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Medford Mail Tribune tfM imiwuiiMMtmtmmmm 4 SECOND EDITION WEATHER Today and Tiirfnjl Halm Mat. .-,(; Mln. If. MMMWMI Mirf ,fv fifth Yff in.iv Tnti Year MKHFOIW OUKCION. MONDAY. IT.lWft'AKY II. HMli n o II OF ALLIES CRUISERS LOST TRENCHESTAKEN THROUGH IIS ON WEST LINE British Cruiser Arethusa, Which Took Part In Naval Battle Off Helgo land, Sunk Off East Coast of Eng landFrench Cruiser Admiral Admiral Charncr Torpedoed. LONDON, Fob. II. Tho Nrltlsh cruiser Arethusa struck a mlno today off tho oast const of England, accord ing to a statement Issued by tho nrltlsh official press buroau. It Is feared, thu statomont adds, that tho vessel will bo a total wteck. About ton mon woro lost In tho sinking of tho crulsor. Tho text of tho official statement says: "Ills maJot's ship Arethusa, Com modoro Ilcglnnld Y. Tyrwhltt, has struck n mine off tho oast const and It U expected she will become a total wreck. About ton men wore lost." Tho Arethusa was n light crulsor displacing aCOO tons. She was 110 feet Iohk. 30 feet boam and had n mean draft of U feet. Tho vessel was built at Chatham In 11)13-14. Tho cruiser was armod with two six-inch Runs foro and nft and six four-inch guns on tho broad side. Sho also was equipped with four 21-Inch torpedo tubos. Tho Arothusa had not been 18 hours out of tho hands of hor build ers before sho took part in one of tho most Important naval buttle In tho North sea since tho war bogaii tho engngomont off Helgoland Au gust !28, 1314, In which three Oor ninn cruisers and two Gormnii torpe do boat destroyers woro sunk. French Cruiser fiost PAULS, Fob. 14. Ueports of tho loss of tho French crulsor Admiral C'harnor, roportod to have been sunk by a submarine which was patrolling the Syrian const, woro conflrmod to day. According to Information rocolvod at tho French ministry of marlno a raft bearing ono live sailor and tho bodies of four of his companions has boon picked up of Mho coast of Sy rln. Tho rescued man sold tho Admiral Chanter was sunk on tho morning of Fobrunry 8. Ho declared thoro was no tlmo to use tho llfohonts. An official statomont given out by tho French ministry of marine yes terday said that no news had been received from tho Crulsor Admiral Chnrner slnco Fobruary 8 when, ac cording to a Gorman telogram, a sub marine had sunk it French warship." It wan a torpedo from tho Areth usa which struck the battered Gor man cruiser llluoohcr and sent hor t dii. Iiiittiim in (he irreat Xorth sea battle between IJritish and O.-nnau Miuadroii Jiinunrv a-l. 101-V though covered with smr of buttle, " - 1 Teeeied ill tliese et aagemenis, me Arethusa when visited shoitlv niter "wnid by journalists, .s asam " sltnpc for another ha E NKW YOHK. Feb. J I. Insuranee -tntMies show Jhat the man who Croats, as well us the mun who in lules in alcoholic drink i had nsk, aecoiding to Arthur IlunUr, a hfe inuinee aotuarj1. Mr. Hunter delivered a wurning jaiut ovariu diilBenoB in an addres to a Vounjt Men's (.'hrialiait ocintion lost night. Ho said that the Uey ier .is well as tho heavy drinker wa sur of n khnrt lif. hut .eldoUJ a BieiTy i,n,. i.o,tt iiiu eimdilions under uln.-li t.u IivmI itMxdudcd the full eu- E ER BAD INSURANCE RISK i.iyment of either mental or u;a ellbeing. Hut at the top of the ht 1 "t hfe-shorteniiiiP habit he placed l lie u,e of uleoholio liquo). . "ScxAi.ty year ogo. said Mr Hunter, "an abstainer was unknown. NVtAiw firt abstainer applied to a li rye Undou company for insiiranee 11 ss-eial neetiug or thpboard of di re.tW Wi, called to deal with thi 1 '! noiiieiiou and a .ieci.il premium ' .- ileii.inuled. CollllMlv' I x- t itn.n-. ttn- in.iii li"l t. I" - 1- .1 ' GERMANS CLAIM Important Gains and Capture of 700 Yards of Positions Reported French Explode Crater Which Is Occupied and Held by Germans- Activity All Alonrj French Line. l'AUIS, Feb. 1 -I.-French forcos have exploded a mine in the road be tween Xeuville and La Folic, accord ing to announcement made by the war of lice this afternoon. In Champagne, n Herman nit nek onst of Koinnic-I'y was met by tho explosion of three French minea. The Herman efforts to advance were cheeked, but in spite of serious losses they maintained themselves in the petitions occupied bv them. liupoilniit Gains llKHLIN, Feb. 1 1 Important gains for the Oennnns in two engage ments were reported today bv the war office. Northwest of Tnhure, posi tions over a front of 700 yards were captured, seven officer and !IU0 men being made prisoners. In the region of Anorsept, near the Ficueh fron tier, allied positions 100 yards Ions "weie captiued. Today's official slnlcmenl says: "Western theater: Lively aitillery fights have continued over a great portion of the front. During the night the enemy again directed his fire on Letts and Lievitt. "South of the .Hoinmo stubborn fights developed around an advanced and extending sap head of our posi tion. We xa ve up a surrounding at tack on outpost trenches. "In the Champagne enemy oottn- tor-attacks made houth of St. ..Marie wore repulsed. Froneli Lines Stormed "Northwest of Tnhure wo wrested from the French by n storming ntlaok a position 700 motors in extent. The enemy left sex en of Heel's and more than 300 prisoners in our hands and lost three machine guns and five mine throwers. "Hand grenade fighting to the oast of Jlaisons de Chniiiwgito has uomo to a standstill. "South of I.wsse, east of St. Dio, we dofctroyed by n mine explosion a portion of one of the enemy's posi tions. "Near Abersept, near tho French frontier, our troop took French iron) over a front about 100 yards in extent and repulsed mgnl counter attacks. We took a few dozen pris oner, two maehine guns and three mine-throwers. "Our aeroplane squadron attacked railway establishments and wilitHtW encampments of the enemy on tho northern ortion of the front. "Fjmlern theater: Aiwrt from a lew iwitiol enRagemenis if-mung u. .l-jonr i.nnr. nothing . it tmport.imc has iceutitd . ... ... ... MUNITIONS PLANT WRECKED BY FIRE StllFA'HTAlA, N. V., Feb. II. - The inunilimi- pi-"" ' tle uenerei. Klectrie rouipaiiy was wrecked by a riro tiday. The blajte wg fiually extiuguisbed by the eowj' )n vole fire departweat and no rejiort was made to the city police or fire authorities. Officials of the com pany withheld all information re garding; the rire. The employe of the uuuution idant w-eru seat home. It was re ported that the toof of the building bad fallen in and that the walU had tuuiM ,lared UIMafe. The plant ha b cloly uard cd for some time and no one wae al lowed to approach th munttiona l...;ltin.r I oils V. The burned building wa a email one-storv structure of eoaerote. Formerly it used as 0fvr" . . V L..l !. iK.t Uuha-ed by thtfl I lartorv. bill s jyn.--.. -, Onciif KItno company a ia onth- aao'Snd madetfcg a piaai wr in t iii.inuitiirr ol nen v..-...,". 1 in 1 . It I o UJi-l 1.1 mnaui- GENE RAL ELECTRIC IN THROWN OUT OF IRK WHEN COLORADO WENT DRY DEMAND JOBSy(0 STATES im-mDHfsjo tSellalJMnm" ytftbb TKb Wtbb A Ly inu RESIDENCE HILL IN SEATTLE SLIPS ' SEA SKATTLK. Wash., Feb. 1 1.-Tho bluff of Queen Anne hill, a fine rest denuodi4ri.t in the northern part if the eitv, has begun to slip toward tho k,m lu.a,.li l.iwiimiiiir hi Kiniienr tmrk nn.l iixtendinr north a mile. At tho ssros ssssjs. Mj wt B .HsdflsBSHirBBv 4 vJBs i P " " sy a 'sbHsaTC 1 MtsX sHVuvhvL BWB1HbW lOTiBWsJCTBjft7gTSMasBsBSM TOWARDS top tlto earth has subsided two inches university student accused of mur lo two iiiet. A ntiniber of house dering the voting woman, Ins former I.rwi been twisted, beside those sweetheart, according to Stute's At- wrecked by the slides in this district last week, and water mid nan pipes havo been broken. Ijirjio iqMirtment houses on tho brow of the bluff havo not been affected, and the whole fin ancial loss has been small. The thaw in the mountains is bo (loining more rapid, with tompont turos rising as hiith as -10 dining tho day. The snow huung nnne and the ruin subsided, it is expected that tho slides on Queen Anne hill will ccaso. All the larjso buildings nie safe. The elide in Kinnear jwrk is notue what iribro serioiw than in usual winters, 1iut sltdci are always looked for in wet weather on the steep bluff- side. BRITISH BACHELORS CALLED TO COLORS LONDON. Fob. 14. An offlclul proclamation culling up the remain ing ilitKlo mon tindr tho Darby plan and tho military iwrvleo act wan post ed today. The eall to tho color will hao the effect of ourolling all ulnglo men of military ng who haev not been ex empted. Slngle men who did not attest un der the Hurl of Derby'! plan are sub ject to compulsory military service, with certain eliuwos of exemption un der the terms of the act naseod at the last session of parliament, which went Into effect February to I SALKM. Or.. Feb. 11. Since tho permanent registration books opeued in Oregon on the first of the year, there ss been a total legist ration in the state of only 33,131, and today Deputy Soeretar? of State Koser ex rd apprehension fast congestion i b r lhc Al be . .!..:.. . 1.. I..lal Kimulnllllll was 3A,WKl, and it is estimated that it will increase trom 1 to 'JO per cent tin- f 11 Tljfc l.... - ' I"-mI "u0A- h ir., WiJMf W,1 rnZS f -' J THC iahkZ. WW i j&.. um sHhh r ijra Sj -, wr &,' .... r..i...t '"' K4H 14 HUH v7llnfS .tn "lIHl DEADLY POISON USED ON VICT 1 IN ORPET CELLARS , , .. , r ,. . MIHAMW, fell. ll.-uenuiy 101- son, idetitieal with that which is bo- Hovel to liavo caused 1110 iiiniiii -Marian Francos Lambert, wns found today in tho luiHoinuiit of the Lake Forost home of Will H. Orot, tlioi tomey Daily of Wattkegan. Iteports that thev had eonaenled to tho relenao of Will II. Orpot, the I'nivorwity student accused of mur dering their daughter, Mariitu Fran ces Lambert, and that they favored leniency in his ease, was denied today by Frnnk Lambert, father of tho girl, speaking for hinisolf and .Mr. Iain bcit. "On llio eontrniy," said Mr. Iim bert, both my wife and myself be lieve Orpet guilly of ranting our girl' death, whether ho actually poured tlto imuMiii down her throat, and we want justice to he douo." MADISON, Win., Feb. 1 L Admis sion that laM August he sold William Orpet a drug to ho ued in connection with tho condition ot M.tiiuii Lam bert was believed to be in, was made todav hv'W. Ilasfitiaer. clerk 111 n Madison drug stoic, aeiording to a ! private detocme Hgenev that is in estigntiHg the eas. Detcotives as sert also that last Tue-day. a few hours before going to Lake Forest to seo Miss Lambert. 'nM'' lHiivhased from Hniingcr n bottle of medicine. Hasingrr denied -i-lliti- Orpet any jMiiion at that tune. T CIH('AUi), Feb. ti. I irst Deputy Superintendent ot l'oheu Herman Hehucttier said today Hwt he ox lccted the arrest within a short time of Jean Crones, assistant oh of at the University club, wbu is .itspuetud of putting Misou in the soup served at a dinner given on ThuiMluy night to Archbishop Muudelein. John Allegrini and l'aupialo Ug no, friends or Crones, are still being held by the iwliee. KxunUHalimi of the correspondence and segreh of the qiiaitera of the two men, the police said today, had developed nothing that showed they had anything to do with the poisoning. Hmpty poison bottles and wrap pers found in the kitchen ttf the uni versity club verified bv a uwuititative aualyais of the soup served at the ltano.net, indicate that the alleged poi soner made scientific caleulauoa, according to the authorities, to mur der ccrv sue-t at the b.nifiiet uien lj At' bljil.yp MulidcUi.i EXPEC ARREST OF POISONING CHEF ,m jhtht- W isil Wmm sH Hlk B. A t l-L"" I ! 1 I M 1 I'ho huiulivd sdoiiK, itotltlonoM thrown out of eniplojiuent by the op crnllou of Colorado's prohibition law, ntiutiicd to tho slato cnptlol, after a miiis meeting, ami nsked (iov. Carl son to cull a MH'cinl session of legls Intui'u to fiiinlsti t bein Jobs, TYPE OE E WASHINGTON, Feb. II. Aban j doiiment of the const tvpe of subiua- line was recommended by Admiral ' (Iratit, Limitation of cruising rail- its, iinscnwortliincsw ami other noti ons, he said, made it advisable in re to build only stibmersiblos of the 1000-lou licet submarine type, of which thiee have been ntithorixcd and none is ot complete. ..lnii,l finilli Hli i, t,,.,t .,i.liiv., knowwl8l, tm, noi1111.11 lautU. from Mi) nmj i;.l18 i,.insive, displaeed 800 tons on the sutfnee as against 1.10 tons for the K boats of the American itaxy, Hie largest in I In service. For months the German boats, he said, had operated out of Helgoland, around Scotland at a dis tance of L'lOO miles from their huso. II tisik litem nine days to mnko the round I lip, he said, and thev remain ed on the operating station thirteen days, iiiilesi. driven to base sooner through bavin used up the torpedo supply. Thtee of these I' boats, he said, could keep the cycle working so otto was alwayN'oti the operating stn timi. To accomplish the same thing, lie added, the I'nited States would tcipiire twenty-two K cIush boats, be muse or I heir leti-ilav sea service limitation. Admiral (I rant thought it unwise lo eon! met any submarine of less than twenty knots speed, and said tlii- could not he done 011 n iuntl boat. He arced that ihc minimum ic of Inline boot- he H00 tons stir lace di-pl.ii eiuellt. E OI'.HM.WTOWN. f..!., lib. II. Annelid biimiKC two men 1 011I1I not open the inner door ot a sufo ol who h he hud torccd them to work tile combiiintiou, an unmasked rolHH-r 'cirlv toda hot ami killed one ol the men and wounded another mun whin thev nt templed to escaM. Tin man Lilted was Warren Smith. Theodoie Jnen wa-t shot in the -Imulder. Ihith weie employed in (lie .More. Thev had been aroused frtaii bed at Jensen's home, the Highway man coxerinu them with an automatic revoher while they die-scd and then led the wav to the toir. It is ieMiitcd tliut the bahdit luii been surrtiunded bv a "-!' 111 a x''lAe sexersl mile-, from Willow. WASIIINOTON. Feb. 1 1.-Senate I)iM'u"eil eontcienec report oil uraeut delicicney bill. Militant- at fairs committee began executive consideration of uimv r orguuixulion plans. Heuse: Hear Admiral Grant testified b toie the naval affairs rowwittM that larger Mibuiaiiue weie needed by the p.i. WOULD ABANDON COAST SUBM RS1BLES BANDIT mm HELPERS DAY IN CONGRESS DEUYS ON ONTEUTONNOTE Leave to Future Developments Whether Any Action Will Be Taken In Response to Notice That Armed Merchantmen Will Be Treated as Warships by Germany and Austria. WASHINGTON. Feb. 14. Tho United States will leave to future de velopments whether any action will bo taken In reoponso to tho announce-' mont from the Teutonic allies that armed merchantmen lightning .March 1 will be Httbjectcd to submarine at tttok without warning. From hlfih official qiiartorH today came tho Intimation Hint tho mem orandums rocolvod from tho Gorman and AUBtrlnn governments nro con sldorcd In themBoIvca a sufficient wnrnlug to Americans to refrain from cnKOglng pnssnge on merchant ships of tho cluwi affected by tlto or der. In Delicate Po-.lt Ion The United States nilmltteilly has found Itself to bo In n dollcnto posi tion as n rcHtilt ot Its memorandum to the entente nlllus and tho mom' ornuditm front tho central powora Should this government approvo ot tho position of tho Teutonic allies, it Is bollovcd diplomatic controversies Immediately would result and It might oven bo charged Unit the Unit ed States had committed an tinnuu- trnl act for tho 'benefit ot tho ene mies of the entente. On tho other bund the central pow ers. It wiih believed might bo offend ed should tho stnto department crit icise adversely llrltlsh memoranda, which wns generally regarded to bo n development of tho American mom oratidum suggesting the dlsarmmg of merchantmen. This contained an Intimation that tho United States ho cnttso of tho changed conditions of warfare on the seas might decide that nrmod merchnutmon entering Ameri can wntera were auxiliary crulnors and thoroforo subject to Interment. Awdil the Difficulty lly allowing future dovolopmentH to determine tho stand of tho United Stntos, It wiih pointed nut. all diffi culty could bo avoided nt this time. It Is pointed out that tho danger of Americans travollng from tho Unltod States In llrltlsh and French shins would In any event bo slight; ships of those nationalities entering American waters not being armod. E LONDON. Feb II A Neuter dis patch from .Milan as six persons weor killed and several Injured b bombs dropped from uoroplaites which apeparod over the tit) this morning. The dispatch says several aero planes took purl In the fusillade ami tho aeioplauoa dlsuppuared after dropping bombs. Tho materia! dam ago was small. Tho casualties woro all among civilians. Milan Is In northern lta!, south fof the Swiss border and sovonty miles west of the Austrian line. Hereto fore aerial attacks Have not beeu made 011 points as far la the Interior as Milan. Milan Is the sorond largest city of Italy, with .a population of about .100,000. It has some of the finest churches of Kurope. OFFER AMENDMENT TO RESERVE I WASHINGTON. Feb. U. Senator Kern, democratic leader, today injro dufod a bill to uuiuud the federal re serve law aud iermit oltieers. direc tors or emdoyes or member banks or r)a "A" directors ot federal to- serve bunk, with the . ti-ent of Ik federal reserve board, to l me of ficers. diroet'ire or employe of other banks, baukwf asaoeiattons inl trust companies, federal ur staU- piovided thev are not iu cometitiou with miujlici bauW. AIRSHIP AID ID MILAN NO. 278 wisorai TO APPEAR IN OHIO PRIMARIES President Formally Consents That His Name Be Used as a Candidate for Reuomlnallon Unwilling to Enter a Contest, But Willing Dem ocrats Make Known Preference. WASIIINOTON, Feb. Id. Presi dent Wilson toditv formally gnvo his consent that hi.s name bo used as' u candidate for rcnominatiou. In n letter to the secretary of st'ato of Ohio the president Muted. th'nt' ho was unwilling to enter a coiiiatt for the iiomiiiatiou, hut was ready to per mit the use of his iinmo in the, com ing primary in order that tlto demo crats of Ohio might make known their preference. Ohio I'rlmary Inu The president innde known ljlj position in order to aomty wlllf TJjo Ohio primary !. wlHolt requires cnndiilaloa for delegates to party xionvcntions lo make known their first and second choice before Feb ruary 'J', mill also rofiiire that tho candidates for dulealex liuvo thu coiihcut of their choicer to nuike tisu of their names. The president was formally notified of tho requirements of the law lust, week and today ho wrote Charles Q. Hildebrant, secretary of state of Ohio, as follews: "I am inclosing to you u lottcr, tho occasion of which, I dare say. will bo quite obvious. Friends in Ohiofhnvu culled my attention to sqotjon .41)51) of the general code of Ohio aft aniciul ed in 1011, with regards to pniua'tjy olcotioiiK and have requested .that I indicate my willinguoaa vthutj mntuno, he placed upon Iho lmlior.i,w "I therefore take the liberty of submitting the inclosed lotler ns my permission." Letter I'roiu rict blent Tho letter the prvsidunt inclosed was us I'ollows : "While I am entirely unwilling to cuter into any contest for tho provi dential nomination of the domuoratio party, I urn willing to permit tho usu of my mime that the demouratti in Ohio may make known their prefer ence in regit rd to that nomination. "In order, therefore, to antisfy tho tochniciil requirements of tho stat utes of the state of Ohio, I hereby eminent to tho use of my iiitmu ns 11 cauiliiliito for tho prosjdenoy by any ciiudidnto who coka (U ho elected 11 ilelegute to tho national doimmrntiu itoiivuutinu which ,1s la nssumblo 111 Juno nuxt." This was the Hffit time llm pros! dent has consented funually lo havo his name used in connection with tio iiomiiiatiou. His name lint) been placed 011 orimary bnllota in hovuml states, however, tlirttgh thu notiv itic of i'rienils. I'p to the Voters The niesideut take- tho jiOfeition (hat the voters will have to demand whether he make tin- race for tho (Continued on page six) WAHIUNGTON, Feb. 14. With bis return from a week-end trip on the Mayflower, I'resideut Wilson wda ready today to boglu a sorlun of con ferences with congressional loaders ovnr the appolntmont of a seerotury of war, national dotonso pluns aud other ponding legislation. The president hud engagements to day to see congressional delegations with candidates for secretary of war and others who woro to suggest myu tor tho assistant secretaryship. H is gouerully expectod. howovur, that tho now secretary will naniu Ua owu assistant- Those In a position .o know thluk that the president will not name an army mnn for (ho eablnst racauoy. That would elimlnato M?JBr Geaioral Georga Goelnalg, who hae liyun rut ommendwl for the plaea. The Mayflowor had a rogdi v;ujv age heme during which no quo. Ifelt the eablni aad It was ald soma ot the members ot the party were eea-- aicU. PRESIDENT HOME FROM ROUGH TRIP 'ft Yl I -iri : i H Nf j. XXi i, ,'.ii:- U 1LV1' i'Wiia- ---?mm:.