jt9iiimimSSICSSS99KOSSK!SXSiSft f WV ftJW0 f WfcATMILIfc fwfwpf. fcfg, Twt tfm. ?;. Ifhi. W. ft. At EOTTIOW -fcs OTi tf ifvMnnmHMrimM mmmmmmi i AfKIKOUD Olfl-.nOV MO h. M'l.'ll, H. Iii SO. W MvnvApn M A TT . I IaI II 1 11 A mm i'ii y u ?, w w hj ' m D J w jrHva .JP-- - Ki'-Jr JHjLv r .JWL vB.J!zi W JwHLmk -jM B mum?I , ti, .ir. -9 ' mm blow YET STRUCK AT HON A Crown Prince HurU Two Whole Army Corps ApJr.st French on Ten MMe Frant WHI- Terrific Losses ar.d Falls to Gn'ln Ailvnntnnc V BetWncourt Evaounted. T'Mita. April 1 Abandoning the ,i, u on fornuitlon nad the lately , ,. ,i,iwhed practice of night attach. i .. rimn yeatarttay engaged two ., -in ora In donao maaaee agalnat i! c r tench position northeast of Yer . it i.etween Aoeonrt and Ciimlere. i .)!,. numbering at leant a division ,, hi . half charged the line between Meronrt and Hethlnconrt. The ap t.roi.hed wlthta a hundred yard of the French tranches and seemed In . nMile to the fan that the hundreds e.t lhlr men were falling by the way. i. ut notwlthatnndlng their rourngo i nl the weight of their nuwaea. they were stopped. There waa a deadline uvend whlrh they eould not pass. Unn the ultacklnn riilumn were tlilnin-d out b artillery and machine : nn fire no that a reformation became necessary, the order to retire waa Ktten. Twlre Ihey were obliged to fill up the gape In their ranka but tione of their three onslaught ahook t'ie Krenh line, which hod been ren MderaMr utrengthened Iw the legion of Bethlnconrt hv the withdrawal of f-.-wt from the dangerously exposed client to rommandlng ponltlen he hlnd the Tillage. IMcndiil Line of Attach' Twn fresh divisions attacked Iead MntTa hill while the assault waa In progress on the Hethlnconrt line, the other force at the aame time try ing to allp through the ratine near ( nmkrex. To aid the maneuver an attack was simultaneously made on tl e east bank of the. Mow In the ra tion of ChampnonvllleVaeherauvtlle. The few hundred men who had sue reeded In penetrating the ravine were l ft on the .field after the action proved unsuccessful. A third attnrk at the same time waa delivered on a position atrongly or ganlied by the French northeast of tvoncourt. the object seemingly be ing to drive In the French line far enon-th to tnrn Hill So. 301. which IPs soo yarda south and constitutes lmt in characterised as the Gibral tar of the French line In that dis trict This attack met with more meeess than the others, but after thf Hermans had auceeeded In getting ii footing at some points in the first lino trenches too French counter-attacked and the not mault for the fier nan nu Increase In their losses hn id Vrtmth bayonets. It la :;:l' ,;.;';, Th. sr . the Frenh held eiactly the same po sitions at the beginning of the at t.icfc. (;-i-mun t, -' Heat)' Th- Herman losse are again ald to have been on the basis of HMv txrrent of the effectlvea engaK"' ;nl theee indnde a onaldorable pri""" tmn of the Herman reirv. The failure of the latest ureal liani iuertroUes of the Germans ot V-r-Iis. hss greatly encouraged tim K ranch prese ond public and contlrms -till further tho cnerol ronfldeiifi flt In the ability of the high com mand The attach Is stated to lias -n one of th most determined of t!i sreat blows delltered lne tle i.sttle iiegan fifty days aso, and t It lcded the least result of any of them, although the crown prince hurled two whole army corps against th French along a ten roll front. Ah Hethlnconrt formed a ilaniser- ( Cod tinned oo Ce two) W.IIIMlTON April lit. Ion--iitiiiioiwlit) ut fine egruain tr luiunrv ii argiicd today before thr iirrwk nmrt Mi n involving u,r invHlwIitv f the lxMiiviile, Kv.. ordinance Qiaking it unlawful for i-t negro uwn a rflftnf" in dny dM-k in whifh a grtrr niiinb." of ln.u arc ocupiiyi be whitf !"! rai aal.iattil f..r a fthite ikiltf-'i SEGREGATION SUPREW1 COURT i E F BcrHn Ctnlms Isolalion of Town and ForUftrd Points French Cut Off Losinn 7I1 Prisoners 500 Yards of Tranches on Dead Man's Hill Captured. PARI8. April tn.Th Germane continued their attacks htat night In the Verdun region and west of the Mense, over a front 13 utiles long from Hill No. 301 to Fort Doiiamont. The war office announcement today says In the fighting west of the river for possession or Dead Man's hill tho Germans were repulsed except on a frontage of C00 yards near Hill Xo. 296. Kast of the river the Herman assaults gained nn appreciable re sults. NBRUX, April 10. The war of flce announced today that In the fighting near Hethlnconrt. In the Ver dun region, the town and two forti fied point of the fort (o the south-w-st were isolated. The French were cut off losing "I I tirlsoinn, two guns and 13 machine guns. The losses of the French In killed and wounded were considerable. (.Vinmn SfiiUMiii'iit The statement follews: "Western frent: Attempts by bombing parties of the enemy to re capture newly established position In mine craters south of St. ISIoi were tepuleed. The mine righting between l.n llassee and Arras canal lias In creased In Inleiialty In the last few date. "West of the lleuso, Iletliliiroiirt and also the fortified points of sup nort known as Alsace and Iorrnlne, southwest of Hethlnconrt. were Iso lated. The enemy sought to avntd danger by hasty retreat but was cut off by 8llesiun who. In addition to inflicting heavy losses, enabled us to take fourteen officers and about TOO unwonded men prisoners. Two guns and fifteen machine guns also were raptured. At tho same time we clear ed enemy encampments, blockhouse and positions which had obstructed us at various points on the front, both due north of the village of Avocourt and south of Crow's woods. In these operations we were able to Inflict looses on the French. The enemy lost In prisoners 27fi mon and sev eral officer. Itntlno Is ClfMii'it "To the right or the Meuse a ra vine on the southwestern border of I'oivre ridge was cleared In similar manner. Four officers, is I men and a quantity of material remained in our handa. Further east and In the . - " mg "In various aerial flight, one Frenrh eroplan a hot dowu Doutheast of Oamloup and oue north east of Chattou SellliK The occu pants of the former cre deud. An rii.'im .teroplane rHlicil to tne rann in i' ! lllnuf of l.tion iiml another 1 '.ii IN lli iutiM In ft J01NCH1NESEREBELS .Sll S.II l "'l.lli.i l'lll 1fl llvi- ttHt Ui"f -tationed ot Canton loint-il th ni'fl. on April The central uoxernnint hu recalled the Twelfth dlvlitlon. aouo troops or which arrived at Shanghai from I'e klng Saturday. The government has also rescinded orders for tho Teuth division to proceed to Canton, pre aunably owing to dlsalMtton among the men Conditions at gwatow art reported a, Htlll peaceful. Supporters of the republican form of government here are endeavoring to bring about the retirement of President Yuan 8hl Kal. They are desirous, however, Jnat his retirement ahall be accomplished by popular pressure rather than by the ation of another nation and are hopeful that the Cnii-O tutt-x or t'.n-at Hrlt uiu will lixtni Vuan Hhl KS to tep doajn lu tin- niter. Ht.- of .i' TiivruiV. Air. M l'c Tir.t.-li EUTONS FORC EVACUATION 0 BEIHMCO T FIVE WARSHIPS tvtam.flii intirti t ; t - '" TV1LLA REPORTED I N A BYCARRANZISTS Fugitive Bandit Reported hy Gen eral Bertani Headed for Duranno City Is Wounded From Bullet In Leg, Which Is Broken hy Fall of Horse No Friction with Invaders. Kl, I'ASO, Teva. April 10. fon f'trmniMwt of reiMrti that WrntwUffo Villa wna in the neighborhood r lnr ral. or had poneetl it, wn lirwtalhl t ,lnarei lodn.v liv flpnernl I'mncieeo Itertnni, the Cnrrnnaa couimandor at Mnilcrn. flenernl llertnnl who enme l .luarer. fur n ponference with hi ulterior, (lenern! flitvim, said that before he let! Modern Snturdnv nuthentie re jiort were received thnt Villa )tad been deen ut Cnmnito. ProceeHling nt htw pretiotix-hpeeK, the lianilil leader would on nil v have made I'ar nil. Itertani hnd no retmrl im ho idne the Amcrii'un troop were fol loninjr. The Uift fiht lielweeu Pnr 1'iiiiaiHlHN mill Villwtiii occurred at l'raiicincii do Ilorjn lour dn.v ngo, the gonenil enid, Did VilliNlna being defeated ami lenviiiglitdiiiid them Sev ern I dentl nnd wouiiileil. Villa Wits Wounded fieneral llertnni nid lie hnd nb Inlc I'oufirmntiou thnt Villit hnd been wniiiidcd. ! The linmlit w nhot in the left leg. lie nil, mid wn- further in jured when his linix' fell on hi to, lin-nkiug the Iioiich of (lie leg. lie H'MrU'il detnclimc-fiU of llio Aiueiienn forces nt Simla Ann nnil XiuiiiiiiHi. Itolit (icncrul (liuirit nnil (Icncitil Ib'ritini neei'ltHl toiluv Ihey hfd no knowledge thnt u limit hnd licen Inowl on the ottorntiiWM of Ameri eon ttNitH in .Mexico. "I iiuetrtnitil, Imwever," Oeneriil Itertnni nddeil, "that tin- Amcricun t'oreeK will Ih' willtng In withdraw in soon as the 'illilo oi'viimiitious urt tlioroughly broken up. "So far Ihe relation-, of the de I'neto ttiH)K nnd tho Auifi-M-nn l ilier have lecn frieiidlv nnd eo op crntive. Then1 lutx not been u sin gle imihViihiiiiI incident." (letiernl (!oiro. the Jtiurez com miiiidet', denied that he wu to Ih? xiiliereeded hv I'Vninndcx. Iletuleil for Ihiiougo VA IASO, Texan. April in. In hi flight before the Anieiieon eaval ry l'Vnncineo Villa i believed todny to have aMed I'orrnl und with lii hnnd, snid to numlHr over 200 men, i retniiied to he heading towurd Durnngo City. l)etnchments of the Thirteenth I'nvnliv ore hard ott the ImnditV trail, but no oflieinl word Iiiin eomc ftiim the front to iniliente their jweition. Mexican refHirts stilt ed today thnt Villa lin n full day ahead of hi pursuers. If Villa nc eeed in reaching Durnngo City he probnbly nill Iw joined hv the foreeH of the Arrietu brother, who com mand over 100(1 men. A statement uttrilnited to Mexieun CotiNul Unrein that Villa has now ceiicd any pocsibilitv of eapture by the AtnencnnM, hating erosMd a dead line established by I'reoident WiUon and Cnrranan tteyond which it wni ngteetl Hint Ihe American troni mould not eontinue their pur' -nit ! I lie bandit, wax ttallv denied li .Mr. (Ian in. The Meieau consul -iu.l as lar a- lie knett uo limit of the Aiiii'iie.in jiii-iut had been .i.'ietd iimiii l the two gov ITMIH at-. ON AUSTRIAN FROWT IIKIK.1K. Apiil Hi 'IJte lollop ing tateiiient .! juii out tod. iv a! the AiiHtrian urn other- "Itulian flout : In the Uoruia li--triet towns behind Ihe Au-tro-lliiti- garinn front were held under the lire of the enemy s artillery. An aero pl.uie. which " ame to land near Lu eimeo wa dctftro.tcd by A""tro lluiii.'ariaii artillery. "In the Sugunu tallet the ItaliniH -et 1'ire to ( '.ilihinau I It their shells iio-til rrjf'4te JSuew '001 'is c ill a "till IliP lofl! Xua4 f' eneMit Cainnt ' if o ' SUICIDE IS DEFENSE OF ORPET 1 If 1 Ml' i TK WrL.iiiA.-M H. WAl'KKOAX, III.. April 10.-- ArKiinientM on the motion of the d fense for a continuance of the trial of William I) Orpet, aeriised of the murder or Marian l.auibert, l.uko Forent hluli moIiooI girl, were heatd today by Judge Donnelly. Orpetfs attorneys said they expected to show that the girl fomntiUod auicldc und that their data on the ease could not he remit liefoie .lone I. IS 1 CHIN II CANNOT BE TAKEN PARIS, Apiil 1" Mou-ii-iioi tim- ily, bishop oi . i . ! un, in tin: l.ite.t nrt'itul in P.in- iiom the .liell -.wept city, wllone enlheilial Ollil lilllop'n jMiiace nrc now in tin1 eenter of inok ing mioK. The hi-liop dciuirted from the city on tho fool board o( u loi-o-motive, the only mean of eonveynnee available for it eiviluin. He came to Paris to see Hiom' of his MtrihouerM who have taken rel ue here. Regard ing conditions at Verdun in Ihe )ut days of hia hIiiv there, he aaid: "During five dot- of intense bom bardment, I went bnek nnd forth tram tho cathedral to the biahop's palace to eueuiirage the inhabitant", al although there wn i cully nothiii" but valor in Verdun. I enuie to the rail roud station with ihe lnt euutuv "f civilians to Icate mid then went bnek to the town. I eould not remain there as th Military aiilhoritie ordereil everyone oul. There wero no more trains for civilians no moie lior-O", niltomobilcfl ott- olhotp curni'ii , At the ruilrond -lation I found a loeomotite wlneh .i" .jii"t about to leave for atr. REGISTER NOW Only ;i l'i w liMH'i il,is in which t l'cyi.slcr Uv (ho )iiiiiarit-. ifoist i;tt ion t-lnsrs April Ih. H'voii tlmi't rcjfiKU'r ytui caiumt ulc 'I'lif following hit the res ist ran l'i' ilu vuriouH Mftlford jtivfiiictH: Kleetion I'reeinet. Med ford NorthcuHt North Medtoid . Medford N'oith Riverside Northwe-t Medford Went Medford If ml lord North Main Medford North Control Medford South Central Y. K. V. W. II. II. U. l. Hen Medford South Medford Xev.totrn Medford !.nk A. 0. fbtitoH. Aotithwext Medford . Mcdfiurd Oakdale Kll"t Med fold South, i-t . illoi M . I. 'on 4). T ii V. K i i sy ,, .NOH MR. Ii. t , Vi "illiei ree iveil Kinpie o Rii""ia ne Aplil 111. .ihoaiil I he iletaiU of a plot reeenilv di"i'otered hi Shanghai lor the dcM riu lion of ihe iiiilioad eonneetiUK with Uiiinii territory anil the placing of hoiub niHiurd tho lcuinliii HmreM of KuNia liefoie -he left on the trip jut ended. iMuils of Ihe original plot for the Hiitily of -eteial thouniol rifles uniinunition and uutoinatie pilol" to ii raiding 'excl in the "ertiee of the dermaiix came out when ttto Shaiu hui merehautk uumed Abbim,' lailur and moii, were arretted. The nth" were Mixed, the elder Ahhii en tcuccd to fij'lceu tear"' iinpnouuieiit ant hU miii to two years Further inventiuntion led lo Ihe ili" cotery of n plant for making boinh" and heavy ammunition, but for a Ion time none of the products eould be found. The KreiiHi mliee in Khiughiii liiiiilly dicovered Mome Itoxes in the holt iii of a Mud. The box ex were raided and were found to eoutain ar tilleiv fhelU for luhl pleeeii. Ar-le-t of a hiilf-en-te hiliee followed. Regixtrar, Addrcis. n. Kmdieor, Medford Hook Store (1. Sncdicor, Medford Hook Store (I. Snedicor, Meiironl Hook Store Ii. L.tdinrd, Jackson Street Store Helen X. Yockey, Mail Tribune Helen N. Yockey, Mail Tribune Hull. Medford r'urn. & lldw. Co. Cnnu.iin, PoHial Telegruph office (luinelt, (lurnettt-Corev lldw. Co. R. L. Kwinv, Ktuug'" (Inn Store Heiinett In v. K tiikp. Co., Main nod Fir ts. R.'ll W. Tvllth "lleiit &.. 0. B. hulte. ittibjnlo (iioeoi V'tttt'm t'h Xi.cW, IfotV filmii I tltuP, lott I 9.l0?iiCft a GERMANS N CIA PLOT DESTRUCTION RUSSIAS RALROAD GERMAN NOTE iROOSEVELTOUT ON SUSSEX CASE EOR PRESiDENCY GIVEN GERARD Offlclnl Dcniol That Gcrninn Sub marine Wns Responsible Not Yet Forthoomtnif Germany Asks for American Information on Cnse Amcrlon Asks French Information. WASfllXOTON. April Ifl. er tary Ironing annonneotl today that AmbaasMdor flerard had eahled that tha German foreign office Informed lit in It would hand htm a note on the Kuasox case probably today. Count Von llernatorff, the Herman ambassador, will confer with Secre tary lousing this afternoon. The ambassador made the appointment. A preliminary statement handed to Mr. Oeranl by the llerltn foreign of fice I understood to be on It way to the state department by cable. Other Information In the nature of evidence gathered hy the American emlwasy In 1'arl Is on the liner St. Paul which Is nxpectpd to dock In New York Thursday. Kfforts will ha made to have It here for the Friday meeting of the cabinet. (criiiauy Aimi liiipilitw (lortnany linn asked Ambassador (iiirurd what Information regarding the explosion which damaged the Sussex is In possesion of the Ameri can government. This Inquiry was forwarded by Ambassador Dernrd to the state department. When the In quiry waa iiiiiiIo Mr. (ierurd waa In formed that tlorutau Investigation In to the case of the Mussex had not up to that tlein disclosed that any Her man submarine was responsible. It wns made eluar today at the (1 Htm mm embassy thnt Count Von llernstorff, who returned to Wash ington this forenoon from New York, had not officially been Informed that Germany definitely aud finally had dented responsibility for (he Sussex explosion. Cieiuli liifoiiuiitloii .Ukcil Hecreiary (.analog's conference with the ambassador was brief. He tnld him he hud no definite Informa tion on which he was prepared to discuss the case at this time, ao the ambassador will come lo the atato department at a later time. Late today Secretary lanlng dis closed t hut the American government lu Its collection of evidence on the lecent attacks on ships bad asked the Kiench government through the embassy In Parts for Information re garding the alleged attack on tho liner I'atriu. In which a torpedo was Haiti to hate punned rloite to the lin ed stern E T0RAT10N OF TARIFF ON SUGAR WASHINGTON. Apul HI. The limioe bill rcNnling the free siiuar ciutixe of the I'nderwood tariff law wa taken up for debute in the ei ate toduv under an ngreenieut to tolc on the iuenure, at amended by the Mnaiiee eummittce, tomorrow. The free nugar elninie would go into effcet May 1 with a couneoiient loss in uoveriuneiital revenues of uprox illialely ,0KI,(MI, mile it is re lienled in the meuntime. Chuinnnn Simmons of the finance committee, opened Ihe debate for the repeal. He declared it wa- calculat ed to bo u temporary measure mailc neeesiary becauso of the falluiL' "H of eustouitt reteuuew us a result n Ihe wur in Kuroie and etentuullv, he thought, condition would ttui- runt n return lo a tree Miar ixilu-y. Senator Lodge introduced un amendment to provide a 5 er cent ud valorem duty nn coal tar prod uct und u duty of "'.. Ont- u bun ilred and II per ecu! ad valorem OU coal tar dtrtV Althouub the heiuite had agreed fii a tote not later than lomoiroxt atleruoou it tta thought dc halo ttoittd be eoiieluded uud 0 ot cooifini jebd3 rece- tonight. ' I 'to ii'irt'' OdOndini'iil .i- ileleal Mi ii i .i it i.ii li.iii vi,i SENAT DEBATES s AND MILITARISiVI Or.ly Wants Nomination Upon nn Heroic Basis Hughes Virtually Eliminated hy Disagreement With Foreirjn Policy nnd Principles Voiced hy Roosevelt nnd Root. Hv (llliSON nARDKKlt WASHINdTON, pf in. I'nnr hours spent nt Oyster Hny III the eowimny of Theodore Roowvflll loft me wondering whether or nob ho would accept the RtnjI)tloniiPro grensive uominaliflii for1 iriMfiit. Certainly he will not if tlisro is uny question about the jMihtie and the politicians wanting him. Too little eniphnMis 1ms uppatt'iitly been laid on the paragraph in the cotonel's statement eableil from Trin idad, in which he said that tho public must have in its mood something; of the heroic if it wanU him. "If the people of this oomitry want peace and profit at tho pticu of honor, they don't tvntit me." .Must Need a Horn Thin ie how the colonel shot it nt a republican congressman who Iiml come to tell him that "poHiaps tvo may nominate you." For fifteen iniu utes.the colonel laid down tho law to his congressional visitor lu true Mo saic fashion. "If thoro aro any iIoiiIiIh in your mind," the colonel went on, "plenne resolve thoui in fa vor of not uomiimting me. If I um by any chance to he the noiniuoo of tint republicans or progressive, or both, it enn only ho with the uuderatuiidiiiK thnt the country is in tho mood to make any saarifieea to maintain iU honor ns a nation. I said in Trinidad flint rf it wanted me tUo imhlio must have something of the hernia lu ita mood. What I meant wna, that the country ioiihI he willing lo consider duties iik well its right and to face the poHwihilitv of sacrifice and self denial in undertaking; audi task ns duty might imose. An president, or candidate for president, I should ree oiftiixe but one kind of citisensbip ami one allegiance. If the country isn't reudv lr this kind of a cnudidate, then I am not the man to run." And there wns much mora to Hie same effect with qnita plain talk on tho subject of the eouoHel's oolite unconcern whether or not he alien ated a large number of foreign-hum voter. The republican congressman went awuv somewhat tlaned. Ojster Hay n Ottutiii' U' than a year ago Cnl. Roose velt had baui'-hed from bis uiwi wny idea of eter again ruuniuf for tho prenidency. He talked to we at the time, very frankly on the subject, ox piVMsing great aatiafnetinii in the utilise of freedom which caHne with the reiiiiueiution of future) office. He eould xiiy exactly what he thought on uuv topie. II was no longer bound lo eoiiKider the fears of timid Hlti ii-iil axHoeiales who might be banned bt hi ntteruuees. II had huriieil Inn bridges and was enjoying all the liberlieK of private life. It i not a mtiou- breach of confidence to .iit that Mrs. Kooeevelt hooted that tin- condition would he a imiinn iieut one. She i not happy at the proect Hint tier hnaiiand may ho drafted tor the political war. Oyoter May ha again IjaeouM h neax center. Six month ago, the New York uiiera were coolant to cover it hv telephone or bv oooaaion al call at the find street building, or at the MctroMdilun office. Now I In re are ix grixiled )oliticaI re Mirtei' periiianeiitlv etieuinted at tha (Coutlnued on page two.) BY WASHINGTON. Apnl 10. Prai deul Wilson caiieelleid a number of engngenenls today baouua at tha cobi ho cuught while town tha Po tomac riter gg Qui taj'flower last Friduy night. The prexidant remained indoors nil day yesterday in thio hope that ho could keep engagement' ;iJay, but: thix noriiing, Dr. Qrnysou onlered ih.ii he ri'in.iin atvav front hi office, II. i . u , in he uoll cuout-h to b"Ul tii' i .iii-i ii, . i uii tiiinmruw, J , i'A (urtr.fJ v