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Medford Mail Tribune M V MM SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair Tonight mid Hnturttnr. Mat., flj nitii., (ID..1, or' fifth Yr. lull TVntti Vff MEDFORD Ol?K(ION FIJI DA V, FKBUl ANY 1W. miii SO. 288 1 h ' V4 , i mm T. K , 10,000 FRENCH N A V All French Positions In Region North of Verdun South of Beaumont Are Taken Fighting Diminishing in Violence, Say French Kaiser Dl rectlng Offensive in Person. 1IKHLIN, Feb. 25. Thp Clennnn war offico announced today the enp tnro of nil French positions in the re gion north of Verdun ns far ob the ridge of Loudcniont, just south of Henumoiit. The number of prisoners litis been inoronscd by more than 7000 to over 10,000. Capture of tin fortified village nnd l'anns of Chnmpiiouvillo, Cotoll nte, Mnnnont, Bouuniont, Ohumbrot tCH and Ornes was announced. The text of the German official j" statement follews: "Western theater: On the right bank of the Hivor Mouse our suc cesses previously reported were ex ecuted yesterday in different direc tions. The fortified village and farms of Chunipncuvillc, Cotcllntc, Mnnnont and OrneH were captured. "In addition, all the enemy's posi tions as far as the ridge of Loude mont were captured by storm. "The snnjjuiniiry losses of the en emy again were extraordinarily heavy, while our losses were normnl. "The number rif prisoners taken was increased by over 7000 to more than 10,000." riKlltiUK-UlinlliMiliiK. PARIS, Feb. 23. Thu fighting north of Verdun is diminishing- in violence, tlio war office announced today. No attack by tlio Germans was nttuniptad lusU night. The official statement udiniia that the French have fallen buck to the rear of lleniiniout. The toxt of the statement follews: "Fast of Yauquui wo hnvo launch eil fresh attack on the enemy's works in the region of the forest of Chcppy. Intermittent artillery ne thity has been carried on between Mnlnncoiirt nnd the left bank of the Mouse. In the district north of Verdun the eaiinouade has diminish cd in violence and the enemy made no attack on our positions (luring- the night. We have established organ ized positions in the roar of Beau mont on the height stretching to the east of Chnmpnoiivillo nnd south of Ornes. Tlio night was calm on the icmainder of tlio front." Kaiser Directs llnttle. PARIS, Feb. M. The Petit Paris icn's corresKindcnt at tlio front says that the groat Gorman offensive against Verdun is under the personal direction of Kmperor William, who arrived at general lioudquu iters Sat urday last and who, in older that nothing- might go wrong, immediately ordered that a .ort of dress rehear sal of the coming attack he held. At a given signal, the correspondent say, overy infantninnn aud gunner took the post Htofcigued to him m ad vance aud tlio motions of a general attack were gono through behind the lines. The. omperor seemingly was satisfied and gave the word to be gin the offensive on Saturday night. The French losses nro doelnrod to be insignificant in companion with those of the Germans. Tho German artillery preparation, which reaclu-d its height on Tuesday, was of unpar alleled iolenec. Kvery inch of ground was searched out; every jMiiut where it was thought guns (Continued on page two.) A fWHTEKSVlLLE. tia Feb. 25 Jesse Mrl'orkle. a negro, was takon from jail here early toda b half a 'huudrod men and boys, banged to a fCuig jfi front of the city hall and bis ' bo-riddled with bullet McCorkle $ves arreted last night (or breaking '(nte;4Ue home of A. T. Heath and at- talking Mri. Heath, whose husband Jyas awn. The woman shot the negro a 4X0 m. rtt with a pistol, but she was o.wrpowgj. When caught Mc Cvrgjffs WOWHied rt van still Mo'ttiitg And he lia the itiul in his HEAVY SNOW FALL THROUGH0U1 AND ON BATTLE LINE I'AIUS, Feb. 25. Snow la falling heavily throughout France. In Paris tho snowfall has been heavy since 4 o'clock this morning, having attained a t depth of five Inches. Tho Btorm Is In progress along tho battle front. At somo places the cold Is Intense. ST VINCENT, Capo Verdo Islands, Fob. 2G. Eight German steamships in the harbor hero wero takon In charge yesterday by officials of tho Portugoso government. LISHO.V, via Paris, Feb. 25. The Official Gazette publishes two de crees regarding tho thirty-six Gorman and Austrian merchant vessels seized yesterday In tho Tagus river and placed under tho PortugOFo (lag. The first Indicates tho work of refitting to bo performed in order to adapt these vessols for tho transport or other purposes for which they hnvo been requisitioned, as it is distinct ly glvon to liu understood that they have not boon confiscated. Tho second decree appoints n com mltteo to supervise tho execution of tho work ordered. Portuguoso news papers say that in other parts of tho republic thore are eighty Gorman and Austrian vessels, which it Is under stood will also bo requisitioned by the government. Tho total tonnago ot the Teutonic ships is 150.000 tons CAPTURE SOI FU PEKING, Jan. 20. (Correspond ence of the Associated Pross) Offi cial acknowledgement of tho de(oat of government troops by tho Yunnan rebels on tho Szo-Chuon border was withhold until today whon tho state department Issued a mandato de nouncing Tsui Ao, in which admis sion Is uiado that tho revolutionists surprised tho rogular nrmy and de feated a small garrison, Information received in Peking from non-Chlnoso sources shows that tho Yunnunoso who iloscondeil on tho city of Sul Fu and captured It, mini borod about 10,000. The govern ment garrison at Sul Fu uumbored about 4000, but thoso troops loft (or tho north sovoral days beforo tho arrival of tho Yunnanoso and conse quently thore was no roslstanco to tho entrance of tho latter. The flee ing government forco aro reported to havo startod north (or Tae-Chow. Neutral military exports are of tho opinion that the revolutionists can probably put about 40.0U0 men Into the field. MUST STANO TRIAL WASHINGTON', Feb. 23. -Fulled State Commissioner Taylor today dismissed tho attack on the indict ments of II. Robert Fowler, Herman Schulteis- and Henrv B. .Martin, re turned in a federal grand jury's in vestigation of the activities of la bor's national peace council and held that the three men must appear for arraignment in New York March 7. LEACH CROSS RETIRES FROM RING: FIGHT OFF XKW YOItK. Feb. 23 The per manent retirement of J.taeh (.'rose f fruin the boxing ring was announced PORTUGAL SEIZES GERMAN STEAMERS NED M PS CHINESE R today by hi manager, hanjuel Wal lace, who said that Cro' fight with lummy Griffiths h.id ln-n ruiK'elU-d liV III lit It.) I roh-i lit. Iio., t, '.Uj Jls old, u M TOY V S After Series of Battles, Moslems Are Driven From Strong Mountain Passes Russians Drivinn. to the Junction With British Turks Arc Driven From Erzerum. PETHOOItAl), Feb. 25. An offt clal dispatch from Heheran says: "A(ter a scries o( battles In Per sia, the remnants of tho adversary troopB wero reorganized and concen trated In tho region of Kcrmanshali nnd with tho help ot German and Turkish sappers, occupied and forti fied two mountain passes Hide Burks pass, an almost Impregnable natural position and Sakaho pass. News has now been received that our troops dislodged tho enemy from Ilhlcsurks pass nnd occupied Sakaho pass and are now pursuing tho Turks, who nro In full retreat toward Kcr manshah. Our (orccs captured threo field guns, ono mountain gun, a quan tity of shells, ammunition wagons and field maohlno guns." Junction With IlrltlMt. Tho Ilusslan successes In tho re gion of Korniaiishali Is n sequel to Kupsblan operations In Persia, wjth the view o( ending the activities o( hostile mountain (orccs and organized bands of Kurds. Russian progress In Persia, however, Is regarded horo ns also Indjcatlng greater possibility of a Junction of tho Itiissluns with tho Ilrltlsh expeditionary (orccs In .Me sopotamia. After tho retreat (rom Hamadan all hostllo forces which succeeded in escaping wero concentrated in tho KermaiiHhah district, whore they fortified themselves In tho mountain passoH. Simultaneously frontal and flank attacks already have (orccd tho Turks to iiiuko a partial retirement and they aro now occupying the mnlu approaches to the difficult position of Kormanshah. The Ilueslan troops nro expected to make a determined ef fort to oxpel the Turks from this on tiro neighborhood. Turks Made a Stand. Although llttlu news Is available (rom tho Erzerum (rout, It la appar ent that having been (orced buck somo forty mllos to the west of tho captured fortroue, tho Turks, who havo begun to rccctvo reinforcements, aro beginning to mako a stubborn stand. It Is not considered Impos sible horo thnt tho serious fighting which already has begun to tako tho phico of the desultory rear guard no tions will develop Into a big battlo. I E CHICAGO, Feb. 2". Instead of showing; a frc-lj break in nlueu, tho wheat market today surprised ninny trader by opening at an advance. Opening quotations $1.18 to jJUOVi for May and $1.1-1 to $1.1.14 for July wero to l?', higher than yesterday's finish. Tho reason for tlio upturn seemed to bo a ronction from the semi-panicky selling of yesterday and optimism on tho part of a majority of the doulor that somo practical way out of tho difficulty with Germany would yet bo found, Despite considerable nunounoss shown by rapid fluctuations-, tho market kept within a normal rango today, tho difference between high nnd lowoat price being less than 3 cents. Closing price were firm at V net advance, with May at $1.18 und July at $1.13?g. VILLA BURNS HOUSES EL PASO. Tex., Feb. 2.1. Fran ci.eo Villa burned xtveral houses at San Huena Ventura yetenlay duid ofcuiNed El Valle, according to of fk'Uti refMirts received by General GabrM Gawra, coiuinaudant at Jua rc today. ( J mini siiid Villa' movement imnh wii? tint- t pn--iiie of Car ruy-i taVviirj trow Jug egutu, K N WHEA MARKET SHOWS ADVANC A(i IS NOT A CANDIDATE. XKW YOItK. l'ob. JR. In a letter to Henry A. Wlso Wood, former member of Secretary Daniels' naval advisory board, made public here today, United - States Supremo Court Justice Charles K. Hughes roltcrates his declaration that ho Is not u candldato (or tho presidential : nomination. Ho states; "lit view o( my judicial o((Ico - I do not (eel that I havo any right to take part In any polltt- cal discussion or to mako state : monts of the sort that would ho oxpected (rom candidates (or o((lce. I am not u cnndldatc, active or tacitly." EMENT 10 WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.1. Tele graniH to cougrrasiuen from William J. Ilrynn, supporting the movement for warning AmerieaiiH off urmed ships, began nrriving today. Itcprc sentntive Bniloy of IVniiKylvnnia re ceived one und nfter n conforcneo with Mnjority Loader Kitchin, made it public: "1 honestly hope that congress will speedily announce legislation refusing- pnHsportH to Americans traveling on belligerent hiH, or still better, refusing clearance to belligerent ships carrying American passengers. 'No owner of lielfigorent ahipa will claim thnt he has tlie right to safe guard n contraband cargo with Amer ican livcw nml no citizen should bo permitted to endanger the peace of the nation at n time like this. Ours is tho greatest of the neutral nntious and probably will bo the mediator when the time comes for mudintion. It would be u crime against civilisa tion as well us against our own peo ple to become involved in this war and thus loan our army aud navy to a European monarch to use in set tling hia quarrel. "If congress- has the right- to de clare war, it certainly has the right, to promote pence hy restraining citi zens from taking uiiueeoasury risks, A mayor kocps the people of his city out of the danger one during ti riot. Can our government afford to do less when the world is in riott" "That's- right," Iepreentutio Hailcy limited Mr. Kitchin ns saying when he rend the telegram, E STANDS BY TFOR AMERICAN RIGHTS WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.1.- Senator Lodge, rankiug republican member of tho foreign relations eoinmitteo, de clared in u statement today thnt he wn in full accord with President Wilson's views on the submarine is sue us oppressed in his letter to Sen ator Stone, and that ha would stand hy tho president. "The president takes tho precise position thnt I have taken and have been urging in public speoches for thu last eighteen months," said Sen ator Lodge. "Of course, I shall stand by him. I ugree fully with whnt ho says. I bebwo it would pro claim us to the world as cowards to tell our oitizons that they must not exereisu their undoubtad rights and that if they do we shall not protect them. A nation that will not protect its citizens cannot protoet itself, and if democracy fails to protect itself, how fan we hope to live? . "The iM-esideiit says: 'What we aio contending for in this matter is of the very essence of ths- things that have wade Auiern-a a sorSieign na tion. She cannot ild theinQnthout eoueeding bar iuipotunuy as a na tion and making virtual sui render "( her indcteiiilrut poitnin iimiig kt uutioUfe o.f the wytld.' BRYAN SUPPORTS 1 WAN AI AN LDD6 PRES D EN GET-RlCH-QUiCK SWINDLER KING NABBED.FLORIDA Dr. John Grant Lyman, Who Secured from $300,000 to $700,000 in Two Months hy Mail-Order Munition Fraud, Arrested at St. Petcrs hurg, Fin. Indicted at New York. .. ST. I'KTKUSUUKO, Fla., Fob. 25. A man arrested and put lu jail hero In tho belief that ho Is Dr. J. Grant Lyninu, wanted tn Now York on charges of having obtained more than $300,000 through Illegal use of the malls, maintained silence today regarding his identity. Ho took steps today to bring hat.eus corpus proceedings (or his release. V. II. Smith, who sold the man a yacht, said ho know him as "Mr. Put nam." Letters found on tho pris oner were addressed to "J. II. Put nam." It was under tho firm nama of John II. Putnam nnd Company that Lyman Is alleged to have per petrated fraud. lu searching the prisoner's cloth ing the police round ft 0,000 lu cur rency and certified checks. IdcntKlcd by t'ullfot iilnn. A resident of Los Angeles, now here, whose name Is known to thn police, but withhold at his request, today sold that the man arrested hero yostordoy Is Dr. Grant Lyman. He said he knew Lyman lu Califor nia. Lyman left New York rffter expos ure of slock swindling operations of the firm of John II. Putnam and Com pany, of which ho was said to bo tho head. Operations of tho Putnam company began December in last. About two years ago Lymnn forfeited $20,000 hall and (led from Los An geles after conviction and sontonco to fifteen months Imprisonment there (or a laud fraud. Ho went to Kurope, but returned and according to pout office authorities, perpetrated a mull fraud in Ponton. Is Indicted Today, NlflW YOItK, Kob. 85. -John Grunt Lyman, believed to bo under nrrost in St. Petersburg, I'lu., was Indicted by tho (ederal grand Jury today on the charge of using the mulls to de fraud. Prompt notion was takon by the (ederal authorities hero on re ceipt of Information that tho prisoner sought release on a writ of habeas corpus. Koderal authorities aro positive tho mun under nrrost Is Lyimiii. Thoy say tlioy have traced his (light since leaving fc'uw York through Ilillu dolphla, Washington und Itiolimond, Vn., to I'lorlda. Authorities C'crtuln. WASHINGTON, I'ob. St. Postal authorities announced today that they wore satisfied that a man arrested last ntgtlt at St. Petersburg, Flu , was John Grant Lyman, wanted In New York for using thu mulls to defraud und estimated at from $100,000 to $700,000 the amount ho Is alleged to havti obtained through his Now York office and branches at Hart ford. Conn., und Springfield, .Mass. Federal authorities say they ob tained a clue to Lyman's whereabouts through a personal lu a Now York papers, which was a communication to his wife Informing her hu bad left money for her In a Philadelphia bank. Tho post office department says II learned of his chartering n yacht at Clearwater, Fla., uhd provisioning It for a two H'wkt' cruise. lu a Itlehmoud hotel, Inspectors found .Miss Hello Hampton, hotel ste nographer, who had bwm employed by Lyman. Sho Identified Lyman's ploture at oneo, they tald. AT OFF-CAPE HATTERAS IIALTIMOItH, Feb. ih. Tlio Mer chants and Minors liner Cretan, (rom Philadelphia (or Savannah, was In collision with the stunner Dorothy, fourteen miles north of Cape Hatta ras during a thick (og ourly this morning according to gtdvlHNi re ceived at the general offices of the line from Its Norfolk office late this forenoon. No ou was hurt uu either vessel. The Cretan's passengers were transferred to tlu Ijoij1i and both eela proxMcd ty Norfolk. s TRAFFIC TIED UP BY FLOODS FROM STORM M4W YOItK. Fob. 25. New York's subway, which carrlos more than a million passengers n day, experienced tho worst tRs-iip In Its history today bo- cnuso of flooded tracks, tho ro- suit of a hoavy downpour o( rain. Trains became blocked during the morning rush hours by Goods o( water which poured Into tho tube neor Times Sipuiro ' and rose two (cot over tho rood bod. Trnftlc hod not boon ro- stored to normal by mld-nftor- noon. RUSSIA TO BUY F TOKtO. Feb. '."i. ItucMun negoti ations for the purchase from Japan of warships which wore captured in the ItiiHHo-Jupaito.se war nro reported to be proceeding sntisfuetorily. Tlio Soyn, the Tungo uud tlio Sngaini aro staled to be thn vessels which Itus sia desires to purchase. Itussin would huve bought warships from Japan at tlio outbreak of the war, in order to tako pint in tlio bombnrd ment of Tsiug-Tuu, tho seaport ou the Chinese coast in tlio Oermaii ter ritory of Kiiio-CiiNu, but tho negotia tion which wero then undertaken fell through. The Tungo and the Siiguiui lire bat tleships mill the Soya it protected cruiser. The Tungo, foinietly tho Uimsinn vvnishlp Poltava, was sunk ut Fort Arthur and afterward niir-od und re paired. She is of 11.000 tons, nnd lias a voniidvmepl of 73U men. Hor armament includes four l'J-ineh gum, twelve ll-iiich guns iiiid sixteen tiueo pouudors, She lias two lb-inch sub merged torpedo tubes. The Hngaiui, like the Tango, was built ut I'etrograd and is of Hl.noo tons, with a complement of T.V2 men. She j united with four ten-inch guns, ten d-incli gnus, sixteen Impound ers and n number of small guns. She bus two submerged torpedo tubes. The Snyu was built ut Philadelphia in 1001, wus Mink at Chemulpo in 100 1 and rained uud repaired in 11)03. She has a displacement of tl.-jOO tons and curries twelve Cinch gun-i, twelve l'.'iHiuudfrs und six U poundcrs. She Iihh four torpedo tubes, (w'o Mihiiicrgcd and lo above water. NORTHERN PACIFIC E NF.ATTLi:. Wh-Ii., Fell. J". It is believed the two men who held up and robbed the cuftthouud North Coast limited tin i n mi the Northern Paeiiie ten mile oust of Aubiiru last night eneaHil tit Seattle in an auto mobile. Thu rubbers rilled four (Miuches of registered mail. No estimate hu been made of thu value of the content of the mail, which Auuio diicetly from thu Orient, uniting 'AYudiiutulay night 'on tho Finpress of Jaiiau, but Albert 11. HolU, asibtuiit suKrinlendeiit of mails in Seuttle, sa,- that it was tho hoaticftt shipment thut had pass ed through the tulioii for eerul week-. SENATE CONFIRMS FLETCHER AS MEXICAN AMBASSADOR WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. The enutc todav coutirna-d the nomina tion of Henry Prather Hotelier us umbiisudir to the government of M'ico. The vote was ID to 10. LINCOLN EXPLOSION WORK OF A PRACTICAL JOKER LINCOLN. Neb.. Feb. 3A.--TIW exitiusiou iu aawat furnace of the stetv eapitol WedneedSy wus thn work f a practical joker, thief of iMeeiue Antic- dvvluredtoday. ROM JAPANESE PIUREOIRSHIPS MOVE 10 WARN CITIZENS HALTS; PRESDENTflRM Fight In Congress Over Warning Americans Off Armed Ships Marks Time With Developments Favorinn Wilson's Position Bryan Supports Warning Move. WASHINGTON Feb. 25'. Tho light in cungrcss over warning Americans off armed ship!) marked time today with the parliamentary Hit nation uud other developments fa voring President Wilson's position. At nn early morning' conferences with house leaders, the president was told that if resolutions to wont Americans could he forced to u votu now they would be passed in tho house by a majority of two to one. President Wilson, nevertheless, fimilv uud emphatically reiterated (lie unyielding position ha outlined lust night in his letter to Senator Stone. The lenders went back to tho house prepared to hold tho situation iu check for the present at least. Hi-) an Tnkva Stand. Former Secretary Ilrynn'H influ ence came openly into the fight to day when Representative Uailcy of Pennsylvania gave out n telegram from Mr. Ilrynn opposing the presi dent's position ami supporting tho imitation in congress. Iu the somite, Mr. Lodge, tho ranking republican of tho foreign re lations committee, openly declared his support of the president's posi tiou. Senator Gore, democrat, in troduced u resolution to require u break in diplomatic relations to go first before congress. The cabinet discussed tho witun lion thoroughly and administration officials said tho members woru Htuiidhig solidly holilud the president. Secretory Lansing mild so far aa he knew no word had boon rccoived from flenuany eoneoniln a post ponement of the now siibiuniino pol icy. President Is Finn. The president told the house lend ers he felt that the United States must stand fur the right of Ameri cans to the frgttdom of thu sens. IIo said ho hostd ho Would he able tu conduct the negotiations with Ger many iu siicli fy wnv Hint war would be avoided. , Speaker PI ark, Mr. Kilobit! and Mr. Flood nil oxp)esod tho hope that thu United Stales would not go to war over the mined sliiii issue. They left tho white house Baying they be lieved thu situation serious. Tho president i understood to huvu declared that if the United States gives up the right for which it is now contending thut it will Inso its position as defender of thu priu eiplea of international law. President Wilson spoilt pmelicaUy the entire morning discussing phases of tho foreign situation. Iu uddii tion to conferring with thu hoiuo leaders, he saw Houry Morgoiithuu. American ambassador to Turkey, and then took up the iuteiuutiouHl situ ation with the cabinet. Warns All Nations. Admiiiiol ration officials said that the president's warning iu his letter to Senator Stone that thu United States must defend International law from infraction by any nation or group of nation whs directed toward all the Hujyipean hcJitgoronts. Tho government i about ready, it was said, to forward to Great Ilritain tho eoiit rubaud note whiuh has beuu un der prcmrutiou fur weeks, and will (Continued ou pago two.) ATTACKS BY ZAPATA OALVKhTON. Tex., Feb. 25. Defeat of the .apatu foreos which attempted a surprise attack upon tho do facto government, troow ut tho Ullage uf Mihuutlnn, near Ouxucu I'ity, is reported iu a dispatch re ceived hero today by the Moodoun consulate. Tho attacking forou lost nearly 300 killed, thu repuit sayw, and a considerable quantity gff unna aud ammunition was taken by tho Carianicu forces, whose losses arq $iH'ii at 1- WWd aui 20 wgumled, - 41. ? tfl T)