Medford 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
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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
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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
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i-r:.hir hi iTisiue at HrookJ)n
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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
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