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SECOND
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WEATHER
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MEDFOKD OHEUOX. MONDAY. MAIM Ml il, 101(3
NO. 29G
DEADLOCK IN
VERDUN ON
STILL UNBROKEN
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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.
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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
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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
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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 - -
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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
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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."
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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
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UNCHES
DEMOCRATS
DENIES CONSPIRACY
SUPREMEGOURT
SOUNDS DOOM
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'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
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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,
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