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mi Medford Mail Tribune tflsm WMMMnMMMMrf I SECOND EDITION WEATHER I'd lr. Minimum, .() mlni imim an. M forlr 1111 V- flfth Trtf Tnth Tear MEDFORn OlfKOON. IOHY. V UY 2. IfMn NO. 2f0 0 HHM.IIHIHI "rr. I GERWANYTa I STAND PAT FORSINKING MED SHIPS No Intention of Postponinn or Alter ing New Instructions to Submarine Commanders to Treat as Warships Enemy Merchantmen Armed De fensivelyObserves Pledges Given in Lusitanla Case Austria Takes a Similar. Stand. WASHINGTON, Fib. -S.--Iu note presented to Secretary ijinslng ttMltiy by Count Ilernstorff, the Ger man mnbiissudor, Germany asurc tlu Cuited Stole that it linn no in tention of revoking tlit pledges given in the Lusitniiiu ohm. Thu note siiyh Germany run con ceive of no reasifn for changing of postponing tliu new instructions to her submarine commanders to tnHt iif. warships enemy merchant shiw f Hnni'il "defensively," ami tlint special precautions have been taken to pre vent ships tlint aro not armed fiom being attacked. Tliu note nt the nut-et reiterated tliu previous pledges which wore given September 1 iiml October .' of last your, fdr the safety of unresist ing line, antl then goes on to say thai the (icnuun government dots not believe thoo assurance have been mollified by the new memorandum, ''criuuiiy Stands Put. During the negotiations over the Ltisitnuia, it H.vf no mention was made of nnri(kl merchantmen and that the United Stales in none of its nolea on the Lusitaniu mentioned unarmed merchantmen. Attention then is culled to the assurances pri ately given in which it is statin I that the litieu Mill not he sunk without warning, provided thev do not offer resistance. Attention also is called to the statement of the American government in it notice to jMirt au thorities that the presence of arma ment on brrard u merchant vessel create the presumption that thu ves sel in aimed for offense. It is Mated thut a submarine eom iniindcr cannot be ceclc.d to warn an eheuiv merchantman which ban a right to fire on the submarine whicli warns it. and the German government sets np the contention that equip ment and intention t re-ist a wnrn- (Coutlnucd on page, two.) FIX COMPENSATION WASHINGTON. l.b. JH. lH-b.it e on the (nobis bill to proiide for via terjiowcr grants oh navigable streams to private interest was resumed in the senate tday with opponents the measure pjejmrinf to renew with mote vigor than over their light against it. Senator SliieaU in debate an the waterpower Mil eritieised Gifford Pinchot, whom he described as a "discharged subordinate official of the agricultural detriment seeking to eoHtinue himself in the limelight." Senator Morris defended 3Ir. I'm ehot nntl hail read to the senate Sir. I'inehol'k reot letter to 1'reeidiwt tlkuo, .vinfr pnae of the Shield bill would be a "Hibli misfortune." Iipute over mean of detenoininf eoenHnation to the gut eminent for pwbtie land occupied by the esjwtruc tion of ilawa aervaa navigable tream waa ended v.nn the aenaU adopted an amendment bv Senator I'linunine, providing that the value of public land occupied by pover plants be fixed by the aeereturv of aar. Kcuiittf WaUh, hu introduced aa araendmant providing timtenatioa on a bui oi mici diliMd and WAR SECRETARY 0 POWER IS v, i i,.r N.irn, Im.ii j.i.-d ili.a..l. - .IO.tudUit.l.1 il,Jif HAN n AGAJNST VERDUN Teutons Rw 1m Than FWfl Hihn From Center of Verdun In Plain of Woevre,. Gtrmani Are Steadily Pushing French Back to Base Capture of Navarin Farm Report. HKUM.V, Feb. 28. Attempts by the Fruneh to retake the fortress of Uomumiont hnve not entirely fnilrd, but the nenunii ndvnnec on Verdun continue, nt-voiding to the reports from the front. In rapid succession, l.ouvemont, Chninpnenlle, Cole do Tnlou and Itnrdnumont have been itonned, nnd the Oemuins, with 13, 000 French prisoners in their hnnds, now stand less thnn five miles from the center of Verdun. .Miles of rnilrond lino had to Ihi repaired in order to mnko possible the transportation of henvy cannon to within range. The trench tele phone lines of communication had to be destroyed in order to prevent the French artillery from interferinjj with the setting up of the heavy piece. In the plain of the Woevre the Ciuiinnns steadily are piishiuK the Fiencli back toward their bane of Cote Lorraine. C'aptmrl it Champagne. The capture of Knvnrin farm, in thu Champagne, wai announced by the war office today. French positions on both sides of N'avarin farm over n front of about 1000 ynrds were taken. It is said inorc than 1000 men and nine machine, etuis were captured. I In the Vordun region fresh French norves were exhausted in I'riiitluHS efforts against Fori Doutunont. Thu UeiiHHUs advanced their lines further town 'il lints and Vtiuhernuville and made fresh gains in the Woevre. It is said, that nil French troops have been driven from the Jletise jmniiiHulH. Violent Artillery !uel. The le.t of thu Ounnan olfieial ataleuient reads; "There have Ijis'ii exceedingly vio lent artillery engagements at several places. "t)n the front north of Arras there has been intermittent mining activity. The fiurnmn blew up about forty meters of an enemy position. "In the Champagne thu German, after efficient artillery preparation, boguti an attack on both sides of the road from Sommc-1'y to Souain. Thov o!turwl the Xavanu farm nnd positions on both sddea about ItlOO meters long and took prisoner -0 ot tleers ami 1000 men and captured nine machine guu ami one mine thrower. "In the Verdun district new mussca concentrated by the enemy were ex hausted in unsuccessful attempts to attack the Gunnan position in and near the fortress of Dounniout and Hardaumont. "The Getinaua have oleaied the Meiise peninsula of ufirmy forces. "The Germans advanced their lieas t aither in the direction of Vacherau ille and Ilras. "In the Woevre the fot of Cote Lorraine was reached from the cnt in -evcr.il place-," SEEKS FLEETS WASHINGTON', Feb. J The liay geueiul boards conception ot the needs ol the Lulled states hi a naval power were outlined to the house naal committee Uslay li.) Hear Admiral Austin M. Knight, pri.nltut of the uaty war uoUege. In formulating the policy (but thr naty should equal thr strong it afloat by 1910, he mi id tbr Harj bad in mind the estabibwtnt of tin fleets, one ui the 1'aeifie, Nwrt'ul enough to overoome any awm there and the other in the .tlaatie, wlieret it would b,exehded m t-ngtb only by the Dntiah fleet. ' A total force slightly in excesuf the strength ot the Hrilith fleet, he aid, would aceofiplisb this purpose and insureuhe countr against 99 out H0 '--ibilitics of iiiterU'tiMUul siiLioraus F 1 OCEANS niiipli .iii.'i,- ma ms Ml win G Official fleport Show. 3ituatln Un changed, With Heavy Flgntinfl in Progress About Douaumont Fur ious Onslaughts Withstood With Tremendous Losses. PAULS, Feb. 38. Impetuous countcr-altaek). by French troop north of Verdun in which the Oer mnns ere thrown back from many lwsitions uoiKiirrcd bv them during Uio first four days of the battle, ac cording to rcK)rts from the front, aro considered as inaugurating u second phase of the great nutiou un der conditions most favorable to the defenders. Premier llriand told representa tives of thu press toduy how the tide wum turned. "Caught betucvu two barring fires," said M. llriand, "eowird with shrapnel from all sides, attacked bj our frc-h divisions surging ujion the field of battle at an unexpected mo ment, the Germans saw their efforts stopped short. The struggle was it titanic one. Onr heroic troops went into the melee frantically. f)u light and heavy artillery dug sanguinary furrow in the compact ranks of the Germans. "Finally exhausted, their rank decimated, the German armies re treated tinder our counter-attacks. We have regained the advantage. In stalled upon formidable positions, juf heroic soldier lemaincd masters of the field of battle." French Lines Holding. So far as the French official re poit of this atteruoon xhows, tlic French, linvs in the, immediate, yinin ity of Veiilun are holding firm. The Uennaii itttnuk is developing along llio trout ent and MMtthunst. At Fort Douamont, when' the fight ing has been heaviest, the situation is unchanged. The foitresu itself ap IMiruntly is still held by the German. In the village of Douamont, a few hundred yards from the fort, them was furious struggle )n-t night. The war oftiee announces that (Jer man litleinpls to capture the village resulted in failure. Southeast of Verdun, over the line bending south to St. Mthel, the Ger mans ate pressing the attack. The French statement reports a futile German attack against .Manheullei, ten miles southwest of Verdun, which may indicate an advance in that quarter, although the precise lo- cation ef the front tn this sector has not been made known. Nurprlw Attaik Surrml. German troops bv a surprise at tack, have been successful in enter ing certain advanced French trenches near the Navarin farm, In the Chain IMiigu district. In the region to the notth of Ver dun the bombardment has continued with intensity, p.utienlailv in thu cen tral sector and on our right. "German forces yesterday eicniu made several attempt", to isiptuie the ullage of Douamont. Their efforts weiu broken by the lesutanco of French tronjHS, ho withstood the most furious assault-. ''The situation at the foit of Don- atnont is without chunge. This tort is closely encircled. "In the Woevre district the Ger mans yesterday evening and lat night assumed an attitude of stealer activity. The ruilioud sUtmn at Ki, after haiing changed hands tv- (Continued on Page fi.) WASHINGTON r'eb .'X h'eiute HfiutnM debste on HUkldi water pfr bill. Senator Uiutlmta Ictrodured sub tltutt proposd t ronirvtloDUt. Indtiu cottailttr Y)utiiiijnl work no appoprletlcn Mil. IIUIr3 itumttre continued ork on details of army rtor;nistlon .!a. Hou-ae: "3 Ways and means commltlea farorl ably reportfy) bill to repeal free itO:ar prevision of the tariff law. v, Naval and military roramlttae continued at work on nn defense Iioraoi UN DAY IN CONGRESS phimls i mmim Mr m '?s s; 9AV af 'k l 1a - w9 ) Above, Mrs. Page Waller Katon, below, Mrs Louise O -borne Itowe, In "graft" charges. ZEPPELIN I RAID E 1IKKLIN. Fob. :s. On the octa sloii of the luat eii(iulln raid over Kngland two governtnont factories ami two umniuiiltlon factorlos at Ilir mliiKhani ami one ammunition fac tory at llradford Here lUwIroyml by bombs, the Overseas '.Vows Agency Hjt.-H. Thc news agency statement, which HupiilcmuiitM the m count given out yesterday of the damage done by thu airship attack on the night of Jan uary 31-Kubruary I follews: "At lllrmlngliam two government factories and two ammunition fac tories wero (lestroil. One brew ery wils damaged at tiecloe 1 11 II. Near llradford one ninmunltloii factory and three spinning mills nre wrecked. At I'artlngtou our bomb dottroyed twunt-two houses. "On tbo number a batter)' wai si lenced, the cannon and nuaichllKhts being (loetro)ed. At Crlmsby, and lu the vicinity of Hull considerable damage, was donu as was also the case at Sheffield. "Thu emitter Caroline and the de stroyers ISdun and N'lth eru sunk. The Caroline sank In six minutes, Ink SI muiuburs of thu crew being killed, 5S nouudeil and 17 were drowned.'' A llarlln dlapatih of Kubruary to said that thu time warships men tioned had been sunk during the Zep pelin raid. This was denied by thu llrltlsh government which stutuil that neither the aniline nor au other llrltlsh warships nor any mer chant ship was Mrm It by a bomb. SENATE RATIFIES . HAITIEN TREAIY WASHINGTON Kb ': -. The mbU today uiiuiiiniiiitsly ratified the treaty with 1UU under which tbe I'riltfrt States assumeaa protecto rate oyer the turbulmit island repub lic, taking over tbe control of Its fi nances and police, guaranteeing 111 DESTROY DBRITISH MNTON AN territorial integrity p4 uadertsklng to dtvaloa fta reaouraaa. The treaty already baa begu appfevad by tlia lUIUea coajraas and Its uAia vir - tnallr ara la operation uadar the eve of a strong Anierli an marine expeti- ""U' i m center ot "woman political ecautlal;" commlsBloner of public welfare, named 10 CHICAGO, Feb. 28. -A now angle to the uitv hull split salary ease was foltwasttnl toduy by Seymour1 Sted man, nttoiney for Mi.. Page Waller 'Kalnu, who declared his client .won not the onlv one uho had bcuit foiued to -plit her salary with the "higher I "I" ne sain ue uoui.i juace on inc .. ,ii I.. .I -taiiil at Hit' civil sen ice coiuinis- '"' investigation another woman wlici would testily lo having been fiiiccd to dmdc her sulary with her superiors, lie said -lie would (til of tlion-uiuls of dolluis being Hissod to higher-ups and lav bare n story of graft that Mould make, thu Ktitou- ltowe eontroversv seetn insignificant. Invesligotiou of Mrs. ISutou's churge that -he was foieed'iiy her .ulterior, .Mrs. Iiuise Osbonui Howe, head of the public Wei fa in depart ment, to gie a third of her salary for the siipjMrt of a relative of M.i.Mir Thoiuik-oii was continued by the civil -ei-iii-c coinuiis-ion today, wiili Mr- l(owc on the stand. It w.- peetcd Manr TbompMiti vmiii l li'lmiv Mi-. Itowe. F E LOS XM.LI.LS, (a , , tb JS lohn M K htlman, IKutciiant gover- iiior ot ('ullforiilu. died or , beinor irluge ihih moiuliig at Iinlio (al He wax taken from a train then- e.ulv todii) and died soon afterward Mr Mslilemsu was istiirnlng fiom a trip to Washington, where he had ap-le-aied before rongreuloital loiumit tees In.ltiH.lnteriMU or California In terests Hif-was also (jwsrd by the senate sua committee lp Ue lr,in dels hearlHf. - ' SA KUAATISCO, Hi. I Jean Morton Kabelman was eteted lieu-teiutit-aovornor of Cillfornla at the last general elfctlmi, November 3, 1 1 1 He bad come piointueNllr be. fore tbe public of the state aa presi dent of tbe California railroad com mlsalou dilrlng It first acllvltlea uu- der inilargail powers wblca resulted 0 broad control of public utilities OTHERS FORCED DDE SALARIES WIN HGHER-UPS IN DEAD ROM HEMORRHAG Mr. Kshleto.ii was bora at CViHa Ridge. Ill . Juaa 1 1, l7i aa4 came u, California when be was twanty k ears old. He was not robust and for teral ears he has beea obliged 10 Kink reat lu Imperial Vallej for I lllilOlal 1 MuuWe. m mm mm km ISO UVS LOST Pwintoia ft OrWvrtnl Iteam-ihin 8iwl Twa mn Off Dom 2Q0 ef 4i Aboard 5avI Bwltv. Was4 Asltoro Hospital Ship SItika Off Albania 4.incr Dido Sunk. L0NIH)N. Feb. W.-Of the total complement of ill pas-mgei and crew on the Peninsular k Oriental line steamship Malojn, which struck a mine and sank within half an hour two miles off Dover yesterday, only J(!0 are known to have been saved. Ot these, 01 were passengers. There were 11!) pnHengcrn aboard, 111 be ing children. . Till- bodies of thtee iiiuru Lascars of the crew of the Mnloju have been washed ashore, milking the iotiil of bodies leooverrd 17. Many iclutives uru arriving at Doxer for the pur pose of endwivoring to identify thu bodies. Among those- rescued yestetdtiy wn a buby, wannly clad, found floating on Its back. The child was found by n pattol boat and wan taken into the. engine room. Alter being warmed it Mailed at its resimers nnd scemcit none the worst for the ex perience. Mine Krrlil- Nown. The lliitisu jrch is almost ttnnni mouh in assuming that thu Muloja and the other vcs-oIh sunk bv mines dining tlic week end were victims of n fresh sowing of German mines. I here is much speculation us to bow these mine could have been laid. The theory most frequently ad vanced is (hat a certain rla-s of nrutlsl shipping was umpUiyfd. The Pall Mall Gayelle supgr.M that such niernlion max dri e I'ug Iniiil to slill more stringest siiMrvis- ioii oi neutral shipping than bus yet been exercised by the admiralty. Of the 11(1 passenger on thu Ma loju fifty-five have not been deflii itely accounted for. HoHpltal Ship Sinks. LONDON, Feb. W. The sinking of me Hospital ship - .Murcciiuiro near San Giovanni di Medua. Albania, is ieMiited in a ili-paleh from Itonie to the Kxchaiigc Telogrnpb eoinpany. The esscl is said to have stiuck an Austrian mine. It is reported Iheie were numeioiis ictims. The Italian steamship Matcchiaro, 112 tons gross and 175 feet long, was built at Ancona in 1HPJ and wits owned at Naples. I.lnrr Dido Sinks. LONDON, Fell. 28. The bodies f eight sailors and the captain of thu WiUon liner Dido, which was sunk February 2(1, ware washed ashnie to day at Dnnnn Hook, Lincolnshire. The Dido, a Wscl of 1700 tuns gross, curried a eiew of tweiitj-niuu men. The first ieMiits ot her sink ing said thut the captain and two ot the crew bad been lauded by a ilel- gin ii steuuier. II11--U11 Steamer .Sink". LONDON. Feb. as. The Itu-siau -teaniship PcUhcnga lta been sunk. I'ittccu of those uboatil were siml. The Pet-hcnga was I'onucrly the (Icimau -team-hip Lnk Lar-en, cap tured bv the I(u--ian- earlv in the war. She w.i- i. liil" aio-- ton-. NF.W VOMK. Ki-o. '.. Itiis.it, ot freh couiplication- 111 the uiU'tna- tirti.i kituuttou a ink the ntrthur uc ecss of the Teutonic forces in France i'iiumi! eiv declines in the stock hiurlrt todav, losses m ttandsnJ tssurs i-ngui 1 1 on a to A points, war issues lost I to .11 ami soine of () more olaxturu stocks aereelowur bv 10 to 13 point. Further unset tlewiw suta eau-ed by iiiiuors at lost attecting MeNieo and heavy selling of Angio-lheucb bonds, which established a new low quotation at 03V There acre some aialerial recover ie- in the final hour, the improvement iiiiinfidiaa with rumors that Gormanv Ii.hI agreed t uiodify il siibmiA-ine SEVERE DECLNES STOCK mm !STAN0 PATTERS fflffi KTCALL JISDAW Rtfww tf BkssncVusrXtj Long IVtiI hy OM Gaoril fr BciHj Ikart INmIrift!'rm at Chretuja -Hec-r4 Shm Him OftfAsvtl te Prafl ril Rupatatfett. lly GILSON GAHDNKR. WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. Batmicl W AtcCnll is thu dark hursn long groomed by the stnndpat republican leaders, headed by .Murray Crane and seconded by lloics Penrose, for tho republican nomination at Chicago in June. The Ilurlon-FitirbaukH-lIuglics and other miscellaneous delegate!! were to be delivered for him. MeCnll is governor of Mtisrfnulitts etts. He wum for years ti member or the house of representatives. Ho wns chosen governor after being nomin ated as a straight lepublicnu, be cause the progressive leader, Uird, in dorsed him. McCull received thous ands of progressive party votes. Mas sachusetts progressives took Ilml's, word for it that McC'nll was in somo measure u forward-looking person. And beciiusc he was elected governor by this happy combination of party 'factious he wan regarded by Cruno and thu other leaders as un ideal pru-idcntiiil candidate. I'uhlMi MtCnll's Itccortt. Because, the progressives arc un willing to ncccpt McCull as u "for- T ward-looking" person the hitter's roc ord has Ih'cii dug tip and js now be ing sent out to the country in order that all progressive may take note and opjsihe McCall, even before the convention meets. Among the high points in the rec ord as diselnafd nrc these lie voted against the Dullivur-Hcphurn rnilrond rale regulation metlmite nitit in the discussion of that measure was ono of its ablest opponents. He voted against the fortlfictltlou of. the Pan ama canal .one. He unvaryingly op Med the creation of a strong nnd efficient navy, always voting for a smaller rather than a larger number of battleships. He wns opposed to pure food and drug legislation, hav ing voted against tile Itevertdge meat iusHetioii bill ial tl,ft pure food and drug acts, ns attbseqtieutly passed, lie was a loyal and petHHtent sup isuter of the Cannon rules in the hoitsii of reptPseutatives and voted for the ictoutinii of the Cannon leg iiae against the propositi finally adopted by more liberal republicans to luko from thu sx.ikir the power of appointing the contmlttuos of thu house. Voteil Agaluit Arlinnn. .Met 'all voted ugaltiat the admission of Arixona lo statehood, basing his opposition on the fact that thu pro Hted slate's eoiistituliuu was too lib eral, containing such modern things as the initiative, referendum and re call. He na- one of the very few men in the house who voted against Jim constitutional amendment for the diiect election of United States senators, lie ipHtsl, by tho nega tive procc ot dodging the roll oall, all mcn-iii e to limit the use of injunction- 111 labor disputes. He vot ed agnm-t the -emeu ciiiuu bill of (Continued oa pago all) LYMAN HELD ON TAMPA. H..., Feb. 2S. J. Grunt L.Miian as held tislav in $100,000 bail for arraignment tomorrow on tho fodcrsl tiidietiuent returned in New York ebaigiug him itk utiug- (ho mails lo drfritwl- Iiuaa deulam4 hu vas not the huh sant And d uinl thu'the had used tlw.unhes of Joliu Putnam Co. us rbmnud in thu uilie,tiueul. , t r-t WASIIINGToy, Ib. as.-Attor-iuy General Gregory deoldud to in struct luitsxl State Attorney Phil lips to Mmd Lyman to New York for trial 111-tead of to California. Tito depailiuent of justice divided jbat iiiH-iiiu'b 11- the crime charged tWfttf comuiitted while Jjiiian was unt on bail, lie should be tried un tha lnltt 100.000 DL 11 & plo'l'illO ' thuiijc m Vew York, f ) O 1 o o o o