Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 22, 1916, SECOND EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER MnT. (Il. .Mlit. i!7, Pre. .01 Wctlnciilny I'roli. Valr. forfv-flf'h Year. 1 1 1 1 Tntli Yar MIODKORn OKKUON. TlKsDW. .:i!Il VWY JJ. HUH NO. 285 O GERMANS ME SLAV ADVANCE KIMS CHILDREN BR GAS MASKS 10 SCHOOL. FEARING ASPMAIG BOMBS HO WINTER OUTER POSITIONS SWEEPS ALONG a MmJszMJ&M & , PREVENTS CZAR ON FRENCH III ENTIRE ERONT & Jmm&gWk' 1 REGAINING I IN1 Capture of 800 Meters of French Po sUlons Rcpcrted--Counter-Aitack Dislodges Hiem From Most of the Trenches Taken Seven Battalions Participate and Losses Heavy. NKRLIN', Fob. 2'J, via London. The capture of 800 meters of French jio-iliuiirt cast of Souchez Iiy (ionium troops is nnttoiinred today by tlio Oenunti war office. 1'AltIS, Fob. 'J2. Ocinmn forces. ("-toi(lny evening dclivcied a strong nttiiok uguinst the Fieneli positions nt tlit fin out of (livenehy (ont of Hotichc), acronlitiif to oftieiul an nouncement niiiile bv the French war office this afternoon, ami weie suc cessful in penetmting (lie first lilies of tlie Fiench trenches. They then occupied some of the Fieneh com municating trenches, but a French eoanter-attack le-nllcil in diivimr them from nil but a few of those pos itions. The Herman foiee engaged in this, attack amounted to seven battalion", iinil. according to the French Mute nieiit, they will'ercd heny losses. The text of the statement follow.: Sluing Attack .Matte. "Ill the Artois district after the iolent bombnidnieiit pievioitsly io ported to have taken place yesterday evening, the enemy diiectcd a stinng attack aKiiiiiHt our position at the lores! of (livenehy. They weie suc cessful in penetrating into our l'iit line trenches nlong u front of about bOO meter and at several places they gained lodgment in our t'oniiniinioiit injf trenches." "There followed a counter-attaek on our jwrt and h a iMilt the en emy now hold only n few position in these latter trendies. The Ger man ttttai'kitifc force nt tin point consisted of seven battalions. They Kiiffeicd considerable Io.k m u result of our curtain of fiie nnd from the activities of our infantry and our mnebine guns. "Southeast of llocllucourt the on om, cau-ed the explosion of a mine, but our troop occiipiiHl tbu crater. Aitllloiy lluelH. "In the region "" Verdun the artil lery activity ha continued. Yester day ovening the Hermans attacked our imsitioiis to the east of llrabnnt- Kiir-.Meuhe, between tli6 finest of llautet and llerbe finest, gaining a foot ina: i "owe. of our advanced tienohes. At certain point they piihlu'd on to our communicating trenches, but our counter-attacks ilmw them out I'ww these miter position. We took about fitty piN oner. 'T.ut ot Zcppui two (in man at tacks were repulsed bv u. "There has been considerable nitil Ici'V activil nl-'i '.: the lionl betweili lliapelottc ,u.it I'm h s-'pl " E PKKINC Fob. .'-' - Rebels made an attempt esterday on the gover nor' mansion at Chang Sha, capital ot tho nrovince ot Hu-Nan. They unrn rnillllnll anil captured. Tlie leader were put to death. Tho pravlnoo ot Hu-Nan la In southern China. This l tho first indication that the revolutionary movement heaan several weeks ago, ostensibly to prevent restoration of tho monarch) In China, has spread to this province. GILL AND GRIFFITHS NOMINATED, SEATTLE slattli:. w-.h.. f.i.. 0 Muyor Ilirum ( Kill, -ctkmg leiioiu inutioii in ve-terdny's primarv elee- O tion. received .tO.iji.'i ot lb .ib.Hl , ,.i.. ,.,..( i.i. iiu,ir..i I'Mouetilor, who will be Uill' opptiii0tH he ,o. . .. , i i - I t'ltflH'ii ol Miirt'U l. uruiB muSu- - (Jntlith-. with015,.-. Couu.iIiiihd On'.wr T. Kii.-k-i.ii ji ',:-'f) "')', ih.ii1!- Ii K.iiii-r. ...I i.ni-Viiii- Attvantayc at Erzcrum Followed Up by Solid and Unbroken Ranks Swcepinu. South to Lake Van and West to Trebizond Turk Casual tics at Erzerum Total 40,000. I'r.TKOdltAD. Feb. 1'2. ia Lon don. Aceoidintc to the latent dii patcheK reHchinjr l'etrojtrad from the Caucu'.ian front, the Tuikisb losses at Kruerimi nic c.limHli'il nt 10.000 Killed, wounded and piikonetM. l'irritonitAi). i-vii. iioiii on iho center in the Kreruni dintiiet and on the widely extended northern and southern flank the Ittmnimis aie ev ery wheie eontinuinir with enemy pur- Milt of the touted Tuikieb armies. The KiiHi-inu advance iw ImviiiK the effect not only of soveriiif all con nections between the now isolated Turkish iinnv koii, but of con Ktautly xtrenjttbeuinK communications of their own forces, from the Hbtek mh distnet to the recently occupied town of Mifb, on the ooutliein Hu siaii wintf. Solid rntiittken Advance. Thus the operatloiiK of the Itus ians are afuiniiiK the ehanieter of a -olid and unbroken advance along the entire front. On the Mlaek sea eon t the Russians have now driven the Turks twenty miles weft of Vit mii and the occupation of'Treblond is thought to be imminent. The Tuiki, evidently imprchied with the headway the ittishiun forces aie makiiiK, appear to be inspired with the sole aim of cMticntuiK tbem hcIvok from their difficult position hefoic they aie Hiirrouuded and aie making no effort to hold endangered points now in their Msncsiou. With a minimum of )eislnnce, coiisistimr chiefly of perfunctory rear (tun it I actions, the Tiiikich retreat is one of the most precipitate of the war. IMtvo on lakc Van. With Mush nnd Aehlnt in their possession, the Kiismiuu force on the southern win ate now proceeding to ward llitli". Uuee their objective is obtniued, Uike Van, which hns been the scene of important fighting since the iH'jtiiiiiinK of the Caucasian cam paign, will lest scfutoly in Kusiun ha nds. The successful Russian operations near Kniishkalu officially iccordcd, are of importance in lespect of tho stienstheuins ot communientioiih be tween the ii.itii aiul the njht llunk. PAYS HOMAGE 10 WVSHINOTON'. PtD :: Kvery agency of tho AmciUan ovc inment paused today to pav liom.ige to the memory of Cieorge Waslunyion In the capital which bears Ins name. President Wilson, Secretar Dsnlels, Ambassador Jusserand and other na tional figures gathorod at a celebra tion at Continental Momorlal hall un der the auspices of the Associated Patilotlc societies. Moth houses of congress suspended business while Senator Johnson, of Maine and Representative Hakor, of California, read General Washing ton's farewell address, with Its-pregnant phrases warning against "In sidious wllos of foreign Influence," and "the Impostures of pretended pa trlotism." The farewell address has boon read In congress every oar for goueratlons but probably never before was Wash inglon's words so closely applied to present day conditions. At Mount Vernon on the I'otomat, wreaths ant flow ersev ere laid on 'the first president's tomb, man) maic pilgrimages to the mansion, and rev erently passed through the rooms where e li&d and died. At Continental Memorial hall the president and a large audience ap-L piauoea me rwmna .. -views on nations preparedness in PieiU from bis message to iou- NATION'S CAPITAL WASHINGTON ri , dcut vwuou uwJe uo addfSiS ;vJfSv99Kmvaii 5 i' iWmMkk mtil w jillr i'mi IPiBt - " t lVilH 'J 6KILLED.20H0RT Wfm GERMANY NOT MILFORO WRECK V . fP l - TO M LINERS 'Special Passcgcr Train on New Ha ven Runs Into Rear of Regular Passenger Just as Frclflht Was PaSSlng on Other Track Parts of . , , , . v Three Trails Piled In Wreckage. MII.FOItl), Conn., Feb. 22. Six persons wore killed and moro than a score Injured. IncludliiK ninny Ynlo students, today In n wreck on tho Now York, New Haven & Hart ford rallrosil near heio. A special pnssoiiRor train from Now Haven ran Into the roar of No. 79 from SprliiK field Just as a frolKht train was pass. Iiik on tho other track. Parts of tho three trains were piled In a mass of vvrcclinKo ami several coaches rolled over and over down uu ombiinkmont. A statement Issued nt 2:30 this after noon by the Now Haven said four trainmen nnd two pusseiiKors wcro killed. Among the dead nro the fliiKiunii of No. 71', who lmd Rono buck to pro toot his trnlu, which hud been stopped by a biokon sir pipe; Knglusor Cur tis and Flroman .McClunl of the spe cial, and a ms.n and a woman pat spReron that train whoso bodies wore seen under the wreckage. Tho Connecticut Itlver Special No. "i had stopped about a mile and a half onst of Indian river brldxe bo causo of a broken air pipe. Tho flag man wont back with his roil flap;. No. 70 was drawn by a motor, while thc spoolal, which had Iieou made up i purinir to install I.V't-iiich, and ru nt Now Haven shortly aftor tho other mnr said both (iermuii and llritish train loft, as drawn by a locomotive. I designers weie idanniiitr for 17-inch It approached the stalled train at a I guns in ships to come. With tea Ill good headway. I inch guns, he -aid, new Atuciicuu At tho tlmu of tho collision n freight trnlu was running west on tho next track. When the smash ramo a passenger coach was forced over against tho freight train, adding to tho nilxup. The boiler of tho en gine, drawing the special exploited, throwing wreekago In ever) direction. The engine of tho special was thrown down the embankment and was followed b the first two coaches rolling over and over. The tracks within a moment wero pllejl high with wrockage. Most or the passen gers In the special were from Hart ford and New Haven and way points. The injured passenger weie being taken lv iipei lal train both to Now Haven and Urldgeport FIREBUG SOUGHT BY o i-r:.hir hi iTisiue at HrookJ)n ..wl hurvaa jr.. I 'nrtiilfiol n I yTni!. - v r r liarge n.'l '"! ... " m- - - -. j vy. tjflQBJsJjsjssjjjftgps0asjsjswijyjj vBBVWr fK VL?lHr4nIEtj0ssHfltflVHHHbJ3IHiM jLhBL.'SJvv I " C O ' ) tug fur sk u b'iUl. Class of Kirls In the onh sihoot open In ltbelms nnd n school tot fully masked Knell little lioj and girl poex to school vvenrliiR n mask mid curr.vltiK a respirator for nobod.v knows when one of the tieruians' pol- sonous kus bombs, wUIih have been thrown Into the tit) at Intervals. I In koIiik to burst In or beside the schoolhouse L - . . . - - . BAM CRUISERS ME FINEST IN WASHINGTON, Feb. JJ. The :i.V j knot battle cruisers planned fr the' tiew naval program will be the iinest and most powerful ships of their class in th( world, Rear Admiral llad(cr of the yeneral bonid today told the house naval committee. With tho (dullest speed iOr proposed for heavy finlitniir craft, and iiiihii bat terics- of ten 1 1-inch inius, he said, they would he overwhelmingly suM'r ior to iiny other buttle I'ruisers afloat. On the new dreadnoughts, he said, ten 1 (1-inch kumh distribute) in five lurlctfc were udviwalwl st mildly by the board because all ureat navies weie ini'rciisiiijf their io and jHiwer of batterteM. .Many of the latest ISnropenii sliijis, he said, earned l")-inch weiiKns; it was icHPitt'd the French were pie- diondnoughls would he the most powcrhd nlln.it. E1 MiNlioN. lib. J.' A ili-pntih lo the Km'Iuiukc Telegraph compau.v say- that .lume- v . deianl, .ukti- can amliassador to Clenu uny, broke' ing vc-tcr-' his collar bone while akiin dn near .Munich and al- iiipind bis lett side. It i- mimI III" in Mi I us are !! t .crniii- D FOR NAVY WORLD POLICE AFTER $5,000,000 SHIP BLAZE pier wnVn $'. oiiii.nnii MiOde cxlrovMi I ) wiH.J.lilell Willi W .1 r III 11 till iliTIH v j HflsS -v irfr I ' OF PARIS. Feb. 'JJ. The entile eiew ()f the Zeppelin airship biomiht down by Frencli xuiih near llrabaut le Roi vcstcidity, twcnt,v-two in iiuuiber, perished, according In u lluvns dis mteh from liar le Due The siiiMiliti has broimht .t twrth by the fiit shot from an automobile mounted cannon at Itoviutiy, the dis ENTIRE W ZEPPELIN PERISH Wl AIRSHIP IMileh adds, nt a heipht or 0000 ftt.( ,-, v ,. ,(,,, nvtniM they carry, The y.epindin was one or tho latest ivcn under the terms of the new sub model, iM--trdiuK to the ad vices, be , marine cMiUwiKU. ing of tlie man.iw nw, and number- 11,,w r'- "'' H"Mnin'wi will go .ul I..7T Atwilkoc y.iwliH wiw . folhtwinir it 1.1 kilometers behind when the Fieneh Kiuiiiers began to fiif. The crew oi me weonu .m mem. oi . 1 91 .. - t witnessing the destruction of tl:i I.-.77, turned their airship sharply and proceeded in another iUrMiior..j I He iresenei ol the ,eppn i wu-i, unnounced between H:'M) ad S:li. It fought against the wind and advanc ed slowly. As soon as it wiu within . L 1.. I .. 'T'.. .. seemed In tear across the Ccppdl i, iiriiiliiiif the right side of the era I. The lire was mihmi sweeping nlon.' the entire length of the unship. It bmui'd steadily, no rcMirt lioni .m i!ii-ioii Ix'ing heaid. Little In In lit it came down, lighted up bv fluni iii'.' nieces nf the eiiveloM) which be e.ime di'iaehed. In lunching the earth the bombs which the .epplin carried egplukd, Tlne who arrived found on the .'iiiiii.il nniiiiiig but the ileitii- or ii j mill. ill. .iiiH.iiy wlueli lav twenty to i lliiat Imilii -. A.I(Tj)i, tli re thlrn -seven llabters . . r .. fol lite .llllea J.yJI IT ,.iri' ftir- j v. :; lunge inn cniiiitiiinui' ucpaii. ino.niiMI, wi-.Hr-. tile shells hurst in the rear of the dir jillinit dclox. igible, while an ineendiary proje-itli' - Confidential Advices From Berlin In dicate That Previous Assurances on Unresisting Liners Holds Good for Future Submarine Operations Wishes Early Settlement. WASHINGTON, Feb. '.'. -Confi-deutial advices I mm Itcihn toduy in dicate Unit (lerinauv soon will inform the I'uited States lliut her previous. assiirauceH that iiiiicsistiiiK liners will not be attacked without wunihifi holds X"od J'or fiitute Hiibmuiiue op eiations, pioviiled, however, that such liners do not cuiry uruiatiieiit. The (Icnnaii xoveiumeut will con tend, the 'advices state, that that which is charucterixed as defensive imminent lvully is olfeiisive uritui meut when siiliiimrines ilic eoneeru ed and proposes n discussion with the United States of what dofeiisive armniuenl may piopeily consist. As none of the llntish mid Fieueb liners novr rlruriiijf lionv Anierienn lM,," m"S' ""V K""- hnleer. sueJi itsHiiruures I'kmii (lerumny will be in the iiHtme of leiissiiruuces for the I"""" '"'" " "'" ""I"'" meal's objwiinti that the l.tisitanin agreement as nt present drawn ap plies unly to the Mist ami not to tho futiiie. iirobnhlv only can bo deter- ( ' . mined when 1 icv aie limna v aid before Secretary Ui using. Iheie were nitiuiatioiis from offie (pinilers today that the l'nitoi States would not nemiit the ueaol - ikuiis yver the general mibjin't of armed ships to be drawn out indefi nitely. The administration, it is ' , l .. ipiestiim clarified T I.IM (ll.N. Neli, Feb. JJ Neatly 'J'A) feet uf the new wagon bridge across the I'latt river nt Uuiisville, Neb., was -wept nut early tod by. the ice and high water. I he river is rising tapiillv u short distance above Iwmistille, when an iee gorge has liiimed ami is thientening damage to -iiiiiiunding I arm muds and prop- I'llV. A mihi 1 1 gorge litis formed at the Missouri Pacific bridge at l.ouUville, but d.vouinite is beiug used nuccess- fiillv to clear till ebuuusl. At Knulh IU'IhI, five miles west of luisille, tlie water and ice have swept out a lew feet of the Iturbug 'ton tiacks and the Rock l-lnud loud j-. weal.iucd. PREPAREDNESS PLEAS AT NICW YORK, Ki-b -il Pleas for piepsreduess" loupled with a warn- k"A by Cbsrlts ). Iloiu parte, for mr Called Stmt's atiorney-general, that tbe t'slttd Stales as faolug grave'' prlla were volcsd todiu' by spsakerso at a making of tie uO 1 loual Committee of the American De fense society held here. rtiar Admiral Pisjie had been asked to dellvir au an dress, but had iieen forbidden, to spak by gacre (aii U&hiel. O FLOOD SWEEPS OU PLATT RVER B I E UNE Opcncst Season In Decades an Im portant Factor in Rendering Futile Russian Attempts to Drive Invad ers From Pinsk Sector Marshes Not Frozen Over. I'INSIC, Russia, by courier to Ber lin, Feb. 21, via London, Feb. 22. Tho mlldost winter of decades along tho present (lennan lines In tho cast has been nu Important factor In ren dering futile, in this seutlon nt least, all Russian efforts to regain their lost territory. An Associated Press correspondent, tho first to havo tho opportunity to view tho "niachlno gun front," In and about tho l'rlpct swamps sliico tho Toutons took up their positions In Septombor nnd Oc tober, has Just returned from a trip along sovornt miles ot tho swampy fighting lino. iltvory nillu ot this front fairly bristles with deadly machine guns, which cover every Inch of torrnln. Though tho correspondent had no menus ot ascertaining how tunny men defend the Flnsk sector tho multi tude of rapid tiring guns gives the Impression that oven n small num ber of men should bo able to hold tho lino Indefinitely. In addition to tho guns, millions of running feet ot barbed wire entanglements transform. Ing each village and houso Into a veritable fortress, render tho Gor man positions from n layman's stand point, Impregnable which tho mili tary authorities claim that thoy arc. Swamps Not Fiweii. Tills Impression Is holghtonod by tho fact that tho swamps, from two to ten jullea wldo in tho fuRlou ot Plusk, have not once been frozen over entirely during tlie winter. lit fact, the mild wonther with tho re sultant open swamp laud between the (turmoil and Russian linos, has made uxtiaordiuary fortifications tin necessary thus far. Probably no where on uny front Is tho term "sta tionary warfare" moro applloablo than In tho Pinsk dlstrlot, where lono- ly outposts in hlookhousos erected an Islands In the swamp lands and roving patrols glvo tho only real touch of fighting. The (iorninu linos at Pinsk pro trude farthest easy ot any along tho whole front tram tho Baltic to (in llcia. They project in a soml-ovnl form. Tho greatest danger to tho forces at Plusk, thoroforo, Is a flank ing movement from tho north tho swumpe afford protection from tho south. In coiisoquenco tho northern lines have been made oMromoly strong Touted by llarlied Wilt. ot only Is every yard of thin front fenced with oiituuglomonta luu tu l.'o reel wldo, but there aru sup porting points at short Intervals which are veritable fortresua In themselves. They are surroiiudod by star-shaped barricades nt wiro. Hucli of these supporting points Is subdi vided Into barrleaded sections, with bomb-proof shelters and with ma uhiiie guns to fire along both sldoa of each point of the stars. As u final precaution oaeh supporting point is surrounded by a single wire, stretched knee high, on which banc ten pairs of empty bottles, which clink the alarm the moment tho wlro is touched. A novel feature ot the Cormuu de fense la this section la that tho troops are eontpesed almost entirely ot crude cavalry regiments, numbering high nobles among their officers. The lot of the troops on this north ern flank of the trout, how over, Is happier than that of thoso oust and south ot Piiifk, for thoy have been able to entrench theintolves. WAHIUNUTON. Feb. a Senate:! Senator Johusou ot Maine road denial WasUingtoa'a farewell ad dress, Recessed at 10:10 a. m. to u'ooit Wedueoday in respect to memory of, Wasbluitou. lleiOa: ileproMiitative Raker of Culifors nliDread Uegeral Wasklugton's faro well address. Rey Admiral lladger tostlflod bon foie uaval affairs coollUee, u M rDAYilN CONGRESS o u o o