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WEATHER
Tonight mid Wednesday
Kciln: Southerly Wind.
SECOND
EDITION
Forty fifth Tar.
Dixlly T"n Hi Ttia r
ACIUN AWAITS !
Cabinet Discusses Submarine Crisis
0
With President, But No Decision
Arrived At President to Insist
Upon.Strict Interpretation of Rules
of International Law.
WA8lir.NT.TON, lb. 20. Ocr
mnny'n latust formul noto declaring
Hint assurances regarding submiirlno
warfare given In the I.usltanln caBo
hnve not been modlflod tiy her an
nounced ' Intention to tront nrmoil
merchants hips at auxiliary cruisers
after mUlnlRht tonight was hoforo
President Wilson nml his cabinet to
tiny for consideration.
Tho Rtato dopartmont was under
Blood to fool that possibility of dlf
ffcultloH nrlslng In tho near future ns
a roBiilt of tho now Gorman and Aus
trlan policy li moro or lee romote.
Secretary Lansing took with him
to the White. House a pouch under
stood to contain tho Gorman memo
landum and othor paper relating to
the enso.
It wan Indicated In well Informed
circle that tho protddont would In
Hint on n Htrlct Interpretation of tho
ruloB of Intornntlonal law nH apply
ing to Germany' now submarine
warfare
lii of Xt Kecelvccl.
Information roi-wnrdcd from Her
lln purporting to contnln proof thnt
tho Ilrltlsh admiralty had Instructed
captains of armed merchant ships to
attack submarine ships had not ar
rived, .Mr. Lansing wild. The de
lay was believed to bo duo to condi
tions resulting from the war.
Secretary Lansing today Issued tho
following formal (atemunt:
In view of tho publication this
morning of what purport to bo tho
view of tho state department on the
communication received yoetorday
from tho German ambassador. I wish
to wiy that the contents or the com
munication havo not been made pub
lic by me, and that any statement as
to tho views of the state depart
ment on the communication aro ab
solutely unauthorised.
"I have made no comment and ox
pressed no opinion In regard to tho
matter."
Discussed by Cabinet.
Gormauy's latost communication
on submarine warfare wa discussed
in detail at today's cabinet meeting
and at a separata conforence belwcon
President Wilson and Secretary lou
sing, but no conclusion was roacnod.
It was clodded to await data on the
way from Ilorlln regarding Instruc
tions, alleged to have been Issued
by tho Urltish admiralty to merchant
captains for attacks on submarine.
Cabinet mombers care-fully nvold-
od question of whether Germany'
position a outllnod by Count von
llernstorf f In n note to Secretary Lan
sing esterday was acceptable to the
American govornmenr it was said
that memorly the facts were laid be
foro the rablnd without any effort
bolng made to arrive at a decision.
POST OFFICE BILL
E
WASHINGTON:, Feb. 20. The an
nual' po-toffiee appropriation lull
oarr.uiiK approximately $321,onn,nno,
went to the senate toduy, following
it pusnge by the house last night
oer bitter and persistant opposition.
A it left the house the bill con-
tauts provision for substituting n
puoc own lor Hie present weigui
ti-in of juiying railroads for enr
ryintr mud and prohibitum any iu-erci-e
in the existing limit of titty
V'uiuK mi por-l po-t packages.
Ml LINERS
PERMITTED 10 CLEAR
WASIIINUTi.N'. JYb. 20.- The1
Italian liner (Jiucp- Yrdi und San
! Oiiudieuno, at Xew York with mount- j
ed kuii- aboanL were ordered clear-
; ed IimIhv on fcstu-niK'c of the Ilal-1
urn '" 'iiiiiunt lb.it thi'ir aniiomt-tit
Was icr di'teu-irt p.upu-is vu)
DATA ON WAY
H GERMANY
PASSES
HOUS
KAISER TO SI
ARMED SHIPS AT
MIDNIGHT HOUR
New Rule of Submarine Warfare
Goes Into Effect Tonltjht Spec-
- tacular Opening Is Planned Hope
Abandoned of Assistance From
Washington.
IH'.HUN, I'd). 20. The Associ
uted Press is informed by Germany's
leading statesman that the new rulo
nf submnrino wnrfnre which "was an
nounced in the derman memorandum
regarding the ftituru treatment of
tinned merchantmen will positively
be put in effect at midnight tonight.
At that time the period of warn
ing for neutrals, giving them oppor
tunity to advise their nations not to
travel on aimed merchantmen, will
expire.
For several days there has been
more than n possibility thnt Oennany
at the Inst moment might mnko n pro
posal that she would discontinue
practice of. reprisal and sink no
merchant shiiis freighters or pas-
senger liners without first halting
tho vessel for examination and put
ling the crew in n place of safety a
in the old style of navtil wnrfnre, if
the tillics would remove armament
from mercliuntmcu.
HoiM's Prove in Vain.
It wn thought Hngland might ac
cept this propoMi! or that the United
Sluto and other neutrals would be
convinced if Hnglnnil refused thnt sho
had no intention of discontinuing tho
tiso of muniment for offensive pur
poses. This might possibly have
given President Wilson proof that
liriiimni'iit on merchantmen wn not
stsed purely for defense nml thus en
able the president to reconcile tho
two Koutlii'ling viewpoints regarding
the impropiiety of merchantmen
carrying nunament nnd tho impnssi.
Iiilily of the I'nilcd State altering
the established law of nation.1
Publication of President Wilson
letter to Senator Stone, however,
npiHinnlly conduced Oornmny'ii
lending htutewnvn that no assistance
was to be o.eted from Washington
in ending the piesent nnomolotis Hit
nation regarding rules of submarine
wnrfiuo mid that it wn usele to
make proMsuls, the only result of
which would be to givo I-.nglnud more
time to icpleuihii her store while a
ilihciiMsion was in progress at Wash
ington mid London. At least two of
the highest official directly con
cerned appear to lie now conviuced
thnt Washington has no desire to
emharrasM Great Ilrilniu in tho con
duct of tin- war or to do any tiling
which might jM-nnit Germany to use
the submarine in warfare against
commerce
SjKicNicuInr Ojmnlng.
Xcwsjinpor and tho German pub
lie generally are primed for a jmw
tacitlnr opening of the new submarinu
campaign.
Leading Gernian statesmen hnvo
little expeuttitiou that President Wil
son will change hit attitude, even
alter the recoipt of the justificatory
twdenec attached to the Gennan
memorandum in the form of appen
dices, which apparently were not
contained in the American einbassN
cablegram giving the text of the
memorandum itself, and is being for
warded by mail. It is not believed
tbut Americans will bo warned from
tr.ivc-lin on tinned merchantmen or
thnt udcipi.iti- measures will be
t.iki n to -1 c that nnnament is incd
onlj for 1I1 ten -He purpo-c-..
TO
I
MILAN. la Paris, Feb 2s -( De
la) ed ) -An Athens dispatch to the
Corriere Delia Cera says that Meld
Marshal von Maeknsn will visit
King CoiuiUntla In the Greek cap
ital. An effort mill be made by the
Herman military leader, the dispatch
sas, to counteract the impression
made by General Sarrall. the French
commander of the allied camp at Sa
lonika on at meat call on the kiuK
and to reaia far the central em
pire, the ground loM In Greek opin
ion situt the lull of Euirum.
MACKENSEN
V SIT GONSTAN
MEDFORD
DEAD IN GROUPS
UPIHTINFIELD
ABOUT VERDUN
Shambles Exceed Anything in History
of Warfare Air Pressure From
Continuous Discharge So Terrific
That Blood Rushes From Ears and
Ltinns Cease Working.
PAWS, Fth. 20. Military critics
express the opinion thai the Genimn
forces, which at the beginning of tho
Wtlo around Verdun numbered
probably half n million, now exceed
7f)0,000.
"Tiie Hituntiou is now decidedly
better,'' ia the phraso commonly used
this morning in tho Pari pros re
garding the slrugglo for tho great
French stronghold. Tho French tiro
beginning to react vigorously against
the Gennan "bludgeon strokes,"
which are having les and loss effect
mid tire being delivered with dimin
ished energy. It is expected, how
ever, that they will be renewed again
iodny, hut tit new point. The fact
that the battle is now shifting is
tnken ns a sign thnt tho Ucnunn gen
eral staff hit begun to despair of
making it rail impression on the
French defense.
"I fought since the beginning of the
wnr," says n soldier who has return
ed to Paris mid who was present nt
tho fighting nt Ornra.
Worst Slinmbles Kxev Known.
"I saw tho shambles nt Suippes
and Souain. They were nothing to
what I saw Inst week. Tho enemy
advanced and wo retiied under or
der, but we killed them hv the
do7cus. It was so terrililo that I,
who havo wn tolled my comrade fnll
around 1 ho almost with indifference,
shudder ns my memory recalls those
seeiiee.
"A their battalion advanced up
on us tlioy were in serried 111110, by
file of twenty. The shrapnel from
our TA-millimctcr gun nnd the pro
joetile from our heavy artillery fell
among Ihein and you could see great
gap n if n mower had passed with
a scythe. The high explosive shells
which burst on contact fell mid limbs
shot into tho air. We ueto'so close
that pieces of their torn flesh fell
among us. Kvcntunlly we reached
Moncoiirt and took shelter for a timo
in a wood. Although it wus II o'clock
in the morning, the bursting shells
made it clear a day, giving the lint
tlcfield the aspect of a fairy scene
IH'iul Stand in Groups.
"From behind u the French artil
lery fired into the German mnsscw,
the German shells f!ing over our
bends Icfwurd the Doiiuuiout suction.
Then our machine gun, placed in
batteries every five yards, began to
play and we saw the deud in groii)
upright where there was not room to
.full. From Moncourt I followed tho
supply road to Fleury, where I took
the light railway toward Verdun.
The "heavy guns near Douamont and
Dsinloup were firing as fast a they
uould bo loaded. When wo ia.d
between the two oints the air pres
sure, produced hv the continuous
discharges, j, so terrific thut blood
nished from our curs and our lung
nhno-t ceased working."
IS HELD ILLEGAL
SALBM, Or., Feb. 20. The Orc
jon snpretue court today pronounced
the classification of uu ordinance,
passed by the city of Astoria, requir
ing certtin mercantile establishment
to close at 0 p. m. on week dns, ar
bitrary and unfair, and it reversed
the action of the state circuit court
of Clatsop eottuty, which dismissed a
suit to restrain enforcement of the
ordinance.
The urdinance excluded front it
ojHtrtitioaM, drug, cigar, millinery,
fruit, eonfeciiouery. furniture aud
Iwok (taUblwuideiitk.
"It is the constitutional right cow
inoH to all eitiiMf)," said the court,
"that no law shall fie passed granting
auy aititeu or class of iritiseu privi
leges or immunities wlin-b shall ut
ciju.ill btloin tu all (.itiius."'
CLOSNG
AW
ONKUON. TH-slUY. KMUIM'AltY 20. HHii
POLICE NET STRETCHED
.lean Crones.
Police In all parts of tho country have boon furnished descriptions
of Jean Crones, chef, said to bu nn anarchist and loading flguro In n gi
gantic plot to blow up churched and churchmen In tho United Statu.
Crones was employed as chef when a banquet was given In Chicago In
honor of Archbishop Mundolclii and was sought In connection with nn
attempt to poison 300 persons who attended the banquet. I'olnson wn
found In tho soup served.
II
IN
REPORTED KILLED
WASIIINT.TON', l'eb. 20. The
murder of drover C Vtirn, an Amer
ican, by Villa forces at his homo last
night, twonty-flvo miles north of
DuraiiBo, was reported officially to -
day to tho state department
other details worn given.
No
KIj I'ASO, Texti. J-Vb. 29. Wash-
maton dlsputcho. leportliiK the Itll -
, . ' ,, , ,
InK of (Iroor O. Vnrn eauscHl In -
tenso intorost bore, where Vrn wa
well known. Vr loft Kl 1.M two
, . .... ,. ,...,.. , ,
nnba n um In Inln IiIm 1i l lias Ifl 1
Vnrn. at their ranch near Santa
I.ucla, twonty-flvo miles norlli of
DurniiRO.
TOHUi'O.N. Coahulln, Mo.Mco. Fob.
29. It was ropnrted here today that
an American hotolkeeper nanus! Ilnr-
ris has beon banged by bandits at
ouiiiij(ii iiir. hid MMIU Ulltt uiitni uir
tails wero not given, nlthoiigl
known that Harris ha lived a
lircifiklA fnetw wnnoe CninliPOPiilit 111
BY V LLA BAND TS
in Zacntncni state. ' Ilandlts arc. TQ.i"m', '; w,v,p"l IJ"J
nnr.,..l t l,.. ln.,l lh rannl, of " "Ml.. Dm, it Wll hl, intended
,i... v . 1 i.... -. .i.iinanhiiig into his homo slate of
uu.... ............ .. .........., .1 w-
nepa, west of Durango City.
ICram -
or, with his American employes, are
said to have saved their lives by hid
ing in a hog pen.
KI, I'ASO, Texas, l'eb. J9. The
American hotolkeeper of Kombroreto
reported In Torreon dispatches today
as bolng hanged by bandits was
Identified bore today as ICdwnrd Har
ris, well known among American" mill
ing men. The newa of his death
eausos Inquiry as to the possible fute
of Honry Caruaghan, mauaRor of tho
Dos liombre mine 111 tho Sombrerete
district. Oanms'iau lived at C'luil
clilultes OE
ABANDON
PE
COLUMBIAN TREATY
WASHINGTON. r-h. 20.- Admin- of whom were dead and two so badly
istraliou hcnutor- admitted today hurt thut it wa feared they eould not
tlwty bud praitKiilU no hope of rat-. sitriu.
ification for the (oloinbimi treaty) Volunteer were working under the
proiM-sing pu.Mocnt !' $1.1,000,001) to direction of trained rescue crews in
Colombia fr the nrtJUou of I'au- an utteupl to reeh the other,
ama and making mutual explosion I The working force loilay had juat
of regret. reached iWr place when tho edo-
A thorough canvas of the senate ( wn, which seemed to have affected
ha conviuced adiniuistratioH leader. only a iurt of the workings, oe
that nearly all rejHibliuuns aud v-, curred.
I oral democrats would reeiat ralifl -
eation to the last.
A vote on the measure, owe seu-
UOi believe, should b avoided be -
cause) huwlion would he bettor than
h Hut rejection m its elfcr? upon
Lvlolnbiu.
10 IP SOUP POISONER
z
10
L
WASIIIN'dTO.V, Feb. Ln.- Keporli
, loilnv to the department of justice
said Ociicral I-Vliv Diuz, who hopcH to
i., M nii ,.,'. .'
(i ship bound from Tnuipn, I'la., to
Tierrn, in the state of Ver t'nir,
.Mxiei.
'J'hi advice eiune from an nueul of
' . " ' ''"""" ""' " "'
ii he bureau of inve iitation nnd nf-
.C . . !,,! -. .
, fu'u "n' ,l,e,",';, ,0 4,v.". 'J ,,rm '
J"""'- p)' 'rr"rl l.e.ng mtido
l eonliini it. No delml n lo Iho
ihl'!'' V" ,l,,,h ,,,MS W ' nvV0 ,V'
ccived
AgeuU of the bureau tfcro Iflmy to
day watching the Hi read of tho re
Hiited Di. lot in otlivj' . sections,
with a iew to cdietkin any effort
to send him arms or ammunition.
VIMl, o,,,,... , ...
LAND
VE
EG M R V
N
her do- ''.! vini.i...'r, im,, reo, so.
eh II Ih1"'"1 N'H',r''11 d Iodny they had
t Roni-lu,'',m' ,'"'1 ''''',x "'Hz '""''l '" ,hp
.mi- im I ,'M''' f 'vr I' 'nt weuk and was
. , ., i . , .1
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' J".n ihiv iMiujm 111 nr-
gtn iiis ciiiiipniuii tiKHiiiMi urn ami
t'iirraiiu. Zupulu trtMips, it wu
said, would .join the Din, army.
Scw-rul million dolluiN was tie
clan d to hnvc Itfcu proMtlcd to fin
ami' tin- niiiveineiit.
71
KKMI'TON, W. Va., Fib. 20. -Sni-iitj-mie
uieti were trapped by an
icxploMiou in the iijiiiu of the Us vis
jCiml & Coke Co. neur Iieru toduy
xoon after they went to work. Two
Miccreded in making their way to the
surtate and loseuor within au hour
hud liioiighl out ihirty-seven, four
' Keseue crew were nuk-kjr re-
eruitrd frcun nourhv mine, They
brought out the men who had not
, been injured and recoveml lb dead
uol fur frum the uiaiu entry. The
trap'd men were aid to be ninth
l4rthr tiulu the opeliiuj,'.
MINERSTRAPPED
BT COAL EXPLOSION
GERMAN DRIVE 10. S. POLICIES
OPON VERDUN MOSTIRRITATING
LOSING FORCE SAYS ADMIRAL
Berlin Claims Progress, But Little
Gain Made Bombardment Contin
ues With Great Intensity Man
Hcullcs Taken, But LostCaptur
ed Trenches Retaken hy French.
nKItMN. Feb. 20, via London.--rVnicio-i'ww-. .w orr-i,
Progros for the donnaus In thel.laill COloi'8, nt 25 to J5
drive toward Verdun In the Wocvnjq-Q. WOOLENS
district was nnnouncod by tho war ofmQ o KfJ YD
flee today. Tho Herman troops hnv . 7 ,' .. . .
passed Dieppe, Almucotirt and ninn'S'POS and Slliall brokdl
mid havo also tnkon Mnnlieullos nn.B, go to lllilkc up tllO SllOWlllpf,
champion. ik nnd light liiixturcs, suitablo
Tlio wnr office alio announced thntjjQp gji'tg or dl'CSSCS,
a small armored fort wost of Dona
mont has been stormed by tho
Tho official nnnouncoment rIvo-VE THEM.
tho total itumhor of unwoiindod prls.
oners taken as lfi,R7i. There havdTT?,r,lltl , ,,,,, ,..,;
beon captured also "S cannon mid
SO inacliluo khiim.
l'AHIS, Fob. 20.-The bombard
ment to tho north of Verdun Is con
tinuing with groat Intensity.
Hnst of the Mouso last nlKht thoro
was n rosumptlciMi of violent local nt
tucks. Near (ho vIIIuko of Doitau
mont the fighting ennio to a hand-to-hand
encounter, nnd tho Germnns
wero repulsed by French troops.
After IntciiKo artillery flro Ger
man force captured tho vlllaRO of
Mnnheulles, but 11 counter nttnek
broiiRbt tho IVcncli to tho western
boundary of this location. They aro
now holding .Mnnlieullos under their
flro.
In I.orrnlnn tho nermann succeed
ed In occupying small section of
French troiieho. but they wero very
shortly driven from those positions.
There Is nothliiK to report from tho
remainder of the front.
T
m 16
STILL GOING UP
CHICAGO, Feb :'t A Jump of
ten cents In the price of Iiok today
sent the uiurket to Sx.00 a hundred
pounds, the highest In sixteen
month. According to veterans at
tho local stockyards, tho "whole
country I going Into hog raising
and more pork and baeou Is being
oaten toduy than ovnr before."
Fropi the first of the year until
yesterday, 2,ir.r.,000 hog were re
ceived at tho Chicago yards, accord
ing to figure compiled today. This
is an Increase of more than half a
million head over the similar period
of 1UI5. For the eleven principal
market of the country the totul Iiok
shipments from January 1, l'Jlti to
duto I more than 7, 1 uu, DUO as
ugulnst &.?oa,utiU for the same pe
riod in ma.
This, It Is pointed out, Is In spite
of the fact that the German lard
market is closed.
The extra demand for pork creat
ed by the war, the spreading of the
knowledge of the profits of hog rais
ing and the failure of last year'
corn crop ure the causes to which
the unusuall) boay hog shipment
ure attributed.
OF WHEAT
RALLIES AND FALLS
. .CHICAGO. Feb 29 -Assertions
that then ew German note opened a
way to avert a break with the United
Itato today helped to rally the price
or wheat. The market, howover,
continued nervous aud to undergo
wide fluetuatlaus. Talk of a probable
serious decrease in the number at
skips available for the esport trade
acted as a decided check on the bulls.
The opening, which ranged from
I Vi off to a like adrance, with May
Sl.0 to l-0tt and July $1.05 to
tl.OTtt, -is followed by a general
upturn to 2 above yesterday's fin-
jbu mm men u i.imciiiii hiuk,
HO
IHES
MONTHS
NO. 2fl1
President of Navy War C&lleuelSiiys
No Time Should Be Lost in Build
ing Strongest Navy in World to
Preserve Nation Says Menace
Exists, But Declines to Tell How.
Other world ovnntH, tho ndmlrnl
declared, made It scorn probnblo that
nt the close of tho Kuropean war,
various foreign powers, bollovinR that
thoso Amorlcnn pollolca conflict with
thnlr inturost.i might declare they
would not longer ncccpt them.
Hu)s Nation Is Menaced.
Admlrnl Knlght'H stntoments wero
drawn out by Hoprosentatlvo Callo
way, who Insisted ho could sco no
dattKcr to Justify a rnco for naval
siipromncy.
"Aro wo In any way menaced?"
ho demanded,
"in my opinion wo aro," an Id Ad
miral KiiIrIU.
"How?" ;,. .
1 "I wish to bo oxcurtodfrom miBwer
Iiir this cpiUKtlon."
"I would llko to find somebody
who would nnswor it," said Ilopro
sentntlvo Calloway.
"Is tho dato lPlifi, not for tho com
pletion of this Rrcnt flout, tho duto
when this thing will break "
"I don't bollovo It wilt break at
all. If we prepare now," said tho ad
miral. TreiuemloiK Kcndltui-CN.
To equal the Urltish Moot by 1026.
Admiral Knight sold, SO dread
naught. 15 battle erulsors, SO scout
cruiser, 75 submarine and 78 de
stroyer would have to bo added to
tho present fleet. Ho thought Great
Ilrilniu would not rogard nn Ameri
can building program as directed
against her.
The prosout unvy, ho said, should
bo ellmluntod In considering tho pos
sibilities of any attack on tho Now
Knglnud const because it lacked
scoul and might easily bu drawn
far southward by a feint, whllo tho
real attack wa made. For that rea
son, ho suld, ho wished to see at leant
nine battle cruisers and eight scout'
laid down this enr.
E
TO
I'AItlrf. Feb. 29. "Do you know
about the trick we played on tho
German in Can re wood!" was tho
ctuestluii with which a French soldier
who had been in the Vordun fight
ing Introduced today li nocount ot
au incident at the front.
"Well, to tho north of Vordun,"
he continued, "a little beyond lloau
HQiit, lie Can re wood. It was n
point to which tho Ucrmana devoted
peclul attention and therefore
ever) thing wus dono to glvdlthom as
good a reception ns possible.
While our infantry on ,tho frlngo
of tho wood hold off tho onomy, n
lieutenant of engineers and his men
made their final propagations in tho
wood, which hiyl beau onrottilly
mined berorohatld. Whon all was
ready the Infantry fell backhand the
German, routfheed that our men
were bolting, tor MUr them la tho
woods, oiling tUailtft'itly.
"When tho last Frenchman- waB
safely out of tj) wood the othor
side someone posted gear lieutimout
pressed a button. There wag n heavy
boom aud trees, ntlufJM Itll bodies
shiP Into the air. Virtually o,vary
man of the enemy In the wood hud
been killed."
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LURED
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