Medford mail tribune., January 15, 1917, Page 1, Image 1

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Tonight and tomorrow,
nil mid cooler.
WEATHER
Muv. yi-lmluy, ll;.MIn.
liKlny 1; AUu yi-tti-4liiy 11
Fortv-alxth Year.
tiMlv r.lfvt-nlh Yr-ar.
Mi:i)F01?P. ORIKIOX. MONDAY. .1 AN I'AK'V
NO.
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hfnry riufn great increase vadeni taken
aqatKtv'n production in teuton drive!
nu I Mil on u WAR MUNITIONS AGAINST GALATZj
DI LHWOUIl
Broker Testifies That Chairman
A Henry of Rules Committee Con
ducting Leak Inquiry Was Con
gressman Who Implicated McAdoo,
Tumulty, Warburg, Baruch, Lans
ing and Bernstorff Had No Di
rect Information.
WASHINGTON', Jan. 1.".. Thomas
V. I.awson spnintr a sensation in the
"leak' inquiry today when he testi
fied that Chairman Henry of the
rules eoinmittec eondiietins the in
quiry, was the eonressman who told
him that tt eahinet ot't'ieei', a member
ot' congress and a hanker were said
to have profited in the stoek market
by advanee information on President
Wilson's pence nTTto.
Lawson said tliat the hanker who
told him he knew another hanker who
dominated a eahinet officer in Wash
ington was Archibald S. White of
White & Co., Iloslon. The commit
tee immediately issued a subpoena for
White.
Lawson said he eotdd not j;ivo the
names of any members of congress
who were engaged in buying and sell
ing stocks.
Me.!oo Is Xnined.
Lawson also testified that Kuth
Tomlinson Viseonti of Washington
had told him that W. W. Trice, cor
respondent of the Washington Star at
the white house, had a part in the leak
affair between Secretary Tumulty
and others. Lawson mimed Secre
; tary Mc.Ubto as tho cabinet nr-mbet'
who he said had a part in the alleged
leak.
Secretary MeAdoo, Lawson said,
was tho cabinet member to whom he
referred in his previous testimony as
being connected, according to rumor,
with a "leak" on President Wilson's
peace note.
Lawson had been asked if he was
prepared to offer proof of his
statement that there were beneficiar
ies of the "leak" among lawmakers
and others. He produced n letter
o which he asked to submit in private.
-Tile committee insisted that he read
it. Tt was from Mrs. Viseonti. ,
Another banker to whom Lawson
referred as having been involved in
the "leak" was H. Pliny Fiske of
Harvey Kiske & Sons, New York.
The senator, Lawson said, was
known to him only as "O."
Implicates Tumulty.
Asked by Representative Henry
whom he meant when he said he
would give the name of a go-between
who received a large sum for "his
bit," Lawson said he referred to the
name given him by Mrs. YiscOnti as
"Secretary Tumulty."
Lawson also declared that the
firm of C. I). Harney & Co. of Wall
street; M.ilcolm McAdoo, brother of
Secretary McAdoo, and Stewart (iib
boney, of New York knew of the leak
"J and that "a public man who knew the
leak machinery" was Paul M. War
burg of the federal reserve board.
Lawson indirectly brought the
J ames of Secretary Lansing and Am
bassador Hernstorff into the hearing,
hut not in connection with the leak.
When Henry charged him wilh
dragging in the name of Lansing,
Lawson indignantly replied: '
Arrases lk'instorff.
"I have la id the names of Lansing
and the German ambassador out of
this."
Lawson also said Henry told him
of rumors t lint Parney liarueh was
connected with the leak.
Lawson suggested calling J. II.
liathom, editor of the Providence
.loumal, in connection with an nrtieb
on "leaks" which appeared in his pa
per, and also the editor of the fios-
( Continued on Page Six.)
I.ONHON, .Ian. A Hushing
dispatch to lii'iitrr's says that a
Hutch warship brought into Hushing
hist night a German submarine which
was found in Hutch waters. The
submarine will be interned.
British Now Turn Out Every Forty
Eight Hours More Heavy Gun Am
munition Than Manufactured in
Entire Year Before War Produc
tion Increasing for Great Offensive
LONDON, Jan. l.. Correspond
ence of the Associated Press.) Kng
lish munition factories arc now turn
ing out every AH hours mole heavy
gun munitions than they manufactur
ed in the entire first year of the war
and the production is increasing each
week in preparation for the great of
fensive on the western front, which
liritish military critics believe will
conic next spring.
"'fhe improvement in our position
may be illustrated in this way," re
marked an official of the ministry.
"We are now manufacturing every
week three times as many I'm milli
meter shells, t'ive times as many 200
millimeter shells 'and three times as
many 2:ttt millimeter shells as we
manufactured during the whole first
year of the war.
Week l-.ipials Year.'
"Of smaller shells, we are turning
out in about a week the same quanti
ty as was produced during the first
year. Finally, the number ot' shells
of all kinds completed during the last
week exceeded by about "0 per cent
the entire stoek of munitions hehl in
reserve at the outbreak of hostili
ties." Dealing w ith guns in the same way,
it is found that, representing the num
ber of guns inaiiufaet tired during the
first year of war by .l'MI, the number
of the second year would be S4L and
for the third year will he somewhat in
the neighborhood of KI50. Tne niiiii
ufactui'e of lighter pieces has had to
be slackened recently, owing to the
fact that the equipment of the Itrit
ish army in light field pieces is ap
proximately complete and it is only
necessary to provide for replacements
and renewals.
Increase Satisfactory.
'fhe improvement in the manufac
ture of machine guns, rifles, greiiades
and explosives has bee ncquallv satis
factory. Kepresenting the tolaing number of
machine guns delivered to the army
during the first year as Hill, the total
for the second year was PJoO'iind for
the third year will exceed (111110. The
production of trench mortar animuiii
tion tidn grenades has been so much
developed that any further increase
scarce;: seems necessary.
The increase in the manufacture nf
explosives has been tremendous. For
even- ton of explosive employed in
September, I 111 4, :t.0 Puis were em
ployed in July, HH."., and 12,000 tons
in July, KIKi.
PLANS FOR DEFENSE
OF THAW DISCUSSED
P1IILADKLIMIIA, Pi)., Jan. Ki.
Plans for the defense of Harry K.
Thaw, who attempted to commit sui
cide hero last wool;, against the
charges of kidnaping an dussaultiug
Frederick (Jump .Jr., of Kansas City,
were discussed today by his ottorneys.
Friends of the Thaw family believe
that the final decision in the matter
of Thaw's removal to New York will
lie to contest extradition.
Thaw's mother spent more than
three hour ut his bedside in St.
Mary's hospital during the morning.
The patient continues to Improve, al
though still very weak.
HIGH UPON BEACH
Kl fiKKA. ( al., Jan. 1".. - At noon
today tiie crui-cr M ilwaukee. which
stranded nee r here Saturday, lay high
on tlic beach, having worked hcr-elf
further in and further south, iicr tilt
seaward niueh greater than yes
terday. The engine room- and boiler rom
are flooded.
The submarine !!-(. which the Mil
waukee undertook In rescue, wa- high
and drv tod a v.
Mackensen's Outposts Only Six Miles
From Rumanian Port on Danube
End of Sereth Russians Keep
Gains at Riga Mantle of Snow
Covers Battlefields of Somme.
Field M archill Von Mnckeiien'r.
outposts are now planted only six
miles fiom (inlitt,; (lie important
Itumnninu port on I lie Danube end of
the Serctli line, the Teutonic pressure
having resulted in another gain yes
lerdny when the town of Vudeni was
taken. Ymleni is a scant two miles
south of. the Sereth river itself, on the
railway between l!railu and (lalat.
On the northern end of the Russian
front in the Wign district the ad
vances recently scored by the ttus--ians
appear to have been maintained
in the face of heavy counter attacks
by t he Germans, Twice on succes
sive days I'etrogrud has announced
the repulse of heavy assaults.
The operations on (he Franco-Ilcl-g'mn
fmnt are confined for the most
part to the artillery.
Snow on Soimne.
WITH TliK lililTlSIl ARM IKS IX
FUAXCK, via London, Jan. 14. This
has been one of the strangest days' in
the strange world war. It has been
a wonderfully white day a day f
snow, white fog, white fields and
strange white trees glistening in mag
ical mantles of clear while, frost.
Kven the brown, gripping, remorseless
mud of the Somme the mud that has
been almost the master of (he war for
the lust two montbrjT lias hidden, its
treacherous depth for the time at
least beneath the soft, fleecy flakes
that came tin rim; the night to spread
a Sabbath vestment of purity over
the wretched am! somber battlefields
of northern France.
In mot of the front line trenches
there was the mystic quiet that comes
with snow. "No man's landv had
been lifted for the moment out of its
degraded and abject state of melan
cholic desolation and placed on a pic
turesquely white equality with the
uiitrnmnu-Ifd lands that He about the
fighting zones. The torturous bar
riers of grim barbed wire in front of
the enemy positions bad been trans
formed into tangled and graceful,
strands id' crystal ice and clinging
.-now.
Artillery Duels.
Hack of the lines the Hritih puns
that never seem to tire or sleep guns
that winter cannot muzzle or frosts
subdue spoke with a white h ol
breath from hiding places screened
and double secure beneath the white
cover of the newly fallen snow. 'n
iler the spell of the snow and the
mists, there was what is not often the
case, out here, an almost tangible
touch of Sunday in the air. Whether
it was the white fop that enveloped so
much of the front or whether it was
J.ju.st some shadowy spirit of the Sab-
Math, the strident voices ot the guns
-oenicd more muffled than usual and
farther away. Hut the messengers
that the guns sent smashing through
miles ut' glacial space spoke to their
foes in the same determined tones
that have been hoard with such un
relcntless regularity during all these
wintry days. The war that stretches
out over the year is a war that noV
e arily re-olvcs it-elf into a routine
ut' milch tin same thin over and" over
again. Today, however, in all its
whiteness, it seemed just a wee bit
different.
DKNVKIt, Colo., .Jan. l.'i, F'rose
ciitlon of Mrs. Stella .Moore Smith,
who Saturday shot and killed her
himhnnd at her home in a fashionable
residence district here, will so on re
in rd If of what takes place at the
I ii 1 :t ft thin arternoen, it was an
pounced today hy I)ifirlct Attonny
r'oley.
Mr. Foley said he had uneovereu
e.-idnce which he l iicved wnrranf
fi this? rotirsp.
Mrs. Ktnith'K rounsel 1i:ib decline I
io make any Mntement r ardins tii
cae, except that s-Jf-d'fenf e pr! -aidy
will be I he da.
T. W. IAWSON TESTIFYING IN LEAK PROBE
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WAIIIXGTOX, Jan. I.").-Admiral
Dewey, hero of Malina liny, is dyiiify
at his home here. Fate this atter
noon he was unconscious, and his
physicians said his chances for liv
ing another thirty-six hours were re
mole. A ecneral breakdown with ar
terial solerosis is the cause, lie is in
his 80th year.
The following bulletin was issued
hy Mrs. Faunlleroy ami Sheldon:
"Admiral lewey has been slowly
dcclininir since early this moininp.
The primary condition is arterial
solerosis, which affects practically
every o rnn in the body, especially
the kidneys and brain. Although ho
has shown prenl rallying power at
times, he is slowly siukiuir. So far
his heart is strong and his limps are
clear, but these organs may be sud
denly and seriously affected at any
time.'
In a bulletin i--ued this morn it:
'.'.v J! A. M. Faniitlcroy. F. S. X.,
the senior si i moon in charge of the
admiral's ca-e and lh Luther Shel
don, Jr., F. S. N.. who is a-sociatcd
with him, the admiral's comiiiion was
stated as follows :
"Admiral Dewey lias been suffering:
for the las) five days from a tieneral
breakdown consequent upon bis ciuh
ty years of ape. For several days
there was some improvement and at
times it appeared a- if he mipht rally
and succeed in overeominp the de
pression of certain omniis,
"Fast niuht the admiral sleid fairlv
well, at times he was irrational and
showed evidenees nf a gradual de
cline. 'This morning he i- very weak and
bis pencral condition is such as to
pnu.sc fear that hi-once meat vitality
niav fail at any time."
The admiral is bein treated at hi
home. SAX Kii.VM'I.SCO. Jan. L"(. The
(onditlon of ex-Quf-en Llliuokalauf of
Hawaii in again crithfil. accordiuK to
advif reef ivi'd here today from
Honolulu.
The ex-quci'ii rallied from an iiidin
pOKitfon Home montliK auo, hut if now
Kufffrlim from a ni-neral hreakdowu
due to Advancing am1, it 1st Raid. She
a horn In 1SJS.
'"v.HI'...l.-"Mjf"'':
SEIZED LETTERS
r OF ANARCHIST
OPEN TO PUBLIC
SAX rKAN'CISCO, .Inn. 1.-,.
SciziMl Irdi'is ol' Ali'Xiinili'i- liiTkinun,
iiuurclii-l, on wliich u lir.t i-i.-t nl-tnnu-y's
ot't'ii-i' lien- liusi'd chii lues
lliul ItiTknuin mill iis-nciati's plnlli'il
lei (lestriiy ciiviM'iiinrnl in ( 'iilil'iiriiiii
uiiil iismismuiiU' (liivciiKir lliruin W.
.loltUMm, wore dccliii-i'il ulilic (U'(ip
orty tudiiy liy Suin'riin .JiKlyc l-'riiiik-
lin A. fli'il'rin. Thf rulini; whs u vie
i lorv lor (lie (IrfciiM' in die Iriul ol
Thonias .1. .Mikuh'V lnr inurilci- in
I'lUiuri-linii with it himili cjilo-i)ii nu
July 2'J, llllli, c(i;-tin.u li'n lives.
The court rcl'iix'd t., return In
.Mi- ,M. Klc'iuor Kilzeruld, l!crk
nnin's iisxM.intc cdiior ol" mi iinur.
('hist iiper culled "The lilllst,'' per
soillil letters seized in I lie ruiil on
"The ISlnM" ol l ice scvcl ul weeks liyji
lo yet e'i(lenec ill tile .Mooliey trill I.
W. Ilollfke Coclirull, elliel' counsel
for Mooliey, lieyiill the tV'Ill I'or li
i-i.ulil I" ilisieet t III' letters lifter ei--crul
ol litem Itud lieeu uil,lilied liy
tlle di-triel ntlornex's oltier. Coek
1'iin cli.ii'ucd tluil tlic sinie nu, ii -i ii
tile eorretoitdeilee "to poison the
minds ot' jurymen mid the ptthlic" liy
"editilll it licl'ore puhliclttioli."
The Mute contended tliut us direct
evidence ill the MoolteV citse it secret
court file ol' lllc letters wn, jitstilied.
OF BILL BOARDS
WASHINiiTOX. .Inn. .".- Chi
I'ao's liillljih'ud remihitiiiii of lull
proliihititcj- hi!tlxt:trd mi iv-idntr
streets wit limit cini-cnt id mure Hiun'
linlt of th pruii'rty uhih-is, uu- up-l
hehl ji.-. ci.ii,-tilulimi;il tdiv hy the!
Miprenie finirf in the liiiuii:t- ( u-uck
cMnuiny' uit a''iiin d the city. The
nrdiunm-c wic thr lir-i id' it- kilo'
to he iin.-ed uiinn hv. tite cmirl.
'prosecute employers
! discharging old men
SAI.KM. Or., Jan. 15.- Kmph.yer:
I who de-charge, or n fu-e to hire
age up account ot their ear-, will hejv
si!ieet to pro-eciilioii p ;) intro
duced into the Oregon ho;i-c of repie
serdatiic- today by Kepre-cntjitivc
Heniiou A. K'-wi-, I'oitliind, he'-oiifc
a la w.
LAWSON GREAT
uulViEDY ACTOR
SAYS RUSSELLi
Broker Has Any Living Actor Backed
Off Stage Excitement All Manu
factured for tiie Occasion Feigns
Anger and Other Emotions to Hold
Center of Staijc in Gaginn, Comedy.
Hv CliAUI.KS KDWAWD III SSKI.L
WASIHNCTON, Jan. 15. -Tho
wm-ld lol its jjreuliNl piny actor
wlirii Tliouia- W. l,nuMn went into
lork. and iidvcitiseinent-. In the
way oj" i-har;icter comedy, he could
;tkc any otlu-r ai-lnr look like a
piker.
The cnucie- room, whirh i nnho
dy luuloir or coy inoin, was jam
med, people stand wvj, on their chaits,
nil eyes fixed on him, breathless at
tculiou and all that, the committee
V I a rin- n loin n ml I inn- miestuis
iikc ti machine ytin, and ho -.;it there
and played horse with thent all and
never showed the least oncern .nor
the slihte-t exritemcnt exfeid wlien
he nmuul'acturcd tt for own pur
poses. AiiKer Tiny Acting.
Whenever iie seemed to he mt t in;r
mad it was evident n moment later
that he was merely play nctine again.
When he got one of his jokes he never
allowed the uho-t ol' a smile to ap
pear on hi.s face; it was only hy clos
est watching that you could see u
twinkle of bis lilllc eyes under the
dense thickets of his eyebrows.
When he was making bis statement
to the cninmittee lie stood wilh Ills
face a little lifted and In would rise
ut regular intervals mi bis toes ex
actly like an elder at a pmycr meet
ing, lake, the elder, also, he would
from time' to raise his i throws and
drop his voice. (Inly those who know
liiiu well saw that lie was having a
bully old time, guying those eleven
members 'of congress and making
them look like simjjlc minded corne
ous. In thi' midst nf which pious per
fori n a nee be would occasjunallv
glnnee over to the spectators' seats
where -at on old newspaper man that
he used to know very well and then
just a suggestion of n gratified sense
of humor would appear around ids
eves.
l-'ac4 Idkc a Mask.
Hut yon couldn't say a I anytime
that his lace changed. it was all
the time like a tine muk, and the
color in it never varied by a shade.
Kven when the committee was about
lo have have biui eonitiiilled for coii
iciupt he n p tea red like a person only
remotely interested. Me leaned ba -k
in bis chair and, nth nu air of pa
tient resignation, -tmlied lite ceiliiej
like one much bored and waiting for
the cmninilte to become interesting
aain.
When he pounded mi tiie fable and
decln red he didn't "give a damn"
vWial the committee did or -aid. it
was perfectly palpable that be didn't
mean it and hi- apoby the nexl min
ute wa.s eon) rived to be eiiiallv in
sincere, although nobody could take
OH exception lo it.
Ills Curious Head.
lie al -u (bat the majority of the
spectator- had a clear view of bis re
markably lung bead, overhanging
brow, lighting jaw, and big neck.
His head scenw to have develop, d
ebieflv backward: there i- more of it
lo the tear of hi- cars than a man
ought to have, so much of it (Mat hcj
seemed lo have a lump or protuhrr-j
uli' C benealb the -p where the ba -k j
of hi- hat rim would ret. lie has(
dark haP. gi o irig now pret ty t bin. !
but curiously curled into two little
flat book- oil each side of hi- fore
head; a thin inoii-lachc that ha- gone;
iplite gray -Mice he wrote ''I'rell.ted
(Continued on Porp Sir.)
SLEET AND SNOW
BLANKETS TEXAS
MKMI'lilrf. Term.. Jan. I:.. Snow I
and jleft today covered a U rce por- j
(ton of the south. North and cen
tral Texas are under one m' tin- leav-1
t snowfalls in llieir l.Mory, 7. 1
:iche- having fallen P: Dallas sim '
earlv e-terday. Tic t rui exteud-
d over eastern Arka1 -o. northeri;
W. .-!slppl, we-tern 'JVnu set-, i?;
vt ii North Carotin ami iiginia.
WHITE SLAVE
LAWUPHEL
SUPREME
Prosecutions Not Limited to Com
Mercializerl Vice and Include Per
sonal Immoral Escapades Con
viction of Caminetti and Diggs ot
Sacramenlo Affirmed.
WASIIIXC.TO.W Jan. 1.'.. Intor
pretiiiR the Mann white slave Inw,
the supreme court today decided Unit,
prosecution under the law for trans
porting women tu intor-Htalo com
merce are not limited to commercial
ized vice and include personal im
moral escapades. Conviction of F.
Drew Cuminetti and MTinry 1. Dlgw
of Sacramento, was affirmed.
Following Interpretation of thj
Mann ad, the court also affirmed
conviction of U T. Huya of Alvu
Oklu.
Court Was Divided
The court was divided. The niu
jorlty opinion was given bp Jiuttlcft
Day. Chief Justice White unci Jus
tices McKenua, and Clrak dissented,
JuKtice Mclteynolds took no part In
consideration of the cases.
"Tho plain terma of tho net imint
take precedence over the designation
and the report that accompanied it
to congress," said Justice Day. "It
is said it will open tho door to black
mail, hut that is to he considered "by
congress. We. think tho power of
congress to regulate tho transport!!
tion of passengers affords ample ba
sis to exercise authority In the enso
of this statute."
Justice Day's -Majority opinion
said:
JuOge Day's Opinion.
"In none of the cases was it
uharged or proved that the traitBpor
ftatlon iof flie wonihn' iihblvod) a
for gain or for tho purpose of fur
nishing women for prostitution for
hire.
"There is no ambiguity In tho
terms of this act. It is elementary
that tho meaning of a statute hiust in
the first instance, be sought in tho
language of the act as framed nnd
if that in plain, the sole function of
the courts is to enforce It according
iu U. terms.
"To cause u woman to be trans
ported for debauchery or for an Im
moral purpose, for which Dtggs and
Caminetti were convicted, would
seem by t he very statement of the
facts to embrace the transportation
for purposes denounced by the act.
While such Immoral purpose would
ho more 'culpable, in morals If ac
companied with expectation of gain,
such considerations do not tire vent
the lesser offense against morals
from the execution of purposes with
in the meaning of the law. To say
to the contrary would shock the roni
moil understanding of what consti
tutes an humoral purpose."
Accomplices Can Testify.
Whether the women iuwdved bn
come technically accomplices was not
directly decided by the court. It dis
posed of that feature as follows:
"it is argued as a further ground
of reversal of the Judgments below
tho trial court did not instruct tlm
jury thai the testimony of the two
girls was that of 'accomplices nnd
to be received with great caution and
believed only when corroborated hy
other testimony adduced in tile cumi.
"While this 1;; so, there is no abso
lute rule of law preventing convic
tions on i ho testimony of accomplices
if juries believe them."
In conclusion (lie court said:
"Much Is snid nhont the character
(Continued on Pago Two.)
El
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LONDON,
bknecht. fhe
Jan. I.t.- Dr. Karl I.ie
Cermnn socialist leader.
has received an additional senteuco
of lour and one halt' yenrs at hard
'ihor and expulsion from the Herlin
bar. according to a Central News dis
patch from Amsterdam today.
A court martial nt nerlin last year
ni cured Dr. Ideliknecht to four
I years imprisonment for military trea
son, lie appealed lo the imperial
military tribunal which gave u de
cision of November 5, last rejecting
the appeal.
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