planned to confront Or-
V' with l)aul James, a deaf mute,
who said he mi Mi-o Lambert and a
)ni man 111 the wood- Wednesday
and lliat he -.a the n.u pu-ss a bot
tle to the V'iiiil' u "in. hi'- lip-.
25
FROM COAL MINE
AFTER EXPLOSION
INDIANA, Pa, Teb. l.- Tent
fivo bodies had been recovered at
noon today from the. mine of the
Jefferson and Clearfield Coal and
Iron company at Krnest, where an
explosion occurred yesterday. Search
ers vxpi eased the bullet, that no more
bodies would be found.
The maji were buried under masses
of earth and eoal neur the fuce of
the entries.
It was said that the exploration of
that part of tho minu affected by the
explosion had been completed.
' 8ean after the arrival of the gov
erament tuUie reaeue ear from Pitta-
burg a report spread thai three mat)
were still alive In the alius and ef
forts were redoubled to reach the
aeetlou where tbey were believed to
be imprisoned. The workings aheud
of tbo rescue erewaswere round to
u nltedSitli aftardamp and all hope
of future 'rjnuiua wag abgadoued, ai
iHongh th erews coutiKumi taeir
work.
BD
TAKEN
STATE 1 FOR
Governor Withycombe and Treasurer
Kay for the State Hhjhway Com
mission Promise Co-operation for
Federal Survey Upon Which to
Dase Recommendations.
Official business roqulrcd Gover
nor Wlthycombc's attention on his
arrival lu this city Saturday. He and
Stnto Treasurer Tom Kay, represent
ing tho stnto highway commission,
(not with tho Medford Commercial
club (0 discuss tho matter of procur
ing a federal survey of tho Crater
Lnko highway. Tho meeting was at
tended by n Inrgo nssomblngo of
prominent business mon Interested
In the succoss of tho movement to
tnko advantage of tho government's
offer to mako the desired survey If
tho $S000 required from tho fitlito Is
officially nsflurod.
Will ti. Steel, supervisor of tho
Crator Lake park, nnd II. 1.. Wnlthcr
and C. I.. Gatoa on buhnlf of tho Com
mercial club, pi ounn tod tho matter to
thu govornor and his associates. Gov.
ornor Wlthycombo and State Treas
urer Kay replied on behalf of thd
stnto, piouilslng to find 11 way to sup
ply tho $8000 from tho highway
funds for tho purposo of tho survey.
If thoro bo no logal obstruction, It
will come from the appropriation for
stnto highways, the funds of which
aro In hand.
This Is bollovod to oloso tho Inci
dent. Park Supervisor Stool Is
plonsod with tho promised co-opcra-Hon
to comply with tho federal gov
eruiuunt'H requirement in tho mat
tor. Tho money will bo for a high
way from tho paved Pacific highway
to tho park, and will be made by tho
federal government nnd used ns n
base to secure departmental recom
mendations for a fodoral appropria
tion for a paved road to tho park.
Governor Withycombe Treasurer
Kay and Gamo Warden Shoemaker
arrived on 15 and spent a busy day.
Thoy wore wolromod by loeal re
publicans, visited tho iHiultry show
nnd taken to Ashland In the after
noon. In the evening thoy will bo
guests of honor at tho Lincoln ban
nuet. OLE WORKMEN
E
WASHINGTON. Feb. Vi. Tho
strike on the Alaskuu railroad was
attributed toda by ChairNMH W. C.
Kdea of the Alaskan engiaeeriHtf
commission, to the pent-up unorgfea
ut the HUM men who have eptwl tho
winter idling in ice -locked anuharane,
rather than to dissutwfMtien wiili
wage eonditioiis. N't more than tifty
men, be said, had beM kept at work
during the winter.
IJe 11 tenant Couiuiaiidcr Mears nl
Aiiehorugc ivHrted today that all
work has ixen stopped. No disorder
was rcjturU'd. Jl was said heie that
no attempt would be made to resume
work 011 the road until the president
had signed the urgent deficiency bill,
cair.vuii; un appropriation of 4-,000,.
OdO for the eouunission, wtueh is iiutv
(uueiii ally without funds.
The :t,000,lH)0 alieudv appropri
ated has been spent, moat of it in the,
purchase of the Alaska Northern
raihoad, and until woro money !
available construction work cannot be
icoumcd. Chairmen I'Ules, deelurcit
the eomuiioxion anticipated nn diili-
ultv in vifitm- plenty of men when
work uao icadv.
WAKW1NOTON. Feb. U. Indian
Suwriufg6uit Itunke el 1'uba. Aiu.,
1 ported to Cato Sella, etnomisoiwuer
ol Indian affairs, that the tiuhg
..iut l bv the killing of h Navajo In
ilum leii-iitlv whtiti rei4in- urn t
hud been rtie.iih exaggerated a it
that there weie no liwUwvllvn of UU
uprising. w
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