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Medford Mail Tribune flfflPHw Pv SECOND EDITION WEATHER I'nlr Tonight, nnd Tuesday Max. IM; Mill. .10. Forty-flfih Tear. Dally-Tntli Trar MEDFOKD OHEUOX. MONDAY. MAIM Ml il, 101(3 NO. 29G DEADLOCK IN VERDUN ON STILL UNBROKEN i Slashlnn Attacks of German Infantry Suspended for Time Being French Lines H'oldlnn Firmly Village of Vaux Destroyed by Bombardment. LONDON', Match (J. The Mushing nttnukri of (ho German infuntry in the .Verdun region evidently have been suspended for tho tiino being, ns mtithor of the official sliitements of today mentions uny activity by tho infantry nnn, nnd tho llorlin state ment notes n slackening in tho strug gle. The deadlock in the Dounitmont region continues. Toduy'h offieinl French bulletin mentions the bombardment by the French of (lenunn positions in the Argonne. The Hermans continue licnvy "bombardment of French posi tions in the Woevro region. Lull In Itnltlo Today's Merlin statement hays thnt nearly 1000 French were taken pris oners Saturday and Sunday. Correspondents who have been at tho front quote Fiench military men us declaring that tho German ucliiovcinents so far in the great bat tle for Verdun have resulted merely iu pushing back the lines to the posi tions they occupied in 1014 before tho French in a series of local at-, tacks begun attacking tho offensive area. Indications that the ("Ioniums- may he planning another offensive move ment on the western front arc con tained iu reports from Dutch sources that 40,000 Oormnn cavalrymen are on their way to the battle line near 1 pt Off. iii. flood Day for French I'AItIS, Mnreh 0. Yesterday was a good day for the French at Verdun, ucoordiiiK to information received this morning, and public conlidcuce is gi willy strengthened by the news of the continued repulses of the Ger man attack. In military and polit ical circles lively satisfaction is ox proved regarding the situation, and opinion now hvgins to prevail that tho grcnt efforts of the Oenuans will be more easily disponed of than at first .expected. Having failed to make any impres sion on tho Douaumont position and on Vaux, to its right, tho German general staff deleimincd to smash tho Fiench loft on the Vaoheniuville wood-eoto On l'oivro position. With out regard to cost, the best troops weie hurled forward with no moro succes. than olsowhoic. I'oiiicrnuinns and what was left of tho llraridcn burgers dashed thomsolvcH violently ngiiinst the French, who stood as im movable as n rook wall. Artillery Duel All Day As at Vaur, the Germain, tinully full buck, leaving heap- of deud on the ground. The French infantry, fcupported by their formidable mi til lory, showed tbemelve able to ivniftt every onslaught. On the lett bank of tho .Mouo artillerv on both sides thundered all day long. The French infantry in thnt section had little to do, but it remains there rvtidy for any o entttality. It is ehiofly tho French artillery which is involved in tho W'oovre fighting. Tho Fronoh hold tho nut ftkjtts of tho village of Manheulles firmly and hove stopped all attempts of the Germans to debouch in that diroetion. Altai k I-'oit Tu vaunt's LONDON, March 0. Tho Central News correspondent at The Ilnguo says disjwtehes received thero from the front show that the Germans are waking igorous cttort to capture (Continued on pass two.) ' RUSSIANSIBOMBARD T OF PHTKOUIUD, Mar.h Russian torpedo boat destrojers have bom bsrdtd TriblMtnU, tbe Turkish a part on the sasUrn const f tbe Hlack sea, ISO miles north went of lSrserum and have gunk soeial ew,e!s Thp Tuikish tuttPiies. it l aimtnunej I idled Ht wjtbout acji, OHIO MAN SELECTED MD. 73AKE,J2'Z?A7, By PRESIDENT Former Mayor of Cleveland, Close Friend of Wilson's, Named to Suc ceed Garretson Is 44 Years Old- Prominent as Reformer In Cleve landSucceeded Tom Johnson. WASHINGTON, Match C New ton I). Hake, former mayor of Cleveland, hs been selected by Pres ident Wilson forscereturv of war. Mr. Halfer.has accepted the posi tion and jh uow arranging his affairs in Clovelind ptcparhtory to coming to Washinctin to take up his duties. Mr. fUiikcr'ri name bad been men tioned in eonueetion with the posi tion several times. He was offered a place when the cabinet was formed, hut declined. The selection of Mr. linker is un derstood to have been disguised with Piesident Wilson by Colonel House soon after the latter' arrival here this morning. Wilson's Close 1'ileiul When President Wilson was mak ing up bis cabinet in 101 II ho offered the place of secretary of interior to Mr. linker twice. Mr. lluker was Mien mayor of Cleveland and declined for that icnsoii. ,' The piciilcnt and MiyHaker have been eloo friend for ioine time and Mr. linker is said to bo in close sym pathy wtih the ptysidont's policies and known to hivp had the support of St me nicmbeus of the cabinet for the Jar office. WBim President Wilson recently was tourine' the middle west on his prep 'irednyw. program, he talked with Mr, Kakyv in Cleeland. Mr, linker has lueif in Washington frequently of late. Tile tbiity-day period for which Major General Hugh L. Scott, chief of taff, was deignuU-d sccretarj of war ad interim, will epire March 11. It is believed Mr, Ihtkcr'4 nomination will bo sent to tho senate betore that time. lliitcer II Veins Old Mr. Ilaker is 41 venr- M. He was bom in Martin-bui.'. W. Va., and at the age of -'." was appointed puwite (Contlnuca on Page Two) WASHINGTON, March 6.- Colo nel H. M. House, who returned yes terday after uniting Ucrlin, London and I'uris as a spoeinl envoy of Pieaidont Wileton, eonferrod with the president this morning and told him of the rcults of hi. niiMtioii. His plans to remain heie until tomorrow and then rotuwi to New York. He re fusel to ilioeus uny pending diplo matic question or to eowtaont on the foreign situation. It was understood Colonel House expressed great udmiration for the way American diplomats abroad were urrjiau ou their moik. He told the president in detail about the state of j pubhe sentiment in Germany, Prance V and huxland, and i-. understood to li.i.c li.nl luiK'h t - , 0) ''"' tt-fluii; I in in Tin. ni ,n - i -i . r s ' in. (tn ,..-! djt M N mmm RETURNS 111 Hire tOii- l"'U',, i HREEZEPPELNS B N BRITISH RAID Three Men, Four Women, Five Chil dren Killed, 33 Injured Two Ter race Houses,' One Office, One Puu- ' lie House, a Cafe, Several Shops and Almshouses Badly Damaged. IUIULIN, March C Tho Gorman iplmlralty announced today that dur ing last night's air raid over England thor naval depot at Hull was bom barded, tho explosions being observed to bo effective. All tho airships re turned despite violent shelling. LONDON, March 0. Twolvo per sons wore killed nnd thlrty-threo In jured In last night's Zeppelin raid. Threo Zojfpollns took part in the at tack, This Information was given out officially today. As far as Is known about forty bombs were dropped altogether. Tho casualties, so far ascertained, amount ed te: Killed, 3 men, 4 women, G chil dren; injured 33. Tho matorlal damage web: Two tcrracn houses practically destroyed, one office, one public house, a cafe, and several shops partially destroyed and a block of alms houses badly damaged. Tho statement follews: "Tho number of Xoppollns which took part In last nlghCs raid Is now believed to havo been threo. "After crossing the coast tho alr shlpH took various courses, nnd from tho devious niitura of their flight ap parently were uncertain as to their bearings. The area visited Included Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Hutlnnd, Huntlngdou, Cambridgeshire, Nor folk, IJss.cx and Kent." An official statement Issued In London last night Bald two hostile airships had crossed over tho north east coast of 'KiiKland. At that time tliolr movements had not boon de fined clearly. Tho censor permits publication of a few Incidents In connection with tho Zeppelin raid. In one of tho prin cipal at ens visited a block of work in ens dwellings was demolished. A woman and her four children, all un der nlno years wero killed. Tho woman's husband was taken to a hos pital In n serious condition. SANTOS, Uiazll, March G. The Spanish steamship Principe do Anu rias has been sunk by striking a rock. She went to the bottom In five minutes, Hlghty-sU members of tho crow and fifty seven passen gers havo been brought to buntos by the Preach, steamer Visa. A Spanish steamship U standing by. LONDON, March 6. A Lloyd's dis patch from Santos says that 33S pas scngoru and 107 members of tho crew of tho Prlnclpo do Asturlas uro miss ing. Tho stoamur was w rocked os- terduy off Sebastlao Point, tho west ern uxtromityot the island of that name, near the entrance to Santos Uay. The Prlnclpo do Asturlas was en gaged iu tho passonger srrvlco be tween liarcelonla and Drazll. The last reports of her movoment are of her 4el,arture on her previous trip eastward. She passed Gibraltar Feb ruary 4 on her way from Huonos A Iron to Barcelona. Shu was a largo and comparatively new vossel. Her gross tonnage was 8371, her length 460 feet, her beam SS feet and depth 39 feeet. Sho was built at Port Glasgow In 1914 and ownod by tho PlnlllM. Isfliilordo v. Ola of Cadiz, Spain, WASHINGTON, March 0. David It. Pruneis, former governor of Mis souri, was noioiuatio today hv Presi dent Wil-oli to lw anilia'-.idni to It - - -,,.1 ii, i (ilinn ii ot.i 'f Mar)i.wuo l'-jl,'UJ, mm IB SPAMSH STEAMER S OK SINK m 0 MSSING the: rivals POWER m w fliBnnRannVnnnV W Si ' tyjlBL I kLP H"'vHPMaiM - i TTnnnff n. Sonb? $'t&' f. ' ' InflRlntoaHnlnBnnHniinVnVnsnnnDnnn QnlnVP4 u tf tfflw'ifcy uhk' mji PVfF vJHtlHlBBVC H VBBBtfMBBBP jKBfBBMLMlf 'It'iJiiL.,, Jfr'1"1" i " iiiii"iiiii("ninnnT Verdun's fato liangs on Hie rcluthc siH-uglli of these two cannon the AustHaii ll!-iiirli "skotlas" at the top, with which the (acriiiaus Itcfoi-e Verdun am cipilpisMl anil (Ik'Iow) the 1'niuli 7.Vs. The f.'eiiiuin guns must Ik iiuelioied sceiiirly In gii-nt concrete ImmIs licfoiv they nro flrtil, and only a half docu shots a ilny am iit.cd. They arc easily dlsiiuiutled ami trauspoitcd, liowcicr. The I'muli guni, on tho other hand, shoot with tho rapidity of iiiaehliie gnus, sending shot after shot Iu a continuous rain of death Into the (.'eininii ticnchcs. END OF THE WAR NOI YEI IN SOI E WASHINtmtN. Muich (I. Colonel 1'. L House, who returned vclordny from Kuropc, i. understood to have told Piesident Wiisuu that be found to more prospect" lor ttiace during Li. recent iit to the capitals of the brlligoient nations than he did on hi tsit last spriuK. Colonel I louse i-t uudersloiMl to htve told the president theie is cou sin nt danger iu the negotiations with Gvimany because of feeling there over tho subiMiiiine i-iue. Varying opin ions over the use of auhmuriue ex i.t. He told the proahJent that the I lotion favurintr uing auhmatuien to the limit regnrdle of protests of Mjulnils is a strong one and cannot to disregarded. Geudrally speakinu. I owevor, he found no seutiment in favor of war with tha United State. The piCMdeut mid Colonel llou-i-talked so Iniijf tin- piorniug that the piesident was loiiv nuniites late in keeping his lu-t ingnceiiient nt the executive oil hi-, an unnual pru ceedmg tor him i ETO LONDON, Manh 6 Important movements of German troops In liel gtura are reported In a Central News dispatch from The Hague It Is said Information has reachwl Tha llagua from Maaatrlrht, Holland, that forty thousand Oeriiun ralrvii'cn of tlm laudaturm an on hen .i iu Un fout nea; j f-, A vs. SPEED BRYAN L WITH WASHINGTON. Mutch ll.-Will-iani Jfiiinnvh HrMin nigile his head ipiarter todn at u hotel almost un der the shadow of the eapitol and conferred at a luncheon with many congressmen who are rale! a llryan men. Mr. llryan iii-istc, that the lunch eon Has only a "friendly inttheriug," rtcpreseutntive Iiaiiey'n view at the f same time wax that it was a "meeting nt lhn.e upHised to prepnrtslness and i iuinui)I tu wnrniiig pasMengwra .uuninst takiiiR passage un aimed 'ship." He was especially emphatic In his declaration that "no oouspir i iu-" was on foot. "I won't nay that 1 hall not dis-!mi- waruiuK Auwrlean" eituens !aguiiit (akiHgr passage n armed j.-uiM." Mr. Ilryaa aaid, "ImiI I will l.v thnt I hae said nothing about H tlm- tur." E j LKIKNi:, (Jr., Match .. All i school in the city ar uspinled to day as a result of tha auow and rant. The Amazon slough, wtrt the flood i tha greatest of tita winter, isolates the uow high school building ' l nun the greater portion of tha "it v. The other school buildings are with- 'tout eUtetric power used lit eowipetiou with KBatiiitf and wntilating appii- ., , i - . .ill wii,'- ln-iiiy iIuvmi 1 hi' i I. in i Mi I ii I i ., ' X v ' I'jn iilii)!. k UNCHES DEMOCRATS DENIES CONSPIRACY SUPREMEGOURT SOUNDS DOOM mmm 'Waslilnnton Law Provided a $6000 License From Each Merchant Us Inn Trading Stamps Upheld State Given Rlniit to Impose Taxes on Trade Coupons. WASHINGTON, March 0. Tho supremo court today held constitu tional the Washington and Florida trading stamp taws. Ily holding thnt tho states havo the power to Imposo taxes, largo or small, on trade coupons, redeemable In premiums, the supremo court to day piit,ho legality ot premium ad vertising, by which It Is estimated 1 2C, 000,000 worth of merchandise Is sold annually, within tho scopo ot stato laws. The widespread practice of giving coupons with cigars, cigarette and tobacco, or premium slips or trading stamps with other merchandise wns thus held to bo entirely titulor tho control of the states. rpholds- State Lav The court upheld tho constitution ality of laws In Florida and Wash ington Imposing such taxes, and dis missed tho appeal of !'. S. Pitney of Seattle, Wash,, convicted for violat ing the Washington trading stamp law In that ho as manager and agent of tho United Cigar Stores company In connection with a sale to a custo mer gave a trading tttntup or coupon. The attack upon tho lawB contend ed that the statutes wero nn uncon stitutional discrimination against a legitimate method ot advertising anil within tho ptotectlon of freedom of contract contained In the federal con stitution. The rourt held, however, thnt It was for the legislatures to puss upon tho public policy. Tho court furthermore held that tho bus iness was not within -tho Intorstato (otnniorco protection of tho constitu tion. Premium luhertUIng has been held legal In Alabama, California, Colo rado, Georgia, Maryland, Nebraskn, Missouri, Illinois, Ilhodo island and Now York. Washington I41W SKATTI.IC, Wn March C Tho legislature of tho state of Washing ton In 19 IS paused a law requiring payment ot an annual license fee of $0000 from each merchant using trading stamps or redeemable cou pons nud n similar tax 011 each person furnishing trading stamps to mer chants. Tho United Cigar Stores company resisted tha enforcement of the law, and obtained In tho federal court at Spokane a restraining order against the state attorney general. Subsequently the federal district rourt at Hpokaue, Circuit Judge (Slt lioi t and District Judges Ilttdkln nnd Wolvorton, sitting In the easo, de cided that the antl-trudlug stamp law was unconstitutional. Meanwhile action had been begun In the superior court at Seattlo to prevent enforcement of the law. and Superior Judge Itonald held that the law was alld iu every tespoct. Tho trading stamp companies- appealed to the state supremo court, which sus tained Judge Itonald on entry point and held .tha law valid. There be ing two directly contradictory opin ions, one by tho fedoral court and another by the state supreme court, the trading stamp companies wore permitted to continuo In buslnosa pending a final docree of tho United States supreme court. The same state of affair Is said to exist In sevoral other states TROLLEY TRAFFIC WAMHNUTflV M.iuli ti. The street cur Ktnke ciillid hv the men early Sunday whk still iu progress to- da, although the two companies made every etfort to hiriusli sen ice With the tueu who did uot strike and with euiergeuev crews made up of clerks, inspector and other eniplo.et and former employes they weie able to furnish about 2"j per uvut of 1101 MMl service. 'The men demand a ininiuiiuu wage ot 0i i. hi- an hour, witn teu hour' wnit with n twelve cuii-iCi'iithe t" ; - OF CAPITAL TIED-UP $5 PAID FOR 14 PER CENT SUGAR BEEIS Frank G. Owen, Tlmuerman, Ap pointed Trustee for Syndicate Pro moting Sugar Factory for This Dis trictContract More Liberal Than That Offered by Utah Concern. I'm nk 0. Oueu, the tinihcrmnu, Iuih been named na trustee for the s'ti diunto promoting n boot sugar factory for this section of tho valley nnd will make conlrncts with tho grow ers. Word i expected tonight of tho completion of the dent financing tho proposition nnd tomorrow nn netivo campaign for tho beet acreage it ex pected to begin. The contract offered growers la more liberal tliiiu thnt of the Oregon Utnh Susinr Co., inusmiich ntt f5 jkt ton is paid for beets containing 14 per cent of Htigar, as ngniimt 1(5 lxT cent in tbe Utah contrnut. Heels be tween 12 (i ml II per cent bring $4,150 per ton instead of $1.25 ns offered by tho Utnh contract. Tho grower in, moirover, fciven tho right to purchnHo fiO por cent of the pulp from boels produced by him nt (10 cents n ton. No such piivilcgo is given by the Utah contract. Another favorable clause to thn grower is the right to produce proof of any possible inaccuracy of tho factory's test of tho beet contents n light not granted under tho' Utah contract. The ortscntlnl points of tho con tract to tho grower nre: Tho furn ishing of seed hv tho factory nnd of extra labor required; tho payment of $."1 per ton for 14 por cent or over, IiocIh f. 0. Ii. shipping point; of $4.t50 per ton for 12 lo 14 per cent beets : payments to be niodo (ho lfitb tiny of Mich month for boots delivered tho previous month, nnd tho option to purchase buck tho pulp for livestock feed. HOUSE 10 DEBATE ARMED Si BILL WASHINGTON, March C.Tbo house rules commltteo today agreed upon and will bring Into tho hotisu tomorrow a special rule for four hours debute 011 tho Mcl.emoro reso lution warning Americans oft arm ed ships ot tho Huropeau belliger ents. This action puts tho much dis cussed resolution Into a parliamen tary position where administration leaders are confident thoy can kill it. When Iteprosentatlvo (lordlier de clared lu the house today that thero should bu u cloar ote on tho subject, republican leader Mann announced that he was against bringing tho mat ter up tu the house ut all. "I have believed," mild Mr. Maun, "In letting the house nttoud to Un constitutional duties and letting tho president attend to his constitutional duties." 1 The liouso resounded with obecra when Mr. .Maun took tho floor and assailed Americans who might In olvo the country In wur by traveling on arniud ships. "1 hope our cltlzons never will bo put to tho tost of having to fight be cause some fool has Involved ub by entering upon u joy ride," ho shouted. The four hours debato on tho Mc I.oinoie resolution Itself will bo ovyn ly divided betweon tho administration forces and thoso opposed to It and will be precoded by an hour ami a half of debato on the udoptloa of tho special rule . EGYPT DEAD WASHINGTON'. March 0 Olney Arnold. Amorluin diplomatic agent and consul general at Cairo, Kuypt. dlwl ytMterday In a hospital at Lisbon, Portugal. Advices to the stato de partment from the American consul there told of his death, but did V0 Mutt the uuso, o 4i TUESDAY ,Ui,a,.)AlLlu4 ' T i 3 H