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WEATriM
SECOND
EDITION
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Mux. ()! MIm. 17.
Medford Mail Tribune
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Capture of a Larye Portion of Posi
tion North of Avocourt Reportctl
After a Day and Nifllit Battle in
Verdun Reuton Germans Take the
Town of Haucourt Under Fire.
PARIS, April fi. Tho wnr offlco
announced thin nflernoon tho enp
turn by Ilia French of large portion
or the position north of Avocourt.
known hs HoIh Carre, or "squaro
woods." Thl ground was cnpturotl
In the cou iio of fighting which went
on nil of yesterday nflernoon and
Inst night In tho Verdun region west
of the Memo on the Avocourt-lleth-Inroiirt
lino.
At onn point along the Avocourt
Ilcthlnrourt line Dip Hermans suc
coedod In penetrating French iiosl
Untie at Hnucoiirt.
Two attacks wore made by fiarman
troopa against French position north
of Onllctte woods, hut thojr wero
without result.
Tho text of tho communication fof
Iowa: Surprhc Successful
"In the Argonno n surprise nltaofc
ilollverod by us this morning on one
of the enemy's trenches near tho
highway of St. Hutoort resulted In our
Inflicting perceptible losses on our
adversaries nml In bringing Imok
some twenty prisoners.
"In tho region of Verdun tho onemy
after tho relative calm of yosterdny
afternoon gave evidence of great nc
I telly dining the ovonlng hours. As
the night progressed there took plnco
to the-wost of thoMenso a bombard
m out of extreme violence In tho ro
nton between Avocourt and Ilotliln
conrj. This was followed by n series
of attacks in which large numbers
of men took part against the two
principal parts of this front. All the
efforts of the enemy against the vil
lage were repulsd by our fire.
"During this same time the enemy
delivered a furious attack on the cen
ter against the village of llanoourt.
In spite of repeated checks and of
bloody sacrifices they were success
ful In getting a footing during the
night In this village. We now hold
the village under the fire of our dom
inating positions.
(Vpluit) of Wood Claimed
"On our sldo'after a short prepara
tory artillery fire. we delivered a
spirited attack, our men coining out
from the redoubt of Avocourt. their
purpose being to connect this redoubt
with one of our works situated on the
boundary line of the wood north of
Avocourt. During this operation,
which was in all respect successful,
wo occupied a large portion of the
territory known as l.e Uasse Carry
a lid took fifty prisoners.
"Kaat of the Meuse I wo enemy at
tacks north of the Culllette wood re-Miltt-d
only In aerlous 1oki.cn to the
(Jcrinnns "
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AMOV, China. April (i. -Kevolu-tioiuuio
hue the entire city of
Swntow in. their possession. Jlusi
ncs i ut u i-t.imUull. The natie
)H(Hilntiuu in reported to he panic
tricken ns tbev feur an attack by
government troop irom Canton.
The American gunboat Wilmington
is protecting foreign interest at
Swntow. The commander of the'
wurhip and the American consul are
preparing to precnt fighting in the
foreign property area if an attempt
is muilr hv government troop-, to re
enplure the eitv. The relwl tureen
are well disciplined.
F
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iKTKOIT. Midi. Ai-iil . -Detroit
-iuper wlif I" "iiipiled returns
9 elect ion alondn were agreed
tout Ileqrv Ford of Detroit de-
United Ratle tieuator William
inilb l (iiand H-'i'iil- l"r the
REN RETAKE
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FROM GERMANS
IS
REBELS
VICTORS IN SWATOW
I imliill! il i"'i
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ZEPPEUN
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Germans Claim Destruction of Oat
tcry, Iron Works and Other Fac
toriesBritish Claim Child Killed
and No Extensive Damane One
Airship Crippled.
HKRLIN. Apiil (1. The Ocrmnn
ndinirulty announced toilav that Gor
111111 niisliiiw last niylil utlnokod n
Imttery near Hull, Kuglnud, with
bomb and dewtroyed u large iron
work1 nenr Wliitby. The uirdiips re
turned nrol.v. .
The xtuteiupiit follows:
"During 4ho niglil of April ."i-fi
German nnviil airship destroyed a
Inrgo iron works, with blnst furnace-
nml extensive establishments nenr
Whitby, after huviug put out of no
tion with explosive bombs h battery
uoi Hi of Hull.
"Tim raiders also nllnekeil factor
ies in Leeds nml Ihe surrounding re
gion, nml xevenil mil road Mtritinua in
Ihe iudustrinl dihlriel. flood effects
were observed.
"The airships were shelled henvily.
All returned imdnmngcd."
One Killed, Klglil Injured
LONDON, April H. Ono person
was killed and eight persons injured
in Inst night's Zeppelin raid, it wns
officially reported this afternoon.
"The air raid last night on tlio
tiorllieiixte'ru cnunticH upiNireully was
curried out by three Zeppelins. The
l'irt niinle one attack about 0:10 p.
in., hut wn dtiven off by tlio firo of
anti-aircraft guns after dropping
five bomb, wliieli enured no damage
or- ensiuilties. Xnmeious observer
ntiite that this Zippeliu wns struck
by guulire.
"The second raider made ils ap
pearance in another locality nt about
10:1.) p. in. Although it wns in the
neighborhood for some time, no
bombs were dropped.
Slight Damage Done
"Another raider delivered an nl
tnek in n third loenlity during the
night. Although sexernl bombs wero
(Implied only plight material damage
wii. done.
"The total number of hontlis drop
ped was twenty-four explosive and
iwent,-four incendiary. The enlual
ties at present reported nre:
"Killed, one child: injured, eight.
"No million damage was done."
EOF
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WASHINGTON, April (i - Investi
gation of ' lobliving activities of tho
uifcnts of the Dul'ont Powder com
puny and former agents of the Anierl
run ('Minlde company, the Alabama
Powder company, their subsidiary
lonrern and their associate coriwra
lions in connection with the effort
to bring about the erection of a ni
trate plant at the Muscle Shoals site
on the Tennessoe rlvor," was propos
ed In a lesolutlon Introduced today
by Representative Madden of Illinois,
republican The resolution proposes
to empower the judiciary oouimlttoe
to hear witnesses and reiiort to con
gress. (
Tbe resolution names Charles II.
Landis and Hugh L. Cooper as rep
resentatives of the companies who
have been here.
MADIMD, Apnl ii. u.i ran,. A
meeting of the Spam-h cabinet was
called tonight to eoustder the que.
nun ot the torpedoing of Spanish ves
sels.
The meeting was brought about by
u messuge from ship owners in IhI
buo and Seville, who telcgrupbed tbe
government Inquiring if the Spaaisb
Hug vus a sufficient protection
,.;iiiiit a lepctition of the torpedo-
NO NG
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DUPON
OBBY
SPANISH
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OVER
TORPEDOING
iiij nl Spain-li i--tl-. -nth .i- tin
i", In tin. til iii. .in -uiiiij.iriiH-3.
MEOKOttO
GERMAN PEACE
E
Chancellor Hints for First Time at
German Withdrawal, Out Seeks
Guarantees as to Its Future Spe
cial Disposition for Flemish Por
tion of Kiiifjdont Demanded.
JiKItM.V, April fi. Two state
ments In Dr. Von Uetliiiinnn-Iloll-ueg's
speech In tho rolchstng hnvo
attracted ospoclnlly tho attention of
tho public, the first being thnt In
which he alluded to the Mibmarlno
warfare and tlio relations of Oermnny
with the Fiilled States nnd the sec
ond bolng tho Intimations regarding
Oorinany's pence terms, when for the
first time ho reforred to the possi
bility of Cicrmauy withdrawing front
llelglum, which, however, ho said,
must be a "new Itelglum." Ills words
In this latter connection nro Inter
preted as an affirmation that Cler
luiuiy would not evacuate n country
whoro tho blood of persons had been
shed, without receiving necossnry
guaraiiteos regarding Its future and
that tho new Holgluin must Include
a special disposition for the Flemish
portion of the kingdom, a hint of the
nature of which Is regarded ns being
given by tho chancellor's uso of the
word '"Nethorlnndlsh."
Ho spoke ot tho nocesslty of assur
ing to tho "long opprussod Flemish
Inhabitants," nn opportunity for de
velopment on the basis of "their
Netherlandish language unil churnc
tortlstles." Dr. Potor Sjinhn, loador of the
Catholic conter parly, and Fredorlch
ICIinrt, socialist lead or, dollverod
spoeches In tho relchstng concurrliig
In the vlows which Dr. Von Ileth-
mnnii-llollwog. the Imporlal chnu
rellor, had expressed, the Overseas
News agency says, llerr Kbert suld
that Oorinany's enemies and ospeeial
ly the socialists In enemy countries,
declined peace nnd asked for the an
nihilation of Herman)', and thnt,
therefore It waa the duty of (lei-mans
to stand firmly by their government
and their country. With regard to
tho question of annexation, llerr
ICbert pointed out thut dormany could
not give bark the Polish, Lithuanian
and other peoples to the reactionary
Russian yoke and this is to be un
derstood In the light or the chan
cellor's declaration that Oeriiiaii)'
does not want to crush other races,
but wants h basis for tho "peaceful
development of Kuropean clvlllm
tloif. I
GERMAN PEOPLE
I1HULIN. April C Meat cards will
be Introduced in ltavarla and Saxony
April in, permitting consumption of
150 grammes (one third pound) per
capita dally, oxeopt on two meat
leas days each week.
Jlavarla has forbidden sale of
canned. meats, whole lismo, wjiole
sausages, olc, to Individuals to pre
vent the accumulation of stocks in
advance.
Individual meat cards probably
will not be Issued In Merlin. Regu
lation of distribution will be effected
by limltiiiK the suppl) for each re
taller. E
SEIZED BY BRITAIN
LONDON, April i. The MrazllUn
steamer Salhanda ! (iama, which
sailed from Paia. Hrazll, February
6 for New York with a rargo of 120
to us of raw rubber, has been seised
off the Orkney Islands by a British
patrol boat. The ship and her cargo
have been placed in the prise court
This is believed to lie a deliberate
esse of attempted blockade running,
the officials here contending that a
ataamer (com Para for New Yark
could never have gotten to far off kr
course This is the first seizure made
b tli u'linli :ill of .i iouib-te argo
o:,.ruM.it
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MEA
CARDS
FOR
ORIKIOW TIIfWSDAV.
pRtca. ol:n john o plrshino
A! AND HAMMER APACHE INDIANS
USED
, SEATTLE
SKATTI.K, W.i-h., A.ii 0 Mis.
Coriiuie Wlieeer, 7(1 year of age, nml
her sister, Mrs. Kute II. Swift, aged
VI, who wero attain and rubbed ot
&20U0 lust night in their home on
'et In ho avenue noith, half n mile
from the huiuc center of Seattle,
weie ovi'limtly hentuu to death with u
hand n.e and hummer, which were
found, stained with blood, under a
pile of boniiU in the house. Howard
S. King, ngi'd 10, nephew of the mur
dered women, was rlosely examined
by the M)lice, who any they ai-e satis
fied lie is Idling t lie truth. King suid
his aiiuls hud withdrawn their money
from a hunk severnl months ago and
had been keeping it in money belts
worn iiImiiiI their waists. Their cloth
ing had been tern and the money belts
cut from their bodies. Apparently
the women had been attacked in the
IHirlor. .Mr. Swift being felled first.
.Mrs. Wheeler exideutly had fled to
the bedroom to arm herself and was
triick down hv tho ni.ailaut, who
followed her.
Mr. King said he loft the house
ciulv ve-terdav afternoon, promising
to return and p.i the night with his
nunt. He found Ihe door unlocked
wheu he returned to the hoife at
11:10 la-t night, ilrs. Wheeler suf
fered from in-munia and it wns tbe
sUter's ciiftom to take loug walk at
night. King liirlitwl a fire and wait
ed an hour and a half for his aunts
to return. Then he entered the fairlor
and found Mr-. Swift's body lying in
u tool of blood. Ho went into the
bedroom und found 3lr. Wheeler's
body. Then he nidified the police.
The coroner nid the women had been
dead three houi- whan ihe alarm waa
given. King i- not under detention.
The women .une here from Carth
age, Mo., t" '1- III!".
OF
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WAHHINiiTON. April C Urports
of the American naval attache at Lon
don on hie InvfMtbjation of the de
nt ruction of the Itner Sussex received
today at the siuto department agree
with tbe repoils of tho attache at
Paris that the ship probably waa de
stroyed by a torpada.
Count Von iternstorff, tbe flermun
ambassador, called at tbe state de
partment, in connection, he aald, with
Questions of minor Importance relat
ing to the prize ablp Appaio. Ha
cou far red briefly wita Counaellor
Polk.
Tlw Hiilunnriiic situation It u.i- le
tlar.d, a Uot mentioned.
MURDER
SUSSEX
II
SUBMARM
APRIL if. 1D1H
WARPATH
FOR VILLA'S SCALP
fOLlMMI S, X. M., Apnl 11. -('bid
in khaki and leather iinil'oiiiiH of
American cavalrymen, twenty Apuelie
Indians were irepniiug hao today lo
start Tor the headipiartera tit yenernl
I'eishiiw, when' Ihev will art ns
scouts und trailer in the conibinu of
the mountain of (luerrcio for 'illa.
Thirty years ago fourteen of the In
dian in war puint ami blankets
fought agniiiHt the Amerienn troopM,
of which Oeneinl IVrHhiug was then
a second lieiitennnl, in the nemuimo
cniuMiigu in the same district. Cap
tain O. I', .l. Ilaxxuid, who arrived
with Ihe scouts from Fort Apache,
A lis., iiKxcitcd that they would leave
for the front as mood n their Hinies
can be unloaded.
We aw going to bring Villa hack,"
suid Joseph ValeMpiex, iMterpiler
for the party. "Our men wore edg
ed to do so in n gieut war dance
the first for yeuiv -and they eaimot
go hack on their word. These men
aramnu-hiintcrv, men who van follow
it trail of broken twigx nnd disturbed
dust as readily n you cuu read u
printed ig.''
Vale(iicx hiiid that the warriors,
some of whom are now more than 70
years old, donned war imint ami
duneed throughout the night before
they left, n tliev did ears ug, and
I hen, without -l", rode bolebaek
the -ixtv iiiile-- lo tli- iii-iiteot rail
road t Itt loll.
10 CONTROL FLOODS
WAKIHNOTON. April (1. Flood
condition on the Sacramento mcr
will he eared for in the general bill
being drawn lo cover conditions on
the Mi-iMiii. Tbe new house Hood
control committee hn hh decided mid
will tc on the bill within the next
lew days.
The measure proposes an expendi
ture of Hl.000,000 for tbe iliis--ippi
und ,5, 100,1100 for tbe Baoru
incnto. The latter appropriation will be
.pent in eo-opfi at ion with California
-t.itc and di-liiet uppiipriations,
Holli appropriation., will cover eon
liniiin woik o(- I m- or m years.
WITH FEEBLE ERUPTION
UKIHtlNii. ( ..I.. Apnl li. T..i,-en
M-ak aokc ai,aiii ,it dawn toduv with
un intermit tcul ixpuUiou of mnoke
and steam lasting sewral hours.
Know on the mountain j- nadting
l.i I. T.kI. v '- i I hnl ,i- i li(. in
v 1 1 1 1 1 . u I J I i . I I i .
THIRD ELEMENT
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Lnrycst Fortification Bill Proposes to
Spend Hundred Millions Annually
in Const Defenses Largest Sired
Guns to Be Mounted at Great Cit
ies Panama to Bo Fortified.
WASHINGTON, April (I. Tlio
third great element of the iiutinnul
preprediies program wns lodny
brought Into tho limine. U b the
luiwl fortifiention bill ovor roporl
ed and Iho first of four mutual meas
ure miller wliloli it is proposed to
upend flpproxitnatelv $100,000,000
lor increasing nnd modernising the
coast defenses, already officially de
clared to he iierior lo nnv in tho
world, and to supply nn maple sloro
of reserve nmmuiiitinu for tho gnus.
Included in the bill nre provisions
for iiioiiiitlng 10-ineh diroei lire rlfloa
to guard New York, Huston, Sim
Kraneiseo and other great eitios from
loiig-rnngo naval bombardment. Pro
iinu ia also made for mounting
twelve-ineli riflea now in morve so
they will lmve m range of'mnro thnii
:il),000 ynids, or fifteen stm miles.
No ahip could lie within thnt dis
tance of the guns.
Add .Morlar I Ui I erics
The plan will add sixleon-lneli
morlar Imtlcries to ihe present
twelve-ineli einplnecmenlH bominso of
the increased nrinor proloelion of
wnrhiHi. In addition it provides for
sixteen-ineli midille howitxqre nnd
fourleeii-incli giina on riiilrnnd enrs
to defsnd Hiint not protected by iw
talillslicd foils.
In approving the hill the committee
accepted almost willunit nlterutinu
the prnHisals of the wnr department
and Ihe officer who hua studied tho
uhjeet of eoast defeneH for years.
The bill carries appropriations of
:t.:i();i,lV.1 and aduttlonsl author
iuilions to reach a total of M,'2l)l),
0.10. II is the first of the bills map
ied out by Former .Secretary Garri
son to cover a four-year program of
expendilute totalling $H'.J,0(M,557 on
(he continental count defence and
reserve luatcrisl.
Poitlfylng I'anaina
The Panama canal defeases will
add ILUUn.OOO to the pmjeet, roavh
ing a grand total or $0U,03P,3o7.
The committee cut down tlio 1017
estimates $1,378,07.1. As the hill
stands, however, it represents an in
created e.ienditHro over last year of
$111,11.10,833.
As to mr-9 ammunition, the re
Hirt saya;
"In tbe light of the Kuropean war,
the board deuidud to very greatly in
crease the amount of uuch material
thought to be requiite, and it lias
been planned to e.Hml this year
$:i,000,000 to secure a new reserve."
The report shows thut four or the
new lti-incli guns will he emplaced at
Cupe Henry, Va.( two at Itoeknway
Ileaeh, N. Y., others at Son Frupeisoo
and Sun Pedro, Cal.
Long range 12-ineh guiiH will go to
New York, Bol..ii nml cither Port
land, Me., or San Fruiui-co.
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VON PAPEN'S PLO
WASHINUTDN, April it. The gov
einuientV imestigutiou of the alleged
connection of Curl A. Luderits. Ger
muu eousul at Ilultimore, with the
isMue of an American pupit to
IJort Von der tloltx, eoiifeMed Oer
muny spy, under the uaiue of liridg
Hian Ta.lor, has reached a xint
where Ihe next step i to lay the tacts
before a federal grand jury.
The story told to department of
justice agents by Von Der Gdta at
New Yoik i to be made the basis of
u'land jury action. In his statement
Yon Der dolt is quoted ns saying be
went to liultimore with a letter from
Cnptuin You 1'ajien, the former Ger
man military attache hero, requeuing
the coiuul to aid Yon Der (Jolt, in
any way be oould. You Der 0'li ha
loid the aaeuU he presented Hie let
ter and discussed with l.udtritr plana
loi obtaining Irnudiilcutlv au Amori-
( .III ll.l--.pOlt.
NO. 1:1
VILLA REPORTED
AGAINENCRCLED
er warn
Capture of Bandit Claimed Near
American Pursuers Out of Com
munication No Grounds for Re
ported Withdrawal of Troops
Railroad Not Yet In Use.
WASHINGTON', April O.-Scere-Inry
Lansing lodny flittlv denied Unit
tluno was any ground whnlcver for
(ho roporta thnt the withdrawal of
Amerienn troops from Mexico was
being contemplated.
AlBXICO CITY, April fl.-Gencrnl
Gutierrez reported to tho war depart
ment toduy thut tlio'onplnre of Krna
elseo Villa within n vory iliort timo
wns oorlain. lie snid ooiiPtitulionnU
iet- foroea wero ngnin reported to
hnvo lotfntPd Villa and aurrnundM
him.
It is nlso reported Hint n combined
force of constitutionalist foraea from
tho stuto of Jnlitao, Aguns CnlicutcH
und Zaontoous Is eloaiutr in on Gen
eral Hmonmuntcs, avIio, with n InrRa
foi-oo oT Villn envnlry, lias been lo
enled near diichipilu, in southern
.neulueus. i
Pm-Milt Still Continues
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 0.
Tlio most advanced envulry detach
ments euguged in riiiinins down Villa
wore beyond eominiinieatioii . today,
and nt Ocnornl l'unston's heudtpiar-
tew it wns baliovud they nlrendy were
as fur soulli us Salevo, from whence
Irniis exlend toward Parral. Only
unofficial and eonllietiui roporta nn
to Villa's wherouhouU Imvo been re
eeived hero, hut Gennrul FiiiihIoii nnd
his staff officers plnco most cred
ence in the report thut he wns in tho
vicinity or Sntevo Tuesday and trav
eling south. ,
From Salero Ihe Amerianii forces
oould send a courier lo Cliihunliiui
with reports for transmission by tho
regular telegranb Hues, hut tho local
authorities in Mexico have tiorsiNted
in their rvfusnl to accept tho coded
inetMAgos from officer of the puni
tive force.
Itallroad Not IVcl
WASHINGTON, April (1. Allen
tiuu of ndmlnistratinu official-, wn
focused toduv on the dinlnmatla ns-
pecU or the American expedition into
Mexloo. News regarding military do-,
velopmetits was lacking.
In some quarters (hero wan n.
strong ineliuatinn to conuoet the de
facto government's apparent dclny in
permitting the use of the railroad for
tho shipment of supplios to tho United
States trooK with a desire to hnvu
the American force leave Mexican
soil. It is understood that Carruiiza
offieiuls on the border have nirtdo in
formal inquiries as to how inueli
longer the expedition wilt remain in
Mexico and bow far south it -will go.
Legally, tbe Aiuerieuu forces nru
now pursuing what is lenned "a hot
trail." No great surprise would Ikj
occasioned here if Carrana should
miggeht i-oon that the trail hud he
come cold and should ipio&tinn the
proprictx of American (loops pro
ceeding much farther.
AN ACT OF WAR
NEW YORK, April . The oxploit
of Clarence Hudson, alius Krnost
Schiller, u holding up, unaided, tho
Dritish Mteannbip Matuppo on tho
high fccu-. hint week was not piruey,
HuiUun contended Uirougli cuun&ol iu
fslerttl pnueedimrs hero today, but
was au act ot war which was nunui-e-fcd
in h the captain and chief of
ficer, who, he declared, joined him in
a toast to the emperor of Germany.
1 hid -on beyiiu today to fight to
avoid being leiuoved to Wilmington,
Del., toi trial in tbe federal court
tin re on the cliurge of piracy ( re
(iietd by tho United States nttor
u jtncrul. Ilii eouusel demanded
a i 'I lieariinf and ho was held in
$2.1,01)0 bud for examination Sutur
dn.. I n.iblc to furnish tho bomi4
Ilud'.iiii went to tho Tombs,
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