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Medford Mail Tribune m SECOND EDITION WEATHER I'nlr Tonight anil Thursday". Mat. (Ii Mln. JIT. Forty-fifth Yar. Psliv T. nth Vtur MEDFORD OIIKOON. V.'KDNKsD VV. KIIJia'AUV Hi. Wlii NO. 280 v. ' "" li I FINAL BRAFl OF AGREEMENT IN LUSITANIA CASE Bcrnstorff Presents Kaiser's Aflrec- ment, But Lansing Says That Ger many's New Policy of Sinking Armed Merchantmen Without Warning Reopens Entire Question. WASHINGTON', Feb. 1(1. Count Von Hcnistorff, tho Gentian nmbns sudur, toilny presented to Sccrotnry lousing llio Intent draft of tho Lust tnniu ngreenient, embodying tint changes suggested by tlu American government nnil nlrfo one change suggested liy Heilin. Secretary Ionising said tndny tlmt the Herman government's announced intention of sinking tmni'il iiierehunt iticii without warning after February lit) has rt'oponeil tin' entire iuHt iott of submnrino warfare Tho Lnsi tnnin ngiccmunl presented toilny enn tml ho finiilly accepted until tin1 I'liilcd State determine wlicthiT anything in it conflict with tin now policy of sinking nnncd merchant ships. I. nlcr Secrolury Innsiiiir Hind tin1 flcimnn eominiinicMtion wns being Htmlii'tl closely to determine if nny thing contained in flennuny's recent notice of intention to sink armed ships without wnniniR nfter Fob. !20 eoniiicieit wuii ino assurance given in the LuMtmiiu nogotiutions. Musi cinilfy .Situation. It wns pointed out tlmt American officials realized Hint the I.tHitunin agreement refers to "linen." anil thul the nouiy iiimniiiicvd flornmu sub murine policy refers to till nnneil ship. Iteforo the I.iisilttniu ngiee x incut finnlly js neceptod it will he. iiceessury to dlnrify the Hit mi t ion. In hii conference with Secretary Lansing today the Herman nmbnssa dor discussed the advisability of it postponement of tho effective (Into of (lie new submarine order to give opportunity for negotiation. See re tnrv lousing did not commit himself nnil ninde no comment. Count von Ilernstorff told Seere tnry Lansing it win Iijm eronnl opinion tlmt in carrying out thu new Milium rine campaign it wns not the intention of the Herman government to sink "liners." Mr. Ionising is un derstood to have informed him that such fi statement from tho flenunii govemmenj would he desirable. New Agreement Offured. It develoM'I thnt when the Germitn ambassador preiiented the draft of the Lusitunia agreement more than a Meek ago he at that time informed the state department of hik govern ment's new submnrino policy, whieh later was announced from Vienna and Merlin. Ah now drawn and fonunlly sinned In the Herman ambassador, the ngiccmcui is in reply to the lust Amerieun nolo. It begins with reference o the for mal nsurancos given by Germany last September that sitlimniiiics Mould not aink unresisting liner v.ithout warning and icguid foi the safety of live aboard, uud that the instructions to auhmnrine coininand-ci-s were so definite a to allow no ini-iinderslnuiling. It then slates that the submarine warfare arouud the Itnii-h isles wn a reprisal for wh.it is characterised aa "the inhu mane" Idoeknde of Great Pritain to starve the central jwweif, and then juoini-es indemnity for Americans lost on the Luaiinnia nnd oxpres-.es 'pniUniudriwH" (or thir deaths. It oe pj 0 wy that tha Genuau ua enimeiv - PrwPltP'vuug liabilit " lor their loss, makex the proposals- (ontnnud in the drutt suhmitted t il.i, and then denU with the question M reprisals at'amst ulliers than eu- l-U) silhjeets. FIRST DEFENSE BH.L "WASUINC.TON, rb 16 -President ilou today siu'ifd the Hrnt of the national defense bill. One increase! the, eQrance class at the naval academy by 300 cadets and the other make immediately available j.'.oo.imiu for fstlltties for building tt.ti niifi at the Mar. Island naw r.i ,in 1 Cm, nun for ik. tin ioe j' rit .. 1 1 - . oih. nu. ,ii J ERZERUM FALLS $3,000,000 LOSS BEFORE INVADING WHEN STEAMERS RUSSIAN ARMY ANDDOCKSBURN Strong Turkish Citadel, Objective of Caucasian Campaign, Captured Germans Repel British Attempts to Recover Trenches Southeast of Yprcs, Lost Yesterday. LONDON, Feb. 1(1. IlouterV Pel rogrnd eoriepondent tcloprnphs that Kivoruin linn been enjitured by the Itiis-ftinu. The enplure of Krienmi hns been the objective of the recent ennipnimi of the RiUHiaiiK in tlic CuuenHiis. Its possesion is of coimidembln xlrat etie iniHtrlMiice. ns it is tho chief city of TSurkish Anuenin uud the center of n system of roada.' Von iter (loltz Coininanil.s. l'rcsa difputehca from I'etrojtrad recently suid German Field Mnmhnl Huron von der Golly, wns in eou'iuiiiud at Kixcrmu with 80.001 men; tlmt their oacape bad been cut off nnd tlmt they hud provision for only n fortnight. A relief expedition wim sent by tho Turks, but it was tcport ed these forces hnd been defeated by tho Russians with heavy losses. Krerum is tibout si.ty miles west of the itusNinn border. Its cnptiue, if accomplished, ns reported, repre sents one of tho few definite neeoin plisliments of the Caucasian nrmy. The attacks- wore designed to le lieve pivssure on the Itritish in .Mes opolamiii and this icult ix still hoped for. ltiltlsli Kcimll. HKUI.1N, Feb. 1(i. Three nttaeks by tho llritisli in efforts to recover the trenches southeast of Ypre, in Belgium, which they lost to the Ger mans, ure announced today by army headquarters. All the attacks ure de clared to hnve been fruitless, as were those of the French in attempts to regain ground lot northwest of 'fa ilure, in the Chatnnagne. The official statement follews: "Ves4ern theater: The Knglish made three vain attacks yesterday on the isisilioii southeAnt of Yprcs, which we had captured. Tho lost 100 prisoners. "In the Chiunivagno tho French ro- poatcd their endeavors to regain their positions northwest of Taliuro, with the same fniluie as ou previous days. ''Generally speaking, stormy weather i hinderiug fighting activ ities. "Kastern theater: There has been a driving snow along the whole iront, .Noiiiinir t imixiriance nns occurred." ENGLAND 10 SEIZE ALL DISTILLERIES LONDON, l'elt. 1i. The Ctnir..J 'ch says it is able to confirm the report that the government is about to commandeer all distillenes in the .United Kingdom with as little delay pa possible. This step Is necessary, it is said, ouing to the constantly (trowing demand for alcohol m con lection with the iii.iiiul a-( hi c ot hih eplo-i(-s. SEARCH FOR POISON GIVING CHEF PROCEEDS CHICAGO. Feb 1. Police Cap tain Morgan Collluj said today lie had rocelvod iuforiaatlon that the mineral poison bttove.d to have eauted the llla&efi tf guests at tbo banquet to Arahklshpn Mundeleln last week vaj only it seconds ry poi son, but Uwi SODvi other drug was put in Die omp 'Wth Intent to kill. He refitfad to isclose what drug he belle vejl. wAf euploed as the prl niHrjr sjriMB, Saftwk' for Jean Crones, wbo, the tMlh believe, poisoned tho soup. tr4 taday to Include six nearby cliles. One report was that after f l ii'-; Oiuao he left the train at .r .1 ii i il III v. I,i r th. r i .i Steamships Bolton Castle and Pacific Destroyed, Steamer Pallozlc Dam aged, Twenty-Five Scows Burned With 900-Foot Pier of New York Dock Company. NKW YOItK. Feb. in. Tho slenm hliiis Iloltou Cnstle and I'noific nnd n nOO-fout iier helonging to the New York Dock 'eoiupuny at the foot of Pioneer street. Brooklyn, wete de stroyed enrly today by the moil dia nstrous lire on the Itrooklyn wntor front in yeuis. Ano'llier slimmer, the 'I'ulliixiii, was dniunged, about tweut five scows and lighters were puil: or wholly burned nnd two jiersons nre missing. The loss is estimnlod rt more than 1,000,000. The origin of the fite is unknown, but sustiicions tlmt it wns incendiary were nrniiscd becuuse of the fnct that some of the steamers weio louding with war munitions, some of which were intended for shipment to the mission government lo be delivered at Vladivostok. Siirrounilcil by liaises. 'The three slenmers lyinjf nt the iicr were surrounded by n fleet of about fifty lighters nnd bnrges, on cncli of which was ono man or more. On some of the barges we to tho wives and fnmilies of the ciiptnins. Some of them were compelled to jump overboil rd lo escape the names. Firemen nnd policemen drugged ninny of them out of the witter to adjoin ing piers nnd others were rescued by tugboats or firebouts. The llolton Cnstlo was loading with gnsoline for Russia and this fed the flames. The boilers of both the llol ton Castle and the Pacific blew up when the fire wns nl its height, com pleting tho work of destruction. Sev eral barges loaded with gasolino ly ing near tho steamers were destroyed. Ioailliig Win- Munitions'. The liolton Castle, a Itritish vossel, arrived here February (I, from Siug- a I kiic, Port Natal and St. Lucia. Tho Pacific arrived from Hull, Huglund, yesterday. Hath belong to the Cnstlo line. Tho burned pier was leased to Harbor & Co., steamship agents, nnd is believed to hnve been filled with merchandise, including war muni tions. Itte reports placed the estimated property loss at moro than $:i,000, 000. A statement issued on behalf of tho agentk for the ou'ners of tho steamship llolton Castle and Pacifio said their in estimation "thus far has failed to develop any evidence which would lend to the conclusion that the tire was of inccndmrv onain." S!'!MNGFJI:M), 111, Fell 1fi Women of Illinois wero denied the right to vote for delegates and alter nates to national nominating con ventions, state central and precinct eonimltttos in the supreme court to day. The deelslon held that while the legislature had tho right to give wom en this suffrage. It had not yet done ho and It was not within the prov ince ot tho court to write the priv ilege Into the law. The decision was made In deny ing a petition for a urlt of mandam us filed by J. T. Oarretsou, of Spring field, against County Clerk Ityeri, to force him to put the names of candi dates for those offices on the worn- (en's ballots. The primary at which national conventional delegates ar eto he chosen will be held on April 11. TURKEY HEAVY BORROWER FROM, CENTRAL POWERS AMtiTKRDAir, Feb. 1, mo Lon- don. A reMrt of the budget eom- uiitlee for the Turkish puiliument as rorted here fim Constantinople shows that since the beginning of the war the central powers have advanc ed to Turkey 21,HI,OOfl nnd tcrl- inv. Tiilkc i- -in 0 d, ImiroW an o,ii 'ii. il '! .'on lion il- h ill BAR W IN FROM LLIN RMARS n li., 1 J- DIMES TO-BID DREADNAUGHT LITTLE MISS' PLAN I.ITTI.K MAIMO l.lttlo Marjorlo Storrct wants to build u droailiiauKhl u Itli dimes. A fighting ship that will "sail right Into a scrap and lick all crea tion, same ns Paul .tones did," Is tho kind this HI-) ear-old Itrooklyn pa triot wants to glvo to luclo Sam If a fight Is necessary. This I It t lo Jean of Arc sent a dime to n newspaper FAJJi IMVF.lt, Ma-., Feb. It!. Kstiinates b owners ( piowrly and iroprietoi of stores in tho business district swept by fire early today in dicated that the tonl loss would he approximately $'2,000,000. A score of buildings, including an apartment hotel and several of tho largest re tail stores in the city, were destroyed nnd many others were damaged. Police and foremen were unable lo put forward any theory as to the probable origin of the fite. It start ed in the basement of u four-story hiiek building at the corner of South Main and Spring si reds, oucupied by tho department store of tho Stei ger comwny. Help was called fiom New Itedford, Taunton and Xewort, H. I. Ilefore the out-of-town engines ar rived the flames had made such a start that it was imioesillo to slop their progiess southward along South Mum sticct until Ihev had reached Columbia street, 't'lu-ie (he Kdward building, with a double fin wall, sen -d as an effective check, aud b flooding the buildiiiir ami adjoining property the firemen got ooutnd nt' the i-ouflagiation. At the north end of the limning uismci u water ciinain on me de partment stole of It. A. McYVhirr & Co. prevented a further spread. The granite walls of St. Marys cathedral protected a residential district tlieie Tho I,eno, hotel, diagonally across the street from the Stcujer store, Mas ono of lliu find buildings to suffer. Throughout the prog rata of the fire drug stores, restaurants and churches weie thrown ojieu for the relief of firemen, silieo and people driven from their homes. The guest at the Lenox hotel went gien shelter in private residences. The fire was the most disastrous in the history of the it). ASTOR TAKES SEAT E OF L LONDON, Fell 1u -Haron Astor, ot Never cnstle (William Waldorf Astor), took his scut for the first time tod&Vjjg IheJyjw- of lords. The bouse'Hjit'for only twenty min utes. There saSfiu debate. "William Waldorf stor, foimcrh of New York, a- mated ii.uou in hin-i i.t i!f( on Nt Vur $2,000,000 LOS N BLAZE SWEEP N ALL m m IUKSTi:itltlT with those Instructiens: "ITio thin dime to help Undo Sam liulbl a big righting ship. I'll send a dime ovory week; mnyho others will send (Union, too." .Marjorlo wants the warship called "The America." From the way the dimes aie coming In the ship may yet sail the fobs. FIRE DESTROYS AMERICAN C B TORONTO CANADA TOItOVro, One, Feb. Ill -Ono man was killed and two others in jured In a fire which early today wrecked the six-story home of tho American club. Several explosions were heard while tho fire was hum Ing. but arcoidlug to tlo pollco thuro were no detonations before tho flames were discovered. Karly report, as yet unconfirmed, were that tho blaze, was the result of an alien military plot, tho Ameilcan club having re cently been the scene of demonstra tions In favor of the entente allies. A man believed to have boon I. I. Ilurston, of Dallas, Texas, was found suffocated Just Inside a window ou thu third floor. Kdward Johnston, night Katchmnu of tho Mechanic bank, next door to the American club, waa dangerously Injured when ho as struck by .1 falling ehlninoy. Cap lain Asa Mluard, of tho Nlnoty-sov- enth battalion of tho American legion, was xlghtl burned while making his escape The interior of the building was d'Mtroci ami the loof fell In. Tho whH-i ,in intact Tbe property loss Is pt'in , nl I'lO.iiiio (lilt AfJtl. Feb. Hi M.nch 2i was set tndny as the date lor the ten -round bout between Champion Je Villa rl and Frank Moran of Pittsburg after Tex Itiekaid, oer the teleihone from New York, agreed to a MNtpoiienieiit declared necessary by Wllluid aud his manager, Tom Jones. The bout will he held in Madison Stpiure Qarden, Xew Yurie. A severe eohl has so affected Wil lurd's throat llurd he breathe with difliciilty and with too much of an effort to make effective traininii )os.(ible, accouliiif (o Touj Junes, his manager, lie has been nonfilled to his bed moai of tne" time for sev eral days, it was given out. ' JoiiDH suid be would remain in Chicago until Willard was tsbout ready tu begin work, aud the" take him lo N'coYoo:, where be would do all his 1 1 Mining. This, it is said, will be in a few days. Willard stands to lose $10,000 by (lit ,i-ti,,iii-iiieitj, it was said, be III' It ll'll 11,11- W ltl t llfllll ll-ll I ll -' I' Nl , WILLIARD-MORAN POSTPONED IP. OF Barnes in Control Wnilsworth. Whitman, Tanner and Brown "Bin Four" to Represent State in la tlonal Convention Preparedness Lcadlnn Feature. NKW YORK, Feb. 10. Tho re publican state convention today unnn Imounly adopted n platform Intended ns tho keynote for tho republican no tlonal campaign, endorsed llio Whit man state admlnlHtratlon nnd named Fulled States Senntor James W. Wodsworth, Jr., (lovornor Charles Whitman, Fredetlck Tanner, chair man of tho state committee and Stato Sonntor Klou It. Drown, republican lender In tho senate, ns tho "big four" to reprosont Now York state In tho national convention. The principal points of the plat form adopted are: Advocacy of "complcto piopnra lions for tho common dofouso, eco nomic, Industrial and financial, nn well ns military," Including n recom mendation for a naval general staff aud substantial strengthening of tho naval and military forces of the United Stntes. A demand that In International re lations tho United Stntes liitdnt upon universal observance of tho princi ples and rules of International luw. Wilson Policy Denounced, Denunciation of the Wllvon policy toward Mexico as one of "Inconsist ent and Iriospomdhlo Interforonco," and a demand for the protection of American rights In Mexico, either by n responsible Mexican government or through co-operation with other American republics. Denunciation or the bill to grant Independence to the Philippines which already hns passed the sonste as "an abandonment of the duty of this nation uud a broach of trunt toward tho Philippines," loading ios slhly to tho "seizure of the Islands by a foreign power." A demand for the "restoration of tho republican policy of a tariff com mission." And for adequate menu urns for tho quick upbuilding ot an American merchant marine. Measures advocated by the plat form Include development of farm credits nnd amendment to tho fed eral reserve act to avoid possibility of Inflation In currenoy. Complete lsjrii.lnrM, In Its discussion of proparoduo.is support Is pledged "for the full rights and privileges of American citizen ship against any attack from sny rjuurlor whatsoever." "We wish to continue on lerniR of peace uud friendship with Hid wliolo world," tho plullnrm declares, "and wo support the movement designed to miiko Increasingly difficult uud Improbable a resort lo force In the settlement of lutornstlonal dlrflrul ties. Hut ho assert tho right of America to oppose any violation of International agreement to which It Is u parly and Its duty to Insist iiimiii the security sud guarantees of the laws of nations. We advocate com plete piepareduess for the common defense economic, Industrial aud fi nancial, as well as military." Tbe nav Is to be tolled upon first Tor defense from without, the plat rorm declares. It Is set forth that (he military establishment should be made adequate to perform Its tra ditional duty of serving the nation's first line of defense and to be the nucleus aud source ot Instruction and administration of the army of the citizen soldiers. Provisions (Continued from page six) TO E CHICAGO, Feb. 1(1. The eurouer's inquest in the deatb of Marian Fruuees luuhert, tbe Luke Purest high school girl found dead iu tbe woods on tbe Cyrus McCuruiick ta ts le, will not be resumed, it is believ ed, until u report has been received from exjicrta testing miisuu urjstsl fouiid iu the girl's hand, iu an effort tu ilelinilelv establish the exact nn luie nl tin pni,'ii whiih caused her di.itli. i NEWYQRKG SOUND KEYNOTE CAMPAIGN E KJDICEALMhNBOF History of Income Tax Deiision Shows QticHItles tlomlnoc Lacks for Confirmation, which Include a Harked Leaning Tornl rft Pro tection of Privlleic. liy C11I.SON OAHDNHU. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10-. One ot the (iliurgos brought ngnliiHt Lout I). Ilrnitdeis by, those who oppofio hU eonfiimalion ns n judge of t'm Unit ed Stntes supreme court is that he lucks the "judicial mmd," Just whnt this quality ! in a can ilitlnte for the supremo court may b inferred from n glnnoo at one or thu conn's principal pcrformaiicert, numely, its decision of Mny i0, lfiO. on the income lax law. Ily that de cision the law wns declared uneon. stitutioniil uud void. It took twenty yours to gel an income Inx luw hnck on the statute books by inentu of n co.istitutionul amendment nnd nn n:her eongrcssiounl eniiolmen Tin- subjerl of Inxing inco'mes vm not a new one when the Inw of ISO I was fnssed. The suptemo notttl luni coiiH'dcrcd inciime tn.v nuts ou U lircvious occasions uud iu all thoo decisions li.t upheld tho vuliditv of such legislation. The deuision or May 0, 1SU5, thercfotc, rovnrst'il fic of its own decisions. In doinp this the court wns fortified by a brief 1 riscnled by Jos. Choutoj oitnig liu'cedents to the effent that the cnirt in not bound by its own prece- It.ltN Inciimo Tnv Decision. This decision did moro lo bring tho supremo court into drjujutp than anything that hits liitmtcncri' in tho history of the court. The verdict was reached by u vuto of five judges to four. One judge, generally believed to lane been Shims. ehtuiL'od bis Iu. dieial mind over night. The change. was umile neecsniw by llio no ou of Justice Jackson, who fnvored tho validity of (he Inw. and who. Uioueh mortally ill, left his bed and insisted ou being brought iu n Hcilal onr from his home iu (telle .Mead to lake part iu the decision. Juslico Fuller wrole tho mnjoritr opinion. Justices Drown. .lacL-son. M'hito and Harlan dissented. Of the court s ruling, Justice Iliirlan iu his dissenting opinion said t "Ily Us pres ent const ruction of the constitution the court for the first time iu all its history net-lures that our government hns licen so framed that in mutter of taxation for its support nnd main tenance those who hnvo inooMAg de rived fiom the i enting of r?aj estate or from the leasing or using; of tang ible proKiity, bonds, stock and in vestment of vhalever kind hne privileges that cannot he geofirdod to those Inning incomes derived from the labor of their hands, or tho ex ercise of Ibeir skill or tho uto ef their brain." Was laist Itcvmrt. The supreme court waj tho Inst re sort of those who sought to nullify the law. The opMition In HQiwjsroea hud been bitter and it hj ehnrgod by a former Tinted Slates senator thai briber wii- cen attempted in the ef fort to prevent enforcement of tho (Continued on page two.) AS Pl.TIlotlltAli, lVb. lu.--Geoige T, Mar.ve, Ha. Americau amhaasndor, has icsigued, giving ill IliHllUi Ug Mi rea-oii. He bus not buflji mlvised of the acceptance of his rtrnif nation by the slate dejsirtmeiit. Mr. Ma rye expressed desire to ho relieved as eailv as imsMthlo. The foregoing confirm tho report from Washington yestonluy tlmt Mr. Mar.ve hud resigned. i WAslllXaTON, Feb. 10. Ambits--inlr Miuve's resignation will he no- i pled whfu It roaches Washington. It . s.ud t-alav that the state dO IMrtiueni had no reason to detain him luiitilr than wari neeossary in lunate while hi health W03 ttf l tied, BAND BLACKS SUPREME GOURT MA E RESIN AMBASSADOR