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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,
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Teeeied ill tliese et aagemenis, me
Arethusa when visited shoitlv niter
"wnid by journalists, .s asam "
sltnpc for another ha
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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-
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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-
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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DEADLY POISON
USED ON VICT
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IN ORPET CELLARS
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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.
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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
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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